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Catching the Game: PENN vs. YALE
|Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. | at Franklin Field
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PHILADELPHIA - Saturday marks a long-anticipated rematch for the Quakers (3-2, 2-0 Ivy) as they take on Yale (3-2, 1-1 Ivy), the only team to beat last season's championship team. The Bulldogs won by a pair of touchdowns in New Haven last year, but have just one win in Philadelphia since 1990—a triple-overtime thriller in 2007. Kickoff from Franklin Field is at 1 p.m., and the game can be seen on the Penn Sports Network.
The Penn-Yale Series—81st Meeting
Over the first 80 meetings, Yale holds an all-time edge of 46-33-1 in a series that dates back to 1879. However, since Al Bagnoli took over at Penn, the Quakers have won 15 of 21 against the Bulldogs, including a 9-1 mark at Franklin Field. Yale's only win in that span came in triple overtime in 2007. Overall, the Quakers have won 19 of the 31 meetings at Franklin Field, which includes a tie.
Team October
When the calendar turns to October, the Quakers have been nearly unbeatable in recent years. Since 2008, the Red and Blue are 22-4 (.846) in the month of October and have not lost an Ivy home game in October since a triple overtime defeat to No. 16 Yale (26-20) on Oct. 20, 2007.
No. 150
Saturday marks the 150th career Ivy League game for Coach Bagnoli, who is the third-winningest active head coach in the FCS and arguably the greatest coach in Ivy League history. He owns the highest Ivy winning percentage of any coach since the inception of the League in 1956. Only one man has won more games at an Ivy school than his 145 career wins at Penn (Cozza, 179), and in 149 games versus Ivy opponents, Bagnoli's Quakers have won 109 of them (second-most all-time behind Cozza's 135). That record amounts to a winning percentage of .732—which marks the highest success rate of any man to ever coach in the Ivy League.
Coaching Changes
Over the last 22 years, every man who has taken a head coaching job in the Ivy League has lost to Al Bagnoli. The only exception at this point is Tony Reno, as Yale won the only head-to-head meeting between the two coaches last season. Since Coach Bagnoli took over at Penn in 1992, the other seven schools have combined for 23 different head coaches and every Ivy school has had at least one coaching change (17 total). Bagnoli has beaten five different coaches at Cornell and four different coaches at Columbia (he's beaten Pete Mangurian at both those schools). He will face Cornell's David Archer for the first time during teh 2013 season finale. And for a little fun with the longest tenured Ivy League head coach, here's what was happening in 1992 when Bagnoli took over at Penn:
• A Few Good Men and A League of Their Own were in theaters
• MTV introduced the first season of The Real World.
• Jump by Kris Kross and Black or White by Michael Jackson topped the charts.
• Tom Kite won the U.S Open in golf.
• Andrew Agassi and Steffi Graf won Wimbledon.
• Trolls dolls and the Super Soaker 100 were the most popular toys.
• Penn was coming off a 2-8 season - its worst in a decade.
• There have been six Presidential elections since Bagnoli took office at Penn.
Quick Quaker Notes
Penn has won eight of its last nine Ivy League games—its only loss over the last two seasons was at Yale last year on Oct. 20 ... Penn has alternated wins and losses through five games this year (won last) ... Penn has allowed an opening-drive touchdown just twice since Nov. 1, 2008 (48 games)—both off turnovers in the red zone—Lafayette needed to go just 14 yards to do it in the 2012 season opener and William & Mary went just 12 yards on Oct. 12 ... The Quakers have forced a turnover in each of their last seven Ivy games and 16 total in that time (12 interceptions, four fumbles) ... Penn has won eight straight games when leading at the half dating back to the 2011 season finale ... Penn is 4-0 in their alternate red jerseys ... Penn has won 13 of its last 14 Ivy home games ... Penn has scored at least 20 points in 20 of its last 22 Ivy games ... Penn has a sack in eight straight games.
Streaking Quakers
Senior Billy Ragone has thrown a touchdown pass in 11 straight starts ... Senior wideout Ryan Mitchell has a catch in 25 straight games ... Seniors Jake Schwertner and Steve Szostak have started 15 straight games together on the left side of the line.
