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- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed
- 1 teaspoon crushed coriander seed
- 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seed
- 8 to 10 fenugreek seeds
- 1 teaspoon shredded ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 green chilis, seeded and sliced long ways
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
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- Put the potatoes and one teaspoon salt into a pot. Cover with water and cook on medium high until tender but not mushy. Once the potatoes are cooked, drain the water and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Test the heat by adding one cumin seed to the oil; if it cracks right away, the oil is ready.
- Add cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds crack, add the coriander, fennel, fenugreek seeds, and shredded ginger. Stir-fry for about half a minute.
- Add potatoes and stir-fry the mixture over medium heat until they are a light golden brown.
- Add salt, black pepper, and green chili. Roast another two to three minutes. Turn off the heat and add lemon juice and the cilantro mixture. Adjust salt, lemon, and pepper to your taste.
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Has anyone else learned about Maclaurin polynomials? I was suprised to read about it, becuase it allows you to fnd the formula's for sine, cosine, e^x and many other calculator functions. A while back I was asking around for the formula's for sine, cosine and tangent, and hardly anyone knew. Thats why I'm curious if many other calculus books study these.
The maclaurin polynomial of f(x)
f(0)/0! + f'(0)(x^1)/1! + f''(0)( x^2 ) /2! + f'''(0)( x^3 )/3! ...
note you begin by multiplying the first term by f(0), you take the first derivative, evaluate it at zero, and multiply that by the second term, you take the third derivative, evaluate it at zero, and multiply it by the third term, and so on.
Supposedly, this creates a sort of replica of the function, but in the form of the polynomial. If the polynomial does not terminate, the accuracy of the function depends on how many terms you choose to use.
If you have a polynomial like 3x^2 + 2x + 6
f(x) = 3x^2 + 2x +6 so f(0) = 6
f'(x) = 6x + 2 so f'(0) = 2
f''(x) = 6 so f''(0) = 6
The third derivative and anything beyond that will be 0 so we can stop here.
Now lets evaluate the maclaurin polynomial for the function:
f(0)/0! + f'(0)(x^1)/1! + f''(0)( x^2 ) /2! + f'''(0)( x^3 )/3! ...
= 6/0! + 2x/1! + (6x^2)/2!
= 6 + 2x + 3x^2
We found the maclaurin polynomail of 3x^2 +2x +6 and got 3x^2 + 2x + 6! From this we see that the maclaurin polynomail of a polynomial, is the polynomial itself!
Now take e^x
f (x) = e^x f(0) = 1
f'(x) = e^x f''(0) = 1
f''(x) = e^x f''(0) = 1
Obviously the first second third and nth derivative of e^x will always be e^x, evaluated at zero, they are one, so if write the maclaurin polynomail:
f(0)/0! + f'(0)(x^1)/1! + f''(0)( x^2 ) /2! + f'''(0)( x^3 )/3! ...
We have:
x^0/0! + x^1 + (x^2)/2! + (x^3)/3! + (x^4)/4! ....
and so on! Note the first term could have just been written as 1, I just wrote it that way to show the pattern is consistant.
So now we have a polynomial formula for e^x! :-D
You can also use this to find the formula's for sine and cosine, and other trigonometric functions.
I'm not sure how to find the formula for a function such as y = ln x because ln 0 does not exist. But maybe I'll learn more later.
The problems in my book often give me a functon and ask me to find the maclaurin polynomial and write the answer in summation notation. Writing them in summation notation can be a tricky buisiness at times, becuase the signes alternate, some terms disappear when their coefficiants are zero, and sometimes the factorials cancel eachother out. Its tricky but they're kind of fun.
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Hmm... just thinking about ln x
If we were to write ln (x + 1) we could do it.
f(x) = ln (x + 1) f(0) = 0
f'(x) = 1/(x + 1) f'(0) = 1
f''(x) = -1 / (x + 1)^2 f''(0) = -1
f''(x) = 2 / (x + 1)^3 f'''(0) = 2
f'''(x) = -6 / (x + 1) 4 f''''(0) -6
Ok I think thats enough to see the pattern is 0!, -1!, +2!, -3!
Now lets write the maclaurin polynomial:
0x^0/0! + (0!x^1)/1! - (1!x^2)/2! + (2! x^3)/3!
we can eliminate the first term since its zero. We notice that in each term, the factorial above is one less then the factorial below, this is fortunate. Because we can always rewrite (n-1)!/n! as 1/n.
So we have -x^1/1 + (x^2)/2 - (x^3)/3 + (x^4)/4
This can be writtin in summation as:
(insert big sideways M here) (-1)^n (x^n) / n from n = 1 to infinity
Sadly, this only gives us a formula for ln (x + 1)
But I suppose we could simply insert (x - 1) in our expression for x to get:
(insert big sideways M here) (-1)^n ((x-1)^n) / n from n = 1 to infinity
Hmmm... I checked this series and it doesn't sem to be working. Either I messed up somewhere or maybe the maclaurin polynomail of ln x cannot be found the traditional way.
I'll try it again on paper.
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Hmm... well I found in my book a question asking for the maclaurin polynomial of ln(1 + x) and I checked the answer. Its the same only the exponant of (-1) is n + 1 instead of n, because its positive on odd numbered terms and negative on even numbered terms. Not sure where I messed this up but I did.
Still the polynomial seems kind of strange:
(insert big sideways M here) (-1)^(n+1) ((x-1)^n) / n
Note I replaced (x) with (x -1)
I suppose it straightens out if you use enough terms.
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
I assume that by 'big sideways M', you mean ∑. If so, you can copy and paste from the top, or you could also write ∑
If you want to be flash, you could also do it with the math tag, but you'd need to do the rest of the equation with it as well, or it would look silly, and the math tag is quite complicated.
After producingand , I finally managed to get it right:
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Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
Thanks for that. No comment on the topic itself though? :-(
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Thanks a lot, mikau, for the wonderful explanations about the
Maclaurin series. I am trying to learn new stuff, so I really
appreciate it. Who is the author of the Calculus book you are
studying from? Is it worth getting, do you think?
igloo myrtilles fourmis
Yes, thanks Mikau.
With a bit of formatting that could become a page on the mathsisfun.com website
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
But I was mostly thinking out loud. It really needs to be theroughly tested and perfected first.
