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How to Choose the Right Online Education Program
Choosing the right online college and degree can be extremely difficult. With hundreds of institutions and programs currently operating online, it's easy to get bogged down by the seemingly endless amount of research you must conduct in order to make an informed decision. This may be one of the most important decisions that you make in your lifetime, but there is information available to help guide your way.
The following steps for choosing the best online education program are designed to provide you with the information you'll need to make an informed and sound conclusion about your educational future.
- How Should I Choose a Subject and Degree Level?
- How Can I Compare Schools?
- How Do I Apply to a Program?
- Are There Any Additional Things I Should Consider?
How Should I Choose a Subject and Degree Level?
Before deciding on the school you would like to attend, it's important to know which subject you would like to study and the type of degree you would like to obtain.
Degree Options
If you are unsure of which subject you're interested in pursuing, check out our list of degree options for some ideas. It's important to keep in mind both your interest in the curriculum of the degree and the career options available once you've completed the degree. Pursuing a degree is a substantial time and financial commitment, and you want to ensure that you reap the rewards of your efforts with a fulfilling career and educational experience. If you're unsure which subject area would be best for you, talk with friends, family, and career counselors, who may be able to steer you in the right direction.
Online vs. On-Campus Programs
Most online colleges offer the same degree levels that are offered at traditional campus-based colleges. Ranging from a high school diploma/GED all the way to an advanced doctoral degree, the degrees offered at online colleges can suit students at varying points of their educational career. If you're not sure which type of degree you're interested in, take some time to read this explanation of educational degree types. Be sure to read about degree level prerequisites and fully understand the time commitment associated with each degree type. For example, if you're interested in an advanced degree, like an online master's program, you must have a bachelor's degree first. However, if you want to pursue a lower-level degree, such as a certificate or associate degree, a high school diploma or GED will be sufficient prior experience. The time commitment required for a certificate may be only one year, while other degree levels can take up to four or five years to complete.
It's important to understand that not all disciplines or subject degree-level combinations are offered in an online class format. There are still many subjects, especially those in the healthcare field, where hands-on training is required for a comprehensive educational experience. Some schools have started to offer hybrid programs, which are a combination of in-person and online classes, as a way to solve this problem.
How Can I Compare Schools?
Hundreds of colleges and universities have begun offering online and distance learning courses, and it can often be hard to know where to start when comparing your options. While traditional students often start narrowing down options based on the accessibility of the school's location, leaving only a few school options available, location isn't a factor for online students. On the other hand, this wealth of different schools can be extremely overwhelming. Below are a few different attributes that you should consider when comparing schools, though the weight of importance that you give to each of these attributes is up to you.
Program Offerings
The number of degrees and subjects that an online school may offer can vary greatly. Some schools may offer only one fully online degree, while other schools will offer one hundred or more different degree options to online students. Whether or not a school offers your desired degree will likely be the most important attribute of a school to you, so it's worth looking into program offerings early on in your decision-making process. If you're not completely certain what you want to study and would like time to take classes in multiple program areas, make sure you find a school that offers multiple degrees that interest you. This will prevent you from the lengthy and frustrating process of having to transfer schools. You can search for schools that offer the programs you desire by using the "Find a School" tool at the top of this page.
Accreditation is an important thing to consider when making the decision about which school to apply to. Accreditation is a way to ensure that the time and money that you spend on your education is worth it, so you should confirm that whichever school you decide to attend has been accredited by a well-respected agency. Accrediting agencies take the time to ensure that the training and knowledge you receive is up-to-date, enriching, and respected by employers. There are many different accrediting bodies that are well known for upholding high standards in education. These accrediting agencies are recognized by The US Department of Higher Education and The Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Take some time to review these articles about accreditation to fully understand which accrediting agency's approval is important for your degree and career. Be sure to note the difference between regional and national institutional accreditation. If the subject you want to study has an associated programmatic accrediting agency, you should consider whether it's important to you if the program you go to has been recognized by this agency.
Transferable Credits
Do you have credits from a former college experience? Do you expect that you may need to transfer to another college before finishing your degree? If so, it's important to talk to counselors at your college about the possibility of transferring your credits. Transferring credits from a prior college experience can help save time and money on your degree, but colleges are not required to accept credits from other institutions. Oftentimes, colleges will only accept transfer credits from schools or programs that have been accredited by the same accrediting agency. This means that if you plan to transfer from a school with national accreditation to a school with regional accreditation, you will likely run into roadblocks.
The reputation of the school that you attend will affect how your degree is perceived by family, friends, and most importantly, employers. Getting your degree will take a lot of time, effort, and money; therefore, it's important to understand the reputation of the school that will be giving you your degree when you graduate. Here are a few resources for you to gauge a prospective school's reputation and quality:
Student Reviews: The experience of former students can tell you a lot about the quality of the school you are looking to attend. Take some time to read the reviews of your potential schools and notice whether or not they generally recommend your school. These reviews will help inform your decision in ways that talking to an admissions counselor or reading facts about a school can't.
- Online College Rankings: College rankings by reputable agencies will tell you the general impression that the public has about your potential school and how the quality of education that you receive compares with other institutions. On Guide to Online Schools, we feature Military-Friendly Online College Rankings and Non-Profit Online College Rankings in addition to our general Online College Rankings.
Date You Can Begin
When choosing a school, you will want to consider how soon you would like to begin your program. For some schools, you will need to apply six months to a year before you want to begin taking classes. This is a common practice at public and private universities, where admittance into the school may be competitive. However, there are other schools that have classes starting every few weeks which will allow you to enroll and begin your classes almost immediately.
Tuition and Financial Aid
The cost of college is highly variable, and higher cost does not necessarily mean a better education. No matter how you're planning to finance your college education, it's likely you do not have unlimited resources to spend. Look closely at the cost of each school and consider how it compares to other colleges. We've listed the annual tuition for each school, as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics, in our school lists.
If you are planning to take advantage of federal financial aid, whether in the form of grants, work-study or loans, it's important to make sure that the school you attend is eligible to participate in federal financial aid programs. For more information about financial aid and other forms of financing your education, check out our Financial Aid section.
Student Services
Traditional campus-based colleges are known for a vast array of student services, including tutoring, libraries, and career services. Some online colleges offer these services as well. These services can often enhance the college experience and the success a student sees after graduation. Decide which services you would likely take advantage of, and find schools that provide them.
How Do I Apply to a Program?
Once you've done your research and narrowed down your options to one or two potential schools, it's time to request information and apply! Every school has different application procedures and requirements.
The first thing you should do once you've decided on a school is request information or talk to someone about the application procedure. Some schools may have competitive admittance into their programs, which may require you to write an essay, get transcripts from your former schools and submit letters of recommendation. These schools may require that you apply to the program months before you would actually begin your first semester. Other schools might not have such a rigid process, and may require a lot less in order to enroll. Talk to a counselor at your school to find out your school's exact procedure.
Are There Any Additional Things I Should Consider?