Rising in the Record Books
Last week, senior wideout Ryan Mitchell entered Penn's all-time top 10 in career receiving yards. Earlier this year, Mitchell became the 16th player in program history to surpass 1,000 yards over his career, and he is currently 10th all-time at Penn with 1,225 career receiving yards. Mitchell also enters today's game with 89 career catches and needs just one more to reach the school's all-time top 10 in career receptions. Teammate Conner Scott has 78 catches (13th at Penn) for 973 yards (17th).
Ragone in the Record Books
Each week, senior quarterback Billy Ragone hits a new milestone. Last week, he set a school record his 55th career touchdown (20 rush, 35 pass) to pass Gavin Hoffman's 12-year-old school standard (4 rush, 50 pass). Also last week, Ragone's 35th touchdown pass broke a tie for third-most in Penn history with Jimmy McGeehan (1991-93). In the Ivy opener, the Cheshire, Conn., native became the second player in Penn's 137-year history with 6,000 career yards of total offense. He now has 6,526 total yards and trails only Hoffman's school standard of 7,188. During the season opener, Ragone became the third passer in school history with 4,000 career pass yards when he joined Hoffman (7,542) and Mike Mitchell (5,547) as the only Penn quarterbacks to reach that milestone. His 745 career pass attempts are good for second place all-time at Penn, and his 424 career completions place him third all-time.
Penn Scoring Trend
Penn has never been shut out at home in the Al Bagnoli era. In fact, the last time the Quakers were held without a point at Franklin Field was Nov. 18, 1989 (24-0 vs. Dartmouth), a span of 120 home games.
NCAA Record
No program in the history of college football—at any level—has played more games than Penn. Every time they play, the Quakers set an NCAA record. Saturday's game will be the 1,339th in the Red and Blue's illustrious history. Penn remains the only program to pass 1,300 games, hitting that mark on Oct. 31, 2009 in an overtime win at Brown. Yale is second all-time with 1,286 games played.
A Penn Win Today Would…
… be the fifth in the last six games against Yale.
... mark a seven-game Ivy League winning streak.
... be the sixth straight at Franklin Field.
... improve the Quakers to 4-2 and 3-0 in the Ivy League.
A Penn Loss Today Would…
... snap a four-game home winning streak against Ivy opponents.
... be just the second Ivy home loss since 2008.
... drop the Quakers to 3-3 overall and 2-1 in Ivy play.
… be less good than a win.
Last Week
A downright dominating defensive effort propelled Penn to a 21-7 win over Columbia last Saturday at Robert K. Kraft Field in New York City. Penn held the Lions to just four first downs and 118 total yards (33 rushing), and did not allow a third-down conversion. The Lions did not cross midfield in the second half. But even with all that, it was Columbia who got on the board first with a six-yard touchdown run at the 4:02 mark of the opening quarter. Penn tied it on Ryan Becker's 22-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell King with 4:25 left in the half. Minutes later, Billy Ragone threw a 12-yard touchdown strike to senior wideout Ty Taylor for a 14-7 halftime lead. The teams traded punts for most of the third. Then, on Columbia's first play of the fourth quarter, senior safety Evan Jackson jumped in front of the intended receiver and picked off the pass over the middle of the field. That set up the offense at the Lions' 32-yard line. On 3rd-and-6, Ragone ran a draw up the middle and got the first down. But he left with a ankle injury and did not return. Becker came on and completed his first pass of the drive to junior Kyle Wilcox for 18 yards to set up junior Spencer Kulcsar's four-yard touchdown run on the following play. That gave the Quakers a 21-7 advantage with 11:19 to play. Columbia never got past its own 31-yard line after that.
Up Next
Penn heads to Rhode Island to take on Brown. The last time the Quakers were in Providence, the Bears ended the second-longest Ivy League winning streak of all-time with a 6-0 win over Penn in an icy, driving rainstorm.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. - Saint Leo senior G Jerrel Harris has been recognized as the Sunshine State Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week Presented by VALIC.
