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Email Everything To Yourself
My daughter always ran into problems during her college years in that she was not vigilant enough about backing her data up to the shared server. She started emailing everything to herself. It was also a good way for me to proofread many of her papers. My son practiced this in high school so I am sure in addition to the flash drive he will do the same although I will not be proofreading any calc.
My daughter always ran into problems during her college years in that she was not vigilant enough about backing her data up to the shared server. She started emailing everything to herself. It was also a good way for me to proofread many of her papers. My son practiced this in high school so I am sure in addition to the flash drive he will do the same although I will not be proofreading any calc.
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Shouls allow external hard drive for back up
I have heard horror stories of those losing data.
The old computers were not honored last year as Gateway (the issued computers) went under and the computers were literally falling apart.Many had to purchase new computers on their own.
I have heard horror stories of those losing data.
The old computers were not honored last year as Gateway (the issued computers) went under and the computers were literally falling apart.Many had to purchase new computers on their own.
Interesting..... I received a small package from my daughter today with a hard drive inside that she must have purchased at USMMA. with no note. I have not received an email in 3 days or so either. I am thinking that maybe she was caught with the hard drive and her internet access/laptop privileges were suspended???? So maybe they are strictly enforcing the rules and not as easy as some of the older mids have alluded to on this forum Hopefully I will get a phone call tomorrow and find out why she sent it home.
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There is a new "Sheriff" in town. One who said that his most flagrant violation of the rules at Annapolis was that he once "parked his car too close to the Academy." From this point forward I would expect to see a strict enforcement of all of the rules. Also, a lot of the policies regarding computers and the internet are being driven by MARAD/DOT/Government rules and are beyond KP's control.
Yup. Many of the new "harsher" policies regarding thumb drives, external hard drives, etc. were due to improper use of these devices by well-meaning Sailors/Soldiers/Airmen/Marines who inadvertently introduced a virus onto government computers. During my recent deployment our entire network was compromised due to a trojan virus. I supervised a very large logistical program for CENTCOM and was out of touch with my end-users for several days while the systems were scrubbed. It resulted in several sleepless nights while we waited for everything to be cleaned.
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Navy1981 please check out my question under New Liberty Policy forum. Thanks!
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What an interesting statement. My reaction is truly "And that makes him well qualified to run what we hope is the world's best center for commecial martitme training and education, how?"
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Only time will tell. But, someone in the maritime administration brought him to KP for a reason. As was said earlier, nobody likes change, especially when it results in less liberty and fewer privileges. Like many I have questions. So far I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. He has to make his mark and establish himself early. Admiral Stewart certainly had his detractors but he was loved by a large potion of the midshipmen and I would not envy anyone who had to follow him.
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We talking about Fell or Worley here?
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I doubt that Worley's resume begins and ends with his law abiding behavior at Annapolis.
I doubt that Worley's resume begins and ends with his law abiding behavior at Annapolis.
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My orignal question remains unanswered.... The quote above confuses me....They both graduated from Annapolis in the 70's (according to the USMMA website). They both are new "Sheriff's in Town".....So.....which one is getting the credit for the comments on this thread?
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I think everyone's referring to Worley.
While Fell has only been Commandant for about a year now, he's been at KP for quite awhile as an athletic coach and is definitely more "in tune" than Worley with the Midshipmen and KP culture and is very approachable. He seemed to have a good repoire with the regiment during my 1/C year, certainly more than Worley did.
I don't think that Worley is a bad guy, but I feel that he came in so quickly with an agenda that he didn't slow down to get a feel for things before making radical changes, at least radical to those of us who had Stewart for over three years. Change is not always bad, but if you expect respect from those who you lead, you gotta take the whole picture into account - not just your own, narrow-minded view (especially when you're the newcomer). This kind of stuff REALLY ticked off the midshipmen (and lots of the faculty and staff too) and they all pushed themselves away from him. But, i'll concede that the guy deserves some time to get things established. I think that once the classes of 2010, 2011 and perhaps 2012 graduate, the last of the "Joey D era" mids will be gone and the subsequent classes will not have known any different and Worley's relationship with the mids will be better.
However, politics/issues aside, the biggest thing I learned about leadership from Joe Stewart was that if you cared for your people and stood up for them, they would do anything for you. He made the mids proud to be KP'ers. He was a true leader to the midshipmen and they saw him for that (which is why he was so popular to the regiment). In that capacity, big shoes to fill indeed.
Of course, nobody is perfect, but there is certainly nothing wrong with picking and choosing different leadership styles to build your own with - and there are plenty to choose from at KP....
While Fell has only been Commandant for about a year now, he's been at KP for quite awhile as an athletic coach and is definitely more "in tune" than Worley with the Midshipmen and KP culture and is very approachable. He seemed to have a good repoire with the regiment during my 1/C year, certainly more than Worley did.
