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As the Obama administration considers gun law reforms in response to the Sandy Hook massacre, a bi-national petition seeks to halt arms smuggling from the U.S. to Mexico
(San Francisco, CA, Jan. 14) —Amidst efforts by the Obama administration to reform the nation's gun laws in the wake of recent school shootings, a bi-national coalition of civil society groups is asking the White House to include measures to prevent the international trafficking of guns that is contributing to drug-related violence in Mexico.
A petition signed by more than a dozen human rights and anti-gun violence groups — as well as 55,000 concerned citizens — in the U.S. and Mexico was delivered to Vice President Joe Biden's task force on gun violence in Washington, DC this morning.
"In Mexico, most gun crimes are committed with weapons smuggled from the United States," said Ted Lewis, director of the Mexico Program at the San Francisco-based human rights group Global Exchange. "The roots of Mexico's drug violence are complex, but lax U.S. gun laws make it easy for Mexican cartels to get guns and escalate the killing."
In the past six years, more than 60,000 Mexicans have been killed in violence generated by drug trafficking organizations and other well-armed criminals, and a militarized campaign against them by the Mexican army and police.
"We want to share solutions, not tragedy", said Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who leads the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity (MPJD) in Mexico City. "As neighbors, we ask for your help," Sicilia said. "The same weapons of war that were legally purchased and then used against children in Connecticut are smuggled into Mexico by the tens of thousands every year."
Last summer, Sicilia led a month-long, coast-to-coast MPJD "peace caravan" that visited 29 U.S. cities, calling for new federal legislation to regulate guns, and more rigorous enforcement of existing laws by the Obama administration.
He joined Sergio Aguayo, president of Propuesta Civica ("Civic Proposal") this morning to deliver a copy of the petition to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. It calls on President Obama to use his executive authority to implement several immediate gun control measures, including:
1) Enforcing an existing ban on the importation of cheap, foreign-made assault rifles, and other military-style firearms (such as .50-caliber anti-armor sniper rifles) that are frequently trafficked from the U.S. to Mexico. It would also seek to include certain types of powerful handguns that are rapidly becoming "weapons of choice" among gun traffickers because they are easily concealed but have the firepower of a rifle.
2) Expanding a reporting requirement for assault weapons beyond the border states. Recent federal prosecutions suggest gun traffickers are expanding their operations to U.S. states further from the Mexican border. In the last few years, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Florida have become significant sources of firearms illegally trafficked to Mexico.
3) Enhancing scrutiny of available information, including firearms identified in prosecutions and in the Suspect Gun Database, to help identify firearms dealers supplying traffickers. These two measures would enable federal authorities to more effectively identify gun dealers who are knowingly selling to criminal organizations and disrupt cross-border arms trafficking. This could reduce the number of assault weapons and other military-style firearms illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
In addition to Global Exchange, the MPJD, and Propuesta Civica, the petition was sponsored by the Alianza Civica, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Cuéntame, the Latin America Working Group, Presente.org, the Violence Policy Center, Fellowship of Reconciliation, and the Washington Office on Latin America.


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Now let's revisit with novelist Anita Higman, author of the novella Once Upon a Christmas Eve, featured in Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe (Summerside Press/Guideposts, September 2010).
Award-winning author, Anita Higman, has twenty-six books published (several coauthored) for adults and children, and she has been honored as a Barnes and Noble "Author of the Month" for Houston. Anita has a BA degree, combining speech communication, psychology, and art. Her favorite things include exotic teas, movies, and all things Jane Austen.
Please tell us five random things we might not know about you.
-- I once worked in a pillow factory.
-- I once won a hog-calling contest at a banquet.
-- In college I agreed to participate in a fun experiment where I kissed a guy who was hooked up to an EKG machine. The young man got so excited that the marking pen flew off the machine. And yes, I do enjoy telling that story.
-- I love licorice ice cream and orchid tea--both are as delicious as they are hard to find!
-- Thirty-one years ago I rappelled off a cliff alongside the man I was dating. We kissed in mid-air while dangling off that cliff. I ended up marrying that man, and this year we celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary!
Well, of course you ended up marrying that man! I'll bet you would have destroyed yet another EKG machine, had he been hooked up to it while repelling, you vixen, you.
Please tell us a bit more about the plot of your novel.
Holly Goodnight's store has just been voted best Christmas shop in America. All the new publicity draws flamboyant novelist Van Keaton to the cozy 'town of Noel, Missouri, demanding to write Holly's story--a dramatic tale of misfortune and triumph. She is swept up in his world of beautiful words and fanciful interludes. . .until Owen Quigly, her lifelong best friend, launches a plan to win her back.
What is it about your lead character that will make your readers care about her?
The idea for Once Upon a Christmas Eve may have started with my interest in the fairy archetype. I loved the movies Cold Comfort Farm and Chocolat for that very reason. There was something enchanting about those two heroines as they whirled around, fixing people's lives. I gave my main character, Holly Goodnight, a similar fanciful quality, and I'm hoping this trait will be endearing enough to cause the reader to care for Holly.
Why will readers enjoy your novella?
My novella is a contemporary romantic comedy, so I hope readers will chuckle a bit. This world needs more laughter! I also hope the story reminds readers that even though life can get messy God is the best detangler!
If you were the casting director for the film version of your novel, who would play your lead roles?
I'd love for Anne Hathaway to play Holly Goodnight.
And for Paul Bettany from The Young Victoria to play the hero, Owen Quigly.
What song would lend proper atmosphere to your novel?
The beautiful and enchanting song, "Over the Rainbow"
What is the last book you read that you would recommend?
Winds of Graystone Manor by B.J. Hoff. I would highly recommend this novel, since it is truly a page-turner. The writing is amazing.
What are you working on now?
I've been doing some freelance work, and then I will start on a novel in the new year.
Where else can readers find you or your writing online?
Please visit my website at www.anitahigman.com. I'd be happy for you to drop by and enter my monthly contest.
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Finally, what question would you like to ask my readers?
What makes you buy a particular novel? The cover? The blurb? The endorsements? The author's name? The first paragraph? Or all the above?
Thank you, Anita, for visiting with us and telling us about your novella. Readers, Anita has offered to give a copy of Love Finds You Under the Mistletoe to the winner of our drawing on Thursday, December 23. To enter, leave a comment below in answer to Anita's question, above. Leave your email address, in case you win, like so: trish[at]trishperry[dot]com.
Be sure to check out my interview with Sharon Dunn below, and leave a comment under her interview to be entered in a drawing for a signed copy of her book. And please take a look at the blog about Sandi Rog's debut release and her current situation.
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Foothill Astronomy Instructor Is Recipient of National 2005 Innovation of the Year Award
July 07, 2005
For his development of the
PHYSICS 12: Physics for Poets
course, Foothill College Astronomy Instructor
Andrew Fraknoi
has been named the recipient of the 2005 Innovation of the Year Award by the League for Innovation in the Community College.
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The five-unit, non-technical course, which is also known as
"Everything You've Wanted to Know About Einstein's Work But Were Afraid to Ask"
, won as an innovative course because it treats some of the strangest and most abstract ideas of modern physics??relativity, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics??at the non-science major level, without math but with humor, analogies and thought experiments. It also combines science with the humanities, using novels, poems, science fiction stories, music and art to illustrate the effect that modern physics has had on many areas of human culture.
"Most non-science students, and even some science majors, are convinced that the work Einstein did is completely beyond their comprehension," Fraknoi said. "Indeed, Einstein's name has become synonymous with a kind of unworldly 'brainy-ness' that is completely out of the grasp of the ordinary person. The Physics for Poets course grew out of my conviction that Einstein's ideas, and other parts of our modern conception of the physical universe, are simply too beautiful and too important to be left out of the cultural heritage of our students."
Although other universities and colleges offer a physics course for non-science majors, and a few even offer a course where modern physics is emphasized, what makes the Foothill course innovative is that it focuses in an interdisciplinary way on a few key topics in modern physics-the concepts that have most changed humanity's understanding of the rules of the universe. For example, Foothill students learn about the general theory of relativity and its application to the death of the largest stars and time machines, the second law of thermodynamics and how it applies to the development of life in the universe, and the ideas of Stephen Hawking about quantum black holes-all explained with analogies and thought experiments, rather than with equations.