Harris led Saint Leo to a 16-point comeback victory over Barry, 84-81, with a career-high 41-point performance on Saturday. The Milwaukee, Wis., native scored 23 points in the first half, going 8-of-13 from the field and 5-of-7 from 3-point range. In the second half, the senior rallied the Lions with 18 points, including 12-of-12 from the charity stripe. Six of those free-throws came in the final minute of play to secure the win, including a pair of free-throws with one second left in regulation to push the lead to three points. Harris scored 19 points in a 59-57 setback at Tampa to begin the week.
Saint Leo and Harris will look to use the momentum from the road victory at Barry to propel them into one of the toughest tests of the season. The Lions will welcome fourth-ranked and undefeated Florida Southern into the Bowman Center on Wednesday night. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. and the game is scheduled to be a White Out as all Saint Leo fans are encouraged to wear white.
For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's basketball team heading into its showdown with Florida Southern, be sure to visit SaintLeoLions.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Lions news by following Saint Leo Athletics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.

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The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park will host the Suwannee Lights Christmas Extravaganza this month.
You and your family can take this driving tour that leads to a walking tour, a crafts village with its gift shops, Santa and his elves and hot chocolate.
Suwannee Lights is open nightly from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. through Christmas Eve. Admission Sunday through Thursday is $6 per adult and $2 per child ages 4-12 years old, children under 3 are free. Friday and Saturday's admission charge is $8 per adult and $2 per child, per child 4-12 years old; children under the age of 3 are free.
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PLANS for housing on land owned by the leader of Malvern Hills District Council will be coming up before parishioners next week.
Last month it was revealed that councillor David Hughes had responded to a call from his own council for sites for housing, to fulfil its obligations under the South Worcestershire Development Plan.
He put forward two acres of land at Clay Green Farm, Alfrick, where he lives.
The scheme is on the agenda at the annual meeting parish meeting at Alfrick and Lulsley, on Tuesday, May 13, at the village hall, starting at 7.30pm.


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Konohamaru and every chuunin except Tenten, Ino, Kiba and Hinata would likely defeat Tsunade in a duel.
Rock Lee - She can't hit him. if she resorts to uber healing he'll just keep going until either her chakra runs out or just smashes her with the gates.
Shino - Bugs can absorb chakra as well.
Neji - far greater expert in taijutsu, can predict her movements, cause internal wounds and can completely stop her chakra flow.
Chouji - well, that butterfly thing even crushed kakuzu, and he's far beyond Tsunades level.
Shikamaru - he's smart. would likely find a way for her to decapitate herself so she can't heal.
Konohamaru - alright, I'll admit this one can't beat her, and I was just stirring you up, but the rest are still however, legit.


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Topic: Can combination metronomic therapy overcome chemoresistance in cholang
Can combination metronomic therapy overcome chemoresistance in cholangiocarcinoma? A literature review.
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Just seen this. It looks really interesting. Is anyone giving this a go?
Hi Jules,
I haven't heard of anyone here going through this but if someone has I hope that they will post their experiences of it here. I did a quick search of the site and couldn't find anything else on it either.
Best wishes,
Thanks Gavin. I'm going to ask my parents to take the article along to the oncologist in a few weeks time, and see what she says. The abstract sounds promising but I don't have access to the full article as yet.
Ignore that, i've just accessed the article. Still looks good
Jules....Continuous low-dose metronomic/anti-angiogenic chemotherapy (chemo administered over time) has been used by others in a palliative setting. In fact, Percy used Xeloda, for several months. It will be interesting to see the response of the physician as to whether he/she will prefer a rapid approach to cell devision or, address it from another angle (anti-angiogenic mechanism) of cell devision.
All my best wishes are heading your way,
Thanks for that Marion. And Jules, glad you got access to the full article and please let us know what the onc says about it all etc. Hope things go well for your mum.
Best wishes,
thank you as always, Gavin, for your postings. This is a fascinating article! For me, who cannot do any more traditional chemos, this looks promising. I will look into it with my dcs.
You're most welcome Holly. I hope that it will be of use to you and please let us know what your docs says about it etc.
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Gonzalez effective in loss, exits early with blister
Righty's next start in doubt; Davis limps off with knee injury
ANAHEIM-- After watching right-hander Chris Tillman steal the show in Thursday's win, Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez -- who made waves in winning his first career Major League start in Anaheim last year -- was hoping for a similarly dominant performance.
