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Speaking of DX10 and DX11, the current state of the market says that we don't need it. All games are still on DX9, pretty much. Maybe the reason behind it are Consoles and considering the fact that Sony and Microsoft wont replace their Consoles by year 2014 tells me enough. We ain't going to see fully utilized DX11 by year 2013, speaking of which i don't think Microsoft will push any new DirectX with Windows 8.
You don't know what you're speaking about, it seems...
1. While DirectX 10 hasn't had too much of an impact (my guess is Microsoft has used it as a next-gen graphics architecture in comparison with DirectX 9, while DirectX 11 improves and extends DirectX 10 in some ways), DirectX 11 clearly looks like a winner.
2. In contrast to previous DirectX versions, DirectX 10 & 11 have updates in the SDK in a timely basis, no more need to wait more than a year to have a new revision, as soon as new features are created, they will be incorporated, so programmers just have to upgrade their DirectX SDK to be able to play with the features, DirectX 11, DirectCompute, XAudio, you name it...
Saying DirectX 11 won't be fully utilized by 2013 is non-sense, by that time we'll probably have DirectX 12 or further revisions for DirectX 11 like DirectX 9 had like a/b/c/whatever.
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I am glad Doom 4 is going to be using OpenGL, it's time we revisit OpenGL again
There's no reason for Carmack (et al.) to change their API, he's always been with OpenGL, but you're right... it's good to see OpenGL in action :P
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Kerala will be allotted extra rice and sugar during Onam and Ramzan, Union Minister of State for Food and Agriculture K.V. Thomas said here on Friday.
He was speaking after inaugurating a five-day National Livestock Show and Food Festival at the Kanakakkunnu Palace.
The details of the allotment will only be announced, as is appropriate, in Parliament. Anyhow, the State will see changes in its food grain allocation in six months when the new Food Security Bill becomes law. Then, the number of families in the BPL category will go past the eight-crore mark. Once the Bill is passed, the State will get rice and wheat at Rs.3 a kg, Mr. Thomas said.
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Already, the Central government has okayed the allocation of APL rice to the State at Rs.11.85 a kg, against the prevailing market price of Rs.21.
During a recent meeting of Food Secretaries, the Secretary from the State had asked that the State be allocated more rice and sugar for Onam. The Centre had responded favourably.
"Thanks to bumper crops this year, there is a problem with storage of grains in the godowns of the Food Corporation of India. State governments should take the initiative to enhance the storage capacity of godowns. The Centre is ready to cooperate with any such initiative," the Union Minister said.
The Centre has decided to adopt Chinese technology for setting up modern storehouses for grains. One such proposal relates to the godown of the Central Warehousing Corporation at Kuttanad, he pointed out.
During the last four years, the Centre had readily sanctioned the schemes formulated by the department headed by Minister for Food and Civil Supplies C. Divakaran.
"This is because the department has been meticulous in executing such projects in a time-bound manner and furnishing the fund utilisation accounts in a timely manner."
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"Recently, Mr. Divakaran submitted a proposal for bringing over a breed of cattle from France. The Centre has taken a favourable decision on this scheme also," he said.
The Union government has also raised its share of funding for projects relating to development of ports. Now, it is providing 100 per cent of funds for such ventures.
Central funds have been sanctioned for fish markets at Pangode, Aluva, Paravoor and Pathanamthitta. The government of India aims to achieve a growth rate of four per cent in the agriculture sector. Animal husbandry is a major thrust area; a growth rate of eight per cent has been targeted for this sector.
Divakaran's plea
In his presidential address, Mr. Divakaran said Kerala could achieve self-sufficiency in milk by 2011. The Centre should restore the allocation of rice and sugar to Kerala, he added.
Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac, Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran, Forest Minister Benoy Viswom, Devaswom Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran, Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran and Sports Minister M. Vijayakumar were among those who participated in the inaugural ceremony.
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Jun. 2, 2015
News Analysis; Senate vote to ratchet back scope of Patriot Act reflects nation deeply divided over meaning of balanced approach to threats of terrorism; even if Congress restricts domestic surveillance, it will leave whole the vast majority of post-Sept 11 programs; counterterrorism infrastructure constructed since 9/11 has become solidly embedded in American society. MORE
Jun. 2, 2015
Obama administration is pressing Senate not to substantially alter House-passed USA Freedom Act, given that authorizations for National Security Agency have lapsed and any changes to bill's provisions would necessarily entail lengthy negotiations that could delay agency's reinstatement. MORE
Jun. 2, 2015
Congressional Memo; Sen Mitch McConnell, after losing battle to extend National Security Agency programs, is being forced to embrace a House-passed NSA overhaul that he fears will weaken national security. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
News Analysis; interviews with intelligence experts suggest that there are several available workarounds as National Security Agency grapples with temporary expiration of Patriot Act provisions that allowed it to gather phone records en masse; key aspect is 'grandfather clause' that maintains powers for any investigation that was begun before June 1, 2015; records can also be obtained by grand jury subpoena if necessary. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
Provisions of Patriot Act allowing government to amass phone records temporarily expires following caustic Senate session in which Sen Rand Paul blocked extension; revised edition of law, which will curtail some bulk data collection by National Security Agency, is likely to pass in coming week; developments reflect profound shift in American attitudes toward data collection since days following Sept 11 attacks. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
Republican Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has been shunned and mocked by colleagues in his party, succeeds in temporarily blocking vote on renewal of section of Patriot Act that gives broad surveillance authority to National Security Agency. MORE
May. 29, 2015
News Analysis; evidence provides little basis for alarmist arguments by both supporters and critics of the Patriot Act surveillance powers as vote approaches on whether to allow them to expire; there is no record of powers having been used to thwart a terrorist attack, nor of private data being misused for political or personal gain. MORE
May. 29, 2015
Editorial welcomes fact that provisions within Patriot Act giving federal authorities broad surveillance powers, which led to National Security Agency's collection of bulk phone data, are set to expire; calls for thorough debate regarding such surveillance powers and underscores necessity of balancing such powers with meaningful judicial oversight. MORE
