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US Naval Academy Wins College Match Race Nationals
(San Francisco, CA)- A revolution in the making? US Navy Midshipmen learning how to sail, plus sail fast and smart? No one would've predicted that outcome in the recent College Sailing Match Race Nationals this fall. After all, the US Naval Academy has been known over time for fielding some good dinghy teams, occasional good women's teams and were, of course, expected to win, place or show in their own regatta held in those massive lead-mines known as Navy 44s (hardly a sailboat, some say, as they drag half the world's Seven Seas behind them once they achieve 6.666 knots of boat speed).
Nevertheless, the "Middies" pulled off what many see as the "coup of the century", at least in this relatively young 21st century (just 88 more years to go to break more records). Co-hosted by the California Maritime Academy and St. Francis Yacht Club the top college sailing teams in America gathered together on the infamous San Francisco Bay to challenge one another in StFYC's matched J/22 one-design fleet to determine the top intercollegiate match racing team in America.
As some of the older college sailors will recall, the Sloop Nationals used to be a fleet-racing regatta often sailed in various locations in J/24s, Shields and what not. Recently, the decision to change over to match-racing to reflect the times and interests of college sailors seeking new and different challenges led to this new format. It was a popular decision that led to renewed enthusiasm for this fall classic.
Ten teams representing all seven ICSA conferences sailed the J/22s with spinnakers; each team had one skipper and two crew members aboard. Racing took place in front of the Golden Gate Bridge under a range of weather conditions including light wind, rain and strong current (to be expected, of course).
The first day of racing began with a southwest breeze 8 12 knots with shifts, a variety of puffs and an ebbing current. As the day progressed the current got stronger making pre-start techniques between the boats more difficult because they had to fight with the current and position themselves properly to beat one another at the start. The current played such a role in the start that at times boats were starting on port because they could not make the line on starboard tack, a highly unusual situation. It was a long day of racing with the race committee and volunteers completing 45 races. The US Naval Academy team of Jason Carminati skippering with team-mates Taylor Vann and Killian Corbishley lead after the first day of racing with a record of eight wins and one loss. Roger Williams University team skippered by Alec Anderson with crew Annie Schmidt and Dylan Vogel was second with seven wins winning a tie-breaker over Tufts University– they were skippered by sophomore Will Haeger with crew Maggie Bacon and Dave Liebenberg also with seven wins. Stanford University was in fourth with six wins.
Day two racing was postponed all morning due to a lack of wind. The breeze was only 2 4 knots, which was not enough for the boats to sail in given the strong current on the course. At about 2 p.m. racing resumed and the format of the regatta had to be amended due to the late start. A Gold Round Robin was eliminated for the top six teams, which would have determined the seeding for them in the quarterfinals. The Repechage round instead began the days racing with the teams in 7th 10th places competing for the last two spots in the quarterfinals. University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin advanced to the quarterfinals with the original top six teams. The light winds continued and the current remained a challenge for the teams especially on the downwind leg where the current swept the boats sideways across the course.
The third and last day of the event sailors were again greeted by light breeze on the Bay and the usual strong current. Sailing resumed with the remaining races in the quarterfinals as boats fought the current and light wind. The teams who advanced to the semi-finals were Navy, Stanford, Roger Williams and University of Southern Florida. In a repechage semi-final round the remaining teams sailed for 5th 8th place. Simultaneously, a knockout round between the University of Oregon and the University of Texas A&M took place with the teams finishing 9th and 10th respectively in the event.
After all of the semi-finals racing completed it was on to the finals with a match-up between Roger Williams and Navy and University of Southern Florida (USF)(skippered by Bill Stocke with Abagail Featherstone and Chris Stocke as crew) and Stanford (skippers by Nick Dugdale with crew of Kevin Laube and McKenzie Wilson). After the first few races there was a large wind shift and some rain came in which caused the finals and petit finals racing to be postponed. With everything re-set the racing continued with Stanford and USF in the petit finals and Roger Williams and Navy in the finals. Stanford won the petit finals placing third at Nationals and USF therefore finished 4th. Going into the third finals race the racing was close and Navy and Roger Williams were all tied up. The breeze had increased with the wind shift making for better sailing at this point. In the end Navy took the last race winning Match Race Nationals and Roger Williams finished second in some fantastic sailing.
Ian Burman, head coach for the US Naval Academy Sailing Team attributes their success to having a strong keel boat skipper Jason Carminati 12, who placed third at Sloop Nationals two years ago and great crew work on the boat by Taylor Vann 13 and Killian Corbishley 14. Really a great deal of the credit for our success goes to our assistant coach Brendan Healy who lead the charge in match racing and was with the team every step of the way. It was a real team effort and we also had a lot of people practice with us and give us a lot of help so that we were prepared for anything at this event, explains Burman.
St. Francis Yacht Club and California Maritime put on a great event along with the help of volunteers and umpires who are an integral part of match racing. The racing was competitive and in challenging conditions, but the Chicago Match Race center kept viewers up to date with live video feed and Twitter updates. Sailing photo credits- Chris Ray For more ICSA College Match Racing sailing results.
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Titans find 1st win amid chaos vs. Lions
Published 11:20 pm, Sunday, September 23, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Call this one Music City Mayhem.
The Tennessee Titans are winless no more after an unforgettable overtime victory over Detroit featuring an endless stream of big plays, some suspect officiating and a huge mistake by the Lions on the final play.
Rob Bironas kicked a 26-yard field goal in overtime, and the Titans stopped backup quarterback Shaun Hill on fourth-and-1 at the Tennessee 7 to finally pull out a 44-41 win Sunday where the Lions messed up trying to draw the defense offside.
"Obviously, there was a miscommunication, or I don't know what you call it, from an enforcement standpoint," coach Jim Schwartz said.
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The Titans (1-2) blew a 20-9 halftime lead in a game featuring wild scoring swings. They became the first NFL team to score five touchdowns of 60 yards or longer in a single game.
"Piece of cake," Titans quarterback Jake Locker said with a smile.
Detroit scored 18 straight points, then Tennessee answered with 21 before the Lions scored the final 14 of regulation in a span of 18 seconds — the first team to do that and force overtime in league history.
The touchdown that forced overtime came on a tipped desperation pass after Detroit recovered an onside kick and got an assist from the replacement officials who did not review a possible turnover.
A total of 46 points came in the fourth period. Then in overtime, Bironas' third field goal put Tennessee ahead to stay after a drive that got its own boost from the officials.
They announced a replay review had overturned their ruling of a catch by Tennessee tight end Craig Stevens, with the ball hitting the ground as he rolled after being hit helmet to helmet by Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch.
After spending several minutes discussing where to place the ball, they put it at the Lions' 29, giving the Titans 27 yards. The penalty apparently was marched off from the Detroit 44 instead of the Tennessee 44, where the play started.
The Lions (1-2) lost their second straight when Schwartz decided not to let Jason Hanson kick his fifth field goal. Hill, in for injured Matthew Stafford (strained leg muscle), was stopped by defensive tackles Jurrell Casey and Sen'Derrick Marks on his sneak, and Tennessee escaped.
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Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Turns 21 Today
21 Years ago today, December 15, 1992, "The Chronic" was released.
Dr. Dre's groundbreaking album, was his solo debut after breaking away from NWA & Ruthless Records, it also helped to launch the career of Snoop Doggy Dogg.
The album, which is certified 3-time platnium for selling more than 3 million copies in the US, reached the #3 spot on the Billboard 200. Rolling Stone magazine also has 'The Chronic' on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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An endowment fund has been started to raise money for Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless in conjunction with the funeral for White that will be held Saturday.
The connection between the fictional character to be laid to rest at the funeral and the choice of recipients for the donations is crystal meth.
That was what made White a millionaire in the series, and it's among the substances that some people who end up needing AHCH's services have abused, according to Jackamoe Buzzell, who is coordinating the event.
"I saw the obit in the Albuquerque Journal," he said, referring to an obituary paid for by "Breaking Bad" fan David Layman. "I looked at it and I was like, 'That's not enough.'"
He said the goal is to raise $100,000. "This is about celebrating Walter White's life," he said. "The good, the bad, and helping this organization," which in turn helps Albuquerque homeless people, some of them meth addicts, he said.
