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A course syllabus is a communication tool. It's one of the first pieces of information that you give to your students. It's quite likely that they may have already heard about your course from a friend, or maybe it's a requirement for all first year students whether they like it or not, or it might just have been the perfect filler for a Wednesday afternoon that let's Jezebel enjoy a lecture-free Friday this semester. Whatever the reason is that your students find themselves in your class, the fact is that you have minutes if not seconds to entice them to stay. In a sense, you can look at the course syllabus as a marketing tool used to entice prospective pupils to sign up for your class, but we've gratefully not reached that point yet in the degradation of the education system (for the most part).
From your students' perspective, the syllabus should be easy to follow, clearly outline exactly what they need to do to pass the course, and precisely list all deadlines. Aside from that, they're not likely to care what you put in it, until, of course, the due date for their first assignment beings to loom.
The syllabus is also a communication vehicle between instructor and educational institution. Each institution is held responsible to abide by certain guidelines when validating programs of study. Most of you already know that course outlines are not generally the place to publish poetic renditions of what you hope your students will eventually aspire to become. Syllabi are meant to ensure that you follow the rules and include all the elements in your course that you promised you would when you stood before your program committee all those months ago.
When programs of study are developed, many people work very hard to ensure that all local, regional and sometimes even international requirements are met to ensure that students can benefit from accredited education. Yes, it can sometimes feel like a burden to have to meticulously address the details of a syllabus. I know that making sure that all learning outcomes are discussed in the course readings may not be as fun as reading the latest Dan Brown novel. I can also see how double-checking that the assignments adequately test students' engagement with the materials might be less entertaining than shopping for new shoes. For these reasons, I understand how it can sometimes be tempting to just reuse last year's syllabus. After all, the course hasn't changed since the last time you taught it…right?
Hmm…I'm not so sure. You see, even if last year's subject matter is still relevant, this year's students are probably a little different from their predecessors, at least if you compare skill sets and habitual behaviors. The reason for this is that most of your students are technology sponges. How does their relationship with technology influence their relationship with you? Well, let's think about it this way: Each year, many new technologies are introduced into the market but it doesn't really matter how many get their 15 minutes of fame. What's important to note is which ones get picked up by a critical mass of users – often termed 'innovators' (many of whom fill up your lecture halls). Once the critical mass is reached, the technology is integrated into mainstream culture, and that's when you can bet it's going to find its way into your classroom too.
What's a teacher to do? How can one lonely soul standing in front of rows of students attached to digital gadgets get their attention? You can't. Let's face it, most of the time you don't even have their full attention when they're looking you straight in the eye. So, how can you still do your job of imparting age-old wisdom and timeless guidance to a group of freshly networked minds constantly engaged in…something or other? You get creative. You learn their language. You sit yourself in front of a computer and you start figuring out what tools they're using. You look around the campus and you start to take notice of what mobile devices your students carrying and research how they're using them.
Once you reach the point where you begin to realize how much there is you don't know, you can rest assured that you're on the right track. This is the point at which you begin to lose the fear of experimenting with different ways of communicating with your students. You don't necessarily have to be fluent in the latest digital languages in order to get their attention, but you are expected to have some basic conversational knowledge of their speak.
That brings us back to the syllabus. Are you sure there aren't a few changes you'd like to make to last year's version? Maybe you want to check if the publishers of your required texts have released some new online resources to supplement your readings. After all, why reinvent the wheel when the tools have already been made for you. Speaking of which, have you taken a look through some of the free reusable learning object repositories available online? Maybe MIT World might inspire you to incorporate a video or two into your lectures this term. Note to all you YouTube addicts: try branching out. You can start by taking a look at what Columbia University, The Open University and even iTunes U has to offer. You might just surprise yourself and impress your students all at the same time (and who doesn't like a little multi-tasking in this crazed workaholic age?).
Once you start exploring some of the digital resources out there, you'll most likely find that last year's syllabus no longer does justice reflecting what you can do with your course this year.
Why bring this up in the first place? Well, I was recently editing a syllabus of an online course for a client, and the exercise reminded me of how many twists and turns educators face when remodeling course outlines to reflect updated deliveries that integrate technologies into the mix. So I thought I'd put together a few tips for those of you facing this challenge – and I have a feeling that more and more of you will be doing just that in the near future, if you haven't started already.
Since the structure of most course syllabi features standard headings, I'll arrange the following suggestions under some of these common denominators. Please note that not every possible syllabus heading is addressed below. I've restricted the discussion to some areas that are particularly impacted by technology.
Instructor Contact Information
The common headings under this category are usually:
Course Instructor:
Contact Telephone Number:
Office Location:
Office Hours:
Enter: technology.
Information about the course instructor probably won't change in nature unless a human isn't actually teaching the class.
Contact telephone numbers are still relatively common to include on course syllabi, but if we're honest with ourselves, we should probably acknowledge that students are more likely to use telephone numbers to text teachers than they are to speak with them directly. This begs the question of whether you give out a number to a land-line or to a mobile phone, in which case, it might be a good idea to clarify that for your students.
Email is an interesting one, not because it's necessarily still a shiny new form of communication, but rather due to the fact that email doesn't sleep. Students can send you messages at all hours of the day. Continuous connectivity has conditioned us to expect immediate responses, which would be fine if each teacher was responsible for 5 student at a time, but when class sizes get any bigger than 8 students per instructor, we start facing a serious time crunch.
In order to avoid disappointing your students by representing yourself as anything other than constantly at their disposal, it might be a good idea to specify a reasonable time period within which they can expect your reply. For example, providing guidance like 'Students can expect to receive responses to email queries with 48 hours' might help ward off anxiety-ridden follow-up emails.
There's also another issue with email that doesn't necessarily impact the course syllabus, per se, but that I still think is worth noting. Email is a form of written communication. Emails are not the same as text messages. In text messages, one can get away with steering clear of grammar, ignoring proper sentence structure, and even eliminating the use of full words all together. In emails, however, the text messaging rules of abbreviation and colloquial mannerism do not apply. The difficulty comes in when we expect students who have grown accustomed to communicating in abbreviations to magically appreciate the eloquence of properly formed sentences.
How you choose to deal with this dichotomy of acceptable communication styles is up to you. Depending on what subject matters and at which levels you teach, you may wish to include a brief disclaimer next to your contact email helping students understand the standard to which you hold them. Alternatively, this is also information you could include in your student handbook (see more on this below).
Now we get to the fun stuff: virtual vs. physical space. What if you never meet your students in 'real life'? What if you don't actually have an office space either (unless you count your kitchen table)? And what if you don't even live in the same time zone as your students? In these cases, what do you put next to Office Location and Office Hours?
Before you can answer that question, you have to be clear about how you're going to interact with your students. It's easy to say that 'all the resources are up on the course website' and all your students have to do is log on and download your lecture files from the site, but what if they need additional guidance? How are you going to support them in engaging with the course content?
Your office location may end up being a nook on your course website in the form of a link to a chat room. Your office hours might take place each week on Skype. It's up to you how you choose to make yourself available to them. The important thing here is to decide before hand how to best support your students and then to start evaluating the potential benefits of your technology options. Not every technology suits every purpose, and not every technology adds value to every scenario. Be open to learning about different kinds of technologies, and remember to have fun exploring how they work.
