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Abraham: I show you compassion and leniency and this is how you repay me? I should take your face and rearrange it so that not even your own cow of a mother doesn't recognize it. Try that again and I will gut you. Instantaneously.
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Jeb Bush tapped to chair National Constitution Center board
The National Constitution Center has always put someone with great political clout at the head of its board. The previous chair was Bill Clinton. Before him was George H.W. Bush.
The head of the center's executive committee, Doug DeVos, says John Ellis "Jeb" Bush was chosen for the bipartisanship he demonstrated as governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and for his interest in civic education.
"His role in education in particular, allows us a connectivity into that world that can help us reach. Those are two main things," said DeVos.
"The third thing -- he's such a person of character, and believes in the values and lives the values that we all try to live as part of the Constitution," he said.
Former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell praised Bush's ability to negotiate across the aisle in the National Governors Association when they were both members.
"We were a strong and powerful organization -- we could effect congressional outcomes if we acted together. But not when we divided into Democrat and Republican camps," said Rendell. "The mission of this center is a truly bipartisan mission. It's truly an American mission, and we have chosen the right leader to continue that vision."
Bush will not be involved in the center's day-to-day operations; right now, the center is looking for someone else to do that. Since former CEO David Eisner left Nov. 1, Vince Stago is the interim CEO.
The board chairman has traditionally used his political position to further the goals of the center.
"The more we pay tribute to both the founders of our country and their heroic work, and the Constitution they created, the better we will be," said Bush. "To play a small role in that is an honor. I hope to bring a servant's heart to this, work to expand the footprint of this museum around the country.
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Evolutionary Psychology (2nd Edition)Author:
Steven J. C. Gaulin, Donald H. McBurney
Edition: 2
Pub Date: 2003
Publisher: Pearson
Summary: Is it not reasonable to anticipate that our understanding of the human mind would be aided greatly by knowing the purpose for which it was designed? - Williams 1966, p. 16 We have been gratified by the reception given the first edition of this book; it is being used at a wide variety of institutions, both as an introduction to psychology and as a text for advanced courses on evolutionary psychology. We are especially... pleased to hear that students have been enthusiastic in their reaction to it. We have made some changes in organization in response to suggestions from users. The first four chapters have been reorganized into three, and their contents have been streamlined so that readers can begin consideration of substantive issues in psychology sooner. Certain topics, such as kin selection and reciprocal altruism, that were previously covered in the introductory chapters, have been delayed until they are needed to parse particular questions about human behavior. Some chapters have been reordered. Although not formally demarcated as such, the first three chapters may be thought of as Part I. Part II consists of sensation and perception, consciousness, and motivation and emotion, for better continuity. Part III is made up of cognition and learning. The order of these two chapters has been reversed to emphasize the connection between perception, consciousness, and cognition. Part N is made up of individuality, health, and abnormal. The final section, Part V, groups together four related chapters: mating, families and development, social, and culture. The explosive growth of evolutionary psychology has led us to add many new references. We have striven to reflect the development of the field without attempting to cover all the exciting new material. Rather, we continue our plan of considering in sufficient depth representative developments in the field. Thus we have not included some work (including our own!) that is well deserving of a place in this book. We apologize to all who have been thus excluded. The Trail Markers have been popular with readers, and many new ones have been added. In one important way, this book is very different from other introductory psychology texts. Traditional psychology largely ignores the question of what the mind is for. This oversight puts traditional psychology seriously out of step with the rest of the life sciences, where design-for-a-function is recognized as the normal result of evolution by natural selection. You may hesitate, but there is little room for doubt: Psychology is a life science. It studies the behavior of living things, not rocks or stars or electrons. The theory of evolution has inspired countless thousands of discoveries throughout the life sciences--in physiology, ecology, medicine, and the like. It is time to consider what this theory can offer to psychology. In a sentence, natural selection shapes organisms by preserving those chance genetic variants that aid survival and reproduction. Contemporary biologists are convinced that every single species, including our own, owes its present form to a long history of natural selection. Their conclusion applies with equal force to every organ system; the mind and the behaviors it fosters are in no way exempt from this process. Thus our working assumption is that human psychology was designed by evolution, over millions of years, to solve the various challenges that faced our ancestors in their struggles to survive and reproduce. We have chosen to write an introductory textbook for one simple reason: Evolutionary psychology isnota specialized subfield of psychology, such as personality psychology or abnormal psychology. Instead, it is a different way of thinking about the entire field. Its insights and methods should be the groundwork for the study of psychology, not an afterthought. Our goal is that after reading this text, stud [read more]
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Eddie Royal inhaled and exhaled, while his opponents huffed and puffed.
The fourth quarter had arrived, and Royal wondered what the fuss was because he was feeling spry.
Royal and his fellow Denver Broncos had come down from the Rocky mountains to play a road game, and it was as if they had an extra lung.
"You're not as tired," Royal said. "During the fourth quarter, I think you really notice it a lot. You don't feel like you had played a whole game because you were still pretty fresh."
The Broncos are the Sherpas of the NFL. Mountain people. Alpine athletes. They live a mile up. Everyone else in the NFL looks up at them.
Rarefied air is their friend. The fourth quarter is their domain.
It's often thought the Broncos have an advantage at home, where they'll face the Chargers on Sunday, because opponents must adjust to the thin air. Exertion at altitude can cause headaches and shortness of breath.
Cris Collinsworth, a former Cincinnati Bengals receiver, now a football analyst for NBC, said he had to lie on the sideline during a game in Denver, so exhausted was he by the piercing air.
Less considered is the advantage the Broncos may enjoy on the road as the NFL's only altitude-conditioned team. (The Arizona Cardinals train for about four weeks at Flagstaff, elevation 7,000 feet, before returning to Phoenix).
Royal, now a Charger, isn't the only receiver to report the bliss of having more stamina than the home team.
Broncos receiver Eric Decker says he has reaped a perceived red-blood-cell bonanza, both home and away.
"If you live here year-round like I do," Decker said on Wednesday from Denver, "I do believe that it's an advantage because scientifically, you produce more red blood cells than you do at sea level. When you go down to sea level, those red blood cells give you more oxygen and give you the endurance and stamina."
Whatever conditioning edge the Broncos may enjoy, however, is in their mind, not their lungs.
That is the view of one expert on high-altitude training.
"The only advantage the Denver Broncos have is psychological," said Sean Anthony, director of HYPO2 Sports, a Flagstaff-based company that matches endurance athletes and sports teams with high-altitude training sites.
Anthony said that training at altitude can stimulate red-cell production. He disagrees that football players run continuously long enough during games for it to be a factor.
If a football play lasted at least two minutes, the Broncos may have an edge, he said. But a typical play is over in a matter of seconds.
"If you think about it, you're talking about a very, very short duration for plays," he said. "That's why you can have a guy who is 350 pounds playing. Because he only has to do it for only a few seconds, he's not depending on the oxygen-carrying capacity of red cells to do it for him."
