<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896</id><updated>2024-08-30T09:41:21.053+07:00</updated><title type='text'>University  Profile</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-2206948887086165276</id><published>2008-03-03T14:41:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T14:42:17.538+07:00</updated><title type='text'>The University of Waterloo</title><content type='html'>&lt;table id=&quot;texttable&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;almost_half_cell&quot;&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;result_box&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;The University of Waterloo is one of the leading comprehensive universities, with a strong curriculum and research in six faculties of applied health sciences, arts, engineering, environmental studies, mathematics and science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Four other institutions - St. Jerome&#39;s University, Conrad Grebel University College, Renison College, and St. Paul&#39;s United College - Federated or are affiliated with the University of Waterloo. Located on the main campus of Waterloo, these institutions participate in the delivery and management of academic programs and offer additional residential spaces for students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five respected vocational schools are based in the faculties: Accounting and Finance, Architecture, Computer Science, optometry, and planning, with a sixth, the School of Pharmacy, which began admitting students in 2008. A program in software engineering is offered jointly by the faculties of engineering and mathematics. A programme of engineering in the field of nanotechnology, a joint venture by the faculties of Engineering and Science, was launched in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;Faculty of Applied Health Sciences&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With a focus on health promotion, wellness and prevention of illness and injury, of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences offers programs of study in health and gerontology, kinesiology, recreation and recreation and education. Recent initiatives include the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging and new graduate programs in public health, aging, health and well-being and work and health. A 26000-square-foot expansion of the Lyle S. Hallman Institute for Health Promotion supports research on population health, active living, cancer prevention and care, health informatics and injury prevention in the workplace. In 2005-06 the faculty of life and social sciences attracted $ 13.4 million in research funding. The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences is also home to Canada Research Chairs in integrative biology disease, spine and biomechanics, injury prevention, and control sensorimotor.&lt;br /&gt;Faculty of Arts&lt;br /&gt;Arts amphitheater&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Faculty of Arts is the largest and most diverse of the six faculties at the UW. With a solid traditional foundation, we offer programmes in the areas of basic follows: creativity and performance, memory, identity and culture, local and global engagement, society, science and technology, business , policy and management and cognition and behavior. Our 17 units offers nine academic doctoral programs, 17 master&#39;s programs, 24 programs and honors, the most important of the arts cooperative education program in the world. Research at the Faculty of Arts focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, mobilization and the impact at the local, regional and global levels. We are also home to school as a leader in Canadian accounting and financial controls and the newly created Balsillie School of International Affairs.&lt;br /&gt;Faculty of Engineering&lt;br /&gt;Carl Pollock Hall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waterloo programme of undergraduate engineering Canada is the best. We offer undergraduate programs in the major disciplines of engineering and architecture, as well as in new areas such as multi mechatronics and nanotechnology. All 5300 students are enrolled in the cooperative education program, the largest in the world. The Faculty of Engineering is also home to more than 1400 graduate students. Twice in recent years, our students have won the prestigious Prix de doctorat NSERC. Student teams are an important part of the Faculty of Engineering, and to hold regular top honours at home. For example, a team of students from Waterloo recently dispatched the only Canadian entry in the Challenge X Crossover to Sustainable Mobility competition cars. Our research portfolio increasingly attracted 32.3 million in research funding in 2005-06. RIM, Dalsa, Sirific Wireless, Handshake VR, and Intelligent Mechatronic Systems are some of the companies that were founded by researchers at Waterloo Engineering.&lt;br /&gt;Faculty of Environmental Studies&lt;br /&gt;Environmental studies II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Researchers, students and staff of the Faculty of Environmental Studies are committed to protecting the ecological systems, the understanding of the relationship between human and natural systems, and the promotion of sustainable communities. The faculty offers programs in environment and the economy, the environment and resource studies, geography, geography and aviation, geomatics, global governance, international development, integration of knowledge, local economic development, planning and tourism policy and planning. The faculty is home to the Canada Research Chair in Global Change and Tourism and the Ecoplan China, UW one of the largest international development projects. Finding homes comprise medium-sized cities, remote sensing, wetlands, parks, ecological restoration, cryosphere (snow and ice), green energy, and climate change. Recent price includes a member of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest honour in Canada for researchers, artists and scientists.