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25 Mar - 2019
Norsk Hydro: Update on cyber-attack, March 25
Hydro has progressed over the weekend in resolving the effects of the cyber-attack. Most operations are running at normal capacity, and the Extruded Solutions business area has been successful in ramping up production at several sites.
22 Mar - 2019
Norsk Hydro: Update on cyber-attacks, March 22
Hydro has allocated all available internal and external resources to make further progress in securing safe and stable operations across the company, following the extensive cyber-attack earlier this week.
21 Mar - 2019
Norsk Hydro: Update on cyber-attacks, March 21
Following the extensive cyber-attack earlier this week, Hydro has made further progress in securing safe and stable operations across the company.
20 Mar - 2019
Norsk Hydro: Update on cyber-attack
March 20, 2019: Hydro has made progress in securing safe and stable operations across the company, following an extensive cyber attack that hit on Tuesday.
19 Mar - 2019
Update: Hydro subject to cyber-attack
19 Mar - 2019
Hydro subject to cyber-attack
Norsk Hydro: Hydro subject to cyber-attack
21 Feb - 2019
Hydro and Vaan launch world's first recyclable luxury yacht
The Dutch start-up Vaan now presents the world's most sustainable luxury sailing yacht to the market. The Vaan R4 is a catamaran made almost entirely of circular materials, including recycled aluminium from Hydro.
15 Nov - 2018
Fatal accident in Hungary
An employee died in an accident at Hydro's extrusion plant in Székesfehérvár close to midnight on November 14.
12 Oct - 2018
Hydro Invests in North America to Support Automotive, Transportation and Construction Growth
ROSEMONT, Ill., October 11, 2018 – Today, Hydro announced it plans to invest in two new aluminum extrusion presses to support the growing automotive, architectural and transportation markets in North America.
26 Sep - 2018
Hydro renewed
Hydro is taking a new step as a global supplier of innovative and sustainable aluminium solutions, embarking on a new chapter of its 112-year history with a new visual identity.
24 May - 2018
Hydro teams up with Tom Dixon showcasing aluminium in interior and furniture design
Hydro teams up with Tom Dixon showcasing aluminium in interior and furniture design
04 May - 2018
Hydro Building Systems acquires 100% of the shares of Eugen Notter GmbH
Norsk Hydro has today completed the acquisition of the hardware company Eugen Notter GmbH, strengthening Hydro's offering to the building and construction industry.
30 Apr - 2018
Hydro invests in new testing equipment to improve joining capabilities and increase usage of aluminium offshore
Hydro is investing to raise its competence in the joining of dissimilar aluminium alloys and multi-materials for marine and offshore structures.
02 Apr - 2018
Hydro's acquisition of Arconic's extrusion plants in Brazil completed
Today, Norsk Hydro's acquisition of Arconic's two extrusion plants in Brazil was completed, strengthening Hydro's downstream position in Brazil and creating a solid platform for further growth.
08 Dec - 2017
Hydro acquires Arconic's extrusion plants in Brazil
Hydro Extruded Solutions AS has agreed with Arconic to acquire its two extrusion plants in Brazil. The agreement will strengthen Hydro's downstream position in Brazil and create a solid platform for further growth.
18 Sep - 2017
Sapa re-opens Welsh factory
Norwegian-owned aluminium company Sapa is to re-open its factory in Bedwas to supply the growing automotive industry demand for lightweight body structure solutions.
14 Jul - 2017
Record quarterly result for Sapa in Q2
Sapa improved its underlying EBIT in the second quarter of 2017, compared to the same period last year, ending the quarter at NOK 914 million. The quarterly result is the best in Sapa's history.
10 Jul - 2017
Union representatives on Hydro-Sapa match: 'Positive for employees'
Union representatives from both companies were present during the signing of the agreement between Hydro and Orkla on Monday. The union representatives stand together behind one message: "This will be positive for employees in both companies."
10 Jul - 2017
Hydro acquires Sapa to create a global aluminium champion
Norsk Hydro has agreed with Orkla to acquire its 50 percent interest in Sapa for a total enterprise value of NOK 27 billion, giving full ownership in the global leader in extruded aluminium solutions and making Hydro a leading force in the global aluminium industry.
20 Jun - 2017
Sapa Building System becomes Sapa
Sapa Building System, one of the largest suppliers of aluminium building systems in the world and part of the Norwegian group Sapa, today announced the launch of its new brand, with the introduction of a new logo and visual identity.
28 Apr - 2017
Broad-based profit growth for Sapa in Q1
25 Apr - 2017
Sapa's annual report now available
Sapa delivered strong financial results last year. Read more in Sapa's Annual Report 2016.
25 Apr - 2017
Sapa focuses on circular economy in new report
Sapa's Sustainability Report 2016 is centered on the circular economy. "The world needs more sustainable production, and we have started to take increased responsibility in this area," says President & CEO Egil Hogna.
19 Apr - 2017
Sapa wins Alstom contract for aluminium-intensive high-speed train bodies
Sapa will deliver to Alstom structural aluminium frames, solebars and end-wall profiles for rail carriages in high-speed trains that will be used by Amtrak in the United States.
09 Feb - 2017
Progress for Sapa in Q4
Sapa improved its underlying EBIT in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with the same period last year.
04 Nov - 2016
Investor briefing 2016
Sapa hosted an investor briefing on November 3, 2016. During the presentation, Sapa gave an update on its financial and operational performance, followed by a Q&A session.
25 Oct - 2016
Sapa continues results improvement in Q3
Sapa improved its underlying financial results in the third quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year.
10 Oct - 2016
Sapa showcases revolutionary aluminium brake line for cars
Sapa has developed the first-ever automotive aluminium brake line using a high-strength aluminium alloy.
19 Sep - 2016
Machine upgrades bring thinner-walled aluminium products to rail industry
Sapa is investing in new production lines at sites in Belgium and Sweden to meet the surging demand for larger and thinner-walled aluminium products in the rail industry.
07 Sep - 2016
Aluminium innovation gives stronger and lighter ship hulls
Sapa is introducing to the marine industry super-large and light friction stir welded panels extruded with the marine-dedicated 5083 aluminium alloy. This new combination will enable shipbuilders to manufacture stronger hull structures while saving costs.
02 Sep - 2016
Scandinavian aluminium technology brings cost saving offshore
Sapa is investing in new machinery offering super-large and light products for the offshore and maritime industry with equipment that can produce panels up to 18 meters long and 3.5 meters wide.
15 Jul - 2016
Strong improvement by Sapa in Q2
Sapa's underlying EBIT result increased significantly in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same quarter of 2015. Earnings improved in all business areas.
11 Jul - 2016
Sapa becomes top supplier of Ford
Sapa's Cressona plant in Pennsylvania has become one of the first in the aluminium extrusion industry to receive Ford Motor Company's Q1 Award.