Decker said Broncos coach John Fox, in his second season on the job, has instilled a finish-the-game mentality in his team.
The results are impressive. In their first season under Fox, the Broncos won all four of their games that went into overtime, including a wild-card playoff match against the Steelers.
This year with Peyton Manning directing their offense, the Broncos (6-3) are dominating the second half. They have outscored opponents 70-44 in the third quarter and an NFL-best 115-30 in the final quarter, during which Manning has nine touchdowns and no interceptions.
Two of those touchdown passes came in the fourth quarter of the Week 6 game at San Diego, where the Broncos fired back from a 24-0 halftime deficit to win 35-24.
"Coach Fox structures his practices in a way that portrays the attitude that we have to be able to finish,'' said Decker, who has seven catches for touchdowns. "A lot of times at the beginning of the season, we struggled to start the game, but we always knew how to finish.
"That was always a strength for us because it comes down to an attitude, the way you train, and the way you do everything as far as meetings, lifting and practice."
Some of the most striking comebacks in NFL history are part of Broncos lore. Many of them were directed by John Elway, a Hall of Famer who two years ago became the club's top football executive.
It was one thing for Elway to rally his team to victory by throwing passes that other mortals were incapable of throwing.
It was quite another for the Broncos to be outscored in only two of 13 fourth quarters with Tebow as their quarterback. A deft, tireless and punishing runner with an under-appreciated ability to avoid fumbling, Tebow completed only 46.5 percent of his passes last year.
But in all four overtime games, Tebow and teammates were the last ones to celebrate. Tebow is now a backup to Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez.
"I think their defense was very good," said Chargers tight end Antonio Gates. "They deserved a lot of credit."
Manning is a master of the no-huddle offense, which would seem to accentuate any extra benefits the Broncos may have in conditioning.
The Chargers will go into Denver on run of high-altitude success unprecedented in their NFL history.
They're 6-1 in Denver since 2006, including a 5-1 mark under Norv Turner. The one loss doesn't count in the minds of most Chargers fans, for Ed Hochuli's infamous blown call rescued the home team.
Leading up to 2006, the Chargers had lost their previous six games at Denver, not to mention 10 of 11 and 21 of 23.
Royal said Turner and the team's conditioning coaches have the Chargers (4-5) prepared to go the distance, even if they've scored only three fourth-quarter points in their five defeats.
"I think practicing, and work, and doing extra conditioning for us is good, just so come the fourth quarter in different games, we're prepared," he said.
As for the greater stamina he experienced as a Bronco, Royal said some of was in my mind, "but some of it was not because I did notice it in away games.
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BALTIMORE -- When Sergio Santos eventually makes his return to the Blue Jays, it won't be as a starter. But that's what he was on Thursday for Double-A New Hampshire.
The relief pitcher got the start against Bowie on Thursday, but pitched only one inning in his second rehab appearance since heading to the disabled list on May 12 with right forearm soreness.
Santos threw just eight pitches and allowed one hit against the Baysox, but it was a home run. He also struck out one.
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- Analyst behaviour: the geography of social interaction (2012)
- An analyst who works in Germany is more likely to publish a high (low) price target regarding a DAX30 stock if other Germany based analysts are also optimistic (pessimistic) about the same stock. This finding is not biased by the fact that DAX30 companies are headquartered in Germany. In times of bull markets, price targets of analysts who regularly exchange their opinion are higher correlated compared to other analysts. This effect vanishes in a bearish market environment. This suggests that communication among analysts indeed plays an important role. However, analysts' incentives induce them not to deviate too much from the overall average during an economic downturn.
- Does social interaction destablise financial markets? (2012)
- With this paper, I propose a simple asset pricing model that accounts for the influence from social interaction. Investors are assumed to make up their mind about an asset's price based on a forecasting strategy and its past profitability as well as on the contemporaneous expectations of other market participants. Empirically analysing stocks of the DAX30 index, I provide evidence that social interaction rather destabilises financial markets. Based on my results, I state that at least, it does not have a stabilising effect.
- Fluctuations of social influence: evidence from the behaviour of mutual fund managers during the economic crisis 2008/09 (2012)
- In this paper, I analyse the reciprocal social influence on investment decisions within an international group of roughly 2000 mutual fund managers that invested in companies of the DAX30. Using a robust estimation procedure, I provide empirical evidence that in the average a fund manager puts 0.69% more portfolio weight on a particular stock, if other fund managers increase the corresponding position by 1%. The dynamics of this influence on portfolio weights suggest that fund managers adjust their behaviour according to the prevailing market situation and are more strongly influenced by others in times of an economic downturn. Analysing the working locations of the fund managers, I conclude that more than 90% of the magnitude of influence is due to pure observation. While this form of influence varies much in time, the magnitude of influence resulting from the exchange of opinion is more or less constant.
- Correlation, price discovery and co-movement of ABS and equity (2005)
- Asset-backed securitization (ABS) has become a viable and increasingly attractive risk management and refinancing method either as a standalone form of structured finance or as securitized debt in Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO). However, the absence of industry standardization has prevented rising investment demand from translating into market liquidity comparable to traditional fixed income instruments, in all but a few selected market segments. Particularly low financial transparency and complex security designs inhibits profound analysis of secondary market pricing and how it relates to established forms of external finance. This paper represents the first attempt to measure the intertemporal, bivariate causal relationship between matched price series of equity and ABS issued by the same entity. In a two-dimensional linear system of simultaneous equations we investigate the short-term dynamics and long-term consistency of daily secondary market data from the U.K. Sterling ABS/MBS market and exchange traded shares between 1998 and 2004 with and without the presence of cointegration. Our causality framework delivers compelling empirical support for a strong co-movement between matched price series of ABS-equity pairs, where ABS markets seem to contribute more to price discovery over the long run. Controlling for cointegration, risk-free interest and average market risk of corporate debt hardly alters our results. However, once we qualify the magnitude and direction of price discovery on various security characteristics, such as the ABS asset class, we find that ABS-equity pairs with large-scale CMBS/RMBS and credit card/student loan ABS reveal stronger lead-lag relationships and joint price dynamics than whole business ABS. JEL Classifications: G10, G12, G24
- Measuring and managing the credit exposure of derivatives portfolios (1997)
- CONCLUSION The analysis of the exposure measurement problem has shown that the proper measurement of counterparty exposure for portfolios of derivatives transactions is a complex task that cannot be performed without making a lot of simplifying assumptions. Because of the complicated interaction of correlation effects and offsettings from different transactions, the single transaction framework which is currently used by most banks is definitely not capable of accurately determining the portfolio credit risk. When simulation techniques are applied to estimate exposure, the accuracy of exposure estimations can be increased significantly. However, a lot of modelling choices has to be made concerning the valuation of transactions and the stochastic model of underlying market rates. Because the system has to make projections of market rates into the far future, the choice of an appropriate stochastic model for market rate dynamics is crucial in order to prevent unreasonable scenarios. The predominant application of models based on Brownian Motion in today's bank risk management therefore leads to questionable results in respect to derivatives exposure evaluation.
