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The similarities between the two teams playing for a ticket to the Final Four today at Staples Center pretty much begin and end at geography. They're two teams from the Midwest imported here and playing in the NCAA West Regional final.
Ohio State (29-7) is from the haughty Big Ten, the oldest conference in collegiate sports.
Wichita State (29-8) is from the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), whose oldest tradition is schools leaving the conference - 21 to date, and three current members left at some point before returning.
Ohio State has an All-America forward in Deshaun Thomas, a 6-foot-7 big man who can run and shoot. Wichita State has one player who made the MVC all-conference first team.
All of Ohio State's losses were to teams that made the NCAA Tournament. Wichita State lost a game to the MVC's last-place team and three games to teams who paid to play in the College Insider Ttournament, the NIT's stepcousin.
Wichita State's players are majoring in criminal justice, industrial engineering, business finance and math. Surprisingly, Ohio State has nine players majoring in exercise science, consumer financial services, sports & leisure studies, pre-communications and "exploration," which is OSU's fancy way of saying they're undecided. Higher education indeed.
Ohio State built its roster from the bottom up, with nine players who arrived as freshmen. Wichita State built its roster through a halfway house; six players transferred in from other schools, five of them spending time at a community college.
But there is one other similarity besides being from the Midwest. Both coaches, Ohio State's Thad Matta and Wichita State's Gregg Marshall, are products of college basketball's ladder system, having made a tour of the United States as assistant coaches before landing head coaching jobs.
Matta is ensconced at a blueblood, and Marshall is popping up on the short list of big-name schools looking for a hot mid-major coach.
Matta's first four jobs were at Indiana State, Butler, Miami (Ohio) and Western Carolina, serving his first of two three-year stints at Butler as an administrative assistant. He was a Butler assistant from 1998-2000, became Butler's head coach in 2000-01, jumped to Xavier for three years and then got the Ohio State job.
In 10 seasons, he's led the Buckeyes to the NCAAs eight times, and this is his sixth time getting to the Sweet 16 or farther. Matta doesn't get much praise in Columbus because a) it's a football town and b) he's unassuming and Buckeyes fans assume great athletes come to Ohio State, regardless of the coach.
His players know otherwise.
"Coach Matta has always been the type of guy to jump on a grenade for his players," guard Lenzelle Smith told the Columbus Dispatch. "He's constantly asking us what does he need to do for us to play better. But at the end of the day, it's on us.
"This season has been really tough for us, and a lot of the fans and critics point to him."
Most would say Matta's team is in the Elite Eight because of the hard-working, talented Thomas and the electric LaQuinton Ross, but Matta says it's because the players bought into defense and the small details that go into wins.
"One of the difficulties in coaching is getting guys to commit to the parts of the game that aren't glorified, in terms of what most people see out there," he said. "(LaQuinton) has been a huge asset for us, but he played his way on to the court because he matured and plays good defense."
Marshall started even lower on the ladder. He didn't play college basketball and started coaching as an unpaid assistant at his alma mater, Division III Randolph-Macon College. His journey took him to Belmont Abbey, College of Charleston as it was making the jump from NAIA to Division I, and then Marshall before he got the head job at Winthrop, where he put the school on the map with a first-round upset of Notre Dame in 2007.
He was hired at Wichita State the following season, and he's currently sitting on a three-year run in which the Shockers have gone 85-22 and reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 1981.
"I don't know that we ever had a signal (this season) that we were going to make a run," Marshall said after the Shockers defeated LaSalle on Thursday. "We talked all year about having the ability to play with anyone, and we're playing very good basketball right now."
So good that the Shockers beat bound-for-the-ACC Pitt by 18 points in the first round, shot 50 percent and showed defensive grit late in an upset of the regional's No. 1 seed Gonzaga, and then methodically overwhelmed the Explorers.
Marshall said he's not going anywhere, that he's not a "jumper." Beat Ohio State today, however, and Marshall will have other several schools throwing jump money at him.
Wichita State's hopes ride on Marshall's deep team playing well as a unit, as they have of late. It has enough size to compete with Ohio State and more speed at the guard spot than anyone expected. If the Shockers can put a collar on Thomas, they have a shot.
Ohio State's hopes rely on the team's ability to focus. It languished in periods of the Arizona game and had to crawl out from under an 11-point deficit.
The winner advances to Atlanta, where it will play the winner of the Midwest Regional.


text: There are at least two women out in the world who decided they wanted to have unprotected sex with Justin Bieber and according to In Touch, they both got pregnant. The article in this week;s issue doesn't say whether the women went through to term with their pregnancies. The article says the pregnancies were dealt with. If that means abortion, that would seem to be the polar opposite of what Justin has espoused publicly about his religious beliefs and those of the pastor who baptizes him on what seems a fairly regular basis. After determining the relationships and pregnancies were legitimate, the article says that both women were given a lump sum of money and cut off from Justin forever. It is interesting to note that the cover of In Touch is dominated by Jennifer Aniston announcing she is going to raise her baby alone. Yeah, that is the third time this month some tabloid had nothing to give their readers but another Jen is pregnant story.

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Washington, DC - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced the publication of the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLoB) Common Government-wide Accounting Classification (CGAC) structure. The FMLoB is one of the President's top management priorities to achieve government-wide cost and quality improvements in financial management. The CGAC structure supports the FMLoB vision to improve the cost, quality and performance of financial management systems by standardizing business processes, interfaces and data.
"The federal government needs to reduce the data and process variability within and among federal agencies," said Dr. Linda Combs, Controller, Office of Management and Budget. "This standard will have significant benefits and impact when implemented."
The CGAC structure is a standard way to code and categorize financial transactions. CGAC establishes a standard financial structure across all agencies that will be recognized on a government-wide basis, similar to the way the ATM standard is recognized and used by all banks. It includes data needed for internal and external reporting and provides flexibility for agency mission-specific needs. The standard will be implemented over the next several years as agencies modernize their financial systems.
"This common accounting classification is an historic step forward to better management of federal spending," said Kevin Messner, Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Government-wide policy. "Accounting for spending the same way across government just makes sense, and will lead to more accurate and more cost conscious budgeting."
The new CGAC structure also promotes consistent use of the terms and concepts, and establishes a uniform structure for capturing data about them. Although high level standards existed, they did not provide sufficiently detailed definitions and structures needed to achieve consistency. Until now, the classification structures used in financial systems varied from agency to agency and often from bureau to bureau within the same agency.
