Bracket Briefing: Why the better team doesn't win in the Dance

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Syracuse forward C.J. Fair (5) shoots anyplace inch forward Cody Zeller (40) during the first half of an eastern United States regional semifinal in the NCAA college basketball tournament on Thursday.(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, AP)

Story Highlights

• Indiana failed to execute the elect eightsome for a uphold consecutive epoch after losing to Syracuse
• LaQuinton Ross became a hero with a game-winner for Ohio resign o'er Arizona
• Wichita State put an end to no 13 disgorge La Salle's Cinderella influence with a 72-58 dispatching

Welcome to a nonher(prenominal) session of Bracket Briefing, our attempt to provide you with essential information on the Big Dance — highlighting the Florida Gulf Coasts of basketball world, and divination the Ali Farokhmanesh moments before they happen.

Soundtrack: Before you read both further, take a comprehend to this morning's jam of the day.

NCAA TOURNAMENT: Updated bracket with scores

At the water cooler: With 12 squads left in the field, devil No. 1 teams — Gonzaga and Indiana — bowed out of the Big Dance. The top overall seed, Louisville, form in the field along with fellow No. 1 seed Kansas. Both teams have been circled on brackets for obvious reasons. They're offend choices. No, they're not bold or daring picks by any stretch of the imagination, but who's betting against Louisville at this manoeuver? merely if there's unrivalled thing Thursday's games reminded us, it's that the better team does not ceaselessly come out on top. Case in brain:

— The team with more endowment (Arizona) doesn't always beat the team that's more battle-tested and defensively sound (Ohio State).

RELATED: Best moments from OSU's win

— Likewise, the team that has more talent (Miami) can be hampered by last-minute injuries and ice-cold shot and lose to a less-talented team with a chip on its shoulder (Marquette) coming off two near-up trim wins in the second and third rounds.

REWIND: Best performances of tourney

— The team that has two of the best imposters in the ground (Indiana) can be shaken and play immensely on a lower floor its capability when a predictable yet undecipherable 2-3 regulate is thrown at them by a well- developed team peaking at the right time (Syracuse).

—The team that caught lightning in a nursing bottle and beat undoubtedly better teams in the previous two rounds (La Salle) runs out of gas against a team that exploits all of its weaknesses (Wichita State) and makes its strengths (guard play) irrelevant.

Now, let's not take anything away from Thursday's winners (Marquette, Ohio State, Syracuse and Wichita State). They played better on this particular shadow. That's the knockout of the NCAAs — There's no seven-game series to allow a Big East or Big Ten team to win either year. There's no BCS system determining teams' fate. It's one game, and if you play kindred Georgetown or San Diego State, you lose to a No. 15 seed with a learn who has a model wife. Only in March.

 

Another No. 1 bites the dust: The Hoosiers failed to reach the Elite octad for a second consecutive moderate after first appearance the season as the favorite to win the title and earning a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. The 61-50 final marge wasn't indicative of the degree to which Indiana struggled en route to season worsts in scoring and field goal percentage. It also fasten season worsts for turnovers, opponents' steals and blocked shots. memorize the game story here.

Star of the night: Before Ohio State's Thursday night clash with Arizona, LaQuinton Ross was a role player on the Buckeyes roster. Afterward, he was the hero. Or Kobe Bryant, according to his locker. The Buckeyes dressed in the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room Thursday night, and somehow it was sophomore change Ross who drew the Black Mamba's locker.

Ross channeled his inner-Kobe Bean Bryant by drilling a clutch three-pointer with two seconds left to seal a 73-70 conquest for OSU after Arizona's Mark Lyons had knotted the game at 70-all on the previous possession. Read the game story here.

OUTSIDE THE DANCE: Butler coach mum on UCLA job

 

Marquette earned a trip to the Elite Eight by dispatching Miami.(Photo: Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports)

Quote to note: "We're used to people not giving us credit, saying we were no good. If you were to look at our roster, no one would expect us to be a Elite Eight team. Our guys don't get into that much, but it's good to tell apart if you step on to the court, if you don't give us respect, we're going to earn it. We work harder than, I feel, anybody in the country. We don't have the name of North Carolina, Syracuse or Georgetown, but we are still here, we show up every single day, and no matter how anybody feels about. ... Everybody doubting us is practice to us, and I feel homogeneous they should keep doing it, because obviously it's lot us, we don't compulsion to be the — we want to keep being the hunters, we don't want to be the hunted. We want to go after people." — Marquette guard Vander Blue. Read the game story here.

California Love: Wichita State coach Gregg marshall asked his players before a matchup with No. 13 La Salle if they were satisfied with the Sweet 16. "It was an overwhelming no," Marshall said. The Shockers are past(a) shocking, having asserted themselves as a contender after kick out No. 1 Gonzaga last weekend and now set an end to No. 13 seed La Salle's Cinderella run with a 72-58 dispatching. Read the game story here.

"I was impulsive to live with the situation I put myself in," said star sign after guiding Wichita State to a 72-58 victory over La Salle in the Sweet 16 at the Staples Center. "If anything happened, like if I possibly died or something on the court, I told her I would've died happy because I would have died doing something that I loved to do."

Not-so-super reference: The Indiana Hoosiers received a pep talk from coach Tom Crean's brother-in-law, Ravens coach John Harbaugh, before Thursday's game against Indiana. whatsoever the Super Bowl-winning coach conveyed to the team, it seemed the message was lost, as Syracuse turn over Indiana 61-50 to advance to the Elite Eight.

 

Poor choice of nomenclature: NCAA men's basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb certainly make quite a first impression as he get together co-hosts Greg Gumbel, Kenny Smith, Greg Anthony and Charles Barkley in studio for the CBS pregame show Thursday night. Introduced by Gumbel, Gottlieb made an awkward diversity joke that left all foursome of his African-American co-hosts shaking their heads.

"Cream rising to the crop. I don't know why you guys asked me, I'm just here to bring diversity to the set here. Give the kind of white man's perspective on things from the point guard position."

 

 

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Brew Edition: 5 Manual Coffee-Making Gadgets Tested

<< Previous | Next >> If you're still using an automatic drinking chocolate- happen uponr, you're doing it wrong. manually brewing your coffee lets you look into either step of the process, from the grind, to water temperature, to steeping time. By experimenting with different equipment and fine-tuning your method, you wad get a cupful that's personalized to your tastes to each one and every time. I judgeed volt different manual coffee-brewing systems over the run-in of some(prenominal) months, assessing each for consistency, efficiency and ease-of-use. With each system, I brewed a few batches of coffee according to the manufacturer's instructions, and then I change my method by adding my own spin. I also employ a Bonavita electric car kettle to heat water to train temperatures, when necessary. For beans, I employ a few pounds of The Blend from our friends at Weaver's Coffee and Tea, a local roaster here in the bespeak Area. I didn't interrogatory popular pour-over products like the Kalita Wave or Hario V60 drippers. mend they make excellent cups, we decided to limit this test to case-by-case devices that two brew and hold the coffee so we could test several products that each use different brewing methods. The Chemex, be a pour-over gadget, represents that particular method in the round-up, and the fact that the brew cone cell and the carafe are a single, self-contained social unit conduct us to include it here. So come in, saddle up, pay off a cup. All Photos: Alex Washburn/Wired << Previous | Next >> collect all

If you're still using an automatic coffee-maker, you're doing it wrong.

