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Run's House
Hip Hop's First Family is returning to rock the house! Who's House? Run's House!
Led by patriarch Rev Run, the Simmons family once again opens their doors and their hearts to MTV's cameras, proving that a family that prays together stays together. The talented Simmons family turns on the charm for a momentous sixth season of doing what they do best: being themselves!
For five seasons, we have followed the ups and downs of this great American family, watching Rev Run and his wife Justine parent in their own unique and effective way, navigating their family with grace and class in good times and bad. Last season ended with a surprise family reunion. It saw daughters Vanessa and Angela truly living a bi-coastal lifestyle, and son JoJo throwing a record release party with his group, Team Blackout. The younger boys were there, too, with Diggy waiting to get his braces off and Russy performing a magic show. And at the heart of it all was the great Rev Run, who continues to set the standard for fathers everywhere, holding his family together with his one-of-a-kind preaching and teaching.
The sixth season of Run's House begins in epic fashion as the family heads to Hawaii for an unforgettable family vacation. After the ziplining and helicopter rides, they return to New Jersey for some classic Run's House drama and comedy as Rev seeks new missions --- from babyproofing the house to trying to be an office worker. Meanwhile, Justine overspends on the now walking and talking Miley, Russy explores identities with a passion that's charming and hilarious, becoming obsessed with weight-training and tap dancing. Diggy tries to get his blog to dominate the Internet while JoJo finds traction working under the watchful eye of Uncle Russell. Vanessa and Angela -- a couple of Daddy's Girls who have set up their lives and their Pastry shoe business in Los Angeles -- return to visit often (sometimes because Rev Run tricks them into coming home).
Watch as The Rev strikes a balance between being a father, a reverend and an icon, all in his attempt to keep rap's royal family securely grounded while living a uniquely privileged lifestyle. Who's House? Run's House!


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Thanksgiving finds new meaning for patient after heart surgery
Thanksgiving has new meaning for Richard Kezima as he recalls those who helped him come back to life. On Thanksgiving Day, Richard was sent to Massachusetts General Hospital where Heart Center surgeons successfully performed a five-vessel bypass procedure.
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Free Friday: Cinco de Mayo, Teacher Appreciation Freebies and More!
This first week of May is full of great holidays and national days, and accompanying them are some pretty awesome freebies! On Saturday, May 3rd you've got Free Comic Book Day, on Monday May 5th, the easy-to-remember-what-day-it-falls-on holiday, Cinco de Mayo and on Tuesday May 6th, National Teacher Appreciation Day! Celebrate one or all of these upcoming days with these special Free Friday freebies brought to you by PennySaver USA!
FREE Burrito, Bowl, Tacos or Salad at Chipotle: To celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Day, teachers, faculty and staff will get a free burrito, bowl, salad or taco order with the purchase of one from 4pm to close at Chipotle locations. To take advantage of this special Chipotle BOGO offer, you just need to present your valid school faculty ID/proof of employment. Visit chipotle.com for more info.
FREE Chick-Fil-A Chicken Sandwich: To show their appreciation, participating Chick-Fil-A locations will be giving free Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwiches to teachers and faculty who present their valid ID/proof of employment. Find out if there's a participating Chick-Fil-A location near you!
FREE Cake at KFC: When you buy a 10 piece meal or larger at KFC, you'll get a free Double Chocolate Chip or Lemon Cake with your purchase. No coupon needed. Offer expires Sunday, May 25th.
FREE Chips & Drink at Quiznos: Print this coupon and redeem for a free chips & regular fountain drink at Quiznos with the purchase of a regular/large sub or salad
FREE Dessert at Chili's Retaurant: When you purchase $25 in eGift Cards at Chili's Retaurant. Offer valid 4/24 through 5/14. Purchaser will receive 1 free dessert coupon that is valid from 4/24 through 5/31. Adult entree purchase is required to redeem free dessert coupon.
FREE Large Drink at Long John Silvers: When you join the Mobile Fishbowl Club and text message 'Fish' to 41522 on your cell phone. Msg and data rates may apply. Click here for details and nearest location.
FREE $10 Coupon at Buca di Beppo: When you purchase two pastas (baked pastas or entrees required). Visit Buca di Beppo and fill out form to receive your coupon. Not valid with any other offer or promotion. Valid for Dine in only. Limit one coupon per visit per table. Offer expires within a month of receiving coupon.
FREE Enchiladas at Rubios: Fill out this form, and you and a friend, will be scheduled to attend a free enchilada tasting event at Rubios. Sample the new Grilled Chicken with Fire Roasted Sauce or a Pan-Seared Shrimp Enchilada with verde sauce. Offer only valid during date and time of scheduled tasting event. Hurry, offer limited.
FREE Breakfast or Dinner entree at Mimi's Cafe: With the purchase of second breakfast or dinner entree of equal or greater value and two beverages. Print or show this coupon on your smart device to redeem. One per check for dine in only. Offer ends 5/10/2014. Find a restaurant near you.
FREE 24 Hour Fitness 7 Day Pass: Fill out this form for a 7 day pass which allows you to workout at any of the club locations. Please print pass or show on your smart device to a Team Member at the club. No appointment needed.
FREE Sample of Love 2 Love Fragrance: 'Like' the Love 2 Love Facebook page, select the scent you want, and fill out the form to receive your free sample in the mail.
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FREE Custom Samples and FREE Mini-Facial at Origins: Click on 'Get Offer' at Origins Facebook page to have the offer e-mailed to you. You must pick up samples at an Origins retail store or department store counter at Macys, Dillards, Belk or Bonton. To ensure timely service, it's recommended you call your nearest location to book your mini-facial appointment. Must show e-mail to redeem offer. Expires 5/4.
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FREE Garnier Fructis Marvelous Oil Sample: Visit Garnier Fructis Facebook page and click on 'Get a Free Sample' and fill out a short form to get a free sample of Garnier Fructis Marvelous Oil. Please allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery.
FREE Murad Sample at Sephora: Visit murad.com and complete the short form to print a coupon to pick up your free sample at Sephora.
FREE Sample of NIVEA Skincare Product: Visit the Nivea Facebook page, click on 'NIVEA Samples' and fill out the short form for a free sample of NIVEA Brand Extended Moisture. Once submitted, your sample will arrive in the mail in 4-6 weeks.
FREE Express Service at Sephora Inside JCPenney: Stop by a Sephora Beauty Studio inside a JCPenney for a free express beauty service. You can get Smoky Eye, Perfect Lip, Essential Eyeliner and more!
FREE Kate Somerville Skin Care Samples: 'Like' them on their Facebook page to unlock the offer and sign up for a set of FREE samples. Choose from Anti-Aging, Acne/Oily or Sun Kit samples. Your samples will be mailed. Hurry, offer ends soon.
