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C. V. O'Boyle
Search Counsel for
Higher Education
C. V. O'Boyle, LLC
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Providence, RI 02906-1144
President and Dean Search Specification
Our Mission
William Mitchell College of Law is an independent law school that lives its mission every day:
We serve the law. We teach it, study it, practice it, and work to make it just. This is our mission.
Our students come to William Mitchell with diverse traits, talents, and experiences, yet they have in common a desire to transform themselves into skilled and ethical legal professionals. They learn from us and from each other. We challenge and support them, and we are responsive to their family and career commitments.
We study law and the legal profession as critical observers and active participants. Our legal education incorporates scholarship and practice, maintains a strong connection to the profession, is intellectually rigorous, and instills an ethic of service to clients and community. Our students graduate with the practical wisdom to put the law to work.
Our Vision
To pioneer a demanding legal education so engaged with the profession that our graduates have an enduring advantage as they meet the challenges of an increasingly complex world.
William Mitchell College of Law, a pioneer in affording access to premium, practice-ready legal education, seeks a new President and Dean, who will hold the Steven E. and Lisa Bonner Distinguished Chair. The college is an incubator for the bar, bench and civic leadership in its region. And, as the only law school authorized by the American Bar Association to offer a hybrid, 50-percent online JD course of instruction, it now also serves a broader national and international market. The new President and Dean will lead the implementation and promotion of this groundbreaking on-campus/online Hybrid Program (whose first cohort commences study in January 2015) as a new model for legal education. He or she will lead a nimble, independent institution with an engaged and resourceful board and a shared sense of mission across all constituents, whose alumni play an outsized role in the affairs of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. With the successful conclusion of its $25 million "If Not for Mitchell" campaign now in sight, the college has laid a strong base for continued growth in private support from alumni, friends, and the broader community.
The College's History and Distinctions
In 1900, five notable St. Paul lawyers had an entirely new idea for legal education. They founded a night law school for people who, because they were earning a living and supporting a family, needed an alternative to daytime law school. The founders pulled together a group of students, many of them clerks in their law firms, and taught the classes themselves, bringing a real-world, practical perspective to the classroom. The college flourished, buoyed by the practical wisdom of the founders and the workaday ethic of the students.
That maverick law school, along with four other area schools that shared its practical approach, became William Mitchell College of Law in 1956. Fittingly, the merged institution, so closely tied to the legal profession, took its name from Justice William Mitchell of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1881–99), one of Minnesota's finest judges, known for opinions that were models of brevity and sound reasoning.
As the law school's emphasis on practical legal education continued, its graduates, such as Warren E. Burger '31, the 15th chief justice of the United States, and Rosalie E. Wahl '67, the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, stood out for their legal expertise and sound judgment. Mitchell and its predecessors produced the first woman African-American lawyer in Minnesota, the first Minnesota Court of Appeals Chief Judge, the first woman Minnesota attorney general, the first Somali law graduate in Minnesota, and the first openly gay American Indian state legislator in the country. Currently, 120 Mitchell graduates serve on the Minnesota bench, including nine on the Court of Appeals.
William Mitchell developed a clinical program in 1973, one of the first law schools to do so, and it led the way with its legal writing, advocacy, and practicum programs. In 1980, the college, always responsive to the needs of students, began offering daytime classes and the option of full-time enrollment, in addition to its night classes. Day or night, William Mitchell's classes were filled with a cross-section of students coming from established careers or straight from the undergraduate classroom.
Today, William Mitchell is still pioneering practical legal education and is recognized for its flexible, intellectually independent, experimental character established more than a century ago. Its 12,000 alumni are leaders in the profession, working in the region's largest law firms, Fortune 500 companies, judiciary, government, and nonprofit organizations.
Access, and support of an outcomes-based curriculum rooted in the real-world needs of lawyers, anchors the strategic focus and priorities for Mitchell's board, rather than rankings. But several rankings merit notice. For ten consecutive years, Mitchell's clinical programs have been the top ranked in Minnesota; currently U.S. News ranks them 23rd nationally. A recent survey of more than 1,750 lawyers in Minnesota found that Mitchell graduates rank number one among those from the state's four law schools in "preparedness for practice." The National Law Journal ranked Mitchell 18th among all law schools for the percentage of students awarded state clerkships. The ABA ranked the college first among Minnesota's private law schools for employment in 2013 and among the top 20 percent nationally (just above Harvard) in its percentage of alumni giving (17.4 percent) the last year the ABA compiled this information in 2012. William Mitchell has produced more Super Lawyers in Minnesota than Harvard, Yale, Hamline, the University of St. Thomas, Iowa, and Drake—combined.
As an independent, not-for-profit law school, among the oldest and now arguably the best established in this category, Mitchell has the nimbleness and flexibility for innovation and low-cost risk-taking in responding to the changing needs of the legal profession: its leadership answers to a supportive board, rather than a university bureaucracy.
The Faculty
William Mitchell has a full-time faculty of 32, including the President and Dean, an Associate Dean for Administration, and an Associate Dean for Faculty. It also appoints a Distinguished Jurist in Residence, currently retired Justice Helen M. Meyer '83 (who is chairing the President and Dean Search Committee), and several visiting faculty.
Regular faculty members have served on the bench and worked in the region's top law firms, public service, government, and corporations. Every faculty member is admitted to the bar and has imbedded in her or his teaching an orientation toward practice. Mitchell does not segregate faculty according to teaching methods. Most faculty members incorporate skills and doctrine into their courses beginning in the first year, and clinics and externships are part of most teaching loads. Mitchell's professors are exploring new ground in Indian law, cyber law, child protection, preventive detention, the future of solo and small law firms, intellectual property, family law, and food safety. A digital archive of faculty scholarship is available through Mitchell Open Access. Links to the William Mitchell Law Review, Journal of Law and Practice, Cybaris, and Law Raza can be found in the bottom navigation of this website.
In a typical year, the college also employs 100 adjunct faculty members drawn from a pool of 200 judges, prosecutors, public defenders, in-house counsel, and lawyers in private practice. Most adjuncts have an on-going relationship with Mitchell (some dating back to more than 20 years). In a focus group convened for the search committee, adjuncts reported that they feel well supported by the college staff and the Blackboard classroom management system. They also avowed their own affinity for the college's mission. They cited the quality, maturity and diversity of Mitchell students, and service to the profession as primary motivations for their adjunct teaching.
The Students
Mitchell currently enrolls 817 students; 32 percent are part-time. Forty U.S. states and 28 foreign countries are represented. Fifty-one percent are female, and 15 percent are students of color. The class entering in the fall of 2013 numbered 238, with a median LSAT of 154, a median age of 24, and an age range of 20–63. Mitchell regards all students, even first-years, as colleagues, and faculty members routinely praise their maturity and curiosity.
Indeed, the college touts "The Mitchell Mix" as a distinguishing feature of its pedagogy. Its students come from all walks of life. Many are pursuing second careers. Mitchell is a favored law school for older students, military veterans, GLBT students, and those interested in public interest law. It is one of only ten law schools to receive the "Diversity Matters Award" from the Law School Admissions Council and is the only law school to maintain an Office of Multicultural and International Inclusion. Mitchell's commitment to recruiting and assisting military students earned the college the distinction of being a Military Friendly School for 2013.
Busy with studies, jobs, and family, William Mitchell students still find time to donate thousands of volunteer hours every year. Almost 50 percent of its students earn recognition at graduation for donating 50 or more hours to public service, even without a pro bono requirement.
The Curriculum
The purpose of Mitchell's academic program is to give students the analytical and practical skills necessary to practice law, or "practical wisdom." Consistent with the college's commitment to provide educational access to non-traditional students, the college offers both full-time and part-time scheduling options. In recent years, four first-year sections met during the day and one met at night (with all classes beginning after 6 pm). The Hybrid Program will form a fifth section beginning in January 2015.
Concurrent with doctrinal courses, students progress through a Professional Skills Curriculum, beginning with two semesters of Writing and Representation: Advice and Persuasion in their first year. During the first semester, they learn fundamental research, analysis, and writing skills, as well as techniques for counseling clients. During the second semester, they take up contract negotiation, dispute resolution, and motion practice. Students take Advocacy in their second or third year. The course introduces them to advanced research skills, fact and case theory development, conducting discovery, questioning skills, making opening statements and closing arguments, writing appellate briefs, and presenting appellate oral arguments.
Eleven client representation clinics are offered regularly, and the college also offers nine externship courses with faculty supervision. Most of these are at the two or three credit level, in order to make them accessible to working students and to maximize opportunities for all students.
