The graduate

Me at the MAC Center with my grad bear and dozen roses, presented to me by my mom.

Research Road...the journey to graduation starts here

The Superman cape I will wear - if I can find an old-fashioned phone booth.

     

    It's finally time to finish what I started at Kent State University.

   Tomorrow I will walk down the aisle of the Memorial Athletic Convocation Center wearing my shiny black graduate cape like Superman. I'm no super hero, but there were times when I needed to conjure up super human strength to get through the past five years.

   But this blog post isn't about that. In a nut shell, the educator in me wants to inspire and help others who want to or are about to go down that same academic road. So, here goes...

 Navigating Research Road

   The only way to finish a Master's project or thesis is to start it, and keep plugging away until it's time to defend it.

   There were times I wanted to put off doing the final project for another semester, but there was a spouse nagging me to “just finish the damn thing.”  My dad was also flying in from Arizona for the ceremony, so finishing it was my only option.

   This post is dedicated to anyone who is about to go down that really long and bumpy stretch of highway I call Research Road, otherwise known as the Master's Project.

   To navigate Research Road, which eventually leads to graduation, you need to design a map to get you there. The kind of map I'm referring to isn't conventional. It's more like an outline of ideas and plans with a vague start point but a definite conclusion. You plot as you go. Be flexible because ideas will change and plans go south.

Identifying your seed:  To get started you need to search your mind for that seed that was planted somewhere along the route.  It's a nagging feeling deep in your gut that just won't go away. It's different for everyone. For me, the seed was cultivated during my first grad class, when I discovered that too many English teachers were journalism advisers.

   When you identify that seed, decide whether it's best to do a Master's project or write a thesis. Is there a course or website you'd like to create? If so, do a Master's project. Do you want to investigate a topic and prove or disprove an hypothesis? Then write a thesis. Journalism Educator students are encouraged to do a Master's project. It's less formal, with an end result of designing something concrete for students and/or fellow teachers.

Cultivating your seed:  Once your seed is planted, water it as it grows. This is when you start mapping out ideas that come to mind. Be prepared to change direction early on. At first I wanted to create a 3-day workshop for journalism teachers. The initial idea was to recruit journalism educators to give classes on everything from InDesign and Photoshop to news writing and law/ethics. That was way too lofty a goal because I would have to depend on too many people. My focus was narrowed down to creating a photography class for high school teachers. Do what you KNOW!

   Here are a few lessons I've learned on my journey down Research Road:

·    Buy a good book on APA style. Familiarize yourself with APA before you write a single word! This will save those of you who have a journalism background a lot of time and frustration. I compare APA style to kryptonite for journalists. We thrive on AP. 

- Another great tip: Bookmark Purdue OWL site. This is a very valuable online APA styleguide. 

·    It's helpful to understand that your research paper is like a thesis, which requires a literature review. This means the ideas you have and want to get across should not come from YOU, but from other scholars and experts in the field your are researching. The only time you can get away with stating your personal opinion and using the word 'I' is in the Introduction and Conclusion.

·   With this in mind, you have to start somewhere. I found it helpful to write down my thoughts, statements and opinions, and then find scholarly research or newspaper/blog articles that collaborated or supported my points. It's helpful if you live near Kent State and can go to the library. But most of you are spread across the country, so you will have to use your Kent FlashLine login user name and password to access the online library. You will have to access to library resources remotely. I contacted a librarian and asked her how to conduct the research I was seeking. She sent me a helpful email that walked me through the process.

 A ton of paperwork collected along Research Road.

·   You will be required to provide a Resources section in your paper. Print out every article you find, including the abstract and citations, and save these articles in a folder on your desktop. Learn the APA style for citations in the beginning. Every time you quote a resource, plug the citation into your Resource section in alphabetical order. I printed out the APA format citation sheet for electronic and print sources and kept it by my side at all times. Expect to have about 30 resources when it's all said and done!

·    Don't expect to complete your paper and project in a single semester, especially if you have a job and kids. It took me three semesters, with the bulk of the work done in the final three months. This is not a project you can speed through, unless you are Superman! Prepare to be a Sunday driver and take your time.

