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Noyce Visiting Professorship
The Robert N. Noyce '49 Visiting Professorship in the Physical Sciences, Math, and Computer Science
In June of 1998, Grinnell College received a generous gift from the Noyce family, whose purpose was to bring outstanding scholars and leaders to campus from the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, and chemistry to enhance and enrich the knowledge of students and faculty in subject areas new or not well represented by regular faculty.
It was specified that the Noyce Professorship is to be awarded at least once annually. The Noyce Professor will work with introductory and advanced students in classes, seminars and research projects and with faculty in teaching and in research. It is anticipated that the Noyce Professor will have a broad campus impact. The period of residence can range from several weeks to an entire semester or academic year.
Mike Latham, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College, is the director of the Noyce Visiting Professor Program. A faculty committee manages the program under the direction of the Dean. Questions about the program or nominations should be addressed to Jim Swartz.
Robert Norton Noyce '49
The name of Robert Noyce is written large in the history of modern electronics and in the industry that evolved from his pioneering work on the integrated circuit. Guided by his mentor, Professor Grant O. Gale, Robert Noyce's inquiries began at Grinnell College, from which he graduated in 1949 with degrees in Physics and Mathematics. He studied the first transistors, developed at Bell Laboratories, in a Grinnell College classroom. Twelve years later, he was awarded the first patent for his principal discovery of the integrated circuit. For this discovery and its world-transforming impact, three presidents of the United States honored him. In 1979, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. In 1990, the National Academy of Engineering awarded Robert Noyce its Draper Prize.
Robert Noyce's inventiveness was as much a matter of entrepreneurship as it was of science and technology. As co-founder in 1968 of Intel Corporation, he was a tireless partisan in the cause of American enterprise at large, in its capacity to serve the everyday needs of people around the world, and in its power to fulfill the imperatives of a genuine economic democracy.
Robert Noyce was a loyal alumnus of Grinnell College. He served as a Trustee of the College for many years. The Robert N. Noyce '49 Science Center is named in his honor.
Fall 2015 – Spring 2017: Ursula Wolz
CSC 105 – The Digital Age
Core topics and great ideas in the field of computer science are studied in this course, focusing on underlying algorithmic principles and social implications. This semester, embroidery machines and crochet patterns were used to teach some of these introductory computer science principles. Enrolled students contributed unique solutions to a collaborative assignment, producing quilts derived from algorithms.
CSC 295 - Special Topic: Multidisciplinary Game Development
Video game development requires a team of creative people with a variety of skills and talents. This course introduces the range of necessary skills, inviting students with a background in art, computer science, fiction writing, music, and performance to experience the collaborative process and sample techniques from these contributing fields and learn essential project management skills. Everyone will contribute to a game prototype built using the Unity game development environment.
CSC 301 - Analysis of Algorithms
Study of structures used to organize data and of the algorithms used to manipulate these structures.
Research Focus
Dr. Wolz has been developing the concept of 'Code Community' for five years. In collaboration with college faculty and student, Grinnell citizens and Grinnell-Newburg School District personnel she is bringing Code Community to Iowa. Activities commenced in Fall 2015 when she visited in September and December. A full range of activities to engage undergraduates with community members and school staff to sustain the community beyond 2016 will take place throughout the year, including initiatives to bring Code Community to Tanzania, the Dominican Republic and the European Union.
About Ursula Wolz
Ursula Wolz, Ph.D., is the CEO of RiverSound Solutions, a software development and curriculum consulting company with a mission to empower users to become creators with, rather than consumers of computing technology. She had a twenty-year career as a faculty member (ten as chairwoman) in the Computer Science Department at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ.) As a founder of the Interactive Multimedia program at TCNJ, she received grants from Microsoft and the National Science Foundation to develop curriculum and software in interdisciplinary computing appropriate for learners ranging from middle school to college. She is a recognized computer science educator with a broad range of publications who has taught students including urban teachers, elite undergraduates, first generation college to college students, and those with learning differences. Her very favorite student was Big Bird while shooting promotional videos for the Computer Gallery at Sesame Place. She has a background in computational linguistics, with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Columbia University, a Masters Degree in Computing in Education from Columbia Teachers College, and a bachelor's degree from MIT, where she was part of Seymour Papert's Logo Lab at the very beginning of research on constructivist computing environments.
Spring 2012: Peter M.H. Kroneck
This semester we are pleased to have Peter M.H. Kroneck as the Noyce distinguished visiting professor.
Peter M.H. Kroneck (pictured, left), Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Konstanz (Germany), taught a course on Biological Inorganic Chemistry in the Spring 2012 semester.
Peter M.H. Kroneck
The short course "Metals and Life: Nature's Coordination Chemistry" addressed various aspects of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, such as Basic Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metals, Physical Techniques to investigate Metals in Biology, Activation and Transformation of Oxygen by Iron and Copper Enzymes, Global Cycles of Nitrogen and Sulfur and their Metal Enzymes, Life without Oxygen and Early Life Catalysts, as well as Metals in Medicine and their Application in Diagnosis and Therapy. In addition, students worked in the laboratory and applied UV/Vis spectroscopy to study the properties of the iron centers of cytochrome c and Myoglobin. Furthermore, they investigated the interaction of a Manganese biomimetic complex with the Xanthine/Xanthine Oxidase superoxide generating system.
About Peter M.H. Kroneck
Peter Kroneck received his Diploma in Chemistry (1968) from the University of Basel (Switzerland) and his PhD (1971) from the University of Konstanz. He worked as a postdoctoral student with Jack T. Spence (Utah State University, Logan), and he was a visiting professor with Helmut Beinert (University of Wisconsin-Madison), with Israel Pecht (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot), and with William E. Antholine (National EPR Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee). Peter Kroneck was the head of the Bioinorganic Research Group at the University of Konstanz, where he became a Professor of Biochemistry in 1989. In 2002 he received the Medal of the European Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, and in 2009 he was the first Non-US scientist who chaired the Gordon Research Conference "Metals in Biology". His group's research activities have focused mainly on structural and spectroscopic properties of copper, iron, and molybdenum enzymes and their functional roles in the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen and sulfur. Most recently, in collaboration with microbiologist Walter Zumft (University of Karlsruhe) and structural biologist Oliver Einsle (University of Freiburg) the three-dimensional structure of the copper-sulfur enzyme nitrous oxide ("Laughing Gas" reductase has been unraveled (published in Nature, 2011) which was also the topic of a seminar given during the course.
Fall 2009: Lawrence F. Dahl and Ilia Guzei
Lawrence F. Dahl, Noyce Visiting Professor
Ilia Guzei, Noyce Visiting Scholar
Lawrence F. Dahl (pictured, center), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with Ilia Guzei, Director of the X-ray lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, join us to teach a class in the Fall 2009 semester.
The short course "Modern Crystallography and Molecular Symmetry" will develop the fundamental ideas of modern crystallography and molecular symmetry. The class will begin by describing the symmetry of molecules leading up to the development of the Schoenflies and Hermann-Maguin notations of molecular symmetry. The use of crystallographic structural methods to determine molecular structure will then be discussed. Hands-on work with computer-based software to solve structures will be the lab component of the course. These concepts will then be applied to the crystal structures of large clusters of palladium and platinum with metal carbonyl ligands. Dates: Sept. 1 to Oct. 1, 2009. Short course deadlines apply. 2 credit option will include lab. Labs meet on Friday afternoon Sept. 18, Sept. 25, and Oct. 2.
