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In the FCS Huddle: The next step is hardest
Philadelphia, PA – Teams with a new head coach often find there's a weigh station halfway up the climb from the outhouse to the penthouse.
Getting to respectability enthuses many, but taking the next step to a championship level frustrates most.
Now that Southeastern Louisiana football is back on its feet, the program faces the tougher part of the ascent.
Second-year head coach Ron Roberts made a move this offseason to close the final gap on the power teams in the Southland Conference. The Lions supplemented their veteran returning lineup with a recruiting class that boasts 20 transfers, a considerably high number for any level of college football.
Game on, the Lions say.
"I think we've done a pretty good job of recruiting," Roberts said. "We have a pretty good corps of kids coming back. We have nine starters on offense, eight on defense coming back. We've added some guys in the mix, we've created a lot more depth.
"We were a very young team last year, I think we're going to be a little more mature. The Southland Conference is a heck of a conference, you have to be ready to play on a consistent basis, week in and week out. I think getting to be able to do that and prepare for that is to compete. You have to have competition and we've created a lot more competition at positions. I'm excited about our opportunities."
When Roberts arrived in Hammond in December 2011, he was coming off a successful five-year run at Division II Delta State. Southeastern Louisiana had gone a combined 5-17 in 2010 and '11, including 2-12 in the Southland, and suffered through six losing seasons in the seven years before Roberts.
In his debut, Southeastern Louisiana made considerable progress. They posted a 5-6 overall record and a 5-2 mark within the conference, finishing only one game behind Central Arkansas and fellow co-champion and FCS back-to-back national runner-up Sam Houston State, although the Lions were a longer way off when considering they lost to those two teams by a combined 90 points.
This year's recruiting class isn't so much a quick fix as it is plugging holes and supplementing depth. Roberts had started rebuilding the foundation before he and his staff signed the transfers.
"Last year, we didn't go into the season with our full allotment of scholarships," Roberts said. "We didn't find the caliber of guys that we needed, so rather than sign a guy that can't play for us, we saved them. Obviously, there's not a lot of high school guys available at Christmas. That was one reason.
"The other thing is our commitment here is we're going to sign Louisiana kids. I don't want to bypass them, those kids that can help us. And after that, we're going to go the transfer route, the junior college or the Division I transfers, and try to get a home, local flavor with our high school players. After that, we'll go on to the best players we can find wherever they area."
The transfers are led by three from FBS programs. Dual-threat quarterback Bryan Bennett, from the University of Oregon, is expected to step in as the junior starter in an up-tempo offense, while physical running back Kody Sutton from Wyoming and athletic defensive back Devanta Davis from North Texas will jump into the mix as well.
Offensive lineman Laurence Ramsey (Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College), defensive lineman Jacob Newman (College of Sequoias) and wide receiver Marquis Hayes (Copiah-Lincoln Community College) also are key additions in the signing class.
Gone is All-Southland cornerback Robert Alford, the first FCS player taken in the 2013 NFL Draft, but the returnees include all-conference second-team selections Gasten Gabriel (left tackle) and Xavier Roberson (all-purpose) as well as tight end Jeremy Meyers, wide receiver Tony McCrea and defensive backs Tyler Stoddard and Todd Washington, who each earned all-conference honorable mention.
"I felt coming out of spring we were a better football team than we were last fall," said Roberts, whose big challenge is to get his players to jell before their 12-game season kicks off on Aug. 29 at home against Southeast Missouri State.
"That's the big challenge anytime you add that many newcomers. We're going to go through that, obviously, in fall camp. That will be the time where we have to get these guys on one page, one heartbeat before we start playing games."
Southeastern Louisiana will lose a small handful of scholarships in the next three years for use of ineligible players under a previous coaching staff in 2006 and '07, but, Roberts said, "We've known about it, we've prepared for it, we're going to plan to make sure it makes the least amount of impact possible."
Roberts' focus remains on getting the Lions to take the next step up the conference ladder. Stephen F. Austin rose from the outhouse to the penthouse a few years back, but has stepped back. Northwestern State was at the rebuilding spot that Southeastern Louisiana finds itself now and then couldn't get over the hump.
The Lions think they have taken some steps to insure they reach their goals.
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"We want to win and we want to be in the (FCS) playoffs and we want to win a conference championship. I don't know if any outside pressure can even come close to what we're going to put on ourselves."


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Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!I agree with others here, this translation must be suspect, and when we examine where it comes from we find a potential for bias. The editor of this volume is Catholic, and he is relying on an "original" text from a Cardinal Mai, also a Catholic, and neither could be respectively assumed to have the same mindset as Cyril intended. See the very clutch matter of studying Cyrilian Christology is to take in the context of the language and theology which was contemporary to Saint Cyril himself, we must never succumb to anachronism. If Chalcedonian Catholics translated this text which we see saying something we do not normally attribute to Cyril, I would assume its safe to assume that this is merely some kind of misunderstanding or mistranslation. I know of no other places where Cyril affirmed the words "in two natures" which is precisely the crux of the debate here, as the OO base our Christology on the concept of Cyrialian langauge of "from two natures" which implies the Union, where as "in two natures" leaves open a slippery slope of potential division or distinction. No while even the Catholic Church today teaches that there is "no distinction or separation" the word "in" clearly leaves open such interpretations for the future, and has supported them in the past, where as in OO we affirm the language of "From two natures" because there is no way to imply a distinction after the Union. The Incarnation is a Cyrilian union FROM two natures and after the Union there in Cyrialian language there is simply "the one, incarnate Nature of God" and in the context of "One" surely then there is no room to speak of two. This is what has always upset we OO in this debate. We simply cannot even conceive of two natures any longer, rather this is merely a feet of intellectual and imaginary exercise. There is only ONE Nature after the Incarnation, the God-Man Jesus Christ without any distinction or separation, an argument which both EO, OO, and even RC mutually seem to agree. It is the semantics that we debate over..This is a semtanics debate about what Cyril intended to say, but I think from the context of dozens of Cyrilian literature examples, we can assume that Saint Cyril never intended to use the words "in two Natures" and so the above quoted letter surely is a mistranslation. As to the deeper matters, really we are arguing the same thing in slightly different ways, and so we probably across Orthodoxy should begin to see our sameness rather than try to splinter off perpetual differences that may not even exist in actual form but rather are formless formalities stay blessed,habte selassie
Accusing a scholar of false and prejudicial translation is a serious charge. Mere appeal to their confessional disposition as the basis of this charge may suffice to appease lay OO concerns, but do not expect such an argument to be taken seriously in academic discourse where nothing less than engagement with the original text to support such a charge would reasonably be expected.
"We say that there is one Son, and that he has one nature even when he is considered as having assumed flesh endowed with a rational soul. As I have already said, he has made the human element his own. And this is the way, not otherwise, that we must consider that the same one is at once God and man…Godhead is one thing, and manhood is another thing, considered in the perspective of their respective and intrinsic beings, but in the case of Christ they came together in a mysterious and incomprehensible union without confusion or change. The manner of this union is entirely beyond conception. ..if anyone says that when we speak of the single nature of God the Word incarnate and made man we imply that a confusion or mixture has occurred, then they are talking utter rubbish. No one could convict us of saying this by the force of proper arguments."
