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Again, you're right about that, but I still don't like the practice, and I've seen it elsewhere, in some very surprising applications...
For example, you'll rarely find a boat built to a much higher standard than Cherubini does... Yet, I was stunned to see U-bolts instead of chainplates for the main and mizzen shrouds on the 44 shown at Annapolis a few years ago... And, yes, the lowers were, too, ever so slightly misaligned... (grin)
Chainplates can be a tricky thing to get right on any rig other than one with inline shrouds... On boats with fore and aft lowers, there is almost always some degree of misalignment to the load, for to get it just so usually requires the chainplate bulkhead to be slightly angled, or the chainplate itself either bent, or twisted... Few builders bother to go to such lengths, even the Valiant 42 I took south last fall, the chainplates for the lowers were absolutely vertical and ran athwhartships, and relied on the insertion of a toggle to improve the modest degree of misalignment...
"Good enough" perhaps, but still, not "Done Right"... (grin)
The lower shrouds on my Col. 43 are essentially U-bolts - they are a stub of stainless strap welded to a large stainless plate which acts as a big backing plate - the stub passes through the deck like a conventional chainplate. All the uppers are conventional long straps bolted to bulkheads etc. It has kept a 66' stick standing for 42 years despite years of serious neglect and the boat has sailed from N.Y. to San Francisco so I guess it's adequate.
I've never, to the best of my knowledge, seen a chainplate perfectly aligned with the shroud attached to it - that's the reason for toggles.
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WILMINGTON — Bruins forward Carl Soderberg returned to the ice Monday, skating before the team's practice at Ristuccia Arena as he works his way back from an ankle injury. Soderberg did not participate in practice, with Jordan Caron remaining on the third line left wing.
"He skated this morning, so he's getting closer," Claude Julien said of Soderberg.
After Soderberg finished up and the ice was cleaned, the Bruins acted silly by doing drills with the opposite-shot sticks. After doing offensive zone drills for about 10 minutes, they had a shootout, with a left-handed Shawn Thornton actually scoring on Tuukka Rask.
The Bruins last skate with opposite-shot sticks in a laugh-a-minute practice last season, so with four days between games (they took Sunday off and play the Avalanche Thursday), Julien took the opportunity to keep things light.
"For me, the [hardest] drill in practice is finding a warmup drill where you allow guys to get guys to get their legs and goaltenders feeling pucks," Julien said. "It was one of the things we've done before, give them a chance to loosen up and have fun with it. We're three days away from the next game, so I don't think we have to be too hard on them in a Monday morning practice."
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Pope Francis still lives in the guesthouse, but the magazine did not speculate whether the phones there were still tapped.
Panorama, which said that Bergoglio had been identified as a "person of interest" by the NSA dating back to the 2005 conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI, said recorded communications from the Vatican were categorized in one of four sections: leadership, financial system threats, foreign policy objectives, and human rights issues.
"It is feared that the great American ear tapped prelates' conversations right up to the conclave," Panorama said.
The Vatican declined to comment at length about the report. The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, issued only a short statement saying, "We have heard nothing of this and are not worried."
The Vatican remains a highly secretive institution, with many operations conducted through time-honored means that would make spying difficult — communicating with instructions written on paper, often in Latin.
The vote to select the new pope was conducted on paper ballots that were burned after each round of voting, and for the last two conclaves the Sistine Chapel was swept for listening devices and cardinals were required to leave electronic devices outside.
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The Tigers look to get something going early but to no avail. Early in the first quarter, Central is forced to punt. Jonesboro's Jerome Phillips catches the punt and avoids five tackles as he heads down the field for a Hurricane touchdown.
Later in the first quarter, Tigers quarterback Cooper Westbrook scrambles and finds A.J. Tucker just one yard short of the goal line. That pass leads to a Tiger touchdown. Tying the game 7-7.
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The appropriate interpretation of a behavioural outcome requires allowing for risk attitude and belief of an individual, in addition to identification of preferences. This paper develops an Attribute-Specific Extended Rank-Dependent Utility Theory model to better understand choice behaviour in the presence of travel time variability, in which these three important components of choice are empirically addressed. This framework is more behaviourally appealing for travel time and travel time variability research than the traditional approach in which risk attitude and belief are overlooked. This model also reveals significant unobserved between-individual heterogeneity in preferences, risk attitudes and beliefs.
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- Behavioural implications of preferences, risk attitudes and beliefs in modelling risky travel choice with travel time variability
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Volume 40, Issue 3 , pp 505-523
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- 2013-05-01
- 10.1007/s11116-012-9445-2
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- 0049-4488
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- 1572-9435
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- Springer US
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- Traveller behaviour
- Stated choice
- Travel time variability
- Preference
- Risk attitude
- Belief
- Industry Sectors
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- David A. Hensher (1)
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He's chatty, he's sassy, he knows how to navigate a room full of table-tossing Housewives--he's Andy Cohen, and in May he's coming to Washington as the VIP guest at Front Row, Bethesda's three-day fashion and style blowout. Cohen, the producer behind fashion-centric Bravo hits like Project Runway, The Rachel Zoe Project, and Top Design (yes, he does the Real Housewives, too) will be the celebrity eye candy at Front Row's runway show on Friday, May 18. The show, which last year featured an appearance by NYC PR guru Kelly Cutrone, is held at a stage/runway erected on Bethesda Lane; participating stores include Urban Chic, Sassanova, Ginger, Wear It Well, and Luna. Post-catwalk, Cohen plans to sign copies of his new book, appropriately titled Most Talkative.
