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The decision to pursue a law degree is not one that should not be taken lightly. Analyzing your hopes and needs prior to applying will help you decide whether it's worth your time, effort and money. It's also crucial to examine the possible downsides: crippling student debt, high unemployment rates and declining starting salaries. At this point, if you're still interested in studying law, you might want to consider a law school that's offering the country's first "risk-free" juris doctor program.
Following a recent trend among law schools to attract prospective students, the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University announced that beginning this spring, a student who decides to not continue law school after successfully completing their first year of studies can graduate with a Master of Legal Studies (M.L.S.) degree without taking any additional courses. And although students with this degree will not be permitted to sit for the bar exam, this approach will provide students with a foundation in law without preparing them to practice. "The new opportunity removes at least some of the financial and personal risk inherent in a large educational undertaking and comes at a time when people appreciate more guarantees," said Craig M. Boise, Cleveland-Marshall's dean. He added, "For these students, the first year of law school might have seemed like a waste and a hard-to-explain item on their resumes. Now they can leave with a master's degree that we believe will be attractive to employers." (For more on this story, click here.)
Law school hopefuls, does the "risk-free" J.D. program at CSU's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law help quell your anxieties given the weak legal job market? Do you think this program (which is essentially one-third the cost and time of a traditional law program) would be viable or not? Let us know in the comments section.
April 10, 2014
There are myriad reasons to attend a particular university - from prestige and academics to athletics and diversity. But if you're in search for the universities with the top rated professors, CBS Money Watch has created the ultimate list for you. To compile the list, CBS relied on data from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, which referenced information from RateMyProfessor.com. If you're unfamiliar with the website – which I doubt you are – it allows students to anonymously rate their university professors as well as view the ratings college teachers have received. And with over one million professors and 10 million opinions, it's the most comprehensive online source of student feedback on instructors.
After perusing the list, it's clear there's a common denominator: For the most part, a majority of the schools are liberal arts colleges with student bodies under 4,000 students. That's not surprising considering smaller student bodies translate into smaller classes, greater hands-on learning opportunities and, most importantly, more individual attention. For additional information on any of these school - or thousands of others – check out our college search.
December 30, 2008
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Recent economic hardships have derailed many families' college plans, prompting some to stop saving and others to start considering less expensive colleges. For students still determined to attend a prestigious university, another option has been gaining traction. According to an article in The Boston Globe, applications from American students are up at many of Canada's top universities, indicating a new surge in an already growing trend.
Since 2001, the number of Americans attending Canadian universities increased by 50 percent, and based on current trends in applications and increased recruiting efforts, growth is expected to continue. Americans choosing to study abroad in Canada are still eligible for federal student financial aid, even if they attend college abroad for all four years. And even international tuition in Canada ($14,487 on average) is cheap right now when compared to private college tuition ($19,337 on average) and even out-of-state tuition at some state colleges in the United States.
Studying in Canada also removes many of the traditional barriers faced by international students. Many Americans studying in Canada can cheaply and easily return home for holidays. Students are instructed in English at the majority of Canadian colleges and universities, signs around town will also be in English, and for the most part, accents are not even very pronounced. Despite their proximity to home, though, students still benefit from being immersed in another culture, and since many of Canada's top schools are situated in urban settings, Canadian universities also present an opportunity to experience life in a big city.
However, the bargain is dependent on exchange rates. When the American and Canadian dollars are approximately equal in value, studying in Canada becomes relatively more expensive, as does living in Canada. Also, while some college scholarships can be applied to tuition at Canadian universities, many stipulate that applicants must be attending college in the United States. While studying abroad in Canada is an option to consider when looking for ways to get the most educational value for your dollar, be sure to weigh all your alternatives. Regardless of where you wind up, though, there are scholarship opportunities and other ways to help pay for school.
January 7, 2009
Barack Obama became known for his web presence during his Presidential campaign. He and his transition team have kept up this reputation through YouTube addresses and websites such as Change.gov, the official transitional website. Now the Obama transition team is asking for public comments--or at least blog comments--on issues related to paying for school. A post on the Change.gov blog is currently soliciting feedback about college affordability. While there's no guarantee that the President-elect himself will read your post, if you would like to weigh in on educational policy at least in a small way, you can view and comment on the January 5 Change.gov blog post "Keeping College Affordable."
The blog post, along with many other recent discussions of college costs, makes a nod to former Rhode Island senator Clairborne Pell, who passed away on January 1. Pell was instrumental in shaping the current federal student financial aid system by helping create the Federal Pell Grant, which was named after him. Pell Grants continue to make up an important part of the financial aid packages of many students, covering up to the full cost of tuition at some state and community colleges.
