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September 1st Recruiting Opportunities for High School Juniors
NCAA Division I coaches in the sports listed below can engage in the specified recruiting activities beginning September 1st of a recruit's junior year in high school.
Baseball – Coaches can call and can send text messages, email or other direct correspondence (mailings, instant messages, etc.) They can also provide official and unofficial visits to HS juniors.
Women's Basketball – Coaches can call and can send text messages, email or other direct correspondence (mailings, instant messages, etc.)
Football (both FBS and FCS) – Coaches can send text messages and emails or other direct correspondence.
Lacrosse – Coaches can call and can send text messages, email or other direct correspondence. They can also provide official and unofficial visits to HS juniors. Sept. 1 is also the first date when these coaches can accept incoming calls from HS juniors.
Softball – Coaches can call and can send text messages, email or other direct correspondence. They can also provide official and unofficial visits to HS juniors. Sept. 1 is also the first date when these coaches can have off-campus contact with HS juniors and can accept incoming calls from them.
If you have questions about the recruiting rules for these or any other NCAA sports, send an email to rick@informedathlete.com or by calling 913-766-1235. You can also schedule a confidential Recruiting Rules Consult online for an in-depth conversation regarding your athlete's specific situation.
September 3, 2021 /by Informed Athlete
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NCAA Recruiting Rule Tips and Updates
NCAA Division I Dead Period extended again! The recruiting "Dead Period" prohibiting in-person recruiting in all Division I sports has now been extended through May 31. This means that no official or unofficial visits to Division I campuses are permissible until after May 31 at the earliest. Division I coaches will be limited to phone, video, or electronic communication with recruits.
For a free copy of the current NCAA Recruiting Calendars, go here: https://informedathlete.com/services/ncaa-recruiting-calendars/
Recruiting Tip for All College Levels:
When talking to student-athletes or their parents we often hear "The assistant coach that recruited me is no longer with the school."
Because we hear those comments so often, we suggest that athletes who are being recruited spend as much time as possible with the head coach when visiting a campus. After all, the head coach is the one who decides who will be in the starting lineup.
To learn more about Recruiting Rules, visit our webpage: https://informedathlete.com/how-we-help/recruiting-rules/
For tips and suggestions to improve your recruitment or for questions about NCAA recruiting rules, schedule a Recruiting Rules Consult Online, send an email to rick@informedathlete.com or call us at 913-766-1235.
March 17, 2021 /by Informed Athlete
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June 15 – An Important Date for NCAA Recruiting of 2022 High School Grads
June 15th is an important date for high school recruits regarding the opportunity to have contact with NCAA Division I and Division II coaches, and also for current junior college athletes who were signed to an NJCAA Letter of Intent during the 2019-20 academic year.
NCAA Division I Recruiting Information:
June 15th is the first date when most NCAA Division I coaches will be able to place recruiting phone calls and send emails/messages to athletes who have just completed their sophomore year of high school.
The following Division I sports are the only ones that have a date other than June 15 as the earliest date for placing recruiting calls and sending emails/messages to prospects:
Baseball – Sept. 1 of junior year
Women's Basketball – Sept. 1 of junior year
Football – Sept. 1 of senior year except for one call between Apr. 15 and May 31 of junior year
Men's Ice Hockey – Jan. 1 of sophomore year
Lacrosse – Sept. 1 of junior year
Softball – Sept. 1 of junior year
Regarding calls placed by high school recruits TO Division I coaches, the dates listed above are the same EXCEPT that coaches in the sports of baseball, basketball, and football can accept incoming calls and talk to recruits who call them at any time.
NCAA Division II Recruiting Information:
For recruiting by NCAA Division II colleges, June 15 is the date when coaches in ALL sports can start to contact recruits who have completed their sophomore year via phone, email, or direct message services.
Division II coaches in all sports can also accept incoming calls and talk to prospects who call them at any time.
NJCAA Letter of Intent Signees:
For athletes who attended an NJCAA two-year college during the 2019-20 academic as a Letter of Intent signee: June 15 is also the date by which notification of renewal of the Letter of Intent for the 2020-21 academic year is supposed to be provided by their college.
An NJCAA athlete not signed to a new scholarship by June 15 (which is supposed to be in the form of a new Letter of Intent) becomes recruitable by any other NJCAA college starting on June 16.
For specific questions about recruiting rules, Letter of Intent, or scholarship agreements, call us at 913-766-1235 or send an email to rick@informedathlete.com.
June 15, 2020 /by Informed Athlete
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Recruiting Rules, Scholarship Strategies
How to Navigate the Current NCAA Recruiting Restrictions
Last week, NCAA Division I leaders extended the recruiting Dead Period for all Division I coaches through the end of July due to continued COVID-19 concerns.
Division I coaches are limited to recruiting by phone, text, email, and other messaging, as well as looking at film and by speaking with high school, junior college and/or club coaches.
Meanwhile, Division II coaches entered a recruiting Quiet Period on June 1.
This means that although the Division II coaches are still restricted from conducting any off-campus recruiting activities, they can conduct sports camps and clinics, invite recruits to campus and have in-person recruiting conversations, as long as those interactions take place on campus.
As the parent of a high school or junior college recruit, how should you or your athlete approach this situation?
Check out opportunities in your state or region to participate in recruiting camps or showcase events this summer. Because coaches can't leave campus to conduct recruiting, they will be relying more than ever on the word of event organizers and junior college or smaller college coaches on who were the top players at each event.