You may also want to consider if there are other pieces of information you'd like to include in this section. For example, do you have a Twitter account? If so, would it benefit your students to follow your feed? How about a Facebook Fan Page? Would becoming one of your fans somehow help your students more deeply engage in their learning? It may sound like a silly question, but what if you are a world-renown musician teaching at a performing arts school? Is it possible that students would be more receptive to learning from a musician with a prominent presence in the digital world in which they feel most comfortable? How about Facebook groups? Does your course or department have a Facebook page? (If you're not sure what the difference is between a Facebook Fan Page and a Facebook Group, Mashable provides a great explanation of the differences.) These are all things to consider, particularly if you're teaching distance learning students who may benefit from any opportunity to connect online with fellow classmates and teachers.
Technical Specifications & Required Tools
Although not a mainstream heading on most syllabi, technical specifications may be quite important to outline for students at the beginning of your teaching term. Technical specs include anything from a description of basic software packages they'll need, computer accessories you'll require them to have like webcams, microphones and/or speakers, to the amount of time they'll need to be logged onto the Internet. This information is actually so important for students to receive prior to the start of the semester that you may also want to consider including it in the course catalog. If you are fortunate enough to live in a place where everyone has access to a computer and T3 Internet connections are free-flowing, including these sorts of requirements in a syllabus may not come as second nature, but that's not everyone's reality.
System requirements are also important to specify. For example, if I couldn't use a Mac to complete course work, I may think twice about registering for the class. But setting frivolity aside for a moment, technical requirements can also seriously impact on students with learning disabilities. All of these factors must be taken into consideration far before you start drafting your course syllabus, but if you haven't put much thinking into the technical requirements of your course yet, this is as good a time as any to start.
And in terms of specifying required tools, the importance of listing them in your syllabus is very dependent upon the nature of your subject matter. Courses in disciplines such as painting, photography or mechanics, for example, would be candidates for this heading. Are students required to purchase safety equipment, art supplies, or special calculators before teaching begins? Be as clear as possible, and try not to assume that what you consider an 'every day' tool is commonplace for everyone.
Required Readings & Recommended Further Study
The textbook is still alive and kicking. Authors and publishers alike love required textbooks because they guarantee a certain number of annual sales for them. There's nothing wrong with that because there's nothing wrong with making a living. Publishers are quite aware of the threat of paper-based books becoming obsolete before they hit the campus bookstore shelves (or online bookstore equivalents) so they work hard at creating supplementary resources for both teachers and students to increase the functionality of their static products. Do you know what extras come with your chosen texts? Have you acquired information on how your students can access these additional resources?
Online study aids can often make or break the sale of a book for students. After all, why buy a new book if you can get a used one for a third of the price? Come to think of it, why buy the book at all if the instructor only intends to refer to one of its chapters. If that's the case for you, have you thought about providing digital copies of key chapters to students? School libraries often have ways of digitizing certain percentages of books at no additional cost to the instructor. In fact, sometimes these digitization programs are actually fully sponsored by your institution. It's worth learning about your options – both you and your students will benefit.
Supplementary readings often include articles published in academic journals. The further up the higher education ladder you climb, the more often you'll come across the 'journal article'. The problem is, students often have no clue how to access their institution's digital library, and therefore won't know how to download your supplementary readings, even with the best of intentions. The unfortunate thing is that instead of asking for help, students often tend to just skip over the readings they don't know how to access, short-selling themselves and the quality of their education.
What can you do? The first step is to learn how to access online journal articles yourself. Please don't be offended. I don't mean to imply that you don't know everything. It's just that I've come across more than a few teachers who simply didn't know how to log into their university's digital library because they were never given formal training in the first place. That doesn't mean that they don't have other ways of accessing the materials, but if teachers don't know how to go through the mainstream channels, they won't know how to show their students how to do it either. Now, you may argue that it's the librarian's job to teach them, which is a good point. If your library does offer training on your digital resources, then schedule a training session for your students at the beginning of the semester and consider including those training times in this section of the syllabus.
Once you become comfortable accessing your institution's digital library, you may want to also consider incorporating direct links to supplementary readings on your course site. This way, students won't need to conduct online library searches themselves because the links can take them directly to the resources. On the other hand, learning how to conduct those searches is actually quite a useful skill to develop, so consider both sides before determining which way would most benefit both you and your students.
Grading is pretty easy to add into the course syllabus because it's already been established during the curriculum development stage. That is, unless you decide to start integrating technologies into your teaching strategy post-validation.
What commonly happens is that a course is first taught using a face-to-face model, and then someone decides that it would be a good idea to start using a wiki here, dabble with the use of a discussion forum there, or go all out and migrate all taught courses into a course management system by next semester! The odd thing is that very seldom in these discussions does anyone mention the need to assess how student grading is going to be impacted by all these techno-tweaks. However just because a course is called by the same name, taught by the same teacher and held in the same room doesn't mean the grading can remain the same if changes are made to the way students engage with its content.
I'll tell you a funny thing about students: they generally don't care how much work it took to convince your department head to let you use a wiki this semester, or how many man hours it required to develop your course website. If they don't have to use the resource, it's unlikely they will. After all, how much do you want to bet that the majority of your class is filled with surface learners?
That's why it pays to take a moment to readjusting your grading scheme so that engaging with other students online will make it worth their time and effort. I know that sounds cold and cynical and that it contradicts the whole point of investing in one's own education and personal development, but the fact that people are constantly inundated with information means that they have to have a good reason to draw their limited attention spans from one task to another. If you don't give them enough of a reason to diverge their short bursts of focus in your direction, they'll simply tune you and your fancy digital resources out.
The solution: make it compulsory. Are students graded for their wiki contributions? If so, how much of their overall grade do their contributions affect? Unless you answer that question with a number higher than 0% (I'd recommend at least 5%), you'll see a lot of white space on your wiki by semester's end.
Warning: Be careful about how you allocate your marks. Students may rationalize not participating in the wiki because they can afford a 3% cut in their overall mark – they'll just make sure they do well enough in other parts of the course to get that passing grade. (Again, I'm generalizing here based on the average surface learner. My apologies to all you over-achievers out there. I'm one of you! I swear!)
Sometimes it's better to be vague. For example, this course taught by Professor Martin Irvine at Georgetown University breaks down the marking scheme quite broadly with 40% of the overall mark going to 'seminar participation and collaborative Wiki contributions'. I'd say that that's a more bitter pill to swallow than a measly 3% cut in your final grade. Alternatively, this Wiki Grading Rubic available at the Flat Classroom Project is a much more intricate grading scheme for assessing wiki contributions and is definitely worth taking a look at if you're finding it challenging motivating your students to be more engaging online learners.
Whether you want to encourage your students to use wikis, discussion forums, chat rooms, blogs, videos or some other application of technology, I strongly encourage you to consider the impacts that counting it toward final assessment could have on the quantity and quality of your students' contributions. Yes, it may mean getting up in front of that validation panel again, but it'll be worth it. Not only will you be able to formally reward your students for their hard work, but you'll also create a valuable precedent for other teachers facing the same challenges.
Attendance & Class Participation
Attendance in a physical classroom equals engagement in the online environment. Is attendance part of your marking scheme? Do students get awarded a certain percentage of their final grade for making it to class on time? How about if part of your course is taught online? How do you account for attendance then? Not everyone has the luxury of teaching in a computer lab where online attendance can be measured by simply counting students sitting in front of terminals (although how much of a luxury that would be is questionable at best). Online attendance is a slippery slope and it's worthy of a bit of forethought before you decide how to approach it.
