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Adjunct Spotlight: Jason Southworth
Department of Philosophy
Jason Southworth teaches IDS 400 Bioethics and PHIL 100 General Logic, for the philosophy department. While he has been teaching for FHSU since 2007, Southworth has also taught at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, OK; and Barry University, in Miami Shores, FL. In sum, he has been teaching college courses for about a decade.
Southworth holds bachelor's degrees in philosophy and political science from Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, PA, as well as a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Oklahoma, where he is currently ABD.
Southworth researches the philosophy of language and applied ethics. He explains his interest in learning about how language shapes "the way we understand ourselves and our world, which overlaps with applied ethics in that harmful language; for example, homophobic speech, can contribute to a damaging self-image and a diminished sense of self-worth for members of the LBGTQ community."
Southworth describes himself as a "professional philosopher," in that he is committed to a life of teaching and writing philosophy. His days involve teaching students, in both online and face-to-face courses and he points out that, like other adjuncts, his typical day is "more uncertain than that of regular faculty," as adjunct contracts are issued one semester at a time. So, from one semester to the next, he is never entirely sure what his job description and income will look like a few months into the future.
Southworth finds teaching for FHSU Virtual College to be quite enjoyable, explaining that he is "continually fascinated by the depth and diversity of perspectives that students logging on literally from all over the world" bring to his virtual classroom. He describes teaching online as "invigorating and deeply rewarding."
When asked about the most challenging aspect of teaching online, Southworth cited the lack of a face-to-face academic community to see and interact with on a daily basis. He explains, "I often don't get to have contact with my colleagues unless there's a problem to be solved. This can be isolating."
Ultimately, philosophy is more than a career for Southworth. His partner, Ruth Tallman, is a philosopher as well, and he describes philosophy as "way of life" for them. The couple enjoys co-writing articles about popular culture and philosophy, and co-authored Under the Covers with the Underwoods: The Politics of the Underwood Marriage, a chapter in the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series volume, House of Cards and Philosophy: Underwoods' Republic (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015) . Finally, they enjoy spending time with their cat, Hepzibah, and aquatic turtle, Penelope.
Department of History
Doug Harvey teaches a number of courses within the history department, including U.S. History surveys and Modern World Civilization, as well as upper-level courses on Colonial and Revolutionary America; Early American Republic; and The Atlantic World, 1450-1800. Occasionally, he also teaches Historiography.
Harvey has been at FHSU since 2009, teaching on-campus during Spring 2009, as well as the entire academic year of 2011-12. Along with teaching at FHSU, he also teaches for KU, Johnson County Community College, and Metropolitan Community College – Blue River campus (KC). In the past, he has also taught for Washburn, Emporia State, Friends, and Donnelly College in Kansas City, KS.
Harvey earned his BA at Missouri State, his MA at Wichita State, and his PhD at KU.
He researches cultural and intellectual history of the late colonial, revolutionary, and early republic periods. He explains that he is "particularly interested in understanding why people think what they think and don't know they're thinking it – the history of assumptions, in other words."
Harvey has one book out, The Theatre of Empire: Frontier Performances in America, 1750-1860 (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2010 – now owned by Routledge), and is currently working on a biography of Herman Husband, an 18th century revolutionary figure whom he considers, "under-remembered." In addition, Harvey has partnered with an illustrator on a series of graphic novels on The Whiskey Rebellion, an event in the early 1790s in the new republic. At present he is teaching a number of face to face courses in the KC area, so he finds himself giving history lectures often.
Within the Virtual College, Harvey enjoys teaching students from a variety of backgrounds and world views, all from home. He feels that the most challenging part of teaching online is "making up for the loss of face-to-face interaction," and he uses online discussions and a slightly meatier, more rigorous reading component in his online courses, to help ensure a rich interactive experience for his students.
Harvey and his wife, Kathleen Hoff, were both born and raised in Hays. They enjoy gardening and are active in the Kansas City Food Circle, although they are not currently growing anything commercially. They also visit art museums throughout the Midwest and enjoy taking pictures in the countryside. Hoff is a landscape artist, which provides Harvey the opportunity "to be surrounded by art all the time." Finally, Harvey is also a musician and has been working on a solo recording project, a concept album on various aspects of the Great Plains. In the past, he played in the Celtic band, Rowan.
Chelsea Schnabelrauch Arndt
Department of Psychology
Chelsea Schnabelrauch Arndt began teaching for the FHSU Department of Psychology in Spring 2015, and has also taught courses for Kansas State University for about four years. Currently, she teaches PSY 415 Adolescence at FHSU.
Schnabelrauch Arndt earned her baccalaureate degree in Psychology from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, and her masters in Experimental Psychology (emphasis in Social Psychology) from K-State. She recently defended her dissertation, and will be awarded her PhD in Experimental Psychology (emphasis in Social Psychology) from K-State in May.
Schnabelrauch Arndt's research, in broad terms, focuses on attitudes and persuasion. She has done specific research on employing persuasion techniques to encourage individuals to reduce their consumption of meat. Her dissertation focused on personalizing messages to investigate whether such messages are more effective at persuading people to consume less meat. Schnabelrauch Arndt explains, "It's a very interesting area of research that hasn't really been explored yet. I love how applicable my research is... Everyone that I talk to about my research is interested in it to some extent and has some previous knowledge about the topic, so everyone loves discussing it. It's great seeing how my research interests non-academics and non-researchers."
Describing her experience teaching for the Virtual College, Schnabelrauch Arndt says, "I enjoy having students who are overall so motivated to succeed. Many of the FHSU Virtual College students are non-traditional students with families and jobs who are wanting to go back to school. It always amazes me how so many of them work so hard and juggle so many different things in their lives. And many of them do this so well. It's empowering to see these individuals take charge and own their education. They're driven and excited about learning. It's really a pleasure teaching these types of students and getting to know them over the course of the semester."
When not grading projects and papers, or engaging in other career and education aspirations, Schnabelrauch Arndt enjoys watching a movie or Netflix with her husband, David. She shares, "As a graduate student, I haven't had that much free time over the last five years, so whatever free time I do have, I like to spend it relaxing as much as possible. Lounging on a couch and watching movies and TV shows is certainly a great way to do that ."
In 1999, Fort Hays State University (FHSU) in Hays, Kansas, created the Virtual College, which offers over forty online degrees. One of FHSU's goals in launching the Virtual College was to give adult learners the opportunity to go back to school.
Within five years, student enrollment in the Virtual College more than doubled, increasing from 839 students in 1999 to 1,920 in 2004. As the distance education program rapidly grew, FHSU needed to find an effective way to support virtual students. Its goal was to offer the same high-quality services for students off campus as it did for students on campus. To that end, FHSU implemented Smarthinking, Pearson's online tutoring service, in 2002.
Rachel Dolechek, the MBA graduate coordinator, College of Business and Entrepreneurship, includes Smarthinking in her advising process. Of the 160 to 165 MBA students in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship, approximately 100 are virtual students. When Dolechek meets with distance education students, she makes sure they know the resource is available to them, and she mentions it in a newsletter she sends out to her advisees every semester.
At times, students who are struggling come to Dolechek and say, "I don't know what to do. Should I drop this class?" "One of the first things I ask," Dolechek remarked, "is 'have you tried Smarthinking?'"
Dolechek estimates that between 15 to 20 percent of the virtual MBA students in her program use the tutoring services. Within the first few weeks, they tend to realize they need extra help in a foundation course.
For students, the most helpful feature of the online tutoring service is its flexibility. Students have anywhere, anytime access and the ability to schedule live sessions when it is convenient for them, a great asset for adult learners who may be juggling family and job responsibilities along with their academic work. Students can sign up to work with particular tutors, which personalizes the experience for distance education students.
"Smarthinking's flexibility, the ease of use, and the power of the technology have really been the key to its success."
—Dennis King, Director of the Virtual College
The online tutoring service offers support in the key areas where students need it, another one of its main benefits. "Most of our courses can fit somewhere into the content areas," commented Kathleen Cook, the Virtual College online student communication strategist. When there has been a class that is not covered by the service, Pearson has helped the Virtual College find a solution.