May. 28, 2015
Obama administration urges Congress to reach deal on legislation governing National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records before June 1 deadline, warning that failure to do so will leave United States vulnerable to terrorist attacks. MORE
May. 27, 2015
Pres Obama issues warning to Senate about risks attendant upon lawmakers failing to renew surveillance programs authorized by USA Patriot Act; it is unlikely that lawmakers will pass extension before scheduled expiration date, which means Obama administration and National Security Agency will lack legal authority to carry out such programs for some time. MORE
May. 26, 2015
Congressional leaders, with deadline looming, take unusual step of working during recess to reach agreement on changes to USA Freedom Act that would rein in National Security Agency's phone data collection authority. MORE
May. 25, 2015
Obama administration is examining how expiration of three counterterrorism laws allowing government to collect telephone and other data will affect future of effort, even as bulk collection of phone records winds down; at issue is treatment of phone records already collected by government and investigations already under way; Senate remains divided on whether to continue or replace National Security Agency's phone records program. MORE
May. 24, 2015
Senate's failure to advance legislation on National Security Agency reform highlights discord among Republican leaders; after failing to get extension of federal government's bulk collection of phone records program, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has found promises he made about Senate's operation hard to keep. MORE
May. 24, 2015
Senate rejects legislation that would revise Patriot Act to limit federal government's bulk collection of phone records; vote, and subsequent failure of short-term measure to extend program beyond June 1 expiration date, raises likelihood that government will lose access to phone records after deadline, creating security vulnerability. MORE
May. 22, 2015
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel faces backlash for latest scandal involving country's BND foreign intelligence agency, which allegedly helped National Security Agency spy on Airbus Group with cooperation of Merkel's aides, actions seen as violation of so-called 'no spy' rules. MORE
May. 22, 2015
Senate remains split over whether to temporarily extend federal government's bulk collection of phone records under Patriot Act or accept controversial House bill, known as USA Freedom Act, that significantly changes program. MORE
May. 22, 2015
Editorial praises Sen Rand Paul for calling attention to renewal of Patriot Act and bill's limitations in quasi-filibuster on Senate floor; echoes Paul's warnings that renewal will do little to limit violations of Americans' civil liberties, like government's secret phone-data sweeps of American households. MORE
May. 20, 2015
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward J Snowden, facing espionage charges in United States and living in exile in Russia, is speaking by video to audiences worldwide and gaining victories both in Congress and federal court; has no apparent prospect of leaving Russia soon, as prosecutors show no inclination to offer him acceptable plea bargain. MORE
May. 18, 2015
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gather in Macedonia to protest government of Prime Min Nikola Gruevski following revelation of wiretapped conversations pointing to government control over journalists, courts and elections. MORE
May. 15, 2015
News Analysis; House vote to end and replace National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is striking because open debate about cost of national security has been rare in 14 years since Sept 11 attacks; highlights question of where to draw line between advantages of secrecy and demands for openness in shadow of war on terror that shows no sign of abating. MORE
May. 14, 2015
House of Representatives approves, 338 to 88, bill to halt National Security Agency's collection of data related to Americans' phone records under Patriot Act; vote places high pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring Senate, which is more divided on issue, into line with House ahead of June 1 deadline. MORE
May. 14, 2015
Editorial warns cybersecurity legislation proposed in Congress could pose significant privacy threats; observes proposals turn on increased information sharing between businesses and government, shift that critics say will allow government agencies to increase surveillance of individuals; calls on legislators to fix shortcomings, and to add provisions that would pressure businesses to shore up their own defensive capabilities. MORE
May. 12, 2015
Republican presidential candidate Sen Rand Paul has made it his top priority to block government surveillance of private citizens. MORE
May. 10, 2015
Brian McFadden The Strip comic offers up variety of real-life conspiracies that American voters should be concerned about, such as current campaign financing laws, police brutality and National Security Agency spying on Americans. MORE
May. 9, 2015
Federal appeals court's decision that National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is illegal complicates bipartisan effort in Congress to overhaul program. MORE
May. 8, 2015
United States Court of Appeals rules National Security Agency program that is systematically collecting Americans' bulk phone records is illegal; three judges say Patriot Act does not cover domestic calling records; provision is set expire June 1, and ruling is liable to ratchet up Congressional tension. MORE
May. 8, 2015
Germany reportedly curbs its cooperation with United States intelligence after revelations of spying on German businesses and other Europeans. MORE
May. 8, 2015
Editorial applauds ruling by three-judge federal appeals panel, which determined National Security Agency's collection of Americans' phone records is illegal; holds decision is just in time as Congress is now in debate over reauthorizing section of Patriot Act that allows government to sweep records of those suspected of involvement in terrorist acts. MORE
May. 7, 2015
News Analysis; France's sharp turn towards stronger security apparatus in the wake of terrorism reflects pattern that has repeated itself in Western nations since Sept 11 attacks on United States; Parliamentary vote greatly expands nation's powers to protect and spy on its own citizens, who seem increasingly willing to trade their privacy for protection. MORE
May. 7, 2015
German Chancellor Angela Merkel finds herself in midst of domestic controversy over depth and extent of country's role in European spying; 2002 agreement on intelligence sharing between Germany and United States is under duress after reports that German intelligence agency BND indulged in spying on corporations and individuals at behest of National Security Agency. MORE
May. 7, 2015
Letter from Reps Robert Goodlatte, John Conyers Jr, F James Sensenbrenner and Jerrold Nadler responds to May 2 editorial criticizing legislation that would modify Patriot Act. MORE
May. 6, 2015
France appears poised to enact legislation that could grant authorities far broader spying capabilities with almost no judicial oversight; measure's urgency stems from Paris terrorist attacks in January 2015; new powers would allow intelligence services to glean potentially unlimited electronic data from cellphones and Internet. MORE
May. 2, 2015