In addition to Cohen's appearance, the three-day celebration of Bethesda fashion goodness that is Front Row will include the exclusive local screening of the documentary God Save My Shoes, an award-winning film that delves into what's behind a woman's relationship with her shoes, because you better believe there is one. With appearances by Manolo Blahnik, Dita Von Teese, Pierre Hardy, Robert Clergerie, and, yes, Christian Louboutin, God Save My Shoes has been a critical and audience favorite since its release last year. A Q&A with the producer, Thierry Daher, will follow the screening.
All told, this year's Front Row, the fourth, will feature more than 40 in-store trunk shows, a kid-focused day with activities, designer appearances, book parties, and sales galore. Final details have yet to go live, but keep checking bethesdarow.com for more info.
Stylish attendees and intrigued bystanders alike packed Bethesda Row Friday evening for a full-scale runway performance, sponsored by the shops of Bethesda Row, as part of a three-day fashion event dubbed the Front Row.
Despite fears of ominous weather that threatened to move the show inside, models took to an outdoor catwalk showcasing both summer and fall fashions from shops such as Urban Chic, Tickled Pink, J. McLaughlin, Luna, Wear It Well, City Sports, Ginger, and Lucy.
The audience was happy to see summer trends such as bright colors, chic sheaths, and fashionable shorts.
Tweeds, muted colors, and simple silhouettes offered a preview of the decidedly more somber fall '09 collections, which looked stylish and ladylike—but also slightly boring.
The event—the highlight of three days of trunk shows, book signings, and movie screenings—featured special guest Christian Siriano, an Annapolis native and winner of Project Runway season four.
The Los Angeles-based Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) has partnered with DC's California State Society to cohost a January 18 inauguration event, the Presidential Inaugural Luncheon and Fashion Show. This will be the third go-round for the event; it's been a sellout in years past.
This year's show, which will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Washington D.C., will feature designs from some of the school's most prominent alumni, including Leanne Marshall, Project Runway's season-five winner, and Nick Verreos, a contestant on the show's 2005 season.
Eighty outfits—both men's and women's—will be on display. Many of those will be from Marshall's winning Project Runway collection; the state society won a bidding war to purchase the line. Our fingers are crossed in hopes that her gorgeous wedding gown from the last episode will make an appearance.
We reach the grand finale—this is it, kids! And with Project Runway's unclear future on its new home, Lifetime, it really could be the end of Project Runway as we know it. That said, this season has been somewhat dull, and we're not sad to see it go: When the highlights include Stella's hammering montages, you know it's been a bit of a rough ride.
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And we're back! In case you forgot where we were, the show is quick to remind us: Everyone hates Kenley! No one did very well in the last challenge. All four remaining designers get to go home and make full collections for the Bryant Park finale, although one will get eliminated just before the big show. How terribly cruel.
Everyone goes home to start working! Four weeks later, Tim Gunn heads to Arkansas to see Korto, who has a really lovely studio in the middle of the woods. Tim is mostly concerned about some overly suggestive cutouts in the cocktail dress, but otherwise he's excited and we're excited about her bright, pretty collection. The two head over to Korto's house, where a spread has been laid out in Tim's honor. Awkward communication in front of the camera follows. Tim says goodbye with his signature double-cheek kiss to Korto's adorable little daughter, Elise.
For weeks and weeks (and weeks and weeks), we've endured Olympians and drag queens, incessant hammering and very 'licious looks (oh, Blayne, we hardly knew ye). And it's finally boiled down to this show: The final elimination, where three designers will be sent on to Bryant Park, while one will go home.
Now the irony here is, because New York Fashion Week happened in early September and Bravo didn't want to offer any possible spoilers, all of the designers (along with the now-ousted Joe and Suede) actually showed in Bryant Park. So basically, what's on the table is that only three of the designers will have their shows shown on TV and the other one will have to settle for rampant Internet exposure. Which seems like a pretty nice tradeoff. But I guess, from Heidi's standpoint, that's kind of a mouthful to explain. So let's just play along.
And then there were five. In what feels like an incredibly quick period, we've whittled it down to the remaining designers—who, unlike in years past, actually seem to be the top designers of the bunch. (Wendy Pepper, we're looking at you.)