&lt;br /&gt;Faculty of Mathematics&lt;br /&gt;Math and Computer building&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Faculty of Mathematics is the largest center of mathematics and computer sciences, with the teaching and research in actuarial science force, applied mathematics, bioinformatics, combinatorics and optimization, mathematics, computer science, management financial risk, operational research, pure mathematics, software engineering, and statistics. The faculty has 40 years of history of outreach in schools across Canada and beyond, and continues to attract students who regularly take place between the leaders in mathematics and computer competitions. The members of our institutes and research centres collaborate with academic and industrial partners across the world. Pure and applied research in the UW Faculty of Mathematics has led to breakthroughs in areas ranging from financial services to scheduling and logistics, health sciences of the high-tech industry.&lt;br /&gt;Faculty of Science&lt;br /&gt;Physics building&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The cutting edge of discovery, state-of-the-art facilities and researchers who typically attract more than $ 40 million in research funding per year, the Faculty of Science offers opportunities for innovation and experimentation. Our world-class programs include science and business of biotechnology / accounting, physical sciences and life sciences. The faculty also houses the Institute for Quantum Computing, which is dedicated to the advancement of fundamental experimental and theoretical knowledge. Also based in science are the School of Optometry (in Canada only in English optometry school) and the School of Pharmacy - UW anchor institution for downtown Kitchener the new campus of Health Sciences and the satellite campus of McMaster University, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. Distinguished in areas such as aquatic ecology, solid-state chemistry, biology, water contamination cleanup, laser science, quantum computing, and astrophysics, scientists working closely with industry leaders to address the difficult issues and conduct pioneering research.&lt;br /&gt;Conrad Grebel University College&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conrad Grebel University CollegeConrad Grebel University College hosts UW music, peace and conflict studies, and the Mennonites and offers programs of study courses in the Faculty of Arts, including religious studies. Since 2007, Grebel&#39;s Master of Theological Studies program is offered in conjunction with the UW. We offer a home and community for the 174 students in our residence and apartments. The facilities include a library and archives, &quot;smart&quot; classrooms, a spacious atrium lounge for students and updates and study spaces. The college hosts a variety of conferences, seminars and concerts where cutting-edge research and musicality is presented and celebrated.&lt;br /&gt;Renison College&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CollegeRenison Renison College offers a variety of programs in the arts, studies of East Asia, and the social sciences as well as a unique post-BA Bachelor of Social Work. A variety of ESL courses are offered through the English Language Institute. In conjunction with several universities in China and Japan, Renison is the place designated for a Confucius Institute. Residence area includes 220 beds, and a new wing houses a university multimedia language lab, East Asian Studies Resource Centre, and a 4300-square-foot library.&lt;br /&gt;St. Jerome&#39;s University&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St. Jerome&#39;s Roman Catholic university UniversityA federated with the University of Waterloo, St. Jerome&#39;s University offers programs in arts, mathematics, legal studies, Italian studies, and medieval studies, and a single programme of BA in sexuality, marriage and family studies. Major research includes studies of love and hate, urban culture, and a project on religion and ethnicity. Faculty members also hold Research Chairs in quantum computing and cryptography. St. Jerome&#39;s provides space for 280 students stay home and the St. Jerome&#39;s Centre for Catholic Experience.&lt;br /&gt;St. Paul&#39;s College&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St. Paul&#39;s CollegeSt. Paul&#39;s College offers a program of undergraduate degree in International Development, in partnership with the Faculty of Environmental Studies, available to first-year students entering UW in the fall of 2008. The college also teaches courses in the humanities and social sciences and presents annual taught, including Kerr-Saltsman conference on international affairs. St. Paul&#39;s hosts UW&#39;s Environmental Studies-Community Living and Learning offers 194 seats in dormitory residence, the apartments at more than 100 graduate students, and eight hotel-style rooms for visiting college campuses and guests. The university Aboriginal Services Office is based in St. Paul.