In the course of sixteen years, enrollment in the Virtual College has grown more than sevenfold, from 839 students in 1999 to 6,323 students in the fall of 2015. Dennis King, the director of the Virtual College, commented, "Many people make Fort Hays State their destination of choice because of our people of excellence and our programs of distinction. As the tremendous growth in the Virtual College demonstrates, that applies to both our distance education students and our on-campus students." He added: Smarthinking "helped us grow the Virtual College," since online tutoring is a service that prospective students find attractive.
Students clearly value the service. From January through August 2015, 778 tutoring sessions were held for a total of 505 hours. On an exit survey covering the period of September 2014 through September 2015, 97 percent of student respondents rated tutor feedback and the tutoring process favorably, and 96 percent said they would recommend Smarthinking to a friend.
By MICHAEL STRAND Salina Journal
After 15 months as president of Fort Hays State University, Mirta Martin has had plenty of surprises.
But one of the most profound surprises was talking to a person in Dodge City — just 100 miles away — who hadn't heard about the school.
It should be hard to not know about, considering:
• It set a record enrollment of 14,210 students this fall, up 385 from last year — even as the total enrollment for all five state universities declined by 890.
• It has the second-lowest tuition of any public university in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report.
• It's preparing to set up colleges in Central and South America, similar to its long-standing operations in China.
• Has for years hosted the Kansas Math and Science Academy, where high school juniors and seniors can live on campus and study at the college.
• 100 percent of its nursing students typically pass their licensing exam on the first attempt.
• Is starting a three-year, $88 million campus improvement project.
• 80 percent of Kansas school superintendents were educated there.
Martin is on an annual statewide tour — a practice inherited from her predecessor, Ed Hammond — to ensure more people know what's happening out in western Kansas.
What she's been focused on in her first year is ensuring Fort Hays is preparing students to contribute to the Kansas economy and moving from "a culture of access to a culture of completion."
Recruiting students remains a priority, she said during a stop Wednesday in Salina, but it's being joined by an emphasis on keeping students in school and seeing that they graduate with the skills they need — including being ready for jobs that don't yet exist.
Much of the job of "re-engineering" the university, she said, was put into the hands of what she calls "rank-and-file staff, no deans, no supervisors — and that was deliberate. They know the holes and how things could be better."
As a bonus, she said, "It's not my vision, it's our vision — I'm not the one driving the bus any more."
Out of that process, this fall the university started an Honors College, open to students with high academic qualifications. It also is providing scholarships as high as full tuition and fees, room and board costs, and $450 a semester for books.
"We made the decision to do that in February, and by then most people have decided where they're going," she said.
The university set a "stretch" goal of eight students this fall, and ended up with 16 — with an average ACT score of 31.
Fort Hays is also completing an "Entrepreneurship Hall," that includes housing for 32 students and a first-floor community room that Martin describes as a "great big play room," with whiteboard walls that students can write on to share ideas.
"People think it's for business majors, but that's what we don't want," she said. "Artists, scientists, all kinds of people need to understand how to run a business."
The university is also in the process of splitting its College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences into two colleges, one for arts and humanities, and one focusing on science, technology, engineering and math.
"The STEM fields all rely on each other," Martin said. "And there are only 13 STEM colleges in the U.S., with none in Kansas and none in the Midwest."
Creating the separate colleges, which requires approval from the Board of Regents, will bring additional distinctiveness to the programs, she said, and will help the college attract more of graduates of its Math and Science Academy.
This summer, Fort Hays is hosting a three-day Hispanic College Institute, aimed at recruiting more Hispanic students — a group with traditionally low college attendance rates, Martin said.
And as attendance at Fort Hays campuses in China slowly has been dropping for several years, the university is looking to move into Central and South America, where demand for higher education is growing.
Demand is different there compared with China, and different from one country to another, she said. In China, the focus was on business education, while Latin American countries want English teachers, tourism and hospitality programs, agribusiness and nursing.
"We're not going out into the world with a cookie-cutter approach of what we want to teach," she said. "We're finding out what they need."By MICHAEL STRAND Salina Journal
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Definitions of an "adjunct" vary, especially as higher education has expanded to include hybrid and online courses. For the most part, adjunct faculty are contingent employees. This means that, rather than signing an annual contract, they sign a contract each semester based on the need for instructors in their fields of expertise. Some adjuncts are retired full-time faculty, who want to continue teaching on a part-time basis. Others are employed within their industry in the private sector, and teach their classes as additional, part-time work. Adjunct faculty members' duties are generally -although not always- limited to teaching, whereas full-time faculty typically have research and service requirements, as well.
Does this mean my instructor is not a real professor?
At the university level, we generally describe anyone who teaches as being an "instructor" or member of the "faculty." These terms can be used accurately for both full-time faculty and adjuncts. Professorship is different, in that it is an earned title comprised of various ranks, such as "assistant professor," "associate professor," and "professor." Traditionally, these ranks are used when referring to full-time faculty. While people sometimes informally use the term "adjunct professor," adjuncts are generally instructors who do not hold "professor" titles. However, an adjunct instructor is the official "instructor of record" for his/her courses, just as a professor is of his/her courses.
If my adjunct instructor is not a "professor," how do I know that s/he is qualified?
All adjuncts at FHSU hold a minimum of a masters degree, and 30 percent hold terminal degrees. Terminal degrees are generally considered the highest degree available in one's field. Most often, terminal degrees are doctorate degrees, such as a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) or a Juris Doctor (J.D.). In addition, there are some substantial 60+ credit-hour specialist and masters degrees which are considered "terminal," such as an Education Specialist (Ed.S.) and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
How will I know if my instructor is an adjunct?
Most likely, you won't know your instructor is an adjunct instructor unless s/he tells you. FHSU adjunct faculty are fully integrated into university systems and platforms. They have official university email addresses, and use the university Learning Management System (Blackboard). The course shells for your Virtual College courses taught by adjunct faculty will look no different than your Virtual College classes taught by full-time faculty.
How do I know that my adjunct instructor will be a good teacher?
Just as top-notch employees exist at all levels of most corporations, top-notch faculty exist at all levels within universities. While traditional notions hold that adjunct faculty are somehow "lesser" than their full-time counterparts, data does not reliably support this idea. In fact, a Northwestern University study showed that, where adjuncts were "well-compensated and enjoyed long-standing relationships with the university," their students were more likely to take subsequent courses in the same discipline, and to earn higher grades in those courses, than students who took their initial courses from tenured or tenure-track faculty.
Fort Hays State University takes pride in employing both traditional full-time faculty whose degrees, research and publications make them renowned in their disciplines, and a diverse body of qualified adjunct faculty whose real-world industry experience provides invaluable insight to students looking to enter similar fields.
Any questions about adjunct faculty at FHSU Virtual College can be directed to Nicole Frank, Coordinator of Adjunct Support and Engagement.
Berrett, D. (2013). Adjuncts are better teachers than tenured professors, study finds. Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/Ad-juncts-Are-Bet-ter/141523/
1. Tell us a little about your background...help alumni get to know you.
I am a military child and bride, daughter of a United States Army Soldier of 30 years and married to one who has now served 26 years. Married 21 years to Lance, who I met in Fulda, Germany right after the fall of Die Grenze, "The Wall" in early 1990.
We have four children, Brenden, age 19, Sandy, age 18, Nick and Graham age 15. Currently living in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles due to military orders.
2. Tell us why you chose Fort Hays State University
To be honest, it boiled down to accessibility and money. We had been assigned to Fort McCoy Wisconsin right after I started back to college and there was not a local college to attend that offered any programs remotely like what I needed or wanted. I began looking for SOCAD schools that would be able to work with our continued moves while I completed my degree and Ft Hays came up. When I saw the tuition rate for online learning compared to some other "online" schools, I was amazed. Better yet, there was no need to deal with in or out of state tuition, which has always been a huge obstacle for military families and service members.
Then I learned that this program began years before, geared toward helping military members earn their degree while in the field, deployed, etc. It was a perfect fit, since as a spouse, I often didn't have my husband to watch kids for me to attend a physical classroom, let alone the stability to stay at one college until I was done. FHSU changed that. We moved several times while I was working on my BGS and the one thing I didn't have to worry about was my college education getting kinked up.
3. Tell us some of the experiences with your classes and or instructors at FHSU.
Wow, where do I begin? I kind of 'fell' into the Organizational Leadership program for my emphasis, it seemed to make sense for me but I didn't really know what it was. With amazing professors like Dr.'s Curt and Christie Brudgardt and Kathy Nordyke, who mentored and challenged, I grew quite passionate about leadership studies. More importantly, the discussions in classes were passionate and memorable.
