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U.S. Cellular
Public | |
Traded as | NYSE: USM |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1983 |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Products | CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO and LTE (wireless voice and data services), SMS (text messaging), MMS (picture messaging), Mobile TV (EasyEdge Mobile TV), location-based services, BREW (EasyEdge) |
Revenue | $3.89 billion USD (2014) |
$-47 million USD (2014) | |
Number of employees
6,700 (2014) |
Parent | Telephone and Data Systems (84%) |
Slogan | Believe In Something Better |
Website | www |
United States Cellular Corporation, d.b.a. U.S. Cellular, is a regional carrier[1] which owns and operates the fifth-largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, serving 4.76 million customers in 426 markets in 23 U.S. states as of the fourth quarter of 2014.[2] The company has its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
Corporate information[edit]
U.S. Cellular was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Inc., which still owns an 84 percent stake.
U.S. Cellular features a wide array of cellular plans that are competitive in today's market. In addition, they offer unlimited incoming text, picture, and video messages.[3]
In compliance with federal law, U.S. Cellular works with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to provide free AMBER Alerts via text messaging.[4]
Customer satisfaction[edit]
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U.S. Cellular touts its service, having one of the highest customer retention rates among its competitors, as reported by some market research firms.[5]
J. D. Power and Associates continually rates U.S. Cellular as having "Highest in Wireless Call Quality Performance" for several of its coverage regions.[6] The North Central Region (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) has received the award from 2006-2011.[7]
In 2012, U.S. Cellular launched an ad campaign centered around sales associate Abigail Rutt.
Consumer Reports does an annual survey of wireless service providers. The company has the highest call quality and network satisfaction of any national carrier as stated by the survey.[8]
CDMA/3G network[edit]
Originally, U.S. Cellular used analog, then Digital AMPS "TDMA" cell phones in most markets, but the company started shifting over to 1xRTT CDMA technology in 2003. After the switch, U.S. Cellular has discontinued all analog and TDMA services. In 2009, U.S. Cellular started converting its network to EVDO which offers 3G speeds. U.S. Cellular plans to eventually use LTE for its future 4G network.[9]
The company offers national 3G coverage through roaming agreements. Native coverage is mainly in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, parts of the East and New England. Although headquartered in Chicago, U.S. Cellular did not offer service in the Chicago metropolitan area until it acquired territories from PrimeCo Communications between 2002 and 2003, after the formation of Verizon Wireless.[10]
4G LTE network[edit]
U.S. Cellular announced that it will start offering 4G coverage to customers beginning in the first quarter of 2012. Just like the other larger wireless competitors, company decided to go with LTE for its 4G coverage. The rollout is planned for selected cities in Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine, North Carolina, Texas and Oklahoma. These include some of U.S. Cellular's leading markets such as Milwaukee, Madison and Racine, Wis.; Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Davenport, Iowa; Portland, Bangor and Houlton, Maine; and Greenville, N.C.[11] As of November 14, 2012, U.S. Cellular has added additional 4G LTE markets, including Southern Oregon (Roseburg, Grants Pass, and Medford areas).
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- In 2003, U.S. Cellular acquired naming rights to the baseball stadium used by the Chicago White Sox. Formerly known as "Comiskey Park", the stadium is officially renamed "U.S. Cellular Field." U.S. Cellular and AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular) exchange wireless assets. U.S. Cellular receives new spectrum in markets next to or overlapping existing operations in 13 states in exchange for its Georgia and northern Florida licenses. U.S. Cellular builds and launches 12 new markets from the transaction's assets over the next two years, including Oklahoma City and St. Louis. U.S. Cellular launches easyedge, its suite of wireless data services.
- In 2004, U.S. Cellular divests its south Texas markets.
- In 2005, U.S. Cellular enters the St. Louis market. St. Louis becomes the second largest market U.S. Cellular serves, after Chicago. U.S. Cellular introduces SpeedTalk, its walkie-talkie-like service.
- In 2006, U.S. Cellular acquires the rest of eastern Tennessee's TN-RSA 3, formerly known as Eloqui Wireless. Already owning a 1/6 stake in the venture, U.S. Cellular purchased the remaining 5/6ths of the shares.
- In 2007, U.S. Cellular purchases IA RSA 15 in northwest Iowa.
- As of Q3 2007 Average monthly revenue per user is at $52.71
- As of Q4 2007 $368 million in data revenues. Average monthly revenue per unit is at $51.13. They had a retail postpay churn rate of 1.4%. Have 6,383 total cell sites, have invested $566 million in the cell sites as well as the infrastructure.
- As of Q2 2008 preparing to roll out 3G/EVDO revision A to select markets.
- As of Oct. 28, 2008 U.S. Cellular launched Mobile Broadband, a service allowing customers to access data on their cell phones 10 times faster than before. It brings DSL-like service and capabilities to customers through EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology, commonly referred to as 3G. The service launched in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois; northwestern Indiana; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Des Moines, Iowa and southern Wisconsin, with more cities to follow in early 2009.
- As of May 1, 2009 U.S. Cellular launched Mobile Broadband in most of Iowa except for western Iowa. In addition to Iowa, parts of Tennessee are now part of U.S. Cellular's Mobile Broadband coverage area.
- As of June 30, 2009 U.S. Cellular expanded its Mobile Broadband coverage in most of Wisconsin, central and northern Illinois, with more to follow.
- Mobile Broadband launched in summer 2009 in parts of Maine and New Hampshire, as well as areas surrounding Tulsa.[12]
- Jay Ellison, the company's Executive VP of Operations, retired at the end of 2009.
- On May 31, 2010 CEO Jack Rooney retired from the company.
- On June 1, 2010 Mary N. Dillon assumed the position of CEO.
- As of July 16, 2010 U.S. Cellular launched Nationwide 3G Data Roaming covering 98% of its customer base.
- U.S. Cellular Corporation exercised a right to expand by 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) at Citicorp Plaza in Chicago, Illinois, which will increase the size of its lease to 232,000 square feet (21,600 m2). U.S. Cellular recently[when?] renewed its lease through October 31, 2017.
- On October 1, 2010 U.S. Cellular unveiled the Belief Project.
- On May 6, 2011 U.S. Cellular announced that it will offer 4G LTE by the end of 2011.
- On June 13, 2011 U.S. Cellular launched the company's first Windows Phone 7 which is the HTC 7 Pro.
- On June 22, 2011 U.S. Cellular launched the Motorola Xoom, an Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) Tablet.