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There are more than 7,000 Klout Topics covering a huge range of topics from broadly relevant categories like "Social Media" or "Software Development," to highly specific entities like the names of brands, products, movies, TV shows, or celebrities. Approximately two-thirds of users with Klout Scores are categorized with at least one Topic.
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First they came for Fox News, and they did not speak out—because they were not Fox News. Then they came for government whistleblowers, and they did not speak out—because they were not government whistleblowers. Then they came for the maker of a YouTube video, and—okay, we know how this story ends. But how did we get here?
Turns out it's a fairly swift sojourn from a president pushing to "delegitimize" a news organization to threatening criminal prosecution for journalistic activity by a Fox News reporter, James Rosen, to spying on Associated Press reporters. In between, the Obama administration found time to relentlessly persecute government whistleblowers and publicly harass and condemn a private American citizen for expressing his constitutionally protected speech in the form of an anti-Islam YouTube video.
Where were the media when all this began happening? With a few exceptions, they were acting as quiet enablers.
It's instructive to go back to the dawn of Hope and Change. It was 2009, and the new administration decided it was appropriate to use the prestige of the White House to viciously attack a news organization—Fox News—and the journalists who work there. Remember, President Obama had barely been in office and had enjoyed the most laudatory press of any new president in modern history. Yet even one outlet that allowed dissent or criticism of the president was one too many. This should have been a red flag to everyone, regardless of what they thought of Fox News. The math was simple: if the administration would abuse its power to try and intimidate one media outlet, what made anyone think they weren't next?
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I recently started getting back into penetration testing with the new backtrack distro,
I was wonder if there is a way to arp cache poison a network then redirect every http:// request to a specified address.
For example, metasploit often puts out an address like the following
I would really like to redirect all requests to that given address. Is there a good way to do this?
Thank you,
There are some python scripts doing those kind of stuff. Check out g0tmilk's videos, I think he did one with a bunch of those kind of scripts
Running both KDE and GNOME BT5 flawlessly. Thank you !
You could probably also throw a walled garden type device on their network and arp poison everything to go through it....
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.
Iron Geek has a great tutorial on filters here http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=s...ettercapfilter


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A major oil logistics company has quietly withdrawn plans to build a $500 million oil tanker terminal at the Port of Los Angeles, citing changing industry economics.
Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline had planned to construct a new berth for large oil tankers. Oil was to be offloaded and sent through a newly built pipeline into nearby storage tanks. Port officials approved the project in 2008 and were notified about the company's changing plan earlier this month, port spokesman Phillip Sanfield said. The project began in 2003.
The Port of Los Angeles and Plains All American had split the $3 million cost of an environmental impact report, but the port will not be repaid for its share, Sanfield said.
Plains All American officials did not return phone calls. But in a release posted on its website, the company cited a handful of reasons for the change, including project delays, the economic downturn, permitting hurdles and a shift toward increased domestic oil production.
William Wei-Choun Yu, an economist with the Anderson Forecast at UCLA's Anderson School of Management, said the company likely made a rational business decision. Yu said oil demand in the United States is down roughly 12 percent since 2007, and he noted that the United States is obtaining more domestic oil and more oil from Canada and Mexico, making more supertankers unnecessary.
"I am not surprised at all that they decided to cancel this kind of project," Yu said. "It doesn't look good for Middle Eastern oil, but it looks pretty good for us in terms of our economy."
Sanfield said port officials were surprised when the company notified them of the change.
"They didn't given us any more details than the variety of business reasons they outlined on their website," Sanfield said. "The port will be looking at (filling) that site in the months to come."
Some community activists had expressed concern that the new oil tankers would have increased pollution because the large ships generally must run their engines even when they're in port. Typical container ships can hook up to shore-side electricity.
"We can all breathe more easily for now because up to 200 supertankers a year are not pulling into our harbor and unloading while running their engines 24 hours a day," said Peter Warren, chairman of the Port and Environment Committee of the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council.
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i have also been fighting this, just so you know your not alone.
One of the strange things i've noticed is that in BT3b, Kismet just crashes out - it pops up the kismet window after device selection for a fraction of a second, then its gone... anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
Also, for wesside, i can't seem to find an option which would target an ESSID, it just seems to get the one it picks up 1st.
i have also been fighting this, just so you know your not alone.
for kismet you have to edit the config file in /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf and put in your source interface. as for wesside-ng, i cant get it to even work. its pretty buggy.
dont know that I would say its buggy (its just config issues on the user part no bugs), i realized that the link in the kde was starting the auto-config script and that was messing up the changes I made. not sure why the auto-config isnt loading up my stuff as it should but all is well now.
airmon-ng made me think of the error of the autoconfig
do you have the kismet.conf file correctly edited?
do iwconfig to see the device alias (eth1, eth0, etc.)
whereis kismet
will show you the location of the kismet.conf
vim /usr/.../kismet.conf
go to
source = 'driver','device',somename
source = bcm43xx,eth1,broadcom (note, there can't be any spaces after the commas)
then (push escape)
to write and exit,
as an aside, can someone tell me where the actual kismet readme file is in bt3? i was just using the one off the internet
thought we were still talking about kismet, missed out on the wesside (im using a intel so i havent experenced the madwifi issues yet)
Please use the appropriate sub-forum. This is a software issue, so the "Software related issues" sounds a likely candidate
I haven't had any problems with either kismet or wesside-ng. On my beta-test laptop (i.e. 1.8GHz P4 M) it only took a paltry 11 minutes to crack 64 bit WEP. But, regardless it all seems to work... Running a Netgear WG511T and a Ubiquiti SRC 300mW -- both are Atheros.
For Wesside just use the -v option
but I will say that prefer to do it manually as Wesside is very hit and miss on time taken.
For me
Quickest = 1:46mins
Longest = 5:39 hrs and mins.
Both were on the same AP (I also didn't change my password in between attempts)
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For the last few years I have noticed that a number of people I know find it really hard when they get back into the dating game because they don't seem to know what to do. And the reason so many of my clients and friends struggle with dating is that the rules and expectations are unclear. Yet despite this, they throw themselves into the dating scene and make the same mistakes over and over again.
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Just a quick check, without asking for exact times or commitments, is the BT3 final release currently estimated to be at least a few weeks away, or is release imminent?
Just trying to decide whether to spend the money to download the BT3 beta ISO now, or wait. (I pay for data transfer.)


