text: BGJ223 Posted November 1, 2011 (edited) FTS 3/20/2012 Howdy Folks. Lets start this off with a little story, then we will get to the good stuff. So I had a Reef Vase for a little while, but a couple things were bugging the heck out of me, so I had to change. First issue was the sound of the air pump, even though I was using a whisper, I didn't like the hum that I got from it. Second was the very annoying uncontrollable salt creep. Because of the type of vase and lid that I made for it, I could not get the salt creep under control. See, told you it would be a short story. So here we are today..... For you folks that don't know yet, check out http://www.micro-reefs.com Great items and prices for Pico stuff (that is where I got several of my items from) Equipment. Dymax IQ3 aquarium (1.30 gallons of water after rock/sand and equipment displacement) Stock pump as secondary recirculating pump Hydor Pico Evo 180 - Main return pump Hydor 15watt heater RKL controller Nano-Mag cleaner by Two little Fishies 4 LED DIY light fixture. 1 XML 2 Royal Blue 1 Cool White all run at 800ma 1lb or so of live Sand 4 lbs of live rock Live Stock Will be updated later Lets get down to business, the pics Here is the light Fixture (Large Heatsink so I won't need any active cooling) The Live Rock Structure Modified the false wall for an additional outlet so that I can have more flow. Here are the two pumps mounted. Dry placement of Rock and Sand (I made the structure based on measurements I found on line. It was a tight fit) Here it all is after water was added and pumps turned on. No sand storm or cloudiness, I would call that a win. That is pretty much where we are now. Let me know what you think. Edited March 21, 2012 by BGJ223 Share this post Link to post


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Behind the scenes and the making of New Moon from Rome - thanks Liza ;)
- Lorabell
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Aw, crap, they pulled it. They are sneaky, these people!ReplyDelete
oh wow...i love looking at the video of a gray camera...ReplyDelete
any idea guys?
psst...over here!ReplyDelete
That was awesome!! just watched it, not sure why ya'll can't see it:((ReplyDelete
@HeidiHo: The first one was pulled - I reposted it ;)ReplyDelete
- Lorabell
that was really cool. thanks for sharing guys.ReplyDelete
Thanks Lorabell glad ya did- I'm the one that usually misses seeing things, cuz they get pulled before I see them. Glad for the repost!! Keep up the good work. Is TCA retired from the blog site? or just still busy?ReplyDelete
I love them all. Every last one of them with their cute little accents. I especially love when Michael Sheen says, " I am Michael Sheen and I play Aro." I don't know why, but that made me happy :-)ReplyDelete
@HeidiHo: We always try and report if it's available so do check back if you miss something :)ReplyDelete
And Mrs TCA will be back soon - she was away on business and generally had a lot on - the Twitarded gals were worried Mr TCA had bundled her off to Twi-rehab ;)
- Lorabell
alec is sooooo cute!!!!! omg at 1:17-1:23 i was all.....holy crap!ReplyDelete
I'm just hoping nobody screams like that in the theater on Nov 20...I mean, I'm really excited too, but I'd actually like to hear the movie.ReplyDelete

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By no moves, I mean no changes to our roster, meaning we keep Lee and Nate.
Look for better or worst Walsh is sticking to this 2010 plan and we have to come to the realization that possibly this will be the team we head into training camp with.
With that said, who is your starting five, based on talent. What I mean is, not putting Curry in the starting five simply to boost his trade value.
PG: Well no mystery here, if no moves are made Duhon wins by default. No way Nate or Toney Douglas are given the keys.
SG: I like Larry Hughes, I think that he is the best fit for the position, but Wilson Chandler -while not a true SG by no means- would get the nod from Dantoni to convince folks we have a future. But Hughes look ok at times coming to us from Chi. where he was on the bench most of the time, he should look really good being able to start the season a Knick. He and Duhon is a pretty backcourt on D.
SF:This is tough, because I am pulling for Danillo, Walsh needs for Danillo to have a great season, but the Knicks are better off starting Al Harrington here.
PF: Another no Brainer, but unlike the Duhon selection this one is based off him being the best. David Lee is the best PF The Knicks have had since LJ retired. He is arguably our best player, if (big if) we re-sign him he and Duhon are our sure shot starters.
Center:Well with Al at the SF and David at the PF, there is no mystery as to who our starting Center will be from my point of view. Look if (another big if) Eddy Curry comes into camp in the shape that his trainers are talking about gettig him into, then he is our starting Center. He and David should be a 30 pt 19 reb frontcourt....of course they will average less than a blk between the two of them and they should give up more points than any other frontcourt tandem in the league.
So lets look at what in all likelyhood will be our team.
I tell you what, we will find out how good Dantoni is as a coach if that is our lineup, because I think a good coach could win 35 or more (especially playing in the East) with that lineup.
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It wasn't pretty, but Rob Vessell will take it.
Forced to have to play catch-up for the final half of the game, Russellville Cogswell Motors took advantage of a pair of late errors Tuesday night and picked up a 12-11 win over North Little Rock in American Legion baseball action at M.J. Hickey Park.