Weekly posts were not just a bland post, but involved small groups that became very animated and at times, verbose, about topics, going well beyond the assignment to really become a true life learning lesson.
It felt great to find the same names after a few classes, where I began to notice, hey, that person was in my last class. I began to 'know' their personalities and could actually begin to joke with them some. We all 'learned' each others 'tone' which is important in online learning.
Some of those friendships transcended blackboard and I ended up Facebook friends with a few leadership students as well as a few professors after I finished my degree. In fact, Christie and I still hash things out on fb- and I am so grateful for a friendship that allows us to be really passionate while still respecting each other, especially when we disagree.
I think my fondest memories though, were teaming up with a particularly passionate group of leadership students to create the leadership mentoring program. I ended up good friends with my mentee the following semester and I must say, I really valued the chance to actively learn and help others learn too.
Of course there are sometimes glitches with online learning too- and when taking physical science, I ended up needing a tutor- I just could not understand the material in a way that I could memorize. The best part was that my professor was patient and suggestive of ways to make things work for my style of learning.
Along the same lines, I discovered in Philosophy class that I am a kinesthetic learner. Watching the lectures, I decided to mess with some yarn one day. Next thing I knew, I understood and remembered what was on the lecture video- so now knitting is part of every lecture video for me! This taught me about the importance of understanding our learning styles- and that while online learning may not be ideal for everyone, knowing your overall learning style is important for the best success.
4. Are there any particular memories you wish to share?
Ha! Driving across country to "walk" for my degree. I had worked six years for that and felt it was really important to have the physical connection with my professors. I also really wanted to meet my friends from class. Some of them weren't going to attend, but when I mentioned that I wanted to meet them, we decided it was a must! We walked and celebrated together that day and it was so neat to put their personality together with a live body and action. I expected not to be 'recognized' by faculty or staff when we arrived for the graduation social, but that is just not the way FHSU works. The moment I introduced myself, they were enthused and greeted me like old friends, immediately connecting stories and personal details, so I knew they were authentic.
Of course, I also graduated on my birthday- so yay! Happy Birthday to me, right? Except it almost wasn't. On our drive, I missed a step off a curb at one of our stopovers (3 days drive from New York!) and ended up severely spraining my foot, ankle, and knee. I couldn't even put my leg down for balance, how was I going to walk? FHSU jumped to though and before I knew it, a wheelchair was arranged for processional and when it came time to walk, they had my crutches at the stage, per my request, so I "walked" (crutched) across that stage after all. It made my day!
The best memory of all though is realizing that my attending FHSU opened a door for my husband to obtain his degree too. When he was struggling at another online school, I looked at the website and was floored at how unintuitive it was; totally unorganized and his professors were unresponsive. Then I showed him mine- and even had him do the physical steps of logging in for me, and posting a transcribed assignment. He was so excited at how easy it was to find his was around the site. Before I knew it, he was doing Leadership Studies too and ended up graduating one year after me. Of course, we moved to Los Angeles in between, so we have literally driven across our entire great nation for 2 graduations at Ft Hays!
5. What are you doing now?
I went straight from one online program into another! I am now almost done with my Master of Divinity graduate studies at Luther Seminary. I begin my hospital chaplaincy (CPE) in February, followed by internship next fall and graduation in May of 2016.
Housed in St Paul Minnesota, it is a distributed learning program that requires two intensives a year for two weeks each and the remainder of my program is online. I am absolutely convinced my experience with FHSU online prepared me fully for graduate studies online. In fact, I have to say, it was still a new program at Luther, and I came in asking all kinds of questions and making constant suggestions to the Tech department- I am pretty sure they had me on the "Oh No, she is calling again" list but it was amazing to be able to encourage new ideas for them as they grew. Now the program is very intuitive like FHSU Tiger Tracks and also very interactive.
I am serving on the board of a suicide pre/inter/post-vention group that specializes in advocacy for military families and service members.
Additionally, I am an Army Family Programs trainer for Master Resiliency out of Penn State, and several other initiatives as well as and the Family Readiness Group Leader for my husband's current unit. In those roles, I earned the volunteer of the year from the local AUSA which gifted our program $250 to continue supporting our military families. Last December, I was also given the Army Patriotic Civilian Service Award for over 1,000 hours of volunteer service in the past couple of years.
6. How has obtaining your degree at FHSU enriched your life?
To limit it to particular events is difficult. It has certainly left me with friends and mentors in new places, a passion for leadership studies, a passion for online learning and for the concept that we can do old and traditional things in new ways. It encourages me to look outside the box, to think laterally and discover options before assuming what is tried and true is the only way forward.
It has increased my pride in a little town I never lived in, and even for my children, it has made a difference. Bringing them to Lance's graduation in 2012 opened their eyes to college as more than an option, but now as a goal. In fact, two of them are considering attending FHSU as well.
It brought passionate discussion into my marriage and a new common ground for my husband and myself (he got fired up about Leadership Studies too!).
In college, students are expected to write, write, and write some more! Instructors differ in exactly what they expect in a paper, but one rule holds true across the board: Never plagiarize! At first glance, this appears to be a straightforward rule; however, students are often confused on exactly what qualifies as plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work as one's own. Instructors expect students to develop original ideas while incorporating work that has already been completed by other researchers and authors. This is where students often stumble, and place themselves in danger of plagiarism.
FHSU addresses plagiarism in the Academic Honesty policy. Students who are found in violation of this policy are subject to consequences such as verbal and/or written warnings, lowering of assignment and/or course grade, or, in extreme cases, suspension from the University. When students are accused of plagiarism, they are given the right to appeal in the following manner: 1.) informally with the instructor; 2.) formally with the department; and 3.) formally with the Provost.[1]
On top of academic consequences, there are also legal ramifications when individuals are accused of plagiarism. In the United States, there are laws protecting the authors of copyrighted materials. Some instances of plagiarism constitute copyright infringement. According to Plagiarism.org, cases of plagiarism that reach a court of law are typically misdemeanors with the possibility of fines or jail time.[2]
To avoid being placed in this uncomfortable position, students have an obligation to learn the skills necessary to avoid plagiarism. First and foremost, students must understand how to cite properly using formatting styles such as MLA, APA, or Chicago. An improper citation, or lack thereof, could easily lead to an accusation of plagiarism. Put quotations around any sentence that is word-for-word from a source.[3] An excellent resource for learning and using the different styles is the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
Secondly, students should understand how to paraphrase correctly. Paraphrasing is summarizing or rephrasing an idea initially written by someone else. Students should change not only the words, but also the sentence structure to avoid plagiarism. Once paraphrased, the content of the writing should still match the source, but will be expressed in your own words. Paraphrased information should not be used to just reiterate someone else's ideas, but to support your own ideas in the paper. Remember that paraphrasing still requires a citation![4]
Once you have mastered these skills, academic writing will come more naturally. If you are ever in doubt, make sure to use a citation. Your instructors are an excellent resource for questions about writing format and style. For more information on plagiarism, please see the resources below:
● FHSU Academic Honesty Policy
● Purdue Online Writing Lab
● Plagiarism.org
● Harvard Guide to Using Sources
● Copyright Infringement (Wikipedia)
Happy Writing!
Erica Fisher
Distance education started with relatively low tech methods like pen and paper correspondence courses taught through the mail. Groups of learners were served by circuit riders who traveled to towns near colleges and universities to hold classes primarily for teachers in public schools. Later, audio conferencing between groups of people at various sites regionally or nationally gave a big boost to higher education. People in different locations would meet to sit around a speaker-phone and interact with the teacher. Later, video conferencing became the preferred method of teaching students at a distance. The biggest problem with these types of meetings was that there was a limited amount of information that could be shared during a scheduled meeting time that might or might not be convenient for the student.
In the late 1990's, colleges and universities started delivering classes over the internet. The first learning management systems were very simple. Systems like Web Course in a Box were basically drop boxes that allowed an instructor to upload documents to a space where students could then download them. Those primitive systems evolved into the sophisticated systems like Blackboard, Moodle and others that we have now. As technology develops, online courses will become even more interactive, with increased engagement and information sharing between professors and students.
