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This under counter RLA36P fridge from Hotpoint has deep door storage for bottles and Internal safety glass shelves. It also features Hygiene plus antibacterial protection. The door opening on the white fridge is reversible so you can adjust it to fit your available space. Inside it has 3 shelves plus a salad drawer, egg tray and a dairy compartment. It also features an internal light. On a single manual thermostat, the temperature control is adjusted by dial with a range of +2 to +6 and it has an impressive energy efficiency rating of A+.
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Mark your calendar Saabistas: On December 16, Sweden's KVD Kvarndammen auctioneers will put some of the production Saabs up for sale to the highest bidder. In an Autocar report, bankrupt Saab's receivers will try and sell off 68 cars that were left unsold at the dead brand's Swedish headquarters. If you can book your flight in time, you'll find examples of the 9-5 SportCombis that never went on sale to the public, along with some 9-5 sedans, a few 9-4Xs crossovers and a pair of Independence Edition 9-3 Cabriolets. Just don't expect to get that new car smell from these final Saabs. Apparently, the cars were previously enjoyed as Saab test vehicles or company cars and may need some mechanical and bodywork repairs.
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Hoboken Passing: The Hoboken Originals
Hoboken Originals explores the survivors of a neighborhood in transition. Through the eyes of the old establishment family business owners and workers, I aim to better understand what defines a neighborhoods identity or uniqueness.
With these portraits I aim to reflect and celebrate a community's distinct character. Hoboken, New Jersey charmed me when I first moved here in the winter of 2007. Sitting in the shadow of Manhattan, Hoboken is only a mile square and has a long and proud history. I grew particularly fond of the old Mom & Pop shops that I encountered. Many of these establishments have existed for generations and within their walls I found a quiet contemplation of a cherished history.
Hoboken's older family businesses are succumbing to the changing economy and are closing their doors. They are inevitably being replaced by the ever ubiquitous national chain store.
As an portrait artist, my method of working consists of walking the streets, camera in hand, and visiting. Conversation and quiet observation are the foundation of my creative process. Respect and mutual trust between myself and the subject are vital for this series. It was important that the personality of the subject directed the sitting and that the subject and environment combined to tell the story together.
A recurring theme of my photography is the effort to record what is vanishing from our collective memory - a way of living, a tradition, or trade. I try to capture the fleeting present so that we can honor that which is deeply rooted in our past.
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May 13, 2013
Tile Wall Project
Thanks to your generous support, HEF raised $5,500 for Hidden Hills through the Tile Project! The next tile painting is Wed, May 15th between 2-4pm in the MPR. We are no longer accepting orders.
5/1 Star Reader Program continues
Final month to accrue points for participating students to go shopping at the "Star Reader Store" in the Library in June. More reading = More points = More rewards. Happy Reading!
Have old toys, books, art or school supplies lying around your house? Need a place to donate them to? This is your chance to do some spring cleaning and help a good cause at the same time!
The 2nd graders are doing a collection drive for our field trip to Books for the Barrios and would love your new or gently used donations of the following items:
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- Toys (stuffed toys, board games, puzzles, etc.)
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- Coloring books
All donations can be dropped off in bins labeled Books for the Barrios at the front of the school or in the Kindergarten area May 13 through May 24.
Hawks Ed Fund Meeting
Our last board meeting for this school year is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5 at 7pm in the HH Library.
5/1 – 5/31 Yard duty supervision
All parents who volunteer will need to have a Volunteer Clearance Form on file at school. Please review the Soul Shoppe and Yard Duty guidelines prior to your shift. Every shift helps and thanks again for your continued help and hope to see you soon at Lunch Recess!
Library Volunteers needed!
We would like to thank the parents who have been regularly volunteering at the Library. If you could come even for a half hour and help re-shelf books, that would be great. Thank you for your time! Volunteers, please sign up here!
Fitness Friday Volunteers needed for Fall 2013!
The Fitness Friday program has grown to nearly 140 participants since its inception 1.5 years ago. The Hidden Hills community has enjoyed the program! Parent volunteers are much needed to continue this program into the Fall. Please contact Neha Fowler to volunteer.
2013-14 Site Council Board
The Hidden Hills Site Council is in need of several parents to join our board for the 2013-14 school year. The School Site Council serves as the school community representative body for determining the focus of the school's academic instructional program and all related categorical resources. We meet 4-5 times/year to create/update the school site plan, review the budget and provide ongoing monitoring of the implementation of the site plan. If you are interested or would like more information on Site Council, please contact Jennifer Ottley .
Poker Tournament to benefit HH
We still have a few spots for the Hidden Hills Men's Poker Tournament on Saturday evening June 1st. Each player will receive dinner, a drink ticket, and a seat at the tournament. There will be professional dealers at each table and a no-host bar the entire night. There will be prizes for the top winners and bounty prizes for eliminating certain players including Principal Ken Nelson. The buy-in is only $100 and 100% of the buy-in goes to the Hidden Hills Hawks Education Fund. To register or if you have any questions please contact: Rahul Keswani.
May is National Physical Fitness Month
We are dedicating this month to raise awareness about the health benefits of physical activity – both at home and community at large.
To that effect, Kutunga makes it easier by bringing a host of video downloads from Amy Dixon Fitness, Ageless Pilates, Comfort Zone Yoga & Breakthru Fitness to name a few...
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Reach 1,100 students and their families by advertising in the 2013-2014 PTA Directory! Hidden Hills PTA is now selling advertising space. Full color ads are sold on 1st come 1st serve basis. Get a 20% discount for b&w ads submitted by July 31, 2013. The directory is distributed in October and used by parents and students throughout the school year. Questions? Contact Jennifer Bolduc. Download the ad space form here.