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Free L'Oreal Paris Advanced Hair Color Samples: Visit Lorealparisusa.com and fill out a short form to get a free sample of L'Oreal Paris Advanced Hair Color. Offer expires 12/30/2014.
Free Matrix Biolage Shampoo and Conditioner Sample: Fill out form here and get a free sample of Matrix Hydrasource or Colorlast. Offer valid until 5/14/14 or while supplies last.
FREE Sample of Suave Professionals Natural Infusion: Visit suavenaturalinfusion.com and fill out the short form to receive your free sample of Suave Professionals Natural Infusion Hair Care in the mail.
FREE Nourishing Styling Treatment at jcp Salon: Drop by a jcp Salon xpress bar for a complimentary touchup, and you'll also receive a FREE Mini Matrix Biolage Freeze Fix Humidity-Resistant hairspray.
Free 25 1-Hour 4×6 prints at Walmart: When you create a new photo account with Walmart. Click the box on the right of the following page to create your account. Be sure to select in-store pickup to avoid shipping charges.
FREE Purina Cat Chow Healthy Weight Cat Food Sample: Visit catchow.com and take the pledge to receive a free sample of Purina Cat Chow Healthy Weight Food.
FREE Comic Book Day: Saturday May 3rd, is Free Comic Book Day! Free Comic Book Day is the first Saturday in May each year when participating comic book shops across America give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. Check with your local comic book shop for their participation and rules.
FREE Lego Star Wars Building Event at Toys R Us: On May 3rd, between 12pm and 2pm! Visit your local store for TWO epic builds – the LEGO Star Wars Mini TIE Fighter and LEGO Star Wars Mini X-Wing. Event is for children ages 5-up. Limit one per child. Quantities limited.
FREE Flower Delivery Truck at Lowe's Build and Grow Kids Clinic: On Saturday, May 10th. Mother's Day is right around the corner! Bring your child to Lowe's and they can build a cool Flower Delivery Truck. Add a flower and it's the perfect way to deliver a special gift to Mom! Visit Lowe's to enter your zip code and register for the clinic. Register ASAP because places fill up fast!
FREE Flower Planter Workshop for Kids at Home Depot: On Saturday, May 3rd, from 9am to 12pm, kids are invited to a free workshop and build a Flower Planter at the Home Depot. Just in time for Mother's Day, this planter makes a great gift. All kids get to keep their craft, receive a free certificate of achievement, a Workshop Apron, and a commemorative pin while supplies last. Visit here to register. Children must be present at store to participate.
Free Kids Craft Workshops at Lakeshore: Every Saturday from 11am to 3pm for kids 3 and up at Lakeshore Learning Stores. On Saturday, May 3rd, kids can create a schoolhouse collage to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week! Just in time for Mother's Day, on Saturday, May 10th, kids can create a coupon filled book with promises for Mom! Find a store near you.
FREE Lego Dragon at Lego Store: On Tuesday May 6th, at 5pm, learn how to build a free Lego mini model, LEGO Dragon, at the Lego Building event. Event open to children age 6 to 14. While supplies last. Call your local store for more details.
FREE Star Wars Pin to the first 100 guests to visit Disney Store: On Sunday, May 4th. May the 4th Be with You! The first 100 guests to visit Disney Store will start their epic adventures with a FREE Star Wars Pin. Plus younglings are invited to learn the Ways of the Force at 12:30pm. At select stores only. Call your local store for more details. Must be 3 years of age for pin giveaway.
FREE Mother's Day Card Station at Pottery Barn Kids: The week of May 5th, show Mom or Grandma how much they mean to you at Pottery Barn Kids. Kids are invited to create a one-of-a-kind card at our Mother's Day card station at a location near you.
FREE Events at Barnes & Noble: Visit barnesandnoble.com and enter your zip code to see all of the free Barnes & Noble events in your area!
Get a FREE Movie Ticket valued up to $12 to see the new Godzilla Movie: (comes out Friday, May 16) at participating theaters when you purchase a $25 limited edition gift card at Red Robin. You must use the movie ticket before Friday, June 13.
FREE Museum Admission for Bank of America Customers: Get free general admission to participating museums, zoos, science centers and more on the first full weekend of every month (May 3 & 4) – just by presenting your Bank of America card and photo id! Click here to find participating museums and sites.
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yea! i do that everytime i backup my system, which is not too often... anywho what i do is create a tarball of my home directorty, when i untar it everything is back in place.
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CSU Fall 2011 Application Period to Close on November 30
Claudia Keith or Mike Uhlenkamp (562) 951-4800
(November 29, 2010) – Prospective students have until midnight tomorrow to submit applications for admission to the California State University for the fall 2011 term.
Students intending to apply for fall 2011 should visit the website www.csumentor.edu to complete the online application. The CSU received more than 79,000 applications on Nov. 30, 2009 and the final days of the fall priority application period are the busiest time of the year for the CSUMentor website. Technical assistance is available by contacting the help desk at (800) 468-6927 or email@example.com. Prospective students should also visit CSUMentor for the most up-to-date information regarding the few campuses that may continue to accept applications past Nov. 30.
The fall 2011 application cycle opened on Oct. 1 and to date the CSU has received more than 494,000 applications. During last year's fall application cycle, the CSU received approximately 609,000 applications, the highest total ever.
In addition to the upcoming deadline, students are strongly encouraged to be proactive in the application process and be aware of any specific campus requirements.
By taking advantage of the fall priority application period, students can learn of any supplemental admission criteria, receive information about the university and initiate a relationship with their prospective campus.
Additionally, several CSU campuses are continuing to admit qualified undergraduate students for the upcoming winter/spring 2011 terms while many graduate programs also continue to accept applications.
About the California State University
The California State University is the largest system of senior higher education in the country, with 23 campuses, approximately 433,000 students year round and 44,000 faculty and staff. Since the system was created in 1961, it has awarded nearly 2.5 million degrees, about 90,000 annually. The CSU is renowned for the quality of its teaching and for the job-ready graduates it produces. A recent economic report found that the CSU supports more than 150,000 jobs statewide, annually. The engine driving job creation is more than $17 billion in economic activity that directly results from CSU-related spending that generates $5.43 for every dollar the state invests. The mission of the CSU is to provide high-quality, affordable education to meet the ever-changing needs of the people of California. With its commitment to excellence, diversity and innovation, the CSU is the university system that is working for California.
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Eleven teams worldwide competed in the 2013 World Ice Fishing Championship last week at Big Eau Pleine Reservoir near Wausau, Wis., and Russia won the team gold medal. Unlike some fishing competitions where anglers win thousands of dollars, winnings in the World Ice Fishing Championship consist of a trophy, pride in ones team and country, and knowledge that you rank as the worlds top ice anglers.
