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Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 07:12 am |
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44th VA INF Member
I have currently been looking closely at the battle of Gettysburg and wat i notice is that many book in school and published books fail to relise how close the south came to the much desired conclusion battle many say there was no way the confedrates could have broken the union line when they held the highgroud and outnumbered them fighting on the second day might have ended in confedrate victory if longstreet attack would have commenced ealier like lee planned and another thing was ewell did not follows Lee oreders to take the hill s outside the town anyway i would enjoy to here yas commentss on the subject |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 07:52 am |
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Captain Crow Proud Southerner
Lee should have never invaded Pennsylvania to begin with. Davis should have utilized a sizeable portion of the available troops-and possibly leadership-to releave Vicksburg. However since Lee did invade he should have broken off the engagement after the first day, moved between Meade and the capitol, and then possibly he could have enticed Meade to attack on ground of Lee's own choosing. Last edited on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 07:57 am by Captain Crow |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 02:17 pm |
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I don't think invading Pa was a mistake. He knew his resources were limited and time and money were on the North's side. So he gambled on a big victory on Yankee soil, knowing that it could be enough to arouse already strong Northern sentiment to end the war and possibly entice the English to come in on the Confederate side. The British navy would have been able to stop the North from bottling up the ports, which would have changed the whole dynamic of the South's being unable to procure materials. The longer the war stayed in the south the more the countryside was depleted (by both armies). Lee figured that if the people in the north felt the war the way Virginia had, the outcry for the war to end would be that much greater. It was a dice roll, but very understandable. Add to that the fact that the ANV to that point had seemed almost unbeatable. But so many things went wrong that at that point maybe he should have marched straight on Washington, and, as you say, found his own ground to fight. What choice would Meade have had but to follow and engage? |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 02:59 pm |
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britain would never support a Confederacy that meant to preserve slavery. they could have quite easily opened enough ports had the Conf. leadership/congress began some measures to end the peculiar institution. but without british support (ship-building + armament supply) the South would not have persisted as long as it did. i agree given that the South intended to go it alone, only a revolutionary modeled pronlonged resistance (defensive oriented strategy) could have endured Winfield's Scotts anaconda plan and northern industry. as capt crow says this more flexible and conservative method may have been used to free vicksburg or later that fall to take and hold chattanooga.... every significant northern invasion ended poorly for the South. AoT at Perryville, AoNV Antietam/Gettysburg, AoTM west port/mine creek, Morgan in Ohio. While in some cases time was bought or supplies gained or made useless to the north, overall these initiatives greatly depleted precious resources and in most cases were conducted at the expense of campaigns elsewhere. Last edited on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 03:00 pm by Scout |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 03:14 pm |
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ole Member
Kinda agreeing with Captain Crow here. It seems to have appeared, to Lee at least, that there was a good chance that his unbeatable army could once again prevail. Today it appears to have been a fool's errand in that he was dependent of a long line of rickety wagons, broken-down horses, and the provender of the countryside. (A moving army can live off the land so long as it is moving.) When he stopped at Gettysburg, the rock was met and the hard place was squeezing up behind him. Must disagree with marty. Going around Meade to strike directly at Washington, Baltimore or Philadelphia would have been reckless, even for Lee. His supply line was, at best, tenuous -- leaving Meade behind him would have severed it completely and left a very large Union army behind him and formidable defenses in front of him. Lee was audacious, but that would have been foolish. His chance, and I'm convinced it was his intent, was in catching Meade in a situation where Meade would be forced to attack him. (And, quite possibly, to avoid sending part of his army to rescue/relieve Vicksburg.) It was risky, but the alternative was to do nothing: at least equally fatal to the AoNV. ole |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 05:49 pm |
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44th VA INF Member
I do think victory at Gettsyburg was possible but soe things that contribute to the confedrate loss was that Lee was used to ishuing genrals orders to his comanders and having them make up the details and Genral ewell and Genral hill who were both excelent division commanders were not use to this. |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 07:01 pm |
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Captain Crow Proud Southerner
44th VA INF wrote: I do think victory at Gettsyburg was possible but soe things that contribute to the confedrate loss was that Lee was used to ishuing genrals orders to his comanders and having them make up the details and Genral ewell and Genral hill who were both excelent division commanders were not use to this.There's no question that since the AoNV had been recently re-organized, with newly appointed corps leaders, that command and control was not as it should have been for Lee. That being said, it only further reinforces the argument against a nothern thrust to begin with. Instead of saving Vicksburg(thus keeping the South intact) they go north, get beaten, and by July 4th have been dealt a 1-2 knockout punch from which they never fully recover. The Gettysburg campaign, while being fascinating to study and dramatic in it's conclusion, was a form of folly the Conferacy could ill afford. Even if Lee wins at Gettysburg there is no guaranty that he would have had the means neccessary to invest the defences at Washington. So the best that could have come from this invasion was a major strategic loss at Vicksburg coupled with a very costly tactical victory in Pennsylvania...in my estimation that's a formula that doesn't favor ultimate victory for the South. Last edited on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 07:02 pm by Captain Crow |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 10:53 pm |
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martymtg Member
I understand, Ole, but the amount of desperation that Lee (justifiably) felt cannot be overstated. Nor, probably, can the amount of confidence he had in his army. So it almost becomes two separate questions. The first is: should he have invaded the North at all, and if you feel that he had valid reason for doing so, the next q is, once the chips were falling into place, and he knew the Union occuppied the high ground, should he have pressed the attack anyway, as he did. You've got to think, any surprise advantage he'd gained by his brilliant march up the Shenandoah had to be nullified by the fact that he didn't know where THEY were, either. We all know that Jeb was not around to keep Lee abreast of the AoP's whereabouts. Once there, the attacks Lee ordered on the flanks, which were supposed to be simultaneous, did not go off as planned (did Pete drag his feet?). Was Ewell hesitant, as the movie indicates, or were his men just dog-tired by that point? Was it the plan or the execution? Lee probably believes that if his plan had been carried out correctly he'd have rolled both flanks. Day 3, Anderson, (did I spell that right?) one of the best artillery men on either side, can't gauge his bombardment and make adjustments, partly because of the smoke, but mostly because when you're shooting uphill you have no way of knowing how much you're over-shooting. So the bombardment's effect is minimal, and Pickett has no cover on a mile+ march into the teeth of the union line. With a fence thrown in 2/3 of the way up for good measure. On the other hand, Lee knows resources are limited, he knows the war in the west is not going nearly as well. He decides to go up the middle, and they actually breach the line, but are unable to sustain. So lets say you're Lee, and Day 2 has come and gone with the Union still entrenched on the heights. What would you have done? Sorry I got long winded. I enjoy these discussions with you boys. |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 11:06 pm |
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martymtg Member
That's good stuff, Captain. I just think he wasn't going so much for a long campaign as he was for a victory on northern soil that would so demoralize the North that the anti-war clamour would have been too great for Washington to ignore. Then saving Vicksburg becomes academic. And I also think that the AoNV and Jeff Davis were more concerned with Richmond's safety. |
Posted: Sat Aug 30th, 2008 11:45 pm |
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ole Member
