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Yes, water is key. I haven't tried making a pumpkin ale before, but sounds like it would be tough. The only pumpkin ale I've ever had that blew me away was this year's release of Elysian's Imperial Pumpkin Ale. I agree with the cream ale - my partner and I did a honey cream ale that I still think was the best. Chocolate cream stout......mmmmmm. Nice, I'll have to try that. I have a Belgian Golden Ale going on now, just a basic good beer to keep in the keg.

superfluid helium

That's the other thing they say: "So, you dig up dinosaurs?"

hehehe so true. It's seemingly popular for people to go over their 15 allotted minutes at conferences and choose to ignore the panel when they tell them they are out of time - I hate this.

Greetings fellow beer/mead/cider enthusiasts, Which of you brew? More importantly, what are some amazing beers/ciders/meads that you came up with that turned out excellent that you would like to share a story about or a recipe? Same goes for awful experiences - those are also enjoyable. I'll begin: I just finished brewing some mead and I did a 5lb batch. I split each lb into it's own 1lb batch and made five different meads: peppercorn mead, hibiscus mead, strawberry mead, regular mead, and blackberry mead! They make great gifts - in fact I gave a bottle each to my LORs this year

<3 Danke! I'll also add collecting vinyl records to the list.

University Of Oxdord Archaeology (DPhil), PhD (F14) Accepted via E-mail on 20 Mar 2014 Gets in to Oxford..... misspells Oxford.

http://www.budgetbytes.com Best. site. ever.

Although it may not work for your field, I will make the suggestion for others in the same boat: Try to work with your department the summer before you actually start. Before my masters program I went in the field with my new POI right before I started and it made a huge difference. I came in as "one of the guys/gals" and was already a part of the existing cohort when I began. Plus, I got a jump start on data collection and got to know my POI really well (drank beer with him all summer). This summer -- the summer before I start my doctoral program -- I will do the same. This time it's in Greece, so I'm going to stick around and prepare (i.e., read) in cafes and such with the money I make in the field working with my new POI.

Them: "Oh, archaeology? Like Indiana Jones?" Me: *fake laugh..sureee*

The i.e. sun made me laugh out loud. You must be from the Pacific Northwest!

smoking pipe (tobacco), the smell of a library, single malt scotch, making stone tools (i.e., flintknapping), blaring classical music (i.e., Verdi, Wagner, Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Bruckner, Strauss, Zemlinsky, Rachmaninov, etc.), foraging and cooking with said foraged goods (i.e., wild plants/berries/mushrooms), driving long distances, voting, listening to the radio, talking shop (in this case, anthropology/archaeology/method/theory).

Hoppy beer and people who think just because you don't enjoy extremely hoppy beer (i.e., IPAs) that you don't know beer. I. will. punch. you. in. the. pancreas.

Mock on, Voltaire

My field in general, geoarchaeology. Haha. People have no idea what that is. Some words: Sediment - It has a specific meaning, weathered rock (parent material) broken down by chemical and physical reactions Soil - Specific to post-deposition alteration/weathering of that sediment during periods of landscape stability. Also, there's no such thing as dirt.

Interesting article in the Times. "What if innstead of abolishing tenure, we restructured it? The heart of the problem is that we’ve combined two separate skill sets into a single job...If we created three kinds of tenure rather than one, we might see net gains in both research and teaching." 1. A research-only tenure track would be for professors who have the passion and talent for discovering knowledge, but lack the motivation or ability to teach well. This would allow them to do more groundbreaking studies and produce more patents, while sparing students the sorrow of shoddy courses. 2. A teaching-only tenure track would be for professors who excel in communicating knowledge. Granting tenure on the basis of exemplary teaching would be a radical step for research universities but it might improve student learning. 3. The third tenure track would be for research and teaching. Professors who succeed in both could maintain this dual role, whereas those who struggle in research could eventually shift to the teaching track, and vice versa. Although I think it's an interesting idea, I think problems would arise. Do you pay profs more for research or teaching or both? Clearly, research and teaching would take more work ours, but do you pay them more for it? I suppose it could work if they were paid equally, and the only way to take on grad students was if you were research only; although other faculty could serve on committees......thoughts? Would this work? Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/06/opinion/a-solution-for-bad-teaching.html?hpw&rref=opinion&_r=1

Wow - I would say that it's unfortunate that the POI did that, but it sounds like he did you a favor in the end (although, wasted a lot of your time). Regardless, looks like you truly dodged a bullet!

I see where you're coming from - but I don't really know if the environment is toxic because they are holding you to what you wrote in your SOP. I mean, I don't really know what you wrote or how it was worded, but I definitely do not hold it against the POI for holding you to your word. This happens a lot, actually, because at the PhD level you should be applying to schools and know exactly what you want to do - it's not a masters program. Regardless, I'm glad that it worked out for you. I decided I wasn't going to a PhD program unless I was going for my ideas, rather than fulfilling a current POI's agenda. I ended up not applying to 3 schools (one was actually a declined recruitment) because I would have been an "appendage" to the POI, rather than finishing with a unique contribution of research. It sounds like you made the same choice, and I think that is a good one, and ultimately set you/us up for success.