About Lawrence F. Dahl
R.E. Rundle and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Larry Dahl, born on 6/2/29, received his BSc degree (51) from the University of Louisville and his PhD degree (56) from Iowa State University under the late Robert E. Rundle. In 1957, Larry joined the faculty at University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has emerged as one of the world's pioneers in the synthesis, structure, and bonding of transition metal clusters. Honors include: Sloan (63), Guggenheim (69),N.Y. Acad. Sci. (75), and AAAS (80) fellowships along with W. Hieber(65), E.F. Smith (71), R. Nyholm (85), P.C. Reilly (87), H.W. Davis (89),P. Chini (89), J.C. Bailar (90), K. Nakamoto (94), F. Basolo (95), R. A. Welch (95), G. Stone (97), and H.B. Jonassen (98) lectureships. He was included in the list of 1000 most cited scientists, lSI, 64-78. He was the recipient of the ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry (74), Senior U.S. Scientist Humboldt Award (85), Honorary Doctoral Degree from Univ. of Louisville (91), Willard Gibbs Medal (99), and Pioneer Award (Am.Institute of Chemists, 2000). He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1988 and to the American Academy of Arts and Science in1992. He has been the R.E. Rundle Professor of Chemistry at Wisconsin since 1978 and a Hilldale Professor since 1991. In 1994 he received the Hilldale Award in Physical Sciences at UW-Madison.
His group's research in the earlier years extensively involved systematic studies of small-to-large metal clusters whose geometries were governed primarily by changes in valence electronic configuration (i.e.,"experimental quantum mechanics"). His group's activities during the last 15 years have focused mainly on nanosized metal carbonyl clusters possessing Group 10 (Ni, Pd, Pt) and combined Group 10/Group 11 (Cu,Ag, Au) elements; these include 16 distinctly different close-packed Pdnclusters, the largest one possessing a capped three-shell Pd145 core-geometry,and recently a structurally-related bimetallic Pd-Pt cluster containing a pseudo-icosahedral Pt-centered four-shell 165 metal-atom core.
Former group members consist of 95 PhD, 24 MS, and 45 undergraduate students together with 15 postdoctoral fellows, 10 Visiting Professors,and three Visiting Chinese Scholars. Current coworkers are Dr. Evgueni Mednikov (Asst. Scientist) and one graduate student. Although Larry formally retired last fall, he voluntarily taught first-semester General Chemistry to ~350 students and this spring co-taught Chemical Crystallography with Dr. Ilia Guzei to ~20 students.
Larry hopes to continue research on nanosized metal clusters for several years.
Fall 2007: George Cobb and Capitán Vallvey
This semester we are pleased to have George Cobb and Capitán Vallvey as Noyce distinguished visiting professors.
George Cobb
George Cobb is professor of statistics at Mt. Holyoke College, where he has been since 1974. He is a 1968 summa cum laude graduate of Dartmouth in Russian Literature. He earned his PhD from Harvard in 1974 and joined the Mt. Holyoke faculty the same year. His research has ranged widely including the areas of conditional inference and applications of statistics to the law. He is the author of several books and many articles on a broad range of statistical topics and applications. He is known world-wide for his innovations and leadership in statistics education through his provocative writings and speeches and his curricular innovations. He argues that liberal arts colleges are the institutions that turn cutting edge ideas into the undergraduate curriculum, and he has modeled that principle by producing several such innovations (NSF funded), such as: (1) an experimental design course without prerequisites that focuses on design, rather than the more traditional analysis through ANOVA, (2) a linear models course built strongly on principles from geometry and linear algebra, (3) a mathematical statistics course free of the usual probability prerequisite, and (4) the Markov Chain Monte Carlo course. George is a fellow of the American Statistical Association and was the inaugural recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics in 2005. He is a recent, past Vice President of the American Statistical Association and served a term on the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences.
Mathematics 444.01 - Senior Seminar (Reg #61874)
TTH 2:15 - 4:05 in Noyce Science Center #2402
Course Description: Many of the greatest mathematicians have been interested in both applied problems and mathematics for its own sake. This course will follow their example, developing the mathematical theory of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) in the context of several applied problems: competition among species of finches in the Galapagos, statistical evidence in the war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic, and locating common binding sites on large molecules. MCMC is a method that has brought far-reaching changes to the practice of statistics and computer simulation. At the same time its mathematical theory reveals surprise connections that link graph theory, probability, linear algebra, abstract algebra, and the study of convergence. There will be two meetings per week, with grades based on weekly homework and a final project. Prerequisite: Linear algebra, MAT 215. 4 credits.
Capitán Vallvey
Luis Fermín Capitán Vallvey is a Full Professor in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Granada in Spain. He also received his PhD from the University of Granada. His research focuses on new spectrophotometric analytical reagents, solid phase spectrophotometry assays, solid phase luminescent assays, optical disposable sensors, portable instrumentation for gas analysis, flow-through sensors for food analysis and chromatography for veterinary drugs. He also did work on the Spanish contribution to the discovery of platinum in the eighteenth century and he was involved material identification in artistic media. He is the author 193 scientific papers, three books and 14 book chapters. Professor Capitan Vallvey has held numerous leadership positions at the University of Granada. To see his complete curriculum vitae, please visit the Web site listed below.
Chemistry 295.01 - SpTp: Analytical Methods for use in the Environment (Reg #62111)
F 2:15 - 4:05 in Noyce Science Center #2510
Course Description: This course will provide an overview of the need for chemical analysis in the environment. Although not all the topics of significance to environmental analysis can be covered, the students will be exposed to some selected issues coming from the real world such as accidents (Seveso and Bhopal; the Exxon Valdez oil spill) or common pollution sources (trihalomethanes in drinking water, lead in wine, pesticides at work). These cases are used as examples to introduce problems, some analytical tools and a selection of analytical methodology. Prerequisite: Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, CHM 130. 2 credits.
Spring 2006: Dr. David Billington, Dr. Steve Cunningham, and Judith Brown
This semester we are pleased to have Dr. David Billington and Dr. Steve Cunningham as Noyce Visiting Professors, and Judith Brown as a Noyce Distinguished Visitor.
David Billington
Bridges, Towers and Skyscrapers Spiced up with a Visit by Noyce Professor David Billington
David Billington, the author of the two main texts for the course, was on the Grinnell College campus for a couple of weeks during the semester. The February 10 - April 16, 2006, exhibition The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy at the Faulconer Gallery was developed by Professor Billington and was presented in conjunction with the course. This was a rare opportunity to take a popular course enriched with lectures by Professor Billington and a major exhibition.
The following biography was adapted from NSF Event, June 3, 2003 Program.
Professor Billington has been a member of the Princeton University for over 40 years. His textbook Thin Shell Concrete Structures has become the standard text on the subject and was reissued as one of twenty-five Classic Text Reprints by McGraw-Hill. He was a Fulbright Fellow in Belgium (1950-51). For his scholarship in the history of technology he has won the Dexter Prize (1979) from the Society for the History of Technology and the Usher Prize (1995) for the Best Scholarly Work. He holds three honorary degrees (including one from Grinnell College), and has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (1986) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998).
Professor Billington has developed several introductory courses studying the major engineering innovations that have transformed the modern United States. He has published several books to support these courses: Robert Maillart's Bridges, The Tower and the Bridge, and The Innovator: The Engineering Pioneers Who Made America Modern. In 1999 the Engineering News Record identified Professor Billington as one of the "top 125 people for their outstanding contributions to the construction industry since 1874" - he was one of the five educators named and the only one still teaching. He has many teaching and education awards including the Carnegie Foundation's New Jersey State Professor of the Year Award (1995), the Charles A. Dana Award for Pioneering Achievement in Education (1990), Educator of the Year by the Consulting Engineers Council of New Jersey (1998), Educator of the Year by the Central New Jersey Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1997), Princeton's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching (1996), and the Princeton's Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Teaching (1988 and 1992).