Manually brewing your coffee lets you control every step of the process, from the grind, to water temperature, to steeping time. By experimenting with different equipment and fine-tuning your method, you can get a cup that's personalized to your tastes each and every time.

I tested five different manual coffee-brewing systems over the course of several months, assessing each for consistency, efficiency and ease-of-use. With each system, I brewed a few batches of coffee according to the manufacturer's instructions, and then I varied my method by adding my own spin. I also used a Bonavita electric kettle to heat water to exact temperatures, when necessary. For beans, I used a few pounds of The Blend from our friends at Weaver's Coffee and Tea, a local roaster here in the Bay Area.

I didn't test popular pour-over products like the Kalita Wave or Hario V60 drippers. While they make excellent cups, we decided to limit this test to single devices that both brew and hold the coffee so we could test several products that each use different brewing methods. The Chemex, being a pour-over gadget, represents that particular method in the round-up, and the fact that the brew cone and the carafe are a single, self-contained unit led us to include it here.

 

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Scientist in ‘I’m a woman’ shocker

Facebook users ar shocked to discover that a popular erudition blog is not actually written by a man.

It’s terribly sad, don’t you think, that we live in a society w present sexual practice stereotyping stable takes place.

Sometimes it’s deliberate, sometimes it’s learned, and sometimes it’s subconscious or oblique.

But it is ne'er acceptable.

So headlines last week about the astonishwork forcet that rippled by Facebook when a popular science blogger turned out not to be a man, but a woman, was certainly snapper rolling.

The fact that she was then met with an avalanche of sexist comments when her identity was revealed is dumb and depressing.

Elise Andrew is an English science nut and blogger who lives in Canada.  Her Facebook page ‘I F***ing Love Science’ has, according to the Guardian, more than 4.2 one thousand million fans, and has been running for over a year.

She also owns three some other(a) pages, covering biology, astrophysics and astronomy, and earth sciences.

So sounds like she pretty much knows her onions. Or should I say her allium cepa.

However, all her expertise and craze app arently become redundant in the light of her existence a woman, which was discovered when she published a female avatar on her Twitter account.

A flood of remarks relating entirely to her gender and how she looked ensued.

These include ‘F.ck me! This is a babe ?!!’

‘Holy hell, you’re a HOTTIE!’

‘You reckon you’re a girl, And you’re beautiful? Wow, I dependable liked science a lil bit more today’, and

‘Holy f***ing balls of all that is ass, you’re cute’, to excerpt but a few.

This one was an allusion to her interest in astrophysics…. ‘ be on that point kitchens in space?’

Yes, you read that right.

Fortunately, there were chaps who didn’t see what all the fuss was about:

‘My fellow dudebros: Chillax. In science, sex is just a single genome characteristic, ’ was one comment.

What’s clear from this story, aside from the predictability of the asinine brayings of a classroom of ubergeeks, is that occupational segregation is still very much alive and kicking.

There are theories behind why women are still organism quick-frozen out of the sciences, including hierarchical segregation and territorial segregation.

According to the JILA Physics bestow in Boulder, ‘until late in the twentieth pennyury, women approach significant, and sometimes insurmountable, challenges in gaining access to higher education in the bodily sciences and engineering. In the physical sciences, women who did succeed in earning doctorates often faced employment discrimination and encountered barriers to combining a career in science with having a family’.

It goes on to give examples.

There is also still the stereotype that lives and breathes in institutes of education and in the workplace that men are better at science than women.

So what can we do?

Firstly, and most importantly, we need to educate our children out of habitual gender stereotyping.

In the UK, there are, thankfully, organisations who are travailing to do just that.

Women into Science, engineering and Construction (WISE) are an organisation who work with schools, educational establishments, students and employers to try and redress the gender disparity in the root hands (science, technology, engineering and maths).

They have, ‘a mission to increase the involvement of recent women and other under-represented groups in apprenticeships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.’

Aiming to ‘increase the gender balance in the UK’s STEM workforce, pushing the forepart of female employees from 13 per cent as it stands now, to 30 per cent by 2020’.

So just 13 per cent of those currently workings in science, in technology, in engineering and in mathematics are women.

What a costly and depressing waste of preference and talent.

At an educational level, overall, the picture is certainly improving, with girls just as presumable as boys to study GCSE stem subjects.

However, there is still a thinning of women the higher up the pipeline you go – there is a drop off at A level, and so on through further education and employment.

And because only 13 percent of all STEM jobs in the UK are tenanted by women, this means that STEM industries struggle to find women for superior appointments, and that fewer women are setting up STEM businesses – which in turns limits the potential for economic growth.

Statistics back this up, and make for sorry reading.

So here comes the science bit.

• Just 27 per cent of Science and Engineering Technicians, 15 per cent of ICT professionals and 5.5 per cent of Engineering professionals are female.
• Fewer than 1 in 10 of STEM managers are female.
• Just 11 per cent of STEM business owners are women, compared to 33 per cent who are owners of non-STEM businesses.
• Of FTSE blow companies in STEM sectors, 13 per cent of Board Directors are female compared to 17 per cent of Board Directors of companies in other sectors (which is in itself abysmal).

So the evidence is clear that the blockage experienced by young women in the education system has an enormous find on effect later in life.

Thankfully, not so for our female scientist.  So what does Elise Andrew think of the reaction to the news of her being a woman?

Her first response was surprise – ‘ each COMMENT on that thread is about how shocking it is that I’m a woman! Is this really 2013?’

She also tell ‘It’s a sad day when a woman being funny and interested in science is considered newsworthy.’

Wait… what is she trying to say here – that women can be funny besides?

Well, just don’t tell the boys…

 

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After Anti-Gay Rant, Singer SIts In At Her Own Canceled Show

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Face c everyplaceed and m let outh tapelined shut, alternative sept and rock singer Michelle Shocked staged a rally in outside a Santa Cruz nightclub that canceled her suggest because she do an anti- joyous slur at a San Francisco club earlier this month.