News Analysis; proposal to limit bulk collection of domestic telephone data, centerpiece of legislation advancing in Congress, is meeting little opposition from National Security Agency itself; lack of pushback from the agency underscores just how dubious insiders were about the program from the start. MORE
May. 2, 2015
Companion article to Page One news analysis about National Security Agency's data collection program outlines effects of proposed legislation in House that would reauthorize mass surveillance programs. MORE
May. 2, 2015
Editorial asserts that USA Freedom Act, measure intended to alter Patriot Act by curbing government's ability to conduct mass surveillance of Americans, does not go far enough to protect civil liberties from National Security Agency data collection; holds bill is being pushed through in name of expediency, with promise of further reforms later; warns it is more likely that bill's modest reforms will be scaled back by opponents in Congress. MORE
May. 1, 2015
Broad bipartisan support has emerged to sharply limit government's ability to conduct surveillance of citizens under Patriot Act; House Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly approves bill that will curtail phone and Internet sweeps that were exposed by Edward J Snowden; fresh resolve follows more than decade of debate over Act, and reflects desire to strike better balance between national security and civil liberties. MORE
Apr. 25, 2015
Declassified report from 2009 suggests that clandestine nature of National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance and bulk data collection program after September 11, 2001, only served to create more obstacles for American intelligence community. MORE
Apr. 22, 2015
Audit recommends overhaul of Postal Service program, known as mail covers, that records information on outside of letters and packages delivered to people suspected of criminal activity, citing lack of oversight in program; audit finds 20 percent of requests for surveillance under program were improperly approved. MORE
Mar. 23, 2015
Editorial holds that government surveillance reforms proposed by British Parliament are largely cosmetic and would do little to protect privacy; examines evidence showing that British government continues to engage in large-scale intelligence gathering at the expense of its citizens, including computer and phone hacking. MORE
Mar. 13, 2015
Parliamentary oversight panel calls for Britain's spy agencies to overhaul surveillance laws governing monitoring of private communications. MORE
Mar. 10, 2015
Op-Ed article by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Wikimedia Foundation executive director Lila Tretikov explains that lawsuit filed by foundation against National Security Agency takes issue with agency's surveillance of Wikipedia users; warns that pervasive surveillance has chilling effect on free exchange of knowledge, which can only occur when privacy is treated as essential right. MORE
Mar. 5, 2015
Former American intelligence contractor Edward J Snowden says he would like to return to United States after two years asylum in Russia and is seeking legal and impartial trial. MORE
Mar. 1, 2015
FYI column describes origins of wiretapping and New York Police Department's role in bringing it about. MORE
Feb. 19, 2015
Editorial welcomes Pres Obama's measures to oversee drone use by government agencies, but says they fall short of fully protecting Americans' privacy; notes Federal Aviation Administration's latest proposals allow commercial use of drones but with restrictions; contends that with such a new technology, efforts must be made to lay down appropriate uses for such devices. MORE
Feb. 14, 2015
Pres Obama signs executive order urging private sector companies to cooperate with federal government in sharing data on cyberthreats, in industry Obama refers to as 'Wild Wild West'; order does not exempt companies from liability if shared data leads to legal action, something only legislation can do; Obama speaks to cybersecurity leaders at summit meeting at Stanford University. MORE
Feb. 13, 2015
Pres Obama will meet with nation's top tech firms at Stanford University to discuss array of cybersecutiry issues; meeting comes at time of deep estrangement between Washington and Silicon Valley, as Obama seeks to prevent companies from shoring up encryption on commercial products that will make it harder for government to crack systems. MORE
Feb. 7, 2015
British court that oversees country's intelligence services rules that mass collection of cellphone and online records before December 2014 was illegal; privacy advocates count ruling as victory, but some experts warn that decision will not stop collection of data. MORE
Feb. 3, 2015
Obama administration announces rules that will require White House oversight of National Security Agency's surveillance of foreign leaders and will compel intelligence analysts to delete private information collected about Americans and foreigners that has no intelligence value. MORE
Jan. 29, 2015
Document leaked by Edward J Snowden shows that electronic spying agency Communications Security Establishment Canada examines 10 million to 15 million electronic uploads daily as part of antiterrorism effort carried out in conjunction with United States and other allies; agency refuses to confirm existence of project. MORE
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U.S. Surveillance in Place Since 9/11 Is Sharply Limited
A bill to allow the government to restart surveillance operations, but with new restrictions, passed over the opposition of the Senate majority leader, and was signed by President Obama.
June 3, 2015, Wednesday
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In Debate Over Patriot Act, Lawmakers Weigh Risks vs. Liberty
Even if Congress restricts domestic surveillance, the counterterrorism infrastructure built in recent years has become firmly embedded in society.
June 2, 2015, Tuesday
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Surveillance Bill Awaits Verdicts on Amendments From Hawks in Senate
The White House pressed the Senate to refrain from making substantive changes to the legislation, so that the N.S.A. program could be reinstated.
June 2, 2015, Tuesday
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Bluff Called, Mitch McConnell Misplays His Hand in Phone Data Fight
In the struggle over surveillance powers, the senator is finding that some of the new, ambitious conservatives do not adhere to the old rules of operating on Capitol Hill.
June 2, 2015, Tuesday
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A Likely Path for Senate Approval of a Surveillance Bill
A look at how the vote to pass the House-backed U.S.A. Freedom Act might play out in the Senate.
June 2, 2015, Tuesday
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A Gap in Surveillance, but Ways Around It
The fact that Congress allowed counterterrorism laws to lapse is an extraordinary moment in the story of the tensions between post-9/11 policies and privacy rights.
June 1, 2015, Monday
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Key Parts of Patriot Act Expire Temporarily as Senate Moves Toward Limits on Spying
The government's authority to sweep up bulk phone data in the hunt for terrorists expired temporarily at 12:01 a.m. Monday, but the Senate indicated that legislation to curtail the program is likely to pass this week.
June 1, 2015, Monday
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Rand Paul Takes On 'Eye Roll' Caucus to Oppose Data Gathering in Patriot Act
Mr. Paul took to the Senate floor on Sunday evening to fulfill his promise to use his power as a single senator to try to assure that a data collection program would expire at midnight.