Physics 180.01 - Bridges, Towers, and Skyscrapers (Reg #: 59610)
MWF 2:15 - 3:05 in Noyce Science Center #1023
Course Description: An investigation of large man-made structures (e.g., Brooklyn Bridge, Eiffel Tower, and Hancock Tower/Chicago), considering structural, social, and aesthetic aspects. The relationship between a structure's form and its function is examined. Concepts from physics necessary for the quantitative analysis are presented. Case. Prerequisite: MAT 124 or MAT 131. 4 credits.
Judith Brown
Judy Brown worked with computer graphics educational and research applications for many years at The University of Iowa, where she consulted on computer graphics and visualization at Weeg Computing Center and taught computer graphics in the Division of Instructional Design and Technology in the Department of Education. She has given invited talks on visualization throughout the world and is senior author of a book and CD-ROM on visualization. She is a Past President of ACM SIGGRAPH, the leading professional organization for computer graphics and interactive techniques, and received the ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Service Award in 2004. She is a Fellow of Eurographics (the European Computer graphics Society) and a member of the Eurographics Education Board. She is an invited member of the Academic Committee of the State Key Lab of CAD and Computer Graphics in Hangzhou, China, and the International Advisory Committee for the National Visualization Center in São Paulo, Brazil.
She has been a long-time proponent of interdisciplinary work and of the importance of visualization for both research and education. She built a respected and heavily utilized visualization lab at The University of Iowa, and for her last ten years at Iowa, she managed the Advanced Research Computing Services. ARCS provided support for faculty interested in visualization or virtual reality applications for their teaching and research. She retired from The University of Iowa in 2000. At the time of her visit to Grinnell, she was currently finishing an NSF grant on Visual Learning in Science and Engineering, and co-chairing international conferences on virtual reality, "edutainment," and computer graphics education
Judy Brown was on the Grinnell campus as a Distinguished Noyce Visitor Tuesday mornings through Thursday afternoons each week this semester to consult with Grinnell faculty and staff on visualization of data and concepts for education and research. In the 70s and 80s, Judy visited Grinnell often as Director of the Regional Computing Center, the consortium of Iowa colleges and universities that were networked to shared computers. Prior to retirement, she managed the Advanced Research Computing Services at The University of Iowa, supporting visualization needs campus-wide.
Steve Cunningham
Computer Graphics for Science by Noyce Visiting Professor Steve Cunningham.
Professor Cunningham has had a 40-year career of teaching, scholarship, and professional service. Initially a mathematician, with an undergraduate degree from Drury College and graduate degrees from the University of Oregon, he moved to computer science in the early 1980s with a graduate degree from Oregon State. He taught mathematics at the University of Kansas, taught math and later computer science at Birmingham-Southern College, and taught computer science at California State University Stanislaus, where he was a Gemperle Distinguished Professor and received an award for his scholarship. He was a Visiting Scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and most recently was a program officer with the National Science Foundation.
He has served with several professional associations, including the Mathematics Association of America and ACM SIGCSE, was on the Executive Board and Executive Committee of the European Association for Computer Graphics, and held several offices in ACM SIGGRAPH including Director for Publications and Chair. He was elected a Fellow of Eurographics and received the ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Service Award.
Professor Cunningham's professional focus has been computer graphics, especially computer graphics education. He is author, co-author, or co-editor of six books dealing with computer graphics-related topics, especially computer graphics for education. He has extensive international speaking experience and has been involved in a number of conferences, most particularly with a series of workshops on computer graphics education.
Computer Science 295.01 - SpTp: Computer Graphics for Science (Reg #60066)
TTH 10:00 - 10:50 and W 3:15 - 4:05 in Noyce Science Center #2428
Course Description: This course is an introduction to computer graphics, emphasizing graphics programming using OpenGL, graphical problem solving, and effective visual communication. Projects in the course will focus on the use of computer graphics in the sciences and mathematics, with an opportunity for students to determine the areas for their projects. The course will cover the primary components of image synthesis, including geometry and modeling, viewing, lighting, shading, animation, and texture mapping, as well as fundamentals of interaction such as events, callbacks, and object selection. Prerequisite: CSC 152 or CSC 153 or Programming Experience. 4 credits.
Fall 2003: David J. Fegan
Professor Fegan of University College Dublin is a distinguished physicist, who has had a long association with the Whipple and Veritas research collaborations centered at the Smithsonian observation site near Tucson, Arizona. He was one of the founders of the field of TeV gamma-ray astronomy using the air-Cherenkov technique.
He has published over 150 papers in refereed journals and over 200 papers in conference proceedings. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and of the Royal Irish Academy, and has received awards including the President's Research Award (UCD).
Professor Fegan was on campus during the period from August 29 to October 31. During that period, he met with interested students and faculty and offered a short course in astrophysics of eight week duration.
Physics 340.01 - Astrophysics
Reg#: 55851
Course Description: Modern astrophysics has come of age with the advent of space exploration and technology which has given rise to a proliferation of new observational techniques, spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to high-energy gamma rays. We have come to a much deeper understanding of the workings of the planetary system, stars, galaxies, and other cosmic structures, as well as neutron stars, quasars, black holes, etc. This course was intended to give students a practical understanding of contemporary astrophysics. Using gravity as the unifying theme, topics were introduced descriptively. The course included formal lectures, workshop problem-solving, and some computational exercises. Prerequisite: PHY232. Two credits.
Fall 2002: Corinne Manogue and Tevian Dray
Corinne Manogue and Tevian Dray are both Professors of Mathematics and Physics at Oregon State University, where they are working on an NSF supported Vector Calculus Bridging project. They are distinguished mathematical physicists, who have published numerous joint papers in scientific journals, primarily in relativity theory and string theory. Their recent research has focused on the description of the fundamental particles using non-associative algebra.
They team-taught two special topics courses (described below), that met during the entire semester. In addition, they gave a convocation talk, participated in the math and physics departmental seminars, and met with interested students and faculty.
PHY(MAT)-295.01: Octonions in Mathematics and Physics
Reg#55142/Physics; #55143/Mathematics
Course Description: This cross-listed course met Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00-10:50 a.m. It dealt with octonions and their application to physics. The octonions are a generalization of the familiar real and complex number systems, but their algebra is both non-commutative and non-associative, so the linear algebra of the octonions is both fun and interesting. This algebra appears to be closely related to deep physics, such as the existence of supersymmetry (string theory). Although the formal prerequisites of this course were light, and the course started at the beginning, it was challenging and fast-paced. It was aimed at intermediate to advanced students in mathematics or a physical science. Prerequisites: MAT 215 required, PHY 232 recommended. 2 credits.
MAT-295.02: Vector Calculus for Mathematicians and Other Scientists
Course Description: This course met Monday and Wednesday from 2:15-3:05 p.m. The course was highly interactive and emphasized the underlying geometry. It was designed to bridge the gap between the different ways that mathematicians and other scientists use vector calculus. The course also developed the calculus of line and surface integrals and covered the fundamental theorems of Gauss and Stokes, as well as introduced differential forms as time permitted. Prerequisite: MAT 133. 2 credits.
Schedule of Seminars and Convocation
- Corinne gave a Physics seminar entitled "Rolling Relativistic Quantum Balls Uphill" on September 17, 2002.
- Beginning Tuesday, September 24, 2002, Tevian and Corinne started a series of seminars entitled "The Octonions". These seminars were conducted every Tuesday for a total of six to seven talks.
- On September 26, 2002, Tevian and Corinne gave a joint Math/CS and Physics faculty seminar entitled "Some Differences between Mathematics and Physics".
- Their joint convocation presentation on "What Does Geometry Tell Us About the Universe" was given on October 31, 2002.
- Corinne gave a presentation in several classes at the middle school November 8th, 2002 on "Black Holes".
- On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, Tevian gave the Physics seminar entitled, "The Rotating Quantum Vacuum". Additionally, he gave the Mathematics/Computer Science seminar entitled, "The Octonionic Eigenvalue Problem".