Next post, we'll take a look at the current state of online learning and what it takes to be a successful online learner.
Brad Goebel]]>
FHSU currently provides more than 6,000 students in more than 20 countries the opportunity to earn online degrees. To celebrate its distance learning students, FHSU's Virtual College recently gave more than 100 free T-shirts to domestic and foreign online students, who then sent pictures of themselves wearing their Tiger T-shirts in local landmarks.
The photos can be found on the Virtual College's Facebook page. Look for "FHSU Virtual College" on Facebook.
A sampling of the submissions:
from North Dakota sent a picture of herself standing under the nose of a giant
buffalo sculpture. "FHSU Virtual College allows me the luxury of traveling
with my husband for his job while continuing my education! This photo was taken
in Jamestown, North Dakota, home of the world's largest buffalo." (see above)
Kathy from Washington D.C. sent a picture of herself with the Washington monument and the caption: "Enjoying my freedom to learn. As an Army wife, I have loved the opportunity that FHSU has given me to pursue my own degree. It was hard before I found FHSU because I was always having to start over with every move. The Virtual College has allowed me to have a first-class education no matter where I live, from Kansas to Washington D.C."
James and Jennifer from Delaware pictured themselves on the beach: "We are full-time teachers and live at the beach year round. FHSU makes it easy to pursue our master's at a school with a reputable program, without having to leave the coast."
Jessica from Wyoming titled her photo, "Tigers in the Tetons!": "The best part about being a Virtual College student at FHSU is being able to study what I love from the place I love."
A really wonderful problem for a university to have is having to build more trophy cases. Winning awards, whether on the athletic field or in the classroom, is always great as it shows a tangible outcome to the efforts that go into making the student experience everything it should be.
Last week, Fort Hays State University was recognized by TheBestSchools.org in an article entitled "The Best Online College in Each of America's Fifty States." According to the publisher, we were selected as the best in Kansas based on academic excellence, course and degree offerings, faculty strengths and reputation for online degree programs. You can read the full article at http://www.thebestschools.org/features/best-online-college-in-each-american-state . Since the article lists the schools in alphabetical order by state, you will need to scroll down a bit. You'll find that TheBestSchools.org recognized the same benefits of an FHSU online education that U.S. News & World Report recognized earlier this year when they ranked our online programs #16 nationally for Best Online Bachelor's Programs, #20 for Best Online Graduate Education Programs, and #64 for Best Online Graduate Business Programs. When combined with online tuition that is in the bottom 2% in the United States, FHSU does offer value that is truly remarkable, and it's great when other organizations notice.
So, honestly, these awards do mean a lot to us. They are third-party recognition of the constant and dedicated effort we put into online education here at FHSU. When we win awards, and in a year like this year when there are almost too many to count, we do feel good about the recognition.
On the other hand, winning awards is only a by-product of the ongoing, intense focus we have on student success. We don't think about awards when we try to better serve our students. For example, at a time when most universities were cutting back on new programs and initiatives, we invested a significant sum of money into creating a professional advising group to serve most of our 6,000+ online students with a more personalized and comprehensive advising service. We are always looking for better ways to serve students so they will be successful in their academic pursuits. That's really what drives us, day after day. We do listen to feedback from our students, and encourage it.
The awards are great, and we like winning them. However, awards or no awards, our focus in on student success, and always will be. It is at the core of what we do, and at the end of the day, it's the successes we've had with our students that really makes us proud.
Brad Goebel
All these questions and more are answered by the syllabus. Here is a really great idea – keep all the syllabi you get, from every course you take. Why? Someday you may transfer schools, or go to graduate school at another institution. When I applied to my MBA program, the university had various prerequisites that I had to show that I had satisfied. For example, I had to have taken a statistics class. Since I had majored in business, that wasn't a problem, but then I found that they wanted to know that my business statistics class had certain specific key learning outcomes. Did it contain certain elements of inferential and descriptive statistics, or just one type? Having kept my syllabus from that undergraduate statistics class, it was easy to see what I had taken and what aspects of stats I had been exposed to. The same types of questions were asked about a couple of other courses I had taken. Having the syllabus from courses I had taken saved me from having to take (and pay for!) several courses prior to admission to graduate school. My daughter is in college now, and scans all of her important documents into her computer as pdf files so she will have them when she needs them.
One thing most instructors put into their syllabi is a caveat that the course schedule is subject to change. For that reason, do not take it on faith that the course schedule will remain as it was written. Be alert. When you log into Blackboard, look for announcements that will tell you if things have changed or are changing. Knowing that the assignment due date or exam date has changed is your responsibility. Another good idea is to create a master calendar with the key due-dates for all your classes. That way, you will never miss a deadline. Take a look at all your classes and assignments. Do you think you will need tutoring for any of your classes? We provide a service called Smarthinking here at Fort Hays State for our online students. Don't wait until the last minute to get access. Allow at least a week to get everything done, including the sign-up process. A good time to get started with whatever tutoring service you may use is the first week of class. That way you will have access when you need it.
I'll close this article with another thing we've discussed previously. I can't stress enough how important it is to get to know your professor. If your professor recognizes your name when he or she gets a post or email, things just go better. Make contact early in the course. Ask for help sooner rather than later. If you have questions about anything in the course – assignments, the work itself, projects, whatever – do not wait to get answers. As an instructor, I sometimes get emails on Friday afternoon wanting to know what to do with a major assignment that is due that night. I typically make assignments due at 11:59 p.m. the day they are due. Waiting until the day the assignment is due to ask about it? Not a good idea.
Best of luck to you as you begin your new semester. If we can help in any way, don't hesitate to contact us!
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As a student, you need to remember you are ultimately responsible for the choices you make. Take the initiative to contact and maintain a working relationship with your advisor. Below are tips of what to do before you meet with your advisor to pre-enroll:
· Call, email or stop by to make an appointment - and keep your scheduled appointment
· Be prepared - have a list of questions or concerns you wish to address
· Be open and honest about issues that may be prevent you from achieving your best…remember your advisor wants you to succeed and reach your academic goals
· Familiarize yourself with the degree requirements
· Utilize resources available to you on campus
· Follow through on your advisors recommendations
Your Academic Advisor is there to help navigate you your through your educational experiences. Visit regularly with your advisor to evaluate your educational plans, experiences and opportunities at FHSU.
Best of luck!
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FHSU Graduate School Commencement – Friday May 16th, 2014
"Thanks to the Fort Hays State University Virtual College I'm proof that you CAN get your Master's with a full-time job, husband, dog and 2 kids, while selling one house, building another house and moving! It took me more than 3 years to complete, but it feels so good to be done. Go Tigers!! "
~ Hayley Bieker
We frequently ask Virtual College students how they maintain balance in their lives as they pursue an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree online. The answers are sometimes amusing, but underneath the humor is a very obvious dedication to completing something they started. One student wrote, "I have a job that goes until about 6:00 in the evening. Then I go pick up my two kids, go home, fix dinner, help with their schoolwork, get them in the bath and get them to bed. So my school day starts about 10:00 p.m. With luck, I get to bed about 1:00 a.m. But only a year and a half left – and then hopefully a better job and more time with the family – or sleeping!"
Obviously, self-discipline is very important to succeed in an online degree program. You have to make time to get the class assignments done and submitted, and you have to make time to study and learn the material. Our best students have learned to be organized and to make the most of the time they have available.
Most online programs today use a learning management system, or LMS, to facilitate the delivery of course material. You may be familiar with Blackboard, Moodle, Angel, WebCT, or other systems. They are similar in function, providing a "virtual classroom" for online students. They're accessible anywhere you have an internet connection, and while I wouldn't try to do a whole course on a smartphone, it probably could be done. Most don't require that you be a tech guru, but you do have to be comfortable learning new ways to do things.
Log in at least three times a week to make sure you know what's going on. If you have technical problems, get help at your earliest opportunity. If you're taking an exam online, turn off everything on your computer except the exam (no music streaming, etc.). I would also suggest that you make sure you have all the bandwidth that's available in your house or apartment. The kids watching Hulu or Netflix in the next room will eat up a lot of your internet connection and could cause problems while you're taking the exam. Have them watch a DVD instead for that hour or so. Taking care of this before going into the exam will go a long way to ensuring that your computer won't lock up on you or kick you out of the exam space.