Attend recruiting/skills camps that may be offered at junior colleges or small colleges in your area. Don't discount the information that junior college coaches may share with NCAA coaches. Also, don't discount the possibility of starting off your college career at a junior college to improve your skill level, or to gain strength and speed, so that you can then be recruited by NCAA programs from a junior college.
Create a recruiting video that you can send out to coaches.
Prepare an athletic resume that you can send to coaches along with a recruiting video. Highlight not only your athletic skills and abilities, but also your academic performance and any leadership or other extra-curricular activities you've been involved in.
Set up a page for your athlete on one of the recruiting websites that permit you to create your own page and profile.
Here are some of the ways that we can provide objective guidance and information to help you and your athlete navigate through this current challenging environment.
We can explain the academic requirements that your athlete will need to satisfy to be eligible to compete at the college level, as well as the transfer academic requirements if they want to start off at the junior college level, or just take part-time courses at the beginning of their enrollment.
We can explain the differences in the rules regarding athletic scholarships at the various college levels so that you are prepared if an offer of a scholarship is made to your athlete.
For a spring sport recruit who may be faced with overcrowded college rosters this next year, we can also explain the rules and implications of taking a gap year after high school graduation. That option may provide some benefits both athletically to gain size and strength and improve skill level, as well as academically to take part-time course work while postponing the start of the athlete's eligibility clock.
If you have questions, concerns, or are confused about what to do and how to navigate the recruiting process, we can help you understand and provide scenarios and options for what is in the best interest of your athlete. Schedule a private and confidential Scholarship Strategies Consultation online or by calling us at 913-766-1235 or sending an email to rick@informedathlete.com.
June 3, 2020 /by Informed Athlete
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NCAA Division II Recruiting Will Enter a Quiet Period Starting June 1st
In a recent post, I shared that NCAA Division I has extended their recruiting Dead Period for all sports through June 30.
In contrast, NCAA Division II has announced that they will enter a Quiet Period starting June 1 and continuing until June 30.
During the Quiet Period, Division II coaches:
Can invite recruits to visit campus
Can have face-to-face interaction with recruits and their family members on campus.
Can host camps and clinics on their campuses.
Coaches are still prohibited from conducting off-campus recruiting activities.
Keep in mind that decisions by colleges regarding whether and when to permit these activities will be guided by campus policies and state and local health authorities.
Certain Division II conferences may also choose to impose more restrictions on campus activities than are permitted during a Quiet Period.
Schedule a confidential Recruiting Rules consultation online to make sure you're up to date on what activities are permissible. You can also call us at 913-766-1235 or send an email to rick@informedathlete.com.
May 20, 2020 /by Informed Athlete
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NCAA DI Recruiting Opportunities
August 1 is a very important date for certain aspects of recruiting for many NCAA Division I sports programs. Those recruiting opportunities that can begin on August 1 are listed below:
Official Visits – Can be provided August 1 by Division I programs to recruits who will be entering their junior year of high school, with the following exceptions:
Baseball, Softball, and Lacrosse – Sept. 1 of junior year of HS
Women's Basketball and Football – April of junior year of HS
Unofficial Visits – Division I programs can be actively involved in unofficial visits for recruits who will be entering their junior year of high school starting August 1, with the following exceptions:
Football and Women's Basketball – Any time, no restrictions.
Men's Ice Hockey – January 1 of sophomore year of HS
Men's Basketball – August 1 before sophomore year of HS
Off-Campus Contacts – Face-to-face interaction between Division I coaches and prospects (and/or their family) at off-campus locations permissible August 1 before their junior year with the following exceptions:
Men's Basketball – Opening day of junior year of HS
Lacrosse and Softball – September 1 of junior year of HS
Women's Basketball – March 1 of junior year of HS
Baseball and Football – July 1 after junior year of HS
If you have questions about the NCAA recruiting rules for your specific sport of interest, contact us at 913-766-1235 or via email to rick@informedathlete.com
August 10, 2019 /by Informed Athlete
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Proposed Changes to NCAA DI Recruiting Timeline
The NCAA Division I Council recently proposed changes to the Division I recruiting timeline that will adjust key recruiting dates in all sports other than football and basketball. The proposed changes are expected to be voted on in April 2019.
One proposal addressed the sport of men's ice hockey, while the other proposal addressed all Division I sports except hockey, football and basketball.
Proposal One: Prospects being recruited for men's ice hockey would be allowed to make unofficial visits to campus to meet with coaches and tour athletic facilities as early as January 1 of the sophomore year of high school if this proposal is approved.
Currently, unofficial visits involving athletic staff are not permissible until September 1st of a prospect's junior year of high school. The hockey proposal would also permit official visits to Division I campuses beginning August 1 before the start of a prospect's junior year.
Proposal Two: For all sports other than football, basketball, and men's ice hockey, the proposed changes would permit prospects to have communication with Division I coaches – whether initiated by the coach or the prospect – starting on June 15 after the sophomore year of high school. Also, the permissible date for official and unofficial visits would be moved one month earlier to August 1 from September 1.
NCAA universities and conferences will be providing feedback to the Division I Council prior to their vote in April, so these proposals could be revised before the final vote. Look for updates in the Spring regarding these proposals as we get closer to April.
For more information about NCAA recruiting rules, visit our website. If you'd like a confidential consult as to how these rules or other rules could impact you or your athlete, schedule a phone or email consult online, call us at 913-766-1235 or send an email to rick@informedathlete.com.