I don't think that Worley is a bad guy, but I feel that he came in so quickly with an agenda that he didn't slow down to get a feel for things before making radical changes, at least radical to those of us who had Stewart for over three years. Change is not always bad, but if you expect respect from those who you lead, you gotta take the whole picture into account - not just your own, narrow-minded view (especially when you're the newcomer). This kind of stuff REALLY ticked off the midshipmen (and lots of the faculty and staff too) and they all pushed themselves away from him. But, i'll concede that the guy deserves some time to get things established. I think that once the classes of 2010, 2011 and perhaps 2012 graduate, the last of the "Joey D era" mids will be gone and the subsequent classes will not have known any different and Worley's relationship with the mids will be better.
However, politics/issues aside, the biggest thing I learned about leadership from Joe Stewart was that if you cared for your people and stood up for them, they would do anything for you. He made the mids proud to be KP'ers. He was a true leader to the midshipmen and they saw him for that (which is why he was so popular to the regiment). In that capacity, big shoes to fill indeed.
Of course, nobody is perfect, but there is certainly nothing wrong with picking and choosing different leadership styles to build your own with - and there are plenty to choose from at KP....
Again, as the parent of a PC I have limited knowledge of what went on before, but my understanding is that KP was a bit of a mess when Worley took over: underfunded (to the point that the waterfront was/is literally falling apart and there was some issue about enough food to feed the regiment in Delano), leadership problems with the midshipmen regimental leadership (wasn't there some issue with one/several of the regimenal officers getting into serious disciplinary trouble with DUI and other violations?), the problem with the plebe hacker, etc.
"Joey D" may have been "beloved" by the midshipmen, but it doesn't sound like he was doing too well keeping his eye on the ball of the long term best interests of KP. A few cigars at a Christmas party do not a leader make.
So far, I've been impressed with Worley's efforts to get adequate funding for capital and operational needs at KP and to shore up the student leadership by requiring that upperclassmen spend more time on campus, thus providing 'leadership by example'.
Time will tell.
"Joey D" may have been "beloved" by the midshipmen, but it doesn't sound like he was doing too well keeping his eye on the ball of the long term best interests of KP. A few cigars at a Christmas party do not a leader make.
So far, I've been impressed with Worley's efforts to get adequate funding for capital and operational needs at KP and to shore up the student leadership by requiring that upperclassmen spend more time on campus, thus providing 'leadership by example'.
Time will tell.
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Worley's Resume
That is true, lots of folks looked at Capt, USN (Retired) Worley's resume and while it does include a short stint as Supt. at Texas A&M, I think the notion of only time will tell is a good one.
As for the other point about how someone at MARAD brought him in for some reason, while that too is no doubt true, a lot of those folks are now gone and a lot of their own involvement in much of what has to be changed has been/is being revisited and questioned. So in that area as well - "the jury is still out."
I will say this and I'm not trying to be snarky, there is nothing on RADM Worley's resume that is as notable as the last guy who had a mess to pick up after - RADM Tom King. However, the messes that RADM Worley has to pick up after, while in some cases mre involved, don't cut across the broad range of Academy Affairs as King had to deal with. Unfortunately for RADM Worley, his predecessor was very popular in some quarters, not the least of which were large groups in the regiment of Midshipmen. I, like all alumni, have alot more feelings about this subject then I'd bore (sp?) parents with here and truthfully, they really aren't entirely relevant to this thread. Suffice it to say I think while a lot of things need to be addressed and fixed, a little more sensitivity to our history and traditions and a little less weight on how someone's personal experience at the USNA might result in a smoother, easier reception by the Regiment and the Alumni to those necessary changes. But that too is a personal view and I'm sure others have their own views and opinions.
That is true, lots of folks looked at Capt, USN (Retired) Worley's resume and while it does include a short stint as Supt. at Texas A&M, I think the notion of only time will tell is a good one.
As for the other point about how someone at MARAD brought him in for some reason, while that too is no doubt true, a lot of those folks are now gone and a lot of their own involvement in much of what has to be changed has been/is being revisited and questioned. So in that area as well - "the jury is still out."
I will say this and I'm not trying to be snarky, there is nothing on RADM Worley's resume that is as notable as the last guy who had a mess to pick up after - RADM Tom King. However, the messes that RADM Worley has to pick up after, while in some cases mre involved, don't cut across the broad range of Academy Affairs as King had to deal with. Unfortunately for RADM Worley, his predecessor was very popular in some quarters, not the least of which were large groups in the regiment of Midshipmen. I, like all alumni, have alot more feelings about this subject then I'd bore (sp?) parents with here and truthfully, they really aren't entirely relevant to this thread. Suffice it to say I think while a lot of things need to be addressed and fixed, a little more sensitivity to our history and traditions and a little less weight on how someone's personal experience at the USNA might result in a smoother, easier reception by the Regiment and the Alumni to those necessary changes. But that too is a personal view and I'm sure others have their own views and opinions.
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So to set some of the record straight ...