First there's Jerell, whose overly ornate designs we've never been a fan of, but he can dish out a hilariously caustic barb with the best of them. And then Suede, who looks incredibly exhausted and stressed at this stage of the competition and clearly needs a big nap—and a hug. There's sassy Korto, quietly talented and seriously fun. There's Kenley, whose overly '50s aesthetic totally matches with our own but whose incessant whining is the worst we've heard since Stella. And then Leanimal, who has blown everyone away with her massive creativity and unexpectedly dry wit. Er, no, we don't have favorites. Okay, okay, we totally do.
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Application Boot Camp, Day 1: Writing convincing application essays
By Jessica Daniels On August 18, 2014 · 2 Comments · In Admissions Tips
The heart of the application to Fletcher is the essays — both the personal statement and the second essay. Through the essays you give us your pitch for how you're right for Fletcher and Fletcher is right for you. I'd hazard a guess that all graduate schools would say roughly the same thing.
How should you approach writing the most important element of an application that may influence the trajectory of your professional life? Despite the weightiness of the situation, my first suggestion is always the same: Read the questions carefully and FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
The two essays required for all Fletcher applications are:
Essay 1: Personal Statement (600-800 words)
Fletcher's Committee on Admissions seeks to ensure that there is a good match between each admitted student and the School.
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? If you are planning to pursue a joint degree, please be sure to address this interest in your personal statement.
Essay 2 (500 words maximum)
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions develop a more complete picture of who you are.
I acknowledge that these questions can seem challenging, but I also think that they're straightforward and appropriate for an application of this sort. Moreover, from vast experience, we know that applicants who organize their thoughts carefully will be able to stay within the word limits. For the Personal Statement, the inability to write 600 words may indicate that you haven't thought through your objectives clearly enough; more than 800 words means you need to use your favorite method for trimming back what you have written.
If you read the essay prompt carefully, you'll note that the Personal Statement starts by asking you to look ahead to your time during and after Fletcher. The other questions incorporated within the prompt are there to guide you to provide the details needed to convince us that your objectives are realistic and carefully considered. (What is it about your background that makes your goals achievable?) It will almost surely be a mistake if you start your narrative way back in your childhood (unless you quickly skip from age 6 to age 18). Your professional trajectory probably didn't begin until you were at least in your undergraduate studies. Think carefully about the elements you want to include — make your essay a convincing argument, not a basket full of random thoughts. (And leave off the footnotes — this isn't a research paper, and you should include your definitions and references (if truly necessary) in the body of the essay.)
That second essay question — so vague and unhelpful, right? Well, maybe. But here's how you should approach it. Before you start writing, think about all the other information that you've already loaded into your application. What else can you say that will add to your argument that you're a good match for Fletcher and your future career? There's no universal best answer to the question, but a poor choice of topic is one that doesn't link in any way to your goals, your background, or the special qualities you would bring to Fletcher. Remember that we love enrolling a diverse group of students. Help us understand who you are.
Beyond all of the above, it's really important (and presumably obvious) that you need to check over your writing. There's no excuse for misspellings, and we cringe when we read the name of one of the other fine schools of international affairs that an applicant forgot to swap out when using the same essay for multiple applications. (Huge frown for that scandalously common error!)
An interesting annual observation is that many admitted students do a much better job of articulating their goals in March conversations than they did via the application in January. I'm going to guess that this is, in part, because they didn't take enough time to prepare their essays. So my final word of advice is to start early. Think through your objectives and how you want to express them. Write a first draft and let someone else read it. If your goals aren't clear to your first reader, they won't be clear to us either. When you have a final draft, triple check it for stupid (and not-so-stupid) errors.
And those are my tips for the essay. All common sense, really, but critical for convincing the Admissions Committee that your objectives and Fletcher are the perfect match.
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A little help on Essay #2
By Jessica Daniels On November 13, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
We tinkered with our application essays this year. Our intention was to ensure applicants would provide the information we need in the personal statement (Essay 1). The unintended result is that we're hearing a lot of questions about Essay 2. For those of you who haven't started the application yet, Essay 2 asks:
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions
develop a more complete picture of who you are. (500 words, maximum)
What applicants are asking is what, exactly, we really want them to tell us in answer to Essay 2. The implication of their question is that we've left the question too structureless.
As I'm sure savvy blog readers would expect, I'm going to tell you that there's no correct or expected answer to the essay question. And I'd understand if you roll your eyes while muttering blah, blah, blah in your heads. But it's true: there's no correct or expected answer to the essay question.
Still aiming to be helpful, I'll suggest, instead, a way of approaching the essay. Think about the information you have provided in your application through all its parts. What dimension of you/your background might you still want to share? That is, don't view the essay as a throw-away, and use it to fill in some gaps left after the rest of the application is complete.
Elaborate on your international experience. Share your thoughts on leadership. Talk about your hobbies (assuming there's a link to your international affairs interests). Describe a challenge you have faced. Tell us how you needed to learn Spanish to speak to your rescue dog. Describe the importance of community to you. Tell us how your family upbringing made you the person you are. Provide more detail on the origins of your interest in international affairs. Write about your quest to cook the perfect dish from a country you love. Any of these approaches (and many, many others!) would be a nice addition to an application.