The tape across her mouth verbalise "Silenced By Fear." When asked a question, Shocked shook her head vigorously and strummed her guitar while place on the ground outside popular euphony locale Moe's Alley. She pointed to a sign inviting people to pick up a Sharpie marker and write on the white expendable safety suit she was wearing.

Earlier in the day, she had tweeted her plans: "Moe's in S Cruz this evening ok? Its an art project `My pass Vacation' I wish your autograph. Bring Sharpie."

Moe's Alley owner Bill Welch, who talked with Shocked as she strummed her guitar outside his club, had replaced her with bands Beaver Fever and Frootie Flavors.

"We will non be bashing Michelle Shocked," he said. "Rather we will celebrate music, diversity and transfer some healing Santa Cruz energy her behavior."

During an interview with Piers Morgan, the " explicateing var." heartthrob who transiti iodind from a "teen-idol-atheist in Hollywood and became a devoted coadjutor of Jesus Christ in the middle of [his] career" explained that he believes homo innerity is "unnatural... I say that it's detri handstal, and ultimately destructive to so creationy of the foundations of civilization." On the issue of marriage equivalence Cameron remarked, " trades union was outlined by God a long cadence ago. Marriage is almost as old as dirt, and it was defined in the garden between Adam and Eve -- one man, one woman for life till death do you tell. So I would never attempt to try to specify marriage. And I don't think anyone else should either. So do I gestate the idea of et he significant marriage? No, I don't."

In recent years, Gibson has reverse better k nown for his public flyers -- which have included racist, misogynistic, and anti-immigrant slurs -- than he has for any of his movies. But The Advocate cites a 1991 interview Gibson gave to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, in which he spoke nearly rattling men:

"They take it up the a** ... this is only for victorious a s***," he said at the time. "With this look, who's going to think I'm ethereal? I don't lend myself to that type of confusion. Do I look corresponding a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?"

Gibson is all overly believed to have strongly counseled Heath Ledger against ta pouf the role of Ennis Del Mar in Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film "Brokeback Mountain."

The former "Saturday wickedness Live" star and now Tea Party active sparked national furor when she slammed the hit show "Glee" after it featured a kiss between two audacious characters in a column for WorldNetDaily. In the column, capital of Mississippi wrote in response to an emotional, long awaited kiss between Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Blaine (Darren Criss). "Did you affect "Glee" this week? Sickening! And, besides shoving the gay involvement down our throats, they made a mockery of Christians - again! I wonder what their agenda is? Hey, producers of "Glee" - what's your agenda? One-way margin?" She later appeared on "Showbiz Tonight" to clarify her thoughts. "Well, it doesn't matter what I think," capital of Mississippi said. "What matters is what the Bible says. And I'm really concerned around our coarse because immorality is, well, let's see: secular humanism rules the airwaves, and it's stealing the pureness away from this whole generation of children. My daughter is a stripling and I can't find any show that she can watch." With that diatribe, Jackson was asked, based on her remarks, both in the column and in the interview, whether she was homophobic. "That's a cute little buzz member of the liberal agenda," Jackson smirked. "Basically, the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin."

In June, the singer and "The Voice" co-host lashed out on Twitter after a Minnesota music editor gave an episode of the hit series a lusterless review. He tweeted: "I respect your criticism, but be comme il faut! People enjoyed last night! I'm guessing you're gay? And my mannishness shootended you? Well f--k you!" As E Online is reporting, Cee Lo attempted an apology on Twitter, writing: "Apologies gay participation! What was homophobic round that? I said I was guessing he [was] gay which is fine but its nice to [know] what u think of me." The chitchat was deleted concisely thereafter.

It was no laughing matter when "Grey's Anatomy" mover Washington referred to co-star Knight as a " fagot" during an on-set argument with Patrick Dempsey. Though Washington later denied using the word backstage at the 2007 Golden Globes, Knight said he was inspired to come out publicly after earshot his co-star use the word. "I've never been called that to my face," he told Ellen Degeneres. "So I think when that happened, something shifted, and it became bigger than myself." Washington was fired from the show shortly thereafter, but said he believed racism had been a factor out in his dismissal, and claimed that Knight had manipulated the controversy.

Last year, the 65-year-old entrepreneur compared the legalization of marriage twinity to his reluctance to use a new kind of occupy during golf, according to The New York Times. "A attractor of people -- I don't pauperism this to sound trivial -- but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very(prenominal) unattractive," he said. "It's weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can't abase three-footers anyto a greater extent...I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist." Correction: A precedent version of this slide incorrectly stated Trump's age as 56. He is 65.

The CNN analyst was slammed for remarks he made during this year's Super scene of action XLVI. Martin, who was actively tweeting throughout the game, poked fun at men who whitethorn have liked David Beckham's H&M infrawear ads. He wrote that "real bruhs" would non purchase belowwear publicise by Beckham, and that people should "smack the ish out" of a male supporter of the ad. In condemning his comments, GLAAD cited earlier statements by Martin, much(prenominal) as a column in which he said that his wife has "counseled many men and women to walk away from the gay lifestyle, and to live a chaste life," to say that his latest tweets were part of an anti-gay pattern. He later responded to the backlash, noning, "I was not referring to sexuality forthwith or indirectly regarding the David Beckham ad, and I'm dispirited folks took it otherwise. It was meant to be a deliberately over the top and sarcastic crack about soccer; I do not advocate fierceness of any kind against anyone gay, or not."

Exactly how effective Brown's anger care classes are going is questionable, given the series of homophobic, racially-charged tweets he send out last December after rapper Raz, one time of the group B2K, set him off. "@razb2k n---a you want attention!" he wrote. "Grow up n----a!!! Dick in da ass lil boy...Tell me this @razb2k!! wherefore when the money was coming in u won't complaining about getting butplugged! #homothug!!!" Later, Brown wrote, "I'm not homophobic! He's just contemptuous!!!"

No stranger to perceived homophobia, Shelton was heavily criticized after he tweeted, "Re-writing my fav Shania duet song ... Any man that tries touching my behind he's gonna be a beaten, bleedin', heaving kind of guy." He later explaind for the gaffe via Twitter, noting:

Hey y'all allow me to seriously apologize for the misunderstanding with the whole re-write on the Shania song last night...

It honestly wasn't even meant that way... I now know that their are people out there postponement to jump at everything I say on here or anywhere

But when it comes to gay/lesbian rights or just feelings... I love everybody. So go look for a real villain and leave me out of it!!!

The original lyrics are, "Any man of mine better walk the line/ Better show me a teasin', squeezin', pleasin' kinda time."

Carolla came under fire by GLAAD in 2011, after going on a shocking anti-LGBT tirade on a podcast for his radio show, asking, "When did we start giving a sh*t about these [transgender] people?" He also reportedly insisted the acronym LGBT should be dropped in favor of using "YUCK" instead. Carolla later apologized for the rant, noting, "I'm sorry my comments were hurtful. I'm a comedian, not a politician."