Religious Affiliation
Just like traditional universities, there are many online schools with varying religious affiliations. Religious schools are often of predominantly Christian denomination and maintain a value-oriented foundation, consistent throughout all curriculum and student atmosphere. Some students may gravitate toward these institutions for a variety of personal and professional reasons. While structures and specific denominations vary, religiously affiliated schools share an emphasis on healthy moral living and spiritual education as a complement to traditional studies and career learning. Deciding whether a religiously affiliated school is right for you can help you narrow down your colleges choices.
Career Colleges and Trade Schools
Vocational education affords students -- particularly working adults returning to school -- the opportunity to receive specialized education in a relatively short amount of time. Vocational education is designed to highlight the most relevant curriculum and to incorporate a high degree of professional training and hands-on experience. This structure is endorsed for the purpose of familiarizing students with an actual workplace scenario. Various accrediting institutions exist to ensure that vocational schools meet minimum standard requirements and are capable of delivering adequate training and support to the student body. If you're considering a vocational school, be sure to verify the programmatic accreditation of the school before enrolling.
Access to Technology
If you're contemplating an online education, it's very important to make sure you have consistent access to a reliable and up-to-date computer with Internet connection capabilities. Much of your school work, including discussions with your professor and classmates, as well as access to your homework and exams, will require a computer with Internet access. Each school has its own specific technological requirements to be a successful online student. Remember to factor in the cost of obtaining the right technology for your program when you're comparing different schools.


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POPLAR BLUFF -- Three Rivers College has hired Cale Emmett of Vilonia, Arkansas, as the permanent coach for the institution's rodeo team and club.
"Throughout our nationwide search, we were looking for someone who could continue our vision of making the rodeo team competitive on the national level," said Dr. Devin Stephenson, president of Three Rivers. "Cale will not only lead our rodeo team, but will be active in our Student Success division in academic advising and recruiting. He is a PRCA Finalist in Steer Wrestling and holds several arena records. Cale's family is also very active in rodeo and his father is a professional rodeo judge."
Emmett holds a master's degree in management from Lindenwood University, and a bachelor of science degree in agriculture and agricultural business from Arkansas State University. Emmett also has experience in the two-year community college environment, having earned an associate degree from Arkansas State University at Beebe.
"My wife and I are very excited about this opportunity," said Emmett. "I look forward to building a great rodeo program at Three Rivers. I watched several members of the team at Bullfest, and I really feel good about the team we've got. They start their bulls well, and I think we'll have a lot of success this year."
Emmett stated that he wanted to build a tradition of rodeo at Three Rivers.
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If the Astros finish with another losing season in 2011, it will be a step backward in the rebuilding program.
I was surprised that several of you selected another losing season as the most likely — or close to the top — headline in Monday's entry. Was it simply that the other choices were so much less likely or do you really believe the Astros will end up below .500 for the third straight season? By the way, that hasn't happened — three straight losing seasons — since the inception of the franchise when Houston had seven consecutive losing seasons from 1962-68.
Really? A third straight losing season?
Granted, Jason Castro, Brett Wallace, Chris Johnson, Tommy Manzella and Angel Sanchez could fall on their collective faces and the Astros could be out of it by the All Star break. Or Brett Myers, Wandy Rodriguez or J.A. Happ could go down with an injury and take any hope with them.
But a third straight losing season? C'mon. Surely not.
Maybe I'm naive or maybe I'm just not getting it, but a third straight losing season would signal a major problem in the rebuilding, retooling, reshuffling, rewhatchamacallit process.
Remember, this team not only finished 76-86, but played competitively from June 1 through the end of the season with a 59-52 record. The team was 19 games under .500 on July 26 and ended up just 10 games down after a swoon in the final couple weeks.
Three straight losing seasons? You think crowds were slim this year? Drayton McLane would rival Jerry Jones in the unpopular vote.
I'm not predicting a 90-win season and I'm not ready to proclaim the Astros NL Central champs, but a winning season — just a six-game swing from 2010 — wouldn't take much. And, yes, the team needs an upgrade or two along the way, but with plenty of payroll flexibility, here's hoping Ed Wade makes some decent additions this winter.
So tell me, are you really thinking the Astros are destined for a third losing season in a row? Is 82-80 that far fetched? Is 2012 truly the next big hope?
If a winning season is not in the cards for 2011, how would you measure success? What would cause you to be satisfied with the progression of the organization…after a third straight losing season?


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About That 'Wolverine' Costume…
Warning: This post contains a spoiler for "The Wolverine" DVD/Blu-ray.
The Blu-ray/DVD of James Mangold's "The Wolverine" is out today, starring Hugh Jackman as the hirsute mutant superhero who travels to contemporary Japan and faces down gangsters– and his own immortality.
The disc features an alternate ending that reveals the Wolverine's classic blue and yellow costume from the comic books. In the scene, which was ultimately cut from the film, Jackman's character Logan is given the costume but he never puts it on.
"Someone came up with that idea the day of, so inside was green — as in green screen," Jackman told Speakeasy. "It's put in digitally — there was no actual costume."
The actor, who is reportedly in talks with director Mangold to develop the storyline for a "Wolverine" sequel, said he and Mangold were tempted to leave that scene as the ending, "but we were wondering if it was just a bit too light to finish the movie with, and in the end Jim just made the choice."
But would he have loved to wear the costume on set? "I would have put it on and pranced around it, for sure!" he said.
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SF Mayor Steps Up Safety Efforts In Wake Of Bicyclist DeathsMayor Ed Lee issued an executive directive committing to accelerated safety improvements to the city's streets and bike network over the next nine months.
San Francisco, Other Bay Area Cities, Raise Minimum WageWorkers in a handful of Bay Area cities including San Francisco will be getting a pay raise starting Friday.
Mayor Lee Calls Two Crashes That Killed Cyclists 'Avoidable Tragedies'Mayor Ed Lee spoke out Thursday about safety on San Francisco streets, a day after cyclists were killed in two fatal hit-and-run crashes.
Vigil In SF Castro For Orlando Nightclub Shooting Scheduled For Sunday EveningMayor Ed Lee: "San Francisco stands in solidarity with the community of Orlando..."
George Lucas In Talks To Bring Movie-Memorabilia Museum To S.F. Treasure IslandStar Wars creator George Lucas is considering Treasure Island for his proposed Museum of Narrative Art. Mayor Ed Lee and supervisor Aaron Peskin are hopeful negotiations with the filmmaker will deliver a landmark attraction to the Bay Area.
San Francisco Supervisors Grill Mayor Ed Lee Over Police Reform Efforts San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee was grilled Tuesday on his plans for handling police reform and growing community unrest.
Mayor Turns Down Frisco5 Hunger Strikers Demand Mayor Ed Lee rejected a call for the firing of Police Chief Greg Suhr in a phone conversation with five hunger strikers who are demanding the chief's removal.
Mayor Ed Lee Tells SFPD Officers To Shape Up Or Ship OutScandal after scandal has plagued the San Francisco Police Department, but on Thursday afternoon San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee wrote an open letter to the SFPD officers saying enough is enough.
Activists Protest SFPD Shootings With Mission District Hunger StrikeCommunity activists outraged by recent police killings in San Francisco took a dramatic step Thursday in an effort to spur change by staging a hunger strike outside a Mission District police station.