"Well, do we not say that a human being like ourselves is one, and has a single nature, even though he is not homogeneous but really composed of two things, I mean soul and body? And if someone takes the flesh on its own, separating its unity with its own soul, and divides what was one into two, have they not destroyed the proper conception of a man?"the force of proper arguments."
"For there is only one Son, the Word who was made man for our sake. I would say that everything refers to him, words and deeds, both those that befit the deity, as well as those which are human. Just as we say that the flesh became his very own, in the same way the weakness of that flesh became his very own in an economic appropriation according to the terms of the unification. So, he is "made like his brethren in all things except sin alone" (Heb 2: 17). Do not be astonished if we say that he has made the weakness of the flesh his own along with the flesh itself."
Quote from: EkhristosAnesti on July 04, 2011, 09:58:41 PMAccusing a scholar of false and prejudicial translation is a serious charge. Mere appeal to their confessional disposition as the basis of this charge may suffice to appease lay OO concerns, but do not expect such an argument to be taken seriously in academic discourse where nothing less than engagement with the original text to support such a charge would reasonably be expected. Oh, don't get me wrong! I wasn't accusing the scholar himself of adding to St Cyril's words, I certainly wouldn't want to commit character assassination. I felt one of two things could have happened with the following text:1. Something was misunderstood from the original Greek over the course of 1500 years2.I read some where in an article by HE Metropolitan Bishoy that:"Patriarch Macedonius [I.e. Constantinople's Chalcedonian Patriarch], who had definite leanings towards Chalcedon. The Chalcedonians in the capital made a collection of edited excerpts from Cyril, in an attempt to show that Cyril himself supported the Chalcedonian account of the two natures. This work was apparently given to Macedonius, who gave it to the emperor. Severus, in turn, wrote his Philalethes, giving the true context of the quotations from Cyril. Relations between Severus and Macedonius steadily deteriorated. Macedonius'" I had thought a Chalcedonian during the fifth century could have twisted St Cyril's words. I certainly wouldn't accuse Mr. McEnerney himself of falsely mistranslating St Cyril. If I lent myself to that interpretation I am sorry, I am new here and I will choose my words more carefully next time. And, yes I knew that it wasn't "dyo physis" per se which bothered us, but, the way we felt Chalcedonians expressed it. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Part of the reason I thought a (5th century) Chalcedonian might have changed the text is because it is the only time I have ever heard St Cyril speaking of Christ as "in two natures". If it were really a part of his vocabulary you would *think* he would use the phrase more often.. I just thought that this fragmentary letter of St Cyril's, where he uses a phrase unheard of in his vocabulary, could have been yet another result of a Chalcedonian attributing texts to certain Fathers just to support their own views. Again I would just like to apologize and further clarify what I had originally meant. Thank you!
Welcome to the forum, Severian!
Of course it is possible that the text has been mistranslated. It is possible also that it is a forgery. Unlike HabteSelassie, I am no historian, but I am however involved in a field of study which requires me to constantly consider and assess alternative and competing arguments of limitless kinds and to determine which is the most objectively reasonable and persuasive as a matter of logic and sense in consideration of the available evidence.My point was simple and I think quite fair. Reasonable questioning of the authenticity of a translation demands no less than engagement with the original text. How has the text been mistranslated? What is a better translation, and why? Mere appeal to the possibility of mistranslation based simply upon consideration of the translator's confessional bias is just weak conjecture. As to the reasonability of the suggestion that the text is a forgery, I would think that there needs to be more than mere appeal to historical partisan claims of forgery generally with respect to documents by the same author. Is there anything about the particular document in question apart from the particular phrase in contention that would betray the character of St Cyril's style of writing? Is there anything about the document that betrays St Cyril's historical context? Does the document in question have any history of polemical employment? All the questions raised above effectively impose a rather heavy burden of proof on those making the associated claims. In my opinion, it is a much better argument to say simply that in the absence of context the isolated passage is not capable of being used to support an anti-OO position. Needless to say, the idea that St Cyril may have used the phrase in contention once (and, there is indeed no other work of his in which he has ever used the preposition 'in' to qualify any sort of expression of a duality of natures) does not support the idea that it is generally a good or acceptable phrase. This is especially so when we consider that the phrase in question was used in a private letter to an individual, who also happened to be a bishop of Rome, who also happened to have a primary interest in reconciling St Cyril and the Orthodox with John of Antioch and other Syrian dissidents of Ephesus 431 at the time.
The Greek fragment and Latin translation in Migne both say 'in both'. I don't see it as a problem. It's a fragment, it has the authority of a fragment as compared to all of the complete works and letters.
Quote from: peterfarrington on July 09, 2011, 06:09:43 AMI'm not in any position to say whether it is by St Cyril or not. It is Migne, that is all. You'd have to dig a lot deeper to see where it came from.Well thanks for clearing that up, so we have come to a conclusion that St. Cyril did in fact write this, however, it is still a fragmentary letter so I honestly don't think it's authoritative.
I'm not in any position to say whether it is by St Cyril or not. It is Migne, that is all. You'd have to dig a lot deeper to see where it came from.
But, I did cite an essay from HE Metropolitan Bishoy which states that some Chalcedonians did in fact edit some of St. Cyril's works
Happy One Year, Severian. You've really helped make this an awesome forum!
Well, firstly, I would like to say hi! After nine months or so of reading the various posts on this site I decided to join. Now, I hope I am not violating forum rules, I don't want to start a polemical thread, but, I was just wondering how my fellow Oriental Orthodox interpret the following passage of a letter from St Cyril to Sixtus of Rome:"Even though by the nature of his humanity Christ is one in both natures and from both natures"~ St. Cyril Letter 53In this letter St Cyril teaches that Christ is "from two natures" and "in two natures", so I wasn't sure how we interpreted this letter of his. Please be respectful to each other. I DO NOT want another EO-OO christological debate, I want a friendly discussion between fellow Christians.The letter is from "Fathers of the Church Letters of Cyril of Alexandria 51-110", translated by John I. McEnerney and it can be found here: http://books.google.com/books?id=7-NktOwEjYMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=cyril+of+alexandria+letters+51&hl=en&ei=DN0RTt_mB4rAgQfd48zLDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false(Sorry, my computer will not let me hyperlink)Thank You,Severian
I tried to find where exactly this fragment originated from. Apparently its only source is a single manuscript of Leontius of Byzantium who was almost a professional debater against Non-Chalcedonians. None of the Cyril-manuscripts have it. It's very dubious whether St. Cyril is really the author of that fragment.Here is the text of the fragment with ex. Leont. vat. written in the margin. Migne copied this edition.
Quote from: Cyrillic on January 01, 2014, 05:55:32 AMI tried to find where exactly this fragment originated from. Apparently its only source is a single manuscript of Leontius of Byzantium who was almost a professional debater against Non-Chalcedonians. None of the Cyril-manuscripts have it. It's very dubious whether St. Cyril is really the author of that fragment.Here is the text of the fragment with ex. Leont. vat. written in the margin. Migne copied this edition.I'm so envious that you can read that stuff! Is it just from a florilegium or part of a treatise?
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Cacao (a.k.a. cocoa beans) comes from the cacao tree or Theobroma cacao. Theobroma is a Greek word that means "food of the gods." The cacao tree is an evergreen found in over 50 tropical countries, and estimated to be grown by 2 million to 2.5 million producers, 90% of whom are small-scale farmers with 12 acres or less.