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Miley Cyrus offered some advice to Justin Bieber amidst his legal troubles on Thursday's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
The singer said, "You've got a lot of money. Pay people to make sure you don't get in trouble and party at your house."
"Buy a house, and add a club to it," added Cyrus.
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Getting back to work on their big budget picture, the stars of "Total Recall" gathered together on set in Toronto, Canada on Monday afternoon (July 25).
Utilizing the high-tech machinery, Jessica Biel paired up with Colin Farrell while Kate Beckinsale enlisted the use of a body double during the action-packed shoot.
The sightings come after Miss Biel recently spoke with FOX 411 - saying that there's a very simple way for her to stay in shape.
During her interview at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, the "7th Heaven" hottie said she just cuts out her social life in order to maintain her fabulous form.
Jessica explained, "I have no life. I spend a lot time in yoga class." And all of that yoga gave her plenty of preparation for her new gig "Total Recall."
"I shoot an incredible gun, but I can't say too much, because it's special and new. And we were just driving some incredible cars that look amazing."
Of the remake, she added, "You can expect to be surprised, it is quite different and a reinvention of the characters and story. It is really based in reality, it is raw, darker and gritty. Of course there are incredible action sequences, cars and guns, but we're really focusing on the emotional aspect."


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- The Grizzlies rallied from 17 down to take control late in the fourth. Bayless missed a jumper, Gay grabbed the rebound and made it 101-100 on a bucket with 13.3 seconds left. Philadelphia's Thaddeus Young missed a short attempt in front of the basket and the Grizzlies grabbed the rebound.
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- Marc Gasol scored a season-high 27 points.
- Jerryd Bayless scored season-high 21
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Marc Gasol scored a season-high 27 points and Rudy Gay had 26 to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 103-100 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night. Jerryd Bayless scored a season-high 21 points to help the Grizzlies win without point guard Mike Conley, out with a sprained left ankle.
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Smelter talks resume between Meridian Energy and Rio Tinto
By Pattrick Smellie
Dec. 7 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand's largest electricity producer, Meridian Energy, has resumed talks with Rio Tinto Alcan, the majority owner of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, over Rio's request for changes to 18-year contracts for power supply that kick in on Jan. 1.
Meridian chief executive Mark Binns told the company's annual public meeting in Wellington that Rio had recently come back to Meridian to resume discussions after Meridian set out what it was and wasn't prepared to renegotiate in the contracts, which were signed in 2007, and account for about one-seventh of total electricity consumption in New Zealand.
Since then, aluminium prices have fallen steeply on global markets, while on the domestic front, Meridian and other electricity generators are heading into their sixth year of flat demand as the New Zealand economy undergoes a sluggish recovery and industrial users contract, invest in efficiencies, and seek alternative fuel sources.
"We have reviewed the contracts some time ago and have advised Rio Tinto of areas in which we are prepared to look at some amendments, and areas where are we not prepared to look at amendments," said Binns. "I can't elaborate on where we have drawn the line."
The existing contracts contain fixed and variable portions, with the electricity price influenced by a formula that takes into account international aluminium prices.
Rio Tinto Alcan, the Canada-based aluminium arm of the Anglo-Australian metals giant, is seeking to sell its interest in the smelter at Tiwai Point, along with a clutch of other, relatively ageing smelters in Australia and has packaged the assets as a new subsidiary, Pacific Aluminium. Rio has indicated it does not expect a quick sale.
Binns would not confirm comments by Prime Minister John Key that the first three years of the contract arrangements were set in stone, except to say that "the Prime Minister's not a silly man" and that there was no question that the new contracts would come into force from Jan. 1.
On criticisms from competitors of the company's decision earlier this year to build the Mill Creek wind farm behind Wellington, Binns conceded the project was "on the cusp" of commercial viability "in a negative scenario", but that the board and senior management were confident it would earn its cost of capital.
"On balance, we thought it would be overall positive," he said.
He took a poke at Dennis Barnes, the chief executive of NZX-listed rival Contact Energy, saying Meridian could have questioned its decisions to build gas storage facilities in Taranaki and the new Te Mihi geothermal plant at Wairakei.
"We could be critical but I won't be" because Meridian was no closer to the detail of Contact's business than Contact is to Meridian's.
"I suppose the last guy who built the last power station will always criticise the next guy," he said. Meridian green-lit the $169 million, 26 turbine project in June.
As the largest and most valuable government-owned electricity company, Binns said Meridian was ready for partial privatisation in the event the government decided to proceed with a sale, and that it had established a permanent "due diligence room" allowing all relevant company records to be kept up to date.
In an update on Meridian's outlook, Binns confirmed that Meridian's half year profit to Dec. 30 would be lower than last year's, as flagged, but not as low as had been originally thought. The company would exceed its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and movements in the value of financial instruments for the year to June 30.
He expected a few anxious months while Transpower commissioned the new Cook Strait electricity cable early next year, since any unforeseen outages could hit earnings, and the company "can't wait" for the transmission constraints between the two islands to disappear once the new connection, called Pole 3, to go live.
Unlike some other industry participants, Meridian supported the Electricity Authority's recent draft decisions on how to share the cost of transmission among generators, and had been advocating such an approach for some years. It would submit that some elements of the proposals could be simplified, said Binns.


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Apple should pull devolpers licenses when they pull crap like this! I bought a app I thought was battleship the game, it had the graphics of the game but was just dang pictures of battleships! Pisses me off when devolpers do this
This guy has bought his own app 20 times over and given it 5 stars..look at the names of the reviewers, they all end in 'dgds'
Absolute rip off from apple.
As long as Apple get a piece of the pie they could care less about the victimized consumer. Greed will eventually lead to their downfall.
I've been able to get refunds from the iTunes Store through Apple over the phone before. They also do their part and remove the apps when enough complaints surface.
It's understandable that there are a ton of applications being submitted each day, but they should increase their efficiency at keeping junk like this out of the App Store. Just think, this is only one of many applications that might be getting submitted to the App Store that mimic jailbreak tweaks and try to sell out before getting pulled. One may slip through the cracks once in a while, but they never last that long.
Apple also has no problem approving multiple updates for these total scams, which can only be to eliminate honest reviews. Disgusting considering they make damn sure they don't approve any real "JB Solutions".