However, as tuition costs rise, Pell Grants and other sources of federal aid are not enough to make college affordable for an increasingly large number of students. During his campaign, Obama proposed a few substantial changes to the way college financial aid is structured, and hopefully his administration will do more to seek out and act upon feedback from those who are struggling with the costs associated with higher education. However, if you're skeptical, or just looking for more immediate ways to make college affordable, there are resources available. Start with a free college scholarship search on Scholarships.com. Many scholarship application deadlines are approaching in the coming months, but there is still abundant scholarship money for those who take the time to apply.
January 13, 2009
While the focus for many students right now is planning for and paying for the next year of college, some students are still struggling with bills from the current or previous semester. An e-mail survey by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers reports a perceived increase in unpaid tuition bills in the 2008-2009 academic year. While being caught short on one semester's tuition can seem stressful enough, it can carry serious consequences for college students.
For students with the funds to easily cover tuition, either through family income, college savings plans, or financial aid awards, the figure on their bursar bill may be unpleasant, but it is soon forgotten. However, carrying a bursar balance--in some cases, even a small one--can cut off your ability to register for classes, request transcripts, and even graduate, among other consequences. Students who are unable to pay for a semester by the school's deadline may even find themselves dropped from their classes and kicked off campus. These consequences can essentially derail your education, and many students who take a semester off from college to save money and pay off bills never go back to finish.
Luckily, as Kim Clark stresses in an article on the subject in U.S. News and World Report, universities are willing to work with students to keep them enrolled and get their bills paid, especially in the current economic climate. Many schools are establishing or adding to emergency loan and grant funds to help students stay in school. Federal student financial aid is also still available mid-term. You can still complete the FAFSA for 2008-2009 anytime before June 30. Even if you've already applied for the current year, talking to the financial aid office could still come through big time, especially if your circumstances have changed. Federal grants, as well as some campus-based programs may be available to students whose family contributions have significantly dipped. While Clark's article emphasizes the surprising success networking and asking family for donations can bring, conducting a scholarship search may be a safer bet. Most importantly, be sure to stay in communication with your school. You may have to deal with three different offices on campus, but don't get discouraged. The process may be more streamlined than you'd expect. It is possible to stay enrolled regardless of the financial troubles you're facing.
January 21, 2009
If you're planning to enroll in a community college sometime in 2009, be sure to plan ahead. While in the past, late registration may have resulted in students not getting a class or two they wanted, increased interest in two year schools may produce an even more pronounced effect. Community colleges across the country are receiving more applications and admitting more students for the 2008-2009 academic year than ever before, with some institutions reporting percentage growths in the double digits. Many schools are seeing enrollment increases so dramatic that they lack the money and space to adequately accommodate the students turning up on their doorsteps.
Community colleges and four-year state colleges are contending with state budget cuts, declining endowments, and less fruitful fundraising efforts in the face of the worst economic situation in decades. Meanwhile, the cash-strapped and the frugal are flocking to the least expensive educational options available, which are community colleges. Community colleges are also seeing an uptick in nontraditional students, as the unemployed return to school for job training and certification to get back to work. All of this adds up to a situation where more students need seats in classes, college services, and student financial aid than ever before, yet fewer resources are available to accommodate these needs.
While schools are doing their best to find space, add courses and sections, and increase campus-based aid where possible, budgetary difficulties are an unfortunate reality. The economic stimulus bill currently in the works in Congress may help relieve some of this stress, but students should still be aware of potential snags in their college plans. If you plan to enroll in a community college this summer or fall, here are some steps to take:
January 22, 2009
If you're wondering what to expect in college or how you measure up against the students already there, an annual survey of college freshmen may help answer your questions. The Cooperative Institutional Research Program, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute and UCLA, annually surveys college freshmen, asking a broad spectrum of questions ranging from their reasons for their college choice to their religious and political views. The results from this year's survey have just been published on the Higher Education Research Institute's website.
The results indicate that--at least for now--the class of 2012 is the most politically engaged group of college students ever surveyed by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program. The report found that 85.9 percent of freshmen at least occasionally discussed politics, and fewer students than ever describe themselves as middle-of-the-road politically. Individual issues are also important to many students, with universal healthcare, same sex marriage, and protecting the environment among the issues with the broadest support among first year students.
In addition to politics, students are also more concerned about finances than they have been in the past, likely due to the poor state of the economy. Ability to pay is becoming an increasing concern and mores freshmen indicate plans to work their way through college.
Students are also becoming more concerned with financial aid. More students than ever are describing offers of financial assistance, such as college scholarships and grants, as being essential to their college choice. This year, 43 percent of freshmen based their decision heavily on this factor, with cost of attendance also rating highly for nearly 40 percent of freshmen. Fewer students who were accepted to their first choice school chose to attend in 2008 than in recent years, likely due to issues of affordability and funding.