Teacher Appreciation Week
Thank you to the community of Hidden Hills parents and students for collaborating and volunteering to make our school Teacher Appreciation Week memorable! The Hidden Hills staff felt truly spoiled and so appreciated. We are so thankful for all of your efforts doing our duties for us, feeding us, and pampering us. We feel so lucky to have our HH families!
Soaring Hawk Ticket Winners:
Students who demonstrate one of our 6 Character Traits: Citizenship, Empathy, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility and Trustworthiness may receive Soaring Hawk Tickets from a staff member. One soaring hawk ticket is pulled weekly from each grade level and that student is honored with an award as our Soaring Hawk Winner of the week. In addition to the award, their photo is taken and posted in the MPR.
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I have thought about doing a series like this for a while. I've always been one to be really into the Lore of World of Warcraft, and as such wanted to think about situations that could have changed.
I'm going to start out this series with a good 'ol paladin turned Master of the Scourge, appropriate for a Paladin blog
Today's "What if?" topic: Arthas Menethil, Prince of Lordaeron.
Today's topic started with some incredible fan art from one of my very favorite artists, pulyx. (I hope to get written permission, but until then, here is a link to his DeviantArt page, all credit goes to him and his incredible talent. In fact, all the art featured in this article are by Pulyx! Incredible work).
What the art above shows, is Arthas Menethil if he had not persued Frostmourne, and instead continued to learn under Uther, and eventual rose to power after the natural passing of his father.


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Hands-on practical experiments that can be performed as a front-of-class demonstration by the teacher or by the students themselves are also available. Each topic area is resourced with teacher presentations/assessments, practical lessons and where needed the equipment needed to do the experiments. Continuous assessment using our managed learning system provides teachers and students with instant feedback on progress and attainment as well as enabling students to engage in personalised learning inside and outside of the science classroom.
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A group of 5 of us did an overnight trek with Libra to the national park and had THE BEST time! Our guide, Kallou, was so much fun and took excellent care of us. None of us could choose a favorite part of the trip, between swimming under waterfalls, hiking through the jungle, cooking an amazing dinner, singing around the... More
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Frequently Asked Questions About ICI Global
What is ICI Global?
ICI Global is a trade organization focused on regulatory, market, and other issues for global investment funds and their managers and investors.ICI Global members include regulated funds publicly offered to investors in jurisdictions worldwide, making it the first industry body exclusively advancing the perspective of globally active funds. ICI Global was founded in fall 2011 and is based in London.
What is ICI Global's mission?
ICI Global seeks to advance the common interests and promote public understanding of global investment funds, their managers, and investors.
What is ICI Global's unique role?
International regulatory organizations increasingly influence global fund and capital markets policy, and fund activities are increasingly global in terms of investments, business strategies, and regulatory concerns. Yet no current fund association exclusively focuses on the perspective of globally active funds. Global investment funds need a strong and informed resource on issues that cross borders. ICI Global offers full, strong support via unbiased research, policy analysis, operations, issues development and public communications.
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ICI Global's senior-level team in London leverages and builds on ICI's broad policy and research expertise. As an engaged and respected participant in the global dialogue, ICI Global works on an array of issues with regulators including:
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Arts therapies is one of the areas in which we are publishing most actively, internationally. The books described below cover both theory and practice, and are intended for the professional therapist as well as students and researchers.
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Packed with creative activity ideas to use with children and teenagers aged 5 and above, this resource builds therapeutic skills such as self-esteem, positive thinking, conflict resolution and anger control. The fun activities use art, music, stories, and films and will provide all those working with children and teenagers with a wealth of ideas. more »
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12.Aug.10 Wirral Club makes athletics more accessible
The Wirral Athletics Sports Project is a newly formed Athletics club focusing on the Sportshall and QuadKids models of competition. The club has been set up in South Wirral and is for young people aged between from 8 and 14 years.
09.Aug.10 Network supports Summer Holiday Athletics
Manchester Harriers & A.C. Summer Holiday Athletics celebrated their seventh year of staging the AVIVA ACADEMY STARTRACK Sessions and they are getting more popular every year.
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My take on this is that a great percentage of solid state lighting will have some degree of
interoperabilty- How the're powered is a non issue( yes varying amounts of energy are used
whether using ZigBee/ WiFi/ even a remote control from your local hardware store) But...
The bigger part of the picture we have for generations wasted kWhrs by leaving lights on or
by over lighting, failing to harvest sunlight etc. Now we have a better way to do the task of lighting.
As sure as brick phones led to phones w/ cameras , then to smart phones - Lighting products(SSL) WILL
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The sensors from Johnson controls& Schneider draw very little we're talking milliamps,
I plugged in my WiFi airport in to a Wattsup energy meter, its using 3.7 watts.
That can be considered a range for 2 representative control systems that are
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This is one of the most informative blog I have read so far around low GPA MBA admissions. I have a low GPA of 2.8 in an engineering program in Canada and was advised by an MBA consultant to take a course in Accounting as an alternate transcript.
I personally don't think this would help my case in any way as my low GPA is due to very low scores only during the 2nd year of my university, as I was dealing with some personal issues that caused immense mental stress. My performance improved drastically in the 3rd year and finally I received a Dean's honors award for my academic performance in my 4th year of university (which is granted only to students with exceptional academic performance.)
I worked in the technology field and have also passed difficult certification exams such as the CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
Based on my story, I feel that the low grades in one particular academic year of my undergraduate degree should not dictate my overall academic performance. Also, I have "A" grades in all my calculus and Economics courses.
Besides the low GPA, I have a decent GMAT score (720), consulting experience from one of the biggest firms in Canada and an interesting story to pursue an MBA.
Do I still need an alternate transcript?
