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On The Issues shows most of the Democratic candidates have moved left during the campaign, too
I concluded Senators and Representatives running for the Democratic nomination are drifting to the left as they campaign by observing that the phenomenon was more widespread than just current members of Congress.
By the way, the leftward movement of Democratic candidates isn't only shown by the Voteview scores of the current members of Congress; it's demonstrated by the Vote Match scores of all the candidates at On The Issues, which is something I found out after I wrote Wayne Messam at On The Issues, take one. Nearly every candidate has become more liberal either economically or socially, and a few have moved left on both axes.
My findings are that, of the 25 candidates and one former candidate that I have examined, On The Issues rates eight as having become more liberal economically, six have become more liberal socially, and five have become more liberal along both scales, while four have remained the same and two actually become more moderate economically, so a total of nineteen have become more liberal on one or both dimensions. Follow over the jump to see which candidates have new ideological scores and how those scores now arrange the candidates from left to center.
Before I start, I'm sharing a reminder of my methodology.
[I] rank[ed] the candidates by economic score from low (left) to high (right, or in this case center) to make it comparable to the liberal-moderate (there are no true conservatives running for the Democratic nomination) ranking I used last [month and again earlier this month] which was based on the economic dimension [of Voteview's DW-Nominate scores]. I then used the social score to break ties in the economic score with high scores being considered more liberal and low scores being considered more conservative.
With that out of the way, here are the Democratic candidates from left to center based on their Vote Match scores at On The Issues.
I begin with the farthest left candidate according to On The Issues. No surprise, it's still Bernie Sanders. However, he has actually moved slightly to his right, as his economic score increased from 3 to 5 over the past three weeks, while his social score remained constant at 98. I guess Bernie could only move in one direction, to the center, given that he was all the way out to the left. However that change was enough for On the Issues to change his position on the Nolan Grid the site uses, as 5 rounds up to 10, so Bernie moves out of the far left corner.
The next most liberal candidate is neither Elizabeth Warren nor Joe Sestak, at least when using the formula of lowest economic score followed by the highest social score. Instead, it's Kamela Harris, who now has an economic score of 8, while her social score is still 78. She has now moved one place to the left since mid-June, two if one counts Joe Sestak, who was evaluated last month using his Senate rating from 2010 instead of his current Democratic nomination score.
Speaking of Sestak, he and Warren are now tied for third with economic scores of 10 and social scores of 88. Warren moved three points in the liberal direction socially from 85, while Sestak shifted slightly to the center over the past nine years. Just the same, Harris has now leapfrogged Warren by moving to Warren's left economically while Warren changed her social position.
As Harris moved out of her old position, Joe Biden moved into it because of his changing position on abortion, something I expected last month.
On The Issues considers Joe Biden to be the next most liberal candidate with a social score of 75 to place him fourth. Well, it's been ten years since he was in the Senate, so his Voteview score may be out of date and Biden has probably moved to the left since then. That certainly applies to his position on the Hyde Amendment, which might change his social score, as the three point difference between Biden and Harris appears to be based on the two candidates' stances on abortion.
It did change his social score, as it's now 78, the same as Harris, so Biden has become more socially liberal, which counts as his moving to the left. Just the same, he dropped to the fifth most liberal candidate, at least according to On The Issue's Vote Match (Voteview's DW-Nominate tells a different story) because of the entrance of Sestak.
On The Issues rates all of the candidates I've written about so far as Hard-Core Liberals. That will change with the next two.
Both Amy Klobuchar and Kirsten Gillibrand earned classifications as Populist-Leaning Liberals from On The Issues, which they have retained. However, their scores have converged to 10 economic and 68 social. In Klobuchar's case, that meant that she became 3 points more socially liberal, so she is no longer tied for the most socially conservative (or moderate) candidate with Marianne Williamson. First, Williamson's social score has changed from 65 to 90(!). Second, that position now belongs to Wayne Messam, although I think that, too, will change. In Gillibrand's case, her score dropped three points to make her more economically liberal, although her social score dropped at the same time from 70 to 68, making her slightly more socially moderate, all of her tending bar and shopping at Pride Month events notwithstanding. I still consider Gillibrand to be more liberal now than last month because of my emphasizing economic over social policy and because three points more liberal economically minus two points more moderate socially is still a net movement of one to the liberal end of the Nolan Grid. Despite their moving to the left, either socially or economically, both dropped to sixth and seventh most liberal candidates because of the entry of Sestak.
I now return my readers to more Hard-Core Liberals, including a few who moved into that part of the Nolan Grid from the right (actually the center-left) since last month.
I mentioned that Marianne Williamson's social score changed from 65 to 90; her economic score did as well, moving from 25 to 13. Combined, this is the largest jump to the left in scores of any Democratic candidate evaluated by On The Issues, a combined total of 37 points to the left on both scales, enough to change her classification at On The Issues from Moderate Liberal to Hard-Core Liberal. Her ranking rose from seventeenth or eighteenth most liberal candidate to eighth most liberal, even with the addition of Sestak to her left, the largest change in rank as well as score of all candidates. This move is very similar to what I predict will happen to Messam.
[T]here are a number of issues for which On The Issues has not recorded a position to score, so I expect that Messam's rating and classification might change...In particular, his position is likely to move left, either to Hard Core Liberal or Libertarian-leaning Progressive.
It looks like the same thing happened to Williamson. Honestly, I'm not that surprised. I was wondering how someone as out there as she is would be rated as such a political moderate. I think the perception and the analysis now are in sync.
Seth Moulton became seven points more liberal economically, as his economic score decreased from 20 to 13, while his social score remained at 85, moving him from the twelfth or thirteenth most liberal candidate if one counts Sestak to the ninth.
The three candidates who had economic scores of 15 in June, Jay Inslee, Andrew Yang, and Tim Ryan, still have that score and two of them, Inslee and Ryan, kept their social scores of 85 and 80, respectively. However, Yang now has a social score of 83, three points more liberal than his score of 80 in June and breaking his tie with Ryan. Inslee, Yang, and Ryan are now the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth most liberal candidates running, falling from either seventh through tie for eighth or eighth through tie for ninth, depending on whether to count Sestak in the original rankings.
Before he dropped out, Eric Swalwell moved left as well with his economic score dropping by five to 15, while his social score remained at 75. That moved him up from the fourteenth most liberal if one counts Sestak to thirteenth, although if one doesn't count Sestak, he just remained at thirteenth. However, he has now dropped out, so all the candidates to his right move up one spot.
The two Texans in the contest did not budge in either of their ideological scores. Both Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro remained tied at an economic score of 18. O'Rourke kept his social score with a score of 88, while Castro stayed at a social score of 78. Since June, a third candidate has joined the two Texans with an economic score of 18, Pete Butigieg, who has moved five points to his left economically and seven points to the left socially for a total of twelve points, second only to Williamson in total score change. O'Rourke, Castro, and Buttigieg were tenth, eleventh, and fourteenth or eleventh, twelfth, and fifteenth, counting Sestak in June. The ranking is now O'Rourke, Buttigieg, and Castro in thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth now that Swalwell has dropped out. Either way, O'Rourke and Castro have become less liberal relative to the pack while staying constant in their scores, while Mayor Pete has moved up in the rankings. As a result, On The Issues has changed his classification from Populist-Leaning Liberal to Hard-Core Liberal.
The two New York City area candidates, Cory Booker and Bill de Blasio, have also moved to their left and now have economic scores of 20. Booker had been the more economically liberal with a score of 25 while de Blasio was the more moderate with a score of 28 in June. Booker also became five points more socially liberal with his score on that dimension increasing five points from 80 to 85 for a net move of ten points to the left, while de Blasio become slightly more moderate with his social score decreasing from 83 to 80 for a net change of five points to the liberal corner of the Nolan Grid. Booker had been the seventeenth most liberal in June; he's now sixteenth, while de Blasio ranked as the twentieth most liberal last month but seventeenth now. As a result, On The Issues no longer considers them to be Libertarian-Leaning Progressives but instead Hard-Core Liberals.
Two other candidates also moved left economically enough that On The Issues no longer considers them to be Libertarian-Leaning Progressives but instead Hard-Core Liberals, John Delaney and Mike Gravel, both of whom now have economic scores of 23. Delaney moved left economically five points from 28 at the same time moving two points to the center from 85 to 83 for a net move of three to the left overall. Gravel's economic score dropped by seven from 30 while his social score of 98 remained unchanged. Because Gravel has the more liberal social score, I consider him to now be more liberal than Delaney. The former U.S. Senator from Alaska had been the twenty-first most liberal in June; he is now the eighteenth most liberal. Meanwhile, Delaney maintained his ranking at nineteenth.
Michael Bennet had been tied with Buttigieg at 23 on the economic scale in June. He has now moved slightly to his right economically, as his score along that dimension is now 25. However, his social score has moved five points in the liberal direction from 68 to 73 for net shift of three to the left. Still, because I prioritize economic over social policy, he has dropped three places from seventeenth to twentieth. He maintains his classification as a Moderate Liberal.
Wayne Messam, whose evaluation at On The Issues prompted my re-examination of the candidates, still has an economic score of 65 and a social score of 25, making him a Moderate Liberal. Right now, I rank him as the twenty-first most liberal candidate. Let's see how long that lasts, although I suspect he might drop out before his scores change.