In addition to learning about physics, students also see the influence of modern physics on novels, poetry, music and philosophy. Students read at least one serious novel that draws its inspiration from physics in addition to the science material. They also learn about the life and times of key scientists such as Albert Einstein, Ernst Rutherford, Ludwig Boltzmann, Niels Bohr, Stephen Hawking and Marie Curie, and the turbulent epochs in which they lived.
Interestingly, the course has become Foothill's largest offering in physics, sometimes drawing more than 70 students per quarter, despite the fact that it is five units and requires attending the class two evenings a week. One of the best things about the course is the range of students that it attracts-from high school students with a passion for science or science fiction to retired couples who come to share their interests and to help each other with the mind-twisting ideas.
"The Physics for Poets course has enriched my life in both expected and unexpected ways," said Foothill student Robert C. Wilson. "I earned a history degree 30 years ago and have not had a chance to follow up on my interest in science until now. I'm getting so much more out of everything I am reading now, and I'm fascinated by the interplay between physics and other fields."
The development of the course took about a decade. Fraknoi read a wide range of sources both in physics and pedagogy to distill the key ideas and the best way to present them to audiences without mathematics. The course also uses slides, video and music appropriate to the subjects being discussed. This development was done on the instructor's own time, without any grants or released time.
The chairman the Astronomy Program at Foothill College in Los Altos (near San Francisco), Fraknoi teaches popular courses on introductory astronomy and "physics for poets" which are attended by more than 900 students each year. He has given more than 400 public lectures on such topics as
Is There Worthwhile Real Estate (and Could There Be Real Estate Agents) on Other Worlds?
Why Falling into a Black Hole is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience
Between 1978 and 1991, Fraknoi served as the executive director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, an international scientific and educational organization founded in 1889. He was also editor of its popular-level magazine,
, and founded its newsletter for teachers,
The Universe in the Classroom
A prolific author, Fraknoi has edited two collections of science articles and science fiction stories for Bantam Books, and is the lead author of
Voyages through the Universe
(1997, 2000, 2004, Brooks-Cole/Thomson), which has become one of the leading introductory astronomy textbooks in the world.
Radio listeners know him as a frequent guest on local and national news and talk programs. In Northern California, he appeared regularly for over 20 years on the
Jim Eason Show
on KGO and KSFO. Recently, he has again become a regular on KGO on the
Pete Wilson Program
He has also been a frequent guest on the KQED
Forum Program with Michael Krasny
, and is the astronomer-in-residence on the syndicated
Mark and Brian Show
that is based in Los Angeles. Nationally, he has been heard regularly on
Science Friday, Weekend All Things Considered
Sounds Like Science
on National Public Radio. His television appearances include
The Today Show, CBS Morning News
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Fraknoi serves on the board of trustees of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, a scientific and educational organization involved in identifying possible signals from civilizations around other stars. He is also a fellow of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP), specializing in debunking astrology. Recently, he was elected a Fellow of the California Academy of Science.
In 1994, he received the Annenberg Foundation Prize of the American Astronomical Society (the highest honor in the field of astronomy education), as well as the Klumpke-Roberts Prize of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (given for a lifetime of contributions to popularizing astronomy.) He was the first recipient of the Carl Sagan Prize, given to a San Francisco Bay Area scientist whose activities in public education have been especially noteworthy.
Asteroid 4859 has been named Asteroid Fraknoi by the International Astronomical Union to honor his work in sharing the excitement of modern astronomy with students, teachers and the public.
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Registration is now closed for the Princeton Turing Centennial Celebration, a three-day series of events in honor of the 100th birthday of Princeton alumnus and "father of computer science," Alan Turing. For those unable to attend the celebration, events will be simulcast on the Princeton Webmedia site.
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google and a 1976 graduate of Princeton, will deliver a public address at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 10. The celebration will take place Thursday through Saturday, May 10-12, at various times and in various locations on campus; see the schedule of events for details. Turing, whose ideas strongly influenced the development of modern computers, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1938.


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So the thunder just kept getting closer and then I could hear the heavy rain across the little valley . I lit out for the truck . When the two-track led me out of the woods there was a very distinct rainbow at the west end of that noisy cloud . I picked up the pace and was within 200 yards of the truck when a grey ran up the side of a small oak just off the path . BAD MISTAKE ON HIS PART .
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9-15-15: The New York Giants will be thinking about their tough week one loss for a while, both because of who they lost to and how it all went down. Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning caught heat for opting to throw on a third down late in a 27-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys, when a run could have drained more time off the clock. That poor decision may have contributed to Dallas getting the last second win, while a solid effort by the G-Men on defense was wasted. Eli Manning struggled for most of the game, as he completed just 55% of his passes and failed to throw a touchdown. Much of his struggles had to do with the absence of Victor Cruz (calf) and the ineffectiveness of Odell Beckham Jr. (just five catches for 44 yards) due to double coverage. Rashad Jennings was nearly New York's saving grace late in this one, as he dominated the Cowboys on the Giants' final drive and finished with 52 rushing yards and a touchdown. New York will have to forget about this one quickly, as they move on to week two to battle a seemingly very good Atlanta Falcons team.
9-8-15: The New York Giants are inching closer to getting a deal done with injured star defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (hand), although it remains "extremely unlikely" JPP suits up in week one against the division rival Dallas Cowboys. JPP lost a finger after a fireworks accident this summer and the team has yet to bring him back on a finalized deal. The two sides already met this week and could reach an agreement before this weekend. New York took a stab at some solid defensive line depth this week, as they picked up defensive tackle Louis Nix III off of waivers from Houston. Nix III has had some health woes early in his career, but was a third-round pick just last year and offers loads of potential as a run-stuffer. Things are starting to come together on the offensive side of the ball, too, as wide receiver Victor Cruz is nearing 100% and should be ready for the season opener in Dallas. The Giants still don't know for sure what their running back rotation will look like when things get going in week one, but Rashad Jennings looks to be locked in as the early-down starter for now.
9-1-15: Eli Manning was more accurate in the New York Giants' third preseason game, but tossed a pick-six and couldn't produce any big plays in a 28-18 home loss to the New York Jets. Odell Beckham Jr. was relatively held in check, as he caught five balls but turned his touches into just 31 yards. New York wasn't a whole lot better on the ground, although Rashad Jennings was able to find the end-zone in the second quarter. Backup quarterback Ryan Nassib continued his steady progress under center, as he put up 122 passing yards and New York's only passing score on the night. The offense could get a jolt once veteran wide receiver Victor Cruz returns to the field, but that may have to wait until week one of the regular season. Cruz is said to be 100% and ready to hit the field, but the G-Men appear to be taking it slow to ensure Cruz is healthy for 2015. The same can't be said for linebacker Jon Beason, who remains "seriously in doubt" for the first game of the year. While things haven't been all roses for the Giants, they did get a familiar face back in town after signing safety Stevie Brown. Thanks to some injuries in the secondary, Brown could end up playing a solid role to start 2015.
8-25-15: Eli Manning and New York's first team offense looked sluggish yet again in their second preseason game, as they could only muster a field goal in one quarter of action. Manning was all over the place, as he went 4 of 14 and had difficulty connecting with star wide receiver, Odell Beckham Jr. ODB finished with zero catches on five targets and will look to turn things back around when the G-Men take on the New York Jets in their third preseason game. While the offense as a whole struggled this past weekend, James Jones still ended up being a bright spot. The former Packer and Raider is trying desperately to make the Giants' final roster and may have made a solid case for himself after catching five balls for 83 yards. Elsewhere, Andre Williams and Rashad Jennings are still neck and neck for the race to win the team's starting running back job. That position battle should be decided in week three.
8-18-15: The first week of preseason action has been a mixed bag for the New York Giants. Big Blue lost their preseason opener to the Cincinnati Bengals (23-10) and didn't get great play out of Eli Manning and the first team offense. The G-Men also lost rookie safety Landon Collins to a knee injury and could be without him for multiple weeks. That sparked the signing of veteran safety Brandon Meriweather, who will come in and compete for starting snaps for as long as Collins is on the shelf. On the bright side, wide receiver Victor Cruz has announced himself as "100%" and could end up seeing some playing time this preseason. Despite a weak showing in week one of the preseason, quarterback Eli Manning reportedly is hoping to become the highest paid quarterback in the entire league. The Giants and Manning have been negotiating lately and hope to have a deal done before the season begins.
