I had set up a deadline with my new mentor with agreed upon dates for completion of each step required to complete my dissertation.  Of course, my goal is to have all the preliminary work done by January so that I might start my study in January and complete it by December, write up my findings and graduate sometime in April 2012.

At any rate, I made my first deadline!  July 30 was the date I gave myself for completing my MRF, or the proposal.  In this case, the MRF is seen as the outline of t...
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