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Ex-CEO of Ballard: Hybrids Will Accelerate Fuel-Cell Commercialization
26 December 2005
Outgoing Ballard CEO Dennis Campbell shared some observations with Canada's Globe and Mail on the prospects for fuel-cell vehicles as he packed up to head home to the US.
Campbell stepped down as President and CEO of the hydrogen fuel-cell maker in October. His exit followed the sale of Ballard's German subsidiary and the company's restructuring, and was a reflection of the much slower than anticipated commercialization of fuel cell technology. (Earlier post.)
Campbell, recruited three and one-half years ago, came to the company at a time when "a lot of people thought we were right at the cusp, at the inflection point of the hockey stick."
Faced with a countervailing reality, however, Campbell downsized the company, and then agreed with the Board to himself be "downsized"—a company still in a technology development stage doesn't want to be paying a commercialization-stage CEO salary.
The main challenge for the company now is executing a technology road map. So, what's important is not so much the CEO, but that we have a chief technology officer, Chris Guzy, whom I recruited from General Electric, and Charles Stone, who heads up research and development. These will be the key guys over the next five years.—Dennis Campbell
In terms of the development of the market for fuel cell vehicles, Campbell still remains bullish in the long term: "...fundamentally, energy prices will continue to rise. I don't think much can go wrong."
...[hybrids] will help accelerate [the commercialization of the fuel cell]. The architecture of the hybrid is the same as for the fuel cell. The only difference is that we take out the piston engine and put in the fuel cell. A lot of the core technologies needed to make fuel cells work are being developed today for hybrid applications. Also, it means the electrification of the automobile is becoming widely accepted. This is a fundamental transformation in the way cars are designed.
To be honest, the only thing that could change the game is if someone invented a battery that had a range of 400 miles and could be recharged in five minutes. You wouldn't need a fuel cell. But people have been working on that for years, and while battery technology is improving, it's not going to happen.
However, increasing efficiency of combustion engines combined with more aggressive hybrid architectures and batteries of increasing capability—i.e, a plug-in hybrid—could very well extend the economic viability of that platform well past the time threshold hoped for by the fuel-cell planners.
(A hat-tip to MetroMPG!)
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I disagree with the pessimistic outlook about the potential of battery powered vehicles. The vast majority of people could easily survive with an electric vehicle that had a range from 150-200 miles. Personally, I drive about 250 (12-14k miles a year) miles a week with my longest commute totalling about 65 miles in one day. I'd be happy to plug my car in every night if only somebody would market this. Thomas Edison and the Detroit Electric car were right. Can you imagine how different our lives would be if we had taken the electric vehicle path rather than combustion? Why, 100 years later we are not driving electric vehicles is a travesty. Shame on big oil.
I believe Mr. Campbell's most important quote was: "To be honest, the only thing that could change the game is if someone invented a battery that had a range of 400 miles and could be recharged in five minutes. You wouldn't need a fuel cell. But people have been working on that for years, and while battery technology is improving, it's not going to happen."
If that is the case, then why aren't we investing billions into battery research instead of pouring money down a HYDROGEN-only fuel cell rat hole? Toshiba is darn close to having high output lithium ion battery that can be recharged in a matter of minutes and their performance does not degrade significantly after thousands of deep cycles. The key to making electric and plug-in hybrid cars economic is bringing down the cost of batteries, increasing their life, and to a lesser extent, decreasing charge times. While grid electric energy is cheaper than gasoline, battery electric energy is not (yet). Do the math. Consider an electric car that uses 0.25 kWh/mile, a lithium ion battery costing $400/stored kWh of energy storage capacity, and lasting 1000 deep cycles. Battery cost per mile is $400 x 0.25 / 1000 = $0.10 per mile. Electricity adds another penny or two. This is no better than a 21 mpg gasoline car that burns $2.25/gallon gasoline.
Bottom line, I think battery technology will get cheaper and better faster than hydrogen fuel cells will. We are getting very close to the price-point where electric cars will overtake gasoline . Battery vehicles will get there way before hydrogen does.
There will be no big increase in energy density of batteries. Even the nanotech research types working on battery technology will tell you that. Huge increases in power, density, to be sure, and much better lifetimes, but pretty much the same kWh / kg as current lithium batteries.
Using a fuel cell as the charging source for the batteries in a hybrid vehicle, instead of a combustion engine, makes perfectly good sense--if it can be done economically. But if that's going to happen, I'd put my bets on high temperature SOFC / combustion turbines burning hydrocarbon fuels, rather than the low temperature hydrogen fuel cells that Ballard is working on.
I know that the "conventional wisdom" is that you can't possibly use a fuel cell that operates at 800 - 1000 C in an automobile. I say why not? We've got very good high-temperature insulation technology; anyone poking around under the hood would never have to know that there was a red hod fuel cell core operating inside that funny metal box.
Sure, it would take a while to come up to operating temperature, but that's the beauty of the robust hybrid design. You'd have at least 20 miles of range on batteries alone, and you wouldn't turn the fuel cells on unless you expected to go farther than that. They could take their time heating up, and would then stay on until the trip was over and the batteries fully recharged. They'd stay on, for example, while the car was sitting in a store's parking lot, as long as the battery was still charging.
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Please contact us at 916-278-7187.
Listed below are various SOCIAL WORK WRITING RESOURCES, CAMPUS WRITING RESOURCES, and SOCIAL WORK WRITING GUIDELINES.
Social Work Writing Resources
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Social Work Writing Guidelines
Deciphering Assignment Instructions
Social Work Writing Resources:
College of Health and Human Services Writing Center:
Students can receive one-on-one assistance for help with written assignments, beginning the third week in September in Solano 5015. You can self-refer, or you may be referred by a professor. Hours and locations will be announced early in September. Please phone 278-3626 to make an appointment.
Social Work Writing Workshops:
Writing workshops will be offered during the fall and spring semesters addressing such topics as organizing and writing papers, grammar and structure, doing a literature review, choosing a thesis topic and advisor, writing a thesis, formatting requirements for a thesis. A reading workshop is also planned. All students will receive advance notice of the workshops.
Campus Writing Resources:
Students can receive one-on-one tutoring help with all aspects of the writing process: coming up with topics, drafting, revising, and editing. The Writing Center is located in CLV 128. Call 278-6356 to make an appointment.
Learning Skills Center Tutoring:
Students can receive tutoring at the Learning Skills Center (916-278-6725). There are special classes to improve writing, reading, and language skills for students who speak English as a Second Language. These classes are either sponsored by the English Department or by the Learning Skills Center (LS classes). Refer to the university course schedule under the English Department or the Learning Skills Center.