Hello, Shash,
How recently did you graduate? This can impact how your grades are perceived.
Of course, it depends on the specific program, but it is also generally the case that engineering programs often have more challenging grading systems than, say, humanities programs (where there can be a higher incidence of grade inflation, generally speaking). AdCom members can recognize this and evaluate your performance in the context of your particular school.
That all being said, you would be well advised to write an optional essay where you delve more into what caused the anomalous second year performance. Don't make excuses, but show AdCom (if true) that what happened in the past is not normal and would not occur again at Wharton. You are at least going to benefit from the fact that you continued to improve your performance in years 3 and 4. AdCom members do look carefully at transcripts - not just overall GPAs. It is also good that you have A's in calculus and economics (though the value of that information/those results will also depend on how rigorous and competitive the coursework was for those classes).
As for the CCNA, as someone who is well familiar with both CCNA and CCNP, I can tell you that those certifications are less likely to have value to a business school audience. Yes, many CCNPs (and CCNAs) tend to be able to demonstrate structured, logical thinking - and this could potentially be parlayed into some argument, but I wouldn't make a big deal out of this more technical certification.
Long story short, you may not need to pursue an "alternate transcript," but it will depend on: a) what other evidence you can offer of your current quantitative, verbal, and writing abilities; b) how you present that evidence and argument; c) your time and availability to take a course; d) the rigor of your past academic experience; and e) how recently you completed your undergraduate coursework.
Hi Victor,
First off, I would like to thank you for your response and opinion. It is very hard to find an unbiased opinion from MBA consultants who offer very generic responses to all their clients.
I graduated in May of 2009 with a degree in Electrical Engineering from one of the top 3 Engineering universities in Canada.
My University sessional grades were as follows
First Year - 2.7 / 4.0
Second year - 1.3/4.0 :(
Third Year - 3.1/4.0
Fourth Year - 3.8/4.0 (deans honors award)
Overall - 2.8
So as you can see, the dip in my second year caused the dip in my cumulative GPA. In order to demonstrate my math, writing and analytical skills I can cite examples from my consulting journey and ensure that these examples are spelled out by my mentors in the recommendation letters. Also, I am hoping that the GMAT is some proof of my academic skills.
I understand the concept of an alternative transcript, but what I am challenging here is that will just 1 Accounting or a Finance course from a community college prove my academic abilities? If getting an A in this one course will offset my dip that would probably be the best news ever, but I just don't see how this would work unless I take a bunch of courses form a very reputed university here in Canada.
How can 1 course prove your academic strengths over 4 years of an engineering degree?
It would be great to get your thoughts on that.
Thanks once again.
I assume you are thinking of applying for the Class of 2015 (entry in Fall 2013). You would therefore be 3+ years out of college by the time you apply. Your grades are arguably recent enough that they would still hold some weight in the evaluation process (as opposed to, say, someone with 10 years of post-graduate experience).
Note that the GPA is less important (even on a year-over-year basis) than the specific grades achieved in each class (hence the transcript requirement).
Objectively speaking, though the trend in your yearly GPA was generally positive, your academic accomplishment seem at first blush not to put you in the most competitive "tier." Luckily, the key in the admissions process is not to demonstrate that you are so much better than everyone else (however "better" is defined or measured), but that you are capable of tackling a rigorous, analytical MBA program at a world-class institution.
What I think your consultant was trying to suggest is that you consider taking a class to demonstrate your current academic aptitude, interest in business, and seriousness in the application process. Don't think about the idea of taking an accounting or finance class at a community college as an attempt to "offset" past suboptimal grades, but more as a credible, tangible demonstration of present aptitude. Naturally, the more rigorous the program in which you enroll, the more credible your argument for being ready, now, will become.
At this point in time, if you do not make the decision soon to enroll in a class - and intend on applying in R1 or maybe R2, you may be better off focusing more of your time on constructing good essays (including an optional essay) and crafting a strong message across your other application submissions and recommendations.
Whatever you decide, just remember that you cannot change your past. All you can do is demonstrate that your present and future are bright, and that weaknesses in your past can - and have been overcome - as evidenced by clear, tangible examples and clean communication.
Good luck,
Thanks for putting this into perspective Victor :)
You're welcome. Good luck!
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I have a question regarding my situation. I have a low undergrad GPA in a pretty tough major (bioengineering) and MS GPA 3.5 in the same field. I'd like your opinion on how the MS would help to mitigate the uGPA. Should this be something to address in the optional essay? As the user ID indicates, I'd love to study at Wharton.
Also, I've heard Wharton is better suited for those with finance backgrounds (I am in the healthcare sector, non-business function). How are these non-traditional applications treated? Are they scrutinized more than the average applicant? I'd like to work in consulting post-MBA. Long term, I think I would like to start a company or return to industry.
Hi Victor and FF,
I have the same problem. Have had 3.0 GPA in college, and now I am trying to build an alternative transcript to compensate it.
I am more concerned with which specific courses to take in order to build a successful alternative transcript. For example, should I retake those courses that I had the worst grades in college or should I retake only the quantitative courses with lower grades? Or should I froget about retaking and try to get new more advanced courses that I have never taken?
For example, I took two courses in Summer 1 - Financial Accounting I and Introduction to Sociology.
But with more scrutiny I start believing that I made a mistake by wasting my time with sociology because quantitative courses are much more important.
In Summer 2 - which starts tomorrow - I have to make my decision for another 2 courses that I need to take.
I can take Business Law I - which I passed with very bad grade in college. In addition to that I can take Calculus III which I have never taken before. I can also take Corporate Finance (I took Business Finance in college and got A. So, I dont know if there is need to take a similar course). But Calculus III and Corporate Finance are at the same day/time so I have to take only one of them.
