text:
Back to Previous Page | Curriculum Home
VEV501: Navy JROTC III (2011-2012)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Navy JROTC III
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
SUGGESTED PREPARATION: Navy JROTC II
Major Concepts/Content: The Navy JROTC III (Naval Science 3) course is designed to provide definition of management; the elements of the leadership process; practical exercise in the development of leadership skill; the role of cadets as leaders; the value of physical exercise and conditioning, and to learn about the basic elements and requirements for national security and their personal obligations as American citizens to contribute toward national security.
Major Instructional Activities: Instructional activities will include the following:
- instruction in patriotism
- development of informed and responsible citizens
- promoting habits of orderliness and precision, and to develop respect for constituted authority
- development of personal honor, self-reliance, individual discipline, and leadership
- promoting and understanding of the basic elements and requirements for national security
- development of respect and understanding for a constituted authority in a democratic society
- development of an interest in the military service as a possible career
- orientation visits to military installations, ships, bases, and historical sites will be conducted
Major Evaluative Techniques: Cadets will take a formal test on each academic unit. Written and/or oral reports will be evaluated for content and form. In the leadership portion of the course, cadets will be evaluated on the performance of assigned duties, personal uniform inspections, marching ability, proper performance of military drill and ceremonies, and naval U.S. customs and courtesies.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the Navy JROTC III course, cadets should be expected to:
- demonstrate an understanding of naval leadership and discipline.
- demonstrate an understanding of the rewarding way of Navy life.
- demonstrate an understanding of the U.S. Navy's role in upholding the democracy principles America was founded on.
- demonstrate an understanding of United States naval history as related to World War II.
- demonstrate an understanding of the Russian people and their history.
- demonstrate an understanding of sea power and why it is important to the United States.
- demonstrate a working knowledge of meteorology and how it effects us.
- demonstrate a working knowledge of astronomy and how it effects us.
- demonstrate seamanship skills and the basic concepts of maneuvering a small boat under classroom conditions.


text:
Windows HPC #23 on the June 2008 Top 500 Supercomputer List
- Posted: Aug 04, 2008 at 3:43PM
- 1,392 views
Right click "Save as…"
Join members of the Windows HPC Performance Team for a discussion of the recent attainment of number 23 on the Top 500
supercomputer list. Also preview a new utility to be released with Windows HPC Server 2008 that enables automatic Linpack benchmark cluster performance profiling.
Windows HPC Server 2008 is available as a Release Candidate as of July, 2008. Obtain the beta bits at http://connect.microsoft.com/. Please provide feedback using the feedback tool on the Connect web site.
For additional information, see http://windowshpc.net/ and http://edge.technet.com/Tags/HPC/.
Oops, something didn't work.
Comments have been closed since this content was published more than 30 days ago, but if you'd like to continue the conversation, please create a new thread in our Forums, or Contact Us and let us know.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Have you ever missed out on a Woot deal you really wanted?
So I was really hoping to pick up the Prospera PL009 Electronic Pulse Massager on the Woot! main page and the Prospera PL009-P Pulse Massager Replacement Pads - Pack of 8 on the Moofi page to try and help with neck and shoulder pain that I have been dealing with for the better part of six years now and tried nearly everything else to ease the pain. I managed to get the Pulse Massager but missed out on the replacement pads. Didn't think they would sell so quickly! Hopefully the four that come with the Pulse Massager will last a while. Anyways, has anyone else ever miss out on a Woot! deal they really wanted? If so what was it and why did you want it?
12 Answers answer
Yes a B.O.C !
Yes, there have been several off items, especially electronics like laptops, and MP3 players.
A long time ago...
Yes. I missed a shirt from the Halloween sale a couple weeks ago. Was limited on funds and when I got paid the sale was over.
Don't worry about missing out on the pads. I didn't up-vote that deal because they were actually kind of expensive. I use a TENS unit and you can get replacement pads all over the internet so the competition is keeping the prices low.
Here's a quick google shopping search so you can see for yourself what others are selling them for:
Edit: Okay, well, you might have to copy and paste or do your own search. The link doesn't seem to work probably because it's too long
I assume you mean aside from monkeys and bags of crap. All of the time. I can't even remember all of the things that I either told myself I'd come back for later or that I missed out on because they sold out too fast or that were for sale when I didn't have internet to check on Woot that day.
And I bought a bunch of replacement pads for the TENs on Amazon. I've never had to use them, yet, so I can't speak to their quality but they were very affordable.
There was a power washer that I really wanted. Called my husband to discuss the purchase and by the time I was back at my desk it was sold out. Luckily it went back on sale a few weeks later and I jumped on it then.
I've completely missed out on a few shirts through forgetting about them, but that hasn't happened for a long time.
There were some lock and lock bowls I was talking to @agingdragqueen about and then I got back to my desk and they were sold out.
Fortunately not long after they came around again on Sellout and I was happy. (They are good bowls.)
I missed out on the Dyson Vacuum. That's too bad because I know that will never come back on Woot.
@cengland0: I see what you did there. :)
I had 2. First was the "Donut Panic" shirt, regretted not pulling the trigger for about a year or so and finally I got my redemption last year on National Donut Day (last printing on AA Blanks too so thankfully I grabbed it)
Second was the 2 jars of caramel cream with one jar of fudge on wine.woot. came on a few woot offs but was during the day while I was at work, I did my best but never to be seen again.
"Have you ever missed out on a Woot deal you really wanted?"
Um....yeah. A Nabi2 tablet Cyber-Monday offer.
Check out the disaster at the thread on kids.woot today: http://kids.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=5254151&pageindex=1&replycount=158


text:
Cystic fibrosis
- Mucoviscidosis
Your Questions Answered
8 question(s) from the public on this disease have been answered. Submit a new question.
I have Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS) and my boyfriend has cystic fibrosis. I recently found out that both are caused by mutations of chromosome 7. Does that mean that I could be a carrier of cystic fibrosis (CF)? Click here for answer
My child is 11 years-old and has many of the symptoms of cystic fibrosis. She'll be undergoing testing next week. How common is it to be diagnosed with cystic fibrosis this late in life? Click here for answer
Are carriers of cystic fibrosis at a higher risk for other health conditions? Click here for answer
We have been told that my newborn grandson has been classified as a carrier for cystic fibrosis. I know that if both parents have the defective gene, the child has a 25 percent chance of actually getting CF, and a 50 percent chance of being a carrier. My question is, can the child be a carrier if only one parent has the defective gene?
Thank you. Click here for answer
What are the current genetic tests for cystic fibrosis? How much do they cost? Click here for answer
Is there new information on genes that cause cystic fibrosis? If cystic fibrosis testing was done by amniocentesis 6 years ago, have there been any new findings since then? Click here for answer
Where can I get information on cystic fibrosis carrier screening and the official recommendations for pregnant women? Click here for answer
Could you please send any and all information on Cystic Fibrosis. One of the staff members has a child with CF and stated the child is not suppose to be in the same classroom with another child with CF. I would like to know why that is? I assume it is related to the altered immunity state. How does this work? What do they do to address this problem? Click here for answer
- Mucoviscidosis


text:
I've been through all questions with the 'Shutdown' tag on this site - but this is different.
I choose "Shutdown..." from the session menu. I then click "Shutdown" on the dialog that appears.
Sometimes this does give me a shutdown and sometimes nothing happens and I am left with my desktop - which still works fine (that is, I can continue working on my computer if I want). Typing "sudo halt" from a terminal always works.
I'd like to have shutdown work every time. Can anyone help?


text:
PTK 787/ZK 222584: Clinical results with a novel angiogenesis inhibitor in colorectal cancer
Ryan Smith, MD
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: November 12, 2003
Faculty Disclosure: Peter J. O'Dwyer, M.D.
This presentation by Dr. O'Dwyer contains a discussion on the use of PTK 787/ZK 222584 for the treatment of colorectal cancer which has not been approved by the FDA.
Presenter: Peter J. O'Dwyer, M.D.
Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania
PTK 787 is a selective inhibitor of all three types of the VEGF receptors. It has been shown to reduce the number of tumor microvessels with resultant dilation of the remaining vessels. It has also been shown to inhibit VEGF receptors and has been effective in animal tumor models. In addition, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) and PET imaging have shown a reduction in blood flow to tumors after the administration of PTK 787.
PTK 787 has been tested in a phase I study in 35 patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal (CR) cancer. Escalating doses of PTK 787 were combined with FOLFOX4 chemotherapy. In the 28 patients available for response, there was a response rate of 54% and an additional 29% with stable disease. Median time to progression was an impressive 11 months with a median overall survival of 16 months. More importantly in the phase I setting, toxicity profiles were very similar to treatment with FOLFOX4 alone.
This has led to the planning of two phase III studies using PTK 787 at a dose of 1250 mg per day. One is for patients with previously untreated metastatic CR cancer, randomizing between FOLFOX4 + PTK 787 vs. FOLFOX4 alone. The other study has the same design, for patients who have failed 5FU based chemotherapy.
In summary, PTK 787/ZK 222584 is a novel angiogenesis inhibitor, blocking all three VEGF receptors. Its once per day oral dosing is convenient with demonstrated inhibition of angiogenesis as measured by many means, including DCE-MRI and PET imaging. It is well-tolerated with phase I data showing response rates and low toxicity. As the side effects were similar to FOLFOX4 alone with a long time to progression, the phase III study should be supported in hopes of increasing the efficacy of the treatment of metastatic CR cancer.


text:
- Gift Cards
- Gift Ideas & Promotions
- The Day Spa @ Home
- Face
- Body
- Beauty Essentials
- FAQs
Our Price:£24.95
Quantity: 55ml
Infused with nature's most potent power players this dramatically effective gel helps bestow clear, healthy skin as nature intended. Antibacterial Tea Tree oil and antiseptic Thyme are renowned to help clear minor skin irritations and blemishes. Hydrating Evening Primrose helps calm inflammation and redness to promote soft, clear, healthy looking skin. An effective antiseptic treatment when needed i.e; Spots, cuts, bites, stings, shaving rash, sunburn, after waxing, ingrown hairs.
Key results:
Thank you for getting in touch with us. A member of our team will respond to you as soon as we can.