Oh, and John E. Franklin, the book is called Calculus - with Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry by John H. Saxon Jr and Frank Y.H. Wang. Its supposedly an "elementary calculus book" >:-( so I don't know how much you'll get out of it if you've been through college. Its for AP math students who've completed trig before 12th grade. But I don't think its what you might call Calculus 1/2. I guess just level one calculus. Not calculus 2 or advanced calculus or Calculus For Higher Life Forms. (which I WILL write someday! :-D)
Anyways, go to www.saxonpublishers.com and have a look around. The book I ordered is listed on their site as Saxon Calculus 2nd Edition: Student Edition. Its a revised version of the first book with an additional 30 lessons, (for a grizzly 158 lessons ) I've taught myself algebra 1, 2 and Trig, and I'm now nearly halfway through calculus. I think that speaks for itself. Hang on a second I'll dig up my review for the saxon books.
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Here it is:
The author of my mathbook, like many great mathematiciains he was a genius, and he's dead. :-/
Well actually Saxon wasn't a 100% mathematician, I think he was an engineer and computer scientist, and a very good teacher. He wrote mathbooks for grades 1 though 12, including algebra 1, 2, trig and calculus. He also wrote books on other subjects like phonics. (yuck!) Saxon's philosophy was that math is not difficult, math is differant, and that people often call things that are unfamiliar to them, difficult, and things that are familiar easy. Time and practice is required for things that are differant to become things that are familiar and thus, easy. This philosophy is the basis for saxons teaching. Where some mathbooks would try to teach all the aspects of a topic in one lesson, saxon presents each topic little by little. Begining with the simplelest problems of that type and saving the more advanced problems for a later lesson. Each short lesson has 30 practice problems to do before moving on. This ensures you become familiar with each concept making comprehension of the more advanced problems easy since you have a solid foundation on the previous topics. "An Incremental Development" is written under the title of each saxon book. I taught myself algebra 1, 2 trigonometry with these books and am now working on calculus. Very good books, I highly reccomend them to anyone.
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
On Amazon: John Saxon
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
That's great. I might order a used one. See, I forgot nearly all the calculus I ever
was taught in college in the late 80's due to lack of usage and never a great
understanding, mostly did it through just memorizing steps. Now I plan on
actually learning something, but I have no due date, as I'm not using the
information for anything except my own pleasure. Also, in my first year at
college I made a mistake by not starting with Calc I, I started with Calc III, since
I already had Calculus in high school (grade 12). I think I should have started
from scratch to see if you learn theory that you missed the first time around.
igloo myrtilles fourmis
Calculus III? w00t! :-D Talk about t3h r0xx0r! Too bad Saxon books only go up to calculus one.
In my oppinion computer science is something every mathematician should take. It allows you to truely harness its power!
Ah the power of math!
Uh oh... I feel it coming again..... ugh.... hold on... keep it together man... keep it to-....oh no!
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A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Well these Calculus courses were each 7 weeks long, so Calculus III was
probably not as advanced as I made it sound.
I remember we used integration by parts and I remember learning some
of that stuff now that irspow figured out, where you rotate a function
around an axis to get surface area in 3-d, or to get volume.
But I still must relearn now to understand it.
igloo myrtilles fourmis
Hmmm... solids of rotation? My book teaches that. Disks, washers, shells. I haven't gotten to any yet but I think I'll be learning them within a week.
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The only other outfielder on the 40-man roster is Tyson Gillies, who is hitting .293 with an .812 OPS for double-A Reading. He, of course, has played in only 47 games because of injuries and suspensions. But the Phillies could opt to take a look at him in September when rosters expand.
Another possibility is 26-year-old Darin Ruf, who is mashing Eastern League pitching for Reading. Ruf has hit 25 home runs, which ranks ninth among all minor-league players in 2012. But he has played only 14 games in the oufield this season, and it is his first try at learning the position.
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LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN: Vote no on House Bill 188, the job-killing TABOR bill
TABOR would undermine public investments, quality of life, and business climate in North Carolina
By Edwin McLenaghan
Policy Analyst, Budget & Tax Center
Policy Analyst, Budget & Tax Center
May 24, 2011
- Because TABOR's restrictive formula does not keep up with the cost of health care, education and many other public services where costs grow faster than inflation, it would force annual reductions in all government services.
- If North Carolina had adopted TABOR in 1993, it would have slashed appropriations by 23 percent, equivalent to cutting three-fifths of funding for K-12 public schools.
- Colorado, the only state to adopt TABOR, has failed to address its budget shortfall problems. It has also seen education funding plummet to near the bottom of national rankings. TABOR was such a disaster in Colorado that voters suspended the policy in 2005.
The TABOR proposal currently under consideration in the General Assembly would weaken North Carolina's ability to recover from the Great Recession and undermine the long-term viability of public structures like public schools, community colleges and universities, hospitals and courts.
The proposed TABOR legislation before the General Assembly would impose a restrictive cap on the growth of state General Fund appropriations equal to population growth plus inflation.
TABOR Formula Leads Inevitably to Devastating Cuts to Key Public Structures
The TABOR formula fails to take into account that the costs of certain services, such as health care and education, grow faster than inflation. In addition, TABOR ignores demographic shifts, such as the increasing share of North Carolina's population made up of elderly residents and college students.
TABOR's population-growth-plus-inflation is not an appropriate way to measure the cost of providing basic government services, and it goes far beyond merely constraining growth in state-funded services.Because TABOR's restrictive formula does not keep up with the cost of health care, education and many other public services, it would force annual reductions in all government services.
Had North Carolina implemented TABOR in 1993, at the same time as the state of Colorado, the TABOR formula would have reduced North Carolina's cumulative investment in public structures by more than $35 billion between fiscal year 1993 and the current fiscal year. In fiscal year 2008, state policymakers would have had to cut state appropriations by 23 percent to meet the TABOR limit.