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Garth Brooks Set to Receive ASCAP Centennial Award
In the midst of a slew of comeback tour date announcements, new music and more, Garth Brooks is set to receive one big honor. The singer will be one a recipients at the ASCAP Centennial Awards, which will be held on Nov. 17.
Handed out at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, Brooks will be in good company at the ASCAP event. The distinguished award will also be given to Joan Baez, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and Stephen Sondheim.
"Each of our ASCAP Centennial Award recipients is in a class of his or her own, as the creator and performer of songs that have touched the lives of people across the globe," ASCAP President Paul Williams says. "It's wonderful to be able to salute them on the occasion of ASCAP's Centennial."
The evening isn't just about the awards, however. There's also a gala that will celebrate the 100th anniversary of ASCAP the same night and have appearances by the winners, as well as some to-be-revealed guest artists, who will play tributes to the recipients (tickets on sale now, available here).
This is proving to be quite a year for Brooks -- perhaps his biggest yet -- and the ASCAP Centennial Awards are just a portion of it. On Sept. 4, he's kicking off his world comeback tour in Chicago and it's going to be a long one for the country legend, even if no one is sure exactly how long. So far, he's announced several stops in both Chicago and Atlanta.
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"This is an open-ended approach that enables us to compare the environmental and socio-economic effects of different potential responses to climate change," said lead author Dr. Richard Moss, who performs climate change impacts research at PNNL's Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland. "This comparative evaluation is extremely important to determine the technical, policy, and economic requirements for reaching whatever society decides is a safe level of climate change. We hope to provide decision-makers with better tools to help people deal with a shifting climate."
Why it matters: Understanding the impacts and interactions of activities such as increasing energy efficiency and conservation, developing new renewable fuels to replace fossil-based fuels, and planning how land is used is crucial to better decision-making. An essential aspect of the new climate analysis process is the integration of different types of computer models and studies. This is possible because of the open-ended nature of the process and a new sequence for research: rather than treat each problem in a linear fashion, researchers will work to integrate the models to study interactions of human and natural influences on climate. Climate model and socioeconomic data will be available more rapidly to those modeling the potential impacts of climate change. Researchers will be better able to diagnose how different groups of models treat feedbacks—such as additional releases of greenhouse gases from ecosystems—that have the potential to further amplify climate change.
Methods: The process begins with four possible representative climate futures defined by 'radiative forcing'—how much of the sun's energy the atmosphere retains (these are referred to as 'representative concentration pathways', or RCPs). The climate futures represent a very broad range of potential future climate change and are intended to become standard scenarios for future generations of climate model experiments, thus promoting comparison of results over time as climate models themselves are improved. The RCPs were selected through an open, international process that included an IPCC expert meeting and open peer review by modeling groups. The RCPs will be used to initiate climate modeling and provide a general framework for development of socio-economic scenarios which will be paired with the climate model results and used to study climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation.
What's next: Many independent groups of scientists will use the RCPs in climate models. In addition to focusing on the usual century-long time scales typical for climate studies, one set of experiments will focus intensively on one pathway over the next few decades to provide better information on regional changes and extreme events, thus aiding decision-makers in planning adaptations to new, imminent conditions. This is possible because the pathways do not diverge significantly until 2035.
In parallel with development of climate scenarios, new socio-economic scenarios will be developed through an open process to explore important socio-economic uncertainties affecting both adaptation and mitigation. Development of the new scenarios relies on the observation that many different human futures could produce any particular forcing pathway or RCP. Integrated assessment modelers, such as those at PNNL's JGCRI, will research the implications of how different scenarios of population and economic growth, technology futures, and policies influence emissions of pollutants and activities that cause climate change. In addition, working with climate impacts researchers, they will study how different policies and conditions increase or decrease vulnerability to climate change. "We wanted to explore how environmental and social vulnerability would evolve and the resources needed to reduce the impacts of now unavoidable levels of climate change," said Moss.
View the full paper, listen to Nature's "Climate research: the next generation" Feb. 11 podcast featuring Richard Moss, and view the press release here.
Acknowledgments: PNNL is transforming the nation's ability to predict climate change and its impacts. This work was supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Science and many other funding agencies. The Joint Global Change Research Institute is a unique partnership formed in 2001 between the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland.
Reference: Moss RH, JA.Edmonds, K Hibbard, M Manning, SK Rose, DP van Vuuren, TR Carter, S Emori, M Kainuma, T Kram, G Meehl, J Mitchell, N Nakicenovic, K Riahi, SJ Smith, RJ.Stouffer, A Thomson, J Weyant, and T Wilbanks. 2010. "The Next Generation of Scenarios for Climate Change Research and Assessment." Nature, 463:747-DOI:10.1038/nature08823.


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The VA's Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG) released a report yesterday on an audit conducted on the "Control of Veterans' Claims Folders" from March to August of 2009.
During the audit, the VAOIG reviewed policies that are implemented to locate and track veterans disability claims folders. Using the VA's COVERS database, inspectors attempted to determine the accuracy of the current tracking system, but found that 437,000 claims folders were misplaced or lost.
In several instances, lost folders caused processing delays of up to 270 days. As the VAOIG's report indicates, lost and misplaced VA disability claims folders delay the processing of benefits that our nation's veterans have earned and are entitled to receive.
If you need assistance with your veterans disability claim, contact the veterans disability rights law firm of Veterans Help Group. Veterans disability rights lawyers can help you win your claim against the VA!


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A report released this week says that Wyoming isn't cutting it when it comes to science curriculum -- this while the state prepares to accept new common core standards.
Sue Belish, former District 1 Superintendent, now with the State Board of Education, comments.
The state has been reviewing accountability in education leading into the legislative session. Belish is on a task force that has reviewed accountability and presented goals to the Joint Education Committee to improve college readiness and hold educators more accountable. She says adoption of a common core would mean a new state test, as the test must reflect curriculum.
Public comment meetings for proposed common core standards are scheduled this month across the state beginning Monday, February 6th in Gillette.
The report, authored by the Fordham Institute, ranked Wyoming 4th worst out of states in the U.S. in terms of science standards.


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Rick Reinle didn't set out to direct the stage production of Harvey, which this weekend begins a 2-week run at Shelby County Community Theatre. He initially tried out for the lead.
But a twist of plot – and fate and friendship – persuaded Reinle to change his plans, and he stepped into the role of director with Bob Zielinski (co-director) when Zielinski faced extensive surgery.
When the curtain rises tonight on this comedy, these two men will share the director's chair in a unique partnership that has carried them both through some tough times this season.
Zielinski begins the story: "The theater board announces their annual production schedule in December. The play, Harvey, was announced in late 2011 for a February 2013 run. I was on board and ready to go.
"In May 2012, I was diagnosed with cancer. I offered to step down, but the board said, 'No.'''
Neither Zielinski nor the board knew what course his disease would take once he started treatment. They were confident that if he was well enough, he'd follow through with directing the show. They were confident in his directing ability, as well.
"In October 2012, my cancer went into remission," Zielinski said. "My doctors, my wife, Betty, and I decided it would be a good time to have surgery to remove the cancerous tumor. But I wanted to do the initial work-up of the set design and set the blocking of the show before my surgery. I worked these out before the holidays."
This is where Reinle steps in: "I auditioned for the lead. At the same time, Bob talked with me about his cancer. He asked if I would step in and direct when he went in for surgery."