In the space of one day, Tom Steyer went from scores of 38 economic and 60 social to 30 economic and 73 social, making him jump from being tied for the third most moderate candidate, to the left of only Steve Bullock and John Hickenlooper, to being the twenty-second most liberal to the left of Tulsi Gabbard. On The Issues considers Steyer to be a Moderate Liberal.
Speaking of Gabbard, the candidate who inspired me to perform the analyses of the Democratic candidates' ideological scores in the first place moved to her right economically from 30 to 33, making her three points more moderate. However, my notes listed her social score as 70 (the 75 in last month's entry was apparently a transcription error), so her current social score of 78 shifts her a net five to her left. That written, Gabbard has now fallen to the twenty-third most liberal from the twenty-second, making her the third most moderate candidate in the contest. She retains her designation as a Libertarian-Leaning Progressive.
Bullock and Hickenlooper retained their positions as the two most moderate candidates in the contest, but both have seen their scores move to the left, breaking their tie and changing their classification from Moderate Libertarian Liberals to Moderate Liberals in the process. Bullock shifted farther to the left economically from 40 to 33, tying him with Gabbard on that scale, while his social score remained at 68. That was enough to move him one place to the left of Hickenlooper while remaining comfortably to the left of Gabbard. Hickenlooper moved to the left on both the economic and social axes, from 40 to 38 economically and from 68 to 70 socially. Despite the shift in scores, he is now the most moderate candidate remaining. That might change, as Politico reported Hickenlooper campaign in shambles earlier this month. That makes him my pick to drop out next, probably when he fails to qualify for the third debate or runs out of money, whichever happens first.
That's my update on the most complete take from one source at one time on the candidates I can muster. Stay tuned for a driving update for Pearl the Prius.
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Nancy Evans has created the Nancy A. Evans Dean's Discretionary Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences through a future estate gift of $375,000.
After a longtime career as an environmental scientist, Nancy Evans has created the Nancy A. Evans Dean's Discretionary Fund in the College of Agricultural Sciences through a future estate gift of $375,000. The support from Evans, a 1980 graduate of the Environmental Resource Management (ERM) program, builds upon her past support for the college, and it will be used to ensure affordable access and enhanced experiences for Agricultural Sciences students.
Discretionary funds offer a great deal of flexibility when it comes to use, allowing the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences to distribute the funds to where they are most needed, including to support student and faculty research, undergraduate student support, study abroad opportunities, outreach activities, equipment and supplies and more.
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Born and raised in Mifflinville, Pennsylvania, Evans knew growing up that she always wanted to attend Penn State. She started out at the Penn State Hazleton campus for her first two years before transitioning to the University Park campus. With a desire to become a scientist, she started out in Biology, but knew she wanted to go into something more specific. Part of what she loved about Penn State was that there were so many options for degree programs. She found ERM thanks to her freshman biology lab partner and felt it would be a good fit for her future as a scientist.
Despite graduating in the midst of a recession, Evans secured a job as an environmental scientist with the PPL Corporation. She started out at one of PPL's coal-fired plants before moving to the corporate offices in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where her area of expertise was water. She dealt with regulatory compliance, permitting, drinking water, wetland issues and more.
"One of the things that I enjoyed most about working for PPL was that they weren't a company that tried to get around things," said Evans. "They wanted to know what the regulations were, how we could meet them, and they often would go above and beyond. This allowed us to have a good relationship with the different bureaus, like the Department of Environmental Protection, the Army Corps of Engineers, and other commissions."
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Wilson celebrates graduation at home with parking lot event
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By Melissa McCaghren
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Each senior wore special cloth masks with the WHS Mustang on them.
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That said, he said he was excited for what the future held for himself and his classmates. "Graduation Day is the day that every senior has been waiting for," he said. "After today, we start a new chapter in our life. Today's the start to a new beginning and I cannot wait to see what the future has in store for us."
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Potts, Dibens Claim Titles at Ironman 70.3 Boulder
August 8, 2010 | By Colorado Triathlete
Rothman Takes Close Race in Women's Age-group Competition
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August 8, 2010 (Boulder, CO) – Almost 1,300 athletes toed the line at the inaugural Rohto Ironman 70.3 Boulder Triathlon on Sunday. The course was exactly the same as it was when Barry Siff of 5430 Sports ran the event—except for the swim, which started near the dock and ended on the right side of the beach near the grass. The race served as an official qualifier for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship on November 13, 2010.
Racing for his first time in Boulder, Olympian Andy Potts came out of the water in first with Australian Steven Hackett on his heels. Hackett took an early lead on the bike followed by Potts, Bermuda's Tyler Butterfield, Great Brittan's Paul Ambrose and Boulder's Tim DeBoom. Into T2 Hackett hit the run first but Potts passed him within the first mile and crossed the line with the win in 3:46:50.
"I woke up earlier than I ever have for a half," Potts said. " I wanted to make sure to get in the water in time to really warm up as my body needs time to hit 150 bpm. I knew if I didn't prepare my body, especially at this altitude, I would pay for it."
On the bike Potts knew he had to "hit it hard." "I wanted to bike honestly and just push, push, push," he said.
He didn't let up, keeping Hackett within site most of the ride. The run for him was more about staying strong until the finish. "Instead of going and pounding out the first eight miles, it was more just about being consistent mile after mile," he said.
The most memorable part of the day for Potts was seeing all the pros riding, running, and cheering for him along Highway 36. "The respect of my peers is something I strive for so the fact that they all were cheering me made today extra special," he noted.
Butterfield, who posted the fastest half marathon run split of 1:15:21 for the day, passed Hackett, finishing second overall in 3:49:18. Hackett finished two minutes behind in 3:51:57. Australian Richie Cunningham and Great Britan's Paul Ambrose rounded out the top five.
Winning for the second time in as many years for the women was Great Britain's Julie Dibens. The current Ironman 70.3 and Xterra World Champion led from the gun. She exited the water with American Rebecca Witinok-Huber on her heels. With a fast transition and holding around 25 mph on the bike, Dibens entered T2 with a five-minute cushion on second place Angela Naeth from Canada.
To protest the eight percent rule—a rule established by Ironman that requires competitors to finish within eight percent of the winning time to receive prize money—Dibens stopped shy of the finish line for approximately five minutes. She slapped hands, signed autographs and hugged her mother and father before crossing the finish line in 4:19:46. The time she conceded allowed her fellow competitors to gain enough to receive their prize money. The controversial rule is set to expire on September 1 this year.
"I did it to prove a point as it has to be done," said Dibens on waiting to cross the line. "The sport is hard enough to make money at and if I can help in a small way then I will."
She also noted the great support of so many other athletes including her competitors while out on Highway 36 and other parts of the course. "It was awesome to have them cheering," she said.
Angela Naeth crossed the line in second with a time of 4:22:27 while American Jessica Meyers finished third in 4:25:09. Uli Bromme and Rebecca Witinok-Huber rounded off the women's top five.
In age-group competition, Boulder triathlete and mother of two, Brandy Rothman, held off her closest competitors in a tight race. Rothman, who was fifth out of the water in her division, had to make up a six minute and eight second deficit to catch Amanda Durner, who was the first female out of the water.
After riding the 56 mile bike section of the course at the blistering pace of 23.38 mph, Rothman closed in on the leading racers Amanda Durner, Wendy Mader and Laura Borglet and narrowed the six minute and eight second lead previously enjoyed by Amanda Durner to under ten seconds.
Heading out on the run, Rothman looked fresh and light while the three women ahead of her were showing signs of exhaustion under the cloudless skies and 90 degree heat. Run splits are not usually what puts Rothman on the podium, but her 7 minute and 35 seconds per mile pace on the 13.1 mile run was enough to catch Laura Borglet, Wendy Mader, Amanda Durner and hold off Kelly Lear-Kaul to eventually win the race by one minute and four seconds for an overall time of 4:38:46.
"I thought I had passed Amanda too early on the run and was surprised when I didn't see her at the turn around," said Rothman, "then I looked back over my shoulder and realized that she was right on me."
Rothman credits her strong run in the sweltering heat on the unshaded course to her experience fighting wild land fire on two different US Forest Service hot shot crews during her college years.
She credits her overall performance to her coaches, Dave Scott (six time Ironman world champion) and Jane Scott, and to her husband and two children for all of their support.
"It was uncomfortable out there," said Rothman after the run, "but it's a lot easier to run in Spandex on a hot day than it is in Nomex."
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Q: Two JIRA Boards for One Project with One Seamless Workflow I am setting up a project using JIRA Agile for my team. I am using Scrum methodology.
Our team is split into two groups. Those requesting the work, and those doing the work. I ideally like to have two boards for our team.
One board would be a Sprint board, where the people doing the work have a few columns to drag issues between; however, the last column would be called something like Done (Internal).
This column would be tied to a status that the second board would then pick up and show in its first column. The second board would represent a separate flow, where those requesting the work can log in, select this second board, and see the issues that are completed by the people doing the work. They could then drag items on that board around as they see fit, to mark items as truly complete based on their approval.
The reason I want two boards is:

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*The first board is for sprints, and it could take the requesters longer than a sprint duration to actually approve the items, but I'd like to get them off the sprint board ASAP when we're done working on them.

*The second board provides a one stop shop without clutter for those making the requests. They can simply log in, select their board, and only see items relevant to them that are ready for review.

Any pointers or example workflows that have this setup would be much appreciated.

A: Trying to create two boards is most likely the wrong way to go about this. A seamless workflow and issue navigation filters are the way to go.
Develop your Workflow
Develop a solid workflow (outside of Jira if you're unsure of how to do this). This is the most difficult piece involved.

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*Pay special attention to the transition names you want to use to get to and from one status to another. These transition names will be the language used on the buttons inside the issues to move the record through the process. A key element to not confuse your users.

Implement the workflow
Technically this isn't super easy but as long as you have a solid workflow planned out it's a relatively easy task once you figure out the interface.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/configuring-workflow-185729632.html
You could stop here...
The workflow is the key to the process. It will marshal your records through the various people and roles you need it to. A completed record will come out at the end if your users pay attention to their emails. This will most likely not work very well when there are hundred or thousands of emails hitting inboxes around the organization. A solution to monitor various steps along the way is needed.
Issue Navigation Filters
For each step along the way you want people to monitor you should create a filter and share it with the individuals that need them. They can create dashboards to monitor these filter results or just use these filters manually to keep abreast of the work at hand.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/using-filters-185729481.html
Active Sprint Board with "Drag-n-Drop" functionality
I'm sure this is why you would like two separate boards so each group can have their own active sprint board.
This is not possible...
...but you could customize the board workflow to encompass the entire process, granted the interface is limited horizontally by screen real estate. If you have too many steps to marshal the records through you will have very skinny columns that are tough to read. I can point you in the direction regarding customizing the sprint board but my recommendation is to keep the sprint board for the "doers" not for the creators.
Simple instructions
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AGILE/Configuring+Columns
Detailed step-by-step instructions
https://university.atlassian.com/uac/2.0/courses/end-user/jira-agile/v60/scrum/create-and-configure-a-scrum-board

A: No example however the simplest thing would be to download JIRA (With JIRA Agile), create a 30 day trial license and experiment on your local.
You effectively want to create two Boards a custom workflow which is not difficult if you follow the Atlassian Documentation.

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The purpose of this list is to illustrate how many of the men from the Guilford Courthouse Militia were still in Henry Co VA six years later, and also how often Col. Penn's list does not show the same spelling as the tax list. At times, the man's name may not appear on the tax list, but his family may have still been in the county.
Additional last names from Col. Penn's list still represented in Henry Co in 1787: Cloud, Watson, Belcher, Lockhart, Cunningham, Turner, Webster, Hall, Hurd/Hurt/Heard, Robertson, Gray, Wilson, Barker, Mitchell, Rogers, Dunn, Harris, Massey, Mullins, Allen, Evey/Ivie, Johnson, Dillard, DePriest, Fee, Sims, Witt, Bennett, Haile/Hale, Anderson, Cook, Payne, Burnett, Pratt, Stewart, Brown, Bryant, Small, Harris, Bowman, Chandler, Hensley, Howell, Street, Hill, McGuire, Woods, Thompson, Graves. Although many spelling differences are seen to be minor, there are times the initial letter is changed from F to PH, or PH is changed to P, three times a syllable is dropped, and several times consonants or vowels are changed.
Conclusion: Col. Penn was not accurate in the spelling of the names of men in his militia.


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Television credits include: Witness to the Mob, The Great Gatsby, Earthly Possessions, Amy and Isabelle.
Theater credits include: London/West End: Venus in Fur (as Casting Director and Executive Producer) at Theatre Royal Haymarket; The Libertine (as Casting Director and Executive Producer) at Theatre Royal Bath and Theatre Royal Haymarket; Breakfast at Tiffany's (as U.S. Casting Director for 2009 TRH production, and for 2016 UK tour.) Broadway theater credits include Waiting for Godot, No Man's Land, Breakfast at Tiffany's (as Casting Director & Associate Producer), Marlene, The Elephant Man, Dance of Death, The Diary of Anne Frank, Dirty Blonde, Closer (Artios Award.) Off Broadway theatre credits include: Wink, Passion Play, Much Ado About Nothing (Cheek by Jowl at BAM; U.S. Casting), Psychopathia Sexualis.
Ilene is a former Vice President of Casting for Walt Disney and Touchstone Pictures. She is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Ilene conducts workshops on acting and auditioning, and coaches privately when her schedule allows. She has taught guest classes and workshops at Montclair University, Hunter College, NYU, One on One NYC, Actors Connection, Mixing Networks (London), Met Film School (London) and the SAG Foundation.
Ilene's full-length poetry collection, Forgive Me if None of This is True, is available on Amazon. Finishing Line Press published her earlier chapbook, Lethe, Postponed. Her work has also been published in numerous respected poetry journals. Ten of her poems formed the basis of a classical song cycle, Elusive Things, with music composed by Eric Shimelonis. Elusive Things, sung by F. Murray Abraham and played by the musicians of Voice of the City Ensemble, premiered at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2010.