San Francisco Mayor Lee Outlines New Strategy On HomelessnessMayor Ed Lee is pitching his latest plan to end homelessness to people who live on San Francisco's streets, while also warning that setting up tents is not a long-term solution.
More Homeless Tents In San Francisco Despite Mayor's Call For RemovalTent encampments are now very much a part of San Francisco but how those tents keep popping up around the city comes to many as a surprise.
Where's Ed? San Francisco Mayor Lee Keeping Low Public ProfileSan Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has been keeping a rather low public profile lately, especially when you compare him to the mayors of San Jose and Oakland.


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Boston Bruins sign Jeff LoVecchio
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"Jeff is a big, strong skater who also has a good shot," said Chiarelli. "Last year he was voted one of the best defensive forwards in the CCHA and at the same time scored 19 goals. We expect Jeff to work on his skills in Providence and then in time, contribute as a two-way player in the NHL."
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I was sitting at the hilltop of Bayanbulak, Xinjiang, overlooking the prairie to the west at sunset. Half hid behind clouds the Sun splashed lights on the great prairie. And the curving stream splendidly reflected the glory of the sunset.
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The congressional representative for much of the region is among a group of Republicans pushing for new energy initiatives.
Rep. Bill Flores joined Brazos Valley This Morning Thursday to discuss being a part of the House Energy Action Team, or HEAT, which was unveiled Wednesday in Washington.
HEAT will "promote Republican energy policies that will address rising energy prices, create thousands of good jobs and enhance our national security by promoting energy independence for America," according to a statement from the coalition.
"We are impeding the ability to produce our own domestic energy," Flores said. "It's more than not doing enough. It's that we're doing all the wrong things."
Flores says HEAT will "encourage domestic drilling, build an all-of-the-above energy approach, and then begin to stop doing the things we're doing that are hurting us domestically."
Flores cited a situation in West Texas where the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard could potentially be listed as an endangered species, which would stop drilling in the area for a period of time.
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"They really haven't done any studies to know if the population is actually endangered or not," said Flores, a retired energy executive.
The congressman also discussed the death of Osama bin Laden and the debate over whether a picture of the terror leader's dead body should be released. Flores said he didn't think it should come out.
Wednesday, President Barack Obama told CBS News' 60 Minutes that he had decided against releasing a photo. That interview will air Sunday night on News 3.
Flores also said although he had not seen any photographs like some members of Congress have, he has "no doubt" in his mind that bin Laden is dead.
To see the complete interview with the congressman from BVTM, watch the video attached to this story.


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Today's guest post is written by Molli Megasko.
The "capture Kony" message has been all over Facebook. It's been dissected by the media. Everyone is praising the video gone viral.
If, for some reason, you've been in outer space or under a big rock these past weeks, you can watch the video here.
I wanted to write this post not to talk about how great it is that a 30-minute YouTube video has had something like 75 million views in just one week but rather, how it achieved that number and what went wrong.
Why the Video Worked
- Celebrity endorsement. When the video was first posted, the group pushed to get just 66,000 views. When Oprah was contacted, her tweet turned into a rain fall and in less than 24 hours, the views skyrocketed to 9.6 million.
- Good message. How do you get millions and millions of people to watch a 60-second clip, let alone a 30-minute video? By adding a human element. I don't know about you but when that little boy was learning about the good guy and the bad guy, it really touched me. The message itself is sad but shies away from the "In the Arms of an Angel" animal rescue feel.
- Strong calls-to-action. Most social media awareness campaigns are only looking for "likes" as a call-to-action. This video gave a few options for people to feel like they contributed.
- Sense of urgency. People respond to deadlines. When you give someone a date to not only to do something but an end date that marks success, people look forward to the outcome.
Why the Video Didn't Work
- Lack of facts. The team behind the video apparently did not fact check. The reports on the whereabouts of Kony and the size of his army is not accurate. If you plan to put something on the Internet you want shared, make sure your facts are double- and triple-checked (especially if you're pointing fingers at let's say… the government).
- Unclear cause. Inevitably, the video might end up making Invisible Children more famous than Kony himself. And even if the world knows the Kony name, what good is it if he is still out there? I suggest having a targeted website, not Invisible Children.com, as well as a separate Facebook page for the cause.
- Wrong call-to-action. I know I mention the call-to-action above as a success, but it was the wrong action. Posting a video on your Facebook wall and hanging up a poster doesn't mean you contributed to the cause. The Huffington Post calls it a "hollow kind of activism."
- Where's the money? According to the group, "only 32 percent of the $8.6 million it raised last year [went] toward direct services." When asking for donations or having an e-commerce for a cause, it's important to either direct the funds to another channel or be up-front about where the money is going.
In terms of awareness was this a success? Of course.
But like Sarah Palin learned in the Game Change HBO film, with awareness comes scrutiny.
Before you go off and try to make the next KONY 2012 film, make sure you put as much effort into your cause as you do your video or you might end up in your birthday suit "running back and forth on a street corner and yelling incoherently about the devil."
22 responses to "The KONY Video: What Worked and What Didn't Work"
@ginidietrich @mollimegasko They forgot to mention him going nuts and masterbating in the street in the 'what didn't work' section #careless
@lichtie She had it at the end. What a loon. @mollimegasko
Molli, this is one of the better write ups I've seen around this video. I completely agree about the call to action. While watching the video and admitting my urge to all of a sudden care about a cause I hadn't heard about before then, I kept asking, okay, what do you want me to do? When the answer was put up a poster and give someone else a bracelet I was disappointed to say the least.
After going to kony2012.com (which is the website they want you to go to) I realized that the main call to action should have been this page right here: http://www.kony2012.com/politicalaction.html. I can think of a few other CTA's he could have used but I'm interested, what CTA would you put in place?
@trontastic Thanks! I would have liked to see what the actual need was then maybe a phone number to call, an address to write a letter to. Raising awareness is great, but what is a bracelet and a poster going to do?
The Kony video worked incredibly well amongst students of my age- it quickly became the 'talk of the campus' thanks to it's prominence on many-a-facebook wall.
As a call-to-action, I suppose we will have to wait and see if anything happens on April 20th. Interestingly though, on the morning the video went massively viral amongst my peers, there was already a poster on a lampost. Interesting social experiment, at the very least.
@BBS_JonBrock Love the word you used, experiment. Yes, this is an experiment of how social media can create change.
The issue with the money is not where the money went, it's poor accounting. IC has now realized that more money went to the "direct services" but they were being very conservative in their accounting. They've been notified that a lot of the money they spent and relegated to "administrative" costs actually is considered "direct services" by most non-profits, and by the government for non profit pruposes.
I have been so frustrated with conversation around the KONY2012 campaign. I appreciate that you don't excoriate IC, but still think people miss the point – Jason Russell is a film maker, and he applied this skill and talent to do one thing – raise awareness. IC has done some work on the ground in terms of "direct services" but that was never the focus of their work or their fund raising. Now, one may not agree with the value of that strategy, but when I see someone use their talent/skills/abilities in the service of something beyond themselves, big things happen. This is a great PR/communications object lesson, but the real story here is about a guy that saw a terrible injustice, connected with someone's suffering, made a promise to help and offered up what he knew how to do. More people should do the same.
