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Blue Pilgrim
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
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Location: Ilinois
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:24 am
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I generally let any sort of egg cook so the bottom is firm, and then add 1 or 2 teaspoons of water the pan before trying to get a spatual under it, which loosens the egg from the pan. By the time the egg is cooked the water has boiled off.
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:29 pm
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I guess right now you can cook an egg.
Just simple, right?
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Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:11 pm
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I can't cook it too ... it is not that hard but I'm not going to learn it.
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Kathleen H.
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:04 pm
Post subject: microwave scrambled eggs
Okay, so this is something my fiance's mother showed me and to this day I am forever grateful!
Because of her I now know how to microwave/scramble eggs.
Believe me, it isn't at all as gross as it must sound. They actually come out fluffier than if you were to do it via frying pan, and they don't burn!
Here's the stuff you'll need and the steps. It's the simplest way I've ever made an egg. Hand on my heart.
Stuff you'll need:
2 eggs (or more if you want)
Milk (a little less than a half a cup)
1 fork (for stirring / whisking --you could use a whisk if you wanted)
1 microwavable bowl (I use a little plastic cup type thing that's microwave safe, but I've also used a china bow, before--whatever you think will be big enough for 1 or 2 eggs)
1) Crack both eggs into your microwaveable bowl.
2) Add milk, a little less than a half a cup. I myself never measure, buy if you want to work out a system you can
3) Whisk the eggs and milk together with a fork or whisk. Make sure to get a lot of air in there, to make them light and frothy.
4) Put your eggs into the microwave and heat them for 1 minuet (don't put the fork or whisk in the microwave)
5) After 1 minuet take them out and whisk them again until they're broken up.
6) Put them back into the microwave, heat them for another minuet.
7) Take it out, repeat step 5
6) Put it back in for just 30 seconds this time
8) Take it out and WITH A CLEAN FORK stir slightly to break it up, then chow down.
You can add cheese on top and wait til it melts too, which is how I sometimes do it.
Hope this helps! Lemme know how your egg-making goes ;P
-Kathleen H.
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:08 am
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crack open a egg in a bowl and cover it with a plate and/or wrap. put in the microwave for 3 minutes. and you have cooked egg.
same with a potato. whole or sliced (results in potato chips)
you are already two levels up. congrats.
Simple dishes can also be good dishes.
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Michael Chu
Joined: 10 May 2005
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Location: Austin, TX (USA)
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 2:02 am
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titanx wrote:
crack open a egg in a bowl and cover it with a plate and/or wrap. put in the microwave for 3 minutes. and you have cooked egg.
Three minutes? That's much too long. The egg will have foamed and overflowed the container if it isn't big enough and created a mess in the microwave. If the bowl was large enough, then it'll just end up cooking onto the bowl and be a tough clean up job when washing (dishwasher isn't going to do it). When microwaving eggs, go 10-20 sec at a time and watch it, stopping when it becomes fully cooked.
titanx wrote:
same with a potato. whole or sliced (results in potato chips)
You get cooked but soggy potatoes - not chips - when microwaved.
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Post subject: Cooking and Egg
Don't Worry as the task of Cooking Egg seems simple and easy believe me it's not.I see many pro cooking specialist who can't do it right. There are more than thousand recipes to make eggs.It's an Art.You need to start from basic and move to advance.try it again and again even if the chickens deny to sell you more eggs due to disgrace
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Buzz surrounding Apple's iTV has not let up in recent months, and as time wears on, more details are beginning to emerge. On Tuesday, The Globe and Mail revealed that the product may already be in the hands of Canadian cable stations, and will feature remote-less capabilities, exhibiting functionalities similar to Siri and Microsoft's Kinect.
After Walter Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography revealed that the late Apple founder had finally developed an Apple-worthy way to control TVs, Apple has reportedly begun seeking possible launch partners. While Verizon and AT&T are favored to be launch partners in the United States, two Canadian television providers, currently claimed to be Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada Enterprises, are purported to have been courted by Apple and may have received exclusive access to the iTV prototype for testing.
Recent gossip incited by a Best Buy survey painted the iTV as a 42-inch TV priced at $1,499, but that has since has been dispelled in an interview with Wired. Still, rumors of its capabilities have nonetheless been swelling.
In the latest rumors, remote-less control features are at the forefront of the news, threatening the existence of dedicated traditional TV remote controls. The iTV, as Digital Trends predicted, is reported to include voice recognition (similar to the iPhone 4S's Siri) integrated to serve as a recommendation engine for users interested in similar programming. In addition, Kinect-like features will allow viewers to control the TV by gesticulating with their hands. When coupled with its voice recognition software, this may allow for keyboard-less Web surfing and social-media-based sharing.
In its typical secretive nature, Apple has neither confirmed nor dismissed the claims surrounding its iTV. The company could not be reached for comment, but if Apple is already testing it with launch partners, fans may be seeing hard evidence of its existence in a matter of months. But of course, at the moment, those words stand just as a rumor.


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A downloadable file for this article is available here.
As you'll hopefully recall, in the previous article I set up an illustrative hands-on example, aimed at demonstrating the functionality of the "TemplateProcessor" class that I wrote at the beginning of the series. With reference to this example, I created some basic dynamic PHP files, aside from fetching a small MySQL result set, and finally integrated all these data sources within an array of input tags, in order to show how the template processor class was capable of parsing a given template file.
Although the sample PHP files that I included as elements of the respective array of input tags were rather basic, they allowed me to illustrate the way that the "TemplateProcessor" class replaces the placeholders in question with data coming from different data sources. As I said repeatedly over the previous tutorials, the structure of this class is very expandable, thus if you need even more template processing features, in accordance with your particular development requirements, you can easily add more methods to the class, or rewrite the existing ones.
Now, by returning to the subject of this last installment, I'll use the skeleton of the original "TemplateProcessor" class to develop an improved, production-level template processor, which, as you'll see in a few moments, will be capable of working with multiple template files, in addition to implementing a chunked caching system. In this way, the class will be able to use several templates that have distinct cache expiration times, aside from utilizing most of the template processing features that you learned before.
Are you ready to start learning how to code this improved template processor? Right, let's do it together.
{mospagebreak title=Setting up the basics of chunked caching: defining multiple template files}
One of the most remarkable benefits of chunked caching systems rests on the ability to cache different sections of a web page, which can be treated as independent structures. This concept makes a lot of sense if you consider that most websites have different areas, such as headers and footers that don't change very often, and evidently can take advantage of a caching mechanism.
In this case, keeping in mind the fundamentals of a chunked caching system, I'm going to define three different template files, each of them corresponding to one particular section of a web page: header, body and footer respectively. Then, after defining all the template files, I'll modify the signature for some methods of the "TemplateProcessor" class, so it can handle the templates as independent files, and eventually assign distinct cache expiration times to each of them, when their contents are cached.
Here are the three basic template files that I plan to use in conjunction with the template processor class. First, the "header_template.htm" file:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-
8859-1″ />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />

{header}

Next, you can see the definition of the "body_template.htm" file:

{maincontent{staticdata}{dynamicdata}}

And finally, the signature of the "footer_template.htm" file:

{footer}

As you can see, I simply split a typical template file into three different areas, so they can be handled separately. Also, I kept their structure basic, thus you can easily understand how distinct template files will be parsed and then cached, in accordance with their time expiries.
Now that you know how each template file looks, it's time to move on and start coding the improved "TemplateProcessor" class. To see how this will be done, please click on the link below.
{mospagebreak title=Parsing multiple template files: redefining the "TemplateProcessor" class}
Before I list the corresponding source code of the improved "TemplateProcessor" class, let me first explain in a few words how it will work. Since this class must use all the template files previously defined, it will take up an additional array (aside from the array of input tags), which will contain the shortened name of the template file for being parsed, along with its cache expiration time, expressed in seconds.
If this explanation doesn't ring any bells to you, don't worry for the moment. When I set up a practical example, you'll understand how this array will be used by the template processor.
Now, after a short introduction, please take a look at the signature of the modified "TemplateProcessor" class:
class TemplateProcessor{
// declare data members
private $output;
private $rowTag='p';
private $tags;
private $templateFile;
private $cacheFile;
private $expiry;
public function __construct($tags=array(),$pageSections=array
throw new Exception('Invalid number of parameters for
template processor');
foreach($pageSections as $key=>$expiry){
// define template files
// define cache files
// assign cache expiration values
// assign tags for replacement
// initialize page outputs
foreach($this->cacheFile as $key=>$cacheFile){
// check if cache files are valid
// read data from cache files
// read template files
// process template files
// clean up empty tags
// write crunched data to cache files
// check validity of cache files
private function isCacheValid($key){
// determine if cache file is valid or not
return true;
return false;
// process template file
private function processTemplate($tags,$key){
foreach($tags as $tag=>$data){
// if data is array, traverse recursive array of tags
// if data is a file, fetch processed file
// if data is a MySQL result set, obtain a formatted
list of database rows
elseif(@get_resource_type($data)=='mysql result'){
foreach($row as $col){
$cols.=' '.$col.' ';
// if data contains the '[code]' elimiter, parse data
as PHP code
// process input file
private function processFile($file){
return $contents;
// write compressed data to cache file
private function writeCache($key){
throw new Exception('Error writing data to cache
// read compressed data from cache file
private function readCache($key){
throw new Exception('Error reading data from cache
return $cacheContents;
// return overall output
public function getHTML(){
foreach($this->output as $output){
return $html;
// return crunched output
private function getCrunchedHTML($key){
// crunch (X)HTML content & compress it with gzip
// return compressed (X)HTML content
return $this->output[$key];
As shown above, now the "TemplateProcessor" class looks a little more complex and intimidating, but essentially it implements the same logic that you learned in the previous articles. Since now the class must deal with multiple template and cache files, most of its properties have been redefined as arrays, a fact that you'll clearly see if you analyze the signature of the constructor.
Notice how this method uses a "foreach" loop, in order to create the arrays corresponding to the cache and template files, the respective cache expiration times, and the parsed output of each section of the web page. Also, following the same approach, the method checks out, in sequence, the validity of each cache file and determines whether the template file in question should be parsed and saved later on, or the parsed contents should be directly fetched from the cache file.
In general terms, you can see that all the subsequent methods of the class use the same approach in working with different cache and template files, and most of them utilize array keys to handle each element in question. Therefore, if you already read the previous articles of the series, you shouldn't have any problems understanding how the template processor works.
Well, before I proceed to coding a hands-on example, I'd like to point out one last thing: notice the way I redefined the private "getCrunchedHTML()" method, instead of compressing the parsed template files and saving them to cache. I deliberately defined the method like this, because I wanted to make the class flexible enough to include the data compression method that you most prefer. In this case, I decided only to remove new line characters from the parsed template files, but you can change this and use another technique for compressing data.
At this point, after explaining how the "TemplateProcessor" class implements chunked caching on multiple template files, it's a good time to demonstrate its useful capabilities. Therefore, go ahead and read the next section, in order to see the template processor in action. It's really worth it, trust me.
{mospagebreak title=Putting the "TemplateProcessor" class to work: setting up a concrete example}
Undoubtedly, the best way to see the real capabilities of the "TemplateProcessor" class is simply by setting up an example that shows how all the template files I showed you previously are used together.
In this example, I'll specify different expiration times for each template file, where the "header_template.htm" file will have an expiry of 3600 seconds, then the "body_template.htm" file will be updated each 60 seconds, and finally the "footer_template.htm" file will be parsed at intervals of 3600 seconds too. Additionally, I'll include a MySQL dataset within the main section of the web page, which will be fetched by the MySQL wrapping classes that I showed in the previous article (they won't be listed here).
Having specified the set of parameters for this example, here's the code sample that uses the "TemplateProcessor" class:
// include 'MySQL' class files
require_once 'mysqlclass.php';
require_once 'resultclass.php';
// connect to MySQL
$db=new MySQL(array
// run SQL query
$result=$db->query('SELECT * FROM users');
// get query resource
// build array of page sections and assign expiration values
for each cache file (chunked caching)
// build template tags
// instantiate template processor object
$tpl=new TemplateProcessor($tags,$pageSections);
// display parsed page
echo $tpl->getHTML();
catch(Exception $e){
echo $e->getMessage();
As you can see, the above script first connects to MySQL and fetches a trivial result set from a "users" database table. Next, the corresponding "$pageSections" input array is defined, which contains the shortened names of each web page section along with their cache expiration times. At this stage, do you see how this set of parameters is used internally by the "TemplateProcessor" class? I hope you do.
Now, turn your attention to the second $tags array; notice that this is a recursive array, where all the tags of a specific page section are the elements of another array too. Of course, you can go as deep as you want in defining recursive arrays, as long as the template files contain the appropriate structure of nested placeholders.
Right, that was the hard part. Once the proper input arrays have been defined, they're passed as parameters to an instance of the template processor class, and finally the whole web page is displayed by using the "getHTML()" method.
Of course, you'll have a much better idea of the functionality of the "TemplateProcessor" class if you test it for yourself, thus I included a ZIP file here (which is also linked to at the beginning of this article), containing the class and additional sample files. I hope you enjoy playing with the source code I provided you, and as usual, feel free to introduce your own modifications.
Final thoughts
In this last tutorial of the series I went through the making of a PHP 5 extensible template processor class, which not only has most of the features that you saw in my previous article, but also is capable of working with multiple template files, in this way implementing the so-called chunked caching. As you've seen here, the source code of the class is pretty easy to follow, which means that you shouldn't have trouble tweaking it, in order to meet your personal requirements. See you in the next PHP tutorial!


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Head Coach Charles Katsiaficas of Pomona-Pitzer notched his 400th career win as the Sagehens (6-5) upended host Trinity (Tex.) 68-63 Monday afternoon.
Katsiaficas, now in is 26th year heading the program, boasts a mark of 400-281. In a unique twist, he also picked up his milestone win in San Antonio (at the Trinity University Classic), where his old boss, former Pomona-Pitzer Head Coach Gregg Popovich, currently coaches the San Antonio Spurs.
Katsiaficas served as an assistant coach for Popovich at Pomona-Pitzer in the mid 1980's, and served one year as an interim head coach for the Sagehens in 1986-87 while Popovich took a one-year sabbatical (to work with Larry Brown at Kansas). One year later, Popovich left Pomona-Pitzer to become Larry Brown's assistant with the Spurs, and Katsiaficas took over the Sagehen helm permanently.
He has led the Sagehens to 10 SCIAC Championships and 11 berths in the NCAA Division III Tournament.
Among the key players leading the team to the win were senior forward Jake Klewer with 11 points, 16 rebounds and five assists. Junior guard Kyle McAndrews had a team-high 14 points, while senior forward John Weiss and junior guard Michael Cohen each had 10 points.