Services to Students With Disabilities:
This office can provide assistance to students who have learning problems. If you have already received accommodation at another university you must be evaluated again at CSUS. If you have a learning problem which will interfere with your academic work, it is best to be evaluated as soon as possible. Contact Services to Students With Disabilities by phone at 916-278-6955 or 916-278-7239 (TDD only). The e-mail address is email@example.com, or the website, www.csus.edu/sswd/general-info.html also provides detailed information.
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC):
Need help with your Thesis/Project? The WAC program organizes and assists Thesis Writing Groups. Join a Thesis/Project Writing Group and attend the workshops. The e-mail address is email@example.com, and the website is http://www.csus.edu/wac.
Psychological Counseling Center:
The Counseling Center may be able to help you if your academic work is not up to par due to stress or emotional distress. Contact the Center at 916-278-6416. For additional information on hours and services, check the website at www.csus.edu/psysrv/.
Deciphering Assignment Instructions:
Writing assignments in the Social Work Division may include abstracts, case studies, journals, literature reviews, method papers, research proposals/reports, or other types of papers. At times your instructors will hand out a detailed, written assignment for you to complete. When you receive such an assignment, read it over carefully several times. Next, underline key words or phrases that may be important in carrying out the assignment. Key words to look for are words that tell you what actions to take. Here are some examples and definitions of key words:
Analyze: Divide the subject into parts and explain the relationship of the various parts.
Critique: Review and consider the subject's strengths and weaknesses in order to judge its quality or worth.
Define: Give a clear meaning of a term, classify it, and show what distinguishes it from all others in the classification
Discuss: Give all the important main points about the subject.
Evaluate: Establish criteria for judging the value of the subject; discuss its strengths and weaknesses.
Explain: Make the subject more understandable by stating facts and giving details.
If any of the words in your assignment instructions are unfamiliar to you, refer to a dictionary for definitions. Or, if technical terms are involved, refer to your textbook(s) or your instructor for clarification. Read the following assignment:
Various governmental agencies have reported that an alarming increase in the incidence of elder abuse has occurred during the last decade in our society. Using the information from our class discussions and readings, define one of the five forms of elder abuse. Explain the possible factors that may contribute to that specific type of abuse. Discuss a preventive intervention strategy that could be designed, and include the community and public health programs and services that would be available to the individual and to the family.
In this assignment, you are being asked to do several things (the key words are underlined):
(1) Define one form of elder abuse; (2) Explain contributory factors to the abuse; (3) Discuss preventive intervention strategies available to the individual and to the family. Note that the italicized words may be terms that you would be familiar with after reading and/or discussing information from your textbook(s), or from your notes of the instructor's lectures. Before attempting to begin the assignment, make sure you understand what all these words/terms mean.
The next step in completing the assignment is to prepare an outline, which will assist you in staying focused on addressing all elements of the assignment. A possible outline for the assignment on elder abuse could be as follows:
Thesis: Neglect is a serious form of elder abuse that necessitates the establishment of preventive intervention strategies that can be accessed by the individual and the family.
I. Definition of Neglect and Background Information
A. Caregiver Neglect
B. Self-Neglect
II. Contributory Factors of Elder Neglect
A. Caregiver Neglect
1. Inability to provide proper care for the elder
2. Addictive or emotional problems
3. Financial problems
B. Self-Neglect
1. Substance abuse or overmedication problems
2. Isolation and lack of social/family support
3. Dementia or physical impairment
III. Preventive Intervention Strategies
A. Individual
1. Public Health substance abuse treatment
2. Public Health medical treatment
3. Community-based supportive services
B. Family
1. Public Health family counseling
2. Community-based caregiver training
3. Community-based respite care
The Division of Social Work uses the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) as their style guide. Students will be required to document their written work, using the APA format for referencing works of other authors (in-text citations), and for listing these citations in a Reference List. This list of in-text citations is placed at the end of the written work, and is alphabetized by last name of author.
Please note that within this Writing Guide the reference examples listed are based on APA style, and they are current with the Fifth Edition of the APA Publication Manual (2001). Also, you may refer to the APA Publication Manual Web site: www.apastyle.org which provides the latest updates to any changes that may have taken place since publication of the fifth edition.
When using citations in your written work, use the author's last name and the year of publication.
1. One author cited -- The author's last name is used, and the year of publication is placed in parentheses.
Example: Leigh (1986) reported on various beliefs shared by the general public concerning the effects of alcohol on human behavior.
If the author's name is not used in your text, put the author's name and the year in parentheses, and separate them with a comma.
Example: Even though elder abuse may be apparent, many family members hesitate to report a relative to the Adult Protective Services (Johnson, 2001).
If an author's name is used with a direct quotation in your text, put the page number of the quoted text in parentheses.
Example: Jones (1998) emphasized the important role of the ombudsmen because they "provide help for people who are not able to help themselves" (p. 22).
If the author's name is not used with a direct quotation in your text, place the author's name, date, and the page number of the quoted text in parentheses.
Example: Many people who have been victims of abuse "are older, frail, vulnerable, and depend on others to provide their basic needs" (Rudolf, 2001, p. 61).
2. Two authors cited -- Use both names each time you refer to them in your text.
Example: Smith and Jones (1998) showed . . . .
Use an ampersand (&) in place of "and" when placing the names within parentheses.
Example: Reports of suspected elder abuse have increased dramatically during the last decade (Smith & Jones, 1998).
3. Three to five authors cited -- Use all the authors' names the first time you refer to them in your text.
Example: Smith, Jones, Jensen, Appleman, and Wright (1996) have shown . . . .
In future references to the authors in paragraphs that follow, use only the first author's name, and the words "et al." (be sure to place a period after "al"). Then place the year of publication in parentheses.
Example: Smith et al. (1996) have shown . . . .
If another reference to the authors appears in the same paragraph, the second reference does not require the date.
Example: Smith et al. have shown . . . .
4. Six or more authors cited -- Use the name of the first author only. Include the words "et al." and the date for the first reference, as well as all others that follow.
5. Groups cited -- Groups, such as government agencies and corporations should have the complete name cited the first time you make reference to them.
Example: One element of the report focuses on transitioning people from social security income to work (National Council on Disability [NCD], 2004).
Note: Brackets are used to enclose the initials within parentheses.
If there is an acronym or initials to distinguish the name, include the acronym or initials in additional references.
Example: The overall purpose of the agency is to promote equal opportunity and empowerment for people with disabilities (NCD, 2004).
In an APA Style Reference List you must list all of the references you cited in your text. The reference page is numbered and appears at the end of your work. Double-space all entries and use a hanging indent. Always organize the references in alphabetical order by the authors' last names. In the case of a work with no author, use the full title in place of the author's name.
