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Children's Transport serves Wisconsin, northern Illinois and the upper peninsula of Michigan. The team also travels across the U.S. bringing patients to Children's Hospital.
Most specialties do not require a referral form, and appointments can be made directly through Central Scheduling. Forms for the specialties that require or recommend a referral form due to the high volume or complex nature their patients are below.
*Note: Due to special requirements for mental health referrals, the parent/guardian must contact the center at (414) 266-3339 once the referral has been faxed to complete the intake and scheduling process. You now have the option to obtain the parent/guardian signature (if the patient is age 14 or older) at the time of referral to authorize the Psychiatry Center to communicate with you about the referral. Call the Psychiatry Intake line at (414) 266-3339 with questions.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported this morning that the economy added a seasonally adjusted 236,000 nonfarm payroll jobs during the month of February. Private sector payroll jobs advanced by seasonally adjusted 246,000 jobs during the month. The unemployment rate declined to 7.7% in February from January's rate of 7.9%. The broader U-6 measure of unemployment was little changed declining from 14.4% to 14.3%. Just over 40% (4.8 million) of unemployed individuals have been unemployed for more than 27 weeks. The total number of unemployed workers was 12.0 million.
Payroll Employment: Compared to Average Recovery Private Sector Jobs Gap Increases to 4.1 million
Since February 2010, private sector payrolls have risen by 6.4 million, a gain of 5.9%. February 2010 represents the low point from private sector payroll employment and is the reference point used by the White House in discussing job gains. By comparison, the average gain of prior recoveries that lasted longer than a year was 9.8% over a comparable 36 months. In today's terms, this equates to an average private sector payrolls gain of 10.4 million in other recoveries. The strong Reagan recovery of the 1980s saw private sector payrolls increase by 12.5%, equivalent to a gain of 13.4 million over a comparable period.
Since February 2010, the economy has on average added 176,000 private sector jobs
each month. As the following graph shows the equivalent monthly gain of the average of other recoveries was 290,000.
The drop in the unemployment rate to 7.7% was based on both an increase in the number of people counted as employed and a decrease in the size of the labor force. The labor force participation rate declined to 63.5% in February equally the August 2012 level. Prior to August 2012, the last time the labor force participation was as low was in September 1981.
While the decline in the official unemployment rate from it recession high is positive, the decline is largely a mirage that has been created by declining labor force participation. The following graph shows what the unemployment rate would be if labor force participation had not declined from its January 2009 level of 66% the unemployment rate would be at 10.8%, far above the current 7.7% and the promised "stimulus" rate of 5.2%.
Another way to illustrate this point is by looking at the percentage of the civilian
noninstitutional population that is employed. The employment-to-population ratio stood at 58.5% in October 2009 when the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0%. In February, the rate was only 0.1 percentage points higher at 58.6%.
While the February jobs report did show a gain of nearly 250,000 private sector jobs,
it was not good enough to close the private sector job creation gap with the average of other post-World War II recoveries. It is also worth noting that the number of private sector jobs created over the last 36 months (6.4 million) is less than the number of people added to the food stamp program from February 2010 to November 2012 (8.1 million).
Federal Reserve Flow of Funds Survey
Yesterday afternoon, the Federal Reserve released its Flow of Funds Accounts of the United States for the fourth quarter of 2012. The Flow of Funds Accounts are a system of interrelated balance sheets for the United States, showing the assets and liabilities of various sectors of the U.S. economy.
During the fourth quarter, the net worth of U.S. households (including nonprofit organizations) rose by $1.17 trillion to $66.07 trillion on December 31, 2012. Households have regained 92% of the $16.00 trillion loss in net worth from a peak of $67.41 trillion on September 30, 2007 to a trough of $51.41 trillion on March 31, 2009.
This recovery is largely due to the increase in the value of financial assets. From March 31, 2009 to December 31, 2012:
• Corporate equities increased by 93.7%.
• Mutual fund shares increased by 70.1%.
• Pension fund reserves increased by 41.1%.
• Owners' equity in residential real estate increased by 31.6% from March 31, 2009 to $8.22 trillion on December 31, 2012. Nevertheless, owners' equity residential real estate is still down by 38.9% from its peak of $13.47 trillion on March 31, 2006. The value of owner-occupied housing rose by 5.3% from March 31, 2009 to $17.65 trillion on December 31, 2012. Home mortgage loans declined by 10.4% from March 31, 2009 to $9.43 trillion on December 31, 2012.
The Fed's quantitative easing programs may not have helped the Main Street economy, but they have succeeded in powering the rise in the market value of risk assets, especially common stocks, by inducing investors to seek higher returns.
Also of note: Reflecting the large federal budget deficit, federal debt grew at annual rate of 11.2% during the fourth quarter of 2012. Household debt and non-financial business debt grew at annual rates of 2.4% and 8.2%, respectively. State and local government debt declined at an annual rate of 3.2%.

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Moshi Trunk Show @ DijitalFix, with J Boogie and Om Records
Friday, June 28, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
To kick off a new partnership with San Francisco's edgiest electronics store, DijitalFix, Moshi is hosting a trunk show in the Mission during Design Week.
We'll be demoing our full lineup of design-driven electronics and accessories, from premium earbuds to the sleekest iPhone and Android cases around.
Stop by after work for a free happy hour with drinks by Drambuie, beats by J Boogie and Moshi gear. Donations benefit LEAP Arts and Education, a nonprofit enhancing creativity in the classroom.
When & Where
820 Valencia Street
San Francisco,
Friday, June 28, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT)
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Moshi creates design-driven, eco-conscious electronics and accessories for today's most popular mobile devices. Learn more here: www.store.moshimonde.com


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Black/silver butterfly side applique is perfect for butterfly-themed crafts. Stick-on applique. Please allow approximately 2-3 weeks to ship.
General Shipment Timing GuidelineThis product takes about 6-8 weeks before we are ready to ship not including ship time to your area from JKM's facility.