November 6, 2018 /by Informed Athlete
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New Recruiting Opportunities Opened June 15
Friday, June 15th was the first day for NCAA Division I Men's Basketball coaches to begin to place recruiting phone calls and send recruiting correspondence (emails, direct messages, etc.) to high school recruits in the graduating class of 2020.
June 15 was also the first day for coaches in all NCAA Division II sports to begin to recruit high school prospects who will graduate in 2020. These activities can include recruiting phone calls, sending recruiting correspondence, AND also offering official visits to a Division II campus.
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For HS Recruits: College Experience Expectations
If you're a high school recruit competing for an athletic scholarship offer, have you defined your college experience expectations?
Do you want to compete at the highest level possible and try to win a championship for your team – whether that's a conference, regional, or national championship?
Or, will you be completely happy if you're enjoying college, making lifelong friendships, and possibly participating on a junior varsity college team to stay physically active and spend more time with some of your new friends?
Many colleges at both the NCAA and NAIA level use their athletic teams to boost their enrollment numbers.
But, some programs take that even a step further by adding junior varsity teams to the athletic program. Those coaches might recruit you to join their teams with the opportunity of being promoted to the varsity level at some point in your college career, but they may primarily be looking to just boost college enrollment.
Don't get me wrong – if you will be happy being on the JV team and not having as many commitments on your time as you would have with practice and travel commitments of a varsity program, then that's great.
The point I want to make is to be sure you ask – especially at smaller colleges – if they have both a varsity and junior varsity team in your sport, and where the coach sees you fitting into the program. As the article that I've linked below describes, the coach may be more interested in your participation to boost college enrollment rather than for the talent that you can provide to help their team win.
http://blog.naia.org/index.php/2017/11/06/goshen-college-boosting-recruitment-with-junior-varsity-athletics/
If you're a high school recruit and have questions, click here to learn how to schedule a confidential consult or contact us directly at 913-766-1235.
November 17, 2017 /by Rick Allen
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A Parent's Story About NCAA Recruiting & Transfer Process
We're sharing a story from an Informed Athlete client. His story is not an uncommon one; in fact, you might be facing a similar situation.
His story illustrates how easy it is to make mistakes when you don't know what questions to ask or what things to look for when talking with college coaches or visiting campus.
"Rick Allen and Informed Athlete is an invaluable resource to athletes and their parents for the D1 Baseball recruiting, transferring and signing process.
I only wish that we knew of Rick and his company when our son was in high school going through the recruiting process. Our son turned down scholarship offers from several schools to play at his "dream school."
What we did not know was that D1 baseball only has 11.7 scholarships to give to 27 members of their 35 man baseball roster. That meant that 8 players on the roster were not "on money."
We were ignorant and did not know that this meant those players (along with any walk-ons), could be cut from the team after fall practice and not count against the 35 man roster. In other words, the 27 players on money counted against the roster in the Spring so they were very unlikely to get cut no matter what for that year.
Of course, our dream school did not tell us this. Worse yet, since they had officially recruited my son, he could not simply transfer to another D1 school that wanted him without sitting out a year.
Rick Allen guided us through the transfer from his D1 school to a JUCO program and helped us navigate very difficult and confusing rules on how that transfer had to occur if my son was going to transfer back to a D1 program after a year in JUCO.
Without his help and guidance, I am confident that my son's career would be in serious jeopardy, if not over completely. Instead, he is thriving at his new D1 program.
College athletics is BIG BUSINESS that makes BIG MONEY. Do not let your son get caught in a numbers game or be put on the shelf like a commodity until the players in front of him move on.
Rick Allen can guide you step by step on every decision so you are armed with the knowledge to ask the right questions of your recruiting coach and program.
Do not risk your son's career or trust that D1 programs have his best interest in mind. It's all about the money, so get informed today by the best in the business.
Thank you Rick!!!!! Finally, someone with knowledge that we could trust and rely upon for the advice we needed."
August 11, 2015 /by Rick Allen
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Published on September 9th, 2015 | by Gerry Galipault
ReverbNation Release Dates
At Pauseandplay.com, we love lists. So why not keep a list of upcoming releases (and some more recent ones) from ReverbNation-related artists? More titles will be added throughout the day, so check back frequently. … Have we mentioned we love lists?
(BTW: We have received more than 2,000 submissions … whew!)