- Sectoral heterogeneity in the employment effects of job creation schemes in Germany (2005)
- Job creation schemes (JCS) have been one important programme of active labour market policy in Germany aiming at the re-integration of hard-to-place unemployed individuals into regular employment. In ontrast to earlier evaluation studies of these programmes based on survey data, we use administrative data containing more than 11,000 participants for our analysis and hence, can take effect heterogeneity explicitly into account. We focus on effect heterogeneity caused by differences in the implementation of programmes (economic sector, types of support and implementing institutions). The results are rather discouraging and show that in general, JCS are unable to improve the re-integration chances of participants into regular employment.


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Defeated by 1 ½ lengths when second behind Charm the Maker
in the Sharp Cat Stakes Nov. 13, Killer Graces won the more significant prize,
rallying on the outside to take the Grade I Starlet by a half-length.
In the process, the 2-year-old daughter of Congaree and the
Old Trieste mare Heatherdoesntbluff became only the second filly to win both
the Landaluce and the Starlet. Killer Graces joined Serena's Song, who
completed the sweep in 1994.
Ridden by Joe Talamo, Killer Graces, who is now 3-for-5 over
Cushion Track, ran the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.09. The win was the second in three
years in the Starlet for Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, who scored
with Blind Luck in 2009.
Purchased privately after she finished second – beaten by a
nose – in her May 1 debut, Killer Graces has subsequently won three of seven
for a partnership that includes Hollendorfer, Dan Borislow, Gillian Campbell
and Steve Melen. She's earned $394,840 in eight career outings. All but $10,000
has come for her current connections.
No worse than second in five starts at Hollywood Park,
Killer Graces paid $30.40, $9.40 and $7.40.
Charm the Maker, the 17-10 second choice in the field of
six, paid $3.60 to place and show. Seeking her third win in four starts for
Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally, Charm the Maker sat just off pacesetter –
and eventual third-place finisher – Lady Pecan for most of the trip, but
couldn't quite match the winner in the final eighth of a mile.
Lady Pecan, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's
representative as he sought a third Starlet victory, finished 1 ½ lengths
behind Charm the Maker. Her show payoff was $6.
The disappointment in the race was 9-10 favorite
Weemissfrankie. Looking for her third Grade I of the year and a sweep of the
three major races in Southern California for
2-year-old fillies, she was last early after a stumbling start. The Del Mar
Debutante and Oak Leaf heroine did make progress in the stretch, but was much
too late. The daughter of Sunriver wound up fourth, three-quarters of a length
back of Lady Pecan and 2 ¾ lengths behind Killer Graces.
Self Preservation, who finished directly behind
Weemissfrankie when fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 4 at
Churchill Downs, was fifth and Mi Vida, a maiden and the longest shot in the
cast at 44-1, was eased in the final quarter of a mile.
"We had an absolutely perfect trip,'' said Talamo after his
first Starlet win. "I followed (Charm the Maker) the whole way and just kind of
did whatever (Charm the Maker's jockey Garrett Gomez) did. She really likes this
track. Her only bad races were at Del
"She's just getting better and better and you can do
anything with her. She's a really nice filly and I can't wait until she's
Rafael Bejarano, who had won two of the previous four
Starlets, bemoaned the break with Weemissfrankie.
"She was standing so good in the gate, but for some reason
she broke really, really bad,'' said Bejarano. "I was surprised because she
never did that before. All I could do from there was try to stay on the rail.
She tried to get out really bad on the first turn. It was just too much for her
to do. She finished up really well.''
Bejarano did win twice Saturday, reducing Joel Rosario's
lead to one (26-25) in the rider's race. Martin Garcia is next with 22 wins
with six days left in the Autumn meet.
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Citywest Hotel is 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) from Citywest Business Campus, 5 miles (8 kilometers) from Grange Castle Business Park, and 10.5 miles (17 kilometers) from Dublin. Dublin Airport is 19 miles (30 kilometers) away.
Golfing and fitness center
In addition to a championship golf course, guests enjoy an indoor pool, 2 spa tubs, steam room, sauna, and fitness center with personal training and fitness classes.
High-speed Internet
All 764 guestrooms at Citywest Hotel feature TVs with satellite channels, direct-dial phones with voice mail, and complimentary high-speed Internet access.
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- Good location
- Overall value of stay
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Guestroom size
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Occupying 240 acres of majestic parkland in suburban Dublin, the Citywest Hotel features a championship golf course, event and meeting facilities, complimentary parking, a health club, and several dining options. The hotel is located just 20 minutes from the Dublin city center, via the LUAS light rail tram system, just moments away (Saggart stop). Dublin International Airport is also just a short drive away.
The hotel's conference center provides 172,224 sq feet (16,000 sq meters) of meeting, conference, event, and banquet facilities. With 27 meeting rooms, complimentary WiFi access, a technology support staff, catering, state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment, and other business services, guests will be pleased to choose this accommodation for their events.
Guests seeking recreation and other services are provided with an onsite health club with complimentary access (age restrictions may apply). There are also wedding services on offer, a gift shop, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning services.
The friendly staff are available to provide tours/ticket assistance and can accommodate medical assistance if the need arises. There are floor butlers, a concierge, a security guard, porters (bellhops), and a front-entrance attendant all available to make any stay as comfortable as possible. The hotel also features an ATM/banking machine, currency exchange, complimentary wireless Internet access, express check-in/out, and air conditioning.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Arcade/game room
- Conference space
- ATM/banking
- Golf course on site
- Number of floors - 5
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Health club
- Designated smoking areas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Total number of rooms - 764
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 27
- Terrace
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 16000
- Conference space size (feet) - 172224
- Sauna
- Shopping on site
- Steam room
- Children's pool
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Number of spa tubs - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 34
- Conference center
- Snack bar/deli
- Number of restaurants - 3
- Television in common areas
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Partially open bathroom
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Room service
Where to Eat
Hibernian Bistro - Casual dining room with leather chairs and wood floors. Irish and Mediterranean specialties, carvery lunch. Extensive wine list. Open for lunch and dinner.
Lemongrass - Split-level restaurant serving Asian cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner.
Pavillion Lounge - Sofas and armchairs surround a grand fireplace. Open from late morning until late evening.