(Product Characteristic: Fabric; Adhesive Backing) / (Fabric Content: 100% Rayon Thread 100% Polyester Base)


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DCCADV provides emergency support to victims of domestic violence through citywide relief efforts, including a cell phone drive that provides emergency cell phones to victims, a donation-driven diaper program and a holiday gift drive.
Cell Phone Drive
DCCADV's year round cell phone drive helps make sure victims of domestic violence always have a way to call for help. Because all newer model cell phones can be used to call 911, regardless of whether or not they have an active service plan, they can be a vital resource for those in need of help. Since its inception in 2004, the Coalition's emergency cell phone program has collected over 3,800 phones and distributed more than 1,200 phones with chargers to local survivors of domestic violence.
Emergency cell phones are provided to needy families through several distribution points: the two Domestic Violence Intake Center locations (DC Superior Court and Greater SE Community Hospital); two confidential domestic violence shelters; Children's National Medical Center; three anti-domestic violence service providers; the On-Call Advocacy Program available through the Metropolitan Police Department, with most of the recipients of emergency relief coming from Wards 6, 7, and 8.
Holiday Gift Drive
For families recovering from domestic violence, the holidays can be especially challenging--many mothers are living with their children in "temporary emergency shelter" in the form of a motel room, without the resources to brighten the holidays for their children. To help spread holiday cheer to these families, the Coalition coordinates an annual holiday drive in December. The generosity of individuals, non-profit organizations and corporate workplaces make the gift collection a success; the Coalition's hardworking crew of volunteers and staff willing to work evenings and weekends make sure the gift distribution is just as successful. More than just presents for children and their mothers, the holiday gift drive helps families establish a renewed sense of stability as they build their lives -- an important step on the journey to recovery from domestic violence.
Since 2005, the gift drive has collected and distributed more than 1,800 gifts to help more than 100 families and 300 children. Holiday gifts distributed to DC families living in temporary shelter, transitional housing, area motels and those in need. The Coalition is currently expanding its partnership to include additional donors from local businesses, civic organizations, faith-based organizations and student organizations.


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Comments about K2 A.M.P. Photon Skis 2013:
Did not like these skis at first but now love them. I go to ski demo days, and after trying different skis, I appreciate these even more.
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Great ski for anyone interested in an intermediate/advanced level ski for groomers and some off piste.
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I'm an intermediate skiier, who only ski's 2-3 times each year. These ski's were excellent for this type of use, especially for the price!
"Great skis; greater price!"
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"Great ski for this advanced (in ability and age!) skier to cruise the blues and ocassional blacks."
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"Prompt delivery following great customer service as far as my questions being answered - in other words, business as usual for EVO."
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Bought these for my intermediate son. He loves them! He's doing a lot of terrains, having great fun, and is now an avid skier.
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Bought this ski for my daughter, she like the ski and found it very easy to turn at higher then average speeds.


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SOMERSET, NJ -- U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) toured Promotion In Motion Co.'s recently expanded 17-acre manufacturing facility here. The New Jersey politician got a behind-the-scenes peek at the candy-making processes for several brands that are prominent in vending.
The New Jersey company produces licensed products like Welch's Fruit Snacks and Sun-Maid chocolate-covered raisins. Its own brands include Sour Jacks soft and chewy candies and Juicefuls juice-filled fruit snack.
Promotion In Motion, which ranks as one of the world's 100 largest candy firms, was recently listed in NJBiz magazine's Top 100 Privately Held Companies of 2012 and ranks as one of the world's 100 largest candy companies.
In June, U.S. Congressman Scott Garrett (R-NJ) was the guest of honor at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Promotion In Motion's new corporate headquarters in Allendale, NJ. | SEE STORY
photo | SWEET! Promotion in Motion president Michael Rosenberg explains mixing and drying procedure for Welch's Fruit Snacks to Congressman Rush Holt and Rozalyn Sherman, Councilwoman from the 2nd Ward in the township of Franklin, NJ, who also joined the tour.


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Shark Fin Trade Officially Banned In New York
(Lauren Evans) Governor Andrew Cuomo officially signed off on a law banning the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins in the state of New York, to the great relief of environmentalists who say up to 73 million sharks are used to make shark fin soup each year.
Legislation for the ban passed unanimously in both chambers in May. Critics have argued that the dish is an integral part of traditional Chinese culture, but the Chinese government itself last year announced the soup would no longer be served at official state banquets, so...so much for that!
Shark fins are often obtained through the process of "finning," which involves slicing off the animal's fin and then tossing it back into the water, leaving it to bleed to death or drown. For this reason, paired with dwindling shark populations, environmental advocates are thrilled by the ban.
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Just go my bmw 328 i sedan with a full tank of gas. Drove sparingly thru 3/4 tank of gas. Noticed when it reached 1/4 tank it no longer kept dropping. The remaining miles on the speedometer and idrive stayed at 142 miles even though i contined to drive several miles. Later driving on the interstate the engine started to miss, displayed a message on the idrive screen that the car was no longer providing full output and that i needed to see a service center. Shortly after that it stoped running. Called for a toe then had a friend bring a gallon of gas to me. After adding 1 gallon the car started right away. Cancelled toe to dealer (to save bmw some money) and filled car with gas 15.8 gallons after adding the earlier 1 gal. It certainly was out of gas even though the display indicated 1/4 tank.. Drove 5 miles back home and parked the car. Next day it wouldnt start. Since weekend decided to wait until monday am to call local dealer. Tried again a few hours later to start and this time it starts, runs, misses a little. Drove to the dealer. Car was missing. And very slow to start when the car had shut off when stopping at intersections.
Dealer had problems running tests. System reported several undervoltage faults, high pressure fuel sytem, dealer found in fault details that the time of first fault was 5 liters. Performed self test of instrument cluster and gauge sweep tested ok. Has cleared faults and wants to return it to me.