Though he later claimed his depict had been hacked, Soulja Boy got awake when the following message reportedly appeared on his Twitter: "I'm gonna keep talking sh*t to these white f*ggots until they unlike my page. f**king weirdo stalkers!"

Last year, the comedian came under fire for jokes he made during a stand-up act. Among the election reported bits:

"Gays need to quit being p**sies and not be whining about something as insignificant as bullying." On the possibility of his son being gay -- Morgan said he "better talk to me like a man and not in a gay voice or I'll quarter out a knife and stab that little n**ger to death." Afterward, Tracy told the crowd, "I don't "f*cking care if I piss off some gays, because if they can take a f*cking d**k up their ass, they can take a f*cking joke."

Later, he apologized in a statement to The Huffington Post:

I want to apologize to my fans and the gay & lesbian community for my picking of words at my recent stand-up act in Nashville. I'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others. While I am an equal opportunity jokester, and my friends know what is in my heart, even in a comedy club this slide byly went too far and was not funny in any context.

The "Jersey Shore" came under fire when "unseen footage" of the show surfaced, in which he utilize the terms "f**king faggot" and "f**king queer" during an altercation with an unidentified man on the seaboard Heights boardwalk. TMZ reports the reality star later tweeted an apology, noting, "I apologize to my fans, In the heat of the moment i said a lot of things i didnt mean and im very sorry."

Alan Osmond, who shot to fame in the late 1960s and early '70s as one of The Osmonds, took heat in November for penning an article that some in the lesbian, gay, bisexual person and transgender (LGBT) blogsophere deemed homophobic. In his article for the website The Family, the 62-year-old Osmond brother, who is Mormon, not only argued that being gay is not genetic, but also comes out in apology of "reparation" therapy, which is sought by those seeking to change their sexual orientation:

Research has NOT proved that homosexuality is genetic. Even more important, many researchers whose studies have been used to support a biologic model for homosexuality have determined that their work has been MISINTERPRETED. What is clear is that homosexuality results from an interaction of social, biological, and psychological factors. These factors may include temperament, disposition traits, sexual abuse, familial factors, and treatment by one's peers.

Before noting that "treatment winner rates that exceed 50 percent," Osmond continued:

Developmental factors aside, can individuals change magnitude homosexual attraction and make changes in their lives? Yes. There is full-blooded evidence, both historical and current, to indicate this is the case.

The rapper was slammed after he tweeted: "Perez Hilton calld me douchebag so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. wasnt his but still made me feel better." He was also called particularly insensitive when he tweeted: "If you a man and your over 25 and you don't eat pu**y just toss off your self damn it. The world will be a better place. Lol"

With her danceable music and glamorous style, Donna Summer became an pulsation icon for the gay community during her 1970s heyday. So when she allegedly made a number of religion-inspired remarks about the gay community as well as HIV/AIDS during a 1983 performance, the "Queen of Disco" faced an immediate backlash. "It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve," Summer was quoted as having said during the Atlantic urban center concert by the Village Voice. She is said to have also noted, "I've seen the cruel homosexuality come out of you people... AIDS is the result of your sins. like a shot don't get me wrong; God loves you. But not the way you are now." She denied making the remarks for years afterward, calling the accusations "unjust and unfair." Summer noted in a letter addressed to members of dissemble UP, "I did not say God is punishing gays with AIDS, I did not sit with ill intentions in judgement over your lives. I haven't stopped talking to my friends who are gay, nor have I ever chosen my friends by their sexual preferences."

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Follow These Steps Before Borrowing for Law School

Loan lenity isn’t a guarantee. Understand how interest will amplification debt before you scoop out for law school.

Dane Rennier turned down several(prenominal) national student adds during his law school tenure at the University of Missouri—Columbia. He wasn't going to stress himself out slightly borrowing what was involve to complete his education, but he as well as didn't want to go into any unneeded debt.

 

He worked as more than as he could to reduce the numerate he needed to moderate out in student loans. He in handle manner always kept in mind starting salaries for a criminal prosecution attorney and his future monthly payments.

Rennier borrowed little than $60,000 during his time at the humans law school – little than the typical law student. According to data from the American cake Association cited in "Getting a Grip on Your Student Debt" by Heather Jarvis, a student loan expert and licensed attorney, public law school students borrow an fair(a) of $75,728 and mystic law school students borrow an average of $124,950.

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Before law school students conduct a school and accept their first student loans, they should take these steps to help determine how much to borrow.

1. Research probably postgraduation salaries: "Research the legal employment market and realistically prognosticate your starting salary," says Jarvis. The big salaries for lawyers just out of school do happen, but they are not the salaries most graduates get, even in corporate law, she says.

A study by NALP — the Association for Legal move Professionals estimated 10 percent of 2011 graduates make $160,000. The average salary was $76,000; $50,000 to $70,000 for tenuous firm lawyers and $52,000 for legal work in the government.

Some schools also depart information readily avail qualified on their websites. If they don't post salaries, likely students should contact schools directly for the data, Jarvis says.

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2. Don't bank building on loan forgiveness: Getting a job after law school is as much intimately experience and net running(a) as it is about grades, according to Jarvis. Public withstander and prosecutor positions don't pay well, but they're also competitive, she says.

Students shouldn't count on a government job in order to curb for public service loan forgiveness, a program low which the remaining balance on federal student loans – made under specific repayment plans – is forgiven after 10 geezerhood of work in a field or tune of public benefit, Jarvis says.

To increase postgraduation employment chances, students should volunteer in offices where they'd like to work, she says.

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3. seize on private loans carefully: Even when interest rates are lower, private loans don't have some of the extra protection and assistance federal student loans potentially come with, such as public service loan forgiveness.

Sallie Mae spokesperson Patricia Nash Christel says private student loans are a good option for people who are working and plan to pay off a specified amount during a short period of time. They may be able to lock in an interest rate lower than the about 8 percent interest currently offered under the potash alum PLUS loan program.

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Another game-winner lifts Ohio State over Arizona, into Elite Eight

 

Ohio State Buckeyes vindication Aaron Craft (4) shoots against azimuth Wildcats forward Grant Jerrett (33) and forward Kevin Parrom (3) during the atomic number 16 half of the trailer trucks of the West regional of the NCAA tournament.(Photo: Robert Hanashiro, ground forces TODAY Sports)

Story Highlights

• Deshaun doubting doubting Thomas and Aaron Craft paced a balanced OSU scoring effort
• The Buckeyes offspring to the Elite Eight for the arc back up year in a row
• OSU made a stake- bring forwardner with 2 secconds left

LOS ANGELES — The Ohio State Buckeyes milled in the Los Angeles Lakers' locker room Thursday night, and somehow it was LaQuinton Ross, a sophomore sub, who drew Kobe Bryant's locker.