In past years, we've used essay prompts that resulted in a few interesting responses and a zillion similar ones. When we asked applicants to describe an item of particular importance to them, nearly all the responses were: passport, bookcase full of IR books, hiking boots, or backpack. We moved away from questions that draw such responses because we really want to know about you — not about what you think we want to know about you.
So, friendly applicants, choose a subject that boosts your application and go for it. There's no correct or expected answer to Essay 2, and we'll enjoy learning about what's important to you.
Here's a little update for readers planning to apply to Fletcher for 2014 enrollment.
First, you'll want to note that the online application will be unavailable for most of August. To be honest, this is a good thing. There's no benefit to starting now to fill in the blanks — wait until the new application is in place.
On the other hand, eager applicants might want to outline their answers to the essay questions. As I mentioned earlier in the summer, we have (for the first time in many years) tweaked the questions. We took one option from essay two and inserted it in essay one, leaving only one option for essay two. In other words, here are the questions you'll be asked to answer on this year's application:
Essay One: Personal Statement
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? (600-800 words)
Essay Two
Share something about yourself to help the Committee on Admissions develop a more complete picture of who you are. (500 words, maximum)
I'm happy to provide essay-writing tips. Tell me (in a comment below) what you'd like to know!
My first application tip of the fall: Use simple language
By Jessica Daniels On October 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips
I'm taking a class this fall. It isn't a regular offering, but it's taught by a professor at a nearby university, and I'd describe it as similar in workload to the classes I took in college back in the day. Why I didn't think about homework before signing up is a little bit of a mystery. By the time the class met in September, I was already behind in the reading. I tried to catch up from the first week and didn't do any of the reading for the second week. Then there were two weeks when we didn't meet. Good opportunity to catch up, right? No. I was utterly undisciplined and was lucky to have finished the reading for the third class, having abandoned the idea of finishing the work for weeks one and two. I'm prepared for tonight, but I wouldn't describe my preparation as thorough. Sigh. At least this experience allows me to connect with our sometimes-overwhelmed students.
Whenever I manage to do the reading, there's another way in which the class connects to my work. As I've read, I've been contemplating the nature of academic writing. Must it have big multisyllabic words? Or can complex thoughts be expressed in clear language?
Regardless of my ability to achieve my own ideal when I write, I adhere to the concept that clear language is something to which we should aspire, and that use of big words should not be our goal. Why, then, do so many applicants seem to write a draft of their application essays and then randomly select words to which they'll give the thesaurus treatment? It's as if they ask, "Why use an ordinary word like 'ordinary' when we can substitute 'quotidian'"?
Dear blog readers, I implore you to consider the readers of your application. We're all educated people, and we won't be won over by a thesaurusized essay. Instead, make your essays clear and straightforward. Use a ten-dollar word if it's natural for you and suits your sentence, but don't strive to do so because you think the Admissions Committee expects it. Your aim should be to make your experience and objectives clear to the Committee. As you put the finishing touches on your essays for an Early Notification application, or start the process of writing essays for a January application, keep this in mind: plain language can go a long way toward winning over your readers.
Present the best possible you
By Jessica Daniels On January 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News
Could it be that my entreaty to applicants to submit their applications by January 3 yielded a favorable result? Well, I won't overstate my own value in the admissions process, but there are certainly a lot of applications around. Mail has been flowing into the office. The application forms pour off the printer and go into a file folder. Some stop there for a while, but if the application matches the mail, a complete file may emerge. Some of those complete files have even been heading out to be reviewed by student Admissions Committee members.
On the other hand, there are hundreds of applications still in-progress on applicants' computers, and I'm not looking to raise anyone's anxiety. As much as we want to push the process along, you shouldn't feel pressured to submit until you're good and ready.
But what can you reasonably do on January 4 to improve your application? Can you make yourself smarter or more professionally accomplished? Probably not. Instead, you should focus on presenting yourself in the best possible way. Accurately complete all parts of the application. Be sure what you have written actually answered the question. Edit your essays. Proofread. Proofread again. Check in with your recommenders to be sure they have their instructions straight (and maybe you'll find out they have already submitted their letters). Check over your résumé to be sure you've spelled out acronyms that won't be familiar to those of us outside your industry or sector. Proofread.
In short, while we might all agree that applications are restrictive, you should still look at the form and additional documents as your opportunity to tell us who you are. Make good use of each part of the application. If you do, since we look carefully at every page in the file, we'll soon develop a multi-faceted picture of you.
One last thing. Somewhere deep in the application instructions, we ask you to tell us about the grading system at your university if it doesn't use a standard ABCDF four-point scale. Please don't ignore this request. A short explanation will go a long way toward helping us interpret your academic record. If you have already submitted an application but you haven't included the explanation, you are welcome to email it to us.
Continuing to explore the commonalities between undergraduate and grad school admissions processes, I'll point you toward a New York Times education blog post on cutting an application essay down in length. Though Fletcher doesn't limit you to 500 words in the first essay, you'd be surprised how many people find it challenging to state their purpose in even 800 words.