·   Choose your 3-member committee team wisely, and stay in contact with them on a regular basis. I must have sent them dozens of versions of my proposal and final paper. Their recommendations were instrumental in finalizing the project. Please don't present them with a single version of what you deem is the perfect product at the end of the semester right before you expect to graduate. Not a good idea. They don't want to be kept in the dark along your journey. Keep them informed and ask for advice. Your committee will most likely want to keep in touch weekly during the semester of your graduation. That's one reason I chose to document my experience in my blog.

·   Most importantly, choose a project your care about! Being passionate about a course you are creating or a website you're designing will keep you chugging uphill, even when you think you're out of gas.   

     Harvesting your seed: To view my Master’s Project proposal, final paper and course syllabus, see the Pages at the top of this post. You can view other tips and comments in earlier posts.

    Well, that's about it. I'm at the end of the road. Like my GPS likes to say, “You've reached your final destination."  Indeed I have.

It's official: I'm graduating from Kent State with an MA!

Entrance to the Kent State School of Journalism.

   It's official. My Master's Project has been approved. I posted the final paper and the course syllabus in separate pages on the top of this blog.
   I will discuss in more detail about the approval process soon.
   I am Kent State.

Starting my lead sentence with a date: December 15

   December 15.

   That lead sentence breaks a long-held journalism rule of not starting a lead sentence with a date unless that date is important. So today I’m breaking that rule because I’m writing about a milestone in my life.

   December 15 is the day I hope to be set free from the toils of academia. There are so many things I will be able to do again. Let me count thy ways:

The announcement.

1.     My family will regain my attention;

2.     I can start working out again. I need to harden the softening muscles that went flab during five years of sitting on a chair with my nose glued to a computer or book;

3.     Housework will get the attention to detail it so desperately needs;

4.     My own students will get their grades returned in a more timely fashion;

5.    Did I already mention my family would regain my attention they so desperately crave?

   There are two concrete things that help make this impending day more real: the cap and gown that’s still in the Kent State University Bookstore plastic bag and hanging on a dresser knob in my bedroom, and the graduation announcements that are still in the box on my desk. They are in my possession, and I can hold them, wear them, put addresses and stamps on them, but they don’t matter until my Master’s project is officially approved.

   I defend the project at KSU Nov. 29, and if my committee chairs approve the course proposal, then I will celebrate by trying on my cap and gown, and mailing out the announcements.

   It's been more than a month since my last blog post. I just didn’t have the energy or wit to explain one more time how difficult learning APA was for me. But now that I’m familiar with APA, working on the project is easier and more enjoyable.

   Let me take this opportunity to impart one very important piece of advice to anyone working on a Master’s project or thesis some day: Buy a good book on APA guidelines, and study it before you write that first word. It will save you lots of time, and your instructors will love you for it!

On sleepless nights, a weary mind and graduation

   It’s 2 a.m. on a Saturday night.

   I should be in bed, but all I can think about is my Master’s project, amongst other things.  What still needs to be done? Can it be done in time? Can I do it?

   The good news is that the literature review, which is the bulk of the proposal paper, is nearly complete. The proposal has been through multiple drafts, and I’m anticipating a green light on the project any day now.

   I just reprinted the survey and the survey paperwork, which is now ready to be shipped off for approval from the powers that be at KSU.  Once the survey is deemed safe for human experimentation, I can work on getting it into the hands of the teachers. This will be the second hardest chore of the project, considering I must rely on busy teachers to take the survey and return it to me in a timely manner. Should I promise them chocolate?

   Then there’s the design of the course, which won’t be too labor intensive.  I’ve been teaching basic photography and photojournalism courses at Owens Community College since 2006.  I have a strong instinct on what teachers might want to learn. The survey will help with that, as well.

   It’s now 2:24 a.m.,

   I must force myself to rest my weary mind, which won’t stop. I still have a cap and gown to order. Who will I invite to my graduation? I only have 12 tickets but there are 13 people on the invite list. I hope the survey will be approved. Should I go to each local school and talk to the teachers in person? My lawn needs mowing and the patio furniture needs to be stored for the winter. Both campers need winterizing. Will Obama win? Please let Obama win. Dang, I forgot to give one of my cats his ear medicine today. I must finish grading before Monday………….

   See what I mean? Time to pop a sleeping aid and call it a night.
(UPDATE Nov. 30 - The survey was turned in too late and not included in the study. However, during the defense yesterday my committee members agreed it wouldn't have helped much anyway.)