Capitalize the first word of the title/subtitle, and all proper nouns.
The following examples are guidelines for formatting books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and websites in your reference list. If you are unsure of how to cite a source in your reference list, refer to Chapter 4 of the APA Publication Manual.
1. A book with one author -- Cite the author's last name, initials, year of publication, title, place of publication, and publisher.
Example: Payne, B. K. (2000). Crime and elder abuse: An integrated perspective. Springfield, IL: Thomas.
2. A book with more than one author -- List all the authors in the order they are listed in the book, separated by commas.
Example: Minuchin, P., Colapinto, J., & Minuchin, S. (1998) Working with families of the poor. New York: Guilford Press.
3. An edited book -- List the editor or editors, followed by (Ed.) or (Eds.).
Example: Keigher, S. M., Fortune, A. E., & Witkin, S. L. (Eds.). (1998). Aging and social work: The changing landscapes. Washington, DC: NASW Press.
4. A selection from an edited book or anthology -- Cite the author and title of the selection, editor and title of the anthology, and page range of the selection.
Example: Maccoby, E. E. (1987). Gender segregation in childhood. In H. Reese (Ed.), Advances in child behavior and development (pp. 37-52). New York: Academic Press.
5. Two or more works by the same author -- List the works in order of date of
publication; put the earliest date first.
Example: Hacker, Andrew. (1997). Money: Who has how much and why. New York: Scribner.
Hacker, Andrew. (2003). Mismatch: The growing gulf between women and men. New York: Scribner.
6. A government document -- When no author is provided, use the government agency as the author.
Example: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). Digest of education statistics 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
7. An article in a scholarly journal -- Cite the author(s), year, article title, journal name, volume number, and page range.
Example: Giordano, N. H., & Giordano, J. A. (1984). Elder abuse: A review of the literature. Social Work, 29, 232-236.
Exception: Most issues of a journal are continuously paginated (i.e., each issue of a journal does not begin with page 1. If the last issue ended with page160, the next issue will begin with page 161). However, in those cases where each issue of a journal begins with page 1, include the issue number in parentheses and do not use italics.
Example: Author. Year. Article title. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(2), 10-26.
8. A magazine article -- Cite the author, year and month (also include the day for magazines published weekly), article title, magazine name, volume, and page range.
Example: Kadlec, D. (2001, October 1). Money in motion. Time, 158, 87.
9. A newspaper article -- Cite the author, year, month, day, article title, newspaper, and page number.
Example: Greene, K. (2005, July 10). New retirees: Live it up. The Wall Street Journal, p. D10.
10. An online article or abstract from a database -- Cite the author, year and month, article title, journal, volume number, issue number (if not continuously paginated), page range, date the article was retrieved, and name of database.
Example: McCurdy, K. (2005, March). The influence of support and stress on maternal attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(3), 251-268. Retrieved June 29, 2005, from PsycInfo database.
11. A government report from a website -- Cite the author (or organization hosting the website), date and month of publication, title, date retrieved, and website address.
Example: U. S. Department of Justice. (1998, April). Alcohol and crime.
Retrieved January 14, 2000, from
The literature review involves reviewing important scholarly research on specific Social Work topics. You may sometimes receive an assignment from your instructor requiring a literature review to provide you with practice in exploring research on a specific topic. This assignment will also assist you in knowing how to recognize areas or issues that may call for further research. On other occasions, the literature review will be a part of your research report or research proposal assignment. In this case, you will do a literature review using sources that are related to your own topic.
Searching for Sources
Once your research topic has been established, you can begin to search for relevant literature for your literature review. At this point, you can access the Social Work Resources page of the CSUS Library from a computer on campus, or from your computer at home (if you have Internet access). For books and tapes, you can access EUREKA. The Database and Periodical Indexes are used for accessing scholarly or peer reviewed articles.
You can also access electronic databases, such as Social Services Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, PsychInfo, and EBSCOhost: Academic Search. For instructions on off-campus access to these electronic databases, use the CSUS Library link to Off-Campus Access to Library E-Resources.
Website Links:
We are listing some website links that have good information on how to do Literature Reviews. There are detailed explanations of how to develop and assess your literature review.
U C, Santa Cruz: "How to Write a Literature Review"
As you write your research report, it's important that you give credit in writing to all your sources. Cite the sources in the body of your text, as well as in your reference list. When you fail to acknowledge the works of others, you are guilty of plagiarism. This is a very serious violation of "academic honesty" as spelled out in California State University, Sacramento's Policies and Procedures Regarding Academic Honesty.
Refer to the CSUS Library Homepage for a link to "Plagiarism Information for CSUS Students and Faculty." This link will give you all the information you need to know about avoiding plagiarism. Click on "What is Plagiarism" and you will be given the definition. There are several examples of actual plagiarism of text, but there is also an example of how to correctly paraphrase an author's work so that you will not plagiarize. You are also given a link to CSUS Academic Honesty Policy and Procedures for complete detailed information.
Grammar and Punctuation Rules:
You have finally completed your research paper, and with a sigh of relief you sit before the computer to type the final copy. But, wait a minute! Have you taken the time to look closely at your paper? No matter how hard you had to work to gather information in order to complete your research, if you have not taken the time to check the grammar and punctuation, you are not ready to turn in your paper.
Sometimes it's difficult to see your own errors. So, if you have problems editing your own work, ask a classmate or friend to look your paper over for grammatical and punctuation errors. We are listing some examples of grammar and punctuation errors that are often made. The following information and examples are adapted from The Tongue and Quill, U. S. Air Force Handbook 37-137, August 1994.
1. Subject-verb agreement -- Subjects and verbs must always agree in number. Plural subjects take plural verbs, and singular subjects take singular verbs. The key to avoiding most problems in subject-verb agreement is to identify the subject of a sentence, determine whether it's singular or plural, and then choose a verb in the same tense.
Compound subjects can be confusing. A compound subject consists of two or more nouns or pronouns joined by one of these conjunctions: and, but, or, nor. Compound subjects are not always plural, but if joined by and, they normally take plural verbs.
Example: The Air Force and the Army are two components of the nation's defense Forces. (compound subject, plural verb)
However, when a compound subject is joined by or, nor, or but, the verb must agree with the subject nearest to it.
Example #1: Either the President or his cabinet members are planning to attend. (plural subject, plural verb)
Example #2: Neither the cabinet members nor the President is planning to attend. (singular subject, singular verb)
Note: There are two exceptions to this rule - (1) When the parts of a compound subject are considered as a single unit, you'll need a singular verb; (2) When the parts of a compound subject are preceded by each and every, you'll need a singular verb.
Example #1: Ham and eggs is a delicious breakfast.