I was on app store early this morning,found that rip off,took screenshot and messaged intelliborn about it via twitter,but like everything else with them,you never hear back from them
Is this what I need to get rid of the clock on my lockscreen? 3gs running 4.3.3. Some themes are able to change the background and slider design, but the clock is an ever present constant that's driving me nuts.
It does look pretty cool, seeing it on the App Store. by reading a few reviews from angry buyers, I bet they feel dumb even tho it cost .99 cents...lol


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Report: One Direction to perform at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
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One Direction is reportedly in line to perform at this year's Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
According to "The Sun," the British boy band has been in meetings with CBS and the television event's organizers. Sources tell the paper that One Direction "pretty much have it in the bag" because the executives were "sold on their personalities."
Other artists who have previously performed on the Victoria's Secret runway include Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z.
Justin Bieber got the gig last year. A backstage picture he snapped with model Barbara Palvin that night sparked the rumors that were said to have ended his relationship with Selena Gomez.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs in November.
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'Thursday, in a bid to prop up the Sabres, New York State forgave a US$25-million loan linked to construction of the HSBC Arena. Joel Giambra, the elected head of Erie County, which includes Buffalo, said covenants prevent a buyer from moving the Sabres out of his city. "The Sabres are here to kick the ass of the Maple Leafs for a long time to come," Mr. Giambra said.'
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On the other sideline, Stepfan Taylor accounted for 161 yards and two touchdowns while Kevin Hogan was a lights-out 22-of-29 for three scores and two interceptions. More than anyone else, it was those two who helped the Cardinal overcome a nine-point deficit in the final 19 minutes.
First, Taylor padded his quarterback's stats on the final snap of the third quarter, taking a reception for a 40-yard touchdown to pull the Cardinal within 27-21. Then, with 5:07 left, Hogan found Zach Ertz on a 13-yard post route for the game's final points.
That's not to say the final five minutes were uneventful. After a Hogan sneak came up short on the two-point attempt, Terrence Brown got a fingertip on an Oregon State third and short out route to get the home Cardinal the ball back on Senior Day.
Then came one of the best calls of the afternoon. On third and three with just over two minutes to go, Stanford ran a counter naked bootleg, faking to Taylor and rolling Hogan out to his right with open field in front of him. It was a footrace to the corner and while Hogan came up a yard short, it was precisely this type of offensive creativity that Stanford fans so pined for throughout September and October – and saw when it mattered most today. (You know it was the right play call because the FOX announcers decried it. Relatedly, they didn't exactly cover themselves in glory, for while not as atrocious as the Versus crew in the 2007 USC game, they could use a refresher on down and distance. How do these people get their jobs?)
After a 49-yard net punt, it was Alex Debniak's turn to shine, dropping Cody Vaz on third and four, knocking him out of the game and setting up a do-or-die fourth and 16. Former starter cum backup Sean Mannion threw six inches too high, and the Cardinal kneed it out.
The win sets up a monster weekend next Saturday for the Pac-12. USC and UCLA will tassle, with the winner taking the South division crown. Meanwhile, Stanford heads to Eugene, where a loss would clinch the Pac-12 North for Oregon and a win would put the Cardinal in the division's driver seat. (Side note: they'll both be underdogs, but should Stanford and UCLA both win next weekend, Stanford will then travel to UCLA needing a win to put them back in a conference title game… against those very same Bruins.)
It has been anything but a smooth ride these past two months, but the Cardinal are 8-2 – having already beat their Vegas season win total of seven. Stanford fans would have been rightfully thrilled back in August if they'd known their team would head to Eugene with conference title hopes in tow, and that's precisely where your Cardinal find themselves today.
So while this may seem paradoxical on the eve of Stanford's biggest game of the season, pressure's off for the guys in red and white. Let Oregon, with College GameDay, the eyes of the country and hopes of a national title all along for the ride, feel the tension next Saturday. Whatever happens the rest of the way, Stanford is playing with house money.
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Saddam Hussain Is Struggling to Find a Job
Saddam Hussain's name is making it difficult for him to get a job. "People are scared to hire me," the 25-year-old Indian marine engineer tells the Hindustan Times.
Hussain was, yes, named for that Saddam Hussein; the name was given to him by his grandfather. It turned out to be a poor choice, as the young man has been unable to find a job since graduating university two years ago, despite having done very well in school.
And he's applied for dozens of positions. He says he's spoken with some of the HR departments of companies he's applied with, and they told him his name was the problem, because it could cause "suspicion."
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Queens Scout sells 2,833 boxes of cookies to become city's top seller
To read today's article in the New York Daily News, click HERE.
Najah Lorde, a 12-year-old from Springfield Gardens, managed to sell 1,722 more boxes than last year, beating her 11-year-old rival Olivia Cranshaw.
That's a lot of cookie dough!
Najah Lorde, of Queens, sold 2,833 boxes of Girl Scout cookies — making her the top seller in the city.
The enterprising 12-year-old, who sold 1,111 boxes last year, peddled the famous Thin Mints, Trefoils and other sweet treats to school chums, members of her church and family members.
She also brought her sales sheet along when she went with parents Deanne and Donovan Lorde to their jobs at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.
"I didn't do anything differently from last year," said the seventh-grader at Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy in Douglaston. "I was just more determined."
Lorde went head to head with 11-year-old Olivia Cranshaw, the reigning Cookie Queen, who sold more than 1,800 boxes last year.
Cranshaw came in second with an impressive sales total of 2,141 boxes.
"I've been trying to reach my goal and sell over 2,000 for the last three years," said the pint-sized sales wiz. "Najah did a very good job. I am going to try for an even higher number next year."
Lorde, who lives in Springfield Gardens, said she also received an outpouring of support after the Daily News featured an article on the girls' good-natured rivalry in December.
"They saw the article and called me," she said. "They wanted to support me and help me reach the top."
The cookie queen, who belongs to Troop 4287, admitted she "screamed" and "ran all over the house" when she found out she was the top seller in the city.
Najah received a Nintendo Wii as her reward for being the top seller while Cranshaw nabbed an IPad mini.
Cranshaw, who turns 12 on Friday. said she donated her sales to her Girl Scout troop so they can take a camping trip in the warmer months.
"I'm going to try for a higher number next year," Cranshaw said. "Maybe 2,500 boxes."
Najah's father said he was impressed by his young daughter's focus in recent weeks.
"She really put in a lot of work," said Donovan Lorde, adding with a laugh, "she drove her mother and myself crazy, but we're very proud."