text:
5 Laws That Made Sense on Paper (And Disasters in Reality)
The most difficult thing about running a country is that it's full of people. The entire history of government involves somebody coming up with a plan that sounds great on paper, only to be hilariously thwarted by human nature within minutes of it passing (see: Prohibition). The world is full of these stories, and they prove time and again that it's really hard to get human beings to do something they just don't want to do. That's why ...
#5. Gun Buyback Programs Result in More Guns
Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images
Gun buyback programs are a kind of soft gun control policy in which everybody wins -- you offer cash to people to give up their firearms, but without actually forcing them to do so. The guns are then destroyed by the state, and are thus off the streets forever. Dudes like their guns, but they probably love cash even more, so, for a small fee, you can prevent tragedy down the road.
And even if only a small fraction of gun owners hand their firearms in for cash, that's still fewer guns in circulation, which can only be a good thing, right?
Flying Colours Ltd/Digital Vision/Getty Images
"Shit. I guess I do want to get high more than I want to shoot a mother-fucker."
The Backfire:
A study shows that, long term, these programs result in more guns. How?
Well, imagine you see a product advertised on late night television that looks awesome, but that you're not sure you want or need. For example, some new combination lawnmower and treadmill that we'll call a lawnmill (patent pending). But, you remember that you don't actually have a lawn, and that 100 percent of treadmills wind up getting turned into expensive coat racks, so you resist the urge to grab the phone.
Jupiterimages/Stockbyte/Getty Images
"Don't look at them, honey. Just keep walking. They'll only spend your exercise on crack."
Now imagine that the government has made a promise that they will pay cash money for any unwanted lawnmill (no, wait -- treadmower!) you have, no questions asked. Suddenly there's less financial risk in ordering -- if it turns out you don't want it, you know you have a waiting buyer.
The same thing applies to guns. Those who aren't sure if they actually need one are more inclined to buy one if they know they can cash it back in if they change their mind. Or say they have a small, shitty gun and are thinking about upgrading. Hey, just sell the shitty one to the government, earn a tidy profit, and put that cash toward the purchase of a brand new, much more lethal weapon!
Digital Vision./Photodisc/Getty Images
Squirrel hunting just got fucking awesome.
The thing is, it's not like there's no historical precedent for this type of thing. And in fact, the historical example is much, much more insane ...
#4. Put a Bounty on Snakes, You Get More Snakes
Tom Brakefield/Stockbyte/Getty Images
What's worse than a termite infestation? A cobra infestation. And what's worse than a cobra infestation? Nothing. Nothing is worse than a cobra infestation.
So, back in the days of British-controlled India, the British governor of Delhi was understandably upset when he faced this exact problem. In between his screams of terror, the governor offered a bounty on cobra skins, opting to crowdsource the extermination via what he probably assumed were top-notch snake-charming skills. Sure enough, the local populace cashed in on the bounty, slaughtering snakes wherever they found them.
Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Please tell us that wasn't in your pants. It was in your pants, wasn't it?
Problem solved! Right?
The Backfire:
As rich as the British Empire was, and as keen as it was to see an end to cobras, it made the fatal error of setting the bounty too high. Specifically, the reward for each dead snake was significantly higher than the cost of breeding and raising a snake.
Yeah. You know where this is headed.
"Um ... ma'am ... these aren't the eggs I ordered."
Instead of going out and hunting cobras like they were supposed to, people stayed at home and set up cobra farms, producing thousands more cobras to eventually slaughter and sell their corpses to the government for profit.
Of course, the governor, noticing he was still thigh-deep in cobras, eventually caught on to this racket and called the bounty off. Unfortunately, that meant everyone in Delhi was now stuck with thousands of useless, costly cobras. Shrugging at the capriciousness of the cobra-skin market, the cobra farmers returned to their day jobs, releasing their unprofitable snake populations into the city, resulting in a much worse infestation.
Not to be outdone by the British, the French recreated this sordid tale, substituting Hanoi for Delhi and rats for cobras. At first their bounty on rat tails resulted in an epidemic of tailless, pissed-off rats, but eventually the siren call of having "rat farmer" on your resume proved impossible to resist.
"OK, now get my flute. I need to march them into town."
Of course, we'd never make the same mistake today. Oh wait, scratch that, let's wait and see how the Utah coyote bounty program pans out. Maybe you should lock your doors.
#3. Mexican Anti-Pollution Policy Increases Pollution
Digital Vision./Photodisc/Getty Images
Although it looks like the climactic battle scene in a post-apocalyptic thriller, this is what Mexico City looks like from the air, thanks to 460,000 vehicles belching smog daily into the atmosphere:
Via Geographyblog.eu
It's what they call a "farty sunset."
To deal with this problem, in 1989 the city enacted a policy called Hoy No Circula ("You Don't Drive Today"), which simply banned a certain percentage of the city's cars from driving each day. The way they did it was by license plate number -- if yours ended in a 5 or a 6, then you weren't allowed to drive your car on a Monday, so you would have to carpool, take a cab, or bike your ass to work. The next day, you could drive, but somebody else would have to walk, etc.
The hope was that by taking tens of thousands of cars off the road every day, they would start to see an improvement in pollution levels and a greater appreciation for public transportation. Foolproof!
Toby Burrows/Digital Vision/Getty Images
"Life sure is grand here in Fakeopolis, where everything works out the way it never does."
The Backfire:
First of all, apparently underestimating the lengths people will go to in order to not do as they're told, Hoy No Circula only restricted car use between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m., leaving drivers with a cool seven hours with which to make up for the day's lost pollution. Air pollution levels increased during the off hours, showing that people would rather work a 17-hour day than take the bus.
But those who wanted a more convenient way to get around the law simply bought a second car. The policy applied to cars, not people, and thus didn't restrict anyone from driving a different car with different plates on those "off" days. Not only did this increase the number of cars in Mexico City, but people usually opted to buy really cheap, shitty, hyper-polluting used cars as their backup, so they were polluting more on their off days than when they were allowed to drive their regular car.
Thinkstock Images/Stockbyte/Getty Images
On the upside, though ... wait, there was no upside.
But what about those who did the right thing and left the car at home? They screwed up as well. See, most of them opted to call a cab on days they weren't allowed to drive. It just so happens that Mexican cabs are mostly Volkswagen Beetles, which are so heavy on pollution that they stopped selling them in the United States back when the original Star Wars movies came out. So an increase in taxi use translated to a total increase in pollution.
Did Mexico learn its lesson from all this? Hell no -- seeing that the policy had no effect, they expanded Hoy No Circula from weekdays only to Saturday as well.


text:
Request Forms
- » Account Request
- » Alumni Account Request
- » Calendar Request
- » Access Request
- » Disk Quota Increase
- » Exiting Employee
- » Request Forms and Processes
(ITS Staff only)
Online: Request Help
Phone: (707) 826-4357 • Hours
Email: help@humboldt [dot] edu
Walk-In: Library 101 • Hours
Reset HSU Password
System Status
Before you can publish information to your site on the HSU Central Web server, you must first activate your account. Once that's done, your site will be available for development at http://www.humboldt.edu/<sitename>.
You must be an assigned developer for a site in order to be able to upload content to that site; site owners do not by default have permission to publish to the site. If you are the owner of a site and need to upload content, you will need to register as a developer and assign yourself to your site.
Sites hosted on the Central Web server are accessed using your HSU User Name and Password; no special password associated with the sitename is required. Drupal is now available as a campus-wide web publishing platform, or you can use secure file transfer protocol (sftp) or a web publishing application such as Dreamweaver to upload content to your site.
If you're using Drupal as your site platform, uploading content is simply a matter of selecting the file to upload and clicking the upload button.To use sftp or Dreamweaver, follow the instructions below to connect to your site.
Log in to the sftp server at www2.humboldt.edu with your HSU User Name and Password. Your site will show up as a folder (link). Click on the appropriate link below for system-specific sftp instructions.
Connect to the Central Web server at http://www2.humboldt.edu using your HSU User Name and Password, and then to the host directory at sitename/public_html.
Check "Use Secure FTP" and follow the on-screen instructions to upload your files.
For more information, visit the Adobe website.
You can assign multiple developers to your site; you must have at least one to be able to access the site.
If your developer is not listed, this is probably because they have not yet registered or completed the required accessibility training. You can invite a person to become a developer by using the "Invite" button, displayed after you do a search.
Check out additional development tools such as MySQL, Drupal, Google Analytics, and Form Processing that HSU makes available to enhance your website.