Making cuts of that magnitude would have been equivalent to doing any one of the following:
· Cutting roughly three-fifths of the state's appropriation to K-12 public schools
· Eliminating all state funding for North Carolina's community colleges and universities, plus 90 percent of all state appropriations for prisons
· Eliminating all state funding for Medicaid, Mental Health, Child Development, and Public Health, plus all state appropriations for courts
TABOR Weakened Colorado's Public Structures
Colorado passed TABOR in 1992, and its budget constraints have seriously weakened Colorado's public structures. Because of TABOR, Colorado's funding for K-12 education, colleges and universities plummeted to near the bottom for the nation. In addition, the share of low-income children without health insurance doubled in Colorado between the passage of TABOR and its suspension by voters in 2005.
After 12 years of TABOR, Coloradans voted to bypass TABOR in 2005 to allow state revenues to grow with the economy. It's been more than five years since Coloradans voted to suspend TABOR, and the state's public structures have yet to recover. Citizens and business leaders there are calling for TABOR's end. They also rejected additional tax and spending limits in the 2010 election. Despite TABOR amendments being proposed in 28 state legislatures between 2005 and 2009, Colorado remains the only state where TABOR has passed.
TABOR Would Not Prevent Budget Shortfalls
Contrary to the claims of TABOR proponents, TABOR would not prevent North Carolina from facing state budget shortfalls. TABOR did not save Colorado, the only state with a TABOR amendment, from significant state budget shortfalls in the current recession or in the early 2000s recession. In fact, Colorado faced the second-worst budget shortfall in the nation in 2003.
The TABOR proposal under consideration would also reduce the maximum size of the state's Rainy Day Fund, from 8 percent to only 5 percent, and harshly constrain access to the Rainy Day Fund in times of fiscal crisis. These backward provisions would weaken the state during recessions, increasing the pain felt by North Carolina families and hampering the state economy at the worst possible time.
TABOR is the Wrong Formula for North Carolina's Future
TABOR's inherent flaws and the experience of Colorado make it clear that TABOR is the wrong formula for North Carolina's future. North Carolina's public structures are already compromised by several years of cuts during the Great Recession.
Brightening economic prospects, targeted efficiencies, and the possibility of a balanced approach to closing the state's current budget shortfall may help to mitigate the depth and duration of the harmful state budget cuts to education, health and public safety.
TABOR's fiscal straightjacket would eliminate this possibility. Instead, TABOR would permanently lock in the budget cuts made during this recession and further starve the state's public structures of the resources necessary to put North Carolina and its economy on the path to recovery and future prosperity.
Much of what makes North Carolina a great place to do business, including our educated workforce and our quality infrastructure, would be undone by TABOR. Learn from Colorado's mistake: don't force North Carolina down the same, dangerous path.
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ISO 1798 Tensile Strength Flexible Cellular Polymeric Materials
ISO 1798 investigates the tensile strength and deformation properties of flexible cellular polymeric materials when extended at a constant rate of displacement until failure.
In principle, the test specimen is supported between two clamping jaws and fitted with an extensometer for a given gauge length. The specimen is pulled apart until the specimen fractures at a constant rate of displacement. The load and strain is recorded during the test, and is used for determine the tensile strength and elongation at break. To record the test it is important to have a high speed intelligent test data logging rate. This is the transfer rate to the PC of 100Hz or more to capture and record all the data.
For this test, we used pneumatic action grips with rubber coated jaw faces for clamping of the material fitted to a tensile testing machine. While manual action grips will work, many of our users prefer the pneumatic action grips for ease of use, productivity, and better repeatability. Pneumatic action grips allow you to set a clamping pressure, while the manually operated grips depend on the operator's strength (which may not be so repeatable). We find that gripping pressure and specimen alignment are very important in these tests. Too much gripping pressure can produce premature breaks, while not enough gripping pressure can lead to specimen slippage or breaks at or near the jaws. These grips are usually fitted to single-column or dual-column table-top design.
Two methods of strain measurement can be adopted. A contacting long travel extensometer is attached to the test specimen. This incorporate a mechanism suitable for determining the relative change in length of the appropriate part of the test specimen. Or a non-contacting video extensometer can be used as a viewing mechanism suitable for determining the relative change in length of the appropriate part of the test specimen.
We suggest using a materials testing software, such as Bluehill®, to input specimen details, set the desired test control, automatically calculate the desired results and statistics, and produce a test report all in accordance with the standard.
We suggest reviewing ISO 1798 to fully understand the test fixture and results requirements.
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University of Vermont
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Plant and Soil Science (Doctor of Philosophy)
Current research projects are concerned with the solution of horticultural and agronomic problems with special emphasis on environmental physiology, soil chemistry, pasture management, plant nutrition, and pest management. Areas of research include winter hardiness of fruits, and woody and herbaceous ornamentals; cultural and environmental interrelationships as they affect plant growth, crop adaptation, and variety; pasture production and marginal land utilization; crop establishment and soil productivity; mycorrhizal fungi; soil chemistry of the rhizosphere; redox reactions in soils; the behavior of heavy metals; compost and organic matter research; behavior of nitrogen in the soil; nutrient availability to plants; agricultural waste management; biological control of insects, disease, and weeds; integrated pest management for control of insects, diseases, and weeds. A student's thesis research will be an integral part of the on-going research efforts of the department.
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Requirements for Admission to Graduate Studies for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
A Master of Science degree in an appropriate agricultural, environmental, biological, or physical science. Satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination, general (aptitude) section.
Requirements for Advancement to Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Satisfactory completion of two academic years of graduate study in the Department of Plant and Soil Science at The University of Vermont. With the approval of the Dean of the Graduate College and the Department of Plant and Soil Science, a master's degree may be accepted in partial fulfillment of this requirement.
Satisfactory completion of a written and oral qualifying doctoral examination as prescribed by the Department.
Minimum Degree Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
The course requirements are as follows: a total of at least forty credits of which a minimum of thirty must be taken in Plant and Soil Science and closely related disciplines (e.g. botany, chemistry, forestry, microbiology, biochemistry or geology). Satisfactory participation in seminars during residency is required. All master and doctoral students must take part in the Department's undergraduate teaching program.
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Boston paying up after Stanley Cup loss to Chicago
Oct. 02, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — A video celebrating the Chicago Blackhawks' Stanley Cup championship will appear on the city of Boston's official website.
The video also highlights the city of Chicago and is a result of a friendly wager between Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Boston Mayor Tom Menino.
The video will be shown on the Boston website only on Wednesday. Emanuel says it will show hockey fans celebrating with the Stanley Cup and highlight "what makes Chicago a great city."
