Interesting Email Today... | Sunday, April 12th, 2009 at 8:18AM
From: "Jeff Wilhelm" (jeffwilhelm@live.com)
To: "Jeff Wilhelm" (jeff@jeffwilhelm.com)
Date: 4/12/2009 8:09a EST
Dear Mr Wilhelm,
I am emailing you to enquire about the possibility of myself purchasing the www.jeffwilhelm.com domain name from yourself.
Currently my business is in the process of developing content management systems and digital rights management systems for pornographic videos and images. I would like to purchase the www.jeffwilhelm.com domain for use in conducting my business affairs.
Please be aware that the website would include links to the websites of our clients, which are pornographic in nature.
If you think you might be interested in transferring ownership of the www.jeffwilhelm.com domain name to business for a fee, please let me know and we can discuss this further. If you feel uneasy about your domain name being associated with pornography, please advise and we can see whether we can reach a mutual agreement regarding the amount of pornograhpic materials that can appear on the site.
I look forward to hearing from your in regards to this matter.
Regards,
Jeff
SmartMoney Magazine Ranks URI 15th in Nation for ROI | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 4:49PM
The January 2009 issue of SmartMoney magazine ranks the University of Rhode Island 15th in a nationwide study of public and private colleges, examining the relationship between tuition costs and graduates' earning power. In what it called a "twist on traditional college rankings," the magazine assessed schools on their ability to deliver the best return on investment and sought to quantify the long-term value of a college education.
The monthly magazine, published by The Wall Street Journal, specifically cites URI as a far better value than all the private institutions included in the survey. At 15, URI is the highest ranked institution in New England, followed by the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) at 18, the University of New Hampshire at 23, and the University of Vermont at 42. Harvard is ranked 25, Princeton at 20 and Dartmouth at 21.
In his January article, "Why the Ivies Aren't Worth it," Neil Parmar writes, "Indeed those unheralded public universities turn out to be a far better deal than virtually all the privates we surveyed. The Ivies in general? They deliver nowhere near the payback on tuition that most parents staring at a six-figure bill over four years might expect."
Working with consultant PayScale.com, the survey looked at what graduates from 50 of the most expensive four-year colleges earn in their early and midcareers. Then they factored in their up-front tuition and fees. The University of Georgia was No. 1 and would deliver a payback nearly three times that of Harvard, noted the article, while the "state universities of Delaware and Rhode Island would beat out every Ivy in the ranking."
URI Dean of Admission Cynthia Bonn said, "We've known all along that our students receive an outstanding education for a tremendous value. It's great that SmartMoney did the research that showed how well our graduates are doing, and that they are not burdened by the amount of debt that graduates of pricier schools are incurring.
"This validation by a respected national publication comes at a time when families are asking important questions about where their children will receive the best education for the most reasonable price."
Parmar writes that elite private schools do boast of lower student-to-faculty ratios, large endowments, and name recognition and extensive alumni networks.
"But if long-term career and salary are what matters -- and what else should, especially in today's economy-then a growing chorus of private school critics point out that the public-school scenario may actually deliver a far greater bang for your buck," the article says.
A portion of the article is posted online at
http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/College-Planning/The-Best-Colleges-For-Making-Money
Baby Pictures! | Sunday, October 5th, 2008 at 10:02AM
Zadie recently spent time scanning in hundreds of pictures and slides from the last 30 years. I grabbed a couple of the earlier pictures of me, and put them up into a few pages of album... really great having these to look at! :)
http://www.jeffwilhelm.com/?p=pictures&loadyear=Pre-1998&page=8
Quick Post | Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at 8:54AM
It's been awhile since the last post; things have been very busy!
We have made some progress on the wedding planning, and have finalized a date and a place. We have also picked a caterer and photographer, and are close to picking a florist. So far everything is going great, and all of Jill's research into the vendors is paying off. We love the venue we picked for the ceremony and reception, and since we're coming up on the one year mark before the wedding it's time to really start digging in.
The house is coming along well. I feel the move-in date slipping a bit, based on the progress and projected timeline for the remaining items. We have picked the paint colors, which are going up this week and next, the front door and hardwood floor stains, the granite went in (mostly), and everything is moving ahead. We decided we didn't like the mantle (not the mantle itself, just the way it looked on the stone fireplace) so that's going to be redone a bit. The faucets, sinks, and other fixtures are ready to go in, the tile wok (or tile work!) is being done next week I think, but it's coming along!
Time to go, 9a conference call...
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