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Wildlife refuges suffer under budget cuts and staff shortages
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The key mission of the Refuge System – to protect and restore wildlife habitat – may be falling by the wayside
By Helen Santoro High Country News
Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 4:14 PM
Montana's Bitterroot Mountains loom over the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. While the refuge used to have 13 people on staff to manage the reserve, they now have just three full-timers.
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The Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge is nestled between the boggy wetlands and glistening ponds of Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Inside, near a cluttered display of taxidermy birds — a tall American white pelican with a bright orange beak and an osprey caught in midflight — Frances "Wa" Correia greets visitors. The 92-year-old has been volunteering here for 15 years, fielding questions, answering the phone and keeping the kiosk outside filled up with pamphlets. It's work she enjoys doing. Still, as the number of full-time professional staff dwindles, volunteers like Correia are forced to take on even more tasks, while other important projects are left undone.
The refuge once employed 13 people to manage and study its land. Now, it has only three full-time staffers and one seasonal worker. Consequently, key jobs — such as bird migration surveys, weed management and prescribed wildfires — are being left unfinished. This is a problem plaguing the entire National Wildlife Refuge System, which has suffered from a string of budget cuts and a shrinking staff for the last decade or more.
That means that refuges nationwide have fewer scientists, reduced law enforcement and a lack of habitat restoration. As a result, one of the system's central responsibilities — to protect and restore wildlife habitat — is falling by the wayside.
The National Wildlife Refuge System, a branch of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, protects more than 850 million acres of land and water. From the marshy Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Florida to arid landscapes like the Desert National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada, the Refuge System is home to nearly every species of bird, fish, reptile and amphibian in the U.S., making it the world's largest collection of habitats set aside for wildlife conservation. Around 50 million people visit the nation's refuges each year.
But funding has not kept up with the system's needs. Accounting for inflation, the overall Refuge System budget has decreased by almost 18% since 2010. As a result, the number of staff is currently around 2,600, which is an almost 20% drop from 2013. Additionally, as of 2015, there were only 318 refuge officers, down 65% from 1990, according to the 2015 annual report. Fewer officers mean higher chances of damaged property and hunting violations, a matter of particular concern since the Trump administration is opening up additional refuge acreage to hunting and fishing.
On a sunny, early October afternoon, a cacophony of birdsong — the staccato chirp of the Song Sparrow against the loud whistle of the European Starling — could be heard throughout the 2,800-acre Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge. A group of visitors sat on descending rows of stairs, shaped like an open-air theater, as they watched trumpeter swans glide across the shimmering pond.
While budget and staff cuts may not diminish this experience, they do dampen scientists' understanding of the local avian population, which includes some 240 species of migratory birds. Deborah Goslin, the refuge's former biological technician, used to spend her days surveying the migrations of waterfowl, raptor and shorebirds and studying their responses to floods, wildfire burns and other environmental changes.
Goslin was let go, however, and now no one is doing that work. These days, the refuge leans heavily on volunteers, especially for less specialized tasks, such as running the environmental education program or staffing the visitor center. But even with that help, the visitor center is closed many days due to insufficient staffing. "There's so much information right behind that door," said volunteer Richard Davis, "and it's not even available."
The Trump administration's budget cuts are hitting all the public-land agencies. But the National Wildlife Refuge System has been struggling for years, never receiving the funding and recognition that it needs, said Geoff Haskett, president of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, a nonprofit based in D.C. "I don't think it's a Democrat or Republican thing," he said. He suspects that some of the Refuge System's woes stem from its lack of visibility compared to, say, national parks. But despite these challenges, said Haskett, keeping refuges working remains crucial. Not only do they protect some of the country's most iconic ecosystems and wildlife, refuges allow the public to connect with the nature around them.
That's the part that keeps Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge Manager Tom Reed going. A few years ago, a family traveled all the way from Hong Kong to the refuge just to go birding, Reed recalled. "Seeing the joy on the face of what they just observed, it humbles me," he said. "It makes me realize how lucky I am to look out at this refuge each day."
The story was published on hcn.org on Nov. 20.
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ACC Baseball Championship Returns to Charlotte
The Clemson Insider | September 22, 2021
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Charlotte Knights have announced the 2022 ACC Baseball Championship will return to Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 24-29.
Nearly 59,000 fans attended the 2021 ACC Baseball Championship in Charlotte, which ranks as the fifth-highest attendance in tournament history and the highest since 2015.
"We're excited to have the ACC Baseball Championship return to the city of Charlotte for the second consecutive year," said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. "The Charlotte Knights, in conjunction with the Charlotte Sports Foundation, Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority and Visit Charlotte, continue to be outstanding partners.
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By: Nicholas Bianco, Director of Regulatory Analysis and Strategic Partnerships
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hard at work right now on the Clean Power Plan – the first ever national carbon pollution standards for power plants.
Among the many important aspects of this historic plan, we believe this: It is critical that EPA finalize carbon pollution standards for the power sector that include protective, well-designed standards beginning in 2020.
Power plants account for almost 40 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, making them the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the nation and one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases in the world.
The Clean Power Plan will be finalized this summer. When fully implemented, it is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector to 30 percent below 2005 levels. That makes these eminently achievable and cost-effective standards integral to climate security, human health, and prosperity.
The Clean Power Plan will phase in over a 15-year period, with interim standards commencing in 2020, and final standards taking effect in 2030 – and there is strong reason to believe the interim standards covering the period 2020 to 2029 should be strengthened in the final rule.
Interim standards can help the U.S. secure near-term low-cost opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, while generating the market signals necessary to achieve the deeper reductions required in the years ahead. They also can deliver important public health benefits for our families by providing healthier and longer lives for millions of Americans. And EPA has designed the interim standards in a manner that provides considerable flexibility to states and power companies to comply while deploying their own unique solutions.
Carbon Pollution Limits that Begin by 2020 are Essential for Driving Near-term Actions to Reduce Dangerous Emissions and to Advance Climate Security
As proposed, the Clean Power Plan's interim standards could deliver cumulative emissions reductions of more than 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide. That approaches the total annual carbon dioxide emissions for the entire United States. Protective interim standards that require states and power companies to take near-term action to reduce carbon pollution are essential to secure these climate benefits.
Interim standards are essential for mobilizing the full range of near-term cost-effective opportunities to cut pollution, as they are the only way to ensure that investments in activities that reduce carbon pollution are fully recognized and properly rewarded. This is true whether the investments are new renewable generation, customer-friendly demand side energy efficiency programs, or other low-carbon solutions.
As the cost of clean energy decreases and the heavy burden of carbon pollution increases, a near-term limit on carbon emissions helps ensure these vital solutions are deployed without delay.
Interim standards can also help drive sustained investments in one especially important area – energy efficiency. Investments in energy efficiency can lead to direct financial benefits for customers – families and businesses alike – in the form of lower electric bills.
23 states are already implementing mandatory efficiency savings targets. These efforts have been overwhelmingly successful, regularly delivering two dollars of savings to customers for every one dollar invested – and in some cases up to five dollars for every one dollar invested.