The first question you might ask yourself is how to measure online engagement. The simple answer is site traffic statistics. Now we're getting into a bit of a controversial area because not many people like to believe that they're being observed. We tend to shy away from this concept of 'Big Brother watching us', so much so, in fact, that we do a pretty good job of avoiding the topic altogether. But is there even a question in students' minds that teachers have access to site traffic statistics showing exactly how long they spend on course sites and what information they access? Is there even a question in teachers' minds that students occasionally attempt to skew these statistics by appearing to be logged on for extended periods of time when, in reality, they're just catching up on their favorite shows on Hulu?
The key here is to create your own definition of 'student engagement' as it relates to your course subject matter. At the early stages of course develop or curriculum re-design, start to think about how you want to structure your online resources to create a student-centric learning environment. This could mean that you steer clear of posting links to your coveted PowerPoint presentations and start roaming reusable learning object repositories in search of engaging activities through which students can work outside of class time to re-enforce their face-to-face learning. It could also mean, for example, that you assign specific online activities during Tuesday's lecture that become the topics of conversation during Thursday's tutorials.
There are many advantages to integrating technology into your teaching, one of which is that it has the potential to grant many more people access to an education. However, there are just as many ways to approach online engagement as there are to manipulate online traffic statistics, so my advice is to get creative and get your students so excited about your subject area that they lose track of time and forget about their reality TV fix all together. Oh, what a beautiful world that would be!
Class participation is another pickle. First of all, it's measured very subjectively in a face-to-face environment. Teachers observe students, assess the quality of their responses to questions and evaluate how they engage with their peers during group activities. When it comes to online participation, everything becomes very black and white – literally. Every comment a student posts in a discussion area is recorded with a time stamp and sometimes even with a word count. This is great for the teacher because reviewing student participation over the semester is as simple as digging through discussion archives (if you're assessing solely bases on quantity, that is!).
For students, however, online participation can become a much more daunting endeavor than its face-to-face counterpart, especially if they don't feel confident in their ability to express ideas in writing. This trepidation can, and most often does, turn into virtual silence in which teachers end up having drawn out conversations with themselves. I won't get into the complicated area of how to stimulate online community engagement (let's leave some of the fun for future posts), but I will point to the importance of being clear with students about the nature of the online participation expected of them, particularly if it's summatively assessed.
One note, if I may: Requiring your students to post a certain number of comments in an online discussion area could result in a virtual flooding of senseless commentary. Online engagement can take on many forms. Even using Twitter as a tool to share reference sources or a group wiki to develop the initial draft of a group research paper could very nicely qualify as online participation, and may even turn into much more engaging forms of social learning than getting together once a week in a physical classroom.
And a few words about student handbooks…
Any topics that you feel require in-depth explanation can simply be referenced in the syllabus and then explained in detail in your student handbook. Topics like plagiarism, safety procedures (if applicable), breakdowns of grading schemes, etc. are common to expand upon in student handbooks. This information also fits very nicely on course webpages.
It's up to you how you structure the publication of your course information. The important thing to remember is that entering the online learning environment changes the playing field in many ways. It's up to you to be flexible, open to learning new things, and confident in your ability to learn from mistakes, because no matter how much you plan ahead, you're sure to get a few surprises along the way.


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New NLM Mobile Resource
NLM recently released a new mobile app that is intended to serve as the authoritative guide to NLM mobile resources. The app was created as an HTML 5 mobile website in support of the Library's ongoing efforts to make our information broadly available. Learn more about this new resource via the NLM Technical Bulletin article at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ja12/ja12_nlm_mobile_app.html. To explore the app, visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile-app/ on your mobile device.
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Superficial Thrombophlebitis
Superficial thrombophlebitis is inflammation of a vein close to the surface of the skin. It occurs most often in the leg. The condition is easily treatable, though it sometimes leads to more serious health concerns. ThrombophlebitisCopyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
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in a vein that is close to the surface of the skin.
Superficial thrombophlebitis is inflammation of a vein close to the surface of the skin. It occurs most often in the leg. The condition is easily treatable, though it sometimes leads to more serious health concerns.
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Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Tests may include the following:
X-ray or
to check for deeper blood clots
- Venogram in which dye or contrast is injected
- Screening for blood disorders with recurrent episodes of phlebitis
To help reduce your chances of superficial thrombophlebitis, take these steps:
- If you fly for long periods of time, walk around the cabin and stretch your limbs every hour or so.
- If you drive for long periods of time, pull over every hour or so and stretch your limbs.
- Avoid wearing tight clothing around your waist.
- Drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration.
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your chance of developing superficial thrombophlebitis include:
- Trauma especially to the lower leg
- Blood clotting disorder
- Sitting for long periods of time, such as riding in a car or on an airplane
- Prolonged bed rest
- Prior episodes of phlebitis
- Certain cancers
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- Family history of blood clotting disorders
- Obesity
- Pregnancy
Superficial thrombophlebitis may cause:
- A very visible, cord-like vein that is tender and sensitive to pressure. This visibility may develop over several hours to days.
- Redness and warmth surrounding the vein.
- Swelling around the vein.
A complication of superficial thrombophlebitis is a condition called
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In most cases, superficial thrombophlebitis goes away on its own after a few weeks. Treatment can be done at home with the following:
- Oral or topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- Exercise
- Compression stockings
- Warm compress on the inflamed vein
- Elevation
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Hermann to discuss Israeli public opinion on Middle East conflict, May 1
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"Neither Doves Nor Hawks: The Re-shuffling of Israeli Public Opinion on the Middle East Conflict 2000-2003" is the topic for a talk set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in 16 Robertson Hall.
The speaker will be Tamar Hermann, director of the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research at Tel Aviv University and chair of the Department of Sociology and Political Science at The Open University of Israel. Hermann's research focuses on the making of foreign policy, public opinion and national security, as well as on Israeli politics and extra-parliamentary activity, especially that of peace movements. Her most recent book is titled "Crack in the Israeli Identity" (2001).
Hermann previously has served as a research fellow at Princeton's Center for International Studies. Her lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Survey Research Center .
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20th November 2012 08:03 PM #1
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Swimming for Babies
I've always been curious about this. I've seen babies being taught how to swim and they seem to learn it very quickly. At what age should I try to teach my baby to swim? I read that they are natural swimmers, is this true?
24th November 2012 03:12 AM #2
I was in the swimming pool when my first baby was 13 months old. I had her float on her back and we just did a lot of "mummy and me" things together in the water. 3 year olds can learn to swim but I think that you can introduce babies to the water anytime.
Here's a baby who is only 8 months old and this is her 3rd month of swim lessons. I think it's amazing that this little girl knows how to turn over and float on her back and kick to the side, at 8 months of age.
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Hi Jersey1210,
What did you think of this video? Did it help to answer your question about swimming?
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Hi Kate,
Thanks for sharing the video! I think it's amazing that babies can do this at such an early age. I now feel more confident taking my baby to the pool


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MADISON - Alexis Theresa Olson passed away peacefully Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Meriter Hospital in Madison.
She was born on August 8, 1950, in Wausau and is preceded in death by her parents, Alex and Helen (Osipowicz) Deruchowski.
She is survived by her husband James R. of Madison, her daughter Angela (John) Rackowski of Milwaukee, and her son James J. (Caroline) of Columbia, MD.
After graduating from Madison East High School in 1968, Alexis worked as a legal secretary for LaFollette & Sinykin and became a close colleague to senator Russ Feingold.
In the mid-1980s, Alexis joined Quarles & Brady as a secretary to former governor Tony Earl. In the late-1990s, Alexis became a paralegal for the Wisconsin Supreme Court; she recently retired from the legal profession.