- On November 7, 2012 U.S. Cellular announced the sale of several markets (customers and spectrum) to Sprint Nextel. This included their home market of Chicago.
The company offers phones manufactured by Samsung, Motorola, HTC, LG, RIM, Huawei, Alcatel, Pantech and Apple.[citation needed]
On December 5, 2011 U.S. Cellular stated it is waiting for an LTE version of Apple's iPhone before selling the phone.[13] It was announced on May 3, 2013 that U.S. Cellular would offer the iPhone sometime during the year.
On July 12, 2012, U.S. Cellular began shipping preorders of the Samsung Galaxy S III.[14]
On October 23, 2013, U.S. Cellular's web site began advertising that the iPhone 5s will be "Available November 8th", 2013.
On November 8, 2013, U.S. Cellular began offering Apple iPhone 5s, 5c, and 4s.
On September 19, 2014 U.S. Cellular was a Tier 1 provider of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Tablet PCs[edit]
U.S. Cellular launched the Samsung Galaxy i800 Tablet PC in November, 2010.
U.S. Cellular launched the Motorola Xoom Tablet PC in June, 2011.
U.S. Cellular launched the Apple iPad Air and iPad mini on November 8, 2013.
Belief Project[edit]
On October 1, 2010 U.S. Cellular unveiled its customer reward program as "The Belief Project".[15]
Belief Plans[edit]
All Belief plans are nationwide with no additional roaming charges in the United States. These plans all include at no additional charge: incoming calls, nights & weekends starting at 7pm, and mobile-to-mobile calls between U.S. Cellular customers. Customers are only required to fulfill one twenty-four month agreement per line ("One-and-Done Contracts"). After the first initial contract, customers no longer have to sign contracts and can continue to buy new phones at promotional prices when eligible. However, as of Q3 2013, the "one-and-done" contract provision was discontinued on all plans, and customers now are required to renew their contracts for a 24-month term to receive a device subsidy. Customers on Belief plans earn points each month as part of the Belief Rewards program and can also be earned by referring customers or participating in other promotional activities. These points can be redeemed for early upgrades, free accessories, phones, and ringtones and ringbacks.
Belief Plans Evolved (BPE)[edit]
As of May 1, 2012, U.S. Cellular rolled out a new set of Belief Plans. The new plans retain all of the same free calling features as the previous Belief Plans and also applies to 'connected devices' (tablets, hotspots, and data cards) offering tiered data packages. Like many carriers, U.S. Cellular charges a fee ($10 per GB) for overage on data.
On October 13, 2013, U.S. Cellular unveiled its take on Shared Data plans. The plans are comparable to other carriers Shared Data options, but still include all of the same free calling features, and the inclusion of reward points to be used for different features or new phones. A further enhancement to the Shared Data plans was unveiled during Q2 2014, where customers could opt to purchase devices under no-interest "installment agreements" in lieu of a device subsidy. The installment plans are based on the full device cost spread out over 24 equal monthly installment payments, in addition to the cellular service cost. Customers who purchase equipment on installment plans receive discounts on their "connection charges" to their shared data plans, and do not have to pay activation fees on devices. There is also no penalty for early payoff for devices on installment plans. Customers who purchase devices under installment payments on shared data plans also have an "early upgrade" option to trade-in their devices after 12 months in order to upgrade to a new device superseded by a 24-month installment agreement on the new device.
Corporate headquarters[edit]
The company has its headquarters in almost 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) in the U.S. Cellular Plaza complex in O'Hare, Chicago, Illinois, near O'Hare International Airport.[16][17] U.S. Cellular's lease will expire in September 2011. The company stated in 2008 that it hired CB Richard Ellis to help determine whether the company should stay in its current headquarters facility, move to central Chicago, or move to the Chicago suburbs.[17]
Corporate sponsorship[edit]
U.S. Cellular owns the naming rights to:
- U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox
- U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington, Illinois
- U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee
- U.S. Cellular Center, an arena in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- U.S. Cellular Center, an arena in Asheville, North Carolina
- U.S. Cellular Community Park, an athletics facility in Medford, Oregon
- U.S. Cellular Grandstand, Kansas State Fairground in Hutchinson, Kansas
U.S. Cellular serves as the title sponsor of a NASCAR Nationwide Series race, the U.S. Cellular 250, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. It has also served as the presenting sponsor of the 80/35 Music Festival in Des Moines, Iowa, since its inception in 2008.[18]
Sound logo[edit]
The sonic logo, tag, audio mnemonic was produced by Musikvergnuegen and written by Walter Werzowa from the Austrian 1980s sampling band Edelweiss.[19]
- ^ Archived April 23, 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "U.S. Cellular Reports Fourth Quarter 2014 Results". U.S. Cellular. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2015.
- ^ "Free Incoming Calls, Texts and Pics | Features & Services". U.S. Cellular. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Wireless Amber Alerts". U.S. Cellular. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Gottesman, Ben (2010-09-07). "Readers' Choice Awards 2010 - Cellular Service Providers: Contract Providers". PCMag.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Best Cell Phone Company | Awards Page | About Us". U.S. Cellular. 2009-05-15. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Coverage Indicator | Cell Phone Coverage". U.S. Cellular. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
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- ^ U.S. Cellular Plans to Launch 4G LTE in 2012: Report
- ^ "U.S. Cellular Launches in Chicago". Phone Scoop. 2002-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "TO LAUNCH 4G LTE SERVICE AND DEVICES IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS | 2011 Press Releases". U.S. Cellular. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "U.S. Cellular - Welcome". Uscc.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ U.S. Cellular: We'll take the iPhone when Apple gives us LTE — Tech News and Analysis
- ^ Samsung Galaxy S3 now on sale on U.S. Cellular website, coming to stores this week
- ^ "The Belief Project FAQs | The Belief Project". U.S. Cellular. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "About Us." U.S. Cellular. Retrieved on January 5, 2011. "8410 W. Bryn Mawr Suite 700 Chicago, IL 60631-3486."
- ^ a b Baeb, Eddie. "U.S. Cellular to explore HQ move." Crain's Chicago Business. April 23, 2008. Retrieved on January 10, 2010.
- ^ - 80/35 music festival
- ^ Paul Morley (2003-10-19). "Boot me up, Dessie". The Observer (Guardian Media Group). Retrieved 2009-01-17.
External links[edit]
- U.S. Cellular
- Unofficial Discussion of U.S. Cellular
- 2011 Wireless Network Quality Study from J.D. Powers


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Cardinal Dolan Congratulates Obama on Presidential Win
Mark Pattison
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Cardinal Dolan speaks to President Obama at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York Oct. 18.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, congratulated President Barack Obama on his re-election in a Nov. 7 letter.