text:
Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Winners
Suresh Canagarajah, Penn State University, for Translingual Practice: Global Englishes and Cosmopolitan Relations (Routledge, 2013)
David Fleming, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, for From Form to Meaning: Freshman Composition and the Long Sixties, 1957–1974 (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2011)
Honorable mention: Ellen Cushman, Michigan State University, for The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 2011)
Jane Stanley, University of California, Berkeley, for The Rhetoric of Remediation: Negotiating Entitlement and Access to Higher Education (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2010)
Robert E. Cummings, University of Mississippi, for Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia (Vanderbilt Univ. Press, 2009)
Honorable mention: Walter H. Beale, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, for Learning from Language: Symmetry, Asymmetry, and Literary Humanism (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2009)
Jennifer Seibel Trainor, San Francisco State University, for Rethinking Racism: Emotion, Persuasion, and Literacy Education in an All-White High School (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 2008)
Honorable mention: LuMing Mao, Miami University, and Morris Young, University of Wisconsin, Madison, editors, for Representations: Doing Asian American Rhetoric (Utah State Univ. Press, 2008)
John L. Schilb, Indiana University, for Rhetorical Refusals: Defying Audiences' Expectations (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 2007)
Honorable mention: Byron Hawk, George Mason University, for A Counter-history of Composition: Toward Methodologies of Complexity (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2007)
Janet Alsup, Purdue University, for Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal and Professional Spaces (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates and National Council of Teachers of English, 2006)
Jean Ferguson Carr, University of Pittsburgh, Stephen L. Carr, University of Pittsburgh, and Lucille M. Schultz, University of Cincinnati, for Archives of Instruction: Nineteenth-Century Rhetorics, Readers, and Composition Books in the United States (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 2005)
David Bartholomae, University of Pittsburgh, for Writing on the Margins: Essays on Composition and Teaching (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004)
Catherine Prendergast, University of Illinois, Urbana, for Literacy and Racial Justice: The Politics of Learning after Brown vs. Board of Education (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 2003)
Honorable mention: Gerald Graff, University of Illinois, Chicago, for Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind (Yale Univ. Press, 2003)
Ruth Spack, Bentley College, for America's Second Tongue: American Indian Education and the Ownership of English, 1860–1900 (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2002)
Deborah Brandt, University of Wisconsin, Madison, for Literacy in American Lives (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001)
Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ohio State University, for Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change among African American Women (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2000)
A. Suresh Canagarajah, Baruch College, City University of New York, for Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching (Oxford Univ. Press, 1999)
Sharon Crowley, Penn State University, for Composition in the University: Historical and Polemical Essays (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1998)
Thomas P. Miller, University of Arizona, for The Formation of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1997), and Marilyn S. Sternglass, City College, City University of New York, for Time to Know Them: A Longitudinal Study of Writing and Learning at the College Level (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997)
James Crosswhite, University of Oregon, for The Rhetoric of Reason: Writing and the Attractions of Argument (Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 1996)
Honorable mention: Linda Brodkey, University of California, San Diego, for Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only (Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1996)
Ross Talarico, National University, for Spreading the Word: Poetry and the Survival of Community in America (Duke Univ. Press, 1995)
Kathleen McCormick, University of Hartford, for The Culture of Reading and the Teaching of English (St. Martin's Press, 1994)
Honorable mention: Edward M. White, California State University, San Bernardino, for Teaching and Assessing Writing (Jossey-Bass, 1994)
Lester Faigley, University of Texas, Austin, for Fragments of Rationality: Postmodernity and the Subject of Composition (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1992)
Susan Miller, University of Utah, for Textual Carnivals: The Politics of Composition (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1991)
Honorable mention: Susan C. Jarratt, Miami University, for Rereading the Sophists: Classical Rhetoric Refigured (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1991)
Mike Rose, University of California, Los Angeles, for Lives on the Boundary: The Struggles and Achievements of America's Underprepared (The Free Press, 1989)
Denny Taylor, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Catherine Dorsey-Gaines, Kean College of New Jersey, for Growing Up Literate: Learning from Inner-City Families (Heinemann Educational Books, 1988)
Jasper P. Neel, University of Waterloo, for Plato, Derrida, and Writing (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1988)
Nancie Atwell, for In the Middle: Writing, Reading, and Learning with Adolescents (Boynton/Cook, 1987)
Honorable mention: James A. Berlin, Purdue University, for Rhetoric and Reality: Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1900–1985 (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1987)
Honorable mention: Myron C. Tuman, University of Alabama, for A Preface to Literacy: An Inquiry into Pedagogy, Practice, and Progress (Univ. of Alabama Press, 1987)
Judith Summerfield, Queens College, City University of New York, and Geoffrey Summerfield, New York University, for Texts and Contexts: A Contribution to the Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition (Random House, 1986)
Robert Scholes, Brown University, for Textual Power: Literary Theory and the Teaching of English (Yale Univ. Press, 1985)
Robert J. Connors, University of New Hampshire, Lisa S. Ede, Oregon State University, and Andrea A. Lunsford, University of British Columbia, for Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse (Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1984)
Carl Klaus and Nancy Jones, University of Iowa, for Courses for Change in Writing (Boynton/Cook, 1984)
Janet Emig, Rutgers University, for The Web of Meaning: Essays on Teaching, Learning, and Thinking (Boynton/Cook, 1983)
Marie Ponsot and Rosemary Deen, Queens College, City University of New York, for Beat Not the Poor Desk: Writing: What to Teach, How to Teach It, and Why (Boynton/Cook, 1982)
Honorable mention: T. D. Allen, for Writing to Create Ourselves: New Approaches for Teachers, Students, and Writers (Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1982)
John Hollander, Yale University, for Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse (Yale Univ. Press, 1981)
Judith Wells Lindfors, University of Texas, Austin, for Children's Language and Learning (Prentice-Hall, 1980)


text:
|Graduate Student Study
Opportunities for Graduate Study at PSWMRU
PSWMRU is located on the campus of the Pennsylvania State University, ranked fourteenth among the Top Public National Universities in the U.S. (USNews and World Report, 2002). ARS scientists at PSWMRU are members of the graduate faculty, hold Adjunct Faculty appointments in academic departments, serve on graduate advisory committees, and supervise graduate thesis research. Graduate students who work with PSWMRU scientists are enrolled in the PSU Graduate School and are affiliated with an academic department.
Interdisciplinary teams of USDA ARS scientists at PSWMRU interact and collaborate with university scientists to conduct three specific research projects:
Mitigating Emissions and Adapting Farm Systems to Climate Variability
Multifunctional Farms and Landscapes to Enhance Ecosystem Services
Management and Conservation Practices to Improve Water Quality in Agroecosystems of the Northeastern Us
Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions:
Hydrologist, Hydraulic or Agricultural Engineer, Soil Scientist
Agricultural Engineer/Research Agronomist/Plant Physiologist
Interested candidates should contact the individual scientist for additional opportunities of graduate study at the M.S.,Ph.D.,Post Doc level
Interesting Facts
The College of Agricultural Sciences was the first of the 11 colleges established at Penn State.
For more facts check out PSU College of Agricultural Sciences Facts
For further information, check out Penn State's Main Page
Download a copy of our most recent PSWMRU Brochure


text:
[I posted following message also on panoguide.com and will post any useful information I might get from there also here]
Hi all,
I would like to use a Sony NEX 5N (1.5 crop) with a Samyang 8mm fisheye (E Mount, fitting to the NEX without adapter) with a Nodal Ninja Ultimate R10, put on a monopod for a compact panorama travel set.
I am planning to take just 4 or 5 shots around without zenith or nadir. The zenith should be closed by using an up tilt of the R10. The nadir will be closed by cloning in Photoshop, or in rare cases it will be taken as an additional shot.
So, naturally I would like to have an uptilt that just barely closes the zenith so that the nadir hole does not get too big. Can anyone advice me which uptilt I should order for this purpose? Available for the R10 are 2.5°, 5°, 7.5° and 10°. I guess the answer would also be correct for other cameras with 1.5 crop factor like the Nikon DSLRs.
And an additional question (knowing that this forum is also read by the Nodal Ninja folks) regarding the lens ring for the Samyang 8mm from Nodal Ninja: It is offered for "Sony Mount". Is it really the correct fitting for the "Sony E Mount (NEX)", or is it for the "Sony A Mount"? In the latter case, which lens ring should I get?
I do already have the lens ring for the Sigma 8mm/f3.5 fisheye (Nikon Mount), can I re-use this ring, maybe just with a different plastic insert?
Thanks so much for all the help!


text:
Print this page
Artbeads Ratings and Reviews
See All Reviews
Shop Now At Artbeads
Shop Miscellaneous
Choose a Category
Shop Alphabet Beads
Shop Artbeads.com Store
Shop Bags & Boxes
Shop Bali Beads
Shop Base Metal Components
Shop Beading Books
Shop Bracelets & Neckwear
Shop Charms
Shop Clearance Items
Shop Copper Clasps
Shop Copper Components
Shop Copper Pendants
Shop Crafts & Accessories
Shop Cubic Zirconia Beads
Shop Earrings
Shop Freshwater Pearls
Shop Gemstone Beads
Shop Gift Certificates/Cards
Shop Glass Beads
Shop Gold Beads
Shop Gold Components
Shop Hill Tribe Silver Beads
Shop Horn Beads
Shop Jewelry Kits
Shop Limited Edition
Shop Limited Edition Gemstones
Shop Limited Edition Glass Beads
Shop Natural Beads
Shop Natural Components
Shop Pendants
Shop Pewter Beads
Shop Pewter Components
Shop Porcelain Beads
Shop Resin Beads
Shop Seed Beads
Shop Shell Beads
Shop Shell Pendants
Shop Silk Beads
Shop Silver Components
Shop Sterling Silver Beads
Shop Stringing Materials
Shop Swarovski Components
Shop Swarovski Crystal Beads
Shop Swarovski Pendants
Shop Swarovski Rhinestones
Shop Tools & Supplies
Shop Vintage Beads
Shop Watch Faces
Shop Weekly Specials
Shop Wire & Chain
Shop Wood Beads
Shop Wooden Components
Reviews Home
Product Reviews
Unicorne Beads Lampwork Large Inferno Spike Bead Strand
Dare to be bold in your jewelry designs with the lampwork large inferno spike beads from Unicorne Beads. Available by the strand, these glass beads feature an elongated teardrop shape with a stringing hole running through the rounded end of the drop. The tapered end will stand out within designs. You can use these spikes in dangling earring designs or at the center of a cool necklace. These beads display a vibrant shade of red accented with raised silver dots. Try pairing them with
for a trendy look. These glass beads are handmade, so no two beads will look exactly alike.
Customer Reviews for
Unicorne Beads Lampwork Large Inferno Spike Bead Strand
This product has not yet been reviewed.
Click here
to continue to the product details page.


text:
Programs For Children & Families
Self-guided Gallery Activities
Summer Camp
Adult Group Visits and Tours
Gallery Talks and Lectures
Performances and Films
Art by the Book
College Group Visits and Tours
School Group Visits and Tours (PreK-12)
In-School Presentations
Traveling Trunks (Early Childhood)
Traveling Trunks (PreK-12)
Educator Programs (PreK-12)
Teacher Collection Guides
Lesson Plans
Educator Resource Brochure
San Antonio Museum of Art 200 West Jones Avenue San Antonio, Texas 78215 (210) 978-8100
Tues, Fri: 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
Wed, Thurs, Sat, and Sun: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Mon: Closed
Click here for holiday hours
Members: FREE
Adults: $10
Seniors (65+): $7
Students and Military (with ID): $5
Children 12 & Under: FREE
Contact / Accessibility / Privacy Policy
©2016 San Antonio Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved. Web Design by esd and associates.
©2016 San Antonio Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.
Web Design by esd and associates.