June 1, 2015, Monday
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Battle Lines in G.O.P. Set Stage for Surveillance Vote
Unlike past partisan fights, the struggle over Patriot Act provisions on phone records, which is set to resume on Sunday, is an ideological battle pitting Republicans against one another.
May 31, 2015, Sunday
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Obama Warns the Senate to Pass Surveillance Law
The president said the Senate was playing with fire if it failed to approve the USA Freedom Act this weekend.
May 30, 2015, Saturday
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College grads finding job market "humbling"
In line with the recent posts here on the worth of college education (and Bryan's post on a possible loan bubble) it seems that the job market is also making a statement on college:
Now evidence is emerging that the damage wrought by the sour economy is more widespread than just a few careers led astray or postponed. Even for college graduates — the people who were most protected from the slings and arrows of recession — the outlook is rather bleak.
Employment rates for new college graduates have fallen sharply in the last two years, as have starting salaries for those who can find work. What's more, only half of the jobs landed by these new graduates even require a college degree, reviving debates about whether higher education is "worth it" after all.
Of course in any economic downturn, especially in one which unemployment is high, this sort of thing is going to happen. According to the NY Times story, 22.4% of recent graduates are not working. 22% are not working in jobs that require a college degree. And, of course, of the 55.6% who are working in jobs requiring a degree, many are not working in their degree area. It also appears that the median salary has dropped significantly during the recession – after all, it's a buyer's market:
The median starting salary for students graduating from four-year colleges in 2009 and 2010 was $27,000, down from $30,000 for those who entered the work force in 2006 to 2008, according to a study released on Wednesday by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. That is a decline of 10 percent, even before taking inflation into account.
That's a significant drop and again, it makes the argument that going to work for 4 years instead of college may have two benefits: 1) no college loan debt and 2) 4 year work history which would most likely see a salary or earnings well above the median starting salary for college students. And as might be expected, it is those college students who are graduates from liberal arts programs who are suffering most.
The choice of major is quite important. Certain majors had better luck finding a job that required a college degree, according to an analysis by Andrew M. Sum, an economist at Northeastern University, of 2009 Labor Department data for college graduates under 25.
Young graduates who majored in education and teaching or engineering were most likely to find a job requiring a college degree, while area studies majors — those who majored in Latin American studies, for example — and humanities majors were least likely to do so. Among all recent education graduates, 71.1 percent were in jobs that required a college degree; of all area studies majors, the share was 44.7 percent.
So what sort of jobs are those who are degreed but not working in a job requiring a degree holding?
An analysis by The New York Times of Labor Department data about college graduates aged 25 to 34 found that the number of these workers employed in food service, restaurants and bars had risen 17 percent in 2009 from 2008, though the sample size was small. There were similar or bigger employment increases at gas stations and fuel dealers, food and alcohol stores, and taxi and limousine services.
Of course that has a ripple effect in which less-educated workers may be displaced.
"The less schooling you had, the more likely you were to get thrown out of the labor market altogether," said Mr. Sum, noting that unemployment rates for high school graduates and dropouts are always much higher than those for college graduates. "There is complete displacement all the way down."
Obviously the lesson here is education is still valuable, the question however is "how valuable"? Valuable enough to commit to the tremendous debt a college degree can bring? It is that sort of ROI that young people must begin making – especially those considering liberal arts programs. Assuming a desire by most who attend college to use their credentials to get a high paying job and secure a better future than foregoing such a program of study has to be under scrutiny by those in such a situation.
Opting to begin work out of high school vs. pursuing a college degree may become a real possibility. And naturally that will have another ripple effect. Colleges and universities will see decreased attendance which will in turn mean less revenue and possibly spur competition among them to attract students.
I actually see that as a beneficial effect, especially given the cost of higher education today, that may eventually make the ROI work somewhat better for potential college students. It is obvious the cost of higher education has risen much higher than any inflation rate. That's a bubble that needs to be popped and popped rather quickly. Dropping enrollment because of a perception of not receiving the value for what is paid may be the motivator for higher education to cut their prices or suffer the consequences.
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Is there a student loan bubble?
You might have read one of the increasingly frequent stories (like this solid essay in n+1) about a student loan bubble. The basics:
- College is widely believed to be the ticket to success. Degree-holders are more likely to be employed and they make more income than non-holders.
- Many people tried to take refuge from a lousy job market by going to college, and the recession also pinched state budgets, forcing schools to raise tuition.
- Consequently, the amount of student loan debt has exploded toward $1 trillion, eclipsing even consumer credit. Since student loan debt is impossible to discharge even in bankruptcy, it was widely considered safe for lenders, and was securitized much in the same fashion as mortgages.
- As punishing as the rules for paying student loans are, those saddled with the debt have been unable to pay—many fresh graduates aren't competitive candidates for still-scarce jobs. Only 40% of student loans are being actively repaid. So lenders are starting to pull out.
Over the longer term, the growth in college costs has far outpaced inflation for decades ("Since 1978, the price of tuition at US colleges has increased over 900 percent, 650 points above inflation"), while the added-income value of those degrees has not grown at nearly the same pace. The oft-quoted statistic that college graduates make $1 million more over a lifetime is misleading (it doesn't take into account years of foregone income, for one thing), and there's reason to suspect that much of the real discrepancy is due to correlation: students who have what it takes to pass through the filter of college admissions and stick it out are likely the kind of people who would make more money over their lifetimes anyway.
But is that enough to call it a bubble?
First, no one can really walk away from student loan debt like they can walk away from a mortgage, so many currently nonperforming loans can be expected to perform again when employment picks up.
Second, even if many people lose faith that a college degree is worth the price, tens of millions of kids have been groomed for college from a young age, and it's true that employers still use college degrees as a significant signal of value.
That faith is unlikely to collapse overnight, and even if it did, it would take time for businesses to adjust. Employers would have to start signaling a greater interest in other factors that prospective employees could substitute for accredited colleges.
Even entry-level jobs have college-educated competition, so how is a young adult to invest his time and credit, other than jumping on the subsidized college bandwagon?
- Take a risk on going unemployed for a stretch?