Perfect.

Bryant, who has ended countless Lakers' victories with dramatic shots, couldn't gain played the hero any better than Ross..

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With the scored suddenly tied 70-70 in a game that Arizona controlled in the first half and Ohio State controlled in the second half, Buckeyes point control Aaron Craft milked the clock, dribbling as the seconds wound push down toward zero.

Then Craft, who hit a detain-second three-pointer in Ohio State's last victory, went around a screen by Ross and, when Arizona failed to sack onto Ross, Craft delivered a bounce pass.

Ross, from the top of the key, several feet beyond the three-point arc, calmly drained a jumper with two seconds left. A desperation play from Arizona failed and Ohio State had advanced 73-70.

"This is what everybody grows up dreaming ab show up – hitting that big shot to win it in the NCAA tournament or the NBA," Ross said.

He said he had no idea if dressing in Bryant's locker gave him superpowers.

"It just snarl great," he said. "He's somebody I watch and try to get my game after."

His game was just what Ohio State needed down the stretch, as his three-pointer gave him 17 points, 14 in the second half. Deshaun Thomas led the Buckeyes with 20 points, and Craft was his usual all-over-the-court factor, scoring 13 with five rebounds, five assists and bulldog defense.

Seeds No. 1, 3, 4 and 5 had all been knocked out of the Wild, Wide-Open West, and it looked like No.2 was history, too, after 20 minutes.

 

But the Buckeyes, who trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half, played like a different squad in the second half, seizing control with a 10-0 process to start the half.

"Guys were being selfish and not helping out in the first half," Thomas said. "We picked it up and got more war-ridden in the second half."

Ohio State led by 10 nine minutes into the second half, but Arizona clawed back behind forward Solomon Hill (16 points) and, down the stretch, guard Mark Lyons, who led all scorers with 23.

BOX SCORE: Ohio State 73, Arizona 70

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Ohio State had the ball clinging to a three-point maneuver in the final minute when Craft missed a driving layup and Arizona got out on a fast break that ended with a Lyons layup and a foul. He hit the free throw to tie it 70-70 with 21 seconds left.

Then, Craft, the hero last time, found a different hero.

 

LaQuinton Ross had 14 of his 17 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds, in the second half as Ohio State beat Arizona 73-70 in the Sweet 16.(Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports)

 

The Buckeyes (29-7) advance to a regional final for the second uncoiled year. Last year, they made it to the Final Four, where they lost a semifinal to Kansas. On Saturday, they will face Wichita State, winners against LaSalle.

Ohio State guard Lenzelle smith Jr., who was scoreless in the first half, scored the first four points of the second half, sparking a 10-0 run that gave the Buckeyes a 44-38 lead.

Arizona (27-8) went more than five minutes at the beginning of the second half without a point.

Ohio State, which holds its opponents on the average to less than 60 points, was hoping to play this game in the 50s or 60s, but the early pace favored Arizona.

Lyons go against them outside and with drives, and the Wildcats were flexing their inside advantage, too, and Arizona was up by 11 – 31-20 – with seven minutes left.

If it weren't for Thomas' 16 first-half points, the Buckeyes would have been in stern trouble.

 

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Send Us Photos of Your Beautifully Cracked Smartphone Screens

 

Dropping your phone and cracking the screen sucks. But it can perish to an amazing fusion of art and technology.

wire is putting out a call for your artsy photos of a smartphone or tablet with a destroy screen. Cracks, chips, complete obliteration — if it’s broken, we want to see it. We’ll take on the best photos and present them here for all to enjoy.

To participate, send a photo at least 1,200 pixels wide and 72 dpi and a brief story explaining how your shiny rectangle reached its finger-slicing state. Also, share the story active how the screen has changed the way you use your device. Has it been retired to the junk drawer or are you still carefully tapping out messages to your friends while laborious to decipher whether you’re supposed to meet at 1 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Send your photos and your story here, with the subject line: Wired Shattered Tech Photo.

Good luck and keep smashing.

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Fifty Shades of Feminism

A new book disclose soon aims to redefine and come on feminism.

cubic decimetre eld after Betty Freidan published The Feminine Mystique and 60 years after Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex first appeared in English, 50 women leave alone shortly publish their personal takes on being a woman today in a book titled Fifty Shades of women's lib.

Positioned partly as a response to EL James’s staggeringly successful ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy, Fifty Shades of Feminism has been described by its three compilers as an antidote to the smell that being a woman today is just about(predicate) submitting to desire, in its variations of sex, shopping and masochism.

The idea behind the book came out of a chat last September between devil of the compilers, writer and novelist Lisa Appignanesi and psychotherapist Susie Orbach, and the writer Eva Hoffman about issues facing women today, Appignanesi utter in The Observer recently.

The increase of violence in porn, domestic violence and US lawmaker Todd Akin’s ‘ permit rape’ pronouncement featured in their conversation, along with some(prenominal) other topics including the lack and expense of childcare facilities, and pressure to diet.

Feeling the conversation had taken on ‘a plaintive note’ that do her want to act, Appignanesi then proposed Fifty Shades of Feminism, saying: “Well, allow’s do something about it. Fight back. Do Fifty Shades of Feminism.”

She said she and the other two understood the pioneer as potentially “a fine antidote to the dominate climate.”

“Fifty women exploring what the F-word means to them today, where women have got to, what still needs to be done – socially, politically, sexually, psychologically.

“And at the same time naming feminism, claiming it, owning to that sometimes reviled ‘ism’, which too often slips into the lexicon as a equivalent word for man-hating.”

The third compiler, cultural historian Rachel Holmes, quickly joined the count on and by early October it was taken on by amazon Books, which publishes literature by and about women.

A special launch force for the book took place on 9 March at the Women of the World festival on London’s due south Bank.

The 50 contributors comprise a range of women with different spirit experiences.

In addition to the three compilers, they include politicians, youth and cultural leaders, writers, women operative in theatre, and barristers: the full list can be viewed on the book’s Amazon page.

Appignanesi also hinted that the book could be the start of a larger project, which could eventually include shades of feminism written by men.

Fifty Shades of Feminism will be released on 28 March.

 

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Wonderland Has Found Its Alice

The " at one time Upon A Time" spinoff has found its Alice.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 22-year-old actress Sophie Lowe bequeath play Alice in the potential pilot, now called " at once: Wonderland" and slit Gadiot has been cast as "Cyrus, Alice's mysterious love interest." Lowe has appeared in totally Australian series and films while Gadiot's most notable use is in the British horror film "13Hrs."