"The people of our country have again entrusted you with a great responsibility," Cardinal Dolan said. "The Catholic bishops of the United States offer our prayers that God will give you strength and wisdom to meet the difficult challenges that face America."
Cardinal Dolan added the bishops pray that Obama will "help restore a sense of civility to the public order, so our public conversations may be imbued with respect and charity toward everyone."
He said, "In particular, we pray that you will exercise your office to pursue the common good, especially in care of the most vulnerable among us, including the unborn, the poor, and the immigrant. We will continue to stand in defense of life, marriage and our first, most cherished liberty, religious freedom."
In the press release containing the text of the letter, the words "our first, most cherished liberty" were in italics. The bishops and the Obama administration have clashed for the past year on a federal Department of Health and Human Services mandate that would require most religious employers to provide contraceptive access to their employees, allowing for few exceptions.
With 270 electoral votes needed to secure a presidential win, Obama, a Democrat, had 303 to 206 for his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Florida's 29 electoral votes had not been decided the morning after the Nov. 6 election.
Four years ago, Obama, previously a U.S. senator from Illinois, received congratulations from a fellow Illinoisan — Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, then president of the U.S. bishops — when Obama became the nation's first African-American president.
"I believe we can seize this future together — because we are not as divided as our politics suggest; we're not as cynical as the pundits believe; we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions; and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and forever will be, the United States of America," Obama said at the end of his 20-minute address to supporters at a victory rally in Chicago during the early morning hours of Nov. 7.
"And together, with your help, and God's grace, we will continue our journey forward, and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth," he added.
The Massachusetts-based group Catholic Democrats said in a statement Obama and Vice President Joe Biden's re-election "is a victory for the Catholic social justice tradition that has guided the conscience of our nation for over a century. The American people chose a worldview that values community and the common good over one that puts the market and individualism before the welfare of all people."
A Catholic Democrats board member, Nicholas Cafardi, was co-chair of the Obama campaign's Catholic outreach effort.
Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life Action, took the Obama administration to task for its health care law and what she described as its efforts to expand access to abortion. In a Nov. 7 statement, she said she expected state legislatures and a "pro-life majority" in the House of Representatives to blunt those efforts during Obama's second term.
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Porsche is looking to pull out of a contract with Magna to build the next-generation Boxster and Cayman in the wake of the Canadian firm's purchase of Opel from General Motors.
The Boxster and Cayman had been earmarked for production at Magna's Austrian plant in Graz from 2013, but VW's takeover of Porsche and Magna's control over Opel now means plenty of potential for conflicts of interest - and VW understandably wants to keep Porsche production and development costs secret.
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The Special Committee on the Nature of the Church and the Practice of Governance was charged with the responsibility of producing a thorough study of the nature of the church. The enclosed document represents the committee's efforts to fulfill that directive. The report begins with an assessment of our denomination's current situation and contains fifty statements that explore the biblical nature of the church, examine the Reformed tradition, consider the history of the church in North America, inspect the confessions, and search its polity.
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Diepen, Nico van and Collis, Betty and Andernach, Toine (1997) Web Environments for Group-Based Project Work in Higher Education. International Journal of Educational Telecommunications, 3 (2-3). pp. 109-130. ISSN 1077-9124
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Abstract: | We discuss problems confronting the use of group-based project work as an instructional strategy in higher education and describe two courses in which course-specific World Wide Web (Web) environments have evolved over a series of course sequences and are used both as tool environments for group-process support and as the product environment of the project work itself. In particular we describe the use of specific Web-embedded shared workspace, communication-management and evaluation tools and their contribution to the management and educational value of group-based project work. The integration of instructional principles and strategies with the Web-based tools is also of particular importance. The 1996-97 versions of the courses analysed in this article can be found at http://www.to.utwente.nl/ism/ism1-96/home.htm for the first-year course in educational media design, and at www.edu.cs.utwente.nl/~aitnlpbg/, for the first-year course in applications of information technology. Both courses, at the University of Twente, use group-based project work as a major organizational form, but integrate all aspects of the courses within cohesive Web environments. |
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Thank you for your interest in our two color paracord bracelet instructions. The two color survival bracelet is practically the same as the single color one, except you're going to be working with two separate cords instead of one long one. I will show you step by step how this is done below. Follow slowly and learn how to make a two color paracord bracelet.
What You'll Need
- 2 separate colors of 550 paracord
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Step 1: Measuring Your Wrist
- Wrap a string or rope around your wrist and make sure it's nice and snug.
- With a marker, make a line directly across the strings/ropes. See next image below for example.
- I've darkened the lines in a photo editing software so you can see an example in part 3 of the diagram.
- Now straighten out your string/rope and measure from mark to mark. I drew lines on the piece of paper underneath to help show my marks. My wrist is an 8" wrist as shown below.
Step 2: Cutting your cord, and melting ends.
- Cut two equal 4 ft. pieces of paracord, one of each color.
- Once this is done you must melt the ends so they don't fray.
- If the internal string, or the "guts" of the cord is exposed a bit, simply cut about a centimeter of the cord off at the end to enable a clean burn.
- With your lighter, apply the flame for about 3-4 seconds rotating the cord to get an even burn.
- Once the end is beginning to melt with your fingertips or some pliers squeeze down so it becomes somewhat flat. This will help you when threading your cord through your buckles.
Step 3: Sliding both buckle halves onto cord
- Put cords together and feed buckle part B on as shown in part 1 of the diagram. Make sure the buckle is arcing the right way. Buckle part B arcs outward to the right in part 1 of the diagram.
- Slide buckle part A onto the cord as shown in part 2 of the diagram. Again, make sure that the buckle part A arcs the correct way. Buckle part A arcs outward to the left in part 2 of the diagram.
- Make sure you slide the cord through the bottom slit of buckle part A. An example is shown in the bottom right image of the diagram.
- Leave about 1 inch of excess cord after buckle part A. This is shown in part 2 of the diagram.
Step 4: Temporary step. Taping the excess cord.
- This is TEMPORARY to help insure your bracelet is the right size when finished.
- Fold over the excess cord onto the existing cord and tape them together like shown in the image.
Step 5: Measuring to insure your bracelet ends up the right size.
- As you can see buckle part A is on the left, and buckle part B is on the right.
- When measuring here add 1" to the total measurement you got when measuring your wrist size.