As a retiree, Alexis devoted many volunteer hours at Meriter Hospital and area art events. Alexis's altruistic nature was evident in her unwavering devotion to her parents, husband, children, and friends.
Alexis was known for her expertise in gardening and concocting outstanding desserts. She enjoyed collecting movies, vacationing to Hawaii, and antiquing with friends. She and her family worked closely with the Shorewood Cocker Spaniel Rescue Group; they rescued three faithful dogs throughout the years: Thumper, Hope, and Buffy.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at St. Peter Catholic Church, 5001 N. Sherman Ave., with Msgr. Charles Schluter officiating.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of Mass at the church on Tuesday. Burial will follow at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the Shorewood Cocker Rescue Group can be made in Alexis's name.
To view and sign this guestbook, please visit www.ryanfuneralservice.com.


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Yikes, is it really nearly 2012? I haven't posted that much this year but I have some excuses: I got engaged, I lost a very special relative, I got married and work is crazybad busy (in a challenging kind of way). Who knows what will happen next year.
I am currently reading John L. Casti's Five More Golden Rules. I don't know why I waited so long, as his earlier "Five" book is one of my all time favourites, and is what started me on the path to enjoying mathematics again. A partial trigger for reading the Casti book was The Poincaré Conjecture by Donal O'Shea. I didn't keep up with all of the topology but it is a fascinating read. That was a welcome relief as I had previously grabbed a copy of Stephen Baker's The Numerati from the library and found it way too superficial for my tastes (I think I was hoping for another Mathematical People). For lighter reading I have The Brother's Christmas present, Snuff, which has an excellent Vimes proportion (maybe another Fifth Elephant). Current favourite software program is Berkeley Madonna, mainly because it is small, fast and interactive (as well as being surprisingly powerful).
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Embroidery Floss Factory Tour
The DMC blog has posted this awesome little factory tour of the DMC Embroidery Floss factory in France. I forget sometimes, especially working with something that seems as simple and quaint as embroidery floss, that there's a whole fascinating and complicated process behind the whole thing.
The page itself is in Spanish, but a handy little pass at Google Translate clears it up pretty well, and really it's worth a look just to ogle the photos a bit.
Perhaps you'll view your floss a little differently next time you pick up your embroidery project.
I for one can't help but wonder what it would be like to dive into those giant poofy piles of floss… and yes, I do realize that makes me weird. That's probably why I should never go on that tour.
Check out their post for a behind the scenes on the process and even more amazing photos.
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This cake has a wonderful homemade quality: alternating layers of apple cake and cream-cheese frosting are stacked high to create this "inside-out" design. The finished confection is brushed with a citrus glaze and adorned with fresh apples, leaves, and a dusting of powdered sugar.
Cake design by Carried Away Cuisine
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I am attempting to create a new N'up Imposition system for IPA and have been folding paper and looking at the results for the last few days. It has cross my mind, 'Is there an algorithm to work out the pages, for any sequence of folds or cuts'?New OS?
I have been thinking about a hobby OS for the last few months. There are several problems with current designs that have iritated me to say enough is enough. More when I have got something to show.Aeonworx GPL
One of the companies that I was working on before we gave it all up, has released it's code which Jeff wrote, see: Aeonworx's Unity. Unity is a COM+ based e-commerce package designed for creating enterprise level ecommerce websites.


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Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Logan Mayoral Election
As has happened 36 times in the past, Logan residents have chosen themselves a new mayor. On November 5th, H. Craig Petersen was elected to start a four year term in January.
Wonder who our past mayors were? Check out a database, maintained by our library staff. Short bios are available for the deceased former mayors.
If you have any suggestions or additions, please feel free to come in and speak to us or contact me.
~ Jason, Special Collections Librarian
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Nowhere in your incoherent ramblings did you come anywhere close to the answer. Thanks to you, everyone in this room is now stupider having heard you. I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. -Billy Madison-
I wasn't talking about this site in particular. First site to use "confirmed" is the one that gets my giggles.
That's my jacket!
The official site has confirmed it, so I guess it's officially official. Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg have been announced as consultants, bringing some conclusion to that rumor as well. I haven't seen much of Abrams' work aside from Super 8, but I really liked that, and he sounds like enough of a fan to do right by it, so hopefully this is good news.
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I am not angered by this choice. Super 8 is one of my favorite recent films and I enjoyed the first few seasons of Lost and Alias. I suspect Disney's model for finding a director on SW was based on the way they found Joss Whedon for Avengers: get someone who has a proven background in developing a continuing story that resonates with a broad, dedicated fanbase and can produce often touching, memorable moments. I was not offended by Star Trek since I knew it would never be as nostalgic to me as the original series was or as cerebral as the Next Generation was or as awesome as the Deep Space Nine series was. It was a self contained story that was glued to the Joseph Campbell hero's journey model - something no iteration of Star Trek ever had before since everything about the characters in the films had already been established. That doesn't excuse redefining what Starfleet officers do to each other, twisting the expectations of a near half-century old universe, or rewriting logic, but I suspect the plan on such a large franchise did not originate and finish with a then unproven director. If any of you want to see some serious JJA craziness, read his pitch for a Superman film from about ten years ago. That was decidedly more irreverent than Star Trek. For those that don't know of it, here's a taste: Krypton never explodes, Jor-El is a Kryptonian martial artist, and the big reveal at the end is that Luthor is a Kryptonian (and therefore a martial artist). I did like the opening battle in the streets of Gotham City, though, and the story has an Elseworlds/alternate universe aesthetic to it that would have worked as a comic, but not as the beginning of a film series on such a recognizable character. I think some of the ideas in the script made their way into the Smallville show, but I could never really bring myself to watch much of it after the first couple of years.
JediTricks worst fear for Star Wars has been realized. J.J. Abrams is going to direct a movie. JT, you still think the Disney purchase of the Star Wars franchise couldn't end as bad as their Power Rangers franchise purchase?
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Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Rogue Squadron-19 Golds, Battle For Naboo-18 Platinums, Rogue Leader-15 Golds/15 Aces, Rebel Strike-19 Single Golds/19 Single Aces
James Boba Fettfield & Lord Malakite's Video Game Collection
I doubt it for quite a while, at least a dozen years, SW has a much bigger impact on society than MMOPR, the prequels couldn't kill interest in Star Wars as a pop culture touchstone (and really what I mean is merchandising sales), that's where continuing on stuff matters.
Rogue Squadron-19 Golds, Battle For Naboo-18 Platinums, Rogue Leader-15 Golds/15 Aces, Rebel Strike-19 Single Golds/19 Single Aces
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Just when we thought censorship in Pakistan couldn't get any worse, it has. After our joint effort with numerous Pakistani and international organizations succeeded in putting plans for a national filter on hold, and Pakistan relented after a brief experiment with blocking Twitter, we thought we could turn our focus elsewhere for a little while.
We were wrong.
Last week, 19 members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter to Bahrain's king, calling for the release of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, who was serving a three-month jail sentence for comments he made on Twitter. As have written previously, the Bahraini government has cracked down harshly on dissidents, allegedly utilizing tools such as FinFisher and arresting activists on trumped-up charges.
As the violence escalates across Syria, so do the campaigns of targeted malware attacks against Syrian activists, journalists, and members of the opposition, which covertly install surveillance software on their computers. Syrians are growing more aware of the danger these campaigns pose to their security and the security of their friends and loved ones. On Facebook, the Union of Free Students in Syria group has started an album of students holding up signs warning against phishing attacks and malware, with messages that such as, "Assad supporters are sending dangerous files with hacked accounts. Check with your friends before opening an attachment."