So it almost becomes two separate questions. The first is: should he have invaded the North at all, and if you feel that he had valid reason for doing so, the next q is, once the chips were falling into place, and he knew the Union occuppied the high ground, should he have pressed the attack anyway, as he did. Excellent observations from both of you gentlemen. (Are you ganging up on me?) Let's start with this. Consider his alternatives in both cases: He can't very well sit on his hands in Virginia -- this is not Lee. To do nothing allows the AotP to do the planning and the maneuvering. Go to any successful commander. You never, never let the opposition take the initiative. He gets ahold of that and you are limited to responding. Same thing when he ran up against Meade at Gettysburg: he can't let Meade take the initiative ... so he does. When we sit here and opine that he should have folded and saved his army, we're looking at his situation from a modern, non-military perspective. Davis should have utilized a sizeable portion of the available troops-and possibly leadership-to releave Vicksburg. When Grant landed at Bruinsburg, Vicksburg was already gone. Grant had the west bank so nothing was running through Vicksburg anyway. (Actually, Vicksburg was not really a major player in the west-to-east movement. Vicksburg did block the free movement of Union shipping on the Mississippi, but that bottleneck didn't stop Union supplies from feeding the troops in New Orleans.) Bottom line, relieving Vicksburg would not have changed Confederate fortunes. Consequently, sending troops to relieve Vicksburg would have been an empty gesture and would have given no appreciable boost to Confederate arms (except for phsycological and morale). And Lee was going to do what to feed his men after he moved between Meade and the Capital? Check the roads between Gettysburg and Washington, Baltimore, Harrisburg, or Philadelphia. It's not quite so easy to march around either of Meade's flanks. On the march, the commander doesn't have the luxury of entrenching. He has to have flankers out with no wagons to speak of. His train (what there was of it) has to be walled off from opposing cavalry; consequently, the troops live on what they carry. Given that the AoNV pulled off amazing feats of endurance, such a move would severly tax the troops. I don't see moving around Meade as an option. ole |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 01:05 am |
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44th VA INF Member
Excellent oppion ole Ibelive that we should have broken off the battle after the 2nd day the attacks by longerstreet ont he right faln nearly seeced but was repulsed if that attack had seeced Lee could shell there flank from he round tops and rool up there line like a piece of paper forcin meade to evacuate and them we could have attacked them while they were on the move and deshtroy the army of the potamc and the war could have been won that day |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 01:22 am |
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izzy Member
Huh? Spell that again. |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 01:54 am |
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martymtg Member
Good shootin' Ole. I can see you ain't just another pretty face. Marching up the other side of the mountain range, unbeknownst to the AoP, whose leadership is in flux, up the Shenandoah among rebel sympathizers pretty much the whole way, is a much different animal than just 'sliding around' Meade. Now Meade knows he's there, and every move will be scouted and countered. If we concede that argument, Lee had no choice but to take the fight to Meade. He couldn't very well sit and watch and live off the Pa. countryside, like Hannibal did for 16 years in Rome, not while the western campaign was going badly and the harbors were blockaded. The north had all the manufacturing. Even the railroads in the north were better. Lee was looking for shoes, for cryin out loud. As you say, Lee to that point had already befuddled all the previous union commanders by being bold and brash in the face of their indecision and hesitance. And, OK, incompetence. So, if we continue this discussion, what should he have decided going into Day 3? Should he have pounded away at the flanks, which he was aware were being strengthened through out the night? Or do we wind up deciding that Pickett's charge was his only real viable option, after all? Last edited on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 02:29 am by martymtg |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 03:20 am |
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Captain Crow Proud Southerner
I suspect the mere threat of attacking Washington would have prompted a speedy response from Meade thus negating the need to "sit and wait". At that point Lee was essentially living off the land and out of his wagons anyway. I doubt there was a massive flow of supplies coming from the Shenandoah considering one of the stated reasons for going north was to facilitate that region's renewal. Also I must heartily dispute the assertion that Vicksburg did not have a major controlling influence in flow of manpower and supplies west to east and vice versa. After the fall of that city the trans-Mississippi pretty much withered on the vine from lack of military goods that were mostly manufactured east of the Mississippi. And it definitely deprived the Eastern theater of a source of manpower and foodstuffs by closing off Texas as well as Louisiana and Arkansas. In addition, when I earlier stated that Vicksburg should have been relieved rather than beginning this northern folly I meant relief should have been sent via rail long before the time of the Gettysburg campaigns inception. Imagine what a corps of infantry along with perhaps Lee himself taking overall command as well as uniting with and organizing Johnston's scattered forces could have accomplished. Imagine this is done in early may before Champion hill but after Grant crosses the river. Imagine a single voice of unquestioned authority such as Lee's orchestrating the strategy and it's not hard to imagine U.S. Grant getting a much hotter reception than he historically did. also keep in mind that before the blitzkrieg of the Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, and Big Black river victories Grant held only a slim advantage in overall numbers. Personally I would put my money on Lee when fighting a defensive campaign while possessing at least a numerical parity with his opponent. And as for the Eastern theater, I suspect Longstreet with 2 corps of infantry along with Stuart's cavalry (not to mention the various scattered units at his disposal in Virginia and North Carolina) would have been more than enough to handle whatever feeble offensive George Meade could have mustered. Remember after all that Meade is the guy who essentially sat on his hands while the much depleted AoNV escaped across the Potomac after Gettysburg. an offensive juggernaut he was not. Of course I realize that the probability of getting Lee to come east is pretty much nil. But hey we're dealing with "what ifs" here so we might as well go all out eh? Last edited on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 03:21 am by Captain Crow |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 04:13 pm |
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martymtg Member
No doubt that Meade allowed the AoNV to escape when he possibly could have ended the war right there. Give him credit for the victory, despite the fact that he didn't get there and take command until Day 1 was already in the books. But among all these 'what ifs' it must be mentioned that he was in a position to cut off the retreat of a stunned army and didn't act. This didn't sit well with Lincoln, nor did Meade's commment that "We have pushed the invaders from our country," to which Lincoln responded, "ITs ALL our country!" (or words to that affect) I still don't see Lee ever straying that far from Virginia and leaving Richmond exposed to aid Vicksburg, tho, or Davis ever giving that order. After all, there are two huge armies within proximity of each other's capitol. And, again, Lee wanted that big victory on Northern soil, he wanted the north to 'feel' the war. He probably didn't believe that a long, drawn out, defensive war could be won in the end, in the face of the North's greater resources. If he marches to support Vicksburg he's probably giving up any chance of ever fighting on Yankee soil. And everything he'd done boldly to that point had pretty much worked. For my money, even Antietam was really a confederate victory, altho at too great a cost. He's well aware of the indecision and incompetence of the AoP's command, northern anti-war sentiment, and he decides to go for the jugular, which leads to Gettysburg. That doesn't mean you're not correct that supporting the defense of Vicksburg may have been the best course of action. I just don't think it was a serious consideration. As far as how vital (and far gone) Vicksburg was at that point, I'll leave that one for you and Ole to hash out. |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 04:33 pm |
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44th VA INF Member
Gettysburg was one of the closetes battles of the civil war ift he confedrates had got on the roundtops the confedratrates would be able to shell and roll up there line like piece of paper and then attack meade on the move trying t evacuate and the war would have been over that day |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 04:33 pm |
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44th VA INF Member
Pickkets charge would have needed 30,000 men to break the union line though Last edited on Sun Aug 31st, 2008 04:35 pm by 44th VA INF |
Posted: Sun Aug 31st, 2008 07:55 pm |
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martymtg Member