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The candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are agreed on one point - there's a War on Religion and they are the martyrs.
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The language that is used is pretty convoluted. What Gingrich seems to be saying, if the state requires a lack of bias on the part of adoption agencies, in order to give money to those agencies, then the state is antireligious. In other words, he is stating that the government should give money to the catholic church, even if the catholic church discriminates against people for not following catholic doctrine. The candidates use that as an expression of "bigotry" against christians. Therefore, that is a "war on religion".
Then Perry uses the argument, that the Obama administration's refusal to defend DOMA, is evidence of a "religious war". DOMA defines marriage in federal law as only between one man and one woman, and states if you are married in one state, other states do not have to honor that marriage, and the federal government can not consider that a marriage. So this means that the Obama administration is "fighting a war on religion." Apparently, all religion forbids same gender marriage. A lot, probably most, do, but not all. In addition, the Obama administration considered one section of the law unconstitutional, as the rationale for not defending that law. Again, Perry is claiming that if you support equality, and possibly if you support the US Constitution, then you are "bigoted" against christians.
It's interesting that in both cases, they are using actions that are intended address antigay bias, as evidence of a war on religion. Same old shit, just not naming it as such. It's really some religious people who are fighting a war on human fairness, and the same old antigay stuff without naming it as such.
It seems to me that they are trying to get around the US constitution, article 6 paragraph 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
I say that because in their election process, they are attempting to get the voters to test, or side with, the religious belief of the candidate. While that does not violate the letter of the law, it looks to me like it violates the spirit of the law. It seems to be an attempt by certain Rebublican candidates to get the Republican voters to impose a religious test, which would presumably mean "vote for me! I love Jesus more. Plus, I'm not a Mormon"
To fully label this demagoguery as "Republican" may not be completely fair. It seems limited to specific candidates and specific fractions of the electorate. I'm not siding with republicans here, but I don't want to fall into the same behaviors as some of the evil clown candidates like Perry Gingrich and Santorum. In the text of the article, it appears that Romney actually answered the question, while some other candidates used the question as an excuse to continue their war on gays.
I think that's a bit generous to the Republican Party. Not one Republican candidate will defend pluralism. Not one candidate will defend Article 6, paragraph 3. Even the secular element of the Party (the rich) winks at Christian bigotry. Talk about a lack of ethics. The party consists of two wings, the willfully stupid and the cynical. Yes, there's an odd 2% that don't fit in this dichotomy.
I'm just a generous guy :-)
Maybe Ron Paul? He might be that odd 2%. And there are concerns about his Baptist religious tendencies, and his Reaganesque denial of things done in his name, that he was supposedly unaware of so is not responsible for.
I will still be voting for Obama. I know he's flawed, but considering the alternatives, I have to be realistic.
Of course, I'll be down there voting Democratic as well. What choice do we have?
Good point about the libertarians. They aren't all religious, they just have this naive idea that all will be just ducky if we get rid of most government functions. They're not as flat-out stupid as the "social conservative" wing, but the concept isn't workable.
Same here. Now if only my brother would see reason. He is a total Paul-bot
Hear! Hear! Phil,
Obviously we can't scream "secularism!" But as democratic, rational and compassionate positions tend to be secular, we don't have to go there.
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Meissonier's "The Brawl"
eBook: The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism
12 comments:
- enb said...
Great Post.
Im a huge fan of his work. His painting "Friedland"
at the Met Museum had me absolutely captivated as child, and continues to do so today.
Easy to see why;
- February 16, 2012 at 9:21 AM
- Tom Hart said...
It's funny that upon my initial viewing I envisioned a grand-sized canvas, only to read that it's much smaller. Still,it packs a huge wallup!
- February 16, 2012 at 9:54 AM
- James Gurney said...
Tom, you're right -- it's small, but it's large for Meissonier, whose Salon paintings were often as tiny as 8x10 inches. They had to post a guard next to his paintings to keep his fans from brawling and pushing each other! It seems you can make a big impression at exhibition with either a huge painting or a tiny one.
ENB, Friedland blew me away, too. It's unbelievably detailed, and even larger. The recent book "Judgment of Paris" by Ross King describes the story of its creation.
- February 16, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- Vicki said...
I can kind of see why the critics said he didn't do action. Both these paintings have a combination of stillness and activity. In "Friedland", the action seems to be all in the details. The composition is like a landscape, with the broad horizontal line cutting across the middle of the painting, even if it IS the tops of the troops, and the horses are furiously galloping in the foreground. The first glance, from a distance, it would seem to me, looks quite still.
In "The Brawl", the stillness is in the lack of busyness in the setting. The wall behind the brawlers and the floor are almost devoid of details that would add to the activity. All the action is concentrated in the tension among the various actors, not in the scene itself.
This is not a criticism. I think it is a marvelous thing to combine stillness with violent action. Maybe it shows that it is humans who bring violence to the scene; it is not an integral part of the world.
- February 16, 2012 at 2:07 PM
- James Gurney said...
Vicki, I know what you mean. I'd love to see how N.C. Wyeth would have handled this. I have a few quibbles with it myself, mainly in the proportions of the arms and legs and in the 3D overlap of the two figures on the right. There doesn't seem to be enough room for the peacemaker's knee. Meissonier definitely had specific models and costumes, but I wonder if he had them all act it out together to work out the spacing and staging.
- February 16, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Will Kelly said...
Hi Mr. Gurney!
This is kind of unrelated to your blog post, but I wanted to let you know that I'll be attending the IMC at Amherst this year, and I'm hoping you'll still be lecturing!! I am really looking forward to meeting you & learning all I can. Hope to see you then!
- February 16, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- James Gurney said...
Hey, Will,
Look forward to meeting you at IMC. Yes, I'll probably be doing two lectures, and one of them will be a brand new one on "worldbuilding." I'll give a bunch of ideas about how to turn your paintings and rough ideas into a comprehensive fantasy or science fiction universe. And I'm making sure to have the time to go around and meet each student and see what they're working on.
- February 16, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- Will Kelly said...
That sounds amazing! Can't wait... June really seems far away now!
- February 16, 2012 at 7:07 PM
- Lee Smith said...
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- February 16, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- Lee Smith said...
What struck me about this painting is that the combatants look like the same person. I also like to think he had the model for the brawler on the left hang on to a rope attached to the wall behind him to give the appearance of leaning. It would be impossible to stand in that position without falling over.
- February 16, 2012 at 9:21 PM
- etc, etc said...
painted this stirring scene to silence the critics who had declared him unable to depict action
I think the problem is he was generally a dullard at composition, and this painting attempts to mask that problem with the subject matter.
- February 17, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- Carlos A Soto said...
Hey where is the "like" button on this thing!? Just kidding. Well I'm glad Mr. Gurney you post these paintings. There are so many paintings and artists I've learned about from your post and it's wonderful. The town I live in seems dead to the arts and B&Noble's art section gets smaller every year. So thanks, it's great that people like you give art a breathe of fresh air.
- March 5, 2012 at 9:54 AM