Emanuel and Menino placed bets on the outcome of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals series. In addition to the video posting, Chicago also received a sampling of Boston's local foods and a tree planted in the schoolyard of Emanuel's choosing.


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For those of you.....mainly in Georgia somewhere......the mayor has 10 Pat buses ready to go down to NO and bring back as many people as they can hold to put up in free housing and food till they can get back on their feet.
We have already sent utlitiy workes to help restore power and such, our state is sending 2500 national guard as well.
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Dear Members,
The Buddha: Metta Sutta
[Translated from the Pali by Daw Mya Tin,MA]
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (40) of this book, with reference to five hundred bhikkhus.
Five hundred bhikkhus from Savatthi, after obtaining a subject of meditation from the Buddha, travelled for a distance of one hundred yojanas* away from Savatthi and came to a large forest grove, a suitable place for meditation practice. The guardian spirits of the trees dwelling in that forest thought that if those bhikkhus were staying in the forest, it would not be proper for them to live with their families in the trees. So they descended from the trees, thinking that the bhikkhus would stop there only for one night. But the bhikkhus were still there at the end of a fortnight; then it occurred to them that the bhikkhus might be staying there till the end of the vassa. In that case, they and their families would have to be living on the ground for a long time. So, they decided to frighten away the bhikkhus, by making ghostly sounds and frightful apparitions. They showed up with bodies without heads, and with heads without bodies, etc. The bhikkhus were very upset and left the place and returned to the Buddha, to whom they related everything. On hearing their account, the Buddha told them that this had happened because previously they went without any weapon and that they should go back there armed with a suitable weapon. So saying, the Buddha taught them the entire Metta Sutta (discourse on Loving-Kindness) beginning with the following stanza:
Karaniyamattha kusalena
Yanta santam padam abhisamecca
Sakko uju ca suhuju ca
Suvaco c'assa mudu anatimani.
[The above stanza may be translated as: "He who is skilled in (acquiring) what is good and beneficial, (mundane as well as supra-mundane), aspiring to attain Perfect Peace (Nibbana) should act (thus): He should be efficient, upright, perfectly upright, compliant, gentle and free from conceit."]
The bhikkhus were instructed to recite the sutta from the time they came to the outskirts of the forest grove and to enter the monastery reciting the same. The bhikkhus returned to the forest grove and did as they were told. The guardian spirits of the trees receiving loving-kindness from the bhikkhus reciprocated by readily welcoming and not harming them. There were no more ghostly sounds and ungainly sights. Thus left in peace, the bhikkhus meditated on the body and came to realize its fragile and impermanent nature.
From the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha, by his supernormal power, learned about the progress of the bhikkhus and sent forth his radiance making them feel his presence. To them he said, "Bhikkhus just as you have realized, the body is, indeed, impermanent."
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Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 40: Knowing that this body is (fragile) like an earthern jar, making one's mind secure like a fortified town, one should fight Mara with the weapon of Knowledge. (After defeating Mara) one should still continue to guard one's mind, and feel no attachment to that which has been gained (i.e., jhana ecstasy and serenity gained through meditation).
At the end of the discourse, the five hundred bhikkhus attained arahatship.
* yozana: a measure of length about twelve miles.
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Big Brother 13's Cassi Colvin found herself on the chopping block after the Veteran alliance, well mostly Rachel, decided she was a threat.
And perhaps they were right. Unlike most players who play the Big Brother game, Cassi was loyal to her alliance till the end, unwilling to tell the others what they wanted to hear and even refused to campaign against her partner Shelly to stay in the game. Not surprisingly, Cassi was evicted from the BB13 house last Thursday in an unanimous vote.
In a new interview with DigitalSpy, Cassi reveals if she really thinks Rachel is jealous of her, why she refused to campaign against Shelly (she's not aware Shelly back stabbed the alliance) and reveals what she would have done differently. Excerpts from her interview below –
There was a lot of discussion about girls in the house being jealous of your looks. Do you think that's what was really behind Rachel's dislike for you?
"Honestly, that belief was brought to my attention several times and I was the last to give any credit to that being the case. I think Rachel's biggest issue with me is that I am a girl [who's] comfortable in my own skin and happy with who I am on the inside when I don't think she has found herself yet. Also, I think she was intimidated because she knew that I wouldn't be her minion because of the Brenchal union or her experience in the game. I feel that I was the most independent newbie, the one least likely to let their promises of safety throw me off guard and make me easy to sway – I have my own mind."
You said that you didn't feel you could campaign against Shelly because you two had become so close. Do you feel that relationship was worth potentially giving up $500k?
"Shelly and I always said it was our worst nightmare to be put on the block together. We hoped to make it through the duos and golden key period intact. She was the only person in the house that my trust in never wavered with. Because I respect and adore her so much, I had nothing negative to say about her. Any speaking I did on my behalf after nominations was never to portray myself as a better option to keep in the house but only to remind people of what I had to offer in the game. I feel pretty confident that my pleas would have been to no avail because from a gameplay standpoint at this point in time, I am the bigger threat. I don't think my campaigning or lack thereof affected my chance at the prize and I still left with my integrity and no regrets."
If given another chance to play the game, would you have done anything differently?
"As cautious as I was from day one with what I said and who I said it to, I definitely could have been more tightlipped. I think a lot of the newbies recognized that I was ready to play from the start because I was so outspoken and honest. This made it easy for me to become the scapegoat for the things we were all feeling."
The newbie alliance seemed pretty solid in the beginning but crumbled soon after, with two members flipping over to the other side in the first week. What do you think went wrong there?
"Although unspoken, the line was clearly drawn coming into the house with new versus old players and unfortunately rather than the newbies realizing that this was a golden opportunity to use our number advantage to our benefit, they cowered to intimidation because of the veterans' experience in the game and relationship with one another outside of the house."
You attempted to align yourself with the veterans after the first elimination. Is this something you always imagined you'd have to do at some point in the game or was going to the other side just a last-ditch effort to stay in the game?