AriiiYow (Istanbul-based experimental artist) "Papa Moon" (six-song EP; Hear here) (AriiiYow, Sept. 9)
Beautifull Lyric (Duluth, Ga., R&B singer) "Raindrops" (Hear here) (BeautyStar Productions)
Nisha Nandez (San Pedro, Calif., pop singer) "Baby Just a Minute" (Hear here) (Vera Music Group, Sept. 10)
Jassniro (based in Rome, Italy) "Do You Like That?" (Hear here) (Jassniro Emotional Lounge, Sept. 15)
Wild Ride (L.A. rock trio) "European Invasion" (six-song EP; HEar here) (Wild Ride, Sept. 30)
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Agent 13 (Fort Myers, Fla., indie-rock quartet) "Cloak and Dagger" (six-song EP; Hear here) (Agent 13, Sept. 1)
Bare Noble (Morehead City, N.C., rock band) "For What It's Worth" (six-song EP; Hear here) (Bare Noble, Sept. 1)
Roy Catlin (Denver singer-songwriter) "From Being Lost" (Hear here; See here) (DistroKid.com, Sept. 1)
A Flourishing Scourge (Seattle metal quartet) "As Beauty Fades Away" (four-song EP; Hear here) (Begotten)
Live Animals (EDM artist Josh Stone, from Asheville, N.C.) "Arrival" (six-song EP; Hear here) (Live Animals, Sept. 1)
The Reliables (funky rock band from Fairview, Tenn.) "The Reliables" (Hear here) (The Reliables, Sept. 1)
Worldwide Groove Corporation (Nashville electronic music power duo) "Daydream" (guests: Daniella Mason, Kareem Bennett, Ingrid Dumosch; Hear here) (Fabulation, Sept. 1)
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Burny Bogart & Junior (hip-hop duo from Nigara Falls, Ontario) "Pussy Platter" (Hear here) (Burny Bogart & Junior)
Jtyriq (R&B/pop artist and producer from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe) "Cold Summer Nights" (Hear here) (Makishi, Aug. 25)
Louie & The Pride (Australian folky-pop group) "Wake Me Up" (Hear here) (Louie & The Pride, Aug. 29)
Mala Ruckus (alt-rock band based in Dalian, China) "Make the Monkey Watch" (three-song EP; Hear here) (Mala Ruckus, Aug. 29)
Homer Marrs and the Excellent Adventure (Chicago indie-rock trio) "Fun Size" (five-song EP; Hear here) (Homer Marrs and the Excellent Adventure)
SandmanJ (gospel rap artist from Tulsa) "He's the One" (feat. Naomi Emanuel & Erica Jordan; Hear here) (SandmanJ, Aug. 26)
Savage Cabbage (Fort Collins, Colo., indie-rock trio) "Waves" (five-song EP; Hear here) (Savage Cabbage)
Peter Vincent (South African rocker) "Turn It Up" (Hear here) (Peter Vincent, Aug. 27)
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Boh inventing "Komodo Dragon" (Hear here) (Boh inventing, Aug. 18)
Civil Discord (Philly rock band) "Inner Beauty" (Hear here) (Civil Discord, Aug. 18)
Friday (Colorado Springs-based pop singer) "Don't Give Up" (See here) (Friday, Aug. 22)
Hoodbilly Draw (Fenton, Mo., indie-rock band) "First Draw" (six-song EP; Hear here) (Hoodbilly Draw, Aug. 22)
Imaginary Tribe (Peru, Ill., metal band) "Nocturnal Existence" (Hear here) (Imaginary Tribe, Aug. 17)
Martin Gilsenan Mckenna (Edinburgh, Scotland, singer-songwriter) "She Got the Fever" (Hear here) (Martin Gilsenan McKenna, Aug. 23)
Lamprey "The Greener Grass" (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3) (Lamprey)
Unsound (Fort Lauderdale-based electronic duo) "Chasing Light" (Hear here) (Unsound, Aug. 18)
Valeriy (Ukraine-born, NYC-based singer Val Borovinskiy) "Sex" (Hear here; See here) (Valeriy, Aug. 23)
Ellis Bailey (Chicago R&B/hip-hop singer) "Maneater" (ReverbNation; See here) (Fuller Music Group)
Moscato (Australian rock quintet) "Unshiny" (five-song EP; ReverbNation) (562600 Records DK, Aug. 12)
Zach Person (Houston rock guitarist) "Listen" (four-song EP; Hear here) (Zach Person)
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Beware the Zebra (Portland, Ore., alt-rock band) "To-Do Wrists EP" (three songs; Hear here) (Constant Legs, Aug. 6)
Constant Legs (Tampa indie folk/experimental duo) "Real News" (Hear here) (Constant Legs, Aug. 8)
Ben Pryer (Horsham, U.K., singer-songwriter) "Maybe in Love" (Hear here) (Ben Pryer, Aug. 8)
Johnny Ravin (Winnipeg guitarist-songwriter) "All My Days" (Hear here) (Johnny Ravin, Aug. 6)
The Salt Riot (Seattle alt-rock trio) "Bystander" (Hear here) (The Salt Riot, Aug. 10)
See You in the Funnies (Cincinnati grunge-hop group) "See You in the Funnies" (Hear here) (SYITFRecords, Aug. 10)
Shiffley (Long Island five-piece indie pop band) "Anthem City" (four-song EP; Hear here) (Shiffley, Aug. 7)
Sweet Sweet (Myrtle Beach indie-folk duo) "To the Stars" (Hear here) (Klocker, Aug. 4)
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Lost in Atlantis (female-fronted rocktronica band from Redondo Beach, Calif.) "This World Is Ours: Part I" (five-song EP; guest: Ryan Key; Hear here; MP3) (Lost In Atlantis, July 28)
Alek Sandar (NYC pop/EDM artist) "P.O.R.N" (feat. Amanda Lepore; Hear here) (Splendid Sounds)
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Worried that Facebook Employees Know Your Password? Here are Some Pro Security Tips
News18 22 March 2019
Facebook allowed hundreds of millions of user passwords to be accessible to by its employees for years and Facebook violated fundamental computer-security practices. Now, cybersecurity company Sophos is offering advice on what people can do.
Facebook has said it has fixed a security issue wherein millions of its users' passwords were stored in plain text and "readable" format for years and according to reports, were searchable by thousands of its employees. The report by KrebsOnSecurity claimed on Thursday that around 200-600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by over 20,000 Facebook employees.