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ROCK HILL, S.C. – Coker men's golfers Josh Clay and Christopher Fuga have each earned South Atlantic Conference all-conference men's golf awards, the league office announced on Thursday (Apr. 10). Clay was voted as an All-SAC Second Team member, while Fuga landed a spot on the All-SAC Honorable Mention Team.
Clay ranks among the top-10 individual leaders for the South Atlantic Conference, with a scoring average of 74.0 in 23 rounds of play. His average also leads the team. Clay's lowest score of the year came in the second round of the Bearcat Invitational when he shot a season low 66, which topped his previous season best of 68 at the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate back in October.
Clay, a senior from Canton, Ohio, is the son of Paula and Dennis Clay. He is a Sports Management major, and a four year member of the Coker golf team.
Fuga's individual scoring average cracks the top-15 best in the conference, and is second best on the team with a 74.7. His best score of the year was a 67 that came at the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate in September.
Fuga, a junior from Phoenixville, Pa., is the son of Donna and Stephen Fuga. He is also a Sports Management major and has been a member of the Coker golf team for three seasons.
Both golfers will be competing in the SAC Championship in Sieverville, Tenn., starting Sunday, April 13.


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NZXT Phantom Review
Established in 2004, NZXT is a manufacturer that many computer enthusiasts have become fans of. Having manufactured some very popular computer products in the case and cooling category, NZXT is even beginning to dive into high end power supply units. NZXT offers many sleek cases that cater to all enthusiasts in their market as their product line continues to grow every year. I had the pleasure of publishing a review on the NZXT Lexa S that outperformed most of the other cases it was compared against.
Unveiled at Computex 2010 earlier this month,the NZXT Phantom is a full tower case with plenty of room for just about anything that consumers would want to have in their cases. The NZXT Phantom offers many integrated solutions and accommodations that provide extra convenience and ease of use that many cases on the market today do not. I remember seeing this case in the Computex article (linked above) and felt a lot of excitement to finally see the Phantom in person. The Phantom is available in Black, White, and Red. I look forward to getting everything put together in the Phantom and seeing what it is capable of! This article contains a complete review from the Phantom's unboxing, to a thorough testing of its functionality and cooling capabilities.
Closer Look:
The NZXT Phantom is packaged in a black box with a lot of content printed on to it. The Phantom that is pictured on the box is the white version, though it does have two small pictures on the back that show the other two colors that are available. The front of the box pictures a top-down angle of the Phantom with a wireframe watermark behind it. Beneath this is the word "Phantom" and "NZXT". Both the left and right sides contain a complete list of the Phantom's specifications as well as the color in which it is packaged. The rear of the case has an extensive list of features that the case offers and is printed in several different languages. My favorite part that appears on this list is the integrated 5-channel fan controller.
The NZXT Phantom is protected by a plastic bag and secured between two styrofoam blocks. The box was delivered without any external damage, and as so, the case is completely unharmed. Inside of the case is a white box that contains a total of nine individual bags of screws and a bag of wire ties and a small speaker. The screws included are: standard 6-32 2x hex, flat, and 2x round screws (motherboard, power supply, etc), M3 for securing 5.25" devices (optional), screws for an extra front and top fan, and ten thumbscrews. Also included are two brackets for mounting an internal dual radiator. Underneath this box is the user's manual, which contains information about assembly and features.
With the case out of the box, it is now time for this review to move onto the next stage, which will cover the outside of the case and its features.


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ONEONTA, NY - Hartwick led 20-3 in the first half of play but visiting St. John Fisher scored 49 unanswered points to score a 55-28 win on Saturday at Wright Stadium. The Hawks close out the season with a 2-8 overall record and 0-7 mark in the Empire 8. The Cardinals improve to 8-2 overall and place second in the conference with a 6-1 record.
The Hawks jumped out to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter and extended their advantage to 20-3 in the second. The Cardinals then got a fortunate break as they recovered a blocked field goal attempt in the end zone for a touchdown to trigger the rally. Fisher took command in the third quarter as they out-scored the Hawks by a 35-0.
Senior wide receiver Jordan Wilkins (Portsmouth, NH/Hyde School) ended his Hartwick career with an 8-reception, 137-yard day including one touchdown. Fellow senior Dan Brainard (Owego, NY/Owego) threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns on 23 completions. Senior running back Anthony Casimano (Gansevoort, NY/Schuylerville) rushed for 39 yards and one touchdown and Frankie Molina (Middletown, NY/Middletown HS) caught four balls for 100 yards with one touchdown.
A Brainard to Wilkins 12-yard touchdown pass gave the Hawks the early lead. Alex Tesoriero (Rensselaer, NY/Columbia) added the extra point and 'Wick led 7-0. Wilkins later found Molina for a 33-yard score and the Hawks led 13-0 after a failed PAT.
In the second quarter, Chad Monheim kicked a 41-yard field goal to put the Cardinals on the scoreboard. Casimano answered with 4:22 left in the half on a 1-yard touchdown run to give Hartwick a 20-3 edge.
Monheim later lined up for a 23-yard field goal attempt which the Hawks blocked. The ball, however, bounced into the end zone where FuQuan Borum recovered for the unlikely touchdown for the Cardinals.
Fisher took control in the second half as they scored on their first six drives. Cody Miller scored from three yards out, and quarterback Ryan Kramer scored on rushes of 24 and 13 yards to give the visitors the lead for good. Kramer found Ryan Francis for a 31-yard touchdown catch and Adam Burdick ran back a punt 66 yards to the end zone to give Fisher a commanding 45-20 lead after three quarters.
Kramer converted his third rushing touchdown from five yards out early in the fourth before Brainard ran it in from 10 yards out for 'Wick. Casimano found Nick Clair (Walden, NY/Valley Central) for the two-point conversion for the Hawks. Manheim tacked on a career-best 45-yard field goal to end the day's scoring.
Miller rushed for 120 yards with Kramer adding 105 rushing yards and 174 passing yards for Fisher. Francis made five catches for 109 yards.
Defensively for Hartwick, Clyde Miller (Rochester, NY/Glenville) made a game-high nine tackles. Pat Steves (Brockport, NY/Brockport) added eight hits. RJ Roth (New Windsor, NY/Cornwall) added six tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss. Travis Tones and Dave Vosburgh each made eight tackles for the Cardinals.
In a ceremony prior to the game, Hartwick College paid tribute to its 19 seniors for their efforts over the course of their careers. Wilkins, Brainard, Casimano, Clair, offensive linemen Antonio Bell (Ellenville, NY/Ellenville HS), Matt Bobal (Bingamton, NY/Chenengo Valley), Gary Chrys (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), Pat Fitzmaurice (Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem N. HS), Austin Restaino (Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale HS), defensive linemen Justin Deming (West Winfield, NY/Mount Markham HS), Kevin Duffy (Summit, NY/Cobleskill-Richmondville), Mike Stenger (Norwalk, CT/Brien McMahon), linebacker Jordan Spirou (Westbury, NY/WT Clarke), punter Brendan Cahill (Airmont, NY/Albertus Magnus), tight ends Grady Edwards (Stillwater, NY/Stillwater Central), Mike Ragno (Farmingdale, NY/Holy Trinity), wide receiver Joe Paratore (Selkirk, NY/Bethlehem HS), defensive backs Ray Mitchell (White Plains, NY/White Plains HS), Nate Foote (Norwich, NY/Onondaga CC), and assistant coach Cody Street each were honored.
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ONEONTA, NY - Hartwick led 20-3 in the first half of play but visiting St. John Fisher scored 49 unanswered points to score a 55-28 win on Saturday at Wright Stadium. The Hawks close out the season with a 2-8 overall record and 0-7 mark in the Empire 8. The Cardinals improve to 8-2 overall and place second in the conference with a 6-1 record.