Recently, we wrote about Ethiopian blogger Eskinder Nega, who was sentenced under the country's vague counterterrorism to eighteen years in prison for blogging about government corruption.
Individuals and organizations in the U.S. that wish to offer support for Eskinder Nega and freedom of expression in Ethiopia have several options. They can:
This Week In Internet Censorship: Activists Convicted in Oman, Malware in Nepal, and Wiretapping Bloggers in Russia
More Activists Convicted on Protest-Related Charges in Oman
The dozens of writers, activists, and bloggers who have been arrested on charges connected to their calls for greater freedoms in Oman in May and early June of 2012 have been brought to trial, convicted, and sentenced in recent weeks. The latest—a group of twelve activists—were sentenced on Wednesday in Oman's capital, Muscat. Eleven were given a year's prison and a 200 Riyal ($520) fine for participating in a peaceful protest. One was given a year's prison sentence for insulting the Sultan. All twelve are expected to be released on bail pending appeal.
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howdy! Nothing really interesting to state, except for last night's quake "fight club" in Baggio's LAN... Some new viewing at userfriendly...
howdy! Today is a day for "working"... Till 8 pm I'll be working at my dad's office, on some databases, implementation of data, and i'll get to talk mwith his bofh, which is pretty kewl for me to learn something... Late at night, I'll give a concert. Pretty different, huh? So... this is it. Got to read my new number of Wired... It's really kewl! That's it for today. C ya, Mhiguel
hey... As my website's diary is getting too personal and non-computer related. I'm a computer engineering student at the University of Evora, Portugal and i'm a wannabe hacker (and a geek, I guess!). I love computers, and have recently compiled my first kernel. I have three boxes where I work... My laptop has Mandrake 7.2, my 386 is running NucLinux and my Pentium IV is running Windows 98/Red Hat Linux... I'm on vacation, so, I brought my 386 from the attic, put it together in my room and installed nuclinux... It was pretty kewl. I'm building a LAN and this box is going for Proxy Server! I'm changing the templates for my Wiki PHP page, so, tomorrow or so, it's gonna be different. See ya, Mhiguel
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Duct tape?
I believe it was Aubrey Lacrosse that recorded the upland on her curly coat
HRCH Wind River's Frisky Whisky SH WCX - Thanx for the memories my friend
HRCH UH Red Devil's Risky Rascal WCX
HR Red Devil's Wild Wind River
SHR Red Devil's Ready Freddie
SHR Red Devil's Lambeau Leap
SHR YRP Grand Chien's Chase the Sunset
Any doctrine that weakens personal responsibility for judgment and for action helps create the attitudes that welcome and support the totalitarian state.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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Gig'em Aggies!! BTCO'77HOO t.u.!!
I would like to see more pics of what has been tried
Here is the upland hunt everyone is talking about.
I used a gopro last weekend during a hrc hunt test. I used a chesty to record the water series from my perspective. It was good to watch my dog run so I could review what we need to work on in training sessions in the future.
when I save up some more money I would like to mount on to the dog and one to myself. According to gopro if you use the wifi remote you can operate multiple cameras at the same time. I think it could be a good training aid to help understand what the dog is seeing while training in addition to what im seeing at the same time.
Has anyone else used the two camera set up to review your training sessions? If so can you provide any tips?
Oh, my guy got his firstseasoned pass so it is cool to be able to pay back the
"Darla" AFC Candlewoods Lil Smokin Tequila (2002-2013)
"Smoke" Smokin Auggies Menace, QAA (2003- 2016)
"Simba" Humewood Simba (1999-2014)
Per favore, non mi rompere i coglioni.
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Lab crew from KY Breeze and Wilson
This seems like it would be a good option, but it looks like it's currently unavailable.....I'm thinking of getting a goPro soon.
God bless!- Jamee
"If your dog doesn't like someone you probably shouldn't either"[/U]- Author unknown
My team:
HR Dr. J's RxRated High Caliber JH, QA2 "Kali"
Jamstar's Hot Tubb "Cuzzi" (NAFC Tubb x HR Kali JH QA2)
Watermark Shadow's Sweet Addiction "Jones" (FC AFC Shadow X Watermark's One Way)
#1 cheerleader: SJ's Gotta-Lot-A Go Lil "Jake"
Gone but never forgotten:
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What a great picture!!! Makes me miss duck season
What a great picture!!! Makes me miss duck season
Apparently Burke has proved that you can capture drive in a photo. Great pic.
SHR Diggs, Soul, Mooney and always HRCH Cinn SH 500 pt club (06/92 to 01/98), HR Rocks (09/99 to 05/04), HRCH UH Schooner SH 1000 pt club (11/95 to 11/07) and HRCH UH Wagars MH 1500 pt club (12/01 to 09/13).
Look at those eyes! Yes, Burke has proven that you can capture drive in a photo. Sure wish he could come to No. California and shoot some photos at our events.
Yes it can.... a couple of my favorites. Not up to Bayou Magic photography standards, but working on it. My dogs, that is. Photos were take by others.
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FC AFC Wing Magic's Louisiana Roux MH "Roux"
GRHRCH Bayou Magic's Tough as a Boot QAA "Boot" (still a Knucklehead Puppy)
Bayou Magic's Reverend Jackson "Jesse" (Knucklehead Puppy)
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Great shot. Cool dog.
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By Errol Castens/Daily Journal Oxford Bureau
NEW ALBANY – No answer is definite yet, but officials speculate one of the two collisions at railroad crossings in Union County last week might have been prevented by an upgraded crossing.
Benjamin Paiste, 18, apparently drove into the path of a westbound BNSF train Tuesday morning in Myrtle. The crossing on Graham Avenue had bells and multi-directional flashing lights but no cross-arms.
"I don't know if the sun was in his eyes and he didn't see the signal," said Union County Sheriff Jimmy Edwards.
MDOT traffic engineer Jim Willis said analysis of grade crossings and their warning needs involves representatives from railroads, local governments, MDOT and the Federal Highway Administration.
"Ultimately, the Mississippi Transportation Commission decides," he said.
Factors in the decision include daily train count, daily vehicle count, the presence of hazardous materials on the route and whether any loaded school buses use the crossing, Willis said, along with sight distances, road speed limit and train speed.
Nearly half the 4,293 rail crossings in Mississippi are private, and most of them have passive, signs-only warning devices.
Of the state's more than 2,200 public crossings, nearly 1,300 are passive, with the rest divided roughly evenly between those with flashers and bells and those that also have cross-arms.
Joe Faust of BNSF Railroad said area governments decide what signals are needed and how to fund them.
"Once it is determined, we install it and maintain it," he said.
Myrtle Mayor Joe Rials said railroad signal upgrades in the Union County town of 490 people would require outside funding.
A second train/vehicle collision west of New Albany on Thursday night did not involve any signal deficiency.
Edwards said Cooley Transport driver Kelcey Barr was trying to drop off a trailer at the Newport Upholstery plant on State Highway 178 around 10 p.m.
"While they were waiting on someone to come unlock the gate, the train came," Edwards said. "He couldn't pull forward far enough to get off the tracks, and the train hit the rear section." No one was injured in the incident.