Example #2: Each boy and girl has a bike.
When you use one or more phrases between the subject and verb, the verb still must agree in number with its subject.
Example: A general, accompanied by 3 colonels and 15 majors, was attending the conference.
2. Pronoun Reference -- Pronouns are words that replace nouns and refer to a specific noun. This noun is called the antecedent because it's the noun the pronoun replaces. If the noun is singular, the pronoun is singular. You're guilty of faulty pronoun reference when you violate this principle.
Example: A pilot can lose their way in the fog.
Pilot is singular, but the plural pronoun their refers to it incorrectly. The preferred correction is to make pilot plural. This usage keeps the language nonsexist or bias-free. (You don't have to say he or she.) Take a look at the following examples.
Example #1: When a person drinks alcohol they can suffer from impaired judgment. (Change the sentence to read: When people drink alcohol they . . . .)
Example #2: The committee plans to submit their report by the end of the month. (Change their to its because committee functions as a single unit in this sentence.)
3. Parallel Structure -- When you put items in a list, stick to one pattern. Faulty parallel structure occurs when writers mix items and actions, statements and questions, and active instructions and passive ones. The rule is to be consistent. Make ideas of equal importance look equal.
Incorrect: The registrar told us to show our I.D. cards and we should pay our enrollment fees. (Parallel ideas are not written in the same grammatical form. One idea is written as an infinitive phrase, and the other idea is written as a noun clause.)
Correct: The registrar told us to show our I.D. cards and to pay our enrollment fees. (Both ideas are now written as infinitive phrases and are parallel.)
Correct: The paragraph's topic sentence expresses the main idea, gives you a point of focus, and prepares your readers for the supporting information.
4. Comma Usage -- Use a comma with coordinating conjunctions (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) when joining two or more independent clauses.
Example: Many people are aware of the benefits of healthy eating and daily exercise, but their love of fast foods and long hours of TV prevents them from becoming healthier.
Use commas to separate three or more words in a series.
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In Reply to: Antibodies to squalene in Gulf War syndrome posted by Angela on April 24, 2000 at 20:52:34:
: A newservice that I subscribe to had forwarded this to me. I tracked down the original study through the Pubmed search engine. I would appreciate hearing any thoughts on this.
: Exp Mol Pathol 2000 Feb;68(1):55-64: : Antibodies to squalene in Gulf War syndrome.
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: Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) is a multisystemic illness afflicting many Gulf War-era veterans. The molecular pathological basis for GWS has not been established. We sought to determine whether the presence of antibodies to squalene correlates with the presence of signs and symptoms of GWS. Participants in this blinded cohort study were individuals immunized for service in Desert Shield/Desert Storm during 1990-1991. They included 144 Gulf War-era veterans or military employees (58 in the blinded study), 48 blood donors, 40 systemic lupus erythematosus patients, 34 silicone breast implant recipients, and 30 chronic fatigue syndrome patients. Serum antibodies to squalene were measured. In our small cohort, the substantial majority (95%) of overtly ill deployed GWS patients had antibodies to squalene. All (100%) GWS patients immunized for service in Desert Shield/Desert Storm who did not deploy, but had the same signs and symptoms as those who did deploy, had antibodies to squalene. In contrast, none (0%) of the deployed Persian Gulf veterans not showing signs and symptoms of GWS have antibodies to squalene. Neither patients with idiopathic autoimmune disease nor healthy controls had detectable serum antibodies to squalene. The majority of symptomatic GWS patients had serum antibodies to squalene. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
dear Angela
Seeing's how my name is angela too, lets call me Angie, My husbandwas stationed in Germany, during the Gulf War and Received Shots to get him ready to go he was next in line as you mightsay, He Died 6 years later, and his daughter, who was conceived after he received these shots, now has twomajor birth defects, she was born without a thyroidand now has had two surgery's for her kidney problemsMY HUSBAND died of a massive heart attack at age,33. I need to know more about this Antibodies to Squalene in Gulf War Syndrome, I am not sure whatthis all means or even if this pertains to us.Thank you Angela D.
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In the jungles of southeastern Asia, a parasitic plant called Rafflesia produces the world's largest flowers. Some Rafflesia flowers, for instance, can be a meter and a half in size, and can weigh as much as 22 pounds (or 10 kilograms). These flowers, called remains flower locally, often smell like rotting flesh.
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When totally expanded, this newly found flower has an average size of 9.73 cm, making it a dwarf among all understood Rafflesia species, researchers compose in a brand-new research released in the journal PhytoKeys. And unlike its larger cousins, this small flower smells like coconut, the New York Times reports.Check out here
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The great individuals of Hallaton have been kicking their bottles really kegs of beer for centuries.
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Two teams drop from DII Playoffs, Norwich gets a bye
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- Rutgers drops out but will not be replaced
- Three teams approached to replace Rutgers
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When a team drops out of playoffs, it adds pressure to the entire system and puts potential replacement teams, hosts, and tournament organizers in a tough situation. Many teams whose seasons ended when they were knocked out of the playoffs perhaps aren't as prepared physically and mentally for playoff rugby, especially with late notice and understandably so.
Following the Rutgers withdrawal, the Women's College Competition Committee started to evaluate suitable replacements in the Northeast region (the playoff location Rutgers was set to play in) as travel costs and logistical challenges are astronomical this late in the game. Bowdoin and Delaware were approached but declined. Stony Brook University accepted initially, but later declined.
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Sallie Mae had something else in mind. Sallie Mae cut my funding. After 18 months of schooling, half was to my degree. Over 35,000 dollars borrowed on my credit, and mine alone. They said no more. I fought with Sallie Mae for weeks, it was getting down to the wire. I either needed to come up with the money or stop going to school.
Sallie Mae offered, that if I found someone else to put their credit on the line for me, that they would continue to fund my higher education. The problem was, I had no one. They had been made aware of it from the beginning. After the following weeks of anguish on how to get back into school, I realized that from day one, they had absolutely no intentions of paying for my education in full, without the co-signer'.
I searched the internet for anyone I could email about this. I found a list of their owners, CEO's and regional directors. I emailed them all. Next thing I know, Sallie Mae says that I no longer need a co-signer. That Sallie Mae would continue to fund my education.
By this time though, IADT had sat me down to do my exit interview. They wanted to spell out my financial future for me. They showed me how much that had been borrowed, the interest rates and the future payments.
For 32,000 dollars borrowed at 18.125% interest for 15 years, I will have paid a little over $111,000. My monthly payments were $680 a month.
Now Sallie Mae is willing to continue my education, and IADT really wants the other $40,000 dollars from me. So I start getting the calls to come back to school, to take more money out. Not sure if I wanted to get back into more of this, I start looking for another school. I tried the local colleges and universities. My credits will not transfer, not a single one. If I wanted my degree, I would have to start completely over. Or get back into a private for profit school.