During the 2007–08 academic year, the college's Curriculum Committee developed Pathways to the Profession of Law, an online mapping tool that enables students to plan their course of study in 14 doctrinal areas, including civil procedure, criminal law, and family law. Students use the Pathways to view recommended sequencing of courses; whether classes are designated as skills or statutory courses; the names of faculty who teach in their areas of interests; and links to other resources. Each Pathway concludes with a Keystone course that represents both the culmination of law school learning and a transition to law practice and a lifetime of self-directed learning.
With other members of the Consortium for Innovative Legal Education, the college offers a month-long summer program in London for its JD students. The college's LLM program introduces foreign law graduates to the legal system of the United States and provides the opportunity to learn and apply advanced legal concepts in specialized areas of law such as intellectual property, international and comparative law, corporate law, and other areas.
The Hybrid Program
Beginning in January 2015, William Mitchell will offer the first hybrid on-campus/online JD program offered by an ABA-accredited law school. The first-of-its-kind program (and the only one permitted by the ABA, through a special variance) will feature two interrelated elements: intensive, in-person, experiential learning and online coursework that integrate foundational doctrine and skills.
Students who enroll in the new Hybrid Program will be on campus for at least one week each semester, participating in 56 intensive hours of realistic simulations and other coursework. Students will prepare for their on-campus work through an e-learning curriculum designed by William Mitchell faculty to integrate legal doctrine with practical legal skills. In addition, students will have the opportunity to complete externships in their communities under the supervision of practicing attorneys.
This innovative hybrid of on-campus and online learning will provide new access to those seeking a rigorous, experiential JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school. Offering it will extend William Mitchell's reach well beyond the Twin Cities. Applicants admitted to the first cohort already include non-traditional students in Arizona, Germany, New Jersey, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas, as well as the rural Midwest.
Governance and Alumni
A 30-member, self-perpetuating Board of Trustees oversees the college's business and strategic directions in the context of shared governance with the faculty. The new President and Dean will interact with this board and its leadership on a daily and weekly basis. Daniel P. O'Keefe '78, General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Aon Benfield, has just been elected Chair, succeeding Stephen Bonner '72, formerly Executive Chairman and now member of the board of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. The board, composed of alumni and non-alumni leaders in business and the legal profession, provides valued and engaged leadership in strategic planning and priority-setting, and in giving back to the college. Every board member gives back each year, and the board as a whole donated more than a third of the dollars raised for the Campaign.
Alumni are an active, visible, and vital part of the college community. The concentration of accomplished Mitchell alumni in the Twin Cities and the Upper Midwest region is one of the college's most valuable assets. Notable alumni include U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger '31, pioneers who overcame discrimination, governors, members of the U.S. Congress, CEOs of multinational corporations, and defenders of the disenfranchised. The Alumni Association Board of Directors includes partners and shareholders of leading law firms and leaders in government, public interest organizations, corporate law firms, and business.
Alumni involvement enriches the student experience and creates paths to student employment. Students have many formal and informal opportunities to meet and learn from recent alumni. First-years who sign up for the Mitchell Mentors program are assigned to a group of 3–4 students, two alumni co-mentors, and one upper-class student (peer) mentor. Alumni also assist students in their pursuit of employment through the Hachey Initiative, which connects students to alumni willing to provide informational interviews and networking advice, as well as work-shadowing opportunities. Alumni also teach and coach students in William Mitchell's skills-based program, which includes simulation courses, clinics, externships, and workshops.
Alumni are generous in their financial support of the progress and academic priorities of the college. As noted above, William Mitchell ranks among the top 20 percent of law schools in alumni giving. Seventy-five percent of the donors in the comprehensive, "If Not for Mitchell" Campaign are alumni.
The Campus and Community
The college occupies a seven-acre campus on Summit Avenue, St. Paul's most renowned street and "the best preserved American example of the Victorian monumental residential boulevard." The campus is a short drive from Minnesota's capitol, with both Twin-Cities downtowns—St. Paul and Minneapolis—close by. The Warren E. Burger Library, completed in 1990, affords students access to state-of-the-art legal research technology. A $15 million Campus Enhancement Project, completed in late 2004, gave the college new and renovated classrooms, a new student center, and updated infrastructure.
The Twin Cities have more Fortune 500 companies per capita than any other U.S. city. 3M, Best Buy, Cargill, General Mills, Target, Travelers, and UnitedHealth are among the 18 Fortune 100 headquarters in the region. From origins in the Twin Cities or elsewhere in the state, each has revolutionized its industry in internationally impactful ways and created a local culture of visionary and civically progressive entrepreneurship that is very consistent with William Mitchell's ethos.
The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce recently named the Twin Cities the top destination for young job seekers. The Twin Cities are also ranked as the most literate metropolitan area in America. Their venues for fine and performing arts are unsurpassed outside of New York and Washington, DC. These range from the Walker Art Center (contemporary art) and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (with its encyclopedic collection) to the Guthrie Theater and the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (host to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, The Minnesota Opera and The Schubert Club), and the new Cowles Center for Dance. The Twin Cities also support popular NBA, WNBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, Major League Baseball, and college teams. National surveys continually corroborate the high quality of life in the Twin Cities. Forbes named MSP "The Most Relaxed Cities in America"; USA Today named them "The Fittest Cities in America." The Twin Cities are unusual in their public transportation infrastructure and ease of commuting. More than four percent of Twin Cities' residents bike to work year-round. Indeed, according to Bicycling magazine, the Twin Cities are the most bike-friendly metro area in the country.
As Minnesota's capital city, St. Paul is home to the state legislature and supreme court. It is the older, smaller twin and also the seat of Ramsey County. The Ramsey County Courthouse and the Warren Burger Federal Courts Building are located in downtown St. Paul.
Opportunities and Challenges
William Mitchell is, of course, subject to the challenges facing all law schools following the financial crisis of 2008: the weak employment market in the legal profession and pressures on enrollment and tuition revenue. The successful rollout of the Hybrid Program provides a path to restoring enrollment to previous levels of more than 1,000 students. It is not dependent on the new lawyer hiring in the region, but as the pioneer in legal education, it presents new intellectual property, pedagogical, and technology issues untested by the administrative experience of most. The new President and Dean will have to articulate the college's value in a highly competitive local market but also to a broader national and international audience unfamiliar with Mitchell's distinction. In occupying the dual roles of President and Dean, she or he must balance amplified external and operational responsibilities, while also providing faculty leadership in sustaining and improving a culture of academic distinction, collaboration, and collegiality. In fulfilling these expectations, the President and Dean will be able to rely on a highly functional, professional, and mission-driven staff.
The Ideal Candidate
For its new President and Dean, William Mitchell seeks a prominent leader in the legal academy and/or profession, who can be a visible, credible, and effective public advocate for the college as it rolls out its Hybrid Program and charts a new course for legal education. Candidates must have an earned JD and possess at least seven years of experience in the teaching or practice of law. Candidates are expected to meet the college's criteria for tenure at the full professor rank. Candidates must embrace Mitchell's historical access mission and practice orientation. The ideal candidate will have a deep investment in legal education and understand the importance of supporting legal scholarship. Both the William Mitchell culture and this historical moment call for an authentic, charismatic, competitive, and decisive President and Dean who finds Mitchell's unique opportunity to re-shape law school pedagogy for geographically remote markets an energizing challenge. The ideal candidate will be possessed of candor and confidence, pragmatism, and a lack of pretension conducive to relationship building within the college and across the communities that is serves. Candidates should have a strong record of (or demonstrated aptitude for) leadership in public relations and a willingness and capacity to engage in on-going fundraising for the college.
Procedure for Candidacy
Review of candidate materials will begin immediately and continue until the appointment. A complete application will include a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae or résumé, and contact information for five professional references who can speak about the candidate's qualifications for this position. Named references will not be contacted without the candidate's prior consent. Expressions of interest, applications, nominations, and inquiries should be directed to William Mitchell's search consultant, Chuck O'Boyle of C. V. O'Boyle, LLC, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Members of under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE.
Chuck O'Boyle's retained search practice specializes in senior recruiting for colleges and universities. A graduate of Amherst College and the University of Michigan Law School, he is admitted to the New York bar and has been associated with the American Council of Education's Executive Search Roundtable since 2002.