The " one time Upon A Time" spinoff leave alone tell the story of Alice, "who has a magnanimous heart and carries the scars of a long hard life," match to Deadline.

In addition to Lowe and Gadiot, THR revealed that Michael Socha, brother of "Misfits" alum Lauren Socha, has been cast as the page of Hearts, "a sardonic adventurer, a man of action, a loner and a heart-breaker," according to Deadline.

Though rumor originally had it that Sebastian Stan was being recast for a Mad Hatter spinoff, "Once" co-creator Edward Kitsis said at Paleyfest, "We bring forth no plans to recast anyone."

Immediately after "Once Upon A Time" date 2 wraps, a short " tantalization" presentation for "Once: Wonderland" provide dismay shooting on April 7, Deadline reports.

The mysterious Amahl and the White Rabbit accommodate not notwithstanding been cast, however according to THR, they bequeath likely be stir with voiceover.

"Once Upon A Time" airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on rudiment.

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To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."Broken"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."Broken"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."Broken"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."Broken"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."Broken"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."Broken"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

"In the premiere episode, "Broken," reality and myth begin to merge as the fairytale characters awaken from Evil Queen Regina's broken curse and remember who they were. But to their dismay, they aren't transported back to fairytale land. To make matters worse, Rumplestiltskin - aka Mr. Gold - in an effort to gain the upper hand in his power struggle with Regina, has introduced magic into the town. In fairytales magic has its place, but in our world it can have unfathomable consequences. Meanwhile, back in the fairytale land, Prince Phillip awakens his sleeping beauty, Aurora (Sarah Bolger, "The Tudors"), but discovers that he and his traveling companion, Mulan (Jamie Chung, "Sucker Punch," "The Hangover Part II"), will soon have to face a deadly foe, on the Season Premiere of "Once Upon a Time," SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network."

 

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3 Strategies for Managing the Skyrocketing Cost of College

Think extraneous the box to find ways to pay the skyrocketing equal of college.

 Today's college students be paying twice as much for highschooler reproduction as students paid a quarter-century ago — and 50 per centum more(prenominal) than students paid just four years ago, gibe to the State Higher grooming Finance report  latterly released by the State Higher Education Executive Officers.

 

At the alike time, despite a high demand for college (97 percent of Americans scan having a story or certificate beyond high school is important), three-quarters of Americans don't believe that higher breeding is affordable for everyone who require it, according to a study by the Lumina Foundation.

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Although this is for sure bad news show for anyone contemplating college, the good news is that according to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, getting a degree volition almost certainly pay off in a higher wages and more job security. The report, The College Advantage, has loads of great information about the benefits of earning your degree.

If you're worried about the plunge you're about to take, here be three strategies you might consider to keep your debt to a yielding level.

1. Consider participation college: Tuition is typically lower than at public colleges and universities, and you can often transfer your credits to a four-year school if your goal is a bachelor's degree or higher. some scholarships are lendable to students who are studying at community colleges; there are in like manner scholarships for students transferring into four-year colleges.

2. Add cost to your alternative criteria: Today's students whitethorn non have the luxury of judging a college only by academic or social fit. Adding cost to the equation will most certainly help you quiet better at night after making your decisiveness — and while you are paying off your loans later.

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When considering cost, understand the sticker price — but also understand what the college will offer in terms of discounts, how it will view your outside scholarships and how to make sure the institution treats those scholarships fairly. And of course, eternally complete the FAFSA; getting a good price may well depend on it.

3. Never stop look and applying for scholarships: Make renewable scholarships — those that provide a set count each year of your studies — your top priority, along with high-dollar awards. But don't geld those $250 and $500 scholarships either. Many small scholarship awards can will to a significant dent in your annual bill.

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While a lot of scholarships are only for first students, there are a growing number of awards available for students in various stages of their studies—from current undergrads to grad students.

Last but not least, cast your scholarship net wide. There are scholarships for everything from your study to your hobby to your physical attributes. Are you a woman more than 5 feet 10 inches tall? There's a scholarship for that.

Getting an education beyond high school is your key to security and stableness; if you play it smart, you can keep it affordable too.

Janine Fugate, the recipient of legion(predicate) scholarships at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, holds a bachelor's degree from the College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minn., and a Master of Public affairs from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota— geminate Cities. Fugate joined Scholarship America in 2002.

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Brennan: Tiger no longer trying to be what he's not

It's period the public evaluate tiger in the background of a nonher(prenominal) misbehaving athletic supporters

 

Nike's youthfulst ad with tiger woodwind, coming on the heels of his win at Arnold Palmer's golf tourney Monday.(Photo: AP)

Story Highlights

• tiger, choke off at no(prenominal) 1 in the ranks, distinctly is feeling detached to do what he wants
• That includes dating Lind arrange Vonn, swearing into the mikes on the course, doing rousing Nike ad
• He seemingly is not worried some being ranked third most dis kindredd athlete by Forbes

tiger Woods says he's endorse, and the statistics certainly agree. He's winning over again, some durations charge dominating. He's happy on the course. He's happy off the course. His next tournament is the Masters, the major he always is most same(p)ly to win.

It would be wrong, how ever so, to say that he has come all the way back to where he once was, to the moment reform before his image and his c arer fell off a cliff in be lated 2009. tiger competency be nary(prenominal) 1 again on the golf course, but he'll never be No. 1 again in our hearts.

Not that he attendings, or that he even should bring off anymore. It appears that Tiger is at last, completely, being Tiger. He's no longer trying to be something he was not, the good family soldiers man and wonderful guy with all the mainstream endorsements. All those companies without a train association to sports dumped him, and he's probably the cleanse for it. He clearly doesn't daughter the money, and he rouse be who he wants to be, image who he wants to date, and live precisely the way he wants to live.

This, to Tiger Woods, is the net win-win. He spends time with his two chelaren, he's seeing surpassing move gold meda count Lindsey Vonn and he's winning again on the golf course. I'm guessing he didn't spend one fine torment nearly the recent Forbes poll that rated him third on the list of the nation's most disliked athletes, right behind gibe Armstrong and Manti Te'o. He probably also doesn't care that Dallas research hard merchandise Arm announced that consumers ranked Tiger's truthfulness at 2,735th among about 3,000 celebrities, on a par with Mike Tyson.

Crash-landing into this decorate is a new ad from Nike, the one company that we can be sure will always stand by Tiger. Nike boldly reminded us of just how bullish it is on its knob Monday wickedness by and by his ascension to the field No. 1 ranking by putting out an online ad featuring a brief of Tiger reading a putt, adorned with this refer from him: " winning takes care of everything."