In-room dining is available 24 hours a day.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel offers a par 69 championship golf course designed by Christy O' Connor Jnr, as well as a putting green and pro shop. The Citywest Health & Leisure Centre has complimentary access and features a 66-foot (20-meter) indoor pool, spa tub, steam room, sauna, and caldarium. The well-equipped fitness center includes personal training and fitness classes.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Fitness classes on site
- Golfing on site
- Helicopter/airplane tours on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Citywest Conference Event Centre
- Citywest Conference Event Centre Saggart
- Citywest Hotel Conference & Event Centre
- Citywest Hotel Conference & Event Centre Saggart
- Citywest Hotel Dublin
- Citywest Hotel, Conference, Leisure & Golf Hotel Saggart
- Citywest Hotel Saggart
- Citywest Resort Dublin
- Citywest Hotel Conference Event Centre Saggart
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- Citywest Saggart
National Rating
Fáilte Ireland (The National Tourism Development Authority) assigns an official star rating for accommodations in Ireland. This Hotel property is rated 4 stars.


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Best-selling author Dan Brown is coming to the nation's capital in his newest thriller, "The Lost Symbol." Professor Robert Langdon is back! This time he is bringing his trademark expertise in symbology and iconology Washington, DC for an action-packed, clue-cracking adventure.
Visit the landmarks and locations featured in Langdon's latest adventure as you explore the secret side of the nation's capital. Learn more about the Freemasons, the city's design, and locations loaded with signs and symbols, from the breathtaking Scottish Rite temple to the Library of Congress.
US Capitol & Capitol Visitor Center
George Washington is said to have worn his Mason apron when laid the cornerstone for this powerful landmark, which is featured on the cover of the book. Some say that Masonic symbols and references appear throughout the building
George Washington Masonic National Memorial
The temple-like building towers over Old Town Alexandria, Va. Inside, you'll find exhibits about George Washington and Freemasonry, a large Masonic library and artifacts including George Washington's family Bible, locks of his hair and items used during his funeral.
House of the Temple (Scottish Rite Headquarters)
This 16th Street landmark was once voted one of the most beautiful buildings in the world. While it is officially used as an office building for the Sovereign Grand Commander and other officers and staff of the Scottish Rite, it also houses a museum and Masonic library.
Washington Monument
The celebrated landmark honors George Washington.
Washington National Cathedral
Known to be at the highest point in the city.
Library of Congress
The nation's largest library holds many secrets of its own.
Smithsonian Institution
Visitors can discover fascinating treasures at locations throughout the museum system.
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CONCORD, N.C. — Joey Logano has been through a great deal in his young racing the career. But until this week, he never was in the position of moving from one team to another after being forced out of his ride.
The 22-year-old Logano, who spent the first four years of his Cup career at Joe Gibbs Racing, had his first test Tuesday with Penske Racing. Shuffled out of JGR in favor of former Cup champion Matt Kenseth, Logano hopes to show that he is set for the prime of his racing career.
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He joins an organization fresh off winning its first Sprint Cup title with Brad Keselowski, who lobbied Penske officials to hire Logano as his teammate.
"It's really cool to have a teammate that's a student of the sport, that really studies it and will push me to do things differently," Logano said of Keselowski. "The coolest thing that Brad is able to do is he's able to think outside of the box — like way outside the box.
"That's interesting to me, to see the way his mind works."
Logano has finished between 16th and 24th in the standings in his four seasons. He has won two Cup races but didn't develop as quickly as JGR officials had hoped after rushing him to the Cup series after just one partial season in Nationwide.
Could Penske Racing be the spark he needs? Logano said that Keselowski has a different approach and outlook toward long runs as well as the way to approach some of the driving lines at different tracks.
"I can learn a lot on the way he leads a team and drives a racecar and the way he sets up his car," Logano said. "I seem to be a little bit different (from) the things he looks for. … Taking some of his techniques, I've tried them out there and there are pros and cons to everything, but it gives me a few more tools to work with when I'm out there."
Keselowski, who was credited for being a team player last year at Penske, hopes it's reciprocal. He hopes that he can learn from Logano, particularly from how fast Logano typically is during the first practice session at a track.
"I feel like there are a lot of areas that I can improve and be better and I think there are things Joey does right out of the gate that are better than what I do," Keselowski said.
The champion pledged he would not keep information from Logano in order to help himself.
"I would rather finish second to him next year in every race and even the championship than to rest on my laurels, not get any better and the whole field does, and run fifth, 10th, 15th, 17th — whatever it might be — and beat him," Keselowski said. "I think it's that spirit that is going to drive us to be the best we can."
Logano thinks he can take Keselowski in one arena — the basketball court. But not by much.
"Both of us aren't very coordinated," Logano said. "Everyone would laugh if we had a basketball game against each other.
"I think it would be the funniest thing you've ever seen. It would be hilarious. I think I might have him beat, but I'm pretty bad."


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Your story about state government compensation databases left the false impression that the University of California has stubbornly resisted sharing information about its employees' pay with the State Controller. In fact, UC has communicated frequently and cooperatively with the Controller about making publicly available payroll information accessible through the state website.
The University of California annually posts detailed compensation information for each of its more than 180,000 employees, by name, title and location, on a searchable public website. UC has been at the forefront on issues of transparency. We applaud State Controller John Chiang's efforts to promote accountability throughout California state and local government agencies.
What your story did not adequately explain is that UC, one of the few California government entities that is not a member of the CalPERS or CalSTRS retirement funds, collects payroll and pension data in a format that is not currently compatible with the controller's Government Compensation in California website.
Reconfiguring the data in our current payroll systems would cost the university – and taxpayers – millions of dollars and take over a year to accomplish. To facilitate anybody who might search the controller's site in search of UC data, we have offered to post links leading directly to UC's compensation site. And we have reiterated our willingness to do so in ongoing discussions with the Controller.
The university is in the third year of developing and implementing a new payroll system that will standardize and streamline multiple systems throughout our 10 campuses. By the end of 2015, all of our campuses should be fully using the new system, which will facilitate an accommodation with the controller's office. In the meantime, UC's payroll database is readily available at http://compensation.universityofcalifornia.edu/reports.html.