44th, There's no doubt that the occupation of Little Roundtop was the key to the battle, particularly for the Union because it gave their flank an impregnable anchor. They say that Ewell could have gotten there first but hesitated. Lee's orders to him were. "Take those hills if you think it practicable." Ewell is criticized to no end for not doing it, but he was coming off a forced march and if I'm not mistaken, his men had already been engaged in heavy fighting through a good part of the day. Give Warren the credit for seeing the importance of the hill, Strong Vincent for getting there without waiting for definitive orders, and the 20th Maine and Chamberlain for refusing to crumble under sustained attacks from Longstreet. Vincent actually risked disciplinary or even court martial proceedings by taking it upon himself to divert troops that had other orders and sending them up to Little Round Top. So it seems that for once, union leadership was firm where the confederate generals hesitated, instead of the other way around. It could even be argued that Buford did everything for Meade and Reynolds that Jeb Stuart failed to do for Lee. Altho Stuart was an excellent and fearless cavalry commander, his failure to report to Lee or even stay in contact may be a bigger failure than Ewell's. Contrast that with Buford's immediate recognition that the whole rebel army was on the doorstep, dismounting his 2,500 cavalrymen to hold off the Reb infantry while Reynolds approached from some 8 miles away. Buford slowly gave way thru town, buying time and knowing that if he could retreat in orderly fashion to the heights he'd have averted the disaster of the Rebs settling in on the high ground. This while sustaining severe losses to his cavalry, men that were used to fighting on horseback. So when the smoke clears, the question still remains what should Lee have done Day 3. This is a good discussion you got going with your question the other day. |
Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 04:03 am |
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On Day 3, there's the question of, what was Lee's real plan with Pickett's Charge? I have always found it hard and a little too simplistic to believe Lee thinking, Well, we tried both flanks and failed--let's try the middle of the line! However, if his plan was truly to have Jeb Stuart come from the rear of the Union lines, in effect to have that "pincher effect" then throwing 15,000 men against the center of the Union line makes more sense. He couldn't have known until too late about Stuart's failure. I think Lee was bold, had proven himself to be so over and over leading up to Gettysburg, but I don't think he was reckless. There's a difference. I can't help thinking somewhere around Day 1 Lee was thinking, If only Jackson was here. . . Pam |
Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 05:16 am |
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44th VA INF Member
When Lee Marched to gettysburg his army thought they were invinsble also the preassure of being so close to ending the war must have began to take its toll on genral Lee |
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Garth Erlam, on 06 March 2012 - 01:36 PM, said:
My time playing mechwarrior 4 has not sufficiently prepared me to be insulted[complimented?] by you all battletech style.
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 01:48 PM
p.s. Nice sig Sarah!
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Sarah Dalrymple, on 06 March 2012 - 01:41 PM, said:
Interesting, but are you willing to admit that what we are all doing developers/players/everyone, it actually to make a community, more so than the game itself?
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Paul Inouye, on 06 March 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:
Paul, you have literally the minimum required amount of brain power required to speak. I'm surprised there's enough left for you to even breathe.
Or maybe you have to use the resource wisely and have to stop breathing just so you can type.
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As we go forward we must be aware the short comings of F2P.
Putting designers and Players into one Group: The Community, only a portion of the "community" can add content. It puts a load on them to add content we want and to "represent" us. Compare this to a Mod community, which anyone can add content, there is more power dispersed evenly. BUT, being the way it is and something that we get for giving up that flexibility is that we can altogether have a group experience(in BattleTech) together.
Luckier still we have all attracted ourselves to a theme that is inharently flexible. (Mechs can customize weapon loadouts, players can play entirely different mechs,and we can all fight on the field of battle for different reason and in many different forms. Or custumizabilty plus that of others makes for a deep pool of experience that can be garnered from a player of this creation.
We must consider how can we overcome the short-comings of this F2P community model though. The dev team is enthusiastically developing content, if the groundwork other ways to introduce content are put in place aswell then we could all get a lot more out of this community.
Posted 06 March 2012 - 03:47 PM
Thomas Covenant, on 06 March 2012 - 03:37 PM, said:
Are you suggesting a system like how Team Fortress 2 uses to help the community get content recognized by the developers? It worked well for TF2, although I'm not sure how PGI would feel about mech models not created after the designs of Flying Debris.
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Orzorn, on 06 March 2012 - 03:47 PM, said:
This is exactly what I want to provoke.
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Paul Inouye, on 06 March 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:
p.s. Nice sig Sarah!
Nick Makiaveli, on 06 March 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:
Thanks guys!
PS. If anyone else wants to join Team Trolololol, let me know and I can link you the sig!
PPS. I totally did not ask for this sig because Paul is funny or anything...
Posted 06 March 2012 - 04:39 PM
The more you go to one side or the other you look what is up for grabs, how will this affect the quality of the content? How will this benefit the game itself?
What are the rules?
there are only certain mechs that make sense, but how they should look is the creative part. What about community polls over community designs for these mechs?
If there is an artist employed to do so, they can take those designs and rework them.
I am reminded of an episode[17:00] of reading rainbow. The maker of a mary go round had children design the animals for the ride.
But perhaps at a point, if the dev team moves on any artists and 3d moders can submit ideas and polls can run to add that content. This is the other side of the gradient and the choice is how self perpetuating do you want to let this become and what would be the reason not to do so or wait for 'x' amount of time to start. Now this is all horribly early do any of this before the game can even be released, yet it is NOT too early to think about it and see how it might play into things, and how could we allow for it.
I really don't care how crazy, or pompous I sound. I am asking these question and I am getting answers and I am going to share it.
I will say the community aspect of this looks to be wonderfully and inherently flexible(as far as role playing your pilot) ex: Faction ranks, player made Merc Corps, ect. So we are good there far as I can see now.
And for anyone who invalidates my argument for citing a children's show as inspiration I'll just have to name an Assault Mech the "Reading Rainbow" and make you taste the rainbow.
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yeah seriously, i gots bills to pay
and theoretical kids to feed
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Djuna fits so well in this sibset! I think it's pretty perfect, really! I like Sibyl as well, it has an air of sophistication. Djuna has a playful sound, but I thought of Djuna Barnes right away and that namesake gives a sweet-sounding name a bit more heft. I also remember that Djuna was the name of a character in a Woody Allen movie. Not sure what the title was, but look into it, it's a cute film. Speaking of films, Sibyl has a bit of a bad reference that seems to have stuck with everyone in the 50+ age bracket. A TV movie about a woman with mental illness. I don't know if this matters to you, but I'm sure it could raise a few eyebrows of some middle aged Lifetime Movie fans!
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I think Djuna is a neat name. You (or your daughter for that matter) will have to deal with the constant silent "D" issue. I think it would go well with Asher and Hazel, but so does Sibyl.
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Corporate aviation information provider Jetnet has released June 2012 and YTD 2012 results for the pre-owned business jet, business turboprop and helicopter markets. The "Fleet For Sale" percentages for all market sectors were down, comparing June 2012 to June 2011.
Business jet sale transactions increased 4.9 percent YTD in June 2012 compared to 2011, and they are selling in 14 fewer days. Business Turboprops also showed a small improvement of .2 percent, whereas Turbine and Piston helicopters saw declines in YTD sale transactions of 14.2 percent and 12.1 percent respectively. The business jet average asking price increased 4.9 percent for the 2012 YTD comparison to the same period in 2011. Sale transactions for turbine helicopters have declined at an average of 14.9 percent since January 2012. However, the average asking price increase of 9.7 percent continues to fuel the decline in pre-owned sale transactions. It is also now taking 21 days longer to find a buyer compared to the same period last year.
Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2012 (that is, from the first quarter to the second quarter), according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 2.0 percent, up from 1.9 percent last month. The Bureau emphasized that the 2nd quarter advance estimate is based on source data that are incomplete or subject to further revision by the source agency. The "second" estimate for the 2nd quarter, based on more complete data, will be released on August 29, 2012. The report showed the economy grew for the 12th straight quarter. However, the weaker growth adds to worries that the economy could be stalling three years after the recession ended. The 1.5 percent growth rate in the second quarter was the weakest since the economy, as measured by GDP, expanded at a 1.3 percent rate in the 3rd quarter last year.
U.S. business jet domestic flight operations were at 271,000 in June 2012, which is 102,000 (or 27.3 percent) flights below the peak level of 373,000 reported in October 2007. However, there has been a steady improvement from the low of 225,000 recorded in February 2009. March 2011 represented a peak of 297,000 flights. Over the past 24 months domestic flight operations have averaged 274,000 operations and have been unchanged in spite of the recent decrease in fuel prices. International flight operations activity has shown an average of 54,000 flights over the past 24 months, with peak periods hitting 62,000 flights twice during March and once in September.
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If you've ever spotted a job posting promising to allow you to work from home, be aware, it could be a scam.
Some online jobs ads offer the opportunity to work from home for but money, but how many of these jobs are simply too good to be true?
Donna Mora was browsing Craigslist for work-at-home opportunities when an ad for a "personal assistant" caught her eye. It promised up to $300 per task. When Mora responded, she was instructed to communicate via instant messaging with a person who identified herself as "Mrs. Vick Denton, hiring manager."
Denton told her the company would send advance money for her to buy home office supplies. "Sure enough, next day I got an overnight package with a check for $2,700," Mora said. She remembers thinking to herself, "Wow," and then taking the check to her bank. Fortunately for Mora, her bank had seen this scam before and recognized the check as fraudulent. "These are called advance fee scams," says Robert Rebhan, a retired LAPD Detective whose company specializes in combating financial crimes.
Here's how it works: Rebhan says the scammer sends a check that is nominally more than the cost of the home office supplies the applicant is instructed to buy. In many cases, the bank doesn't immediately detect the check is fraudulent, and the victims not only go out and make the purchases, but they then follow the scammer's instruction to send back the balance. Eventually, the bank realizes the initial advance check is bogus. But the job seekers who spent the money are left on the hook. The scammer's profit per con can range from a few hundred dollars to more than $1,000.
The particular ad Mora saw has since been pulled, but the internet is rife with countless others using this scam. Another way scammers try to fool job seekers is by pretending to be with a legitimate company. In Mora's case, "Mrs. Vick Denton" purported to work for Reliance Health Ventures of Mumbai, India. "When you look it up, they have a really nice website," Mora said. But, of course, there's no connection.
Rebhan estimates 98 percent of online work-at-home pitches are fraudulent, and advises job seekers to be wary. "Consumers need to do a little work before they get involved with it," Rebhan said. "Do an investigation, and see if you can reach a person by phone."
Rebhan also suggests those seeking work at home jobs first check with the Federal Trade Commission and the World Privacy Forum. WorkatHomeMoms offers reviews of companies offering work at home employment.
Above all, Rebhan says you really have to be careful when the online solicitation comes from overseas.
For its part, Craigslist does not try to individually vet or police the multitude of ads that are placed on its service. But like Monster.com and other online job seeker services, Craigslist warns its users of the potential for fraud and posts advice. "Deal locally with folks you can meet in person," is right at the top of the list on the Craigslist webpage offering "Personal Safety Tips." The page goes on to state, "Follow this one rule, and you can avoid 99 percent of scam attempts on Craigslist."
In some cases Rebhan has seen, the scam is designed not only to victimize work-at-home applicants, but also to dupe them into serving as a "money mule" for the scammer. Such schemes begin with an internet criminal hacking into the computer system that accesses the bank accounts of a small to mid-size company.
During hours when the business is closed, the criminal hacker transfers money from the company to the bank account of one of the persons it has recruited through a bogus work-at-home ad.
In some cases, they've been told they're working for an overseas charitable organization. They're instructed to take a fee of about 10 percent and transfer the rest overseas. Within days, the illegal transfer is detected and authorities quickly locate the "money mule", but it's often not possible to recover the money if it's already been sent overseas.
Rebhan says this kind of crime poses a real threat to smaller companies that do not have a 24-hour information technology staff monitoring the activities of its computer system.
As for Mora and the bogus $2,700 cash advance, she couldn't let it go without sending back an instant message challenging "Mrs. Vick Denton." Mora said Denton feigned ignorance, and then never heard from her again.
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Grace Watson Dining Hall took on a blues theme for a special meal on Dec. 11. The David Millers Blues Brothers performed while students dined on pepper steak, blackened salmon, shrimp cocktail, sauteed kale, coconut sweet potatoes, bourbon bread pudding and key lime tarts.
RIT's 5th Annual FreezeFest kicked off on Dec. 11 with a table of blue and white giveaways, a candy buffet, photo booth and blue cotton candy. John Oliver, from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, was announced as the featured comedian for 2/22/2014.
Members of the RIT community helped to spread holiday cheer Dec. 9 during the fourth annual Holiday Service Project, sponsored by the RIT Center for Residence Life. About 50 volunteers packed 104 shoeboxes with donated items and wrapped them in holiday paper as part of the "Shoe Box Gifts" program for the Open Door Mission of Rochester. Throughout the fall semester, students donated toiletries and cold weather gear for people in need in our area. The gift boxes will be delivered to the Open Door Mission's Caring Center on Plymouth Avenue this week.
Metal sculptor Albert Paley created 13 pieces that were installed on Park Avenue in New York City in June. On Dec. 9, Paley, who holds an endowed chair at RIT's College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, attended the premiere of the film chronicling the project, produced by WXXI. The film includes segments at RIT and an interview with James Watters, RIT senior vice president of finance and administration. Tune in to WXXI-TV at 8 p.m. Dec. 12 for Paley on Park Avenue: New York City.
Students from the High Speed Photography class brave below freezing temperatures to pull off their semester's final shoot. A collaboration between students from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences and the Center for Imaging Science, the students photographed RIT Formula SAE Team's F-18 race car. Using stroboscopic lighting, the car slid in an arc around an array of cameras (and students) with synchronized flashes of light.
The RIT Cosplay Troupe sponsored its annual Cosplay Snow Festival on Dec. 7. The Snow Ball Dance, contests, panels and performances were all part of the day.
RIT alumna Gale Gand '81 visited with students in the hospitality program on Dec. 6. The nationally acclaimed pastry chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, television personality, teacher and entrepreneur talked about her time at RIT, a graduate of its art program, and her career shift to hospitality and restaurants. She has been recognized as Outstanding Pastry Chef of the Year by The James Beard Foundation as well as by Bon Appetite magazine.
Margaret Bailey is the principal investigator of a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program for a project intended to increase representation and advancement of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics at RIT. The professor of mechanical engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering also is the founding member of the women in engineering program, WE@RIT.
At a meeting Dec. 3 at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., are RIT President Bill Destler, and to the right, NGA Deputy Director Michael A. Rodrigue, RIT Professor David Messinger, Trustee Jeffrey Harris '75 and far right, RIT Vice President of Government and Community Relations Deborah Stendardi. The meeting was just prior to an RIT-hosted Capitol Hill briefing, "STEM Workforce in Remote Sensing, a National Imperative: Views and Next Steps from the Intelligence, Corporate and Academic Communities."