The win was the second Class AAA Zone 3 victory in as many tries for Cogswell Motors (6-4, 2-0 Zone 3).
"This was a big win for us," Vessell, the Cogswell coach, said. "We were fortunate to get this one. Our hitting really stepped up. The whole team stepped up and hit the ball well."
Russellville banged out 11 hits in the game, but it was ultimately the Colts' defensive miscues that enabled Cogswell to complete the comeback.
Trailing 11-10 after six innings, Russellville was able to get the tying run aboard when Derek Owens drew a one-out walk. Two batters later, Brandon Brown reached on an error, giving Cogswell runners at first and third with two outs.
Down to its final out, Russellville secured the win when a fly ball by Josh Williams was misplayed in the outfield, allowing Owens and Brown to score.
Williams' pitching that made the comeback possible. After North Little Rock roughed up the Cogswell pitching for 10 runs on nine hits through four innings, Williams came on in the fifth and finished the game, surrendering just one hit and one run in three innings of work.
"Josh came in and really shut the door," Vessell said. "That's been his role all year as our closer. He's stepped up and done a tremendous job."
An offensive surge prior to the decisive seventh inning was needed to make the rally possible. With the Colts ahead 11-7 entering the bottom of the sixth, Russellville plated three runs to pull within one.
Josh Boger got things started with a single and later scored on a groundout. Garrett Hill then doubled to drive in Williams and Thompson to cut the lead to 11-10.
North Little Rock went down in order in its half of the seventh before Cogswell scored the game's final two runs.
"I'm happy with how we're playing, but we still have a lot of work to do to get where we need to be," Vessell said.
A couple areas Vessell specifically pointed out that still need work were overall pitching and defense. Fortunately for Russellville, the team's hitting provided a much-needed boost.
"Our pitching wasn't too great at the beginning, and we didn't play the best defense we've played this year," Vessell said. "Luckily, our sticks helped us come back. The game really could have gone either way."
The game had the makings of a shootout early on. The Colts put three runs on the board in the top of the first, and Cogswell plated five runs after sending 10 batters to the plate in its half of the frame.
Williams, Hill and Caleb McGee had RBI singles in the inning, while Brown drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
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Russellville scored six runs over the course of the final three innings, including an RBI single by Evan Adney in the fifth that plated Drew Siebenmorgan.
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The network has announced the world premiere of THE ROOT 100. Hosted by Emmy-winning journalist and CNN Anchor Suzanne Malveaux, the program is based on content from TheRoot.com's fourth annual list of the 100 most influential African-American innovators of the next generation. The eight-episode series airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
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Gibson granted the emergency order to extend the deadline because the electronic contractor Information Network of Arkansas was down on Monday — electronic payments could not be processed at the Pope County Collector's office or online.
Gibson said the extension would alleviate the accrual of late fines and penalties for residents in Pope County, but advised that that the office would only be accepting electronic payments on Tuesday, not cash and that there would be an additional portal fee.
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"Keep out of Norfolk" - Judge's warning as Norwich drugs gang begin prison sentences
PUBLISHED: 09:39 05 March 2014 | UPDATED: 09:43 05 March 2014
Keep out of Norfolk – that was the stark warning issued by a Norwich judge after he jailed a drugs gang for a total of more than 65 years.
The gang, headed by Bowthorpe man Anthony Yallop, was responsible for the wholesale supply of thousands of pounds worth of cocaine across Norfolk.
The operation was smashed after police carried out a sophisticated undercover operation, codenamed Hawthorne, which involved officers secretly filming members of the gang and recording their conversations.
The total amount of cocaine seized as part of the investigation carried out between 2012 and 2013 has an estimated street value of more than £100,000 while £30,000 in cash and numerous mobile phones were also seized.
At Norwich Crown Court yesterday Judge Anthony Bate sentenced all 10 members of the gang to a total of 65 years and eight months in prison.
Other gang members
Martin Lamb, 47, of Tottington Close, Bowthorpe, was jailed for six years, after admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Max Inkson, 28, of Beloe Avenue, Bowthorpe, was jailed for seven and a half years after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine.
Julian Bevis, 46, of Smeat Road, Bowthorpe, was jailed for four years, after he pleaded guilty to encouraging or assisting the commission of offences believing that they would be committed, namely Class A drug possession and supply and control of criminal property.
Adam Harwood, 36, of Brumstead Road, Stalham, was jailed for two years eight months after admitting being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
Lyndsey Grady, 41, of Southtown Road, Great Yarmouth, was jailed for three years after being found guilty of being concerned in the supply of drugs.
Jason Cornish, 34, of Courtenay Close in Norwich, was jailed for three years six months, after admitting being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
Dale Wilson, 31 of Hanbury Close, Norwich, was jailed for two years after he admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine.
He said all defendants had to receive immediate custodial sentences "both to punish each of you and deter others from taking part in distribution of class A drugs".
He added: "The message from this court is Norfolk is no place for anyone who joins in this evil trade which brings much human misery in its wake."