This procrastinator is in full panic mode, and it feels good

   It’s time to take a few days off from my hectic life to concentrate on getting this Master's Project paper done! October 15 is the due date for the second draft, which I’m assuming is the entire paper, syllabus and all.

   I am going to ask for unpaid time off from work (I’ve used up all of my 3-weeks of vacation time at the Toledo Blade). Sometimes you have to make sacrifices, and this financial sacrifice better pay off with a diploma in my hand in two months. I didn't have to do this after all! My proposal is submitted, and I hope there are few major changes to make!

   So, this is my plan for the next week:

·      Visit a few high school photography teachers to find out exactly what they think the course should cover in order to satisfy their educational needs. After all, this course is for them - the unsung visual arts heroes who are ultimately responsible for getting high school students interested in photography and into the college photography classrooms.

·      Get that survey approved! It’s ready to go, but I’ve been sitting on the paperwork.

·      Meet with a rep for the Continuing Education office at Owens Community College. I want to make sure the course satisfies their requirements.

·      Design the syllabus and lesson plans.

·      Order my cap and gown.

   Yep, I will be busy tying up very, very loose ends, but I am a procrastinator at heart, and work best under intense pressure.

   Here’s a sneak preview of the abstract:

When high school teachers are tasked with teaching or managing student photographers, they should know how to operate a camera, understand what makes a good photograph, and be aware of the basic legal rights and ethical standards of a photographer.  Photography is more than just pointing and shooting a camera to capture a pretty picture.  It is a technical and aesthetic discipline that invokes critical thinking.  However, because of recent budget and teacher cuts in the subject of art, photography is being taught by teachers who do not have experience or educational backgrounds in photography.  This project involves creating a basic photography course for high school teachers who want or need to learn more about photography.  A syllabus, lesson plans and homework assignments will be developed in accordance with survey results, scholarly research and teacher interviews.

It certainly takes a village to write a research paper

   It certainly does take a village!

   Hillary Rodham Clinton had it right when she wrote a book on how it takes a village to raise a child. But that famous proverb can be applied to just about anything, including writing research papers.

   Even though the paper is on its third draft and still not completely done, I want to take this opportunity to thank my village people for helping me get this far. So what if it’s a little premature to offer my appreciation. I feel the need.

   The proposal, Designing a Photography Course for High School Teachers, is 16 pages of other people’s research, and glued together by APA-style citations. It didn’t start out that way, of course.  After sitting in front of the computer for months, dazed and confused, I realized I needed lots of help. It was time to reach out. Thanks to the following segments of population in my village:

·      Bowling Green University Learning Design program graduate Aaron Carpenter for meeting with me before I even started writing the paper. He helped me formulate an idea for the project.

·      Candace Bowen, John Bowen and Mark Goodman, my project committee co-chairs. I especially want to thank Candace, the director of the Center for Scholastic Journalism at Kent State University, for sending back (in a timely manner) my first draft, which had lots and lots of comment boxes highlighting the mistakes and changes I needed to make.

She pointed out that the first draft was too full of myself, which is a research paper no-no. When writing research papers, stay away from sentences that begin with the following two words: I believe. I think. I will. I hope. The key to writing a thesis is write down what you hope to accomplish, then search and cite other people to back up your points. This takes the “I” out of the equation.

  The paper also had lots of quotation marks, which are for journalists, not researchers. I admit APA style is the hardest concept for me to learn and do.

·      All of the researchers cited in the paper. Without their prior research on photography and education, it couldn’t have been written.

·      Kent State journalism grad student Shelley Blundell, KSU Journalism Educator graduate Marina Hendricks, and University of Toledo Center for Writing grad volunteer Shannon McKeehen. They were my second pair of eyes.

·      Springfield High School (Holland, Ohio) English teacher Mark Davidson for letting me interview him for the paper. 

·      APA Made Easy (APA 6th Edition) (Kindle version) by Scott Matkovich. I wish I would have bought this book before I started writing. It walks you through the whole writing process from the very beginning; choosing your font, setting margins, etc. That would have saved me (and my village people) a lot of frustration.

   Now that the draft is nearly complete, it’s finally time to begin the fun part: designing the course.

APA style is like garlic to vampire journalists who thrive on AP

    APA.

    Those three letters strike fear into many writers who must abide by them when quoting sources. Oh, excuse me, I mean when attributing scholarly citations.