Marissa Masek, a fifth-year photographic sciences and biology student, celebrated her 23rd birthday on Dec. 2 by inviting friends to a studio filled with 360 balloons to toss around and photograph.
Bethany Choate '06 and Matthew Heimbueger '06 are building their own 2,048-square-foot sustainable home in suburban Rochester. The imaging science graduates plan to move in by the end of this year.
The Tiger's Next Top Model competition concluded with a runway show on Nov. 22. Students Hailey Koth and Kyle Brossoit were chosen as the winners at the end of the show.
RIT men's hockey fans cheered for their team during the game with St. Lawrence University Nov. 23.
After making its debut during a prestigious event in New York City this summer, one of the 13 original pieces that metal sculptor Albert Paley created for a Park Avenue exhibition has a permanent home on the RIT campus. Cloaked Intention was installed Nov. 20 in the quad between Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Louise M. Slaughter Hall. The acquisition of the piece was made possible by a gift from longtime RIT trustee Ann Mulligan.
Effective this semester, Grace Watson Dining Hall has eliminated disposable to-go containers and replaced them with reusable ones. The new containers are washable and will be collected in drop-off kiosks around campus, brought back to the dining hall and washed. RIT wants to turn Gracie's into a zero-waste facility.
The Imagining Rochester class, taught by Jessica Lieberman, assistant professor of visual culture at RIT, visited the Rochester subway recently. From left, Olivia Samone, Emily Fava, and Eric Bichan explored the tunnels.
The RIT men's and women's hockey teams, Corner Crew, Pep Band and university members gathered on Nov. 19 to sign the last ceiling beams to be installed into the Gene Polisseni Center.
Key state officials, including Secretary of State Cesar Perales, joined the Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council at a meeting at RIT's MAGIC Center on Nov. 18. The meeting concluded a day-long tour and visit by state officials to review the council's progress on current and future priority projects.
Students from the CIAS Honors Program offered holiday portraits to raise money for their trip to Italy over the intercession. Allison Parssi, center, a second-year photography student, puts her studio experience to work while Jasmine Lockwood, right, a third-year new media design student, gets smiles from even the youngest of subjects.
Dance groups from all genres competed Nov. 15 in CAB Friday Night Live and Velocity Dance's annual contest to crown RIT's Best Dance Crew. To see more CAB events, go to rit.edu/studentaffairs/cab.
RIT men's hockey junior captain Matt Garbowsky, along with Brad McGowan, and women's hockey junior captains Celeste Brown and Lindsay Grigg, invite the Rochester and RIT communities to sign the last ceiling beams Tuesday before they are installed into the Gene Polisseni Center. The event will take place 1-3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the lower level of the Ritter Arena and RIT locker room entrance. The rink is scheduled to open in time for the 2014-15 season.
Joe Oh, left, plays against Jacob Foley in a Dance Dance Revolution competition during Nerdocalypse in the Brick City Cafe on Nov. 10.
RIT hosted its third annual Veterans Day Breakfast Nov. 11 to pay tribute to members of the campus community who serve or have served honorably in uniform.
RIT students competed in dance, talent, formal wear and a Q&A session for the title of "Mr. RIT" on Nov. 8. The event raised more than $3,200 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and Tom Weekes was crowned the winner.
Third-year Saunders College of Business student Naixin Kang toasts a marshmallow at "The Roast of SG" Nov. 7 in the Fireside Lounge. The event allowed students to give feedback to a college or division and meet Student Government leaders.
RIT Archives celebrated our tiger mascot's 50th birthday with exhibits, games and cake. SpiRIT, RIT's former live tiger mascot, was on display for the Nov. 7 event.
Dan Bruton, left, and David Frank are converting waste cooking oil into biodiesel and other uses inside the Golisano Institute for Sustainability.
Come see Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew as you've never seen it before! This RIT/NTID production, directed by Aaron Kelstone and Jerry Argetsinger, is playing in the Robert F. Panara Theatre 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7–9 and 2 p.m. Nov. 10.
Jessica Lieberman's documentation of her two-year medical journey in "Becoming Visible" will be on display in a photographic exhibition at Gallery r through Nov. 27. An accompanying book is available from RIT Press. Gallery r is handicapped accessible and is open from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. All exhibits are free and open to the public.
Barnes & Noble @ RIT hosted a meet-and-greet with the RIT men's hockey team on Nov. 2. Money raised from autographed team photos, hockey memorabilia, raffles and special edition ornaments will support Hockey Coaches Care, the official charitable foundation of the American Hockey Coaches Association.
When Brian Koberlein couldn't find an astrophysics textbook for undergraduates, he decided to write his own. Koberlein, senior lecturer in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, collaborated with David Meisel, distinguished professor at State University of New York at Geneseo, to publish Astrophysics through Computation, by Cambridge University Press.
RIT students were treated to a Halloween-themed dinner at Grace Watson Dining Hall on Oct. 31. The meal included roasted chicken, grilled salmon, pumpkin ravioli, kielbasa and ghoulish desserts like chocolate pudding graves and Oreo mummies. Here, Erin Nguyen, a second-year student in 3-D design, created her costume to resemble Link from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
On Oct. 29, the Schmitt Interfaith Center Rededication ceremony celebrated the renovation of the upper lobby, the Allen Chapel and the Jones Chapel. The Kilian J. and Caroline F. Schmitt Foundation made a lead gift to kick off the renovation. It was designed to transition the center from its original focus on mainline Protestant and Jewish faith groups to include modern Christian faith groups, the growing Muslim population and other faiths, such as Zen Buddhist groups. It has also improved the center's facilities for cultural events, such as concerts, recitals and social gatherings. The rededication featured readings, prayers and reflections from the chaplains and leaders of RIT's Center for Religious Life's many faith groups.
Kim Kolb initially joined the Center for Detectors as a senior undergraduate in the microelectronics program. After gaining industry experience, she returned to RIT on a fellowship from the military contractor BAE Systems to pursue a master's degree from the Center for Imaging Science.
Owners with their certified therapy dogs provided a welcome break for RIT students in the Fireside Lounge Oct. 25. Here, Mike and Barbara Serve's goldendoodle, Tucker, gets attention from students. The event was sponsored by Student Wellness as a stress reduction activity. Research indicates that pet therapy improves psychological well-being and self-esteem.
Frank Sciremammano, professor of mechanical engineering in RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering, serves as a member of the St. Lawrence River Board of Control. The board provides specialized studies, oversight and regulation of Lake Ontario water levels for the International Joint Commission, the organization that manages the shared water resources on the U.S. and Canadian sides of the lake. He was appointed to the board in 1995 and is one of 10 members—five each from the U.S. and Canada—overseeing system operations. Through community outreach and education, he provides insights into how the regulatory process works and acts as an advocate for the protection of the economic, environmental and residential resources that surround the lake.
Jenn Poggi joined RIT this fall as a visiting assistant professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences following four years at the White House, where she served as a picture editor and deputy director of the Photo Office.
Students Senam Akorli, left, and Sarah Fairbank have designed jewelry that was worn on the runway at Fashion Week of Rochester Oct. 16-20. Akorli is a Ghana native and second-year graduate student in the jewelry design program. Her work shows traditional aspects of her culture while also employing copper, brass, feathers and precious stones. Fairbank is a fourth-year jewelry design student who makes pieces that incorporate elements such as fur and feathers.