I was beyond scared. What do I do? Finish a degree that might very well hold absolutely zero weight in the industry, or cut my losses before they get any worse?
Sadly enough, I choose to walk away from the International Academy of Design and Technology.
After all of that, I was willing to just kick myself for the decisions i had made. To make my payments for the next 15 years and then get on with my education.
But Sallie Mae had a little more to say to me about the situation. Sallie Mae took my private consolidation loan checks from another company, and applied them to my federally guaranteed loans. So now I was faced with the reality of paying for Sallie Mae's private loans at 18% interest, the new bank's private loans at 11%. That they didn't apply these checks to the principal of my loans, but instead as payments. Loosing much of my locked in 7% interest rates on my federal school loans. I assume that Sallie Mae, thought that I would not have checked on how they applied my payment checks.
On so many levels, they were wrong.
So now, for the next 15 years, I will do everything in my power to educate people about For Profit Private schools and the Private Student Loan Lenders that support this unethical practice.
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THE pace of the UK's economic recovery has slowed to a nine-month low, with companies easing back on job creation, a report has warned.
The services sector has narrowed following contraction in manufacturing and construction.
The results, from the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index, said the services division recorded a reading of 57.6 in March, down from February's 58.2 mark.
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Any reading above 50 separates growth from contraction.
The services sector accounts for more than three-quarters of the UK's economy and includes banks and high street restaurants.
The figures comes after reports showed growth had slowed marginally in manufacturing and construction, leaving an nine-month all-sector low PMI reading of 58.1.
The survey suggested the services sector grew for its 15th consecutive month, but increases in new business and job creation were slower than in February.
Bosses say overall economic output is still below its 2008 pre-crisis peak.
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He said: "While March saw growth slow across the services, manufacturing and construction sectors, all three continue to expand at very strong rates, meaning the economy looks to have grown by at least 0.7 per cent again in the first quarter.
"With prices charged for services barely rising, and the exchange rate reducing the cost of imports, inflation is set to fall further in the coming months, extending this Goldilocks period of above-trend growth and falling inflation.
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" FRENCH / SWISS. Lough Eske, Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland. 3AA rosettes. RAC Annual Restaurant Award 1994. "
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Sep 18, 2012 - 4:44 pm
Ok no one laugh at me....do your eyebrows fall out as well as lashes on carbo and taxol? i just finished my 1st cycle 8 days ago.
If so does it happen to everyone? I am having a bit of a panic attack here so any help is appreciated!
Sep 18, 2012 - 4:57 pm
The hair on my head started coming out in handfuls about 19 days after 1st chemo. I shaved it off after and kepted a bald head till October when it started coming back in after last treatment at the end of August. Eyelashes went and eyebrows too. I had about 4 eyelashes on one side and 5 on the other by the end of the treatment so I thought it looked silly and pulled them out. I have thicker eyelashes now that they have come back in over a year later. The eyebrows came back but not as thick for me. The biggest problem I had was tht the nose hairs full out too. How can you protect yourself when you have no nose hair to filter out the junk in the air? I was more upset about that than anything else. But it does grow back. It is mind over matter, if you don't mind it does not matter. I found that being bald was fun for me, did not have to worry about how your hair looked that day. I added lots of jewerly and big earrings to match my outfits. Halloween I went as Uncle Fester with light bulb in my mouth. Can have lots of fun with it or get freaked over it. It is just hair it will grow back. Try and have a positive attitude and the time will pass quickly. Will be adding you to my prayer list. trish
Sep 23, 2012 - 3:55 pm
Thank you. Im glad to hear that it really is temporary. It just seems so sad currently. I cut 10 inches off my hair 7 days after my first cycle, and today day 13 i see some strands falling out when i touch my hair. I really liked my hair short and now I will have none. I feel fabulous and have done 8 miles of walking and hiking trails this weekend. My head is in it, but now Im scared I will look sick, and then act sick. Gotta stay positive but its hard.
Sep 23, 2012 - 9:44 pm
Doxie, I hadn't intended to get a wig and was going to make do with scarves and hats. Then I decided I didn't want strangers looking at me and knowing my business so I did get me some store bought hair. Now I wear whatever I feel like and got over caring what others see. Fatigue was the hardest part of chemo but you are much younger than I so who knows how you will be. I do know I bounced back much faster afterwards than I expected. Last week I walked an hour and a half on old logging roads in the Adirondaks and enjoyed my self so much. I felt like I could have kept going but figured I shouldn't chance it. My friend's legs hurt the next day but I was fine. So when you have some rough days, think of me. It will pass and you will feel good again.
Sep 18, 2012 - 6:55 pm
yes, that did happen to me last year on carboplatin and taxol - I coped with eyebrow pencil and eyeliner and the eyebrows/lashes were first hair to come back, shortly after end of treatment. Head hair took over a year before I felt could go without wig. It is certainly very disturbing to lose all your hair but, thankfully for me was the only side effect. My hair has come back curly and everyone admires it....for some reason....I also used Talika on eyebrows and lashes to help them grow...and supplements for hair and skin once chemo was over (did not use any during chemo as advised not to)
Sep 18, 2012 - 8:22 pm
Didn't lose my brows till after the 4th chemo and lashes (kept a few but like Trish can count them) after the 5th. Hope they don't take a year to come back. I am managing well with makeup. I started noticing scalp hair the 4th week after chemo concluded. I didn't expect anything so soon but my hair has always grown fast. The hair on my chinny, chin, chin was the very first to come in. Figures. Guess everyone is different.
Sep 18, 2012 - 8:57 pm
I lost every eyebrow and eyelash I had. Since I was wearing a wig, I just pulled it down on my forehead to cover where my eyebrows should have been. Nobody noticed they were gone! And they come back after treatment VERY quickly!
Sep 18, 2012 - 9:04 pm
Hair...no big deal, lost it all. Brow and lashes went also...had nice, dark, long ones. Hair came back nicely, almost 28 months, no brows or lashes. SIGH! Miss those lashes the most. Too much dust, dirt, and wind here in Texas! debrajo
Sep 18, 2012 - 11:14 pm
I've heard that there's about a 50/50 chance of losing eyebrows and lashes. Mine thinned after the 3rd chemo, but nothing a lot of eyeliner and a little brow pencil couldn't fix. They grew back pretty fast (alas, my other facial hair grew back as fast - not having to wax was a nice treat) when I paused on chemo for a few months.
Same thing happened after the 3rd chemo, 2nd round. Not as thin, and growing back fast.