And while Gonzalez, who exited early with a blister, wasn't as effective as his predecessor, it hardly mattered. The Orioles were stonewalled by Angels starter Jason Vargas -- who held them to three hits in a complete game -- with all the attention funneled into concern as they watched first baseman Chris Davis hobble off the field with a right knee injury.
The result was a 4-0 loss the Orioles would rather forget, although the remnants could linger depending on the result of Davis' MRI on Saturday. Even Gonzalez's blister is hardly a minor issue, with Orioles manager Buck Showalter acknowledging there was a chance the right-hander could miss his next turn in the rotation.
"I would be a little sad if I wasn't able to make my next start," said Gonzalez, who tore the blister off on a curveball in his final frame. "Right now, I'm feeling a lot better with my pitches and stuff like that. I'm confident. I got my confidence back. So hopefully I'll be able to come back next start."
There is similar hope around Davis, who incurred the injury running full-bore down the first-base line on a fifth-inning groundout and winced in pain upon hitting the bag. Davis, who initially thought he could walk it off, couldn't put any pressure on his right leg, and went hobbling down the steps and into the tunnel under the supervision of assistant athletic trainer Brian Ebel.
"We don't have anything imminent," Showalter said of Davis. "The doctor looked at it. I'm not going to play medical here until we can get our arms around the MRI, we'll wait to pass judgment."
"I'm going to think of it as a little bump in the road," said Davis, who has no right knee injury history and was sporting a brace as he talked to reporters. "Like I said, it'll just be a few days and get back out there."
Gonzalez -- who had the blister going into the game -- left shortly after Davis, throwing 80 pitches, two of which left the ballpark and resulted in all three runs. Mark Trumbo started the second with a homer and Mike Trout connected for a two-run shot in the fifth. Gonzalez struck out five and allowed six hits before he was pulled prematurely and the Angels plated another run off lefty Troy Patton in the seventh.
"It all started in the fourth inning and it just got worse and worse," Gonzalez said of the blister hampering his grip. "It was a little tougher at the end, but the good thing was my command was there. I was happy with that."
"I thought Miggy pitched really well," Showalter said. "Too bad he had to come out with a blister. I think he could have finished the game but [Vargas] is one of those guys. You know what he's going to do coming in and he's got great command on both sides of the plate with the changeup and he mixed in a breaking ball. He's very athletic and I thought when they made the acquisition in the offseason, it was one of the better ones maybe under the radar. I hate being right about it."
Vargas kept the Orioles in fits with J.J. Hardy's two-out, fifth-inning single Baltimore's lone hit through the first six innings. Adam Jones opened the seventh with a double, losing his balance rounding second in hopes of taking third, and was later caught trying to score on Matt Wieters' groundout, squandering the team's best chance to score.
"Definitely the less pitches you can throw the better," Vargas said. "I guess I take more satisfaction in the way we played the game and the way we were able to be so efficient out there and not really give them an opportunity to put together a big inning. The plays that we made out there early, late, in the middle of the game, they just really set us up for success."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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There are two main kinds of telescope mounts, alt-azimuth and equatorial. Most books on astronomy recommend the equatorial mount, which is aligned with the Earth's axis of rotation so that a simple motor on that axis will move the telescope in one direction while the Earth turns in the other direction, the end result being that the telescope's aim remains fixed in space, pointing at a distant object. This is essential for long-exposure imaging but it's also desirable for many kinds of visual observation.
Despite all the advantages of the equatorial mount, the simpler alt-azimuth design retains a devoted following. It is simple to use, basically "point and shoot," and, because it requires no counterweights, relatively light in weight for the telescope it carries.
The very popular Dobsonian telescope uses a simple version of the alt-azimuth mount. Its main disadvantage is that tracking an object across the sky always requires simultaneous motions in two different directions.
With a badly designed mount, this can be a nightmare, but with careful design the observer no longer has to think about it, and tracking objects soon becomes second nature.
Most of today's Dobsonian mounts do this with ease, but alt-azimuth mounts for other telescope designs often don't work as well.
The commonest inexpensive alt-azimuth mount today is the AZ-3. This works very well for terrestrial viewing, but causes problems when used for astronomy. The mount is poorly balanced as it points higher in the sky, and the altitude tension is usually set very high to compensate. As a result, it's very hard to point at anything high in the sky.