Even in those states that have been implementing these programs for a while, there is little reason to believe they have come anywhere close to exhausting the available potential. For example, analysis by McKinsey & Company found implementing only those efficiency measures that pay for themselves would reduce the country's total end-use energy consumption by 23 percent by 2020, relative to a business-as-usual scenario.
Analysis by the National Academy of Sciences found the building sector could reduce energy consumption by 25 to 30 percent between 2030 and 2035, at a cost of just 2.7 cents per kilowatt hour saved. In addition, they found cost-effective measures could reduce industrial demand 14 to 22 percent by 2020.
For all these reasons, electricity bills are actually expected to decrease as a result of efficiency investments power companies and states make to comply with the Clean Power Plan.
Near-Term Reductions are Essential to Ensure Healthier, Longer Lives for Millions of Americans
The interim emission standards are expected to drive significant near-term public health benefits across America.
In 2020 the proposed standards are expected to prevent:
Up to 4,300 premature deaths
Up to 100,000 asthma attacks in children
Up to 2,100 heart attacks
Up to 1,500 hospital admissions
Up to 290,000 missed school and work days
Even greater benefits are anticipated in later years.
That's because power plants are major sources of emissions for a range of pollutants that contribute to ground-level ozone, better known as smog, and dangerous particulate pollution, better known as soot. Power plants are also a major source of emissions for pollutants that have neurotoxic or carcinogenic (cancer-causing) effects.
Power plants account for about 70 percent of U.S. total sulfur dioxide emissions and 46 percent of mercury emissions, and are important sources of nitrogen oxides. Steps taken to reduce carbon pollution under the Clean Power Plan will have the co-benefit of reducing emissions of these and other harmful air pollutants.
EPA estimates these human health benefits outweigh the costs of compliance by a factor of seven to one.
Each year they are in effect, these important safeguards provide healthier and longer lives for Americans.
Protective Interim Standards are Flexible and Achievable
The goals of the Clean Power Plan are eminently achievable, as they are based on proven and cost-effective methods for reducing carbon pollution that many states and power companies are already demonstrating.
In addition, the Clean Power Plan provides an extraordinarily flexible structure in which states are able to craft their own path forward for reducing carbon pollution, so long as they meet the 10-year average interim target over the period 2020-2029 and then achieve the final reduction target in 2030. This flexibility provides states with the opportunity to harness their own unique opportunities and solutions in light of their own policy preferences.
When evaluating the feasibility of the standards, it is important to consider how quickly the nation's grid is already decarbonizing. Emissions of carbon pollution from the power sector fell 15 percent from 2005 to 2014. As proposed, the Clean Power Plan only requires them to fall another 15 percent by 2030. Analysis by EIAsuggests that the U.S. could cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector about four times faster.
Here's more evidence that the grid is decarbonizing at a considerably faster rate than what is required by EPA – in the five year period from 2007 to 2012, the Northeastern states reduced their carbon dioxide emissions from large power plants by 37 percent to 42 percent below 2005 levels. The reductions were due to a wide range of factors, including the adoption of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, shifting natural gas prices, and efficiency investments. That demonstrates the dynamic flexibility and adaptability of which the grid is capable.
This is all happening in the context of a continuously evolving and decarbonizing electric system. Since 2000, the U.S. has installed roughly 30 gigawatts of new generation capacity per year, the vast majority of which was natural gas and renewables. According to EIA, more than 20 gigawatts of utility scale renewables, natural gas, and nuclear generation are already scheduled to come online in 2015, almost half of which is wind.
Meanwhile, we continue to build new infrastructure – which can help unlock even greater opportunities.
For example, according to the Department of Energy, during the last several years more than 2,300 circuit miles of new transmission additions were constructed annually. According to FERC, there are almost 10,000 miles of proposed new transmission projects in various stages of development that have a "high probability of completion" by January 2017.
Protective interim standards will align our nation's major investments in new infrastructure with climate security – providing lasting protections and smart investments.
Interim Standards Can Help Promote Investments that Drive Even Deeper Reductions in the Years Ahead
The cost of zero carbon generation is rapidly falling. Wind and solar are cheaper than coal – and even natural gas in a growing number of markets.
Renewable prices are expected to continue their meteoric decline. The price for photovoltaic modules has fallen 80 percent since 2007, and wind prices have fallen 64 percent since 2009.
As a result, the solar industry is expecting to build another 20 gigawatts of new generation over the next two years alone. That's roughly equivalent to the generation of 13 mid-sized coal plants. (The average capacity factor for new utility scale solar array is around 20 percent, while the average monthly capacity factor for the coal fleet was 61 percent in 2014.)
While EPA's building blocks assume only modest growth in renewable generation over the next 15 years, recent shifts in price dynamics suggest that the actual market opportunity could be considerable. For this opportunity to materialize, however, power companies and investors need a clear signal about the value of reducing carbon pollution from the power sector.
Providing the clear investment signal beginning in 2020 can shape the broader range of infrastructure investments expected in the coming years, and ensure that they are consistent with the low carbon future we will need if we are to stave off the worst impacts of climate change.
That broader range of infrastructure investments includes the vast miles of electric transmission and natural gas pipelines that are expected to be built in the coming years, as well as investment decisions in today's generation fleet. More than 30 percent of coal plants are 50 years old, and approximately one in four plants do not contain controls for sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides.
In total, utilities appear poised to invest up to $2 trillion in new generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure between 2010 and 2030 in order to modernize aging generating facilities and grid systems. Any delay in establishing carbon pollution standards for the power sector increases the uncertainty and increases the risk that investments could become stranded in the future.
All of this suggests well-designed interim standards are both achievable and essential. If anything, the standards should be strengthened given the urgency of the climate challenge, the scale of change we have seen in the power sector to date, and the significant public health and economic benefits the standards can provide.
We have an opportunity as a nation to take advantage of the fact the economics of power generation are rapidly changing. The best way for both companies and states to position themselves for a competitive advantage in the future is to think long-term and to get on the leading edge of these emerging trends. Otherwise, there is a risk of reinvesting in assets that will be left behind by a changing market, leaving shareholders and ratepayers on the hook.
The Clean Power Plan presents a real opportunity. Let's all work together to strengthen the program, and work to deliver a vibrant low-carbon economy for the United States.
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Pearls are one of my favorite beads to use in jewelry. I love the natural luster of freshwater pearls and the variety of bright colors available in crystal pearls! If I order the beads myself I'm careful to keep them labeled and separate. But how do you tell what type of pearls you have if you inherit the beads or get them from a flea market or receive them as a gift? Today's tips will make you a pearl identifying expert!
The first test to determine if a pearl is real or imitation is commonly referred to as a tooth test. This is a great method to use if you don't want to damage any of your beads or if the pearls in questions are part of a finished piece of jewelry. Take a single pearl bead and gently rub it against the biting surface of your teeth. The surface of a real pearl will feel rough or gritty while the coating of an imitation pearl makes it feel smooth.
If you're willing to sacrifice one pearl, you can also determine if they're real or fake with a trial by fire! You don't want to hold the bead while you do this test, so string it into the middle of a piece of scrap wire and make yourself a handle by twisting the ends of the wire together. Hold a small flame to the surface of your pearl bead for 10 seconds and watch how the bead reacts. If the pearl is imitation the coating will bubble and peel or the bead itself will start to melt. If the pearl is real a black mark will appear on the surface. Don't worry! These burn marks can be wiped away with a soft cloth, leaving a real pearl unblemished. A Perfect End Thread Burner is one of the safest tools to use when running this test, but you can also use a match or a lighter.
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I knew about the tooth test but I did not know about the fire test….very good information Gretchen…thank you!!!!
Like you I really love pearl and I thank you for this information. Do real pearls seem slightly heavier than fake pearls?