@MollyFulton It is all about the lesson. They had hoped for a successful viral video and they never imaged it would be what it is today. BUT, do you think he could have thought of more or different actions for people to take?
@MolliMegasko Interesting that no one seems to focus on the reason this video went viral; i.e. it's a visually and emotionally moving film. Would a grainy, jerky, amateurish video have gone viral? Doubt it.
@DeenPaulGLOBAL Whats going on
Interesting post Molli, I haven't seen the video but I probably should. As regards the point on where money goes it's a feature of many charities, think that some time ago the Red Cross was almost broken but if you want my own opinion search on the net how much costs the CEO of Boy Scout of America and you get the answer.
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The best breakdown of the KONY campaign I've seen online. Thanks for sharing your insight, @MolliMegasko!
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Forestry officials have created a new website offering tips to Maine companies that ship Christmas trees and wreaths out of state.
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is reminding decorative plant shippers that other states have regulations about wreath and tree shipments that could cost them money and time.
Maine state horticulturist Ann Gibbs said some states are impounding and destroying shipments of trees and wreaths to prevent the possible infestation of plant diseases.
Maine businesses each holiday season ship millions of dollars' worth of wreaths and trees out of state.
The department has created an informational sheet that is available on its website.


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QUEENS, New York – After ten rounds of hard sparring with two different opponents, Will Rosinsky charged from the ring despondently, discouraged by how he perceived his performance.
Rosinsky (16-1, 9 knockouts) had just finished five rounds each with Marcus Browne, the light heavyweight representative the U.S. 2012 Olympic squad, and Long Island-based light heavyweight Joe Smith Jr. (10-1, 10 KOs) at the Universal Boxing Club in Ozone Park, Queens, N.Y., the neighborhood the super middleweight prospect has called home since childhood.
Both Browne and Smith are over 6-feet – much taller than the 5-foot-9 Rosinsky – but physically resembling 6-foot-2 former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (39-2, 34 KOs), whom Rosinsky will face this Saturday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
The bout, which will be televised live on HBO's Boxing After Dark series, is by far the biggest fight of Rosinsky's career, and the scrappy New Yorker has prepared accordingly.
Browne, a natural left-handed fighter, switched to orthodox for the day, negating his reach by fighting on the inside and obliging Rosinsky to work on his game plan. Browne, who was returning the favor to Rosinsky for the help Rosinsky provided prior to Browne's involvement in the Americas Olympic Qualifying tournament in Brazil in May, spent the entire session in an orthodox stance, boxing the first three rounds, then giving way to Smith for the next, coming in fresh for two more rounds, before Smith finished the last two rounds.
Browne "worked" with Rosinsky, putting himself in situations favorable to the strategy of Rosinsky to allow him to work on strategy for his fight with Pavlik. Browne's movement and speed is far superior to that of Pavlik, but he chose to slug it out on the inside to mimic Pavlik's in-fighting style. Smith, a heavy-handed local fighter whose style is similar to Pavlik's, seemed less willing to "work" in there, and more intent on proving a point in a gym session.
Moreso against Smith, Rosinsky found himself being hit with flush overhand rights, usually while pulling straight back from exchanges or along the ropes, then he did against Browne.
Rosinsky, 27, emerged shortly after from the back room where he washed his face off and changed shirts and remarked, "I always look bad in sparring."
"The problem with Will," began Felipe Gomez, who has trained Rosinsky since 2005, "when he spars and he don't look that great he takes it so personal because he wants to look how he looks in the fights. And I tell him, 'Listen, there's gonna be days where you have a spectacular day and you're going to look super good, but there's times where you won't look 100 percent so you can't get frustrated.'"
Heading into the biggest professional fight either has been a part of, maintaining a positive outlook on the task ahead seems to be the paramount concern. The weight limit for the fight is 169 pounds, one more than Rosinsky weighed less than three weeks ago when he outboxed and outslugged Aaron Pryor Jr. in New York City, and two more than Pavlik weighed five days prior to that when he stopped Scott Sigmon in Las Vegas.
For now, Rosinsky's main concern is formulating a winning strategy to deal with Pavlik, and Browne doesn't feel he's too far off.
"Will looked good, just a few things he gotta tweak," said Browne, who lauded Rosinsky for his "inside your chest pressure, his body attack and his will to win."
"It's going to be a tough night for Pavlik," continued Browne. "Pavlik better not let Will get in his chest. Because once Will gets that rhythm to stay in his chest, the rest is history."
After conferring with Browne and Gomez, Rosinsky seemed to calm down post-workout and had taken into inventory everything that occurred.
"I always take it personally when I don't do as good [in sparring] as I know I can or as good as I should," said Rosinsky, a four-time New York Daily News Golden Gloves champion and 2005 U.S. National Amateur champion at 178 pounds. "It's nothing to get down about. I'm trying new things in sparring with good guys. It's not like I'm sitting there with bums getting caught with stupid shots. It's a learning process. I'll be ready for Pavlik."
Rosinsky, who moonlights as an emergency medical technician (EMT) with the New York Fire Department's station 39 in the East New York section of Brooklyn, has won two straight fights since his lone career defeat to Edwin Rodriguez in his ShoBox debut last October. The scoring – all three judges gave all ten rounds to Rodriguez – was controversial and did not reflect the competitive nature of the bout. Since then, Rosinsky had been pining for another opportunity to prove himself on a stage larger than New York City's club scene.
Pavlik, who is three years older than Rosinsky at 30, is looking to rebuild his image after crushing defeats to Bernard Hopkins and Sergio Martinez – as well as a public battle with alcoholism – left some wondering if the fighter who destroyed Jermain Taylor in 2007 to win the middleweight crown still existed. Pavlik is now working with rising young trainer and former world champion Roberto Garcia in an effort to reestablish himself as a contender, this time at super middleweight.
"I think he's a little past his prime from what he was with Jermain Taylor," said Rosinsky. "He's still a great fighter, I still respect him as a fighter, but I don't think he's the same fighter. He's been in the pro game for 12 years, he's been in some wars; he's had whatever personal problems he's had, which definitely affects your whole scheme of things.
Rosinsky's trainer Gomez, like Rosinsky, had worked as a civil servant for New York, having recently retired as a sergeant from the NYPD. Gomez grew up in the same East New York neighborhood where Rosinsky works, and was a two-time Golden Gloves champion under legendary New York boxing figure Jimmy O'Pharrow.
He watched Pavlik's last fight with Sigmon on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights and believes he saw ring rust that won't be shaken off in a few weeks' time.
"He looked good, but you could see the ring rust," said Gomez of Pavlik's seventh-round technical knockout win. "I actually saw the old Pavlik coming back again, which could work against us, we've trained so hard and Will is in great condition, he's in tip top shape. Even though you could see the old Pavlik coming back and the one-twos, the power is still there, I wasn't convinced 100 percent and I'm sure in two weeks he's not going to regain that.
"Will's hungry, he's younger and he has something to prove right now. It's perfect timing, it can't be any better."
Rosinsky says he thinks Pavlik "kept him on the hook" to make Sigmon pay for the trash talk prior to the fight, but doesn't think the training switch will have as much impact in this fight as it would in a year's time.