- "Using Technology to Visualize Derivatives of Vector Fields" was the Math/CS seminar given by Tevian on December 4, 2002.
- Tevian and Corinne jointly organized a lunchtime discussion on December 12, 2002, "Entitled What Works and What Doesn't". Also, they gave a duplicate of their convocation talk "What Does Geometry Tell Us About the Universe" at Grinnell High School.
Fall 2001 and Spring 2002: Rachelle S. Heller
The Noyce Professor for the 2001-2002 academic year was Dr. Rachelle S. Heller. Dr. Heller is currently a professor in the Computer Science Department at George Washington University and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Heller has a long and distinguished career in computer science and educational technology. She has co-authored a nationally syndicated column on computers, served as educational computer consultant to the National Geographic Society and chaired the EdMedia world conference on educational multimedia and hypermedia. She currently lectures for the Association of Computing Machinery and the IEEE and co-edits "Computers & Education: An International Journal".
Dr. Heller is the creator of a nationally recognized projects-based course on electronic commerce, a course she taught at Grinnell in the spring of 2002. The course was open to all students interested in the business and social aspects of e-commerce systems and to students with a background in computer science who were interested in technology aspects of e-commerce. Dr. Heller also gave a scholars' convocation lecture.
Dr. Heller visited campus twice in the fall of 2001 to meet students, faculty and others interested in talking to her. The fall dates of her residence were Oct. 1-5 and Nov. 5-6. The spring dates of her residence were Jan. 21-25, Feb. 2-7, Feb. 25-March 1, April 1-4 and May 6-10. Her convocation lecture was presented on Thursday, February 28th entitled "Distance Learning".
Spring 2001: John Roberts
The Noyce Professor for the spring 2001 semester was John Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, Professor Roberts is a distinguished scientist who has been recognized with many prizes and awards. He served at CIT as Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and also as Vice President, Provost and Dean of the Faculty.
Professor Roberts taught a course aimed at chemistry students, NMR Fundamentals and Applications to Organic Structures. Roberts' visit coincided with the installation of a 400 MHz Bruker NMR Spectrometer in the Chemistry Department at Grinnell College.
This instrument has quickly become an essential component of advanced courses and research in the department.
Professor Roberts gave a convocation lecture entitled: Some Useful Information about Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
Fall 2000: Willard Talbert
The Noyce Professor for the fall semester was Willard Talbert, a prominent physicist, who was then Senior Consultant to the Canadian National Accelerator. Talbert had recently concluded an appointment as Senior Physicist for the Amparo Corporation and held long-term positions at Iowa State University and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
During the first half of the semester, Talbert taught a short course on Technology and Social Policy. This course, which was aimed at general students, considered such topics as arms control, nuclear waste management and environmental policy. During the second half of the semester, Talbert taught a short course on The Role of Technology in Nuclear Research. The course was primarily aimed at science students. Talbert gave a convocation lecture on Radioactive Ion Beams and the Origin of the Elements.
Spring 2000: Richard Guy
The Noyce Visitor for the spring semester was mathematician Richard Guy, Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. Richard Guy is one of the world's best-known problem proposers and solvers, having a long association with the Problem Sector of the American Mathematical Monthly. He is also a renowned number theorist and one of the major developers of the field of combinatorial games.
During his seven week stay at Grinnell, Guy taught two short courses. The first, intended for students with modest mathematical backgrounds, was in Combinatorial Games (he is the co-author of the text Winning Ways). The second, intended for students with a more substantial background, was on Advanced Topics in Number Theory.
Professor Guy also gave a general convocation presentation on Mathematics 4000 Years Ago, as well as a more technical lecture on the Unity of Combinatorics. He attended student presentations and had several conversations with students and faculty about summer research.
Fall 1999: Philip and Phylis Morrison
During the first semester, the Noyce Professors were Philip Morrison, who is Professor Emeritus of MIT, and his wife Phylis, who is a prominent science educator and artist. The Morrisons have been co-authors of a major column in Scientific American for many years. Philip Morrison played an important role in the Manhattan Project and has been a pivotal figure in science programming. In the spring of 2000, the Morrisons were recognized as recipients of the Public Service Award of the National Science Board.
The Morrisons jointly taught a course entitled Shadows and Beyond. The course, which ran for about a month, was intended primarily for non-science students and had an intentionally diverse audience. During the early, empirical phase of the course, the Morrisons were assisted by Bob Miller, an artist who has been closely associated with the San Francisco Exploratorium.
Philip Morrison gave a convocation presentation on the likelihood of extra-terrestrial life. He also visited several physics classes and gave talks about his experience with the Manhattan Project.
Fall 1998 and Spring 1999: Nathaniel Borenstein
The first Noyce Visiting Professor was computer scientist Nathaniel Borenstein, co-founder of First Virtual, one of the early leaders in e-commerce. Borenstein is a Grinnell alumnus, graduating in 1980 with majors in Mathematics and Religious Studies. He was one of the principal authors of the MIME protocol, which is ubiquitous in electronic information transfer. Borenstein taught two courses while at Grinnell College. The first, intended for a general audience, was entitled The Internet and Society. The second was targeted at computer science students. It was entitled Human-Computer Interface Design.
Borenstein was on campus for several periods, for a total of about seven weeks. While on campus, Borenstein delivered a convocation lecture The Future of the Internet and the Internet of the Future. He met with several groups about the educational uses of the Internet and shared his expertise about computer security and other computer-related issues.


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The pizza game is a sport in which male competitors stand in a circle around a pizza. Competition begins and the participants masturbate as quickly as possible. The competitors attempt to shoot their load quickly because the last player to cum is required to eat the pizza.
see also bagel game, butan
see also bagel game, butan
The pizza game is enjoyed by fraternities across America.
by Nathan January 27, 2005
Pizza Game.exe is a game made with VB at Dr. Martin LeBoldus High School, by Greg the Man. The game was intended for fun, and as a joke. By all odds the game was spread far far beyond control of its maker. As of yet, no serious consequences have occured, but it is far from over! This game went hand and hand with Pizza dll.exe. By definition, it was in whole a Malicious Code, but not intended as one.
"Damn Pizza Game got me again! It crashed my computer"
by Ozmodiar-X April 03, 2006

subset: commoncrawl


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Category archive: Insider NCF
Ranking the most irreplaceable players
If you were going to make a list of the most irreplaceable players in college football, it would be very quarterback-heavy. How could you leave off Andrew Luck, Kellen Moore or Robert Griffin? Then again, think how vital Aaron Murray is to Georgia's hopes in 2011. And what about Illinois' Nathan Scheelhaase? Or Geno Smith at West Virginia?
For this week's top-10 list, we're looking at the sport's most irreplaceable players who aren't QBs:
1. Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama Crimson Tide
Yes, Alabama's defense is loaded and probably will be tops in the country, and the Tide's offensive line is stacked, too, but it'll be Richardson who makes the scoreboard move in 2011. The powerhouse junior is equally adept at running inside and working out of the backfield as a receiver. As the Tide breaks in a new QB, Richardson will be the engine to this year's Bama machine as it makes a run at another BCS title.


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Orb starts on rail, but horsemen figure it won't matter
Baltimore If Orb is as good as his people think he is, the post position in Saturday's 138th running of the $1 million Preakness Stakes won't matter. Orb, who has won his past five starts, including the Kentucky Derby on May 4, was made the even-money morning-line favorite for the 13/16-mile Preakness, the second leg in the Triple Crown.
He also drew what many think is the worst post position: the rail.
In the past 52 years of Preakness history, only one horse -- Tabasco Cat in 1994 -- has won the race from that post position.