- Work for free? (He'd still have to compete with college students.) Aside from internships, working for less than the minimum wage to establish one's value as an employee is generally prohibited.
- Try to convince employers that alternative forms of study are as valuable as college experience?
These are luxuries many can't afford. There are federal guarantees for college money, but the closest thing a young adult can get to a subsidy for entrepreneurship or job hunting is the welfare state safety net if he fails. The college path is blazed, even if it is the scenic route.
So for now, the lack of alternatives will help ensure there's no big "pop" but a few marginal shifts:
- Young adults will try to attend cheaper schools, work through college, and take on less debt.
- Creditors will be less generous with student loans while repayment rates remain low.
- And colleges will get by on less money than they planned to have.
As much as we need greater competition in postsecondary education, and better alternatives for young adults to build and signal their value, no student loan "bubble" will do the job. It isn't a bubble if the air has nowhere to escape.
Education or indoctrination?
A former student of a course that sounded innocuous enough by its title turned out not to be as you'll see when you read his lengthy expose.
In there are the usual blathering about "academic freedom" (the last resort, I think, of many a marginal teacher), etc.
Is it a question of academic freedom when instructors/teachers/professors clearly intend to do something other than impart knowledge which allows a student to make his or her own mind up? In the name of "academic freedom" are students and institutions to be held hostage to absurd distortions of its meaning?
Clearly, when you read through this, you'll find yourself having difficulty categorizing what is presented as anything other than indoctrination – assuming you know what indoctrination means and can separate it from what academia is supposed to do to "educate".
But apparently, the university takes the easy way out even with the evidence recorded and videoed.
It's a long article, but worth the read. And frankly I could spend a day talking about many of the aspects of this argument, but, since mine is rushed today, I'll leave it to you to do the heavy lifting in the comment section.
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The "higher education bubble"–ready to burst?
More and more it is becoming clear that a college education isn't all it was cracked up to be in terms of guaranteeing a better lifestyle. So is it worth the money and the debt? Some are wondering:
The Project On Student Debt estimates that the average college senior in 2009 graduated with $24,000 in outstanding loans. Last August, student loans surpassed credit cards as the nation's largest single largest source of debt, edging ever closer to $1 trillion. Yet for all the moralizing about American consumer debt by both parties, no one dares call higher education a bad investment. The nearly axiomatic good of a university degree in American society has allowed a higher education bubble to expand to the point of bursting.
Since 1978, the price of tuition at US colleges has increased over 900 percent, 600 points above inflation. To put that in number in perspective, housing prices, the bubble that nearly burst the US economy, then the global one, increased only fifty points above the Consumer Price Index during those years. But while college applicants' faith in the value of higher education has only increased, employers' has declined. According to Richard Rothstein at The Economic Policy Institute, wages for college-educated workers outside of the inflated finance industry have stagnated or diminished. Unemployment has hit recent graduates especially hard, nearly doubling in the post-2007 recession. The result is that the most indebted generation in history is without the dependable jobs it needs to escape debt.
I was struck by the 900% increase since 1978. I've certainly not seen anything in particular from our college grads – as opposed to those who graduated in 1978 – that would make what they received as a degree worth 900% more than it was in '78, have you? And certainly nothing worth 600% above the inflation rate.
Frankly, the institutions of higher education have been scamming Americans for quite some time. And this is just my opinion, but many of the colleges and universities in this country are a bit like some college sports teams – they don't care if you graduate, they just want you to play well for them for 3 or 4 years. Change "play" to "pay" and you describe many of the schools I'm talking about. They really don't give a rip about graduation rates.
And of course, when you have institutions get into marginal study areas like "gender studies", etc., then it's no longer about education so much as it is indoctrination. Or at least that's been my experience and the experience of many I know. And things like this only reinforce that belief. As for the tolerance for different ideas? Eh, not so much. Occurrences like this aren't as uncommon as one might think.
The question more and more are asking then is whether higher education worth the bucks? There are plenty of studies that continue to show that college students earn more than their counterparts with a high school education – at least in gross pay. But in net pay, is it enough to justify the expense? Maybe not:
Derek Thompson explains:
Here's the problem. The college premium isn't consistent across all industries. Some salaries have flat-lined, while other jobs have simply disappeared thanks to off-shoring and automated technology. Meanwhile, over the same time that the wage premium has doubled, the cost of a four-year college education has more than doubled. Student loan debt is near $900 billion, more than credit card debt in this county.
College education is an effective elevator to bring workers to higher-skilled, higher-paying levels in the labor force. The question is whether the ride is efficient. Today the elevator is so prohibitively expensive that students and workers are uncertain whether the floor they'll be dropped off justifies the cost of the ride.
That wage premium makes it questionable as to whether or not the cost of the education is worth the investment and debt. And it is likely to get worse, not better. So are we in an education bubble? And if so, when the bubble finally bursts, will a college education again justify the expense relative to the net pay they can expect to earn over and above those without such education?
Maybe in China. Because with the highest corporate tax in the world and politicians trying to find a way to raise taxes for everyone, the jobs they do find here aren't going to be paying that well.
Yup, the more you look around, the bigger and bigger you realize the mess is. And it isn't going to get much better anytime soon.
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Nanny goes to the school cafeteria
I get so tired of these stories, but they have to be pointed out because they indicate a disturbing trend. In this case, it's just another in a long line of examples of bureaucrats unilaterally deciding to remove choice for everyone based on their arbitrary assessment of what is "good for you".
The example this time is about some of the Chicago Public Schools, and in particular the Little Village Academy on Chicago's West Side, have decided not to allow packed lunches from home. This line in the story just drove me up the wall:
Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.
It is like parents don't even exist in her world. It is like they should have no say in what their children eat if it doesn't jibe with Ms. Carmona's idea of what that should be. Mona Charen calls it "coercive humanitarianism". I think that's way too kind. I call it bureaucratic authoritarianism and typical of petty bureaucrats who have the power to impose their will on others with little or no accountability requirements.
Perhaps the biggest point to made about this is parents are again marginalized with these sorts of decisions. They're forced to do what the bureaucrat decides they should do. And it costs those parents who do take their child's nutrition seriously and who do pack nutritious lunches the option (the freedom) to do so.