"You can work on certain things with a new guy, but when you've been with somebody for 20-something years and change trainers and you start getting hit, you're going to go back to your old ways," said Rosinsky.
Rosinsky has much to motivate him for Saturday's opportnity. Last July, after rising from the canvas to stop Jose Ramirez moments later in the first round in Brooklyn, Rosinsky proposed to his girlfriend Jessica, who accepted. The two are scheduled to be married in October.
Rosinsky is also close to buying a home in Long Island. The deal was to be finalized in July but will have to wait until after the Pavlik fight.
A win over Pavlik would be in line with some of the big upsets that have happened in boxing recently, such as Josesito Lopez's knockout of Victor Ortiz or Tim Bradley's controversial points victory over Manny Pacquiao. It's a difficult task for Rosinsky, but it wouldn't be unheard of, especially given events of late.
"I fought some tough guys, even in the amateurs, heavy-handed guys at 178 pounds," said Rosinsky. "I'm not saying I don't respect his power because I have to. Nobody wants to be caught with nothing stupid. I'm going to get hit obviously, but I'm ready to do what I gotta do."
Photo / Emily Harney-Fightwireimages.com
Ryan Songalia is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) and contributes to GMA News. He is also a member of The Ring ratings panel. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. An archive of his work can be found at www.ryansongalia.com. Follow him on Twitter: @RyanSongalia


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What is a relic of World War I? Is it a lemon squeezer hat, a fundraising tapestry, a knitting pattern or an Egyptian cigarette souvenired by a soldier? This is a question at the heart of Holding on to Home which Te Papa Press launched last Thursday. With more than 300 images, this new book broadens… Read more »
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Delighted to have two finalists in New Zealand Post Book Awards
Te Papa Press, New Zealand's unique museum publisher, are delighted to advise that two of its books are finalists in the prestigious annual New Zealand Post Book Awards. The finalists, announced last week, were selected from 160 entries and are described by the judges as "diverse and exciting". Whatu Kākahu: Māori Cloaks edited by Awhina… Read more »
Brian Brake: Lens on the World nominated in the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards
Spirits are high at Te Papa Press as our publication Brian Brake: Lens on the World, was nominated in the illustrated non-fiction category of the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Awards. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at Wellington's Town Hall on Wednesday 27 July 2011. View the full list of 2011 finalist… Read more »
Report from our latest book launch
Antonia Prebble launched our newest Te Papa Press book New Zealand Fashion Design by Angela Lassig on Thursday night at the Grand Tearoom at the Heritage in Auckland. That amazing piece of Queen City retro looked all the more beautiful decked out in the A1 poster blowups from the book and so did all the dollies… Read more »
New arrival
Last week we took delivery of Art at Te Papa, the big book on the art collection. We are absolutely thrilled with it. The book's official launch isn't until next week, but Te Papa store already has an impressive display in its window. Some numbers: The book features 419 works in the collection by 300… Read more »
The big art book
Hi there, I'm William McAloon, Curator of Historical New Zealand Art here at Te Papa. Over the last couple of years I've been working on a big book on Te Papa's art collection. Art at Te Papa features over 400 works, from the 15th century to the present day. The cover star is Michael Illingworth's… Read more »


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By by Pfc. Joe Padula, 2nd Brigade Combat TeamJuly 24, 2009
FORT KNOX, Ky., (July 23, 2009) - Gen. George S. Patton once said, "An Army is a team; lives, sleeps, eats, fights as a team."
Teams, even at the smallest levels are crucial to the success of any mission and the Soldiers and leaders of the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, understand that concept all too well.
Strike Cavalry Soldiers focused solely on team building during their Eagle Flight One training at Fort Knox July 6-17.
"The purpose of executing Eagle Flight One training is to focus on individual, section and squad level training; smaller unit tactics is what we're focusing on," said Maj. Chess Lamm, squadron's executive officer.
With team building exercises comes many incentives - improving communications, motivating a team, helping Soldiers learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, improving team productivity and practicing effective collaboration with the other team members.
One of the courses available at Knox that promotes team cohesion is at the Wilcox Firing Range.
This course utilizes the driver, gunner and truck commander. Effectively, the team must interact with each other while on a notional combat patrol. While inside their Humvee, with a mounted .50-caliber machine gun atop, they roll through an "enemy infested" course which includes pop-up targets and mock-snipers.
"It's working crew proficiency with cross talk between the gunner and the driver," said 1st Lt. Jedidiah Wentz, a team leader with Troop A, 1-75th Cav. Regt.
These are the same kind of scenarios and situations that will be seen in a counter-insurgency fight, so they must work together as team, added Wentz.
"Right now we have a lot of novice drivers, so it is giving them a chance to [know] what to do during engagement with the enemy while on a mounted patrol," said Spc. Tyrel Kerr, driver with Troop A.
Kerr also went on to explain the presence of a lot of new gunners who are unfamiliar with shooting live .50-caliber rounds and how communicating while firing the deafening weapon takes time and trial before the team can become effective. This course helps the teams become efficient in those areas.
If the driver jerks the wheel too much, or if the gunner is not paying attention and not seeing and announcing the targets, it could result in missing enemy targets and even casualties; this "deployable-like" training will help prevent that, added Wentz.
Another team-building exercise the Strike Cavalry Soldiers executed involved a four-man team assaulting a suspected weapons cache 100-meters away, while under enemy fire. This live-fire exercise trains the teams on how to properly advance on a shooting enemy using a system called buddy-team-bounding. With the use of verbal commands and tactical signals, the four-man team must effectively eliminate the enemy threat. With two Soldiers bounding forward about 20 meters, the other two men suppress the enemy fire. They continuously do so, until they have reached their objective.
Once they reached their objective, two notional homes sitting side-by-side, they have to successfully breach the doors and eliminate all known threats within the room.
Running out of ammunition, weapons jamming, locating targets, communicating with teammates in the midst of the loud gunfire are all factors that can occur during a raid and all of this can be fixed with rehearsal, said 1st Sgt. Larry Breiland, the first sergeant of Company C, during an after action review of the fast pace training.
Since coming back from the last deployment, there has been an absence of experienced teams, so this kind of training, on a live-fire course like this, will effectively train the new teams to shoot, move and communicate, said Capt. Michael Haith, commanding officer of Company C.
A very different team training course, known as Red Wing Village, involves four mounted Humvees entering a rural community with suspected enemy weapons cache and armed insurgents. This extremely large training village at Fort Knox is about two-acres, containing multiple-level buildings, roadways, hidden improvised exploding devices, a bridge and roaming role-players.
The only way that a mission, involving building raids and searches, can be successful is for the squad and the teams to work together. When two teams are raiding the same building, the proper procedures must be used, or casualties can result, said Sgt. Jesse Hattesohl, a team leader with Company C.
The team training course included blasts simulating detonated IEDs. One went off and a Soldier went down. His team secured the area, pulled him in a safe position, performed the tactical field care procedures and evacuated the casualty with one of the patrolling Humvees.