In case you're curious, we do not count the words in each essay. But read enough writing on the same theme and you, too, would quickly develop a sense of what's too short and what's too long. My recommendation: Practice pith! Our tired eyes will appreciate it. Word count: 107.
I had a great high school physics and chemistry teacher, Mr. Burdman, and he had a standard line of advice. When seeking the solution to a problem, Mr. Burdman would tell us to "Draw a picture" to reflect the facts we know. Using the Mr. Burdman method, I'm going to provide an answer to a question we commonly hear, "What type of work should I do/should I have done to be a competitive applicant to Fletcher?"
So we can start to answer this question by saying that the questioner wants to go from A to B, where A represents the start of her career:
The applicant thinks that B represents admission to Fletcher. But, dear blog readers, the applicant has it wrong. The picture, correctly drawn is:
Point A still represents the start of the applicant's career, but B is the applicant's career following graduate school. So what is the arrow? That's Fletcher. In other words, studying at Fletcher is an opportunity to develop knowledge and skills that will take the applicant from one point to another, but admission to Fletcher shouldn't be seen as an endpoint.
How is this relevant for blog readers who are planning to apply to Fletcher this year? Well, it should help you to frame your personal statement and second essay. The best experience leading up to the arrow (admission to Fletcher) will support you when you're at B (your post-Fletcher career). Given the incredible array of post-Fletcher work our graduates pursue, is it any wonder that the experience that best supports an application would also be varied?
As an example, let's consider two applicants, Tim and Jim. Tim wants a career in international energy consulting, while Jim is interested in international education. Generally speaking, Tim's best pre-Fletcher experience would involve either the energy field or consulting. Jim's would involve education, whether it's within or outside his home country.
But what if Tim's and Jim's career goals were reversed? Would Jim's teaching experience be equally relevant to a post-Fletcher career in international energy consulting? Well, it's hard for me to say, but I'd advise Jim to use his essays to explain how his experience to date is relevant to his future work as a consultant. In other words, there's no single Point B, so there's also no path to Point B that works equally well for everyone.
When I talk to recent graduates, I advise them to find work that pushes them along the A-B continuum. For those who will apply this year, regardless of your Point B, be sure the Admissions Committee will understand how your experience, augmented by a Fletcher degree, will get you there.
What would make my life easier in the fall?
By Jessica Daniels On July 25, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News, Paying for Grad School
If you're actually reading the Admissions Blog in the middle of summer, it may be because you're a well-organized applicant. Or you may be a less-well-organized applicant who's wondering what a well-organized applicant would be thinking about. Either way, I should reward your loyalty with a few suggestions for how you can ease your application season workload.
Start with your calendar, and consider if you'll be able to meet up with Fletcher staffers on the road, or if you may want to visit Fletcher. Our interview and Information Session schedule for the fall is ready and waiting for applicants to grab the slots. You can sign up for an Information Session online, or you can email or phone us to arrange an interview. Note that we accommodate everyone who wants to attend an Information Session, but the interview schedule will fill up midway through the fall. If you have constraints on your time, I recommend you book your interview as soon as possible.
What else could you do? Register for the GRE/GMAT, or TOEFL/IELTS, or even take the exam now. There's no special reason to leave it to November, and you'll be relieved to have it out of the way.
Do you have your recommenders lined up? While summer may not be the best time to connect with your professors, it could be a good time to reach a former supervisor from your professional life. You'll want to update anyone who's writing on your behalf — send a résumé, and even your personal statement, so that your recommendation letters will reflect your current objectives, not your previous plan to go to locksmith school.
How about funding your education? If you know that you have the funds in the bank to pay for your studies, then you can check this one off your to-do list. For everyone else, now's the time to start searching for scholarships. You should also be sure you understand the financial aid policies of the graduate schools to which you'll apply.
Why not give yourself extra time to think about your application essays by starting on them now? Though you shouldn't start to fill out Fletcher's application form until the new version is ready next month, I can tell you that our basic essays aren't going to change this year. The two essays shared by applicants to all degree programs are:
Essay 1 (Personal Statement): Fletcher's Committee on Admissions seeks to ensure that there is a good match between each admitted student and the School. Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying? If you are planning to pursue a joint degree, please be sure to address this interest in your personal statement.
Essay 2: Choose one of the following essay topics to tell the Admissions Committee something about you that does not fit elsewhere in the application:
• Share something about yourself to help the Admissions Committee develop a more complete picture of who you are.
• Tell us more about how you first became interested in international affairs, or in pursuing an international career.
• Describe the elements of your personal, professional, and/or academic background that have prepared you for your chosen career path.
We like to think that the essays are pretty straightforward. Use the Personal Statement to discuss your goals, and use the second essay to tell us more about you (which may include things you've done in the past).
So those are just a few basic suggestions of what you could get started on. Naturally, I also want you to enjoy the summer! But you can smooth the way for a stress-reduced application process if you get an early start on it.