07 Jun - 2016
Hydro, Sapa sign new long-term metal supply contract
Norsk Hydro ASA ("Hydro") and Sapa AS have signed a new metal supply contract for Europe to continue the long-term cooperation beyond the expiration of the current metal supply agreement between the parties.
06 Jun - 2016
Sapa invests in new site in southern France
Sapa is consolidating its position in the aluminium extrusion sector in France by investing in new value-adding services in Le Garric, extending the company's ability to meet the growing needs of customers.
27 Apr - 2016
Sapa delivers record results in first quarter
Sapa delivered its strongest first quarter since the company was established in 2013. The demand for lighter cars in both North America and Europe, resulting in aluminium substitution in the automotive industry, is contributing positively.
06 Apr - 2016
Sapa developing new 'automotive' alloy for high-strength applications
Material research from Sapa has led to the encouraging development of a new aluminum alloy for automotive applications that require high-strength aluminum solutions.
05 Apr - 2016
Sapa opens automotive-focused R&D lab in Detroit
Sapa Technology Americas is the first facility of its kind in North America dedicated to the research and development of extruded aluminum solutions for the automotive industry. The new lab facility opened its doors Tuesday in the Detroit suburb of Troy.
11 Feb - 2016
Sapa shows strong improvement in fourth quarter, full-year results
Owners Orkla and Hydro today reported to the financial markets Sapa's results for the fourth quarter of last year and for the full year. Sapa showed good improvement.
30 Oct - 2015
Sapa continues improvement in financial results
Sapa continued to improve its financial performance with a third quarter result that was significantly better than its result in the same quarter last year.
22 Sep - 2015
Sapa acquires aluminum casting plant in USA
Sapa, the world leader in aluminum solutions, announced today it has completed an asset purchase agreement with Northwest Aluminum Specialties, Inc. to acquire its casting plant in The Dalles, Oregon.
25 Aug - 2015
Egil Hogna appointed new CEO at Sapa
The Board of Directors of Sapa AS has appointed Egil Hogna (44) as the company's new President & Chief Executive Officer. He will replace Svein Tore Holsether on September 1, 2015.
17 Jul - 2015
Sapa shows healthy improvement in first half results
Sapa has improved its underlying EBIT result by more than 70 percent this year, from NOK 505.6 million in the first half of 2014 to NOK 874.7 million in the first half of 2015.
29 Apr - 2015
Sapa's results improve in first quarter
Underlying EBIT for Sapa improved in the first quarter of this year, compared to the first quarter of 2014.
02 Mar - 2015
Sapa teams with Ford F-150 to create new aluminium solution
Sapa, the world leader in aluminum extrusions, has announced its partnership with Ford to supply the all-new F-150 with structural aluminum tubing, and provide ongoing development support for future aluminum extrusion applications.
05 Feb - 2015
Sapa's financial results improve in fourth quarter
Sapa's financial result, as measured in EBIT, increased in the fourth quarter of last year, compared to the same quarter of 2013.
24 Oct - 2014
Sapa shows year-on-year improvement in third quarter
Sapa's underlying financial results in the third quarter were lower than in the previous quarter, partly due to seasonally lower sales volumes in Europe, but were considerably higher than in the third quarter of last year.
17 Jul - 2014
Positive second quarter for Sapa
Sapa achieved improved results in the second quarter of the year due to increased volume and the positive effects of its restructuring programs.
07 Jul - 2014
Sapa investing in MPE, aluminium tube capacity in India
Sapa is investing in an aluminium extrusion press in Kuppam for the production of multi-port extrusions and drawn tubes for automotive and HVACR heat transfer applications. The company will become the first local manufacturer of such products in India.
26 Jun - 2014
Sapa will double capacity in Vietnam
Sapa is doubling production capacity at its joint venture in Vietnam to support the growing local demand of high-value extruded aluminium products and solutions.
01 Apr - 2014
Sapa acquires UK-based aluminium components company
Sapa is strengthening its range of advanced aluminium solutions with the acquisition of UK-based Holden Aluminium Technologies Ltd.
02 Sep - 2013
Sapa AS established as global leader in aluminium solutions
Combining the aluminium extrusion operations of Sapa and Hydro has created the global leader in aluminium solutions with 23,000 employees and operations in more than 40 countries. The new company Sapa AS, a 50/50 joint venture owned by Orkla and Hydro, was established September 1.
15 Oct - 2012
Orkla and Hydro to form world's leading aluminium solutions provider
Orkla ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA have agreed to combine their respective profiles, building systems and tubing business, creating the world's leading aluminium solutions provider. The new combined company, to be named Sapa, will be a 50/50 joint venture owned by Orkla and Hydro.


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2010 Registered Nurse Salary Projections
As health care continues to be a national focus and demand for health care workers skyrockets, registered nurses can expect to see their salaries, and other benefits, grow in 2010. More and more employers are offering sweet incentives such as sign-on bonuses, tuition reimbursement, and more flexible hours in order to entice nurses to work in their facilities. However, hiring trends will likely be slow in the initial months of 2010 until a health care bill is fully implemented; after that, hiring for nursing jobs is expected to pick up in a big way to meet ever-growing need.
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Overall job opportunities are expected to be excellent for registered nurses. Employers in some parts of the country and in certain employment settings report difficulty in attracting and retaining an adequate number of RNs, primarily because of an aging RN workforce and a lack of younger workers to fill positions.
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With 4% Increase: $66,044
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Thank God I can bake. Because otherwise, after seeing what I saw, I would have just died. Since you're reading a food blog, you must have come across the Chez Panisse 40th anniversary photos. And since you're alive, you MUST know how to bake. Because otherwise, you couldn't have survived after seeing what I saw. More specifically, assuming you did see it, you must have baked this plum galette. ...


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Trivia Buff's layout has two main pages. One listing the new facts for the day and the other to list your favorite trivia facts.
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How to join the Challenge:
1. Email your team name to firstname.lastname@example.com or use our Contact Us form. There's No Cost.
2. The league will email you a Team ID within 24 hours and receive a web-banner like the sample below:
3. Then call an Authorized Field to get on the schedule for the next Mission Day. Current List of Authorized Fields
(if you dont see a field near you log on to the forum and post your request on the Field Request forum or send us an email at email@example.com with the field name or the city and state in which you want to play at).
That's it. Just show up, provide your Team ID and compete against other teams in the ultimate scenario games. There are No Team Entry Fees to compete in the Missions.
All game scores will be posted on the league website where teams will be ranked locally, regionally and nationally.
Operation 2010 Mission Schedule
Mission 1: March - April
Mission 2: May
Mission 3: June
Mission 4: July
Mission 5: August
Mission 6: September
For detailed Mission descriptions, view the Operation Orders
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Visit the league website at www.milsimcorps.com for more info.
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This post is to answer some basic questions.