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To get started you will need to:
- evaluate the digital records you have, or are likely to receive, to identify formats and potential volumes
- identify records held on removable storage media (such as memory sticks or floppy disks) with a view to transferring them to a more secure storage environment, such as a server
- ensure there are at least two copies of a digital record. This will allow you to work on a copy and allow you to revert to an earlier version if required. Technical obsolescence of standard formats (such as Windows) is not likely to be an immediate threat so it may be possible to retain the original format on a separate secure server
- develop a system of governance by creating a digital preservation strategy
- think about funding. Public archives are likely to acquire digital records from a variety of sources and will need to be able to sustain access to them. If the archive is unable to support digital preservation they will not be able to present the records to users over time. Archives creating digital surrogates need to remember that these assets will also need to be preserved and should be managed through the digital preservation strategy. A 'paper only' service may lead investors to decide that the archive no is longer helping the organisation to meet its business objectives
You can use and modify established archival skills (such as description, appraisal, access and service provision) to manage digital preservation. These skills can be integrated into business as usual with minimal impact or requirements for specialists.
Alternatively, you could source specialist knowledge:
- the use of existing expertise within the organisation (for example, the ICT department)
- sharing knowledge and experiences within your archival network
- contracting out the service (or parts of it) to a third party either as a shared service or individually, depending on need and scale
The 'golden rules' of digital preservation
In most cases the processes for digital preservation will be dependent on the capabilities and resources of the organisation. There are however, some basic principles which should always be employed:
- only ever work on a copy of a record, to ensure long-term preservation of the content when it was originally entered into the digital preservation process
- always document what actions and processes have taken place to allow others to learn how digital preservation has been done, and either repeat the processes or develop them as required
- ensure that the digital records received into the digital preservation process are unaltered. This may be achieved through the use of Checksum algorithm software
Cloud storage
A webinar took place on Friday 27 March to discuss the five case studies that accompany The National Archives' cloud storage and digital preservation guidance.
The webinar was an opportunity to learn more about experiences with digital preservation, the cloud, and digital storage. The subjects of the case studies include: the Archives and Records Council Wales Digital Preservation Working Group; Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford; Dorset History Centre; and Tate Gallery.
A recording is now available.
Find out more about how cloud storage can address the needs of public archives in the UK in our guidance and case studies below.
Guidance on cloud storage and digital preservation (PDF, 0.43MB)
Case study: Bodleian Library, University of Oxford (PDF, 0.14MB)
Case study: Dorset History Centre (PDF, 0.13MB)
Case study: Parliamentary Archives (PDF, 0.35MB)
Case study: Tate Gallery (PDF, 0.19MB)
Case study: Archives and Records Council Wales Digital Preservation Consortium (PDF, 0.16MB)
Learn more
- Parsimonious Preservation: a paper by Tim Gollins at The National Archives on the small, simple steps you can take to move forward in digital preservation
- The Digital Preservation Training Programme
- Digital Preservation Handbook
- Digital Curation Manual: from the Digital Curation Centre
- JISC: a number of resources on digital preservation and records management, typically (but not exclusively) for the higher education sector
- The Library of Congress: information on promoting personal archiving to individuals
- OAIS Reference Model: introduction to the Open Archival Information System Reference Model
- You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: first steps for managing born-digital content received on physical Media, intended for anyone who does not know where to begin managing born-digital materials


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Eighteen Castle Valley students finished the intensive 60-hour emergency medical responders course last week and they all successfully completed the certification exams. The final examinations were conducted by the Utah State Emergency Medical certification staff from Salt Lake City on Feb. 3 in Moab. The students, who are also nationally certified, were comprised of residents from the Castle Valley Fire Department, the community, and staff and students from the DayStar Academy. They ranged in age from 16 to the mid-70s and all had a desire to help people in the community during a time of need.
Over the course of the classes, the students imposed on their friends and family to let them take vital signs as part of the course, which was also part of learning to make patient assessments in eight minutes or less. The assessment process involved learning how to assess a person in trouble with everything from a heart attack to a patient involved in a motorcycle crash or a person with hypothermia. They learned how to splint broken bones, deliver a baby, everything to do with anatomy and physiology, and when and how to order a helicopter. During a portion of one class they toured the Classic Lifeguard medical helicopter that landed in the valley next to the Town Hall for part of one of their classes.
During a triage class a simulated bus wreck involving multiple casualties had people imitating various injuries, from the walking wounded to the dead, and the class members assessed which patients to care for first. Aside from the twice-weekly classes, the students were given lots of homework for the rest of the week.
The course was under the guidance of Grand County EMS Director Andy Smith and Paula Dunham, the EMS assistant director of education, with help from several Grand County EMTs and guest lecturers. During the next several weeks, a non-transport ambulance will be put into service and teams of emergency responders will be assigned to provide emergency medical services to the Castle Valley area. Their responsibility will be to render immediate lifesaving aid until advanced emergency medical technicians arrive from Moab to transport patients to the hospital.
Thirty years ago, this column reported that John Adams of Castle Valley appeared before the Castle Valley River Ranchos Property Owners Association meeting to announce the construction of a placer mine, which was to be located around Round Mountain at the upper end of Castle Valley. Adams said he had a long-term mineral lease for 11,500 acres of both state and BLM land. He was at the POA meeting to dispel rumors that the operation was going to use caustic chemicals, including cyanide in the mining operation and that the company was going to work on one small area at a time then it would be re-seeded while another area was to be excavated.
At the time, they were in the sampling process and they expected to begin construction sometime during that year and the project would eventually hire 200 people. Geologists believed the property contained a large amount of gold and associated minerals, making it possibly the richest placer deposit in the world. One of the geologists worked on what was considered the largest gold deposit in the world located in Chile. He said that the geologist considered the Castle Valley mine to be even larger, giving it a multi-million dollar value.
After I turned the column in to publisher and editor Sam Taylor that week 30 years ago, he asked me to do a separate story and get a picture of Adams for that week's edition of the T-I. I met Adams near the boundary of the 11,500-acre state and BLM land for the picture, which ran on the front page of that edition.
Editor Taylor said he wasn't going to trivialize the claim of a large Castle Valley gold deposit and related a similar incident, which occurred during the early 1950s. He said a man by the name of Charlie Steen walked into the T-I office to announce that he had found a massive high-grade uranium deposit in the Big Indian Wash of Lisbon Valley, southeast of Moab. After the man left the office, Taylor and others in the office didn't take seriously his claim of the big strike but did run a little story in one of the inside pages of the newspaper that week. It wasn't long after that Steen's "Mi Vida" mine was the first big strike of Moab's uranium boom and the rest, as they say, is history.
Unlike the Mi Vida mine, the Castle Valley project never materialized.