January 27, 2009
It's looking like federal student financial aid will be increased in the forthcoming economic stimulus package, at least based on the legislation presented in each house of Congress in its current form. While the House stimulus bill contains more aid for education, the Senate bill also proposes higher education tax benefits and increases in Federal Pell Grant funding.
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The House bill also includes money to improve financial aid administration and further assist student loan lenders, while the Senate bill will allow computers to be counted as education expenses towards which 529 plans can be used. The bills are facing some Republican opposition, especially regarding education spending, as it's been argued that construction projects and increases to student financial aid will not directly and immediately benefit the economy. As Congress and the White House continue to hash out the details of these bills, amounts are likely to change. But for now, it appears that colleges and college students may receive a little extra financial aid from the government this year.
January 29, 2009
College and university endowments plunged an average of 23 percent between July 1 and November 30 in 2008, with many sustaining further losses since then. While almost everyone who's been reading higher education news or attending college knows that endowments have dropped, the depth and the breadth of the damage has largely been left to the realm of speculation.
Endowment losses had become a hot topic at some schools, including the one my youngest sister attends, even before the release of this study. Undergraduate students previously unaware that colleges even have investments are worrying about the (admittedly slim) chance of their schools' investment funds disappearing, taking their scholarships, their degree programs, or their favorite instructors with them. While such drastic cuts have not been made, schools are facing very real struggles to preserve their staff, their services, and their endowments in the face of a still-deepening recession.
The extent of losses varies, as does the extent of reactions to losses. Several universities have instituted hiring freezes, while others have resorted to layoffs or mandatory unpaid furloughs. Brandeis University and the University of Pennsylvania have both made unpopular moves to cut budgets. Penn has done so by cutting 18 campus museum staff positions, and Brandeis has announced plans to close the institution's art museum entirely and sell its collection. Some state universities battling shrinking endowments and drastic cuts to state funds have been forced to look at double-digit tuition increases.
Still other schools are making almost opposite responses. Some institutions are looking into freezing tuition or increasing it by small amounts, such as Princeton University, which has announced a tuition increase of only 2.9 percent for 2009-2010. Others are hiring new faculty as planned or launching additional searches, hoping to attract stronger talent. Many schools are also increasing student financial aid to help families hit hard by the recession. Even schools making budget cuts are reluctant to touch financial aid, recognizing its importance. However, fears remain that students who need money for college may be unable to find it from their schools. Whether these fears are justified remains to be seen, though many hope that the proposed economic stimulus package will allow schools to continue to fully fund or even expand essential programs.
January 30, 2009
The student loan rescue plan that will allow the Department of Education to buy up student loans issued since 2003 will begin operating in February. The plan will set up a bank to act as a "conduit" for purchasing older student loan assets and will also allow the Treasury to become the buyer of last resort for assets the conduit bank is unable to refinance. The Treasury will buy up student loans through this program for the first 90 days, after which the Department of Education will take over. The Bank of New York Mellon is currently the only authorized conduit, though more could be added later.
This plan will hopefully allow banks that have had to leave the FFEL program to find the capital to reenter it through selling some of their older student loans to the conduit bank. While students borrowing Stafford Loans through the FFELP had few problems finding loans in 2008, this program should help the student loan marketplace continue to stabilize and should help prevent potential problems down the road.
Another $200 billion program announced by the Treasury in November is also set to begin operations in February. This one targets consumer credit in general, but also includes private student loans. Between these two programs and the proposals contained in the economic stimulus package currently working its way through Congress, students entering college in 2009 may have an easier time finding financial aid.
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E. Gibbons has been working in the figurative mode since 1988, though his style moved away from a Matisse-like, pop-influenced style to his current, more neoclassical approach after a summer in Paris in 2004.
Since then, Gibbons has become known for his monochromatic oil paintings of the figure. Though he has a large portfolio of both male and female subjects, he has become more widely known and published for his classical works of male figures. His work can be seen in such books as 100 Artists of the Male Figure, Powerfully Beautiful, The Oil Paintings of E. Gibbons, and the premier edition of the quarterly journal, The Art of Man.
Gibbons is currently exhibited in six U.S. galleries, including the Artful Deposit of Bordentown N.J.; Lyman-Eyer of Provinceton, Maine; Rodger Lapelle of Philadelphia, Penn.; PHD Gallery of St. Louis, Mo.; Ellen Charapko Gallery of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and J&W Gallery of New Hope, Penn. He has been included in shows in London, Puerto Vallarta, Osaka, and Egypt's American Conciliate of Alexandria. His work titled A New Hope was donated to the Obama White House shortly after the inauguration.