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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications
Productions, 1978
Accession contains film and sound used to create the exhibition film "Full Speed Ahead." This film is a presentation of Franklin D. Roosevelt talking about the role of the American merchant marine and shipbuilding industry during World War II, featuring period film.
This accession contains film and sound elements used to create the exhibition film "Full Speed Ahead." This film is a presentation of Franklin D. Roosevelt talking about the role of the American merchant marine and shipbuilding industry during World War II, featuring period film.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Hall of American Maritime Enterprise
Full Speed Ahead (Motion picture : 1978)
Motion pictures -- Production and direction
Audiotapes
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-024, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Telecommunications, Productions
Full Speed Ahead. "A" Sound. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. "B" Sound. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. "C" Sound. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. "D" Sound. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. "E" Sound. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. Titles. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. A Wind Track. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. A Wind Internegative. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. B Wind Track Negative. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. A Roll Original Ektachrome. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. B Roll Original Ektachrome. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. F.D.R. Track. 16 mm Film.
Full Speed Ahead. 1978. Release Print. 16 mm Film. 7 minutes.
Full Speed Ahead. Safety Magnetic Mix Copy, 15 IPS Pilot Sync. 1/4 inch Magnetic Soundtrack.
F.D.R. Fireside Chat. (Full Speed Ahead) October 12, 1942. Selected Lifts, 7 1/2 IPS / Full Track. 1/4 inch Magnetic Soundtrack. 7 minutes 40 seconds.