The United States team placed fourth behind Finland and Lithuania, which won the silver and bronze medals, respectively. The order of finish for the other qualifying countries was Ukraine, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Poland, Estonia, and Japan.
Championship Rules
International ice fishing competitions have stringent rules, and anglers are not allowed to use any electronics or power augers. The Wisconsin event allowed for five days of pre-fishing with two days of competition where anglers fished for three hours (9 a.m. to noon) each day.
Participants fished different zones during the competition, and each zone (400 feet by 200 feet) was marked with ropes and cones. Each nation had five anglers who were randomly assigned to a specific sector, and no teammates were allowed in the same sector. Coaches were allowed to walk the neutral zones between sectors and direct their anglers during the completion, but a coach was not permitted inside a sector.
Teams were judged on their order of finish in each fishing zone and by the total weight of fish brought to the scales. Game fish were not allowed so targeted species included panfish, such as bluegills and yellow perch, and rough fish that included shiners and carp. All fish caught during the championship were donated to a local bird sanctuary to feed the fish-eating birds.
U.S. Championship History
In 2009, the United States fielded a national ice fishing team for the first time in 10 years, and that team participated in the sixth Ice Fishing World Championship in Poland. The following year, the U.S. team won the gold medal when the event was at Boom Lake near Rhinelander, Wis. Kazakhstan hosted the 2012 championship, when the Americans placed 11th.
Like the homecourt in basketball, home ice is considered a major advantage in ice fishing competitions, and the U.S. was considered the favorite going into the this years championship.
Team trials to select the 2014 Team USA Ice Fishing will be at Rhinelander Wis., on March 8-10. That team will represent the country in next Februarys championship in Belarus. For more information or register to compete, visit www.usaiceteam.com
Individual Honors
Toni Stenberg of Finland won the individual gold medal for 2013, while Sergei Bolyakhin of Russia earned the silver. Chad Schaub of Michigan was the top U.S. finisher, taking the bronze based on winning his section on the second day of the event, and having the heaviest weight on the day.
Other American team members and their place among the 60 competing anglers were: Mike Boedeker of Michigan (18th), Myron Gilbert of Michigan (27th), Bill Whiteside of Wisconsin (30th), Michael Thompson of Minnesota (52nd), and Jeff Kelm of Wisconsin (58th). Gilbert has been on Team USA for the past four years, and he won the individual gold medal in the 2009 championship.
Good Will
The United States Freshwater Fishing Federation is the governing body of international angling for the United States. The organizations praiseworthy mission is to promote the sport of fishing among American anglers, and to foster the best possible relationship between American anglers and international angling friends and competitors.
Angling Quote
Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, once said. A good fisherman can secure many regenerative hours in winter, polishing up the rods and reels.
Thursday: Squirrel season closes in Northern Zone.
Thursday: Pheasant season closes in Northern Zone.
Thursday: Ruffed Grouse season closes in Northern Zone.
Saturday: Cranberry Lake VF&R Last Chance Ice Fishing Derby (848-2937).
March 2-3: Saranac Lake F&G Clubs 29th annual Colby Classic (518-201-4009).
March 9: Parishville Sportsmens Club 28th annual Rabbit Hunt (265-2922).
March 22-24: Great Outdoor Family Expo at Watertown Fairgrounds YMCA.
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Presenter: Jack Anderson
Biography: I am a designer from the entertainment industry with projects from A Bug's Life to ESPN Sports Center to the largest solar system model in the U.S. I'm currently combining 3D AutoCAD modeling with solar geometry. I am an avid motorcyclist who rode 8000 miles from Loa Angeles to Portland Maine in 2009. Alaska this summer!
Description: Zonies have a love-hate relationship with sun. We live here for the nice days then spend 6 months of the year avoiding sun and seeking AC. The ancient cliff dwellers used precise solar geometry to design thier apartments. All of our new architecture and landscaping can be precisely designed for summer shade, winter heat and natural light.
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Stephen Bohn
Biography: I am a philosophet-poet-warrior directed toward the fulfillment of three aspects of my life that have become synonomous with the "local" movement: music, bread, and fitness. I play cello in a local agro-gypsy band, I cultivate breads at a bakery/coffee bar, and I believe regular daily exercise is substantial as bread and joyous as song.
Description: Having spent endless hours at the gym I have come to appreciate the liberation that the great outdoors provides. There is a surge of growing interest in this as a more natural exercise modality for its physical and psychological benefits, but there is an even greater, more profound reward in the intimate relation between man and his environment.
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Tiffany Brown
Biography: I'm a little bit of everything all rolled into one spitfire individual -- conveyor of cupcakes, a local dancer/choreographer, a creative, a hopeful romantic, an eternal optimist, a sexy nerd, a teacher, a corporate professional, a writer, a tattoo lover, a dog park regular, a girl with a rather wicked sense of humor and a love for Gothic lit.
Description: It's said that every generation has its monster, and it's incredibly apparent that we are in the decade of the vampire. But how did we progress (or perhaps regress) from Nosferatu to Edward Cullen? What does it say about us as a society that we are embracing our monsters, pulling them close and accepting them as another breed of human?
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Jeff Moriarty gives an introduction to Ignite Phoenix #12, explaining the idea of the Hero's Journey, and how to look for its milestones in your own life.
Ignite Phoenix #12 was held May 4th, 2012in Scottsdale, Arizona.
To learn more or to share your passion visit: http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Jana Knapp
Biography: Jana is an avid fan of geekdom, good books, and single malt scotch. Her hobbies all focus on connecting people who are doing awesome things with the larger community. A former nonprofit fundraiser, she now works in digital advertising and builds organizational infrastructure and processes. She's the mother of a sassy eight year old girl.
Description: She-Ra. Leia. Colonel Dearing. Buffy. My childhood and young adulthood were shaped by strong female characters that kicked butt and took names. No matter the situation, I had a role model for success. Where did they go? Girls today don't have the same kinds of characters to look up to. Or do they? Who are the new women with swords?
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Sean D. Sweat
Biography: Sean is an industrial engineer, transportation expert, and urban planning wonk who is hell-bent on making Downtown Phoenix a destination for people looking to live car-free.
Description: Last fall, two acres of vacant land in Downtown Phoenix were transformed into a sea of sunflowers. This spring, we're doing it again. And on the side we happen to be pressing the sunflowers for oil and converting it to biodiesel with the Phoenix Union Bioscience High School, to support the solar/biofuel hybrid vehicle they're building. Natch.
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Sherene McLemore
Biography: I am a wife, mom and economics geek that plays soccer. I have a strong belief that all things are connected and love and value individualism. I hate soggy cheerios in the sink drain and I am good at Math because I am part Asian.