So, my question 1: Should I take Business Law I, or should I not even waste my time and money for it?
Question 2: Should I take Calculus III or Corporate Finance?
P.S. I hear that the professor of Calculus III is a very tough grader so, I am afraid of the risk of getting something other than A in that class.
P.S. Also, I have taken Differential Equations and Linear Algebra in college, and had B- and C in them, so I feel like I need one Calculus class to compensate that.
I appreciate your help!
First, note that Wharton AdCom members will review your transcript to get a more detailed understanding of your performance during your undergraduate studies. If you feel there is a potential issue that may be worth explaining so that AdCom does not get the wrong impression, then feel free to write an optional essay (but first read http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/preparing-successful-application.cfm#essay). The risk, of course, is that you end up drawing attention to something that might not really be of major concern to AdCom. Only you know the specifics of your case, so I would not be able to adjudicate that; go with your gut instinct.
Note that, if you choose to write an optional essay, you would be well advised to use tangible, concrete examples showing - not just telling - why you are now ready for Wharton's curriculum. Higher performance in a masters degree program (depending on the complexity, competitiveness, and rigor of said program) can help to demonstrate improved aptitude. Keep in mind, though, that you will have to make the links explicit as to how your bioengineering degree lessons and studies will prepare you for a business curriculum.
As for "better suited for finance," that depends on whom you ask at Wharton. Yes, Wharton is a more quanitatively heavy program than some others; it is a school that has a particularly notable Finance department. These and other factors attract both those from finance and those wishing to go into finance post-MBA. Yet, there are many other folks from non-finance backgrounds who do quite well at Wharton. Calling them "non-traditional" would be quite a stretch. To get a sense of the background of Wharton students, take a look at http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/student-life/class-profile.cfm.
To answer your question more directly, though, your biggest challenges will be a) making clear how you are ready for business school coursework; and b) having a clear story for why you are pursuing an MBA (it is unclear to me if you have any post-grad full time experience that is not in scientific research).
As long as you can demonstrate academic readiness, your background can be seen as either a differentiating asset or a weakness depending on how YOU present it in the context of your application.
Finally, when you say you would like to do consulting post-MBA, make sure you have a clearer sense of WHAT kind of consulting you wish to pursue. Consulting is a very broad term with several different facets. It's almost like an athlete saying, "I know I want to play sports for a career in the future." OK...but which sports? Why? How will you get there, etc.
Hi, Josh,
Which courses would give you the most value, leaving aside the application considerations? If you were not accepted to Wharton, would you still be happy with your course choice(s)? If the answer to the latter is no, you've picked the wrong course(s).
Generally speaking, the key is to show quantitative, verbal, and analytical aptitude. If there are some areas in which you are weaker, you could either retake those classes or pursue more advanced subjects - so long as you do reasonably well in them. Either way could work.
Now, I wouldn't necessarily say you wasted your time with sociology. But, all else being equal, a financial accounting class is probably more related to MBA coursework than is a sociology class; in that respect, you were probably indeed better off with the accounting class. I personally wouldn't consider financial accounting particularly quantitative, though; it's more of a "language" class geared towards teaching you to speak the language of business.
If you have already taken a college-level calculus class and done well, then I wouldn't bother taking more advanced calculus classes or a DiffEq/LinAlgebra class (as far as the Wharton MBA is concerned). For the majority of classes, advanced math post introductory calculus is unnecessary (though it can open up some doors to neat electives). As for Corporate Finance (or any other course), consider the balance between demonstrating academic readiness to Wharton AdCom and taking so many business courses that AdCom begins to wonder why you are even pursuing an MBA.
Finally, on a personal level, I hate hearing that someone avoids a class just because someone is a tough grader. In my opinion, if one is confident in one's abilities, then one should embrace those classes, as they will give you even more of an opportunity to stand out from the rest. Just work harder so that the professor has no choice but to recognize your accomplishments and mastery of the material. Of course, if you are really worried that you cannot master the material, then that is a whole different story.
I have replied to you, and the system is not letting it go through. It says the moderator needs to approve it. It didnt happen in my first post, so I am guessing may be this time my post was longer. Just writing this one to see if the shorter post will go through.
Seems like the length was the problem. So I am going to split the message into two posts:
Part 1 of 2
Thank you so much for prompt response and detailed analysis!
After being away from school life for 4 years I am kind of thirsty for knowledge, and I thoroughly enjoy anything that I am into. For example, I would probably wouldnt enjoy such a course like sociology when I was in college, but now it was so much fun to take that course, and I was probably the most active student in the class despite my older age compared to the rest of class (average 20).
So, I would say I can really take any class and I will enjoy it. That is may be one of the reasons that makes me feel that it is time to go back to school and do an MBA.
Regarding my weaker points, the irony is that, I am much more confident in quantitative skills and less confident in English (mainly because it is not my native language) and other verbal skills. However, this cinfidence in quantitative skills pushed me to take Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Advanced levels of Statistics courses when I was in college. So, as a Business Administration student while my classmates would pick "easy A" courses as electives, I would use my elective courses toward hardcore quantitative courses with Engineering students. So, I had some Cs in those courses. Now, if you look at my transcript it may seem like I am good at English because I had A in crytical reading but C in Differential Equations. But if you ask me, it is the vice versa. However, the adcom looks at the transcript. So, I am afraid that my transcript misrepresents my skills. Therefore I dont know what to do to compensate it.
The second part is not getting through. I dont know what the problem is.
Keep in mind that AdCom does look at the details of the transcripts. Therefore, AdCom can appreciate what it means when a candidate has an A in Calculus I and a C in DiffEq. AdCom also has familiarity with many schools and the difficulty levels of various courses at those schools.