text:
I have a computer where the char
[ is made with
AltGr+è so I can't use the command
Ctrl+[ of RefTeX. Is there a solution to this?
closed as off topic by lockstep, Seamus, Claudio Fiandrino, Martin Schröder, Werner Jan 28 '13 at 15:15
Questions on TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange are expected to relate to TeX, LaTeX or related typesetting systems within the scope defined by the community. Consider editing the question or leaving comments for improvement if you believe the question can be reworded to fit within the scope. Read more about reopening questions here.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
I'm moving my comment here as it gives me more space:
But then again, there are quite a lot of
The above is how I normally add my own short cuts. By using


text:
User Comments for Week 6 DEF Rankings
Are you guys really expecting Romo to bounce back against the Ravens? I'm not sure whether I should start the Ravens or Falcons D.
freshprinz98 10/10/12 08:34 PM
^Typo above: Are you guys really expecting Romo to bounce back against the Ravens? I'm not sure whether I should start the Ravens or Cardinals D?
Should I start Ravens or Cardinals D?
freshprinz98 10/10/12 08:37 PM
Definitely start Arizona.
mjcmike1 10/11/12 12:08 PM
I was surprised to see Houston at the top of the list, they're up against Green Bay and they're without Cushing. I picked up St. Louis as insurance, and was surprised to see them so low - they're coming off a hot couple weeks and they're up against turnover-prone Miami.
Would it be dumb for me to start St. Louis over Houston?
CAHoya07 10/11/12 12:25 PM
16 team PPR.. considering starting Colts D (vs.Jets) over Giants D(vs.49ers) thoughts/opinions?
DrewFL1988 10/11/12 02:14 PM
@CAHoya07 I think ya still gotta go with Houston. 4th best in the NFL against the pass, JJ Watt is a beast at harassing QB's and breaking up passing plays, GB's rushing is a hot mess at the moment.
DrewFL1988 10/11/12 02:31 PM
So... I've got Houston and Arizona D, and have started the wrong one pretty much every week (I mean they've both produced, but lately the one I don't start gets like 30 points and the one I do gets like 15).
After Arizona's poor game against St. Louis... do they bounce back and play tough against the Bills, or do I hope for another load of sacks against Rodgers?
SKGamer 10/12/12 12:12 AM
Ditto to DrewFL... I wouldn't sit Houston in favor of St. Louis. Yeah the Rams played tough D against the Cardinals... but Houston plays tough D against EVERYONE.
SKGamer 10/12/12 12:14 AM


text:
Sama-Sama Express KLIA & klia2 Hotels received the'Service Excellence Award 2015' by Booking.com for providing outstanding guest experience.
|Malaysia Airports recently received the Malaysia Best Employer Brand Award 2016 by EBA
|Malaysia Airports was bestowed the Honorary Award for the Top 50 Enterprise Awards Malaysia 2015.
|Malaysia Airports won the Social Media Excellence Award for the 'Best Corporate Social media Engagement'.
Malaysia Airports bagged the 'International Financing Review (IFR) Asia Loan of the Year' award for our innovative refinancing solution for ISG's borrowings.
|Malaysia Airports was awarded with the 'Most Innovative Islamic Finance Deal of the Year in Southeast Asia' title at the Alpha SEA 9th Annual Best Deal & Solution Awards 2015.


text:
Print this page
Artbeads Ratings and Reviews
See All Reviews
Shop Now At Artbeads
Choose a Category
Shop Alphabet Beads
Shop Artbeads.com Store
Shop Bags & Boxes
Shop Bali Beads
Shop Base Metal Components
Shop Beading Books
Shop Bracelets & Neckwear
Shop Charms
Shop Clearance Items
Shop Copper Clasps
Shop Copper Components
Shop Copper Pendants
Shop Crafts & Accessories
Shop Cubic Zirconia Beads
Shop Earrings
Shop Freshwater Pearls
Shop Gemstone Beads
Shop Gift Certificates/Cards
Shop Glass Beads
Shop Gold Beads
Shop Gold Components
Shop Hill Tribe Silver Beads
Shop Horn Beads
Shop Jewelry Kits
Shop Limited Edition
Shop Limited Edition Gemstones
Shop Limited Edition Glass Beads
Shop Natural Beads
Shop Natural Components
Shop Pendants
Shop Pewter Beads
Shop Pewter Components
Shop Porcelain Beads
Shop Resin Beads
Shop Seed Beads
Shop Shell Beads
Shop Shell Pendants
Shop Silk Beads
Shop Silver Components
Shop Sterling Silver Beads
Shop Stringing Materials
Shop Swarovski Components
Shop Swarovski Crystal Beads
Shop Swarovski Pendants
Shop Swarovski Rhinestones
Shop Tools & Supplies
Shop Vintage Beads
Shop Watch Faces
Shop Weekly Specials
Shop Wire & Chain
Shop Wood Beads
Shop Wooden Components
Reviews Home
(Unknown) Reviews
Product Reviews
Swarovski 3700 8mm Margarita Bead Fern Green
With this Swarovski 3700 8mm margarita bead in Fern Green you can highlight any idea with bright color and fun shape. Made from faceted Austrian crystal, this darling flower-shaped bead features multiple petals comprised of precise-cut facets that allow it to sparkle at any angle. The simple secret of its versatility lies in the fact that its hole is in the very center, allowing for use as a as either a spacer bead or a sew-on component. This Fern Green color will give your designs a warm, vibrant green touch perfect to pair with earthly elements.
Customer Reviews for
Swarovski 3700 8mm Margarita Bead Fern Green
This product has not yet been reviewed.
Click here
to continue to the product details page.


text:
Contact Us
Sonesta Hotel Osorno
Ejercito 395 Rahue
Osorno, Chile
Telephone: 056.64.555 000
Fax: 056.64.555 011
E-mail: email@example.com
Website: Sonesta.com
Individual Reservations
For reservations or information, call or email the hotel. You may also contact your Travel Agent or Sonesta reservations directly at +1.617.315.9100 or toll free from the US & Canada at 1.800.SONESTA (766.3782).
Group Reservation
For groups of 10+ rooms, please contact the hotel Director of Sales using the form below or by calling the hotel directly. To request information online, complete a "Book A Meeting" RFP.
The following error(s) were found when processing your submission:
Please scroll down to correct the problems and submit the form again.


text:
Please enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate more than one email address.
Earlier this summer, Fluor and Construcap formed CFPS Engenharia e Projetos, S.A., to pursue engineering, procurement and construction management services in Brazil. Construcap has been active in the Brazilian market for nearly 70 years and is one of Brazil's largest EPC companies.
Fluor and Brazils Construcap said Monday that the
companies held an open house at its new joint venture office in
Sẵo Paulo, attended by notable client company executives
and dignitaries as well as Fluor and Construcap top
Earlier this summer, Fluor and Construcap formed CFPS
Engenharia e Projetos, S.A., to pursue engineering, procurement
and construction management services in
Construcap has been active in the Brazilian market for
nearly 70 years and is one of Brazils largest
engineering, procurement and construction companies, serving the
industrial, commercial and heavy civil markets.
CFPS Engenharia e Projetos links Construcaps notable
growing and sustained presence in Brazil with Fluors project execution leadership and
global resources, the companies said.
Both companies say they are committed to providing technology and human resources to
CFPS focused on bringing improved project performance and
Fluors 100 years of engineering, procuring,
constructing and maintaining successful projects on six continents combined
with Construcaps leadership role in Brazil is a winning
combination for our clients and shareholders as well as the
communities in which we work, said David Seaton,
Fluors CEO.
Todays event and positive response from
important Brazil-based executives gives testimony to the valued
services Construcap together with Fluor will bring to
Brazils growth and continued development.
The new office for CFPS Engenharia e Projetos will initially
house about 200 professionals.
The recently-formed CFPS Engenharia e Projetos
combines the common cultures of Fluor and Construcap into a
formidable entity to provide world-class sustainable project services to Brazil
clients, said Roberto Capobianco, president of
We believe that clients in the oil, gas, chemicals and
petrochemicals industries as well as
the burgeoning industrial, power and mining industries will
benefit from the combined strengths of our new
All comments are subject to editorial review.
All fields are compulsory.
Glenville C Abreu
Congratulations on you partnership venture in Brazil. After reading this article I would like to offer my services in working for this venture in Brazil. I am currently working as a "Senior Checker" in the Perth office of Fluor.I have over thirty five years of experience in the engineering filed, starting form a junior draftsman to various position held as a senior designer, lead designere and drawing office manager. My area of expertise has ranged from working in the oil and gas area to my current position in the mining sector which has involved to travel in intensively both nationally and internationally.Please do not hesitate to contact me on my work email address, firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any queries.Glenville C Abreu
Sign-up for the Free Daily HP Enewsletter!
A searchable database of project activity in the global hydrocarbon processing industry
Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
Is 2016 the peak for US gasoline demand?
Too soon to tell
July 2016


text:
February 13, 2012
Cape Town Named as One of TripAdvisor's 15 Destinations on the Rise
Inspirational Cape Town continues to garner accolades from around the world.
This time the city has been named one of TripAdvisor's 15 Destinations on the Rise, an honour that follows hot on the heels of Cape Town's Villa Zest Boutique Hotel topping the TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2012 Top 25 Trendiest Hotels in the World Awards. In the TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice 2012 Top 25 Hotels in the World Award, Derwent House Boutique Hotel in Cape Town came fifth.
As one of the 15 destinations on the rise, the Mother City is listed alongside Lagos (Portugal), Cannes (France), Stockholm (Sweden), Moscow (Russia), Turin (Italy) and others. "There is much to do and see in the city of Cape Town, with its gorgeous beaches, scenic natural settings, impressive architecture, and booming nightlife," states TripAdvisor about this latest accolade.
The Fairest Cape has always had visitors wax lyrical about her welcoming vibe, establishments and attractions. "No matter how many times you visit Table Mountain, the experience is always as though it's your first time. I love it!!" says Gail from Durban about our New7Wonder of Nature.
"This small boutique hotel is a true gem of a find and exceeds expectations, from its great location to excellent attention to detail," says a visitor from Chicago about Villa Zest Boutique Hotel in Green Point.
For more information about the TripAdvisor 15 Destinations on the Rise visit www.tripadvisor.co.uk. To book for Cape Town's award-winning accommodation, click here or browse through the city's many entertaining attractions and events.


text:
ET2 Lighting Accent Lamps
ET2 Lighting accent lamps offer a unique take on traditional lighting. The distinctive designs of accent lamps are a perfect solution for any of your rooms what require supplemental lighting. These ET2 lamps are available in a several styles ranging from eclectic to modern chic to complement the current décor of your home.
There are no products matching the selection.


text:
The cast of Alien Isolation aren't to be believed, despite their realismWritten by: / / No Comments
Despite the fact that the voice (and face?) cast chosen to bring virtual life to the characters of Alien Isolation look as real as developer Creative Assembly can muster in-game, they aren't to be believed. In this way, they prove themselves to be all too human…
In the latest developer diary for the first-person horror game, the creators of Alien Isolation talk about how they've brought the characters into the game with face scanning technology and what looks to be a spot of performance capture, too.
Game designer Gary Napper warns that even though a lot of the time you'll have to worry about surviving the advances and encounters with the game's only Xenomorph enemy, "there are actually other threats aboard the [Sevastopol] station that they will have to worry about," including humans stranded on the station who are trying to survive.
Don't trust 'em:
Alien: Isolation – Creating the Cast Trailer
Alien: Isolation is out on October 7th across Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. Don't miss El33tonline's current and continued coverage of the first-person survival horror game for more details.
Tags: alienisolation, creativeassembly, sega, trailer


text:
The ABS light came on after car was not used for a few weeks and a new battery fitted. The ABS light is now on all the time. The garage can't find the diagnostic plug.
Any ideas on either of the issues?
The first thing you should do is check for a blown fuse, it's very easy to blow a fuse when taking a battery out or installing a new battery.
There is an ABS sensor near each of your four wheels, if one has gone bad or is disconnected, that will cause your ABS light to stay on. It's a 1992, so the garage may have to forego using any diagnostic readers and test each ABS sensor, or worst case scenario replace all 4 if you want that ABS light to go away.
The ABS diagnostic port is under the hood, in the same assembly as the OBD port. I have never been able to get information from it, however. The best instructions I've been able to find did not work when I tried them.
I asked a question about this previously, but so far it does not have an answer:
The diagnostic plug is under the hood. Set the wire for the port you need to check. Hold the button down for 2 sec. then let it go. The light gone blink. 1 - 1 - 1 if there is no fault. Otherwise it will blink if something is wrong. Check all the connections in the diagnostic plug.