- For the example in this diagram, my wrist measured in at 7.5", so I'm measuring the cord to be 8.5" long.
- I've drawn lines to show you exactly where to measure. Notice you are not measuring from the end of buckle part A.
Step 6: Starting your first Cobra Braid.
- In the diagram we are working with the inside of the bracelet facing us. (The inside is the side that is against your wrist when you're wearing it.)
- The "Middle Color", like shown in the diagram, is different on the inside of the bracelet then it is on the outside of the bracelet.
- In this example we have our "gun metal grey" as the "middle color" on the inside of the bracelet, and the "blue" is the "middle color" on the outside of the bracelet. (The part that everyone sees!!!)
- On the bottom of the diagram there's an example of the inside of the bracelet we are making in the diagram.
- In part one of the diagram, we take the blue cord and put it under the bracelet cords. This means that the outside "middle color" is going to be "blue", like stated above. If you want the outside "middle color" to be "gun metal grey", then you would begin by putting the "gun metal grey" cord under the bracelet cords.
- In part 2 take the second cord and go under the first cord and over the bracelet cords.
- In part 3 of the diagram, take the second cord and pull it through the loop that was created in part one of the diagram.
- In the 4th and final part of the diagram, simply tighten the braid up to the buckle.
Step 7: Weaving your second Cobra Braid.
- In this step we simply repeat step 6 except reversed.
- In part 1 of the diagram take the blue cord and put it under the bracelet cords.
- In part 2 of the diagram take the second cord and go under the first cord and over the bracelet cords.
- In part 3 of the diagram, take the second cord and pull it through the loop that was created in part one of the diagram.
- In the 4th and final part of this diagram, simply tighten the braid up to the first braid.
Step 8: (Optional Step.) Crucial if you want maximum cordage.
- This step is optional but is crucial if you want the most cord possible on your survival bracelet.
- As you can see in the first box of the diagram, sometimes you'll end up with some leftover slack.
- With one hand, hold the buckle and the 1" of excess cord (so it doesn't slip out) and with the other hand grab the end of the last braid you did and pull back on it. (the way the arrow shows in part 2 of the diagram.)
- As you can see in part 3 of the diagram there's much more room to keep braiding, enabling you to use all you cord and get the most out of it.
Step 9:Braiding the cord over the 1" excess cord.
- Once you get to the tape, take the tape off.
- Holding the excess cord against the bracelet cords.
- Braid over the excess cord right up to the buckle.
Step 10: Finalizing your bracelet
- In the first part of the diagram you can see we are working on the top part of the bracelet. From the top, feed the leftover cord through the remaining slit in the buckle (buckle part A).
- You are going to lift/pull one of the cords out to use in part 4, part 2 shows you which cord to pull on. We are currently working on the inside of the bracelet.
- In part 3 of the diagram, it also shows you which cord to pull, and where to pull it.
- Pull the remaining cord through the loop that was created in part 3 of the diagram.
Step 11: Tightening the ends.
- In part 1 in the diagram, pull in the direction of the arrow to tighten the last cord around the remaining cord.
- Example of tightened cord.
- With your thumb hold onto the tightened cord, and pull the remaining cord to pull the rest of the slack through.
- Example of all slack pulled through.
Step 12: Cut and Melt the remaining cord.
- Cut the remaining cord off leaving roughly 3/8"-1/4".
- Use lighter to melt down all fraying cord, and then flatten the cord with fingers or pliers.
And You're Done! You can also find it on Intructables.com here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Two-Color-Survival-Bracelet/


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Boys' education and the arts: A case study of boys' attitudes about art and music education in an independent school for boys
This study examines the attitudes of middle and upper school aged students toward art and music within the formal context of required and elective courses in art and music. Students at Chestnut Hill Academy, a K-12 independent school for boys in Philadelphia, are the subjects of the study. Using a case study methodology involving participant observation, research interviews, transcript review, and student surveys, the study closely examines student attitudes about art and music within the curriculum. In addition, the study examines how the students fit the arts into their own developing sense of masculinities.^ The study attempts to provide insight into the unique opportunities that a single sex school provides young men in the area of art and music education, as well as providing an understanding of the value of courses in art and music in the development of young men. ^
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Education, Art|Education, Music|Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Recommended Citation
Richard L Parker,
"Boys' education and the arts: A case study of boys' attitudes about art and music education in an independent school for boys"
(January 1, 1998).
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Adult bulb flies are stocky, hairy flies, blackish to dark green with pale yellow, orange, or gray markings. Adult bulb flies look like small bumble bees and may also resemble other beneficial species. On warm sunny days, adults often hover around blooming plants, where they feed on pollen and nectar. Bulb fly larvae are plump, wrinkled, dirty yellow, gray, white, or brownish maggots with a short brown or blackish breathing tube at their rear. Maggots of several species of flies infest bulbs of all types, including daffodil, iris, lily, and tulip.
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Acclaimed Warcraft III scenario Defense of the Ancients, created and released by a group of dedicated mod-makers in 2003, is a popular little piece of software. At its peak, this mod -- which puts two teams of heroes (each player selects one hero unit from a pool of 95) at odds in a battle to capture the enemy's base -- was held up as a prime example of what the mod community at large was capable of. These days, DOTA (now sporting an "Allstars" subtitle) still enjoys a pretty big fan following, though it's certainly starting to show its age.
Enter developer/publisher Riot Games' up-and-coming strategy game, League of Legends: Clash of Fates. This spiritual successor to DOTA (co-designed by two of the mod's original caretakers) is a bigger, badder, and altogether more refined take on DOTA's territorial-dominance scenario. And best of all -- come September, when the game finally launches -- it's entirely free to play. Curious yet? If you belong to any of the four groups below, you should be.
DOTA Players (and DOTA-curious)
Awesome or not, DOTA's based on a seven-year-old game engine. That's more than enough time for such an ambitious project to outgrow its proverbial living quarters (it is, after all, limited by the boundaries of what Warcraft III can do). It's also enough time for a community to become extremely insular and xenophobic: Jump into a pick-up game without knowing what's what and the grizzled vets will most likely eat you alive.
But what if you could actually receive tutorial lessons before jumping into an online match? What if you weren't expected to employ altogether backwards concepts (like killing your own allies to deny the enemy gold and experience)? What if you were slowly acclimated to the game, without having to process an insane array of options all at once (95 heroes is a lot to choose from)? League of Legends is, at once, a fresh start and a new edition of DOTA. New players can ease themselves in (only six of the game's 40 champion characters are available from the outset, and the rest unlock gradually), and DOTA vets get a modernized, much-upgraded take on the scenario's basic infrastructure, without a lot of the bizarre gameplay caveats.