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Final flourishes
By Jessica Daniels On December 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News
Maybe you have a few days off this week and you're going to dedicate some time to completing your grad school applications. Here's a little input on what you should keep in mind as you put those final flourishes on your application to Fletcher.
• The form: Answer (completely and thoroughly) the questions we ask. Please don't refer us to your essay or résumé for information that belongs (in our opinion) in the form. If you have lived in too many countries, or speak too many languages, to fit all the information in the form, then list the most important information and include the rest in your résumé. Make sure that your abbreviations are easily understood. Shortening University to Univ, in the interest of space, will be clear to application readers. Abbreviating the name of your workplace to XLVPR will not.
• The essays: Again, follow the directions. Make sure you have answered the questions. Keep to the word limits — we're not going to count them, but we'll know if you give us 1200 words instead of 800. Editing is a life-skill.
• Your résumé: No matter how many pages of activities and awards an applicant submits, it's rare that anyone needs more than three pages to share information that is relevant to the admissions process. Think it through carefully — if you overload us with information, we may not be able to pick out the truly important stuff.
• General: Do provide the materials/information we request, but don't provide materials/information we don't request. No high school transcripts or diplomas. No videos. Please.
Most important of all: Please remember that if you go by more than one name, tell us clearly! Don't make us try to figure it out, because the result may be that your application appears incomplete, when everything is actually in the Office, distributed among different files.
Those are the big points that come to mind right now. Take a look through the Admissions Tips category for other ideas that I haven't included here.
A few more thoughts on essays
By Jessica Daniels On November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Admissions Tips, General Admissions News
Not all students have as accurate a view on essays as Marc does, so I'm especially lucky that he volunteered to take on the topic yesterday. There's not much more I can add. I've always thought that the question/prompt for the first essay (personal statement) is pretty clear. To refresh your memory, we ask:
Essay 1: Personal Statement (600-800 words, single-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font)
Fletcher's Committee on Admissions seeks to ensure that there is a good match between each admitted student and the School.
Please tell us your goals for graduate study at Fletcher and for your career. Why is The Fletcher School the right place to pursue your academic objectives and to prepare you to meet your professional goals? Why have you selected the degree program to which you are applying?
If you are planning to pursue a joint degree, please be sure to address this interest in your personal statement.
Given the tips built into the question, applicants who follow Marc's advice and ensure they answer the question should be in good shape. Note that we also like to know the motivations behind your goals, and your preparation to achieve them — just be careful where you start. It's rarely a good idea to go back to when you were six. On the other hand, it's often the applicant's experiences that make a personal statement interesting, so go ahead and include some key points from your back-story.
The other place to present interesting information from your personal history is the second essay. We want you to view the second essay as a chance to round out the picture of you that we've developed from the rest of the materials in your application. It can be nice when your second essay links in some way (however tangentially) to your interests, but it doesn't need to. We have certainly read some poor essay choices over the years, but we don't have a preferred essay topic.
One last tip is that you should not waste space in either of the essays to explain a problem in another part of the application. Use the "Additional Information" section to tell us that your study abroad grades are included on your university transcript, that your GRE scores aren't what you hoped they would be, or that your maiden name is different from the name you're using now. You don't have much "space" in the personal statement (600-800 words) or second essay (500 words maximum) and you don't want to throw them away on routine business.
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Canary Castle Villa is the place to be for beach front relaxation and fun! Located on a long beautiful beach by the historical lighthouse in Arecibo, Puerto
Rico, your days will be filled with the sounds of the
ocean. Enjoy the view from our infinity pool that
seems to flow into the ocean, or walk a few steps
and feel the sand between your toes.
Canary Castle is fully equipped with kitchen, BBQ and bathroom supplies(Toilet Paper supplied for the first day use) as well as towels and chairs for the beach. Fully furnished and tastefully decorated you will feel right at home. All you need to bring are your flip-flops and bathing suit!
Any missing towels or linens a fee of $50.00 will be charged at Checkout.
There is an outdoor bar with kitchen area, full bathroom and large gas BBQ grill (tank of gas not included) poolside as well as ample seating areas with outdoor couches for lounges.
Satellite flat screen TV, DVD player, cable TV ( Dish Network) and wireless internet to keep you connected.
The master suite (Queen bed) has a private bathroom and large balcony facing the ocean. The second bedroom has a
bathroom right outside the door and has one double-sized bunk bed. The 3rd bedroom adjoins the master suite and contains a twin bunk bed. All bedrooms have air conditioning units.
The full kitchen has all appliances and comes fully equipped with a stove, microwave, toaster oven, coffee maker and dishwasher. A large bay window seating area adjoins the kitchen and has sweeping views of the ocean. An additional outdoor patio facing the ocean adjoins the house -- perfect for entertaining.
There is ample parking for 3 vehicle.
Canary Castle truly will be your own private retreat on the beach!
Please call us with any questions and to book. Rates could change.