Mourners of the show's main character can make contributions of $10, for which they will receive a blue silicone bracelet with White's name on it. Twenty dollars buys a bracelet and a ticket to the funeral, which will be held at Sunset Memorial Park on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. For $100, donors get entry to the Walter White funeral reception, which will be held at Vernon's Hidden Valley Steakhouse in the North Valley.
The money raised through this endeavor "will leave a legacy for potential for care. We are thrilled for the dialogue this will create," said Anita Cordova, a spokeswoman for Albuquerque Healthcare for the Homeless.


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Leonard Friend - Holograms
Seeing "2Pac" take the stage with Snoop and Dre at Coachella 2012 was undoubtedly exhilarating but, if you think about it, the concept is a little unsettling: what does it say about our culture that the most popular act at a major music festival was the "living memory" of someone who's been dead for a decade and a half? On lead EP single Hologram, Leonard Friend departs from the erotic themes of previous features Middle of the Night and Every Woman to tackle that very topic. The artist's own production, fueled by an addictive series of orchestral hits, backs the artist's reflections on the uncanny power of nostalgia in conjunction with modern technology. Fans will be able to find this single and much more on Leonard Friend's LXLF EP, scheduled for digital release February 29.


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Large Gulf Still Separates Industry, Military
Similar challenges afflict both, but communication shortcomings limit joint endeavors.
Despite common interests and goals, the military and the information technology sector are hampered by cultural differences that thwart their ability to work together, according to a former U.S. Defense Department information technology leader now in the private sector.
The military needs to understand and incorporate business practices to maintain effectiveness in the information age. The commercial sector must implement network-centric approaches to compete in the global marketplace. And the information age itself may be spawning a new era that views information in a totally different light—a change that both sectors must accommodate as they move ahead.
Lt. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr., USAF (Ret.), is the former director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). He is chairman of the
The center at Deloitte targets three major focus areas: national security, emergency preparedness and health. This gives the retired general the opportunity to work in both the public and private sectors.
"I am a believer that information networks and network operations can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of any business operation," Gen. Raduege warrants. "Whether your business is warfighting, intelligence gathering or more traditional business areas such as logistics, finance or medical, networks and net-centric operations can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of any of those."
Solutions to these diverse challenges are not always readily apparent. "Most difficult issues and problems usually result in some sort of hybrid answer," the general says. "It's not always black, and it's not always white; it's not always left, and it's not always right. You study the problem, and it's somewhere in between or some combination of answers that move you forward."
Gen. Raduege's more than three decades of military service began with the invention of the semiconductor and ended amid the flourishing information age. His perspective reflects those years of military information system experience coupled with his current related positions in the private sector.
The biggest difference that Gen. Raduege has observed between the defense community and the private sector is in their cultures. He relates that they differ greatly in cultures and that "the two talk past each other all the time."
For example, the acronyms on both sides have become great stumbling blocks and impediments, he notes. "I used to think that the government was bad [with acronym usage], but industry is perhaps just as bad," he says.
"When you have these cultures that are trying to come together to do business with each other, we have different languages. That's the part that is perhaps the biggest impediment to moving forward at a quicker pace," Gen. Raduege observes.
He continues that the military frequently has discussed internally the need to talk to the operator to learn what that operator wants. But, the military often has trouble doing that. That failure is magnified when industry tries to learn what the operator wants from another layer that may not even know that operator's needs.
The complexity of government also makes it difficult for industry to glean the insights necessary to serve its customer, the general adds. Turnover in both government and industry contribute to this continuing lack of effective communication. People change positions, and organizations change their foci and their structures. Government groups regularly reorganize, and their officials come and go frequently. Their corporate counterparts undergo mergers and acquisitions.
Yet both the commercial sector and its government counterparts continue to strive to improve their communication. "There is a constant awareness and requirement to continually build those bridges between government and industry," he says. "Our work never will be done—it's something that we have to continually work on."
He continues that pockets and communities within the Defense Department and industry engage in effective communication. However, many large sectors do not interface effectively or even present their perspectives.
The general recounts how at DISA he tried to connect his agency with the
DISA also strove to communicate the operator's requirements to those companies, the general adds. Whenever he was invited to speak to an industry group, he took his available senior staff to speak with those industry representatives, he says.
For the future, military networks will need to enable integrated business operations. Networking no longer is about just command and control or warfighting, the general declares. Many other military enablers—such as logistics, medical activities, finance and administration—are becoming part of the integrated business operations of the Defense Department. Engineering expertise from DISA is establishing the basis for this through efforts such as the Net-Centric Enterprise Services program.
"Integrated business operations goes into any civilian business organization," he adds. "Even in civilian business organizations there are silos. The Defense Department has not cornered the market on silos within its organizations—industry has plenty of silos within companies so that [the companies] don't have integrated business operations within." He predicts a movement toward net-centric enterprise services throughout government and industry.
Gen. Raduege sees the information age leading to ubiquitous access to information. Information will be available anywhere, anytime. This will require a network that will provide coverage and allow access virtually anywhere on the planet. This type of network is a huge challenge, but it is the vision of the future, he predicts.
This ubiquity also will further a radical change in the nature of the information age itself—a change that already is beginning to take hold. "We are leaving the information age—where power was in the information—and are entering an age of interdependence," Gen. Raduege says. "It's all about sharing of the information. It's about thinking about different ways of allowing people access to your information. That's a critical difference.
"The interdependence age is about cultures as well as cultures changing the way they think about others," he continues. "The vector is changing from one of ownership of information—and distribution of information based on what you think is best—180 degrees to [one in which] the person at the end, the tactical or edge user, is allowed access to the information as they want the information. That is a tremendous cultural change from the people who have been empowered to own information and distribute it the way they saw fit to one that changes the vector 180 degrees."
Looking back at his time as DISA director, Gen. Raduege describes the agency's customer focus as the most important characteristic of his term there. He relates that shortly after his arrival as director, several incidents took place that seemed to indicate that the agency was not being responsive to its customers. The first step in reversing that trend was to identify the customers properly, he says. This identification separated customers into the categories of warfighters and warriors who support warfighters.
More specifically, these two categories comprised combatant commanders, the services and defense agencies. Each of those groups had diverse cultures within, he adds, which contributed to a wide customer base. As a combat support agency, DISA looked to the combatant commanders, defense agency heads, military service officials and organizations such as the Joint Staff for input about their needs and requests of the agency. DISA also established feedback mechanisms so that its customers could keep the agency informed of these processes.
The agency undertook a reorganization to address this complex global customer base, Gen. Raduege says, and industry served as a basis for this reorganization. The general visited several companies to ascertain how those firms dealt with acquisition, networks and engineering activities.
Gen. Raduege implemented two 500-day plans at DISA, and he emphasizes their importance. This time frame allowed him to accomplish his goals during his tenure. The first 500-day plan was a key to incorporating the agency's new customer focus, he offers, as it cemented relationships with the agency and its users.
When the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred, DISA's activities suddenly increased. "Everything stepped up," the general states. The first agenda item dealt with Gen. Raduege's responsibilities as head of the National Communications System (NCS). The NCS had to establish priorities for restoring all of the communications circuits that were down in
Among other priorities established by President George W. Bush were search and rescue and restoration of the stock and bond market, Gen. Raduege relates. Both of these efforts involved re-establishing communications. This entailed re-prioritizing circuits to support emergency responders and the financial district.
But the other urgent tasking facing Gen. Raduege was DISA's responsibilities in the wake of the attack on the Pentagon, which nearly destroyed critical national command and control capabilities. DISA personnel needed to work in that building while it was still on fire for days afterward, he recalls, and firefighting efforts dumped tons of water into basement areas that held high-power electronic equipment. The rising water posed a threat both to the equipment and to the DISA personnel working on the gear at the risk of electrocution.
Once the national and military communications infrastructures were secured, DISA's focus shifted to taking the war to the enemy. When
But even with the war, the biggest changes in DISA took place in five distinct areas. Gen. Raduege recounts that he called them the Big A, Big E, Big O, Big F and Big G for their categories of change—"the major muscle mover areas where we needed to put our emphasis with our organization to take DISA to the next level," he says.
