• The Leap Day martini's cousin

    Updated: 2012-02-29 17:29:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , February 29, 2012 The Leap Day martini's cousin Slate's Troy Patterson profiles a drink for every four . years Leap Year Cocktail : Like Sipping Gin While Sucking on a Throat Lozenge Invented by Harry Craddock at London’s Savoy Hotel in 1928, the leap year cocktail is sweet , and bitter , but not exactly bittersweet . In his excellent book Cocktail subtitled The Drinks Bible for the 21 st Century but out of print since the 20th—Paul Harrington pegs the leap year as the dulcified cousin of the Martini , 8221 which is as apt a phrase as any for a drink that somewhat shares a flavor profile with grandma candy . The

  • The universe owes me a day off

    Updated: 2012-02-29 11:19:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , February 29, 2012 The universe owes me a day off Since I'm working an extra day this . year Actually , I get a break since I have a ton of stuff due March 1 Happy Leap Day , . everybody Leap Day traditions and superstitions on February 29 Leap Day’ is February 29, which is an extra intercalary day added during a Leap Year making the year 366 days long and not 365 days , like a common normal year . Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year in our modern Gregorian Calendar Ever since Leap Years were first introduced over 2000 years ago with the transition from the Roman Calendar to the Julian Calendar in 45 BCE Before

  • The universe still owes me

    Updated: 2012-02-29 00:46:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , February 29, 2012 The universe still owes me Even though , as Slate's Matthew Yglesias explains , the economic impact of my extra labor is . minimal The Economic Impact Of Leap Day As it's February 29th . a few people have asked me whether I think the creation of an extra day provides any kind of boost to the economy . The short answer is not really . The longer answer starts with a bit of math . One extra day makes the year 0.27 longer theoretically allowing for 0.27 more economic activity to take place . So it's true that all things considered you might get a smallish boost to aggregate output and income totals

  • From the Urban Dictionary

    Updated: 2012-02-28 19:34:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 28, 2012 From the Urban Dictionary Business Casualty When someone wears business casual and it looks . horrible The long dressy skirt and polo didn't look good together , it was a business casualty and tucking it in didn't make it look any . better I've seen my share of business casualty at conferences . nbsp Sometimes , I'm a victim . myself Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing

  • I was always told to give 110%

    Updated: 2012-02-28 11:47:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 28, 2012 I was always told to give 110 Daniel Hamermesh writing in Freakonomics gives us some tee shirt . wisdom Work : 12 Monday , 5 Friday The picture on this t-shirt is a joke . It states : Always give 100 at Work : 12 Monday 23 Tuesday 40 Wednesday 20 Thursday 5 Friday . 8221 But it’s interesting that its creator chose not to spread the work evenly across the week . His her view of labor supply suggests a temporal dimension that seems sensible : More work on Monday than on Friday , more on Tuesday than on Thursday , with peak work effort on Wednesday . In terms of labor productivity , this does not seem

  • I've got a bad feeling about this...

    Updated: 2012-02-28 00:04:00
    : . Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 28, 2012 I've got a bad feeling about this . Some tips for those who can't read the tea . leaves In my shop , it's always a bad sign to be asked to McDonold's for coffee . nbsp Or even worse , to step outside . From Alison Green writing in usnews.com . I've listed two of her eight . below 8 Signs You Should Look for a New Job On Careers usnews.com 2. You notice that you're getting a lot more feedback in writing . If your boss used to give you feedback in person and now she's putting criticism in emails , she may be creating a paper trail to build a case for firing you . Many companies require written

  • Race to the top

    Updated: 2012-02-27 15:11:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 27, 2012 Race to the top Make that . topless From the Memphis Commercial Appeal Memphis schools deputy superintendent Hamer on paid leave for breast comment Memphis City Schools Deputy Superintendent Irving Hamer made crude remarks about an administrative secretary's breasts at a party at his boss' house , resulting in him being placed on leave with . pay Hamer made the comments at the party Supt . Kriner Cash had last Saturday night for about 20 key staff members . Hamer had been addressing the entire group , including the secretary who works in Cash's . office Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis

  • Deadline is March 2

    Updated: 2012-02-27 11:58:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 27, 2012 Deadline is March 2 ACHE call for proposals Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions 1 comments : Unknown said . It's really awesome blog dear . i get lot of information . i also share some information . Hope you like it . Thanks for sharing . it Human Resource Management Monday , February 27, 2012 Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE and I'm a past president of both the Association for Continuing

  • The Jerk Store called

    Updated: 2012-02-24 11:56:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 24, 2012 The Jerk Store called On your cell . phone Using your mobile phone may make you more selfish . nbsp And I'm not just refering to talking in movie theaters . nbsp From Time s Healthland Is Your Cell Phone Making You a Jerk Cell phones keep us socially connected , but new research suggests they actually reduce users’ social consciousness . In fact , the study showed that cell phone use was linked to more selfish . behavior Researchers from the University of Maryland’s Robert H . Smith School of Business found that after a short period of cell phone use , people were less likely to partake in

  • NAASS regional conference open for registration

    Updated: 2012-02-23 11:55:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , February 23, 2012 NAASS regional conference open for registration ETSU's Dr . Sarah Bradford is the Southern Regional Vice . President The North American Association of Summer Sessions invites you to attend the Southern and Middle States Joint Regional Conference at the Virginia Tech Research Center-Arlington Conference Center . Plan to share with other summer session professionals while learning how to develop , market , and execute successful for-credit and not-for-credit summer and special session programming . Program elements under development will include : Facilitated discussion topics around marketing ,

  • Good luck, Emily Richardson

    Updated: 2012-02-23 10:50:00
    : , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , February 23, 2012 Good luck , Emily And welcome to ACHE South . From The Chronicle of Higher . Education Why I Moved : An Intriguing Job Title Pulls a Continuing-Education Dean . South Someone came over to me at a conference in September and said , I found your perfect job . I said , I didn't even know I was looking . They said , Well , I read a job description , and it just so sounds like you . I was absolutely intrigued by the title : associate vice president for boundless learning . I thought , How cool that is , to explain what we do as continuing educators The title alone gives you the scope of Stetson's

  • Kingsport welcomes Dr. Noland

    Updated: 2012-02-22 22:55:00

  • Tales of the non-traditional

    Updated: 2012-02-22 20:28:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , February 22, 2012 Tales of the non-traditional An adult student talks about her . journey From Huffington Post Going To College At 63 : You're Never Too Old To Live Your Dream' I went to the unemployment office and put in all the paperwork , and the guy at unemployment said , As long as you're in school , unemployment will continue and pay for your education . I told him I didn't even have a high school diploma . He said , Then we'll send you to get a one . I thought , Oh boy , at my age I'm not even going to remember half this stuff . But I got my GED and went back to unemployment , and they said , You don't live

  • Call for research proposals

    Updated: 2012-02-22 11:25:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , February 22, 2012 Call for research proposals The Theresa Neil Memorial Research Fund The Summer Session Research Consortium , which consists of the North American Association of Summer Sessions NAASS the North Central Conference on Summer Schools NCCSS the Western Association of Summer Session Administrators WASSA and the Association of University Summer Sessions AUSS is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for the Theresa Neil Memorial Research . Fund The total available for the year 2012 is 9,000. One or two proposals will be supported from this . amount Research Topics The Consortium invites proposals that

  • ACHE accepting nominations to its national board of directors

    Updated: 2012-02-21 11:45:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 21, 2012 ACHE accepting nominations to its national board of directors You must have previous service to the organization , natch . nbsp There are four positions : open Directors-at-Large three openings and Vice President The Association will present its slate of candidates in the April Five Minutes with ACHE In order to submit a nomination , please click here Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by a colleague . nbsp Once nominations are received , the chair of the Nominations Committee , Tish Szymurski , will contact nominees with requests for additional information . Please direct any inquiries

  • ACHE South Awards deadline has been extended

    Updated: 2012-02-20 11:40:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 20, 2012 ACHE South Awards deadline has been extended To February 27, 2012. ACHE South is seeking awards nominations for outstanding credit and non-credit programs , distinguished continuing higher education professionals , scholarships , and research grants . nbsp Recipients will be recognized at the 2012 South ACHE Spring Conference in Lexington , Kentucky on April 24, 2012. For more information , awards descriptions , and nomination forms please visit our website at www.uky.edu ue acheConf2012 The application deadline is February 27, 2012. If you have questions , please contact Dan Connell at d.connell

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  • Call for proposals

    Updated: 2012-02-17 11:45:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 17, 2012 Call for proposals ACHE Annual Conference and Meeting November 12-14, 2012 Sheraton Capitol Hotel Austin , Texas There's still time to submit The deadline to submit is March 2, 2012. Read the full Call for Proposals by clicking here or visiting our conference website at www.acheinc.org ache2012 Then , submit your proposal via our easy-to-use proposal submission form Collaboration and Partnership : Our Keys to the Future Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick

  • Adult education shaky in L.A.

    Updated: 2012-02-17 11:28:00
    : . Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Friday , February 17, 2012 Adult education shaky in L.A . A program serving over 300,000 students might get . cut Always the first to go . From The Los Angeles Times Adult education on L.A . Unified's chopping block Still , nothing in her 39 years as a teacher at Evans prepared her for the news that the district's entire adult education division may be on the chopping . block The program's already been cut in half , she said . Now we find out that we are being zeroed out' of the budget . Indeed , according to a proposal presented to the school board last month , there is no money budgeted for the 120-million Division of

  • At the MTSU Adult Learner Conference

    Updated: 2012-02-16 16:46:00
    Parking was so bad I almost drove on home. Holding this event on campus with these parking conditions is continuing education malpractice. But I'm here and three of our advisors are presenting so it should be a good day. But I just noticed they call ETSU Eastern Tennessee State University. Shoddy proof reading.

  • UCU Conference – Defend Public Education – Saturday 10 March

    Updated: 2012-02-16 00:42:44
    UCU will be holding a major conference on the defence of public education in London on Saturday 10 March 2012. Its aim is to bring together unions, students and organisations with an interest in defending our education system from cuts, privatisation and the institutionalisation of social inequality. The conference will be chaired by Tom Wilson, Director [...]

  • Starts today

    Updated: 2012-02-16 00:40:00

  • ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine

    Updated: 2012-02-16 00:11:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Thursday , February 16, 2012 ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine Has landed on the top 10 list of a national magazine that named Johnson City one of the best cities in the United States to attend medical . school For its January February issue , PreMedLife researched and compiled the Top 10 Cities for Medical School . 8221 Published in New York City for pre-medical students , PreMedLife not only ranked Johnson City among its top 10 but also christened it to be the magazine’s editor’s choice . 8221 The PreMedLife story based its rankings on cities that offer medical students the best overall experience outside the classroom .

  • Meanwhile, just over the mountains in North Carolina

    Updated: 2012-02-15 11:02:00
    : , Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Wednesday , February 15, 2012 Meanwhile , just over the mountains in North Carolina High Point University is . hiring From The News-Record.com High Point University to add jobs by fall High Point University officials plan to add more than 110 jobs before the fall . semester New positions include 50 faculty for undergraduate and doctoral programs , administrative staff , food service , security and . athletics By August , the number of employees at High Point University will have grown to about 1,126 with the addition of 116 new jobs . These numbers do not include hundreds of construction . workers Posted by Rick Osborn

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  • The Redneck Riviera

    Updated: 2012-02-14 00:25:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Tuesday , February 14, 2012 The Redneck Riviera AKA Myrtle Beach , is on this list of romantic spots from Mainstreet . I've spent Thanksgiving there but never Valentine's Day . nbsp Rumor has it that the 2014 ACHE South Conference will be in . MB 10 Affordable Valentine’s Day Getaways Posted by Rick Osborn Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook : Reactions 0 comments : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom About Me Rick Osborn I'm currently the Secretary Treasurer for the Tennessee Alliance for Continuing Higher Education TACHE and I'm a past president of both the Association for

  • If this were true

    Updated: 2012-02-13 11:05:00
    : Rick Osborn's Continuing Education Blog A discussion of continuing higher education , adult education , training,and related--and some unrelated--Tennessee . topics Monday , February 13, 2012 If this were true I'd be a vegetable by . now Perhaps the effects are not cumulative . Or perhaps I just don't know I'm stupid . From Linda Carroll , writing in Life Inc Meetings can make you , uh , stupid We all know that meetings can be dull and boring . A new study shows that they can also make you . stupid You may joke about how committee meetings make you feel brain dead , but our findings suggest that they may make you act brain dead as well , says study co-author Read Montague , director of the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory and Computational Psychiatry Unit at the Virginia Tech Carilion

  • The SATs fiasco makes the cover of Private Eye

    Updated: 2012-01-03 07:43:03
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