The main members of the gang were Anthony Yallop, William Haddow and Nicholas Grady.
Thirty-two-year-old Yallop headed up the group from his home in Montgomery Close, in Bowthorpe.
He collected money from the other members of his network, controlling their clients and then organising the purchase of large quantities of cocaine and its distribution.
Yallop, who was found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine following a trial last year, was described by Judge Bate as the "central figure" and "chief among co-conspirators" and was jailed for 16 years – a sentence which brought gasps from the public gallery in court one.
Yallop was recorded stating he could earn around £150,000 a year from his network and arranged payment of monies owed for drugs. His barrister said there was no evidence of high living and added that some of Yallop's comments were "drunken brags".
Haddow, 32, of Hereward in Earith, Cambridgeshire was a trusted and close friend of Yallop and not only provided finance for his bulk purchasing of cocaine, but also acquired and delivered the drugs.
Haddow, who admitted conspiracy to supply cocaine, was jailed for eight years by Judge Bate who said he was Yallop's "right hand man".
Grady, 43, of Colomb Road, in Gorleston, was considered by Yallop to be his best customer who had a close-knit group of drug users to whom he supplied cocaine within the Great Yarmouth area.
Grady, who was found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine but admitted two counts of being concerned in the supply of drugs, was jailed for 13 years by Judge Bate who said he was regarded by Yallop as his "best dealer".
The seven other gang members received sentences totalling 28 years and two months by Judge Bate who commended police for their work in what was a complex and sophisticated investigation.
The nine-month investigation gathered evidence through surveillance including photographing the group and recording conversations between the defendants.
Yallop was recorded stating he could earn around £150,000 a year from his network and arranged payment of monies owed for drugs.
In March 2013, Martin Lamb was stopped in his car in Norwich with more than two kilos of cocaine in the vehicle.
Later that month a warrant was executed at Lyndsey Grady's home address in Great Yarmouth – more cocaine was seized, along with drugs paraphernalia.
In June 2013 Dale Wilson and Jason Cornish were stopped in Acle and both had cocaine on them when searched.
Senior investigating officer Det Insp Gary Bloomfield said: "After a lengthy investigation it is pleasing to see that some significant sentences have been handed out and members of an organised crime group have been removed from our streets.
"We aim to create a hostile environment for those engaging in this type of criminal activity and will continue to target people involved in the drugs market.
"Following today's sentencing, we will apply under the Proceeds of Crime Act to confiscate the money and assets the group gained to ensure they do not prosper from their criminal activities."
Det Chief Insp Steve Mattin, of the Norfolk and Suffolk Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: "While Norfolk is a safe place, we are continually working to target organised crime groups. Due to the hidden nature of this work the public are largely unaware of these operations until we get an outcome like this.
"Communities can play a big part in tackling serious and organised crime, as whilst it sounds very grand, it can be happening on your doorstep as groups spread far and wide as Yallop's associates did.
"Lower level offending can sometimes be linked back to people controlling criminal enterprises across a wide area, and so any information local people can pass to police or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously can help us to combat this.
"Police enforcement is not taken lightly though, and is based on significant intelligence that officers develop from information we receive.
"We work with our partners, including trading standards, at a more local level and other forces locally through the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit all the way up to the National Crime Agency to disrupt serious and organised crime and bring down networks like Yallop's. While his gang now begin lengthy prison sentences, their drug dealing activities have now ceased making the local communities in which they operated much safer places."


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A Palo Alto man was shot and seriously injured Sunday afternoon while driving on University Avenue, according to police.
The shooting was picked up by ShotSpotter activation in the area of University Avenue and Kavanaugh Street shortly before 2 p.m., according to Detective Rod Tuason.
Police arriving at the scene were directed to University Avenue and Crescent Street in Palo Alto, where they found the victim, a 26-year-old Palo Alto man, and his vehicle.
The victim had a single, life-threatening gunshot wound, and was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in stable but critical condition, Tuason said.
Investigators believe the victim and a friend were driving on University Avenue when a gunman began shooting at the moving vehicle, Tuason said.
The suspect fled and has not been located.
The motive for the shooting remains under investigation. Anyone with witnessed the incident or has any information should call East Palo Alto police at 650-321-1112.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 2, 2007, 2:44 PM
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Original post made on Nov 4, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 2, 2007, 2:44 PM
Comments (8)
a resident of another community
on Nov 4, 2007 at 7:10 am
Dear Dolores,
Why does Monte Vista High School get a many times larger share of media coverage? Known as Mystic Vomit High School by its Alamo neighbors, is it the constant SPIN coming from the district, administration, parents and students that produces such unbalanced coverage?
SRVHS just became co-champions of their league in Football. That was covered in a back page story in the SRV Times and nothing was noted by The Danville Weekly as equal news to the success of MVHS ladies volleyball.