The Big A stood for acquisition. DISA was redefining itself into an acquisition organization for command, control, communications and computers and information networks throughout the Defense Department, he relates, and this required stepping up to acquisition responsibilities. Having been successful at past networks such as Autovon, Autodin, the secret Internet protocol router network (SIPRNET) and the nonsecure Internet protocol router network (NIPRNET), DISA had to become effective at Web-based technologies to expand the capabilities of networks such as the Global Command and Control System (GCCS). Gen. Raduege relates that the overall GCCS, which includes roughly 100 different systems accumulated over the years, underwent only 50 software changes during his tenure at DISA, and many of these were key enablers such as streaming video.
Engineering was the Big E, and DISA developed a professional engineering staff to provide new services. These professionals also communicated with industry to ensure effective two-way dialogue.
The Big O was operations, and DISA built its new global network operations and security center. Gen. Raduege also became the first joint task force (JTF) commander for global network operations (GNO). This put all of the Defense Department's networks under a single JTF commander working for the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command. The services then assigned component commanders to the JTF commander.
Finances composed the Big F. These new capabilities added new financial responsibilities to DISA's budget. Its budget grew from about $5.5 billion to $8 billion, and the agency had to establish better procedures to ensure accountability. The fifth area, the Big G, involved governance. "If you're going to govern by networks and networks become centric to everything you do, then you have to have network governance," Gen. Raduege emphasizes.
He says that as a civilian he is finding that CIOs at all levels of government and industry are seeking ways to govern their networks better. Having a world-class network requires control, especially configuration control and management. DISA and the JTF-GNO "worked hand-in-glove" to ensure change throughout the network.
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Doug Guthrie fired as George Washington business school dean
George Washington University's dean of the business school was fired this week after it was learned the business school overspent millions, according to the GW Hatchet.
Doug Guthrie, who was named dean of the business school in 2010, declined to comment to the Hatchet.
Under Guthrie, the business school reportedly overspent $10 million in an investment package. A university spokeswoman, Candace Smith, told the Hatchet Guthrie and administrators were "unable to reach a common understanding of how the business school should operate in the future."
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Steampunk\Ship Corridor: Observation Dome
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Section 25 of my Steampunk\Ships corridor range.A corridor section with an observation dome off to one side. It can be used with my
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Section 25 of my Steampunk\Ships corridor range.A corridor section with an observation dome off to one side. It can be used with my
Steampunk corridor sections and pipes (see separate download).
Set consists of 9 child props linked together for maximum customization. Includes a standard corridor section, and entrance collar with 2 sets of opening\closing doors, and a main chamber with the observation dome.
This set it a little rought and ready, and isn't quite as polished as the others, but I've been trying to do too many things at once lately, so I haven't been able to give this one the polish that it deserves. I originally intended to include more interior detail, inclusing viewing monitors and viewing platform. These may come later as additional props.
Props designed in Hexagon. Included MATs and PP2 and OBJ file for easy use in Daz Studio, Poser and other 3D software packages.
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We are in tumultuous times. Our economy's in the toilet; we're in the middle of two awful wars; and we've just inaugurated a new president who hopefully will do something about both these things. Thankfully, yesterday, a shining beacon of hope emerged, indicating that the world is slowly being restored to order, that we will emerge from this darkness, that it will be paradise when we see the light:
I can't really do justice to how goddamn excited I am about this, and I also can't announce the tour in a way superior to the words John Darnielle used to announce it on The Mountain Goats' website:
We are going to light out for the Territories in a van with two acoustic guitars, some notebooks, our soundman Brandon and a pouch full of charms against ill omen. We are going to get elemental. We are going to stomp our feet and hammer at the strings until we get what we want from them. We, a couple of guys named John, are going to tour, is what we're going to do.
Amen to that. This does nothing to disprove my theory that John Darnielle is actually God in (a very thin) disguise.
John Squared:
03.18.09 - Asheville, NC - the Grey Eagle
03.20.09 - Norfolk, VA - the Atticus Theatre
03.21.09 - Washington, DC - Sixth and I Synagogue
03.24.09 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
03.25.09 - Somerville, MA - the Sommerville Theatre
03.27.09 - New York, NY - Society for Ethical Culture (Wordless Music series)
03.29.09 - Gambier, OH - Kenyon College
03.30.09 - Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
04.01.09 - Chicago, IL - Epiphany Episcopal
04.02.09 - Champaign, IL - Courtyard Café at University of Illinois
04.03.09 - Iowa City, IA - the Mill (Mission Creek Music Festival)
04.04.09 - Richmond, IN - Earlham College
04.06.09 - Bloomington IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater
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Registration for Summer Bridge is underway. Summer Bridge is especially important for students who are not performing on grade level or need additional help to stay on track. Summer Bridge provides engaging activities and focused instruction to prepare students for maximum success. Most Summer Bridge programs will run Monday through Thursday from June 6 to July 13. Register and find the latest information at www.pcsb.org/summerbridge. Contact the school for additional info or help with the registration process. Attached is the Summer Bridge Flyer.
Thank you to all our parents who participated in the Title I parent survey. Here are the results of the survey Survey Results.
Ponce de Leon has been awarded funds under the FDOE's School Improvement Grant 1003(a) Initiative. The project period runs from now until September 30, 2017, and provides funding for additional support to help meet our schools' needs. If you would like to read more about this grant initiative, click on the following link: Grant Award Document
Pinellas County Schools is working with the CDC, Florida Department of Health and Pinellas County Mosquito Control to educate students and families about the Zika virus and tips for mosquito control. To find out more information, please click here.Parents, each year Ponce de Leon develops a comprehensive PARENT INVOLVEMENT PLAN. This plan focuses on ways that Ponce de Leon Families can be engaged in curriculum based activities throughout the year. Click PIP PLAN to view this year's plan.
Welcome to Ponce de Leon Elementary. Ponce de Leon students will have the opportunity this year to check out a computer for home use. Beyond the Classroom is a districtwide initiative that will expand digital learning and extended learning opportunities for our students. This program will provide our students with free access to several online educational resources that will motivate them to read more and help them to improve their skills in many subjects, including language arts, science and math. This program is aimed at giving students at Title I schools equal access to the technology they need to be successful. If you would like to participate in this program, please call the front office at 588-3573. If you are a business or community partner who would like to support this effort, please check out our "Get Engaged" page to see how you can help.
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Top pop duos: Hall & Oates vs. the '80s
Hall & Oates might have had the hottest touch in the '80s -- we could start naming all their hits and you'll be humming them all day. But there were a lot of other dude duos from that magic decade.
Here are a few other hitmakers. Tell us if you think any of them deserve to trump our beloved soul rockers from Philly. And feel free to add other duos you think we missed:
PET SHOP BOYS (Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe): West End Girls, It's a Sin, Suburbia. These songs ringing any bells? With a new album out, fresh honors bestowed by the Brit music industry and a hysterial name change request from PETA, the Pet Shop Boys are still red hot.
GO WEST (Peter Cox, Richard Drummie) We Close Our Eyes, The King of Wishful Thinking. It took 'til 1990 before Go West scored a big hit in America, but Pete and Rich have been busy cranking out tunes since 1982.
AIR SUPPLY (Graham Russell, Russell Hitchcock) All Out of Love, The One That You Want. Oh, the love/hate/love relationship we all have with our soft Aussie crooners. Just admit that you made out to their music constantly back in the early '80s. You'll feel better.
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (John Flansburgh, John Linnell): Ana Ng, Don't Let's Start. Their biggest hits came with 1990's excellent Flood album, but the two Johns had developed a strong cult following dating back to their Brooklyn days in 1982.
TEARS FOR FEARS (Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith) Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World. Roland and Curt were once partners with fellow Bath, England, musicians Pete Byrne and Rob Fisher (yes, the Naked Eyes guys) in a band called Neon. Imagine if they'd all stayed together.
WHAM! (George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley) Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Everything She Wants. Okay, so George gets all the ink these days. But don't feel too bad for Andy. He's doing very well as the husband of Keren Woodward from Bananarama.