Reinle was directing SCCT's holiday show, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, when Bob approached him to direct. "I told Bob, 'I'll do whatever you need. Paint sets, run the sound booth, anything.' It's what you do for theater friends," he said.
Reinle and the Zielinskis have known one another for years. They have worked on various productions, both in Shelby County and in other local community theaters., "I knew that I would help him out if I could," Reinle said.
So instead of playing the lead alongside the full cast, Reinle inherited a cast selected by Zielinski. "Different directors have different working styles," Zielinski said. "I knew that it would be important to find a director who worked in a similar style as mine. Rick brings continuity to the production.
Said Reinle: "Bob put together a great cast. They understood that this production would be unique, with our shared directing. Many of the actors I've worked with before. But there are a few new faces whom I've enjoyed working with and getting to know."
Said Betty Zielinski: "There's a bond that develops among people who work on a production together. Because you dig deeply into yourself to develop your character, you open up so much. You develop an emotional bond with the other actors, and with the director. You even get close to new actors very quickly. You become a theater family."
Another twist
The theater family gathered around the Zielinskis during this past year, as they faced diagnosis, treatment and surgery.
And then the lot twisted, and that same family was encircling Reinle with support and diversion, too.
He was facing the illness and death of his sister.
"I moved in with my sister this [past] summer, when she became very ill with her own bout with cancer," Reinle said. "The fall was a very emotional time for me, as I watched her health deteriorate. The theater has been a place where I could get away and take on a completely different focus. It's therapeutic."
His sister, Elaine Nation, died on the same day that Bob Zielinski had his cancer surgery, Jan. 3.
"My theater family has really helped me hold it together over these past few months. I don't know what I'm going to do at the end of this production of Harvey. I won't have this diversion any longer," Reinle said.
Betty Zielinski offered some reassurance.
"Even when we don't see one another for a few months, with theater friends, you pick right back up with the friendship and the closeness when you get together again," she said.
A show to inspire
Almost six weeks have passed since Zielinski's surgery and Nation's death. Zielinski has been back at the theater working with Reinle and the cast for a little more than a week.
"I'm very pleased with what Rick has done with it," Zielinski said. "He's adjusted the blocking and rehearsed the show. I've learned things about directing from the way he has pulled it together."
The two directors said they are looking forward to opening night and the energy the audience brings to the production. "In an intimate theater like this one, the audience is as much a part of the show as the actors on stage," Reinle said. "I don't want to know who, specifically, is sitting in the audience, but I enjoy having the audience present. They give us so much."
Harvey, by Mary Chase, is a comedy in three acts about a man and his white rabbit. The play originally was produced in November 1944, when the United States had been involved in World War II for three years. People were in need of a little comic relief, a little whimsy. Harvey provided this: comedy, and inspiration for the imagination.
"If we do our job right," Zielinski says, "the members of our audience will walk out of the theater absolutely sure they have seen a tall, white rabbit. Those who believe will see him. He who does not believe may be followed home by a 6-foot-6-inch-tall white rabbit!"
That sounds like the kind of whimsy and inspiration that Zielinski and Reinle – and all of us – could use in 2013, as well.
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Mention The PLAYERS Championship and most people probably think of the 17th hole on the Stadium Course at Sawgrass where one of golf's most coveted titles has been won and lost on the island green.
But many golf enthusiasts may be
unaware of The PLAYERS Championship role in supporting charitable organizations
on the First Coast, including the University of North Florida.
The most recent manifestation of
this commitment to UNF occurred recently when The PLAYERS Championship
announced a $250,000 pledge to the First Generation Scholarship program. In
return, the University named the organization the title sponsor for next year's
annual First Generation luncheon.
Pierre Allaire, vice president of
Institutional Advancement, praised The PLAYERS Championship for the
organization's latest gift to UNF. "Over the years, The PLAYERS Championship
has demonstrated a commitment to education in general and UNF in particular,
which will pay dividends for generations of our students," he said.
Since all First Generation
scholarship donations receive a dollar-for-dollar match by the state, the
PLAYERS gift eventually will generate $500,000 for scholarships.
That pleases Jay Monahan, executive
director of The PLAYERS Championship, who admits the matching aspect played a
role in organization's decision to make the gift. "If you can double the impact
of a gift, especially during the current economic environment, it becomes a
very attractive opportunity," he said.
Monahan is always looking for such
opportunities, especially since The PLAYERS Championship provides a great deal
of support to Northeast Florida charities — $4.15 million in 2009.
The PLAYERS Championship has a long
history of contributions to UNF, including the establishment of the Osprey Hall
of Fame, which entailed substantial renovations at the UNF Arena. The
organization has also been involved in funding the First Tee program at the
Hayt Golf Learning Center. First Tee provides young people with learning
facilities and educational programs that promote character development through
the game of golf.
The donation to the First
Generation Program means The PLAYERS Championship Charities Inc. has donated
more than $1 million to UNF, making it a member of the University's elite
Founders Society.
Monahan said the First Generation
Scholarship program is a natural investment for The PLAYERS Championship
because of the ever-growing relationship with UNF's students and graduates.
"UNF is part of the bedrock of this community, and its students and alumni are
an important part of THE PLAYERS," Monahan said. "UNF graduates, today and in
the future, comprise spectators who attend the annual tournament, leading business
executives who are sponsors and volunteers who make the event and our
charitable outcome a reality each year.
"Looking back, the investment in
the UNF Hall of Fame was inspirational because we honored individuals who made
significant contributions to UNF and the community. Looking forward, the First
Generation Program gives us an opportunity to inspire young people to continue
their education at a very critical point in their lives."
UNF maintains a
strong relationship with The PLAYERS Championship in helping with the logistics
of the annual tournament.
The tournament,
which generates the charitable contributions, has gone through several
transformations since it was established in 1974 in Marietta, Ga., as the
Tournament Players Championship. It moved to several locations before being
relocated to Ponte Vedra Beach in 1977. Since 1982, it has been played at the
Stadium Course at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) at Sawgrass.
The tournament
offers the highest prize fund of any tournament in golf, paying out $9.5
million in 2009 and attracting the top golfers from around the world.


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A Haven on the Hudson
Imagine an urban refuge where the breathtaking New York skyline is your 24/7 view. Where restaurants, boutiques, nightlife and festivals are part of the everyday vibrancy and where waterfront parks and playgrounds offer a soothing counterpart. Here in Hoboken's coveted north end is 1400 Hudson Street, the most anticipated addition to the Hudson Tea community.


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Clearest View Yet of Massive Star Cluster
A new image processing technique has yielded the clearest view yet of an extraordinary star cluster located about 169,000 light years from Earth. The new technique, called photometric reconstruction, was applied to a photograph of the star cluster Rl36 that was obtained with the Planetary Camera onboard the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. It reveals that there are at least 47 stars located within an area 1.6 light years across in Rl36. (One light year is approximately 5.8 trillion miles long.) In contrast, the Sun is about 4 light years from the nearest known star, Proxima Centauri.
"Our reconstructed photo of R136 shows what the raw Hubble photos will look like after the 1993 repair mission to fix the telescope's spherical aberration," says Goddard astronomer, Dr. Sally Heap.