Of course, one supposes that part of the reason for imposing this unilateral ban on lunches from home is so the kids will "eat well", yes?
At Little Village, most students must take the meals served in the cafeteria or go hungry or both. During a recent visit to the school, dozens of students took the lunch but threw most of it in the garbage uneaten. Though CPS has improved the nutritional quality of its meals this year, it also has seen a drop-off in meal participation among students, many of whom say the food tastes bad.
But as with most things, if you really drill down and "follow the money", some of the bureaucratic insistence becomes a little clearer:
Any school that bans homemade lunches also puts more money in the pockets of the district's food provider, Chartwells-Thompson. The federal government pays the district for each free or reduced-price lunch taken, and the caterer receives a set fee from the district per lunch.
And they really don't care if the food goes in the child's stomach or the trashcan.
Which brings us to this line in the story:
Such discussions over school lunches and healthy eating echo a larger national debate about the role government should play in individual food choices.
Frankly, I see no reason for debate – none of the government's business. I don't need a super-nanny deciding what I can or can't eat and I darn sure don't want the government deciding what my children or grandchildren eat.
But … and you knew there was one … when government "pays" for health care, government will feel entitled and empowered to decide such things for individuals because bad decisions may affect your health and that would cost the government more than if you were forced to eat like it decides you should.
Yes there are national implications to this sort of bureaucratic nonsense, and somewhere out there in the bureaucratic/political incubator is a man or woman who will self-justify attempting to impose such a fundamental infringement on your freedom to choose for your own good. And unfortunately many others will blithely go along.
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Michelle Obama "We can't just leave it up to the parents"
That's a quote from Michelle Obama during the signing of the Healthy, Hunger-free Kids Act. It is also a quote out of context. So let's be fair – here's the entire quote:
"But when our kids spend so much of their time each day in school, and when many children get up to half their daily calories from school meals, it's clear that we as a nation have a responsibility to meet as well," Mrs. Obama said. "We can't just leave it up to the parents. I think that parents have a right to expect that their efforts at home won't be undone each day in the school cafeteria or in the vending machine in the hallway. I think that our parents have a right to expect that their kids will be served fresh, healthy food that meets high nutritional standards."
Unlike it is being characterized in some places, she's essentially claiming it is the job of government to aid parents in ensuring that children are properly fed at school.
Hate to be a party pooper, but in reality it isn't the job of any government our founders envisioned. It is a job that government has assumed because a) it put itself in charge of schools and b) it decided it had to feed children while they are at school.
In fact, as benign as you may consider that, it is just another indication of the creeping reach of government. Michelle Obama is using the force of law to do what she and the legislators who approved this bill have decided constitutes "good nutrition" regardless of what parents think. The fact that it may actually be "good nutrition" and a benefit doesn't change the fact that parents wishes or desires aren't a part of this at all.
In fact, what most parents think they have a "right" to is deciding what their children will or won't do, eat, participate in or undergo. Somehow government constantly wedges its way into this "right" and attempts to usurp a lot of those decisions. And it is when it finally establishes that position of power that it begins banning things like bake sales in schools and the like.
I know that most are going to view this law as a "good thing". But looking at the following, you tell me what say parents are going to have concerning this program:
The law increases spending on school nutrition programs by $4.5 billion over ten years and encompasses a range of provisions, including offering qualified children breakfast, lunch and dinner at school, as well as meals during the summer. It also includes a pilot program for "organic foods."
No one wants hungry or malnourished children. But for the most part, given the other food programs that are available to single mothers and low income families, I would guess the problem is vastly overstated. This is feel good legislation that lets the do-gooders pat themselves on the back and adds yet another layer of government intrusiveness. It also assumes more and more responsibility for the children of others while requiring less from the parents. In essence, and as we all know, there is going to be a certain segment of the population that abrogates their responsibility to feed their children – when they're perfectly capable of doing it — to take advantage of such a program when in fact they could (and should) shoulder the responsibility themselves (not to mention the bonding benefits of the "family dinner"). And it thus becomes just another dependency welfare program at that point.
People who agree with this sort of interventionist government program are going to claim the usual – $4.5 billion is but a drop in the budgetary bucket and it is "for the children".
Of course it takes many drops to fill a bucket, and no one said creeping tyranny wouldn't come cloaked is seemingly benign programs. Personal responsibility, of course, is not one of the virtues this sort of a program encourages. And that is a virtue that government should be stressing instead of further inserting itself in our lives.
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Nanny to nix bake sales?
In the seemingly never ending cavalcade of laws at the federal level that more and more deeply intrude on our private lives, it now may become illegal to hold school fundraising bakes sales, according to an AP article, depending on their frequency.
A child nutrition bill on its way to President Barack Obama — and championed by the first lady — gives the government power to limit school bake sales and other fundraisers that health advocates say sometimes replace wholesome meals in the lunchroom.
At the moment, the key seems to be the "frequency" with which the bake sales are held and the ostensible "reason" for this limiting of their frequency is … childhood obesity. Yes, friends, we're at war once again, and, as usual when the government commits to one of its social wars, the first casualty is your liberty:
The legislation, part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to stem childhood obesity, provides more meals at school for needy kids, including dinner, and directs the Agriculture Department to write guidelines to make those meals healthier. The legislation would apply to all foods sold in schools during regular class hours, including in the cafeteria line, vending machines and at fundraisers.
It wouldn't apply to after-hours events or concession stands at sports events.
Well it won't apply to "after-hours events or concession stands at sports events" yet. And yes, I mean that. Implicit in this law is the belief that you cannot manage your family's nutritional health. And it is up to the government to manage it for you. To do so they must treat you and your family like a 4 year old and tell you when enough of something is enough. If you don't believe me, read this:
Margo Wootan of the Center for Science in the Public Interest says the bill is aimed at curbing daily or weekly bake sales or pizza fundraisers that become a regular part of kids' lunchtime routines. She says selling junk food can easily be substituted with nonfood fundraisers.