In your case, the key will be to demonstrate - with good, tangible examples - that you have the quantitative skills you say you have (remember, "talk is cheap," as the saying goes).
Two things in your statement above also make me a bit wary - and I would think carefully about how you express them - if at all - in your application. First, you seem to imply that taking "hardcore quantitative courses with Engineering students" provides an excuse for your performance. Yes, the class may have been graded on a curve, but keep in mind that those same engineering students may also be your competition these days in applying to Wharton. The good thing, though, is that Wharton is looking more for demonstrated ability than whether or not you were sensational at math. It is more the attitude that can be inferred from your statement that can be dangerous (no offense intended).
Second, there is the danger of being perceived as having been unaware of your own limitations and abilities at the time you took on your classes (i.e. - questionable decision making). The flip side is that it is admirable that you pursued more challenging courses - hopefully in the pursuit of more intellectual development.
I think you would be well off writing an optional essay to provide the proper frame for AdCom, in addition to developing an additional strong transcript evidencing solid quantitative capability.
Good luck!
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WATERFORD, Ohio — When the Eastern Eagles needed the big plays, all they had to do was turn to the ground game and there they were.
Eastern racked up 392 yards rushing on 44 carries and scored five touchdowns on the ground as the Eagles soared past Waterford 39-6 at Waterford Elementary School Friday night.
The Eagles' 392 yards rushing was 313 more than Waterford managed as a team, and both running back Ethan Nottingham and quarterback Joey Scowden rushed for more yards individually than the Wildcats' combined.
"We played well, but we've got to get better. We had over 100 yards in penalties," said Eastern football coach David Tennant.
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Down 13-0, Waterford strung together a long drive, as the Wildcats took more than eight minutes off the clock. But with the ball situated at the Eastern 14, a pair of penalties and a sack of sophomore quarterback Joe Pugh doomed the drive.
"Our kids played hard. We had a lot of good plays, and then we'd have an offsides or we'd have a hold," Tucker lamented.
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"That was a great play on their part. You can't take it away from them," Tennant said.
Leading by just a single score, the Eagles took advantage of Waterford's miscues to transform the game.
Eastern took possession at their own 49 after the kickoff return, and moved down to the 20 before a pair of sacks and an incomplete pass set up a fourth-and-30.
Scowden then completed a pass to Nottingham for 20 yards, and the Eagles benefited from a personal foul penalty against Waterford to take a first down at the 10. Scowden then scampered into the end zone on the next play to set the halftime score, 19-6 in favor of Eastern.
After a first half that was very competitive, Eastern turned up the heat in the second half, allowing Waterford to run just 14 plays from scrimmage in the second half, excluding punts.
Gaining 110 yards in the first half, the Wildcats managed just three yards of offense in the final two quarters of play.
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Derivation: morphological structure pl-ohk-eloye-
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3sg plohkeli' s/he is fat, s/he is stout, s/he is overweight JE51 JE67
collective plohkeloy'm R239
Sentence examples (5)
Nu negii'nes... plohkeli' ni ha'aag.
Go find some big rocks.| Download — Georgiana Trull, Sentences (LC-01-2) (LC-01-2, 2007)
Ku cheykeni huuk plohkeli'.
The baby is fat.| Download — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 15: "Who Are Your Relations?" (GT3-15, 2003)
Numi plohkeli' ku ha'aag.
The rock is very big.| Download | Password required — Aileen Figueroa, Elicited Sentences with Bipersonal Verbs and Descriptive Verbs (JB-02-08b, 2001)
Ki ni plohkeli', ku numi ploh kem ko 'o regop'.
It's going to be big, the very biggest one was filled.| Download | Password required — Florence Shaughnessy, Sentences (LA138-033) (LA138-033, 1980)
Wek k'i 'o'lehl yok 'ini plohkeli'.
This house is bigger than that.— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)


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Wonder what he was after on this Rose of Sharon branch? "Those that throw mud, lose ground!" :>) | |||
More puff balls this year! Geez what's in my soil? "Those that throw mud, lose ground!" :>) | ||||
Love your close-up pics!!! I am amused that you take your camera everywhere you go!! In the car, in the nursery, etc. LOL!!! Great random pics! OMG, even that fungi is interesting! SPRING HAS F I N A L L Y SPRUNG!!!!! | ||||
Eat those puffballs. Delicious. Butterfly checking for yummies? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've decided to quit my job, drop out of society, and wear live animals as hats." | ||||
Muddy, you even grow great puff balls! "The soil is the source of life, creativity, culture and real independence." David Ben-Gurion | ||||
You amaze me too. I never think to take pics of fungi!!! I've got quite a bit growing!! Thanks for the great pics as always. | ||||
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Oct 21, 2012 5:26 PM
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I'm trying to get to wave 30 on Hardhat in survival mode. I am only at wave 24 so far. Any good survival mode players would be a big help. I keep getting matched up with beginners or real little kids. Who don't really want to play more than 5 or 10 waves. I'll be playing Saturday afternoon on the 27th all day. Any adult players would be nice for a change lol. Thanks.
I still would like to get to wave 30 or better on Hardhat. So if you see me in any public matches on the Xbox360 and feel like helping. I'd be grateful, thanks.
I am going to try to be on survival mode again tomorrow. If anyone wants to help me get to wave 30. I'll be in public matches cause that's all I can get on my Xbox360. So if you come across me and want to help that would be cool.
I still haven't got to wave 30 on Hardhat. So I just wanted to say one more time. If any good survival players are going to be on at the end of the week. I would be grateful for some help. Especially any adult players. It's hard for me to get to higher wave like 30 when my teammates keep quiting before I even get past wave 15.