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I assume you're running BT4beta? This a very well known issue and searching the forums would definitely help. Please verify by yourself if the issue is caused by the Pearsoncomputing PPA - this is just speculation at this point as you don't give appropriate information about the BT4 version you're using. If we're talking about BT4beta and the Pearsoncomputing PPA, this command may help
Update the package index once again and see if the problem is gone.Code:# apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8882eef08796ef73ad26ab98cb2f6c86f77b1ca9


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Hello Everyone,
My name is Bill and I currently go to UNCG in Greensboro, NC, I am in the process of obtaining an IS degree. I've been browsing the forums for a few days now and finally decided to register and say hello.
I also had a few, probably very newbish questions to ask which will hopefully not get me flamed ( I have used search ;P ).
Can anyone give me some advice on any essential beginner steps I need to take in order to learn BT3 and Network Security in general? I downloaded the slackware manual, I have some minor linux experience (Ubuntu) tons of windows experience, and an informal grasp on TCP/IP, and Networking in general. Hopefully before too long I will be able to go and get my CCNA, but thats a ways off (I hate subnetting and I suck at it..). I've also watch alot of videos by Irongeek and Xploitz which have been very informative.
Secondly, forgive me if this is answered somewhere obvious, I have been considering a BT3 build on a flash drive and just using a desktop PC in order to pentest my own network and basically fool around and get my bearings. Problem is, I am fairly sure my desktop PCs network card doesn't support monitor mode or injection, and every NIC I see on the lists I've found searching here seems to be cardbus, can anyone give me advice or toss me a link to where I can finds a standard PCI nic that will get the job done?
#3, Are there any pitfalls I need to avoid while doing the USB install and getting started with BT3? Or when using Aircrack to mess with my AP? Or with anything you think I'll encounter during my learning curve? Every piece of software seems to have kinks in it that are common, and annoying, and I'd really like to be aware of those ahead of time
Finally any other advice that anyone here feels would be helpful to me, please share! I have a great knack for understanding technology, and hopefully I'll be a quick study on my own, but your help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks for the read, and please, forgive me if I'm asking the same questions you've heard a thousand times.
In order to develop a good overall knowledge in Network Security, just keep reading everything you can, get as much technical experience as is humanly possible (the De-ICE disks help for beginners) and have a good general interest and passion for security. IF your interested in this form of IT you should be inquisitive and experimental.
also to subnet remeber that everything revolves around the formula n-2 remember that and you should be fine.
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Or a more expensive approach
Im sure you can find one someplace else cheaper i just used that as an example.
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(Menlo Park, CA) -- Popular photo-sharing app Instagram is launching a video feature. In today's event, founder Kevin Systrom said the goal is to create simple, beautiful videos that can be shared on your Facebook page. The Facebook-owned service has more than 130-million monthly users. Every day, users' instagram photos are shared across the web and get more than one-billion total "likes" on Facebook. Just like the photography app, the video feature allows users to choose from several filter and lighting effects.


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Summary of Changes
Emeritus Faculty
- Edd Whetmore
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of Communications
Bachelor of Arts
Subject Matter Preparation Program
(for requirements, refer to the English section in this catalog)
Nancy Cheever, Department Chair
Sharon Sharp
Office: SAC-1166,
Emeriti Faculty
David Safer, James Sudalnik, Edd Whetmore
Mission Statement
The mission of the Communications Department is to prepare professionals who will successfully compete in today's marketplace in the areas of mass communications, public relations, advertising, and telecommunications. Additionally, the department strives to increase skills in writing, journalism, presentation, research, and media production including full utilization of the world wide web.
Program Description
Students dedicated to building professional careers in print and online media, film, television, and the closely related fields of public relations and advertising, as well as those interested in pursuing graduate work, will find degree programs designed by the Communications Department to meet their needs and to challenge their skills and interests.
Departmental curricula are designed to prepare students to pursue careers as communications professionals in the media-rich communications industries and corporations. As such, students will be expected to be adept at basic language and oral communication skills. They also should be aware of professional responsibilities, ethical practices and laws governing the mass media.
Students from other disciplines, seeking to improve their communications skills and knowledge about the media and their impact upon society, will find a variety of course offerings.
Advertising/Public Relations
The department offers the Bachelor of Arts in Communications with an option in Advertising/Public Relations. This program is designed for students interested in careers in public relations, advertising, integrated communications, and the related field of marketing.
Government, civic groups, nonprofit organizations, corporations and educational institutions all require the services of public relations and advertising practitioners to manage their communications programs and to help determine public policy. This process, sometimes defined as strategic problem-solving through communications, encompasses everything from counseling top management to the preparation of communication strategies and campaigns. It includes the entire gamut of informational media materials such as audio and video programs, employee publications, brochures, newsletters and annual reports; surveying and analyzing public opinion; speech writing; lobbying; fund raising and the planning of special events. Students in this emphasis are encouraged to join the department-sponsored Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Chapter.
Journalism Option
The Bachelor of Arts/Journalism Option is designed for students interested in print, online, and broadcast journalism careers. Students who graduate with a journalism degree are prepared for a wide variety of media-related careers, already armed with industry experience.
New technologies and media platforms have created many dynamic opportunities for journalism graduates who possess the skills, principles, and practices for a successful career in the diverse regional, national, and international job markets. We train students in the various practices of contemporary journalists, including news writing and reporting, feature writing, column and opinion writing, interviewing, broadcast journalism, video podcasting, editing, and blogging.
Taught by seasoned journalists from a variety of media outlets, the curriculum focuses on the knowledge, practices, principles, and strategies of successful journalism professionals. In addition to learning effective writing, information gathering, and production techniques, students gain an understanding of how media organizations operate through hands-on internship training and in our news and broadcast production laboratories. Students also develop a keen understanding of how to decipher and navigate through an unprecedented amount of electronic information through media literacy training.
Media Studies
The Bachelor of Arts/Media Studies option provides students with the opportunity to study the history, criticism, regulation, and economic practices of film, television, and digital media. Students in the option develop critical thinking skills through the analysis of various media texts and practices. While there is no production option, students are required to take one digital media production course and are able to take additional intermediate production courses in order to gain hands on skills in media production. Students in the option develop a complex understanding of media culture that prepares them for careers in the media industries and graduate studies.