8-12-15: After bouncing around New York's first and second team units, it's finally official: Rashad Jennings will again be the team's starting running back in 2015. Jennings suffered through an injury-plagued 2014 debut with the team, but still figures to be New York's most complete option at the position. The news likely makes second-year bruiser Andre Williams a strict backup, while freshly signed offensive weapon Shane Vereen should operate largely on passing downs. The Giants are loving the progress of veteran wide receiver Victor Cruz (knee surgery), but aren't to the point where they're ready to activate him for a game. Cruz will sit out New York's first preseason game, when they take on the Bengals in Cincinnati on Friday night. Jason Pierre-Paul and the G-Men still aren't any closer to a contract agreement, but JPP and head coach Tom Coughlin did recently meet up to talk. Indications are that the two should come to terms on a deal before the season begins.
8-5-15: Jason Pierre-Paul isn't back under contract with the New York Giants just yet and, per reports, won't be until he can pass a physical. Everyone in the franchise wants to see the stud pass rusher back with the team in 2015 and beyond, but his status continues to be ever fluid following the loss of a finger due to an offseason fireworks accident. Rashad Jennings has been a huge bright spot for New York on the offensive side of things, as the projected starting running back has looked "big, strong, fast and quick". Jennings largely struggled to stay healthy in his first season with the team in 2014, but if on the field, he projects as a solid difference-maker. The same could be said for veteran wide receiver Victor Cruz, who self proclaims his knee to be "93%" after tearing his patellar tendon last season. A healthy Cruz could push a very deep and versatile Giants offense over the top in 2015.
7-28-15: The New York Giants are gearing up for the 2015 NFL season and will officially go back to work when training camp opens up on July 30th. Quarterback Eli Manning will get back to work with Odell Beckham Jr. despite not having a long-term deal done. While the team has seemingly dragged their feet on a new deal previously, all signs point to the two sides trying to bang a new deal out before week one. Healthy talent around Manning could help him have another good season in 2015, as well as having ODB there for an entire camp and preseason. Beckham has moved on from a hamstring injury and should be 100% come camp. Victor Cruz could be another story as he continues to rehab a torn Achilles, although teammate Prince Amukamara raved about Cruz's status, suggesting he's faster now than ever. Cruz is expected to avoid the PUP list and could show up at camp. Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul remains unsigned and no word has broken yet about a pending deal.
7-22-15: The New York Giants enter a lame duck year in 2015, as head coach Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning both enter make-or-break seasons with the team. Big Blue is said to be considering extending Manning, but may wait on deciding on both men's futures with the franchise. Jason Pierre-Paul is someone else who currently has a blurry future with the G-Men, as a fireworks accident that cost the star pass rusher a finger has the team (and JPP) hesitant to come to terms on an official deal. JPP's health and progress will be a running storyline throughout New York's training camp, which opens for rookies and vets on July 30th. Odell Beckham Jr. is a major positive in a gloomy summer, as the new Madden cover boy will look to build on his insanely productive 2014 rookie run. ODB had a minor hamstring issue earlier this summer at OTAs, but is expected to be all systems go when camp opens. Fans will get a good look at versatile new addition Shane Vereen when camp starts, and just what kind of role he'll have with the team. The story is similar on the defensive side, as Damontre Moore tries to make a push for a spot in the defensive end rotation and rookie safety Landon Collins looks to lockdown the starting strong safety spot.
5-4-15: Tom Coughlin probably needed a stellar draft to launch the New York Giants back into the playoff mix and at the same time save his job. He very well may have just done both with a brief but productive stay in the 2015 NFL Draft. The G-Men only exited the draft with six new players, but landed three potential impact players in offensive tackle Ereck Flowers, safety Landon Collins and defensive end, Owamagbe Odighizuwa. Flowers was a mild reach with the ninth overall pick but easily fortifies an offensive line that could use a little more pass protection, while Collins could easily end up being the steal of the draft. A day one prospect, the Giants traded up to land Collins as a potential stud starting safety. Odighizuwa rounds out their best three picks as a true specimen that could develop into a force off the edge. If that happens, Big Blue could suddenly find themselves with that elite, deep pass rush that helped them win their two most recent Lombardi Trophies. For a complete look at their draft class, read on:
3-9-15: The New York Giants struggled to a 6-10 finish and missed the playoffs in 2014, but they at least found a mega star in rookie sensation Odell Beckham, Jr. Beckham not only delivered numerous highlight reel plays, but he put the G-Men on his back several times as a rookie and showed poise beyond his years. With ODB in place and Victor Cruz (knee) on the mend, Eli Manning will be out of excuses heading into 2015. That could have Big Blue ready for a return to the playoffs, but not before their defense dramatically improves. New York's pass rush has been more stagnant than they'd like, which calls for keeping stud pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul (franchise tagged), as well as adding some more pass rushing talent in the draft.
12-29-14: Eli Manning attempted a whopping 53 passing attempts on Sunday against the visiting Philadelphia Eagles. He completed 28 throws for 429 yards and a touchdown, but his Giants lost, 34-26. The score went to Odell Beckham Jr., who caught 12 passes for 185 yards. The rookie wide receiver was surprisingly not part of the initial Pro Bowl roster.
12-23-14: On Sunday, Odell Beckham Jr. continued his tremendous rookie season, as he caught eight passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns in the Giants' 37-27 victory at St. Louis. He owns both of the franchise's rookie receiver records with 1,120 yards and 11 touchdowns. A late hit by Rams linebacker Alec Ogletree on the rookie standout in the second quarter sparked a fight that led to three ejections, including Giants wide receiver Preston Parker and defensive end Damontre Moore.
12-17-14: More than half of Eli Manning's completions on Sunday went to Odell Beckham Jr. The two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback threw for 250 yards and three touchdowns, and his favorite receiver caught 12 passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Although New York's rushing game struggled, the Giants defeated the visiting Washington Redskins, 24-13.
12-9-14: The Giants jumped out to an early lead, as they scored the first 30 points of the contest en route to their 36-7 drubbing of the Titans in Tennessee on Sunday. Odell Beckham Jr. started the game strong and finished with 11 catches for 130 yards and a touchdown as New York snapped its seven-game losing streak.
12-3-14: The Giants scored the first 21 points of Sunday's game in Jacksonville, but Eli Manning and company could not hold onto the lead as the team lost its seventh consecutive contest. New York's defense allowed 22 straight points, but Josh Brown's 33-yard field goal gave the Giants the 24-22 lead. However, Josh Scobee kicked the eventual game-winning field goal with 28 seconds remaining.
11-26-14: Odell Beckham Jr. shocked the world with his one-handed touchdown catch in Sunday night's loss to the visiting Dallas Cowboys. The wide receiver finished with 10 receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns, but Tony Romo and Dez Bryant were too much for the Giants as New York fell to 3-8 on the season.
11-19-14: Only one San Francisco 49er receiver caught five passes from Colin Kaepernick on Sunday in the 49ers' 16-10 victory over the Giants at MetLife Stadium. Eli Manning, who completed just 22 of his 45 passing attempts, was intercepted five times by the San Francisco defense as the Giants fell to 3-7 on the season.
11-12-14: Rashad Jennings' leg injury has continued to bother him, as he missed New York's Week 10 loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The Giants' offense scored 17 points in the first half, but was held scoreless in the final 30 minutes. Unfortunately, the Seahawks destroyed New York's defense to the tune of 38 points.
11-5-14: Eli Manning and Andre Williams struggled early, as the Giants were down by multiple scores in the first half. Manning finished with 359 yards and two touchdowns, but completed just 27 of his 52 passing attempts in New York's 40-24 loss. In addition, Tom Coughlin remained winless on Monday Night Football.
10-30-14: The Giants are hoping that their bye week will ready them for the rest of the season,but Rashad Jennings does not look ready for Week 9. He has yet to practice due to his knee injury, so it looks like Andre Williams will start against the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. Unfortunately, the injury news continues as linebacker Jon Beason will undergo season-ending surgery to repair his injured right foot.
10-21-14: The Giants' offense bounced back to score 21 points, but the Dallas Cowboys' offense was firing on all cylinders, especially in the second half. New York allowed Dallas to score in all four quarters. While the starting quarterbacks each threw for three touchdowns, DeMarco Murray outrushed Andre Williams in this contest as the Giants fell to 3-4 on the season.
10-14-14: The Giants were not able to get much going on offense. It was such a frustrating night for Eli Manning that Ryan Nassib came in to attempt five passes. New York's night got even worse when Victor Cruz was carted off field after suffering a torn patellar tendon; he is out for the season.