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Shortly After Firing General MacArthur, President Truman Writes of His "Trials and Tribulations"
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What General MacArthur wanted to do in Korea, mostly, was to declare war on China and then drop thirty to fifty atom bombs on Manchuria and the Chinese mainland. What President Truman wanted to do was arrange a cease-fire. When MacArthur issued his own proclamation to the Chinese, then, threatening to expand the war, Truman was furious, but responded carefully. Don't, he told MacArthur, presume to speak for the government of the United States. MacArthur responded by speaking for himself instead - in a letter to the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives who read it, aloud, on the House floor. There was no substitute for victory, MacArthur said. He was fighting the real war against communism in Asia, while the diplomats talked and did nothing. This made Truman think of President Lincoln and General McClellan. About how McClellan had ignored orders; how McClellan made political pronouncements; how Lincoln, so unpopular, fired the popular general. Truman's approval rating, just about then, was at an all-time low: 26%. Secretary of State Acheson warned him: if you relieve MacArthur, you will have the biggest fight of your administration.
On April 11, 1951, Truman announced the dismissal of MacArthur from his duties as Allied Commander of United Nations forces in the Far East. He asserted the principle of civilian control of the military, and went to bed. When he awoke in the morning, it was to hell. Firing MacArthur, the press pounded, was another Pearl Harbor, and great for the Russians. Truman should be impeached, the Republicans cried, and MacArthur, reinstated. 69% of Americans said they backed MacArthur. Longshoremen staged walkouts in protest, state legislatures passed statements of condemnation, and of the 44,358 telegrams sent to Congress in the 48 hours following the firing, only 334 supported Truman.
Truman went about his business as if nothing were the matter. Just three days later, in the midst of the onslaught, however, he wrote this letter to Acheson, thanking him, both as a man and as the president, for his support:
Your good letter of the 12th touched me deeply. I am most appreciative. You have been a tower of strength to me in all my trials and tribulations. I hope I shall always deserve your affection for me and your devotion to the President. Your feeling for me fully represents mine for you
Firing MacArthur, Truman would later say, was one of the most important decisions of his presidency.
Autograph Letter Signed, 1 page, quarto, The White House, Washington, April 14, 1951. To Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
Dear Dean: - Your good letter of the 12th touched me deeply. I am most appreciative.
You have been a tower of strength to me in all my trials and tribulations.
I hope I shall always deserve your affection for me and your devotion to the President. Your feeling for me fully represents mine for you.
A Historic Memo: Harry Truman Salutes Dean Acheson's Crucial Role in Going to War With Korea
President Kennedy Sends General Maxwell Taylor to South Vietnam to Appraise the Situation
He's "Young, Inexperienced and Hopeful. Let's Hope the Hopeful Works." - Truman on Kennedy
Ronald Reagan Writes About How Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto Joined the Polish Uprising Against the Nazis


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Q: importing maven project from netbeans to eclipse I inherited a maven project developed in netbeans. The team and myself use eclipse. I am not familiar with a nb-configuration.xml file, I assume its a netbeans thing. How can I get eclipse to recognize this file or how to migrate so that the project can build using eclipse? I don't understand why this nb-config file exist since it seems like it is not usable with mvn from command line.