Im a pretty good survival player and believe best playing with a partner and actually work as a team, i havent gotten to 30 on hardhat, 28 on arkaden i think was my best but add me on xebullientprism and ill see what i can work out for you
I've gotten to wave 50+ on every single of the original 16 maps, add me
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Viviane Reding
Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media
Privacy: the challenges ahead for the European Union
Keynote Speech at the Data Protection Day
28 January 2010, European Parliament, Brussels
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am pleased to be with you today to celebrate the Data Protection Day. The growing number of events organised each year all over Europe to raise awareness and inform citizens of their privacy rights clearly demonstrates the usefulness of this Day. I am particularly glad to see here, in the European Parliament, so many young participants at the "Think Privacy" event. It is evidence of the growing understanding by the young generation of the importance of keeping control over their data.
Whether we want it or not, almost every day we share personal data about ourselves. These data are collected, processed and then stored out of our sight. By booking a flight ticket, transferring money, applying for a job or just using the Internet we are exposing our private lives to others. Sometimes it is necessary. For example we declare our income to allow the State to collect taxes. Sometimes we give our personal data because we simply chose to do so. For example we give our address to a seller to receive new offers and discounts. But sometimes we do not want to show our data. Still, data are being collected without our consent and often without our knowledge. This is where European law comes in.
It is my firm belief that we cannot expect citizens to trust Europe if we are not serious in defending the right to privacy . We need to ensure that personal data are protected against any unauthorised use and that citizens have the right to decide on the way their data are processed. Privacy and the protection of personal data have always been high on my list of priorities as the Commissioner for the Information Society.
Let me give you some examples:
The first is our work with social networking sites. Facebook, MySpace or Twitter have become extremely popular, particularly among young people. However children are not always able to assess all risks associated with exposing personal data. This led me to agree with key providers of social networking services on the "Safer Social Networking Principles for the EU". The providers agreed to ensure that profiles of users under the age of 18 should be private by default and not searchable. On 9 February, on the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2010, we will report on how these principles are being implemented in practice.
The second example is RFID , small chips that exchange information over radio waves. These chips may include sensitive personal data. I share the strong concerns received from citizens about the possible threat of wider use of RFID to their privacy. Therefore, the Commission took the initiative last year to adopt a Recommendation defining how data protection should be guaranteed for RFID applications. As a result the RFID industry committed itself to deliver a Privacy Impact Assessment on the use of these chips.
My third example is behavioural advertising . Monitoring internet users' web browsing to better target them with advertisements gives rise to privacy concerns. Users are not always aware that they are being tracked whenever browsing the Internet. We have launched an infringement procedure in the so-called Phorm case, alerted by worried citizens of the UK. For me it is clear that without the prior informed consent of citizens their data cannot be used .
Better protection of privacy was also one of the priorities of the Telecoms Reform, my fourth example. The amendments the Commission proposed to the ePrivacy Directive provide more transparency and give stronger control to citizens. The European Parliament and the Council supported and adopted these changes. Providers will now have to notify breaches of personal data without delay to both the competent authorities and the individuals concerned. Moreover in the coming months I intend to address in the context of the reform of the EU's General Data Protection Directive the issue of broader application of notification requirements so that they apply also beyond electronic communication networks.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As the EU's Information Society Commissioner, I have had many opportunities to see the impressive power of innovation of information society and the creation of exciting and promising new products and services. Unfortunately, privacy and the protection of personal data were not always a key ingredient at the early development stage of these products and services.
Here we need a change of approach: Businesses must use their power of innovation to improve the protection of privacy and personal data from the very beginning of the development cycle. Privacy by Design is a principle that is in the interest of both citizens and businesses. Privacy by Design will lead to better protection for individuals, as well as to trust and confidence in new services and products that will in turn have a positive impact on the economy. I have seen some encouraging examples, but much more needs to be done.
Now let me turn to the wider picture. Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrine the fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data of every individual in a legally binding nature. We have also a solid set of principles established by our General Data Protection Directive of 1995. However, we can not rest on our laurels! The world has changed and keeps changing since 1995. The EU has to lead the world when it comes to protecting personal data. As such the EU will have to provide a robust legal instrument to respond to the challenges posed by the rapid development of new technologies and by evolving security threats. The demand for personal data continues to grow massively, and so should our determination to reinforce the rights of individuals over the use of their personal data.
The European Commission is currently analysing the over 160 responses to the public consultation on the reform of the General Data Protection Directive. I can tell you that most responses call for stronger and more consistent data protection legislation across the Union. We will carefully assess all responses and prepare a future proposal in line with the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. There are important challenges ahead:
We need to clarify the application of some key rules and principles (such as consent and transparency) in practice;
We need to ensure that personal data are protected regardless of the location of the data controller.
We need to promote Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), by introducing new evolving principles (such as 'privacy by design').
We need to strengthen enforcement and
We need to incorporate the fundamental principles of data protection to cover all areas of EU competence, including police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the EU's external relations.
In our external relations we should firmly promote fundamental rights including the right to privacy and protection of personal data. The right to data protection should also be respected when performing simple operations like transferring money, booking a flight ticket or passing a security check at the airport .
Why should citizens have to reveal their personal information in order to prove that they have nothing to hide?
This leads me to body scanners.
I am convinced that body scanners have a considerable privacy-invasive potential. Their usefulness is still to be proven. Their impact on health has not yet been fully assessed. Therefore I cannot imagine this privacy-intrusive technique being imposed on us without full consideration of its impact.
The same applies to large volumes of our financial data transferred to the U.S. I remain to be convinced that all these SWIFT transfers are necessary, proportionate and effective to fight terrorism. I will be looking into this very closely in the coming weeks.
I want to make sure that our EU legislation and international agreements are based on evidence rather than on emotional responses to the latest scare.