Combining data from the Hubble photos with spectrograms of Rl36 obtained with the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph on the HST, Goddard scientists determined that many of the stars in R136 are much more massive than the Sun., and include one or more that have 100 times the mass of the Sun. Such stars have very short lifetimes, and the estimated age of the R136 star cluster is only 3 million years, which can be compared with the approximate age of the Sun, 5 billion years.
UPPER LEFT: a portion of a photograph of Rl36 taken by the Planetary Camera on HST in visible light at wavelength 5470 angstroms. This panel, 2 arcsec on the sky or 1.6 light years across at the distance of R136, shows the uncorrected image of the star cluster.
UPPER RIGHT: same picture, shown at the same contrast, but after photometric reconstruction. A total of 47 stars are present. This panel illustrates how pictures from Hubble will look after the first repair mission to Hubble.
BOTTOM: portion of the ultraviolet spectrum of R136 taken by the GHRS. It depicts the intensity of ultraviolet light at each wavelength. The strongest stellar feature (at right) was formed by triply-ionized carbon (carbon atoms that have each lost three of their six electrons) that are streaming out of the brightest stars in R13 in a flow called a "stellar wind."
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Gina McFarland always volunteered for Relay for Life.
But last year things were different.
McFarland, 44, and her brother, Roger Wilson, 40, were diagnosed with cancer three days apart.
�Last year, I was on the other side of Relay,� McFarland said.
In March 2012, McFarland was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and Wilson was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
�It�s hard enough to go through cancer treatment, but when the doctor tells you that you have cancer, you don�t hear much after that. Fear sets in and you start thinking about your family and friends.�
Family support, positive attitudes
Within two weeks of being diagnosed, the brother and sister both had surgery.
�Everything happened so quickly,� Wilson said.
McFarland had her thyroid removed and was quarantined for five days after radiology treatment.
After her treatment, she began to gain strength, but the whole family had to help take care of Wilson.
Wilson had two surgeries, three rounds of chemotherapy and lost 128 pounds during it.
�The treatments made me so sick,� Wilson said. �People had to help me to even get off the couch because I was so weak. I hate it because I�m an independent person.�
Along with family members, Wilson�s 13-year-old son Dawson helped take care of him.
�He was my main caregiver and I�m very proud of him,� Wilson said.
During their treatments, both tried to keep positive attitudes. Photography was McFarland�s healer and gardening was Wilson�s. Facebook also helped serve as a distraction and it kept family and friends posted.
They also tried to both keep positive attitudes.
�Why am I going to worry about something I can�t control?� Wilson asked. �The only people who could do anything were God and doctors.�
'You can get through this'
Though Wilson is on the road to recovery, he still has to go to the doctor every few months because of abnormal Alpha Fetoprotein levels.
�Last year, we weren�t sure if I could do the survivor lap at Relay in a golf cart or not,� Wilson said. �This year, I could give Gina a piggyback ride during the lap.�
During the fight against cancer, the brother and sister bonded more together.
�Cancer makes me thankful for today,� McFarland said. �I�ve had lots of low times in my life but cancer makes a lot of those little problems not matter.�
Friday, McFarland and Wilson will be at Cleveland County's Relay for Life, once again walking the survivor lap.
�Relay isn�t just about raising money,� McFarland said. �It�s about sharing your stories and life experiences. Other survivors show you that you can get through this.�
Reach Jessica Pickens at 704-669-3332 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow on Twitter at @StarJPickens
Relay is Friday
The 2013 Relay for Life campaign culminates Friday at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds.
Events begin at 6 p.m. with a survivors walk, and the activities continue until Saturday morning.
Visit relay.org, search for the Cleveland County event, and donate online. You can also find teams or individuals to donate directly to their campaign.
For more information, contact Julie Pearson at 704-473-1268 or firstname.lastname@example.com .
Check out the Saturday edition of The Star for photos from the event, and "like" The Shelby Star on Facebook for more photos online.


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Thomas Hughes was born in Llanfihangel parish, Cardiganshire, Wales in about 1812. He was the son of farmer William Hughes and his wife Anne Morgan.
Thomas married Ann Morgan at Eglwys Newydd chapel, Llanfihangel on 28 December 1838. At the time, Thomas was living at Abergwngu farm in Llanfihangel and was working as a carpenter.
His bride was the daughter of Morgan Morgan and Catherine Rees, born in Llanfihangel in 1814/15, and baptised at Eglwys Newydd on 28 January 1815. When she married, Ann was still living at Tynybryn farm, where she was born.
Shortly after their marriage the couple moved to Hill Gate, a house on the mountain road into Rhayader, a couple of miles from Abergwngu but in the county of Radnorshire and parish of Llansantfraid Cwmdauddwr. Their first four children were born at this house, while Thomas continued to work as a carpenter.
In the mid-1840s the couple moved again, to the parish of St Harmon where they began to farm at Upper Dolelfe. This farm is beside the main road between Rhayader and Llangurig, and they took advantage of its position to supplement their income by running an inn known as the Severn Arms.
The rest of the couple's children were all born at Upper Dolelfe. In total they had 12 children:
Ann 1839-??
Elizabeth 1841-??
Mary 1843-1856?
Catherine 1844-1933
Thomas 1846-1859
William 1848-1879
John 1850-1918
Harriet 1851-1930
Morgan 1853-1920
Hanna 1855-1856
Evan 1856-1927
Richard 1860-1950
The couple farmed at Upper Dolelfe until Thomas' death in 1893. At that point, under the terms of Thomas' will, their son John took over the farm in partnership with his mother until her death in 1904.
I've been researching my family history for 8 years now and it's about time I shared some of my findings. My father's family come mostly from the North East of England (surnames Hudson, Lamb, Kerss, Pattison, Todner). Mum's father's family come from Birmingham, England (Darby, Pugh, Read) and Mum's mother's from mid-Wales (Pugh, Hughes, Jones).
Friday, 27 May 2011
Thomas Hughes 1812 - 1893 and Ann Morgan 1815 - 1904
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At Inaugural AnchorNETs Conference in Silicon Valley, The Broadband Talk is About Public-Private Partnerships
MOUNTAIN VIEW, November 24, 2015 - Community broadband institutions are a key building block to accelerate deployment of high-capacity internet service, said speakers and panelists at the inaugural Anchornets conference here last week. Such community institutions also play a vital role in facilitating public-private partnerships that aid such deployment, they said at a conference hosted by the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition at the Museum of Computer History here in the heart of Silicon Valley on Monday, November 16. Among the high-profile leaders who emphasized the important role of schools and libraries in promoting high-speed internet service were former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Sunne McPeak, CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund, and Evan Marwell, founder of EducationSuperhighway, a non-profit designed to promote greater internet connectivity in schools. [More...] Keep Reading


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Nationals' Mascots Visit Black Hills of South Dakota
RAPID CITY - Some of the most well-known political figures are visiting South Dakota's Black Hills. The Washington Nationals presidential mascots are spending President's Day at Mount Rushmore.
This is the first time the mascots have visited western South Dakota. The team includes the four presidents whose faces appear on Mount Rushmore: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. William H. Taft just joined the Nationals team. He was the first president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a season opener.
Other places that the mascots visited during their three-day trip to South Dakota included Custer State Park, Wall Drug Store and Deadwood.
The Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Association invited the mascots and are acting as host. Video footage from their tour will be played during future games.
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Timberwolves' Roy: 'So Far I Haven't Had Any Setbacks'
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Brandon Roy says he has not had any setbacks with his troublesome knees as he starts ramping up workouts to prepare for Minnesota Timberwolves training camp.