This multifaceted artist is also a certified art teacher, Staples Invention Contest finalist, author of several books, composer of works for classical piano, and considered an origami master in some circles.
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My last real conference?Tony Benn: Delegates must veto New Labour's bid to reduce the party membership to a glorified fan club.
Sinister obsessionDavid Mckie: A splenetic outburst by Conan Doyle reveals just how differently left-handed batters were once viewed.
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Dawn Bryant and Maria Jarosh are leading very different lives than the ones they had not so long ago.
Bryant, 37, lost 130 pounds in 13 months. Jarosh, 21, lost 105 pounds within a year.
Their stories, plus the weight-loss achievements of Myya Mixon and Lindsay Kimball, are featured in the newest issue of People magazine.
"This was all their handwork, determination, and really healthier attitudes towards their lives and themselves," People Magazine Senior Editor Michelle Tan said today on "Good Morning America."
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"My life revolved around every meal," Bryant, who revealed that for lunch, she would eat a one-pound bag of gnocchi, said in an interview with "Good Morning America." "I ate very rich foods."
The Minneapolis woman fought the scale for most of her life, and realized that she needed to make a change.
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She did, and by working out every day and changing her eating habits, Bryant went from 266 pounds to 140.
Now, for breakfast she'll have oatmeal mixed with a scoop of protein powder, and for lunch, hard-boiled eggs, cottage cheese and an apple. For dinner, she'll have grilled chicken with avocado and peppers.
"Knowing I've lost so much weight is very surreal," she said.
Jarosh, a Pittsburgh resident who is studying to be a social worker, feels the same way.
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She joined Weight Watchers, and went from 240 pounds to 138. She says she never wants to go back.
"I hated to look at myself in the mirror. I hated to go clothes shopping. I really was just embarrassed by all of it," she said.
Her lowest point, she said, was when she was in high school. "I was always the bigger girl in school … I really felt completely alone and didn't have anyone," she said.
Now, she is sharing her eating plan. For breakfast, she has a whole wheat muffin with peanut butter. For lunch, it's homemade pizza on a tortilla with chicken and vegetables, and shrimp stir-fry with broccoli for dinner.
Before her weight loss, Jarosh says, she didn't want to be in a bathing suit at all. Things have changed. "Now I love to go bikini shopping … at the end of the day I'm so proud of how far I've come, and a bikini is just a sign of what I've accomplished," she said.
Myya Mixon, 33, and Lindsay Kimball, 24, both appeared live on "GMA" today, and had similar weight-loss transformations to share.
Mixon, a single mom from Douglasville, Ga., was unable to afford a diet program, but managed to lose 101 pounds entirely on her own. That meant saying goodbye to her favorite snack: a banana and mayo sandwich with Doritos on the side.
"I first adjusted my eating habits, cut out all of the sugary drinks and started eating frozen entrees for lunch and dinner … and 100-calorie snacks in between," she said of her 1,200-1,500 calorie eating regime. "My new snack is a custom protein shake with protein powder, peanut butter and a little bit of a banana."
She also hit the gym and has made fitness a major part of her life, taking part in three fitness competitions.
Like Mixon, Kimball of Leesburg, Va., lost 100 pounds the old-fashioned way. In college, Kimball put on close to 70 lbs in one year by binging on loaded cheese fries. That's when she realized she needed to change her eating habits and turned to Jenny Craig for help. Now, she eats vegetables at every meal to help fill her up, and still finds ways to satisfy that bar food fix, but with healthier ingredients.
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I looked on the web for instruction to make my own gift bags for Christmas. I found a site that had measurment and cutting instructions. I finally decided if I wanted the sizes I needed I would just get a box the right size and loosely wrap the end so the box would fall out and then I could fold it flat like a paper bag.
You do need heavy paper and make sure the pattern is upright. I made one with poor Santa standing on his head, which made good fuel for the woodstove.
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On Black Mesa, the natives make a comeback
Each year, Marions like this one uncover 13 million tons of subbituminous, low-sulfur coal from this piñon, juniper and sage-dotted highland within the Colorado Plateau. The Kayenta and Black Mesa mines employ about 650 Navajo and Hopi workers. Last year, the mines' owner, Peabody Western Coal Co., paid the two tribes $51 million in royalties, water and business payments — nearly 30 percent of the Navajo Nation's general budget and about 80 percent of the Hopi Tribe's (HCN, 3/4/02: Is a coal mine pumping the Hopi dry?). The coal fuels power plants in Page, Ariz., and Laughlin, Nev., which provide electricity for 3.5 million Southwest families.
But from its inception, the older Black Mesa Mine has been fraught with controversy. Some Indian activists tried to stop the mine in the 1960s, and, decades later, had their suspicions confirmed, when it was discovered that the attorney who negotiated the coal leases on behalf of the Hopi Tribe was at the same time on the payroll of Peabody — something that Peabody denies to this day.