This team training course offers "combat-like" scenarios that are needed for these newly formed teams. The possibility of a similar situation during combat is high, so the more the teams are exposed to it during training, the better prepared they will be during the real thing.


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A flier promoting the annual outdoor art fair at Katara.
DOHA: Katara, the Cultural Village, is organising its First Annual Outdoor Art Fair, a community event showcasing local visual arts and performing arts talents.
The fair which will run from December 14 to 19 invites Qatar-based artists to participate in this large scale event.
Featuring a variety of mediums including collage, clay, jewellery, drawing, glass, painting, metal, and soft sculpture/fabric/clothes, printing, wood and photography, interested artists can participate by emailing email@example.com. Deadline to receive submissions is November 29.
"We encourage all artists to participate through applying for their own exhibition booth, and take advantage of this opportunity to exhibit new works. One of the main objectives of the Art Fair is to stimulate the art market in Doha. This will ensure that Qatar based artists get the opportunities to both exhibit and sell works, at an affordable price to a general audience interested in Art," said Dr Khalid Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara.
An Open Mic Zone will be featured during the fair, where Doha-based performing artists will be given the chance to perform on stage. The Art Fair will also include mobile restaurant stands around the Amphitheatre area for visitors to have access to a variety of tasty treats. In addition, the fair will offer a chill-out area where visitors can relax and enjoy the activities on display.
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New York, June 24th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) are trading very close to calculated resistance at $72.26. The stock ended the trading session at just $69.83, which is near levels that make it difficult to buy or start a position.
VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) provides virtualization solutions for the desktop computer and data centers. Its solution products address a range of IT problems, which include cost and operational inefficiencies, business continuity, software lifecycle management and desktop management.
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Peyronie's Disease (Curvature of the Penis) (cont.)
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.
Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP
Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.
In this Article
- Peyronie's disease facts
- What is Peyronie's disease?
- What causes Peyronie's disease?
- What are the symptoms of Peyronie's disease?
- What are the phases of Peyronie's disease?
- How is Peyronie's disease diagnosed?
- What is the treatment for Peyronie's disease ?
- Medications, Vitamins, and Supplements
- Shockwave therapy
- Surgery
- Other therapies
- What are the complications of Peyronie's disease?
- What is the prognosis for Peyronie's disease?
- Find a local Doctor in your town
What is the treatment for Peyronie's disease ?
There is no treatment that will cure Peyronie's disease. However, there are several types of treatments that are designed to reduce the symptoms of the disease.
Medications, Vitamins, and Supplements
In December, 2013, the FDA approved collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiaflex) to treat individuals with Peyronie's disease. Each treatment cycle consists of two see if Lex injections into the collagen - containing structure the penis to break up the collagen that causes the curvature deformity. Treatments consist of a maximum four injections. Betamethasone has also been tried experimentally to diminish penile curvature with some success.
Oral therapy with vitamin E, colchicine, PABA, tamoxifen, and other medications have been tried with limited success in some patients. Usually those in the acute phase of the disease responded best.
In the early stages of the disease, erectile dysfunction (ED) may be treated with such drugs as sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra), and tadalafil (Cialis, Adcirca).
Learn more about: Adcirca
Injection therapy using combinations of drugs mentioned above and adding prostaglandin E1 or other drugs such as betamethasone alone or with hyaluronidase; PABA has been reported to reduce the penile plaque size.
Other drugs have also been used with varying degree of success. Verapamil (Calan, Verelan, Verelan PM, Isoptin, Isoptin SR, Covera-HS [a medication usually used for high blood pressure treatment]) appears to disrupt the production of a protein involved in the formation of Peyronie's disease leisons.
Learn more about: Verelan PM | Isoptin
Another method is iontophoresis (also termed electromotive administration or EMDA) where verapamil and other drugs are applied to the penile skin and pushed through the skin with a low electrical current.
Shockwave therapy
Shockwave therapy (done with a lithotripter device like those used to break up kidney stones) has been used on plaque or scaring that is calcified. Other mechanical devices, including vacuum-based machines and low-dose radiotherapy have been tried. Although some successes are seen with these methods, best results are in acute phase patients. There are ongoing studies with different drugs (for example, interferons, and collagenase) and surgical techniques.
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GO! Community Events for Oct. 17-23
Sunday, Oct. 17
Tractor show in Vista ---- The Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum hosts its annual tractor show and farming festival, including equipment demonstrations, antique engine and tractor show, antique crafts fair, short track N-scale model train display, wagon rides, blacksmithing and wheelwright shop, potato and slow tractor race, children's activities and food for sale; 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (also Saturday and Oct. 24); 2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista; $10, general; $9, seniors; $7, children ages 6 to 12; free for children under 6 (onsite camping available); 800-941-1791 or agsem.com.
Carmel Mountain Ranch Bridal Faire ---- More than 50 wedding vendors are featured at this inland North County fair, with prize drawings, cake tastings, makeup demonstrations, fashion shows and more; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club, 14050 Carmel Ridge Road, Carmel Mountain Ranch; $8; www.allwedsites.com or 877-522-7158.
San Diego Artwear Fall Show ---- San Diego Artwear, the county's oldest wearable art guild, founded in 1983, holds its fall show, featuring handmade weavings, clothing, painted silks, glassware, jewelry and crafts; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 1274 Chestnut Ave., Carlsbad; free; sandiegoartwear.com.
Gem Faire in Del Mar ---- The 21st annual Gem Faire features more than 80 dealers offering jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, minerals, jewelry-making tools, classes and demonstrations; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar; $5 (plus $9 parking); 760-390-3599 or gemfaire.com.
San Diego Botanic Garden fall plant sale ---- Twenty-eighth annual sale features more than 100 local growers and nurseries. Selections will include California native plants, cactuses, succulents, bromeliads, fruit trees and subtropicals. Artisan food and crafts will be for sale; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas; free with paid garden admission: $12 for general admission, $8 for seniors, active military and students, and $6 for children ages 3 to 12; $2 parking; 760-436-3036 or sdbgarden.org.
Walk for human rights ---- Amnesty International USA presents its 22nd annual San Diego candlelight walk, this year themed "Stop Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking," focusing on efforts to reduce worker abuse around the world; refreshments, music and speakers will be presented before the brief pier walk; 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Oceanside Pier Amphitheater, 200 The Strand, Oceanside; 760-731-9174 or amnesty471.org.
Wednesday, Oct.20
Carlsbad Village Autumn Harvest Festival ---- The Carlsbad Village Farmers Market hosts its annual fall harvest fair, with cooking demonstrations, children's scavenger hunts, apple-bobbing fun and seasonal items for sale such as pumpkin flan, tamales, fudge, bread, pies and cheesecake; 1 to 5 p.m. (also Saturday); 2930 Roosevelt St., Carlsbad; free; 760-687-6453.
Vista expo and Taste of Vista ---- The Vista Chamber of Commerce presents the sixth annual business event, with more than 200 exhibit booths, and free samples of menu items from Vista-area restaurants and businesses; 2 to 7 p.m.; Vista Business Park, 2980 Scott St.; $10; 760-726-1122.
"DimeStories" ---- Friends of the Encinitas Library presents this showcase of three-minute stories read by their authors; 6:30 p.m.; Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas; free; 760-753-7376.