Description: I wanted to talk about being a war orphan from Vietnam, adopted by a white southern baptist preacher and his wife in the mid-west. Growing up was like a bad version of Footloose and the Joy luck club. Adoption is one of those things that is amazing but so bitter sweet at the same time. You're left often time wondering "Who do you think you are??"
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Joseph Plate
Biography: I'm currently a student in college who enjoys watching cartoons including My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. In my spare time i am the head organizer for the Bronies of Phoenix, a group of young adult, here in Phoenix who also watch My Little Pony and enjoy hanging out together.
Description: What are Bronies? Why are young adults (especially men) obsessing over My little Pony? In my presentation I will explain this strange cultural phenomenon that started on the internet.
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Carl Jimenez
Biography: I'm a husband, a father, an Apple fan boy, and an Aquarius. I used to work for Disney and currently manage special events at a children's museum. I listen to a lot of tween pop music, I drive a car that looks like Mickey Mouse, and you know those kids in the AV Club back in high school? That was me.
Description: Coaxial, component, composite, S-Video, HDMI, VGA, DVI, FireWire, USB, and Thunderbolt. That jumble of wires under your desk or behind your TV is more than a network of signals, information, and power. It's a metaphor for creative problem solving, social interconnectedness, and the human brain itself. So let's talk, about the awesomeness of wires!
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
Presenter: Jonathan Simon
Biography: Almost two years ago I started a little blog about local geek culture. It's gotten me some pretty fun experiences.
Description: How I started trading in evenings in front of the TV for nights out with gamers, zombie researchers, paranormal investigators, and stormtroopers -- all right here in the valley. What I've discovered about our geek culture, how it's changed me, why it's worth exploring, and how you can connect with it too.
To submit your own idea visit http://ignitephoenix.com/submissions
What is Ignite?
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ORLEANS-The Lake Region Rangers have lived by their defensive pressure all season long.
The visiting Oxbow Olympians got a first hand look at that during their play-down visit.
The end result was a dominating defensive effort by the number three seeded Rangers as they blew out number 14 seed Oxbow by 41 points.
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If you want to know whether homosexuals think size matters, the National Institutes for Health can tell you. That's because NIH dumped nearly $1 million into a study of penis size among homosexuals, the Traditional Values Coalition has revealed.
The study, published in 2009, Fox News reports, is titled "The Association Between Penis Size and Sexual Health Among Men Who Have Sex with Men" and involved 1,000 homosexuals and bisexuals.
TVC says the penis survey was included as part of a larger study that cost nearly $10 million. The study was necessary, Fox reports of the study's claims, because "little research [was done] among men who have sex with men assessing the association between penis size and socio-sexual health."
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All of official Washington and their media lapdogs are shaking in fear of the so-called "fiscal cliff" that is looming January 1, counseling that the economy needs to continue its wild trillion-dollar deficit spending habits into the indefinite future.
The possibility that the federal deficit might not be as large next year has the establishment frightened, especially Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. "The realization of all of the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that make up the fiscal cliff, absent offsetting changes, would pose a substantial threat to the recovery — indeed, by the reckoning of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and that of many outside observers, a fiscal shock of that size would send the economy toppling back into recession," Bernanke told the New York Economic Club November 20. He instead urged Congress to avoid fiscal reality, even as he acknowledged that "the federal budget is on an unsustainable path."
Of greater importance is continuing deficit spending and currency inflation, which will somehow magically cure the economy and deficit, according to Bernanke: "Preventing a sudden and severe contraction in fiscal policy early next year will support the transition of the economy back to full employment; a stronger economy will in turn reduce the deficit and contribute to achieving long-term fiscal sustainability." Of course, this is the same prescription Bernanke has advised since becoming Fed chairman in 2006, with less than spectacular results.
The fiscal cliff would cut the federal government's $1.1-trillion budget deficit by $500 billion or more in the next year. It includes $100 billion in cuts from projected spending increases and nearly $500 billion in a variety of tax increases. Because the spending "cuts" are largely cuts from proposed increases, even the leftist Washington Post acknowledged that "the fiscal cliff is the combination of federal spending cuts and tax increases that are scheduled to shrink the federal deficit to $641 billion from $1.1 trillion in the current fiscal year, a decline of $487 billion in one year. Tax increases account for $478 billion, or 98 percent, of the deficit reduction." Other estimates have the tax increases at substantially more than $500 billion. The spending cuts would be split equally from defense and domestic discretionary spending.
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Basic Chess Set Combination - Single Weighted Regulation Pieces | Vinyl Chess Board | Basic BagProduct Code: COMBO2
The Standard Chess Set Combination includes one (each) of the following items...
Single Weighted Regulation Plastic Chess PiecesTraditional Staunton pattern 3.75" king with 1.5" base diameter Complete set of 34 pieces - Includes two additional queens for pawn promotion! Manufactured out of plastic and is virtually indestructible Single weighted
Vinyl Tournament Chessboard (2.25" Squares)Features rank and file labels on all for sides - ideal for beginners! Manufactured out of high-grade vinyl and will resist dirt, tearing and spills Rolls up into a tight tube-shape for easy transport
Basic Chess Bag8.5" x 6.5" in size Easy-to open/close zipper secures the chess pieces during transport Perfectly sized to hold a set of Regulation Plastic Chess Pieces - including all four queens! Manufactured out of high-grade vinyl and will resist dirt, tearing and spills
Product Details
|Single Weighted
|King Height
|3.75'' inch / 9 53 cm
|King Height (m)
|9.53 cm
|King Base Diameter
|1.5'' inch / 3.81 cm
|King Base Diameter (m)
|3.81 cm
|Basepad Material
|Billiard Cloth
|Square Size
|2.25" inch / 5.7 cm
|Chess Board Footprint
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The Bronze Bowby Elizabeth George Speare
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He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. -from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)
The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond) won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells the story of eighteen-year-old Daniel bar Jamin—a fierce, hotheaded young man bent on revenging his fathers death by forcing the Romans from his land of Israel. Daniels palpable hatred for Romans wanes only when he starts to hear the gentle lessons of the traveling carpenter, Jesus of Nazareth. A fast-paced, suspenseful, vividly wrought tale of friendship, loyalty, the idea of home, community . . . and ultimately, as Jesus says to Daniel on page 224: "Cant you see, Daniel, it is hate that is the enemy? Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love." A powerful, relevant read in turbulent times.
In this Newberry Medal-winning novel, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by only one passion: to avenge his father's death by crucifixion by driving the Roman legions from his land of Isreal.
Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until the Beaver clan teaches him their skills in this Newbery Honor book.
Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. When Matt meets Attean, a boy in the Beaver clan, he begins to better understand their way of life and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier.
Elizabeth George Speares Newbery Honor-winning survival story is filled with wonderful detail about living in the wilderness and the relationships that formed between settlers and natives in the 1700s. Now with an introduction by Joseph Bruchac.
Although he faces his responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their newly built cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt knows he has no way to shoot game and no way to protect himself. It is only after meeting the proud, resourceful Indian boy Attean that Matt begins to discover new ways to survive in the forest. And in getting to know his friend, Matt also begins to understand the heritage and way of life of the Beaver clan and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier.
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"I was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1908. I have lived all my life in New England, and though I love to travel I can't imagine ever calling any other place on earth home. Since I can't remember a time when I didn't intend to write, it is hard to explain why I took so long getting around to it in earnest. But the years seemed to go by very quickly. In 1936 I married Alden Speare and came to Connecticut. Not till both children were in junior high did I find time at last to sit down quietly with a pencil and paper. I turned naturally to the things which had filled my days and thoughts and began to write magazine articles about family living. Then one day I stumbled on a true story from New England history with a character who seemed to me an ideal heroine. Though I had my first historical novel almost by accident it soon proved to be an absorbing hobby." Elizabeth George Speare (1908-1994) won the 1959 Newbery Medal for THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND, and the 1962 Newbery Medal for THE BRONZE BOW. She also received a Newbery Honor Award in 1983, and in 1989 she was presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her substantial and enduring contribution to childrens literature.
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Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety in Community Health Centers
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This study will examine the efficacy of a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) program for children with anxiety disorders in community health centers. The first phase of the study will offer insight into the feasibility of providing this intervention in community health centers, while the second phase will compare CCBT to treatment as usual.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Phobia
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Behavioral: Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral: Treatment as usual
Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Utilizing Health Information Technology to Improve Health Care Quality: Implementation of a Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Protocol for Childhood Anxiety
- PARS [ Time Frame: 14 Weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (PARS)- The PARS (RUPP, 2002) is a clinician-rated scale assessing anxiety symptoms and the associated severity and impairment in children over the past week.
- ADIS-C/P [ Time Frame: 14 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent Versions (ADIS-IV-C/P)- The ADIS-IV-C/P (Silverman & Albano, 1996) is a clinician-administered, semi-structured interview that assesses for the presence and severity of DSM-IV anxiety disorders as well as Dysthymia and Major Depression, ADHD, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional-Defiant Disorder. Excellent psychometric properties have been reported (e.g., Wood et al., 2002).
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|August 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2015
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Behavioral: Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Those who choose to participate will be enrolled in the 14 week study (18 weeks for phase II). They will required to attend 3 assessments - pre-treatment (week 0), mid-treatment (week 8), and post-treatment (week 14) (and a 4th assessment for a 1 month Follow-up for Phase II at week 18). This group will follow the CCBT protocol (Camp Cope-A-lot), which is the computer-assisted intervention for anxious children being examined in this study. The first 6 levels of this program are skill building levels to be completed by the user in his/her own home. The remaining 6 levels are completed with the therapist and consist of exposure tasks and rehearsal geared toward each child.
|Active Comparator: Treatment as Usual
Behavioral: Treatment as usual
Those who choose to participate will be enrolled in the 14 week study (18 weeks for phase II). They will required to attend 3 assessments - pre-treatment (week 0), mid-treatment (week 8), and post-treatment (week 14) (and a 4th assessment for a 1 month Follow-up for Phase II at week 18). Those in this group will not receive the CCBT, and instead will undergo therapy for their anxiety as they usually would, whether by using medication or working with a therapist.
Detailed Description:
Childhood anxiety disorders are quite common and associated with significant psychosocial impairment and distress. Offering equivalent efficacy to pharmacotherapy without the common side effect profile, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a first line treatment for anxiety disorders in youth. However, dissemination of CBT to community settings is very limited. Effective treatment via traditional CBT often necessitates that the patient travel to a center that specializes in this treatment, and cost can prove an impediment to those of lower socioeconomic status, in particular. As well, differing theoretical approaches and training result in a minority of children with anxiety receiving evidence-based CBT. Accordingly, there is a great need for more widely accessible practices. As such, we are proposing a two phase trial that evaluates the feasibility of implementing a patient-centered intervention in community mental health centers, followed by an efficacy trial. In Phase I, an open trial of computerized CBT (CCBT) will be completed that focuses on feasibility issues of providing this intervention in community mental health centers. Thereafter, we will complete a randomized controlled trial comparing CCBT to treatment as usual (TAU) in Phase II. The open trial will recruit 18 youth ages 7 to 13 years, with the purpose of testing both practicality and management of an already developed CCBT protocol (Kendall & Khanna, 2008). The outcome trial will recruit 110 youth, with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of the CCBT protocol in front-line settings. Significantly greater symptom reductions in the CCBT group as compared to the TAU group would provide critical evidence for the inclusion of CCBT as a treatment option for anxious youth without immediate access to such in-person care. While this study will be coordinated by the University of South Florida Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry team who is located at All Children's Hospital (USF/ACH), recruitment will take place at three community mental health centers throughout Florida that serve families of lower socioeconomic status. Primary outcomes will be assessed by an independent evaluator, and will include change in anxiety symptom severity; response rates; and remission rates. CCBT will follow the Kendall and Khanna (2008) manual with appropriate integrity checks. The implications of this study are significant, as computerized CBT may enable widespread dissemination of efficacious therapy for anxiety disorders among youth.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|7 Years to 13 Years
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Outpatient boys and girls with an anxiety disorder (see below) aged 7-13 years.
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for a diagnosis of one of the following anxiety disorders: separation anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or social phobia.
- Minimum score of 14 on the PARS Severity Scale.
- The child has a Full Scale IQ greater than 80 as assessed on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence.
- Have home access to a computer with internet connection.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Receiving concurrent psychotherapy or other counseling services.
- New Treatments: Initiation of an antidepressant within 12 weeks before study enrollment or an antipsychotic 6 weeks before study enrollment. No new alternative medications, nutritionals or therapeutic diets within 6 weeks of study enrollment. However, pharmacological interventions may be initiated or added if the child is randomized to the Treatment as Usual arm in Phase II.
- Established Treatment changes: Any change in established psychotropic medication (e.g., antidepressants, anxiolytics) within 8 weeks before study enrollment (6 weeks for antipsychotic). Alternative medications that might have behavioral effects must be stable for 6 weeks prior to the study baseline assessment. Any medications that the child is on must remain stable during treatment unless s/he is randomized to the Treatment as Usual arm in Phase II.
- (a) Current clinically significant suicidality or (b) individuals who have engaged in suicidal behaviors within 6 months.