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WA Design set otu to create a modern energy efficient office space that would blend in with its industrial neighbourhood. The three storey building is constructed using steel frames and timber. The new offices stand our and give a refreshing modern touch to the rather dated industrial area between Emeryville and Berkeley. Although brighter than its neighbours its design slips into the location rather well. The facade clad with checkerboard pattern of green and pale blue cement boarding however makes you well aware "this is the building" If driving past. the design rather fits well with shipping container architecture even if there is a lack of shipping containers. The shape of the building and its use of steel could easily see this being a shipping container building. At the same time the industrial feel was no doubt done for that reason as well as the wood in replication of old pallets.
They have also added weathered steel to the northern wall section in keeping with the rusted artifacts located at the Berkeley waterfront. They really have done their homework in keeping with the area while still introducing modern designs and features.
The interior carries on with the feel with exposed steel beams and the use of mixed materials and finishes. Resin panels filled with seawood also allow light to travel while keeping with the seaport idea. A ceiling skylight allows heat to leave the building via the roof at the same time allowing light to pass through it. There is also a motorised sunshade to help keep the building cool throughout the day. Energy wise the use of "free" artificial lighting helps reduce electrical use at the same time tere are other energy power reduction systems used throughout the building.


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Meredith is going to the hospital's counselor, but so far has refused to say anything. She admits she hasn't slept since her breakup with Derek but says that's not the reason.
George and Lexie have gotten an apartment together, but it's overrun by cockroaches.
All the residents are engaged in a surgical contest that is so intense, none of them have left the hospital in the last two weeks.
Derek admits to Mark that he hasn't yet slept with Rose. He insists that he's waiting until they're more serious. Mark, who has struck out lately on his own, wants to see Derek single again and suggests that they start their own contest, with women as the scoring system. Derek refuses.
Cristina, who's still trying to get on Hahn's good side, is astonished to find out that Callie is now one of her best friends and is even on a first name basis with her.
Izzie is 26 points behind the other residents as she's mostly been watching, and not participating in, surgeries. So when a man with a sprained ankle comes in, Izzie decides it's a "medical mystery" worth 80 points. She snatches up the patient, leaving Cristina, Alex and Meredith with nothing -- that is, until a car drives up. The driver, who drove straight here, says they were out camping and he tried to pet a bear cub, which led to his brother being mauled by the mama bear. Cristina is helping the injured brother out of the car when his intestines spill into her hands. The driver is not hurt, other than a severely bitten hand. High on pain meds, he tells Meredith that his new wife was his "rebound girl." The wife tells Meredith she never expected anyone as wonderful as him to marry her. She herself has a torn scalp, which proves to be easily stitched up.
During the surgery on the bear-attack victim, Alex and Cristina fight over who gets to stitch him up, since it's a point a suture, so Miranda says they can both do it.
Izzie quizzes the man with the sprained ankle about his symptoms and is sure she's hit the contest jackpot when he reveals other mild health complaints. She orders a battery of tests while George, who's bitter about not being able to take part in the contest, tells her it's probably just a sprained ankle. She diagnoses a swollen knee as well, so Callie advises a spinal tap. The man is now sure he's dying but Izzie assures him that he's in good hands.
Meredith hands George the points-rich scalp suture because she wants to work on the man with the hand injury. She suspects that his sudden marriage and his irrational impulse to touch a bear cub might mean he has a brain tumor. George feels she's also blowing a minor case out of proportion like Izzie -- or using it as a reason to see Derek.
Lexie starts assessing everything in the hospital as something she can take home to the apartment. She's eyeing a vase of flowers when she overhears flirty banter between Rose and Derek. After Derek leaves, Rose confesses that she's totally smitten but trying to play it cool. "I love him," she announces out of the blue, just in time for Meredith to hear. Meredith insists she's fine, but tells Lexie to stop stealing things.
Miranda calls Izzie on running unnecessary tests to win the contest, but Izzie convinces her that there may be something major here to diagnose.
Meanwhile, Meredith examines her patient and when she determines that he's lost most of his peripheral vision, she triumphantly shouts "Tumor!" The man thinks she's trying to make him feel better about doing something as stupid as touching a bear cub and she explains that his other symptoms -- including making sudden, rash judgments -- are indicative of a tumor. His new bride takes offense, realizing she's one of those rash judgments and insists they do an MRI to prove Meredith wrong.
A visibly impatient Cristina has been rushing from her suturing to update Erica on the surgery. Erica asks if winning the contest is more important than watching an important cardiac procedure and Cristina decides to stay.
Izzie is distraught that she can't figure out the "mystery" of her case and tells George that great doctors have an instinct about these things. She's sure about her medical instincts because lately her personal ones have been awful, she says bitterly, including sleeping with George.
Meredith shows George the brain scan that proves she was right about the tumor, partly to gloat but mostly to ask him to take the scan to Derek for her.
The bear-attack victim crashes and they can't save him. Richard informs the brother, who is devastated to have caused the whole situation. When Meredith tells him he has an inoperable tumor, he responds, "Good. I killed my brother." The wife asks Meredith if she's just a symptom too, like the bear cub. Meredith says she's the only one who can know that for sure.
Izzie's patient is outraged when he learns that his battery of tests have showed nothing more major than the flu. All Izzie can do is prescribe rest and run away before he throttles her.
Because she's solved a major medical mystery, Meredith wins the contest. Her prize is a sparkly pager, which gives her the right to take any surgery she wants from anyone else.
Down on herself for losing, Izzie welcomes Richard's criticism for wasting thousands on unnecessary tests. Instead, he tells her to be proud of her efforts and that he lost his own resident contest by two points.
Cristina finds Callie and Erica bonding over wine at her apartment and realizes she's not welcome to join in.
Lexie reveals her revamp of the apartment and says she's done it all for George, because she needs him to be her friend and this to be her home.
Meredith researches the kind of tumor her patient has and wants to do a clinical trial -- but she needs a neurosurgeon to oversee it, so she asks Derek. She tells him this is about saving lives and not about the two of them. And she finally starts talking to her therapist.


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million gross ND brings in. I'd make that 5 points fixed no matter what the gross revenue evolves into. The theory is "you win, the business grows, the top line grows, your 5 points becomes $5 million, $6 million, $7 million, etc."
In short, there is no upper limit on what he can earn at ND because that 90 can double or more over 10 years if we are cranking out titles -- at least that would be my sales pitch.
EDIT: I'd also point out that the 62k * 4 = 248k per kid that goes to ND, the use of jets, properties, etc. also probably adds up to about $2 million more over four years.
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Wedding day superstitions have been around as long as there have been weddings. Even if you think they are leftovers from old wives' tales, when your wedding day comes, you'll be clutching something old and wearing something blue.
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe" originated in Victorian times and is probably the most common superstition brides consider today.
"Something old" means an old garter was given to the bride by a happily married woman so the bride would enjoy a happy marriage. "Something new" looks to future health, happiness and success.
"Something borrowed" is an opportunity for the bride's family to give her something as a token of their love and "something blue" is lucky because blue represents fidelity.
There are so many superstitions and traditions associated with weddings that it's impossible to follow all of them. They also contradict each other.
Many superstitions have changed over time - like getting married on a rainy day. Originally, this meant if it rains on your wedding day you'll shed many tears during your wedded life.
Another superstition says when it rains on your wedding day, you will have many children. The most recent superstition says you will have good luck if it rains.
It isn't always superstitious, but the bride usually walks down the aisle on her father's right arm because it's proper etiquette for a man to offer his right arm. After he gives the bride away, he sits down.
Weddings can be confusing for children. Little Mary was at her first wedding and gaped at the entire ceremony. When it was over, she asked her mother, "Why did the lady change her mind?"
Her mother asked, "What do you mean?"
"Well she went down the aisle with one man and came back with another one."
Flowers have always been a big feature at weddings. The groom is supposed to wear a flower in his buttonhole that appears in the bridal bouquet. Orange blossoms signify chastity, purity and loveliness. Some ceremonies have petals strewn down the aisle for the bride to walk on.
Originally white dresses had nothing to do with virginity. In ancient times, cloth was very expensive to bleach and more than one bleaching was required. The whiter the cloth, the more affluent the bride's family.
Superstitions after the wedding concern toasting your new life together and clinking the glasses you use when toasting. This way, the glasses are never used for a better purpose.