    Adhering to APA style is especially nerve-wracking for journalists. When journalists quote a source who said or wrote something we deem important, for example, we use quotation marks around direct quotes, and then state the person's name and affiliation. That's it. Simple, right? This style of attributing sources is out of the Associated Press (AP) Styleguide, the journalist's Bible for proper spelling, grammar and word usage.

    AP style is in my blood. Journalism DNA flows through me. APA style, on the other hand, is like garlic to a vampire.

    Believe it or not, APA stands for American Psychological Association, and is commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. Before I actually looked it up to see what it meant, I thought it stood for something like the American Penmanship Assoc. You know, something that had to do with actually writing research papers.

    The psychological word through me off a bit. But I guess it makes sense, since research papers are about studying human behavior, which is part of the social sciences.

    Anyway, I've been sitting on my research paper for about a month. The proposal is nearly finished, and I'm slowing working on the second draft.

    First, I had to take the first person out of the equation. A research paper requires a literature review, which is basically finding scholarly articles written about the topic you are writing about. Instead of saying that I believe it's unfair that students are taught photography by teachers who aren't qualified to teach them, I have to find someone else who believes it too, and then follow the APA style when citing the source.

    Secondly, I have to back up everything I say with another source. This is harder than it seems, considering there aren't many published scholarly articles on the problem of English teachers teaching photography. The upside to my research paper is that I will add such an article to this otherwise anemic topic.

    Lastly, I have to properly cite the multitude of the sources using APA style. Putting the sources in alphabetical order was the easy part. The hard part is formatting the sources according to where you got them, whether it's from a scholarly article, a magazine, a book or online. Each one requires its own special way of handling it. Who made up this stuff?
    I shall overcome the fear because I must. Just writing this post has helped me understand the process a heck of a lot more than I did two months ago. I need to stay focused, and stay away from the garlic.

This is a recent example of me writing my Master's project proposal journalism style, but being told to stick to APA.

  

Overcoming excuses and other reasons for putting IT off

   It’s been a few weeks since I emailed the first draft of my Master’s project proposal to my three committee members at Kent State.

   While I waited for feedback, I updated the syllabus, course policy manual and the first two assignments for the Intro to Photojournalism course I teach at Owens Community College in Toledo. I also created a simple Prezi tutorial.

This is my first Prezi tutorial. I will build on it as ideas come to me.

   Since the prep work for my Intro to PJ class is done, it’s now time to focus on the Master’s project once again. 

   The first draft of the entire paper is due Sept. 15 and I’ve yet to begin editing the proposal paper. But it’s still summer, and I have two kids who need attention, and a full-time job, and I just bought a new RV, and I'm totally into watching Breaking Bad on Netflix! The excuses keep piling up.

   I cannot let those hurdles stop me from getting this done! I’ve worked too hard for five long years. So, every time I feel compelled to delay the inevitable, I remind myself that if I don’t do this now, I will become a statistic. Did you know that lots of grad students don’t graduate because they don’t finish their final Master’s project or thesis? How many you ask? Sorry, but if you want to know a definitive answer, look it up. I don’t have time.

   I don’t want to be a statistic. But more importantly, I want my kids to see me  

walk up on that stage in cap and gown wearing Honors Society cords. They need to witness the final reward of sticking to something you started, and that hard work pays off.

   So after I write this I’m going to watch a few more episodes for Season 2 of Breaking Bad*. After all, next week I will be too busy working on my research paper to watch TV.

*(Update: I'm not proud to report as of Aug. 29, I'm up to Season 5/Espisode 2)

I'm finally facing my biggest fear, and it's not of heights

I have a confession to make.

When I was in high school, I considered myself a great poet, though it wasn’t great poetry. It was mostly a lot of rhyming crap that made people laugh, or not. I wrote poems for my basketball team and hung them up on all of our lockers, and I penned versus for my friends that documented our lives at the time. A few of my poems were even published in the school newspaper!

If I felt something, I wrote a poem to express myself, half of which I wouldn’t dare show my mom.

I thought I was a good writer because I could put my feelings into a rhyme scheme. That was the extent of my writing experience back then.

No, that is not my confession.

One day in English class we were assigned to write a research paper. I was excited about the assignment, at first. Then we were instructed to include headers and footers. WHAT? I had no clue what headers, footers and resources were, and I didn’t care to find out.