Is this an all MilSim league? NO
This league does not have any strict milsim rules. The reason the league is named milsim is because we use a military ranks system to rank individual players. Many scenario teams out there already name their members Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant, etc. so we transferred the military ranking system to rank players in this league. It makes sense for a scenario league with scenario teams. The games are based on a scenario and played in the woods with certain objectives to complete. NO strict milsim rules.
Are there uniforms? Not really
When you join you get an ID card, a full set of dog tags and two patches. The patches are not required to play in the Missions. However, if you compete in the Championships, these two patches are required. A league patch and a name patch. Simple and included when you join. There are other patches players earn while playing in the league but players can wear them at their discretion.
Where are the games played? Across the country
There are about 30 fields right now with more fields signing up each week. You can view the list of Authorized Fields on the website. If there isnt a field near you, post in the Field Request forum and well work on it.
When are the games played? All season
Each Authorized field will hold a Mission Day each month from March to September. Each month will be a different Mission and you can play in one or all of the missions. There are no team entry fees. Just pay what you normally pay when you play paintball, nothing extra like in Big Games or Tournaments.
How does my team participate? Easy as 1-2-3
1. Go to the league website and submit your team name using the Contact Us form.
2. You will get a Team ID within 24 hours.
3. Contact your field to get on the schedule for the next Mission Day.
Thats it. Show up, give your Team ID and compete in the games. All of the scores will be posted on the website and teams will be ranked locally, regionally and nationally.
Whats up with Mines? We use them
See the About The League page in the section for Demolition objective for more info.
What about prizes? We have them
There are prizes from our sponsors that league members can win based on battlefield performance.
Why havent I heard about the league before?
This is the last step. We have been working with field owners and sponsors for the last several months. Its how we were able to get all the fields for our players. Now the challenge is set and were ready to register teams.
Why the Challenge?
This Challenge is held to introduce the league to the paintball community. If you like the league and want to your team to compete in the Championships for a chance at the National Title, become a league member. If not, thanks for trying it out and good luck!
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First Tuesdays | 4:00 pm
Medical Office Building A, 7655 Poplar Ave. Suite 250
On the campus of Methodist Germantown Hospital
Contact: Angela Mensi, PTA, 901.516.6929
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Second Mondays | 5:30 pm
1251 Wesley Drive, Suite 141
Methodist South Outpatient Rehabilitation
(located in the Medical Office Complex directly across from Methodist South Hospital)
Contact: Patricia Morgan, OTR, 901.516.3726
Methodist North Hospital
Second Tuesdays | 2:00 pm
Health South Rehab, 4100 Austin Peay Highway, Day Room 1
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Most of the storms are heading towards the Merrimack Valley as opposed to along the mass pike today.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 149 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
TravelInsurance.com is currently in development and will emerge as the leading website to help people worldwide compare and buy travel insurance for their upcoming trips/vacations. We aim to have the most comprehensive information about travel insurance online and to help our customers find the right travel insurance policy for their needs quickly and easily. Most importantly, they can buy their travel insurance online so there is no need to waste time with a local travel agency.
Our target audience is, of course, travelers who need to insure their vacations and trips. In general, 55% of our customers will be female, mainly between the ages of 35 and 50+ years old, primarily affluent and with college and post graduate degrees. Our main market is the USA, but we also will offer travel insurance in many other areas such as the UK and Australia.
Our logo should be crisp, clean, modern and should depict travel and the world, while also being really easy to read. We should be positioned as the #1 company in the industry, which means our logo needs to be top notch. We are open to having an icon next to our logo as well.
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Sunny, fresh, organic, but sheek design. We want to provide women the tools to reach an optimal level of fitness in order to be strong mothers. We want women (who are at a vulnerable time in pre/postnatal phases of life) to feel empowered by our site. We will pay an additional $200 for the logo -art in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. .
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Nicaragua is known for the Sandinista Revolution, an inspiring struggle for national liberation. What has never been told before is the story of how homosexuals, in the teeth of a machista Roman Catholic culture, battled for their own space inside the Revolution. What really happened when the Sandinistas found their soldiers and revolutionary comrades falling in love with the wrong sex?
The unique story is related through the drama of personal experience. Lupita tells of life as a 14 year-old urban guerilla making cocktails in her back room--and what happened when she came out as a lesbian. Alfonso explains how he discovered cottaging in Managua�s ruined Cathedral. Walleska confesses to running away to join the Sandinista People�s army at 13, and undercover lesbian relationships in uniform.
In the film, ex-President Daniel Ortega analyses the struggle within the FSLN over respect for lesbian and gay rights. The gay community is shown taking sex education to the streets and into the buses in Nicaragua�s innovative AIDS program. And the emerging gay and lesbian movement asks how will they survive the threat of a hostile new government since the Sandinistas lost power?
SEX AND THE SANDINISTAS also explores the hidden world of lesbian and gay culture in Managua- from safe sex demonstrations to drag shows; from lesbian love poetry to debates about butch/femme role playing; and a tribute to Nicaragua�s homosexual indigenous ancestors. Without assuming any prior knowledge of Nicaraguan history, the film brings to life the extraordinary and valuable experience of lesbians and gays coming out in the whirlwind of a Latin American revolution.
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Confectioners Returning to Their Chocolate Roots
Michael Antonorsi and other micro confectionery stars help the industry giants remain chocolatiers, not just candy factories.
Despite their size and mastery of mass-production technology, even the world's biggest confectioners are learning new tricks from small, culinary chocolatiers. It's an acknowledgement that small indulgences can help even penny-conscious consumers survive a recession as long as the product delights.
Top chocolatiers such as Jacques Torres have worked as consultants for industry giants. Both parties can win because the large processor-marketer gains access to chefs versed in experimentation and may help develop a hit product, while the small operator retains independence.
Interest by Big Chocolate in small gourmet idea mills is nothing new. Earlier in the decade, for example, Hershey created an Artisan Confections Co. unit aimed at capitalizing on demand for premium, handcrafted chocolates. The company has since shuttered two of the chocolatiers it acquired, Scharffen Berger and Joseph Schmidt, which offered "great strategic opportunities for Hershey to capitalize on the high-growth, on-trend premium chocolate segment," said Richard Lenny, Hershey's chairman, president and CEO, in 2005. There may be long-term benefits for Hershey, however, as the company gained intellectual capital beyond its initial goals, which included bolstering its upscale department store gourmet business.
"As people look for fresher, more natural [and premium] products, manufacturing becomes an issue," says Michael Antonorsi, a master chef who thinks in recipes, not formulas. He and brother Richard, expatriates of Venezuela with multigenerational cocoa in their blood, founded Chuao Chocolatier in 2002.
Michael Antonorsi in the Chuao Chocolatier plant: While batches are limited to the 160 lbs. of a traditional chocolate wheel, moulding has increased from 50 to 600 moulds an hour as Chuao has grown.