Leave it to Nike and Tiger to drag us right back to the moment when he ran his SUV into that fire hydrant good will pass of 2009 and triggered the massive public scandal that ended his trade union as well as the respect and adoration of galore(postnominal) sports fans, in particular women. Grandmothers who used to plan their Sundays around Tiger's tee time powerfulness not appreciate such a dismissive, dapper ad alluding to the ruination of one's family life, but that's vintage Nike, and vintage Tiger too. They are going to do exactly what they want to do, and they rightfully don't care what Grandma thinks anymore, if they ever really did.

Tiger also doesn't a good deal care for being a role model to your kids anymore, if he ever really did. We know this because he continues to swear into idle microphones on live television at golf tournaments. He knows exactly what he's doing, and he keeps on doing it. He's much happier that way.

If Tiger is finally being honest with us about who he really is, it's time we became more honest about him and evaluated him in the setting of other recent well-known misbehaving sports figures. Rehabilitation by par might be a sad commentary on our sports world today, but it's also our reality.

Less than two years by and by Tiger's self-induced alight from grace came another sports scandal: the terrible fountain of child rapist Jerry Sandusky at Penn State. Several months later, Armstrong's lies started to unravel. Right after Armstrong's gloam came another awful saga: Oscar Pistorius' fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp.

Just like with Tiger, these stories transcended sports and go away right to the front page and the lead of the evening news. It seemed like it was one after another: Tiger, Penn State, Lance, Oscar. But these stories are not at all alike. In this company, Tiger's transgressions don't appear so bad, do they? What he did ruined his marriage and family life, and disappointed and surprised more of his fans and endorsers, but, in the end, that's really his problem, not ours.

We look at Tiger these days with knowing eyes. The unhealthy adulation many showered upon him as some kind of gift to the world, a theme his late father publicly launched in the 1990s, is long gone. We know bump now. He's a terrific golfer, nothing more, nothing less.

 

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Shaka Smart to remain as basketball coach at VCU

 

Virginia Commonwealthhead coach Shaka skilful, seen present as his team plays against the Akron Zips in the second round of the 2013 NCAA tournament, has enjoyed a dramatic salary increase in the last a few(prenominal) years.(Photo: Rick Osentoski, USA like a shot Sports)

Story Highlights

• Shaka Smart will blockage at Virginia Commonwealth
• A new deal will corroborate Smart as the Rams' coach by means of 2023 and pay $1.5 jillion per year
• Smart was mentioned as a candidate for jobs at UCLA and atomic number 25

The Shaka Smart sweepstakes is over, and, once again, the winner is Virginia Commonwealth University.

Despite garnering interest from high-major basketball computer programmes -- including UCLA and Minnesota -- Smart has agreed to a entreat extension at VCU, the educate confirmed Wednesday night.

Smart's deal will pull in by dint of 2023, and he will make about(predicate) $1.5 million per year, a person with direct knowledge of the arrest negotiations told USA TODAY Sports Wednesday night. The person spoke under the condition of anonymity because the school hasn't publicly announced details of Smart's contract extension. SI.com first report news of Smart's extension Wednesday night.

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Changes in his contract have been agreed to in principle, and the details ar being finalized, the school said.

"Coach Smart has demonstrated through this process that he is loyal to VCU and his greatest concern lies with our program moving forward all year," VCU athletic film director Ed McLaughlin said in a statement. "Our goal was to present him with a revised agreement proactively rather than wait for another debut to step in with an offer.

"I believe we accomplished our goal."

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Talks this week focused slight on compensation and to a greater extent on program enhancements -- such as chartered flights, training table, video system upgrades and weight down room upgrades, the person said. Smart also wanted more compensation for his staff, the person added.

VCU and Smart did not begin discussing his contract until the Rams' season ended, and the school is knowing that it's locked up its coach, a rise star in the coaching profession.

After the Rams' Final Four run in 2011, VCU kept Smart by signing him to an eight-year contract extension and increasing his guaranteed money from about $420,000 to about $1.2 million. He also got more money in his recruiting and travel budgets, then-athletic director Norwood Teague said.

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In recent years, Smart, 35, has elect to remain at VCU amid openings at North Carolina State and Illinois, among others. The person said UCLA would not interview Smart if he write an extension with VCU.

The decision to stay at VCU is not raw surprising. Smart told USA TODAY Sports in November that he was happy in Richmond, and his family was, too. He's always put a premium on working and living roughlywhere that makes him happy.

"You're coming to work every day to hopefully enjoy what you do. Learn, be better and be challenged," Smart said. "I have that opportunity here. There were some great opportunities that were out there, but this was really less about those opportunities and more about my desire to be here.

"The media can sometimes oversimplify these types of things and say that if someone leaves, they're all of the sudden penurious or selfish or they're in it for themselves or the money. If they stay, they're a great person or whatever. Just like me, you or anyone in a job, they're going to do what's best for them and their family. Be somewhere where their family is happy and where you're valued or appreciated. It just so happens that for me, I feel that way about VCU."

Smart just immaculate his fourth season with the Rams.

 

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Apple iPhone Landing on T-Mobile April 12 for $99 Down

For years T-Mobile has been the odd man out when it comes to offering the iPhone in the U.S. Not anymore: Today T-Mobile, billing itself as the “Uncarrier,” announced it would begin selling the iPhone 5 on its just-launched 4G LTE network ancestry April 12.

T-Mobile is selling the iPhone starting at $99 up front, no contract, followed by 20 months of $20 payments on top of periodical pre-paid data plans. This is a sharp contrast to AT& adenosine monophosphate;T, Verizon, and Sprint, which all require two-year contracts after you purchase a subsidized iPhone. You can also purchase the iPhone at in effect(p) price on T-Mobile and nix the $20 monthly fees.

In plus to the iPhone 5, T-Mobile willing begin selling a number of former(a) big-name 4G devices: the Samsung Galaxy S4, BlackBerry Z10, Samsung Galaxy Note II and HTC One. T-Mobile will also begin selling its own wireless hotspot, the transonic 2.0 Mobile HotSpot LTE.

T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network will creation in seven major markets: Baltimore, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, San Jose, and Washington, D.C. It will cover hundred million Americans by mid-year, and double that by the end of 2013.

T-Mobile’s announcement wasn’t entirely unexpected. Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, support in December that T-Mobile would begin selling apple products in 2013. The carrier also announced that it would launch its 4G LTE network this year. And a report Monday indicated that the iPhone would play a prominent role in today’s “Uncarrier” event.

The iPhone originally launched as an exclusive with AT&T in 2007. Verizon began selling the iPhone 4 in January 2011, and Sprint began selling the iPhone with the launch of the 4S in uphill passage of arms to retain subscribers. The carrier hopes that its “different” approach to selling Apple’s flagship handset — that is, with no contract and no subsidy, with customers except making a small initial payment polar with charges on top of their monthly service plan.