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td id=&quot;submitcell&quot;&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td id=&quot;selectcell&quot;&gt;&lt;select name=&quot;langpair&quot;&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;ar|en&quot;&gt;Arabic to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;zh|en&quot; class=&quot;line-above&quot;&gt;Chinese to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;zh-CN|zh-TW&quot;&gt;Chinese (Simplified to Traditional)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;zh-TW|zh-CN&quot;&gt;Chinese (Traditional to Simplified)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;nl|en&quot; class=&quot;line-above&quot;&gt;Dutch to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|ar&quot; class=&quot;line-above&quot;&gt;English to Arabic&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|zh-CN&quot;&gt;English to Chinese (Simplified)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|zh-TW&quot;&gt;English to Chinese (Traditional)&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|nl&quot;&gt;English to Dutch&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|fr&quot;&gt;English to French&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|de&quot;&gt;English to German&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|el&quot;&gt;English to Greek&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|it&quot;&gt;English to Italian&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|ja&quot;&gt;English to Japanese&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|ko&quot;&gt;English to Korean&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|pt&quot;&gt;English to Portuguese&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|ru&quot;&gt;English to Russian&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;en|es&quot;&gt;English to Spanish&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;fr|en&quot; selected=&quot;selected&quot; class=&quot;line-above&quot;&gt;French to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;fr|de&quot;&gt;French to German&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;de|en&quot; class=&quot;line-above&quot;&gt;German to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;de|fr&quot;&gt;German to French&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;el|en&quot; class=&quot;line-above&quot;&gt;Greek to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;it|en&quot;&gt;Italian to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;ja|en&quot;&gt;Japanese to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;ko|en&quot;&gt;Korean to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;pt|en&quot;&gt;Portuguese to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;ru|en&quot;&gt;Russian to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value=&quot;es|en&quot;&gt;Spanish to English&lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;input value=&quot;Translate&quot; type=&quot;submit&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;visibility: visible;&quot; id=&quot;zippyspan&quot; onclick=&quot;_rolldown()&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.google.com/mb/plus_sm.gif&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0.33em;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/2206948887086165276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/2206948887086165276' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/2206948887086165276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/2206948887086165276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/03/university-of-waterloo.html' title='The University of Waterloo'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-2839397493068080002</id><published>2008-03-03T14:34:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T14:36:32.777+07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bill Gates&#39; visit in February 2008 at the University of Waterloo</title><content type='html'>Thursday, February 21, 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill Gates addresses UW and local high school students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill Gates is back. The founder and current president of Microsoft today is his second visit to the University of Waterloo - one of the five campuses on his current tour and the only one in Canada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UW Gates was welcomed by senior administrators have joined a group of academics for a roundtable and talked to the media. But the main event was a speech to a group largely comprised of students. Nearly 200 students, many of whom are participating in competitions in mathematics UW managed by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, joined 475 students from across the UW campus, and a few dozen invited to talk about his theater the humanities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The briefing began at 9:45 and covered topics ranging from software and innovation to entrepreneurship and philanthropy. He spoke for half an hour and then answered questions from the audience.