10-8-14: After losing the first two games of their season, the Giants have bounced back to win three straight contests. Even with Rashad Jennings leaving the game with a sprained knee, Andre Williams picked up where the starting running back left off and helped Eli Manning get the 30-20 victory against the visiting Atlanta Falcons.
10-1-14: Neither Eli Manning nor Larry Donnell could be stopped on Thursday in Washington. Eli Manning connected on 28 of his 39 pass attempts for 300 yards, and he scored five touchdowns. Manning targeted his tight end eight times in the 45-14 victory, and Donnell caught seven of Eli's passes for 54 yards and three touchdowns.
9-25-14: The Giants got their first victory of the season on Sunday when they hosted the Arian Foster-less Houston Texans. New York dominated the game, and Rashad Jennings ran through the Houston defense. Jennings rushed for a career-high 176 yards and added a touchdown as well in the Giants' 30-17 win.
9-17-14: Eli Manning looked strong early in Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals, but the Giants mustered only 14 points as New York fell to 0-2 on the season. Even with the lack of scoring, tight end Larry Donnell played well once again, as he caught seven receptions for 81 yards.
9-10-14: Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul had X-rays taken on his neck during Monday's game, and they were negative, so he returned to play. Unfortunately, that was the extent of the Giants' good news from Week 1. Eli Manning tossed a couple interceptions, and the Detroit Lions blew out the Giants.
9-4-14: A year after the divisional rival Washington Redskins went 4-0 in the preseason, the Giants topped them with a 5-0 preseason in 2014. Ryan Nassib was a big reason for their success, as he won the backup quarterback job. Therefore, the Giants waived Curtis Painter. The Giants also traded kicker Brandon McManus to the Denver Broncos for a conditional seventh-round draft pick.
8-26-14: With their 35-24 victory over the New York Jets on Friday, the Giants moved to an NFL-best 4-0 on the preseason. Eli Manning could have been more effective, but he did throw for a touchdown. Backup quarterback Ryan Nassib threw for three touchdowns on just eight completions. Unfortunately, rookie receiver Odell Beckham missed the game with a hamstring injury.
8-20-14: The Giants' first unit did not look good on Saturday against the Indianapolis Colts, as New York was trailing, 26-0, heading into the fourth quarter. However, the backups finished the game by scoring 27 unanswered Giants points to help the team move to 3-0 this preseason. New York went ahead with a four-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Nassib to Corey Washington.
8-14-14: Rashad Jennings scored the first touchdown of the Giants' preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it was an exciting run. On the first play of the second New York drive, he ran for a 73-yard touchdown. The Giants won the game, 20-16, and Jason Pierre-Paul recorded a team-high four tackles. He says that he wants to have a Pro Bowl-caliber season this year.
8-5-14: After Michael Strahan was formally enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Giants began their preseason schedule with a victory in Sunday's Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. They defeated the Buffalo Bills, 17-13, behind strong performances from third-string quarterback Ryan Nassib and backup running back Andre Williams. Unfortunately, David Wilson has been advised by doctors to permanently stop playing football after he was placed on injured reserve for the 2014 season.
7-30-14: New York Giants running back David Wilson can't catch a break. Barely a week after finally being cleared to return to the practice field, Wilson is once again on the sidelines thanks to a new issue with his surgically repaired neck. Wilson sustained a "neck burner" in practice on Tuesday and will wait to be reevaluated on August 4th. He was pegged for a key role in New York's offense and now could suddenly be looking at his career being in jeopardy. While Wilson could have to worry about possibly retiring, offensive guard Chris Snee already has. The G-Men lose a quality offensive lineman has opted to call it quits thanks to complications from hip and elbow surgeries. New York is also concerned about rookie wide receiver Odell Beckham, who has been missing time with a hamstring injury. Beckham is likely to sit out another week of practice and will miss the team's first preseason game.
7-15-14: Rashad Jennings wasn't just signed as an insurance policy for David Wilson. Per reports, the former Jaguar and Raider could be a full-fledged feature back for the G-Men. New York's brass has referred to Jennings as a "bell cow" running back with the ability to carry an offense. New York still expects full clearance for Wilson (neck), however, and should find a role for the explosive third-year back if healthy. The Giants appear to be improved in just about every facet of the roster, but the jury is still out at the tight end spot. Big Blue failed to add a sure fire started in free agency or the draft and will field an open competition for the starting tight end gig during camp, which opens on July 21st.
6-5-14: The Giants cut ties with talented safety Will Hill recently due to a six-game suspension for substance abuse. Due to numerous league violations, the G-Men grew tired of their young safety's antics and cut him loose. Safeties Stevie Brown and Antrel Rolle will start come week one. New York got more bad news after the release of Hill, as cornerback Jayron Hosley got a suspension of his own on June 4th. To top it off, versatile running back David Wilson still couldn't be cleared (neck) in his most recent trip to gain medical clearance from doctors. Big Blue remains hopeful that Wilson can be cleared in time for camp.
5-19-14: The New York Giants had a horrendous 0-6 starts in 2013 thanks to horrible play across the board. They really took care of most of their defensive problems in free agency, but they still had major issues on both lines, while they also could have used help in the passing game as they entered the 2014 NFL Draft. Let's see how well they addressed those areas of concern:
Round 1. Pick 12 Odell Beckham, WR, LSU
Round 2. Pick 11 Weston Richburg, C, Colorado St.
Round 3. Pick 10 Jay Bromley, DT, Syracuse
Round 4. Pick 13 Andre Williams, RB, Boston College
Round 5. Pick 12 Nat Berhe, DB, San Diego St.
Round 6. Pick 11 Bennett Jackson, CB, Notre Dame
Eli Manning was terrible a year ago, but a lot of it had to do with shaky pass protection and his receivers playing horribly, themselves. With that being a fact and Hakeem Nicks also gone, the G-Men were wise to bring in Odell Beckham. Beckham is a smooth route-runner who isn't afraid to make plays on the ball or when it's in his hands.
New York did a solid job on the remainder of the o-line in free agency, so their only glaring need there entering the draft was a long-term solution at center. Weston Richburg gives them that as this draft's top-rated center.
The Giants went on to add some nice, young pieces for a revamped secondary, while Andre Williams might be their sleeper pick at running back. They were a mess in the backfield last season, so don't be shocked if the productive Williams works his way into a big role.
5-9-14: The New York Giants had loads of problems that contributed to an 0-6 start and missing the playoffs in 2013. Naturally, they aimed to eradicate one of them to get the ball rolling in round one of the 2014 NFL Draft. LSU wide receiver Odell Beckham is a good step in the right direction, as the Giants desperately needed another talented receiver for Eli Manning to throw to. Hakeem Nicks left in free agency, Victor Cruz was banged up last year and there's no guarantee that Reuben Randle is the answer at the number two spot. Landing a talented receiver like Beckham puts all of those worries to rest.
4-28-14: The New York Giants had a rough 2013 season for a litany of reasons, but two main ones were shaky offensive line play and inconsistency at the skill positions on offense. As early as round one, that could lead the G-Men to grab an offensive lineman, wide receiver or tight end, while running back is also a problem area of David Wilson (neck) can't get back to top form. The Giants also could potentially have an issue on the inside of their defensive line with Linval Joseph jetting in free agency. That could make defensive tackle a major need and Pittsburgh's Aaron Donald an elite solution. The Giants have enough holes that they won't be honing in on just one position to get the 2014 NFL Draft started. Instead, they'll likely just take the top player available on their board. Depending on who that ends up being, prospects like Eric Ebron, Taylor Lewan, Odell Beckham and the aforementioned Donald could all be in play in round one.
4-7-14: The New York Giants struggled mightily in the trenches on offense in 2013, so they got to work early in free agency to address one of their biggest needs by bringing in Geoff Schwartz and Charles Brown. With the offensive line looking a little better, they turned to running back and brought in Rashad Jennings, who should compete with David Wilson to start out of the backfield. New York even signed on former Giants receiver Mario Manningham to potentially help fill the hole left by the departed Hakeem Nicks. The G-Men were just as active on the defensive side of the ball, as they held onto linebacker Jon Beason and revamped their secondary in a big way with signings of Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Walter Thurmond III and Trumaine McBride.