My opinion is it ran out of gas, (possibly got air in the gas lines) which caused intermitten engine problem. Dealer doesnt want to drain my gas tank to confirm that it only goes down to 1/4 tank before quitting working. His reluctance is that bmw wont pay for that effort since its not warranted because i brought it in with a full tank.
Has anyone ran out of gas with this engine???? How did it react????
Should i give up and drive it never letting it get below a 1/4 tank, find a better dealer, contact bmw. Let me know what you think.
I've never heard anyone report this problem. What kind of gas do you use?
Character is doing the right thing when nobodys looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing thats right is to get by, and the only thing thats wrong is to get caught.
- J.C. Watts Jr.
The fundamental issue is that the fuel gauge didn't work right. You can't easily show that to the dealer with a full tank of gas, and if he can't replicate the problem easily he's limited in his ability to fix it.
Drive until you see the gauge stops going down then get it to the dealer ASAP. If in fear of running out of gas, add a gallon or two at a time to keep it at a low level and avoid having to call for a tow truck.
You'd be dumb to just put up with the fault. Get it fixed.
Dealer finally gave in and drained the tank. when it got down to quarter of a tank got bad readings from a faulty sensor. replaced right fuel level sensor diag code d1330-0000000-15-002 replaced fuel pump module and eerything tested fine. filled up car with gas and now it indicates 480 miles to go before running out of fuel was well over 500 before replacing. Problems
are all resolved now.
It's not the gas. People keep blaming gas for hit and misses. Let me tell you guys from experience. I have been using the cheapest (premium) gas on all my premium cars, BMW and 911s, for nearly 40 years, and I have never had a gasoline related problem. Old wives tales are hard to break, and this is definitely one of them. Come on guys, processing gas is the same. The only difference is the amount of detergent and other junk they put in it. The cheap gas has sufficient detergent to keep your car from missing and stalling. Amen!
Get 100 octane or jet fuel to run your cars. If you feel good about it, go ahead, but don't blame the off brand gas. Sure, I use Shell or Chevron, but only if Costco or Arco isn't around.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody is doing it one way, theres a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction", Sam Walton.
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On Saturday, Gnip hosted a Rails BugMash. Ten people showed up. We mashed some bugs. We learned about Rails internals and about contributing to open source. It was organized by Prakash Murthy(@_prakash), Mike Gehard(@mikegehard) and me (@baroquebobcat).
What's a BugMash, you might ask? Rails BugMashes were something that came out of RailsBridge's efforts to make the Ruby on Rails community more open and inclusive. We wanted to use the format to help get more people locally involved in OSS culture and to show how contributing to a big project like Rails is approachable by mere mortals.
One of the themes of the event was to help with migrating tickets from the old ticket system. Rails moved to using GitHub Issues as the official place to file bug requests in April and there are still a lot of active tickets in the old ticket tracker, lighthouse.
For greater impact, we focused on tickets with patches already attached. For these tickets, all that we needed to do was verify the patch and make a pull request on GitHub. Migrating these tickets was straightforward and we got a few of these merged into Rails that afternoon.
When the event started only two of us had contributed to Rails. By the end of the afternoon, everyone who had participated had either submitted a patch or helped to do so. Some of the patches we submitted were already merged in before the event was over.
Thanks to @benatkin, @anveo, @mikehoward, @ecoffey, @danielstutzman, @jasonnoble and @jsnrth for coming out on a Saturday to contribute to Rails. Also, thanks to the Rails core team members who were watching pull requests Saturday who helped us with our commits and offered suggestions and comments on our work. In particular, José Valim(@josevalim), Santiago Pastorino(@spastorino) and Aaron Patterson(@tenderlove) were a great help.
Bugs Smashed
- Ordinalize Negative Numbers
- Deprecate Toplevel Fixture Constant
- response_body proc is called twice
- to_xml should render valid xml or raise an error all the time
- ActiveRecord::Relation#last ignores limit
- select_tag documentation needs to use html_safe on strings contain options markup
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WATCH: Cop orders woman to shake her bra during traffic stop
(Liz Klimas) A Florida police officer who asked a woman to lift her shirt, bearing her midriff, and shake out her bra during a traffic stop is being investigated for the "highly questionable" and "demeaning" search method, the Ledger, a Lakeland newspaper, reported.
Zoe Brugger was pulled over by Lakeland Police Officer Dustin Fetz on May 21 for driving with a broken headlight. She was then found to be driving without a valid license as well. But the Ledger reported State Attorney Investigator Mike Brown's report saying what happened during the stop was a violation of Brugger's constitutional rights


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Lawes and Gilbert have found this to be strikingly the case in their experiments on the growth of wheat.
The Athenians receiued that Lawe, thei did also obaie his other Lawes.
Dr. Lawes speaks of one hundred and thirty mission stations which he established at New Guinea.
Mr. Lawes is not favorable to the cooking of food unless when it is scarce.
Within the same enclosure is one little grave that will bind New Guinea close to the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Lawes.
Also Punnus did give the Islanders their Lawes, and caused them to bee written.
All which Lawes haue beene the occasion that this mightie kingdome hath not come to notice and knowledge but of late yeares.
There are Lawes and ceremonies to be observed both by the firsts and seconds.
But where his Lawes are to be found, and which they be from other mens, no man liuing in these daies is able to determine.
To him and to Mr. Lawes I am indebted for all the ethnological information in this book.


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Students from Mount Saint Mary College recently finished in the
top 20 nationwide in the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) annual accounting competition.
More than 100 colleges and universities participated in the
contest, which tasked participants with finding solutions to
real-world financial issues.
Consisting of team captain Stephen Blomquist of Hopewell
Junction, NY, Jeremias Ramos of Monroe, NY, Thomas Gambino of New
Windsor, NY, and Andrew Tomascak of Brookfield, CT, the Mount
Knights team researched taxation, Social Security, and federal
deficit. They produced a video explaining their solutions which was
featured on the AICPA web site.