"The veterans actually approached Shelly and I with the proposal of keeping one another safe. In my mind, it was never an alliance nor did I have any intention with aligning with the veterans as a whole. For me, it was simply a deal to keep Shelly and I safe for the time being, hence why I encouraged other newbies to put Brendon and Rachel up because they were the biggest threat in the game and it wasn't an option for myself because my word is my word. But further on down the road, I would have been interested in aligning with Jeff and Jordan."
A live eviction episode of Big Brother will air tonight on CBS at 9/8c during which host Julie Chen will reveal a new twist! As we reported last week, the eliminated HGs are being sequestered. When you add in Evel Dick's early departure, it's all but certain there will be a twist to bring back one of the evicted HGs.
Up for eviction tonight are Dominic and Adam. And thanks to Danielle's shenanigans and all around bad game play, it's all but certain Dominic will get the boot. Dominic is however not giving up just yet as he is trying to sway the newbie votes (Kalia, Shelly and Porsche) his way. He seems to have Kalia's vote but will Shelly, who claims to be feeling very guilty for backstabbing her alliance, and Porsche vote for him to stay? We will find out tonight. Once again, here's to hoping a newbie wins tonight's HOH so there is a desperately needed shift of power in the house!


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Easy Color Customization for Embedded Google Calendars
Clients often come to us for assistance integrating an events calendar into a web site, and we frequently recommend Google Calendar. It has a flexible and user-friendly interface for both web site visitors and calendar managers. What it doesn't have, unfortunately, is a way to customize its color scheme.
I had the opportunity to tackle this shortcoming for a recent project and you can find a copy of my script below, followed by an explanation of the approach I used. With this script, you'll be able to set your own color scheme for an embedded Google Calendar. To illustrate, here are some screenshots showing "before" (on the left) and "after" (on the right):
Of course, you can use this script to make your embedded calendar appear any color you like.
- PHP 4.3.0 or later
- Support for one of the following JSON libraries:
- PECL JSON extension (built in to PHP 5.2.0 and higher) or
- PEAR::Services_JSON package
- Support for one of the following https methods:
- cURL extension with OpenSSL library or
- allow_url_fopen configuration option plus OpenSSL support
Check your phpinfo screen to see if your server meets the requirements — or, if you're feeling lucky, just cross your fingers and run the script.
Installation and Usage
1. Create your Google Calendar and embed the calendar on your web site using your preferred size and settings. Make sure it appears correctly with the default Google Calendar "skin".
2. Download the wrapper script (version 2010-11-15) as a ZIP file
3. Unzip the archive to extract the script itself, gcalendar-wrapper.php
4. Edit gcalendar-wrapper.php in a text editor, such as Notepad
5. Customize the following lines at the top of the script according to your needs:
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/** * Set your color scheme below */ $calColorBgDark = '#c3d9ff'; // dark background color $calColorTextOnDark = '#000000'; // text appearing on top of dark bg color $calColorBgLight = '#e8eef7'; // light background color $calColorTextOnLight = '#000000'; // text appearing on top of light bg color $calColorBgToday = '#ffffcc'; // background color for "today" box
You can use a tool like the one at html-color-codes.info to pick your HTML color codes.
6. Upload gcalendar-wrapper.php to your web server
7. On the pages where you display an embedded Google Calendar, change the calendar embedding code to point to gcalendar-wrapper.php instead of http://www.google.com/calendar/embed (or the equivalent URL if you're using Google Apps for Domains). For example, if your embedding code currently looks like this:

edit the HTML to look like this instead:

8. Browse to your page to test out your customized calendar! If you still see the standard Google Calendar appearance, make sure to clear your browser's cache and try again.
To keep things simple, this script reduces the Google Calendar color scheme to just 5 different colors, even though Google's original stylesheet uses more shades. In addition, images within the interface (such as the month previous/next arrows and Print icon) can't be customized and will still appear in their original color (blue).
After creating this solution, I came across a similar skinning effort called
MyGoogleCal4 RESTYLEgc that allows more fine-grained control over the calendar appearance. It takes more legwork to create your own theme, but anyone interested in replacing the calendar graphics or making advanced stylesheet changes should definitely give it a look.
Technical Details
To change the color scheme, I started by scraping the stock Google Calendar stylesheet and identifying the minimal set of styles needed to apply new colors. New style rules are generated dynamically based on the color scheme settings to save the hassle of repeatedly copying and pasting color codes in several places. These custom styles are then inserted at the end of the HEAD section of the embedding code with priority set to override the original styles.
Google Calendar's code makes use of relative links and file references that get thrown off when routed through the wrapper script, so it's also necessary to make a change to the base URL within the JSON data structure that holds calendar event data. The JSON string first has to be spliced out using a regular expression and converted to a PHP data structure we can manipulate, then serialized back into a JSON string to replace the original data.
Keep in Mind…
The calendar customization script is closely tied to Google Calendar's underlying stylesheets and JavaScript code. When Google launches a new version of Google Calendar (as they've done in the past when launching new features) this script may need to be updated to reflect Google's changes. When that happens, your embedded calendars may revert to the standard Google Calendar appearance or may even show an error message. Don't forget to check up on your calendars periodically so you'll know if Google has made any major changes. I'll make an effort to post an updated wrapper script whenever I see that Google has revised its code.
Feel free to respond in the comments below with questions or suggestions. I hope you find the script useful!


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Welcome to our Furniture Guide! Whether you are looking for general Furniture Sites, Office Furniture, Living Room Furniture, Dining Room Furniture, Bedroom Furniture, Bathroom Furniture, Kitchen Furniture or Outdoor Furniture, our Furniture Guide is here to make it easier for you to find the best furniture sites on the Internet.
Our Furniture Guide saves you time and provides a hassle free way to locate the world's leading furniture sites. Our aim is simple – to make the online furniture world easily accessible to you!
We do this by providing you with a directory of the best and most comprehensive furniture sites on the Net. This is complemented with comprehensive listings for Children's Furniture, Lighting, Home Accessories and DIY sites like Instructables to assist you in making your residence a home to be proud of.
Arredioutlet.it a shop located in Roma (Italy), offer a wide range of natural wood and leather furniture for living and lounging, kitchen farmhouse tables to formal dining rooms, traditional look or the latest in chic design beds and bedroom furniture and a range of home office furniture called in italian Mobili Per Ufficio Roma .