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text: Celebrating another title for WVU rifle By John McCoy March 16, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It didn't make big headlines at the time, but West Virginia University's most successful athletic team collected another big-time trophy last weekend.The WVU rifle team rode the strong shooting of senior Petra Zublasing en route to its 15th national championship.Let that number soak in a minute.It's hard for an athletic team to win even one national championship. Yet, since 1980, when the NCAA began recognizing rifle as an official team sport, the Mountaineers have captured 15 titles. That's 44 percent of all the first-place trophies ever awarded.That number might have been even higher if the powers-that-be at the state's land-grant university hadn't misguidedly disbanded the team in April 2003.Athletes who had been recruited to compete for WVU in officially sanctioned NCAA matches suddenly became highly disillusioned members of a rifle club, roughly on par with the university's field hockey, archery and roller derby clubs.No matter that WVU's shooters had, by then, already collected 13 national titles and the Mountaineers were considered one of the top two rifle teams in the country. Of far more importance to athletic-department officials was scrounging up enough cash to keep Rich Rodriguez on the job as the Mountaineers' football coach, so they eliminated the school's rifle, indoor track, outdoor track, men's tennis and men's cross-country teams.Fortunately, the rifle team had a lot more friends than they might have imagined. West Virginians had grown justifiably proud of the squad's past accomplishments, and they pitched an unholy fit. Within a year, key members of the state Legislature had forced WVU administrators to reinstate the team. But the damage had been done. Marsha Beasley, who had coached the team to eight national championships in 16 years, resigned in 2006. Jon Hammond, a Scotland native who shot on the 2002-03 Mountaineer squad and later earned a graduate degree in sports management, took over the program.It took Hammond a couple of years to rebuild the program, but rebuild it he did. In 2009, the Mountaineers clawed their way back into the limelight by claiming their 14th national title.Now they've done it again.And they did it in grand style. The team's aggregate total of 4,679 was the second-highest ever recorded at the NCAA championships, and Zublasing became the first shooter since 2001 to capture individual titles in both smallbore and air rifle in the same year.The individual titles were the second and third for Zublasing, who also won last year's air rifle title. The senior engineering major now plans to focus on international competition, with an eye toward representing her native Italy in the Olympics.Had Kentucky not shot the lights out in 2011, WVU might be celebrating their third championship of the post-disbandment era. The Wildcats piled up a record-setting 4,700 points, 18 more than Alaska-Fairbanks had amassed during the 2006 tournament. WVU's runner-up total of 4,697 would have won any previous championship quite handily.Clearly, Hammond has WVU's program rolling again. The Mountaineers are once again considered one of the nation's elite programs, and their success is sure to attract top-notch high school shooters eager to strut their skills at the collegiate level. Perhaps the school's next goal should be to reward the squad by giving it a better place to shoot. The current WVU range, tucked into an upper floor of the Shell Building, has only 10 firing points, too few to host even a regional competition.The WVU baseball team hasn't won diddly-squat, and it's getting a new stadium. It's time the school showed similar love for its 15-time champions. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 5 Protester: 'Thanks for the danishes but we'd rather have health care' Outdoors note -- March17 Previous Story Help for beginning anglers Next Story


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Pork producer margins gained ground last week as negotiated cash hog prices gained more than $2 per hundredweight. Producer margins improved $8.27 per hog, leaving margins at margins at a negative $17.25 per hog marketed, according to the Sterling Pork Profit Tracker.
Negotiated cash hog prices improved $2.24 per hundredweight $82.82. Pork packer margins improved $1.76 per head for the week, resulting in losses of $0.39 per head, according to estimates by Sterling Marketing, Vale, Ore.
Cattle feeding margins improved for the second consecutive week as cash cattle prices rallied $2 per hundredweight and breakevens inched lower. Margins gained more than $5 per head for the week, leaving losses under $50 per head, according to the Sterling Beef Profit Tracker.
Beef packers saw their margins improve nearly $6 per head, leaving losses at $52 per head. The Sterling Beef Profit Quotient declined improved 20 points for the week and the industry profitability index is now negative 162.0.
A year ago cattle feeders sold cash cattle at $118.63 per hundredweight, resulting in losses of $107.33 per head. Last year cash hogs fetched $82.49 per hundredweight, resulting in profits of $8.82 per head.
The Sterling Beef and Pork Profit Trackers are calculated using actual weekly prices for both cattle and hogs, feed costs, beef and pork cutout prices, drop credits and other factors that influence profit margins.
The Sterling Pork Profit Tracker for the week ending April 26:
- Average farrow-to-finish margins: -$17.25 per head.
- Average pork packer margins: -$0.39 per head.
The Sterling Beef Profit Tracker for the week ending April 27:
- Average feedyard margins: -$49.25 per head.
- Average packer margins: -$52.34 per head.
- Sterling Profit Quotient: -162.0.
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A MEMORIAL to the Second World War Spitfire bought by the people of Darwen has been officially unveiled.
The model aircraft – one-twelfth the size of the real version – commemorates the huge fundraising effort in the town when £5,000 was raised by public subscription to buy the aircraft for the RAF.
The memorial has been built by apprentice engineers from the town's metal fabrication firm WEC and taken more than two years to make.
The original Darwen Spitfire was accepted into service in 1941 and lasted about six months. It is thought to have been shot down somewhere over Holland.
The memorial was officially unveiled by MP Jake Berry in a ceremony attended by local dignitaries, Royal British Legion members and the apprentices.
Wreaths were laid at the site as part of the town's Remembrance ceremony.
Mr Berry said: "There is no greater privilege for an MP than to mark the sacrifice of the people of their town. And this is unusual as it commemorates the sacrifice of everyone in the town. It is a reminder that the war effort is not just about those who are out there fighting."
The idea to commemorate the Spitfire was first suggested four years ago by then Darwen councillor Tony Melia, who said he was proud to see the memorial finally in place.
He said: "It looks absolutely fantastic. I can't thank WEC boss Steve Hartley and the apprentices enough. I was very proud when I drove past and saw it in place."
WEC's Peter Roberts, who runs the apprentice academy, said: "I have looked after the project for more than two-and-a-half years, with 30 apprentices involved over that period.
"On behalf of all the apprentices I would like to thank everyone who turned out for the unveiling."


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MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ROBBED AT GUNPOINT Composite Sketch Released
- BSO Case Number: 04-1301-001528
- PIO Number: 13-2-9
- Date: January 21, 2013
- Time: 11 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: Lakeside Condominiums, 2416 N.W. 39 Way, Lauderdale Lakes
- Jurisdiction: Lauderdale Lakes
- Leroy Smith, 49, male, North Lauderdale
- Unidentified
Description of Incident:
Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are releasing a composite sketch of one of the suspects who robbed a maintenance supervisor at gunpoint.
The armed robbery occurred at about 11 a.m. Monday, January 21 at the Lakeside Condominiums in Lauderdale Lakes. The victim, Leroy Smith, was walking toward his golf cart when one gunman approached and ordered him to the ground while demanding his wallet. When Smith complied by getting on his knees, a second suspect approached him from behind and snatched his gold necklace.
Smith believes both suspects were armed with guns, and he said they spoke with Haitian accents. He described the first suspect as a dark-skinned black male, 21 to 25 years old, approximately 5'10" tall with a thin build and wearing a cream-colored cap. Smith gave a similar description of the second suspect, adding that he had a low-brush haircut and was wearing washed-out blue jeans. The suspects got away with Smith's necklace, wallet, keys and two cell phones. Fortunately, Smith was not physically injured.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call BSO Robbery Det. Theo Woulard at (954) 321-4270 or contact Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at (954) 493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
INVESTIGATORS: Robbery Det. T. Woulard, CID
THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO Lauderdale Lakes February 21, 2013 1000
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Aluminum anodizing temperature control
Ask the Experts on ControlGlobal.com is moderated by noted process control authority Béla Lipták. Béla and his cadre of leading experts in process automation, recruited from among the co-authors of the Instrument Engineers Handbook 4th Edition, are in the box all month answering process control questions from all comers. The best will be published here. For clarity, questions should be accompanied by P&ID sketches using ISA symbols.