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/2839397493068080002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/2839397493068080002' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/2839397493068080002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/2839397493068080002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/03/bill-gates-visit-in-february-2008-at.html' title='Bill Gates&#39; visit in February 2008 at the University of Waterloo'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-7629639162732735802</id><published>2008-03-03T14:27:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T14:31:18.458+07:00</updated><title type='text'>OXFORD UNIVERSITY: The Structure of the University</title><content type='html'>Oxford is an independent and autonomous institution, which is composed of central University and colleges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Vice-Chancellor, which carries a term of up to seven years, is the principal agent of the University. Five pro-vice-chancellors are specific functional responsibility for development and external affairs, education, personnel and equal opportunity; planning and resources, and Research. The chancellor, who is usually an eminent person elected to public life, serves as the titular head of the University, chaired by all major ceremonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main body is the University Council, which has 26 members, including those who were elected by the congregation, representatives of colleges and four members from outside the university. Council is responsible for academic policy and strategic direction of the University, and operates through four main committees: Educational Policy and Standards; general-purpose, personnel, and planning and resource allocation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ultimate responsibility for matters of legislation back to the congregation, which has more than 4000 members of the academic, senior research, library, museum and administrative staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Day by day decision-making in areas such as finance and planning vests at the University of four academic divisions - humanities, mathematics and physical sciences, medical sciences and the social sciences. Each division has a full-time division and division leader elected board. Lifelong learning is the responsibility of a separate executive board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thirty-nine colleges, though independent and autonomous, is a central element of the university, to which they are linked in a federal system, a bit like the United States. Over time, each college is granted a charter approved by the Privy Council, under which it is headed by a Chief of the Assembly and a Board of Trustees composed of a number of scholars, most of whom held also posts University. There are also seven permanent private halls, which were founded by different Christian denominations, and which retain their religious character. Thirty colleges and seven rooms to admit for both students graduate degrees. Seven other colleges are only for graduates, one, All Souls, only fellows, and another, Kellogg College, lifelong learning supports the work of the University for adults, part-time and Development Vocational students.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/7629639162732735802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/7629639162732735802' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/7629639162732735802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/7629639162732735802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/03/oxford-university-structure-of.html' title='OXFORD UNIVERSITY: The Structure of the University'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-2453618252210797344</id><published>2008-03-03T14:25:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T14:27:03.781+07:00</updated><title type='text'>The University medieval</title><content type='html'>Students who flocked to Cambridge soon organized their curriculum after the pattern that has become common in Italy and France, and they would have known at Oxford. They studied first what would now be called &quot;basic training&quot; in the arts - grammar, logic and rhetoric - followed later by arithmetic, music, geometry and astronomy, which leads of varying degrees of bachelor and master. There were no teachers was conducted by teachers who themselves have gone through the courts and that has been approved or authorized by the whole of their colleagues (the universitas or university ). Education took the form of reading and explanation of the texts, examinations were oral debates in which the candidates put forward a series of questions or theories that they supported or contested with opponents a little above them own, and finally, with teachers who had taught them. Some of the teachers, but not all, has pursued advanced studies in divinity, the canon and civil law, and, more rarely, medicine, which were taught and examined in the same way by those who have already crossed the threshold and become doctors. The doctors themselves grouped into faculties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It soon became necessary to prevent abuse of royal privileges conferred on scholars, to identify and authenticate the degree to which people had been granted. Subscribe to a licensed captain was the first step in this direction, he was called baccalaureate because of the condition that the name of the scientist should be placed on the mastery matricula or roll, but later, the University itself assumed this service. It is also desirable to mark the step in a progression of the scholar with a ceremony for admission (reclassification) for the different grades, diplomas or accession. These have been conferred by all teachers, with Chancellor wield power on their behalf, as his deputy, the Vice-Chancellor, has come to do so later. The qualities as a researcher has become distinguished by a series of variations on the robe, hood and cap. Reminders of these terms and practices to survive today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Regent Masters, who were teachers, quickly found that more than a ceremonial head they needed other representatives to speak and act for them. The first of these were the two Proctors (literally representatives) who are elected annually to negotiate on their behalf with the city and lay