Known for their all-natural fusion approach to fine chocolate, their company grew from one kitchen and store in the San Diego area to three. This growth, a 25,000-sq.-ft. plant and growing, national distribution ranging from Whole Foods to Wal-Mart – anywhere gourmet chocolates are sold – have landed Chuao on cable TV's Food Network, the network morning shows and in some of the chocolate industry's biggest plants as a consultant.
Chuao's roots are in wild flavor fusions that cater more to adult tastes – such as goat cheese, curry, cumin and cayenne pepper. One of the most popular examples is the Firecracker bar, a chipotle caramel fudge truffle with popping candy (think Pop Rocks) and dark chocolate.
As both a manufacturer and a nascent consultant, Antonorsi is sensitive to the "realities and restrictions" of creating and producing products en masse. The contrasts are stark between a typical large plant and his own, artisan operation.
In his own products he uses no preservatives and favors natural ingredients to the utmost. "We don't even use natural flavorings. We use only the real deal," he says. So if he wants cinnamon in his chocolate, he won't use even a natural oil concentrate. So it's tricky to scale up his artisan recipes to mass production. But when done right, chocolate turns into gold.
In terms of the mechanicals, Chuao's plant is based on "the artisan principles of chocolate – small batch, lots of control. We are a HACCP facility. We are in more than 5,000 points of sale nationwide, but we're still a very small player out there," he says. Being both a plant operator and a consultant to the big brands, the chef-turned consultant sees both sides of the art and science of volume production.
His own batches at Chuao are limited to the capacity of his smallest piece of equipment. "We are still operating in a very traditional style of Belgian style of chocolate using a little chocolate wheel." This limits production to 160-lb. batches. While the technology predates depositing lines, the end result has earned Chuao's gourmet products the national epicurean spotlight.
That's not to say production hasn't become more efficient. The little plant started out handling 50 moulds an hour with labor done completely by hand. Today, a machine moulds roughly 600 moulds an hour. "And if we grow, eventually we'll get into another moulding line or else a faster line," says Antonorsi. He's "constantly" looking for new equipment to operate more efficiently, however he draws the line at technology that "transforms the product into something different."
For example, if he wants a full-nut bar, he won't change it to chopped nuts just to accommodate a machine. In addition to being principled, he's also realistic; he can't buy every piece of whiz-bang technology to solve problems, such as evenly depositing nuts just-so. But he will cobble together prototypes to accomplish what he needs.
Plant solutions start small
A small company adding equipment isn't all that different than a large one testing a new product, because new lines typically start small. Leading companies often even buy the same equipment as small processors, scaling-up for high volume only after success in the handful of test markets.
While there are some stark contrasts between small plants like Chuao's and those operated by the biggies, the chocolate-making process hasn't changed all that much for decades, even hundreds of years. Smaller plants typically begin by melting 10-lb. blocks or wafer-type bulk chocolate in tanks, to a temperature that allows the crystal structure to form. The chocolate is then tempered or cooled to enable the crystals to form with the cocoa butter, and unstable crystals are heated-off, then run through an enrober or moulding process then cooled and packaged.
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Source: Ellen Zukunft McGrew Papers, 1942-1958; East Carolina Manuscript Collection #723
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This featured portrait is of Ellen Zukunft McGrew of Portland, Maine, an X-ray technician who in 1942 joined the WAVES which is the acroylm for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. WAVES were more commonly known as, Women in the U.S. Navy, and were part of the National Naval Reserve. This portrait, which shows her in her WAVES uniform as a USNR (WAVES) officer, is an item from the Ellen Zukunft McGrew Papers. The finding aid for the Ellen Zukunft McGrew can be accessed at http://specialcollections.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0723/.


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Golf Tidbits: Is the anchor ban needed?
Philadelphia, PA – The United States Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club announced Tuesday they are enacting the anchored putting ban as a new rule in 2016.
Cutting to the chase, they are waiting until 2016 because that is when the next Rules of Golf is officially published. Those rules are updated every four years, and that is the next update.
That's the simple part. The hard part of this is figuring out why the rule was needed in the first place.
The new rule, Rule 14-1b, basically states that a player cannot anchor a belly putter or a long putter against ones body when making a stroke. It doesn't make those clubs illegal, just the act of anchoring said club against ones body.
I'm conflicted as to whether the rule will help the game. By the USGA's own admission, only 2-4 percent of golfers across the United States and Europe use anchored putters.
But you know who does? Four of the last six major champions!
The cynics will say this is a rush to judgment because players with anchored putters are now winning majors. The traditionalists will argue that anchoring the putter against one's body is not a true stroke of the golf club.
In essence, both sides are correct.
This issue was not at the fore three or four years ago. Keegan Bradley then became the first with a belly putter to win a major, the 2011 PGA Championship. Ever since, Webb Simpson has won the U.S. Open, Ernie Els the British Open and Adam Scott this year's Masters.
Anchored putters are not taking over the game, despite these four wins, as the USGA pointed out with the number of people using these clubs. At the same time, the traditionalists are right in saying that using an anchored putter is not a true stroke.
The USGA admitted there is no statistical data saying anchoring provides an advantage. They counter that by saying the rules of the game are not based on statistics, but on "judgments that define the game and its intended challenges."
Though it is a separate issue completely, the USGA and R&A changed the rules regarding grooves on clubs a few years ago because there was statistical data saying certain clubs gave more of an advantage.
In the case of the anchored putters, that data would be nearly impossible to calculate. It was easy to measure, on say wedges, because different groove- types created more or less spin, therefore controlled the distance of the golf ball and the spin that ball would get when landing on the greens.
The anchored putter ruling points out that, "One of the challenges is to control the entire club, and anchoring alters that challenge."
True enough, but again, is it an advantage? That determination will likely never be answered. Now that the rule has been adopted, some 1 million golfers worldwide using long putters have 2 1/2 years to adopt a new putting stroke.
For the average Joe and tour pro alike, that is plenty of time.
You can include me in the camp that this rule wasn't needed at this time.
The rule most people want to see adjusted is the performance of the golf ball. We all love the 300-plus yard drives, but when guys on the PGA Tour are hitting eight irons over 200 yards, something has to be done. Legends like Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer even agree on that point.
For now, it's time for Bradley, Els, Scott and Simpson to figure out a new way to putt. Els is already in the Hall of Fame, so his legacy is fine. Scott, 32, is the oldest of the other three. They all have a long career ahead of them.
Or do they? If they can't putt with a regular putter, what happens to them? They're still major champions, but that only carries so much weight.
Some have pointed out that it should only take 60 days to learn a new putting stroke.
Start now, boys, and you'll have that new stroke mastered for Friday, July 19. Guess what? That happens to be the Friday of this year's British Open. Imagine that.
The U.S. Ryder Cup team has had trouble in recent years winning the Cup back from the Europeans. Part of the reason is the abundance of stellar match play players on the European team.