QUESTION: How can I improve the temperature regulation of an aluminium anodizing tank (±10 m³) with a temperature controlled internal cooling coil? This loop oscillates by 6 °C to 14 °C (and there are different working loads in summer and winter) because there are four tanks/exchangers using the same cooling water. Actually, the control temperature sensor is located on the tank, and there is an important dead time. I think that the first thing to do, if possible, is to minimize this dead time. Do you think that putting the control sensor in the outlet of the exchanger would help the process go better? See the drawing below (Figure 1). This way the system should have less dead time. The regulation is made via a three-way valve, two in, and one out. The actual control valve installation is quite strange for me. The liquid of the tank may take 15 minutes to be completely displaced.
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Zarabe's question: Should the temperature sensor be moved?
ANSWER: This is a classic case where the "human element" in your plant (your boss) makes a big difference. If he/she is over 50, just put in a CW circulating pump to fix the water flow rate, a slave TIC to eliminate upsets caused by CW temperature variation, and use the traditional cascade loop shown (Figure 2) without moving the master.
If your boss is under 40 and knowledgeable about process control software, suggest an artificial neural network control (ANNC) system. In that case, you would measure the temperatures at all points, plus any other relevant variables, and would let the ANN train itself by automatically building and continuously adopting its model to the actual dead times, time constants and nonlinearities of the process. If you want to learn about ANN, read Chapter 2.18 in the 4th edition of Volume 2 of The Instrument Engineer's Handbook.
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A traditional solution to the problem is to add a CW circulating pump to fix the water flow rate, a slave TIC to eliminate upsets caused by CW temperature variation and use the traditional cascade loop shown
ANSWER: The suggestion of moving the sensor to the outlet of the exchanger to reduce dead time is a good one, though incomplete. Due to heat generated in the process, the bath temperature will be higher by a variable amount. I suggest using cascade control, where the bath temperature controller sets the exchanger outlet temperature in cascade.
Greg Shinskey/ process control consultant
ANSWER: Without knowing any numbers, it's not possible to know the several time constants involved. And without knowing the importance of the temperature control, it's not possible to know the monetary importance of the control.
I suggest that the temperature "from" the anodizing tank should be more representative of contents temperature than the temperature "into" the tank. If the tank temperature changes much slower than the outlet of the heat exchanger, it might be advisable to use a cascade system to make response more stable.
Use two sensors and two controllers. The "secondary loop" measures the temperature from the heat exchanger and controls the heat exchanger valve. The "primary loop" measures the temperature in the tank or exit the tank, and the output of the primary controller provides the set point to the secondary loop controller. The primary advantage of this is to isolate any changes in the temperature or pressure of the fluid controlled by the secondary loop. These may change more quickly than the primary loop temperature. The secondary loop should be considerably faster than the primary, and this is tuned for good fast response. The primary is tuned to match the slower response of the tank.
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ANSWER: On the anodizing tank temperature control, I would not move the sensor because then the process variable to be controlled would be unknown in the future. You could get very precise control to 18 °C of the exchanger outlet, but have no idea what the tank temperature is, and that is the goal. The engineer is correct in realizing that this would remove dead time, but has made a fundamental error in not monitoring the actual process variable he is trying to control. The remedy is to put in more temperature sensors, or just manually make hourly temperature measurements in the tank and heat exchanger inlet and outlet, cooling water temp, etc., until he learns his process, and then make a decision.
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Popular property highlights
This Bang Sak hotel is on the beach, 0.8 mi (1.2 km) from Laem Pakarang Beach, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Bang Sak Beach and Sai Ruang Waterfall. Bang Niang Beach and Nang Thong Beach are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Hotel Features
Catch some rays at the beach or spend the day relaxing at The Sarojin's full-service spa. Then enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants.
Room Amenities
All 56 rooms feature thoughtful touches like pillow menus and bathrobes, along with free WiFi and satellite TV. Guests will also find DVD players, minibars, and room service.
Guest Highlights
- Excellent breakfast
- Beach
- Helpful staff
The Sarojin
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Spend the day at the beach and work on your tan in the sun loungers (chaise longues) or kick back in the shade with complimentary cabanas and umbrellas. Pamper yourself with a treatment at the full-service spa and enjoy amenities at The Sarojin like an outdoor pool and complimentary bicycles.
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
- Conference space
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 56
- Number of floors - 2
- ATM/banking
- One meeting room
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Beach umbrellas
- Free beach cabanas
- Beach sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Pool umbrellas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Library
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Multilingual staff
- Garden
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 2004
- Number of buildings/towers - 7
- Outdoor pool
- Wedding services
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- DVD player
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Air conditioning
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Free bottled water
- Partially open bathroom
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Bathrobes
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Slippers
- Rainfall showerhead
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Ficus - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The Edge - This restaurant specializes in Thai cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
The Cellar - Onsite bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and complimentary bicycles.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Rafting nearby
- Free bicycles on site
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Kayaking on site
- Mountain biking on site
- Sailing on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
Spa Services
Pathaways Spa has 4 treatment rooms. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
- Number of treatment rooms 4
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Ayurvedic treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children 10 and younger are not allowed at this property. All guests older than 10 are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
- Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: THB 825 for adults and THB 625 for children (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: THB 2400 per room (one way)
- Onsite credit card charges are subject to a surcharge
Hotel Name
- Sarojin Hotel Takua Pa
- Sarojin Takua Pa
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 10 years old and younger are not permitted at this property. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Awards & Affiliations
- The Sarojin is listed in the 2016 Condé Nast Traveler Top 100 List.


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Graduate Education in Physics Report: Recommendations
The Status and Future of Graduate Education in Physics
Conference Report
Reporting the status and future of graduate physics education. (PDF document - 1MB)
Several important themes, relating to the curriculum and to the wider graduate experience, emerged from the conference. The recommendations, if adopted, should lead to an improved, more flexible, and more relevant graduate experience for all students.
The Perception that a Ph.D. is Only for an Academic Career
Most graduate students receiving a Ph.D. in physics do not enter a career in academia, and it should never be assumed that academia is the only goal. Physics departments should prepare students for other career options. The expectations for careers in academia and industry are very similar: a broad physics background, the proven ability for independent research, and effective communication skills. Thus the programs themselves do not have to be changed, but rather the perception that careers in areas other than academia are less desirable. In addition, career guidance is lacking.
Departments Should:
- Take pride in and support graduate students who aspire to non-academic professions.
- Provide career guidance for graduate students that helps them prepare for a wide range of possible vocational options.
APS Should:
- Adopt a statement that articulates the goals and purpose of the doctoral degree to emphasize to students, departments, and potential employers that the Ph.D. represents a sound preparation for diverse careers
A Static Curriculum
The core curriculum and the exam structure have been the topic of many recent meetings and discussions. The Joint AAPT-APS Task Force on Graduate Education in Physics summarized the present status of the core courses but did not investigate in detail the content taught in these courses. Anecdotal evidence points to static content and traditional texts that do not reflect the current state and practice of physics. The emergence of many interdisciplinary subfields requires new courses that may conflict with the traditional curriculum.