text:
Watch a
about these exciting meet result features!
You can't post here, but you can post notes for your team on the My Team tab.
Select your team to add your own notes for your team.
Registration for this meet closed at 9:35 AM, Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Event Managers: A TEAM must be the Host (not Co-Host) in order to get charts & hypothetical scores on meet results. You can designate the appropriate team as Host on the Confirm tab of Host Tools.
If you are hosting your own meet, such as the "Fast Timing Invitational," contact us and we'll be happy to give you these enhanced features for this meet.
When highlighted, Season Records will be Bold,
while Personal Records will be Red.
Would you like to highlight these records now?
Yes No
To change this setting at any time, click 'Highlight Records' under What to Show?.


text:
$54.00$0.33 / ml
rich in skin's essential needs, the rare and precious cloudberry brings to the skin softening fatty acids and anti-oxidizing vitamins in a divinely light-textured cream. filled with the scent of tens of thousands of tiny spring buds and concentrated anti-oxidants to encourage the skin's complete and radiant rebirth. replaces the natural loss of collagen and elastin, regenerates cells to leave skin replenished, protected and more supple. concentrated and potent to provide fortifying moisture and protection to the skin cells around the eyes, the face and body.
this is the essence of the arctic. begin by washing. then briskly exfoliate. wrap in sea plants.
not tested on animals. dermatological tested.
made in u.s.a.
|Water (Aqua), Jojoba Oil (Certified Organic, Simmondsia Chinensis), Coconut (Cocos Nucifera), Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Leaf Juice (Aloe Barbadensis), Vegetable Wax, Beeswax (Apis Mellifera), Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca) Kernel Oil (Prunus Armeniaca), Honey (Certified Organic), Glycerin, Avocado (Persea Gratissima) Oil (Persea Gratissima), Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil (Prunus Amygdalis Dulcis), Cloudberry Seed Oil (Rubus Chamaemorus), Fragaria Vasca (Strawberry) Seed Oil (Fragaria Ananassa), Birch (Butela Alba) Bark Extract (Betula Alba), Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetate Acid, Vitamin E Tocopherol 50, Garden Mint Oil (Mentah Viridis), Rosewood (Aniba Rosaeodora) Oil (Organic) (Aniba Rosaedora), Frankincense Oil (Boswelia Carterii), Palmarosa Oil (Cymbopogon Martini), Rose Oil (Rosa Damascena), Moroccan Rose Oil (Rosa Centifolia)
enter the clouds. rich in flower steam, organic milk, negative ions and arctic cloudberries to completely anti-oxidize, replenish and vitalize skin.
pure and gentle enough for the delicate eye area, face and body. blend over the skin in light taps that leave the skin as soft as a cloud.
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®by PowerReviews
Reviewed by 1 customer
Wonderful Product!
By Nancy
from Phoenix, AZ
describe yourself Budget Buyer
- Easy To Use
- Gentle
- Good Value
- Moisturizes
- Pleasant Smell
- Glass Jar
Best Uses
- Daily Use
Comments about red flower nature therapeutic skincare arctic berry cloud milk cream, 5.8 oz:
This product was used during a facial at a spa and I loved it! it was pricey at the spa but found it much more reasonably priced on your site. It is a wonderful non-greasy moisturizing product with a very fresh and relaxing smell.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
Was this review helpful? Yes / No
- You may also flag this review


text:
Birthday Parties
For your child's next birthday, let WCF plan and execute a birthday party that you and your child will never forget. When planning your birthday party, WCF focuses on two important goals to achieve the perfect and memorable occasion on your child's special day.
The first goal is to make sure your child and his friends have a great time. WCF recognizes the importance of creating a fun-filled and action packed party for the children. Working with you, our knowledgeable staff creates and coordinates a schedule of exciting and interactive activities selected by you or your child to ensure entertainment for the entire duration of the party.
The second goal is to provide a hassle-free planning experience allowing you to enjoy your child's special day. WCF's birthday party planner works alongside you to make sure every detail of the birthday party is addressed. This means no worries and less work for you, providing the opportunity for you to sit back, relax and take part in the fun! Best of all, WCF does all of the clean up!
Customized packages are available.
Call Today! Dates are filling up Fast!


text:
Accepting the Amy Vojta Impact Award at the Northeast Greek Leadership Association conference are (l to r) Wendi Kinney, coordinator of Greek affairs and off-campus living at Geneseo, and seniors Jill Scalzo, Meghan Lijewski and Julia McDaniel.
GENESEO, N.Y. - The SUNY Geneseo Greek community has received the Amy Vojta Impact Award in the risk reduction category from the Northeast Greek Leadership Association (NGLA). The award, one of two presented from 14 applicants in the risk reduction category, commends the program "Geneseo U-Knighting for Change," a week of programs last fall dedicated to change, featuring guest speakers, interactive activities and other events.
The organization presents the awards to chapters, councils or campuses whose programming or initiatives have demonstrated a substantive impact on their campus or community.
The creators of the initiative, Meghan Lijewski from Sigma Delta Tau, a senior from Canandaigua, N.Y.; Julia McDaniel from Alpha Kappa Phi, a senior from Clinton, N.Y.; and Jill Scalzo from Phi Kappa Pi, a senior from Selkirk, N.Y., received the award during the association's conference in Hartford, Conn. They also presented a workshop during the event, titled "Leading Change on Your Campus: How We Did It."
"I am so thrilled that the association recognized these students for their vision and tenacity, and the impact their idea had on our community," said Wendi Kinney, Geneseo's coordinator of Greek affairs and off-campus living. "These women put their fraternal values into action and worked tirelessly for more than nine months to plan and implement the program. It was rewarding to me, as advisor, to see these women recognize the important role that fraternities and sororities can, and should, play in creating a culture that fosters the responsible use of alcohol, and their desire to share this perspective with their peers."
The NGLA's mission is to build community among students from a variety of fraternal experiences, challenges members to align their actions with fraternal values and empowers advocates to transform and improve their communities.
Media Contact:
David Irwin
Media Relations Manager
(585) 2454-5516


text:
Be happy in your taxpaying
How invested are "journalists" and government employees around the world in the notion America's fiscal woes can be fixed by punitively taxing The Top 2 Percent? Anyone who has run the numbers knows it's nonsense; even The New York Times admits if the top marginal income-tax rates returned to the Clinton-era levels of 36 percent and 39.6 percent as President Obama demands, "the additional revenue would be only about a quarter of the $1.6 trillion (he) wants to collect over 10 years." And $1.6 trillion over 10 years would barely cover the government's deficit spending this year.
Yet the airwaves have been crackling and the news columns have been filled with claims that "soaking the rich" is an excellent fiscal strategy, one supported by many who would be expected to pay through the nose. Now research from across The Pond, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, finds "the rich" and others who have their taxes raised tend to feel more satisfied with their lives.
Read more of this story and more!
7-Day Subscribers have FREE access to everything on rep-am.com and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE to register and activate your access,.
Not a subscriber?
You can purchase a single-day subscription for only $0.75 to read this and access all of our content and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE purchase a single day subscription.
Become an electronic subscriber to the Republican-American for only $8 a month. CLICK HERE.
Follow Us
Post a reader commentWe encourage your feedback and dialog.
Please be civil and respectful.
If you're witty, to the point and quotable, your reader comments may also be included on the Around the Towns page of The Sunday Republican.
Readers must be registered and logged in to post comments on the site. Registration is free. Click Here to register.
A Subscription is not required to post comments only a Registration.
Log In
|Register / Forgotten Password?


text:
I wonder if someone could provide me with a simple MWE for using TikZ together with
\boxed to produce a colored equation background. If possible with rounded corners.
I am using
\boxed{} inside the
split environment from
I wonder if someone could provide me with a simple MWE for using TikZ together with
I am using
There are some packages that can help you, for example:
and along this site some answers could be a good starting point:
Here, I provide you a MWE using the
According to the request in the comments, here are the two possibilities to get rigid corners. It is needed the version
In this example, the second equation is highlighted with rigid corners while the other two with rounded corners:
The result:
I think the best solution was already provided by Claudio. I am only putting this here to do something about that
Here is what I came up with.
You may tweak to your liking.