- Our location in Los Angeles is at the heart of one of the nation's prime media centers. This enables the department to draw upon an unparalleled pool of industry professionals as guest lecturers and part-time instructors. Wide-ranging internship opportunities are open to our students, in addition to employment opportunities in one of the largest media markets in the world.
- Small class sizes allow students to receive individual attention from instructors and advisors and obtain maximum hands-on experience and access to production facilities.
- The department's state-of-the-art writing/graphics/research laboratory, and a photographic laboratory provide students the opportunity to sharpen their skills as writers, reporters, editors, researchers, graphic designers, photojournalists and media producers.
Academic Advisement
The Communications Department places a high priority on student advisement. Each student entering the department is assigned an academic advisor from among the members of the full-time faculty.
Students have ample opportunity to meet individually with their advisors to discuss academic and professional matters. All departmental faculty members, are dedicated to helping students in the essential process of acculturation to the professional practices and life styles of communications professionals.
Students are urged to meet with faculty members as soon as questions arise. High academic standards of the department require that all communications majors and minors pass all required and prerequisite courses with grades of "C" or better. All Communications majors must complete a minor in a subject other than Communications.
The ability to use the English language effectively is crucial to the success of the communications professional. Therefore, students are urged to take at least four years of college preparatory English.
The Communications Department deals primarily with the theory and process of communication, and the tools and techniques used to deliver messages composed of words, symbols, music, sound, nonverbal signs and visual elements. Message content, on the other hand, is derived from substantive knowledge of other disciplines such as the political or behavioral sciences, economics, science and technology, sports, business management or public administration.
Students interested in communications careers should, therefore, prepare themselves by completing a broad spectrum of studies designed to increase their knowledge and awareness of facts, trends and developments in the many disciplines mentioned above.
Undergraduate Research Program
The year-long CSU Dominguez Hills Communications Undergraduate Research Program is one of the most rigorous in the nation. All Communications majors must complete it by enrolling in COM 400 and COM 490. These courses cannot be taken concurrently. Work in COM 400 culminates with an approved original research proposal. In COM 490, students complete a detailed five-chapter thesis that reports their findings.
Typically, these projects involve marketing and consumer behavior, social or ethical issues, the effects of mass communication, or some other appropriate topic. Students are required to choose their own thesis topics and often these reflect their career interests. In addition to providing a sample of student work for a prospective employer, these theses offer the student a unique opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty to improve their written and oral communication skills.
Career Possibilities
The field of communications offers a vast number of challenging and rewarding professional and technical job opportunities.
Recent breakthroughs in information processing, including the meteoric rise of web-based distribution, have sparked new employment opportunities. The steadily increasing influence of the mass media and the growing interest of business and industry in journalism, public relations, advertising, in-house video communications and production also have opened a variety of new job opportunities.
Advertising/Public Relations
Account executive, account planner, public relations/advertising manager, marketing communications, advertising media analyst, corporate communications, public information officer, advertising copy writer, advertising designer, publications editor, product promotion and speech writer.
Reporter, editor, features writer, freelance writer, columnist, correspondent, new broadcaster, editorial writer, news director, blogger, video podcaster, media management, researcher and photojournalist.
Media Studies
Critic, writer, producer, director, editor, media management, media distributor, researcher, and broadcasting/webcasting management.
Student Organizations
The Communications Department has sponsored a chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) since 1979. The Chapter's Mission is: (1) to serve its student members by enhancing their knowledge of public relations and providing access to professional development opportunities; and (2) to serve the public relations profession by helping to develop highly qualified, well-prepared professionals. PRSSA cultivates a favorable and mutually advantageous relationship between student members and professional public relations practitioners. The CSUDH Chapter is highly active, holding monthly meetings and sponsoring various on- and off-campus social and professional activities.
We are also an institutional member of the Broadcast Education Association. Additionally, students can be recommended for student membership in the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Our students have been named recipients of Local Area Emmys, Student Emmys, and various other awards.
Student membership in these organizations is highly recommended.
Graduation With Honors
An undergraduate student may be a candidate for graduation with Honors in Communications provided he or she meets the following criteria:
- A minimum of 36 units in residence at CSU Dominguez Hills;
- A minimum grade point average of at least 3.5 in all courses used to satisfy the upper division requirements in the major;
- In addition, the student must be recommended by the faculty of the Communications Department.
Bachelor of Arts in Communications
Total Course Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree
See the "Requirements for the Bachelor's Degree" in the University Catalog for complete details on general degree requirements. A minimum of 40 units, including those required for the major, must be upper division.
Elective Requirements
Completion of elective courses (beyond the requirements listed below) to reach a total of a minimum of 120 units.
General Education Requirements (55-62 units)
See the "General Education" requirements in the University Catalog or the Class Schedule for the most current information on General Education requirements and course offerings.
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
See the "Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement" in the University Catalog.
Major Requirements (48 units)
Students must select one of the emphases listed. The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this degree.