More recently, the Black Mesa Mine, which mixes coal with water and pipes the slurry to the Mojave Power Plant in Laughlin, has been working without a permit since 1990. The tribes claim the slurry is draining an underground aquifer, and drying out wells and streams (HCN, 3/30/98: A giant plume into the air). They've asked the secretary of Interior not to sign a new permit until the company finds a new source of water.
When it comes to cleaning up and reclaiming the mine site, however, relations between Peabody and the tribes seem to be going well. Mining at Black Mesa disturbs about 400 acres per year, according to Peabody's senior environmental scientist, Vern Pfannenstiel.
Reclamation crews restore from 400 to 600 acres per year, including roads and other disturbances. After the coal is removed, bulldozers push a mountain of dirt and rocks back into the mine pit and contour the land back to its approximate original shape. Then, tractors till the slopes to prevent erosion and drill-plant more than 20 pounds of seeds per acre. In the 1960s and early '70s, the tribes had only general reclamation requirements, and Peabody planted mostly exotics that would feed cows and sheep. But that didn't make some tribal members happy.
"Domesticated livestock will consume any-thing; they're not very particular," says Earl Toolie, a member of Diné CARE — Citizens Against Ruining our Environment — a Navajo environmental group. "Ask the people living there who use plants for medicinal use — they're the ones who are going to tell you if the land and plants have been restored."
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 stipulated stricter reclamation requirements, and a new industry made native seeds available in bulk for the first time. These days, Peabody's primary seed mix includes up to 85 percent native plants such as blue gramagrass, galleta grass, alkali sacaton grass and fourwing saltbush — 20 species in all.
In response to requests from the tribes, Peabody also began seeding plants that have cultural and medicinal uses. That's where Eric Bronston got into the act. Bronston, raised in Shonto, a nearby community with about 200 scattered families, passed up a chance to attend college when he was hired in 1981 as part of the reclamation team. As the son of a medicine man, Bronston had picked up a lot of knowledge about culturally valuable plants. Navajos and Hopis use some plants in tonics to treat minor ailments, such as stomachaches, fevers or headaches. Others are used to make dyes for arts and crafts, and as part of various ceremonies.
To date, reclamation teams have planted up to 50 different species of culturally and medicinally important plants, including green Mormon tea, banana leaf yucca, fourwing saltbush, cliffrose, Gambel oak, fringed sage, Indian ricegrass, needle-and-thread grass and piñon pine. This is done at considerable extra expense; according to the company, it costs upwards of $2,000 per acre to plant the seeds — more than twice the cost of reseeding rangeland. "Some plants, like Navajo or Hopi tea, you can't find seed for," Bronston says. "We have to collect almost all that seed by hand."
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All but one was shot, their bodies dumped into the grave, and the hog guts dumped atop the bodies. The lone survivor was allowed to escape back to the terrorist camp and tell his brethren what happened to the others. This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.
Pointing a gun into the face of Islamic terrorists won't make them flinch.
They welcome the chance to die for Allah. Like Gen. Pershing, we must show them that they won't get to Muslim heaven (which they believe has an endless supply of virgins) but instead will die with the hated pigs of the devil." What are some "funny" stories you've heard?
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He was in a village in the back of a Jeep handing out candy bars to kids. Part of the strategy of winning hearts and minds. He says he was pretty much finished handing them out when one of the kids came out of a hut with a pistol and shoots him. He said that his flak jacket received the worst of the hit but deflected the bullet in at his armpit. The force of the bullet combined with us effort to dodge the bullet and stumbling over stuff in the back if the Jeep sent him falling backward out of the Jeep.
He stated that as he was falling the thought that went through his mind before he hit the ground was "Geez kid, if you don't like Hershey's with almonds, just say so."
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Vietnam, late in the war, Special Forces camp up near the DMZ. North Vietnamese Migs have overflown the camp at low level twice- and the camp had no anti-aircraft weapons if the Migs did decide to shoot them up.
The SF Commander had arranged to have 4 Redeye shoulder fired AA missilies sent to the camp- along with an 11Q Sgt to do a quick course on how to use one. The Redeyes and the instructor Sgt were one the way into the camp by Huey when they suddenly got a close pass at speed by a Mig. Came screaming head on at them, same altitude, slipped to the side, past them- and was making a big looping turn- coming back.
Everyone on board the Huey is in the warp 9 panic mode- but in the back of the Huey, the Redeye instructor is popping open the shipping case, pulls out a Redeye, slams the gas/battery unit in place, and as the Mig goes screaming by on his second pass- leans out of the open door of the Huey, and put a RedEye right up his tailpipe.