Federal prosecutors in the US are now also probing whether top executives of Facebook, already mired in data breaches, were aware of data harvesting by the British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. According to a report in The Guardian on Sunday, federal prosecutors' investigation claims that the social media giant has "covered up" the extent of its relationship with Cambridge Analytica.
John Shier, senior security advisor at cybersecurity firm Sophos about how this story ties into all the other recent news of Facebook, saying, "Despite the recent public struggles Facebook has had with respect to privacy and security, this incident is a little different. Authentication data is something that Facebook treats very seriously and has put in place many mechanisms, both externally and internally, to ensure that user credentials are safeguarded. While the details of the incident are still emerging, this is likely an accidental programming error that led to the logging of plain text credentials."
He addede, "That said, this should never have happened and Facebook needs to ensure that no user credentials or data were compromised as a result of this error. This is also another reminder for people who are still reusing passwords or using weak passwords to change their Facebook password to something strong and unique and to turn on 2-factor authentication."
Paul Ducklin, senior technologist, Sophos, has answers for some of your most pressing enquiries over this latest security threat:
Q. Should I change my Facebook password?
Ducklin: Why not? It's perfectly possible that no passwords at all fell into the hands of any crooks as a result of this. But if any passwords did get into the wrong hands (and you can bet your boots that the crooks are trawling through any old data they might have right now, to see if there is anything they missed before), then you can expect them to be abused. Hashed passwords still need to be cracked before they can be used; plaintext passwords are the real deal without any further hacking or cracking needed. So our advice is: change your password now.
Q. Should I turn on two-factor authentication?
Ducklin: Yes, turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) now. We've been urging you to do use two-factor authentication everywhere you can anyway - it means that a password alone isn't enough for crooks to raid your account.
If you are reluctant to give Facebook your phone number, use app-based authentication, where your mobile phone generates a one-time code each time you log in.
Q. Should I close my Facebook account?
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Citizen Scientists Discover Dozens of New Cosmic Neighbors in NASA Data
In this artist's rendering, the small white orb represents the white dwarf (a remnant of a long-dead Sun-like star), while the purple foreground object is the newly discovered brown dwarf companion, confirmed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. This faint brown dwarf was previously overlooked until being spotted by citizen scientists working with Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a NASA-funded citizen science project. (Credits: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld/Acknowledgement: William Pendrill)
GREENBELT, Md. (NASA PR) — We've never met some of the Sun's closest neighbors until now. In a new study, astronomers report the discovery of 95 objects known as brown dwarfs, many within a few dozen light-years of the Sun.
They're well outside the solar system, so don't experience heat from the Sun, but still inhabit a region astronomers consider our cosmic neighborhood. This collection represents some of the coldest known examples of these objects, which are between the sizes of planets and stars.
Members of the public helped make these discoveries through Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a NASA-funded citizen science project that is a collaboration between volunteers and professional scientists. Backyard Worlds incorporates data from NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) satellite along with all-sky observations collected between 2010 and 2011 under its previous moniker, WISE. Data from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope and the facilities of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab were also instrumental in the analysis.
"Vast modern datasets can unlock landmark discoveries, and it's exciting that these could be spotted first by citizen scientists," said Aaron Meisner, assistant scientist at NSF's NOIRLab and the lead author of the study describing the brown dwarfs. "These Backyard Worlds discoveries show that members of the public can play an important role in reshaping our scientific understanding of our solar neighborhood."
Why these brown dwarfs are important
Brown dwarfs are not massive enough to power themselves like stars but are still many times heavier than planets. Despite their name, brown dwarfs would actually appear magenta or orange-red to the human eye if seen close up. While brown dwarfs can be extremely hot, even thousands of degrees Fahrenheit, many of the newly discovered ones are colder than the boiling point of water. Some even approach the temperature of Earth and are cool enough to harbor water clouds.
Brown dwarfs with low temperatures are also small in diameter and therefore faint in visible light. Still, they give off heat in the form of infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye yet detectable by telescopes such as NEOWISE and Spitzer. For cold brown dwarfs like those in this study, the infrared signal is also faint, so they are easier to find the closer they are to our solar system.
Discovering and characterizing astronomical objects near the Sun is fundamental to our understanding of our place in, and the history of, the universe. With their relatively cold temperatures, these newly discovered brown dwarfs represent a long sought missing link within the brown dwarf population.
In 2014, scientists discovered the coldest-known brown dwarf, called WISE 0855, using data from NASA's WISE mission in infrared light. WISE 0855 is about minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit, or minus 23 degrees Celsius. No other brown dwarf came close to this object's low temperature. Some researchers wondered if 0855 was actually a rogue exoplanet – a planet that originated in a star system but was kicked out of its orbit. This new batch of brown dwarfs, together with others recently discovered using NEOWISE and Spitzer, puts 0855 in context.
"Our new discoveries help connect the dots between 0855 and the other known brown dwarfs," said astrophysicist Marc Kuchner, the principal investigator of Backyard Worlds and the Citizen Science Officer for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. Kuchner is also an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Since the same physical processes may form both planets and brown dwarfs, the new findings offer prospects for research into worlds beyond our solar system.
"This paper is evidence that the solar neighborhood is still uncharted territory and citizen scientists are excellent astronomical cartographers," said coauthor Jackie Faherty of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. "Mapping the coldest brown dwarfs down to the lowest masses gives us key insights into the low-mass star-formation process while providing a target list for detailed studies of the atmospheres of Jupiter analogs."