Friday, Oct. 22
Harvest Festival at fairgrounds ---- More than 300 artists and artisans are exhibiting this weekend at the 38th annual Harvest Festival. Billed as the largest arts and crafts show on the West Coast, the festival features crafters showcasing handmade wearable art, garden decorations, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas-themed gifts and decor, decorations, pottery, jewelry, children's toys and more; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (also 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 24); Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.; $9, adults; $7, seniors (over 62); $4, ages 13-17; children 12 and under are free; 800-346-1212 or www.harvestfestival.com.
Whaley House tours ---- Billed as one of America's most haunted homes, the Old Town San Diego landmark opens for a series of late-night guided tours during Halloween season. The 90-minute "Ghost Hunting" tours start at 11:45 p.m. (also Saturday and Oct. 25, $50). One-hour "Oil Lamp Tours" are at 10:30 p.m. Oct. 25 and 26 ($25). And the mansion is open all day on Halloween. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ($4-$6) and from 5 p.m to midnight, there will be tales of the paranormal, and period music and lighting ($15); 2476 San Diego Ave., San Diego; 619-297-7511 or whaleyhouse.org.
Saturday, Oct. 23
Pug-o-ween Party --- Pug Rescue of San Diego County hosts its 18th annual Halloween party for pugs and their owners; events include a barbecue, pug costume boutique and a pug costume contest; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Rohr Park, 4548 Sweetwater Road, Gate B, Chula Vista; free, but contest entries are $5 each; pugsandiego.com.
"Strange Bones: Curiosities of the Human Skeleton" ---- The San Diego Museum of Man opens this new permanent exhibit on how man has adapted and transformed his skeleton by diet, disease and to fit cultural traditions. There will be skeletal exhibits of foot-binding and elongated skulls, examples of how the bones adapt to diseases such as scurvy and syphilis, overuse and injury; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; California Building, Balboa Park, 1350 El Prado, San Diego; $10, general; $7.50, seniors, students and active-duty military with ID and youths 13-17; $5, children ages 3 to 12; free, children 2 and under; 619-239-2001 or museumofman.org.
Boulevard Boo Parade & Carnival ---- San Diego's College Area Business Improvement District hosts its annual El Cajon Boulevard costume parade and carnival, featuring live entertainment, a magic show, dance and drill team performances, dog and child costume contests, pumpkin seed-spitting contests, boxing, sword-fighting and athletic demonstrations, and more; parade begins at 11 a.m.; carnival, noon to 6 p.m.; El Cajon Boulevard at College Avenue, San Diego; free; 619-582-1093 or www.collegeareabid.com/boo.
North Park Oktoberfest ---- The community of North Park's first Oktoberfest feature German food, beer, music and dancing; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Birch North Park Theatre parking lot; 2891 University Ave., San Diego; npoktoberfest.com.
Oktoberfest in Escondido ---- Lawrence Welk Resort's first Oktoberfest features a La Jolla Art Association art show, children's art activities, beer garden, German food for sale, pony rides, pumpkin-painting, a CalFire education booth, a sherriff's department helicopter, live music and appearances by Cloris Leachman; noon to 6 p.m. (also Oct. 24); 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive; welkresortsandiego.com.
Bates hosts costume contest ---- Bates Nut Farm hosts its annual children's costume contest. Contestants will be broken into four age brackets (infant to 3, 4-6, 7-10 and 11 to adults); 1 p.m. (participants should register from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.); Bates Nut Farm, 15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center; batesnutfarm.biz.
Encinitas museum hosts family game day ---- The San Dieguito Heritage Museum's family game day to celebrate its new exhibit "Playthings From the Past," which features an assortment of antique toys, games and children's books. Families can take part in games of marbles and jacks and other classic games at the event; 1 to 3 p.m.; 450 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas; $6 participation fee; 760-632-9711.
Family Halloween celebration in San Marcos ---- San Marcos' Family Enrichment Program hosts its sixth annual Halloween party for families, featuring crafts, treats, bingo and carnival games; 6 to 8 p.m.; the Wood House, 1148 Rock Springs Road, San Marcos; $4 ($5 the day of), plus game tickets are $1 each; 760-744-9000.
"Alice in Wonderland" movie night ---- Encinitas' Stars in the Park family movie night program hosts a screening of Tim Burton's bizarre take on the Lewis Carroll classic. Bring your own blankets and low-back beach chairs; 8 p.m.; Cardiff Sports Park, 1661 Lake Drive, Cardiff; free; 760-633-2740.


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and sellers when shipping goods internationally. On January 1, 2011 the International
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new publication. There will be fewer terms with the elimination of: DAF
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The 10 top things to know on the eve of Schwab IMPACT 2009
A fragmented industry gets under one tent
"Are you going to IMPACT this year?" I hear it over and over again from executives, advisors marketers, recruiters, attorneys, compliance experts, technology people and other reporters. Schwab IMPACT 2009 is not all hype. The attraction is that the conference reliably draws a big audience and it gets everybody under one tent. A virtual community, briefly, feels like a real one. What's different this year is how many people are cutting back on travel and choosing to make IMPACT their one big industry outing. It adds a sense of urgency to people wanting to make the most of it.
What perennially stokes IMPACT is how it embodies one of the all-time webs of interdependent partners. Schwab is a major corporation that depends upon RIAs to bring it the customers who drive about half its profits. How many companies can you say that about – that they depend so heavily on an army of mom and pops that could take their customers away at any moment? Wirehouses have a similar dynamic but their brokers are employees.
At IMPACT all of us participants are the beneficiaries of Schwab showing its appreciation to this conglomeration of thousands of small business owners. Schwab throws a good party. RIAs return the favor by showing up and keeping their accounts in place.
RIAs don't hold all the cards. They depend on Schwab's high level of service to run their practices. They also seem to revel in having a big stalwart to counterbalance their own fragmentation. Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services has some of that paternal presence. But they don't throw a party and invite the industry. [TD Ameritrade Institutional puts on a good conference for RIAs on a lesser scale in the winter.]
Though IMPACT events are similar from year to year, Schwab makes some efforts to evolve and change to keep it fresh. Here are some things that I would want to know headed in to Schwab's conference.
1.) Schwab is embracing Twitter. Honestly, I didn't quite get it when I heard about it. One of its outside spokesmen, John McInerney got back to me with this explanation: "It's really simple: To create a thread so that users on Twitter can follow IMPACT 2009, simply end or begin all of your tweets from IMPACT with the "hash tag" #IMPACT09. Users can click on it and they can find what others had to say about related topics. You don't have to scroll through user names. Flip through Twitter and you'll find oodles of them."
This hash-tagging will be an interesting experiment. I just wrote an article based on an InvestmentNews survey that showed that only about 19% of advisors use Twitter. Maybe IMPACT can drive it to 20%.
2.) The Twitter nation could be quite large: Schwab says it had 1,300 advisors booked several days ago. There's also a whole world of Schwab employees, exhibitors and other non-advisors that will also be in attendance. Schwab has not provided those attendance figures. At least 2,000 people who will comprise the potential Schwab Twitter nation.