Ian Poulter (12-3-0), Sergio Garcia (16-8-4) and Luke Donald (10-4-1) head that group. But it is one of their teammates that has been turning heads in match play this year.
Graeme McDowell had struggled in his few appearances at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. This year, he posted a 3-1 record as he lost in the quarterfinals.
Last weekend, the 2010 U.S. Open champion won all six of his matches at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. That raised his record in that event to a staggering 14-2.
In the 2011, McDowell lost in the quarterfinals, which gave him a 3-1 mark for the week. Last year, he fell in the finals, meaning he went 5-1
His combined record in the two match play events stands at 20-9. He is also 2-1 in three singles matches at the Ryder Cup, and owns a 5-5-2 overall record in that event.
The Americans need to add more match play tournaments if they want to keep up with this group. McDowell would probably star at that event, too.
Maybe they shouldn't invite him?
* In a week when there was a 61, a 62 and four 63s, it is no wonder all sorts of records fell at the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. The 54-hole scoring record fell, and Jennifer Johnson fired a 65 in the final round to smash the 72-hole scoring record by four strokes. Twelve players finished at 16-under par or better, and they combined for only 10 rounds in the 70s. Of those 10, just two (72 and 73) were of par or worse.
* Sang-Moon Bae claimed his first PGA Tour title on Sunday at the Byron Nelson Championship. He became the fourth Korean-born player to win on the PGA Tour, and extended a streak in which there has been at least one Korean-born winner on tour each year since 2005.


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With a stay at Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa in Sandys, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of King's Wharf in Dockyard and Somerset Long Bay Park.
This 4-star resort is 7.3 mi (11.7 km) from Horseshoe Bay and 10 mi (16.1 km) from Elbow Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 87 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Grab a bite at Breezes, one of the resort's 3 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 3 bars/lounges. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
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Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa, Bermuda's premier cottage resort, provides the ideal sanctuary for guests seeking a relaxing escape from the demands of contemporary life. Here, guests can indulge in a serene or romantic getaway while experiencing the island's rich history and distinctive culture. Cambridge Beaches offers guests all the sophistication of an internationally acclaimed resort in an authentic Bermudian environment without the demands or distractions of traveling with children, as Cambridge Beaches is the island's only Child Free Resort that caters exclusively to guests 13 years and older.
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Tamarisk - Overlooking Mangrove Bay. Peaked ceiling with pale-wood beams, pink walls. Also terrace seating under white canopy and umbrellas. Buffet and á la carte breakfasts. Four-course dinners with new menu daily and choices such as grilled-vegetable terrine, fish chowder, salad, lamb loin, and dessert. Live music nightly in the summer. Dinner dress code is resort elegant (jacket & ties optional).
Breezes - Seasonal restaurant. Alfresco dining on the beach with amazing sunsets. Cocktails and grilled seafood. Open for lunch and dinner (weather permitting).
Shutters - Poolside lounge by multi-level infinity pool. Casual dining. Open for lunch.
Port O'Call - Black-timbered seafarers'-type pub inside and covered-veranda seating outside overlooking Mangrove Bay. Complimentary rum-swizzle party Monday nights. Serving light dinner menu (seasonal).
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This Bermuda resort features direct access to a private beach, three hard-surface tennis courts, a croquet lawn, and a putting green, all complimentary for the hotel's guests. At the resort's marina, guests can rent motorboats, various sailboats, kayaks, and snorkeling and fishing gear. Bicycles and motor scooters can be rented at the resort.
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Check-in time ends at 11 PM
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A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 12 years old and younger are not permitted at this property. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
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The Bars Section of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was attacked during King Georges War on August 25, 1746 by a group of French, Abenakis and Kanien'kehaka (Mohawk) from Kahnawake, a reserve in Quebec, Canada. This prisoner halter was found after the attack and would have been tied around a prisoner's neck, with a person holding each end of the line to keep him in line. Notice the woven pattern of three groups of three people in white, brown, orange and blue. This artifact was donated to the Deerfield Academy Museum around 1800 by Dorothy (Williams) Ashley. Ashley (1713-1808) lived in Deerfield in 1746 and was the wife of the Reverend Jonathan Ashley, Deerfield's minister from 1732-1780.
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I'm an early career UK philosopher, and I'm extremely lucky to be taking up a TT position in the USA in August. My campaign for employment was greatly helped by reading the Smoker, so many thanks for that.I'm writing to ask for you and your readers' advice about some cultural differences in teaching practices, in the hope that a bit of crowd-sourcing can help me to adjust my teaching style to better serve my American students.Many of you may know that the way classes are taught in the UK is quite a bit different than in the US. Over here most courses involve a lecture component (usually two 50 minute lectures a week, all students present) and a student-centred discussion/tutorial component (usually one 50 minute session every week from week 3 onwards, with anywhere up to 20 students in each group).At my new school in the US, I'll be teaching two 75 minute sessions per week, both of them with all of the students present (with about 40-50 in each class). Now, I'm acutely aware of the need to keep things lively and dynamic. Talking at students for 75 solid minutes is bound to be pretty useless, pedagogically speaking, never mind deeply exhausting for me. I'm told and have often read that most people's attention spans are between 25 and 45 minutes, and that active learning and participation generally works a lot better than passive. So here's my basic question: how do you carve up those 150 minutes a week? How do you keep things active, lively and interesting with large groups and long classes?Don't get me wrong, I'm not entirely clueless, presumably one can break the class up into small groups for discussion (then have them report back), stage debates, give in-class tests or writing assignments, have a break half-way through, stop regularly for questions, etc. Is this all there is to it? Or do people have other innovative techniques for keeping students engaged and learning? Is there a particularly good way to structure long classes, to string together these sorts of techniques? And finally, are there perhaps any fellow Brits with experience of both countries who can advise me about adjusting to the US M.O.?I really appreciate any comments, even if it's to say that my question is somehow ill-founded - as a metaphysician, I'm more than accustomed to that sort of response.Thanks for your time and all your inspiring contributions to our profession.
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- March 21, 2011 at 5:07 PM
"At my new school in the US, I'll be teaching two 75 minute sessions per week, both of them with all of the students present."
My italics.
Best laugh I've had all night. Good luck with that one.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:11 PM
There's no mention about whether these are undergrad or grad level classes.
If there's "40-50" students in each class, then I'm willing to bet these are undergrad courses.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:43 PM
It's undergrad, obviously. Even in the bigger programs in the US, you won't be teaching a class with 40-50 grad students in it.
- March 22, 2011 at 2:35 AM
- zombie said...
If the 50 minute lecture plus discussion sections model works for you, seems to me you could adapt that to your 75 minute classes.
You could, for example, start each class with 25 minutes of directed discussion, or guided group activity, perhaps reviewing the previous class session. Then break for five minutes, then proceed with the lecture for the remainder of the class.