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PCT interview :)
- 2May 15, '13 by MommaTySo I had the interview with the recruiter today at 9am. She liked me so much she literally called me 5 minutes after I left and scheduled an interview for tomorrow at 9am with the unit manager of the Infant and Children's unit. I'm so stoked. I want this job more than anything at this time. It will be part time nights 7p-7:30a. Good luck to all those who have interviews.
Thought I would share some of the questions she asked me. What are my strengths, what is something I may need to work on, why did I choose their hospital, share a time I had with a difficult co-worker, what did I do to go above and beyond a time at my job?
Then we just chatted for a while, she said if I get picked I would start orientation until June 17th. That will be hospital orientation and nursing orientation right after.
- 1May 16, '13 by MommaTyThanks, I got the position So excited. $16.50 an hr. That doesn't include all my differentials though. I'm hoping I can get my school schedule figured out with this. I start the RN program this fall. I have to work, I have 5 kids so part time it is. I know my clinical days will be Thursday and Friday 7a-1p. So I'm hoping my employer will work around it. Like let me come in at 6:00p-6:30a so I can make it to clinical. If I have to work wednesday or thursday nights. I know my clinical site will be where I work so that works out great They are really understanding and I'm hoping since it's schedule your own days that I can pick weekends and the beginning of the weeks. Have to talk with all the PCTs
- 1May 16, '13 by J.A.B.,SNCongrats on getting the job!!! that's exciting! I just finished my 1st semester and let me tell you it is stressful, you can work but part time is best, but I would tell your employer you cannot work nights when you have school in the morning. It is not safe for your patient (s) for you to be so tired and it won't help you in yout education. I am sure your employer will work for you and won't expect you to work overnight and then go straight to class!!! Good luck with school and your new job. If you have any questions for me feel free to ask. I made it through my first semester very successfully with 3 kids and am hopeful that i will get a tech job soon!!! I have actually turned down a couple of offers bc I want a very specific job. The interview went wonderful and I left feeling very confident. I should be hearing back tomorrow or early next week
- 0May 17, '13 by MommaTyThank you and good luck to you I hope you get the position you are after. Like I said my clinical days will be Thursday and Friday from 7a-1p. So I won't be able to work wed or thurs nights. The way the schedules work at my job are you make your own. So I just have to really talk with the PCTs and I would be willing to work all Fridays and Saturdays even sundays. Usually people are really good. At least I was very mindful of the nursing students when I wasn't and let them picked what they needed 1st. I have until September to get that all straightened up.
- 1May 25, '13 by student_stephanieCongrats on getting the job!!! I had similar questions in my NICU interview (got a call from them yesterday offering me the PCT position- stoked!) as the ones you mentioned above. Like the other person mentioned, make sure you don't work the night before clinical. I had someone in clinical last semester (i'm going into my last year of nursing school in the fall) that worked the night before clinical and they were unfocused, almost giving a subQ med IM (oops). Your mangers will be very flexible with the times and days you can work when you start school. After all, they know you are a student nurse and if it's the same as it is around here, they hire patient care techs with the intention of hiring them on as RNs after graduation.
Good luck to you these next couple of years- I can't imagine going through nursing school with kids. However, I know many people who have successfully gone through nursing school with children so I have no doubt you'll be just fine