Rather than learning the APA style process, I simply didn’t write the paper and took the F.  I failed English class.

Still not my confession.

In May of 1979, when I was a high school senior, I took the U.S. Army’s job aptitude test. It’s still beyond me why the Army determined that I was best suited to be a journalist. Maybe because I scored miserably in the other sections of the test (electronics, mechanics, etc.) So, after basic training, I attended the Defense Information School (DINFOS) to learn the craft of writing news, feature and sports stories.

The writing of a journalist is different than that of a researcher. Journalists interview people in person or on the phone and simply quote them. No footnotes or scholastic resources needed. I thrived as a journalist, and earned several Journalist of the Year awards throughout my 21-year military career.

This is my confession: I have a fear of writing research papers!

Needless to say, I’ve waited until the last possible moment to write my Master’s project research proposal paper, which was due July 15. Nope, it’s not done yet, but I am relieved to report that I am almost done!  

I am finally facing my fear by writing my very first research paper! The first draft of the project proposal is nearly finished, complete with headers and resources. It’s actually not as hard as I imagined. In fact, I admit it’s a valuable learning experience that I am kind of glad I was forced to do.

So how did I do it? You’ll have to wait for my next posting to find out.

Kids, camping are distractions, but proposal paper must be done

            Working on my Master’s project this summer is harder than I thought it would be.

            There are several obstacles getting in the way of me focusing on writing my Master’s project proposal, which is due July 15.

            The primary detractors are my two kids.  I’ve been basically ignoring them for more than four years now. That’s how long I’ve been a grad student at Kent State University. They are getting used to me being “busy,” but it’s getting old for all of us, including the other parent who has been picking up the slack for far too long.

My justification for being absent for half a decade is that in the end I hope to land a teaching job, which will allow me to be home more often. I long for teacher’s hours. Being home with the family in the summer, in the evenings and on weekends is a luxury I do not enjoy now.

Life as a photojournalist is fun and exciting, but you know the old saying: “News never sleeps," and neither do I. I work at the Toledo Blade three nights a week and every Saturday. And nine months out of the year I spend four mornings a week teaching photography at Owens Community College. That’s a lot of hours away from my girls, who are 11 and 13.

They will need me in high school, so I am working hard now so I can be there for them then. I hope they understand that.

This is our new RV, with Cedar Point's water park in our rented backyard.

Another distraction is our love of camping. We just bought a new RV, which means we are in the process of trying to sell our old one. It takes a lot of preparation to go on a camping trip. A camper is meant to be used, and this summer is no exception. Camping is the only time I give my total attention to the girls. I won't give that up.

But hope is not all lost.

I have been slowly collecting the scholarly research I need for my paper’s literature review section. I’m also piecing together the required parts of the paper:  introduction, methodology, project explanation, etc. Before long I will have all the necessary components of a proposal paper!

Whenever I get to the point when I want to quit, I imagine myself doing really fun things with the kids during their final summers with us, before they go off to college. That’s all the inspiration I need to force myself to sit at the computer on a beautiful sunny day.

Week Two: three a day keeps procrastination away

  This week hasn’t been as productive as last week. I did a little research to make myself comfortable with the idea of researching, and began collecting scholarly articles on the combined subject of education and photography.

Back to the book

  Last summer I took a Research Methods course. It basically prepares you for the ultimate end of a grad program: the thesis.  Rather than doing a tradition thesis, it’s encouraged we Journalism Educators opt for the master’s project instead. In a nutshell, this is a combination of a project and a research paper.

   Monday I pulled out the Communication Research: Asking Questions, Find Answers textbook that was required for the Research Methods course. It covers everything from qualitative/quantitative research to how to write a research report.       

   Reviewing the textbook definitely helps, though it’s still a little mindboggling. Take this equation I did for one of my homework assignments:

Yes, I did this myself!

Say what? Honestly, that’s just too mathematical for me, so I won’t be collecting the kind of data that requires math.

   That kind of cerebral thinking is what separates the researchers (thinkers) from the taskmasters (doing). I am a taskmaster.

