For greater clarity, I should have added to my reference to Einstein's
epoch-making 1905 special relativity paper, which takes as a
fundamental premise the constancy of the speed of light in vacuo:
regardless of the motion of the observer.
Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
The grandfather clause is practiced in many businesses,real estate, and other
professional areas.
Simply,if one is grandfathered in,one still falls under the old rules that were
in existence at the time one originally contracted.I know of some cases where
the grandfather clause in the past
Michael,
We've had 2 situation of this type relating to tenure. One was just as you
describe--masters required at time of hiring, later the requirement went up
to PhD. They were grandfathered in, but all of them have since retired, so
it's not a current issue.
The other situation, you might find
Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, MA is seeking applicants for a tenure
track position. The description is below:
Department of Behavioral Sciences/Counseling/Clinical Psychological Science
Position (Tenure Track)
General Statement of Duties: Full-time, tenure-track assistant professor
When I checked out Prezi, it was love at first glance. But after a brief trial,
I decided it wasn't for me. These are the problems I saw
1. You don't quite own your presentation files. You have to rely on either
always logging into the Prezi website and/or paying the on-going license fee. I
Bonus: The admirable Alan Sokal, he of the _Social Text_
Transgressing the Boundaries affair
(http://tinyurl.com/ycbb5ce) figures prominently.
It's at http://tinyurl.com/264t26o
The defense: It's not plagiarism, just sloppiness. How novel.
Stephen
Many of these concerns are also reasons I've not adopted it except for a few
rare situations. However, it should be noted that the .edu license gave most of
the higher level features without any cost. Also, if you are on a Mac you can
print to pdf. Having not done that, I cannot attest to it
I don't know about that.but I do subscribe to a handedness theory of
politics.It does appear that left-handed presidents initiate and maintain
more social programs to help the poor than presidents who are right
handed.Lefties seem to be
more kind and compassionate and make better husbands.