"Obviously, if I was going to pick it out, I wouldn't have picked the one (post)," Orb's trainer, Shug McGaughey, said after the draw, which was held on the Pimlico infield Wednesday evening. "With only nine horses in there to run a mile and three sixteenths with a rider like Joel (Rosario), he's going to figure out what to do. He'll have him in the right spot."
Orb does his best running late, so Rosario would likely take back with the colt early. However, the Preakness is also shorter than the 1 1/4-mile Derby.
Other horsemen who entered the race didn't gasp when Pimlico race announcer Dave Rodman informed the nation that Orb had drawn the inside post. It's not like the Kentucky Derby where there is a 20-horse field and the one-hole virtually wipes out any chance of winning.
"With (Orb's) style, I think he figures to save ground, and I think he is in a perfect spot, really," said Doug O'Neill, the trainer of Goldencents, who will start from post No. 2. "He should be behind us, at least early in the race. Hopefully, we can hold him off."
In the Kentucky Derby, Orb rallied down the center of the track to win the race by 2 1/2 lengths.
Second choice on the morning line is 5-1 Mylute, who was fifth in the Derby, beaten 3 3/4 lengths. Mylute will be ridden by Rosie Napravnik, who began her career in Maryland.
Departing, one of three colts in here who did not run in the Preakness, is the 6-1 third choice.
He will get support because he is a fresh horse, not having run since winning the Illinois Derby on April 20.
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who has started a record 37 Preakness horses, will saddle three of them on Saturday and they are three of the longest shots on the board: Titletown Five (30-1), Oxbow (15-1) and Will Take Charge (12-1).
Lukas, as usual, likes all of his horses. He also doesn't think Orb will be compromised by his post position.
"I don't think it's significant at all," Lukas said. "(Orb) is the best horse, and until someone proves him differently, he is still the best horse."
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6 rating changes at the Senate level - and all but one favors the GOP. Democrats have caught a major break as Barbara Boxer has created some breathing room in California, but that doesn't mean they should feel much comfort since West Virginia has gone the opposite way, unexpectedly entering toss-up status.
Keep in mind that Governor Joe Manchin voluntarily scheduled this special election this November when it was supposed to be held in 2012; and he did this knowing just how rough the political environment would be for his party. He thought his popularity would get him through, but enough West Virginia voters seem to prioritize turning Congress Republican that all bets are now off in a state that has turned sharply against Democrats over the past decade.
Meanwhile, Democratic hopes of picking-up a GOP-held Senate seat continue to fade, with Missouri, Ohio and North Carolina all shifting one column towards Republicans.
And as if the landscape wasn't bad enough for Democrats, I was tempted to downgrade their chances in several more races (Wisconsin, Connecticut, New Hampshire) rather than upgrading them anywhere.
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|Lean GOP
|Lean Dem
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This gets us to the following breakdown:
- Safe Democratic: 45 (-1)
- Safe/Likely Democratic: 47 (-1)
- Safe/Likely/Lean Democratic: 50
- Toss-ups: 6 (-1)
- Safe/Likely/Lean Republican: 44 (+1)
- Safe/Likely Republican: 39 (+2)
- Safe Republican: 34
California, toss-up to lean Democratic: This is one of the only statewide races in the country that has been trending towards Democrats over the past few weeks - and what a relief for Democrats. Sure, the whack-the-mole game that the Senate landscape has become (hat-tip to Swing State Project for suggesting that metaphor) means that Barbara Boxer's improving fortunes don't cement her party's majority since the state has been replaced by West Virginia as the site of a potential upset, but Democrats will get any positive development they can get - and there is no doubt Boxer has been gaining: Rasmussen and SUSA have both shown her bouncing back from a deficit to take a substantial lead, while PPP, CNN/Time, the Field Poll and the Los Angeles Times have her up between 6% and 9%. CNN/Time even has her leading by 19% among registered voters!
Add to that the fact that the NRSC has canceled the time it had reserved on California airwaves in the final week before the election, and Carly Fiorina sure isn't feeling the momentum. (On a more positive note for the GOP, that's more airtime for Meg Whitman to saturate.) The race remains competitive, however; Boxer has been outspending Fiorina on the airwaves, so we'll have to see what happens once (if?) the Republican manages to hit back. Also, the turnout gap seems less dramatic in California than elsewhere but any improvement in the GOP's fortunes could be fatal to the 3-term incumbent.
Missouri, toss-up to lean Republican: I should have put this race in the lean Republican column weeks ago, but Robin Carnahan has looked like a strong enough candidate all year that I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt for a while longer. After all, Roy Blunt seems in many ways to be the type of candidate voters are looking to oust this year - longtime incumbent, party leadership, bailout architect, not to mention the father of an unpopular former Governor - but his party affiliation is enough to give him a narrow but consistent lead. Carnahan remains within striking distance, but she is acting too defensively for now.
New York, safe Democratic to likely Democratic: Joe DioGuardi might be a former representative, but his entry wasn't a recruitment coup for Republicans who were long hoping for Rudy Giuliani. Still, New York's suburbs look so intent on punishing Democrats that statewide upsets can no longer be ruled out. Polls have shown conflicting results in this race; Marist and Siena have recently come out with big Gillibrand leads, Rasmussen has shown her advantage cut in half to a 10% lead; and Quinnipiac and SUSA claim she is only leading up 6% and 1%, respectively. Call it likely Democratic for now, but the race could still shift towards the GOP.
North Carolina, lean Republican to likely Republican: In 2008, Richard Burr would probably have been a goner. Few voters seem to feel affection for him and his poll numbers have long been remarkably low. But Democrats are having trouble enough winning even their safest seats of the year to have much hope of ousting an incumbent in a state that, even in the friendliest of years, is no better than swing. And if that's not enough, the DSCC sent clear and loud signals it puts no trust in Elaine Marshall from the day she announced her candidacy. That attitude was unexplainable since Marshall was polling competitively and since she always looked like the party nominee (sure, don't give her support but at least don't make it clear you think she'll lose) and it undermined her bid: Why would the press and party donors take Marshall seriously if her national party isn't? Any chance Democrats had of taking advantage of Burr's massive vulnerability was destroyed with the DSCC's behavior.
Ohio, lean Republican to likely Republican: One of Democrats' top pick-up opportunities just a year ago, Ohio's Senate race long resisted the GOP trend we were seeing in other races; at a time Blanche Lincoln, Robin Carnahan and Harry Reid were already dipping, Lee Fisher remained on top of Rob Portman. But Ohio has turned hard against Democrats - and the party is bound to feel the consequences in an open seat race: Democrats were hoping to use Portman's close association to George W. Bush to their advantage, but Portman looks and acts too much like a generic Republican for him not to benefit from the Midwest's shift to the GOP. This contest is way over-polled; many surveys have been released over the past two weeks with Portman up double-digits.
West Virginia, likely Democratic to toss-up: In a week full of bad news for Democrats, the worst is undoubtedly West Virginia's sudden entry in the ranks of competitive Senate races. Remember that the state party chose to hold this election this year rather than in 2012, under the belief that Governor Joe Manchin is popular now and would stand a good chance at being elected. With West Virginia voters clearly turned against Democrats, that is now looking like a disastrous calculation. It's not just that PPP and Rasmussen suddenly released polls showing wealthy Republican nominee Joe Raese narrowly ahead leading, but there's also clear indication that the party's internal information points to a close race: The NRSC just poured in $1,2 million in a 2-week ad campaign, something they would not have done if they weren't confident this is a winnable race.


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In its form and subject matter, Summertime has more in common with Elizabeth Costello and Diary of a Bad Year than Boyhood and Youth, but some of its central concerns are the same, and it is possible to see the John Coetzee who is the topic of Summertime as an adult version of the John Coetzee who is the protagonist of Boyhood and Youth (if we assume the protagonists of those books are the same John Coetzee . . .). In many ways, Summertime unites the strategies of the recent books with the earlier ones—not only Boyhood and Youth, but Dusklands, In the Heart of the Country, Foe, The Master of Petersburg, and Doubling the Point.As usual, this is a rich and diverse issue of TQC -- deserving particular attention is "Translate This Book!", in which dozens of translators, writers, editors, publishers, agents, journalists, etc. offer one title not available in English that they wish were.