Smashing the wedding cake into your new spouse's face seems disrespectful, but it is meant to show that throughout the marriage you will "feed" and take care of each other.
In another superstition, the bride is supposed to have all her bridesmaids sign the bottom of her shoe before the wedding. At the end of the reception, the bridesmaid whose name is most worn off is the next to marry.
Throwing rice at the new couple is meant to feed the evil spirits and distract them. Tying tin cans to the back of the newlyweds' car is good luck because the noise will frighten away these spirits.


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Tarpon rods are hard to build. I have been out with Captains that have prototype testers aboard and seen how easily some break. 12-weight is pushing the limit of fly fishing...yes, tarpon eat flies and are true fly rod gamefish but...they are hugely powerful! Hoop strength and longitudinal strain strength are paramount yet the rod must be castable too. Many early graphite and boron graphite composit rods which used fiberglass scrim had the strength but were pool cues to cast. Some newer designs which are much lighter and thinner walled, cast very well and explode when the angler or the tarpon makes an unexpected move. I was on a very productive trip to Islamorada some years back with two friends; we hooked a great number of tarpon and, in one week, broke 5 rods. I have a piece of one sitting on my desk as I write this to remind myself of that adventure. The successful tarpon rods of today are designed and built by tarpon fanatic anglers; Scott S3s, Sage Xi3, G.Loomis NRX & Crosscurrent GLX, Hardy Proaxis are not inexpensive but are built for tarpon...the new T&T may well be too, I have no experience with it but the renewed company has tarpon genetics.
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we couldnt wait for the new teething tablets to come out because we were so familiar with using the original ones with my first son. with my second son, we resorted to the amber necklace, since no other teething tablet or gel fit our criteria of safe ingredients or just simply didnt work. the necklace worked 80% of the time, but during those middle of the night teething pains, we dreamed of when hylands would put their teething tablets back on the market!
i have to say that my second son is making things difficult though. he only allows breast milk and the occasional random piece of food to go into his mouth (at 12 months.) BUT, if i dissolve the teething tablets with a drop or so of water then quickly slip my finger into his mouth, he just kind of makes a face then goes about his day, pain free! so they definitely work just as good as they did before, and im so glad to have them on hand again, especially since my toddler is getting some big boy teeth and he happily gobbles up the tablets that i give him


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The Coney Island history buff
Poet and artist Amanda Deutch works for the Coney Island History Project. She tells us about the New York beach's fascinating past, including its iconic amusement park
I grew up in Manhattan, but was surrounded by the myths of Coney Island. My mother and grandmother grew up on Coney Island's 29th Street, above Tommy's Radio. Back in the 1940s and '50s, the shop had the only TV in town and crowds would gather round it.
I remember them telling the story of Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, a Jewish gangster who died a mysterious death in 1941 at Coney Island's Half Moon Hotel, just days before he was due to testify against the Mafia. I only heard parts of the story, but it all sounded so poetic, mysterious and magical.
When I got to work for the Coney Island History Project in 2008, it was a dream come true. I work at the free museum, where I give walking tours, show people around the exhibition centre, conduct oral history interviews and direct some of our educational outreach programmes. Every weekend after work, I ride the Wonder Wheel ferris wheel to relax – I call it my Zen therapy.
The now-deceased amusement parks – Dreamland, Astroland, Steeplechase and the old Luna Park – are central to Coney Island's history, but you can still sense that magic at today's parks. There's an updated Luna Park, where the Cyclone wooden rollercoaster runs on the same site as in 1927, and Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, which is still family-owned like the old parks. I'm not a ride buff or a sideshow obsessive, though – to me, rides like the Cyclone and the Wonder Wheel are simply exquisite structures.
They're also part of a wider history that's endlessly fascinating. When there were only a few hotels here in the early to mid 1800s, the poet Walt Whitman would come here for solitude, walking up the dunes and shouting Shakespeare and Homer into the surf. But it gradually developed, and the hotels and amusement parks tried to outdo each other.
One example was the Elephantine Colossus hotel, built in 1885, a 46m-tall elephant that was said to be the first man-made structure immigrants saw until it burned down in 1896. The rooms were in the elephant's thighs and its eyes would light up – it was like something from a child's imagination.
You can still feel that history today just by walking along the wooden boardwalk, smelling the sea breeze and taking in the sights – the handpainted signs at Paul's Daughter clam bar, which has been there for 60 years and is classic Coney Island, or listening to musicians along the boardwalk playing everything from salsa to jazz and blues.
You can see a traditional freak show or win prizes at skeeball, a bowling-meets-amusement park game that rose to popularity in Coney Island. Another must is Nathan's Famous, the legendary hot dog stand which opened in 1916, especially since the hot dog was invented in Coney Island. Around 1870, German immigrant Charles Feltman ran the splendid Feltman's, which was then the largest restaurant in the world. He didn't want to buy napkins, so wrapped his sausages in bread – and the rest is history.
Feltman's is gone, like the bathhouses where Houdini practised his escape acts, but the sense of things happening is still here. It has always been somewhere where all walks of life can come – black, white, rich, poor – and just enjoy taking it all in.
The Tivoli gardener
Tom Knudsen is the head gardener at Copenhagen's Tivoli Gardens, which celebrates its 170th anniversary this month. He says Tivoli's magic goes beyond the rides
I've been working here since 2004 and it's amazing to be part of something that's such a big part of Copenhagen life. And it's not just Copenhagen – Tivoli Gardens are a national symbol of Denmark and known throughout the world. I think lots of Danes feel that in some sense they own part of it.
The Gardens take up 82,000m2 in the centre of Copenhagen and we have 14 gardeners and between us we plant a lot of bulbs, around 100,000 tulips every autumn, which bloom from the end of the April to the end of May. We close for two and a half weeks on the third Saturday of September to prepare for Halloween, which involves around 20,000 pumpkins.
Tivoli's founder, Georg Carstensen, said Tivoli will never be finished and that inspires us. Even after 170 years, Tivoli is always developing, expanding and growing in different ways. From a horticultural point of view, we can have far greater variety throughout the year than in the past because nurseries have developed new ways of growing plants.
The Tivoli Flower Show [which takes place on 25 August this year] is a highlight of the summer. We get 30 to 35 of the best floral decorators in Scandinavia to compete for the prize – they start at 8am, three hours before the park opens, and every year they're set a different challenge. I can't give much away but this year's competition will involve models, and lots of movement and colour.
The key thing about Tivoli is that sense of creating another world, one right in the heart of the city. Of course some people come here for the rides, but many others buy season passes and just come here to relax in a beautiful environment. It's our job to keep it that way.
The Disney World record-holders
Shane Lindsay and Ted Tamburo, authors of the Parkeology blog, created and completed the WDW47 challenge – a daredevil attempt to ride all 47 rides at Orlando's Walt Disney World in one day
Shane Lindsay
I went to Walt Disney World in Florida every year as a child and became obsessed. I now live close to the parks and I'd be lying if I said Walt Disney World wasn't a major reason for moving. Now I go to the parks around 100 times a year; I'd say I've been 800 to 900 times in total.
I had this idea of going on every Disney ride in a single day for a long time. As a child, our family wouldn't have much time at the parks and I'd obsess for ages over how to maximise my time there. WDW47 required a lot of planning, perhaps three months in total. I don't need a map, of course, but I needed to research operating times, predict crowd sizes, and think carefully about distances and park transportation.
I'd never met Ted, but we had a long friendship from theme park forums online – it's surprising it took us this long to meet in person. We were confident we could do it, but we knew it would hinge on luck. Bad weather or big crowds could easily derail us. Unfortunately a late-night torrential downpour resulted in two rides being closed. We managed 45 rides and did three extra before closing time to prove we would have done it.
Ted Tamburo
I love doing silly stuff so when Shane told me about WDW47 I thought it was so insanely stupid, in the best possible way, of course. Going with Shane was the first time I'd been with an equal, a nutcase like myself who knows everything there is to know about Walt Disney World. There were lots of in-jokes.
I know this sounds silly, but it was physically – and quite possibly mentally – the hardest thing I've done in my life. There were long stretches of sprinting, it was very hot and I fractured my toe about midway through.