According to associate professor Tracey Niemotko, the team's
advisor, the Mount Knights were the only group from the north east
in the top 20. They were also the only team to be affected by
Hurricane Sandy. While the residence halls had generators to
provide electricity for students, the academic buildings didn't
regain power until three days after the storm. The Mount Knights
were scheduled to work on their video that week. Despite the
setback, they submitted their materials in time.
Margaret Treacy, a media studies\production major from Monroe,
NY, helped the team create their video.
"I couldn't be prouder of the Knights," said Niemotko. "We would
like to express our thanks to the Mount community for their
outpouring of encouragement and support throughout the
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Security Council Open Debate: Statement by Ambassador Wittig on "Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict"
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"Mr. President,
I would like to thank the Secretary General for his latest report on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict and his comprehensive briefing today. Germany aligns itself with the statements delivered by the European Union and by Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends of the Protection of Civilians.
Mr. President,
The latest report of the Secretary General provides us with a sad truth: the situation for civilians has worsened in most armed conflicts. It is appalling to see that terrorizing the civilian population has become an integral part of the military strategies of many conflict parties.
In Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and in many other conflicts, we are confronted daily with abominable violence against civilians. In Syria alone, more than 10,000 children have already died in the conflict.
Although the responsibility for these atrocities lies with the conflict parties, the international community needs to do its utmost to improve the protection of civilians in all situations of conflict. The genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago is a constant reminder of that obligation.
On "Red Hand Day", let me recall that those who are traditionally the most vulnerable members of society - women and children - deserve our special attention and protection. Sexual violence is still systematically used as a weapon of war in many conflicts. Children become witness to the killings of parents, siblings or friends. Out of fear to leave their homes, they often do not have access to medical care or education. If civilians are not adequately protected, we face a generation of "lost children" without access to education who bear the trauma of war. Those children are the future of their societies and they are the ones who will need to rebuild them after the end of a conflict.
We therefore welcome actions taken by MONUSCO to break the cycle of violence, rape and death affecting thousands of civilians and in particular women and children. While the situation on the ground remains volatile, we also commend the role of UNMISS in providing shelter and protection for more than 70,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Sudan. It is essential that we build on these examples.
We strongly support the Secretary General's "rights up front" initiative and call for its swift implementation. The initiative, if taken seriously, not only has the potential to help peacekeeping missions to better protect civilians, but also to place the overall goal of protecting people at the center of the organization's policies throughout the system. The implementation of UNSC-resolution 1325 and related resolutions, particularly the need for protection against sexual violence in conflict, is equally important in this context.
We have seen how illegal and irresponsible transfers of weapons can contribute to increased instability, exacerbated conflicts, atrocities, human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law. We therefore welcome the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) as the first treaty which addresses these risks at a global level by establishing clear and legally binding criteria, inter alia with regard to international humanitarian law. The ATT needs to be swiftly signed, ratified and fully implemented on a global scale.
What else can we do? In his recent report, the Secretary General has identified a number of challenges, some of which I would like to touch upon:
First: We need to ensure that those responsible for grave breaches of international humanitarian law, in particular for war crimes, as well as for violations of human rights are held accountable. Impunity fosters crime. It is therefore crucial that we further strengthen the International Criminal Court. We urge the Council to insist that Member States cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court.
Secondly, the arbitrary withholding and denial of humanitarian access in Syria cannot be tolerated. Using starvation as a method of warfare constitutes a war crime. We urge all conflict parties in Syria to allow unimpeded humanitarian access to all affected people as this Council demanded in its Presidential Statement of 2nd October 2013.
Since then the situation of civilians has only worsened further, in blatant disregard for the appeals by Syrians and the international community alike. The Old City of Homs stands testimony to the fact that the Geneva negotiations cannot in themselves produce even small progress, if they are not backed by active international diplomacy. We look to the Security Council to follow up on its commitments and ensure that the basic principles of international humanitarian law are upheld in Syria. In this regard, Germany fully supports the Secretary General's call for a strong humanitarian resolution.
Finally, as witnessed in Syria and beyond, indiscriminate attacks against civilians using explosive weapons with wide impact in densely populated areas, remain an appalling aspect of conflicts to which the international community has to react. We share the concerns expressed by the Secretary-General in this context and welcome the Secretariat's continued engagement with Member States and others to raise awareness for the issue and to provide further guidance on the matter.
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Monticello, Fla. - Jimmy Schurman delivered the Tornados a win in the Men's "A" road race at the first race of the season and teamwork was the name of the game all weekend as the BC team worked together to produce top finishes in each of the races at Florida State
In the Saturday road race, Schurman broke away from the pack with riders from the University of Florida and King College just six miles into the fifty-four mile race. Teammates Wyatt Briggs, Brandon Milet, and Caleb Welborn covered various attempts by other teams to bridge the gap, which eventually grew to six minutes. When it became clear that the breakaway was going to be successful, Welborn broke away with four other riders from Florida, King, South Florida and Florida State. Schurman finished first in the event with Welborn crossing in eighth and Milet 15th.
In the Sunday criterium, Schurman broke away early once again with a King rider, ten minutes into the sixty-minute race. Eventually a four-man group, including Briggs, bridged the gap to the lead group, and they managed to hold off the pack for the rest of the race. Schurman and Briggs finished fourth and fifth. Welborn and Milet, who were covering various attempts by other teams to bridge the gap, finished 14th and 17th.
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Tesla Model X electric SUV crossover vehicle
It was also the third most searched term on Google
Just last week, Tesla Motors revealed
the all-electric Model X crossover
, which is the follow-up to its Model S. It has been less than a week since the EV's introduction, and it has already achieved star status with car lovers everywhere.
According to
The Detroit News
, Tesla received $40 million in pre-sales of the all-electric Model X just one day after unveiling the car. It was also the third most searched term on Google.