What we have here is... failure- to communicate.
But there IS documentation on THIS one- If you ever visit the Air Force Academy just North of Colorado Springs, stop by the display, and pay your respects to Diamond Lil. Take a look at her.
Take a CLOSE look at the mission honors painted on the side of the fuselage. Besides the bombs indicating combat bombing missions- did you notice the Mig?
The particular feat was accomplished by Airman First Class Albert E. Moore, who brought down a MiG-21 which was closing to attack Diamond Lil. The reason its MiG kill was so celebrated was that a B-52 which got within range of a fighter almost always lost the fight. B-52s were built on the assumption that enemy fighters would be kept at bay by their own fighter escort, and so they had minimal defensive guns."
He had quad 50s against the cannon and missiles of the Mig 21. The Mig 21 rolled in to the 6 o'clock, closing fast- and Lil's pilot hit his speed brakes- causing the Mig to close much faster- and closer- than he planned, At which point, Airman Moore (the only enlisted man on a B52) slapped him out of the air.
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This takes place in the summer of 1983. But lets rewind back 4 years to the summer of 1979, when yours truly had a "moment" and decided to "drop Out" of CUNY-John Jay College Of Criminal Justice's "Police Jurisprudence" Program and "Drop In" to the Local US ARMY Recruiting center with his Transcripts, Associates Degree, and Flight Log Book....My Dad, "AL," a Career Federal LE And Army Reservist who had Served In Both Germany In 1948-49 and In The Korean War Until Late 1952. I got the "be careful what you wish for" speech when I swore in. He had been back to war in 1965 as a CID In Saigon. After WOCS, Flight School, And other interesting courses of study, Plus a Tour In Central America assisting the "Military Advisers," I had found myself recruited, so to speak, to a "specialized" Aviation Unit. Well it was funny. They told my entire Battalion we were changing Commands, and Bases.. I had moved over from the 227Th Av. Batt. 1st BHCT-1st Cav. to the 229th Av. Batt. after my Central American Vacation. So we packed up EVERYTHING from FT. Hood, and Flew it all to Ft. Campbell Ky. On arrival, some personnel records were missing. First Sign of SNAFU: The Army Doesn't Just Loose Personnel Files unless they WANT to. Our CO was the Quiet Type, and doesn't "make Waves" that would keep him from rising to Grade 6, and he hoped eventually, Grade 7. after a day and a half, it was straitened out alright, we were told(8 flight Officers and 8 enlisted crewmen) that we were "at the wrong field" and we needed to go to the "other" field on the base. Once we got there we were all separated, and told to wait in the rooms we were left in. That was at 10:30 Hrs. It was 12:15 Hrs. before the door opened again.........
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Five Iraqi helicopters were in their area-about fifty miles to our west. As we headed in their direction, I put my wingman in a four-mile trail formation behind me because I had to go down through the weather. When I was about fifty miles from the team, Capt. Dan Bakke, my back-seater, began working the radar to look for the helicopters. We got contacts on them moving west to east, just like the AWACS had said.
Dan and I started talking about what we were going to do. We knew there were helicopters down there, but if we were going to shoot them down, we wanted confirmation that they were bad guys. We called up AWACS, call sign Cougar, and asked them if there were any friendly helicopters in the area. The AWACS controller said, "We don't have any friendlies in the area. Any helicopters you find, you are cleared to shoot."
We got a little closer and kept going down to get below the weather. I wanted to confirm, one more time, before we lost contact with AWACS, that these were definitely bad guys and not some of our Special Forces helicopters coming to get the team. We had a few based in Syria that would have been following the same general course and could have gotten to the area fairly quickly. AWACS confirmed there were no friendlies in the area.
We continued to press in and were down to about 2,500 feet along the major road between Baghdad and the Syrian border. That area was always hot with a lot of AAA. I was working the radar, and Dan was working the high-resolution FLIR in the targeting pod to find the helicopters. When we popped out of the clouds fifteen to twenty miles from the team, Dan could see the helicopters with the pod. They were moving pretty much abreast, with the lead out in front in the middle. They were still moving west to east. They were moving and stopping at regular intervals.
There was also a group of troops on the ground to the east of the team. We started getting AAA fire from these troops. To us, it looked as if they were trying to herd the team with the helicopters into the troops to the east. The helicopters were keeping an even distance from each other, and we figured they might be dropping off troops to help herd the team.
The image on the pod was good enough to identify the helicopters as probable [Mi-24] "Hinds," five to ten miles out. Hinds can carry troops and are heavily armed with rockets and machine guns. As soon as the helicopters picked up and started moving, we were getting hits off them on the radar. The radar would stay locked on them when they were on the ground because the moving rotor blades were picked up.