World of Warcraft PvP Junkies
For competition-minded folks (I'm thinking specifically of Arena- and Battleground-happy World of Warcraft players), League of Legends should really hit home. For one, you take control of a unique champion with myriad abilities, who you don't have to spend exorbitant amounts of time gearing up (champions gain experience and level up -- which awards extra ranks to their various special attacks -- but this happens on a per-session basis, much like Warcraft III heroes). Better yet, each Summoner (that's the game's fancy term for "player") is tied to a persistent account that tracks performance and match history (which influences the matchmaking system), and that levels up (at a very quick pace, I'm told) through normal play. You can slot mastery points into a trio of obviously World of Warcraft-influenced talent trees -- "Offensive," "Defensive," and "Utility" -- which specializes your game at a macro level, affording you access to global abilities that any champion can take into the field. A runebook system allows you to beef up specific aspects of your champions with customizable loadouts of various glyphs and seals (again, much like WoW's glyph and enchantment systems), purchased with in-game Influence points.
Oh, and the entire lobby/matchmaking UI looks and feels a lot like Blizzard's Battle.net. Noticing a theme here?
Strategy Gamers Who Aren't Great at Frantic RTS-paced Micromanagement
The game itself features all the tactical fun of a real-time strategy game, without the throngs of units to micromanage. It's just your team's champions versus the other team's, so it comes down to how well you can spec and play the particular unit you've selected. The map I played on (one of three total) was Summoner's Rift, a very DOTA-ish territory-domination map where waves of A.I.-controlled soldier units storm the enemy on each side (though, again, you don't control these units -- they're just here to help). My champion -- a sword-wielding badass named Tryndamere -- uses his own health as his primary resource. A whirlwind attack sends him spinning toward the specified location, laying waste to anything in his path at the cost of a few hit points, while a Bloodlust ability (whose properties stack based on how many kills he racks up between uses) heals him. This combination, along with Tryndamere's Undying Rage ability -- which renders him briefly immune to fatal damage -- gives him a very hit-and-run feel. The whole thing feels like a well-focused, fast-paced exercise in strategy (game length is estimated at 30-40 minutes tops) for gamers who don't like dealing with large-scale armies.
Anyone Who Likes Fun, Free Games
Finally, once again, the game's free. Yeah, a retail edition's being made available for those who want it (this one comes with a whopping 20 champions unlocked from the get-go -- though I'm assured this provides very little advantage, as champions unlock at a very rapid clip), but a game of this quality at a required buy-in of approximately $0 should be all the incentive most curious players need. Riot intends to make money from micro-transactions; players can purchase customization options for their champions, such as new skins and other purely visual perks. Don't worry, though -- you can't buy your way to success, as anything relating to actual gameplay performance is attained purely through dedicated play. In fact, Riot figures that most of the top-end players won't ever spend a dime on the game. After all, they'll be too busy dominating.


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Creating an OpenSearch Description File in Windows Federated Search
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Describes Windows 7 how to create an OpenSearch Description (.osdx) file to connect external data stores to the Windows Client via the OpenSearch protocol. Federated search allows users to search a remote data store, and view the results from within Microsoft Windows Explorer.
This topic contains the following sections:
- osd/osdx File
- Standard Elements for Inclusion
- Extended Elements for Inclusion
- Previews
- Open File Location Menu Item
- Additional Resources
- Related Topics
osd/osdx File
An OpenSearch Description (.osd) file for Windows federated search must abide by the following rules:
- Be a valid .osd document, as defined by the OpenSearch 1.1 specification
- Provide a Url template with either an RSS or an Atom format type
- Use the .osdx file extension
- Be associated with the .osdx file extension when downloading from the Web
- Provide a
element value (recommended)
Mininum Required Child Elements
The following sample .osdx file consists of ShortName
and Url
elements, which are the minimum required child elements.
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"> <ShortName>My Web Service</ShortName> <Url format="application/rss+xml" template="http://example.com/rss.php?query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex}&cnt={count}" /> </OpenSearchDescription>
Standard Elements for Inclusion
In addition to the minimum child elements, Windows federated search supports the following standard elements.Shortname
Windows uses the ShortName
element value to name the .searchconnector-ms (search connector) file that is created when the user opens the .osdx file. Windows ensures that the generated file name uses only characters allowed for Windows file names. If no ShortName
value is provided, then the .searchconnector-ms file attempts to use the file name of the .osdx file instead.
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"> <ShortName>My Web Service</ShortName> ... </OpenSearchDescription>
Windows uses the Description
element value to populate the file description shown in the Windows Explorer details pane when a user selects a .searchconnector-ms file.
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"> ... <Description>Searches the example company book catalog</Description> </OpenSearchDescription>
Url Template for RSS/Atom Results
The .osdx file must include one Url
element and template
attribute (a Url template) that returns results in either RSS or Atom format. The format attribute must be set to application/rss+xml
for RSS formatted results, or application/atom+xml
for Atom formatted results.
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"> ... <Url format="application/rss+xml" template="http://example.com/rss.php?query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex}&cnt={count}" /> </OpenSearchDescription>
Url Template for Web Results
If there is a version of the search results that can be viewed in a Web browser, then you should provide a Url format="text/html"
element, and template
<<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/"> ... <Url format="text/html" template="http://example.com/html.php?query={searchTerms}" /> </OpenSearchDescription>
If you provide a Url format="text/html"
element and template
attribute, then a button appears in the Windows Explorer command bar that allows the user to open a Web browser to view the search results when the user performs a query.
The roll-over of the query back to the data store's Web UI is important in some scenarios. For example, a user may want to view more than 100 results (the default number of items the OpenSearch provider requests). If so, then the user may also want to use search features only available on the data store's Web site, such as re-querying with a different sort order, or pivoting and filtering the query with related metadata.