It would be very nice to have your excellent editorial abilities and skilled writing provide a real answer to such unbalanced coverage for MVHS.
a resident of Danville
on Nov 4, 2007 at 8:59 am
Thanks for the information, and congratulations to the SRV football team. Our sports coverage indeed could be better, I'm the first to admit. I rely on photographer Chris Scott, who goes to as many games as he can, as well as parents to send in information.
Do you - or anyone - know of a sports enthusiast who would like to provide up-to-date scores and information about high school sports? I'd love to work with someone who could continually e-mail or call me with information to put online and in print.
And finally, we do not prefer one high school over the other. I believe if you tracked our online and print editions you would find the high schools get equal coverage. SRV actually may get more since that is where our teen columnist goes.
Dolores, editor
a resident of another community
on Nov 5, 2007 at 7:59 am
Each school has an Athletics Boosters group and have, in the past, sent releases of game results to editors. Also, each school has an Athletics Director that has the role of public information.
Terry Koehne, PR Director for SRVUSD would be the source for getting contact to those sources.
a resident of Danville
on Nov 5, 2007 at 2:51 pm
I just have a question. Why do you keep referring Monte Vista High School as "Mystic Vomit High School"?
a resident of another community
on Nov 6, 2007 at 4:16 pm
Thank you for your question,
Monte Vista High School, during all the public hearings related to the development of homes and the building of the parking lot, provided many, many responses to Alamo neighborhoods surrounding the school. One neighbor, in a frustrated response to all the SPIN that pours from the administration, teachers, parents and students, created the description Mystic Vomit to identify the SPIN. You see, the classic "bad neighbor" excuse was used by Monte Vista, "We were here first" as if that gives parents and students the right to be BAD NEIGBORS.
In subsequent humor related to the continuing justification of the parking lot by MVHS parents and students, Alamo neighborhoods adopted the name as their name for the high school. Volumes of e-mail in neighborhood e-chains used the term Mystic Vomit in objection to the expansion of the school.
There appears to be a natural preference for Monte Vista High School in comparison to other high schools in the district, but, for the most part, that is only true for parking. Alamo's majority continues to use the term in its opposition to MVHS expansion and continues to share humor about the continuing SPIN that flows into the Alamo community.
The humor has more content. The Stang's in e-chains are named after Arnold Stang, the famous comedian and Monte Vista is soon to be home to the Stang Center for the Comedic Arts located right next to the parking lot.
As the SPIN dies down from time to time, the humor dissappears, and that should be the answer to your question.
Thanks for asking,
a resident of another community
on Nov 6, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Hal, you are far too kind,
Monte Vista, as a neighbor, is an ugly monster that deserves to be laughed at for the selfishness of administration, parents and students. The school has been a willful invader of neighborhoods and abusive in their attitudes.
No kindness has been earned and no explanation is deserved. Save your words for those that wish to be good neighbors.
Posted as a courtesy
a resident of another community
on Nov 6, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Mystic Vomit is not a new term, Alamo!
Going back to the late '80's, the term was created on campus by parents that were not accepted within the inner circle that controlled the PTSA and on-campus activities. My wife, in the mid'90's, used the term repeatedly to laugh at the PTSA leadership.
Thanks for some interesting reading while I wait for my plane in Burbank. Monte Vista has always been SPIN with a real undercurrent of great students that deserved less parent ego-involvement.
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a resident of Monte Vista High School
on Nov 7, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Posted with permission of the author:
Dear Mr. Bailey,
My mother graduated from Monte Vista in the late 1980's. She said a newspaper columnist used Mystic Vomit as a term in his sports column. Do you recall that writer?
**Sorry, Erica, I only heard the term used by MVHS neighbors in the past 2 years**
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hoping to take the plunge & buy my first car it'll be a private seller. Have found the car now just needing to sort out the last few details.
First of all payment. what is the "best" method to pay? as in the safest?
I am hoping to pay via bank so money from my account into the sellers but i want it to go through as a payment not just a gift or whatever. if that makes sense. Kinda in a way so if something does go wrong i could have at least some sort of comeback (although i realise in a private sale when things go wrong come back options are few and far between).
Also with transferring a payment from my account to the sellers obviously there is the time factor. He is gonna want the money in his account before parts with the car but i'll want the car at the same time the money goes in and i'm aware payment can sometimes take a few days to go through. Any way round this?
On a side note i will be preparing a recepit for the sale. i've noticed the declaration part on template recepts seem to be the same:
"The undersigned purchaser acknowledges receipt of the above vehicle in exchange for the cash sum of £.......... being the price agreed by the purchaser with the vendor for the above named vehicle, receipt of which the vendor hereby acknowledges. It is understood the vehicle is sold as seen, tried and approved by the purchaser without any representations, warranties or conditions express or implied whatsoever."
is this worded in a legally binding way?
i dont fully understand the wording in it the "undersigned purchaser part"
i would have typed something more like this myself:
I [Seller] acknowledge this receipt of sale for the above named vehicle which I have sold on the basis of no false representations or misleading information. I confirm I have receieved the payment of agreed value stated above.