"On Thursday evening, the night of the reveal, traffic to teslamotors.com increased 2,800 percent," said Tesla. "Two-thirds of all visitors were new to the website."
The all-electric Model X was introduced for the first time on February 9. The new EV features dual motor all wheel drive, the choice between a 60 or 85 kWh battery, and falcon doors. The Model X can sprint from 0 to 60 in about 4.4 seconds, and offers a rear-mounted 300 HP motor and an optional 150 HP front-mounted motor. The driving range is between 214 and 267 miles.
Price hasn't been announced for the Model X yet, but Tesla said it will be competitively priced with other premium SUVs.
While the Model X has been receiving plenty of attention, it's not the only one. The
Model S
, which is Tesla's full-sized battery electric sedan that is expected to be delivered in mid 2012, had a 30 percent boost in reservations last week after the Model X was revealed.
Tesla initially entered the electric vehicle arena with
the Roadster
, which is a $100,000 two-seater that launched in 2008. The Model S is Tesla's second electric vehicle, which features a 40 kWh lithium-ion battery pack (or 85 kWh battery pack in the top-end model), 160-mile range (300 miles on the top-end model), and a $57,400 to $87,400 price tag.
Model X production will begin at the end of 2013, with market launch scheduled for 2014. It is expected to qualify for the $7,500 tax credit, and Tesla hopes to produce 10,000 to 15,000 units annually.
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A pentest? Did someone hire you to do this?
I need to do a pentest for oracle on the lan so I looked and find only a tutorial on how to perform it with BT 2.0 does someone has a guide how to do it with BT 4.2?
thanks a lot
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well a client hired me to to an internal pentest and I discovered 2 Oracle servers so I wanted to try to exploit them.
why you are so surprised?
any ideas which tools/metodology to use?
He is not surprised he asked you a question.
In a pentest you should only test what you were hired to test, so normally they would tell you what to focus on and what you should not tuch, so I'd think twice about those servers. However if he did also give you approval to test those 2 servers I would tell him to hire someone who with the appropriate knowledge.
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Do not read the Wiki, most your questions will not be answered there !
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Now wait up. Evidently, "Juan" doesn't know what he's doing...but isn't that what this forum is for?
What sickness is trying to say is that if someone dosent know what they are doing, they really shouldn't be taking on a job to test the security of someones network. The OP didn't really give too many details on what he is trying to do so i don't want to assume anything.
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Surprised specifically about the notion that someone who has been hired to perform a job would be coming here to ask for tutorials on how to do it. Not asking for help on some specific, niggling little detail about the job mind you, but essentially asking for links to a step by step reference to do the whole thing. Being asked that by someone who claims to be a professional pentester, as opposed to an enthusiast who wants to learn or a sysadmin who has been asked to expand their job description, makes me a little suspicious that someone is not being straight with me.
But maybe Im just overly suspicious, so here goes with the tips... start by scanning the servers, find open ports and check for vulnerabilities. Dont forget vulnerabilities in the OS or other running services. Also search for details on each service to find details on how to attack it. Then see if you can obtain access via an SQL client - there are lots of things you can do from there. Can you bypass authentication or discover logon details by any of the normal authentication attacks? What abut interactions between those Oracle servers and other systems? Are there web front ends, are there db client apps? These could provide a way in for getting SQL access.
David Litchfield has written a number of books on the subject which are good references, including the Database Hackers Handbook and the Oracle Hackers handbook (I have a copy of this signed by the author).
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ok I did find a hole in the server. I was able to broute force one of the users.
thanks for the help from all of you especially to you lupin !
Maybe I should just go out there and start to perform surgeries on people. I mean hey, I might be lucky and have success.
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Was there something more conceptual and deconstructed about Phoebe Philo's spring 2013 collection? Something in the raw edges and squared-off planes, panels and loosely draped knots she showed? "That wasn't the point," she said crisply. "It was about beauty, and friendship, and journeys." Well, her description of what was in her mind while she was designing was more abstract—or maybe emotional—than concrete. Philo has become more and more reluctant to go into fashion designer-y explanations of her clothes; she lets her results rest simply on whether people want to wear them. Her mention of the word "friendship" (as dreamy and personal as it sounds) rang true: Philo has a friendship pact with women.
That pact is based on a knack—the way Philo puts together coats, pants, jackets, and tops structured in ways that bestow a calming confidence with just a tiny bat-squeak of oddness and sexuality. That she delivered, yet again, with the tailoring to start: a black pantsuit with an elongated jacket and cropped kick-flare pants and a sleeveless coat (the latter performing that Céline-knack for giving chicly reassuring coverage from shoulder to knee). More pants followed, cut in fluid charmeuse, paired with the easy idea of a tunic-length top and elaborated with draped knots at the top or hip-level.
The oddness? Truly eccentric Birkenstock-like fur sandals and pool shoes were hardly regulation executive footwear, but a sight that triggered thoughts in a foot-sore stiletto-heeled audience of how nice it might be to wriggle one's toes into them at home—although not in any work or social situations one could conjure.
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Here are some quotes from Philly. I thought Dubinsky's view was the most honest. I'll post the Rangers post-game notes late tonight or tomorrow morning. We'll wrap up the season in the next few days, and probably have reaction from break-up day.
Obviously you know how I feel about the Skills Competition. As I said during the thread, I think it's a disgraceful way to determine teams' fortunes, and millions of dollars in revenue, and ultimately people's jobs. Might as well have a snot-bubble contest or play tiddly-winks.
Or, as I said to someone afterwards: It's just like the last day of 1988. After the hockey game was over, the Rangers were eliminated.
Here are the quotes. I'll see youse all much later.
"They were pretty good countering out turnovers. We just didn't play enough in their zone."
"Our inconstency throughout the year put us in this spot."