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Polyface Team
Welcome to the Polyface Team, the people who make our operation run on a daily basis. Click on a name to view details for that person.
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Incorrectly announced transfer and the confusion it caused..
Posted 2012-April-11, 03:53
hv=pc=n&s=sj7h643dq6ckj9432&w=sa54hkq5dkjt985cq&n=skq93ha972d74cat7&e=st862hjt8da32c865&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=1np2np3cpp3dp3sppp]399|300|2NT announced as transfer to minors*[/hv]
The 2NT bid was not alerted but as West was about to bid - North announced it as transfer to minors.
3 Clubs not alerted as relay and pass or correct.
North / South are a genuinely inexperienced pair and when East queried the 2NT bid a little more was told it was both minors. I as west knew it was only Clubs but I can't say anything.
East thought 3 Diamonds as a result was a cue (ie that the 2NT was both minors...) and so ended up in 3 Spades.
If North didnt announce and just alert I'd just bid 3Ds anyway.
How do you get out of this mess as a TD!
Posted 2012-April-11, 04:15
keledor, on 2012-April-11, 03:53, said:
hv=pc=n&s=sj7h643dq6ckj9432&w=sa54hkq5dkjt985cq&n=skq93ha972d74cat7&e=st862hjt8da32c865&d=n&v=e&b=9&a=1np2np3cpp3dp3sppp]399|300|2NT announced as transfer to minors*[/hv]
It looks as if E/W were entitled to the explanation that 2NT showed 1 minor and 3C was to play opposite clubs. It appears that West would still bid 3D and East would Pass, so an adjustment to EW +110 looks appropriate.
A gentle reminder to NS to alert minor suit transfers and rebids (and to agree what 2NT is).
... with one degree in maths and another in astrophysics, it was either that or back to the dole queue on Monday (DNA)
Posted 2012-April-11, 05:08
A gentle reminder to NS to alert minor suit transfers and rebids (and to agree what 2NT is).
Are EW automatically deemed to get the diamonds right ? Isn't N 2:1 or more to hold Q♦ so should there be some split between 3♦= and -1 ?
Posted 2012-April-11, 06:19
Cyberyeti, on 2012-April-11, 05:08, said:
Yes. Good point.
I could claim that the commentary says "is difficult see how he can make anything other than nine tricks" and as the commentator is another EBU TD, I have some backing for my ruling. But I suspect that at least one of us did not give the matter enough thought.
... with one degree in maths and another in astrophysics, it was either that or back to the dole queue on Monday (DNA)
Posted 2012-April-11, 11:54
Cyberyeti, on 2012-April-11, 05:08, said:
Depends how much you can find out about opener's hand. The play might easily reveal he has 13 HCP outside trumps. But yes, some weighted score between the two possibilities.
Posted 2012-April-11, 15:33
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!), but Thats funny Isaac Asimov
Posted 2012-April-12, 07:55
Trinidad, on 2012-April-11, 15:33, said:
EW are entitled to a correct explanation of NS's agreements. If the correct agreement of 2NT is "takeout into a long minor" then that is the explanation EW are presumed to get and West can bid a natural 3♦ with impunity. If the actual agreement is "both minors" then again that is the explanation EW are presumed to get and, despite what he claims, I don't think West would now bid 3♦ if there was any chance that partner might interpret this as a cue-bid.
EW have to steer clear of (unwittingly, I'm sure), varying their defence so that 3♦ means one thing when West has first asked for an explanation of an alerted 2NT, and quite another when no explanation is asked for.
Posted 2012-April-12, 08:05
But upon rereading, it may be so that West bid 3♦ with the information "transfer to the minors" and that East got the explanation "both minors" right before he bid 3♠. If that is the case then obviously 3♦ was not even close to a SEWoG.
Maybe the OP can clarify what information West had when he bid 3♦?
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!), but Thats funny Isaac Asimov
Posted 2012-April-24, 17:53
RMB1, on 2012-April-11, 06:19, said:
Having played in Sim Pairs with booklets for forty years I cannot tell you how often I have been annoyed by statements as to the number of tricks, sometimes by commentators who are extremely good players. I remember Brian Senior writing "4♥ cannot be made" and a beginner in my club didn't like to draw trumps so he ruffed everything in sight, including some winners he did not know were winners, executing a perfect trump coup on his way to ten tricks. Grrrrr. If that Brian Senior ever comes near me ......
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How to Choose Your Affiliate Product Providers
Learning to build affiliate websites and earn commissions selling other people's products isn't that difficult, but most internet marketing training programs seem to gloss over a few steps as they explain the process. The worst offenders are those who simply state, "Go out and choose an affiliate marketing product to promote," without giving students an idea of the range of different types of affiliate product providers that are out there today.
This does an incredible disservice to these students, as the type of product provider you choose to work with could have a tremendous impact on your success. In general, affiliate product providers come in two major flavors – affiliate clearinghouse sites and single-product providers – each of which have their own advantages and disadvantages that should be considered.
Here's what you need to know:
Affiliate Clearinghouse Sites
Affiliate clearinghouse sites include programs like Clickbank, Commission Junction and Share-A-Sale that offer affiliate products from multiple authors within a single interface. The advantage of these types of programs is their easy-to-use nature – everything from the registration process, to your analytics dashboard to your payments are streamlined into one easy system.
In exchange for this convenience, though, you lose the "hands on" support you can get working with single-product affiliate providers. As you might expect, the customer service reps involved with these programs aren't knowledgeable about the specifics of each product on their digital shelves, making it difficult to get good feedback about how to promote their products successfully.
Single-Product Providers
Conversely, single-product providers are those companies that have decided to manage their affiliate programs "in house". Instead of requiring you to register to be an affiliate through a 3rd party affiliate clearinghouse, you register with the product's owner to be allowed to sell that product alone.
When you work with single-product providers, you can often gain a wealth of information on how to most effectively sell their products, but you lose some of the security and efficiency a clearinghouse site provides. Not only will you need to register with multiple providers to promote multiple products, you also run the risk of the company "forgetting" to pay affiliates or botching some other internal operation due to a lack of expertise in affiliate program management.
So which one of these options is right for you? Largely, the decision depends on your niche and your level of experience. If you're operating in a large niche (such as health and fitness or biz opps), working with an affiliate clearinghouse will give you access to a larger number of affiliate products that can be split tested on your sites in order to increase conversions. If your niche is much smaller, you may need to work with a single-product provider to find something more targeted.
Alternatively, if you're totally new to the internet business world, working with a reputable single-product provider can give you more hands-on guidance, compared to being left to fend for yourself within a larger clearinghouse site.
Ultimately, the right course of action for you will come down to a combination of these factors, as well as the quality of products each site offers. By being aware of the challenges that are unique to each type of affiliate provider, you'll be better able to select the program that meets your needs and helps you turn your first affiliate marketing site into a success.
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In a matter of weeks colleges and universities across the country will be teeming with students. A new school year will bring the excitement of new discovery, opportunities to meet new people, and the anticipation of learning. On these campuses students will also find a vast array of opportunities to explore entrepreneurship.
A recent Kauffman Foundation release entitled "Entrepreneurship Education Comes of Age on Campus" highlights the tremendous diversity, breadth, and depth of entrepreneurship education available on campuses across the country. Students at liberal arts colleges, such as Oberlin, can study entrepreneurship, and engage in cocurricular activities that can help them put innovative ideas into practice. Students can find entrepreneurship courses and related activities on campuses such as the University of Arizona, Wake Forest, MIT and Purdue.
At numerous campuses, entrepreneurship has expanded from business to disciplines such as music, art, nursing, education and women's studies. At Washington University, students in all schools and all degree levels can choose from at least 80 courses in entrepreneurship. In recent years, more than 2,800 students have enrolled in Purdue's certificate of entrepreneurship program. At Baldwin Wallace College, entrepreneurship is the only academic program that is available to all Baldwin Wallace students. Engineers at Olin College study business and entrepreneurship.
These educational opportunities engage not only the serious aspiring entrepreneurs but also those who are simply interested in learning about innovation, the role of entrepreneurship in the economy, or exploring what it means to be an entrepreneur, for both for-profit and non-profit endeavors. Through carefully designed courses, students have the opportunity to understand the innovation engine in our economy, explore the creation of new firms, and acquire the skills and knowledge they need to design innovations, build teams and see their ideas make a difference.
Students can engage with entrepreneurship outside the classroom as well. Business competitions, clubs, internships, and founder education and business accelerators are found on campuses across the country. At the University of Wisconsin, students can join an Entrepreneurial Residential Learning Community in the residence halls, and at Syracuse the Entrepreneurship Club has nearly 400 members.
As students head back to campus this fall, chances are they'll be able to find ways to engage in entrepreneurship on their own campus. A quick search of a diverse group of colleges and universities across the country: Reed College, Brown University, Emory University, Occidental College, University of Nebraska, and Smith College reveals opportunities such as those described above. What's happening on your campus?
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Despite having its origins in western France, Chardonnay's immense popularity and flexibility quickly meant that before long, there wasn't a wine producing country in the world which wasn't investing in this fascinating and versatile grape varietal. Today, Chardonnays manage to win fine wine competitions and satisfy supermarket shoppers simultaneously, due to the fact that this grape varietal can take on many characteristics and features of where it is grown and how it is handled. Indeed, this green skinned grape is renowned for not having so much unique flavor within the fruit, but is very sensitive to the features of the terroir it is grown in, as well as to aging As such, it isn't unusual to find bottles of single variety Chardonnay wine described as holding notes of white stone, mountain waters, or other such geological features alongside the more predictable fruit descriptions This makes Chardonnay grape varietal wines an exciting world to delve into full of surprises, full of delights.
When it comes to New World wine regions, it is widely agreed that many of the finest wines are grown and produced in California. The long stretches of coastline and the valleys and mountainsides which come off them are ideal areas for vine cultivation, and for over a century now, wineries have found a perfect home in the hot, dry state, with many of the wines produced here going on to reach world class status. The state is greatly helped by the brisk oceanic winds which cool the otherwise hot and dry vineyards, which hold mineral rich soils covering vast areas and featuring many established wineries. The state is split into four main regions, the largest by far being the central valley which stretches over three hundred miles in length.
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.