the other authorities, to keep the accounts to safeguard their treasures and books, reviews moderate, and overseeing all other ceremonies. Those rights were soon to be shared by other elected officers: Bedells, initially attached to the Faculty, presided over the ceremonies, and a chaplain was charged with treasures and books. By the sixteenth century, a Registrary inscriptions recorded entries degrees, and the decisions of the regent masters, while a ceremonial Orator wrote letters and addresses. Most of these offices remain today, although in some cases, for the purposes of ceremonies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A community of such complexity of the rules. To this end, as problems arise, the statutes have been adopted by the entire body of the University. It was not at first arranged or codified, but were found at random in books kept by the Proctors. The oldest known version of these decisions is a copy made in the mid-thirteenth century, which is now in the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/2453618252210797344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/2453618252210797344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/2453618252210797344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/2453618252210797344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/03/university-medieval.html' title='The University medieval'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-5654575937427514657</id><published>2008-03-03T14:24:00.001+07:00</published><updated>2008-03-03T14:24:44.790+07:00</updated><title type='text'>University of Cambridge</title><content type='html'>Cambridge University is rich in history - Colleges and its famous buildings of the University to attract visitors from around the world. But the university, museums and collections also hold many treasures that give a fascinating insight into some of scholarly activity, both past and present, of the University academics and students.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The University of Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the United Kingdom. His reputation for academic achievement is known worldwide and reflects the intellectual achievement of its students, as well as the world-class original research work carried out by staff of the University and colleges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many customs and the University unusual terminology can be traced to its roots in the early years of the University&#39;s long history, and this booklet looks to the past to find the origins of many things that distinguishes itself by University today.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/5654575937427514657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/5654575937427514657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/5654575937427514657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/5654575937427514657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/03/university-of-cambridge.html' title='University of Cambridge'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-147895912886350595</id><published>2008-02-12T11:01:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T11:02:12.635+07:00</updated><title type='text'>Presidential straw poll results Reagan Symposium</title><content type='html'>February 1, 2008&lt;br /&gt;Naval War College professor Stephen Knott discusses the Reagan years&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naval War College professor Stephen Knott examines the Reagan years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Regent University Third Annual Symposium Reagan, on Friday, February 1, participated in a presidential election straw, with the following results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who identified themselves as Republicans supported Huckabee with 39 percent of votes; Romney received 33.5 percent, McCain 14 percent, 6.7 percent and Paul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Democratic, voters overwhelmingly chose Obama, who received 83.3 percent of votes; Clinton received 8.3 percent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Participants who identified themselves as independents chosen Huckabee with 32.1 percent; McCain at 28.6 percent; Obama 25 percent; Romney 7.1 percent; Clinton 3.6 percent, 3.6 percent and other.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/147895912886350595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/147895912886350595' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/147895912886350595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/147895912886350595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/02/presidential-straw-poll-results-reagan.html' title='Presidential straw poll results Reagan Symposium'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-3538774452655769724</id><published>2008-02-12T10:45:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-02-12T10:56:44.603+07:00</updated><title type='text'>U.S. Air Force Academy</title><content type='html'>Ienvenue to the United States Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, established under Title 10, USC, Section 9355.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DOCUMENTS OF DIRECTORS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy is established under Title 10, United States Code, Section 9355.