The trick will be to get students to show up on time (as always). But it strikes me that if you held the discussion section in the second half of class, some students would see that as an opportunity to leave early. So, obviously, you need to make it clear that both parts of class are required.
- March 22, 2011 at 5:48 AM
Congratulations on the job! Some schools in the US do use the kind of course structure that you described -- two 50-minute lectures and one 50-minute, smaller group discussion. You may find that you have the option of scheduling your courses in three 50-minute blocks, if that's more to your liking.
Since I have no special advice of my own, I'll just refer you to the blog In Socrates' Wake. It's a blog about teaching philosophy, written (mainly?) by philosophers in the US.
- March 22, 2011 at 6:59 AM
- Drew said...
These are undergrad classes - sorry I didn't state that in the original query. And thanks for posting it!
- March 22, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- DR said...
All courses at my school used to meet three times a week for 50 minutes each time. Now some courses use that model and others meet twice a week for 75 minutes each time. If you have the choice, I recommend the former model, although it depends what your students are like. Engaged, hardworking, intelligent students can easily keep a class going (as long as you give them a chance to ask questions, etc.) for 75 minutes.
As you say, "Talking at students for 75 solid minutes is bound to be pretty useless, pedagogically speaking, never mind deeply exhausting for me." The question is what else you can do that will not be pedagogically useless. You mention a few ideas, most of which sound worth trying. I would avoid taking a break in a class of that length, though, because it might seem a bit unprofessional to some (it's OK in classes lasting two hours or more, I think) and because some students might not return from the break.
- March 22, 2011 at 8:17 AM
I, too, loved the "with all of them present" remark--if I ever walked into my classroom to find all of my students present I think I'd die of shock.
Probably, you just meant that there are no discussion sections, just the two long-ish class meetings each week. But just in case you're assuming all those students will actually show up regularly, you might talk to faculty at your new department to find out more about what attendance is usually like in their courses. If students aren't big attenders there, then you might ask your new colleagues what advice they have for encouraging attendance and what attendance policies they adopt.
Also, knowing what to expect, attendance-wise, can help you think about how to spend class time. You might feel comfortable organizing meetings around a lecture/ discussion format (no small groups) if only 25 or so of the 40+ seats are filled on a typical day. But if you really do have 50 butts in seats, and if they really do show up on time, then you might want to start thinking about what to do.
- March 22, 2011 at 9:54 AM
This is general advice for anyone starting a job: ask for sample syllabi from your new department. This will give you a sense of the variety of ways your colleagues handle the course structure. It also gives you a sense of what you can expect your students to have studied in their other classes, and the kinds of assignments they have completed in other courses.
In this case, also ask for syllabi used by your predecessor. See what has been done in the past, which can give you an idea of what to do and help you figure out what you may need to alter.
- March 22, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- DR said...
There are more ideas here: http://www.teachphilosophy101.org/Default.aspx?tabid=63
- March 22, 2011 at 10:58 AM
My classes normally meet twice a week, for 75 minutes each. It can take some work to come up with material for the whole amount of time. I haven't found it unmanageable, though. It helps to assign readings that (a) are accessible to the students, and (b) relate to things they know a little about. This makes it easier for them to contribute to discussion during class. My typical approach is to divide the time into short periods. Lecture on topic A for 20 minutes, and then stop for discussion. Is this plausible? Can you think of objections to this view? etc. Then repeat for B and C. This usually gets me through with a mixture of lecturing 70% and discussion/questions from students 30%. I don't do any of the group activities or such since I always found them unhelpful myself. Also, one thing I notice which is different from graduate school: undergraduates need to be motivated and enthusiasm helps. They are impressed by this, regardless of the content of your lecture.
- March 22, 2011 at 3:39 PM
I read this thread earlier and Anon 3:39 beat me (for the most part) to the punch, because like her/him, I don't accept the fact that attention-span stats should drive pedagogy.
First, go with your best pitch. If you can effectively use group discussions during the class to break an otherwise unilateral presentation, then by all mean do so. I've tried them and I simply cannot make them work.
Second, I do not accept that student's attention spans are as short as reported. It depends. They can certainly play a video game for hours because they are in control and have self-expectations about success. In class they can only be in control (as they may think) of questions and discussion. You as prof can help them in that regard by leading them to ask questions and make them want to discuss issues. My experience is that you must be somewhat confrontational in order to elicit such responses. I do not mean to get personal with particular students, mind you. Any such confrontation must be generalized. Example: in a recent class about free will I posed the point that determinism of human nature is rather a forceful view. I asserted that the seat they occupied in the class was a possible demonstration for it. They--like most students--sit in the same places day-to-day despite the fact there is no seating chart. It is dictated by habit and social reinforcement. This challenged them to reflect on why they do the things they do without thinking about them. As they left class that day, and before anyone left the room, I predicted that at least one student would sit in another open seat the next day. In the next class they could see the perplexing place the remark put them--either way their behavior might verify the claims of determinism.
Third--I have taught a 150 minute once-a-week class every semester for the last 25+ years. I get very good evals; I have won state and national awards for teaching (I only say that for getting some cred; I do not and cannot reach every student and frankly am no guru about how to do so. I just try to reach as many as possible and make that my mainstay of effort.) This has been my greatest challenge. And since I can't effectively do group work, it's mostly laid on me otherwise to try and get students' attention. So generally let me recommend:
Fourth and foremost. Teach yourself. Every class, try to teach yourself. Not them. Above all, keep yourself interested. Challenge yourself to greater insight, better examples, and make yourself part of your audience. If you can't interest you, why would anyone else care? (Assuming you want to be interested in learning--and make no mistake about it--profs should learn more than anyone else in the class.) If you leave a class bored with yourself, then you can probably assume the class was as well.
Fifth. Every day is a challenge. Colds. Your spouse left you. Bad knees. Back spasms. And much worse. I've found that so many times the classroom is the one place I can try to assert one last power of self--to think past me, and try to get to bigger truths that might matter to someone else. Solid teaching is day-in, day-out courage--don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Best of luck my friend. Your inquiry itself speaks volumes about your dedication--would that I were so reflective when I took my TT job.
- March 22, 2011 at 6:02 PM
It depends on what the students are like. I did my undergrad at a US college where the students were by and large extremely motivated, intelligent, and willing to take part in discussions. I had classes that had two 75 minute sessions or even one 170 minute session, and none of the professors I had had problems with keeping the class engaged. They'd occasionally throw out questions that would start discussions at the appropriate points in the lecture, or the students would voluntarily ask good questions. And our classes were typically about that size, too.
- March 22, 2011 at 6:24 PM
My impression is that, unless you're coming to a top-notch university, the average level of reading comprehension among first-years here in the States is going to be lower than the average level of reading comprehension among first-years in the UK. The same probably goes for writing and critical thinking. Our schools simply don't do as good of a job of teaching those skills.