At one critical moment – when we had to get from the Finding Nemo ride to Test Track in seven minutes – I was severely dehydrated, my foot was killing me and I felt totally defeated, like I would have to go home and tell my wife and daughter I'd failed. But I was somehow able to push on through.
Now I've got my energy back I want to go bigger. We're talking about doing all the Disney rides in the US in one day. But I'm also looking at the possibility of going to all the Disney parks in the world – Japan, China, Hong Kong, France and two in the US – in one calendar day. It might just work with the time changes.
The rollercoaster designer
Andreas Simonis is a designer at Gerstlauer, a German company that has designed and manufactured more than 50 rollercoasters in the past 15 years. He tells us about his design for The Smiler at Alton Towers, near Manchester, which has 14 inversions, the most in the world
It was my dream from childhood to design roller coasters. When I was young, I was too scared to go on roller coasters, but I was fascinated by these massive pieces of steel that were so intimidating.
I've been at Gerstlauer for three years, but have been lucky to work on a few record-breaking coasters. I designed the world's steepest roller coaster – Takabisha at the Fuji-Q Highland park in Japan – which has a drop of 121o, a negative angle, and Veil of Dark at Tokyo's Joypolis, the world's only spinning coaster with an inversion.
We started on The Smiler in 2011, when Merlin [owners of Alton Towers] came to us for a roller coaster with the most loops in the world. It's definitely special. The idea was that people can't figure it out – you look at the track and there's no way of telling where it goes. Even I had trouble when I rode it – it's total confusion.
There's a lot of planning behind that feeling. We work with computerised 3D models and it's always about being as creative as you can within certain restrictions. At Alton Towers, for example, you have to keep below the treeline and they also have old trees you can't cut down. And you have to think about the person riding – is there enough clearance between the tracks? Will the G-force be too much? The maximum G-force allowed in European law is 6Gs, and even then it's only allowed for a fraction of a second. The Smiler hits 4.8Gs.
When it comes to testing something like The Smiler, we use crash test dummies filled with water. They weigh the same as humans, but we can empty the water and transport them easily. You test the ride empty and overloaded – a packed train runs faster than an empty one – and eliminate all safety concerns. Most of the harnesses and bars have two locking devices, in case one fails.
I rode The Smiler before the public – it was a thrill, but it was less "I designed this!" and more just enjoying the ride like a child. Hopefully that's a good sign.
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Secret Lives of Teachers
Margaret Stratton is head of the Department of Photography in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has received regional and national awards in photography, video, and installation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation. Her work has been shown at the Smithsonian Institution, Lincoln Center, the Berlin Film Festival, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Harvard Film Archive.


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Heart disease is often associated with an unhealthy lifestyle in the West, but in Sub-Saharan Africa treatable maladies such as strep throat can lead to rheumatic fever that causes heart damage, especially in young children and teenagers. Though it is invasive, dangerous and prohibitively expensive, open heart surgery is almost always the only option to save their lives. OPEN HEART, spotlighting an Italian cardiologist in Northern Sudan as he fights to save young patients who have traveled from Rwanda for this high-risk procedure, debuts MONDAY, OCT. 14 (10:20-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 14 (5:20 a.m.), 17 (4:30 p.m.), 19 (5:30 p.m.), 23 (8:00 a.m.) and 27 (1:30 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Oct. 16 (9:30 p.m.) and Oct. 22 (6:40 a.m.)
OPEN HEART is one of three nominees for this year's Documentary Short Subject Oscar® debuting back-to-back Oct. 14 on HBO, along with "Mondays at Racine," which debuts at 9:00 p.m., and "Redemption," debuting at 9:40 p.m. Other October presentations in the HBO Documentary Films fall series include "Valentine Road" (Oct. 7), "Life According to Sam" (Oct. 21) and "Seduced and Abandoned" (Oct. 28).
Sudan's Salam Centre for Cardiac Emergency is the only hospital on the entire continent that provides free heart surgery for patients from poverty-stricken regions. Dr. Gino Strada, an Italian war surgeon who believes "the right to receive proper health care is a universal right," founded the non-governmental organization Emergency, which runs the Salam Center, funded by private donors and the Sudanese Government.
Ranging in age from three to 19, eight children who suffer from rheumatic heart disease are selected by Dr. Emmanuel Rusingiza, Rwanda's lone public cardiologist, to travel the long distance to the state-of-the-art Salam Center. It may seem like the chance of a lifetime, yet doing so means going under the knife in a foreign place without the comfort of family. The father of Angelique, a six-year-old deemed to be in critical condition, is afraid, but says, "I am ready to accept what happens to her," a testament to the bravery of the children and parents alike.
Given the critical condition of his patients, Dr. Strada is frequently skeptical about their chances of success, but with the help of his medical team, he presses on, hoping for the best. However, his worries extend beyond the operating room.
While the young Rwandan patients are recovering, Dr. Strada and his team are visited by Sudan's president, Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for "crimes against humanity." When the Sudanese government's $5 million-per-year commitment to Emergency is in jeopardy, so too is the Salam Centre's future. In a meeting with President al-Bashir, Dr. Strada vigorously pursues the funding. As the Rwandan children return home to the loving embraces of their families, the dedicated surgeons continue their fight to save lives.
For more information, visit: Facebook: facebook.com/hbodocs; Twitter: @HBODocs #OpenHeart; and openheartfilm.com.
OPEN HEART was produced and directed by Kief Davidson; produced by Cori Shepherd Stern; executive produced by Geralyn Dreyfous, Rick Rosenthal, Nancy Stephens, Eric Dobkin, Sean Mewshaw, Desi Van Til, Cara Mertes, Heidi Lindelof, Damon Lindelof and Abigail Disney; edited by Flavia de Souza and Kief Davidson; director of photography, Zak Mulligan.


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New Orleans is riding high on the momentum of Sunday's Super Bowl upset by the hometown Saints over the Indianapolis Colts. And for a city still rebuilding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the championship signifies the spirit of survival in the Big Easy. Continue reading
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Academic success, a goal that Western wants all students to achieve, can be measured in many ways. This section identifies and explains the standards that Western has established as measures of academic success and indicates the policies and procedures that apply to the students who fail to meet the standards. The Vice President for Academic Affairs, in consultation with the Faculty Academic Policies Committee and the Faculty Senate, is responsible for the development and implementation of these academic standards and policies.
All graduate students are initially assigned an academic adviser from the department from which they are seeking a degree. The graduate adviser is identified by the department chair. The graduate adviser assists the student in developing a degree plan. The degree plan is filed in the office of Registration Services.
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Students should register for classes prior to the beginning of the semester. While they may register during the first week of the semester,students must understand that the limited availability of classes may prevent them from obtaining complete schedules. Late registrants may be assessed additional fees.
After classes have begun in a 16-week semester, students may add an open class without petition until 5 p.m. on the fourth day of the semester. After the fourth day and until the end of the official drop period, students may add a course only with approval by the instructor. The add deadline for any course that meets for less than 16 weeks is two days. The student is responsible for understanding and communicating with the instructor, understanding course policies, and understanding any consequences of adding a course after the first class meeting.
Students may drop a course during the first 15% of the class meetings.This rule applies for both classes that meet for a full semester and classesthat meet in sessions shorter than a full semester. (Note the difference between this rule and "withdrawal" explained on the next page.)
Western State Colorado University faculty reserve the right to drop students from class rolls if they miss the first class meeting. Not all instructors require attendance the first class meeting, but many do. Students are strongly encouraged to attend all their first class meetings. If circumstances such as weather or flight arrangements prevent students from attending the first class session, it is the student's responsibility to contact the instructor of each course to request that their seat in the class be held.
Class Attendance and Participation
Both faculty and students have shared responsibility in the education process. Class attendance and participation is the student's responsibility.The interactions a student has with the instructor and fellow students represent a significant portion of the learning process in coursework. Therefore, class attendance and participation is essential for a successful education. Instructors may set attendance and participation policies for each of their courses, which are specified in the course syllabus. If a student violates an attendance or participation policy, instructors may withdraw a student from class, lower the earned grade, and other actions as specified by the course policy.
An important responsibility for students is to be prepared for class. Such preparation for the average student expecting an average grade ("C") typically requires two to three hours of study or other types of preparation for every hour of coursework.