Common Core Requirements (24 units)
A. Lower Division Required Courses (9 units):
COM 100. Media and Society (3)
COM 110. Introduction to Digital Media Production (3)
COM 250. Writing for the Media (3)
B. Upper Division Required Courses (15 units):
COM 302. Law of the Mass Media (3)
COM 379. Media Industries (3)
COM 400. Communication Theory and Research (3)
COM 490. Senior Seminar (3)
COM 496. Internships (3)
Advertising/Public Relations Options (48 units)
A. Common Core Requirements (24 units)
B. Option Requirements (12 units):
COM 342. Advertising Strategy and Copywriting (3)
COM 365. Introduction to Public Relations (3)
COM 366. Public Relations Writing (3)
COM 467. Integrated Communications Management (3)
C. Electives (12 units):
COM 130. Introduction to Film (3)
COM 206. Photojournalism (3)
COM 305. Overview of Interactive Media (3)
COM 306. Online Media Production (3)
COM 308. Television History (3)
COM 333. Electronic Journalism (3)
COM 344. Advertising Media Analysis (3)
COM 346. News Gathering and Reporting (3)
COM 348. News Editing and Design (3)
COM 352. Feature and Critical Writing (3)
COM 355. News Production Workshop (3)
COM 358. Communication Graphics (3)
COM 360. Public Affairs and Editorial Writing (3)
COM 381. Screenwriting (3)
COM 385. Intermediate Media Production Workshop (3)
COM 386. Electronic Media Editing (3)
COM 387. Documentary Film (3)
COM 396. Workshop in Video/Electronic Media Production (3)
COM 494. Independent Study (1-3)
COM 495. Special Topics in Communications (3)
Journalism Option (48 units)
A. Common Core Requirements (24 units)
B. Option Requirements (12 units):
COM 333. Electronic Journalism (3)
COM 346. News Gathering and Reporting (3)
COM 352. Feature and Critical Writing (3)
COM 355. News Production Workshop (3)
C. Electives (12 units):
COM 130. Introduction to Film (3)
COM 206. Photojournalism (3)
COM 305. Overview of Interactive Media (3)
COM 306. Online Media Production (3)
COM 308. Television History (3)
COM 342. Advertising Strategy and Copywriting (3)
COM 344. Advertising Media Analysis (3)
COM 348. News Editing and Design (3)
COM 358. Communication Graphics (3)
COM 360. Public Affairs and Editorial Writing (3)
COM 365. Introduction to Public Relations (3)
COM 366. Public Relations Writing (3)
COM 381. Screenwriting (3)
COM 385. Intermediate Media Production (3)
COM 386. Electronic Media Editing (3)
COM 387. Documentary Film (3)
COM 396. Workshop in Video/Electronic Media Production (3)
COM 467. Integrated Communications Management (3)
COM 494. Independent Study (1-3)
COM 495. Special Topics in Communications (3)
Media Studies Option (48 units)
A. Common Core Requirements (24 units)
B. Option Requirements (12 units):
COM 130. Introduction to Film (3)
COM 308. Television History (3)
COM 381. Screenwriting (3)
COM 387. Documentary Film (3)
C. Electives (12 units):
COM 206. Photojournalism (3)
COM 305. Overview of Interactive Media (3)
COM 306. Online Media Production (3)
COM 333. Electronic Journalism (3)
COM 342. Advertising Strategy and Copywriting (3)
COM 344. Advertising Media Analysis (3)
COM 346. News Gathering and Reporting (3)
COM 348. News Editing and Design (3)
COM 352. Feature and Critical Writing (3)
COM 355. News Production Workshop (3)
COM 358. Communication Graphics (3)
COM 360. Public Affairs and Editorial Writing (3)
COM 365. Introduction to Public Relations (3)
COM 366. Public Relations Writing (3)
COM 385. Intermediate Media Programming Production (3)
COM 386. Electronic Media Editing (3)
COM 396. Workshop in Video/Electronic Media Production (3)
COM 467. Integrated Communications Management (3)
COM 494. Independent Study (1-3)
COM 495. Special Topics in Communications (3)
Minor in Advertising (18 units)
COM 342. Advertising Copywriting (3)
COM 344. Advertising Media Analysis (3)
ART 344. Design Practices I (3)
MKT 350. Principles of Marketing (3)
MKT 352. Marketing Communications (3)
MKT 355. Consumer Behavior (3)
Minor in Communications (12 units)
A. Lower Division Required Courses (6 units):
COM 100. Mass Media and Society (3)
COM 250. Writing for the Media (3)
B. Upper Division Required Courses (6 units): Select two upper division Communications elective courses.
Course Offerings
The credit value for each course in semester units is indicated for each term by a number in parentheses following the title. For course availability, please see the list of tentative course offerings in the current Class Schedule.
Lower Division
COM 100 Media and Society (3).
A critical overview of media culture including newspapers, magazines, film, radio, television, popular music, advertising, public relations, and the Internet. Focuses on building critical media literacy skills by developing a concrete understanding of media history, media analysis, the structure of media industries and their major players and products.
COM 110 Introduction to Digital Video Production (3).
An introduction to the process of digital video production that provides basic skills in all areas of digital video production in preparation for a career in any communications or related field that might require these basic skills. Skill sets include camera, lighting, sound, preproduction and production methodologies, and basic digital processes.
COM 130 Introduction to Film (3).
An introduction to the study of film as an aesthetic, historical, and cultural phenomenon, and to various methods of critical analysis.
COM 206 Photojournalism (3).
Instruction in the basic principles of still photography. Two hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
COM 250 Writing for the Media (3).
Instruction and practice in the basics of reporting and writing news for print, electronic and digital media.
Upper Division
COM 300 Organizational Communications (3).
Organizational theory and the role that communication plays in modern business, industrial and governmental organizations. Case studies and reviews of the literature in solving communication problems of complex human organizations.
COM 302 Law of the Mass Media (3).
Libel law, right to privacy, contempt of court, copyright, the right to print news of public affairs, the Freedom of Information Act, and other legal topics of concern to the media professional.
COM 305 Overview of Interactive Multimedia (3).
General overview of current topics and issues in interactive multimedia. Provides an introduction to interactive multimedia concepts, roles, products and systems. Explores the planning, prototyping, producing, testing, and distributing of multimedia products. Three hours of seminar per week.
COM 306 Online Media Production (3).
Prerequisite: COM 110 or equivalent. COM 305, COM 385 are recommended.
Provides skill sets needed for mastery of methodologies of video/digital media postproduction and processes for embedding and streaming new media product, utilizing digital compression techniques. Emphasis is placed on digital non-linear editing techniques for internet deployment of projects relating to the fields of journalism, adverting, public relations as well as general digital mass media.
COM 308 Television History (3).
Prerequisite: COM 100.
A critical survey of the history of American television, from the 1940's to the present. Examines the interrelationships between programming forms, industry, regulation, technology, aesthetics, and culture.
COM 333 Electronic Journalism (3).
Prerequisite: COM 110 and COM 250. COM 100 is recommended. Corequisite: COM 306.
Analysis and practice of coverage journalism, with emphasis on producing stories for the Internet, radio and television broadcasts. Examines theory and development of community journalism, including blogs and podcasts. Two hours lecture, on hour activity per week.
COM 342 Advertising Strategy and Copywriting (3).
Prerequisites: ENG 111 and COM 250 or equivalent are required; ART 344 or COM 358 are recommended.
Planning, creating and preparing demographically and psychographically targeted advertisements for print, electronic, interactive, and out-of-home media. Students will write copy for commercial and not-for-profit advertising campaigns.
COM 344 Advertising Media Analysis (3).
Analysis of the comparative advantages (cost and market impact) of various advertising media as a basis for time and space buying within the context of the creative advertising campaign with an emphasis on campaign planning and implementation.
COM 346 Reporting and Information Gathering (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250 and typing 30 wpm.