Thank you for your attention!


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By spinnaholic
from Atlanta,ga
About Me Gym Rat
Comments about ProForm Pro-Form 320 SPX Indoor Cycle:
I purchased this bike for convenience of working out in my own home. So far I've used this bike 3 times..after changing replacement parts that was sent to me. Still can't adjust bike for proper form. While riding sounds like chain is rubbing as well as brake pads!!! I am too short for this bike I'm 4'11":( I hate can't get my money back!!!!
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Bike is not good for short people !!
By Toofast2ride
from Tampa
Bike didn't work for me I'm 5'' tall, seat too high, had to return..if your'e short stay away from this bike!
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Very Disappointed
By Maureen
from Chicago, IL
About Me Casual/ Recreational
To start- putting this together was a joke. The seat posts and handlebar posts wouldn't fit- I had to pound them in and now I can't adjust either one. There is not enough range of resistance- it's either easy..or brake rubbing. The high resistance is literally the brake rubbing the front wheel. It is noisy. The seat is beyond hard and uncomfortable. Very disappointed in this purchase.
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Faulty parts did not fit..had to return
By Just Do it
from Denver,Colorado
Handle bars and seat did not fit. Had to return,,very aggravating
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By Runner/rider
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Main seat tube was not lined up correct prior to welding. You can compensate with the seat but the seat support rubs legs as you peddle. Also bike seats are not generally comfortable but it appears that Proform wants to put an !!! on this widely known fact. Finally that faster you peddle the loader the squeal. This was also in the floor model but I believed the store associate that said it was due to the excessive usage in the store. If the weld was good and you change the seat this can work so I will give an extra star for potential.


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"Fun steampunkish story, well read"
A clockwork repair guy trying to live a quiet, below-the-radar life in an alternate-present London gets embroiled in a quest to save the world from a doomsday device that works by causing people to experience existential despair.
This is a swashbuckling, steampunkish story, with a lot (but not too much) complexity and Daniel Weyman performs it very well. It's a little like a Neal Stephenson novel, but not nearly so thoughtful. That's why I've given the story three stars. It seemed like too intelligent of a construction to end by romanticizing gangsters and a climax that's an explosion of gleeful violence. Harkaway tries to fudge the issue by making the villain ridiculously evil and his minions a sort of automaton, but you can't have your cake and eat it, too. Either you're smarter than the average action movie, or you're not, and ultimately, Angelmaker isn't. Still, I enjoyed it.
"Fun adventure story, but the narrator is too hammy"
I have a feeling I'd take this novel more seriously if it were read by someone who didn't feel compelled to overact. Phil Gigante seems popular, but I found him often nearly painful to listen to. His conceptions of the characters are cartoonish -- each one has only one mood as far as he's concerned. Since the Bedouin girl is initially angry and snappish, she always sounds angry and snappish, even when she's supposed to be talking about tender feelings. I might try another Saladin Ahmed novel in the future. I like the Middle Eastern context, and I have hopes he'll get past the modified superhero storyline, but I'll stay away from Gigante narrations from now on.
All Jeeves stories are pretty much the same, so I won't go into any detail about the various scrapes Bertie gets into. Suffice to say that Jonathan Cecil is my preferred delivery mechanism for this inimitably funny material.
"Lifetime Channel meets Dawson's Creek"
The various narrators do the best they can with this material, but they don't have much that's good to work with. The central situation -- the dilemma of a child who was conceived to be a tissue donor for her cancer-stricken sister -- is interesting, if potentially sensational. Unfortunately, it's very contrived, particularly the ridiculous ending.
Every character is constantly dispensing little metaphorical homilies and maxims where they compare various emotional situations to the stars, fire, hockey, law, etc. I think they're meant to be underlined by the kind of readers who go, "Oh, what a wise and funny life lesson!" It is incredibly irritating and pat to anyone else. Everyone talks in more or less the same way, with tepid wisecracks that are meant to make them endearing and then super-articulate expressions of their feelings that most real human beings could never produce. Everything they say is on-the-nose, like dialogue from a TV movie. The set-ups are oppressively obvious: The father is a fireman, so of course the acting-out teenage son is a pyromaniac! Duh.
This is the first, and I expect the last, Jodi Picoult novel I'll ever try.
"Beware, not a professional narrator"
I think this is one of the Librivox recordings made by volunteers and available for free elsewhere on the web. Don't buy it. The narrator, while no doubt well-meaning, isn't able to read the 19C text in a way that matches the actual sense. You'll find it much more difficult to follow than it should be. This sort of amateur production should not be sold, for however little, on Audible.
"Reliably entertaining"
At this point, I'm as happy to read about Sookie making a casserole for her friend with a new baby as anything else. It's a lot like visiting an old friend. Some long-running story lines get wrapped up in fairly satisfying ways and there's the usual humor, which is so well handled by Johanna Parker. The Sookie-Eric relationship never seemed that tenable to me, so I'm happy to see that Harris is handling their problems realistically. And I like that Sookie is becoming more than "just a waitress" because she could use some more financial and career security.
While I can understand why some long-time listeners are bothered that there isn't more drama or action, I actually think this book is far more fulfilling on that level than the one before. It's not very steamy, though, if that's an issue for you. To me, this is the ultimate comfort listen, and with the exception of the opening scene in a ladies-night strip club (tacky), I found it really pleasing no matter what was going on.
