iPad Apps I Enjoy The iPad is one of my favorite devices. I got one as part of the initial rollout back in April and have now been using it for 7 months. Recognizing that the iPad was one of the most sought after gifts this holiday season I thought I would share a few of my favorite applications and uses and get feedback from others on what they are using the iPad to do. ]]> The iPad is one of my favorite devices. I got one as part of the initial rollout back in April and have now been using it for 7 months. Recognizing that the iPad was one of the most sought after... http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/techbits/2010/12/ipad_apps_i_enjoy_5.html https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/4352/guest@my.umbc.edu/67b9c4fce837156d5e6b8c3e71f858ab/api/pixel apps ipad jack-suess Jack Suess https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/jack https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/xsmall.png?1294843785 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/original.jpg?1294843785 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/xxlarge.png?1294843785 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/xlarge.png?1294843785 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/large.png?1294843785 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/medium.png?1294843785 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/small.png?1294843785 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/xsmall.png?1294843785 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/160/81cacbb44ce8bf874ef92e1a73432c7f/xxsmall.png?1294843785 Jack Suess 0 0 false Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:08:39 -0500 UMBC Chess Team Finishes Strong to Place Second in... Full Title: UMBC Chess Team Finishes Strong to Place Second in “World Series of College Chess”Contact: Daniel Clemens 410-852-3974 dpclemens@yahoo.com BALTIMORE -- Battling weather-induced travel delays, illness and the nation’s top collegiate players, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) chess team turned in a strong performance to place second in the “World Series of College Chess” that concluded yesterday in Milwaukee. UMBC earned a draw against the University of Texas-Brownsville in its sixth and final match at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championships, which began Monday. The Retrievers rebounded after a hard-fought loss in a key match Wednesday night against the University of Texas-Dallas, the eventual champion. “It came down to the critical match against Dallas,” said Alan T. Sherman, UMBC chess director. “It just didn’t go our way.” By finishing in the top four, UMBC qualifies for the other preeminent college chess event: the President’s Cup, scheduled for April 2-3 in Tyson’s Corner, Va. The Retrievers are defending champs of President’s Cup, also known as the “Final Four of College Chess.” UMBC also was the Pan-Am defending champ, after capturing the last year’s title outright and earning a share of the 2008 title. Today the Retrievers found themselves in unfamiliar territory: second place. “It feels a little like a defeat that we didn’t finish first,” Sherman said. “It’s a weird feeling.” Said Sam Palatnik, UMBC’s associate chess director who coached the team at the tournament, “It’s not every time you can be the best in the competition. Every one was fighting and competing. It’s a good place for us. We’ll take it.” UMBC sent two teams to the tournament and a bright spot was the fifth-place finish of the B-team. Sabina Foisor, a former A-team alternate who led the B-team in Milwaukee, won all five of her games. Against the eventual champs, Foisor, an International Woman Grandmaster from Romania, beat Alejandro Ramirez, a Grandmaster and UT-Dallas’ top player. “Playing on the first board and going five for five [games], that’s outstanding,” Palatnik said. UT-Dallas went 6-for-6 in its team matches en route to the title. “They really had a well deserved victory,” Sherman said. “They beat all the strong teams.” UMBC’s task in the crucial match with UT-Dallas was made tougher when one of the Retrievers top players, Giorgi Margvelashvili, played after coming down ill. Margvelashvili came up short in his match, as did Leonid Kritz, another top UMBC player. “It definitely affected his play,” Sherman said. “If Giorgi had won his game, the outcome could’ve been different. “Even though they play six rounds, it always comes down to a very short, critical path. A very small number of games determines the outcome. It makes it exciting and frustrating.” UMBC faced challenges before the tournament began. Last weekend’s major winter storm led to travel delays for some team members. But Sherman and Palatnik refused to make excuses. Challenges such as weather, travel and illness are part of the game, they said. “If you had a choice, you’d choose not to have those things,” Palatnik said yesterday by telephone from the Crowne Plaza Hotel, site of the tournament. “But sometimes they happen.” UMBC has won a record nine Pan-Am titles, including six outright championships to go with three co-titles. Twenty-eight teams took part in the 2010 Pan-Am, which attracts the top college programs. The event is the most celebrated intercollegiate tournament in the Americas, open to any college or university team from North, South or Central America. Since the tourney’s inception in 1946, dozens of universities throughout the Americas have participated. The 2010 field included teams from such far-flung schools as the University of Toronto and the University of the West Indies, as well as squads from prominent U.S. schools such as Yale, Stanford and the University of Chicago. For UMBC, the focus now turns to the President’s Cup, where the Retrievers will square off against the University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Tech University, in addition to UT-Dallas. “We’ve got our ticket to the Final Four,” Palatnik said. “We’ll try our best to be ready. We need some work. The competition is much, much stronger.” For more information on the UMBC team, contact Alan T. Sherman, director, UMBC Chess Program, 410-963-4779 (c), sherman@umbc.edu. For more information about the 2010 Pan-Am and college chess, visit www.uschess.org or www.collegechess.org/. ]]> Full Title: UMBC Chess Team Finishes Strong to Place Second in “World Series of College Chess”Contact: Daniel Clemens 410-852-3974 dpclemens@yahoo.com BALTIMORE -- Battling weather-induced... http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/umbcnews/2010/12/umbc_chess_team_finishes_stron_1.html https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/4166/guest@my.umbc.edu/47aecb994acbfd0f010c56eb4ed80175/api/pixel headlines top-news UMBC News https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retired-30 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/xsmall.png?1787842820 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/original.png?1787842820 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/xxlarge.png?1787842820 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/xlarge.png?1787842820 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/large.png?1787842820 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/medium.png?1787842820 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/small.png?1787842820 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/xsmall.png?1787842820 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/10/xxsmall.png?1787842820 UMBC News 5 0 false Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:23:57 -0500 iPhone App of the Month - RunKeeper There are now over 250,000 iPhone apps. If you are like me, you take your iPhone everywhere, even when exercising. I recently stumbled upon an application that I found to be useful when I exercise. With the new year coming we all like to make to resolutions to get in shape and I thought some may find this of interest as well. ]]> There are now over 250,000 iPhone apps. If you are like me, you take your iPhone everywhere, even when exercising. 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Alan Sherman reports that “UMBC advances to Final Four of College Chess, placing 2nd at 2010 Pan-Am Intercollegiate, after losing to arch rival UTD in close, hard-fought match last evening in Milwaukee. 28 teams competed in this six-round team Swiss event, including Stanford, Yale, Univ of Chicago, Univ. of Toronto.” The top four teams are UT Dallas, UMBC, UT Brownsville and Texas Tech. See here for the final standings of all 28 teams.

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CSEE Professor Alan Sherman reports that "UMBC advances to Final Four of College Chess, placing 2nd at 2010 Pan-Am Intercollegiate, after losing to arch rival UTD in close, hard-fought match last evening in Milwaukee. 28 teams competed in this six-round team Swiss event, including Stanford, Yale, Univ of Chicago, Univ. of Toronto." The top four teams are UT Dallas, UMBC, UT Brownsville and Texas Tech. See here for the final standings of all 28 teams.

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LePage-Thankyou

Some of us at USDemocrazy will be graduating next year and will be “GULP” in the job market at a time of nearly 10% unemployment.

But we think we have found the perfect solution to our job search problem… get our Dads elected to higher office!

Word has it that Maine Gov.-elect Paul LePage hired his 22-year-old daughter in a top position in his administration despite her apparent lack of qualifications. She will make at least $41,000.

It just goes to show… it pays to have your Dad as Governor!

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Looking for roommate for spring 2011 semester.  Room is in a house in Arbutus less than a mile from campus.  Full kitchen and 1.5 bathrooms.  350 per month + utilities and also we have a dog.  If you are interested please email Amanda Pappas at apap1@umbc.edu for more
 information.  
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A few weeks ago I had a minor health scare: an anomaly during a routine checkup that could have been serious but turned out, after 11 days of waiting to see a specialist, to be nothing much. During the period between those two doctor’s appointments, I tried not to dwell on the darker possibilities.  But of course my mind wandered unbidden, and I found myself both exploring my fears and taking stock of my life.  And then, when almost all of my thoughts struck me as clichés, I pondered how clichés don’t seem trite at all when I’m living them.

Here is some of what I mulled over during those 11 days.

I thought about the courage and fortitude shown by people I know who have lived, or are living, with pain and medical uncertainty.  Having had just a taste of it, I recognize how much stronger they are than I felt.

I thought about how generally happy I am with my life now, and how much I would like to continue enjoying it.  Almost nothing has turned out the way I envisioned it decades ago, and thank heaven for that.  I wish I could have more of my friends and family here with me, thousands of miles from where I grew up, but I’m deeply grateful for those I have here, and for the opportunity to do meaningful work as part of a dynamic, caring campus community.

I thought about the story of my life, and how it might read if it ended soon.  The key plot points would be my two giant leaps away from my path-of-least-resistance career trajectories, decisions that have made everything that has followed possible.  And the underlying theme would be how hard it was for me to figure out who I really was, and what I really cared about.  I spent a lot of years struggling to free myself from the web of other people’s (often well-meaning) expectations and the (supposed) givens of everyday life, and to discover my own values and sense of purpose.  My work at self-discovery and self-development is far from complete, but it’s only in the past few years that I’ve really felt good about how far I’ve come.

Finally, I thought about moments that really mattered to me: the often-unexpected instances of real, deep connection with the people around me.  My wife Sharon and my close friends have taught me a lot about how to be myself, and not some version of me manufactured unconsciously in response to my circumstances.  But so too have students and colleagues at UMBC, especially in those in-between moments when our formal roles have faded to the background and our common cares and humanity have mattered more. 

I’ll carry these thoughts with me into the new year.  They imply resolutions for 2011 and beyond.
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