"Obviously pretty disappointed, to lose in a shootout to get knocked out in the last game of the year. I feel really bad for Henrik … one of the best games I've ever seen him play and we don't get much in the way of offense for him."
Looked like he was going to cry, and was brief compared to what he usually does in terms of post-game interviews.
Asked if he felt good going into the shootout, given how he'd played:
"Not really. I was dead tired."
"I can't analyze. You have to ask someone else to analyze the game. I can analyze me. I'm just so empty right now. I don't know what to say."
"We got close. We did what we could the last few weeks here to get back in the race. I think we worked hard. I think they were better tonight though. I felt we couldn't hold onto pucks too long. Our fourth line was out best line the last two games and they played great, but it's going to be tough to win two games against Philly when the fourth line's the best line."
"I don't know what to say. It's empty and tough."
"They made good moves, but going into the shootout, I was pretty beat up. It was a tough, intense game. It was pretty tight. I was focused, but they made two pretty good moves. They waited and waited and I tried to be patient. But not much to say. The season's over and it sucks."
"He kept us in there the whole game. They had so many chances. Hank was just unbelievable in net. It was a game that everybody was excited to play, I think it was exciting to watch. It's just disapointing the outcome. It's too bad."
Thought the Rangers were tentative:
"I don't know. I don't know. I can't put a finger on it. I think that we've been in the must-win situation for a while now, and I think we should have approached it the same way as we did every one of those games. But in the end this is Game 7. Nobody wants to make that mistake. People are a little bit tentative. I think that could have been one of the reasons for them having so many chances and shots against us.
"That being said, we had our opportunities. I had a chance on a wrap in the third. It's tough. We had our chances."
"No doubt we played well over the last 10 games and gave ourselves a chance, but it should never have come to this. With the way we started the year — with the start and the finish — what really hurt us was everything in between. It's tough to put it down as one goal in a shootout. We had our opportunities all year and couldn't get it done. That said, I thought we worked hard and kept fighting and really came together as a team. So hopefully the guys feel what that's like and come back ready to go and feel that way for the entire year."
"It sucks that it's a shootout but that's the rules of the game. We've been playing the shootout for a few years now and we knew it was coming. I like our chances in shootouts. It just didn't work out our way this time."
"It's a tough loss. They fought hard here for the last little while. They fought right to the bitter end. It comes down to a shootout and we don't get it done."
"We didn't have the puck enough. They had the puck. We knew they were going to come hard the first period, and I thought we gathered ourselves in the second and third, but throughout the game we didn't have the puck enough. … I thought at times we could have kept it. We just didn't. There are a number of reasons why we didn't have it enough, and when we did underneath the hash marks, you look at Artie's line, they were really good under the hash. That's where we wanted to get to, we just didn't get it enough from our other lines."
Asked to explain his decision to not use Gaborik in the shootout:
On losing in a shootout:
"Well, both teams go through it. We're certainly not going to whine about what the situation is with shootouts throughout the regular season. That's just the way it is. That's what it is, that's what it came down to. In all honesty, when it got to there, I thought we had the advantage. No disrespect to their shooters, but Henrik was terrific today, and I thought we had a pretty good chance there, but it didn't work out."
On the run over the last 10 games:
"Things changed in our lockerroom. Look, we're not satisfied. We didn't get to where we wanted to be. But you have to find some other things as you're building your team that are positive and there are a lot of good things that went on in there. Hopefully we can grow from it."
Thoughts on the late penalty call:
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BEIJING — The corn crop in China, the second-largest grower, is poised to set a fourth straight annual record next year while imports jump to an all-time high, a survey of domestic analysts and researchers shows.
Inbound shipments may more than double to 7 million metric tons in the 12 months starting Oct. 1, even as the local harvest expands by 2 percent this fall, according to the median of five estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Independent researchers in China have historically worked with smaller numbers than official statistics and don't use a common baseline figure. Researcher Cngrain.com said the domestic crop will be 212.5 million tons.
Rising meat consumption in the world's fastest-growing major economy has spurred demand for corn to feed animals and may help cut global stockpiles that U.S. Department of Agriculture project to be the highest in 13 years. Futures surged 56 percent in China over four-and-a-half years, encouraging domestic planting while making farmers from the U.S. Midwest to Argentina and Ukraine more competitive.
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Nose. Blueberry and strawberry with a hint of spice.
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PHILADELPHIA –The University of Pennsylvania men's fencing team topped off the weekend with an overall win at the US Collegiate Squad Championships, after taking first in sabre and second in foil and epee, on Sunday in The Coach Dave Micahnik Fencing Center. Joining the Quakers in the overall top three were Princeton and Brandeis.
Seeded first in all three weapons, the Red and Blue first fenced against Brandeis in sabre. Senior Michael Mills, junior Steven Yang, and sophomore Shaul Gordon defeated the Judges, 45-32. After advancing in the brackets, Penn was set to take on Ivy rival Princeton in the final bouts. Mills, Yang, and Gordon once again came out on top, defeating the Tigers, 45-25.
Next up for the Quakers was Haverford in foil. Junior Jason Chang, senior Sinatrio Raharjo, and sophomore Ira Schlosberg took out the Fords with their best score of the round, 45-15. The Red and Blue were then challenged by Boston College and came out with a second victory, 45-25. Penn was halted by Princeton in the final bouts, as the Tigers took the top spot in the bracket with a 45-36 win over the Quakers.
The Red and Blue received a bye to start off epee and the first opponent they faced was Yale. Senior Clifford Fishler, junior Rene Gannon-O'Gara, and sophomore R.J. Shipp took down the fellow member of the Ancient Eight, 45-29. In the final bouts, Ohio State claimed the spot on top with a 45-28 victory over Penn.
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Mount Saint Mary College's Aquinas Hall is celebrating 50 years
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The first academic building constructed for the college, Aquinas
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groundbreaking for the center took place on June 27, 1961, under
then-president Mother Leo Vincent Short, OP.