Contact your professors and support services early in the semester or course term. A lot of people think that an online course isn't interactive just because people are separated by geography. Not true. As an instructor, some of the best interactions I've had with students have been in my online classes. Be proactive. In addition to your submissions, share some of your thoughts with your professor. Ask questions – especially if you are having trouble with any of the assignments. Find out early what student support services are available and appropriate for a given class – library online databases, tutoring services, writing centers, financial aid, etc. – and connect with them for assistance.
Stay in close contact with your advisor. Talk to your advisor at a minimum of once a semester, more often if necessary. They will reach out to you throughout the year. When they do, respond as soon as you can.
I think the final thing, but perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is "How badly do I want this degree?" There are sacrifices to be made, a lot of hard work to be done, and there will be times when the end is not clearly in sight and your determination may waver. As Stephen Covey (author of The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People) said, "Begin with the end in mind." Start your educational journey knowing all the good things that will come from attaining a higher level of education, and stay focused on your goal.
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Starting this summer, FHSU will switch to Blackboard's Managed Hosting. The change will be most noticeable by the improved performance, but it will also add features such as Blackboard Collaborate, which will allow for multiple functions such as videoconferences and instant messaging through Blackboard.
This upgrade to Blackboard is an outgrowth of the university's commitment to continuous improvement, evidenced by the creation two years ago of the Student Engagement and Advisory Center.
Recent continuous improvement initiatives from the Virtual College include:
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Distance education started with relatively low tech methods like pen and paper correspondence courses taught through the mail. Groups of learners were served by circuit riders who traveled to towns near colleges and universities to hold classes primarily for teachers in public schools. Later, audio conferencing between groups of people at various sites regionally or nationally gave a big boost to higher education. People in different locations would meet to sit around a speaker-phone and interact with the teacher. Later, video conferencing became the preferred method of teaching students at a distance. The biggest problem with these types of meetings was that there was a limited amount of information that could be shared during a scheduled meeting time that might or might not be convenient for the student.
In the late 1990's, colleges and universities started delivering classes over the internet. The first learning management systems were very simple. Systems like Web Course in a Box were basically drop boxes that allowed an instructor to upload documents to a space where students could then download them. Those primitive systems evolved into the sophisticated systems like Blackboard, Moodle and others that we have now. As technology develops, online courses will become even more interactive, with increased engagement and information sharing between professors and students.
Next post, we'll take a look at the current state of online learning and what it takes to be a successful online learner.
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A roundup of Asian economic news from around the Web.
Slowing Emerging Markets: Emerging-market growth was unusually high from 2000 to 2012 but is likely to slow going forward, Anders Aslund writes. Much of the catch-up potential has already been used up, the extraordinary credit and commodity booms are over, and many large emerging economies are financially fragile. Major structural reforms could revive rapid growth but policymakers caught up in state and crony capitalism aren't inclined to opt for such reforms. As a result, the West could retake the global economic lead for the next decade or so.
Here Comes the Sun: James Reilly says the substantial expansion of China's trade and investment in North Korea — echoing in some aspects the sunshine policy championed by South Korean presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun — is slowly nudging the reclusive state toward a more market-oriented and externally engaged society.
Whither India?: After comprehensive trade reforms and two decades of rapid growth, the IMF now forecasts that India's economic expansion will fall to 3.5% this current fiscal year. If weak growth persists, the dynamic of Indian demography — and the prospect of a huge growth in the workforce over the coming decades — will turn the promise of higher incomes for India's growing population to dust, Peter Drysdale writes.

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You're really much better off to be a Sole Proprietor (sch C). You don't really have the volume of book keeping that would warrant making your company a C Corp, or S Corp
Both of these entities must fie their own tax return, where as a Schedule C is part of your Federal 1040 return
You don't need to get an EIN #, and I'm not sure what kind of license you're speaking of
state business license
I read where the llc keeps you protected in case of a lawsuit...that is the part that made me not sure as to which one to pick
oh....it sounds like you're talking about "errors and admissions"
but that's a form of insurance
If I were going into business myself I would definitely buy that insurance
So having a limited liability corp would not accomplish the same thing with less expense than insurance
"LLC" can actually be attached to ANY business, from Sole Proprietor to Corp
Although there is SOME protection, its not NEARLY the amount offered by the errors and omissions insurance
however, if these are people that you know quite well, you may not need the insurance
Okay...down the line if i even went that route...do you have any idea of what a common price range that is in to purchase?
Oh, I'm really sorry, but since I have worked for the same large company (who buys the insurance on all of us) for 27 years, that
that's not something I ever looked at
If I were you, I'd call around
thats fine...one last thing...I hope its okay to go back and ask this...but our last session you spoke of the filings schedules for the bookeeping and rental but i didn't get what schedule to file the antiques on...is that okay to ask you this now?
You're fine...........honest.
you report the sale of the antiques on the new form 8949, which will eventually feed over to the Schedule D
You may ask as many follow up questions as you like
it ' s all part of the job
oh how nice...
yes.......that's a nice feature for our customers
what ought to be an average price to pay a tax preparer for that?
Depends..........at Block, there's no charge......(we charge by the form) for people who get paid hourly?......I have no idea..
what would those forms cost?
at block
I'm not trying to be vague here............Block has the strangest pricing to try to keep track of....they "tweak" it every year,....
under 200?
For the 8949 (Sch D) you're probably looking at maybe $35 for one entry
I have to be honest with you though...............while I LOVE small sole proprietor businesses, they are some of the most expensive forms we do
that expense includes depreciation
business miles
if you have an office in home
While yours doesn't appear to have that much to it.............I think the starting price is around $80??
that is good to know...it gives me some type of an idea
Every time you go to a store (office max, etc) and buy things for your business those miles become business miles
at roughly 58?59? cents /mile, that can really add up
you would need to keep a record of your miles though
my Dad used to keep pocket calendar in his car...........he would then record the # XXXXX miles, and why they were business miles
good to know...a small book or like an excel sheet
that works too
if you think of more questions, just come back here (you can bookmark this page) and I'll get to them as soon as I can
greatly appreciate your help. Good evening to you.
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Good scope on the 22 or on the 308?
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The diamondback has fixed parallax at 100 yds and if you're shooing closer, which you likely will be with the 22, then the scope is pretty much useless as the fixed parallax with give significant errors with check weld.
Significant is obviously subjective but worthless is taking it too far. For decades rimfire shooters were pretty well stuck with centerfire scopes if they wanted 1" tubes and decent glass. Critters died just fine. The amount of potential parallax is less than most realise and actual parallax is even less. Basically, if your check weld habits are bad enough to have parallax issues with a scope below 10x you're a pretty bad shot anyway.
I know nothing about the Minox scope and the OP didn't specify which one he has. But from what I saw they are not AO either.
Now if either of the scopes is AO than I say put it on the one that see less action in the field. AO sucks for hunting and is not needed in the least outside of prairie dog towns, maybe.
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It's no secret that organization is a huge challenge for those with ADHD. Add in the immaturity, laziness, and just plain "I don't care if it's clean" attitude of most children and you have one heck of a mess.
My loyal readers know a mess makes me crazy. Really, really crazy! In my brain, every object has a home and should never be set down anywhere but in its assigned place. I live with two children and a husband who welcome and nurture a disheveled environment though. They are the anti- to my order. They just don't see the mess. Honestly, it doesn't bother them and so it doesn't even register with them. That is a huge problem for me.
For years I have been cleaning up behind everyone because I just can't stand it. But no sooner than I'd tidy up one corner and move on to the next than I'd turn around and find that first corner again a disaster. That is so very frustrating, as you can imagine.
So then I vowed to stop picking up after everyone. "If they can't pick it up themselves, I'll just leave it until it gets so bad even they can't stand it," I thought. That backfired. I couldn't stand it long before they were even close to being bothered.
And so the plan to organize everyone better came into being. I decided I have to make it as easy as possible to maintain order — break it down into small increments, bite-sized pieces, and enforce a daily quick tidy so that it never becomes overwhelming. Feeling overwhelmed has been the source of many an ADHD meltdown and tons of procrastination. Feeling overwhelmed is one of our biggest hurdles to being organized. While I haven't been great at daily enforcement, everyone is reminded every few days to do a quick tidy before it becomes too much to conquer. {that was in 2010, now in 2012, I am not as on top of it as I should be.}
Here's what we've accomplished of the organization overhaul so far:
- Each child has a small plastic bin on the stairs leading up to their room. When I find little things here and there in the living room that have migrated down, I put them in the appropriate bin. Once a week the kids carry their bins up to their rooms and empty them (and put everything in its RIGHTFUL place).