Recently Orion® introduced an improved alt-azimuth mount, called the VersaGo. This consists of a standard tripod, similar to that used on many telescope mounts, and a newly designed head which attaches to the tripod. This head consists of four nicely-machined aluminum parts which bolt together with supplied hardware to make a very substantial and solid mount. Both axes have large Teflon bearings and clutch knobs, so the action of the mount is very smooth and well controlled.
The upper plate, where the telescope attaches, uses a standard Vixen cradle as used on other Orion® mounts and those of other manufacturers, so that telescopes are easily interchangeable. The telescope dovetail is held securely in place by two large bolts. The altitude axis is offset, so that the telescope tube can be pointed at the zenith (not always possible in other designs). This also means that the telescope remains balanced no matter what altitude it points at. Finally, there is a long rubber tipped handle attached to the cradle which enables fine movements of the telescope.
Orion® sells the VersaGo mount on its own, or paired with a variety of popular telescopes of different designs: 80mm f/5 refractor, 90mm f/10 refractor, 102mm f/13 Maksutov-Cassegrain, and 130mm f/5 Newtonian.
Since I currently own none of these scopes, I tested the VersaGo with my Orion® 100mm ED refractor, which is comparable in many ways. Mounting was easy, thanks to the standard dove-tail system. I balanced the scope with my favorite 22mm Nagler eyepiece (41x, 2 degree true field of view). This made a perfect system for sweeping the grand vistas of the summer Milky Way, unencumbered by the complications of an equatorial mount. Although it's easy to rebalance the scope for high power eyepieces by sliding the dove-tail fore and aft, I preferred to use a Tele Vue Equalizer: a solid bronze 2"-1.25" adapter which adds 12 ounces of weight to the eyepiece. A quick twist of the altitude clutch holds the tube in place while changing eyepieces, an advantage over clutchless alt-azimuth mounts.
The one problem I noticed was some vibration at high magnifications. I traced this to the tripod's stamped aluminum legs. Aside from this, I found this to be an excellent product, clearly superior to Orion®'s older alt-azimuth mounts in every way. Even a scope as large as the 100 mm ED becomes a comfortable "grab and go" on this mount, easy to carry outside with one hand, and extremely smooth and solid in operation.
September 2007
Geoff has been a life-long telescope addict, and is active in many areas of visual observation; he is a moderator of the Yahoo "Talking Telescopes" group.


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Official histories
Since its inception, the Memorial has sponsored Australia's official war histories. Australian governments have commissioned four separate series of official war histories over this period, one for each of the major conflicts in which Australia has been involved: the two world wars and the Cold War–conflicts in Korea and south-east Asia. In 2004 the Federal Government authorised the writing of a fifth official history relating to peacekeeping and Post–Cold War operations.
Official histories are "official" in the sense they are commissioned by government as the national record of Australia's involvement in particular conflicts. The official historians are granted unrestricted access to closed period and security classified government records. The Australian official war histories contain the authors' own interpretations and judgements and do not follow any official or government line.
The works are the first published official record of Australia's involvement in war. They are a detailed, chronological record of all services and theatres of conflict. They comprise an invaluable resource for researchers at all levels, from the scholar to the general reader. The official war histories are our enduring national record providing a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible account of the Australian experience of war.
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The Summer Drinking Rules
How you plan to drink should dictate how you pack, but there are some ground rules. A cooler is requisite, and you should invest in a good one. Growing up, my dad loaded up for camping or shore trips with a Coleman steel-belted cooler, which maintains a classic, man-of-the-woods (or sand) masculinity and keeps everything super-cold. Toss in the ice, a bottle of sunscreen, a sixer of beer (Pacificos or Modelos), and a bottle of bubbly (we'll explain later).
Coleman 54-Quart Steel-Belted Cooler, $89.99, amazon.com
Of course, you could always default to classic red Solo cups, but if you want to class it up (or look like you're not in college), stock up on a set of collapsible metal cups. They'll keep cocktails colder for longer and create minimal waste, and they're compact enough to chill in the cooler en route.