3-21-14: The New York Giants started off 2013 in an 0-6 hole and were never able to recover. In an effort to plug the holes that aided that poor start, Big Blue went out and picked up the necessary pieces to get back to their winning ways. Running back Rashad Jennings was one of the early additions in free agency, as his presence makes Andre Brown expendable and also protects the Giants from relying on David Wilson too much, as well. New York's major focus was actually on defense, however, where they patched up a shaky secondary with several key moves, including hanging onto safety Stevie Brown and bringing in underrated cornerback Walter Thurmond III, formerly of the Seahawks.
12-31-13: Eli Manning was knocked from the game with an ankle injury, but the Giants still got the job done at home, beating the Washington Redskins, 20-6. Jerrel Jernigan gave the G-Men the spark they needed to earn their seventh win of the year, as he put up 147 total yards and two touchdowns in the win.
12-24-13: Despite the Giants being out of the playoffs, they entered Detroit in week 16 with the hopes of playing spoiler. They did exactly that. The Giants hung close late and Will Hill returned an interception to force overtime. From there, New York's Josh Brown nailed in a field goal to give the G-Men a 23-20 win and push the Lions out of the NFC playoff picture.
12-17-13: Eli Manning was abysmal in week 15, as he tossed five interceptions and couldn't get anything on offense going in a crushing 23-0 shutout loss to the Seattle Seahawks at home. New York's defense hung around as long as they could, but simply couldn't overcome the offense's complete lack of productivity.
12-10-13: Costly turnovers doomed New York, as they coughed up the ball three times and couldn't muster enough offense in a rough 37-14 road loss to the San Diego Chargers. Eli Manning added to his league-leading interception total with two picks, while the G-Men simply couldn't slow down Philip Rivers (three touchdowns) and the San Diego offense.
12-3-13: The Giants had every reason to fold up and mail it in, but they kept on fighting in week 13. Even with a shot at the playoffs likely over, Eli Manning and co. battled back and forth with the Washington Redskins until they finally claimed a 24-17 road win. Andre Brown was stuffed for most of the day, but his two rushing touchdowns played a huge role in getting New York it's fifth win in it's last six games.
11-26-13: Despite a horrible 0-6 start, the Giants entered week 12 with a serious chance at turning their season around if they could simply beat the Dallas Cowboys at home. And despite going down 21-6 in this one, they nearly made that happen. Eli Manning lead the 15-point comeback to tie it up at 21, all, but the G-Men couldn't stop Tony Romo on the 'Boys final drive and Dan Bailey ended it as the seconds ticked off in a 24-21 loss at home.
11-19-13: Eli Manning and the Giants offense did just enough to put points on the board, while it was the G-Men's suddenly gritty defense that sealed the deal in a 27-13 home win over the Green Bay Packers in week 11. Jason Pierre-Paul put the finishing touches on a fairly dominant defensive performance, taking a Scott Tolzien interception to the house for the finishing margin.
11-12-13: Don't look now, but the formerly 0-6 Giants are suddenly in the hunt for the NFC East. A third straight win has them within striking distance of first place in their division, thanks to putting the clamps on Terrelle Pryor and topping the Oakland Raiders at home, 24-20. Eli Manning continued to struggle and threw a pick-six in this one, but did enough overall to help get the G-Men to 3-6.
10-30-13: Eli Manning the the G-Men couldn't score an offensive touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles in week eight, but they didn't have to. Josh Brown knocked in five field goals and Peyton Hillis helped control the clock as Big Blue worked their way to a second straight win. New York's defense was impressive for the second week in a row, as they have no allowed zero offensive points in back to back weeks following a dreadful 0-6 start.
The New York Giants finally got off the schneid and earned their first win of 2013 by simply playing less ugly football than the Minnesota Vikings. Eli Manning survived numerous bad drops from his wide receivers to throw for 200 yards and a touchdown, while also managing to not throw an interception in a game for the first time all season. Newly signed running back Peyton Hillis was the arguable star of the day on offense, amassing 81 hard-earned yards and a touchdown in the 23-7 home victory.
10-15-13: The New York Giants appeared to finally be getting off the schneid in week six, as they chased their first win of 2013 in a tightly contested matchup on the road against the Chicago Bears. Unfortunately, despite actually establishing a surprisingly effective running game with unlikely hero Brandon Jacobs, Big Blue was done in the same way they have been all season - by turnovers. Eli Manning drove the G-Men down the field late, but a slightly overthrown pass intended for tight end Brandon Myers was tipped and intercepted, ending New York's comeback bid in a 27-21 loss and sending them to a regrettable 0-6 hole to start the season.
10-8-13: The hits keep on coming for the New York Giants. Just when running back David Wilson seemed to be finding his place in the offense with a rushing score to give Big Blue a 7-0 lead, he exited New York's week five NFC East battle with a neck injury. From that point on the Giants struggled on offense, as backup running back Brandon Jacobs managed just 37 yards on 11 carries and coughed up a fumble, while quarterback Eli Manning tossed three interceptions. New York managed just two touchdowns the rest of the way and could not stop Nick Foles (who entered for an injured Michael Vick) in the disappointing 36-21 home loss, sending the Giants to a horrendous 0-5 start.
10-1-13: The slide of the once mighty New York Giants continued on in week four, as a close 10-7 game against the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs got broken open by a punt return for a score by KC. The Giants never recovered from that momentum-changing play, as Eli Manning took three sacks and turned the ball over three times in a 31-7 road loss to send the G-Men to an 0-4 hole. The lone bright spot in the blowout loss was star wide receiver Victor Cruz, who reeled in 10 catches for 164 receiving yards and had New York's only touchdown in it's last eight quarters of football - a 69-yard bomb from Manning. The Giants look to get off the schneid in week five against the 1-3 Philadelphia Eagles.
9-19-13: Eli Manning and elder brother Peyton Manning waged war in the third ever "Manning Bowl" in week two. Older brother Peyton owned a commanding 2-0 lead over Eli, and many felt the younger Manning brother would finally get a win and keep his Giants from sliding into an early 0-2 hole. That wouldn't be the case, as the Broncos destroyed the Giants 41-23 at MetLife Stadium. The Broncos spent most of the game rattling Eli Manning and forced the younger Manning into misguided throws that resulted in four interceptions. Eli still ended up passing for over 360 yards for the second week in a row, but a lack of a running game made New York's offense one-dimensional. The Giants look to avoid a 0-3 start when they take on the Panthers next weekend in Charlotte.
9-10-13: Eli Manning entered this matchup with a 4-0 record in AT&T stadium, but a new 4-3 Dallas defensive scheme threw a wrench in Peyton Manning's little brother's plans to extend that streak. Manning did end up tossing fro 450+ yards and four touchdowns, but three picks and three more turnovers from the rest of Big Blue ended up leading to New York's demise. The final was 36-31 as the Giants fell to 0-1 on the year. Next week, Eli and co. will host Peyton Manning and the Broncos at MetLife Stadium.
9-4-13: Here are the New York Football Giants' final cuts as they prepare for the 2013 regular season: QB David Carr, OT Matt McCants, S Tyler Sash, DE Matt Broha, S David Caldwell, G Stephen Goodin, CB Charles James, T Matt McCants, CB Terrence Frederick, DT Marvin Austin, DE Adrian Tracy, DE Adewale Ojomo, LB Kyle Bosworth, OL Eric Herman, OL Bryant Browning, WR Kevin Hardy, Marcus Harris, WR Julian Talley.
8-21-13: It was a disappointing and somewhat unsettling week 2 of the preseason for Big Blue. The disappointing part was the game itself, a 20-12 loss to the Colts. The unsettling part was the injuries. Wide receiver Victor Cruz came up hobbling and had to leave the game with a bruised heel. Starting center David Baas also had to leave the game with a sprained knee.
Eli Manning wasn't very good, completing just 8 of 17 passes for 91 yards and an interception. Andre Brown ran the ball 8 times for 36 yards, while David Wilson also ran it 8 times for 34 yards. On the positive side, kicker Josh Brown was 4 of 4 on field goals including a long of 47 yards.
This week, the Giants take on the Jets for their annual preseason grudge match.
8-11-13: The NY Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 18-13 in their first preseason game of 2013. Eli Manning and Victor Cruz connected for a 57-yard touch down in the 1st quarter, which was the only offensive TD of the game.