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Way-Long-Acting Integrase Inhibitor for PrEP?: One Study Whose Impact Will Last Well Beyond CROI 2013
March 14, 2013
We just mentioned the opportunities of a well-tolerated, long-acting medication to address the challenges of PrEP. Last summer, we learned of the investigational integrase inhibitor S/GSK1265744 that, in a long-acting, nanoparticle formulation, has a plasma half-life after single intramuscular injection of 21 to 50 days. Detectable, potentially therapeutic drug levels were measured after 4 months with several intramuscular doses. (Did we say way-long-acting?)
We learned at CROI of the provocative results of S/GSK1265744 for the prevention of simian HIV (SHIV) infection following repeated rectal challenge in SHIV-uninfected rhesus macaques following a single intramuscular injection. In the placebo group, all eight monkeys -- compared to none of the eight treated monkeys -- became infected with SHIV. Importantly, the drug was safe and plasma concentrations of GSK744 in protected macaques are comparable to those achieved in humans, providing support for future studies.
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Wm. Mark Edwards
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HRCH (500) UH Ellie Mae MH CGC
HRCH Tipsy MH
Is this book the same as the book " Drills For The Retriever Hunt Test Enthusiast"
No is the short answer. Drills for the Retriever ..... long title huh? was the predecessor to Building A Retriever. BAR has more drills and other retriever training principles and information. For the record, I did not invent the drills in the book and it is not a full training program. I do think it is a worthwhile effort and I do use the drills to help develop skills.
X marking is the angle in, angle back, flat throw thats what we call it, anyway. W, in the book, is setup as a blind running drill. You could use the same configuration to do marks, but the ABCD drill is what you end up with. I have found that lots of people run the same drills, they just call them different things. A field trial buddy of mine saw me running what I called in-line blinds and he said: oh yeah, Ive run those for twenty years and I call then Ladder Blinds.
Hope this helps,
I love rolling singles but as a drill I feel I can get the most out of a w drill. Set up 5 stockmen in a w configuration. Distance depends on dogs. I prefer long stations in the 200-250 range and short stations at 100-125. You can work on punch birds by throwing short stations first as singles then throw the long ones. Or work on check downs by throwing long first then short. You can also get hip pocket looks and various other concepts. So as drills go you can get alot out of a couple of w set ups in a day.
Here is my version of the W marking drill. All run as singles. It really helps a dog look past the short gun to the long mark. Also works great for checkdowns.
I think this is what both Brett and Mark are talking about.
Mark Land
Yes, I put long birds at 200-250, short birds at 50-60, and middle bird at 130-150. Its great to teach checking up in the face of a long gun, look long past a short gun, and run tight past a gun/old fall all in one drill. Then you can adjust the throws to get hip pockets/off the heels, pinch birds, you name it depending on how tight you want to run it.
Wm. Mark Edwards
Pascagoula, MS
HRCH (500) UH Ellie Mae MH CGC
HRCH Tipsy MH
Could someone explain the ABCD drill?
These two links should help
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Polish ambassador to speak, March 10
Posted March 7, 2005; 06:20 p.m.
The ambassador of Poland to the United States will speak on "The Future of the Transatlantic Partnership" at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10, in 1 Robertson Hall.
Przemyslaw Grudzinski, who was active in Poland's Solidarity Movement in the 1980s, has been ambassador since 2000. From 1978 to 1980, he was a visiting fellow at Princeton and returned here in 1988 as a Fulbright fellow.
The lecture, part of a series of Ambassador's Forums, is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


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By Ben Levisohn
Macau's gambling stocks swing from week to week based on what the short-term revenue numbers appear to say. But what about investors who want to take the long view? Nomura, for one, says the future looks bright.
In a report issued today, Nomura analysts Harry Curtis, Louise Cheung and Brian Dobson raised their 2013 market growth target to 13% from 11%. The reason: The growth of what they term "premium mass."
During the past year, investors have been worrying about the decline of the VIP gambler, as the Chinese government makes rooting out corruption one of their top priorities. The decline in VIP gambling has materialized–Nomura now expects revenues to grow by 4% in 2013, down from its original forecast of 6.5%–but that's not where the growth will be coming from.
That's been more than offset by the mass-market gambler, where revenues have increased by about 32%–driven by premium, a group that falls somewhere between VIP and what gets called "core" mass. Of the 35% growth Nomura expects, mass core should deliver just 10% to 15%, while premium mass is growing at a 50% to 70% clip.
This is fantastic news for casinos. Mass gambling is much more profitable than VIP–mid to high 20% versus 10 to 12%–and mass premium is even higher, with margin coming in between 35% and 40%.
There are risks, of course. They range from a slowing economic growth in China, rising labor costs, adding qualified new dealers as new casinos open and regional tensions.
But for now, at least, the casino stocks should do well, the analysts say. Las Vegas Sands' (LVS) is their favorite, however because it has "the market's most visible revenue and EBITDA runway through 2014, most of which will be driven by Sands Cotai," they say. The analysts expect shares of Las Vegas Sands to hit $61 in 12 months.
Nomura's not the only one bullish on Macau. In a report dated Mar. 19, JPMorgan analysts said that the earnings risk for Macau's casino stocks is to the upside, not the downside and said that recent weakness should be used "to accumulate the sector."
Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL) has gained 4.4% to $21.13, Las Vegas Sands has gained 2.7% to $54.17 and MGM Resorts International's (MGM) has climbed 1.7% to $13.00. Wynn Resorts (WYNN) has gained 1.7% to $121.96.


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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
Tim Melton thought he was hired as an assistant coach at Calhoun Academy. Little did he know he'd be named interim head coach of a team that plays today for the MAIS 8-man football state championship.
The game between the Cougars (11-1) and Meridian's Russell Christian (12-0) is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Mississippi College in Clinton.
Russell beat Calhoun 35-26 on the last day of the regular season.
"We're going to get after it and not be as intimidated and nervous when we get there to play," said Melton, who replaced head coach Gerry Winters, who was sidelined following preseason heart surgery. "We're playing at a neutral site and I think it helps us to have gotten beat."
Winters had surgery the week of the team's preseason jamboree. Melton was named interim coach and routinely makes visits to Winters' Vardaman home to discuss the game plan.
Melton said the two share similar styles, which made the transition easier to handle. The two had also coached together before.
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"We've spent a lot of time together getting ready for game week," Melton said. "I take film or a scouting report I've done. He tells me what he would do. I tell him what I would do and we meet somewhere in the middle."
The Cougars are led offensively by senior running back Kyle Carter, who has 1,230 yards and 24 touchdowns. Danny Joe Norman, a senior, is only 54 yards shy of 1,000 and has scored 12 touchdowns.
Senior Devin Northrip leads the team with 124 tackles.
"We've got eight seniors who are pretty solid mentally and kind of keep everybody else in line and help the wheels turn on the bus," Melton said. "When they found out I was going to coach, they bought in to what we were trying to do as a staff. The kids are dedicated and it always helps to have good athletes that make you look good."


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Library exhibit marking Graduate School Centennial to close, April 8
Posted April 2, 2001; 04:20 p.m.
yearlong observance of the centennial of Princeton University's Graduate School at the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library entitled "A Community of Scholars: Graduate Education at Princeton," will close April 8. The exhibit, which opened November 19, chronicles the evolution of graduate studies at Princeton University from a time when master's degrees were awarded for good citizenship to the diverse and competitive academic programs of today.
The exhibition includes more than 100 photographs, documents, and artifacts, drawn primarily from the Princeton University Archives. Together, they present a vivid portrait of graduate life at Princeton University, in both its intellectual and social aspects, as well as a cross-section of graduate students who have left an indelible mark on the world at large. The University's graduate alumni include no fewer than 12 Nobel laureates, the first president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, five presidents of Princeton University, and such notables as Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Thornton Wilder, astronomer Henry Norris Russell, and syndicated columnist George Will.