text:
Jonathan Papelbon
- Position(s):
- Born:
- November 23, 1980
- Bats:
- Right
- Throws:
- Right
- Height:
- 6' 4"
- Weight:
- 225 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 7-31-2005 with BOS
- Allstar Selections:
He was the Red Sox closer during most of 2006. In early September, Papelbon injured his shoulder. When the Red Sox were eliminated from playoff contention, he was shut down for the rest of the season to rest. Papelbon was being groomed to be part of the Red Sox starting rotation, but because of his shoulder problems, was later moved back to the bullpen before the start of the season and remained the team's closer. On August 21, 2007, Papelbon had his 30th save of the season making him the first Boston pitcher to ever have two 30-save seasons. As of July 1, 2009, Papelbon holds the record of most saves by a Red Sox pitcher, beating Bob Stanley's previous record of 132 saves.
Early career
High school
Papelbon was a three-time All-City honoree while playing in high school for Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, FL. Early in his senior year, he committed to play college baseball for Mississippi State.
College: Mississippi State
Papelbon was a closer for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. He had a 9–6 record, 13 saves, and 2.90 ERA in his three years on the team in relief. During his time at MSU, the Bulldogs appeared in the 2001 and 2003 NCAA Tournaments and won the 2001 SEC Tournament. In the summer after his freshman year, Papelbon played with the Silver Spring-Takoma Park Thunderbolts in suburban D.C. The team is a part of a wooden bat league for college players. During the subsequent summers of his college career Papelbon played for the Danville Dans, a summer baseball team located in Danville, Illinois. Soon after arriving in Danville he easily became a crowd favorite and led the team to a CICL championship. Papelbon graduated from Mississippi State in 2003.
Minor leagues
After a 13–10 record for Class-A Lowell Spinners and Sarasota Red Sox from 2003–04, Papelbon was 5–2 in 14 starts for Double-A Portland in 2005. Promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket, he went 1–2 with a 3.57 ERA in four starts, walking two and striking out 21 in 22.1 innings.
Major league career
Papelbon was drafted in the 4th round in 2003, a year after the Oakland Athletics picked him in the 40th round. He did not sign with Oakland because he wanted one more year in college to pitch and a chance to get to the College World Series, which his team failed to do. The Philadelphia Phillies had called him in round six to ask if he would sign if they drafted him, but he rejected the offer. Finally, the Red Sox drafted him the next year in the third round.
Papelbon made his major league debut with the Red Sox on July 31, 2005 against the Minnesota Twins, in which he went 5⅓ innings, struck out seven batters, and issued five walks in Boston's 4–3 victory. He did not receive a decision. He earned his first major league win on September 12, 2005, pitching three scoreless innings in an extra-inning game against the Toronto Blue Jays. In two postseason appearances in 2005, he pitched four scoreless innings against the eventual World Series Champion Chicago White Sox. The Red Sox had plans of slotting Papelbon into their starting rotation prior to the regular season in 2006. However, the incumbent closer, Keith Foulke, proved to be ineffective trying to come back from an injury-plagued 2005.
In April 2006, he changed his hair to a Mohawk style, after Charlie Sheen's character Ricky Vaughn from the film Major League due to a wager with teammate Kevin Youkilis in which they bet whether he could start the season with 10 scoreless innings.
On April 5, the second game of the 2006 season, Papelbon recorded his first career save in Texas. On April 29, 2006, he set a major league record with his 10th save, against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. No rookie in major league baseball history had recorded that many saves in the month of April.
The 25-year-old closer finished 2006 with one of the most dominant seasons ever for a rookie reliever. Papelbon saved 35 games, struck out 75 batters in 68 innings, and held opposing batters to a .167 batting average.
On October 11, 2007, Papelbon was named the 2007 winner of the "DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Year Award." Papelbon garnered 39,043 votes out of almost 125,000 votes cast.
After the Boston Red Sox clinched the American League East title in 2007, Papelbon celebrated the victory by Irish step dancing in the middle of the Fenway Park diamond to the Dropkick Murphys' song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston", a song which he now is introduced to. Following the Red Sox American League Championship Series victory, he repeated his dance performance on the field with members of the band. For a third time, Papelbon did his dance on a flat bed truck with the World Series trophy over his head along with the Dropkick Murphys playing live during the Sox' Championship "Rolling Rally" Parade.
In late 2007 on Dan Patrick's radio show, David Ortiz revealed a friendly clubhouse wager that stated that Papelbon must perform his signature celebratory dance on demand for people wearing Boston Red Sox apparel. Terms of the bet were not disclosed, but it is rumored that Ortiz wagered 20 cases of Vitamin Water against Papelbon's offer of 1 free car from The Westville Motorsports Megastore, a local dealership he endorses. In Game 2 of the World Series Papelbon was brought in with the bases empty and 2 outs in the eight with the Red Sox leading 2–1 to face the Rockies best hitter, Matt Holliday. Papelbon gave up a single to Holliday before picking off Holliday to end the inning. Papelbon pitched a one-two-three ninth for the save.
In Game 4 of the 2007 World Series, he entered in the 8th inning to shut down the Colorado Rockies comeback, and pitched until the 9th where he threw the game-winning strikeout for the Red Sox as they clinched the 2007 Championship. He is well known for his victory jump with Jason Varitek.
On March 6, 2008, Papelbon agreed to terms with the Boston Red Sox for $775,000. Papelbon's deal set the record for the largest contract for a closer not eligible for salary arbitration, topping Mariano Rivera's previous record by $25,000. Boston was under no obligation to pay Papelbon more than the league minimum of $390,000. On January 20, 2009, Papelbon agreed to a one-year $6.25 million contract with the Red Sox, avoiding arbitration. This is the largest contract for a closer in his first year of arbitration eligibility. Papelbon recorded his 100th career save on July 13, 2008. Among pitchers who have thrown at least 200 innings, Jonathan Papelbon's 0.930 WHIP through 2008 is the lowest in major league history.
Papelbon criticized former teammate Manny Ramirez in the April 2009 issue of Esquire magazine.
On June 29, 2009, Papelbon gained his 132nd save, in a 4–0 shut out against the Baltimore Orioles, tying Bob Stanley's record for most saves by a Red Sox pitcher. Two days later on July 1, Papelbon recorded his 133rd save with the Red Sox, starting a new record. On July 5, 2009, Jonathan was selected to represent Boston at the 2009 All Star Game.
Papelbon has been cited repeatedly for his slow play; on September 4, 2009 it was reported that he had been fined $5,000 for failing to deliver his first pitch within the required time in a September 1 appearance. Papelbon told the Boston Herald that he had been cited on at least five occasions and fined more than $10,000 for these violations. Papelbon jokingly added, "I think they're going to call my parole officer and put me away."
In the 2009 ALDS, Game 3, Boston down 2 games to none, Papelbon blew the save (causing Boston to be swept), allowing 4 hits, 3 runs, all of the runs scoring with 2 out. His difficulties continued into the next season. In 2010, he blew eight saves, leaving the possibility of him being traded elsewhere. The Red Sox ended up keeping Papelbon as their closer, and his productivity has seemingly improved over the 2011 season.
Papelbon will become a free agent after the 2011 season. There would be a possibility, for him to be traded to another team, or remain with the Red Sox nonetheless.
Personal life
His mother, Sheila, played softball at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and his father, John, is the Deputy Director of the Ted Williams Museum and Hitters Hall of Fame in St. Petersburg, Florida. Jonathan is the older brother of twins Josh Papelbon, former pitcher for the Brockton Rox, and Jeremy Papelbon, former pitcher for the Tennessee Smokies, the double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
Papelbon and his wife, Ashley, live in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Wayland, Massachusetts. On December 29, 2008, Ashley gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter. On April 17, 2010, Ashley gave birth to the couple's second child, a son.
He appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on October 31, 2007, after the Red Sox won the 2007 World Series. On December 20, 2007, Papelbon claimed that his dog "Boss," chewed up the ball that recorded the final out of the 2007 World Series.
Papelbon is an avid fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and attends games at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium after the completion of the baseball season.
- Tagged:
- 2007 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Closer, Jonathan Papelbon, Relief pitcher, Rolaids Relief Award