- I completely revamped Luke's toy storage. I thought the buckets we had were organized enough but as I've learned more about ADHD and Luke's specific struggles, I realized that we needed to break toys down into smaller, more manageable groups and tidy each day to keep the unwelcome task short and simple. While the new system cost us nearly $300, I was finally able to spend some cash on the project at the end of 2009, after a long dry year in real estate sales.
He had four large plastic buckets I got when he was about 3 years old. While it looked cohesive aesthetically because they were all the same size and color, every time Luke wanted a specific toy he had to dump the buckets on the floor until he found what he was after. Once a bucket was dumped, the scale of the mess was too overwhelming for him to clean up.
Here's the only remaining of those four buckets which still houses his train set (that he doesn't play with but I can't convince him to give up just yet):
I purchased an ITSO system found exclusively at Target. It's a modular system that can be customized to your exact needs. I started by making a list of all the categories I could sort Luke's toys into and whether each required a small, medium, or large bin. Our categories were:
- Hot wheels cars
- Medium-sized toy cars
- Trains
- K'Nex
- Action Figures
- Animal and dinosaur figures
- Toy story action figures (he has a big set of these)
- Stuffed animals
- Writing/drawing
- Flying toys (Nerf gun, fly wheels, etc)
- Balls
- Army figures
- Misc.
I used their online ITSO designer to configure Luke's new wall unit and print out a shopping list of all the pieces I needed to create it. Kudos to Target for making it so easy. I had to pick up pieces in a few separate trips – they don't stock enough in the store to make a pretty large wall unit. We are still missing the feet for one stack of cubes as you can see in the pictures. But it's functional and that's the first goal.
He has lots of bins but they are organized into manageable amounts of toys. And they even make dry-erase stickers for the ends to label them. He can quickly scan and find what he wants without removing anything he doesn't want. He has been a lot less frustrated for sure.
Plus, he can pull out the entire bin and take it to a play area. Here he is playing with his Toy Story figures. When he's done, he can just drop them back in the bucket real quick and put it back on the shelf. So quick and simple! Amazingly, I have not found any of these bins dumped on the floor in the 8 or so weeks we've had this new system. Woo-hoo! {that was 2010 when it was all new, that's not the case now in 2012}
He's happier because he's not nagged to clean up all the time. Each night (when mom remembers), he is asked to do a quick tidy and get anything laying out back in its rightful place. That usually takes just a minute or two, five minutes tops.
I should mention too that he has some shelving in his closet that houses large cars and trucks, puzzles, and odds and ends that don't fit in the cubbies. There are just a few items that didn't fit.
We also have a cubby system Daddy the woodworker built in our entryway for organizing all things you enter and exit the house with. There is a long bench where the lid can be lifted to reveal cubbies to keep shoes in. There are doors that reveal hooks for coats and a ledge for purses and backpacks. And there are cubby openings at the top with a basket in each for gloves, hats, and scarves. There are four of each item, one for each family member. When you enter the house, you go to the cubby and kick off your shoes, hang your coat, put away your backpack, keys, hats, gloves, etc. Then, when it's time to go somewhere, we don't have to search high and low all over the house for a missing shoe or car keys. It's all right there. So simple and yet genius. Even better would be if we could have phone chargers in the cubby and keep our mobile electronics there. There isn't electricity in the area though … next time.
I have decided coat hooks are a blessing and can be used to organize a large number of things. I am going to install hooks on the wall:
- in Luke's closet for costumes and hats (now kept in a dresser drawer where he has to drag everything out to find what he wants).
- in sister Emma's closet for purses and hats
- in my closet for my pj's in rotation (I wear the same pj's 2-3 nights to keep laundry to a minimum and usually fold them on the floor of the closet) and for necklaces and other accessories
- in the stairwell coming up from the garage for dog leashes and messy and/or wet clothing from work or play outside
- in many more places yet to be discovered
Of course, there are many more ways I want to organize but current finances dictate doing a little at a time. Keeping it bite-sized and manageable isn't a bad idea for me either. If I had my way though, I'd buy 100 matching bins/cubbies/baskets in all sizes and every cabinet and closet, every shelf and nook, would have symmetrical, evenly-spaced, matching bins. Ah, I can breathe easily and relax just imagining it. Order makes my brain so happy!


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Walther P22
How many on here own or intend to purchase a Walther P22?
not me but we sell the hell out of them pistols in the store
Bought one for my wife about 6 months ago and we're up to about a 1000 rounds thru it now. Great little shooter and my wife loves it. We have the long barrel kit for it as well and it's very accurate with either...
I have one and love shooting it. 500 rounds for $10 and it's very accurate.
My next purchase will be a .22 rifle. :)
I bought a P22 last summer, since then I've put about 2500 rounds through it. It's a great gun, except it's very temperamental about what kind of ammo you use. Other than that it's very good, inexpensive gun. I highly recommend this gun.
I put the cheapest .22 rounds I can down my P22... Blazer Brass maybe? It's like $9.99 a box of 525 at Cabelas...
When I shoot it, I've never had a problem. I think one has failed to feed out of some 1000 shots... My girlfriend on the other hand? She can have a failed feed every other magazine... I'm not really sure what the problem is either, I can't see any sort of limp wristing, etc. Similar problems happen with my XD9 as well with her though and I've never had a problem.
There are three revisions of the Walther P22 magazine as the original design was prone to feed failures. Walther corrected the issue by modifying the feed ears and adding a short 3/8" slot which allows rounds to stagger as they approach the top of the magazine. The second version of the magazine is designated with an 'A' after the part number. Later versions of the 'A' magazine have an elongated 1" stager slot which further improves the magazine's performance. Finally Walther has released a 'B' version which is made of thicker steel, has a tall spring retaining nub and retains the 1" stager slot.
P22 ammo
Picked up a P22 recently with the long barrel and am enjoying it. Traded a Ruger MK III for the Walther P22 because I wasn't satisfied with the feel of the MK III. Also own a MK II Ruger and just got a Baretta Neos. Ruger and Walther seen to prefer hotter loads to reduce ftf problems, Beretta doesn't seem to mind anything. The Federal ammo seems to be quite dirty.
Walther is a nice little gun that I enjoy, accurate enough and ammo is certainly inexpensive.
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(AP) BEIRUT - Special U.N. envoy Kofi Annan acknowledged in an interview published Saturday that the international community's efforts to find a political solution to the escalating violence in Syria have failed.
Annan also said that more attention needed to be paid to the role of longtime Syrian ally Iran, and that countries supporting military actors in the conflict were making the situation worse.
"The evidence shows that we have not succeeded," he told the French daily Le Monde.
Annan, the special envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League, is the architect of the most prominent international plan to end the crisis in Syria, which activists say has killed more than 14,000 people since March 2011.
His six-point plan was to begin with a cease-fire in mid-April between government forces and rebels seeking to topple the regime of President Bashar Assad. But the truce never took hold, and now the almost 300 U.N. observers sent to monitor the cease-fire are confined to their hotels because of the escalating violence.
Activists reported more than 50 people killed on Saturday alone, after some 800 people last week.
Turkey: Syrians defecting by the hundreds
Russia to meet with Syria opposition, Annan
Mood pessimistic at Geneva meeting on Syria
Annan defended the unarmed observers, saying it was not their job to stop the violence, but to monitor the sides' adherence to the truce.
He offered few suggestions on how the plan could be salvaged, only saying that Iran "should be part of the solution" and that criticism too often focused on Russia, which has stood by the regime.
"Very few things are said about other countries that send arms and money and weigh on the situation on the ground," he said, without naming any specific countries.
It is unclear what role Annan envisions for Iran, a longtime Syrian longtime ally that has stood by the regime throughout the uprising. Tehran's close ties could make it an interlocutor with the regime, though the U.S. has often refused to let the Islamic Republic attend conferences about the Syria crisis.