I [buyer] acknowledge this receipt of sale for the above named vehicle which I have bought under the conditions the information listed above is correct & that no false representations have been made. I confirm I have paid the agreed value stated above.
but that might void the legally binding part.
Advice/comments appreciated.


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Erakovic out of Auckland Classic tennis
New Zealander Marina Erakovic's singles campaign at the Auckland Classic tennis tournament has ended in a disappointing straight-sets defeat to American Jamie Hampton.
Crowd favourite Erakovic, the world No.66, was beaten 6-1 7-6 (7-5) in a second-round encounter in Auckland on Wednesday.
The 70th-ranked Hampton was the more consistent and showed an ability to reel off winners at vital moments, especially off her forehand.
After Erakovic dropped her serve three times in losing the opening set, she appeared to snatch the initiative when she broke her opponent for the first time to go 3-2 up in the second.
But the 24-year-old Aucklander's momentum swing was short-lived as Hampton broke back to square the set at 4-4.
In the tiebreak, Hampton had three match points, before finally converting a fourth with yet another forehand winner.
Erakovic has failed to progress past the second round in the Classic in five attempts since making the semi-finals in 2008.
In the quarter-finals on Thursday, Hampton will meet unseeded Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens, who beat Erakovic's doubles partner, Britain's Heather Watson, 6-4 3-6 6-3.
Earlier, the seeds continued to tumble when German Julia Goerges and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan both departed in the second round.
Goerges, the No.2 seed and world No.18, was upset by Swede Johanna Larsson 7-5 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 in a match that went more than two and a half hours.
Larsson, who is ranked 73rd, will face another seeded German in Mona Barthel in the quarter-finals.
Barthel beat Greek wildcard Eleni Daniilidou, a two-time Auckland champion, 7-6 (8-6) 6-2, to book her spot.
Sixth seed Shvedova went down to Russian Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-3.
An Auckland finalist in 2009 when she lost to compatriot and tournament favourite Elena Dementieva, Vesnina says she went into the match concerned about Shvedova's big serve.
Apart from Barthel, just two other seeds remain alive.
Belgian third seed Yanina Wickmayer went through to the last eight with a 6-3 6-0 win over Swiss Romina Oprandi.
Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland will contest her second-round match against Romania's Simona Halep on Wednesday night.
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The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at the Second Baptist Church in Russellville, with burial in Rest Haven Memorial Park, under the direction of Shinn Funeral Service.
The family will receive friends 5-6 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
A complete obituary will be published in Friday's edition of The Courier and online at www.shinnfuneral.com.


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While the so called summary claims that wikipedia is supposed to be this "war zone", the article's fucking summary states that they have concluded that "edit wars are mainly fought by few editors only." The article then proceeds with statements such as:
"Usually, different editors constructively extend each other's text, correct minor errors and mistakes until a consensual article emerges – this is the most natural, and by far the most common, way for a WP entry to be developed.
and even
As we shall see, in the English WP close to 99% of the articles result from this rather smooth, constructive process.
So, fuck you slashdot for posting a story with such an inflamatory, patently wrong and misleading pile of crap which was supposed to be the summary. If you have to lie to desperately generate page hits then it's a clear sign that you are dead as a communications medium.


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Afternoon: Arrive at Beijing International Airport where your Group Leader (National Guide) will be waiting for you. After check-in and a short rest, get together for a Welcome Meeting at your hotel. Note: CAEE Group Leaders are qualified National Guides who are full-time permanent members of our offices. All are university graduates, fluent in English, well-educated in safety and protocol and are supported by offices nation-wide.
Dinner: Dinner will be at your hotel.
Evening: at your leisure
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, enjoy your hotel's buffet breakfast.
Morning: Depart the hotel at 8:30 am for the 15th century architectural masterpiece, the Temple of Heaven which symbolizes the relationship between heaven and earth. Walk the extensive grounds to the Temple itself or stay in its environs and enjoy the activities of local people practicing calligraphy, tai ji, musical instruments, dancing, or flying kites. Later, stop at the 'heart of Beijing' -- Tian'anmen Square
Lunch: Lunch at a local restaurant.
Afternoon: Explore the Forbidden City, a vast complex once the seat of Qing Emperors and forbidden to all others.
Dinner: This evening at a Welcome Dinner, celebrate with a Beijing specialty: Peking Duck Dinner. Peking Duck was first created in Beijing for emperors six hundred years ago during the Ming Dynasty. Thinly sliced, with crisp skin, the duck is wrapped in light pancakes with julienned cucumbers and a variety of sauces. It is often said that if you go to Beijing there are two things you must do: walk the Great Wall and enjoy Peking Duck.
Evening: After dinner, the rest of the evening is at your leisure.
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, enjoy your hotel's buffet breakfast. Hotel buffet is offered between 6:30 am and 9:30 am.
Morning: A Talk at your hotel introduces China's Land and Peoples. Then coach to hutongs (small residential alleys and courtyards) near Beihai Park and explore this old neighborhood via pedicab. Visit families in their homes and the former residence of Song Qing Ling, political activist and wife of Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
Lunch: Enjoy a local lunch hosted by hutong families.