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Tee to Green: Early season evaluations
Philadelphia, PA – There's still snow on the ground in the Northeast, but the golf season is starting to heat up. Here's a rundown of the most impressive, disappointing and surprising golfers of the young campaign.
BRANDT SNEDEKER - This one's a no-brainer. Last year's FedEx Cup champion picked up right where he left off. He followed consecutive runner-up finishes to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson with a win last week at Pebble Beach and rose to No. 4 in the world as a result (a career best). Throw in a tie for third at the season-opening Tournament of Champions and Snedeker has clearly been the most consistent golfer in the game.
Arguably the best putter on the PGA Tour, Snedeker ranks on the top 30 on the season in Strokes Gained, Putting Average, and Overall Putting.
He's not in the field this week at the Northern Trust Open and he recently withdrew from next week's WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship due to sore ribs, so we'll likely have to wait until March to see if Snedeker can continue his scintillating start.
PHIL MICKELSON - One extraordinary win has Phil amongst the early-season best. That victory came at the Phoenix Open, where the lefty came within millimeters of a first-round 59 and never relented. He tied the tournament's 54-hole scoring mark a day later and eventually finished at 28-under 256, which tied for the second-lowest score in a 72-hole PGA Tour event.
Mickelson hasn't finished higher than 37th in his three other tournaments this season, but he is ranked third in the FedEx Cup standings, and that lone win at raucous TPC Scottsdale was impressive enough in its own right.
TIGER WOODS - One PGA Tour start and one win for Tiger this season; not a bad clip. The world No. 2 earned a 4-stroke victory in late January at the Farmers Insurance Open (his 75th win on the PGA Tour). Although he didn't finish strong (four dropped shots in his last six holes), Woods ranked first in Total Driving for the tournament -- a disconcerting sign for the rest of the world.
Tiger's only other start this year came in Europe, where he missed the cut at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in his season debut. He recently committed to the WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship, The Honda Classic and the WGC - Cadillac Championship. Those three events run in succession starting next week, so another early-season win could be in the cards.
CHARL SCHWARTZEL - Schwartzel is making his PGA Tour season debut this week at the Northern Trust Open, but he has already produced overseas. The 2011 Masters champion has played in two European Tour events thus far and has posted a victory (at the Alfred Dunhill Championship) and a second-place finish (at last week's Joburg Open).
DUSTIN JOHNSON - Johnson won the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions before withdrawing from the Sony Open in Hawaii the following week due to flu-like symptoms.
He hasn't produced in his other two starts, with a tie for 51st at the Farmers Insurance Open and a cut at Pebble Beach, but being linked to Paulina Gretzky doesn't hurt your chances of making this list.
RUSSELL HENLEY - To call the PGA Tour rookie's debut a surprise would be an understatement.
Henley, a Web.com Tour graduate, blitzed the field at the Sony Open in Hawaii. The 23-year-old, who was making his third career PGA Tour start and first as a tour member, set the tournament's 36, 54 and 72-hole scoring marks en route to a 3-stroke win.
A week later at the Humana Challenge, Henley found himself one shot off the lead after an opening-round 64. He eventually came back to earth, finishing tied for 56th at that event and tied for 67 at the Phoenix Open, but expect to hear Henley's name again in the near future.
JAMES HAHN - Another rookie, Hahn has made the cut in all five of his starts this season while producing two top-10 finishes.
He tied for fourth at the Humana Challenge, but his best showing came last week at Pebble Beach, where the 31-year-old shared the lead with Snedeker entering Sunday before eventually settling for a third-place tie.
Add to that his ridiculous 'Gangnam Style' dance at the 16th at TPC Scottsdale and Hahn has certainly made a name for himself in the early going.
VIJAY SINGH - The World Golf Hall of Famer's best finish this year is a tie for 20th at the Sony Open. And while his play has been lackluster, it's his actions off the course that have generated negative attention.
Singh, of course, recently admitted in a Sports Illustrated report that he has used deer-antler spray -- a product which contains the PGA Tour-banned substance IGF-1. The soon-to-be 50-year-old has been understandably mum since the story broke, but the damage has been done and controversy is sure to follow him throughout the season.
RORY MCILROY - It's tough to lump the world No. 1 into this category considering he has just one start (on the European Tour) but, like Tiger, McIlroy missed the cut in that start at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Include the fact that he carded consecutive 75s at the event with his new Nike clubs, and that he abandoned his Nike Method 006 Prototype putter during the second round, and Rory has something to prove.
He makes his PGA Tour debut at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.
World No. 3 LUKE DONALD, ADAM SCOTT and GRAEME MCDOWELL are making their PGA Tour season debuts at the Northern Trust Open.