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First off, what is it?
Well don't let anyone tell you it's down to sample size, or about measuring everything. It's about combining datasets (sometimes 'dirty' ones), contrasting them in different ways, and doing it as quick as possible.
Sometimes this necessitates great computing power, but not always. You can read more about such technology as Hadoop and GreenPlum in this nice little article).
Datasets are multiplying as we measure lots more than we used to. This means our thinking has to broaden – no longer is 'what can we do with our database of email addresses?' the question, rather 'what data can we look at to give us the best idea possible of a customer's stage in the buying cycle and what they'll be receptive to next?'
The definition of big data isn't really important and one can get hung up on it. Much better to look at 'new' uses of data.
So, here's some examples of new and possibly 'big' data use both online and off-.
This article from the Wall Street Journal details Netflix's well known Hadoop data processing platform.
Cloud architecture is highly scalable and allows Neflix to quickly provision computing resources as its sees the need. Traffic patterns are analysed across device types and localities to help improve the reliability of video streaming and plan for growth.
The technology is also used for Netflix's recommendation engine based on a customer's viewing habits and stated preferences.
Sticking with Netflix, this piece in the Washington Post theorises that Netflix could vary its price if it had enough information on each user to know how much they might pay.
To a certain degree, this happens in online retail with airlines targeting previous browsers, and some stores (such as Staples) changing prices depending on which physical store the customer is nearest.
The Wall Street journal has also documented that Orbitz, the travel website, has in the past charged Mac visitors higher than those on Windows. Taking into account IP, device, age, past visits, and more variables, throwing them into a database and calculating a charging threshold can conceivably be termed big data.
Out of home advertising
I've previously covered Route, who have combined lots of data on footfall and traffic, including the tracked day-to-day movements of 28,000 people. It's hoped that the accuracy of predicting eyes on billboards will increase, leading to fairer pricing.
Retail Habits
I can't recommend too often that you read this piece from the NY Times on how Target uses a wealth of customer data to predict future purchasing habits. Specifically, pregnancy kicks off a chain of purchases that are fairly distinctive – Target's data collection is spookily prescient, sending one teen customer nappy vouchers before her own father knew she was pregnant.
Politics has traditionally seen data siloed, with canvassing done on little more than a list of postcodes. Obama's election campaigns began to change this. Check out this article from Slate on Project Narwhal.
Narwhal would bring new efficiency across the campaign's operations. No longer will canvassers be dispatched to knock on the doors of people who have already volunteered to support Obama. And if a donor has given the maximum $2,500 in permitted contributions, emails will stop hitting him up for money and start asking him to volunteer instead.
Those familiar with Narwhal's development say the completion of such a technical infrastructure would also be a gift to future Democratic candidates who have struggled to organize political data that has been often arbitrarily siloed depending on which software vendor had primacy at a given moment.
WeatherSignal works by repurposing the sensors in Android devices to map atmospheric readings. Handsets such as the Samsun S4, contain a barometer, hygrometer (humidity), ambient thermometer and lightmeter.
Obviously, the prospect of millions of personal weather stations feeding into one machine that will average out readings is exciting, and one that has the potential to improve forecasting.
You can read about OpenSignals work in this article in Scientific American.
Heart Disease
This piece from Cloud Times details how IBM are predicting heart disease with big data. Analysis of electronic health record data could reveal symptoms at earlier stages than previously.
IBM uses the Apache Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) to extract the known signs and symptoms of heart failure from available text.
With no single strong indicator, only weak signals or 'co-morbidities', such as hypertension, diabetes, associated medications, ECG and genomic data etc. can be analysed. Drawing out probabilities from disparate and size-differing databases is a task for big data analytics.
Infectious diseases
Again IBM, this Venture Beat article looks at a model and data from the World Health Organization. IBM looked at local climate and temperature to find correlations with how malaria spreads. This analysis is used to predict the location of future outbreaks. The Spatio Temporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) is free and open source.
Justin Lessler of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:
There are a lot of tacit assumptions out there about how changes in climate will impact the distribution of diseases like malaria. This work suggests that things probably are not so simple. A change that has a huge effect on malaria transmission in one place might not be as important somewhere else.
Doctor performance
Crimson is a system that shows variables including complications, hospital readmissions and measures of cost. It colour codes signals as to how well a doctor is performing against his or her peers.
This piece in the Wall Street Journal suggests the technology has reduced average stay and average cost at the Long Beach Memorial Hospital.
One doctor was warned by a pharmacist that data showed one physician was using Levaquin, an antibiotic, at a far higher rate than peers. With concerns about generating drug-resistant bacteria, the physician was encouraged to reduce the usage of said antibiotic.
This particular medical group has used big data to make sure medication is correctly prescribed. 2012 data showing 76% of patients getting recommended shots compared with 56% in 2010.
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Great post.
For a tenth, didn't Google predict a flu epidemic by looking at search patterns for 'flu'? Not sure that's officially Big Data but it's big and it's data.
And my mother varies what to serve with the turkey at Thanksgiving based on the noises people made at the last Thanksgiving multiplied by the amount left in the dish divided by the amount in the dish at the start of the meal times Pinterest mentions minus preparation effort as a percentage of available preparation help -- all converged with commodity pricing in the mid-west, weather patterns and the degree to which she can be arsed. I could show you the algorithm but you'd have to come to Thanksgiving and I don't think you want to do that.
Also Data Sift has done some cool things predicting box office success before a movie's opening weekend.
If IBM could capture Mrs Kessler in a parodic 'smarter turkey' advert, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt the brand.
Patient.co.uk is using big data to predict health trends. We have pulled our 17million + page impressions on health into a map which shows trending conditions over time:
We are planning to extend this so that the system can auto-tweet major trends and changes, and also show a slider timeline of an "outbreak" over a 1 month period.
Mobile advertising utilises a huge amount of data. The latest programmatic techniques bring together data from publishers, advertisers, ad tech and third-party data bought in, and draw inferences from that data using algorithms to match the right ads to the right slots.
This is done through an auction process that happens while the mobile page or app is rendering - literally, milliseconds for many advertisers to bid for that one slot and the successful bidder gets to place the ad. It's entirely possible that this auction happened to place the ads you're seeing on this page right now.
Having a mainly retail background, I'm more than familiar with a few of these applications. But what really stands out is not the commercial application, but the medical application, where analysis of data really could be genuinely life-saving. In this age where everyone is so cautious about their personal data, I for one would be perfectly happy for my details to be 'out there' if it meant saving me from potential heart disease. I wonder how much more progress could be made in this field if it wasn't for people abstaining from allowing use of their personal details.
Isn't it time we started looking beyond Big Data?
I mean has anyone sat down and considered Really Big Data? It's the new Big Data!
Seems to me that the maps needed to present "occurrence per thousand searches", as otherwise they look a lot like population density maps? (there are a lot of people in London, Manchester, Aberdeen etc...)
Then there is using big data, to look at how and by whom a lot of this big data is being hovered up: http://cookiepedia.co.uk/
@Ben @Malcolm thanks for the feedback always nice to get other people's input! We will consider this for future versions.
1. This page uses Doubleclick, which gathers information about what I'm doing around the web, uses that to figure out my age & gender, and then - depending on how much money various advertisers offer them, and the particular data it's captured about me - displays ads in real time to me as I browse around other sites.
2. The page also uses Google+ which, if I move my mouse over that '+1' button, recommends content to me based on articles others in my 'circles' like on this site.