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Charts break down Apple iPhone shipments by region
Apple iPhone 5 release. Singh sees the Americas capturing 22% of Q4 iPhone 5 shipments. With 22 million units of the Apple iPhone 5 expected to ship in the Americas in the current quarter, he forecasts that 60-70 million units will ship in the region over the first four quarters of availability. In Europe, which demonstrates sales patterns similar to the U.S., he sees 40-50 million units of the Apple iPhone 5 shipping in the first year. That drops down to the 35 to 45 million units expected to ship in the Asia Pacific and China region during the next four quarters and the 10-13 million iPhone 5 units estimated to ship in Japan over the year.
For the full year, the bottom line comes out to an estimate of 160 million to 170 million units of the Apple iPhone 5 to be shipped globally. Whether or not Apple iPhone 5 sales hold to this estimate, it still represents a nice bit of change for Apple to add to its current pile of cash.
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1. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3024; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Knowing Apple, price slash will be non-existent in the first year!!
The EGO still hovers around each Applet.
2. wendygarett (unregistered)
Oh Apple... Really can't turn me off :)
4. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1104; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
hmmm interesting comment...it means it dosen't turn you off but it does not get you charged up as well...
Do you mean to say iPhone 5 is kind of stale...it probably is :)
5. wendygarett (unregistered)
Huh what??
Oh well, iPhone still awesome :D
10. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1104; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Aw wendy dont sulk, its ok if you didnt get the joke :)
You can still ask siri :)
3. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1104; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
There was a surge in sales for the iPhone 4S because of the demand for Siri but iPhone5 does not offer anything new design-wise or software-wise. The chart suggests that the previous iterations had a somewhat similar shipment rate except iPhone 4S.
Add to all this the insane pricing of around US $1764 for the 16gb version in huge south-east asain markets like India and China does not help Apple's cause.
If the demand for sale is not there then the shipment numbers automatically decline.
I am not biased, I am just providing a critical analysis.
6. Aeires (unregistered)
I think the 4" screen and 4G technology brings a lot more to the iPhone than what Siri does.
I'd like to see this revisited once a couple of quarters are in the books.
7. tedkord (Posts: 5250; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I'd agree. I think the 5 is a much more compelling device than either the 4s or the 4. (Though I think those two were better looking)
8. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
PA, get your facts straight.
This estimate is for the entire iPhone line, not just iPhone 5, for gosh sake.
9. RCMizK3w1 (Posts: 15; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Phonearena? More like iPhonearena....
Anyways I also don't get why people are saying the iP5 isn't a worthy upgrade from the 4s when they said the upgrade from the iP4 to the 4s was necessary. With a large screen, LTE, if anything this is the most worthy upgrade yet; although the iP5 definitely isn't the best choice for someone looking for an upgrade.