ACS offers "Look Good Feel Better" cosmetics classes and they've got great tips on brow pencils (and great swag bags too).
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Sep 19, 2012 - 12:16 am
Been meaning to check out the ACS, but haven't had the time when I had the thought! They did give me a wig(!) at MD Anderson that was very dissapointing to say the least! I could have gone to Wal-mart on the Halloween isle and got a better "fright" wig. It was terrible! I ended up buying one and a friend gave me one. But I just can not get the hang of that darn eye brow pencil! I end up with lashes and brows that look like they we made for Dolly Parton! best, debrajo
Sep 19, 2012 - 1:22 am
I like eyebrow powder. I bought a kit at Walmart in the section by the false eyelashes. It came with two colors, a highlighter and stencils. It did not cost very much.
Sep 19, 2012 - 1:41 am
Thanks nancibee, I knew they had stencils but the ones I looked at cost 20.00 a set. Have to try the powder because with the pencil I look like I am perpetualy surprised! best, debrajo
Sep 19, 2012 - 5:43 pm
Definitely go with the powder. I don't even need a stencil. I just go with my browbone and am told I look very natural. If you do the "Look Good, Feel Better" class, they will teach you. There are lots of makeup goodies and I have recycled the bag to hold my knitting when I am on the run (riding in the car, waiting for appointments).
Sep 24, 2012 - 11:42 am
I lost my hair about two weeks after the first chemo. I wore wigs that most people could not tell that it was not my natural hair. I lost all of my lashes and brows about 1 month after my last chemo...a surprise at that point. I was much more devastated about losing the eye lashes than anything else..crazy huh?? It has been just over one year since my last chemo and I have just started going without my wig. My hair is thin but I am hoping that it will get thicker. My lashes still come and go but I have a few most of the time now, hopefully I will get more. I use a brow pencil and eyeliner and most people never noticed the lost of lashes. Most people were surprised to find out that I did not have brows or lashes. My leg hair started to come back after a year....a perk is no shaving!!!
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Drakensang - The Dark Eye - RPC 2007 Trailer & More
dtp / Anaconda Games made the Drakensang trailer from the RPC 2007 available. Drakensang - The Dark Eye is a classic party based RPG based upon Germany´s most successfull P&P RPG The Dark Eye. The 6 minute long video shows in-game footage and a remarkably enthusiastic interview with Radon Labs co-founder and creative director Bernd Beyreuther. Unfortunately the whole thing is only in German.
I'm too lazy to translate the whole Interview… to be honest it's not that interesting anyway. A few details that might be interesting are:
They'll try to keep most of the pnp rules of The Dark Eye, since they believe it's a balanced system that actually works - so why change anything.
You'll controll a party of up to four characters.
Combat will be strategic and turn based.
Obviously not everything that Bernd Beyreuther is telling us here is true - I had a look at the forums where it says that combat will be pausable realtime with the rule system in the back being turn based…
Have a look yourself at:
I already translated it at drakensang.info. :)
I found the trailer non-inspiring and disinteresting, sorry. The sight of all four characters walking along the very same route presumes the lack of an adequate pathfinding routine, which I deem essential in such games. I used to have such high hopes for this title, which have just been crushed to the ground, courtesy of this video clip.
The party was sort of in lockstep, but what I noticed was the following camera, which was really disorienting for me in NWN2. The atmosphere looked good without being graphically insane, though
It's really hard to tell much from this small a bit of footage.
I had a chip on my shoulder about this game when my hopes were dashed of an RoA4. But it is one of the few big budget fancy games I am looking foward to and will purchase on day one (day one of a digital download option). This is far more up my alley than any other big budget fancy game being made, even if it isn't the game I wished it to be.
I think this game will do well in the lng run, like a Troika game. I hope it does well enough to turn into a series and spur more games like it. If I can't get what I want, at least I can get sort of close.
I dunno, in spite of everything, I'm still excited about this game. DSA is still a good setting based on a great system, and while some of their design concepts are a bit odd, the developers strike me as an intelligent lot.
Certainly most of them are no hardcore computer/video gamers. Making them aware in advance to watch out for a PC game connected to their hobby is good business practice.
This also explains why the interview repeatedly stresses how close they want to stay to the source material.
I don´t think there´s anything to worry about. Radon Labs´ two older full price games both received good reviews. Now they have their own technology (-> saves budget), an official license of a proven RPG system, the 4 original DSA story authors, and a new trainee responsible for fact checking and ruleset consistency. IMHO the chances are slim that Drakensang won´t be at least "pretty good".
It might look a bit bland so far, but it's a PC party-based RPG, so sign me up.
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Chief Sydney trainer Chris Waller has opted to avoid a tough clash with eight-time Group 1 winner More Joyous in this Saturday's Golden Pendant with his Myer Classic 2012 hope Red Tracer, delaying the consistent mare's return another week.
The daughter of Dane Shadow was originally going to make her five-year-old debut in the $250,000 Group 3 Golden Pendant (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens this weekend, but the presence of Gai Waterhouse's superstar More Joyous in the race has scared off the competitors including Red Tracer.
Waller also decided the competition would be too tough first-up for Red Tracer in the other weekend feature for which she was nominated, the $400,000 Group 1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Sunday.
"The other race (Rupert Clarke Stakes) was a bit of an afterthought. I would have gone there if it had been likely to be a slow track or if she had been set for the race," Waller said.
"I don't think it would have been the right way to start her preparation."
Winner of the Group 2 Dane Ripper Stakes in the wet at Eagle Farm during the winter, the 2011 Epsom Handicap third place-getter was last seen running a close fourth when beaten only half a length by Pear Tart in the Group 1 Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) on June 23.
She will now return Saturday week on Epsom Handicap Day at Royal Randwick in the $200,000 Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) where she will face The Shorts absentee Rain Affair as she prepares for a Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival raid.
Red Tracer's main spring aim has been penciled in as the $500,000 Group 1 Myer Classic (1600m) at Flemington Racecourse on Victoria Derby Day during the Melbourne Cup Carnival on Saturday November 3.
"Her target is the Myer Classic third-up," Waller confirmed.
The 2012 Myer Classic has also been named as the new grand final goal for Robert Smerdon's ace mare Mosheen who will bypass the Cox Plate after falling behind the eight ball after undergoing minor throat surgery earlier this year.
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If there's any team in the NFL that needed to inject a healthy dose of "wow" into its offense, it is the Jacksonville Jaguars.
And guess what they did with the No. 21 pick in the draft?The Jaguars took the most intriguing player in the entire draft in Arkansas quarterback Matt Jones.
Now, before we get too excited, no one is saying he's the best offensive player. At this point, you can't say that taking Braylon Edwards or Mike Williams aren't the more logical choices.