Roy worked out with several of his new teammates Thursday and says his body feels better than it has in years. The former Portland Trail Blazers All-Star had his contract cleared through the amnesty clause before last season, and he abruptly retired because of chronic knee problems.
After taking last season off and getting some more work done on his knees, Roy is coming back with the Timberwolves, who were looking for a veteran presence at shooting guard.
The Wolves open training camp Oct. 2, and Roy says he can't wait to get going.


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Affectionately known as "the rock day" (devil horn hands optional), day 3 of Reading Festival (Day 1 of Leeds) perhaps offers the least excitement of the weekend band-wise. With news filtering through of Slipknot's cancellation, the most anticipated bands are now glitch-punks Crystal Castles and Pennine crossing revivalists The Last Shadow Puppets.
Arriving too late for the now lovely looking Yeasayer, Adam Green, Cajun Dance Party triple header, we are treated instead to Dev Hynes ten millionth festival set under his Lightspeed Champion guise. Clocking up his eighth appearance for this reviewer in less than 12 months, I am nearly as bored by the set as Hynes himself looks. It's a shame 'Falling Off The Lavender Bridge' has been toured into the ground as songs like 'Dry Lips' and the epic 'Midnight Surprise' still charm and delight in equal measures.
Far worse however are Hadouken! Whilst under no illusions as to Hadouken's musical and intellectual limitations, the affected turd of a set they turn in still manages to shock. With a mass of neon-clad half-wits to play to and only a handful of recognisable tunes, the energy levels and fun factor should be considerably higher than what James Smith and co. manage to deliver.
Slipping through the mud towards the dance tent - helpfully moved from its position of many years - we head towards the dark lights of Crystal Castles. Wading salmon-like through a dearth of Lethal Bizzle fans all emerging sweaty from another round of Skins approved middle-class hip hop is a challenge, with the ground a swampy brown mess. As Bizzle finishes with an energetic "Pow!" one crowd of teenagers is replaced with another. Crystal Castles take to the stage amidst a smog of dry ice and screams. Their sound will be familiar by now but it is no less abrasive and powerful 18 months into a touring schedule. If anything they have improved their live show immeasurably, coming off as loud and shiny as anyone gracing the main stage this afternoon. Starting with a remix of 'Atlantis To Interzone' the Castles M.O is soon established; Ethan Kath sulks in the background hunched over a black box of tricks while Alice Glass rips and pierces the barriers with her shrieks and shouts. The beats rain down fast and hard, seriously hard and the crowd gets more and more hyped. By now Glass had climbed every drum riser, amplifier, and barrier available, with light in hand and vocoder aplenty 'Crimewave' is a weekend highlight. Finishing the set in the crowd Glass leaves those gathered today under no illusions- they just saw the most punk dance act out there.
The Last Shadow Puppets really couldn't lose this one. All Alex Turner and his best mate Miles Kane had to do was come on stage, start the infamous 'Yorkshire' chant and leave. However they have a number one, Mercury nominated album to play and that they do with mixed results. It's somewhat the elephant in the room but let's face it, LSP are Alex Turner's vanity project and Kane is a very lucky coat tail rider. However Alex Turner has a certain magic about him and is a fine song writer so half of tonight's set, like the 'Age Of The Understatement' album whistles and fizzes along nicely. Backed by James Ford on drums and a 16-piece orchestra, the atmosphere is lifted to 'event' status. Decked out in their full 60's Sunday best they both cut a cool shadow - Turner in his first suit and Kane in a turtle neck. However, the single version of 'Age Of The Understatement' is perhaps thrown away too early, as the set rarely reaches the highs showcased in it's galloping rhythms. By the end we are left wanting a bit more, six good songs does not a good festival band make.
The Kills however have a bulging back catalogue to dip into for headline sets like this. With the metal heads watching Metallica getting balder by the second, pilled up kids watching CSS and the lairy lager lads hugging each other to The Cribs a small few gather for The Kills. The media furore over Jamie Hince's girlfriend has overshadowed 2008 for The Kills, as they have released one of the years best LP's in 'Midnight Boom'.'U.R A. Fever', 'Last Day Of Magic' and the delightful 'Cheap and Cheerful' get an airing tonight, however we are also reminded just how many other good songs The Kills have. The slutty riffs of 'Fried My Little Brains' clash perfectly with the hyped up 'No Wow' which in turn purrs tenderly at 'Pull A U'. Playing a greatest hits set, Alison Mosshart and Hince lap up the crowds applause and get more and more intense as the night progresses. As the set ends we walk downfield for fireworks courtesy of Hetfield, Ulrich and Hammett having just witnessed all the real explosions in the festivals smallest tent.


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I am writing in regard to the �Caregiver to Caregiver� column in the Times-News on Jan. 28 and the follow-up article on a music therapy session on Feb. 4.
I have been a professional music therapist for nearly 40 years and although I am now working with developmentally disabled adults, I have also had extensive experience with dementia patients, including my own father. I therefore retain a special interest in this area and am an avid reader of Ruth Johnson�s columns, which I always find interesting as well as informative.
Not only was it a pleasant surprise to see an entire column devoted to my favorite profession on Jan. 28, but the article itself was one of the best descriptions of music therapy I have ever come across.
Intelligent explanations of what music therapy is and how it works are few and far between. This article was well researched and very informative and the �Caregiver to Caregiver� column is to be commended as an excellent service to our community.
Dr. ROSEMARY G. FISCHER
Dr. Rosemary G. Fischer, MTA, teaches adult basic education at Alamance Community College.


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Biology majors may look forward to becoming Biologists; Environmental Engineering majors are likely to become Environmental Engineers; students with a Marine Science education will often work as Marine Scientists. So, what do those who earn an Environmental Studies degree become? Environmental Study-ists?
In this article, recent ES graduate Carol Ruhl writes about her passion for healing the Earth which led her to pursue an environmental education and career. She uses her own experience as an opportunity to enlighten those who are considering an environmental degree, but aren't quite sure where to take it. For these folks, Environmental Studies may be the right path - or, at least, an important part of it.
I've always had a passion for environmental issues. It started out with a love of the natural world and evolved in an elaborate network of beliefs about the importance of environmental equity and of reversing some of the harm that we humans had done to the Earth. I learn more every day about new issues and how they are being resolved in Congress, in the international arena, and in our own backyards. I wanted to pursue a career in the environmental field, and after some research I realized that this would definitely mean attending some kind of higher education institution.
Dozens of entrance essays and a few acceptance letters later, I decided to attend a four-year Environmental Studies program in another state, at the University of Pittsburgh, almost four hours from home. Good grades in high school paid off in the form of a useful scholarship, and I borrowed the rest of the money for my education. Four years later, I have my Bachelor of Arts and I'm out in the working world.
The beginning of my story so far may not be all that different from yours: Students who pursue degrees in environmental disciplines very often have a passion for what they believe in. Kay Fiedler, Admissions Director at Unity College, says that she sees these kinds of wide-eyed and eager young people every year, "Students who want to make a difference in the world, who understand we reside on a fragile planet and seek to be the future stewards of our natural resources."
If you are committed to making a difference in the environmental field, there are dozens of different kinds of environmental programs you can pursue. With a little careful research, you can ensure that your college experience, and the world beyond, will be just what you want it to be. I hope that my experiences along the path to an environmental education and career can help you to make the best decisions for your education.