3. And of course, it uses Google Analytics, which tells you what I've done on the site, and can be aggregated up in any number of ways including at a member-type level based on info Econsultancy dynamically passes to it as the page loads.
All three of these are so commonplace that they feel really mundane, but I suppose you could categorise all 3 of those as uses of big data!
One of the largest users of analytics is the energy industry. They analyze information from many disparate sources in order to predict energy consumption levels and the associated energy production requirements.
Hey Ben,
Good article, and well done for including non-commercial uses in the medical and political field.
There's also a lot going on in disaster relief, bringing together crowdsouce mapping and satellite technologies to respond more quickly, efficiently, cohesively and better respond to disasters coordinating many international organisation and volunteer contributions. E.g. http://www.nature.com/news/crowdsourcing-goes-mainstream-in-typhoon-response-1.14186


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by Myles McMorrow, October 31, 2009
This post is kind of late, unless you're in the Mid-Atlantic, where the leaves are just beginning to drop. But if you are lucky enough to have trees around or near your pool, this post is for you. Trees can certainly increase your cleaning and maintenance time when it comes to having a clean swimmable Pool. The good news is there are a lot of products out there designed to make life easier any time of year. They range from big leaf nets and leaf scoops to eco-safe chemicals. Let me just showcase a few to let you know what is out there to help you work less, and enjoy your pool more. Click the title links if you want more product info.
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These items are very useful for the pool with overhanging trees. After a windstorm, attach the Big Sucker to the end of your pool pole, connect a garden hose, and suck leaves into it's own oversize bag. It is a fast way to clean the bottom of the pool. The garden hose creates a venturi suction to lift leaves, twigs and acorns up into the bag.
These are great for pools with not enough skimmers, or one that can't keep up with the volume. They extend the reach of your skimmers and divert debris into your skimmer basket - before they soak up and sink to the bottom of the pool. Clips onto any vinyl liner skimmer ( not made for concrete type inground pools).
I hate pulling off a solar cover only to have all the leaves that were on top fall into the pool, don't you? Hate, or at least inconvenience, must be the mother of all invention.
Better Living through Chemistry! Lo-Chlor Bug Off is a unique formulation that helps rid the pool of insects, especially water boatmen. Easy to use, fast acting, non-foaming formula will not affect water balance. Place a capful per 100 sqft at one end of your pool and all surface debris goes to one side in a pile, for fast scooping. Yes, that is right, no more running in circles to catch leaves. It is safe for lakes and ponds too. It creates surface tension sending debris running to the other side within 10 min!
I can't tell you how important this pool tool is. Simply attach the pool pole pruner to your telescopic pool pole, and you are easily able to reach branches as high as 20'. Why clean leaves out of your pool, when you can prune the overhanging branches quickly and easily? The pool pole pruner is stainless steel and aluminum construction, for years of reliable use.
So, there you have it ~ some of our tools and wisdom on how to keep your pool clean. Trees are beautiful around a pool, but they certainly shed debris both spring and fall. Use the right tools, and you'll skim more off the top, before they sink to the bottom, becoming much more difficult to remove. Comment below if you have methods or tools not mentioned above.


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It went well! I really only treated it as a tempo run, but I got a medal for being third in my age group! I think there was only three women in my age group there, but hey, it was still cool! I averaged a few second more per mile than the 3 mile tempo run I did outside about a week ago, so I think my theory about running indoors on the treadmill being harder is right.
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I love pasta, of course, but I'm particularly fond of braised dinners and Italian cuisine has no shortage of braised recipes. What makes this recipe so good? It's the milk based sauce, and how it tenderizes the pork. Swoon.
I'm getting ahead of myself, but I'm just so excited to rave about this recipe-- and to share it with you. In the February 2014 issue of Cuisine At Home Magazine, I bookmarked this recipe because it sounded so good and I also loved the lemon polenta recipe. Milk-Braised Pork is a regional favorite of Bologna. The ingredients begin with a pork loin roast, whole milk and heavy cream. As the pork cooks into the milk, the milk morphs into a aromatic and nutty sauce. The sauce ... I won't call this gravy, because there's no flour added. No, no, no. The sauce makes itself as the milk/cream mixture is poured around a pork loin roast and placed into a slow cooker, on low, for two hours. My slow cooker is a kitchen tool that doesn't get as much attention as it deserves, so I was excited to dig it out of storage and to make this.
We begin with a pork loin roast--(not pork tenderloin or pork shoulder roast), patted dry and seasoned with coarse salt and black pepper. This roast weighed just under three pounds, which is perfect for our little dinner party of four. Yes, it's risky to test out a new recipe, for a dinner party. Fortunately, our dinner guests are more than willing to be my testers, and I had a feeling this recipe was going to be a good one.
What I found intriguing is that the March/April 2014 issue of Cook's Illustrated Magazine also included a recipe for Milk Braised Pork Loin. Decisions, decisions... I trust both recipe sources. After comparing Cuisine At Home's version, to Cook's Illustrated's version, I leaned more towards CAH, because of the combination of fresh rosemary and sage...
Everyone added even more sauce, and we smiled as our Southern Gentleman guest poured a lot more "gravy" over his "grits". The red pepper flakes definitely left a bit of heat, but everyone said it was just right. I'm very sensitive to spice, and at first, I wish I had decreased the red pepper by half. In the end, I didn't have to race for antacids.
The lemon polenta was perfect with this dish-- creamy, hot and just the right balance of lemon. I've never thought to use buttermilk to make polenta, but I plan to do this again.
If you're a beginner cook, I am confident you can make this. The prep work takes the most chopping and measuring. The searing takes a little bit of time. But, once you get everything in the slow cooker-- it's smooth sailing. Enjoy!
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BC Assessment Philosophy Statement
For today's student, learning is more than simply acquiring knowledge. While learning certainly involves mastery of subject matter, it also requires the application of that knowledge, the discovery and utilization of resources, and the solving of problems. Such learning may occur anywhere in the college environment and is not restricted to interactions between students and instructors in a classroom. Instead, the entire campus works together to support student growth and development for life long learning.
Effective student learning, in fact, becomes essential to the social and economic development of multicultural California. Consequently, policy directions for Bakersfield College are based on providing, monitoring and improving student learning through appropriate assessment measures. Outcomes assessment is the process that not only monitors what and how well students learn, but it also measures the effectiveness of the institution in providing effective learning opportunities. These opportunities must include the dissemination and understanding of learning objectives and student support strategies as well as the consistent application of high academic standards.
Overall, such an on-going student outcomes assessment process works to improve institutional effectiveness. This process uses multiple measures of valid, reliable, and relevant assessment procedures, both quantitative and qualitative, to monitor and improve courses, services, and programs. The data collected over time will provide information for curriculum reform, broad-based planning, resource allocation, organizational leadership, institutional governance, and staff and student development. This information is used to improve instruction, student, and community services, and to certify academic excellence for the college clientele and constituencies.
In addition to meeting state and accreditation requirements, this ongoing assessment process will provide the campus the following opportunities:
- campus-wide collegiality
- recruitment and outreach strategies
- links to community learning and economic development
- on-going staff development projects
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The Mjolnir colony was founded in G.R 2,006 on the planet Mjolnir, located on the outer rim of the Brikverse. Like many other colonies, it was neglected and eventually was forgotten by its homeworld. Forced to fend for itself, the colony struggled to survive for its first couple of years. By G.R 2,008 the colony had spread all across the planet and had split into three major powers, each fighting the others for resources and land. After years of fighting the powers were almost to the point of nuclear war. Without warning, an alien insect-like species invaded the planet. The three powers were forced to work together, and they eventually prevailed against the foreign threat. After the war was over, the three powers decided to form the Mjolnir Coalition, though, shortly after the Coalition was formed the struggle for resources reminded them of why they started fighting in the first place. Instead of resorting to war again, they looked to the stars. By extracting resources from asteroids and planets in the system they could remain peaceful. The Mjolnir Coalition began construction of a star fleet. Unfortunately, they were limited to their own system because the technology for Faster than Light Travel was lost in the early days of expansion. The Mjolnir Science Initiative was formed to reverse engineer the alien ships that had been destroyed in the invasion. By G.R 2,009, The MSI had succeeded in acquiring the FTl technology and had outfitted their now moderately large star fleet with it. The Mjolnir Coalition then focused their efforts on colonizing other systems.