According to the December 1962 issue of the college newspaper
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previous academic building. (The Villa now serves as office space
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The sisters started a building fund drive to pay for Aquinas
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Sr. Rose Anita Cannon, OP's brother knew
popular conductor Mitch Miller, who agreed to work with them. The
result was a 15-track album called "The Singing Sisters Present
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Along with Mitch television show. The sisters affectionately called
Miller "bearded sunshine."
The venture netted nearly $200,000 for the mortgage fund.
Since opening its doors in 1963, Aquinas Hall has been home to
the Mount's renowned nursing program, which consistently boasts an
NCLEX passage rate above the state average.
Said Sr. Mary Consilia, OP, an instructor at the college, "We
have a building second to none and equal to the best."
The Mount celebrated its first commencement in 1964. There were
32 graduates.
In the spring of 1968, the first male student began taking
classes at the newly co-educational college. By 1970, 58 male
students were enrolled.
The Mount has trained successful medical professionals like
physician Dr. Ada C. Rahn '66, employed at the Elmhurst Memorial
Hospital in Illinois; traveling nurse V. Louise Town '66 RN of St.
Augustine, Fla.; and Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, PhD, RN, OCNS, and
her sister, Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, RN, CNM, both of the class of
'72. The sisters co-wrote "Nurses in War," which reveals the
stories of U.S. military nurses who served in the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars, which top brass military officials are finding
extremely informative.
More successful grads include Cathy Gohring '83, president and
chief of staff at Providence Medical Center in Alaska; Joseph
Palamara '98, a veterinarian at Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center
in Bedford Hills, N.Y., and Marilyn Ejercito '77, director of
patient services at the Orange County, N.Y. Department of
A 54,000 square foot addition onto the
west side of Aquinas Hall was dedicated in 2009. It was dubbed the
Kaplan Family Mathematics, Science and Technology Center.
The 1,100 seat Aquinas Hall Theatre has long been a cultural
home of the Newburgh community. In May of 1963, Aquinas Hall
Theatre opened with the U.S. premiere of "Dialogue of the
Carmelites," directed by Salvatore Baccaloni of the Metropolitan
"In the course of the afternoon, Mr. Baccaloni proved to us that
his is much more than a great name and a magnificent voice,"
reported Aquinas Times. "He is, above all, a man who knows his
business – theater – inside and out."
Also in 1963, Countess Maria Julia Alessandroni performed her
choreographed dance homage to "Joan of Arc" on the Aquinas Hall
Theatre stage. She was the first performer of dance.
Since those historic performances, the theater has featured
countless plays, concerts and lectures, many offered at no cost to
the public.
The theater has long been a home of the Great Newburgh Symphony
Orchestra, and in June 2013, the first Newburgh Illuminated
festival kicked off the city-wide celebration with a large
choral-orchestral concert at Aquinas Hall Theatre.
Possibly the most well-known performer to take the Aquinas Hall
stage was Bob Hope on December 3, 1976. Comedian Jerry Lewis
appeared the following year. Other talented visitors have included
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Helen Hayes, Bob "Captain Kangaroo"
Keeshan, soprano Frederica Von Stade, bass Jerome Hines, The
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pinchas Zuckerman, the
national tour of 1776, the Alvin Ailey Dance Ensemble, and two
generations of Brubeck.
Henry Kissinger gave the Mount's annual Samuel D. Affron
Memorial Lecture in the theater in 1986.
Aquinas Theatre continues to serve as the headquarters of the
Mount's student theatrical society, which offers performances every
semester. Previous performances have included Anything Goes, The
Mystery Plays, Hello Dolly!, Camelot, and The Madness of Isabella.
Mount plays are directed by assistant professor of theater, James
Mount Saint Mary College, located 60 miles north of New York
City, is ranked a Top-Tier Regional University by U.S. News &
World Report, and offers bachelor's and master's degree programs
preparing students for careers in healthcare, business, education,
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In March 2009, 15 young people from northern Botswana had the unique opportunity to attend a National Geographic Photo Camp in the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta. During the five-day workshop, led by photographer Lynn Johnson and presented in partnership with the Selinda Reserve and Children in the Wilderness, the children documented their experiences through photography and writing.
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Photograph by Lynn Johnson
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Botswana Photo Camp students photographed life in the bush and life in the camp. Here, one of the cooks at the Motswiri camp within Selinda Reserve presents fresh-baked fruit muffins for an afternoon snack.
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Guide Humphrey Gumpo is reflected in mud puddle. Walking through the bush can be dangerous—hence the rifle.
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Onttie and the rest of the Photo Camp participants learn how to operate their cameras before they head off into the bush.
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In June, Forbes labeled the Master of Architecture degree as tied (with political science) for the ninth worst master's program that a student can pursue. True, the M.Arch. fared better than library science or education, but it wasn't nearly as appealing as a Master of Business Administration degree in terms of how well a student will be compensated in the years following graduation.
Indeed, the data available on starting salaries for graduates of architecture programs suggests that the outlook isn't that rosy. Forbes noted that mid-career median pay for someone with an M.Arch. is $77,800, and those with a B.Arch. and some experience (and, presumably, less student debt) still face unemployment rates that are higher than the national average. In either case, the student debt load for architecture graduates is lofty: A 2012 American Institute of Architecture Students survey showed that respondents had an average of $72,000 in private and federal government student loans to cover the ever-rising cost of tuition.
Is it worth it? Certainly applicants to architecture schools seem to think so. The admissions office at Yale University (where a year's worth of tuition will set a student back $41,225, before grants or scholarships), reported that it had received 50 more applications for the limited number of places in its M.Arch. program for 2012–13 than for 2011–12, which is a gain of about 6 percent.
Tegan Bukowski, who graduated from Yale's M.Arch. program this summer, says she can understand why. "I had the chance to meet, talk to, and work with some of the most interesting and talented people in my chosen profession," says the 25-year-old, who has been working since June for the New York firm Leroy Street Studio. "I was able to do advanced studios with both Zaha Hadid and Peter Eisenman."