A roundtable titled "Growing Computer and Video Game Development in New York," was held Oct. 22 at RIT to gather comment from interactive entertainment leaders, entrepreneurs and legislators on how New York state can attract and support the video game design and development industry. The session was hosted by New York State Sen. Martin Golden (R-Brooklyn), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Science, Technology, Incubation and Entrepreneurship. Pictured here are RIT President Bill Destler, MAGIC Center Director Andrew Phelps and Golden.
Roger Harnish, professor of psychology in RIT's College of Liberal Arts, has been researching dreams for nearly 30 years. He has developed an app called Dream Professor that uses a series of algorithms to provide detailed analyses of users' dreams.
Barnes & Noble @ RIT hosted a meet-and-greet with the RIT women's hockey team on Oct. 19. Money raised from autographed team photos and a silent auction benefits AutismUp, an autism organization in Rochester.
RIT industrial design alumnus Scott Wilson, founder of Chicago-based Minimal Inc. and former global director at Nike, delivered the keynote address at the 10th annual RIT Entrepreneurs Conference hosted by Saunders College of Business on Oct. 18. Since founding Minimal in 2007, National Design Award winner Wilson has designed a variety of commercially successful products that include the Xbox 360 + Kinect, the SW_1 Collection for Coalesse and TikTok+LunaTik Watch Kits, which turn Apple's sixth generation iPod nano into a wristwatch.
Shannon McCormick '13 makes adjustments to an isothermal reactor in one of the state-of-the-art labs in Institute Hall, home of RIT's new chemical engineering program.
Watch for deer, foxes and other wildlife in the woods and trails surrounding the RIT campus. Drive carefully, slow down and scan the forested areas near roads to avoid any collisions.
VisitRochester, the official tourism organization for Greater Rochester, hosted several executives from New York City last week and made a trip to RIT's Golisano Institute for Sustainability. The group included Mark Jaffe, left, president of the New York City Chamber of Commerce, and New York Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy '93 (multidisciplinary studies). Nabil Nasr, associate provost and director of Golisano Institute for Sustainabilty, is seated in the middle.
The Brick City 5K Fun Run & Walk took place on Oct. 13 around the RIT campus. It was one of the final events during RIT's Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.
RIT's Department of Modern Languages and Cultures in the College of Liberal Arts hosted a lecture and demonstration of a Japanese tea ceremony Oct. 11. Here, Yasue Kumano, a professor from Yamaguchi University and Ikenobo Junior College in Japan, demonstrates the practice based on the spirit of Ichigo-ichie, or the opportunity of a lifetime treasuring moments spent with guests that can never be duplicated.
RIT welcomed astronaut Mark Kelly and former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as this year's Horton Distinguished Speakers Oct. 12 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center, part of Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.
Leaders from RIT's Student Government met with astronaut Mark Kelly as he shared stories during a roundtable discussion on Oct.12. Kelly and former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords spoke as this year's Student Government Horton Distinguished Speakers during RIT's Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend.
RIT/NTID alumnus Sean Forbes '08 performed his unique brand of hip-hop/sign music on Oct. 11.
A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Sebastian and Lenore Rosica Hall was held Oct. 11. Cutting the ribbon are RIT Professor and NTID Dean Emeritus Jim DeCaro, NTID President and RIT Vice President and Dean Gerry Buckley, Diana Spencer, executive director of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, who provided a $1.75 million naming gift, and members of the Rosica family.
Saunders College hosted the Gasser Lecture Series with Daymond John, founder of FUBU apparel and one of the savvy investors on ABC's reality television series Shark Tank on Oct. 11. John discussed fundamental concepts from his new book, The Brand Within: Branding Yourself from Birth to the Boardroom.
Robert Latorre, an RIT alumnus, created The Big Freeze Worldwide, which is the most advanced Camera Array System in the world. The system is now in its 5th generation and has been used in feature films, commercials, and on the Red Carpet. Here, RIT student Lia DiRico and friends test it out in a demonstration after Latorre gave a talk on campus.
Comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood from the Emmy-nominated show Whose Line Is It Anyway? hosted an improvisational show Oct. 10 to help kick-off RIT's Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend, which runs Oct. 10 -13. The comedians used their razor-sharp wit and improv skills, while interacting with the audience to create hilarious and original scenes.
Hundreds of RIT/NTID students, some seeking co-ops, others looking for permanent jobs, lined up to meet prospective employers at the NTID Job Fair on Oct. 10.
RIT's College of Liberal Arts celebrated the official opening of the Stan McKenzie Commons on Oct. 9, named for the former RIT provost and longtime English department faculty member. McKenzie donated $300,000 to the college to renovate the commons area in Liberal Arts Hall and to fund a salon series that will highlight research being performed by Liberal Arts faculty and students.
A Japanese-style stone bench was dedicated in a ceremony at the Tojo Garden in honor of the 20th anniversary of the RIT-KIT partnership on Oct. 9.
RIT President Bill Destler and Kananzawa Institute of Technology President Ken-ichi Ishikawa hosted presidential symposium "Musical Notes and Magical Knives." Here, President Ishikawa spoke about the history of sword making in Japan.
RIT alumna Debra Rothenberg '84 has written her first book, Bruce Springsteen In Focus 1980-2012. The book includes personal essays and over 250 photographs and was named one of the five best photography books coming out this fall by The Wall Street Journal. A book launch is scheduled for Oct. 12 in Asbury Park, NJ at The Stone Pony, where Springsteen performed.
RIT's School for American Crafts sold its unique hand-blown glass pumpkins and gourds during the ninth annual Glass Pumpkin Patch fundraiser Oct. 5. Proceeds from the sale benefit the Visiting Artists Series for the RIT glass program as well as RIT Women's Council scholarships.
"Memories, Observations, Experiences, Obsessions" highlights Toby Thompson's most recent works before he died in 2012 at the age of 79. The exhibition will be held through Dec. 14 in the University Gallery, and the public is invited to an opening reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11. Thompson began his teaching career at RIT in 1968. He received his M.S. degree in fine arts from RIT in 1975, was later appointed chair of industrial, interior and packaging design, and held that position until his retirement in 1996.
Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. (District 1, Sag Harbor) met with Anahita Williamson, director of the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, inside the Golisano Institute for Sustainability on Oct. 2. Thiele, a member of the state's Environmental Conservation Committee, received an update from Williamson on NYSP2I's statewide sustainability efforts, including the Long Island wine industry initiative.
Dan Smith, a senior project manager in the Center for Sustainable Mobility in the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, discusses the lab's capabilities with New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. DiNapoli visited RIT Oct. 1, including the university's business incubator, Venture Creations, to promote a program for seed funding for start-up companies.
Sunflowers line the Quarter Mile near the Gordon Field House. Greg Moss, senior director of the Center for Recreation and Intramurals, started the tradition of planting seeds in the spring several years ago. This year's crop was the best display ever.
RIT students participate in Mud Tug 2013, the annual all out tug-of-war tournament held behind Grace Watson Hall on Sept. 28. All proceeds from the event, hosted by Phi Kappa Psi and Zeta Tau Alpha, are donated to Hillside Family of Agencies.
RIT students participate in Mud Tug 2013, the annual all out tug-of-war tournament held behind Grace Watson Hall on Sept. 28. All proceeds from the event, hosted by Phi Kappa Psi and Zeta Tau Alpha, are donated to Hillside Family of Agencies. Left to right, Maria de Sande, Jessica Cook, Emily Heitz and Conor McKaig.