3.) Jim McCool, head of the Schwab custody unit for RIAs, will be speaking at the first general session on Monday. Normally, I wouldn't normally consider this noteworthy but when I scoured the Schwab agenda, I didn't see any speaking time assigned to its executives. I found out more by contacting the company. This speech slot was famously filled by David S. Pottruck and John Philip Coghlan in years past. If Schwab has a major initiative to report it happens here. Sometimes Schwab breaks some tough news or reports on progress with regard to previous friction. Advisors I speak to hope that McCool covers the tough issues in the tradition of his predecessors.
4.) Walt Bettinger, CEO of The Charles Schwab Corp, will be on stage Tuesday for the presentation of the lunchtime IMPACT awards. Again, it wasn't on the agenda and I thought I'd pass it on. It seems unlikely he'll handle any heavy topics at an awards ceremony.
5.) Charles "Chuck" Schwab, chairman of his eponymous corporation, is not attending the conference this year.
6.) Schwab will be showing off its new website for RIAs, Schwab Advisor Center, in a splashy way. This sounds pretty boring but this is actually a pretty big deal. It's the company's first revamp of its web site in more than a decade. I interviewed beta users who were highly impressed. Nevin Freeman, who developed RIABiz for me, did a two-hour demo and wrote about it. Nevin went in skeptical. He came away impressed that Advisor Center's developers made a quantum improvement. The site does things like recall your searching habits to make it easier each time you log on. It does things like fill the page in "liquid" fashion.
7.) Schwab is heavily leveraging IMPACT this year to recruit wirehouse brokers. There are 47 brokers coming who represent 28 wirehouse teams, about a threefold jump from prior years. And they're not just coming from local environs. They'll be showing up from across the U.S. How will you recognize them? They're not likely to have a company name on their badge.
8.) I will be reporting from the conference and throwing in the occasional Twitter update from @RIABiz and #IMPACT09. I will be writing about IMPACT for both my own site, RIABiz.com and for Registered Rep magazine. RR's editor, David Geracioti, was unable to attend and asked me to fill in. I'll be looking for what's new in the industry and trying to monitor the dynamics of the relationship between Schwab and its RIAs.
9.) Tyler Mathisen of CNBC will be reporting live from IMPACT throughout Monday.
10.) There are no big-time speakers at IMPACT this year. I don't think Schwab's conference organizers will be offended if I say that Newt Gingrich and Robert Reich don't rise to the level of the Bill Clinton and other heavy hitters of yesteryear.
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Coastal Commission to consider full winter closure of Children's Pool at Aug. 14 hearing in San Diego
The California Coastal Commission will consider a Coastal Development Permit and an amendment to La Jolla's Local Coastal Program for the City of San Diego's request to prohibit beach access at Children's Pool (Casa) Beach during the harbor seals' pupping season, Dec. 15 to May 15 each year.
The hearing will be at 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Catamaran Resort, 3999 Mission Blvd. in Pacific Beach.
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- Central Eurasian Studies >> Courses >> Course List
- Introductory Estonian II
- Piibi-Kai Kivik
This course is a continuation of Introductory Estonian I, we will go on developing all the four language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing. By the end of the term you will have an overview of the basic grammatical system of Estonian, as well as have mastered basic vocabulary and functions for everyday communication. Compared to last term, the focus will shift more to production (you will be expected to speak and write more, in addition to listening and reading).
The plan of the course as well as the weekly structure of classes will be similar to the first term, we will usually cover about one chapter from E nagu Eesti (corresponding to one topic) in a week. We plan to do the topics in chapters 12-24 this semester, but the material in chapters 20-24 will only be covered selectively. You should pre-view the lesson before Monday's class, listening to the dialogues/text on the tape, and looking up the new vocabulary from the chapter glossary. We will have a small dictation/translation quiz on the new vocabulary on Tuesday. We will have a lesson-test on Fridays, covering both grammar and vocabulary learned during the week and including listening comprehension. You should also read on grammar topics in J. Tuldava Estonian Textbook.
Exercises (in the book, on handouts, may include work with audio-or videotapes) will be assigned as homework during the week, and there will be a follow-up writing assignment (short essay, description etc.) due on Monday. To give you a good grounding in pronouncing Estonian you will need to do independent practice with Eesti keele praktiline foneetika tape and book. You will be assigned weekly exercises (see the Practical Phonetics handout). You will be required to keep writing and submitting weekly your journal entries.
Textbooks and workbooks
M.Pesti.H.Ahi E nagu Eesti. Tallinn TEA 2006 ( (book+ tape)
J.Tuldava Estonian Textbook.
J.Õispuu. Eesti keele praktiline foneetika (exercise book + tape/CD, available from the instructor)
Course-packet made available on Oncourse.
In bookstore:
E. Veldi. Eesti-Inglise sõnaraamat. Estonian-English Dictionary, Tallinn: Koolibri, 2002.
A. Jõgi et al. Inglise-Eesti sõnaraamat.English-Estonian dictionary. Tallinn: Koolibri, 2002.
In the Main Library:
P.Saagpakk. Eesti-Inglise sõnaraamat. Estonian-English Dictionary. Tallinn: Koolibri 1992.or Daedalus books 1982 (Yale linguistic series)
J. Silvet. Inglise-Eesti sõnaraamat/English-Estonian dictionary. Tallinn: Valgus, 1989-1990.
Assignments and grading policy
At the end of the semester you will receive a final course grade. It is derived from the following components:
Participation: 30%
Homework (oral and written assignments, presentations, journal): 30%
Quizzes and chapter tests: 15%
Midterm exam (oral interview and written): 10%
Final exam: (oral and written components): 15%
Language learning requires greater participation in the classroom than most other subjects in the university curriculum. Students are expected to attend ALL classes. Students are allowed to miss three instructional hours during the course of one semester without grade penalty. Absences beyond three instructional hours will result in grade penalty of 2% per day. Additional absences can be considered by the department only with proper documentation of attested medical needs for which a doctor's note will be required, and with the possibility of a tutoring requirement to preclude class disruption for other students.
Departmental Policies
- Auditing: The Department of Central Eurasian Studies does not allow auditing of language courses. Any inquiries must be addressed to CEUS Chair directly.
- Enrollment: Students enrolled in CEUS language courses obtain a grade at the end of each semester. The Department does not offer pass/fail options.
- Incompletes are not given in CEUS language courses. Any inquiries must be addressed to CEUS Chair directly.
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This reporter believes the new PoV is that was not revealed is in fact Brienne. GRRM first reported that he struggled with the idea that there was a five year gap but that important events occured within that time period. So, he decided to scrap the five year gap and push A Dance with Dragons to be the fifth book. The Winds of Winter will be the sixth book. Parris is betting that the series will extend to a seventh book but Martin still wants to keep it to six.
But, I digress, the main reason he struggled with the gap was that important events could not be related via flashback BUT would have to be if there was a gap. In fact, he said that the unrevealed PoV was the main reason for this. This makes me believe that the new PoV is Brienne because she had taken Oathkeeper and was actively searching for Sansa. Also, I have repeated asked him for a Brienne PoV and when he announced that there was a PoV that he was not going to reveal - he looked my way.
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