Bukowski admits that even with the best education, finding a job and earning enough to repay a hefty student debt can be a tall order. "People who have a double major or a strong secondary interest seem to stand out a bit more from the crowd," she says.
Bukowski, who launched her own art and architecture nonprofit organization, ArtistsActivists.org, while still an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, and who is spending her free time designing an orphanage in Haiti, may well have benefited from that trend. Certainly, her B.Arch. experience at Wash U.—a dual major in architecture and environmental studies with what she described as a "flexible, nontraditional approach to what a student wants to make of an architectural education"—not only confirmed that she was on the right professional track but gave her the freedom to explore ways to apply her knowledge in the real world. "It wasn't just about design theory or the studio," she says.
As the profession continues to evolve, altered forever in recent decades by the impact of computers and digital fabrication on the design process, new business models have followed that allow for a greater range of opportunities than ever before.
"The sole proprietor with the drafting studio who does design-bid-build model isn't the only model and may become even less relevant," suggests Eric Reid Hoffman, AIA, associate design architect at Trivers Associates in St. Louis, and a recipient of a 2013 AIA Young Architects Award. Hoffman, who is also a professor of practice at Washington University, says the school is adding courses and programs in response to these changes.
Stephen White, AIA, dean of the School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I., is also rethinking what goes into an architectural education and how to better prepare students for the world they'll encounter once they graduate. His ideas include teaching fledgling architects to think of buildings not as "neutral" designs or structures, but as part of a "broader cultural and economic and environmental setting," and bringing not only senior members of architectural firms to the school, but teams from a single firm in a unique Teaching Firm in Residence program at the university.
"This shows the students how skilled and trained professionals manage multiple inputs and points of view," says White, "and that a firm is made up of architects of all ages with a generational continuum."
Not all programs have the same emphasis, notes Allison Ewing, AIA, co-founder of Hays+Ewing Design Studio in Charlottesville, Va. "In some programs, the focus is on practical problem solving rather than development of a design concept as the foundation for more creative solutions," she says, noting that in her days at Yale in the late 1980s the emphasis on tiny sketch models forced her to break away from her preconceptions of functional space requirements and instead focus on exploring ideas. "In other programs, I've found that the students can get too caught up in solving the practical in conventional terms—for instance, jumping up in scale requirements before the distillation of a concept," she adds. "There is plenty of time to learn how to lay out a bathroom in the office setting."
Tom Cole, a newly minted M.Arch. graduate from the University of Washington, notes that his 18 months as a new employee at Seattle-based b9 Architects have opened his eyes to the importance of the business side. "For an architect to have influence over the project, knowledge of the development and business side is very significant," he says.
Cole's current boss and former teacher, Bradley Khouri, AIA, b9's owner and a lecturer at the University of Washington, agrees—but only somewhat. "What an architecture student needs to learn is something more intangible: how to think critically about core design problems," he argues. Looking back on his own education, he recalls burning the midnight oil at Harvard University's design studios amongst his fellow students. "Those are the people you're with between classes and at 2:00 in the morning, discussing ideas and exploring what works and what doesn't."
So is an architectural education today worth spending $50,000 a year to obtain?
"I don't know. I really don't know," admits Khouri. "Certainly, the price tag is making it really challenging."
Survey of Architecture Schools
What follows are highlights from a limited survey I conducted of certain elements that influence how prospective students choose an architecture school: total enrollment, time to graduation, tuition, cost of living, and average cost of a pizza locally.
The range of tuition fees varies greatly, from as much as $50,000 per year for an M.Arch. student at Rhode Island School of Design to as little as $19,536 for an out-of-state student in Clemson University's M.Arch. program. Similarly, the ability and willingness of institutions to award grants and scholarships also varies greatly. Washington University in St. Louis, for instance, can cover up to half of its $44,640 annual M.Arch. tuition bill for students and, according to Hoffman, 95 percent of its students receive some kind of scholarship aid. Some programs with outsize tuitions can appear far more costly than they really are, thanks to generous grants, while seemingly less expensive programs may require students to foot a larger part of the bill through savings or by taking on debt.
Then, too, there's the cost of living to consider. Compare B.Arch. programs at the Rhode Island School of Design and Carnegie Mellon: They both cost about the same in tuition, but monthly rent of a one-bedroom apartment in Pittsburgh ranges from $887 to $1,479, according to ApartmentRatings.com, compared to $1,340 to $1,823 in Providence. Which costs more, the M.Arch. program at MIT or Columbia? Well, if you head to New York, you pay nearly $11 for a pizza, a 25 percent premium, but that's the tip of the iceberg: Overall, the cost of living in the Big Apple is almost 60 percent higher than in Cambridge, Mass.
In spite of the ugly realities of stagnant salaries, soaring debt loads, and the long, hard slog to licensure, the appetite for architectural education just seems to increase—owing, in some part, to increased community activities undertaken by architects and architecture students in the past decade.
Take Catherine Smith, a Clemson M.Arch. graduate who this fall will begin passing on skills honed in her own Greenville, S.C., practice to students at a local magnet school, the Fine Arts Center. "It reminds me of the Clemson space, where all the arts programs are clustered together and housed in one space," she says. "Now we'll make sure that these students can think of architecture as one of a number of ways that they can pursue their interest in art and creativity."
That, for Washington University's Hoffman, is how it should be. At the end of the day, he says, providing an architectural education is about balancing a student's innate creativity and a curriculum's rigor.
"The responsibility we have is to expose a new generation to new ways of thinking to ensure they realize where their talents lie and how they can employ that ability to think critically," he says. That may mean working in a traditional architecture firm, working with Architecture for Humanity or for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, consulting on sustainable development, or even designing sets in Hollywood. "If they walk out with an ability to think critically," says Hoffman, "their options are limitless."


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