Everybody Dancing: The Interactivity of Creativity and Innovation was an audience-participatory performance directed by Thomas Warfield, RIT assistant professor in NTID's Cultural and Creative Studies Department, at The Little Theatre during the second annual Fringe Festival on Sept. 28.
Eight Beat Measure, an RIT a cappella group, performed at the Little Cafe during the second annual Fringe Festival on Sept. 28.
One of RIT's musical groups, the Ukulele Club, performed at the Little Cafe during the second annual Fringe Festival on Sept. 28.
Barbara Cowles, center, manager of the original and iconic Shop One (1953-1977), visited Shop One2 in Global Village on Sept. 27. She shared stories with artist Laura Wilder, left, and Wendy Marks, Shop One2 manager, about her husband, Hobart Cowles, professor of ceramics at the School for American Craftsmen (now the School for American Crafts) from 1951 to 1980.
Brian Landi '02, '06, right, leads research in the Nanopower Research Labs in addition to teaching in the chemical engineering program. He mentored Reginald Rogers, left, who was a post-doctoral researcher in the lab, and recent chemical engineering graduate Garry Clarke. Rogers became a full-time, tenure-track faculty member in 2012 and Clarke began work in Philadelphia in June as a process engineer.
Today is ROAR Day, the official launch of the 2013-2014 Fund for RIT annual giving campaign. Stations will be set up across campus to encourage annual gifts to RIT, or gifts can be made online. Donors can designate where their dollars go, and undesignated gifts will go to RIT's General Scholarship Fund. For more information, go to www.rit.edu/development/giving/ROAR.
250 companies registered for the annual Fall Career Fair in the Gordon Field House on Sept. 25. Over 3,400 students and around 200 alumni attended the fair.
One of RIT's a cappella groups, Proof of Purchase, performed at the Little Cafe during the second annual Fringe Festival on Sept. 22. The festival continues through Saturday. To see a schedule of RIT-related performances, go to www.rit.edu/gcr/fringefest.
RIT joins artistic forces with local businesses and cultural organizations in downtown Rochester's East End for the second annual First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. On tap are more than 20 performances showcasing an eclectic mix of poetry readings, dance, film, theater, music and visual arts. Here, Alexis Harris, one of the RIT Poetry Slam Team, performed on Sept. 23. For a schedule of RIT-related events, go to www.rit.edu/gcr/fringefest/.
RIT joins artistic forces with local businesses and cultural organizations in downtown Rochester's East End for the second annual Fringe Festival. On tap are more than 20 performances showcasing an eclectic mix of poetry readings, dance, film, theater, music and visual arts. Go to www.rit.edu/gcr/fringefest to see a list of RIT-related performances. Here, Wild Nights-Play That Funky Music performed on Sept. 21 in the Little Cafe.
Bruce Barnes, the Ron and Donna Fielding Director of George Eastman House, discussed the future of the Rochester landmark in the first installment of the 2013-2014 William A. Kern Lecture Series at RIT on Sept. 19. The Kern lecture series, sponsored by an endowment from RIT's William A. Kern Professorship in Communications in the College of Liberal Arts, provides an opportunity for scholarly discussion surrounding contemporary communication issues.
Gallery r's newest exhibition, A Season of Festivals, features a series of panoramic photographs of Rochester's 2012 festivals by Frank Cost, professor and program chair in RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.The gallery, located at 100 College Ave., will host a meet and greet with the artist from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 21, during the 2013 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival.
Kindergartners from Margaret's House, RIT's on-campus child care center, sold handmade cards Sept. 19 to benefit victims of recent flooding in Colorado. Inspired by the book The Can Do Duck: A Story about Believing in Yourself, some of the youngest students on campus donned their duck hats with cards in hand to show that anyone can make a difference. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Red Cross.
Casey Kelly '13 looks at corporate identity manuals in the Graphic Design Archive. The Graphic Design Archive now includes the work of 40 designers and continues to grow.
Frank Argento '64, '70 (art and design, MFA) began working at RIT in 1965 in the Instructional Resources Center. He moved to NTID in 1973 after getting his MFA with a focus on visual communications and filmmaking. By 1980, he was teaching classes in film and television and helped students produce their own news shows for the Student Television Network. Today, he continues to teach a full load of art and design classes at NTID and he pursues his own art on the side.
RIT Press author Jack Garner signs copies of his just-released book, From My Seat on the Aisle: Movies and Memories. The book launch was hosted by the George Eastman House and was preceded by Garner's reading of selections from his book to a packed audience in the Dryden Theater on Sept. 12.
Matt Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, leads a class in matrices and boundary value problems.
RIT President Bill Destler, center, and Managing Director of Uncommon Rochester Josh Phillips listen while RIT Trustee Ronald L. Zarrella shares his vision for the charter high school that RIT and Uncommon Schools are partnering to develop. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=50235.
Rick Tolleson, lab manager for computer engineering, plants a flag in the quad near the Sentinel for Patriot Day. Members of the Air Force ROTC sold flags for a $1 donation Sept. 9 and 10, with proceeds to benefit the FealGood Foundation, an organization that supports first responders injured following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Air Force ROTC also held a vigil Wednesday morning, playing "Taps" and saluting the flags at 8:46 a.m., 9:03 a.m., 9:37 a.m. and 10:03 a.m.
Hundreds of students from RIT's National Technical Institute for the Deaf spent Friday afternoon dancing, making new friends and learning about the variety of clubs, services and activities available for RIT students at the annual Apple Festival, put on by NTID's Student Life Team.
Tony Harkin, associate professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences, balances a tensegrity structure on his hand. Structures with "tensional integrity" appear in architecture, engineering and biology.
In addition to a successful career as senior partner in the Marbury Law Group in Virginia, Jon Roberts, a 1970 graduate of RIT's imaging science program, has maintained a steadfast passion for the arts and music singing with the National Symphony Orchestra and acting in theater productions. He serves on the President's Roundtable and has established a scholarship with his wife, Jessie, in support of science students who participate in the performing arts.
The Gene Polisseni Center is starting to take shape. The arena will be the home of the men's and women's hockey teams and is expected to be open for play in fall 2014.
R. Roger Remington, RIT's longest-serving faculty member, will be honored this fall for his lifework in graphic design. Remington, the Lella and Massimo Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design, will also celebrate 50 years of teaching.
Preethi Gopalan, second from right, a microsystems doctoral student, explains the inner workings of a large-scale fuel cell to lab co-workers, from left, Valentina Mejia, Camila Gomez and Carmen Azzaretti. The four worked closely together this summer on several projects led by mechanical engineering professor Satish Kandlikar. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50199.
Installation of a time capsule marking the conversion from the quarter system to semesters took place on Aug. 29. The capsule contains a video of interviews with students, faculty, staff and alumni on what this milestone means for the university, plus a proclamation from the board of trustees and other memorabilia.
Wade Kellard, an RIT/NTID mechanical engineering technology major, demonstrates technology that converts hand shapes to text. He's a member of MotionSavvy, a team of students who participated in the Saunders Summer Start-up Program, which provides mentoring for newly-formed businesses. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50200.
Cori Kolb's ongoing medical challenges haven't stopped her from earning RIT's Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship Award and an accounting degree from Saunders College of Business last May, or her gig as a soprano singer and business director of Encore, RIT's all-female a cappella vocal ensemble. To read more, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50197.