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MISSION&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Council shall review the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters relating to the academy which the Council decides to consider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The council meets at least four times a year, including at least two of these meetings at the Academy. The board prepares semi-annual reports containing its views and recommendations relating to the Academy. Each written report is submitted simultaneously to the Secretary of Defense, through the secretary of the Air Force, and to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STRUCTURE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The council is made annually and is composed of 15 members. The President of the United States appoints six members, of which at least two must be graduates of the US Air Force Academy. The vice-president of the United States or the president pro tempore of the Senate appoints three members (both are members of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The chairman of the House of Representatives shall appoint four members. Three are members of the House of Representatives and the fourth can not be a member of the House.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/3538774452655769724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/3538774452655769724' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/3538774452655769724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/3538774452655769724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/02/us-air-force-academy.html' title='U.S. Air Force Academy'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7224255708339596896.post-5922772768666147367</id><published>2008-02-02T14:39:00.000+07:00</published><updated>2008-02-02T14:40:16.247+07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lake Superior State University 2008 list of banished words</title><content type='html'>Add your comments to the list 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*** This year, in a gesture of humanitarian relief, the panel revived &quot;truthiness&quot; on the prohibited list last year, in the form of use. This comes after comedians and late into the night, guests were thrown under the bus and muted by a professional country&#39;s writers strike. The silence is deafening .***&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PERFECT STORM - &quot;Overused by experts on television in the evening to signify almost any coincidence.&quot; -- Lynn Allen, Warren, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I read that&quot; Ontario is a perfect storm &quot;, in reference to a report on the levels of pollution in the Great Lakes. Ontario is the name of one of the lakes and a Canadian province. This guy would have me believe it&#39;s a hurricane. It&#39;s time for &quot;perfect storm&quot; for the rain. &quot;- Bob Smith, DeWitt, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Hands off titles of books cheap as descriptors!&quot; -- David Hollis, Hamilton, New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WEBINAR - A seminar on the web on all sorts of subjects.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Ouch! It hurts my brain. Must be crushed immediately before it spreads.&quot; -- Carol, Lams, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Another word not trying to worm its way into the English language because of the Internet. It belongs to the same school of non-thought, that brought us ei-anything and everything.&quot; -- Scott Lassiter, in Houston, Texas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WATERBOARDING - &quot;Let&#39;s banish&quot; waterboarding &quot;on the beach, where he belongs to boogie boards and surfboards.&quot; -- Patrick K. Egan, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ORGANIC - Overused and poorly used to describe not only food, but computer products or human behaviour, and often used when describing something &quot;natural,&quot; says Crystal Giordano from Brooklyn, New York. Another gadget advertising to make things sound better than they really are, according to Rick DeVan of Willoughby, Ohio, who said he had heard allegations such as &quot;My business is organic,&quot; and computers with &quot; Organic software. &quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Things have gone too far when they begin marketing T-shirts as organic.&quot; - Michelle Fitzpatrick, St. Petersburg, Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Organic&quot; is used to describe everything from shampoo to the meat. Banishment! Mal used! &quot;- Susan Clark, Bristol, Maine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The possibility of a food are inorganic, ie, not to be composed of carbon atoms, is void.&quot; -- John Gomila, New Orleans, Louisiana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;You see the word &#39;organic&#39; written on everything from cereal to the dog.&quot; -- Michael, Sacramento, California.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I am tired of natural food stores sell products they claim are organic. All the food we eat is organic!&quot; -- Chad Jacobson, Park Falls, Wisconsin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WORDSMITH / WORDSMITHING - &quot;I have never read anything created by a writer - or via wordsmithing - which was pleasant to read.