Brief biographies of distinguished alumni are accompanied wherever possible by their student photographs and items that symbolize their interests: an autographed baseball from Ted Williams in the case of George Will; a piece of an Iraqi SCUD missile in the case of Norman Augustine, father of the Pentagon's Patriot missile program; and a first edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey in the case of Thornton Wilder.
"A Community of Scholars" bears witness to the importance of graduate education at Princeton University and its role in human advancement in a wide range of disciplines, despite the challenges inherent in an exhibition of this kind. In the words of lead curator Dan Linke, "In the same way that nuclear physicists define and detect sub-atomic particles through inference and indirect observation, we hope that this exhibit will allow an understanding of graduate education, even though much of what is accomplished there remains within the confines of the mind, and the remainder as words on paper."
"A Community of Scholars" is located in Firestone Library's main exhibition gallery and is open to the public without charge from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, noon to 5 p.m. on weekends, and until 8 p.m. on Wednesdays. For additional information concerning the exhibition, please contact the Princeton University Library at (609) 258-6345.
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Well really nothing much today… spent a great day hanging with the family. Did a little work on the blog, but really not a Scouting day.
I posted earlier today about the FISH program. I really encourage you to follow those links and see what they have to offer. I am not sponsored or get a push from them.. but I love their philosophy.
So check it out.
Now on to your Scouting habit…
Remember that when the family (Wife) is happy.. you can do Scouting! So don't forget about Valentines day!
Took my family out for a Valentines dinner tonight… it was nice a relaxing and a great night out with the wife and kids.
OK… lets all make a commitment to have a Great Scouting Week!


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Review of OneWest Bank CD Rates and Terms - Available Nationwide
|OneWest Bank N.A. (Pasadena, CA)
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|OTHER TIERS: 0.40% → Up to $50k
OneWest Bank continues to offer several competitive CD rates. However, there has been an important change in early withdrawal penalties. First, OneWest just increased its 18-month CD rate to 1.40% APY. The most competitive CD continues to be the 3-year CD which has a 2.00% APY. Minimum deposit is $1,000. These CDs are available nationwide and they can be opened online. They can also opened at the bank's Southern California branches for both CDs and IRA CDs. These rates are listed in the bank's CD rates page as of 2/3/2011.
OneWest's CD Early Withdrawal Penalties
When I last reviewed OneWest's CDs last year, the early withdrawal penalty for the long-term CDs was the typical 6 months of interest. However, this has changed. The account disclosures link is located at the bottom of the rates page. According to page 33 of the account disclosure, the early withdrawal penalty for terms greater than 2 years is:
Greater than 2 years The GREATER of:
(1) 2% of the amount withdrawn; or
(2) a Market Adjustment
(see below)
There's a long paragraph on page 33 which defines "market adjustment". The first sentence provides a summary:
The Market Adjustment estimates the interest cost that we would incur if we were to replace your early withdrawal or closed CD with another "replacement CD" at a higher cost.
In short, it appears this is a way OneWest is preparing for higher interest rates. If rates do go up, the CD account holder may lose any advantage of closing the CD and moving the funds to a higher yielding CD.
For the CDs with shorter terms, the penalties are more typical: 1) 90 days of interest for terms of 91 to 365 days, 2) 180 days of interest for terms of 366 days to 18 months, and 3) 270 days of interest for terms over 18 months up to 24 months.
In addition to these harsh early withdrawal penalties, OneWest could refuse an early withdrawal request based on this part of the disclosure:
CD customers agree to keep their funds on deposit for a fixed period of time. Unless otherwise provided, partial withdrawals are not permitted. If we permit an early withdrawal of principal, we may impose an early withdrawal penalty on the amount withdrawn as follows.
OneWest's Green Savings Account
OneWest had added a new online-only savings account that has some nice features. It's called Green Savings Account. There are no monthly fees, and the top rate applies to all balances. The current rate is 1.10% APY so it doesn't have any advantages over ING Direct's Orange Savings Account. However, it could be useful if you have a OneWest CD that has matured. You should be able to have them transfer the CD funds into your Green Savings Account, and then it would be easy to transfer the money to another bank.
OneWest Bank Overview
OneWest Bank used to be IndyMac Bank. The FDIC completed the sale of IndyMac in March 2009 to new owners who renamed it OneWest. OneWest has grown in the last year from acquisitions of failed banks. In December 2009, it acquired First Federal Bank of California and in February 2010, it acquired La Jolla Bank. OneWest now has 82 branches in Southern California.
OneWest Bank has an overall health score at DepositAccounts.com of 5 out of 5 with a Texas Ratio of 16.97% (excellent) based on September 2010. Please refer to our financial overview of OneWest Bank for more details. The bank has been a FDIC member since 2009 (FDIC Certificate # 58978).
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Finally able to set up my 55
I have been stumped, annoyed, and frustrated as to what I can do with my 55 gallon tank. I so badly want to keep fish in it, so, I asked the Florida Fish and wildlife Commision if I can keep native fish in the tank. They said yes, as long as they were caught by legal means....(So much for the dynamite) I want to try my hand at a native florida aquarium, housing only florida species. I don't know if it will work or not, but I don't see any reason that it won't.
I will be stocking it with, if I can find some, "specks" (Black Crappie) bluegill, and or redear sunfish. I don't know how many I can keep. I was thinking on the lines of either 5 or 6 to a 55 gallon tank. I know the bluegill alone can get upwards of 14 inches, that's pretty big for a bluegill, I know specks get even bigger, so I may end up scaling it down as they grow, and throw the rest in the pond.
My trick will be to catch/buy small ones, as small as I can get, and try to get them to eat pellets. I don't think that will be a problem, if they are small enough. Catching them is another matter.
I wonder what I can use to clean the bottom. You can't put a bullhead in there, can you?
Surface fish will be the florida flag fish, but that is not a given, as they may just be a snack latter on for the other game fish.
I could put a bass in there too, but they get downright mean, and no other fish could be housed with them, unless it is another bass, so that's out.
Any suggestion guys?75 gallon planted tank with discus, GBR's and cardinals
135 gallon saltwater FOWLR work in progress and desperately need help
I would just get a couple bluegill. becuase if you get any more you will be heavily overstocked. And for the bottom you can try catching a sculpin or a couple crayfish.
Sounds like an interesting project. I can't help unfortunately, I just don't know anything about keeping the fish you list, but I'll be interested to hear of the ongoing progress!8 tanks running now:
1x 220 gallon, 2x55 gallon, 1x40 gallon long, 1x29 gallon, 1x20 gallon long, 1x5.5 gallon, 1x2 gallon
Gouramis, barbs, rasboras, plecos, corys, tetras, fancy guppies, swordtails, ottos, rainbow shark, upside-down catfish, snails, and Max and Sparkles the bettas.
I'd look to see what local minnow species you had...55 g Goldfish Tank - 3 Fancies, 2 Comets
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The Israeli Muslim community belongs to the predominant faith in the Middle East, which was begun in Arabia in the seventh century by Mohammad, who is the revered prophet of the faith and said to have brought people back to more strict observance of monotheism. The five central tenets of Islam are the oneness of God, prayer five times a day, giving alms, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's holiest city. The Muslim sacred book, the Koran, reflects many stories from the Bible, particularly the Patriarchs and the prophets. Early in its history, Islam divided into two streams: Sunni and Shi'ite, with most of the world's Muslims, including those in Israel, belonging to the Sunni stream.