I chose to pursue an Environmental Studies major. I liked the idea of an interdisciplinary program which drew concepts from several different fields. Environmental issues are found in all kinds of fields, from geology and biology to public policy and law, so many colleges also offer Environmental Studies concentrations or minor programs to go with a more traditional scientific or policy-based major. For instance, I could have majored in biology and minored in environmental studies while taking many of the same interesting and insightful classes.
But what exactly is Environmental Studies? According to our website, "Environmental Studies connects key concepts from many disciplines in an environmental context, providing a framework for the study of ecosystems and human interaction with the Earth." Environmental challenges face every business, agency and institution - from the decision of whether to recycle junk mail at the smallest two-person office, to the decision of how to cost-effectively comply with complex environmental regulations in big industry. Part of the idea of majoring in Environmental Studies is to be better prepared for a wide array of challenges.
The environmental profession often requires cooperation and negotiation between very different groups with very different, sometimes conflicting interests (for example, between regulators, the regulated, and citizen watchdogs). It is important to be open-minded and willing to compromise. One valuable tool is to learn to see the other party's perspective, to understand why they are so adamant about a certain point, and to use that understanding to your advantage while solving the issue.
Environmental studies students learn that the various fields of science, technology, and human relations are interrelated on many levels. Decisions made in one field are invariably felt in another. For example, when scientists and policymakers work to pass new environmental legislation, the new laws may raise costs for consumers or the higher cost of complying may mean a loss of jobs - these issues will be taken into consideration when laws are made, and lawmakers will work to "soften the blow" for their constituents. ES students are always "learning about what the issues are, the many causes of each issue, where issues are and what kinds of careers are out there," says Dr. Gail Grabowsky of Chaminade University in Hawaii.
Environmental problems can be found anywhere in the world. In many ways, the so-called developed nations are far ahead of the rest of the world in terms of remediation and prevention of environmental disasters. However, in poorer areas of the world, where the immediate needs of humans often supercede those of the environment, pollution and injustice can run unchecked for decades. Environmental Studies graduates are needed to come up with innovative and effective solutions to these kinds of difficult problems.
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When you get to college, you can expect to study many disciplines from the natural sciences to the social sciences to humanities, with the focus on learning to make educated judgments about environmental issues through careful, objective analysis which incorporates knowledge from many fields. Because of the wide range of disciplines studied, there is also often great latitude for students to create their own curriculum and emphasis within the major. Dr. Tom Hudspeth, of the University of Vermont, says that after students have completed basic ES courses, they work with advisors to develop their own curriculum of environmental courses from several different departments.
Additionally, most Environmental Studies programs are found at liberal arts institutions, which can be a definite advantage to getting ahead in the job market. Dr. Tim Crews of Prescott College points out that, "Time and time again, the liberally educated students will stick out and shine in the work environment because they have invested in developing critical thinking skills and have learned how to learn."
Try to take several classes that involve writing about environmental issues. I had writing classes on policy and politics, on environmental journalism and interviewing, on advocacy, and on learning to communicate professionally with a variety of media. Even though writing a ton of papers is kind of a pain, it really helps you to form your opinions, based on research and objective interviews, and learn how to disseminate them to the public. "One [way to get ahead] is to have great communication skills - oral and written communication. Students need to push themselves to get this. The more confidence one can build the more interested potential employers will be. Students should try to take advantage of as many public speaking experiences as they can," advises Dr. John Callewaert of Colby-Sawyer College.
You should also try to get some field experience, through internships or classes, which give you an idea of how people "out in the field" actually work. Dr. Callewaert believes that, to succeed in the job market, "students need to do an internship. This demonstrates that you can do a job in your field. It also gives the student the change to test the waters and see if a particular career field is really where they want to be." My field experience involved leading school children on nature hikes, which was a lot of fun. I also discovered my intense dislike for large, biting insects. Anyway, it was a very worthwhile experience, and I got to meet lots of people involved in environmental education, so I would highly recommend field work.
Now for the really important stuff: What can you do with an Environmental Studies degree? What kind of jobs are out there today, and what do you have to do to get them?
Again, research is imperative. Go out and talk to people that have graduated and find out what they do. Your advisor or other instructors (don't overlook the graduate student teaching assistants) can be valuable resources. Start looking early, develop a winning resume, get some good references, and you'll be well on your way to a great job. You should also consider the job market in the area you want to live; are there jobs that you want? Is there anything you can do to tailor your experience to increase your chances of landing a good job?
Environmental issues are found in every kind of workplace. As awareness of these issues grows, the need for people with a blend of science and policy knowledge will also grow. Environmental Studies graduates can expect to find careers as environmental planners, analysts and policy-makers. Of course, you can also work for a corporation, managing their compliance with environmental regulations and conducting audits of internal environmental efficiency (EE). "[W]e're seeing that employers are interested in hiring people who can understand multiple perspectives, who are able to bridge the gap that can exist between scientists and policy makers, and who bring a wide variety of problem solving skills to any situation," says Dr. Mark McConnell of the College of Charleston.
Being flexible is often a critical quality to employers, and ES graduates often have this kind of versatile skills and knowledge. Colleen Wilkins, who received her master's in Environmental Studies from California State University in Fullerton, decided to change from a major in Geology after she lost her job with a major oil company. When she changed majors and took a few classes in Emergency Management, she discovered her true calling was in this field and she's glad she had the courage to switch.
Today, there is a growing need for eloquent voices (in all kinds of media) to communicate environmental messages. Informing the public about environmental issues and what they can do about them is a driving force behind the movement. Businesses and non-profit companies need spokespeople, and if you are a strong communicator with a passion for your issue, this field may be for you. Graduates can also work in the conservation or public sector managing or protecting natural resources. The degree is also a good starting point for an advanced degree. Environmental studies can prepare you for degrees in medicine, law, and graduate studies. Ms. Wilkins says, "pursuing a Masters gave me increased confidence to do training and skills in research." Going for an advanced degree can help you advance to senior positions in your field, such as management, leading research and academics.
Our web site concludes: "The challenge for Environmental Studies majors is not whether they will have jobs, but how to find the jobs and how to market themselves and their training," You have the knowledge, now figure out how best to apply it. Whatever your strengths, there is a job to match them.
Overall, I am satisfied with my education. I learned so much about the environment and what people are doing to protect our natural world and public health. I gained the tools I need to be a successful environmental advocate, and I even went on some fun field trips.
With a little careful planning and frequent progress checks along the way, the pursuit of a diploma and a good job will be a worthwhile and fun experience. If you're reading this as an Environmental Studies major; don't despair! There are lots of jobs out there; you just have to be creative. Go fit in some good field work while you still can, or go an extra semester to minor in Geology. Extra experience is valuable in the job market.
After I graduated, I got my job here, with Enviro Education as an "Environmental Education Specialist." I do a lot of writing, talking to schools, and managing our database so you'll find the information that you need when you're looking for environmental schools and programs. It feels good to know that I am helping out the cause of environmental education, by helping students to connect with the best possible program for them. The more information that students have available to them, the better they will be able to make a decision.
Other people I know who graduated with Environmental Studies majors have very different jobs, including wetlands restoration, environmental education, politics, and laboratory work. Many of my fellow graduates went on to graduate school. Whatever you end up doing, I hope that you remember to have fun and stay current on environmental issues.