Fast forward to G.R 2,012, The Mjolnir Coalition is now a vast empire that has colonized hundreds of systems. During the planning of the colonization efforts, the Mjolnir Coalition promised not to also commit the sins that their ancient founders committed when founding the Mjolnir colony.
Colonization Doctrine
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This small colony bears the colors of the 17th CMEF. Typical colonies like this one often consist of two to four Residential/Marine Barrack structures, one to two vehicle bay, one Command Center, one to two Power Stations, and four to six Agricultural Greenhouses.
Small Colony Fleet of the 17th CMEF consisting of one Destroyer, two Frigates and one Missile Frigate.
Unit Types and Abilities
Formed out of paranoia that the Alien threat would return, the CMEF is the Mjolnir Coalition's primary military force. There are hundreds of companies of marines that accompany colonization fleets. Each company is tasked with protecting its assigned colonies from the various threats of the galaxy. Each company acts independently of one another, and are spread out between the colonies. A typical company consists of 10,000 to 50,000 marines aboard a large fleet of warships.
342nd CMEF
The 342nd Coalition Marine Expeditionary Force specializes in defending desert worlds. They are currently tasked with wiping out an indigenous population of barbaric masked humanoid creatures that ride large bison-like animals.
128th CMEF
It is rare that a company of marines is not assigned with protecting colonies, but the 128th Coalition Marine Expeditionary Force is one of few exceptions. The 128th CMEF work alongside the Mjolnir Science Initiative. Usually, they are clearing out derelict alien ships, or defending dig sites that the egg heads are studying.
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17th CMEF
"Exsisto validus quod of a bonus virtus"
The 17th Coalition Marine Expeditionary Force is one of the largest companies that is under the command of the Mjolnir Coalition. The 17th CMEF fights under the motto: "Exsisto validus quod of a bonus virtus" meaning "Be strong and of a good courage." This company is one of the first twenty that was formed during the initial unification of the three powers. They not only have the task of defending colonies, but also scouting deep outside Mjolnir Coalition territory. Recently, they have found a new galaxy with countless factions warring against each other.


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BOSTON -- And so it ends for the Flyers, quickly and profoundly. Four games, four losses, and now more than 4 months to try to figure out what went wrong.
Facing elimination, the Flyers did nothing to embarrass themselves on Friday night at TD Garden. They played a credible, competitive game. But they lost to the Bruins again, lost again, by a score of 5-1.
Now they go home to questions -- about why they keep falling into holes in games and series and other times, again and again testing their skill and their impressive level of fortitude; about how much time this nucleus might have together, especially given the series of injuries suffered by 36-year-old defenseman Chris Pronger, who played only three games this spring; and about their goaltending, a hardy perennial that bloomed into a full-grown riot the last couple of weeks.
The worst thing they could do would be to make a lot of pronouncements right now because so many of these issues are linked together. All they can do now is live with the flip side of their destiny. Last year at this time, the Flyers were celebrating a historic comeback against these self-fame Bruins. On Friday night, though, they were the ones wearing the grim faces in the handshake line.
The night began with the kind of intrigue that has become the Flyers' custom. Coach Peter Laviolette declined to announce his starting goaltender until about 3 hours before game time -- and his choice, not surprisingly, was Sergei Bobrovsky. The circle was now complete. And, for the record, the Flyers' 11 playoff games were net-minded, in order, by:
Bobrovsky; Bobrovsky and Brian Boucher; Boucher; Boucher; Boucher and Michael Leighton; Leighton and Boucher; Boucher; Boucher and Bobrovsky; Boucher and Bobrovsky and then Boucher again; Boucher and Bobrovsky; and then, last night, Bobrovsky.
(And, remember, this material will be on the final exam.)
Eleven games. Three different starters. Six games when the starter left, either because he was terrible (three times), the team in front of him was terrible (twice), or because of injury (once).
It was the entire story of the Flyers' first-round series against Buffalo. It has been a continuing annoyance against the Bruins. And it was part of the pre-game speculation before Game 4 -- that, and whether or not Pronger would make a go of it after leaving Game 1 with about 2 minutes to go, never to return, with a still-undisclosed injury.
Would he? Wouldn't he? For a while, on the NHL website, the pre-game lineup list Pronger as in. But he did not warm up and then the lineup was changed. Pronger, out.
So that was how it began.
In the first period, the Bruins not only got the first goal -- at 12:02 on a power play tap in by the Bruins' human tank, Milan Lucic -- but they completely dominated. At one point in the period, the Flyers went 14:32 without a shot on goal, which is pretty hard to do when you are in desperation/elimination mode. But there it was.
To start the game, Laviolette made a key line change, grouping his three best forwards -- Claude Giroux, James van Riemsdyk and Danny Briere -- on the same line. It really didn't generate much, though, and as things evolved, Briere would rejoin his regular linemates, Ville Leino and Scott Hartnell.
The Flyers were better to start the second period, but it was really an incremental improvement. The Bruins really had the game in lockdown mode, and they also managed a couple of very long stretches in the the Flyers' end of the ice. Bobrovsky was not being asked to be spectacular, but he was good. And it was growing into one of those typically nervous playoff games where both teams probed for the mistake that might change things.
The Flyers' Mike Richards, as it turned out, forced the key turnover that resulted in a 2-on-1 along with teammate Kris Versteeg. Richards ended up sliding the puck to Versteeg, who beat Thomas for his first goal of the playoffs. The time was 13:22 of the second. The scored was tied at 1-1.
The long, nervous night continued.
But the Bruins got the next one, at 2:42 of the third period, when defenseman Johnny Boychuk fired a 40-foot screamer that beat Bobrovsky high to the glove side. It might have tipped a stick along the way, and the puck might have sailed a little, and maybe this and maybe that -- but it was 2-1, Boston.
With the Flyers pressing for the tying goal, it was Lucic instead who went in alone on Bobrovsky and scored to make it 3-1. The last two Boston goals were scored into an empty net.
At which point, for the Flyers, the off-season unofficially began -- along with the questions.


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Color By Number Division
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There are many strategies that can be employed to multiply and divide larger numbers. Students will deepen their conceptual knowledge of multiplication and division, starting with visual models like arrays and diagrams.Then students will then move to more abstract calculation methods like partial products, the distributive property and standard algorithms.
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Crusted Shrimp with Coconut Red Curry Sauce
- serves 6
3 eggs, beaten
2 cup chopped peanuts (500 ml)
1 ½ cup panko bread crumbs (325 ml)
Salt and pepper
24 large shrimp, shelled with tail on and de-veined
4 cup vegetable oil, for deep frying (1 litre)Coconut Red Curry Sauce
1 Tbsp honey (15 ml)
1 tsp red curry paste (5 ml)
2 kaffir leaves, finely chopped
2 Tbsp fish sauce (30 ml)
2 Tbsp minced ginger (30 ml)
½ cup coconut milk (125 ml)
2 Tbsp fresh coriander, chopped (30 ml)
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1. Put the honey, curry paste, kaffir leaves, fish sauce, ginger and coconut milk to a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and let reduce slightly. Stir in fresh cilantro. Serve the dip hot or cold with the shrimp.
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