&quot; - Emily Kissane, St. Paul, Minnesota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AUTHOR / AUTHORED - &quot;In one of the former TV commentator Edwin Newman&#39;s books, he wondered whether it would not be correct to say that someone is&#39; paintered&quot; a picture? &quot;- Dorothy Betzweiser, Cincinnati, Ohio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POST 9 / 11 - &quot;Our post-9/11 world,&quot; is used today, and probably most used, as AD, BC, or Y2K, time references. You&#39;d think the United States&#39; have no jet fighters, nuclear bombs, and the secret agents, and even less electricity, &quot;pre-9/11&quot;. &quot;- Chazz Miner, Midland, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SURGE - &quot;Surge&quot; is a reference to an enhancement of military capabilities. Give me the old days, when he referenced storms and power. &quot; -- Michael F. Raczko, Swanton, Ohio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Do I even have to say this, I can not be the first to propose… he put online. From Iraq to Wall Street, weather - &#39;thrust&#39; should really growing. &quot; -- Mike Lara, Colorado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The word is out in the context of increasing the number of troops in Iraq. Can be used to explain the expansion of a lot of things (I have a thrust of my waist) and its use will grow out of control… The new Chevy Surge, Just living space! &quot;- Eric McMillan, Mentor, Ohio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GIVING BACK - &quot;This sentence is oleaginous urgent submission to the list in 2008. The idea has emerged as a life progresses, we accumulate a kind of deficit with the company to be offset by charities or financial expenditures. Are In its daily transactions life a form of theft? &quot;- Richard Ong, Carthage, Missouri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Different media have been featuring a large number of people who&quot; just want to give back. &quot;Giving to whom? Why?&quot; - Curtis Cooper, Hazel Park, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#39;BLANK&#39; is the new &#39;BLANK &quot;or&quot; X &quot;is the new&quot; Y &quot;- Despite statements to the contrary,&quot; Cold (NOT) is the new hot ni&#39;70 is the new 50 &quot;. L The idea behind these comparisons was originally a good thing, but we all followed their spiral uses reasonable ridiculous and it is now time to ban the use. Or, to phrase it another way, &quot;Originally clever advertising is now the new absurdity!&quot; - Lawrence Mickel, Coventry, Connecticut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Taking no doubt come into use in the 1960&#39;s, but it is tired. Comparisons have become absurd.&quot; -- Geoff Steinhart, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Orange is the new black.&quot; &#39;50 Is the new 30 &quot;.&quot; Chocolate is the new sex. &quot;Sex&quot; is the new chocolate. &quot; &#39;Fallacy is the new truth. &quot;- Patrick Dillon, East Lansing, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BLACK FRIDAY - &quot;The day after Thanksgiving that retailers use to keep themselves out of the red for the year. (And then followed by&quot; Cyber Monday. &quot;) This is contrary to the beginning of the Great Depression of the &#39;use of the term&#39; Black Tuesday, &quot;which marked the crash of the stock market that sent the economy into free fall. - Carl Marschner, Melvindale, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BACK IN THE DAY - &quot;Back in the day, we used the &#39;back-in-the-day&#39; to signify something truly historic. Now you hear ridiculous statements such as&quot; Back in the day, people used Blackberries without Blue Tooth. &quot; &quot;- Liz Jameson, Tallahassee, Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;What you might have already made the list back in the day, which was a Wednesday, I think.&quot; - Tim Bradley, Los Angeles, California.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RANDOM - popular with teenagers in many places.&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Over-used and generally out of context, ie&quot; You are so random! &quot;Really? Random is supposed to mean &quot;by chance&quot;. So what I said, it was by chance and not by choice? &quot;- Gabriel Brandel, Farmington Hills, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Outrageous evil and overfishing, especially by teenagers, ie&quot; This guy random, random sing that song… It was so random. &quot;Grrrrr.&quot; - Leigh, Duncan, Galway, Ireland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The abuse on a large scale by my youth. Every event, activity and the person may be&quot; sooo chance &quot;at the end. Banish it before me vigilant. &quot;- Ben Martin, Adelaide, South Australia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;How can a person be random?&quot; -- Emma Halpin, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SWEET - &quot;Too many sweets will make you sick. She became popular with the advent of the television show&quot; South Park &quot;, and by rights have died of natural causes, but the word continues to cling to the life. Therefore boring when young children Use and have no idea why, but it really sounds stupid coming from the mouths of adults. Please kill this particular use of another beautiful word . &quot;- Wayne Braver, Manistique, Michigan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Young lingo overuse, like &#39;super.&quot; I became sick of it immediately. &quot;- Gordon Johnson, Minneapolis, Minnesota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DECIMATE - Word-watchers have called for the destruction of it for several years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Used today in reference to the large-scale destruction and devastation. If you do not want to banish the word, I ask that its use should be&quot; decimated &quot;(reduced by a tenth).