Departments Should:
- Consider broadening (not increasing) the core to encourage the interdisciplinary aspirations of students and faculty; and
- Regularly examine the currency and relevance of topics taught within the core and in the wider curriculum.
Professional Societies Should:
- Follow up on the AAPT-APS task force findings by gathering information about the content of the core courses.
Exam Structure
There is currently no common exam structure followed by departments. Many institutions experiment with various combinations of written, oral, preliminary or comprehensive exams as well as final exams in the core courses. This topic is intensely debated among faculty. Do exams really assess readiness for a research degree?
Departments Should:
- Critically assess the desirability and efficacy of their comprehensive exams.
Professional Societies Should:
- Gather information about comprehensive and preliminary exams and make common practices known.
Need for Guidance, Mentoring, and Professional Development of Graduate Students
Graduate students are our young colleagues. Departments and individual advisors have the joint responsibility to guide and mentor the students to develop professionally during their graduate careers and to make a timely transition to the workforce.
Departments Should:
- Make mentoring and guidance of graduate students a priority that is appropriately rewarded.
- Institute methodical tracking of graduate students and their progress towards the degree.
- Adopt policies that reduce the time-to-Ph.D. (currently averaging 6.3 years4) with particular emphasis on reducing the number of students that take longer than 6 years to graduate.
- Encourage graduate students to participate in professional organizations to help them learn networking and other professional skills.
- Encourage, though not require, student involvement in outreach activities as a positive aspect of the graduate experience. Professors should lead by example and encourage their students to participate.
Training for Teaching Assistants (TA)
All Ph.D.-granting departments rely heavily on graduate students to assist in the delivery of undergraduate courses. Graduate students should be properly trained in pedagogy, content, and class management to enable them to effectively carry out this important role. Departments are also the training grounds for future faculty and must therefore model innovation and excellence in teaching, just as they do in research.
Departments Should:
- Develop effective TA training programs that pay attention to pedagogy and professional development.
- Continue TA training and mentoring throughout the graduate teaching experience.
- Provide "shadowing" teaching opportunities for students who aspire to faculty positions.
Ethics training
Departments have a responsibility to teach and uphold the strongest ethical standards. We must respect and acknow-ledge students' intellectual contributions and ensure that they are treated fairly, as colleagues. Ethical issues include honesty in the conduct and reporting of research, integrity in the setting and taking of exams and assignments, and in matters relating to fair treatment of our co-workers.
Departments Should:
- Offer ethics training for students. More than one experience is needed to ensure that students revisit the topic as more mature researchers. Advisors should continue to model the highest ethical standards.
- Ensure that ethics training addresses human and social issues like treatment of colleagues, stewardship of natural resources, integrity of funding sources, as well as the obvious issues of cheating, plagiarism, etc.
- Develop a graduate student handbook that specifiesthe rights and responsibilities of students and faculty members. Professional Societies should:
- Conduct ethics workshops at national meetings and the AAPT/APS/AAS New Faculty Workshop.
Developing communication skills
Skills beyond technical expertise are increasingly important. Departments have a responsibility to teach students how to communicate effectively at all levels, and to develop the writing, speaking, presentation, and negotiating skills that will serve them in a complex work environment. Critical thinking and critical analysis of scientific information have long been the hallmark of the physicist, and the cultivation of these complementary skills must permeate all aspects of the graduate experience.
Departments Should:
- Require students to present their research orally win a public forum and provide opportunities to help them prepare and also provide them with feedback on their performance.
- Require students to submit a written paper describing their research for peer review in an appropriate journal.
- Encourage students to present their research at conferences, and provide financial assistance where possible.
Encouraging diversity and a supportive climate
Women and, to an even greater extent, minorities continue to be underrepresented in physics, particularly at the Ph.D. level. It is essential for departments to focus on creating a climate that attracts and retains women and minorities in physics both as students and as faculty. Such a climate improves the environment for all students.
Departments Should:
- Implement the best practices5 developed by the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics.
- Consider bridge programs to help under-prepared students achieve success in graduate programs.
- Develop written departmental plans for addressing issues of climate, image, recruiting, and retention of underrepresented groups.
Recruiting and retention of students
Many departments felt the need to improve recruiting. They cited poor statistics, particularly for women and minority recruitment, increasing competition from programs abroad, and competition from other disciplines.
Departments Should:
- Project an exciting, welcoming environment on their websites. The Director of Graduate Studies should be visible on the departmental website.
- Network and recruit at special events for undergraduates at professional society meetings and other venues.
- Work with administrators on campus to expand and improve recruitment.
Professional Societies should:
- Explore the possibility of becoming or organizing a national clearinghouse for electronic graduate application materials.
- Continue to provide events for undergraduates at its national and regional meetings where they can learn about the advantages of graduate programs in physics and meet with departmental representatives.
Funding agencies should:
- Provide more fellowship support for graduate education in physics
- Funding agencies were also urged to consider instituting programs that provide support for individual faculty members or teams of faculty members who develop and evaluate new curricula for graduate students.
Next steps
The efforts of physics departments to improve graduate education will benefit greatly from a forum for continued discussions. Professional societies and funding agencies can provide support for such efforts.
Departments Should:
- Enhance the status of, and rewards for, faculty and staff who devote time and effort to improving the grad-uate experience.
- Communicate their best practices to other departments and adapt the best practices of others to fit the local environment.
Professional Societies should:
- Sponsor a conference for DGS every 3-5 years.
- Implement a listserv for DGS.
- Strengthen the relationship of physics departments with industry by organizing a high-level meeting to promote physics graduate students among industries.
- Appoint a task force that examines and reports best practices in successful graduate programs. Such a task force would help disseminate practices presented in this document.
Funding agencies should:
- Continue to support conferences, studies, and curriculum development and evaluation programs that enhance graduate education.


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Reinhart snaps scoring slump, but Heat fall to Rampage in OT
As losses go, there were plenty of positive signs in the Abbotsford Heat's 3-2 overtime defeat to the San Antonio Rampage on Tuesday evening.
After a slow start, the Heat's dominance in the second and third periods was comprehensive. They out-shot the Rampage 25-5 over the final 40 minutes of regulation, and only the sparkling play of San Antonio goalie Jacob Markstrom denied them the win.
The game also represented a breakthrough for Heat rookie centre Max Reinhart – he snapped an extended scoring drought with his first goal of the campaign.
Reinhart's tally at 10:37 of the middle frame knotted the score 2-2, but that was the last puck the Heat would slip past Markstrom. San Antonio defenceman Jason DeSantis ended matters 35 seconds into OT, tapping a cross-ice feed from Drew Shore past Abbotsford keeper Barry Brust.