Most of Israel's Muslim citizens live in the scenic Galilee Mountains and in Haifa. About 20 percent live in and around Jerusalem, and 11 percent of Israel's Muslims are Bedouin who live in the Negev. The Muslims of the Negev are generally said to observe a less strict version of Islam, traditionally praying in the open, with mosque attendance a fairly recent development, while city-dwellers are often more religiously strict. A mystic sect, the Shazaliyeh, founded in the 19th century, has its center in Acco, on Israel's Mediterranean coast, after its founder moved there from Tunis. Another 19th century sect, the Ahmadiyeh, which has its home in Haifa, originated in India and believes that Islam should be disseminated by education.
Many of Israel's Muslims, which now number 1.2 million, or approximately 20 percent of the population, are said to have arrived in the country during Islam's early days in the eighth century under the Ummayad dynasty. Others came during the 19th and the early 20th centuries from as close as Egypt and as far afield as the Slavic lands of the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
In Jerusalem is the magnificent Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, Islam's third holiest site. Also in Jerusalem, you can delve into the history of the faith in the Tower of David Museum's Muslim history room. The impressive achievements of Islamic art and culture are showcased in Jerusalem's L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art. Acco invites visitors to enjoy its historic sites, covered market and Arab cuisine. Another town famous for cuisine is Abu Gosh near Jerusalem is also home to a semi-annual classical music festival. Ramla, in central Israel, was the first town founded by the Muslims, in the eighth century, and boasts the 13th-century White Mosque, a distinct example of early Islamic religious architecture, and a colorful market.
Get acquainted with Israel's Muslims by timing your visit to take part in the Galilee's annual Olive Festival in October, or Arab Culture Month, which takes place in late spring and showcases Arab folklore in Haifa and 40 Arab villages in Galilee. To learn more about the challenges, contributions and achievements of Israel's Muslims call Ahmadiyeh community leader Muad Awda at +972-(0)4-8385002 or +972-(0)52-2554316 or educator Issa Jaber in Abu Gosh (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Day 11 Part 2 - State Fair Blog done (Sponsor's Name Here)-style
That's a wrap!
For the year, the James Family Lawn Parking Concern parked a new record total of 144 cars, and missed the record revenue (set in 2008) by $1. During the work week, market price for the parking was $3 based on our location, and if we could have gotten those extra two bucks from one stinkin' car...
Around 6:30 PM, My-Sugar-Na and I wandered back to the State Fair (using the hand stamps received earlier in the day) for a dinner and a last shot at people watching.
Though My-Sugar-Na had gone through most of her $20 in State Fair garbage purchasing money, we still made it back to the Expo Center and she found an "I Love My Pomeranian" license plate holder. While she was transacting business, I was rootching around the shop when I found a "Pomeranian Rules" matted framed thingy, with rules for the humans, like (1) The Pomeranian will stay off the furniture, (2) Well, he will stay off if he wants to, (3) Actually, he gets the furniture with the humans (4) In reality, the Pomeranian may allow the humans on the furniture, etc. I am going by memory, but you get the jist. At this point, the money stayed in my pocket.
As we walked from the north exit of the Expo Center, the band at the nearest restaurant was covering "Love Rollercoaster". We walked up the Grandstand Ave and my heart stopped (and no, it wasn't from one too many cream puffs. That one will happen in about four years) when I saw the little truck selling Mexican corn. In my mind, the ultimate food on a stick.
Mexican corn is corn-on-the-cob, completely coated in mayonnaise, dipped in parmesan cheese, sprinkled with paprika and then dribbled with lime juice. Do not knock this until you have tried it (Side note; Unfortunately, you won't be able to try it for another 353 days). I first had Mexican corn at the Fair about four or five years ago and haven't seen it since. I did find it once at the University of Illinois - Chicago Pavilion at a sporting event, believe it or not, so I absolutely had to have one yesterday, and it was wonderful. It was better than I remembered. My wife couldn't stop laughing as my face was covered in mayo and parmesan, and the paprika had covered my shirt. While I stopped to eat, the band at the nearest restaurant was also covering "Love Rollercoaster".
(Side note to all who think that the State Fair isn't a big deal; There really is something there for everyone to have that "A-ha" moment. But nobody can tell you what that moment is... you have to go and find it yourself.)
Once I got all the mayo off my mustache, we went to the Cattleman's stand for a rib eye sandwich dinner (excellent) and the Usinger's stand for another Beef Frankfurter with Sauerkraut (Side note; I had considered going to Benno's to save four bits, but I was afraid that I would have run into Stubborn Old Man standing riot sentry. Just kidding. I kid because I love). The band at the nearest restaurant was not covering "Love Rollercoaster". Apparently, they didn't get the memo.
My wife decided she, too, wanted an ear of corn so she went to the Lion's Club stand. As I was waiting for her, it occurred to me that the Wisconsin State Fair is really a foot fetishist's convention. 85% of the women and 42% of the men were wearing sandals or flip-flops, and many of the women's toenails were painted. Although there can be a striking beauty to a well-maintained woman's foot, it doesn't really get my motor going. But if I noticed how many painted toenails were in view, I imagine that a true foot fetishist would be quite in his happy spot.
After a farewell cream puff, and as the sun was setting over the Giant Slide (Side note; My Blackberry takes a pretty good picture), I was talked into going back to the Expo Center to get that damn Pomeranian Rules thingy. Considering we had budgeted about $30 or $35 for dinner, Expo Center garbage alone cost me that much. Sigh. Good thing it was an almost-record year.
As we left the Fair around 8:30 PM, we were amazed at the number of people still walking in. Since ticket sales had ended an hour earlier (and the Fair would close a half hour later), the Capital police were stopping anyone who did not already have a ticket or a hand stamp. Looking at the people as a set, one can only generalize that they all looked like people who never even considered checking the hours of operations.
Taking that bittersweet walk home, I felt myself waxing nostalgic....
- Goodbye, cream puffs
- Goodbye, sunglasses vendors
- Goodbye, Coke Zero samples hawkers
- Goodbye, traffic
- Goodbye, hammocks
- Goodbye, parking flags
- Goodbye, Central Ave
- Goodbye, cows
- Goodbye, Mexican corn
- Goodbye, cover bands
- Goodbye, beer cans left in the yard.
- Goodbye, hot tub displays
- Goodbye, neon lights in the Midway
- Goodbye, Lefty's milk barn
- Goodbye, radio station's live, remote broadcasts
- Goodbye, toes
- Goodbye, fill-in-the-blank on a stick
- Goodbye, near collisions caused by one car looking to park and another looking to leave
- Goodbye, racing pigs
- Goodbye, 80s bands playing the race track.
- Goodbye, trash cans with cow print liners
- Goodbye, bubble machines
- Goodbye, horse manure near the Coliseum
- Goodbye, $1 bottles of water in front of the Fair
- Goodbye, $3 bottles of water in the Fair
- Goodbye, No Left Turn signs
- Goodbye, crooked carnival games
- Goodbye, Rupena's Hungarian Grillers
- Goodbye, rabbits and chickens (you all look alike after the first row, anyways)
- Goodbye, wondering what the neighbors are charging to park cars
- Goodbye, WE Energies replica hard hats
- Goodbye, Swarovski crystal earrings
- Goodbye, puff pieces on the news
- Goodbye, excited kids
- Goodbye, exhausted parents
- Goodbye, summer
See you again on August 4, 2011.
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