While I agree time will tell and I honestly wasn't the biggest "Joey D" fan in the world, this post and it sentiments have a lot of misconceptions.
First and foremost on the subject of working to get adequete funding for the capital and operating needs of the Academy - while Joe Stewart had lots of faults, he had his eye on this ball from the first day he arrived until he retired. A review of the budget and the support and interaction between Admiral Stewart, Congress, and the Alumni including Project Acta would clearly show that during Stewart's tenure great strides were made here.
The issues on the Waterfront were exacerbated by a fire and other things not all of which were really under Stewart's control. As far as the budget for the Delano last year, that was affected by some changes in how fiscal managment needed to occur - it's not worth trying to go into here but if you are familiar with managment of Government funds, there was a mandated change involving how certain funds and colors of monies could/should be managed and kept seperate that had ripples. At no time was the Academy underfunded as a whole.
The statement "Joey D" may have been "beloved" by the midshipmen, but it doesn't sound like he was doing too well keeping his eye on the ball of the long term best interests of KP. A few cigars at a Christmas party do not a leader make. " really is totally unwarrented, in my opinion. While I certainly felt Adm. Stewart was a little too fast to give Mids setbacks and/or the benefit of the doubt on honor boards, I always felt and still do everything the man did, he did because he was taking the long term best interests of the Academy into account.
The man gave the Academy 10 years of his life during which a lot of good things happened and were nuturtured. He also positively inluenced the lives of at least 13 classes of Kings Pointers.
He did it his own unique way - good & bad. Suffice it to say now it's Adm Worley's turn at the helm. We all wish him well and time will tell how he'll do - how much better he'll leave the place then he found it. It was time for a change for a lot of reasons but that said I also stand behind my statement that I think some of this change would be better recieved if it was put into place with more sensitivity to the history and traditions of Kings Point and the Merchant Marine vice other places and services (for what it's worth there have been a lot of times during the past 10 years I thought similar actions seemed too much like the USMC).
While I agree time will tell and I honestly wasn't the biggest "Joey D" fan in the world, this post and it sentiments have a lot of misconceptions.
First and foremost on the subject of working to get adequete funding for the capital and operating needs of the Academy - while Joe Stewart had lots of faults, he had his eye on this ball from the first day he arrived until he retired. A review of the budget and the support and interaction between Admiral Stewart, Congress, and the Alumni including Project Acta would clearly show that during Stewart's tenure great strides were made here.
The issues on the Waterfront were exacerbated by a fire and other things not all of which were really under Stewart's control. As far as the budget for the Delano last year, that was affected by some changes in how fiscal managment needed to occur - it's not worth trying to go into here but if you are familiar with managment of Government funds, there was a mandated change involving how certain funds and colors of monies could/should be managed and kept seperate that had ripples. At no time was the Academy underfunded as a whole.
The statement "Joey D" may have been "beloved" by the midshipmen, but it doesn't sound like he was doing too well keeping his eye on the ball of the long term best interests of KP. A few cigars at a Christmas party do not a leader make. " really is totally unwarrented, in my opinion. While I certainly felt Adm. Stewart was a little too fast to give Mids setbacks and/or the benefit of the doubt on honor boards, I always felt and still do everything the man did, he did because he was taking the long term best interests of the Academy into account.
The man gave the Academy 10 years of his life during which a lot of good things happened and were nuturtured. He also positively inluenced the lives of at least 13 classes of Kings Pointers.
He did it his own unique way - good & bad. Suffice it to say now it's Adm Worley's turn at the helm. We all wish him well and time will tell how he'll do - how much better he'll leave the place then he found it. It was time for a change for a lot of reasons but that said I also stand behind my statement that I think some of this change would be better recieved if it was put into place with more sensitivity to the history and traditions of Kings Point and the Merchant Marine vice other places and services (for what it's worth there have been a lot of times during the past 10 years I thought similar actions seemed too much like the USMC).
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Well said!
Thank you Jasperdog. Well said. For those of us that have been around KP for decades and could say we've seen it all, this is yet another period of transition. Unfortunatley many new PC parents are only seeing the here and now and listening to the famous KP rumor mill. The quality of leadership over the years has covered the gamut, each sup leaving some legacy to those coming after him. Unfortunately the powers to be in DC have yet to realize that perhaps the Academy could be better served with one of it's own at the helm. Without a complete understanding and consideration of the Academy's culture, history, traditions and the industry it's difficult to implement changes in a positive light. That seems to be clear when one considers the initial comments made whereby all alumni donations were going to go into a central fund rather than be allowed to be dedicated to specific casues by the donors. Many alums have pet causes at KP and when they thought they were not going to be able to support those causes, several made it clear their donations were going to stop. KP is not in Maryland and it's mission is not to train active duty officers but rather merchant mariners. It has it's own culture and traditions and while the new guy is in charge and it's his perogative to implement policies as he sees fit, he is not the second coming and the jury is still out....way out.