How professional scientists and citizen scientists collaborated
To help find our Sun's coldest, nearest neighbors, the professional astronomers of the Backyard Worlds project turned to a worldwide network of more than 100,000 citizen scientists. These volunteers diligently inspect trillions of pixels of telescope images to identify the subtle movements of brown dwarfs. Despite the abilities of machine learning and supercomputers, there's no substitute for the human eye when it comes to scouring telescope images for moving objects. For this new group of brown dwarfs, 20 citizen scientists across 10 different countries are listed as coauthors of the study.
"Being that this will be the first scientific paper that I'm a coauthor on, its publication will definitely be the highlight of working with Backyard Worlds so far," said Les Hamlet, a citizen scientist in Springfield, Missouri, who has worked on Backyard Worlds since 2017. "Also, being connected in some way with the now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope through this paper is kind of special to me."
Backyard Worlds volunteers primarily examine sky maps produced from observations by WISE and NEOWISE. Participants then scour additional archival data sets, like those from the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory and Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, programs of NSF's NOIRLab. Spitzer, which NASA retired in January 2020, provided the crucial brown dwarf temperature estimates. The results will be published in The Astrophysical Journal.
Backyard Worlds volunteers have already discovered more than 1,500 cold worlds near the Sun. The new discovery of 95 brown dwarfs is the largest published sample of these objects ever discovered through a citizen science project.
Alongside the dedicated efforts of the Backyard Worlds volunteers, NOIRLab's Astro Data Lab science platform was instrumental in this research.
The approach of the Backyard Worlds project – searching for rare objects in large datasets – is also one of the goals for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, an NSF/Department of Energy facility currently under construction on Cerro Pachón in Chile's Atacama Desert. The Rubin Observatory will image the entire southern sky every three nights over 10 years, providing a vast amount of data which will enable new ways of doing astrophysical research.
The new Backyard Worlds discoveries also underscore Spitzer's pioneering legacy of revealing the Sun's coolest neighbors. NASA's forthcoming James Webb Space Telescope will also be a powerful tool for examining brown dwarfs for more insights into these mysterious objects and what they can reveal about the formation of planets and their atmospheres.
About Backyard Worlds: Planet 9
The ongoing Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project, funded by NASA, lets anyone join the quest to find more mysterious objects in spacecraft data. Check it out at backyardworlds.org.
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"My CFA got me a buy-side role in Singapore. But it's not helping me much on the job"
by Eduardo Leung 22 August 2019
Early this year I left a major US bank in Singapore to join a European asset management firm which, while big globally, has a small operation in this country. I'd just been promoted to associate at my bank, but I wasn't working in a particularly sexy part of the firm. I was working in custody, a stable but slightly boring flow business.
Now, around five months on, I'm servicing customer accounts at my new firm and have started doing portfolio reviews. I also feel that I'm on track for a front-office portfolio management job down the line. So, despite leaving a large bank for a small buy-side player, my career is on an upward trajectory.
But how did I even get my foot in the door of the buy-side? It was mainly because I had already passed all three levels of the CFA, despite only being in my mid-20s. Most people my age have just scraped through Level I, or are merely Level I 'candidates' (i.e. they haven't passed anything).
There are so many CFA candidates in Singapore these days that buy-side employers won't be impressed if you put that on your resume. Almost all my new colleagues (i.e. people actually working in the buy-side) have passed Level III, and many are also fully-fledged charterholders.
So back to me….Instead of waiting a few years to begin the CFA, I plunged straight into it soon after graduating and starting my banking job. The CFA is so gruelling that the younger you can do it, the better. Do it when you don't have your own family and when you have more energy to study and are still enthusiastic about the finance sector. Don't do it when you're burned out and are desperately looking for a mid-career change of scene.
But here's the slightly disappointing thing about the CFA, at least from my perspective. The content of what I learned during the three levels isn't now helping me that much on the job.
When I come across a concept at work for the first time, my CFA knowledge means I may not be completely in the dark, but the CFA has given me a less-rounded understanding of investment management than I'd hoped for. What I've learned on the job in just five months on the buy-side has been far more valuable than any skills I've gleaned from the qualification.
Passing the CFA undoubtedly helped get me into the buy-side (it was almost certainly the key factor), but I don't feel it's giving me an edge in the workplace. Had I started five months ago without it, I think I'd still be performing at about the same level as I am now.
Eduardo Leung (not his real name) works for a European asset management firm in Singapore.
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Alden is newest SMIF affiliate fund
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Alden Area Community Foundation accepting donations
ALDEN, Minn., September 22, 2017 – In August, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) welcomed Alden Area Community Foundation as its 27th affiliate fund. The Alden Area Community Foundation's mission is to serve the City of Alden and its surrounding areas by supporting programs and projects that improve the quality of life and build a stronger community.
The Alden Area Community Foundation is starting off with $50,000 in its endowment. The $50,000 startup money is from the Alden Area Development Corporation, a privately funded nonprofit group that was formed by business people in 1966 to buy land to develop next to the yet to be built I-90 Interstate interchange. In addition, some local donations have already come in.
Rick Hemmingsen, a 1970 graduate of Alden High School, is one of the founding board members of the Alden Area Community Foundation and an early champion of the idea. "I'm such an advocate of foundations," said Hemmingsen. "Over my career I can see what they can do."