Theory and practice of information gathering for print and electronic media writing, including the art of interviewing. Identification, assessing and verifying published, computerized data base and "live" sources. Special emphasis on interview problems such as invalid inference and supposition. Two hours lecture, two hours activity per week.
COM 348 News Editing and Design (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250 and typing 30 wpm.
Principles, practice in copy editing, including review of grammar, spelling, punctuation, word use, organization, word flow, sentences, information verification, application of appropriate story forms; writing headlines, photo cropping and sizing, computer desktop page design and editorial judgment. One hour lecture, two hours activity per week.
COM 352 Feature and Critical Writing (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250 and typing 30 wpm.
Analysis and practice of preparing feature stories and critical reviews for newspapers, magazines, radio, television and video. Assignments include profiles, how-to pieces and news features. Critical reviews focus on theatre, film, music, fine arts and books. Two hours lecture, two hours activity per week.
COM 355 News Production Workshop (3).
Prerequisite: COM 250. COM 346 is recommended.
Production of print and electronic forms of campus newspaper. Practices include original story selection, writing, reporting, interviewing, and editing. Repeatable course. Two hours lecture, three hours activity per week.
COM 358 Communication Graphics (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250.
Learning methods for producing various forms of visual communications including fliers, informational graphics and logos, newsletters, magazines and newspapers in correlation with desktop publishing, page design, typography selection, copy fitting photo sizing and cropping. Two hours lecture, two hours activity per week.
COM 360 Public Affairs and Editorial Writing (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250, COM 346, and typing 30 wpm.
Reporting, writing and editorial interpretation of public affairs events and issues, including on-site coverage of local governments, civic affairs, schools, police and courts. Utilization of public documents, enhancement of interviewing techniques, with emphasis on accuracy, clarity and social responsibility. Two hours lecture and two hours activity per week.
COM 365 Introduction to Public Relations (3).
Public relations practices and principles
as applied to government, education and industry.
COM 366 Public Relations Writing (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250 and COM 365 and type 30 wpm.
Public relations writing; message and audience analysis. Creating effective forms of public relations communications, producing print and video press releases, public service announcements, media fact sheets and alerts, executive letters, press kits and brochures and newsletter copy. Two hours lecture, two hours activity per week.
COM 379 Media Industries (3).
Prerequisite: COM 100.
Analyzes contemporary media industries offering a comprehensive overview of how the industries work, their historical roots in relations to how they operate today, and their cultural influence. Examines how the relationships between various cultural, industrial, regulatory, and economic elements set the conditions by which media industries create cultural texts.
COM 381 Screenwriting (3).
Prerequisite: COM 250.
Practice in script writing for TV and film. Development of writing styles suitable for each of these media. Emphasis on formal distinctions between aural and visual media.
COM 385 Electronic Media Programming Production (3).
Prerequisites: COM 383.
Emphasis is placed on news, information and persuasive programming in both studio and field production environments. Production focus will be varied covering categories such as news, informational, persuasive, instructional, public affairs and corporate formats and programs as production assignments.
COM 387 Documentary Film (3).
Prerequisite: COM 100.
A critical survey of the schools, styles, and purposes of documentary film as an aesthetic and cultural form.
COM 400 Communication Theory and Research (3).
Prerequisites: COM 100 and COM 250.
Provides an overview of mass communications from a theory and research perspective. Explores how audiences receive and use messages and how the research on these activities affects the way mass communication is generated.
COM 467 Integrate Communications Management (3).
Prerequisites: COM 250, COM 365, COM 366.
Analysis and development of strategies for planning/implementing integrated communications campaigns and preventing/solving integrated communications problems. Emphasis is placed on both individual and team case studies, incorporating strategic planning and writing techniques previously learned.
COM 490 Senior Seminar (3).
Prerequisite: COM 100 and COM 400; senior standing.
Integrative studies and in-depth analyses of the mass media and their role in society. Preparation of major thesis paper and the sharing of research findings during seminar discussions. Three hours of seminar per week.
COM 494 Independent Study (1-3).
Independent study in any relevant subject area under the direction of a member of the Communications Department faculty. Repeatable course.
COM 495 Special Topics in Communications (3).
An intensive study of an issue or concept in communications that is of special interest to both the faculty member and the students, such as press and social issues or sports in the media. Repeatable course. Three hours of lecture per week.
COM 496 Internships (3).
Prerequisites: Senior standing and/or approval of the department is required; completion of a minimum of 27 upper division units in the major is recommended.
Directed work experience in the communications fieldprint or electronic journalism, public relations or advertising, film, broadcasting, or telecommunications. Ideally, such work provides a practical bridge linking the student's academic studies with the world of work. A minimum of 10 hours a week of supervised work experience under the direction of a professionally-qualified mentor.
Infrequently Offered Courses
The following
courses are scheduled on
a "demand" basis. Students should consult the department office for information about the next schedule offering.
COM 386 Electronic Media Editing (3).
Prerequisites: COM 101, COM 383, or COM 384. COM 385 is recommended.
Exploration of the role of editing in the video production and post-production processes of traditional and new media, using both analog and digital formats. Emphasis on digital non-linear editing techniques. Six hours of activity per week.
COM 396 Workshop in Video/Electronic Media Production (3).
Prerequisites: COM 383 and/or COM 384 or COM 385.
Engagement in broadcast video and non-broadcast multimedia productions. Students write, produce, direct projects, and crew for others. Successful projects mastered/ported to university's cable channel/CD-ROM workstation/Web Server. Repeatable. Three credits toward major. Six hours of activity per week.
COM 425 Management in the Mass Media (3).
Prerequisites: COM 100 and COM 250.
Emphasizes management of the electronic media industries, the most heavily regulated in the field of mass communications. Covers organizational theory, principles of management, functions/style of the manager, programming, sales, promotion and community relations.


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WATCH: Sick Massachusetts teen begs for release from the state
Justina Pelletier has been in the hands of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) for 16 months, ever since she was ripped from her parents' care after a disagreement with Boston Children's Hospital over their 15 year-old daughter's medical diagnosis. Now the teenage girl has posted a video to Facebook begging the state to let her go home.
"Please let me go home right now," the girl pleaded sitting in a wheelchair. "All I really want to be with is with my family and my friends."
The video was posted on Sunday night on the Facebook page called "A Miracle for Justina" and was uploaded to catch the attention of Gov. Deval Patrick, as well as Suffolk County juvenile court Judge Joseph Johnston — the judge who ruled the girl should be taken from her family.