Dan and I discussed how we wanted to conduct the attack. We decided to hit the lead helicopter with a GBU-10 while he was on the ground. If we hit him, he would be destroyed. If he moved off before the bomb landed, it would still get the troops he just left on the ground. It would also give the other helicopters something to think about, which might give the team a chance to get away in the confusion. We would then circle around and pop the others as we could. We passed our plan to our wingman and told him to get the first helicopter he saw with an AIM-9.
By this time, we were screaming over the ground, doing about 600 knots--almost 700 mph. The AAA was still coming up pretty thick. Our course took us right over the top of the Iraqi troops to the east of the team. We didn't know exactly where our team was, but it was looking to us like things were getting pretty hairy for the Special Forces guys.
Dan was lasing the lead helicopter. We let the bomb go from about four miles out while the leader was on the ground. Because of our speed, it had a hell of a range on it-more range than an AIM-9. I got AIM-9 guidance going and uncaged a Sidewinder. I was ready to fire the missile as soon as we were in range.
Just as we released the bomb, the airspeed readout on the radar showed the target at 100 knots and climbing. The lead chopper had picked up and started moving. I said, "There's no chance the bomb will get him now," even though Dan was working hard to keep the laser spot on him. I got a good lock with my missile and was about to pickle off a Sidewinder when the bomb flew into my field of view on the targeting IR screen.
There was a big flash, and I could see pieces flying in different directions. It blew the helicopter to hell, damn near vaporized it. We sat there for a few seconds, just staring. By that time, the AAA was getting real heavy and the other helicopters were starting to scatter. I told my wingman to put three Mk. 82 500-pounders on that same spot to get any troops that the helos dropped off.
We beat up the area with bombs and were going to circle around and come down on them again. I popped up above 10,000 feet and talked to AWACS to tell them what was going on. They said, "I understand you visually ID'ed that as an Iraqi helo." I said, "No, it's still dark out here, but I saw a FLIR image of what I took to be a Hind."


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Ever Heard Of A Sasanqua 'Rosey Red'?
I bought this at Lowes the other day and am debating about whether I should take it back or not. It is healthy and a very pretty hot pink single with golden stamens, but even the nursey that it originated from (Carolina Nursery) didn't have a clue about any info.
I've done a search on the internet and have come up dry. It would be nice to know the growth habit and whether it is truly suited to Florida. None of the Florida growers that I contacted heard of it.
Has anyone else heard of it, or grow it?
Camellias should do fine where you are, with a little protection from the full, blazing sun. I think if you look around your community, you'll see tons of colorful camellias blooming all through the fall and winter.
I don't know about this cultivar, in particular, but I lived in coastal zone 8b where camellias thrive in sandy soil within a stone's throw from the beach.
I searched all over the place, and couldn't find a thing out about it. I have to admit that I was annoyed when the nursery that it came from couldn't even tell me anything about it.
Camellias do wonderfully here, but like any plant, there are some that will thrive in certain locales, and some that won't. That's why I decided to stick with camellias that the camellia farms in Florida are selling.
I am fortunate to have access to great camellias close to where I live, and they are privately owned by local people who love what they are doing. I like to give them my business, and they are wonderful with customer service.
Believe it or not, I've even gotten some of them to thrive in a great deal of sunshine. I think the key is lots of pine bark mulch, plenty of water when it is hot out, and lots of organics to feed the soil.
Sometimes I wonder if "Rosey Red" would have done well here, but I've since gotten some really nice ones that I am sure are adapted to my climate.