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EAU CLAIRE The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire music department will collaborate to perform "Elijah," an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn. The performance is slated for 2 p.m. May 9 in Zorn Arena.
Ensembles to perform are the Symphonic Choir, directed by Stephen Rosolack; the Concert Choir, directed by Gary Schwartzhoff; and the Symphony Orchestra, directed by Nobuyoshi Yasuda. Faculty soloists will include Karen Brookens, Kathryn Proctor Duax, Daniel Newman and Robert Knight.
The three musical ensembles, along with the soloists, will tell the story of Elijah, a Hebrew prophet. "Elijah" is a two-part oratorio, with part one in a dramatic telling of Elijah's curse of drought and the misfortunes of the people of Israel. Part two presents Elijah's tribulations, the restoration of hope and his journey into heaven riding a flaming chariot.
Mendelssohn tells the story by using scriptural sources from the Old and New Testaments in the libretto for "Elijah."
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In the Nov. 8 election, incumbent Mayor Mary Liske defeated challenger Mr. Murray by four votes, 163-159.
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I am new to raw and have found that the only things I can eat are frozen bananas with strawberries in a smoothie and grapes. I have tried making different salad dressings but get really sick after I eat them. For example anything with tomatoes, avocados, vinegar, oil, and there is more but it gives me an extreme headache and makes me sick. I have noticed today that my joints in my hands are hurting me really bad and it is hard to bend my fingers so I thought it might be from too many bananas. I don't know, so I have been trying to incorporate some cooked food like lima beans, saltine crackers, and soup just once a day (not all at once but soup w/ crackers one day and limas another). But I find that every time I eat something cooked now I am getting really sick with a headache and have no energy. I have no idea what to do I feel like I am trapped to eating just bananas and grapes. If so am I getting enough nutrients, that is my question. I just need some guidance and help. Thanks.
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Hi everybody, I am a week into my new Raw lifestyle and am loving it. Before last week I was a totally 'hooked on cooked', alcohol and cigarettes. This passed week I have been living mostly on green juices and salads. However I have been having the odd cooked potato and shop brought coleslaw as well as continuing with the disgusting cigarettes. The good things are that people are saying my skin is glowing (although no evidence of weight loss yet) but I love this process, fully understand and accept the process behind it and am determined to continue with this wonderful, amazing lifestyle.
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Not sure if squash will give as much flavor as the mushrooms, but I would definitely add some salt and pepper if you see this.Kalynhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-64836942517512762202012-05-17T17:22:43.493-06:002012-05-17T17:22:43.493-06:00hmm no salt or pepper? this is quite interesting. ...hmm no salt or pepper? this is quite interesting. I followed the recipe exact, except I did not have any mushrooms. Instead I just tossed in what I had, squash. I'm fairly new to cooking food other than Indian dishes, so I'm not sure if it was the best idea to add the squash. Let's hope it turns out good.zsiddiqi21http://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-61432989925965104672007-12-23T14:39:00.000-07:002007-12-23T14:39:00.000-07:00Cynthia, thanks for letting me know you liked it. ...Cynthia, thanks for letting me know you liked it. I remember I was also amazed that such a simple recipe was so good.Kalynhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-86670856247570959052007-12-23T14:21:00.000-07:002007-12-23T14:21:00.000-07:00I know this is an old recipe but I just made it fo...I know this is an old recipe but I just made it for Sabbath dinner because I had a whole box of Costco mushrooms and bag of Costco onions and it was a HUGE HIT. I highly recommend it.Cynthia Samuelshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1145312153023717222006-04-17T16:15:00.000-06:002006-04-17T16:15:00.000-06:00This looks too good!This looks too good!J.Hohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144340194342287132006-04-06T10:16:00.000-06:002006-04-06T10:16:00.000-06:00Wow, I'm behind on responding to comments.Tony - w...Wow, I'm behind on responding to comments.