Colonel Conk Sunstar Model 507 Collapsible Cup, $11, amazon.com
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Daddy's war stories
James Wilson Giddens was my father and told me he served in Italy during WWII, landing at Naples, there being so many ships anchored one could walk from one to another to get to shore.
He also told me he saw Mussolini and his wife hanging upside down and people spitting on them.
These are the only things I remember, but I know he suffered all his adult years with trench foot. I remember seeing him take a pocketknife and cut thick patches of dead skin from between his toes.


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Exploratory Program
Helping you declare the major that's right for you!
Welcome to the online home of the Exploratory Program, designed for students at Western State Colorado University who have not yet declared a major.
The program could benefit you if one or more of the following applies to you:
- You are unsure of what you want to study
- You know what you don't want to study, but haven't yet narrowed down what you do want to pursue
- You're interested in some majors but don't know how to decide which one (or two) are the best fit
- You want to find out how your interests, values, and abilities can connect to a major and career
- You know what you want to do after college but need to determine your academic path through college
Any Western student is welcome to participate in the Exploratory Program. Our professional academic advisors are here to help you through the process of declaring a major through
- Identifying Your Interests,
- Exploring Your Values, and
- Acknowledging Your Abilities
FOCUS 2 is free for Western State Colorado University undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni.
First Time Users:
- You will need to create an account the first time you use the system
- Click here and use the access code mountaineer
- Write down your user name and password for future visits
Returning Users:
- If you have already created an account with Focus2, click here to log-in
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Common Myths about Choosing a Major
Myth 1: The best way to find out about a major is to take courses in it.
Registering for an introductory course is one way to learn about a particular major, but it may not be the best way, especially if you're just starting the exploration process. Here's why:
- Some introductory courses will not give you a good idea of what the major is like. For example, taking a non-technical introductory course in biology won't tell you just how much math and chemistry is required.
- If you register for a course just to learn more about a major and then decide not to choose that major, you'll have eliminated one major but you won't have chosen one. Deciding on majors by eliminating them one course at a time is inefficient and time-consuming. Many of the courses at Western do have a General Education option however, so you can "double" dip and even if it does not work out as a major for you, you can still have General Education credit.
- You can often learn a lot about a course and a major just by looking through the required textbooks, reading the course syllabus, and sitting in on a few class meetings before deciding whether or not to register for a course in that major.
Myth 2: I should get my Gen Eds out of the way first.
Western State Colorado University has a long list of General Education courses to choose from, but not every course on the list can be used in every major. Here are some examples:
- Students can't use courses from their own majors to meet certain General Education requirements (for example, a student majoring in business can't use any businesses courses to meet any of the General Education requirements). Please refer to your DegreeWorks screen to see a display of General Education course options.
- In some majors, certain General Education courses can "double dip" with other courses required in the major; in other majors, those same General Education courses won't "double dip".
- Although students in some majors can select any General Education natural science courses, students in other majors must select two or three different types of natural sciences courses and sometimes must have a lab course.
- You could complete all of the General Education courses for one major and find that many of them won't count in other majors.
So you can see that while you're exploring majors, you need to select your General Education courses very carefully. Your advisor and DegreeWorks are great resources for you.
Myth 3: Picking a major and a career are the same thing.
Students often think that choosing a major is the same thing as choosing a career (and vice-versa). Although these two choices are related, choosing one doesn't automatically mean you've chosen the other. Here are just a few examples:
- Some people assume that students who major in the arts, humanities, or social sciences are either not qualified for any jobs ("What can you do with a degree in english?") or qualified only for careers in those specific areas. Actually, students who major in theatre, anthropology, history, psychology, and similar majors do find jobs in business, research, human resources, teaching, the military, and a variety of other occupations. If you want to check out the potential fields you can pursue with each major/minor feel free to check out the "What can I do with a major in....." webpage.
- Many students who decide they want to be a lawyer automatically assume that they should major in politics and government with a pre-law emphasis. The reality is that a student can choose any major and still be accepted into law school.
- Many students who decide they want to be a doctor assume they should major in biology with a pre-med/cell biology emphasis. But students can major in many different areas and still qualify for medical school, as long as they take the right courses (prereqs), do well on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), etc. Choosing a major other than pre-med can often give students more options after they graduate.