"These fundraisers are happening all the time," Wootan said. "It's a pizza sale one day, doughnuts the next… It's endless. This is really about supporting parental choice. Most parents don't want their kids to use their lunch money to buy junk food. They expect they'll use their lunch money to buy a balanced school meal."
"Most parents don't"? Really? Says who, Ms. Wootan? Stats? Polls? Any conceivable "scientific" way of supporting that assertion? If kids eat pizza twice a week for fundraising purposes, what business is it of yours? If parents have a problem with that, they need to solve it, not you or that pseudo scientific busy body organization of yours.
And, of course, since Wootan and the busy bodies can't make what they deem necessary happen, they lobby government to do it. And government naturally complies.
Of course government claims their intent is not to outright ban bake sales – a promise I simply don't believe:
Public health groups pushed for the language on fundraisers, which encourages the secretary of Agriculture to allow them only if they are infrequent. The language is broad enough that a president's administration could even ban bake sales, but Secretary Tom Vilsack signaled in a letter to House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., this week that he does not intend to do that. The USDA has a year to write rules that decide how frequent is infrequent.
So there you go – the road to totalitarianism is paved with banal or seemingly trivial paving stones such as this. They don't intend to "ban" bake sales – but the law gives them the authority to do so. They will decide, at least in the interim, how many bake sales a year they'll allow you to have. How benevolent.
"This could be a real train wreck for school districts," Lucy Gettman of the National School Boards Association said Friday, a day after the House cleared the bill. "The federal government should not be in the business of regulating this kind of activity at the local level."
Precisely. But … when you decided it was a good idea to give the federal government control of our schools, you ceded local authority whether you like it or not. If the USDA decides to ban bake sales and the Department of Education directs the schools to comply, you're SOL, lady.'
How does that feel? And isn't this one of the things that was supposedly part of the message sent on Nov. 2nd – get government out of our lives and off our backs?
Finally, it's not at all difficult to apply this very same template of creeping totalitarianism to health care anymore, is it? They've taken control of it on a federal level like never before. Is there anyone who doesn't believe rules regulating how we take care of ourselves (or else) aren't in the offing? If not, then review the emphasis that the government wants to supposedly put on "preventive care" vs. reactive care. If you don't understand, it's time to wake up and smell the coffee. ObamaCare is the prelude to intrusion at a level you've never imagined. It too will empower the federal government to reach down into your life as never before. It will make banning bake sales seem trivial by comparison.
Nanny will take care of you – whether you need it or not, whether you want it or not and whether you like it or not.
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Charts of the day – do we really need more teachers?
Apparently the president's job initiative centers around hiring 10,000 more union teachers.
The reason given is we need to beef up our math and science achievement. And, as usual, the way to do that is to throw either more money or more teachers at the job.
What everyone ignores, however, is we've been doing both for years with no change. What's the definition of insanity again?
So for an approximate 10% rise in enrollment, we've added 10 more public school employees for every student. And we've also seen the spending go through the proverbial roof as a result. The normal, everyday, tax paying citizen would most likely expect spectacular results if he or she invested the amount they were taxed in something of their choice. Instead, they end up screwed again:
Looking at those two charts, does anyone think the problem is related only to the money spent or the number of teachers?
Japan spends about 5% of its GDP on education, pays its teachers the equivalent of $25,000 US, has average class sizes of 33 and graduates 93% of its students from their equivalent of high school. South Korea actually spends more of its GDP than does the US (7.35%), pays its teachers a little over $27,000 US, has huge average class sizes (almost 36) and has a graduation rate of 91.23%. The US's stats are 7.38% GDP, average teacher's salary of almost $36,000, average class size of 19 and a graduation rate at a dismal 77.53%.
To most that would signal that something is wrong other than the number of teachers or what we're spending. Somehow, however, that message seems never to get through to our political leaders who continually work under the premise that more money and more bodies is bound, at some point, to make it all better.
That thinking, In this case, given the word pictures the two charts paint, it is obviously wrong. When and how we can get that message across to both sides of the political spectrum remains to be seen. But if the left wants to invoke the "for the children" canard in an attempt to shame the right into capitulating for the usual remedies, maybe they can put these two charts in their pockets and make one up of the comparative spending and graduation rates and change not only the discussion, but the solution. My guess the new solution would take less people and less money. Wouldn't the taxpayers love that?
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Speaking truth to power – NJ version
If anyone doubts that teacher's unions are the power within the education establishment, they simply haven't been paying attention. And if that same person is satisfied with the results of that education establishment over the years, they're simply asleep at the switch.
In at least one state, a governor – Chris Christie of NJ – is attempting open warfare with his state's teacher's union in an effort to actually improve education, and you can imagine the result. That hasn't stopped him from doing something the liberals always like to claim as their prevue – speaking truth to power:
"Parents and children who are being failed by a public school system whose costs are exorbitant and whose results are insulting deserve a choice. We don't have to look far around the country to know that vouchers and experiments in school choice are working, that they're producing results.
In D.C., those in that program are now reading 19 months ahead of their peers outside of the program. This isn't a coincidence, we know it's not a coincidence. We know that there's over five-million children trapped in over ten-thousand failing public schools around America.
And I use the word 'trapped' and I use it directly. They are trapped by an educational bureaucracy, they are trapped by a selfish, self-interested, greedy school union that cares more about putting money in their own pocket, and the pockets of members, than they care about educating our most vulnerable and needy children."
The rhetoric is interesting to me. Using the style of most union attacks Christie cites "greedy", "selfish" and "self-interested" school unions as the problem. He's using "for the children" against the liberal establishment to move his agenda – one which will actually provide children in NJ with a choice. Imagine that. And since it advances liberty, it puts me squarely in his camp applauding his effort.
What he is doing is what government should be doing – freeing the citizenry to decide for themselves and forcing marginal or poor schools to heed their customer base or "go out of business". The message is "the free ride is over" as it is certainly not a free ride for taxpayers.
Christie points out that in Newark, NJ, taxpayers pay $24,000 per pupil per year. So in a class of 20 you have almost a half a million dollars spent. I'd like to say "invested" but its hard to do with a system Christie characterized as an "absolutely disgraceful public education system."