Wanda ( English and Spanish )
Just came back from PR staying at Canary Castle. We loved this house and especially the beach location. All our family and friends who came to visit were amazed what was behind the front door. The view was priceless. The owners pictures should be updated, no brown/cream seating on the deck, replaced with two sun chairs. No sun loungers on upper deck, replaced with metal small table and chairs. The pool is beautiful but not heated. I had to overcome the cold water as this was the only place the mosquitoes couldn't get at me. Once you were in, the water was ok. Overall we really enjoyed this house.
Our three stays at Canary Castle in 2011 and 2013 were the most tranquil and restful six weeks of our lives. We've rented many places in the U.S. and abroad, and none can match the comfort, cleanliness, and privacy of Wanda and Nelson's place or its spectacular ocean view. During our first visit we did some sightseeing, including memorable day trips to the Arecibo Observatory and for lunch at El Fogon de Abuela on Lago Dos Bocas, but during our last two stays we spent much of our time in the two hammocks on the deck, reading and gazing at the Atlantic, with occasional forays to roadside stands or the Walgreens and the Pueblo grocery on route 10 for supplies or to Salitre, a few miles down the beach and with the same killer view, for a leisurely and delicious late lunch. Everyone we met in Arecibo, in the neighborhood and in restaurants and stores, was warm and friendly and anxious to make sure we were enjoying our stay in their town and on their island. And Wanda and Nelson are two of the kindest and most generous people we've ever met.
Stayed there the last 2 yearsa week each time and 'The castle' is the perfect location. Love the layout reflecting the becah and Puerto Rico style.
Canary Castle is absolutely beautiful! I can't wait for my upcoming visit in February. There's nothing like vacationing in a beach-front home, but this was much more -- it was paradise! The beach is perfect -- quiet and clean, and the "locals" were amazingly friendly and warm. One of the neighbors made dinner for my husband and I five of the seven evenings of our stay. Do not hesitate to stay at Canary Castle! The only regret you'll have is that you have to leave.
I disagree whole heartedly with the last review. I have been staying at the canary castle for many years. Xtreme Divers is a local drop zone which hosts a skydiving convention every year on February. Everyone is always fighting to stay at Wanda's beautiful home. The neighborhood may not be Park Avenue but all the people are very kind and welcoming. You have all the necessary amenities needed for a great vacation. Wanda and Nelson have always gone above and beyond to make our stay a perfect one. And what can you say about being able to walk out the back yard and be on this majestic beach. I consider this home a sanctuary. Bottom line this is the closest thing you can get to Paradise!
I have been to Puerto Rico many times and I have stayed at many hotels, and I have to say that this year my family and I decided to stay at Canary Castle because it was well recommended. I am completely satisfied and extremely happy we stayed at Canary Castle. The view is spectacular, the pool is amazing and the BBQ area is great for having friends and/or family over. The house was spotless which is very important to us. Cozy, warm, beautiful and comfortable. I loved it and will definitely return on my next trip to Puerto Rico. Thank you Wanda and Nelson.
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31 Jan 2015 - 31 Mar 2016
6 night minimum stay
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Seasonal 2
1 Apr 2016 - 31 Mar 2017
6 night minimum stay
for 6 nights
|Notes: Rates are based on 4 guests; add $30 per night, per additional guest
Daily cleaning available at additional cost.
Forms of payment: personal check ( for deposit only), United States Postal Service Money Order, Cash and/or Paypal ( additional
processing fee not included in rental fee).
The renter is not evicted by the owner (or representative of the owner), the local law enforcement, or the security company employed by
my Community.
Payment - An advanced
Rate $170.00 per night based on 1 to 4 GUESTS. Aditional guest pays $30.00 per person / Night
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Breast milk is best and that s especially true for fragile premature babies who are more at risk for infection. Overlake Hospital has just opened a Mother Milk Depot, where moms can donate their surplus milk to infants in need.
Little Leif was not scheduled to make his debut until late September. He had other plans.
He was born at 28 weeks gestation so about 3 months early. Very early, said Robin Ballard, Leif s mother.
Seven-and-a-half month Brecken on the other hand was right on schedule. Brecken s mom, Madeline Williams, and Robin met for the first time Tuesday.
Two different stories with a common thread: Madeleine is a breast milk donor. And Robin is a grateful mom. Her baby is one of many to benefit.
We have 12 patients today and I m thinking 10 of those at some point have had some partial parts of donor breast milk, said Overlake NICU Manager Lynne Saunders.
Saunders says premature babies are especially vulnerable to dangerous infections of the gut, and breast milk provides protection. Supply is always an issue, though.
We always need new donors as moms wean their babies an can no longer donate unlike donating blood so we re always looking for new donors, said Sandy Salmon, Overlake Women s Clinic.
Donated milk from Overlake is shipped to a milk bank in Denver where it is screened and pasteurized before being distributed.
And there s an upside to having the depot is that we have first access to the milk in Denver for our babies, said Sunders. Before we got it as it was available.
Robin had never heard of the donated breast milk before Leif s early arrival.
I think I was asked about it within just a couple hours of him being born someone came in and said we have this program, said Robin. It was a little hazy for me at that point, but that sounds great thank you. Do it.