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Matt Harvey, the New York Mets' best story of the season before an elbow injury sidelined him until, well, who really knows when?
Not Harvey, anyway. Harvey, speaking at an appearance at a Manhattan firehouse this afternoon along with David Wright, Zack Wheeler and CEO Jeff Wilpon, is insistent of eschewing surgery.
"Everything feels fine. My arm feels great,'' Harvey said. "I'm still very optimistic about everything. But I'm not a doctor, so we'll see what happens.''
Harvey is scheduled for a second opinion with Dr. James Andrews next week. Harvey said his arm feels "great,'' but then again, he hasn't pitched since Aug. 24 against Detroit, so it should feel good.
However, that time off hasn't healed a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow. Harvey is hoping the tear will heal itself with rest, but there exists the risk of him going into next season and tearing it worse and possibly missing all of 2015.
As it is, if Harvey opts for surgery, there is a chance he could pitch at the end of next season.
"If we do go the surgery route, having it sooner so maybe I can get back in September next year if that's an 11-month process, that's a possibility,'' Harvey said. "But, like I said, we haven't gotten that far. I'm not an M.D., so I don't really know those answers.''
Andrews should be able to provide those answers next week. In the interim, Harvey said he'll talk with as many people as he can, but ultimately the decision is his.
There are no guarantees with or without surgery, but the odds might be in his favor if he takes the knife.
General manager Sandy Alderson has long projected 2014 as the year the Mets could reach competitive status because the contract of Johan Santana will be off the books and the team should have the latitude to spend this winter.
Alderson said the plan, as it should be, is to plan for 2014 without Harvey, and that includes shopping for a veteran free agent in the off-season.
The Mets might consider the Yankees' Phil Hughes, whose style might be better acclimated to the larger Citi Field than bandbox Yankee Stadium.
Hughes, battered this season, has been demoted to the bullpen.
However, he's healthy, and at 28, is young enough to turn it around, and the Mets could provide that opportunity.
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School of Business - Minors, Concentrations and Special Options
Minor in Business
The minor in Business is designed for students with a major outside of the school of Business who wish to pursue a collateral area in Business. Completion of the minor provides broad exposure to the foundations of major business functions. These areas include accounting, economics, finance, law, organizational behavior, operations management and marketing. All students choosing to minor in Business must complete 18 credit hours, or six courses, from among the following:
|Principles of Microeconomics
|Principles of Macroeconomics
|Introduction to Accounting for Decision Analysis
|Law and Society I
|Organizational Behavior
|Financial Management I
|Operations & Supply Chain Management*
|Principles of Marketing*
|*IS200 is a 1-credit required corequisite.
Minor in Economics
The development of an understanding in economics is not only necessary for all managers but also for all those seeking to understand how and why economic forces affect and shape the society and the world we live in. The success of any business ultimately depends on the decisions its managers make concerning the allocation of resources under differing market and economic conditions. Successful decision making requires a good understanding of markets and the central role that economic incentives play within and outside the firm. The Clarkson economics minor is designed to give students the basic tools and analytical background in economic analysis. The minor in economics can complement almost any major, whether in arts and sciences, business or engineering. The minor in economics consists of 18 credit hours of economic courses as follows:
Principles of Microeconomics (EC150, equivalent)
Principles of Macroeconomics (EC151 or equivalent)
Econometrics and Business Statistics (EC311 or equivalent)
Three electives (9 credit hours) of 300- or 400-level EC designated courses
Minor in Law Studies
The minor in Law Studies is primarily designed for students who wish to structure their academic program to help prepare for law school. The minor also serves the needs of students, such as those who have an interest in human resources management, project management or political science, who want to learn more about the field of law and its many diverse issues and perspectives. All students choosing to minor in Law studies must complete 18 credit hours (six courses) and satisfy the following requirements:
The following courses are required:
|Law and Society I
|Law Studies Minor Portfolio (no credit)
Students choose two courses from the following list of courses with substantive law content:
LW466 Law and the Workplace LW471 Law and Society II POL371 Environmental Law POL400 Constitutional Law
Students choose two courses from the following list:
LW490 Internship COMM428 Public Debate and the Environment PHIL240 Contemporary Moral Issues POL362 Human Rights Law & Politics PHIL380 Law and Bioethics POL/SOC470 Environmental Policy PHIL243 Business Ethics ANTH332 Cities and Social Justice PHIL341 Professional Ethics
Students must complete one of the following Communications courses:
COMM210 Theory of Rhetoric for COMM410 Theory and Philosophy Business, Science of Communication and Engineering COMM217 Introduction to Public Speaking
Minor in Quality-based Project Management
Clarkson University offers a minor in Project Management that is available to all undergraduate students. This minor is intended for students in all majors who want to prepare themselves for potential careers in project-centered work. A unique benefit of this minor is that students can pursue certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI) ™ after completing the requirements of minor. PMI's Certified Associate of Project Management (CAPM) ® is considered the pathway to the Project Management Professional (PMP) ® certification that is rapidly emerging as one of the fastest growing professional certifications in many industries and career areas. Additionally, certain students may opt to sit for the American Society for Quality's "Certified Quality Improvement Associate" exam since the OM485 course covers the body of knowledge for that particular certification. Students who pursue the minor are under no obligation to sit for the CAPM ® or CQIA ®, which require an application and separate fee, completed and paid for by the student.
To achieve a minor in "Quality-based Project Management," students must maintain a 2.0 average in the five (5) three-credit courses, distributed in the following fashion:
- All three (3) of these courses:
OM/EM480 Project Management (Prerequisite: statistics course) OM/EM351 Quality Management and Lean Enterprise (Prerequisite: statistics) SB305 Cost Management
- Elective Courses (Choose any pair):
OS/EM286 Organizational Behavior (Prerequisite: sophomore standing) OS352 Strategic Human Resource Management (Co/Prerequisite: IS211 or IS200, Prerequisite: OS286) OS/EM286 Organizational Behavior (Prerequisite: sophomore standing) OS466 Negotiations and Relationship Management (Prerequisite: OS286) OM/EM331 Operations and Supply Chain Management (Pre/Corequisite: IS211 or IS200; Prerequisite: statistics) OM/EM476 Management of Technology (Co/Prerequisite: OM331)
The principles behind supply chain management focus on developing seamless flows of raw materials, products/services, information, and financial capital. The supply chain starts at the initial design process and includes raw material sourcing, logistics and continues through the delivery of that product or service to the end customer, with a goal of creating customer satisfaction at optimal cost.
A concentration in Global Supply Chain Management requires 15 or more credit hours of specified coursework. Completion of an approved concentration is indicated on a student's transcript. See (link) for a complete listing of all concentrations available. Global Supply Chain Management is a concentration offered through the School of Business that is available to E&M students.Students must take these classes:
EM 341 Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Design MK 431 Supply Chain Distribution Channels IS 428 Info. Systems for Supply Chain Mgmt
Additionally, students must two courses from the following:
EM 351 Quality Mgmt. & Lean Enterprise OS 466 Negotiations & Relationship Mgmt. EM 361 Supply Chain Environmental Mgmt.
Aretê: Liberal Arts and Business Double Major
This unique interdisciplinary option allows students to combine the study of liberal arts with business. Aretê is designed to unite the broadening perspectives of the liberal arts with a solid grounding in business principles. The program emphasizes ethics and social responsibility, an appreciation of international perspectives, problem solving and critical thinking, oral and written communication, and individual values and goals clarification.
Upon graduation, Aretê students receive a B.S. degree with a double major combining one of the business majors with one of the liberal arts disciplines. During their undergraduate careers, Aretê students are involved in the development of their own academic program. With the assistance of two advisors (one in the School of Business, one in Liberal Arts), students can match their personal interests and strengths to courses that promote professional development and cultivate business expertise.
Aretê emphasizes team-building by involving students in planning co-curricular activities, collaborating with faculty in selecting and designing special courses, and participating in development of the guidelines and policies of the program. Aretê offers a wide scope of experiences and opportunities and is well suited to students who seek educational breadth and want to take an energetic role in decisions that influence their personal development and professional goals. (For more information, see the Aretê Program Curriculum.)
Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry, and Pre-Veterinary Programs
Students may earn a degree in any major program and also prepare for careers in health sciences. Students interested in preparing for professional schools in dentistry, medicine or veterinary science should contact the Health Professions Advisory Committee in the dean's office in the School of Arts & Sciences at 315-268-6544.
Pre-Physical Therapy Leading into the Professional Physical Therapy Graduate Program
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We've had some rather thorough discussions of tasering and its effectivness and proper dispersal. But we never thought we'd see it come up at a youth football game.
Actually, yeah: We kinda did. Parents.
Via Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer, a parent at his kid's eight-and-nine year old peewee football league was so upset by a call that he had to be tasered by an off-duty cop.
"It's disappointing that two adults would come out and act like that. And I think people will see a bit of that and think it's common practice which it isn't," said Tom Lansing, president of the Gateway Football League.
You can watch the footage at WBIR's site, and while we think it's rather unlikely anyone will watch it and think, "hey, that there is common practice!" we nevertheless think an enterprising coach, eager to move his 11-year-old team to the next level, will adopt the controversial "taser as blocking alignment scheme." It's not difficult for your running back to hit the hole when the whole field is hole.
Sure, there are risks involved, but if you want to win, sacrifices must be mad. Just doin' it for the kids, you know.
Fan Cam Captures Youth Football Taser Incident [WBIR] (via Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer)