Afternoon: This afternoon, enjoy the beauty of the Qing Emperors' Summer Palace where lily ponds and arched bridges border its serene lake and painted pavilions depict stories that reflect the rich history of Chinese life and art. After, return to your hotel.
Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
Evening: Get together with your group leader to learn some useful Chinese phrases.
Activity note: The motorcoach trip to the Great Wall is about 50 miles, approximately 2 hours. Walking up to about 1.5 miles. We will take a cable car to a higher point on the wall (weather and wind permitting). Some parts of the wall are steep as it is in a mountainous area; walking sticks or trekking poles are helpful.
Breakfast: Hotel buffet is offered between 6:30 am and 9:30 am.
Morning: This morning, travel outside of Beijing city to a green mountain range where you can walk the Great Wall and experience spectacular views as it winds up and down the distant mountains.
Lunch: A simple box lunch is provided to eat at a spot of your choosing on the wall.
Afternoon: Return to your hotel
Dinner: Your chance to choose local fare.
Evening: At leisure.
Breakfast: Early breakfast at your hotel.
Morning: Coach to Beijing West Station to board a bullet train to the small city of Luoyang in Henan Province, located about 500 miles southwest of Beijing. The comfortable four-hour high-speed train takes us through two provinces in north China (Hebei and Henan) and crosses the Yellow River. Luoyang was one of the four great ancient capitals of China and is home to the extraordinary Longmen Buddhist cliff carvings.
Lunch: We'll bring a box lunch for the train.
Afternoon: arrive at Luoyang Longmen station and check in to hotel.
Dinner: Dinner at your hotel or a nearby restaurant.
Evening: Enjoy an introduction to traditional Chinese musical instruments with demonstration (at your hotel).
Breakfast: Enjoy early morning tai ji movements on the People's Square, filled with local people practicing martial arts, ballroom dancing or airing pet birds. And then enjoy your hotel's buffet breakfast. Hotel buffet is offered between 6:00 am and 10:00 am.
Morning: After breakfast, depart for the 1,500 year old Longmen Grottoes. Learn about these stone carvings that overlook the Yi River and which celebrate the introduction of Buddhism into China.
Lunch: In the agricultural village of Hua Yuan Cun, we will divide into smaller groups and visit local families for a home-cooked meal, while accompanied by a local English speaker.
Afternoon: This afternoon, visit Hua Yuan Cun agricultural village and its Primary School. Hua Yuan Cun is a typical north Chinese country village and its primary school accommodates children from the area. Visit the school and observe classes when possible.
Dinner: Dinner in restaurant on way to hotel
Evening: at your leisure
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, enjoy a buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: Take a morning train to the City of Xi'an. Enjoy views of rural life from the train as you ascend China's Yellow Soil Plateau. The land is covered with a thick layer of wind-blown loess soil, which masks the original landforms. Deeply eroded, the landscape has steep ravines and almost vertical cliff faces pocked with holes and caves known as 'yaodong,' which are used for dwelling and resting.
Lunch: Train arrives at Xi'an Station about noon. We'll have lunch at a Muslim Restaurant.
Afternoon: Explore Xi'an's Hui Muslim section on foot. Among the highlights are its beautiful Great Mosque, one of China's best preserved. Xi'an was a hub of the Silk Road in ancient times. Merchants, traders, and students from Islamic lands were drawn there and settled down. Over generations, they became known as the Hui people, officially recognized as one of China's ethnic minorities. There were thousands of mosques in China at one time, but most are now gone After, check in to your hotel in the late afternoon.
Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
Evening: Join your Group Leader to practice some Chinese conversation.
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, enjoy a buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: At Xi'an's renowned International Studies University, a presentation discusses Daoism, Buddhism and Confucianism as a way of illuminating the Chinese 'character' and world views.
Lunch: University dining room. After lunch, walk the campus and speak with university students to learn about China's new generation.
Afternoon: Understand China's dynastic history, as well as its rich and enduring culture in a tour of its state-of-the-art Museum of History.
Dinner: At a local restaurant.
Evening: at your leisure
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, enjoy a buffet breakfast in the hotel
Morning: Experience one of the great 20th century discoveries -- the life-size terra cotta army buried with a Qing Emperor 2,200 years ago and only uncovered by farmers in 1974.
Lunch: at a nearby restaurant
Afternoon: Return to town about mid-afternoon. The rest of the afternoon is at your leisure.
Dinner: Take dinner of your own choosing.
Evening: Get together with your group leader to practice spoken Chinese.
Breakfast: After morning tai ji, enjoy a buffet breakfast in the hotel.
Morning: A discussion of Chinese calligraphy introduces this ancient and elegant art form. If time permits, try your hand at producing Chinese characters.
Lunch: lunch en route
Afternoon: Take an early afternoon flight to Chongqing. Visit Chongqing Zoological Gardens to observe pandas which are indigenous to this Province only.
Dinner: Savor a traditional hotpot dinner at restaurant.