Manning was just 2-for-5 for 73 yards and that Cruz TD in his only series of the game. Running back David Wilson carried the ball 5 times for 16 yards, while Andre Brown pitched in with 23 yards on 4 carries
7-10-13: The Giants missed the playoffs in 2012 after another one of their classic late season swan dives, but will enter 2013 with the majority of their lineup intact. They did lose defensive end Osi Umenyiora and running back Ahmad Bradshaw, but also drafted defensive end Damontre Moore and are expecting a big role out of second-year running back David Wilson. With Eli Manning still at the top of his game and one of the deepest defensive lines in football, the Giants stand a good chance at returning to the playoffs in 2013.
7-7-13: Victor Cruz has agreed to sign a 5-year extension with the Giants worth $43 million. $15.6 is guaranteed money.
6-12-13: The Giants usually don't have much trouble getting fans in the seats, and that has everything to do with being one of the league's more traditional teams in a highly populated area. Oh, and the fact that they've won two Super Bowls in the past six years.
Eli Manning and Big Blue sat out of post-season play in 2012 and didn't love the feeling, so Giants fans can likely expect New York to turn right around and play 2013 with a giant (no pun intended) chip on their shoulder. New York needs to reel in restricted free agent wide receiver Victor Cruz, but otherwise there is little reason to expect the Giants to sit at home during the playoffs for two straight seasons.
2013 Giants Draft Overview:
1/3/13: After a solid start to the season, the Giants stumbled in the 2nd half of the season. Huge losses to the Redskins, Ravens and Falcons were too much to overcome and the defending Super Bowl champions fell short of the playoffs and finished with a 9-7 record.
12/4/12: Sitting at 7-4 the defending champion New York Giants seem to be gearing up for the playoffs once again. But first they will have their work cut out for them as they try and claim the division. With the Cowboys and Redskins just a game behind at 6-6 apiece, the difficult remaining schedule for the Giants could easily drop them to second or even third place. Up next for them is the struggling Saints who are 5-7 but have a high powered offense. The Giants are only 1-1 since their unusually late bye week and need to clamp down for the reminder of the season.
2016 Schedule
Week 1: Sept. 11, at Dallas Cowboys, 4:25
Week 2: Sept. 18, New Orleans Saints, 1
Week 3: Sept. 25, Washington Redskins, 1
Week 4: Oct. 3, at Minnesota Vikings (Mon), 8:30
Week 5: Oct. 9, at Green Bay Packers*, 8:30
Week 6: Oct. 16, Baltimore Ravens, 1
Week 7: Oct. 23, at Los Angeles Rams (London), 9:30 AM
Week 8: BYE
Week 9: Nov. 6, Philadelphia Eagles, 1
Week 10: Nov. 14, Cincinnati Bengals (Mon), 8:30
Week 11: Nov. 20, Chicago Bears, 1
Week 12: Nov. 27, at Cleveland Browns, 1
Week 13: Dec. 4, at Pittsburgh Steelers, 4:25
Week 14: Dec. 11, Dallas Cowboys*, 8:30
Week 15: Dec. 18, Detroit Lions, 1
Week 16: Dec. 22, at Philadelphia Eagles(Thu), 8:25
Week 17: Jan. 1, at Washington Redskins, 1


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April 2010 Site of the Month
April 2010 Site of the Month
WIT: Web-based Interactive Tutorial
Interviewee: Delores Carlito
Institution: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interviewer: Duffy Tweedy
Tutorial Description: Information literacy is an ongoing and multifaceted skill, so Sterne Library's Web-based Interactive Tutorial, or WIT, is one way to deliver instruction. WIT is made up of five sections: "How to Research," "Navigating Sterne Library's Web Page and Locating Books," "Where's Waldo, Carmen Sandiego, and the Article I Need?," "Weaving through the Web," and "Help! I Need Somebody!." "How to Research" guides students in choosing and focusing topics for research; "Navigating Sterne Library's Web Page and Locating Books" helps students learn how to locate general information about the Mervyn H. Sterne Library and materials in Sterne Library's OPAC; "Where's Waldo, Carmen Sandiego, and the Article I Need?" assists students in learning how to identify magazine, journal, and newspaper articles on a chosen topic using indexes and databases; "Weaving through the Web" guides students in finding, evaluating, and using Internet resources; and "Help! I Need Somebody!" leads students to places for help with research, citing, and the library. Students can take the entire tutorial at once, or they can take only the sections in which they feel they need help. Each section ends with a short quiz, and the entire tutorial has a cumulative quiz with the ability to e-mail the results to a professor. Throughout the interactive tutorial, students input search terms and interact with the catalog, databases, and the Internet.
Q: What was the original motivation for creating the Web-based Interactive Tutorial (WIT), and what purpose does it serve?
A: We originally thought of creating an online tutorial for several reasons. The most obvious was for distance-learning students. We wanted students who did not take a class on campus to have an introduction to the library. We also wanted another way to reinforce information literacy for those who have and have not attended an in-person instructional session. The Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (TILT) gave us a basis on which to build our own tutorial.
Q: This is very large, complicated site with five distinct sections and over 70 individual pages. How did you settle on these particular five aspects of research?
A: We wanted the tutorial to reinforce basic research skills, and these are primarily covered in the University's freshman composition classes, English 101 and 102. Our Reference Librarian for Arts and Humanities, Heather Martin, had developed instructional objectives based on the composition curriculum. We used those objectives as a basis for WIT. The original WIT developed in 2003 had six sections, and with the 2009 update, I narrowed it to five. They contain the same objectives but are arranged more succinctly and correspond to ACRL's five information literacy outcomes.
Q: What was your project timeline? Who was on your team, and what are their areas of expertise?
A: The original idea for WIT was proposed in May of 2003. We put together a committee and divided the text between three people: Heather Martin, Reference Librarian for Arts and Humanities; Irina Stanishevskaya, who is currently a cataloger but at the time was a Library Associate in Reference and attending graduate school for her MLIS; and me. We created the text and I worked with Linda Burrow, our Information Systems Specialist, on the coding and how it would work. Meg Walburn-Bashinsky, our Graphic Artist at the time, worked on images and making the page conform to the look of our Web page. It was first launched in August, 2003. It was updated in 2007 and underwent a major renovation in 2009.
I updated the text for the 2009 update. The 2009 changes were made to the organization, text, and "feel" of the page. It was reviewed by Heather Martin and Jeff Graveline, our Reference Librarian for Business and Government Documents. Linda Burrow again did the coding. Kelly Schiff, our Library Associate for digitization, created all the new images.
Q: What technology and skills were necessary to create and maintain WIT? Why did you choose this technology over others?
A: Linda Burrow said that we primarily used JavaScript, HTML, Photoshop, and Snagit. We used these because they were available and they did the job. For the update, we also used FireShot for screen images.
Q: Did you conduct usability testing, and if so, what was the result?
A: We did not conduct formal usability testing. We asked people in the library to test it, and we relied on feedback from users. We wanted it to be released in the Fall, so we didn't have a lot of time to test it.
Q: Who is the target audience of this tutorial and how have they been using it?
A: The target audience is really all faculty, staff, and students who use the Mervyn H. Sterne Library. Professors can use it to augment instruction. In the Fall of 2009, all students in First Year Experience (FYE) courses were required to take it as an introduction to the library and researching.
Q: How have you publicized this tutorial?
A: How don't we publicize it? We use a multi-faceted marketing approach, so we send out information about our services through several formats. We e-mailed faculty when it came out, and each semester the subject specialists e-mail their faculty to remind them of our instruction and online services. We feature WIT on our Web site and point to it in several of our research guides and informational pages. The subject specialists go to their faculty's meetings at the beginning of the school year and remind them of our services, of which WIT is one. Finally, I attend the First Year Experience workshops to tell the faculty and other support services about WIT and its objectives.
Q: Are you able to gather statistics on usage of this tutorial? Can you gather statistics on usage for individual sections?
A: Yes, we do collect statistics on WIT's usage. At the end of each semester, Linda Burrow sends me statistics on WIT's usage. She stated that we can count visits to each page of the tutorial. The statistics that are the most interesting to me are the number of students who go straight to the quiz, thinking they will pass without going through the tutorial. They don't pass the quiz and then have to go through the tutorial anyway. I like this because it shows me that the students are learning something from it (even if they think they know it all before they start).
Q: Is the current version of the tutorial largely unchanged from its debut?
A: The tutorial has changed over the seven years it has been up. The text, arrangement, and sections have changed over its evolution. We have made changes to make it more user-friendly and intuitive. The latest iteration also was written in our voice and style rather than borrowing from TILT's.