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Friday was conference day at my oldest child's school, when we sit down together with his teacher to check in and set goals. The pre-conference paperwork asked us, as his parents, to list our goals for him for the upcoming year; we wrote that we wanted him to set his own goals, as our goal is for him to be a self-directed learner. Honestly, I can't think of any other answer to that question. It seems absurd to state what I think my son's goals for himself should be.
At the same time, it's been about a month since we began our non-summer homeschooling schedule. While learning happens all year round, we do add in more required work in the fall. Because I have one child in school, it makes the most sense to stick to the same sort of schedule, although that has its frustrations–I don't enjoy being beholden to an outwardly imposed schedule. However, it's a good point at which to check in with how we're doing.
I began using Singapore Math with my 9yo this year, and I'm happy to say it's going well. He knows more than he thinks he does; the main thing is overcoming his own self-doubt. A year ago, he'd have fought me on using a workbook and textbook; this year, he sometimes complains and needs reminders to focus, but he gets the work done. I've noticed that he does best with word problems (even though he says he doesn't like them). He also took really well to Life of Fred last year, which is story based. I noted this and pointed it out to him—he seems to comprehend the numbers better when they are presented in a verbal way.
Another great help for explaining some of the concepts are Cuisenaire rods. We've had these for quite a long time and they have been useful many, many times. Most recently, I used them to demonstrate the concept of borrowing in subtraction. He needed a visual in order to understand that I wasn't telling him to get rid of any numbers; we were just regrouping. After seeing it with the rods, it clicked in about a minute. Now he understands what's going on when he borrows to subtract, rather than just doing it because he's been told to but without any comprehension.
My 4yo, of course, wanted her own math to do. She was making up her own rather baffling worksheets, so I picked up a workbook for her. She's happy, and I get a little bit of time to teach the day's concept to my 9yo without her chatting our ears off.
The other area that has me really excited is language arts. We're transitioning into using Brave Writer; we read August's book, The Lemonade War, in September, using the copywork assignments and discussing grammar and a bit about writing style. We haven't begun October's book yet because we moved right into the sequel, The Lemonade Crime. This is my main logistical problem with using Arrow; we read aloud as a regular part of our homeschool, and trying to make one chapter book stretch out all month is limiting; there are other books we want to read too. I haven't quite figured out how to handle that. We've also done some free-writing exercises and list-making; gentle ways to get my 9yo writing more often.
But then! I saw the book Guy-Write on the library shelf and asked him if he'd like to read it. He said yes, read it in about a day, and then…began writing a book. Something in that book hit him just the right way, and his writing is alive and exciting. He reads each chapter to me when he's done. He told me the spelling is all wrong, but I told him when he was done writing, we could type it into the computer and worry about the spelling then. He declared I could be his editor. I'm a bit dumbfounded; he has "hated" writing for a few years now. I am cautiously optimistic, hoping this new-found love of writing will stick around.
My daughter is also writing—asking how to spell words and either writing as we tell her the letters or copying the words she's dictated to me from another piece of paper. She's been reciting letters off of signs, asking me what they spell. Just recently she began doing that in reverse, saying words and trying to sound out the letters they contain. Her brain is working constantly, it seems, on the puzzle of reading. It's really cool to watch.
One area I'm not totally up on is project time. I've failed thus far to carve out predictable blocks of time for project work. I keep waiting for our weeks to settle down into a routine, but I think our routine is that there isn't one. As much as I try to contain the errands, things like doctor's appointments go where they fit, and we seem to have lots of those. So I've begun just claiming the time where I see it. I need to do a better job of reminding the kids what they wanted to accomplish, though. So project time is still a work in progress this year.
Of course we're continuing our studies of history and science, supported with library books and so on, but math and language arts have taken such a huge leap lately, so that's where I chose to focus on this recap. It seems like overstating the obvious, but a huge advantage of homeschooling is the ability to work with my child right where he is, to take advantage of leaps of understanding, and to take the time to work on trouble areas…as well as having the time to be patient and wait for the progression of things without feeling pushed and rushed to meet an artificially imposed standard. I'm thankful we can do this right now.


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MAP offers low student-to-teacher ratios and myriad support services to help students feel at home in school. Kiernan's colleagues said that, while it's true that they may have done much of the work to get the program off the ground, Kiernan was the impetus that got it started.
"If Henry would be thought of in one way, it would be innovative," said Seinfeld. "There were a lot of calls for an alternative school" in 2005. "He heard those calls almost immediately upon arrival, and he took it on. Think of all the kids who have gone through [MAP]. If not for Dr. Kiernan, I don't think the program would have gotten off the ground."
Over the past eight years, Kiernan has brought a number of nationally recognized educational programs to the district, including:
• Project Lead the Way, a pre-engineering program that introduces students to electronics design.
• The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, a grant-funded program that offers history students and teachers a series of learning opportunities that go well beyond the state-mandated social studies curriculum.
• Virtual Enterprise, which gives business students the chance to compete in local, state and national contests, in which they must market products in a computer-simulated world.
• Big History, a program developed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates that combines science and social studies to look back 13 billion years to the origins of the universe.
In September 2011, Kiernan gave students a voice at Board of Education meetings when he asked one student representative from each of the three high schools to offer reports on student activities and accomplishments during board meetings. "It's very important for students to have a voice in decision-making," Kiernan said. "That's my favorite part of the meeting –– hearing what they have to say about what's going on."
"Henry Kiernan is a brilliant man who knows education inside out," said Saul Lerner, the district's director of health, physical education and athletics. "He's brought some incredible programs to the district, and he will be sorely missed. I have tremendous respect for the man, and it's been a pleasure to spend the last eight years with him."


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The Barrow Journal has won four national awards for its articles and photos published in 2011, including a first place award for best sports photo and second place for best local news coverage and community service. The Journal was honored Saturday at the annual convention of the National Newspaper Association held in Charleston, SC. Co-publisher Mike Buffington and photographer Jessica Brown represented the Journal at the event.
Brown's photo from a swim event won first place for best sports photo. Said the judges of the effort: "Best of the Best. The cropping is tight and the expression on the swimmers face grabs the readers' attention. Out of all the photos in this category, this photo makes you feel as if you are in the water with the swimmer. Depth of field is excellent."
Brown also won honorable mention for best feature photograph.