Withdrawal From Individual Courses
After the official add/drop period, a student may only withdraw from a course with approval of the course instructor and the student's academic adviser. Students who obtain these authorizations will receive a grade of "W" (which has no effect on the student's grade-point average; refer to sections on Grades and Grade-Point Average that follow). If two-thirds of the scheduled class time in any given course has been completed, the student is not allowed to withdraw, and a grade for the course (which does affect the student's grade-point average) is recorded. Specific withdrawal deadlines are published in the Course Schedule booklets for each semester.
Course instructors may also withdraw a student from a class for reasons such as inadequate academic progress or attendance, academic dishonesty, or disruptive behavior.
Withdrawal from University
Graduate students who wish to withdraw from the University may do so any time during the semester. Contact the Graduate Program Director to initiate an official withdrawal from the University.
After the official Add/Drop period, but before the withdrawal deadline, a student wishing to withdraw entirely from the University will be given a grade of "W"for all courses except variable credit courses. Once two-thirds of the scheduled class time in any given course has been completed, a student wishing to withdraw from the University will be given a "W" or a "WF" grade for each course, unless the course instructor deems that an "Incomplete" would be a more appropriate grade.
Withdrawal From Variable-Credit Courses
After 15% of the course has been completed, a student wishing to withdraw from the University during a term when he or she is enrolled in a variable credit course (i.e., internships, practicums, field experiences, independent studies, etc.) must receive the approval of the supervising instructor. If a student obtains this authorization, a grade of "W" or a "WF" may be assigned. The coordinator of the specific program can explain the guidelines and consequences resulting from dropping or withdrawing from selected courses.
Withdrawal in Absentia
If illness, injury, or other circumstances prohibit a student from being on campus to request withdrawal from the University in person, the student may notify the Graduate Office (970)943-2135 and request that the Associate Vice President for the Graduate Programs act as the student's agent in notifying the program director and other departments on campus.
Graduate Student Status
During a 16-week semester, a student must take a minimum of 9 credits to be considered full time, and a course load of 12 credits may be taken without special approval. Half-time status is a minimum of 5 credit hours during a 16 week term. During a 10-week summer session, a student must take a minimum of 6 credits to be considered full time, and a course load of 9 credits may be taken without special approval. An additional 3 credits of student teaching, internship, or other on-the-job credit may be taken. Half-time status during a 10-week summer session is a minimum of 3 credit hours. A student may enroll in more credits in either session if the student's grade-point average is at least 3.500 from most recent coursework and a petition is filed with the signatures of the graduate adviser, department chair/director and the associate vice president for Graduate Studies.
Unit of Credit
Western uses the semester hour as the basic unit of credit. The semester credits assigned to a course are based on the specific learning objectives and the expected outcomes. The University assigned semester hours are consistent with the Federal definition of a credit hour and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education's established minimum class times for credit courses. The minimum expectation for one semester credit is one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours out-of-class student work each week for approximately 15 weeks for seminars and lecture-based classes. An equivalent amount of work is required in laboratories, internships, practica, on-line studio work, and other academic work leading toward to the award of credit hours.
Course Numbering System
500-599 Level Graduate Courses: Courses at this level are non-degree oriented and typically intended for continuing education and professional development. Course formats include workshops and seminars and are primarily practice-based.
600-699 Level Graduate Courses: Courses at this level are intended for degree-seeking students. They are more than an extension of the baccalaureate education; they are qualitatively different and, at a minimum, students should be required to undertake original scholarly/creative activity, assume greater responsibility for mastering the subject matter, and develop close working relationships with professors. It is assumed that students taking graduate-level courses have acquired the ability to use language and information sources effectively, and engage in analytical thought and creative processes.
Academic Load
During a 16-week semester, a student must take a minimum of 9 credits to be considered full time, and a course load of 12 credits may be taken without special approval. During a 10-week summer session, a student must take a minimum of 6 credits to be considered full time, and a course load of 9 credits may be taken without special approval. An additional 3 credits of student teaching,internship, or other on-the-job credit may be taken. A student may enroll in more credits in either session if the student's grade-point average is at least 3.500 from most recent course work and a petition is filed with the signatures of the graduate adviser, department chair/director, and the associate vice president for Graduate Studies.
College Graduation Requirements
Master's degree programs have a minimum requirement of 30 semester credits numbered at 600 and above. Programs may require additional credits, some of which may allow up to six credits (not applied toward the earned undergraduate degree) below the 600 level on the degree plan from the respective department. The maximum number of allowable transfer credits is nine credits.
Residency Requirements
Every candidate for a degree must earn a minimum of 21 credits from Western State Colorado. This 21-credit minimum must include the final credit earned.
Grade-Point Averages
A minimum grade of B in each course applied to a degree program is required. A minimum of a 3.000 grade-point average is required for graduation. Credits transferred from another institution are not calculated in the Western grade-point average.
Probation and Dismissal
When a student's course grade is below a B- in any graduate course, the student and the department must be notified, and the student shall be placed on academic probation. In order to be removed from probation, the student must retake the course to replace a grade lower than a B-. In the semester following placement on probation, the student's grades in each course must be at least a B- for that semester's course work taken or he or she shall be dismissed at the conclusion of that semester. In extenuating circumstances, the student may petition the Academic Policies Committee for an extension of the probationary time period. The dismissal decision is in force unless a temporary extension is approved by the Academic Appeals Committee.
Thesis and Non-Thesis Requirements
The minimum requirements for Master's degrees offered may be fulfilled by following either Plan I or Plan II as described below.
Thesis Plan(Plan I): Students must earn a minimum of 30 semester credits of graduate work, including four to six thesis hours. Courses must be at or above the 600 level. Graduate students working toward a master's degree under Plan I earn four to six hours of thesis credit.
A student faculty committee must be established to guide the student's research. This committee must consist of the student's major adviser (who also serves as committee chair), one faculty member from the student's major department, and one faculty member from outside of the department.
The student's faculty committee must approve the final draft of the thesis, which must be filed with the associate vice president for Graduate Studies before graduation. The thesis must comply with specifications outlined in Directions for Preparing Master's Thesis, which is obtainable from the associate vice president for Gradassociate vice president for Graduate Studies. Graduating students are responsible for observing the deadlines published in the schedule of classes for thesis approval. The record of the thesis defense must be approved by the student's faculty committee and the associate vice president for Graduate Studies and filed with the Registrar before graduation.
Non-Thesis Plan (Plan II): Students must earn a minimum of 32 semester credits of graduate work. Courses must be at or above the 600 level to meet this requirement. Graduate work includes a Graduate Capstone, which the student's adviser will facilitate. Graduate Capstone credits are determined by the specific program requirements. If the Graduate Capstone is not completed at the end of the term in which the student is registered, an In Progress (IP) grade or a Failing (F) grade may be reported.
Time Limit for Degree Completion
There is a maximum of five years for completion of a master's degree from the student's initial enrollment. A graduate student who does not complete all degree requirements within the specified period of time may be required to validate past course work. Course validation may be done in one of the following ways: 1) retake the course final examination, 2) take an oral examination over course content, or 3) prepare a paper on the course content. In some cases students may be required to retake the comprehensive examination (dependent upon the respective department's requirements).
Active Status
To maintain active status, graduate students must register in at least one graduate course per academic year. Maintaining active status is critical and is required in order to participate in the program as a graduate student. Students who plan to be inactive for any academic year must complete and submit a Leave of Absence form (available from Registration Services). Students may apply for a leave of absence for up to two consecutive years. Students who do not register for a class and do not request a leave of absence must request readmission to reactivate their status. Students who do not register for more than two years and who have not taken a leave of absence during that time, must reapply for admission into their graduate program.
Degree Plan
Required degree courses, electives, course substitutions, and accepted transfer credits must be approved by the student's adviser, the department chair and/or director, and the associate vice president for Graduate Studies. The degree plan with pertinent signatures must be submitted to the office of the associate vice President for Graduate Studies.
Comprehensive Examinations
When a comprehensive examination is given, the following rules apply:
- Students must be registered when they take the examination.
- The examination is to be given by the student's faculty committee and consistent with the requirements established by the department for the specific graduate program.
- A majority of the committee must approve the examination.
- The examination may be oral, written, or both.