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I am not familiar with a nb-configuration.xml file, I assume its a
  netbeans thing.

Yes, it is a NetBeans thing. It only exists for (some) NetBeans Maven projects, and contains information specific to the NetBeans IDE for building Maven projects. However, I have been unable to determine exactly what determines whether a Maven project created in NetBeans has a nb-configuration.xml file. Some do and some don't.
The file exists specifically so that its details not "pollute" pom.xml. See the comment at the start of any nb-configuration.xml file:
<!--
This file contains additional configuration written by modules in the NetBeans IDE.
The configuration is intended to be shared among all the users of project and
therefore it is assumed to be part of version control checkout.
Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether.
-->

Note the comment "some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether". That is, the Maven project needs that file in the IDE, but not outside of the IDE.

How can I get eclipse to recognize this file

You can't, since nb-configuration.xml is a file that is specific to NetBeans.

or how to migrate so that the project can build using eclipse?

If nb-configuration.xml is part of the Eclipse project it will be ignored, so delete it. You can easily verify that nb-configuration.xml is not needed to build the project: just do mvn clean install at the command line from the NetBeans project's directory and it will work. You can even delete nb-configuration.xml and it will still work.
(If you can't build the project from the command line using mvn please post details of the error you get.)

I don't understand why this nb-config file exist since it seems like
  it is not usable with mvn from command line.

It's needed within the IDE, but not from the command line.
It exists because the NetBeans puts properties in that file which help it perform builds of Maven projects within the NetBeans IDE. It could put those properties directly in pom.xml but that would mean it contained information specific to NetBeans.


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Our technological world has created a tremendous demand for professionals who can design, build and maintain computer programmes, databases. This four-year, year in industry programme with a specialism in software engineering will give you a strong foundation of knowledge, skills and practical experience to kickstart your career in software. Your extended work placement will give you skills and awareness that can only be acquired in a real work environment, and will help to set you apart when you apply for jobs. Our software engineering teaching has been hailed as a'best practice' example of computer science education by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
Developed in consultation with industry, our progressive curriculum will give you a solid grounding in the fundamentals of computing and application development. You will learn from software professionals and leading academics to apply engineering principles to the design, development, implementation and maintenance of all kinds of software. We cover the whole process of software development, from initial client briefs through to costing, scheduling and efficient delivery. From the outset you will be experimenting with programming games, robots, Gadgeteer kits, Subversion, JUnit testing, Scrum-based Agile software and more, in our well-equipped laboratories. You will develop team working, time management and communication skills, and a strong professional ethos.
Your year in industry will start at the end of year 2. We are located in the famous M4 corridor, known as 'England's Silicon Valley', and we enjoy close links with many of its leading technology companies. If you are unable to go ahead with your placement you will have the option of transferring onto our equivalent three-year BSc programme. In your final year you will also have the flexibility to choose between a range of optional courses.
The BCS has distinguished our teaching of Software Engineering as 'Best Practice'.
You will be taught by staff with extensive industrial experience, three of whom are certified Scrum Masters.
You will learn to master the process of software engineering, from initial client meetings through to delivery.
We are an award-winning department for software engineering teaching. Professor Dave Cohen won a College Excellence Teaching Prize for the re-design of our second-year software engineering courses, and he was shortlisted for a Times Higher Education Award for Most Innovative Teacher of the Year. We firmly believe that how we teach you is at least as important as what we teach, and we know the importance of giving you the time and space to experiment and put theory into practice. We encourage you to use your creativity, both in project teams and independently, and to have fun while you learn.
We use a variety of teaching methods, including lectures, small-group tutorials, supervised computer lab classes and problem-solving sessions. You will also be expected to complete guided independent study and group work. Our software engineering and programming teaching is very hands on, allowing you to learn at your own pace, whatever your previous level of experience. You will also attend laboratory classes on games and robotics in year 1, giving you the chance to develop real applications with imagination and creativity from the outset. During your year in industry, our careers tutor will visit you twice and keep in touch with your host to monitor your progression.
Assessment is through a mixture of examinations and coursework. Most course units have a two or three-hour written examination taken at the end of the year in which they are taught, but around half of your final award will come from assessed coursework, which could include project reports (including your full unit project), essays, oral presentations and software submissions. Your year in industry forms an integral part of the degree programme and you will be asked to complete assessed work that will count towards your final degree.
Our year in industry degrees are highly valued by employers because they give you the chance to gain first-hand experience of the world of work and to apply your learning to real world scenarios. Students have often been offered permanent jobs in the same company at the end of their placements, to take up after their graduation.
Software engineering is a rapidly growing field with impressive starting salaries and global demand. This programme will teach you to manage projects from conception through to delivery, with professionalism and technical savvy. You will learn to analyse and solve problems with creativity and flair, and propose cost-effective, efficient solutions. By the time you graduate you will be skilled at designing, implementing, testing and maintaining software systems, and you will also have valuable transferrable skills such as: team working, advanced IT skills, critical thinking, data handling, communication, time management and self-motivation.
We work closely with partners in industry who advise us on our curriculum, to ensure that it keeps pace with the latest market needs and trends. This means our graduates are up-to-speed with all the latest developments and technologies in software engineering. We run jobs fairs and a short-term work placement scheme, and your personal adviser and the campus Careers team will be on hand to offer advice on career opportunities. We also maintain strong links with our alumni, who can often provide advice, contacts and networking opportunities.
In recent years, our computer science graduates have launched careers in everything from network systems design and web development, to business management and finance. They work in organisations such as: Amazon, American Express, Apple, Bupa, Capita, CGI-Logica, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Symantec, among many others.