"A community foundation is one marker of a healthy community," said SMIF President and CEO Tim Penny. "It shows that people are willing to invest in the future." Affiliate funds are a helpful way to leverage SMIF dollars. On average, for every dollar invested locally, SMIF invests on average $10 to its region. In total, SMIF has granted more than $4.1 million to its affiliate funds."
The Alden Area Community Foundation is now able to accept tax-deductible charitable donations. Hemmingsen encourages others who grew up in the community to consider donating. "It's real simple for me as an alumni: It's payback time," said Hemmingsen. "I was very fortunate to have grown up in Alden. It has survived very well over the years compared to other small towns in the area. By writing a check, you are saying 'Keep up the good work!'"
SMIF's handles most administrative details for the 27 funds under its umbrella. "Our job is to do all of the back-end stuff so our affiliate funds can focus on raising money and making grants in their communities," said Alissa Oeltjenbruns, SMIF's Development Coordinator. Alden is the only SMIF affiliate fund in Freeborn County. SMIF also hosts donor-advised and designated funds.
Alden Area Community Foundation board members include: Rick Hemmingsen, Jerry Reyerson, Cheryl Reynolds, Natalie Schmidt, and Barb Zeller. All are Alden natives with strong ties to the community, and each is a graduate of Alden High School. They are seeking more board members; call 507-874-2730 if interested in joining.
"I am excited about the future of Alden and this foundation will help strengthen our community in so many positive ways," said Barb Zeller, Board Treasurer and founding board member.
To donate to the fund, visit www.smifoundation.org/donate and select "Alden Area Community Foundation" from the dropdown menu. You can also send checks to AACF, 19524 650th Ave, Alden, MN 56009.
To learn more about how to become a SMIF affiliate fund, contact Alissa Oeltjenbruns at alissao@smifoundation.org or 507-214-7023. You can also visit www.smifoundation.org.
About Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), a donor-supported foundation, invests for economic growth in the 20 counties of south central and southeastern Minnesota. The Foundation has provided more than $106 million in grants, loans and programming within the region during the past 31 years. SMIF manages over 50 community foundations and donor advised funds to help southern Minnesota communities retain philanthropic wealth now and into the future. SMIF's key interests include early childhood, community and economic development. To learn more about our work and mission, visit www.smifoundation.org.
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Five African Americans in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Filed in Appointments on July 14, 2017
Barbee Oakes was appointed chief diversity officer at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, effective September 1. She has been serving as chief diversity officer and assistant provost for diversity and inclusion at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Dr. Oakes holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree from Wake Forest University. She earned a Ph.D. in exercise physiology and nutrition from the University of Tennessee.
Maurice Stinnett was appointed vice president of engagement and chief diversity officer at Cleveland State University. He was dean of students at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Dr. Stinnett is a graduate of Central State University. He earned a master of divinity degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary and a master's degree and a doctorate in education from Columbia University in New York City.
Elaine L. Westbrooks was appointed University Librarian and vice provost for university libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been serving as associate university librarian for research at the University of Michigan.
Westbrooks holds a bachelor's degree in linguistics and a master's degree in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh.
Nsombi B. Ricketts is the new assistant provost for diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She was the assistant dean for diversity and inclusion for the university's Graduate School.
Ricketts is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she majored in education and social policy. She holds an MBA in marketing, strategy, and leadership from Emory University in Atlanta.
Nick Wallace was appointed assistant dean for enrollment management at the Syracuse University College of Law. He was senior associate dean for admissions and financial aid at the Rutgers Law School in New Jersey.
Wallace holds a master of public policy degree and a law degree from the University of Minnesota.
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By Debra Michals, PhD | 2017
Abolitionist author, Harriet Beecher Stowe rose to fame in 1851 with the publication of her best-selling book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which highlighted the evils of slavery, angered the slaveholding South, and inspired pro-slavery copy-cat works in defense of the institution of slavery.
Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 in Litchfield, Connecticut, the seventh child of famed Congregational minister Lyman Beecher and Roxana Foote Beecher. Her famous siblings include elder sister Catherine (11 years her senior), and Henry Ward Beecher, the famous preacher and reformer. Stowe's mother died when she was five years old and while her father remarried, her sister Catherine became the most pronounced influence on young Harriet's life. At age eight, she began her education at the Litchfield Female Academy. Later, in 1824, she attended Catherine Beecher's Hartford Female Seminary, which exposed young women to many of the same courses available in men's academies. Stowe's proclivity for writing was evident in the essays she produced for school. Stowe became a teacher, working from 1829 to 1832 at the Hartford Female Seminary.
In 1832, when Stowe's father Lyman accepted the position of president of the esteemed Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, she went with him. There, she met some of the great minds and reformers of the day, including noted abolitionists. Smitten with the landscape of the West, she published her first book, Primary Geography, in 1833, which celebrated the diverse cultures and vistas she encountered. In 1836, she met and married Calvin Stowe, a professor at the Lane Seminary. He encouraged her writing, they had seven children, and weathered financial and other problems during their decades-long union. Stowe would write countless articles, some were published in the renowned women's magazine of the times, Godey's Lady's Book. She also wrote 30 books, covering a wide range of topics from homemaking to religion in nonfiction, as well as several novels.