Q: Have you gotten any interesting results from the survey you provide at the end of WIT? Did you conduct any other assessment?
A: We have not received that many surveys. Most of the feedback has been in the form of comments from faculty. They have been very pleased with it and are excited that we have a resource like this. Many of them are requiring their students to complete it as part of the course. We are continuously assessing our instruction program, so what we change in the classroom frequently gets changed in WIT. When students were asking about accessing more online books, we added that to WIT. Because students and faculty were asking about Google Scholar, we included that in the most recent version. The First Year Experience students were required to take WIT for the first time in 2009. After the feedback the FYE committee received from faculty and students, they decided to require WIT again in Fall, 2010.
Q: Do you have any plans to change or update the tutorial?
A: We will keep the tutorial updated to reflect the latest resources available at Sterne Library. We would also like to add individual tutorials for specific subjects. For example, we would have a tutorial for Education that would point out what resources they specifically need and how they could use them. When planning these sections, we will be able to incorporate ACRL's subject-specific information literacy outcomes.
Q: This is a very smooth, coherent, accessible site. It seems fairly simple technically, and does not have any embedded videos or fancy interactivity for instance. Did you consider including different media, and did you feel any pressure to include more bells and whistles?
A: Thank you for the compliment. Bells and whistles are not always better – I'm a modernist in my belief in simplicity. With the cleanliness of the tutorial, students can move at their own paces. The tutorial is playable on any computer. It's sophisticated but still quirky. I don't like tutorials that waste my time and have a lot of silly graphics.
We also thought of simple yet important design elements: we wanted all text able to be read on one page; we wanted navigation buttons everywhere; instant feedback on questions was necessary; and we wanted people to be able to print individual pages for future reference.
Q: What was the biggest challenge you encountered during the creation of the tutorial? And did you have any pleasant surprises?
A: The biggest challenge was starting the project! It was overwhelming at first, even with several people working on it. One pleasant surprise has been how much we like the interactive portions, especially the ones with split screens that have tutorial text on the left side of the screen and the interactive portion on the right.
Q: Is there any advice or recommendations that you would make to someone interested in creating a similar tutorial?
A: So much has already been created, look at everyone's work. Check out what has been done because there are a lot of resources out there – use them!
Keep your final instructional goals in mind so that you don't stray. It's easy to want to put EVERYTHING in a tutorial, but that's overwhelming for you and for your users. Think about your instructional objectives and always be working toward them. Everything else, while interesting and useful, is extraneous to the project.
April 2010 PRIMO Site of the Month


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UTSA Orchestra Concerto and Aria Competition winners:
Top row: Jourdan Burger, Victoria Folks and Ryan
Bottom row: Michelle Lange and Liza Zuniga
UTSA aria competition concert is March 5
By Kris Rodriguez
Public Affairs Specialist
(March 3, 2009)--The UTSA Department of Music will host the 15th annual UTSA Orchestra Concerto and Aria Competition Winners Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 5 in the Arts Building Recital Hall on the 1604 Campus.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The five aria competition winners were selected from a group of 35 of UTSA's top musical performers that competed for the opportunity to showcase their talent at the annual event. The concert will open with the 60-member UTSA Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's grand overture "Marche Slave."
This year's winners are Jourdan Burger, Victoria Folks, Ryan Hughes-Mazurkiewicz, Michelle Lange and Liza Zuniga.
Burger, a graduate student in music and soprano will perform Vincenzo Bellini's aria from "The Montagues and Capulets," "Oh quante volte, oh quante!"
Hughes-Mazurkiewicz, an undergraduate major in clarinet, will perform Mozart's "Concerto for Clarinet in A."
Lange, an undergraduate major in voice (soprano), will perform Francesco Cilea's "Io son l'umile ancella" from his opera "Adriana Lecouvreur."
Zuniga, an undergraduate major and mezzo soprano, will perform Saint-Saens' "Mon Coeur S'ouvre a ta voix" from his opera "Samson and Dalila."
Folks, an undergraduate piano major, will perform the "Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra" by George Gershwin.
Tickets are $5; admission is free for UTSA students. For more information, contact Cynthia Solis at (210) 458-5685.


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Chyba to address arms control challenges
Posted January 28, 2009; 06:00 p.m.
Princeton scholar and security expert Christopher Chyba will present a talk on "Arms Control Challenges for the Incoming Administration" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Chyba is a professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs and directs the Program on Science and Global Security in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. His security-related research emphasizes nuclear and biological weapons policy, proliferation and terrorism.
Prior to coming to Princeton in 2005, Chyba co-directed Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and was an associate professor of geological and environmental sciences. He previously was a White House Fellow and served as director for international environmental affairs with the National Security Council. He also worked in the White House Office of Science and Technology as energy liaison and as a consultant, drafting President Bill Clinton's directive on responding to emerging infectious diseases and a report on preparing for biological terrorism.
In 1996, Chyba received the Presidential Early Career Award "for demonstrating exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of science and technology during the 21st century." In 2001, he received a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" for his work in both international security and planetary science.
Chyba currently serves on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee for International Security and Arms Control.
The lecture is sponsored by the Wilson School and the Program on Science and Global Security.


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Bonnevieve Delores Maticia
MATICIA (KUZAK), BONNEVIEVE DELORES "BONNIE"; of Waterford; November 25, 2014; age 88; born September 24, 1926, in Pontiac, MI. Daughter of the late Ray H. Witt and Ann Trarop; wife of the late Andrew Maticia; sister of the late Violet Harold of Big Springs, TX, George Witt of Otter Lake, MI, Patricia Witt of East Lansing, MI, and Rae Smith; also survived by many nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews. Mrs. Maticia was a charter member of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church in West Bloomfield. She was a life member of VFW Post #9222, American Legion Post #374 in Berkley, charter member of Eagles Aerie #3575, Union Lake and the Waterford Senior Center. A Celebration of Bonnie's Life will be held Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 11 a.m. at Donelson, Johns and Evans Funeral Home, Waterford. Interment to follow at Ottawa Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday 4 to 8 p.m. To send a private condolence to the family go to www.donelsonjohnsevans.comPublished in Daily Tribune on Nov. 30, 2014+Read More Share Listen to Obituary Remember Share a message, photo, or video below View guest book "Bonnie has been a very special friend for many years and we..."- SARAH BROWN Add a memory or condolence to the guest book Add Message Please add or record a video for the family of Bonnevieve Maticia Add a video + Please add a photo and share in the life story for Bonnevieve Maticia Add a photo + http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailytribune/obituary.aspx?n=bonnevieve-delores-maticia&pid=173309334&fhid=13192


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Winter Session 2011: Supplemental Teaching Payments
Payroll deadlines are at:
Powerpoint notes on the layout and use of Chartfields on the
S-contract and Grad Non-Contract Pay forms are at:
Faculty (regular and supplemental) and Professional
All instructional staff except for graduate students must be paid on
the PeopleSoft UD web forms S-contract at
http://www.udel.edu/webforms. Before an S-contract can be made,
the instructor must exist in the PeopleSoft system, If they are new
employees a "New Hire JED" (Job Employee Data Form) must be completed
The following S-Contract fields and values pertain for Winter Session:
Graduate students:
All payments to Graduate students require the approval of the Graduate
Studies Office. Such approval should be obtained before
a work agreement is made with the student.
US citizens who are students may work no more than
40-hrs/week within the University. For purposes of equating course
assignments to the weekly limit, use the following conversions. In
Fall or Spring, four courses of three-credits each are considered
equivalent to 40-hrs/week. In the Winter Session, two three-credit
courses are considered equivalent to 40-hrs/week. In summer that 40-hr/wk
limit equates to 12-credits' teaching across the entire summer.
A maximum allowable teaching load would then be:
4 courses in fall + 2 winter + 4 spring + 4 summer (@3cr each)
Non-US citizens, according to INS regulations, are
limited during the Fall and Spring semesters to working 20-hrs/week
within the University. For purposes of equating course teaching
assignments to the weekly limit, use the following conversions. In
Fall or Spring, two courses of three-credits each are considered
equivalent to 20-hrs/week. In the Winter Session the limit is 40-hrs/week
and two three-credit courses are considered equivalent to 40-hrs/week. In
the Summer Session all students are limited to teaching no more than 12 cr
across the entire summer. A maximum teaching schedule for non-US citizens
would then be: 2 courses in fall + 2 winter + 2 spring + 4 summer
(@3cr each).
On-contract, full-time faculty teaching overloads (including Continuing
Education, Special Sessions, and other overload teaching) are paid 2.25%
per credit hour of their base academic year salary within the bounds of
the "Floor" and "Ceiling" rates in the table below.
Payments for full-time faculty on 12-month appointments and for
12-month professional staff who hold a secondary faculty rank are
paid based on their salary adjusted to a 9-month basis as
(12-month "Annual Rate") x 9/11 = (Academic Year basis)
then determine 2.25% per credit and apply the Floor and Ceiling
boundaries below.
Example: ($70,000 12-month-base) x 9/11 = ($57,273
as 9-month-base)... x 2.25% = $1288.64 per credit.
All professionals without a secondary academic rank will be paid at
the floor rate for the rank for which they are qualified.
Off-campus faculty are paid at the floor rate. Normally, their level will
be that of "Instructor". If off-campus faculty hold a higher
rank at another institution, or are otherwise particularly qualified for
payment at a rank above Instructor, the academic department should contact
the unit sponsoring the S-contract (Dean's office, Continuing Studies,
or Special Sessions).
Spanning the period from September 1 through May 31 faculty members on
academic year contracts may receive additional compensation beyond the
terms of their basic appointments not to exceed the dollar value of three
4-credit courses plus $360 for Independent Study (in Winter Session).
In the Winter Session, graduate students are limited to working no more
than 40-hrs/week (=2 courses of 3cr each).
To be eligible for payment, the faculty member must meet with the
student a minimum of two meetings per week during the Winter Session for
a 3-credit hour supervised study. This meeting time can be prorated for
other credit hour enrollments. Students who require less supervision, may,
of course, earn credit, but the faculty will not be eligible for compensation
in such cases.
Students must be registered for credit and pay the required tuition.
Payment will not be made for directing a supervised study if the equivalent
material is covered in a regular scheduled course during that academic
A faculty member is eligible to receive $40 per credit hour for
directing supervised studies to a maximum of $120 per student and $360 for
the entire Winter Session. If compensation is appropriate within the
guidelines listed here, the HR web form "S-contract" should be used; the
reason should be "Ind Study (15)"; the Course-ID, Section, and
Course-Type should be entered on the first page of the form, and
the comments section on the second page of the form should
specify the names and credits for each registered student.
Departments are strongly urged to keep some written record of the content
and grading criteria to which the faculty and student agree prior to the
start of the supervised study experience.
Video-based, web-based and print-based distance learning classes are
administered by the Division of Professional & Continuing Studies, who
also prepare the applicable S-contracts for those classes.
The following rates are paid for teaching
UD Online/Distance Learning Courses:
To receive full compensation for a course, an instructor
must have a minimum of ten students registered for an undergraduate course
or six students in a graduate-level course. Courses with less than the
minimum enrollment may be offered with the understanding that the faculty
member's contract will be prorated accordingly (i.e.: by 1/10 of full
salary for each student below 10 in an undergraduate course; by 1/6 of
full salary for each student below 6 in a graduate course).
Faculty and Chairs will be able to track course enrollments throughout the
registration period. It may be necessary to wait until late in the registration process
to determine final salary amounts.
If the department and instructor determine that enrollment is insufficient to
justify a particular course section, then the decision to cancel that section
should be made in time that students can find a sustitute - normally before
the holiday break, and the academic department should make every effort
to notify the affected students as soon as possible.
When more than one faculty member shares instructional responsibility
for a course, each will receive a portion of his/her full salary according
to their share of the course responsibilities. For example, if three
instructors equally share in a three credit course, each would receive
one-third of his/her salary at the appropriate rank, or a salary equal to
one credit. When S-contracts are prepared for team-teaching situations,
the number of credits' pay attributed to each instructor should be noted
in the "Reason for Payment" section, and those credits should
sum to the registration credits of the class, unless a specific exception
has been granted in advance.
The utilization of a fee waiver in any course is subject to the provision
that it must not add appreciable costs to the University. If salary proration
or course cancellation would be appreciably changed by including students
on fee waivers, then the instructor should discuss salary concerns with
the unit funding the course.


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text: You libs have truly gone off the deep end. Michelle Bachmann can hold her own with any of your lightweight lib politicians, especially Barack Hussein Obama. You libs are supposed to be so enlightened and progressive, welcoming women, minorities, gays and according some even slackers... But every time a conservative, woman or minority steps up you guys wet your pants and go into panic mode. Running around talking about how stupid they are or hateful or whatever. You might as well face up to it, the public can see through the BS now, it does not work anymore. So, go ahead, keep making total asses of yourselves and we will continue taking the country back, one senate seat and congressional district at a time. Long live Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, the National emblems of your downfall along with Obama.


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Hong Kong opens materials center to help firms upgradeComments Email Print
HONG KONG (Aug. 21, 1:50 p.m. ET) — Hong Kong's plastics industry hopes that a new government and industry-funded center of polymer information will help local companies upgrade and better handle the challenging economic situation.
At an Aug. 15 ceremony to open the HK$2 million (US$257.8 million) Plastic Materials Resources Centre, industry officials said they hope it will make it easier for companies to move into more advanced materials and upgrade their products and profits.
"I think it will give a platform that all the factory managers or the R&D people can have a place where we can discuss, 'OK, we have a new product, what kind of material we can use, and what are the molding conditions,' '' said Daniel Wong, chairman of the Hong Kong Plastics Industry Council and one of two industry coordinators for the project. ''It will provide a platform to exchange ideas. This is what we hope we can achieve.''
The focal point of the center is an easily searchable materials database, partly in Chinese and with contacts for local suppliers. The database was developed by the Hong Kong Productivity Council.
Historically, Hong Kong's plastics industry has focused on manufacturing electronics, toys and consumer products using commodity materials like polyolefins and PVC and the more widely-used engineering materials like ABS and polycarbonate, said Stanley Cheung, an industry executive and convener of the working group that organized the center.
But if Hong Kong companies can upgrade their processing techniques and become more familiar with advanced materials such as polysulfone, polyetheretherketone or liquid crystal polymers, they can move into more lucrative markets, said Cheung, the general manager of Shenzhen, China-based hot runner maker Micotec (Shenzhen) Ltd.
Most Hong Kong plastics firms have shifted their factories to mainland China over the last 30 years and relied for too long on low-cost labor as a competitive advantage, said Cheung.
''When they moved to China they enjoyed the life of low labor costs, so this is why people did not emphasize technology,'' said Cheung. ''But as you know the cost in China is no longer cheap.''
Labor costs in Chinese factories have been rising about 15 percent for the last few years, and are likely to continue at that same pace for the next several years, industry officials said.
One Hong Kong business group estimated last month that 2,000 Hong Kong-owned factories in South China could close by the end of the year because of rising wages and weak export markets.
The focal point of the new center's efforts to fight that is its materials database, which is available for public use at the facility, in the headquarters of Hong Kong's Vocational Training Council in the Kowloon Bay neighborhood.
In addition to technical information on material properties and molding conditions, the database also has information on whether there are local suppliers of the resin, Cheung said.
The database is designed to be easy to search, for example by material type, trade name or manufacturer, he said. The center also contains sample displays of Hong Kong companies and other reference materials.
Locky Chu, the chairman of the VTC's Plastics Training Board and director of mold maker Henmy Industries Inc., said the center will also help educate younger workers and give resources to universities and technical schools.
If organizers get positive feedback, they will look to expand the center, possibly by putting its database online or creating networked access, said Cheung, who is also vice chairman of the VTC's Plastics Training Board.
One plastics executive attending the opening said efforts like the center are needed because Hong Kong is at risk of losing some technical skills.
Bernard Ting, chairman of the Hong Kong Toys Council and a senior executive at plastic molder Qualidux Industries Co. Ltd., said that's partly because young people don't see manufacturing as a ''glamorous'' career.
''Hong Kong has suffered a shrinkage of technical skills,'' said Ting. ''All over the world people will recognize we need industry in certain cities to sustain employment.''
A little more than half of the budget for the center came from the Hong Kong government's Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund.
Other contributions came from the VTC and from industry, including a total of HK $100,000 (US $12,900) from three local firms – Micotec, Microban International (Asia) Ltd. and United Overseas Enterprises Ltd. – and the Hong Kong Mould and Die Council.
The project also had support from the Federation of Hong Kong Industries.