- Lifetime DSM-IV bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder.
- Unwillingness of parents to make the commitment to accompany their children for study visits/assessments.
- Presence of a significant and/or unstable medical illness which might lead to hospitalization during the study.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01416805
|United States, Florida
|Directions for Mental Health
|Clearwater, Florida, United States
|Henderson Behavioral Health
|Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States
|Access Behavioral Health
|Pensacola, Florida, United States
|University of South Florida
|St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33701
|Principal Investigator:
|Eric A Storch, Ph.D.
|University of South Florida
Additional Information:
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|University of South Florida
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01416805 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 11, 2011
|Last Updated:
|April 7, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Institutional Review Board
Keywords provided by University of South Florida:
childhood anxiety disorders
cognitive behavioral therapy
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Social Phobia
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety, Separation
Mental Disorders
Mental Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood
Pathologic Processes
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on October 13, 2015


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I have been in programming since primary 6. Since the time DOS comes, I have been doing programming in quickbasic 4.5, then to VB 6, then to C#. In between I also do programming in C++.
But every time I open Stack Overflow and trying to help others answering their problems, it seems that I know nothing. I feel that I am so stupid even I have been in programming for so long. I would shock reading all the questions and unable to find any clue.
Is technology moving too fast that left out me? I feel that technology changes too fast and I can't keep up, when I know ASP.NET web form, MVC is out, when I know MVC, android/iphone/HTML5 app is popular. It seems that I am chasing something and never reach 'it'.
I don't know whether this is correct place for me to talk about this. I just wish to listen to opinion like you, how do you think technology should grow instead of recreating language, adding bug here and there to let programmer figure it out, while big company share the solution among themselves. This is exactly how I feel.
The simple example is how do you think why doesn't
Dictionary<> in .NET provide iterating the object using index? Why must we use Key or GetEnumerator(). Developer has to google and read wasted hour of hour of time to find pieces of hack code to use reflection to achieve reading from index. Where developer will keep it as collection and valuable code. HOwever when times come, everything changes again, developer has to find answer for new silly problems again!
Yes, I really hate it! I hate how many big companies are playing with the developer by cutting a big picture into small puzzle and messing it up and asking developer to place it together themselves. As if they are creating problems for us to solve it, so we are unable to grow upfront, we are being manipulated by those silly problems they have created. Another sample would how difficult to collect Cookies from CookieContainer without passing the URL, yes without the URL and I WANT to get all cookie in the cookiecontainer without knowing the URL, I want to iterate all. Why does micros0ft have to limit me from doing that?


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Submission Hackers get Install Other OS back on the PS3->
eonlabs writes: A little over a year ago, Sony played a nasty April Fools prank on its customers by stripping out the "Install Other OS" feature from it's PS3 gaming systems. Hackers have recently found a new way to put it back in. I have to wonder, since they've bypassed everything else, how long before someone creates a replacement for PSN. The current network's been down since the anniversary of patch 3.21.
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Shaun of the Dead
Action/Adventure, SciFi/Fantasy, Comedy
On Friday, Shaun is in a rut. At 29, he's coasted through life--and still hasn't gotten very far, usually winding up at the local pub, the Winchester. His roommate Ed looks up to him--when he can take his eyes off the TV, that is. Liz is re-evaluating their relationship, particularly after Shaun fails to do something special for their anniversary on Saturday. That day, there are train delays, people fainting in the streets, TV news reporters on unexplained calamities. No, it can't be--but it is--the dead have risen. Saturday's isolated incidents mushroom into a full-on zombie assault and, once daylight breaks, it's Sunday bloody Sunday. As manners and flesh take a beating, it's time to separate men from meat, humans from zombies, and living from undead. Shaun and Ed grab whatever is at hand to repel the attacking zombies, summoning reserves of strength they didn't know they possessed and straining muscles they forgot they had. Rounding up friends and family, they press on towards the sanctuary of the Winchester. All that stands in their way are hordes of the flesh eating undead.
Cast: Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Dylan Moran
Produced by: Nira Park, Natascha Wharton, Jim Wilson, Alison Owen
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Written by: Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright
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Fuyu Persimmon Bundt
Ever play Monopoly with children who haven't read all the directions? (Like who has?) And suddenly, the new rules say they are able to roll twice or buy all the hotels for 50% off?
Well, the I Like Big Bundts project is my Monopoly game and I'm making up the rules! ;)
I decided early on to repeat two Bundts (less than 10% of the total project) because I want to showcase my favorite Bundts. I'm actually baking them again, not just reaching back into the archives...but I couldn't let this Bundterrific extravaganza go by without highlighting my two FAVORITE Bundts ever. Making them again was like visiting an old friend. A delicious friend, that is.
Today, it's the Fuyu Persimmon Bundt from Sunset Magazine.
1. Fuyu Persimmon – squat, persimmon that CAN be eaten hard, like an apple. I like to peel the skin, but it is edible. Photo above.
2. Hachiya Persimmon – heart shaped persimmon that MUST be totally soft and cannot be eaten hard. If you eat a hachiya before it is soft, it will horribly scar you! You will run from persimmons for the rest of your life, screaming like a little child (I've seen it before!). It will taste completely chalky and yucky. So, please don't confuse the fuyu (eat hard) and the hachiya (eat soft).
Thanks to my friend JustJenn of JustJennDesigns for making the logo!
Here is my original post from last year. I went back into the library's invaluable collection of Sunset Magazines. First published in the October 1978 issue of Sunset Magazine as "Crisp Persimmon Cake" by E.F. of Palo Alto, CA.
If the Food Librarian played baseball...she wouldn't hit, she would always Bundt. Ha ha ha. There is your Bundt pun of the day.
Tomorrow, wouldn't you know it? I'll have another Bundt! :) - mary the food librarian
Fuyu Persimmon Bundt
from California Fuyu Grower's Association (originally from Sunset Magazine, 1978)
I Like Big Bundts recap:
The Food Librarian confesses: I Like Big Bundts
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Day 2: Chocolate-Cinnamon Bundt Cake with Mocha Icing
Day 3: Pumpkin-Apple Spiced Bundt
Day 4: Cinnamon Ripple Sweet Potato Bundt
Day 5: Chocolate Zucchini Bundt
Day 6: Cardamom Vanilla Bundt
Day 7: Monkey Bread in a Bundt
Day 8: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bundt
Day 9: Coconut Bundt
Day 10: Sweet Potato Bundt
Day 11: Mom's Apple Cake Bundt
Day 12: Meyer Lemon Bundt
Day 13: Candy Corn Jello Bundt
Day 14: Spiced Cranberry Bundt
Day 15: Blueberry-Buttermilk Bundt
Day 16: Nutella Bundt
Day 17: Carrot Walnut Bundt
Day 18: Pear Ginger Bundt


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One 11 oz (340 g) can covers a 25 sq ft area. A redesigned, recyclable
Krylon's exclusive EZ Touch 360° Dial Spray Tip rotates to change the direction of the spray to vertical, horizontal, or any angle, ensuring precise control, less overspray, less finger fatigue, and a perfect finish. Its focused fan spray covers 34% more area with fewer passes than a traditional conical spray tip.