I don't have any personal experience to back this up -- just second- and third-hand reports. I'd be curious to know whether people who've taught in both places can confirm or refute this generalization.
- March 23, 2011 at 6:23 AM
I'm a fellow-Limey who's been in the US for five years. I came from a top UK institution, and am now at an outstanding US one. My classes have been smaller discussion seminars (around 20 students), so I can't offer as much on the mechanics of teaching, but here are thoughts on cultural differences:
First, Anon 6.23's claim that US students are behind UK students in reading comprehension - I definitely haven't found that to be the case. Admittedly, I'm at a place where the students pride themselves on academic rigour, but my students here read much more closely and thoughtfully than my students back in the UK did. They're also more engaged with the questions we cover: there's much less of that clichéd ironic uninterestedness that a lot of UK undergraduates adopt as a shield against possible failure.
Secondly, I've found that a higher proportion of US students actively make the most of you as a teacher. The ones who are really interested will seek you out in office hours with questions. They'll want a lot of guidance with papers. This isn't true of all students, but it's my impression that more US students than UK students will be like this, and those that are, are more so. Perhaps this is due to the grading system: my UK institution used end-of-year exams, so papers written during the year were only useful as dry runs for the exam; here, it's all about continual assessment, so every paper counts. It might also be the cost of a decent US education - if they're paying so much, they want a lot back.
As a result, I'd advise you to set clear boundaries very early on. This way you can be firm-but-fair: I've found that, if students know the limits you've set, they're happy - but if you (apparently) arbitrarily withhold help, they get jumpy. Say when you'll be willing to help them, and when "your time" is. And never, never, never let them know your phone number.
Thirdly, I think students here are more comfortable confronting the professor with their own opinions. Politics is one way this comes through: whereas the overwhelming majority of UK students seem to tilt to the left, there's a significant number of conservative students here, many of whom are better-read and more articulate than their progressive peers. (This might not be as much of an issue in teaching metaphysics, but it's worth being aware of.) Find non-confrontational ways to deal with this: don't come in and harangue US students about how much better it is to have the NHS than the privatised healthcare system here, for example.
Fourthly, feel free to play on your foreignness. It's a cheap shot, but it'll get you good evaluations. If you're English, you might be the genial, slightly absent-minded type or the bone-dry wit, for example. Make a joke of it; mock yourself gently for your foreign eccentricities. It shouldn't be overplayed to the extent that that it gets tired, but you'll find it gets a good response. This will also help rescue you in any early slip-ups, while you're settling in: they'll attribute it to foreign ways, rather than incompetence. Our accent is inexplicably prestigious: students comment on it as a "strength" in my teaching evaluations. (Also, if you're single, then you'll find it a handy little boost.)
Finally, classes. I teach 80 min classes, and use a lot of small-group discussion. I prepare three or four questions to discuss in groups - giving them chance to hammer out details - before reconvening to summarise and take the discussion to more complicated levels.
Overall, I think you have every reason to be confident. Americans, in my experience, are much more welcoming than Brits, and I've found my time teaching here to be a real pleasure: stimulating, engaged students, and departments with less paperwork and oversight than in the UK. You should look forward to it eagerly! Congratulations on getting the job, and good luck!
- March 25, 2011 at 11:31 AM
I am making the opposite move: from USA to UK, and need advice from Drew and other UK philosophers. How on earth do I lecture for 50 minutes without any discussion? It is an honest sincere question. Do I really just keep talking all this time and they keep listening? Do they ask questions at least? Do you pause to ask them questions? As you see, I am a bit intimidated by this prospect.
Intimidated and alarmed. Right now teaching is one of my greatest pleasures - I get "flow" out of interacting with students during class. Will I get flow out of lecturing for 50 min? I worry that I won't...
I'd be really grateful for any advice...
- March 25, 2011 at 11:39 AM
11:31 (the 'fellow limey') is my nominee for Best Comment of the Year. Actual concrete, useful help in a comment, and lots of it!
- March 25, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Ben said...
"How on earth do I lecture for 50 minutes without any discussion? It is an honest sincere question. Do I really just keep talking all this time and they keep listening? Do they ask questions at least? Do you pause to ask them questions?"
Having been in the UK all my life, it's difficult to understand this, because I don't really understand the American system. Still, here goes...
Here there's generally a clear diving line between lectures, in which students are expected to listen and take notes, and seminars (tutorials, discussion sessions, etc) which are supposed to be participatory dialogues. You're probably more likely to find that students will want their seminars to become lectures, rather than vice versa, in my experience.
It's not that difficult to talk for 50 minutes, but it may be harder to maintain student interest. In general, yes, keep talking - though not too quickly and don't be afraid to pause or repeat yourself while students are taking notes.
Do they keep listening? Well, maybe, but some of them probably weren't listening to begin with, so that may be a bit optimistic.
As for questions, in my experience you're not likely to be interrupted unless you invite it. You could begin by telling students to raise their hand if they have a question and/or promising time for questions either at the end or perhaps a break in the middle.
I've found the latter strategy can work well in breaking up the monologue, splitting the lecture into two blocks of 20-25 minutes, which is a reasonable attention span. That said, it works best with audiences of around 20-40, not so well with 200-400.
- March 25, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Drew said...
I second Anon 2:28's view that my 'fellow limey' (do I count as a limey if I'm Scottish?) has offered unusually valuable and comprehensive advice and probably deserves a small prize of some kind. Thank you all for your thoughtful and generous comments. I'm looking forward to my big move even more now.
As to Anon 11:39, who is in the opposite situation - I agree with Ben's advice. In my lectures in the UK I've found you only get questions and discussion if you actively and consistently encourage it and/or if you're in a particularly good institution.
I've tried two methods for doing this, one less successful, one more so.
The less effective way is explicitly to signal a pause for questions during your presentation, with an appropriate powerpoint slide (a colleague of mine puts up an image of two paw-prints, how droll) or by asking for questions. (There was a helpful thread on here a while back about better and worse ways to ask for questions, I seem to recall.) You'll probably get one or two questions every so often doing it this way. But not much more than you'd get anyway in my (admittedly limited) experience.
The more effective way is to encourage students to interrupt you - this does not come naturally to most Brits, as interrupting people is generally considered rude, esp. if that person has some sort of authority over you. This combined with a bit of shameless provocation ('you don't all really think this theory works do you?') tends to work quite well. The students will still raise their hands before speaking of course, rather than jumping right in, but I've found more of them do so if you let them ask questions as they come to mind.
(By the way, even using the latter technique, on a good day, with good students, I've found you'll still spend only about 15 minutes max of your 50 minute lecture discussing questions.)