- Students graduating from any one major could be employed in many different jobs; likewise, people who are employed in any one job could have graduated from many different majors.
Choosing a major doesn't limit you to just one career; choosing a career doesn't limit you to just one major.
Myth 4: Choosing one major means giving up all the others.
Actually, there are ways for students to combine interests in more than one major. At Western students have the ability to double major, or major and double minor. The possibilities are endless.
Sometimes students who find out how much time it would take to complete multiple majors decide instead to complete just one undergraduate major and then go on for a master's degree in another area. Graduate degrees don't have to be in the same area as undergraduate degrees. For example, a student who earns a bachelor's degree in music might go on to earn a master's degree in business administration. Or a student with an undergraduate degree in mathematics might go on to earn a post-baccalaureate teaching certificate or a master's degree in computer science.
Myth 5: My major will determine what I do for the rest of my life.
Did you know that studies have shown that within ten years after graduation, most people are working in careers that are not directly related to their undergraduate majors?
Just like students change their majors, graduates change their careers. There are doctors, for example, who decide to become lawyers, and lawyers who decide to become doctors. Although these are unusual examples, it's not unusual for most people to change careers several times during their professional lives. A teacher, for example, might become a principal or a superintendent, or an engineer might move into a management position.
Most jobs also change over time, whether people want them to or not. Many jobs that exist today will be very different five years from now or may even be obsolete by then. New types of jobs are emerging every year, and most of us have no way of knowing what those jobs will be or what type of education will be needed in order to qualify for them.
The current emphasis in career planning at the undergraduate level is on the development of general, transferrable skills (e.g., writing, speaking, critical thinking, computer literacy, problem solving, team building) that employers want and that graduates will need in order to adjust to rapidly changing careers.
People change; careers change. The connection between the major that you choose now and the career that you'll find yourself in ten years from now is likely to be very small. If you want to check out the potential positions you can pursue with each major/minor feel free to check out the "What can I do with a major in....." webpage.


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Are 401(k) and IRA plans likely to fall or be pushed off the 'fiscal cliff'? The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, or ASPPA, thinks that's a risk we ought to be worrying about.
As Congress looks for ways to manage the out-of-control budget, one of the most talked-about tools is tax reform -- lowering the rate and broadening the base, so more people pay taxes but at lower rates. To achieve that, something has to go. ASPPA is spreading the alarm that one of the biggest targets -- and maybe the easiest -- is tax-advantaged retirement savings plans, which cost the government as much as $100 billion a year in tax breaks.
"If you talk to individuals on the Hill about the likeliest targets -- retirement savings, mortgage interest and charitable contributions -- it is hard to find somebody who will say 'Yes, let's get rid of them.' But anybody who is talking about lowering rates and broadening the base, is going to have to go after all those things," says Judy Miller, director of retirement policy for ASPPA.
In the case of retirement savings plans, Congress could go in various directions -- none of them good for your retirement planning. It could:
- Do away with the deduction for retirement savings.
- Eliminate the deduction for high earners.
- Further cap the deductible amount (currently $17,500, or $23,000 for those 50 and older).
- Tax future retirement savings earnings.
- Levy taxes on past tax-free and tax-deferred retirement savings income.
Though some argue that most of the tax benefits of retirement plans flow to the wealthy, Miller says this will hurt people who earn less than $100,000 the most. "The tax deduction is very important to people with more modest incomes. For someone in the 10 percent bracket, that 10 cents on the dollar is very important to their cash flow."
One of the arguments for choosing this route to raising taxes stems from a recent study of the retirement system in Denmark, which is similar to ours. That study indicated that eliminating tax incentives wouldn't make much difference to most savers. But Miller says that's beside the point. The eliminations of deductions would hit small business hard. "To think that businesses are going to be able to set up a retirement savings system without a tax incentive is just plain wrong.
"Most of the money to pay for these plans comes from the tax savings that the business owner is going to get. When people talk about eliminating tax incentives, they don't consider this. We see these theoretical proposals and we look at them and say, 'You're kidding. This plan clearly comes from someone who has never set foot on the pavement, who has never worked with employers on these plans,'" Miller says.