Reporter Susan Norman won second place in the prestigious community service award for her articles in 2011 about the county's budget crisis and for finding a $2 million error in the county's numbers. Said the judges: "Great job by the reporter to not just take the numbers at face value but to dig into them and discover the $2 million error! Well done!"
The Journal also won second place for its overall best local news coverage of the community. Said the judges: "Packed with news appealing to a diverse readership, this publication successfully delivers up‐to‐date information on vital topics. Excellent mixture of in‐depth and news briefs."
The Journal was also honored earlier this year by the Georgia Press Association as the state's best weekly newspaper in its division.
The Journal's sister newspaper, The Jackson Herald, Jefferson, was also honored at the NNA event Saturday as one of the nation's overall best weekly newspapers in its division.
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The latter will include carrying out a newly passed NCC resolution that urges Congress to delay ratifying the new Central American Free Trade Agreement until its textile provisions can be thoroughly reviewed and significantly improved, NCC Chairman Bobby Greene said.
"The NCC will continue to work with all agriculture and allied organizations to effectively defend commodity programs and other key farm law provisions. We will build and maintain coalitions that remind Congress the current farm law is balanced in its approach to production, conservation and nutrition program funding."
Speaking at the Council's annual meeting in New Orleans today, Greene noted that growing budget deficits will generate pressure for change in 2004, including proposals to save money by modifying programs or reducing benefits. (Earlier, President Bush's proposed Fiscal Year 2005 budget said the FY2004 deficit could reach $521 billion.)
"Others in Congress will work to cut funds from production agriculture in favor of conservation, nutrition or other more politically attractive programs," he said. "The cotton industry is very fortunate to have members of Congress who understand our industry and are willing to address key issues.
"But we must be prepared to adapt to change with several pending retirements in the Senate and re-districting issues in the House."
Greene, a Courtland, Ala., ginner who will chair the NCC's Executive Committee in 2004, told delegates that the NCC's trade agenda stands is no less important than farm policy.
He listed these priorities in the trade arena:
- Continuing discussions with the U.S. Trade Representative's office to ensure that World Trade Organization negotiations on the U.S. cotton program will be conducted in the context of the overall agricultural negotiations, while reiterating concerns about the elimination of U.S. textile tariffs;
- Carrying out the newly-approved NCC resolution that urges Congress to defer consideration of a Central American Free Trade Agreement until such time as the textile provisions are thoroughly reviewed and significantly improved;
- Working to ensure that the extraordinary damage caused by market disruptions generated by China is addressed by the administration and Congress;
- Studying each new bilateral trade initiative proposal carefully to ensure it will benefit the U.S. cotton industry and not non-signatory third countries; and
- Consulting further with USDA and the USTR to ensure that every effort is made to successfully defend the U.S. cotton program against Brazil's WTO challenge.
- Helping to defend legal challenges to the Cotton Research and Promotion Program,
- providing solid support and leadership to Cotton Council International – given that 65 percent or more of U.S. cotton fiber and more than 4 million bale equivalents of additional cotton yarn and fabric are now moving through export channels,
- Strengthening industry partnerships including alliances with The Cotton Foundation's agribusiness members who help underwrite many NCC initiatives and
- Increasing industry leaders' commitment to the Committee for the Advancement of Cotton (CAC).
Prior to outlining upcoming challenges, Greene reviewed key NCC actions in 2003, including 1) defending the farm bill throughout the budget debate and appropriations process and from foreign competitors through WTO challenges, 2) garnering strong industry wide support for three trade-related China initiatives and 3) obtaining strong financial backing for CCI and The Cotton Foundation.


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I'm rooting for Melissa McCarthy. I've been a big fan since she co-starred on Gilmore Girls. I've seen her in Groundlings shows here in Los Angeles where I could barely breathe from laughing so hard. And when Bridesmaids arrived and propelled her toward name-above-the-title, lady-Galifianakis status, I was glad.
So now she's got her name above the title. And I am not glad.
It's not her fault. She's a pro at broad, mainstream comedy. She wouldn't have her own sitcom if she couldn't play both sides of the nice/naughty culture divide. And in this R-rated visit to the big, bright, loud world of on-the-nose adult cartoonishness, she goes for it Bugs-Bunny-meets-the-Roadrunner-meets-all-three-Stooges-style. It's just that the movie she's single-handedly trying to save isn't worth her effort.
As the title's thief, an always-on-the-job scam artist who wrecks Jason Bateman's life when she appropriates his identity (his name is Sandy, a joke that's marginally funny the first time it's mentioned, less so the other dozen callbacks), McCarthy's responsible for spinning out of control stylishly. Dressed like a fruit salad, wearing as much makeup as the late Tammy Faye Bakker, bouncing back up when involved in rolling car crashes or when smashed in the face with a guitar, she fills every frame she's in with the same magnetic energy she displayed in Bridesmaids. She's even game when the film decides to grind to a halt, begging for sympathy with boo-hoo stories of neglected childhoods and friendlessness. Tears well up in her eyes and you do, for a moment, feel for her. Thing is, you shouldn't have to.
And that's the movie's fatal flaw. It doesn't fail merely because of its generic road trip bonding premise (McCarthy has to be transported back to Bateman's home state for her confession of wrongdoing) or faulty and fake understanding of how real people deal with actual identity theft, chalk-outline characters or refusal to pick up the pace (its running time pushes the two-hour mark), although it's guilty of all of those crimes. It fails because it lacks nerve. It fails because of hugs and heartwarmth and cheap, forced empathy, all of which are poison to raucous adult comedy. It fails because the filmmakers chickened out and played it safe, they hedged their bets in the name of likability, they didn't trust the talent of their own stars to carry the film. The resulting mess is flat, dull and lame. McCarthy deserves better than this and I hope she gets it down the road. Meanwhile, where's that Bridesmaids creative team when you really need them?
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Yesterday we all visited the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum of Art for a family open house. Various activities were going on throughout the afternoon. When we arrived, a Tours for Tots group was just gathering. G noticed the assemblage of people her size and went to join them, so her dad went on the half-hour tour with her, and the boys and I headed to the classroom (which is right off a gallery, not isolated from the exhibits) to see what the day's activity was all about.