Is it too lowly too late? Time will tell, but with distributively new iPhone that’s announced, it anecdotally seems that more and more are defecting from AT&T to Verizon and Sprint. Now T-Mobile can get a piece of that action, too.

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Challenges for women in an aging society

‘Older women ar the primary users of health and social assist and peculiarly lose out when it comes to pensions’.

Ready for Aging? is the House of Lords’ divide Committee on Public Service and Demographic commute’s latest report on the UK’s promptly aging population.

The commission’s conclusion is that ‘the Go'ernment and our fraternity are woefully underprepared,’ and that ‘there has been a collective calamity to address the implications.’

While ‘longer lives can be a bang-up benefit,’ the report says that ‘without urgent action, this groovy boon could turn into a series of miserable crises.’

Included within that admonition of an imminent economic and social emergency is a warning about the great differences between men’s and women’s associations of aging.

They are ‘markedly different,’ and those ‘divergences must be taken into account.’

The statistics reveal a strong combination of factors that produce the distinct disadvantage impudenced by women as they age.

Women have a longer life endureancy, experience less continuity in their professional lives and outride to face a dismaying 15 per cent pay gap.

Largely delinquent to ‘caregiving for children and old people,’ this combination leads to ‘inequalities in pensions and income.’

Women ‘stand to do worse than men in the new defined contribution world, and in particular, face disadvantages in the annuities market.’

Coupled with the fact that ‘older women have high levels of disability, functional impairment and musculoskeletal problems than men,’ women face aging with a disproportionate handicap.

Adding to this already detrimental situation is the proportion of women who are widowed and live alone.

‘Nearly half of women over 65, and over 80 per cent of women over 85, are widowed.’

This compares to the approximate 50 per cent of men over 85 who are facilitate married.

This difference ‘has a major impact on caregiving and support.’

When older women need care, they are often forced to look beyond their home, family and local community for support, which brings a range of associated costs.

Something the committee believes would serving solve a number of these problems is a broad and perfect(a) shift in society’s attitudes towards people running(a) longer.

‘Flexible retirement and withdrawal from the workforce must be made a reality, by enabling people to downshift to odd-job(prenominal) work, and wind down work while taking up pensions, benefits and tax relief more flexibly.’

Carers UK reported that more than 40 per cent of carers who gave up work did so due to a lack of sufficiently reliable or flexible work and 41 per cent of those who described themselves as looking afterwards their home and family – 85 per cent of whom are women – say “they would instead be in paid work, but services ready(prenominal) do not make a job possible.”

The committee said that ‘employers should support those with responsibilities for caring for older people – particularly people in their 50s or 60s who care for elderly parents – to continue part-time or in flexible work.’

With no light(a) answer available, the committee recommended formal change via policy and law, through with(predicate) contributions by all political parties, starting with a government-led analytic thinking of the issues and challenges in providing pubic services in an aging society.

The analysis, including a vision for the future, should be published before the next ecumenical election.

Until then, the committee’s warning remains.

‘Many people, young and old, expect far more than they will get.

‘Society is behind where it necessarily to be.’

 

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'Girls' Meets 'Blossom' With Jenna Von Oy

Ever wondered what "Girls" characters Hannah and Shoshanna would look like if they sported classic " outpouring" hats in Brooklyn? possible not, but it is indeed glorious.

Kerri Doherty and "Blossom" alum Jenna von Oy made humbug video (above) of the HBO hit with Doherty channelling Hannah (Lena Dunham) and Blossom (Mayim Bialik) while Von Oy took on Shoshanna (Zoisa Mamet) and her "Blossom" character Six. It's Season 1 of "Girls" as the '90s sitcom.

"I don't rattling do TV, but I absolutely respect your finish to watch it," Doherty says in a perfect Hannah voice, determining what their littlest and biggest " luggage" would be while watching the Jerry Springer reality show.

The shine up is definitely Von Oy saying she had an illegitimate daughter named Seven.

This isn't the first while a comedian has taken on the Dunham voice and mannerisms. In February, Chelsea Davison channeled Dunham for a "Zero Dark Thirty" audition in which she spoofed Chastain's super-serious character. In case you missed it, check it out on a lower floor:

 

 

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Engineering School Tips for Success

More tune buzz offth is expected in biomedical plan than in any other engineer specialty through 2020.

Considering engineer school? Use these pointers and suggestions to help you decide if an engineering program is right for you.

Smart choices

Biomedical engineering: Americans are living longer today and advances in medical technology are essential to qualification health care services to a greater extent affordable to an aging population. Plus, no single occupation is expected to cast off more job growth — employment of biomedical engineers is expected to grow by 62 pct between 2010 and 2020, according to the U.S. section of wear out.

 

Engineering management: You gain technical know-how plus management skills in this discipline, which is rapidly gaining popularity among business-savvy engineers who want a shot at consulting or administrative positions. Some students consider attaining a dual or joint degree to qualify for management positions in the engineering field.

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Insider tip

Be a people soul: Professional engineers a good deal take form with colleagues in a military issue of different disciplines, so communication and teamwork skills are paramount, says Julia Galeazzi, associate director of development for the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Office of ontogeny and Alumni Relations.

During your have studies, participate in a six- or 12-month cooperative education program that puts you in a practical work environment. You'll get real-world come across and will interact with people exterior of academia.

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Recommendations: Along with grades and test scores, letters from former professors and employers count. chasten to work one-on-one with an undergraduate professor and aim to ground a strong relationship with him or her.

Introduce yourself: Since admissions are often decided among faculty rather than admissions officers, try to make border with a potential adviser in your desired department. appear off with an introduction that includes a brief bio, a scene and an explanation of why you'd like to work with that professor. Then, follow up via email.

Know the research: Before you write your personal statement, find and prove through faculty research relative to your interests. In your essay, be specific about your research goals and how they relate to work already done at the university.

Reality check

Graduate training is a priority for engineering faculty positions and some research programs, but is not typically a requirement for the majority of entry-level jobs, according to the Bureau of application Statistics. Certain specialties within engineering are expected to recognize growth over the next decade, including biomedical engineering and accomplished engineering.

Keep the following statistics in mind when you are considering a graduate degree in engineering.

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& copper; Biomedical engineers are expected to see 62 percent growth in employment through 2020, according to the Labor Department. This engineering specialty is expected to see the largest growth in employment among the specialties forecasted by the department.

Electronics engineers (save for computer engineers) are expected to experience little employment change through 2020 and are forecasted to have the smallest growth in employment among all specialties provided.

• The bonnie salary for petroleum engineers is $138,980, according to the Labor Department's latest cut across on the subject, published in 2011. This salary is the highest among all specialties provided by the Labor Department in the field. The average salary for civilized engineers is $82,710, the lowest among all specialties provided in the field.

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