If you want Uncle Sam to keep his mitts off your 401(k), IRA or other tax-advantaged retirement plan, tell your congressmen. "We need members of Congress to hear from their constituents that they care about these plans," Miller says.


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A NEW £210,000 community sports club has opened in Ryedale, giving a massive boost to grassroots sport across the area.
Sherburn Community and Sports Club, near Malton, features two state-of-the-art team changing rooms and two more for officials, all built to Football Association standard.
There are also fully-accessible spectator WCs, a kitchen and a spacious community area with spectacular views across the Yorkshire Wolds.
The complex, which was officially opened by Thirsk and Malton MP Anne McIntosh, will be used by several football clubs - Pheonix JFC, Pickering JFC and Scarborough Ladies FC - but members of the wider community will also benefit from the wide range of sports and social activities on offer.
Sherburn Playing Field Association worked in partnership with the East Riding FA to secure a £94,725 grant from the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund towards the £210,380 project.
Barry Dobson, Sherburn Community and Sports Club project manager, said it had been a long three years since the new club was first proposed. "Without the help of our funders – the Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund, Sport England, Yorventure, Kingspan, Ryedale District Council and the late Mr Aubrey Church, of Sherburn – the construction of this project would not have gone ahead. Now complete, it is one of the best facilities in the region."
Paul Thorogood, chief executive of the Football Foundation, said the 'outstanding' sports club was an example of the positive impact that money from the facilities fund was having on the grassroots game.
"First-class facilities like this are crucial to creating more opportunities for local people to enjoy regular sport," he said.
"Aided by the East Riding FA, Sherburn Playing Field Association deserves huge credit for taking a vision and turning it into a reality. Sport has the power to make a positive impact on the health of communities and this wonderful new facility will improve the sporting experience of local people and encourage them to be more active."


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Free Time Watch
Like the planets tracing their various orbits around the Sun, the rings on this watch each move with different rotational speeds to indicate the time. The planets trace rings around the Sun, each one completing a full orbit in a different amount of time in relation to its distance from the Sun. Our most important measurement of time, the year, is based on this full rotation around the Sun. In fact, all our major units of time (day, month, year) are based on different rotation periods. The three concentric circles rotate clockwise with each gap in the circle communicating the precise time. The hour, minute and seconds are defined by the outer, middle and inner rings respectively. The diameter is 33 mm.


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Tory Burch Spring 2014
Should you wish to acquaint yourself firsthand with the images that danced in Tory Burch's head when she was working on her pretty and polished spring collection, you could do the following: 1. Log on to your Netflix account and move to the top of your queue the 1969 Jacques Deray movie La Piscine, a très érotique drama with one of the most gorgeous/sexiest/stylish casts of all time, including Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, and Alain Delon; never did the downside of relationships look more heavenly. (Also, FYI, a remake is apparently in the works from Luca Guadagnino, the director who made I Am Love.) 2. Delve into your own personal archive of Vogue magazines and dig out the March 2012 Power issue, which featured our very own Hamish Bowles extolling the virtues of Burch's rather gorgeous home and gardens in Southampton.
Those, in essence, were what led Burch to her controlled and considered exercise in chicness with a floral abundance. She took the pared-down elegance of the movie's Côte D'Azur wardrobe, all short, belted sundresses and crop pants cut with a kicky flare at the ankle, then combined them with a cornucopia of flora and hedgerow prints, which came from photographs of Burch's gardens. She planted those almost everywhere, from an embroidered cotton top cut with a flattering easy swing to a fabulous leather shoulder bag, and from a floor-length skirt in dupioni (it's a kind of shimmery silk) to a belt whose bloom print added a glorious contrast to the trousers it was worn with, which were in yet another floral print.
That this collection worked so well was in part testament to Burch's sharp eye for an accessory; in addition to those already mentioned, there were leather trellis basket totes, jeweled sandals with gleaming metallic low heels, and adorable frame clutches. Yet its success was also down to the fact that it posited a very clear, very direct, and very Tory Burch idea of how to dress next summer, which is to say, a look that's feminine, elegant, and fun. And given that the past few days have featured enough floppy sheer fabrics flying around to little or no effect, there was something about its pared-down and paired-together attitude that was as refreshing as a walk through a summer garden . . . or diving into a pool with Delon.