text:
Can Vampires Make You a Better Investor?
A New Wave of Computer Games Promises to Help People Save More and Avoid Common Financial Traps
Can games in which players dodge voracious bunnies make Americans financially savvy?
Harvard students are going to find out. In January, the Harvard University Employees Credit Union will offer a three-day financial-literacy course during the university's winter session. One key feature: a videogame called "Farm Blitz" inspired by the popularity of "FarmVille," the social-networking game.
In "Farm Blitz," the money is imaginary but the lessons about the benefits of compound interest—and the corrosive effect of debt payments—are real. Players borrow to buy seeds and grow their savings by harvesting crops before they spoil. But when players incur debt, rabbits spawn and threaten to chew through the fields if players don't pay down the balance.
The game, developed by the Doorways to Dreams Fund, or D2D, a Boston nonprofit group, is part of an expanding array of online tools and smartphone apps that try to harness the pleasure of play, the motivational power of competition and the desire to earn rewards to help investors and savers become more adept with money.
Investors who are attracted to gaming should be alert to the ways the approach can help them reach useful goals—but also aware of the risk that some game makers could be more interested in making money than teaching you how to manage it.
Some games are geared toward tech-focused young adults, while others cater to players who already own homes, have started families or are looking ahead to retirement. Allen Parker, who is 44 years old and a financial adviser in Durham, N.C., used Stickk.com, a goal-setting website created by Yale University professors Dean Karlan and Ian Ayres, to save $13,000 for home renovations.
Players set a goal, such as eliminating debt, and then can invite others to track their progress or arrange to pay penalties if they fall short—such as a donation to an organization whose views they oppose.
"It's a really powerful motivator," says Mr. Parker, who has five children. "I don't want to lose. It plays to the competitor in you."
Other games feature contests to encourage players to bolster their finances. At SaveUp.com, a for-profit website and iPhone app, users who increase savings or reduce debt can try to win prizes that can range from a $100 gift card to a $50,000 mortgage payment. The contests include weekly drawings, instant-win prizes and a jackpot.
The contests make it "more entertaining to manage our finances," says Sean Kennedy, a Chico, Calif., information-technology director, who says he has won $260 at SaveUp while shaving $8,000 from the family's credit-card debt.
The need for education is clear. "Studies have found that investors do not understand the most elementary financial concepts, such as compound interest and inflation," the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission concluded in a report released last year, based on a Library of Congress review of research on U.S. financial literacy.
Researchers say there isn't a lot of data to support the effectiveness of financial games, and the games aren't meant to replace traditional financial education. Some are simplistic, while others require successful players to be nimble with a computer mouse, no matter how wise their financial decisions.
But, Yale's Mr. Karlan says, "given that we are striking out on what's been done for the past 20 years, we may as well go for it or just give up."
Retail giant Staples SPLS -0.22 % makes "Farm Blitz" and another D2D game called "Bite Club" available to employees. The Zions Bank unit of Zions Bancorp., in Salt Lake City, uses "Farm Blitz" and two other games to teach financial literacy at schools in Utah and Idaho. The games are available to the public at a D2D website, FinancialEntertainment.org.
The Harvard credit union, which is affiliated with the university, used the game in last January's course and awarded gift cards to the top five players. "The scores these students came back with, they couldn't have gotten without learning the concepts," says Tom Murphy, director of student services at the credit union.
"This is one more way to have a lesson ingrained in students' heads," says Don Milne, vice president for financial literacy at Zions Bank. Staples declined to comment.
Sponsors and advertisers often support financial-game websites in hopes of winning new customers. SaveUp and a rival, Payoff.com, both recommend products such as savings accounts to players and, when a user takes their recommendations, they get payments from companies that provide the products. SaveUp also collects fees from advertisers and financial institutions that offer the service to customers.
Asset managers embrace the chance to help customers boost savings—and, potentially, increase the sums the companies oversee. New York Life Retirement Plan Services, a unit of New York Life Investments, and Fidelity Labs, a Fidelity Investments unit that focuses on emerging technologies, are developing games that aim to use virtual worlds and past market returns to teach players the ins and outs of topics including asset allocation and retirement savings.
Employers also see an opportunity to promote better financial habits. Staples found that 11% of employees who participated in a pilot program clicked on a link and either enrolled in the company's 401(k) plan or increased their contributions after playing "Bite Club," the company confirmed. In that game, players operate a nightclub for vampires and choose how much of the profits to use for paying down debt, improving the club and saving for retirement.
Staples hung a "Bite Club" poster that depicted a vampire in employee break rooms that said, "When you're immortal, retirement is eternal."
The new wave of games is part of a broad trend called "gamification," in which companies use games and gamelike features—including scores and peer comparisons—to market products, encourage customer loyalty, train employees, and motivate customers and employees to achieve self-improvement goals.
By 2014, an estimated 70% of large companies will use gamelike techniques for purposes including marketing products, encouraging customer loyalty and training employees, according to Gartner, a consulting firm based in Stamford, Conn.
Gabe Zichermann, organizer of the GSummit, an annual gamification conference, says personal finance is "one of the hottest topics" in the field. About 20% of the 500 companies at this year's gathering displayed financial products—up from 10% at the first event in 2011, he estimates.
But it isn't all fun and games. Before playing, investors and savers should study how a game's backer makes money and whether the backer's incentives conflict with their financial goals, says Ethan Mollick, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has studied how games motivate workers.
For instance, a bank could introduce a game that simply awards prizes to customers for doing something that incurs fees, such as obtaining a credit card or buying investment products—not for improving their financial picture.
Before playing a game, figure out who developed or sponsored it. Then, when you are playing, think about what kind of behavior or strategies the game promotes and how the creator or sponsor of the game might profit from that behavior. Gamers should take similar heed of the products advertised on game sites.
Different games also promote different financial skills, so players should first figure out where they need to improve, then look for a game that focuses on that skill.
Another caveat: Some games allow users to disclose financial information and link financial accounts, which could require divulging usernames and passwords, so players should also look for banklike security measures.
Here are some common types of games, and issues people who decide to play them should keep in mind.
Some of the most popular games use prizes to motivate people. As players whittle debt or increase savings, the games award points they can use to enter contests.
The idea is similar to prize-linked savings, which credit unions and other financial institutions in some states have used to promote better financial habits. (D2D collaborated with some of the credit unions to create these programs.) People who open prize-linked savings accounts and sock away money can earn cash.
To help users track their net worth and financial activities, and measure progress toward their goals, the games often automatically import information about users' credit cards, loans, and bank, brokerage and 401(k) accounts. That means players need to be sure their data is protected.
Yash Shenoy, a software engineer from Irvine, Calif., has used SaveUp for the past year. Since signing up for the free service, Mr. Shenoy, 38, says he has reduced impulse buys and consolidated his Internet, cable and telephone service. He hopes to use the savings, which amount to about 5% of his monthly take-home pay, to pay off his $90,000 mortgage faster.
"I like the idea that I am rewarded for saving, rather than for spending," Mr. Shenoy says. He says he doesn't normally play games, but the prizes—such as the $100 gift card he won last December—don't hurt.
At SaveUp, credits can be used to enter daily contests. The richest prize on offer is a $2 million jackpot, though no one has won it yet.
Payoff.com encourages players to reduce debt. Paying down loans can earn players badges that they can use to enter drawings for cash prizes of up to $25.
Game makers are embedding financial lessons in videogames to reach young adults and others who might not respond to conventional personal-finance education programs.
D2D says it has seen evidence that online videogames can improve financial knowledge. In a randomized trial in 2011, about 100 low- to moderate-income players who took quizzes before and after playing "Farm Blitz" improved their scores on questions related to financial knowledge by a statistically significant amount, says Nick Maynard, D2D's director of innovation.
This fall, Buck Consultants, a New York-based human-resources consulting firm, is rolling out two financial videogames for a Fortune 500 company, which it declined to identify.
Employees who play the games—including one which challenges players to navigate outer space without running out of the rocket fuel that represents retirement savings—can click on a link to enroll in or change their 401(k) contributions, says Barry Hall, a principal at Buck.
Players need to remain alert to how a company that develops or offers a game can benefit.
"Struct," a game available free in Apple's app store, challenges users to build increasingly complex structures out of steel, wood and glass—proxies for cash, bonds and stocks—while fending off a fast-moving and unpredictable character who represents market risk.
"Each level of play is introduced by a foreman, who parallels the idea of a financial adviser, in that he gives advice on how to improve your score," says Jillian Verspyck, director of marketing communications at ING U.S., VOYA -0.51 % which offers the game and has a network of 2,400 advisers. So far, about 4,800 people have played the game, which made its debut a year ago, Ms. Verspyck says.
Social Games
Other games use social engagement—including competition and peer pressure—to promote better financial habits.
Kerry Kearney, who is 41 and lives in Edmonds, Wash., recently challenged her son Cole to take his paper-route earnings to the bank every week using "Proof," a free game at Mindbloom.com, a for-profit site. To win the ice cream his mother offers as a reward, 11-year-old Cole must send her "proof" of his compliance, in the form of pictures of his weekly deposit slips.
The product, says Ms. Kearney, works well for Cole, who "is highly competitive." "He gets engaged in things that feel like a game," she says. Mindbloom profits when users purchase additional content and features, such as tools that allow them to track their behaviors and collaborate with friends.
At Stickk.com, users can set a variety of different goals, financial or otherwise (one of the most popular is losing weight). Users also can share their progress with friends and family through email and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
About 30% of the site's 200,000-plus users commit to paying a financial penalty if they don't make progress as expected, according to a spokeswoman. Mr. Parker, the financial adviser, arranged for $20 to be transferred from his bank account to his wife's whenever he spends too much on his credit card.
The game, he says, has paid dividends for his marriage. While Mr. Parker calls his wife "frugal," he says, "I enjoy spending the fruits of my labor. This is a fun way to meet in the middle and agree upon rules that take the conflict out of that friction point."
Stickk, which is free to users, makes money from corporate clients who use the service to encourage employees to achieve goals such as losing weight or quitting smoking. It can also take a small portion of the penalties players commit to paying if they fall short of their goals.
Mr. Karlan, the Yale professor, says the idea is to raise the "price of vice."
"We cannot walk into a store and say, 'Can you please increase the price of those peanut M&Ms for me so I don't buy them?' They are not going to do that," he says. Using social pressure "makes me more likely not to succumb to temptation. The price of peanut M&Ms is not just $1.50 but $1.50 plus the shame of my friends knowing that I failed."
Write to Anne Tergesen at email@example.com


text:
Heavy Duty Replacement Power Tilt and Trim Motor 6274 - Arco
This item is found in the following Product Families
Fits: Late Model Mercury/Mariner & Force
75-125 HP outboards w/single ram
75-125 HP outboards w/single ram
3-wire connection; 4 bolt mount
Hollow-hex shaft
(Motor/Reservoir Only for Trim Pump Assembly 824051)
Include stainless steel mounting screws, shaft adaptor, O-ring and fill plug.
Ring Terminal Ends
This product ships in 1 business day.
Add to Cart and enter your Postal Code to determine the shipping charges and estimated delivery date.
Most products and orders leave our warehouse in 1 business day. However, select items may take more processing time. Alaska and Hawaii orders please add 1 additional warehouse processing day.
Standard Shipping Policies


text:
Don Larsen
News about Don Larsen, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
A Baseball Education Under the Sun
A daughter accompanied her father to spring training, and followed in his footsteps.
March 24, 2013, Sunday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Baseball , St Louis Cardinals , Stengel, Casey , Larsen, Don , Ford, Whitey
Larsen and Berra Together Again
Don Larsen appeared at the Yogi Berra Museum to promote the auction of his perfect-game jersey.
October 9, 2012, Tuesday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Larsen, Don , Steiner Sports Marketing & Memorabilia , World Series
An Artifact, or a Payday
Don Larsen's decision to auction his 1956 perfect game uniform, which had been on display at the San Diego Hall of Champions, could have broad implications for museums.
July 22, 2012, Sunday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Museums , Larsen, Don , Collectors and Collections , Halls of Fame , Hockey Hall of Fame , Baseball Hall of Fame , Pro Football Hall of Fame , Memorabilia and Souvenirs , Baseball
Up for Bid, a Piece of Perfection
Don Larsen will sell the uniform he wore during his World Series perfect game to fund his grandsons' college education.
May 27, 2012, Sunday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Larsen, Don , Memorabilia and Souvenirs , New York Yankees , Brooklyn Dodgers , Baseball , Auctions
No Windup, Then the Pitch
A look back at Don Larsen's perfect game for the Yankees in the 1956 World Series.
October 10, 2010, Sunday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Baseball , Halladay, Roy , Larsen, Don
Better Than Perfect? No-Hitter in Playoff Debut
By throwing the second no-hitter in postseason history, the Phillies' Roy Halladay found a way to top himself.
October 7, 2010, Thursday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Halladay, Roy , Philadelphia Phillies , Playoff Games , Baseball , World Series , Cincinnati Reds , National League , Larsen, Don
Rays Run and Walk but Don't Always Hit
Tampa Bay led the American League in victories, with 96, but is prone to short-term offensive outages.
October 6, 2010, Wednesday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Baseball , Playoff Games , Tampa Bay Rays , American League , Texas Rangers , Larsen, Don , Buehrle, Mark , Longoria, Evan , Maddon, Joe , Lee, Cliff
Offensive Equivalent of the Perfect Game
Which is harder, throwing a perfect game or hitting four home runs in a single contest?
June 13, 2010, Sunday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Baseball , Awards, Decorations and Honors , Washington Nationals , Chicago White Sox , Larsen, Don , Povich, Shirley , Braden, Dallas , Halladay, Roy , Galarraga, Armando
Tom Sturdivant, Yankees Pitcher, Dies at 78
Mr. Sturdivant pitched the Yankees to a victory in Game 4 of the 1956 World Series on the day before Don Larsen's perfect game.
March 3, 2009, Tuesday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Baseball , New York Yankees , Deaths (Obituaries) , Larsen, Don
Trip Down Memory Lane Becomes Weeklong Odyssey for Don Larsen
An excursion that Don Larsen figured would take about 60 hours turned into a six-day odyssey because of brutal weather on both coasts.
January 1, 2009, Thursday
MORE ON DON LARSEN AND: Larsen, Don , Travel and Vacations , Airports
Rss Feeds On Don Larsen
Subscribe to an RSS feed on this topic. What is RSS?
Get Alerts On Don Larsen
Receive My Alerts e-mails on topics covered on this page.More Alerts >>