Russia provides the Assad regime with most of its weapons. No countries are known to be arming the rebels, though some Gulf Arab states have spoken positively of doing so. The U.S. and other Western nations have sent non-lethal aid, like communications equipment.
The Syrian uprising began in March, 2011, when people first took to the streets to call for political reforms. Since then, the government has waged a brutal crackdown, and many in the opposition have taken up arms, sidelining peaceful activists and changing the conflict into an armed insurgency.
Scores of independent rebel groups now operate in the country, regularly attacking regime bases and convoys.
Activists in Syria on Saturday reported fierce government offensives to try to retake rebellious areas outside of the northern city of Aleppo and near the capital Damascus, as well as government shelling across the country.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on an activist network inside Syria, called the bombardment of a number of villages in Aleppo province "the most violent" since the army launched a recent campaign to retake control of the area.
The group said that rebels in the area had killed many regime soldiers in recent months. Three rebels and three civilians were killed in the province Saturday, it said. Five government soldiers also were killed when rebels blew up their vehicle.
The Observatory said at least 35 rebels and civilians were killed nationwide, plus 19 government soldiers.
The activist claims could not be independently verified. The Syrian government rarely comments on its military operations and blames the uprising on foreign-backed gangs seeking to weaken the country.
The violence has raised fears that the unrest will spill over into Lebanon, which has extensive sectarian and political ties to its eastern neighbor.
On Saturday, shells fired from inside Syria killed two Lebanese civilians and wounded 10 others, security officials said, in the latest incident of violence spilling across the border.
One woman was killed when a shell hit her home in the Wadi Khalid area of northeast Lebanon, also wounding five others. Another shell hit the nearby village of al-Hisheh, killing an 8-year-old boy and wounding his father and four other children.


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Unpaved roads create problems for Clinton County students
Parents are being forced to take their kids farther to the bus stop after school officials in Clinton County say many of the roads are unsafe for school buses.
The roads are so soft that school buses will not even come close to gravel roads. Clinton Prairie Schools near Frankfort told parents in order for their children to ride the bus to school, parents had to bring them to a paved road. A large number of students in the district live on gravel roads.
"I would say this is the worst I have ever drove on it for a gravel road, a mud road. I mean it is dangerous. It will pull your car off the side into the ditch. You never know what it is going to do," said parent Jacob Heyden.
For Heyden's son, Jas, that means he and his mother have to walk about a quarter-mile to the nearest road. He is one of many children that will be meeting the school bus at the nearest paved road to their homes.
"When you first pull down this road after the snow started melting, you would sink in about two or three inches," Heyden said.
Soft gravel roads are not uncommon in Clinton County or any rural Indiana county. Every spring, in order to make the roads at least half-passable, the county highway department smoothes out the roads with a road grader, pulling the gravel back onto the road. But it is, at best, a temporary fix.
"We have a lot of roads that have not only been paved, but have not had any maintenance on them for quite a few years," said Larry Myers, Clinton County Highway Department.
The highway department does not have the money to fix even the paved roads, let alone gravel roads. The operating budget is made up from gasoline taxes and Clinton County has the same budget today as in 2002.
Bringing in more money for road repairs is nowhere in sight.
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"People driving less because they cannot afford the gas, so there is less gasoline being purchased, less income for the state, for the counties. It is a snowball effect," Myers said.
That means the Heyden family will have to keep walking the kids to the bus, at least until the roads dry up.
Clinton Prairie Schools are hoping to get the buses back onto regular routes by next week, however with rain coming, the highway department says it will only delay the work that needs to be done.


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Sickle cell disease is a rare inherited blood disorder. It is characterized by the presence of sickle or crescent shaped red blood cells (erythrocytes) in the bloodstream. These abnormally-shaped cells become rigid and lodge themselves in the very tiny blood vessels (capillaries) of the peripheral blood system (blood vessels outside of the heart). The capillaries become clogged, preventing the normal flow of oxygen to tissues. Common symptoms associated with sickle cell disease include chest pain, frequent infections, yellowing of the skin (jaundice), and low levels of circulating red blood cells (anemia). Sickle cell disease has several recognized forms including sickle cell anemia, sickle cell hemoglobin C disease and sickle cell thalassemia disease. Sickle cell disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
Symptoms of sickle cell disease develop due to the low level of healthy hemoglobin in the red blood cells (erythrocytes) and a resulting inability of the blood to supply oxygen to the tissues of the body. Sickle cell disease is characterized by sudden acute attacks of pain particularly in the chest, painful inflammation of the fingers or toes (sickle cell dactylitis), swollen hands or feet, a lingering upper respiratory infection and/or a pale color of the tongue and lips. Additional symptoms may include irritability; crying; poor eating habits; an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly); an enlarged liver (hepatomegaly); yellow discoloration of the skin (jaundice); stroke; a yellow appearance of the eyeballs (scleral icterus); and/or heart murmurs.
The symptoms of sickle cell disease vary greatly from case to case. Some affected individuals will have very mild symptoms; others may have a severe form of the disorder. The symptoms typically begin in the first three years of life. In children aged three to five, the signs of the disease are often pain in the chest, abdomen, limbs and joints. Joint pain generally follows exposure to cold, overexertion, infection and/or dehydration. Joint pain is usually not accompanied by joint swelling. Children with sickle cell disease may grow slowly and have many nosebleeds. Affected children are more susceptible to a variety of infections.
In adolescents and young adults the symptoms of sickle cell disease may include severe joint pain, delayed puberty, progressive anemia, leg sores, nosebleeds and/or dental disease. Kidney disease and a scarring of retinal tissues of the eyes may also occur. Occasionally sickle cell disease may cause a loss of bone, particularly the top of the thigh bone (osteonecrosis of the femoral head). The loss of bone may cause pain in the joints when walking, standing and/or lifting. Cardiac symptoms may also occur in people with sickle cell disease including a rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), heart murmurs, a higher risk than the general population of developing a stroke, and/or other heart problems.
Sickle cell disease may also appear in people over 20 years of age. When sickle cell disease occurs in adulthood people generally experience pain in the chest, abdomen, limbs and/or joints. These painful episodes may become less frequent with advancing age. Leg sores, inflammation of the retina (retinitis) of the eyes, and gallbladder disease are often present. Men with sickle cell disease may experience painful, prolonged erections (priapism).
Impaired blood flow associated with sickle cell disease can potentially cause damage to most organ systems of the body including the kidneys, livers, spleen, and eyes.
Both sickle cell-thalassemia disease and sickle cell-hemoglobin C disease are milder forms of sickle cell disease. The symptoms of hemoglobin C disease occur later in life than those of sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell disease is a rare blood disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Genetic diseases are determined by two genes, one received from the father and one from the mother. Recessive genetic disorders occur when an individual inherits the same abnormal gene for the same trait from each parent. If an individual receives one normal gene and one gene for the disease, the person will be a carrier for the disease, but usually will not show symptoms. The risk for two carrier parents to both pass the defective gene and, therefore, have an affected child is 25% with each pregnancy. The risk to have a child who is a carrier like the parents is 50% with each pregnancy. The chance for a child to receive normal genes from both parents and be genetically normal for that particular trait is 25%.
People who inherit only one sickle cell gene are said to have "sickle cell trait" and are generally symptom free carriers who can pass the gene on to their offspring. However, people with sickle cell disease must inherit two genes for sickle cell (one from each parent) in order to have the disease.
Sickle cell disease affects 0.6 percent of the African American population in the United States (approximately 90,000 cases in the United States). Sickle cell disease affects approximately one in every 350 African American newborns. The sickle cell trait is present in approximately 40 percent of the general population in some areas of Africa. The incidence of sickle cell trait in Americans of African descent is 9 percent. Americans whose ancestry is Asiatic Indian, Italian, Greek or Mediterranean may also be affected by sickle cell disease.
Two tests are used to screen for sickle cell disease in newborn infants. Umbilical cord blood screening is used to detect sickle cell disease in newborns. Hemoglobin testing (electrophoresis) can detect the major varieties of sickle cell disease. As part of routine newborn screening in most US states, newborns are screened for hemoglobin S (the defective, sickle-shaped form of hemoglobin characteristic of the disorder).