In theory, the real discussion happens at the tutorials (intro level, usually run by TAs or 'tutors' as we call them here) and seminars (upper level, usually run by the lecturer). These sessions, in theory at least, consist almost entirely of students talking about the work they've done on their own at home (there are usually specific readings set in advance and students are *supposed* to have done them before the meeting.).
Most schools I've taught at (I've taught at 4 different UK ones of varying standards) strongly encourage a pretty passive approach to tutorials/seminars on the part of the lecturer, or to put some spin on it, a 'student-centred' approach. In other words, the point is to get students talking to one another, not to get them talking to you. I do this by having students sign-up to start off each session with a short (5-10 minutes, non-assessed) prepared presentation. On a good day you get a really nice lively and interesting discussion, in which your only role is to keep people on point, maybe clarify an issue or two, and then offer up a summary of what's been covered at the end. In other words, you'll only end up talking for 5 minutes or so in total. This is only when it's working really well. Most of the time, as Ben says, students just want another lecture and it's a constant struggle to get them to address their questions to one another and not to you.
I guess the theory behind this whole approach is that students learn more, or learn more effectively, when they talk to one another and actively hash out ideas in their own way and at their own level. I gather there is some evidence out there for this, though I haven't had a chance to research it for myself as yet. It will be really interesting to compare it first-hand with the more hands-on approach to teaching required at my US school. If I have any revelations perhaps I'll send a follow-up email to the blog at some future date.
In the mean time, thanks again everyone, and best of luck to Anon 11:39 and to all the other Smokers.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A year ago, Pittsburgh was baseball's feel-good story, ending a two-decade drought by enjoying not only its first winning season in two decades, but also its first postseason appearance since 1992.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A year ago, Pittsburgh was baseball's feel-good story, ending a two-decade drought by enjoying not only its first winning season in two decades, but also its first postseason appearance since 1992.
Try the Kansas City Royals.
The Royals have the longest current postseason drought, dating back to their 1985 World Series championship.
There are, however, signs of life in Kansas City.
After an 8-20 May last season, the Royals did not phone it in. They rebounded and found themselves on the edge of the American League Central race in the final month of the season. They bounced back from the struggles of May to win 64 of their final 110 games, tied for second in victories over the final four months of the season behind only the Los Angeles Dodgers, and were an AL-best 43-27 with an AL-leading 2.97 ERA.
This is a season the Royals have had their sights set on. The home-grown nucleus of Billy Butler, Eric Hosmer, Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Mike Moustakas is now a big league-tested crew, and their major offseason addition from a year ago, ace James Shields, is free-agent eligible at season's end.
The Royals' 86-76 record last season was the franchise's best since it won 92 games in 1989, and marked only the second winning season for the Royals in the last 20 years. They were 83-79 in 2003.
The second-longest World Series drought belongs to Toronto, which has gone 20 years since the back-to-back championships in 1992-93. The 28 other Major League teams have all been to the postseason within the last 11 years.
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At least the Royals did win the World Series in 1985.
The Chicago Cubs come into the season with the longest championship drought in history, having gone 105 seasons since those back-to-back championship seasons in 1907-08.
To put the drought in perspective, the NHL (1917), NFL (1920) and NBA (1946) were all founded, and a Chicago team in each league has won the championship. Four states were admitted, including Arizona, where the Cubs hold Spring Training. Arizona and New Mexico were admitted to the union in 1912, and Hawaii and Alaska in 1959.
Not only do the Cubs have the longest championship drought in Major League history, but the Chicago White Sox had the second longest, 87 years, which they snapped in 2005. Boston's 85-year drought ended in 2004, the third-longest in history.
The second-longest active streak without a championship belongs to Cleveland (65 years).
Philadelphia went the longest without winning a World Series, being shut out for 77 years before beating Kansas City in the 1980 World Series. The only franchises that have not won a World Series were born of expansion -- Washington/Texas (1961 expansion), Houston (1962), Milwaukee (1969), San Diego (1969), Montreal/Washington (1969), Seattle (1977), Colorado (1993) and Tampa Bay (1998).
The Mariners and Nationals are the only two teams to have never played in a World Series.
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Free agency has not led to dynasties. To the contrary, in the 36 World Series played since the advent of free agency in 1977, 20 of the 30 teams have won a World Series. From the end of World War II until 1976, 12 of the 24 teams won a World Series.
Yes, the Yankees have won seven World Series since 1976, but they won 10 from 1947-1975, and 10 more prior to 1947.
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Clint Hurdle, who managed the Pirates into the postseason a year ago, is the only manager known to be heading into the season in the final guaranteed year of his contract. The Pirates do hold an option for 2015.
Houston manager Bo Porter's contract terms are undisclosed. The Astros announced a year ago that he signed a multi-year deal, and this is his second year. The only other manager whose contract length is not public is Seattle's Lloyd McClendon, signed during the offseason to a "multi-year" deal, which would indicate he has at least two years guaranteed.
Buck Showalter of Baltimore and Mike Scioscia of the Angels have the most financial security. They both have deals guaranteed through 2018. The next longest guarantees belong to Joe Girardi of the Yankees and Mike Matheny of the Cardinals, both through 2017.
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The two exhibition games in Montreal this weekend between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets drew 92,350, an average of 46,175, which promoters hope will help Montreal resurface as a possible city for a Major League franchise. And yes, that attendance is higher than nearly 97 percent of the Major League games played last year, but what can't be overlooked is that it was for two games, not a lengthy period of time.
The Montreal Expos averaged over 26,000 a game from 1979-83, but in their last 20 years in Montreal they averaged 20,000 a game only five times. In 35 years, the Expos drew more than two million fans just four times.
Baseball isn't against giving a team a second chance, however. The Expos moved to Washington, D.C., which lost previous franchises to Minnesota and Texas. Kansas City and Seattle are both on their second franchises, although in both instances congressional leverage helped force baseball to revisit the cities.
The other challenge facing Montreal is that there is no current franchise looking to make a major move, and there is no support for expansion.
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The time and effort you spend building a strong social network might save you money on health care in retirement. That's one of the takeaways from the cover story of the current issue of The New Republic, "The Lethality of Loneliness," which explores the connection between emotional isolation and ill health.
It's long been known that retirement-age people who report feeling chronically lonely tend to die younger and suffer a faster mental decline than the rest of the population. As Judith Shulevitz reports, researchers have recently learned much more about what she calls "the biology of loneliness" – and they now think that a chronic feeling of isolation can itself cause and aggravate physical health problems. Loneliness, it turns out, triggers the same kinds of physical stress responses associated with other emotional upheaval, and over time those responses can leave people with chronic high blood pressure and wear down their immune systems.
Biologists think this effect is particularly damaging to young, developing minds, but it's a problem for aging people as well, and one that's likely to grow as the boomers retire. Shulevitz cites an AARP survey from 2010 in which slightly more than one out of three adults 45 and over reported being chronically lonely. "A decade earlier," Shulevitz notes, "only one out of five said that."