But those guys weren't out there for the Jaguars.
There were some pretty accomplished players available, but the Jaguars took a chance on a guy who's going to switch positions before playing at the most competitive level on earth.
It's a stretch. It's a gamble. It's EXCITING!
When's the last time we could use that word when talking about the Jaguars?
Even though the team won nine games last year, it was often painful to watch them on offense. Luckily, fans were so turned off by the team that scored the fewest points in the AFC that there weren't enough tickets sold to put the games on television.
Let's hope that starts changing right away. One ultra-fast, 6-foot, 6-inch mutant is going to carry the Jaguars into another plane of offensive existence. But if he does the kind of things many project from him, the Jaguars suddenly have a dynamic playmaker who isn't in his mid-30s.
And even if the transition isn't completely smooth, Jones will have to make a serious effort to be less effective of a wideout than last year's top pick.
That would be Reggie Williams, in the likely event that you forgot. Quarterback Byron Leftwich usually forgot about him. How else do you explain these stats: 28 receptions, 268 yards, one score?
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio certainly thinks Jones can outdo those numbers.
"He ran through the SEC the last few years, and he made it look like the other guys were standing still," Del Rio said in a team release. "He has incredible speed, acceleration and a knack for making plays. I think when you see that against the SEC, you're talking about the best football conference in the country, obviously it's a very talented conference, and he's running through them like they're standing still."
If you've watched the Jaguars over the last few years, you know they haven't had anyone on the roster who can do a lot of running past people. Jimmy Smith continues to be an amazing player but not really a game breaker.
We don't know if Jones will be that kind of player, either, but we know he has that potential.
Jones has the buzz around him that he's going to be something truly special. He's the kind of guy you can't wait to see in a teal uniform.
When's the last time that happened in April?
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EDITOR – I don't think it was inappropriate for Coun Makinson-Sanders to wear her sausage costume while welcoming the Olympic Torch relay to Louth.
I think it was a great bit of fun for what most non-Yellowbellies know Lincolnshire for – mention Lincolnshire to most people in this corner of North Hampshire/West Surrey and people think Lincolnshire Sausages and potatoes.
If people thought it looked like something else then surely that says more about their own gutter-based or sexually-repressed minds.
This strikes me as an orchestrated campaign of hatred by Conservative council members and supporters to try and make a scandal for an independent councillor who was fairly elected by members of her ward.
Another reason why you should not trust anything members of the coalition parties tell you!
I only hope the town can see beyond this incident which brought a bit of fun to a very attractive part of the UK that I visit twice annually.
I also hope that Louth and East Lindsey Tourism make use of the extra publicity gained to generated much-needed visitor income to a very beautiful and friendly corner of Britain.
Well done on Coun Makinson-Sanders being brave enough to wear it.
Nick Scales
Farnham, Surrey
l EDITOR – I would like to say that the Mayor of Louth represented Louth very well when interviewed by the TV.
At least she dressed and spoke with relevance to Louth, she marketed the town very well.
Mablethorpe had 10ft+ kangaroos jumping around... what have they got to do with the area?
Well done, Mayor – and thank you.
Elm Drive, Louth


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So I might be a terrorist, but I'm not completely sure. . . . I'm still waiting for the government to let me know. Like so many Orange Countians--150,000, to be exact--I fit the description of a possible terrorist. What's that exactly? Does she walk around with a .38 Smith & Wesson, slaying heathenish infidels? Nope. Does her normal wardrobe include an "I [heart] Osama" T-shirt? No way, I tossed that out with my "I [heart] the New Kids on the Block" shirt ages ago. Does she create fictitious wars conveniently around election years? Hardly, but I may need to start a small riot if Avril Lavigne is ever allowed to put out another album.
The sophisticated methods used in our nation's counterterrorism agency are as infallible as our nation's leaders. With new advancements in technology, terrorists can be easily tracked down today based on two factors: their last name and their country of origin. Forgive me, Big Brother, for I, having the last name of "Afghani" and being from, well, Afghanistan, have thusly sinned twice. My being Muslim is simply an added bonus.
My family was contacted last August via post card--I suppose our Morse Code machine must have been down at the time. The piss-color post card was addressed from Detective Boyd of the Los Angeles Police Department and asked us to "PLEASE CONTACT."
My father, the original Afghan in the family, had the honor of placing the call to the Anti-Terrorism Department at the LAPD. The conversation between my father and the detective basically resulted in the understanding that we, the Afghani family, were on some sort of a list that their highly developed computers had created. The detective wanted us to set up a meeting with him sometime in the near future. Where? Well, it seems the preferred meeting place for police and thieves can now be found at your local coffee shop (talk of doughnuts was not discussed).
How'd the meeting with the detective go? It didn't. My father, a decrepit old man verging on his 70th year of life and his 45th year of living in this country, was not going to meet in some seedy caf to discuss being possibly associated with any terrorist organizations just because of his last name and country of origin. He simply let this matter drop.
My family is no stranger to suspicion from law enforcement and other praiseworthy members of society. My sister travels by plane almost weekly for her work as a quality-assurance technician for one the country's largest fast-food companies. Each time she enters an airport, without fail, she somehow gets "randomly" picked for luggage searches. It was bad enough when the various cooking utensils (scales, thermometer) she must lug around caused airport personnel to regard her as a coke dealer. Now, constantly singled out from her co-passengers, she wears only flip-flops to the airport.
My mother teaches at a Muslim elementary school. During the first Gulf War, back when Papa Bush was in office, she received numerous death threats to herself and to the students at the school. Patriots showed their allegiance to this country by standing outside of the school gates, yelling obscenities and promises of retaliation at the teachers and students for what their people had done. Years later, not much had changed. After Sept. 11, the death threats got so bad that the local police department had to keep daily watch at the school for fear that some God-loving, flag-waving American might actually keep one of their promises.
But no one in my family has suffered as much as my father. My old man's been through a lot: leaving one war-torn country, Afghanistan, for another, Palestine, for another. Growing up in a refugee camp, he's seen more than his share of "Detective Boyds" throw around fascist allegations disguised in the shadow of the Law. During that time, he experienced the true meaning of hatred. He lost friends, family members and possessions to government-issued bullets, bombs and tanks. He was considered a second-class citizen because of his ethnicity and religious beliefs. But his family had sacrificed everything they had only to send him to America so he could have opportunities here that weren't available to him in Palestine. But even in the land of the free and the privileged, my father continues to be that second-class citizen. And he didn't work his way through college by shoveling donkey crap on a farm in Pomona, receiving a degree in architecture and engineering at Cal Poly, only to live a relatively mundane life and let some badge who knows nothing about him take what little he has away now.