URL Template Parameters
The OpenSearch provider performs the following actions:
- Uses the Url template to send the request to the Web service
- Attempts to replace the tokens found in the URL template before sending the request the query to the Web service, as follows:
- Replaces the standard OpenSearch tokens that are listed in the following table
- Removes any other tokens found, that are not listed in the following table
Supported Token | How Used by OpenSearch Provider |
{searchTerms} | Replaced with the search terms the user types in the Windows Explorer search input box |
{startIndex} | Used when getting results in "pages" Replaced with the index for the first result item to return |
{startPage} | Used when getting results in "pages" Replaced with the page number of the set of search results to return |
{count} | Used when getting results in "pages" Replaced with the number of search results per page that Windows Explorer requests |
{language} | Replaced with a string that indicates the language of the query being sent |
{inputEncoding} | Replaced with a string (such "UTF-16") that indicates the character encoding of the query being sent |
{outputEncoding} | Replaced with a string (such as "UTF-16") that indicates the desired character encoding for the response from the Web service |
Paged Results
You may want to limit the number of results returned per request. You can opt to return a "page" of results at a time, or have the OpenSearch provider get additional pages of results either by item number or page number. For example, if you send twenty results per page, the first page you send starts at item index 1 and at page 1; the second page you send starts at item index 21 and at page 2. You can define how you want the OpenSearch provider to request items by either using the {startItem}
or the {startPage}
token in the URL template.
Paging Using the Item Index
An item index identifies the first result item in a page of results. If you want clients to send requests using an item index, you can use the {startIndex}
token in your URL template attribute, as follows:
<Url format="application/rss+xml" template="http://example.com/rss.php?query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex}" />
The OpenSearch provider then replaces the token in the URL with a starting index value. The first request starts with the first item, as shown in the following example:
The OpenSearch provider can get additional items by changing the {startIndex}
parameter value and issuing a new request. The provider repeats this process until it gets enough results to satisfy its limit, or reaches the end of the results. The OpenSearch provider looks at the number of items returned by the Web service in the first page of results, and sets the expected page size to that number. It uses that number to increment the {startIndex}
value for subsequent requests. For example, if the Web service returns 20 results in the first request, then the provider sets the expected page size to 20. For the next request, the provider replaces {startIndex}
with the value of 21 to get the next 20 items.
Paging Using the Page Index
A page index identifies the specified page of results. If you want clients to send requests using a page number, you can use the {startPage}
token in your URL element template attribute, as follows:
<Url format="application/rss+xml" template="http://example.com/rss.php?query={searchTerms}&page={startPage}" />
The OpenSearch provider then replaces the token in the URL with a page number parameter. The first request starts with the first page, as shown in the following example:
Page Size
You may want to configure your Web service to permit a request to specify the size of the pages using some parameter in the URL. A request must be specified in the .osdx file using the {count}
token, as follows:
<Url format="application/rss+xml" template="http://example.com/rss.php?query={searchTerms}&start={startIndex}&cnt={count}" />
The OpenSearch provider can then set the desired page size, in terms of number of results per page, as shown in the following example:
By default the OpenSearch provider makes requests using a page size of 50. If you want a different page size, then do not provide a {count}
token, and instead place the desired number directly in the URL template.
The OpenSearch provider determines the page size based on the number of results returned on the first request. If the first page of results received has fewer items than the count requested, then the provider resets the page size for any subsequent page requests. If subsequent page requests return fewer items, then the OpenSearch provider assumes that it has reached the end of the results.
Extended Elements for Inclusion
In addition to the standard elements, Windows federated search supports the following extended elements:
- MaximumResultCount
- ResultsProcessing
Because these extended child elements are not supported in the OpenSearch v1.1 specification, they must be added using this namespace:
Maximum Result Count
By default Search Connectors only get up to 100 results for any given user query. This limit can be customized by including the MaximumResultCount
element within the OSD file as shown in the following example:
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/"> ... <ms-ose:MaximumResultCount>200</ms-ose:MaximumResultCount> </OpenSearchDescription>
The above example declares the namespace prefix ms-ose
in the top-level OpenSearch Description
element, and then uses it to prefix the element name. This declaration is mandatory because MaximumResultCount
is not supported in the OpenSearch v1.1 specification.
Property Mapping
When results are returned by the Web service as an RSS or Atom feed, the OpenSearch provider must map the item metadata in the feeds to properties that the Windows Shell can use. The following figure illustrates how the OpenSearch provider maps some of the default RSS elements.
Default Mappings
The default mappings of RSS XML elements to Windows Shell system properties, are listed in the following table. XML paths are relative to the item element. The "media:"
prefix is defined by the Yahoo Search Namespace namespace.
RSS XML Path | Windows Shell Property (Canonical Name) |
Link | System.ItemUrl |
Title | System.ItemName |
Author | System.Author |
pubDate | System.DateModified |
Description | System.AutoSummary |
Category | System.Keywords |
enclosure/@type | System.MIMEType |
enclosure/@length | System.Size |
enclosure/@url | System.ContentUrl |
media:category | System.Keywords |
media:content/@fileSize | System.Size |
media:content/@type | System.MIMEType |
media:content/@url | System.ContentUrl |
media:group/content/@fileSize | System.Size |
media:group/content/@type | System.MIMEType |
media:group/content/@url | System.ContentUrl |
media:thumbnail/@url | System.ItemThumbnailUrl |
Automatic Windows Shell Property Mappings
You can choose to include other XML elements within the items in your RSS feed that automatically map to Windows Shell system properties. To do so, include an element named after the Windows Shell property and prefixed with the Windows Shell system namespace. The following example illustrated the namespace declaration win=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/propertynamespace"
, and the inclusion of an element for the property mapping win:System.Contact.PrimaryEmailAddress
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:example="http://example.com/schema/2009" xmlns:win="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/propertynamespace"> ... <item> <title>Bill Gates</title> <win:System.Contact.PrimaryEmailAddress>email@example.com </win:System.Contact.PrimaryEmailAddress> </item>
The namespace prefix used here ("win"
) is a suggestion; you can use any prefix. However, you must use the exact Windows Shell property names, and must include the exact URI:
About Windows Shell System Properties
There is a complete list of System Properties defined in Windows, and the value type format required for each property. The documentation for the System.FileExtension Window Shell property, for example, specifies that the value must contain the leading period (".docx" and not "docx").
Date and Time Values
The preferred date and time format is ISO-8601, for example:
.NET developers should use the DateTime class with ToString("R")
to output the correct format.
Custom Property Mappings
You can customize the mapping of elements from your RSS output to Windows Shell system properties by specifying the mapping in the .osdx file.
The RSS output specifies:
- An XML namespace, and
- For any child element of an item, an element name to map against
The .osdx file identifies a Windows Shell property for each element name in a namespace. The property mappings that you define in your .osdx file override the default mappings, if they exist, for those specified properties.
Example RSS results and OSD Property Mapping
This example RSS output identifies http://example.com/schema/2009
as the XML namespace with the prefix example. This prefix must appear again before the element email.