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Say Cheese! Manchego Pizza With Chorizo and Shrimp
My obsession with all things Spanish is no secret. From José Andrés to Crianza to paella, if it's Spanish, I love it! This affection includes manchego, Spain's most famous cheese. Manchego cheese is protected by a Denominación de Origen, meaning it can only be made from sheep that graze in the La Mancha region of Spain. The whole sheep's milk cheese must also be aged in natural caves for a minimum of two months.
Depending on how long it's aged, the flavor can range from mild to sharp. Manchego comes in a round shape and is cut into chunky wedges. The inedible rind gets its pattern from the manufacturing process that involves wrapping the cheese in sheets of a special woven grass. Manchego tastes creamy and slightly salty. Learn how to use the versatile Spanish cheese and check out the recipe for this scrumptious pizza when you
For a simple snack, pair manchego slices with crackers, olives, and jamon Serrano. Shave on salads and roasted vegetables, or as Yum suggested yesterday, enjoy in a turkey sandwich with pear butter. Manchego is also a great cheese for melting. It can be used in quesadillas, grilled cheese sandwiches, or in my case, on pizza!
Although there only four ingredients in this pizza, the flavors combine sensationally.
The tangy manchego complements the bitterness of the escarole and the spiciness of the chorizo. The shrimp is an exciting addition. I definitely plan on making this tasty pie again.
Manchego Pizza With Chorizo and Shrimp
Modified from Food and Wine
- 1 large ball of refrigerated pizza dough
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 head escarole, cut into 1-inch pieces (4 cups)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 6 ounces Manchego cheese, shredded (2 cups)
- 1/2 pound medium shrimp—shelled, deveined and halved lengthwise
- 1 1/2 ounces firm chorizo, thinly sliced
- Preheat the oven to 500°F. If you have one, set your pizza stone on the bottom of the oven to heat for at least 30 minutes.
- On a floured work surface, divide the dough in half and roll each half into a ball. Roll out 1 disk of dough to an 11-inch round. Transfer to a floured pizza peel or other baking sheet.
- Prepare the toppings: In a large skillet, heat the olive oil. Add the garlic and cook over moderate heat until golden, about 1 minute. Add the escarole and cook, tossing, until wilted, about 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Lightly brush the edge of the dough with olive oil. Scatter half of the Manchego over the dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border at the edge, then top with half of the shrimp, chorizo and escarole.
- Slide the pizza onto the hot stone (or baking sheet) and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the crust is browned on the bottom, the shrimp is cooked through and the other toppings are sizzling. Cut the pizza into wedges and serve immediately. Repeat with the remaining dough and toppings.
Serves 4.*
*When I made this pizza, I halved the recipe.
- Category
- Main Dishes, Pizza
- Cuisine
- Spanish/Portuguese


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Minimalist DIY Pet Bed
As much as we love it that our kitty sleeps under the blankets with us, we would love the option of her sleeping elsewhere (especially when it's hot). We love this truly minimal kitty bed and the possibility of making a larger one for dogs!
We found images of this great plywood box turned kitty retreat in the ATLA Flickr Pool from hindsvikvintage. We're curious to see the rest of the house, but we're suckers for plywood in interiors so we love the little peek they've given us. (For their full bedroom makeover, check out this post on Mid Century to Modern: Before and After Bedroom).
This pet bed is a great, easy diy that means you can customize the size and shape (and to an extent, the material) that you're using. And for fans of modernism/minimalism, you can't get much better than a simple utilitarian box.
Have you diy'ed a modern looking pet nook or bed?
(Images: hindsvikvintage)


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NY2LA needed a new button or icon design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 8 designs submitted by 2 freelance designers.
VTIP Entertainment
VTIP Entertainment is a social media website that focuses on creating quality entertainment that reaches a diverse audience. Our website, still in development, allows members to upload user generated content, meet, chat, communicate and seek a gratuity for quality work.
We encourage our members to support each other by creating a membership that makes it easy to become either entrepreneur or consumer.
We call it the new economy....
Our audience is both young and old, as well as ethnically,culturally, socially and creatively diverse. We target artists, art seekers and non professionals; just about anyone and everyone who enjoys going online, listening to music, watching videos, communicating with friends and family and sharing personal pictures.
Designers are provided with a base psd file of one of the avatars and will need to create 2 similar avatars, 1 female and 1 male (the psd provided is a generic male).
Creativity will be needed as the male and female designs must be of different ethnic backgrounds.
Note: generic icons will all be the same color (blue), characteristics should be based on things like facial structure, hair type, texture, placement, etc (i.e. one male could be bald with mustache or ghotee, the female could have braids or long straight hair or short hair – pic samples are attached).
Eyes, nose and mouth not needed.
Again, our website focuses on diversity as a key element. Please make sure each of the avatars are ethnically diverse.
Also note: depending on how the project goes, additional avatars may be requested.
Attached are four pics. Choose 1 female and 1 male to help with your designs.
Due to the size of the psd source file you can find it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?7mznm6vgaem2n4c
Deliverables should be in psd format.


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Loyola to host lecture with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum tonight
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Loyola press release - November 3, 2008
Loyola University New Orleans welcomes Geoffrey Megargee, Ph.D., of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to present "A Blind Eye and Dirty Hands: The Wehrmacht Crimes in the East 1941-1945." The lecture takes place Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m., in Multimedia Room 2, in Monroe Library on Loyola's main campus. It is free and open to the public.
Megargee is the author of four books on the Holocaust, including "War of Annihilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941" and "Inside Hitler's High Command." He is also the editor of the Holocaust Museum's "Encyclopedia of Concentration, Death and Labor Camps." He will discuss the German army's involvement in the Holocaust.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the Loyola Department of History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which describes its mission to "advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered; and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual questions raised by the events of the Holocaust as well as their own responsibilities as citizens of a democracy."
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October 1, 2008
By Julia Hess
"Everywhere I go, I see physicians wearing jeans, t-shirts with slogans, sneakers—clothes that make sense in the schoolyard, but not in the hospital," said Brandt. "I cringe to see a colleague carrying a backpack because I know that it's come in contact with hair, hands, even the subway floor. It's no longer a book bag, it's a Petri dish."
Brandt believes that a more formal dress code would benefit both doctors' reputations and patients' health. He has refused to allow residents to make rounds with him if they arrive in casual clothing. When challenged by one intern ("dressed like a slob," according to Brandt), a compromise was struck: Brandt would find fact to back his stringency, and the intern would dress according to Brandt's code. "We discharged our obligations to each other, and at the end of the month he agreed that there was a difference in the way patients treated him," said Brandt.
Brandt's research, a review of 31 articles exploring the degree of comfort patients have in the presence of a formally or casually dressed physician, concluded that health care providers' attire is important to patients regardless of age, gender, or geographic location. Patients indicated more confidence in physicians with name tags, white coats, and a neat, clean appearance; less in those wearing jeans and sneakers. Female physicians were given greater latitude by patients of all ages, though many thought that green scrubs best distinguished these doctors from secretaries, dieticians, nurses, and social workers. Children perceived formally dressed doctors as more competent and casually dressed physicians as friendlier, but children with extensive medical histories preferred doctors in more informal attire. Overall, formal dress was said to indicate professionalism, experience, and cleanliness; informal attire was seen as "sloppy" and "coming off the street."
"Call me old fashioned, but I think the pervading informality in how doctors choose to dress evidences a lack of respect for the patient and for the job," said Brandt, who now plans to initiate a study examining the roles of culture and socioeconomic class in patients' perceptions of physicians' dress. Past studies that showed little or no influence of these variables were conducted, in his opinion, in an entirely different age.
"A lot of the traditional concepts are not only not respected, they're not even present in today's culture," said Brandt. "I don't know what's right and wrong anymore, but I do know that we doctors need to be critically aware of how the choices we make each morning influence our relationships with our patients."
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