J. Fernando Naveda, calendar conversion director, has led RIT through the transition to a semester system. A campus-wide celebration marking the milestone academic calendar change will be at 3 p.m. today in Ingle Auditorium. The celebration also will be live streamed with real-time captioning at www.rit.edu.
Red Wings General Manager Dan Mason introduced RIT's hockey teams at the first-ever RIT Day with the Rochester Red Wings on Aug. 24. The 2013 RIT men's lacrosse team was honored at home plate and members of the men's and women's hockey teams signed autographs during the game.
RIT held its eighth annual Lighting the Way ceremony on Aug. 23 to welcome new female students to campus.
Renovations to Barnes and Noble @ RIT are complete. Murals featuring campus scenes were hung on the walls and the children's book department has a new look, featuring a stage and sitting area. To read more about this and other construction projects, go to www.rit.edu/news/athenaeum_story.php?id=50202.
RIT President Bill Destler welcomed the university community back to the 2013-2014 academic year on Aug. 23. He believes the coming year "will be one of the most important in the history of RIT."
Student Convocation welcomed new students and their families on Aug. 21. The program included remarks from President Bill Destler; Jeremy Haefner, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs; and Heath Boice-Pardee, interim senior vice president for student affairs. Todd Pagano, associate professor and director of Laboratory Science Technology at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, served as keynote speaker.
RIT community members cheer on incoming freshman students Aug. 21 as they take the Tiger Walk to the Gordon Field House for Convocation for New Students and Families. Todd Pagano, associate professor and director of Laboratory Science Technology in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and the 2012 U.S. Professor of the Year, delivered the keynote address. Student Government President Paul Darragh, a third-year software engineering major, also spoke.
Steve Ierardi, from Southern California, sported an orange mustache to get into the RIT spirit during Orientation on Aug. 20. His son, Weston, is a first-year student in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences.
Incoming students were immersed in the Orange and Brown Experience, one of RIT's DiscoveRIT Pre-Orientation Programs. The collaborative program ran Aug. 16-19 and taught students about RIT's history, how to navigate campus as well as an introduction to the American Sign Language alphabet and common signs. Here, from left, Claire Fleming, Andrea Shaver and Andrew Greene practice some signs.
New freshmen arrived at RIT during Move-In Day Aug. 20. RIT President Bill Destler stopped by to lend a hand as new students carried in their belongings for the coming school year.
RIT's newest group of honors students arrived on campus Aug. 17 for a week of orientation activities including meeting college advocates, enjoying a daylong retreat at YMCA Camp Arrowhead and participating in a campus-wide scavenger hunt. Here, a group located the Schmitt Interfaith Center, a spot on the scavenger hunt list.
Nearly 265 deaf and hard-of-hearing students arrived on campus on Aug. 16 to attend the Summer Vestibule Program, an orientation program for RIT/NTID students.
Thomas A. Nantka and Wilma A. (Tessmann) Nantka met as students at RIT, married in May of 1953, and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this year.
Construction continues on the Gene Polisseni Center. The arena will be the home of the men's and women's hockey teams and is expected to be open for play in Fall 2014.
Fourth-year hospitality major Elizabeth Prater was among the hundreds of employees and volunteers at this year's PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. Serving as a host in the Wannemaker VIP Tent on the grounds of the country club, she had a chance to meet-and-greet some of the 18,000-plus guests attending the final practice day of the tournament on Aug. 7. Prater, a Fairport resident, and several other students in RIT's School of International Hospitality and Service Innovation worked at the event as interns or co-ops with the PGA, Oak Hill or Levy's Restaurants, learning firsthand the coordination and details required to successfully manage a major professional golf tournament. The hospitality students were among several groups from RIT, including alumni, students from ITS and others, helping out with the event.
Shivan Shah, standing at center, read online about the weeklong camp, "From Finches to Fish: The Making of the Fittest," at RIT and wanted to enroll. The 10th-grader at Clarence High School—and her mom—drove to RIT from Buffalo in time for the 9 a.m. class, offered by the Center for Bioscience Education and Technology Aug. 5-9. Here, instructor Gary Buckert, a science teacher at Pittsford-Sutherland High School, shows Shivan and Angela Rubin, left, a 10th-grader from Rush-Henrietta Senior High School, and Myah Sims, a ninth-grader from Ninth Grade Academy, how to separate and analyze proteins from the muscle tissue of different fish and a chicken. The Center for Bioscience Education and Technology is part of the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology.
At RIT/NTID's TechGirlz summer camp, deaf and hard-of-hearing middle school girls from all over the country enjoyed the opportunity to build their own computers and more. The camp took place July 28-August 2.
RIT/NTID's Steps to Success summer camp gave deaf and hard-of-hearing middle school students a chance to explore careers, including laboratory science. The camp was held July 26-28.
Massimo Vignelli led a design workshop with RIT professors R. Roger Remington and Bruce Ian Meader the week of July 22. The 20 participants focused on a design and typographic identity for a jazz festival. A highlight of the week was a conversation, moderated by Remington, with Vignelli on July 25. Vignelli is president of Vignelli Associates in New York City. He and his wife, Lella, donated their archive to the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT.
The 5th annual Graduate Research and Creativity Symposium offered a showcase for graduate work featuring more than 50 presentations on a variety of topics including binary black holes, how the Federal Reserve controls the stock market and an analysis of Rochester pawn shops. Here, Valerie Rapson explains a young binary star system. The daylong symposium was sponsored by RIT's Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies on July 23.
RoboCamp @ RIT is a weeklong day camp that lets students design, build and program robots. This camp is enriched with mini-projects and goals that promote teamwork and creativity. Along with the mini-projects, instructors teach the students some of the fundamental aspects of robotics and programming. Sessions are held through August.
Nearly 200 deaf or hard-of-hearing high school students from across the country attended RIT/NTID's Explore Your Future Program to sample careers, experience life on a college campus, make new friends and have fun.
Community volunteers assisted 40 bikers during I Can Bike, held at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center July 8-12. The camp helps kids with autism learn how to ride a bike without training wheels, which organizers say builds self-confidence and provides inclusion with peers. Above, 7-year-old Mark Bress gets encouragement from Alison Durocher, a volunteer from Rochester. AutismUp, an organization that supports individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families, hosted the event with help from many sponsors and volunteers.
Everyday Engineering, a summer camp for girls entering grades 5-9, is a weeklong day program sponsored by the Women in Engineering program, part of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering. This year's theme was "Energy and Environment" and the 40 campers designed, built, decorated and displayed their energy-efficient dog houses, one of the many hands-on activities during the camp designed to spark interest in engineering and technology fields.
From left to right, Casey Jordan, with Venture Creations Director Bill Jones and Jordan's business partner, Patrick Borsek, celebrate the graduation of Jordan and Borsek's company, Jorsek, from the RIT business incubator on July 10. Jorsek provides software to aid technical communications. Venture Creations helps young high-tech businesses grow through mentoring and support.
Garry Clarke holds the distinction as the first "unofficial" student enrolled in the new chemical engineering program. The New York City native graduated in May.
RIT Press won two awards at the recent Book, Jacket, and Journal Show of the Association of American University Presses Conference held in Boston on June 22. Four jurors reviewed hundreds of entries and selected The Scythe and the Rabbit: Simon de Colines and the Culture of the Book in Renaissance Paris by Kay Amert and edited by Robert Bringhurst in the Scholarly Typographic category and Vignelli Transit Maps by Peter B. Lloyd with Mark Ovenden and designed by Bruce Ian Meader (CIAS) in the Trade Illustrated category.