Evening: Board your Yangtze vessel and, as you set sail, view the hill city of Chongqing at night.
Breakfast: ship's buffet.
Morning: Discuss traditional Chinese medicine and consider the Yangtze's influence on China.
Lunch: Ship's buffet
Afternoon: Visit a new village for relocated families. Explore their agricultural market and visit with a local family. This evening, the Captain invites you to a welcome reception
Dinner: on board
Evening: Evening entertainment includes performances of Chinese music and dance.
Breakfast: Ship's buffet.
Morning: Today, pass through the renowned Yangze Gorges. Later, disembark at Wushan Danning River for an excursion to the Three Little Gorges, a quiet tributary of the Yangtze where we ferry upstream beneath a fantastic natural backdrop. Look up in the cliffs for 'hanging coffins,' suspended there thousands of years ago by the Ba people. And further down the cliffs, watch for golden-haired monkeys and goats.
Lunch: Ship's buffet.
Afternoon: Return to your ship and continue sailing down the Yangtze River.
Dinner: Captain's farewell banquet
Evening: Enjoy an on-board performance of Chinese music and dance.
Breakfast: Ship's buffet.
Morning: This morning, take a short coach ride to the Three Gorges Dam site. From an observation deck, you will have a bird's-eye view of the dam, five-step ship lock, diversion canal, and power station. A nearby exhibition displays a dam model; a briefing will explain this project, one of the largest construction ventures ever.
Lunch: En route.
Afternoon: Disembark at Yichang and then depart by train for Wuhan (about 2 1/2 hours).
Dinner: at hotel or local restaurant
Evening: Meet with your national guide and practice some Chinese phrases and learn Chinese finger counting.
Breakfast: If you like, join your group leader for before-breakfast tai ji. Breakfast buffet is offered from 6:30 am to 8:00 am.
Morning: Enjoy Wuhan Museum's beautiful collection of lacquer ware and other artifacts - including a large set of bells discovered in a tomb dating from 500 B.C.
Lunch: at a local restaurant
Afternoon: This afternoon coach to Jianghan Senior University and meet with Chinese seniors enjoying the continuing education offered them after retirement.
Dinner: dinner at restaurant
Evening: Join your Group Leader to practice some useful Chinese phrases.
Breakfast: buffet breakfast is served at the hotel. Feel free to join your group leader for optional tai ji before breakfast.
Morning: Depart for Wuhan Railway Station for high speed train to Kaili. Travel through Hunan Province to the Province of Guizhou, one of China's most beautiful and sparsely populated regions.
Lunch: On board train.
Afternoon: Cross the border to Guizhou Province, where you begin to notice the difference in architecture, especially the elegant wooden, balconied houses of Miao families. Arrive in Kaili this afternoon.
Dinner: at a local restaurant.
Evening: Get together with your Group Leader for Chinese conversation practice.
Breakfast: After morning tai ji practice, enjoy breakfast at hotel buffet.
Morning: A talk at your hotel discusses the minority peoples of Guizhou Province. Then, drive into the beautiful Kaili countryside passing terraced mountains and small Miao villages. This morning stop at Qingman Miao Village for a performance of traditional music and dance.
Lunch: hosted by a local family at Qingman Miao village.
Afternoon: This afternoon, we explore another small mountain village in which, for centuries, households have made fine calligraphy paper from the bark of the mulberry tree.
Dinner: at a local restaurant.
Evening: Get together with your Group Leader for conversation practice.
Breakfast: Following morning tai ji, enjoy breakfast at hotel buffet.
Morning: This morning coach to a local Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic to learn about traditional treatments. Then depart for the nearby Kaili Sunday Market where Miao people come to exchange, sell and buy goods - from baskets and cookware to necklaces and hand embroidery. Pass itinerant dentists and barbers plying their skills.
Lunch: At a local restaurant.
Afternoon: After lunch, travel westward by coach to Guiyang, the provincial capital.
Dinner: Dinner is at your hotel or a local restaurant.
Evening: Join your Group Leader to practice some Chinese conversation.
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: This morning, visit Ji Chang village whose residents are descendants of Han military units sent to Guizhou in the 15th century. Among the customs they brought with them was 'dixi' ('earth opera'), a folk form that dates from the early Ming Dynasty and is still performed in 'old Han' locales. Villagers will perform a sampling of dixi, using traditional hand-made wooden masks.
Lunch: Enjoy dim sum lunch -- a Cantonese 'tea meal' favorite. These dishes include a selection of fried and steamed dumplings, as well as various other savory items. The term for this Chinese style of eating translates as 'Heart's Delight.' Originally dim sum referred to the practice of serving small dishes in teahouses.
Afternoon: At a tea farm, observe plants in the fields and the selection process for picking fresh leaves. Learn about the process of creating green tea from the fresh leaves.
Dinner: Your chance to choose local fare.
Evening: At your leisure.
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: Fly to Shanghai on early morning flight.
Lunch: Coach to Shanghai's Xin Tian Di district – a restoration project that has set a benchmark for Asia. Take lunch on your own in one of its many cafes or international cuisine restaurants.