"We were counterpunching in the first seven to 10 minutes, and the rest of the game, we took it to them," Heat head coach Troy Ward noted. "That's the type of game, whether in the National Hockey League or the American Hockey League, you're just hoping as a coach they don't get the one shot.
"I'm real happy with our play. We didn't win, but I don't coach the scoreboard, so it doesn't really matter. At the end of the day, you've got to be proud of your kids and how they behaved."
Goals by San Antonio's Casey Wellman and Greg Rallo sandwiched Roman Horak's team-leading 12th of the season as the Rampage claimed a 2-1 lead after the first period.
Midway through the second, Reinhart made his presence felt, hammering a one-timed slap shot from the left faceoff dot, off a feed from Horak, past Markstrom.
"That's the longest I've ever gone without a goal, and it's the tightest I've ever hugged somebody after giving me an assist," said Reinhart, who had mustered just two assists over his first 19 games this season. "I struggled with my confidence throughout the start of this year, and I'd say it's a massive relief just to get one."
Reinhart, considered one of the better forward prospects in the Calgary Flames system, made a memorable pro debut with the Heat last season. He scored twice against the Toronto Marlies in his first regular-season game after his WHL campaign with the Kootenay Ice wrapped up, and he went on to notch a goal and an assist in four playoff starts.
The Heat's depth up front during the NHL lockout has limited his role this year, though – he's spent much of the season centring the fourth line, though he has seen regular power-play duty.
"Half my battle is fighting to get ice this year," he analyzed.
"I think it's a lot to do with just having a lot of good players who have earned their opportunity in front of me. Being the young guy, you've got to be patient.
"Obviously I don't like to see some teammates go down to injury to get my opportunity, but now that I've got an opportunity, I've got to keep going – just playing my hardest and creating that offence."
Ward's lone quibble with his team's play on Tuesday was its power-play performance. Horak cashed in on the team's first man-advantage opportunity of the night, but they went 0-for-4 after that.
"You have to create quality scoring chances and you have to get shots to the net, and we didn't do that very well," Ward said. "I thought that was the difference."
• The Heat (13-3-5) and the Rampage (7-11-3) clash again on Wednesday night (7 p.m., Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre).
• Heat forwards Sven Baertschi (concussion/whiplash symptoms) and Ben Walter (undisclosed) sat out their second straight games on Tuesday. They were both injured late in Abbotsford's 5-1 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs last Friday.


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I think Z-Bo may surprise some people this year. I think he has something to prove, at least that was the impression I got when I saw him about a month ago. But Memphis has some nice young pieces and a starting lineup of:
Conley, Jaric
Mayo, Buckner
Gay, Warrick, Carroll
Randolph, Arthur
Thabeet, Gasol, Hadaddi
Memphis could definitely use a backup point. This opens up space for Griffin in LA with:
Baron, Taylor
Gordon, Davis
Thornton, Richardson
Griffin, Jordan
Kaman, Camby
As far as the trade, you have to look at it from the whole point of view. Memphis traded Gasol for 2 first round picks, Brown and Javaris. They also signed Darko outright, who was later traded for Richardson. Plus, Javaris was later traded to Washington into what amounted as a future first round pick for Memphis. So the Z-Bo deal boils down to:
Gasol for 3 first round picks, Z-Bo and cap room in Kwame Brown. Granted the picks are later on, but the Grizzlies need help and can stockpile young talent and let them all grow together.
And then just shows that anyone can be traded in the NBA regardless of the stigma attached.


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FROM SCHOOLCHILDREN to politicos to dog lovers, residents of Marin County will turn out in force in the nation's capital Monday for President Barack Obama's second inauguration. While the crowd is expected to be much smaller than the record 1.8 million people who turned out in 2008, attendees say the event still offers a chance to be a part of history.
"This is kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me to go," said Tehniat Cheema, a fourth-grade teacher at Loma Verde Elementary School in Novato who was invited by her brother, an employee at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "I'm a really big fan of President Obama and have a really good appreciation for history and just the historical moment and time period that we are in."
The president will be officially sworn in on the congressionally mandated date of Jan. 20, but because the date falls on a Sunday the public ceremony will be held Monday, per tradition.
Obama received 74 percent of the vote in Marin County in November, compared with 23 percent for Mitt Romney, so it is no surprise that the county is home to many supporters of the president.
"I don't really know what I'm expecting to see but I know it's going to be really amazing," said Nicole Schmitt, an eighth-grader at Davidson Middle School in San Rafael. Nicole and her twin sister, Christa, were invited to the Middle School Presidential Inaugural Conference after participating previously in the Junior National Young Leaders Conference.
They are among thousands of students from throughout the nation who will attend the inauguration ceremony. That includes eight San Rafael High School students who will visit through the EF Smithsonian Student Travel program.
"I'm a really big history nerd so this is an opportunity of a lifetime," said senior Addie Weingard, 17.
The high school students will attend with history teachers Matt Winton and Daniel Allen. They will visit several national monuments and Smithsonian museums, but the main event will be the inaugural ceremony and speech.
In 2008, San Rafael High teachers brought a group of students to Obama's historic inauguration as the nation's first black president.
"The last one was just insane, to sit next to so many people that were so happy, and grown men openly weeping," Allen said.
Presidents' second inaugural addresses are often less dramatic than their first because they do not mark a transfer of power, Allen said. But students have studied notable exceptions such as Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural speech near the end of the Civil War, in which he called for a healing of the nation "with malice toward none, with charity for all."
"The most important ones are ones in the middle of a crisis," Allen said of inaugural speeches.
In addition to hoards of schoolchildren, Washington will be filled with elected officials from the nation's cities and towns, who wrapped up a three-day meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors on Saturday. Among them is San Rafael Mayor Gary Phillips.
Prior to the meeting, Phillips said he hoped to compare notes with other mayors on issues such as homelessness, pensions and economics. He will stay in the capital to watch the inauguration, where he expects the president to discuss gun control, the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the economy.
"I hope to hear something on the broad issue of jobs and economic vitality throughout our country," he said. "It's pretty stagnant right now and has been for a period of time, since 2008."
After the inaugural ceremony the president and vice president will lead a procession to the White House, where they will watch thousands of people parade by.
Joining the parade will be David Bonfilio of San Rafael, who works for Canine Companions for Independence, a Santa Rosa group that trains dogs that help disabled people other than the blind.
Bonfilio's group will include about 135 people and 57 dogs, which are trained in tasks such as opening doors, turning on lights and handing credit cards to cashiers in their mouths.
"A lot of people don't know much about service dogs and what they can do, and here's an opportunity for us to display what we can do," Bonfilio said.
After the inauguration newly elected Rep. Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, will host constituents for cookies and hot chocolate in a committee room in the Rayburn House Office Building, an aide said. Huffman's office has distributed inaugural tickets to 60 Marin County residents.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office gave tickets to 18 Marin residents, and figures were not immediately available from the office of Sen. Barbara Boxer.
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