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HEC-HMS Runoff Computation Modeling Direct Runoff with HEC-HMS Empirical models - traditional UH models - a causal linkage between runoff and excess precipitation without detailed consideration of the internal processes A conceptual model - kinematic-wave model of overland flow - represent possible physical User-specified Unit Hydrograph Basic Concepts and Equations Qn=storm hydrograph ordinate Pm=rainfall excess depth Un-m+1=UH ordinate User-specified Unit Hydrograph Estimating the Model Parameters 1. Collect data for an appropriate observed storm runoff hydrograph and the causal precipitation 2. Estimate losses and subtract these from precipitation. Estimate baseflow and separate this from the runoff User-specified Unit Hydrograph Estimating the Model Parameters 3. Calculate the total volume of direct runoff and convert this to equivalent uniform depth over the watershed 4. Divide the direct runoff ordinates by the equivalent uniform depth User-specified Unit Hydrograph Application of User-specified UH - In practice, direct runoff computation with a specified-UH is uncommon. - The data are seldom available. - It is difficult to apply. Snyder's UH Model Basic Concepts and Equations Snyder's UH Model Basic Concepts and Equations - standard UH - If the duration of the desired UH for the watershed of interest is significantly different from the above equation, tR=duration of desired UH, tpR=lag of desired UH Snyder's UH Model Basic Concepts and Equations - standard UH - for other duration Up =peak of standard UH, A=watershed drainage area Cp =UH peaking coefficient,C=conversion constant(2.75 for SI) Snyder's UH Model Estimating Snyder's UH Parameters - Ct typically ranges from 1.8 to 2.0 - Cp ranges from 0.4 to 0.8 - Larger values of Cp are associated with smaller values of Ct SCS UH Model Basic Concepts and Equations SCS UH Model Basic Concepts and Equations - SCS suggests the relationship A=watershed area; C=conversion constant(2.08 in SI) t=the excess precipitation duration;tlag =the basin lag SCS UH Model Estimating the SCS UH Model Parameters Clark Unit Hydrograph Models translation and attenuation of excess precipitation Translation: movement of excess from origin to outlet based on synthetic time area curve and time of concentration Attenuation: reduction of discharge as excess is stored in watershed modeled with linear reservoir Clark Unit Hydrograph Required Parameters: TC Not Time of Concentration!!! Storage coefficient Clark Unit Hydrograph Estimating parameters: Time of Concentration: T c Estimated via calibration SCS equation Storage coefficient Estimated via calibration Flow at inflection point of hydrograph divided by the time derivative of flow ModClark Method Models translation and attenuation like the Clark model Attenuation as linear reservoir Translation as grid-based travel-time model Accounts for variations in travel time to watershed outlet from all regions of a watershed ModClark Method Excess precipitation for each cell is lagged in time and then routed through a linear reservoir S = K * So Lag time computed by: tcell = tc * dcell / dmax All cells have the same reservoir coefficient K ModClark Method Required parameters: Gridded representation of watershed Gridded cell file Time of concentration Storage coefficient ModClark Method Gridded Cell File Contains the following for each cell in the subbasin: Coordinate information Area Travel time index Can be created by: GIS System HEC's standard hydrologic grid GridParm (USACE) Geo HEC-HMS Kinematic Wave Model Conceptual model Models watershed as a very wide open channel Inflow to channel is excess precipitation Open book: Kinematic Wave Model HMS solves kinematic wave equation for overland runoff hydrograph Can also be used for channel flow (later) Kinematic wave equation is derived from the continuity, momentum, and Manning's equations Kinematic Wave Model Required parameters for overland flow: Plane parameters – Typical length – Representative slope – Overland flow roughness coefficient Table in HMS technical manual (Ch. 5) – % of subbasin area – Loss model parameters – Minimum no. of distance steps Optional Baseflow Three alternative models for baseflow Constant, monthly-varying flow Exponential recession model Linear-reservoir volume accounting model Baseflow Constant, monthly-varying flow User-specified Empirically estimated Often negligible Represents baseflow as a constant flow Flow may vary from month to month Baseflow added to direct runoff for each time step of simulation Baseflow Exponential recession model Defines relationship of Qt (baseflow at time t) to an initial value of baseflow (Q0) as: Q t = Q 0 Kt K is an exponential decay constant Defined as ratio of baseflow at time t to baseflow one day earlier Q0 is the average flow before a storm begins Baseflow Exponential recession model Baseflow Exponential recession model Typical values of K 0.95 for Groundwater 0.8 – 0.9 for Interflow 0.3 – 0.8 for Surface Runoff Can also be estimated from gaged flow data Baseflow: Exponential recession model: Applied at beginning and after peak of direct runoff User-specified threshold flow defines when recession model governs total flow Baseflow Linear Reservoir Model: Used with Soil Moisture Accounting loss model (last time) Outflow linearly related to average storage of each time interval Similar to Clark's watershed runoff Applicability and Limitations Choice of model depends on: Availability of information Able to calibrate? Appropriateness of assumptions inherent in the model Don't use SCS UH for multiple peak watersheds Use preference and experience
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I posted a sneak peek of this beautiful couple last month. They are both graduating from the University of Arizona in the same degree! They were so excited to get pictures to capture their success after 4 long years of hard work. They both have successful futures in store for them. And don't forget their daughter, she was just the cutest thing ever, isn't she such a doll?
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We had an amazing Christmas this year here in Tucson. The best part? Lots of my family came down to us in Tucson so we got family and got to stay home. Two of mys sisters and their families and my parents came to visit and stay a few nights. It was so fun to have so much family to celebrate with and the kids loved it. In our family we have a tradition of opening one gift at a time so everyone can see each others gifts. Well as you can imagine, Christmas unwrapping was a little longer than usual, but I would have it no other way. I love the magic of watching everyone's excitement as gifts are opened! We spent the rest of the day building lego sets, outdoors with our toys, and just spending time together. I'm already looking forward to Christmas 2015!
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