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Are you a homeowner who is as prepared as can be for any emergency or disaster that may befall your home? While many of us consider ourselves prepared, at least minimally, that won't cut it. In the event of a fire, earthquake or other emergency, you'll want to be as prepared as possible in order to protect all that you own and all that you have built.
One great way to be prepared is to have a fire extinguisher on hand. A fire extinguisher will be able to put out small fires that would otherwise spread and consume your entire house. Read on to learn more about fire extinguishers, fire extinguisher ratings and how they can help you.
The ABCs of Fire Extinguisher Codes
A fire extinguisher is a special kind of safety equipment that is designed to swiftly reduce fires by blowing pressurized air onto the flames. There are several types of fire extinguishers, organized by codes, that are meant to handle different types of fires. These codes are known as the ABCs of fire extinguisher ratings.
Class A
The first code, Class A, refers to a fire extinguisher that will put out fires started by trash, paper or wood. This is the most basic type of fire extinguisher and uses the chemical monoammonium phosphate, which will smother fires started by any of these materials.
Class B
The second, Class B, will work against fires started by liquids, like cooking oils, gasoline, paint, and kerosene. This type of fire extinguisher will use two chemicals, monoammonium phosphate and sodium bicarbonate to put out the fire. While the first chemical will smother the fire, the second will also create a chemical reaction that will extinguish the flames.
Class C
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Saturday's victory over the Thunderbolts (6-12) was a back-and-forth affair that saw the Tigers break out to a 2-1 lead in the first period. Teddy Reall opened the scoring at 1:34 with a goal off a pass from Brandon Speight, and after the Bolts tied the contest, Tolman untied it on Kevin Tracey's shorthanded, unassisted goal at 7:57.
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My friend brought his Chihuahua over to my house last night. We had a few people over and I fell asleep before he left and this morning he called me saying his dog is paralyzed. It had been bitten. I met him at a vet and took a picture of it.
Now I have a beautiful brindle-colored pitbull, she's the sweetest thing.As far as we can all remember -- about 5 people all confirmed that we never saw the dogs together the entire night (we had them separated with the pitbull in the house and the Chihuahua in the back yard).
I guess for my peace of mind I wanted to ask here if anyone had any ideas what could have happened? I think it may have been a possum or raccoon attack as I have pretty tall concrete fences and they can climb things and I have seen one in my tree before. (I do live in southern california near LA so there aren't too many wild animals around here)
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I couldn't take a picture of her other side because the doctor said her spine is snapped and to turn her over could hurt her worse.


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By Michael Bérubé, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Michael Bérubé is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University, and the 2012 president of the Modern Language Association.
(CNN) - Almost every college student who considers majoring in English - or French, or philosophy, or art history - inevitably hears the question: "What in the world are you going to do with that?" The question can come from worried parents, perplexed relatives, or derisive, incredulous peers, but it always implies that degrees in the humanities are "boutique" degrees, nice ornaments that serve no practical purpose in the real world. After all, who needs another 50-page honors project on the poetry of Charles Baudelaire?
Well, strange as it may sound, if you're an employer who needs smart, creative workers, a 50-page honors project on a 19th century French poet might be just the thing you want to see from one of your job applicants. Not because you're going to ask him or her to interpret any poetry on the job, but because you may be asking him or her, at some point, to deal with complex material that requires intense concentration - and to write a persuasive account of what it all means. And you may find that the humanities major with extensive college experience in dealing with complex material handles the challenge better - more comprehensively, more imaginatively - than the business or finance major who assumed that her degree was all she needed to earn a place in your company.
We have plenty of anecdotal evidence for the value of the humanities. Over 25 years of teaching, I've had many students tell me - sometimes five, 10, 20 years after they graduated - that their English major gave them the intellectual skills they needed in their careers, while introducing them to some of the most challenging and delightful works ever written in our language. At the Modern Language Association, any one of our almost 30,000 members can say something similar. That's why we're such passionate advocates of study in the humanities.
And as Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University, has pointed out, we can point to success stories like Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or Harold Varmus, director of the National Cancer Institute, Nobel laureate and former director of the National Institutes of Health. Each of them earned a Master's degree in English. Dempsey studied Joseph Conrad and William Butler Yeats; Varmus concentrated on Anglo-Saxon literature. In other words, they immersed themselves in dealing with complex material that requires intense concentration, and they honed their intellectual skills in so doing. It turns out that those skills are useful - and transferable - anywhere there is thinking to be done.
But for the first time, we also have statistical evidence for the value of the humanities. In 2011, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa published "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses." What most people took away from that book (no doubt partly because of the title) was that college students are goofing off: They spend far more time on social activities than on homework. The results show up on a test called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, which basically asks students to deal with complex material and write a persuasive account of it. "At least 45% of students in our sample," Arum and Roksa write, "did not demonstrate any statistically significant improvement in CLA performance during the first two years of college."
That's not a happy result by any measure - and it makes college sound like a waste of time and money. But when you break down the numbers, a funny thing happens: Students showed improvement in "critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills" largely to the degree that their courses required them to read at least 40 pages a week and write at least 20 pages in a semester. The more reading and writing they did - serious reading, analytical writing - the more they learned. A remarkable finding!
All right, it's not really a remarkable finding. It's precisely what you would expect - except that it's precisely what everyone manages to forget every time they ask a humanities major, "What in the world are you going to do with that?" In Arum's and Roksa's findings, humanities majors scored quite well; business majors did not.
Too many students (and their parents) think of college as the place that will grant them the degree they need to work at X job. The problem is, X job might not exist 10 or 20 years from now. Or X job might be transformed into something else, something that requires critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills.
When that happens, and it happens all the time, humanities majors find that their degrees were good investments after all - and that they are employable anywhere in the economy where there is thinking to be done.
The opinions expressed are solely those of Michael Bérubé.