3 a day

  As I stated last week, I’m supposed to cite up to 30 scholarly articles in the project proposal paper. This is part of the literature review, a formal portion of any thesis. Problem is some of these articles and research papers are more than 20 pages long! It’s time consuming and a bit of a sleeping aid. To help manage my limited time in the mornings (I have kids to care for in the morning and I work at night), I’ve committed to finding and reading three articles a day until I reach 30. But I’m already having a hard time following through this week. Yesterday I found my three articles, but only read half of one. And today, well, I've yet to even search. Sigh.

   But to be fair to myself, I’m a bit distracted right now. I bought a new RV (a 2013 Forest River Sunseeker) and we pick it up at the dealership today. But I vow to get back on track next week.

   I also have the survey/IRB packet ready to send snail mail to my committee members. In fact, I think I will do that today so I can say I’ve done something productive.

My intense journey to complete my final master's project

A course proposal:

Photography/Photojournalism CEU course for high school teachers

By Lori King

Kent State University grad student

Journalism Educators program

Week One

The justification

   I wish I had stats to state on why a continuous education unit (CEU) course on photography for high school teachers is a good idea, but I don’t. I just have a gut feeling that it is.

   I’ve yet to collect research to justify the course because I’m only at the starting gate for a race to finish my master’s project proposal by July 15. A master’s project is similar to a thesis, except I’m actually accomplishing a concrete goal of providing a real service to high school teachers who will benefit from my final project.

   My idea germinated during my first semester at KSU more than three years ago. I was taking a law and ethics class and I learned that too many high school journalism teachers/advisers are actually English teachers thrown into the position because it was the closest subject to journalism. After all, they both involve writing, right?  That logic is flawed, and is harmful to the future of journalism.

   My initial idea was to do something involving law and ethics, which are fundamental. I’m always surprised when a working journalist/pj breaks our code of ethics. The result is an eroding trust in a once-proud profession.

Keeping it simple

   At first I wanted to offer something like a journalism boot camp: a workshop that covered many topics: law and ethics, news writing, social media, photography, news design, etc. But that would require bringing in other instructors/professionals who were experts on their topics. I quickly decided I had too little time for so much bureaucracy.

   A rule of thumb when developing a master’s project is to NARROW DOWN the focus. The boot camp idea was too ambitious, so I decided to stick with what I know: a single course on just photography and photojournalism.

The survey

   The next step was developing a survey to find out:

• which local schools have journalism, photography and/or yearbook teachers/advisers 
• which local schools have print or online newspapers
• the journalism background of journalism teacher/advisers
• how many yearbook advisers have photography experience

   I developed the survey using Survey Monkey. The first draft was too broad. The second draft narrowed it down considerably. I’m at the third draft, and am still tweaking it, but it’s pretty much complete.

A sample survey question

The IRB

     Two weeks ago I sent the survey off to my three chosen committee members at Kent State University: Candace Bowen, John Bowen and Mark Goodman. I made their recommended changes.

   Last week I took a day trip to Kent to meet with the committee members for the first time. It was a productive meeting.  They reviewed hard copies of the survey, and then gently reminded me that I need to get the survey approved by the KSU Institutional Review Board (IRB).

   I forgot about that requirement. Sigh.
   I was tempted to scrap the survey idea, but that's not an option.  I need the results of this survey to gauge what I need to focus on, and to ultimately help justify the course. .

   Because a survey involves “human research subjects,” it needs approval by the IRB. I sent off a quick email to my KSU professor who taught the research methods course I took last summer, Dr. Jeff Child, and he said I first needed to take a Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) course before I can submit my survey to the IRB. Another sigh.

   So I took the course and its quizzes, which wasn’t as bad as I feared. It only took about two hours. I printed out the curriculum completion report, which will be a part of the IRB approval package. I will send the survey, the nine-page IRB documentation I had to fill out, and the CITI report to my committee co-chair to sign, who will then forward it to the IRB. Once it’s approved (which should only take up to two weeks), I will FINALLY be able to send out the survey. In the meantime, I’m creating a database of teachers to send it to (about 40).

Scholarly research

    My committee members also told me I needed to cite about 30 scholarly articles in my proposal. THIRTY! To do that I need to connect to the Kent State library via VPN, so I installed the VPN mobile client on my desk top MAC, though I’ve yet to search a single article.

   So, that’s how my first week went.

   I’m documenting the experience for myself, and for anyone else who could use this information. As for the stats, well, those will come much later…

   I will probably post every Thursday, so stay tuned!