&quot; -- Allan Dregseth, Fargo, North Dakota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I nominate&quot; decimate &quot;as it applies to men and the destructive fury of nature and results of sports competitions. Decimate simply means a reduction of 10% - neither more nor less. She perhaps because of the notoriety derived decimation Romans used as a technique of prisoner of war, the population reduction or an incentive to under-performing combat units. A group of 10 will be assembled and well-designed. Nine win and the losers winner would die at the hands of the losers - a variant of the instant lottery Game. maybe &quot;cream&quot; or &quot;emulsified&quot; should be replaced. - Mark Dobias, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;The word is so overused and misused, people use it when they should say&quot; destroy. &quot;She&#39;s so bad now that there are two definitions, and the real one who has taken over as a weed. -- Dane, Flowery Branch, Georgia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Decimate&quot; has been turned upside down. It means &quot;to destroy tenth, &#39;but people use it to mean&quot; to destroy nine tenths. &quot;- David Welch, Venice, Florida.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PSYCHOLOGICAL - &quot;Reporters, short on vocabulary, often describe a scene as&quot; emotional. &quot;Of course, but the emotion? For a radio reporter to announce seriously,&quot; There was an emotional send it to Joe Blow &quot;tells me nothing other than the journalist felt that the participants acted in an emotional way. For example: I had a Emotional day today. I started to feel a little tired and cranky until I had my coffee. I was helpless in a cat kill a bird on the other side of the street. I was bemused by my reaction to the way nature works. Intrigued I was tonight, to add a word or two of your suggestions. I was pleased to see the words that others have posted. Gosh, it was an emotional day for me. &quot;- Brendan Kennedy, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;POP - &quot;On each of the 45000 decorating shows on cable television (which I watch a lot), there is at least one mandatory use a formula like ...&quot; The addition of red, it&#39;s really POP. &quot;You know when he&#39;s coming ... it your mouth with the decorator. There must be another way to describe the addition of an interesting detail.&quot; -- Barbara, Arlington, Texas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IT IS WHAT IT IS - &quot;This sentence unnecessary, originally made by the athletes on the losing side of a contest, found its way into common use. Twice he directed exploit add nothing to the conversation while being phonetically and thematically redundant. &quot;- Jeffrey Skrenes, St. Paul, Minnesota.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;It means absolutely nothing and it is most often a cop or a way to avoid answering a question in a way that could require a real thought or insight. Listen to an interview with some coach or athlete in big-time and sports as you inevitably hear. &quot;- Doug Compo, Brimley, Michigan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;It seems to be everywhere and invade all parts of any newspaper I read. It reminds me of&quot; Who is John Galt? &quot; &#39;Atlas Shrugged.&quot; It implies an acceptance of the status quo, no matter what the circumstances. But it is what it is. &quot;- Erik Pauna, Mondovi, Wisconsin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Only Yogi Berra should be allowed to make such an circumlocution.&quot; -- Jerry Holloway, Belcamp, Maryland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;It is migrating from premium&quot; reality television &quot;in itself, and the integration of persons otherwise articulate&quot; vocabularies. Of course, it is what it is ... Otherwise, it would not be what it was! &quot;- Steve Olsen, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UNDER THE BUS - &quot;To overuse. I often hear the cliché-filled world of sport, where it is used to describe misplaced blame - ie&quot; After the loss on Sunday, fans threw As the bus. &quot;- Mark R. Hinkston, Racine, Wisconsin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Please, it is enough to&quot; blame &quot;.&quot; -- Mike Lekan, Kettering, Ohio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I wonder if someone say something negative has become the same as that of a mob hit. Like every sportscaster in the United States uses, is a call for the media to start issuing a thesaurus to everyone in front of a camera. &quot; -- Mark Bockhaus, Appleton, Wisconsin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Please, it is enough to&quot; blame &quot;.&quot; -- Mike Lekan, Kettering, Ohio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I wonder if someone say something negative has become the same as that of a mob hit. Like every sportscaster in the United States uses, is a call for the media to start issuing a thesaurus to everyone in front of a camera. &quot; -- Mark Bockhaus, Appleton, Wisconsin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LSSU accepts applications for the banned-words list throughout the year. To apply for the 2008 list, go to http://www.lssu.edu/banished/submit_word.php.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/feeds/5922772768666147367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/7224255708339596896/5922772768666147367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/5922772768666147367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7224255708339596896/posts/default/5922772768666147367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://university-profile.blogspot.com/2008/02/lake-superior-state-university-2008.html' title='Lake Superior State University 2008 list of banished words'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>