The treatment of sickle cell disease is symptomatic and supportive. People with sickle cell disease must get regular medical checkups, avoid chills, dress warmly, eat nutritionally balanced meals, get adequate sleep, avoid standing in the cold without exercising, and practice deep breathing for five minutes before going to sleep. Vaccination against pneumococcal infections may be given to children over the age of two years.
Pain-relieving medications may be administered during painful crises. Blood transfusions are often used to reduce the risk of a stroke in an affected individual and to treat anemia. Folic acid may also be used to treat individuals with anemia. In some cases, surgery may be necessary because of damage to specific organs such as gall bladder surgery to remove gall stones or surgical removal of the spleen (splenectomy) to treat splenic crisis.
Genetic counseling will be of benefit for affected individuals and their families. Genetic testing can determine if a person is carrying the sickle cell trait. In general if a couple both have the sickle cell trait they have a 25 percent chance of having a child with sickle cell disease.
The drug hydroxyurea (Hydrea or Droxia) has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of sickle cell disease. Hydroxyurea helps stimulate the production of fetal hemoglobuin. Hydroxyurea is manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Information on current clinical trials is posted on the Internet at www.clinicaltrials.gov. All studies receiving U.S. government funding, and some supported by private industry, are posted on this government website.
For information about clinical trials being conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, contact the NIH Patient Recruitment Office:
Tollfree: (800) 411-1222
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For information about clinical trials sponsored by private sources, contact:
Phase III clinical trials are being launched (2006) for denufosol, an early intervention therapy for treatment of patients with mild lung disease. For information on this drug, contact the manufacturer:
Inspire Pharmaceuticals
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Durham, NC 27703
Tel.: (919) 941-9777
Fax: (919) 941-9797
In January 2004, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designated oral unfractionated heparin an orphan drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease. The drug's manufacturer is TRF Technologies, Inc. For information, contact:
TRF Technologies, Inc.
108 Eagle Trace Drive
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Phone: (650) 727-0110
Fax: (650) 727-8637
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Research results released in April 2003 showed that hydroxyurea improved survival rates among people who were severely affected by sickle cell anemia. Specifically, the study showed a 40 percent reduction in deaths among patients who took the drug over a nine-year period. These results were announced through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, sponsor of the research.
Previous research had shown that hydroxyurea reduced symptoms among the most severely affected sickle cell patients. The more recent research shows that the drug also improves the survival of the sickest patients.
In other research, scientists at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are studying whether inhaling nitric oxide gas mixed with room air can improve pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) in patients with sickle cell disease. It is estimated that 20 to 30 percent of patients with this disease have moderate to severe pulmonary hypertension. Patients 18 and older may be eligible. Contact:
NHLBI Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: (800) 411-1222
Email: email@example.com
The NHLBI is also funding research into a study called Stroke With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (SWITCH). The study aims to determine whether hydroxyurea can replace blood transfusions and whether monthly blood withdrawal can replace daily injections to treat iron overload. The study is currently in Phase III clinical trials.
Flocor is designated an orphan drug by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The most common problem sickle cell patients face is episodic pain (also referred to as vaso-occlusive crisis). Flocor is being studied for its ability to reduce the duration of these episodes by improving blood flow. The sponsoring company is the CytRx Corporation of Los Angeles, CA.
In May 1998, fructose-1, 6-diphosphate (Cordox) received orphan drug designation as a treatment for painful vaso-occlusive episodes associated with sickle cell disease. Cordox is manufactured by Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., of Union City, CA.
Bone marrow and cord blood stem cell transplantation are being studied for treatment of sickle cell disease. Sites of this research include the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, WA, and Boston University.
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If Mitt Romney believes what he said during the debate last night, in his latest iteration of his "apology tour" nonsense, forget about whether or not he's a liar: He should be nowhere near the White House.
Here's what Romney said to back up his usual claim that Barack Obama went on an apology tour:
And then in those nations, and on Arabic TV, you said that America had been dismissive and derisive. You said that on occasion America had dictated to other nations. Mr. President, America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators.
When I heard that claim that the United States "has not dictated to other nations," it sounded like a gaffe to me; so far, however, I've seen little criticism of it, and to my surprise Team Romney is treating it as a brilliant comeback – they've released an "apology tour" ad quoting from the debate, and Paul Ryan tweeted out the bit about "dictated" this morning.
Now, putting aside the actual basis for what Romney now says is what he calls an apology tour (here's a nice fact check of last night's comments; here's Glenn Kessler's excellent original explainer), what are we to make of this? I'm not sure how often Romney has included the "dictated" version of this one; I've always read "apology" as more about the need for presidents to be tough no matter what than a claim that the United States never, ever, ever, did anything wrong and therefore never needed to make amends.
But really, it's worth thinking about what Romney is saying.
Directly, he's making a historical claim: "America has not dictated to other nations." That's far beyond the giggle test, as a historical assertion. I mean, just to begin with, there's, you know, the end of World War II. But of course the United States has demanded things of other nations, and used its military might and economic power to enforce those demands. And no, not all of those occasions were about disposing of dictators. One might argue that a president shouldn't mention it, or that the nation shouldn't dwell on it, but to flat-out deny it? That's just junk history.
The real gaffe here, in my view, is that certainly the United States should, at times, dictate to other nations. That's perhaps not something that presidents should say, but nevertheless it's pretty much true.
And yes, Mitt Romney believes that, too. What else is the United States doing with Iran but attempting to dictate terms? Consider his answer on Syria:
And so the right course for us, is working through our partners and with our own resources, to identify responsible parties within Syria, organize them, bring them together in a — in a form of — if not government, a form of — of — of council that can take the lead in Syria. And then make sure they have the arms necessary to defend themselves. We do need to make sure that they don't have arms that get into the — the wrong hands. Those arms could be used to hurt us down the road. . . . We need to have a very effective leadership effort in Syria, making sure that the — the insurgent there are armed and that the insurgents that become armed, are people who will be the responsible parties. Recognize — I believe that Assad must go. I believe he will go. But I believe — we want to make sure that we have the relationships of friendship with the people that take his place, steps that in the years to come we see Syria as a — as a friend, and Syria as a responsible party in the Middle East.
That sounds an awful lot like "dictating" to me. He knows what he wants and thinks the United States should reach out and take it. Nothing about negotiating toward goals here, or in most of Romney's foreign policy.
I'm not sure how wise it would be for the United States to follow Romney's particular path here (would a U.S.-certified faction really be well-positioned to govern a post-revolutionary Syria?), but the general idea that the United States often has influence and should use it to further its interests seems extremely reasonable. Indeed, anyone who didn't believe that — and anyone not willing to make and enforce demands when national security was really at stake — would, it seems to me, be entirely unsuited for the presidency.
In the event, what Barack Obama was actually talking about when he used the "dictating" line was past policy towards Latin American nations (no, it wasn't in Arab nations, as Romney claimed in the debate); again, it would be foolish to argue that the United States has never bulldozed those countries, although one might argue about whether it's wise to acknowledge it. Generally, there are lots of times that the United States should bargain in good faith. But sometimes dictating terms is exactly the correct thing to do.


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Arysta LifeScience North America LLC and Cheminova Inc. announced a partnership to combine two best-in-class fungicide chemistries through a product that will set the new standard for fungicide performance. Launched under the brand name Fortix, the product will combine fluoxastrobin, the fast-acting strobilurin, from Arysta LifeScience and flutriafol, the longest-lasting triazole, from Cheminova. The two companies will jointly market and sell Fortix Fungicide.
Fortix, registered in soybeans and pending registration in corn, can be applied once, early – using ground or aerial application – to provide full-season fungicide benefits to soybeans and corn. Growers will now have more flexibility with application timing and the method with which to apply fungicides.
Fortix is labeled for numerous diseases, including (but not limited to) frogeye leaf spot, brown spot and powdery mildew in soybeans.
"We believe the unique combination of these two chemistries from Arysta LifeScience and Cheminova will provide soybean growers with a fungicide that goes above and beyond what is currently available," said Kevin Staska, product manager, Arysta LifeScience. "Growers should see positive results in both their fields and their wallets."
"Fortix gives growers the flexibility to spray once, early for yield-enhancing fungicide benefits all season long," said Deneen Sebastian, product manager, Cheminova. "We believe this will set the new standard for fungicide performance, helping growers protect their investment and maximize every acre."
The two companies are pursuing registration on other row crops.