- A student who fails the comprehensive final examination may retake the examination only once (dependent upon the respective department's requirements).
Application for Admission to Candidacy
Astudent who wishes to become a candidate for a master's degree must file a completed Application for Admission to Candidacy with the Associate vice president for Graduate Studies by the appropriate deadline for graduating that semester. A student on probation is not eligible to be awarded a degree until he or she is removed from probation.
Graduation Audit and Participation in Commencement
Registration Services performs graduate degree audits and certifies graduation requirements,and the Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies authorizes students on the graduation list. Requests for exceptions and special consideration arereviewed by the Academic Policies Committee, and recommendations are made to the Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies. In order to participation incommencement a student must be in a good standing, must have six or fewer credits left to complete graduation requirements, and must be registered forthose credits the following term; or have only a capstone, or internship to complete and be registered for it the next term it is offered.
Academic Integrity
As members of the academic community, students are expected to recognize and uphold standards of intellectual and academic integrity. The University assumes, as a basic and minimum standard of conduct in academic matters, that students will be honest and that they will submit for credit only the products of their own efforts. Both the ideals of scholarship and the need for practices that are fair require that all dishonest work be rejected as a basis for academic credit. They also require that students refrain from any and all forms of dishonorable conduct int he course of their academic work. Dishonest work may include, but is not limited to, the following infractions:
Plagiarism: Presenting another person's work as one's own, including paraphrasing or summarizing of the works of another person without acknowledgment and the submitting of another student's work as one's own is considered plagiarism. Plagiarism frequently involves a failure to acknowledge in the text, notes, or footnotes the quotation of paragraphs, sentences, or even a few phrases written or spoken by someone else.
Cheating on Examinations: Giving or receiving unauthorized help before, during, or after an examination is considered cheating. Examples of unauthorized help include the use of notes,texts, or "crib sheets" during an examination (unless specifically approved by the instructor).
Unauthorized Collaboration: Submission for academic credit of a work product, or a part thereof, represented as being one's own, which has been developed in substantial collaboration with assistance from another person or source, is a violation of academic honesty.It is also a violation of academic honesty to knowingly provide such assistance. Collaborative work specifically authorized by an instructor is allowed.
Falsification: It is a violation of academic honesty to misrepresent material or fabricate information in an academic exercise or assignment (e.g., false or misleading citation of sources or the falsification of the results of experiments or of computer data).
Multiple Submissions: It is a violation of academic honesty to submit substantial portions of the same work for credit more than once without the explicit consent of the instructor(s)to whom the material is submitted for additional credit.
Consequences of Violations
Violations of academic integrity may result in the following: a grade of "F" or a "zero" for the assignment, an "F" for the course, withdrawal from the course, or suspension or expulsion from the University. Serious violations of academic integrity are reported to the Office of Academic Affairs.
Academic Due Process for Students
It is the objective of these procedures to provide for the prompt and fair resolution of the types ofproblems described herein which students may experience at Western:
Complaint: An informal claim by an affected student that a faculty member or an academic administratorhas violated, misinterpreted, or improperly exercised his/her professional duties.
Complainant: An affectedstudent who makes a complaint.
Grievance: A writtenallegation by an affected student that a faculty member or an academicadministrator has violated, misinterpreted, or improperly exercised his/her professionalduties. The grievance should include the possibility of a remedy.
Grievant: An affected student who files a grievance.
Respondent(s): The faculty member(s) and/or academic administrator(s) identified by the affected student as causing or contributing to the complaint or grievance.
Grievance Committee: A committee composed of one faculty member selected by the grievant, one faculty members elected by the respondent, and three faculty members selected by the vicep resident for academic affairs (or assignees).
Time Limits: When a number of days are specified herein, they shall be understood to exclude Saturdays, Sundays,holidays, University vacation days, and other days when the University is not in session and holding classes.
Academic Administrator: Professional personnel of the University, other than teaching faculty, who are in positions to make academic decisions affecting students, including but not limited to,department chairs, associate vice president for academic affairs, vice presidentfor academic affairs, and the President.
Informal Complaint Procedure
The complainant shall discuss the problem with the respondent(s). If the problem is not mutually resolved at this time, the complainant shall confer with the immediate supervisor(s)of the respondent(s). (This usually will be the Chair(s) of the Department(s)to which the respondent(s) is assigned.) If satisfactory resolution is still not achieved, the complainant must confer with the vice president for academic affairs.
Formal Grievance Procedure
If the complaint is not suitably resolved, the student has the right to file a grievance with the vice president for academic affairs within six months of the time that the grievant could or should have known of the action which is the basis of the problem. This written allegation shall indicate what has already been done to resolve the complaint.Preservation of relevant documents and of precise records of actions taken is advantageous.
The grievance committee shall be formed under the supervision of the vice president for academic affairs, and a hearing shall be scheduled within 15 days after that officer receives the written grievance from the grievant.
The grievance committee shall hear testimony from the grievant, the respondent, and whomever else it deems appropriate.
Within 15 days after completion of the hearing(s), the grievance committee shall submit its findings to the vice president for academic affairs for implementation as deemed appropriate by that officer. A copy of the finding of the committee and of the implementing decision of the vice president for academic affairs shall be given to the grievant and the respondent.
The grievant may withdraw the grievance at any point in the proceedings by doing so in writing to the vice president for academic affairs.
The vice president for academic affairs may grant an extension of the time limit for good cause.
If the grievance has not been resolved satisfactorily after the above procedures have been completed, the grievant is advised that he/she may appeal to the President of Western State Colorado University, and ultimately, to the Board of Trustees.


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Monster Dash 10K Run (Female)
Harker Heights Community Park
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Description5K WALK/RUN, 10K RUN, 10K HAND CYCLE RACE AND 5K TEAMSaturday, October 26, 2013, Harker Heights Community Park1501 E. FM 2410, Harker Heights, TX 76548(Please note that the race has moved from Carl Levin Park to Harker Heights Community Park) Sponsored by the Rotary International and the Rotary Clubs of Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Killeen Evening and Killeen Heights and the Harker Heights Parks & Recreation.Entry Fee: 5K Walk/Run, 10K Run, 10K Hand Cycle Race: (Individuals) On or before October 19 by 9 pm: $20.00; After October 19 and the day of the race: $25.00Entry Fee: Team: same as individual 5K fee above x 4 person team = $80 for on or before October 19th or $100 for after October 19 and the day of the race. Platinum sponsors, no fee. An entry registration is required for each of the four team members. Each team will designate a team captain. All registered runners will receive a T-shirt. Preregistered runners will be given size preference.On-site Registration & Check In: Race packets and on-site registration may be picked up starting at 6:30 am the day of the race at the Harker Heights Community Park, 1501 E. FM 2410. 10K run and 10K hand cycle race starts 8:00 am 5K run/walk and 5K team race starts at 8:30 am Little Monster Dash starts 9:30 am.Start-Finish Course: Community Park, 1501 E. FM 241010K run and 10K hand cycle race starts at 8:00 am5K walk/run and 5K team race starts at 8:30 amLittle Monster Dash starts at 9:30 amRuns will end at the same location.5K Age Groups: 11 & Under, 12-15, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, and 70 & over. Each age group has a male and female.Awards: 5K walk/run: Plaque for overall male/female. Medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each age groups.Awards: 10K run: plaque for 1st place (male/female), medals for 2nd and 3rd place (male/female)Awards: 10K hand cycle: plaque for 1st place. Medals for 2nd and 3rd place.Awards: Team: All team members are eligible for individual awards in their age group. A team trophy will be awarded for the best team time in each of the following categories: First Responders (Fire, Police and EMS), Military Unit and Businsess/Organization. ActivityMonster Dash 10K Run (Female) #248TypeRacing EventMeeting datesOctober 26, 2013 Saturday from 8am to NoonMeeting time8am to NoonActivity CategoryRace EventsAge GroupFamilyRegistration datesStandard registration opens: Sep 9, 2013Last day for standard registration: Oct 25, 2013 11:59 PMInternet registration opens: Sep 9, 2013Last day for Internet registration: Oct 24, 2013StatusUnlimited openingsGenderFemaleLocationHarker Heights Community ParkSeason2013 Fall/WinterTerm--
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