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:example="http://example.com/schema/2009"> ... <item> <title>Bill Gates</title> <example:email>email@example.com</example:email> </item>
In the following sample .osdx file the XML element email maps to the Windows Shell property System.Contact.EmailAddress.
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/"> ... <ms-ose:ResultsProcessing format="application/rss+xml"> <ms-ose:PropertyMapList> <ms-ose:PropertyMap sourceNamespaceURI="http://example.com/schema/2009/" > <ms-ose:Source path="email"> <ms-ose:Property schema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/propertynamespace" name="System.Contact.EmailAddress" /> </ms-ose:Source> </ms-ose:PropertyMap> </ms-ose:PropertyMapList> </ms-ose:ResultsProcessing> ... </OpenSearchDescription>
There are some properties that cannot be mapped because values for them are either overridden later or not edit able. For example System.ItemFolderPathDisplay or System.ItemPathDisplayNarrow cannot be mapped because they are calculated from the URL value provided in either the link or enclosure elements.
Thumbnail image URLs may be provided for any item using the media:thumbnail url=""
element. The ideal resolution is 150x150 pixels. The largest thumbnails supported are 256x256 pixels. Providing larger images takes more bandwidth for no extra benefit to the user.
Open File Location Context Menu
Windows provides a shortcut menu named Open file location for result items. If the user selects that menu item, the "parent" URL for the selected item is opened. If the URL is a Web URL, such as http://..., such as the Web browser is opened and navigated to that URL. Your feed should provide a custom URL for each item to ensure that Windows opens a valid URL. This can be accomplished by including the URL within an element inside the item's XML, as illustrated in the following example:
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:example="http://example.com/schema/2009" xmlns:win="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/propertynamespace"> ... <item> <title>Bill Gates</title> <link>http://example.com/pictures.aspx?id=01</link> <win:System.ItemFolderPathDisplay>http://example.com/pictures_list.aspx </win:System.ItemFolderPathDisplay> </item> ...
If this property is not explicitly set in the item's XML, then the OpenSearch provider sets it to the parent folder of the URL of the item. In the example above, the OpenSearch provider would have used the link value, and set the System.ItemFolderPathDisplay Windows Shell property value to "http://example.com/"
Customize Windows Explorer Views with Property Description Lists
Some Windows Explorer view layouts are defined by property description lists, or proplists. A proplist is a semicolon-delimited list of properties, such as "prop:System.ItemName; System.Author"
, that is used to control how your results appear in Windows Explorer.
The UI areas of Windows Explorer that can be customized using proplists are illustrated in the following figure:
Each area of Windows Explorer has an associated set of proplists, which themselves are specified as properties. You can specify custom proplists for individual items in your result sets or for all items in a set of results.
UI Area to Customize | Windows Shell property that Implements the Customization |
Content view mode (when searching) | System.Proplist.ContentViewModeForSearch |
Content view mode (when browsing) | System.Proplist.ContentViewModeForBrowse |
Tile view mode | System.Proplist.TileInfo |
Details pane | System.Proplist.PreviewDetails |
Infotip (item's hover tool tip) | System.Proplist.Infotip |
To specify a unique proplist for an individual item:
- In your RSS output, add a custom element representing the proplist you want to customize. For example, this sample sets the list for the details pane:
To apply a property to every item in the search results without modifying the RSS output, specify a proplist within a
element in the .osdx file:<ms-ose:ResultsProcessing format="application/rss+xml"> <ms-ose:PropertyDefaultValues> <ms-ose:Property schema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2008/propertynamespace" name="System.PropList.ContentViewModeForSearch">prop:~System.ItemNameDisplay;System.Photo.DateTaken;~System.ItemPathDisplay;~System.Search.AutoSummary;System.Size;System.Author;System.Keywords</ms-ose:Property> </ms-ose:PropertyDefaultValues> </ms-ose:ResultsProcessing>
Content View Mode Layout of Properties
The list of properties specified in the System.Proplist.ContentViewModeForSearch and System.Proplist.ContentViewModeForBrowse proplists determines what is shown in Content view mode. For more information about property lists, see PropList.
The properties are laid out according to the numbers shown in the following layout pattern:
If we use the following list of properties,
Then we see the following display:
Property List Flags
Only one of the flags defined in the proplists documentation applies to the display of items in Content View mode layouts:"~"
. In the previous examples, the Explorer view labels some of the properties, such as Tags: animals; zoo; lion
. That is the default behavior when you specify a property in the list. For example, the proplist has "System.Author"
which is displayed formatted as "Authors: value"
. When you want to hide the property label, place a "~"
in front of the property name. For example, if the proplist has "~System.Size"
, the property is displayed as just a value, and without the label.
When the user selects a result item in Windows Explorer and the preview pane is open, the content of the item is previewed.
The content to show in the preview is specified by a URL, which is determined as follows:
- If the System.WebPreviewUrl Windows Shell property is set for the item, then use that URL.Note The property needs to be provided in the RSS using the Windows Shell namespace, or explicitly mapped in the .osdx file.
- If not, then use the link URL instead.
It is possible to use a different URL for the preview than for the item itself. This means that if you provide different URLs for the link URL, and the enclosure or media:content URL
, Windows Explorer uses the link URL for previews of the item but uses the other URL for file type detection, opening, downloading, and so forth.
How Windows Explorer determines what URL to use:
- If you provide a mapping to System.ItemFolderPathDisplay, then Windows Explorer uses that URL
- If you do not provide a mapping, then Windows Explorer identifies whether the link and enclosure URLs are different. If so, then Windows Explorer uses the link URL.
- If the URLs are the same or if there is only a link URL, then Windows Explorer parses the link to find the parent container by removing the filename from the full URL. Note If you recognize that the URL parsing would result in dead links for your service, you should provide an explicit mapping for the property.
Open File Location Menu Item
When users right-click an item, the Open file location menu option appears. This command takes the user to the container for or location of that item. For example, on a SharePoint search, selecting this option for a file in a document library would open the document library root in the Web browser.
When a user clicks Open file location Windows Explorer attempts to find a parent container, as follows:
Additional Resources
- For a demonstration of how to create an OpenSearch Web service for a SQL database, see the Windows 7: Empower Users to Find, Visualize and Organize their Data with Libraries and the Explorer video presentation given at PDC (October 2008).
- For information on Windows system-defined properties, see System-Defined Properties for Custom File Formats.
- For information on Windows Shell system properties, see System Properties.