"A magnificent novel, beautifully read"
The story is told by Lyman Ward, a grumpy historian pushing 60 who has been disabled by a serious joint problem during the 1970s. To occupy his hours, he is researching the story of his grandparents' marriage, mostly from the perspective of his grandmother, Susan, a "lady" from good Massachusetts stock, shoulder-rubber with writers and artists like Louisa May Alcott and Emerson. Her husband, Oliver Ward, is a mining engineer, and his (very rocky) career takes them all over the West in mid-1800s. This is alternately exhilarating and devastating for her, as their fortunes and hopes go up and down and she feels she's in "exile" from almost anyone who could understand her.
Meanwhile, Lyman hires the caretaker's daughter, a free-spirited counterculture type, and they talk about the differences between the new ways of seeing life and love and his grandmother's. (He mostly gets the best of these discussions.)
The novel won a bunch of prizes when it came out years ago -- well deserved. It's one of the greatest American novel's I've ever read. There were times when, listening to it on my headset, I just had to stop whatever I was doing and just allow the story to happen because I could not do or think of anything else.
Some other notes: This also has to be one of the best novels written by a man from a (mostly) woman's perspective that I've ever read as well, and the narrator, Mark Bramhall, handles this SO well. He has to go from taciturn Western men, to cranky gruff Lyman, to genteel Susan and not make any of them sound like caricatures: Bravo!
Also, finally, what a moving, sad, joyful, compassionate, wise depiction this is of a long marriage, one of the most commonplace and yet mysterious of human experiences.
Just cannot recommend this more highly.
"Love Cass Neary!"
What the many Stieg Larsson imitators don't understand is that it's all about Salander, and while Hand's Cass Neary is older and less moral, she's cut from similar cloth. Her tattoo, Too Tough To Die, says it all. She's unabashedly selfish, and while you might think this would make her unsympathetic, for some reason it's a ton of fun. I love that whenever someone leaves her alone for a minute, she goes to look in their medicine cabinet. It doesn't even occur to her to be ashamed of it!
In this book, the second, after Generation Loss, Cass goes to Iceland and gets mixed up with creepy photograph collectors and Scandinavian black metal bands. She solves a couple of murders somehow (well, with the help of some chemical friends!). This is such a wonderfully written depiction of 1) the Icelandic setting and 2) the magical quality that makes a photograph great rather than just good. Spotting the latter is what Cass is so good at -- she has an eye. I guess it makes her a good detective, too. That and the fact that she's a magnet for trouble.
The narrator of this novel does it just right. Cass is a wisecracker, like Philip Marlowe, but to pull it off you can't try to sound too tough or smart alecky. So if you'd like to read about another Salander-like heroine, only with a mouth on her, look no further
"Delightful story, beautifully read"
This is a YA adventure story set in the 1950s featuring an American girl (14, I believe), whose screenwriter parents have to leave the US due to the blacklist and relocate to London. She has the usual adjustment troubles, until she gets involved with a group of underground apothecaries who can make potions with magical powers and who are trying to rein in the nuclear arms race. There are chases, a lot of colorful characters, a small dash of romance and wistful ending. I think there will be a sequel, to which I look forward eagerly.
Meloy is a renowned author of adult fiction, and one plus of THE APOTHECARY is that it is exceptionally well-written for a children's book.
"Amazing true story"
Late in WWII, a small plane of US troops went down in a remote part of what was then Dutch New Guinea. Only three survived the crash, including a beautiful, feisty WAC. The area was populated by Stone Age tribes who had had no contact with outsiders. They thought the Americans were spirits. Because the region was impossible to land in for any of the aircraft of the time, paratroopers were dropped in to help the survivors get out -- a group of Filipino-American soldiers who, as was often the case in those days, never got the credit they deserved.
This is a great story, and very well-researched. The author even managed to find some of the original tribesmen who'd met the Americans and got their side of the story. (There were some comical cultural misunderstandings.) The author narrates the book, which made me hesitant, but he does a fine job. Maybe a professional actor could have done a little bit better, but a lot of times they're worse because they don't really understand the material. This is one case of author narration that works very well.


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Son Raises Money for Father with Pancreatic Cancer
By: Kristin Anderson
Updated: December 24, 2012
"He was complaining about having chest pains, he couldn't hold nothing down but broth. He ended up going to the ER and they couldn't figure out what was wrong with him," said Cole Van Zandt.
It was stage four pancreatic cancer.
When Cole Van Zandt heard of his father's diagnosis, he felt the need to do something. And with an idea that came from his girlfriend, Cole has organized a fundraising event called "Fight the Fight."
"We know that we don't have enough money to keep things going," said Cole." He's got a lot of the animals he needs to feed, bills that he needs to pay and he's also got a lot of prescriptions that he needs to get filled. I just, I feel helpless and this is about the only thing I can do to support my dad and let him know that I'm here for him."
Leslie started his chemotherapy just three days before Christmas. And coming together for Leslie this holiday season has been hard on the entire family.
"It's not an easy deal. It's hard to look at dad in his condition because he's been so strong and he's been, he's what's kept me going and gave me the personality and the heart and helped me become the man that I am today," Cole explained.
But Cole says he wants this difficult time to bring the family closer together.
"It's hard you know, when someone you care about is going through this," he said. "It's hard to realize that this is what it takes to make you realize that every second that you've got is precious and you need to take advantage of it."
And hoping that this fundraiser will be just one more way to help his dad get better.
The fundraising event, "Fight the Fight," will be Saturday, December 29 at 6pm at the Wylie Christian Church.


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The only thing still missing for me to write a one post Cave Man Synopsis is to get in plain text, at what point and where ImDisk and FiraDisk are installed, since they should be installed before they can work IMHO. Is that so hard to explain?
It may be that these drivers are integrated into the ISO during boot process - anything is fine for me, if explained in 1-2 plain sentences. Once we accomplish that part, I promise to copy the whole thread with a pencil.
This post has been edited by zamarac: 25 January 2011 - 05:50 PM