The turning point in Stowe's personal and literary life came in 1849, when her son died in a cholera epidemic that claimed nearly 3000 lives in her region. She later said that the loss of her child inspired great empathy for enslaved mothers who had their children sold away from them. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which legally compelled Northerners to return runaway slaves, infuriated Stowe and many in the North. This was when Stowe penned what would become her most famous work, the novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. Originally serialized in the National Era, Stowe saw her tale as a call to arms for Northerners to defy the Fugitive Slave Act. The vivid characters and great empathy inspired by the book was further aided by Stowe's strong Christianity.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was released as a book in March 1852, selling 300,000 copies in the US in the first year. It was later performed on stage and translated into dozens of languages. When some claimed her portrait of slavery was inaccurate, Stowe published Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book of primary source historical documents that backed up her account, including the narratives of notable former slaves Frederick Douglass and Josiah Henderson. Southern pro-slavery advocates countered with books of their own, such as Mary Henderson Eastman's Aunt Phillis's Cabin; Or, Southern Life as It Is. This work and others like it attempted to portray slavery as a benevolent institution, but never received the acclaim or widespread readership of Stowe's.
Stowe used her fame to petition to end slavery. She toured nationally and internationally, speaking about her book and donating some of what she earned to help the antislavery cause. She also wrote extensively on behalf of abolition, most notably her "Appeal to Women of the Free States of America, on the Present Crisis on Our Country," which she hoped would help raise public outcry to defeat the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act.
During the Civil War, Stowe became one of the most visible professional writers. For years, popular folklore claimed that President Abraham Lincoln, upon meeting Stowe in 1862, said, "So you're the woman who wrote the book that started this great war." That quote, published in a 1911 biography of Stowe by her son Charles, has been called into question, as Stowe herself and two others present at the meeting make no reference to it in their accounts (and Charles was only a boy at the time of the meeting).
In 1873, Stowe and her family moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where she remained until her death in 1896, summering in Florida. She helped breathe new life into the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, and was involved with efforts to launch the Hartford Art School, later part of the University of Hartford.
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82. Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Brzezinski) to the President's Assistant (Watson)1
Washington, December 12, 1977
Foreign Economic Policy Coordination
I have just learned that in September the President asked Mike Blumenthal to work with Jim Schlesinger, Charlie Schultze, Dick Cooper and others on a review of the US balance of payments situation.2 Subsequently, Mike, Charlie and Cy Vance sent the President separate memos outlining possible policy responses for dealing with our trade and current account deficit.3 I did not receive these memos and so did not have an opportunity to comment on important policy recommendations. The President then met with a group on November 23 to review the situation.4 I only became aware of this exercise because Cy Vance's memo of December 1 was routed to the NSC for action.
Foreign economic policy, including trade and monetary matters, is an important aspect of overall US foreign policy. I would like, in the future, to receive copies of all memos going to the President on these subjects, so that I can have an opportunity to comment on them. I would also like to have Henry Owen, who is working on this range of issues with me, to be invited to attend meetings, such as the one that took place on November 23.
Source: Carter Library, National Security Affairs, Brzezinski Material, Subject File, Box 16, Economic Assistance Strategy: 10/77–5/78. No classification marking. Sent to Brzezinski for his signature under cover of a December 9 memorandum from Owen, who wrote: "As we discussed on the phone, we have prepared memos for your signature to Jack Watson, Rick Hutcheson and Tim Kraft asking that they take appropriate steps to assure that you (1) receive copies of all memos sent to the President concerning foreign economic policy and (2) are invited to meetings where such policy issues are discussed." (Ibid.) The December 12 memoranda to Hutcheson and Kraft, initialed by Brzezinski, are attached but not printed. (Ibid.)↩
Not further identified, but see Document 66.↩
Blumenthal's memorandum to Carter is Document 66. Schultze presented his views in a November 15 memorandum to Carter entitled "Secretary Blumenthal's Memo on the U.S. Balance of Payments and Proposed Measures to Reduce It." Vance offered his views to Carter in a December 1 memorandum entitled "The U.S. Balance of Payments." Eizenstat and Schirmer also submitted a memorandum to Carter on the issue, dated November 19 and entitled "Analysis of Blumenthal Memo: Balance of Payments." All three memoranda are in the Carter Library, Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary, Presidential File, Box 60, 11/23/77 [1].↩
No minutes of this meeting, which took place from 11:35 a.m. until 12:05 p.m. in the Cabinet Room, were found. (Carter Library, Presidential Materials, President's Daily Diary)↩
Blumenthal, W. MichaelBrzezinski, Zbigniew K.Carter, James Earl (Jimmy)Cooper, Richard N.Eizenstat, Stuart E.Hutcheson, Richard G., IIIKraft, TimothyOwen, Henry D.Schirmer, Katherine P. (Kitty)Schlesinger, James R.Schultze, Charles L.Vance, Cyrus R.Watson, Jack H., Jr.


U.S.|Fire in NYC High-Rise Injures 22 People, Including Newborn
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Fire in NYC High-Rise Injures 22 People, Including Newborn
NEW YORK — A fire erupted in an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side early Tuesday, injuring 22 people, two of them critically, according to the Fire Department of New York.
The fire was reported around 2 a.m. on the 24th floor of a building on East 72nd Street.
A newborn baby was among those hurt, according to WABC.
The critically injured patients were found unresponsive in a doorway, where they appeared to have collapsed while trying to escape, WABC reported.
A door was left open in the apartment where the fire started, allowing the flames to spread into the hall, officials said.
"We had numerous phone calls from apartments above, complaining about smoke, people trapped, all due to the fact that that door was left open," said Assistant Fire Chief Joseph Ferrante. "Had the door been closed, this would've been a one-apartment, one-room fire."
Those hurt included four firefighters. Their injuries were minor.