So cheers to Christie. I continue to follow his battles in NJ with interest and, yes, hope. If he can be successful in triming back government and making it more effective while saving taxpayers money and breaking the power of government unions, he'll be someone many politicans should, and I hope would, emulate. He is indeed one of the few governors using his state as a "laboratory of freedom". I wish him good luck.
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Scotland's effort at top down healthy meals
Apparently the Scots, much like our government, have decided that Scottish children just don't eat healthy enough meals. So they've decided they'll take the matter in hand via government and introduce their version of healthy eating in school. After all it is "for the children" and who wouldn't be for that? Apparently the children:
NEW rules introduced to make school meals healthier have resulted in tens of thousands of Scottish pupils consuming a worse diet, it has been claimed.
The company which provides school meals in Glasgow revealed yesterday that 30,000 fewer children are eating school lunches since healthier meals were introduced.
Uptake of school meals in Glasgow has fallen from 61% to 2006 to 38%, with some schools as low as 24 per cent. Across Scotland, the number of secondary school pupils taking school meals fell to 39.2 per cent in 2009 – the lowest level for a decade.
Fergus Chambers, managing director of Cordia, which provides school meals in Glasgow, urged the Scottish Government to carry out a "root and branch" review of the regulations which limit salt, fat and sugar content.
He said: "The original objective of the legislation was to improve uptake and improve health.
"But I believe the most recent rules, which allow no flexibility to those providing school meals, have fallen victim to the law of unintended consequences.
The unintended consequence isn't just that they don't eat the school meal. It is that they leave school during the lunch period and go to the nearest fast food franchise.
The answer to that? Well certainly not improving the food. Instead some schools have "experimented" with banning kids from leaving the grounds at lunchtime. But consider changing the draconian rules that have them fleeing? Of course not:
"Fat, salt and sugar levels are now set so low as to be almost non-existent. We can no longer sell diet drinks, flavoured water or even fruit juice of any reasonable portion size. Confectionery, including most home baking, is banned – yet pupils can walk out and buy anything they want.
Damn those students. How dare they attempt to exercise their freedom to eat what they want. Oh wait, here's a solution – John Dickie, head of the Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, said:
"It is clear that if local authorities and ministers are serious about boosting the take-up of healthy school lunches, then providing them free to all pupils is by far the most effective action they can take."
Well there you go – just give it to them "free" and they'll eat what they've already demonstrated they won't eat . What would we do without the advocates and experts.
Growing kids need a certain level of fat, salt and even sugar. They're not going to eat what they don't like, no matter how "healthy" it is purported to be. That's something any parent can tell you. When the state takes over those responsibilities and attempts to impose it's ideas about healthy eating, these are the sorts of results you can expect. The law of unintended consequences, as Fergus Chambers notes, couldn't be more evident than in this case.
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That was a PUG. and yes they were tards. I won the pants from Gruul and they gave it to someone in their guild. I LOLd' and left. I had no interest in the gear. I was only there because a buddy in their guild asked me to fill in for them. Later that day I challenged the raid leader to a dual and kicked the crap out of him. Yes he was a shadow priest also in FULL KARA GEAR. LOL!
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I just switched to a PVP healer last night. ZOMG we completely changed how well we play in BGS. Just one additional healer smashed the crap out of the alliance. I like it better. There isn't any stress. It is actually fun and funny as hell to watch rogues and other warriors try to out DPS the warrior I am healing. LMAO!
Healing makes all the difference in BG's but its surprising how many BG's lack healers!
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NORMAN, Okla. – If you want to judge a team's potential on a coach's mood, then the idea of Oklahoma making a strong run at the 2014 national championship makes a lot of sense.
Bob Stoops, going into his 16th season, has been equal parts happy and chippy. At last month's Big 12 Conference media days, he photobombed a television interview with his wife and offered to buy smoothies for the media.
A day later, during a visit to ESPN's studios for a series of interviews, Stoops continued to counter comments made by Alabama coach Nick Saban about the Crimson Tide's Sugar Bowl loss to the Sooners.
Asked if he was concerned about hard feelings from Southeastern Conference country, Stoops said, "Get over it … and again, where was I lyin'?"
Yeah … Stoops thinks his team has what it takes. The predictors agree. OU is ranked in the top five in the preseason polls and picked to win the Big 12 title.
"It's become commonplace for us," Stoops said of the expectations. "That's OK. Some years, it's worked out really well, some years it hasn't."
Based on the evidence currently available, Oklahoma has talent and momentum. The Sooners return seven starters on offense and nine on defense. A last-minute rally to win at Oklahoma State led to a surprising Sugar Bowl victory over the defending national champions.
Sophomore quarterback Trevor Knight was outstanding in that game and while there are holes to fill at wide receiver, running back and the offensive line, OU's offense is again expected to be explosive.
In Stoops' second season in Norman, the Sooners won the national championship by smothering a high-powered Florida State offense and Heisman Trophy quarterback Chris Weinke. As Big 12 offenses have evolved into scoring machines, OU's defense has at times struggled. However, with Stoops' brother Mike in his third season after returning as coordinator, the Sooners appear to have a defense capable of making life tougher on opposing offenses.
In the Sugar Bowl, Oklahoma forced five turnovers and the Sooners' pass rush – which includes junior linebacker Eric Striker, one of the Big 12's most versatile defenders – hounded and harassed Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron.
The game with the Crimson Tide not only displayed the Sooners' defensive talent but how they had adapted and learned a new 3-4 scheme. A year ago at this time, Mike Stoops' crew was still in the learning stages.
"Right now the defense is light years ahead of where we were a year ago," Bob Stoops said. And considering OU led the Big 12 in total defense last season, that's another indication at the Sooners' coach has reason to feel confident.
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3. The offensive line needs to replace three starters. Senior tackle Daryl Williams is the leader of a group that has talent and depth but how the unit jells will be worth monitoring. Junior Ty Darlington steps in at center for Gabe Ikard, a four-year starter who was an acknowledged leader of the line and the team.
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