Tony - will do it this weekend.

Erin - I am planning to try more.

Rorie - Can't wait.

Sher - It was quite awesome if I do say so myself.

Ruth - You could use breasts, which would be better, but I'd reduce the cooking time don't you think?

MM - I do agree that he seems a bit cocky. But the book is great.

CC - I do miss her too. I'm glad we can keep in touch.

Glenna - Thanks for the feedback. Good idea to try it with pork chops.

Mona - Thanks. I was so happy to get the book.Kalynhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144293841736774792006-04-05T21:24:00.000-06:002006-04-05T21:24:00.000-06:00Kalyn, I can't believe how simple that recipe is a...Kalyn, I can't believe how simple that recipe is and how beautiful and tasty it looks in that picture. I'm so glad you a) won that contest and b) got a new cooking book. Congrats!Monahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144287378631219252006-04-05T19:36:00.000-06:002006-04-05T19:36:00.000-06:00I made this tonight for dinner for my husband and ...I made this tonight for dinner for my husband and I, except I used pork chops instead of chicken thighs. It was fabulous. The smell literally made our mouths water. We were so hungry by the time we sat down to eat we gobbled it down. The only other things I changed were that I threw in a few quartered small red potatoes and I left the mushrooms whole. Thanks for the great email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144280458614541032006-04-05T17:40:00.000-06:002006-04-05T17:40:00.000-06:00I miss Lisa. How nice of you to connect us with he...I miss Lisa. How nice of you to connect us with her again, via your beautiful meal.cookiecrumbhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144273244990845342006-04-05T15:40:00.000-06:002006-04-05T15:40:00.000-06:00I don't what it is about Tyler Florence but someth...I don't what it is about Tyler Florence but something about him really irritates me. I can never watch a program with him in it without changing channel pronto. But I must admit he has some good recipes. That dish looks absolutely delish!MMhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144271976939458762006-04-05T15:19:00.000-06:002006-04-05T15:19:00.000-06:00That looks so awesome, I've bookmarked it for "spe...That looks so awesome, I've bookmarked it for "special", but I wonder why we couldn't do it with chicken breasts instead. Would that make it more SBD friendly?Ruthhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144268467121203072006-04-05T14:21:00.000-06:002006-04-05T14:21:00.000-06:00Oh, you can tell that is a great dish!! I can prac...Oh, you can tell that is a great dish!! I can practically taste it. I have to make that.