The idea is to provide a much needed bridge until the mom can supply her own breast milk or to supplement if she s not able to produce enough for her baby to thrive.
There are now four Breast Milk Depots in the Puget Sound area. Two other Overlake locations are in Everett and Tacoma. For more information on how to become a donor, go to the Mothers' Milk Bank - Rocky Mountain Children's Health Foundation website.
EvergreenHealth, which is affiliated with Northwest Mothers Milk Bank in Portland, has a location in Kirkland.


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Last post Nov 29, 2010 05:22 PM by Rocker32369
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Apr 15, 2010 04:10 PM|guru_sarkar|LINK
I uninstalled VWD 2010 Express Beta2. Then installed latest Release(April 12th) via Web Platform Installer ...oh yes after installing XP Service Pack 3....
It all installed successfully and when I start the VWD 2010 express image comes up ....there is this fine text that says....
"For Evaluation Purpose Only"
"Use of this software should be limited to evaluation purpose only"
Being confused with that message I looked at Help->About VWD 2010 Express and right on top it says:
"29 days remaining"
So what's happening ????????? Did I install some wrong product... I don't think so...I used Web Platform Installer and yes it is "Visual Web Developer 2010 Express" and not a Professional Trial software.
With VWD 2008 it says "This product is licensed".
Anybody having any ideas...I am sure it is just some mistake (can I say it's a bug?)
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Apr 15, 2010 04:16 PM|Careed|LINK
Go to the Help menu and you should see Register Product. Click on this and it will bring up the Register Product dialog that will let you get your Registration Code and insert it here. Once this is done, you are fully registered and the clock goes away.
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Apr 15, 2010 04:39 PM|guru_sarkar|LINK
Haha ...funny...i don't remember registering previous express edition ..Thanks for pointing out ..(my mistake)
Apr 15, 2010 11:24 PM|roy|LINK
I have done as you directed, registered, received serial number, but when I paste in box, my register is greyed out and won't let me move on, any other ideas, thx.
Apr 16, 2010 12:20 AM|Careed|LINK
If you're referring to the Register Now! button and you have any extra spaces, then the button will not enable until the spaces are gone.
Apr 16, 2010 01:48 PM|roy|LINK
got it, thx
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Nov 17, 2010 04:16 AM|Rocker32369|LINK
ok I having an issue just getting to the website once I press the "obtain a registration key online". Tells me the site can not be found.
Nov 21, 2010 11:42 PM|Careed|LINK
Have you been able to get to the web page? Try this: http://www.microsoft.com/express/support/regins/
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Nov 29, 2010 05:22 PM|Rocker32369|LINK
I did try but could not originally. What I did was to install and fire up Chrome and then used it to get to site and then got the key without an issue. But we some setting I have using IE 8 and Windows 7 that was blocking something.


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"Falls within definition of `manufacture' under Factories Act"
High Court had ordered reinstatement of daily workers for the Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation"Area where activities are carried out is `premises' within the definition of factory"
NEW DELHI: Cutting of trees in forests and changing the shape of timber into logs will come within the definition of industrial activity and manufacturing process as per the Factories Act, the Supreme Court has held.
Giving this ruling, a Bench of Justice A.R. Lakshmanan and Justice Tarun Chatterjee said a government-owned Forest Development Corporation carrying on such activities would come within the purview of an industrial establishment as defined in Section 25-L of the Industrial Disputes Act. As a result, the Bench said the provisions of Section 25 N relating to retrenchment of workmen would also be attracted to workers engaged in the forests in cutting trees and other related activities.
Writing the judgment, Mr. Justice Lakshmanan said that the process of cutting the tree by axe and changing the shape of timber into logs by using saw would squarely fall within the definition of `manufacture' as contemplated under the Factories Act since cutting would be included in the processes of `making' and `breaking up' as stated in the definition.
Further, the bench said that changing of shape of timber by saw would come under the manufacturing processes of `altering' and `adapting' and once the provisions of Factories Act were attracted, the procedure contemplated under the ID Act for retrenchment of workers should be complied with.
In the instant case, the Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation had engaged daily workers for performing various activities in the forests. The services of some of the workers were retrenched after giving one-month notice. An industrial dispute was raised by a group of workers and the Industrial Tribunal upheld the retrenchment. On appeal, the High Court held that the workers should be put back to duty with back wages. Another section directly approached the Uttaranchal High Court and they too got the same relief. The present appeals by the Corporation are directed against that judgment.
Disposing of the appeals, the Bench agreed with the findings of the High Court that the Forest Corporation "carries the activity of cutting, removal, disposal and sale of trees over the area allotted to the Corporation and therefore, the area of the land over which such activities are carried on is `premises' within the definition of factory."
The Bench also concurred with the findings that since the retrenchment was made without complying with the provisions of Section 25 N of the ID Act, the retrenchment was not valid. The Bench, however, held that the benefit would be available only to those workers who availed the remedy of going to the Tribunal and not to those who directly approached the High Court after a delay of 10 years.


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