Immediately upon seeing those books, I thought of How To Be An Explorer of The World by Keri Smith. (My husband did, too; we own a copy.) But this booklet was written specifically with the Museum's current exhibit, Made in the UK, in mind. So the various explorations are keyed into specific works of art, asking us (of course I took one too!) to look closely at, for example, the Roger Hiorns sculpture (number 6 on this PDF image sheet). "What do you notice about the piece?"
Says N, age 7: It has pompoms. It is made up of sticks.
Says V, age 9: It is three metal poles. The blue is pom-poms, but far away it looks like flowers or torn-apart balls. The pom-poms look like they are hanging off strings. Crystals on pom-poms.
Says me: Looks like rock candy. Crystals. Rusty in spots. Coral. Organic. Upside down. Blue, green. Grown on wood? Looks grown, not made.
Turns out the artist dipped dried thistles in a solution that grows crystals, then attached the thistles onto the poles. (I found this page that explains more. It's similar to what we read at RISD, but I wasn't taking notes then!) I would say we were pretty observant in our investigation!
The green postcard in the photo above has tips for closer looking on the back.
It starts with "Look: What do you notice? Draw: Find a line within the artwork, trace it in the air with your finger. Draw: Draw that same line on your paper." And it goes on from there. We didn't have time to use the postcard today, but I think it's fabulous.
I also think the construction of this book is fabulous. The cover is cardstock, a piece a bit longer than the page pieces, so that the back cover can be folded over a bit and stapled, forming a flap to tuck the front cover into. The pages are held in with a rubber band, and when we were finished exploring the exhibit, we went back to the classroom, where tables were set up with pieces of paper and tape so that kids could add more pages to their booklets. V added pages, plus a pocket.
(We love pockets in our notebooks.) The simple construction means this would be easy to do at home–in fact, think of the possibilities of creating one of these yourself, catered to your own surroundings. It doesn't have to be for works of art in a museum. You could make an Exploration Book for a walk in the park or your neighborhood, with activities to help you and your children stop and observe (I definitely recommend the Keri Smith book for inspiration). Making some of these is now on my (long) list of Ideas to Try.
N was happy to find a selection of colored pencils back in the classroom, because he'd been a little frustrated about drawing what he saw in the gallery, using only a regular pencil. He was anxious to add some color.
He then went on to make a tape sculpture and several 2-dimensional tape drawings and then a drawing on vellum with pastels, because vellum is so cool (I think so too).
G, of course, knew exactly what to do with all that colored tape.
The colored tape we have is all the same width, and how exciting to have a variety of lines to work with! We might need to expand our supplies.
RISD is making a great effort to make families feel welcome and engaged in the museum. It can be a bit of a challenge for us to get there–it's about 45 minutes each way, and parking is always tough in the city–but it's well worth the effort. I'm still trying to figure out a way to get G to more Tours for Tots, because they end at about the same time I need to be picking up my big kids from school, but N and I are planning on taking a class together, which I think will be fun for both of us.
What sort of Explorer book might you create? Does your local art museum support families? If so, how? (And if not, could you suggest some ideas?!)


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Being founded in 1969, Bielefeld University is relatively young. Nevertheless, it is a distinctive feature of the city of Bielefeld. Due to its impressive constructive volume also architecturally speaking. The zeitgeist of the time is expressed by the university building's conceptual design and architectural style. A young architectural group from Berlin had won the architectural competition in 1969 and was building the University in the 70s. Their former intentions are still up-to-date. In the following decades the University has been extended and partially renovated whilst its original character was maintained.
To someone who never entered it before the monstrous concrete building with its massive sideward elements may look like an inapproachable fortress. However, this impression is misleading. Entrances are allocated all around the building which can be accessed from all sides. The main entrance is marked by a red bridge that connects the tram line 4 and the parking zones with the building. The tram was included in the design from the very beginning. But the urban development competition for the realization was not advertised until 1998. The tram stop "Universität" and the distinctive red bridge were inaugurated in 2001.
The outlook is more open when one is inside of the building. All elements are easily accessible from the 240 meters long hall that is flushed with daylight by the means of glass roofs. In 1979, the hall was presented with the architectural award of the Bund Deutscher Architekten [Association of German Architects] of North Rhine-Westphalia in the category "Social Communication". It presents the central forum for communication, the heart of the University. Here, level zero provides a central meeting point, access to several lecture halls, a row of shops, gastronomy, benches, a post office. The certificate of the BDA praises the clear zoning and linear communication area as a thoroughfare. It had been realized in an adequate and generous way. However, the cool industrial facility architecture's role is restricted to a space frame which's unobtrusiveness is its essential constructional characteristic. Dimension, materials and details are highly complementing.
In the years 2005 to 2007 special attention was paid to the hall's building culture. The "Project Group Building Culture" was specially formed for this purpose as a division of the Centre for Aesthetics. It was concerned with the hall's modernization and developed the open and artistic ambience of today. This ambience is provided by new benches on the hall level and modern workspaces on the gallery. Furthermore, a green area was installed in the form of two black olive trees. Sixteen large-sized black-and-white photographs by Veit Mette make up the artistic element. Finally, the ambience profits from the hall's spaciousness. Before all of this was done, both of the gallery-cafés had been built-in and the university hall had become smoke-free. In 2009 the opening of the new "Infopunkt" as a central contact point of the Studierendensekretariat [Student Office] in the university hall followed. It provides a comprehensive service.
The impressively logical spatial pattern can be perceived from the university hall. The single elements are marked with the letters of the alphabet. The Centre for Aesthetics, for example, is in room number S3-115. It can be easily found in tower S, third floor, room number 115. All 100er numbers are arranged on the roll axes of the building, all 200er numbers on the pitch axes. All floors have ribbon glazing, nearly all of the rooms, apart from lecture halls, are provided with generous daylight.
The preferred building materials are concrete, glass and metal. Like the architecture critique Gerhard Ullmann pointed out in the Deutsche Bauzeitung 1978 they "are used by architectures with cool rationality and a great sense for their aesthetic effect". Nevertheless, the building is "a study factory from the outside for sure, that does not deny its starting conditions and its constructional requirements in any way". (Deutsche Bauzeitung, 1978, Issue 3, pp. 38-43; translated from German by Swetlana Fast).