text:
Print this page
Artbeads Ratings and Reviews
See All Reviews
Shop Now At Artbeads
Shop Miscellaneous
Choose a Category
Shop Alphabet Beads
Shop Artbeads.com Store
Shop Bags & Boxes
Shop Bali Beads
Shop Base Metal Components
Shop Beading Books
Shop Bracelets & Neckwear
Shop Charms
Shop Clearance Items
Shop Copper Clasps
Shop Copper Components
Shop Copper Pendants
Shop Crafts & Accessories
Shop Cubic Zirconia Beads
Shop Earrings
Shop Freshwater Pearls
Shop Gemstone Beads
Shop Gift Certificates/Cards
Shop Glass Beads
Shop Gold Beads
Shop Gold Components
Shop Hill Tribe Silver Beads
Shop Horn Beads
Shop Jewelry Kits
Shop Limited Edition
Shop Limited Edition Gemstones
Shop Limited Edition Glass Beads
Shop Natural Beads
Shop Natural Components
Shop Pendants
Shop Pewter Beads
Shop Pewter Components
Shop Porcelain Beads
Shop Resin Beads
Shop Seed Beads
Shop Shell Beads
Shop Shell Pendants
Shop Silk Beads
Shop Silver Components
Shop Sterling Silver Beads
Shop Stringing Materials
Shop Swarovski Components
Shop Swarovski Crystal Beads
Shop Swarovski Pendants
Shop Swarovski Rhinestones
Shop Tools & Supplies
Shop Vintage Beads
Shop Watch Faces
Shop Weekly Specials
Shop Wire & Chain
Shop Wood Beads
Shop Wooden Components
Reviews Home
Product Reviews
Swarovski 1088 PP24 XIRIUS Chaton Light Silk
Complement your looks with versatile color and brilliant sparkle using the Swarovski 1088 PP24 XIRIUS chaton in Light Silk. This crystal component features a shape similar to a traditional diamond cut with a crown and cutlet. Indeed, the gemstone-like cut facets, with their complex multi-layering and angles, take crystal one step closer to the diamond. This chaton features a pale and timeless neutral shade that will provide your designs with accents of refined splendor. PP24 chatons are approximately 3mm in diameter.
Customer Reviews for
Swarovski 1088 PP24 XIRIUS Chaton Light Silk
This product has not yet been reviewed.
Click here
to continue to the product details page.


text:
Let $f = \overline{3}x^3+ \overline{2}x^2 - \overline{5}x + \overline{1}$ be defined in $\mathbb Z_p$. Find a prime number $p$ so that $f$ can be divided by $g = x-\overline{2}$, then factorize $f$ as product of irreducible factors in the $\mathbb Z_p$ found.
I am really stuck because I can't figure out on which principle should I rely on to solve this exercise, a push in the right direction is definitely greatly appreciated.


text:
WACO (November 1, 2012)--Two Waco men were sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after they both earlier pleaded guilty to methamphetamine charges.
U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr., sentenced Eric Guerrero to serve 168 months in prison, followed by three years supervised released, and ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine and $100 in a special assessment to the court.
Smith sentenced Augustine Ramirez to serve 120 months in prison followed by three years supervised release, ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine and $100 in a special assessment.
A court document presented at the plea hearings says that beginning in June 2011, Guerrero and Ramirez, along with at least two other men, were involved in a scheme to bring large amounts of methamphetamine from the Dallas area back to Waco for resale.
Waco police arrested a person after said he delivered approximately one ounce of methamphetamine and soon after the suspect began to cooperate as a confidential informant.
The informant identified the supplier of his methamphetamine as a person in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and he was assigned to bring the drugs to the Waco area and sell them.
The informant also told officers that Guerrero and Ramirez used the same supplier.


text:
KILLEEN (January 29, 2013)--High school students in the Killeen, Copperas Cove and Temple school districts will learn about numerous career options at an event happening at CTC.
On Friday, more than 300 students will participate in the first-ever P-20 Career Exploration event which is funded by a grant from the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation.
Students will learn about the career fields of pharmacy, radio/television, engineering, homeland security, literature, theater arts, kinesiology, business, culinary arts and computer science.
Students will be treated to lunch and will also attend a workshop hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission.
The workshop will offer tips on resume writing and dressing for success.


text:
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- A Middle Tennessee State University alumna is competing in a design contest that could net her $10,000 and a chance to sell her T-shirt design in Target stores nationwide.
Julianna Bass is one of the 20 semifinalists in the Diet Coke Young Designer Challenge. She is a 2002 graduate with a bachelor's degree in textiles, merchandising and design.
Bass submitted a design promoting Diet Coke to be emblazoned on a T-shirt.
The 20 semifinalists will be narrowed down to 10 finalists based on the largest numbers of votes received from the public between now and June 30. Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff will decide the winner from among the final 10.
Besides the cash and Target opportunity, the winner will also get a trip for two to Nashville to see Taylor Swift in concert.


text:
Mobile Library Service Reading Group
Every year the Mobile Library Service organises an Adult Reading Group. Books are selected each year by Jackie and Nicky around March/April; and the Reading Group is launched not long after Easter time. Jackie and Nicky co-ordinate the books and group - making sure that everyone gets their books at the library stop they visit. There is only one meeting and this occurs around November. The group is invited to meet and chat to each other about the books they read, asked for thoughts on what to read next and so on. As an added bonus, there is also a guest speaker. This year, 2011 the meeting is in September due guest speaker commitments.
All Reading Group members fill out a Review Sheet for each book and these are then typed up ready for the Annual Meeting. Due to the volume of writing involved, the reviews are sumerised and copies of these are produced as 'Snaphot Reviews'. The Snapshot Reviews from 2009 onwards can be found below. Full copies of the reviews are only available on request to the Mobile Library Service.
Snapshot Reviews 2011
Copyright:2011 Birmingham City Council
Snapshot Reviews 2010
Snapshot Reviews 2009
Please contact the Mobile Library Service and ask for Jackie or Nicky if you would like to join the Reading Group. It is expected though, that you will be a regular visitor of the Mobile Library Service at one of its timetabled stops.
Birmingham Mobile Library Service
Mobile Library Timetables
Reading Groups in Birmingham Libraries


text:
9 Animals That Are Just Lazy Combinations of Other Animals
#4. Rabbit + Kangaroo = Bilby
Martin Harvey / Getty
If, for some reason, you decided to take the hippity-hop stylings of a kangaroo, the big floppy ears of a bunny and the face of a possum, then you'd get this thing -- and before you ask, yes, like so many of God's experiments gone awry, it's from Australia.
These giant mutant rats are called bilbies, and they're members of the bandicoot family. Their large, bunny-like ears allow them to hear when the other animals make fun of them and are also used for thermoregulation in their arid home. Also, like actual kangaroos, bilbies like hopping around and have a pouch where they stash their young'uns.
The only purpose the possum face serves is making sure you'd never lend this thing money.
In the past 200 years, the number of bilbies has decreased drastically, thanks to such vicious enemies as rabbits and cats (yeah, it's not much of a badass). Conservationists have tried to raise awareness of the bilby's plight by lobbying to replace the Easter Bunny with an Eastern bilby in Australia, and are also training them to avoid felines ... by throwing dead, declawed cats on top of them and traumatizing them.
Qld Parks & Wildlife, via ABC
The sad part is, the dead cats still kick their asses.
#3. Hamster + Pig = Honduran White Bat
Look at these adorable hamster-like critters cuddling together in their leafy home. Have you ever seen a pig nose on a little fuzzy creature before? Don't you just wanna grab a bunch of them and hug them?
Actually, you'd better not, because that thing is a freaking bat, and it is riddled with diseases. The Ectophylla alba or Honduran white bat is a unique species of fruit-eating "tent" bat, which refers to its ability to cut the leaf off the bush it lives in and fold it over on top of itself, forming a tent, while it clings to the underside. That's right: Rather than just crashing into caves, they actually build their own homes.
Leyo, Wikipedia Commons
They're no more reliable than the average contractor, but at least they're adorable.
One male and his harem of females will cling together until night falls, when they'll fly out like poofy ghosts to nom on fruit. But no matter how adorable they look, these things are still bats, and as such they tend to carry all sorts of deadly diseases, like rabies. They recently discovered a species of fruit bat in Africa that carries a close cousin of the Ebola virus. So, yeah, no winged Furbies for you.
Good thing Bruce Wayne doesn't live in Honduras, or he'd look a whole lot sillier.
#2. Ant + Bee = Velvet Ant
V. Jedlicka, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
As if regular ants weren't bad enough, someone had to go and genetically merge them with bees to create this atrocity. Good going, science. The upside is that it won't try to steal your sweets because it can make its own honey. The downside is that it exists.
This is the velvet ant, and it's actually a wasp, not a bee or an ant (we're also just going to assume that velvet isn't involved either). The females are wingless, so they spend their time crawling around, looking for nectar and water while waiting for the males to swoop down and mount them. We have no information on whether the male can at that point take them both flying while they're doing it, but you can go ahead and imagine it anyway.
David Brownell via What's That Bug?
Classified also as "Fuzzy enough to be pettable, but still too creepy."
But we know what you're wondering: Can this thing sting me? The answer is yes, it absolutely can, and in fact its sting is so painful that it has been nicknamed "the cow killer" -- the stinger itself is over an inch long, which in wasp terms is like John Holmes. By the way, there are over 150 species of velvet ant spread all the way across Mexico, the U.S. and southern Canada, so you're going to have to get on a plane if you want to feel safe about sitting on your ass in the sand ever again.
#1. Snake + Anteater = Pangolin
Sunda Pangolin via frontier.ac.uk
This is the kind of creature you only expect to see when you reach the end of the dungeon in a Zelda game. It looks like a snake that by some magic spell grew legs and a protective pine-comb-like shell -- you're probably gonna need a shitload of bombs to kill this thing.
But, no, this is a real animal called the pangolin, which wanders around sub-Saharan Asia and Africa looking like a wad of pasted-together fingernail clippings. The pangolin is considered to be magic by some cultures: Women looking for certain men will bury pangolins near the male's door. Also, it has a massive snake-like tongue that, when unfurled, can actually be longer than its entire body.
San Diego Zoo
Somehow, we feel like these two facts are related.
By the way, when we said it's like a wad of fingernails, we meant it literally: Its scales have the texture of a toenail and grow like one as well. Constant burrowing for termites and ants (its only diet, since it has no teeth) keeps the scale edges filed down and manageable. When threatened, pangolins curl up in a near-impenetrable shell and can even roll away from danger. So in reality, it's less Zelda villain, more Transformer.
Mark Sheridan-Johnson / Barcroft Media via The Telegraph
"Good luck, asshole!"
Andrew, Ross and Monte all write comics at RealToyGun.com.