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I have made a few of Tyler Florence's recipes, they always turn out really, really tasty.Erin Eatshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1144255936928158642006-04-05T10:52:00.000-06:002006-04-05T10:52:00.000-06:00First of all this is a wow second ly I have tagged...First of all this is a wow second ly I have tagged you for a meme, here

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Cecil Duckworth CBE arrived in Worcester in 1958 and over the last half a century has become a key figure in transforming Worcester and in recent years Worcester Warriors. Mr Duckworth is a highly skilled and successful businessman who qualified as a Mechanical Engineer in 1961 and the following year founded Worcester Engineering. In 1970 he launched the gas fired Combi boiler which revolutionised the marketplace and put the city firmly on the global map. He helped Worcester Heat Systems grow year after year until the company was sold to Bosch of Germany in 1992. Mr Duckworth has always recognised that he built his success with the help of Worcester people and has since dedicated huge amounts of time, effort and his own money into helping to improve the quality of life of people across the county.
He served as a Governor of Worcester Sixth Form College, Worcester College of Technology and Chairman of South Worcestershire Community Healthcare NHS Trust. He helped bring Acorns Children's Hospice to the city as one of the original benefactors and has developed a top sporting club for the city to be proud of with his guidance as chairman helping Worcester Warriors establish themselves as one of the top 12 clubs in the country.
In 1998 he also founded The Duckworth Worcestershire Trust, an environmental charity dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the natural and built environments of the county. Its aims include making Worcester a safer and cleaner city and also relieving poverty among the disadvantaged people of the county.
Mr Duckworth has previously been awarded the Pride of Worcestershire Trophy and an OBE in 2005 for services to rugby and the environment in Worcestershire. He was handed the distinguished honour of Freeman of the City of Worcester in 2008. Mr Duckworth has awarded an CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2013.
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Formerly senior partner of Wragge & Co, the Birmingham based international law firm, John is non-executive chairman of Metalrax Group Plc, Claimar Care Group Plc, SLR Holdings Limited, Investbx Limited, TruckEast Limited, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust, Sense, the international charity for the deafblind and the Midlands advisory board of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander.
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Anthony Glossop a Cambridge law graduate, qualified as a solicitor in 1967 after a short spell in the Metropolitan Police.
He joined specialist engineers Molins Limited as Assistant Company Secretary in 1969 and moved to Redman Heenan International PLC, then a capital goods engineering group, as Company Secretary in 1972. He became its Chief Executive in 1982 in the depths of the engineering recession of that period and steered its transformation into a property group with its reverse takeover in 1986 of Clarke St. Modwen Properties Limited and change of name to St. Modwen Properties PLC.
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A Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying and a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management, Bill began his construction career in 1970 working in mining in Australia and the Koolan Islands, before joining Tarmac in 1974. He gained extensive industry experience and commercial expertise working in the Readycrete, Roadstone, Topmix and Quarry Products divisions.
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The New York Academy of Sciences held its kickoff last night of Scientists Without Borders. "It's a Match.com for organizations and resources focused on helping the developing world," said NYAS president Ellis Rubinstein.
The initiative so far consists of a just-launched wiki—and, as such, leaves a little to be desired in terms of content. But the tools are all there, explained the site's developer, urging everyone in the audience who had resource supplies or demands to sign up, make connections, and work toward new solutions for dire problems such as poverty, disease, hunger, and climate change in sub-Saharan Africa and other places.
A Kiva for scientists and technical experts? Only time will tell. But the technology certainly has the pharmaceutical industry's support. Merck kicked in seed-funding for the project, and 10 other pharma companies (as well as mosquito-net producer Vestergaard Frandsen) covered the rest.
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Keynoting the event was leading global economic advisor—and passionate advocate for third world development—Dr. Jeffrey Sachs. (I slipped him a Pharm Exec, and he promised me an interview.) Joining Sachs were notable speakers including International AIDS Vaccine Initiative president Dr. Seth Berkley. But what I found most interesting was the mix of participants in the audience.
There were diplomats ("I can only announce the names of director consulates, there's too many associate consulates here to announce,†apologized Rubinstein), business leaders, nonprofits representatives, and members of the drug industry. The table seating encouraged cross-functional networking using ice breakers—I found myself beating a djembe drum next to a wealth manager from Merrill Lynch and Peter Farina, head of a new R&D nonprofit Developing World Cures, who previously lead the Viramune R&D effort at Boehringer Ingelheim.
All that mixing and matching smacked of new models said a tablemate from Sanofi Aventis—and that's something every company is now looking for. While the power of the Scientists Without Borders database will depend on the commitment of its users, certainly the intention of the project, and the collaborative spirit of the kickoff, showcase a new path toward getting aid on the ground to the people who need it the most.


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Upon completion of the bachelor's degree, music therapists are eligible to sit for the national board certification exam to obtain the credential MT-BC (Music Therapist - Board Certified) which is necessary for professional practice. The credential MT-BC is granted by a separate, accredited organization, the Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT), to identify music therapists who have demonstrated the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to practice at the current level of the profession. The purpose of board certification in music therapy is to provide an objective national standard that can be used as a measure of professionalism by interested agencies, groups, and individuals.
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