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Very disturbing news from Cameroon, where gay men, lesbians and transgender women are routinely and randomly arrested, tortured and subjected to legal ordeals that continue for years ...
Over one hundred youth participated in a rally on the streets of Cameroon's capital and posted "anti-gay signs on bars suspected of being gay-friendly", reports the Associated Press.
The rally organized Wednesday by the Association of Cameroonian Youth called for stricter enforcement of anti-gay laws. Demonstrators also placed signs saying "Homosexuals Forbidden" and "No Gays in Cameroon" on various school buildings.
Moving in four groups of about 40 people each, the demonstrators paraded Cameroon's green, red and yellow flag through the streets of Yaounde while distributing pamphlets and T-shirts with anti-gay slogans. They occasionally paused to speak to onlookers about what they described as the dangers of homosexuality.
Homosexual acts are punishable by up to five years in prison in Cameroon. [The organizer] said the Association of Cameroonian Youth was calling for authorities to increase the maximum sentence to 20 years in jail.
Recent years have seen an increase in arrests and prosecutions under section 347a of Cameroon's penal code, which criminalizes same-sex sexual acts. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and regional LGBT groups report that Cameroon already prosecutes more of its LGBT residents than any other nation in sub-Saharan Africa.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard on Friday issued a sharp rebuke of his colleagues' decision this week to announce a plan to reduce the central bank's bond buying, calling the move premature and worrying the Fed is risking its credibility as a force for price stability.
Neither the central bank's own economic growth forecasts nor its expectations for continued weak inflation supported a decision to dial back soon on the $85 billion a month it has been pumping into the financial system, the St. Louis Fed said in explaining Bullard's thinking.
"President Bullard ... felt that the committee's decision to authorize the chairman to lay out a more elaborate plan for reducing the pace of asset purchases was inappropriately timed," the regional Fed bank said in a statement.
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Bullard's vote against the majority, his first-ever dissent, was one of two cast by members of the U.S. central bank's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee. The other dissent, by Kansas City Fed President Esther George who has cast a no vote at each meeting this year, was in the opposite direction, as she worried that bond buying could stoke financial instability.
Bernanke's detailed outline of the strategy for closing out the central bank's bond-buying program, which came in a news conference following the policy statement, surprised markets. It was unusual for the committee to deputize the chairman to offer policy guidance during the news conference that went well beyond the panel's written statement.
The central bank, which has held overnight interest rates near zero since 2008, is buying bonds at an $85 billion monthly pace to put downward pressure on longer-term borrowing costs. These steps are designed to boost U.S. growth and hiring.
Bullard's statement, which was issued after the expiration of a blackout on Fed officials' comments around the meeting, was not unprecedented. Richmond Fed chief Jeffrey Lacker also released explanations of his dissents when he was a voter in 2012. Lacker dissented at every meeting that year.
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Baseball Closes Out Game 2 at Texas A&M, 7-4
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Eleven hours after game 2 of its series at Texas A&M was suspended, the LSU baseball team finished off its 20th Southeastern Conference win of the season on Saturday morning, 7-4.
LSU (44-7, 20-6), which led 7-2 after six innings when the game was stopped late Friday, evened the series when Chris Cotton pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his 11th save of the season.
Starter Aaron Nola improved to 10-0 on the season after allowing two runs on six hits in six innings when the game was haulted Friday.
LSU leadoff hitter Sean McMullen was 4-for-4 with a run and three RBI, while second baseman JaCoby Jones was 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
Game 3 of the series, which will be a seven-inning affair, starts at noon CT on ESPN, with an 11:30 a.m. pregame show on the LSU Sports Radio Network. Listen live on www.LSUsports.net/live or watch streaming video on www.WatchESPN.com.
LSU can clinch the SEC's Western Division title and the No. 2 seed in the May 21-26 SEC Tournament with a victory.
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Let�s ruminate about dictators and their stuff. Specifically, the things they leave behind when they flee, die, are ousted or captured.
We have been seeing pictures of the huge palace and gardens of Ukraine�s president Viktor Yanukovich, who fled after Ukrainians revolted under his repressive leadership. While the political situation is intense, we�re all fascinated by Yanukovich�s zoo, cages of rare pheasants with iridescent red tails and his pirate ship dining room, �The Galleon.�
What is it about dictators and bad taste?
You will of course remember Imelda Marcos and her amazing collection of shoes reputed to have numbered 3,000 pairs. She also had a lot of dresses with poufy sleeves. When she and her dictator husband were forced to leave the Philippines in 1986, she left behind 1,220 pairs of shoes. If she had worn a different pair every day for three years, she still couldn�t have worn them all.
(Sadly for fashionistas, many of the shoes and dresses have been damaged by termites, floods and neglect while stored in the Philippines. It happens.)
Then there was Saddam Hussein, whose many garish palaces in Iraq were filled with great treasures and great quantities of junk. Just about every U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq has a picture of himself/herself sitting on one of his plastic thrones. Or one of his many toilets.
Saddam also was known for owning rare animals; his sons kept a 20-year-old Siberian tiger and a blind brown bear.
Alas for Saddam, all that stuff did him no good in the end. He was found in a dirty hole, with a filthy beard and a makeshift toilet.
Zimbabwe�s tyrant Robert Mugabe has one of the most nightmarish bedrooms ever seen outside of the Poconos. It is immense, filled with a crystal chandelier, red velvet upholstered furniture and enormous oil paintings framed in gilt surrounding a bed on a platform. He also has a sitting room done entirely in gold, for which the phrase �ostentatiously, hideously ornate� was coined. Mugabe, 90, compares himself to both Jesus, who had no possessions, and Hitler, another dictator who loved stuff.
Tiny Romania�s short dictator Nicolae Ceausescu had a 12-story palace with 1,100 rooms in Bucharest, which made him and his small wife seem even more minuscule. It is decorated in pink and white marble with handmade decorations and carpets and lace curtains. It is now the Palace of Parliament, and tourists flock there.
Ceausescu, a communist, caused food shortages in his country by exporting its agricultural products so he could build his sumptuous digs, where he once hosted Richard Nixon. While Ceausescu lived stunningly well, under him the Romanian standard of living plummeted to one of the worst in Europe.
Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi�s palace featured many large bathtubs and huge indoor tiled pools including one with floating plastic inner tubes. Fittingly, perhaps, he was found hiding in a large drainage pipe. Soon thereafter, he was killed by rebels.
Back to Yanukovich. Not only did he have a sensational house full of chandeliers and expensive furniture, he had stables, a golf course, tennis courts, swimming pools, a shooting range and his own private marina. On beautifully manicured grounds with great views of the Dneiper River, he kept pens of goats and rare pigs.
What is it with dictators and their need to collect exotic animals?
Yanukovich should not be singled out among politicians for living well although Ukrainians are stupefied at just how well he lived. (He claimed his generous friends �invested� in his house.) Actually, many politicians do well but usually after leaving office. Former President Clinton and his wife are worth millions, which they have earned from books and speeches. Of course, they also tried to take some of the White House furniture when his term expired, saying they had been given many pieces by generous friends.
It�s interesting how many of the mighty and powerful insist they come to do good and end up doing so very, very well.
Ann McFeatters is an columnist for McClatchy-Tribune. Email: email@example.com.