Nice! Congrats, Forsaken!

<3 Grats on Chicago, bud! (Love that school so much!)

Good point! I suppose it makes sense by April. I wouldn't do it until that late though. Mid-march is too early, I think.

Posters are easy and fun! Try not to get worked up about it (I know, almost impossible for your first one). It's a totally relaxed environment and one of the few places you get to actually talk to people about your research and have them give a damn! Ha! Enjoy it. But, as other posters had said make sure you maximize at the conference (and during the poster session, of course) to network network network. Meet, talk, drink (or eat) with people. Here are some poster tips that I think are crucial: Print your poster: Got to Kinkos (or somewhere) and print out your poster onto sheets of paper to put in front of your poster. A lot of people like taking these to peruse whilst they eat or sit and relax later (some because it's quick and easy, others because they may not be that social). Regardless, you're bound to run out of these if your poster title is interesting enough! Also, put business cards next to them (see next point); Get cards: I hope that you have some already - if not, then get some! Business cards are still the way to go at conferences. When you meet someone and get their card make sure to write hints on the back of it so you can remember what you talked about. Otherwise, you'll forget - trust me. Also, when you make cards go to a QR generator website and make a personal QR code to put on the back. Mine is a QR code that when scanned it automatically uploads my contact info into their phone - this is very beneficial (especially for saving your e-mail). Also, under the QR code I put my research interests; . Try to limit so called "walls of text" in small fonts. People really do not want to waste TOO much time in poster rooms. When they do, they want to be able to rapidly go through them (usually). Try to limit your words (be concise) and have more graphics; Be easygoing: Always remember that no one is there to attack you (it does happen, and it has happened to me). Try to put on a "quick-to-smile" approach that is not intimidating or defensive. Just reply with comments like, I will have to take that into consideration! Thanks for your input! etc. But, this brings me to another important point; Keep a notepad handy, small one - maybe in back pocket and don't take the commenters input lightly! Whether negative or positive! The point of a poster is like a springboard to a paper presentation, which is then a springboard to a publication. The idea is that you will present your preliminary work as a poster, then present the finalized data as a presentation, then publish it. Giving poster and paper presentations will allow you to receive lots of comments in order to make your eventual publication a better one - make sure to try to note important comments on your notepad; Set up meetings: As I previously mentioned, set up meetings (your cards and notepad will come in handy here). If you run into a cool prof or someone you could either work with or collaborate with - jump on the ball here. This is exactly the place that things happen, conferences! Schedule a meeting for a beer or coffee and make sure you follow up on it - especially if it's a particularly compelling conversation; Bring your own tacks! Don't assume that there will be tacks for you - usually there aren't. Plus, if you're the first person there will absolutely not be any tacks. If you don't have any you will have to hold your poster or something......don't be that guy/gal. Bring a snack (power bar, cliff bar, something). You will stand there for a while sometimes and if you're the type that can't focus whilst hungry (like most), this could solve your dilemma; Get a poster container! These are relatively cheap and see it as an investment. They are very handy for transportation (especially whilst flying). If you can't get one of these in time then make sure to try to get your poster laminated. I did this and my poster was fine on a trip - I carried it on and put it up top in the bins. Speaking of, remember that taking a poster as a carry on will count just as that - a carry-on! Some airlines will try to charge you if you have two carry-ons, so just keep that in mind :/ Print poster early: Make sure you get your poster finished in time to print a week before. I have barely nicked posters by and it's always a stressful/annoying thing; I hate when I do this. Just try to finish early enough to give the printers (library or Kinkos or whatever) enough time to finish your poster; Maximize time: This is more general advice, but If your poster is on the last day - don't waste your time fretting or worrying about your poster and miss the conference! It really is NOT that big of a deal. Maximize your time at the conference and treat the poster-session as a unique (and exciting) opportunity to flex your brain, passion, and interests with fellow intellects. I love posters because they are relaxed! Hell, at the AGU (American Geophysical Union) conference they even offer beer during the ;poster sessions - always an enjoyable experience (also, this emphasizes my point on the relaxed nature of posters). Showcase post-conference: Finally, and this isn't that important, but see if your department will allow you to put it up somewhere after the conference. It's always depressing when you do a poster and then afterwards it's done. You just put all that work into a poster and now it sits in the corner!? Nobody puts baby in the corner! (Sorry, couldn't help my self). It's a great way to showcase your work and provide an example of posters for other students who will be in your shoes soon. Well, hope this helps! Just remember to relax and have fun. Conferences are the BEST! Doing a poster at one is especially satisfying and you will meet lots of cool folk. Have a good one and good luck!

Yes. At this point I really don't think you can do anything but wait. You can only do more harm than good if you contact them. They know that you want in - you applied! If you e-mail them trying to edge your way up they will think you are some privileged kid who thinks you deserve to be at the top, and the others (who also went through the same belaboring process) are "beneath" you, or at least deserve to be. I'd just stick it out! I believe there's a post about netflix binging around here...that should help