My dad knew nothing good could have come from this meeting with Detective Boyd except a handcuffed walk down to Room 101--actually Room 702, according to the post card. If the cops thought he was a terrorist because of his last name, they probably wouldn't be convinced otherwise over an $8 cup of coffee from Starbucks, froth or no froth. You gotta love his balls.
So eight months later, I'm left asking myself, what happened? Isn't the government going to pursue this surefire method of catching the bad guy? Aren't they going to apprehend the very people striking fear in the hearts of the ever-so-victimized American society? Shouldn't my 69-year-old father be marking the days off a cell wall in Guantanamo right now? The weird thing, considering the historic reliability of police-department and other government officials, was that no follow-up was ever made.
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"It was all a big joke," a lawyer friend of mine said. Several others who had received the same post card had also spoken to an associate of his. The outcome was all the same: no follow-through. Maybe the LAPD and the Anti-Terrorism Department were too busy to call us back. Maybe America had already won the War On Terror and there was no more use for the ATD anymore. Better yet, maybe the Afghani family was off the hook and Mike, our mailman, might have just lost the post card telling us that. Or--could it be--had a flock of senile, old terrorists taken the whole Anti-Terrorism Department out? I decided to give my old pals a call and make sure they were okay.
Thankfully, the Anti-Terrorist Department is still there, serving our country as frontline crusaders-- fighting the everlasting battle against America's deadliest, freedom-hating enemies--arming themselves with the most dangerous weapon known to the civilized man: post cards! Post cards that say, "Hey, we think you're a terrorist. Don't worry, we're probably not going to do anything about that, but can you give us a call and let us know if you're planning on bombing anything any time soon? That'd be great!"
To my surprise, Detective Boyd had moved on, undoubtedly to investigate the old ladies in the Valley. Better keep on eye on those little tennis balls on the bottom of their walkers; you'd be surprised at the things they can hide in there.
As for the Afghani family, we're just going to go on living life as we know it--constantly being threatened by loud-mouthed bastards at work and permanently being held under the scrutinizing eye of bureaucracy forevermore. The government still can't tell us if we're terrorists--they're going to have to call us back on that one--but their offer for coffee is still on the table.


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Verizon's Making Their Own Android App Store, and That Makes Google Happy
Some have applauded Android's "come one come all" app philosophy; others think it's left the Android Market a mess. Now, Verizon's looking to clean things with a closed, competing Android app store of their own. So why isn't Google fuming?


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Master's programme in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
Master's programme in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
The society within the biosphere is to its nature a much complex system. To achieve success in this system, i.e. a sustainable society, knowledge of how success is defined and how it can be achieved is required. On the basis of a fundamental vision of a sustainable society, one can through "backcasting" formulate a strategy to reach the desired aim.
This programme extends over two semesters and concentrates on two integrated themes. The first of these themes is an internationally recognized and scientifically reviewed model (framework) of systematic work towards an attractive and sustainable society (strategic sustainable development). This is a universal model which can be used to work with sustainable development within many different fields globally, nationally, in companies, in municipalities, in whole societies and on the individual level.
This model gives a systematic method for: analysis of the present, visualization of solutions, finding strategies to reach sustainable solutions, choosing and developing general and supplementary tools to develop indicators for a sustainable development.
The other theme consists of leadership in complexity (LiC). These concepts stem from studies on both management and natural sciences of how complex systems behave. To create a resilient social fabric, including a robust global economy supported by a healthy environment, we need to learn what it means to work and lead effectively in complexity and build our capacity to engage others in navigating change towards sustainability, together.
The above aspects and concepts will not only be described theoretically but will also be practiced during the programme. In addition to this, the students will find new paths to knowledge by using the framework.
Learning outcomes
The aim of the study programme is achieved through the courses that are included in the higher education qualification. Assessment and examination take place at course level, and details concerning examination and grading are found in respective course syllabus.
In addition to the nationally regulated aims the following aims apply to the education. After completion of the education, the student should:
- have knowledge about and be able to apply the framework for sustainable development that is taught in the courses of the programme.
- have developed leadership skills and ability to inform and explain through an increased consciousness of leading in complexity.
- have developed his/her presentation, facilitation and coaching skills.
- be able to apply the two themes of the programme in different situations to analyze problems, create solutions and choose or develop supplementary tools and concepts.
By helping the students to reach these aims, the programme will contribute to create a worldwide network of professional actors within strategic sustainable development.
Mode of delivery
The implementation of the education follows the "non-linear approach". This means that the five system levels that the programme is built up around and which build on principles for organizational learning will be presented during the first eight weeks of the programme. A gradual deepening of these will then take place during the following 4½ months. This leads to a learning method as the programme progresses. The concluding 4½ months of the programme will be primarily devoted to a degree project where the students in small groups obtain the possibility to apply their knowledge of the framework in a real company, in an organization or another project.
This non-linear method also gives a certain possibility to adaptation of how the courses are carried out through a continuous dialogue with the students. As the programme progresses, the students will obtain the possibility to specialize in all the levels of the framework while a connection of how the five levels are connected with each other will be discussed. Extensive group assignments and learning in groups will be encouraged.
Learning takes place through a blend of approaches, that balance conventional, front-class lectures with dialogic and project-based learning methods. Through this working method, the students are urged to mutually exchange knowledge and experiences with one another which also is a part of the assessment of the students' achievements.
The programme will use the following methods for learning:
- Introductory lectures - which comprise lectures, break-out groups and informal insights and discussions about concepts and their usages.
- Both self-organized and structured group assignments and role play.
- Individual studies
- eLearning and reviews of relevant material.
- Supervision and workshops.
- The students teach one another and evaluate one another.
The students will take both compulsory and elective courses which are listed below. The programme is divided into four study periods of the same length. The two first study periods contain courses, of which the second period also contains elective courses, and the two last study periods a degree project.
Admission Criteria
In the case of more qualified applicants than available positions for the current programme start, a selection is made. This is done in the following way:
This method is intended to assess the applicant's motivation and preconditions for studies at the programme "Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability".
- Curriculum Vitae
- An essay explaining the applicant's interest in the programme, providing information about her or his relevant personal or professional experiences (maximum 5 pages, font size 12, double-spaced)
- 2 letters of reference (recommendations from two people who are familiar with the applicant's ability and skills)
- Higher education grades
Ranking of the applicants will be based on the relative qualification level as regards:
- Academic results at prior higher education studies
- Relevance of degree (and of courses included) for scientifically based studies at Master's level in strategic sustainable development
- Relevant professional experience
- Demonstrated interest in "Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability" (e.g. through choice of work, voluntary work, other community services or in other way)
This school offers programs in:
- English
Last updated October 23, 2017