- SharePoint Search Server 2008 and MOSS 2007 SP2 also support federated search of remote servers using OpenSearch. For more information about federated search and Search Server 2008 deployment with Office SharePoint Server 2007, see Welcome to Microsoft Search Server 2008.
- See the Microsoft Download Center Web site for the following downloadable resources:
- Windows 7 Federated Search Provider Implementer's Guide
- Search Server 2008 Sample: Federated Search Connector Sample
- For more information about the OpenSearch standard, see the OpenSearch Web site.


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Faculty speak in English, Hindi, Telugu to set freshers and their kin at ease on orientation day
Excitement and anxiety hung in the air as first-year students of IIT-Madras, accompanied by their parents, gathered in a large hall for the orientation that was to mark the beginning of their four-year stay in the institution. But the tension soon melted into smiles as IIT-M director Bhaskar Ramamurthi assured the parents who had come from near and far: 'Darne ki koi baat nahi hain' — there is no need to be worried.
"Every student gains at the end of four years," said Prof. Ramamurthi to parents of about 840 entrants.
The director, speaking in a mix of English and Hindi, reminded them of the various support systems that would focus "on their child's multidimensional growth", even as he urged them to see their children through this transition. A senior professor stood next to him translating his speech into Telugu, to help set the parents, many of whom were from Andhra Pradesh, at ease.
The IITs can be a model not only in terms of technical training and research, but also in the way they orient their students to the institution.
Over the course of the week, freshers will be taken to various laboratories, libraries, workshops and classes, and introduced to faculty members, counsellors and seniors. Thereafter, refresher sessions in the basic concepts of science and mathematics will begin.
Senior professors advised the students to come out of the 'JEE addiction.' "You will have to start writing answers in paragraphs — derive an answer and explain the steps," said Arindama Singh, a mathematics professor.
"Your parents are proud that you are here today. Four years from now, we want to be proud of you," he said.
The director also asked them to focus on academics before going about exploring other interests.
"The teaching and learning methodologies here are different from the style of JEE preparation, and it is fast-paced. The wiser thing will be to focus on academics till you get it right."
He said that parents must be in constant touch with their children. "We want our students to be leaders so we give them a lot of freedom. Please keep reminding them to use this freedom wisely."
L.S. Ganesh, dean, student affairs, summed it up when he said, "You just need to get two of your switches on — competence and character. More of it as we go along the way. Welcome to this new world of freedom, which brings along much responsibility."
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-07-01-2012 #1
Why the fans have no business picking All-Star teams:
Buster Posey over Carlos Ruiz or Yadier Molina for NL Catcher????
What a joke!!
"Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning." --- Hesiod
-07-01-2012 #2
Re: Why the fans have no business picking All-Star teams:
Yadi is tearing it up this year. I was shocked he didn't get it As long as he gets his (i believe) 5th consecutive gold glove at years end ill be ok.
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$SYNCH Checks the completion status of a system service that completes asynchronously. FormatSYS$SYNCH [efn] ,[iosb] C Prototypeint sys$synch (unsigned int efn, struct _iosb *iosb); Arguments DescriptionThe Synchronize service checks the completion status of a system service that completes asynchronously. The service whose completion status is to be checked must have been called with the efn and iosb arguments specified, because the $SYNCH service uses the event flag and I/O status block of the service to be checked. Condition Values Returned $TIMCON Converts 128-bit Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format to 64-bit system format or 64-bit system format to 128-bit UTC format based on the value of the convert flag. FormatSYS$TIMCON [smnadr] ,[utcadr] ,cvtflg C Prototypeint sys$timcon (struct _generic_64 *smnadr, unsigned int *utcadr [4], unsigned long int cvtflg); Arguments DescriptionThe Time Converter service converts 64-bit system format time to UTC format, and vice versa. Condition Values Returned $TRANS_EVENT Forces a transaction state change for a transaction in which there is at least one RM participant that has set the DDTM$M_COORDINATOR flag. FormatSYS$TRANS_EVENT [efn] ,[flags] ,iosb ,[astadr] ,[astprm] ,tid ,rm_id ,tx_event C Prototypeint sys$trans_event (unsigned int efn, unsigned int flags, struct _iosb *iosb, void (*astadr)(__unknown_params), int astprm, unsigned int tid [4], unsigned int rm_id, unsigned int tx_event); Arguments astadr
The AST routine that is executed when the service completes, if SS$_NORMAL is returned in R0. The astadr argument is the address of the entry mask of this routine. The routine is executed in the same access mode as that of the caller of the $TRANS_EVENT service. astprm
The AST parameter passed to the AST routine specified by the astadr argument. tid
The identifier (TID) of transaction to which the state change is to be applied. rm_id
The identifier of the Resource Manager identifier (RMI) with which the coordinating Resource Manager (RM) participant is associated. tx_event
The operation to be performed on the transaction. The permitted values and the possible successful outcomes are listed in Table SYS-59. DescriptionThe $TRANS_EVENT system service is used by coordinating RM participants to change the state of transactions. SYSPRV is required unless the caller is in executive or kernel mode. None. $ABORT_TRANS, $ABORT_TRANSW, $ACK_EVENT, $ADD_BRANCH, $ADD_BRANCHW, $CREATE_UID, $DECLARE_RM, $DECLARE_RMW, $END_BRANCH, $END_BRANCHW, $END_TRANS, $END_TRANSW, $FORGET_RM, $FORGET_RMW, $GETDTI, $GETDTIW, $GET_DEFAULT_TRANS, $JOIN_RM, $JOIN_RMW, $SETDTI, $SETDTIW, $SET_DEFAULT_TRANS, $SET_DEFAULT_TRANSW, $START_BRANCH, $START_BRANCHW, $START_TRANS, $START_TRANSW, $TRANS_EVENTW Condition Values Returned $TRANS_EVENTW Forces a transaction state change for a transaction in which there is at least one RM participant that has specified the DDTM$M_COORDINATOR flag. FormatSYS$TRANS_EVENTW [efn] ,[flags] ,iosb ,[astadr] ,[astprm] ,tid ,rm_id ,tx_event C Prototypeint sys$trans_eventw (unsigned int efn, unsigned int flags, struct _iosb *iosb, void (*astadr)(__unknown_params), __int64 astprm, ) $TRNLNM Returns information about a logical name. FormatSYS$TRNLNM [attr] ,tabnam ,lognam ,[acmode] ,[itmlst] C Prototypeint sys$trnlnm (unsigned int *attr, void *tabnam, void *lognam, unsigned char *acmode, void *itmlst); Arguments The following table defines the item descriptor fields for 32-bit item list entries: