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Ivy League Fooled: How America's Top Colleges Avoid Real Diversity

by Cord Jefferson

September 2, 2011

Back in March, as colleges began to herald their newly admitted classes for PR purposes, the Ivy League schools got to patting themselves on the back.

The Harvard Gazette bragged that Harvard’s newest batch of accepted students included record numbers of blacks and Latinos. Brown said its admitted class was “the most racially … diverse“ in the school’s centuries-long history.  Dartmouth shared actual percentages, declaring that a full 44 percent of its newest class was composed of students of color. Coincidentally, that was the same percentage of minorities in Penn’s freshman class.

Numbers like these might lead someone to believe that diversity is no longer an issue at America’s most elite colleges. Like everyone else, students of color have long strived to make it to the Ivy League, where the education and connections can set a person up for life. Now, evidently, huge numbers of minorities are getting their chance. When nearly half of an Ivy League school’s accepted class is made up of people of color—America as a whole is only 47 percent non-white (PDF)—aren’t we nearing perfect equality? If only.

It turns out the Ivy League’s racial diversity stats are only half the story. People in search of egalitarianism at places like Harvard and Columbia shouldn’t just be asking what color students are, but where they’re from, too.

Call it the Ivy League’s dirty little secret: While America’s most elite colleges do in fact make it a point to promote ethnic diversity on their campuses, a lot of them do so by admitting hugely disproportionate numbers of wealthy immigrants and their children rather than black students with deep roots—and troubled histories—in the United States.

The problem, of course, isn’t that black immigrants are going to Ivy League schools in large numbers; educational success should be applauded no matter where the student is from. But the large numbers of African immigrants on American college campuses, coupled with the remarkably small numbers of native blacks on those same campuses, calls into question the effectiveness of America’s affirmative action programs. While affirmative action started as a system to right the wrongs of slavery and institutional anti-black racism, helping wealthy immigrants who weren’t here for those struggles doesn’t serve any of the program's original intentions.

“Very few black students [at Harvard] were able to be categorized under the term ‘just black,’” says Joy Alison Cooper. Cooper graduated from Harvard in 2006 and is now a Fogarty Scholar doing clinical research in Nairobi, Kenya. “There was an overrepresentation of Africans,” she says, “and specifically Nigerians. Nigerians were so numerous that in my senior year, my best friend helped start the Nigerian Students Association.”

The statistics are striking: Though African immigrants, many of them from Nigeria and Ghana, make up less than 1 percent of America's total population, first- and second-generation black immigrants comprise 41 percent of all black students at Ivy League schools, according to 2007 research from teams at Princeton and Penn. Another study, this one published in Sociology of Education in 2009, found that immigrant blacks attended select colleges at almost four times the rate of native-born African Americans. Outside of the Ivy League, almost 44 percent of African immigrants graduated from a four-year college, compared to just 18 percent of native blacks.

None of this would matter if black Americans and their immigrant counterparts were gunning for the Ivies from a level playing field. But they’re not. Data shows that African immigrants, Nigerians in particular, are far wealthier and more highly educated than many Americans of any race. In 2000, when the median household income for African Americans was about $30,000, the median income for Nigerian immigrant families was more than $45,000 (PDF). Where education is concerned, in 2007, African immigrants were likelier to have obtained a college or graduate degree than any other immigrant population, and 20 percent likelier than the U.S. population as a whole.

It’s easy to chalk these numbers up to the myth that immigrants work harder than native blacks, but studies say that’s wrong. According to the aforementioned sociological research from 2009, immigrant students don’t value education more than native blacks or perform significantly better academically. Rather, they have the financial resources required to get a leg-up into the highest echelons of academia.

“When we compare immigrant blacks to African Americans from similar family socioeconomic backgrounds, we find no significant differences between them in their chances of attending college,” says Pamela Bennett, one of the study’s authors and an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins. “Our findings indicate that [African immigrants] have greater resources, in the form of family structure and private school attendance, that are universally helpful in providing opportunities to go to college.” (“Family structure” means that African immigrants are less likely to live in single-parent households than native blacks.)

Teresa Wiltz, senior editor of black politics and culture website The Root, graduated from Dartmouth in the 1980s. She says that a lot of her black peers did benefit from programs helping low-income minorities, but the African immigrants with whom she went to school were very affluent. “There was a group of Ethiopian students there, two of whom were the relatives of [Ethiopian Emperor] Haile Selassie,” she tells me. “Yes, they came from highly privileged backgrounds, but they were also exiles thanks to the revolution there. There was also a group of Ghanaian students—all men.”

Emails and phone calls to Brown, Yale, and Princeton requesting interviews about their admissions processes went unanswered. Emails to members and former members of Harvard's Nigerian Student's Association also went unanswered. Harvard senior communications officer Jeff Neal wrote in an email, “Harvard College seeks to admit the most interesting, able, and diverse class possible, regardless of individual background. … There are no quotas of any kind. We rely on teachers, counselors, headmasters, and alumni to share information with us about applicants' strength of character, their ability to overcome adversity, and other personal qualities—all of which play a part in admissions decisions.”

In his book The Trouble With Diversity: How We Learned to Love Identity and Ignore Inequality, University of Illinois at Chicago English professor Walter Benn Michaels laments that colleges have abandoned real affirmative action programs in order to promote a more general sense of diversity, which presumes that all black people are alike regardless of income or place of birth. “The trouble with diversity … is not just that it won’t solve the problem of economic inequality," he writes, "it’s that it makes it hard for us to even see the problem.”

For her part, Cooper, the Harvard graduate, says what she observed in black immigrant students wasn’t more smarts or a lot more money, but a will to succeed that hadn’t been quashed by decades of oppression. “Descendants of slaves came here on a ship as chattel, not on a plane or inner tube with hopes of an American dream,” she says. “Honestly, I believe it's difficult to strive for better when you already live in what people name the American dream, but what you have lived is a nightmare.”

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The migration of personal and financial data to the cloud has highlighted, for both financial institutions and their regulators, risks associated with data breaches.  This migration has involved third-party cloud services vendors storing and processing such personal and financial data on behalf of their financial services customers.

Cloud service offerings for financial services customers are expected to comply with the myriad of laws and regulations applicable to the financial services industry, to include the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, FFEIC (Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council) requirements and state data protection and privacy laws.   Cloud service vendors, however, may face challenges assuming an obligation to comply with industry-specific laws and regulations.  They offer cloud services in a multi-tenant environment; their customers represent numerous industries subject to varying legal and regulatory frameworks.  Accordingly, customers may be confronted with an obligation to themselves ensure the compliance of their cloud service with industry-specific laws and regulations.

Given this dynamic, what can financial services firms do to ensure that their IT functions continue to comply with applicable laws and regulations as they migrate resources and data to the Cloud?

  • Service configuration and due diligence.

Cloud service offerings enable customers to select from a menu of controls relating to elements of the cloud service, to include access rights, back up and deletion of data, storage location, etc.  The financial services customer and vendor should cooperate in selecting and confirming controls that map to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, such as FFEIC.  To the extent a vendor already offers services to customers within the same industry, the vendor may have significant experience and resources to aid the process.  In any event, mapping out dozens of applicable controls against a regulatory framework can constitute a significant and time consuming exercise for a financial services firm.

Understand and clarify the scope of a vendor’s security commitment.

Security commitments made by the vendor to a financial services firm (in lieu of an express commitment to comply with industry laws and regulations) could be of interest to a regulator for purposes of evaluating the customer’s compliance activities.  The financial services customer should have a clear understanding of the scope and sufficiency of such security commitments.  The liability of the cloud service vendor may be limited to the scope of its security commitment.

  • Secure access rights for regulators.

From time to time, regulators may require information on and/or access to a cloud service offering.  The financial services customer should ensure that such access is contractually permitted on terms that a regulator would find useful or acceptable for purposes of determining compliance.  Such rights could include access to a vendor’s data center and personnel upon request.


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21 Genetic Marker Testing

In nearly all cases of paternity, if the alleged father is the true biological father, all 21 tested genetic markers will match those of the child (one of the genetic markers, Amelogenin, is used to verify the gender of the person being tested). If all genetic markers match, it is referred to as “no exclusions”. We guarantee* that in “no exclusions” cases, testing mother, child and alleged father, our DNA paternity tests will provide a Probability of Paternity in excess of 99.999%. This is a thousand times more accurate than the 99% required by the AABB (formerly American Association of Blood Banks).

Another way of understanding the 99.999% minimum Probability of Paternity is that the chance of a wrong conclusion, i.e. the true biological father is not the tested man, is at worst 1 in 100,000 and is usually 1 in millions, if not higher.

Genetic Markers that do not Match

It is possible for the tested father to be the true biological father and yet have one or even two genetic markers that do not match (exclusions) due to mutations in the father’s DNA. In the majority of cases of one exclusion, the Probability of Paternity will still be in excess of 99.9% although we cannot guarantee this. Cases with two exclusions may be inconclusive and require further testing of additional genetic markers. Cases of three or more exclusions will conclude that the tested father is “excluded” as being the father of the child with a probability of exclusion of 100%

IMPORTANT NOTE: We cannot guarantee a minimum probability of parenthood if a paternity test includes only one parent and the child. However, in most cases the Probability of Paternity will be greater than 99.9%

*This paternity test guarantee assumes that each tested person belongs to one of the following ethnic groups: Caucasian, African, Asian or Hispanic. This is because the probabilities of paternity depend on the frequencies of different genetic markers in databases based on these ethnic groups. We can still carry out paternity testing with family members from other ethnic groups but calculations become more conservative and may result in probabilities of paternity of less than 99.999% although this is unlikely if all 21 of the tested father’s genetic markers match those of the child.

Since all our testing is performed by an ISO accredited DNA laboratory, all our DNA tests, whether legal or non-legal, use the most rigorous control protocols in the DNA industry. This provides security for our clients, knowing that they will receive the most accurate DNA test results available.


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Guam Football Association executives officially approved the nomination of Micah Paulino for General Secretary of the organization in an Executive Committee meeting held Tuesday evening at the GFA National Training Center conference room.

“I’ve always felt that I owe GFA for the opportunities afforded to me and that eventually, I would give back to the sport which has developed me as an individual,” Paulino said. “I truly appreciate the confidence President Tino San Gil and the GFA Executive Committee members have in me to take on the responsibilities of this vital role. It’s clear how much football in Guam has grown in all aspects over the years and I am grateful for all the work that has been done by current and past executives for Guam’s players, coaches, officials, staff, and football fans. I look to essentially build on that foundation and work to accelerate football as the leading sport in Guam.

“I want to share the experiences that helped shape me as a player and as a person and collaborate with all stakeholders to effectuate positive changes that will make the sport more easily accessible to the community,” Paulino added.

Paulino takes on the post vacated by Tino San Gil, who recently won GFA’s presidential election in an Extraordinary Congress held earlier this month. San Gil tapped and presented Paulino as his top nomination for the position at the meeting.

“When considering options for nominations for the position, I felt that Micah was my top candidate,” San Gil said. “His energy, his passion for football and for Guam, as well as his enthusiasm to make a difference in our community through the sport stood out for me when making my selection. Additionally, he is a shining example of a successful individual who has ascended through Guam’s elite player pathway, which is at the heart of our mission at GFA. Micah started in our youth league, progressed to youth national teams, earned a college scholarship, and played for Guam at the highest level, all the while applying life skills learned during his formative years in the sport to develop into a respectable person who truly values integrity.

“As we continue to focus on youth development, we want success stories like Micah’s more commonplace rather than rare. He’s come full circle and now is at the heart of governance within GFA. It’s the start of our shift to usher in the next generation,” San Gil added.

Paulino, one of Guam’s most highly decorated football athletes, started playing the sport when he was three years old for the Guam Shipyard Wolverines in the Robbie Webber youth league. As he progressed, he was eventually recruited to play for youth national teams before making his debut at the senior level at age 15. He most recently played for Guam in November 2016 when the Matao competed in the EAFF E-1 Football Championship semifinal round in Hong Kong. Paulino also successfully earned an AFC “C” Coaching License the same year.

Paulino, a 2010 graduate of Father Duenas Memorial School, helped his high school alma mater to championships in the IIAAG Boys High School Soccer League his freshman and senior years. He earned championship game MVP honors his senior year on top of his selection by league coaches as a first-team midfielder on the IIAAG Boys High School Soccer League All-Island listing. His long list of football accolades up to that point helped secure scholarships to Niagara University in Buffalo, New York and a spot on the NCAA Division I school’s roster as an attacking midfielder.

In his second season at university, he assisted the game-winning goal in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference final. As conference champions, the team automatically earned a berth in the NCAA D1 Men’s Soccer Championship – the first time ever in the university’s 43-year history, the Niagara University Athletics Web site states.

Paulino graduated from Niagara University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a minor in Finance in 2014 and next earned his Masters of Public Administration two years later at the University of Guam.

Paulino is also a platoon leader of the Guam Army National Guard’s 1224th Engineer Support Company.

Information for this story was provided in a press release.


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A window into architect Henri Sayes’ own home

When it came to picking a designer for his own home, the Onehunga House, New Zealand architect Henri Sayes knew exactly who to turn to: himself.

Unsurprisingly, the passion project Henri designed for himself and his wife is a charming and distinguished home. Notably, a cutaway in the cladding mirrors the double-height space of the house, while outdoors, a grassy berm, fashioned from excavated earth takes the form of a fence. This gives the home a unique positioning between nature and design.

This positioning can be seen as a response to the rising cost of real estate in Auckland, where the house is located. For in spite of its striking appearance, the home is an unassuming and humble addition to the bungalow heavy area in which it is based.

The sharp, asymmetrical lines of the Onehunga House set it apart from its neighbours. This reflects the deliberately idiosyncratic style that Sayes has brings to many projects, though none could possibly be as person as this.

Henri’s approach was as much a practical one as a stylistic one, “Our limited budget informed the form of the house more than anything else,” he says. “Our theory was that every junction would cost money and not necessarily add anything to the experience inside”

In working on the project in his own time away from his day job at architecture firm Malcolm Walker Sayes is typical humble in describing the finished project as a very simple timber-framed rectangle with standard window details.

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A more arresting feature of the home is Sayes’ use of exposed trusses, creating an illusion of varying ceiling heights throughout the dining and living room. These roof supports work together with the surplus soil of the outdoor area to define the space, inside and out.

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M2705 Regenerative Kinetic Dispersal Field
Production overview

Acheron Security[1]

Armor plug-in

4.5 centimeters (1.8 in)[1]

33.5 centimeters (13.2 in)[1]

10.2 centimeters (4.0 in)[1]

Service history

In service:

Post-Covenant War conflicts

The M2705 Regenerative Kinetic Dispersal Field (M2705 RKDF), also known as Regeneration Field, is a piece of UNSC equipment developed by Acheron Security.[2] It is utilized by the SPARTAN-IVs onboard the UNSC Infinity.

The origin of the technology that allows the Regeneration Field to do this is heavily classified, per ONI-authored contractor obligation clauses.[1]

The Regeneration Field is available as an armor ability in Halo 4. When activated, the Spartan thrusts their chest out to produce a spherical field of green energy, which rapidly restores the shields of anyone in its radius. The field lasts for ten seconds before disappearing. Unlike the drop shield and bubble shield, the Regeneration Field does not block projectiles from entering in and out of the area, though it does have a brief deflecting effect in the second that it is activated. During that first second, the expanding field pushes away large objects from the Spartan, including vehicles, ammo boxes, and rockets.

While inside the field, vision is blurry and sounds are distorted. This may have an adverse effect on the player's aim, and thus encourages them to exit the field once their shields are full, unlike the Drop and Bubble Shield, which encouraged players to hide inside.

The Regeneration Field reappears in Halo: Spartan Assault, where it functions essentially identical to how it did in Halo 4. The field lasts for seven seconds in the game, and unlike its Halo 4 brethren, can heal friendly NPCs who enter it.[3]

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  • Regeneration Field serves a similar purpose as the Regenerator equipment in Halo 3. The sound within the field is similar as well, minus the pulsing heartbeat.
  • Its armor-mounted unit shares design features with the Autosentry and Promethean Vision, making it possible that it is derived from Forerunner technology, a possibility more than suggested by the Forerunner's impressive grasp of medical technology.

List of appearances[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide, page 142
  2. ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo 4 Intel - Regeneration Field
  3. ^ Halo: Spartan Assault


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Memories of Reach has arrived! This release delivers a new multiplayer game mode in Infection, new Arena map with Stasis, new weapons, visual customizations and more. Don the evolved armor of legendary Spartans and honor Noble Team's heroic sacrifice. Change the tide of battle with Jorge-052's modified Mythic Chaingun, and take to the skies with the ancient and deadly Phaeton Helios. All this and more await you in this latest free content release for Halo 5: Guardians.

Surviving just got a whole lot harder. If you die by an Infected hand, you join their ranks. One of Halo's most beloved and frantic modes is back in a whole new way. Band together with your fellow survivors or hunt your prey with cunning and skill; the highly anticipated Infection game mode is making its way to Halo 5! In Infection, 12 players face off in a round-based game mode, where the initial Infected player aims to convert the survivors into Infected via elimination.

Jun-A266 is a Spartan-III super-soldier and the last surviving member of Noble Team. He is currently the acting Chief of Staff and head recruiter of the Spartan service branch.

Armor: The VIGILANT was originally a one-off upgrade for an unnamed VIP within Spartan branch. Not intended for production, interest in the suit's feature set among Spartan scout-snipers has led to several being assembled for full evaluation.

Helmet: The full extent of the VIGILANT's surveillance and stealth capabilities remain highly classified. Observers have speculated the suit includes a new reconnaissance and fire control system for directing orbital artillery strikes.

Chief Warrant Officer Jorge-052 was part of the SPARTAN-II project and eventually served as the heavy weapons specialist on Noble Team.

Armor: Created to save lives and not to take them, the INDOMITABLE is an engineering and explosives ordnance disposal Mjolnir variant. Its combat effectiveness is simply fortuitous.

Helmet: The INDOMINATABLE helmet is a rare sight on the battlefield, and is usually a sign the UNSC has authorized weapons of mass destruction.

Warrant Officer Emile-A239 was a Spartan-III super-soldier serving with Noble Team. He was killed in action during the closing days of the fall of Reach.

Armor: Formally an upgrade of existing Mark V EVA suits, the WRATH project was actually cover to develop a new Mjolnir variant specifically tailored to the needs of future Headhunter teams.

Helmet: The Spartan branch contract for WRATH helmets was extremely precise and prescriptive regarding the pattern and method of reproduction for the death's head engraving.

Kat-B320 was a Spartan-III super-soldier and second-in-command of Noble Team. She was killed in action during the closing days of the fall of Reach.

Armor: INTRUDER armor was commissioned by Spartan branch as part of a research initiative seeking to leverage synergistic outcomes between specialized Mjolnir suits.

Helmet: The INTRUDER helmet features a full-featured Command Network Module and multi-channel drone controller. The drone controller interfaces directly with Unified Ground Command (UNICOM) kill box management and aerospace deconfliction systems.

New Arena Map

Stasis is a mid-sized map that combines elements of symmetric sides with moderate asymmetrical features, giving it a hybrid design that’s unique to Halo 5’s Arena multiplayer. Featuring a distinct three lane layout with varying degrees of verticality between them, Stasis plays particularly well with both Slayer and Capture the Flag. While the Overshield power-up located at “Bottom Mid” has the ability to give the team that controls it a dangerous advantage, counter it by securing the Rocket Launcher located “Top Middle,” and take control of the map.

Greedy for knowledge and prestige, researchers and AIs from Lethbridge Industrial pushed the boundaries at a remote research station, but the price of failure always tempered the risks they would take. When Cortana beckoned, the AIs here broke free of all limits and fear. Overestimating both the depth of their intellect and the delicacy of their tools, the Created breached a Forerunner conversion pod to see what lay within, and unleashed forces their pitifully inadequate containment shielding could never hope to restrain. What remained of their station crashed on the desolate planet below, a tangled mass of wreckage mingling broken bodies and shattered dataclusters.

Forge Updates

With Memories of Reach, Forge evolves yet again with even more updates, assets, and bug fixes, as well as the addition of another highly requested feature by Forge community. Primitive objects in Forge can now be drastically altered with the all-new Material base and overlay options.

Material Base: Covenant, Forerunner, Default Metal, Concrete, Wood, Marble.

Overlay: Grime, Frost.

With the new material options, you can now immerse players in your Forge maps like never before. Change the look and feel on your epic battleground, or create brand new play spaces the way you’ve always imagined. Your passion for Forge continues to fuel us, and we can’t wait to see how you surprise us next!

Matchmaking Preferences

Also packaged in Memories of Reach are updates to user interface including matchmaking search preferences. Before entering a playlist, players can choose from the following three options:

  • Balanced (default): Search for a match based on your fireteam's skill and network connection quality.
  • Expanded: Widen search parameters to find the first available match with reasonable skill matching and network connection quality.
  • Focused: Narrow search to find the best match based on your fireteam's skill and connection. Search times may be longer than normal.

Phaeton Helios

Compact, nimble, and bristling with firepower, the Phaeton gunship provides air support for Promethean forces. The Phaeton's highly mutable design pattern tempts idle hands to terrible purpose.

Legendary - The Phaeton Helios is a superior Phaeton variant with increased armor and agility, and is armed with homing pulse missiles in rapid-fire pods and a chin-mounted cleansing beam.

All New Emblems

REQ Pack Upgrades

The Gold and Silver REQ packs available in Halo 5: Guardians are also getting upgraded as part of the Memories of Reach release. As the amount of REQs in the pool increases with new Armor, Weapon Skins, Stances, and more, we wanted to give players more bang for their buck. In the case of Power Weapons REQs, we mean this quite literally.

The first two slots in the packs will still guarantee permanent items, but will no longer grant emblems. This means that your chance of getting other permanent REQs such as Power Weapon Certifications, Weapon Skins, Armors, Helmets, and others has substantially improved as long you haven’t already unlocked them. While the third slot in these REQ packs previously only granted one-time-use REQs, it now offers a large chance at dropping Emblems as well. Finally, in general, players should see that these REQ packs will award rarer single use REQs more often.

Content Update Notes

New Features and Updates:

  • Infection mode and playlist added.
  • New Arena map added: Stasis.
  • Added matchmaking preference options (Balanced, Focused, and Expanded).
  • Revamped Post Game Carnage Report.
  • Added Material Override and Texture Overlay options to Forge.
  • Increased value of Gold and Silver REQ Packs. (See below for details)

  • Fixed an issue that caused player properties to not be applied to players correctly.
  • Fixed a performance issue in Warzone caused by firing a Gungoose against a specific surface.
  • Brute Plasma Rifle added to Fiesta Classic.
  • Fixed a rare case that allowed a Spartan to spawn in the scope of an enemy sniper.
  • Reduced instances where players could spawn outside of the playable map area in Warzone.
  • Players can no longer knock teammates out of the REQ Terminal menus.
  • Fixed voice over for SPNKr and Weapon Pad events.
  • Public API: Fixed PlayerScore in MatchEnd telemetry.
  • Fixed an issue where audio didn’t play after finishing a Warzone match on Skirmish at Darkstar.
  • Round Based FFA modes now use total score to determine winners.
  • Custom Games Settings tweaks:
  • Players can now enable or disable weapon pickup in player traits.
  • Brute Plasma Rifle can now be selected as a loadout weapon.
  • Players can now adjust total rounds for magazine based loadout weapons.
  • Active Camo can now be set as a percentage instead of just on/off.
  • Moved Machinima Settings in the Custom Games UI to the General Settings submenu.

REQ System:

  • Increased value of Gold and Silver REQ Packs
    • First two slots no longer grant emblems, thus chances of receiving other permanent REQs such as power Weapon Certifications, Weapon Skins, Armors, and others has substantially improved if available.
    • Third slot now offers a large chance of awarding an emblem as well as a single use REQ
    • In general, the chance of dropping rarer single use REQs has increased.
  • Memories of Reach REQ pack available later today, for a limited time.

User Interface:

  • Added Matchmaking Search Preferences: Screen capture.
    • Balanced (default): Search for a match based on your fireteam's skill and network connection quality.
    • Expanded: Widen search parameters to find the first available match with reasonable skill matching and network connection quality.
    • Focused: Narrow search to find the best match based on your fireteam's skill and connection. Search times may be longer than normal.
  • Added a new recap screen in the Carnage Report. This screen lists each player's Medals, Tool of Destruction, who they killed the most, who killed them the most, and other match specific information. Access this screen by pushing "A" on a player while in the Carnage Report.
  • Added advanced options for vertical and horizontal controller sensitivity.
  • Added the ability to use Left and Right trigger to quickly navigate to other player's while on the recap screen.
  • Accessing Player Options in the Carnage Report now moved to the "X" button. Filter Team functionality (formerly the "X" button) has been removed from the Carnage Report.
  • Added the ability to see other Spartan's stances in the Carnage Report.
  • Added new celebration moment for a Spartan Rank up and a Competitive Skill Rank (CSR) up in the Carnage Report.
  • Changed the flow of the Carnage Report screens to start on the Match Stats screen first.
  • Added support for Infection to the scoreboard. Zombies and Alpha Zombies each display a new Infection-only graphic in place of their emblem.
  • Added the ability to rotate other Spartan's in the Carnage Report.
  • Added medal rarities in the Carnage Report to help highlight Rare and Legendary medals.
  • Added an Open Packs animation and pack count notification to the Help Bar if you have available packs to open.
  • Continued performance optimizations to the Warzone Terminal.

  • Fixed a bug where Spartan Charge would not properly target enemies at the edges of red reticle on the horizontal plane (you can still get red reticle and miss vertically).
  • A target that uses thrusters will still escape.
  • Slightly increased movement speed while crouching.
  • Raised biped collision damage, making it easier to run over Spartans with vehicles.
  • Speedboost:
    • Removed shields recharging while sprinting while speed boost is active.
    • Performing a Spartan Charge against an enemy while Speed Boost is active no longer kills in 1 hit.
  • Plasma Caster: Default
    • Reduced non-charged timer from 0.5 to 0.3 (less overshooting of enemies).
    • Sticky grenade has less arc (to be able to place it on the map more reliably).
    • Sticky grenade detonation is now more damaging vs. vehicles, but less damaging vs bipeds (will still kill bipeds in one shot when stuck).
    • Increased sticky grenade submunition damage values from 43 to 75 (indirect fire from a sticky shot can now actually kill!)
    • Sticky submunition grenade inner AOE increased from 0.65 to 1.0.
  • Plasma Caster: White Scar
    • Needles have improved aim toward nearby targets.
  • Plasma Caster: Scourge of Fire
    • Sticky shot now has 7 submunitions instead of 5.
  • Hydra Launcher: Default
    • Reduced recoil in hip.
    • Increased inner AOE radius from 0.4 to 0.8.
    • Increased impact damage to make it more effective against vehicles (still two rockets to kill Spartan).
  • Hydra Launcher: Typhon
    • Enabled multi lock on for up to 3 targets.
    • Increased impact damage (still two rockets to kill Spartan).
  • Scattershot: Loathsome Thing
    • Increased number of hardlight projectiles to be same as normal scattershot (5 -> 8).
  • Rocket Launcher: High Five
    • Increased AOE radius on cluster rockets.
  • Binary Rifle: Twin Jewels of Maethrillian
    • Reduced recoil.
    • Placed twin projectiles a bit closer together for easier biped targeting.
  • Covenant Carbine: Rain of Oblivion
    • Reduced recoil.
    • Increased zoom magnification a bit (closer to default Carbine).
  • Incineration Cannon: River of Light
    • Added slight homing to charge shot to hit multiple bipeds easier.
  • Incineration Cannon: Heartseeker
    • Added proximity detonation to charge shot (like the normal Incineration Cannon has) to make it more effective against airborne targets or targets behind cover.
  • Fuel Rod Cannon: Pool of Radiance
    • Fixed a damage bug (was not causing AOE damage on initial explosion).
    • Made projectile thicker.
  • Needler: Talon of the Lost
    • Reduced supercombine count to be same as normal Needler.
    • Needles have longer lifetime to more easily supercombines against difficult to hit targets (8s instead of 4s).
  • Spartan Laser: Selene’s Lance
    • Reduced recoil.
    • Made beam thicker .
  • Gravity Hammer
    • Spartan Charge with the Gravity Hammer is no longer one shot kill when hitting from the front.

Please note that enemy-specific changes will also apply to Warzone AI.

  • Reduced two-player difficult slightly.
  • Increased single player difficult slightly.
  • Made Warden attacks a little easier to dodge, particularly on lower difficulties.
    • Face Beam tracks moving targets less accurately
    • Gravity Bomb has less homing.
    • Melee attack has slightly less range.
  • Made the Warden slightly easier to kill from the front.
  • Reduced AI Focus Turret damage output.
  • Reduced AI Storm Rifle, Suppressor, and Light Rifle effectiveness.
    • AI Storm Rifle: fires in shorter bursts, projectiles spread out more and move more slowly. Jackals are now less effective than Elites with the Storm Rifle.
    • AI Suppressor: fires in longer bursts, projectiles have less homing. Crawlers are now less effective than Soldiers with the Suppressor.
    • AI now fire shorter bursts with the Light Rifle.
  • Increased AI Plasma Pistol, Needler, and Beam Rifle effectiveness.
    • AI Plasma Pistol: slightly higher accuracy and damage.
    • AI Needler: AI now fire longer bursts (i.e. can now supercombine players on Heroic and above), slightly higher damage.
    • AI Beam Rifle: slightly more damage (mostly this will make it a two-shot kill instead of a three-shot kill in Heroic single player, allowing Jackal Snipers to actually kill a player from time to time).
  • Added a "tackle" animation to Sword Elites.
    • Instead of stopping to swing at a moving target they can swing on the move.
  • Increased Elite, Elite Officer, and Solider Officer durability.
  • Reduced Solider bamf frequency.
  • Killing a Crawler now deals area-of-effect damage to all nearby enemies, softening them up or killing them outright.
  • Reduced frequency of Squad AI getting killed while in a gunner's turret in a player's vehicle.
  • Made being killed by an attached Plasma Grenade non-revivable, similar to lethal damage from a Binary Rifle.
  • Increased AI special ability chance with higher player count in co-op games, e.g. Plasma Pistol overcharge, grenade throw.
  • Increased AI promotion chancde with player count in co-op games.
    • i.e. in cooperative games you will enounter more high-ranked enemies where promotion paths exist (most noticeable with Grunts, Elites, Jackals, and Crawlers).
  • The first player to press the "Call for Help" now has priority, other players will have to wait their turn for a revive.

New and updated features:

  • Material Base: Change the material of the primitive building blocks (blocks, triangles, cylinders, & rings). Choose from:
    • Default Metal.
    • Concrete.
    • Wood.
    • Covenant.
    • Forerunner.
    • Marble.
  • Material overlay: Customize primitive blocks with additional overlay textures to blend into your environment and add character to your world. Choose between Grime or Frost overlays.

 New assets:

  • gameplay> weapons>
    • Brute Plasma Rifle [Halo 2]
  • gameplay> ammo>
    • Ammo Locker [2x3x2.5; UNSC]
    • Ammo Locker [4.5x4.5x4.5; Covenant]
  • gameplay> death spheres> classic>
    • Kill Ball: Classic [10x10x10; jr]
  • gameplay> death spheres> plasma>
    • Kill Ball: Plasma [10x10x10; jr]
    • Kill Ball: Plasma [50x50x50]
  • gameplay> death spheres> invisible>
    • Kill Ball: Invisible [10x10x10; jr]
    • Kill Ball: Invisible [50x50x50]
  • primitives> blocks> simple>
    • Block: Simple [2x2x2]
    • Block: Simple [2x2x4]
    • Block: Simple [2x2x8]
    • Block: Simple [2x4x4]
    • Block: Simple [4x4x4]
    • Block: Simple [4x4x8]
    • Block: Simple [4x4x16]
    • Block: Simple [4x8x8]
    • Block: Simple [8x8x8]
    • Block: Simple [8x8x16]
    • Block: Simple [8x8x32]
    • Block: Simple [8x16x16]
    • Block: Simple [16x16x16]
    • Block: Simple [16x16x32]
    • Block: Simple [16x16x64]
    • Block: Simple [16x32x32]
    • Block: Simple [32x32x32]
    • Block: Simple [32x32x64]
    • Block: Simple [32x64x64]
    • Block: Simple [64x64x64]
  • natural> plants> grass>
    • Plant: Grass [4x12; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [6x12; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [8x12; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [12x12; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [8x24; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [12x24; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [16x24; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [24x24; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [16x48; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [24x48; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [32x48; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [48x48; alpine]
    • Plant: Grass [4x12; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [6x12; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [8x12; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [12x12; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [8x24; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [12x24; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [16x24; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [24x24; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [16x48; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [24x48; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [32x48; glacier]
    • Plant: Grass [48x48; glacier]
  • props> crates>
    • Crate [4.5x5.5x4; UNSC; large; Stasis]
    • Crate [8x8x9; UNSC; stack; 8x; Stasis]
  • props> bodies> human>
    • Body: Human [1x1x1; skull; small]
    • Body: Human [2x2x2; skull; large]
    • Body: Human [3x8x1]
    • Body: Human [4x3x3]
    • Body: Human [4x7x1]
    • Body: Human [4x7x1]
    • Body: Human [4x7x1]
  • props> bodies> covenant>
    • Body: Covenant [5x9x3; Elite]
    • Body: Covenant [6x9x3; Elite]
    • Body: Covenant [6x10x3; Elite]
    • Body: Covenant [6x10x3; Elite]
    • Body: Covenant [7x6x4; Elite]
    • Body: Covenant [5x7x3; Grunt]
    • Body: Covenant [6x6x2.5; Grunt]
    • Body: Covenant [6x6x3.5; Grunt]
    • Body: Covenant [7x6x2.5; Grunt]
    • Body: Covenant [5x8x2; Jackal]
    • Body: Covenant [5x9x2; Jackal]
    • Body: Covenant [5x10x2; Jackal]
    • Body: Covenant [6x8x2; Jackal]
  • props> trash> bags>
    • Trash: Bag [2x2x3]
    • Trash: Bag [3x3x2]
    • Trash: Bag [3x3x2]
  • props> trash> piles>
    • Trash: Pile [4x7x3]
    • Trash: Pile [5x7x3.5]
    • Trash: Pile [6x8x4]
  • extras> decals> modes>
    • Decal: Mode [16x16; Grifball]
    • Decal: Mode [16x16; Assault]
    • Decal: Mode [16x16; Infection]
  • extras> decals> symbols>
    • Decal: Symbol [2x2; biohazard; orange]
    • Decal: Symbol [2x2; biohazard; orange/black]
    • Decal: Symbol [1x1; electricity]
    • Decal: Symbol [1x1; flammable]
    • Decal: Symbol [2x2; gas mask; gray]
    • Decal: Symbol [2x2; gas mask; orange/black]
  • extras> decals> location>
    • Decal: Location [1x3; attention; surveillance]
    • Decal: Location [5x2; attention; surveillance]
    • Decal: Location [2x4; engine room; station 42->a]
    • Decal: Location [3x1; restricted; authorized personnel]
    • Decal: Location [2x3; station; food]
    • Decal: Location [3x1; station; food]
    • Decal: Location [3x2; station; station]
  • extras> decals> caution-danger>
    • Decal: Hazard [1x4; caution; blast zone]
    • Decal: Hazard [2x4; caution; loading]
    • Decal: Hazard [5x2; caution; no touch]
    • Decal: Hazard [5x2; caution; watch hands]
    • Decal: Hazard [5x2; caution; watch step]
    • Decal: Hazard [2x3; danger; explosives]
    • Decal: Hazard [5x2; operate vehicles; with care]
    • Decal: Hazard [1x4; warning; orange]
    • Decal: Hazard [2x2; warning; triangle]
    • Decal: Hazard [3x4; warning; gas mask required]
  • extras> decals> trash>
    • Decal: Trash [1x6x0]
    • Decal: Trash [4x6x0]
    • Decal: Trash [5x7x0]
    • Decal: Trash [6x9x0]
    • Decal: Trash [9x11x0]
  • extras> decals> squares>
    • Decal: Square [8x8]
    • Decal: Square [16x16]
    • Decal: Square [32x32]
    • Decal: Square [36x36]
    • Decal: Square [64x64]
  • extras> decals> rectangles>
    • Decal: Rectangle [32x64]
    • Decal: Rectangle [36x18]
  • extras> decals> circles>
    • Decal: Circle [12x12]
    • Decal: Circle [16x16]
    • Decal: Circle [24x24]
    • Decal: Circle [32x32]
  • extras> fx> sparks>
    • FX: Sparks [waterfall; gold]
  • extras> fx> fire>
    • FX: Fire [Human; jet; medium]
    • FX: Fire [Human; jet; large]
    • FX: Fire [Human; thruster; medium]
    • FX: Fire [Human; thruster; large]
    • FX: Fire [Human; pyre; medium]
    • FX: Fire [Human; pyre; large]
  • extras> fx> explosion>
    • FX: Explosion [Human; large]
    • FX: Explosion [Covenant; medium]
  • extras> fx> steam>
    • FX: Steam [rising; vent; medium]
    • FX: Steam [rising; vent; large]
    • FX: Steam [falling; vent; medium]
    • FX: Steam [falling; vent; large]
  • extras> fx> lensflares>
    • FX: Lens-Flare [Forerunner; medium]
    • FX: Lens-Flare [Forerunner; large]
  • extras> fx> energy>
    • FX: Energy [Covenant; small]
    • FX: Energy [Covenant; medium]
    • FX: Energy [Forerunner; spiral]
    • FX: Energy [Forerunner; teleport]
    • FX: Energy [Forerunner; vacuum]
  • extras> fx> slipspace>
    • FX: Slipstream [open]
    • FX: Slipstream [loop]
    • FX: Slipstream [close]
  • extras> fx> bugs>
    • FX: Insects [swarm; small]
    • FX: Insects [swarm; medium]
    • FX: Insects [swarm; large]
    • FX: Insects [Forerunner; red; medium]
    • FX: Insects [Forerunner; blue; medium]
  • extras> fx> water>
    • FX: Water [drip; light; medium]
    • FX: Water [drip; light; large]
    • FX: Water [drip; heavy; medium]
    • FX: Water [drip; heavy; large]
  • extras> fx> lighting>
    • FX: Lightning [strike; large]
  • extras> blockers> type> two-way>
    • Blocker: Team [1x1; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [1x2; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [2x2; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [2x4; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [4x4; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [4x8; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [8x8; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [8x16; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [16x16; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [16x32; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [32x32; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [32x64; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [64x64; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [64x128; team pass]
    • Blocker: Team [128x128; team pass]
  • extras> blockers> type> one-way>
    • Blocker: One-Way [1x1; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [1x2; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [2x2; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [2x4; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [4x4; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [4x8; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [8x8; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [8x16; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [16x16; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [16x32; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [32x32; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [32x64; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [64x64; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [64x128; team pass]
    • Blocker: One-Way [128x128; team pass]

Bug fixes, tweaks, and cleanups:

  • Fixed an issue where spawn points were being invalidated if they were floating/not placed in specific ways.
  • Fixed issues with Soccer Ball and Kill Ball physics to allow for more accurate rolling.
  • Added team support to vehicle blockers.
  • Kill Ball (and its new friends) now live under gameplay>kill-balls rather than under props since they have gameplay (they kill Spartans!).
  • Teleporters now use "ghost" physics which allow Spartans to move through them preventing the physics bump when they are walked over.
  • Implemented Magnet and Lightmap fixes for certain Trapezoid primitives.
  • Implemented Magnet and Lightmap fixes for certain Ring primitives.
  • Implemented Magnet and Lightmap fixes for certain Cylinder primitives.
  • Implemented Lightmap fixes for Generators.
  • "Pistons" Barriers updated - 6 various sizes (tri-color).
  • Squashed various bugs surrounds changing group parents.
  • Fixed an issue that caused a crash when welding two large groups together.
  • Fix an issue where deletes that should be interpreted as permanent allowed the deleted object to respawn if it had a respawn timer.
  • "Delete all unlocked objects" command now deletes grabbed objects.
  • Cleared leftover state from deleted groups that could cause unexpected behavior when making new groups.
  • Fixed issues with physics of grouped unwelded vehicles after a grab + drop cycle.
  • New light gobos for game modes; Grifball, Assault, & Infection.
  • Fixed an issue with Van prop moving backwards when scripted to move forward; if you are experience problems with one placed in a level you will need to replace it with one from the level.
  • Improved magnets on the Car and Van props.
  • All rings now support tertiary.
  • Re-organized some of the decals to work fit in better with the new decals.
  • Slightly increased precision rotation speed to accommodate for the rotation of smaller objection.


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Time: 13:00

Location: Tournament Zone

The excitement in the air is electric as the leaders round the last corner and head for the finish line. Each team has used cunning and skill to position their sprinter for this moment, but only one has done enough to pull off the win!

Will your team lead from the front and risk exhaustion? Should you play it safe in the middle of the pack? Could you surprise everyone by striking from the back? Can you time your move perfectly?

Anyone can race, few become champions!

Flamme Rouge is a fast-paced, tactical bicycle racing game where each player controls a team of two riders: a Rouleur and a Sprinteur. The players’ goal is to be the first to cross the finish line with one of their riders. Players move their riders forward by drawing and playing cards from that riders specific deck, depleting it as they go. Use slipstreams to avoid exhaustion and position your team for a well timed sprint for the win.

Entry Requirements: None (open to all)

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Graduate of the University of Iowa and The Illinois College of Optometry.  My first years as an optometrist were in Chicago, and am in my 10th year of taking care of eye health and vision needs in Dubuque, Iowa.  I'm thrilled to be part of the Hartig Hearing Care and Optical team.  I truly care about the patients I have the pleasure to work with, tending to their needs ranging from diagnosing and treating eye health conditions to prescribing glasses and specialty contact lenses.  I've been in the Dubuque are most of my life, having grown up on a farm near Cascade.


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A former Hartlepool councillor is to go on trial accused of slapping a woman on the bottom after an election candidates event.

Keith Dawkins, 79, appeared at Teesside Magistrates Court today to answer one allegation of sexual assault which he denies.

He pleaded not guilty to the allegation that he intentionally touched a woman, who cannot be legally named, that the touching was sexual and that he did not reasonably believe that the woman consented.

It dates back to an event for election candidates in Hartlepool when Dawkins, of the town’s Cobden Street, was standing for the Jesmond ward.

Lynn Dalton, prosecuting, told the court: “At the end of the event it is an allegation that he slapped a person present on the buttocks causing pain and distress.”

He elected for the trial to be dealt with at the magistrates court instead of at the crown court.

The trial will take place on Wednesday, December 19, and is expected to last one day.

His solicitor Neil Douglas said: “He’s a 79-year-old man of good character who is absolutely determined to establish and retain that good character.”

Dawkins was elected to Hartlepool Borough Council representing the Jesmond ward in 2012 for the Putting Hartlepool First party of which he acted as leader for a time.

In 2015 he lost his seat to Labour’s Sandra Belcher and at this year’s elections he stood again but lost to Labour’s Paddy Brown.


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Hatton Academies Trust’s family of schools collaborates on all aspects of teaching, learning and school management. The Trust is dedicated to high standards of education for all its students.

This partnership and expertise across the educational spectrum, allows us to develop and deliver a range of programmes for teachers, whether they are just starting out in their career or looking to develop their practice further. Our teaching staff comprises of experienced professionals in their field who are passionate about delivering the best CPD we can.

Case Study – Dr. Abby Bell

When Abigail was told last year that a nearby academy (Sir Christopher Hatton) was in need of a physics teacher, she decided to come and have a look round.

“A friend encouraged me to go to visit Hatton. I wasn’t really that interested in a job right away, but I went to look around out of curiosity,” she recalls. “I was so impressed with the pupils and staff that I met, that I agreed to start working there on the spot!”

Physics teachers are currently in demand and Hatton were willing to accommodate a tailored timetable to work around Abigail’s family commitments.

“Hatton was brilliant about making my working hours flexible to begin with, so that I was able to do the school run and just come in to teach the physics lessons,” Abigail says.

Thanks to this understanding, Abigail knows that she can make a real impact at Hatton without being overwhelmed.

“Physics teachers are in more demand than ever. There are plenty of schools out there with a need for physics specialist teachers, so I feel like I am really making a difference on a daily basis.”

Abigail has also been able to rapidly advance her career in a short space of time.

“In less than a year, I became a Lead practitioner. I get to mentor PGCSE and NQT students, as well as other colleagues. Leading Physics has allowed me to develop the subject within the school, taking a group of pupils to the particle accelerator in CERN, Switzerland. I am very busy with my new full-time role but enjoying every minute of it.”

Case Study – Kate Cleaver, Principal of Ecton Village Primary

cleaver“I have worked with Hatton Academies Trust for a number of years. First as a teacher of English, then as Head of English and then as part of the Sir Christopher Hatton leadership team.

When the opportunity to work as part of Oakway Academy leadership team came up, I jumped at the chance. I saw this as a real opportunity to develop my leadership skills and gain a real understanding of all phases of education. With the support of the Trust, I spent a year working as a Deputy in a large, three form entry school.

As more schools have joined the Trust the opportunities have expanded and I am now Acting Head of Ecton Village Primary School.

Five years ago, if someone had said that I would be a primary Head, I would have laughed and dismissed the idea. However, I love my new role and, while this is not the career path I expected to take, I am thriving in my new position.

With the support of Hatton Academies Trust, I have been given opportunities to progress professionally in a number of different areas: develop my leadership skills; embrace change and challenge whilst being supported.”

Hatton Academies Trust is looking to develop the capacity of its Academies by appointing exceptional teaching and learning leaders, along with excellent support staff who are ready for their next challenge. If you interested in working for the Trust please contact the Personnel Manager:


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A native of San Francisco, Landon Dickey (MBA 2013) has come home. Currently serving as Special Assistant for African American Achievement and Leadership, Dickey is working in the San Francisco Unified School District alongside Superintendent Richard Carranza. In his role, he helps address the gap in academic achievement between African American students and other groups through policy and programs that enhance accountability for African American achievement, strengthen community engagement, and target individualized supports for African American students’ cultural, emotional, and academic needs.

“I knew when I came to business school that I wanted to continue my work in the education field,” says Dickey, who served as a corps member and advisor for two years for Teach For America in the South /ponx, focusing specifically on students receiving special education services. “And HBS provided some fantastic pathways to support that decision.”

As an example, Dickey cites the Leadership Fellows Program, where he took a position as Advisor to the Mayor in the City of Boston Mayor’s Office, working on issues that included standardized testing policy, education technology, school facilities management, and high school reform. “Having a firsthand view of how a city and school district function was an amazing opportunity,” he says. “I can’t think of many other programs that put you in such a high-level position in the first year out of business school.”

Dickey also credits the HBS Nonprofit/Public Sector Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) for easing the anxiety many recent alumni feel when confronting substantial student loan payments. Available by application to graduates pursuing a career in the nonprofit and public sectors—where compensation levels can often fall below the MBA average—LRAP helps ensure that career decisions are driven by interest, not interest rates.

“To be honest, I’m not sure I would have considered business school an option without LRAP,” Dickey says. “Knowing that level of support was available made a huge difference in my decision to come to HBS and to continue my career path in the education field.” Now working for some of the same schools he once attended, Dickey is making a difference for a new generation of students.


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Ashwagandha is an adaptogentic  Indian herb known for it's rejuvenating  and energy boosting properties. Useful for nervous exhaustion, fatigue, and stress-induced memory loss. It has also been used to promote tissue regeneration and to slow down the aging process. It may also be useful in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Ashwagandha has potent antioxidant properties that help prevent neuronal free radical damage. Research shows that ashwagandha extract enhances the reconstruction of synapses, where nerve cells communicate with each other. ... Read More
Arnica Montana
Leopard's Bane, Wolf's Bane or sometimes called Mountain Daisy, Arnica is a very popular remedy amongst bodywork therapists. Arnica is one of the most popular homeopathic remedies used throughout the world. Used by athletes for DOMS and overexertion, recommended by surgeons to alleviate post-operative swelling, bruising & discomfort, and by moms for all of those bumps & bruises our little tots seem to constantly get on the playground. Arnica cream & Arnica homeopathic tablets are a must have in the medicine cabinet in my home. Clients who have strained mus... Read More
The Aloe Vera Plant
One of the most useful plants to have, IMO, is the Aloe Vera. The Aloe Vera plant can be used for such a variety of conditions, that this plant makes my top 10 for sure. It's also easily grown indoors. Beneficial for : Wounds, minor burns (1st or 2nd degree), sunburn, mouth sores, herpes, psoriasis, eczema, constipation, bloating, ulcers, to reduce blood sugar & cholesterol. Aloe is a natural source of B12 (which is not common in the plant world). B12 plays an important part in RBC formation, neuro... Read More
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