I gained these abilities on my own. I was presented with such things at an early age, and I decided I liked what I saw. These abilities need to be developed from day one. If you expect to learn these skills in college, I dont hate to break it to you, you're sorely mislead and mistaken. Its alright to learn for interesting things. But only if they are practical and practicable. Otherwise your degree in grave-digging and basket-weaving will get you nowhere. Study many things. Not just one thing. I'm studying medicine with a double major in Business and Jewish Studies. Can you say the same? By the time I'm finished, I'll have an MD, PHD, FCS, JD, MBA, BA. Or maybe not. But I will have gained a solid education built around the arts, sciences, and humanities. I can generate essays, stories, poetry, critical analyses, work a computer, and heal your sickness. I can do anything and everything. But you'll be wasting your life.
You keep selling your English, American History and Liberal Arts degrees long. In the meantime, more airlines will keep grounding brand-new American-made airliners, Europeans will continue to envelope and dominate the alternative energy industry, Asia will enact usury on the Federal Reserve and growth of the Gross National Product in the Latin American Third World will continue to exceed that of the United States.
I just left China after living there for six years. The lack of liberal arts education there, coupled with the hyper-focus on rote-learning and math, has devastated the minds of Chinese people in ways you could only grasp if you live there long-term and work with the locals on a daily basis. It astounded me how robotic the thinking was and what a terribly difficult time even graduates of the "best" Chinese universities had solving problems in clear-headed ways, offering opinions, and recognizing the need for analysis–much less actually analyzing anything with originality and depth.
This is all good news for me since my major is English and my minor is geology. So I have a grounding in both humanities and science. I hope that will translate into someone having confidence that I can both analyze and write about whatever I analyze. I heard that many science majors are turning to people in English to help them write papers on their subjects. I found this to be true during a semester tutoring in the Writing Center. Almost every major on campus was sending students to us for the writing skills they had neglected during the intense concentration on their majors. I found that most grad students were intelligent about their subject but woefully lacking in communication skills. They knew what they knew, but did not know how to share their knowledge through a written overview or even a written synopsis. But with our writing skills, the English grad students could help them express their findings in a way that was meaningful. English rocks, just like geology rocks.
In the 1960s, a majority of the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies had undergraduate English degrees. By the 1980s, engineering was the most prevalent undergrad degree. Though I stopped at the Masters, I was able to make a better living than most of my grad school colleagues in English, partly because I had some knowledge of the sciences and economics, but largely because by teaching freshman comp and other writing courses for 8 years I mastered the art of the short essay, a skill valuable in any field and essential in many, not the least of which is engineering.
Thank you for cheering me up!
I got a BA in English, then an MA, then a PhD. So clearly I love to read and write and was/am to some degree good at it. However, I have to honestly admit that I wish I had double-majored with something in the sciences. There's something to be said about utilizing critical thinking skills in a praxis oriented atmosphere.
I have an English degree, and this is spot-on. I owe my professional life to the "critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing skills" I gained in college from my humanities education, as well as the humanities internship program that placed me in a terrifying marketing internship in an industry I knew nothing about.
I am a BA major in English. English studies is one of the most difficult one could imagine. What is the medium of expression? English Language!..I know that because one can speak english do not mean he or she can write it. It is an art to be able to communicate by writing, and whether you are a Medical doctor, Scientist, or anything on planet Earth, English is the most widely used for book writing, drug presciption, weather forcast,or even classroom interaction, or teaching. English Studies is very important all over the world!!!.
The poet John Ciardi wrote a most eloquent defense of liberal arts education, which I put on my blog. It's from about 1950, but is as relevant today as it ever was. http://jonboeckenstedt.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/another-school-year-why-by-john-ciardi/
This selection was part of a textbook I used to teach from at Wichita State, Twenty Questions for the Writer.
I'm an engineer, but I also have a degree in history. I do think that my time on the liberal arts/humanities side of the campus has helped me in my career.
I don't necessarily think that an degree in English alone is very useful, but it is certainly not a complete waste.
I think a bigger concern is the grade inflation that is rampant on the liberal arts/humanities side of campus. A 4.0 is English wasn't seen as very impressive at my university, but a 3.5 in engineering certainly was. Perhaps if they toned down the grade inflation, they'd start to earn more respect.
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Let people be themselves. When learners engage themselves in what they love, simply for the sake of wanting to do everything there is to be done surrounding their passion, excellence follows.
One problem in this debate is confusing technical, professional, and liberal arts humanities degrees. Traditionally, the degree of choice was Classics, followed by a professional education–Medicine, Law, Divinity–or the management of one's property, if one was wealthy. English was introduced for working class and women's colleges in the late 19th century (and, since then, Classics has fallen out of popularity). The point of getting a humanities degree was not to make oneself employable, but to broaden one's mind and prepare oneself for the rigors of professional school. "To prepare one for everything, and train one for nothing" is the the aim of a liberal arts humanities education, as one Haverford dean put it. Comparing humanities such as English and engineering, etc. is apples and oranges–although I have heard of English majors doing fine right out of the box, in technical writing, publishing, even as analysts (the market is, after all, an exciting story of desire played out on a global scale, offering fortunes to those who can decipher it). If you meet someone who went into English as an undergrad for the same reasons that you chose, say Business, then you are in your rights to question their decision making skills, but I doubt that you will come across many folks like that.
–from an English Major/Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor now in medical school
Liberals with English degrees do not typically make productive or desirable employees. Let them work for the school systems, media, ad agencies, where they can spin spin spin.
Of course the word "liberal" had to make it in there. What a spiteful, skewed, painful world you must live in. You probably don't own a business either (or at least one worth owning).
My engineering degree from Purdue University in the 1970's required a certain number of courses in the humanities. I realized long ago that the skills of reflection, analysis, discourse and writing nurtured in the humanities sequence I selected have been those I have used and applied most in my engineering and construction management career. In our careers, we must assemble, build and nurture diverse teams to mutually solve physical challenges and implement long-term solutions. This requires awareness, encouragement and extracting the best ideas from teams of people with differences in background, opinions, and methods. I frequently inform customers and coworkers that our endeavors in Lean Construction are sociology and psychology, not construction. Also, the humanities study contributed to a lifetime of reading, which further develops insight and analysis skills.
Very interesting article. I am currently studying towards a BS in Forensic Science, and this is after serving six years in the USAF (so I'm older than the average undergrad). My university requires a very well rounded regimen of various disciplines prior to starting one's major work. However, I pick up on a lacklustered mindset from my younger peers when approaching these ancillary courses, such as humanities (even if it is a cornerstone of their degree). The unfortunate nature of the beast is that we construct a society vested in creating "good workers", so specialized schools are made, and then we expect them to think outside the box, which we built. The truth of the matter is that employers choose the best candidate for the job, i.e.: an internal hire, the person who networked the best, the person with the best experience level, the most cost efficient candidate, the person who submitted their resume in the correct format, and the person who presented themselves well in the interview. Suffice it to say, the best decision when choosing a degree or specialty is choosing the degree that will serve you as well as you have served it.


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