Afternoon: Explore Shanghai's traditional Bird and Flower Market. Check in to your hotel in the late afternoon.
Dinner: Walk to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
Evening: Performance by Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe. For more than 2,000 years, acrobatics has been an important component of Chinese performing arts and many of the feats performed originated with skills perfected by artisans and craftspeople. Acrobatics figures in other performance genres such as Chinese opera.
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: The astonishing transformation of Shanghai into one of the world's 'mega cities' is revealed in a huge scale model that projects a city of the future at the Shanghai Urban Planning Center which we visit this morning. Compare this daring vision of the future with historical photos that capture cityscapes of days gone by.
Lunch: Enjoy imaginative vegetarian cuisine near the active Longhua Temple.
Afternoon: Depart for the Bund, Shanghai's iconic waterfront of art deco and neo-classic buildings dating from the time of foreign concessions. View the busy river activity and the maze of glittering skyscrapers newly built across the river on what was, until recently, undeveloped farmland.
Dinner: This evening is a chance for a dinner of your own choosing. You can stay in the Bund area or return with the coach to your hotel.
Evening: at your leisure
Breakfast: Hotel buffet.
Morning: Visit the Shanghai Museum. This 'state-of-the-art' museum is home to China's finest collection of paintings, ceramics, bronzes and sculptures and is an impressive testimony to China's long and rich culture. Audio guides are provided so that you can explore the museum according to your own interests. (If you like, travel to the Museum on Shanghai's new metro with your guide or take the coach.)
Lunch: The museum contains a small café where you can take lunch on your own at a time that is convenient for you as you explore the museum. Your group leader can also give you suggestions for restaurants nearby.
Afternoon: This afternoon, explore Shanghai's historic old section and the nearby Yu Garden, whose classical pavilions, fountains, and arching bridges exemplify traditional Chinese garden landscaping.
Dinner: Farewell dinner at a nearby restaurant.
Breakfast: hotel buffet
Morning: Depart for Shanghai Airport for international departures or post-program travel.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, December 3, 2012, 4:23 PM
Town Square
Power goes out for 500 in Midtown Palo Alto
Original post made on Dec 3, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, December 3, 2012, 4:23 PM
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Dec 3, 2012 at 7:07 pm
These sorts of outages happen enough that it seems someone should ask: "Did the contractor have maps of the location/depth of the electrical lines in this area, or was he just 'flying blind'?"
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Dec 3, 2012 at 7:55 pm
The area described above is not midtown - it is Old Palo Alto. The contractor (it was actually a city crew replacing sidewalks and curbs) struck the powerline on Seale Avenue, not Coleridge.
The Weekly can not be that short of people that they fail to identify two so very simple elements of the story. Midtown is South of Oregon Expressway.
a resident of Midtown
on Dec 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm
1-publishes hours after the event-in fact after the power was back on
2-Gets the location wrong
3-Gets the perpetrator wrong
What a joke-hire some competent editors now-or fold
a resident of another community
on Dec 3, 2012 at 9:22 pm
I'm not defending PA Online but it was a contractor, not a City crew, who was digging and struck the line.
a resident of another community
on Dec 3, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Just noticed, it was on Coleridge also, not Seale.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Dec 4, 2012 at 1:42 am
The city keeps reminding us to "call before you dig" - so do they get to fine whoever neglected to do that?? I'm sure it cost the utility dept something to have the crews go fix it. When it's an act of God, like the storm back east, we all have to help, but when it's an avoidable error, I wonder. "Measure twice, cut once" - old carpenters' axiom.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Dec 4, 2012 at 7:13 am
Apparently putting utilities underground does not solve all of the reliability problems.


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Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - The Carolina Panthers have signed Canadian Football League pass rusher Alex Hall.
Hall had 15 sacks in 2013 for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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KINGSLAND, Ga. - Camden County's Board of Education is actively opposing an amendment on Georgia's November ballot that would establish taxpayer funded charter schools.
At its Sept. 12 meeting, the board adopted a "Resolution in support of public education," which says the charter amendment would "do irreparable harm to public eduction."
"The Board opposes the state's efforts, through this amendment, to establish a system of state?authorized public charter schools by redirecting resources from existing, underfunded, locally controlled schools to a new system of state?controlled charter schools controlled by an appointed commission in Atlanta. Camden County's Board believes this action is a misuse of the State's authority and that it is inconsistent with the intent of the Constitution which specifically delegates responsibility for establishing and governing local schools to local communities through locally elected boards," the board wrote.
If passed, the amendment would place into the station constitution the existence of a Georgia Charter Schools Commission, which was created by the Georgia Legislature in 2008, but ruled unconstitutional in 2011 by the state Supreme Court. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the justices ruled that state lawmakers do not have the power to grant the state authority to approve and fund charter schools over the objection of local school boards.
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Female Advisers Say Connection with Women Clients Yields Success
Suzi Williams remembers 30 years ago when a male client would come in for retirement advice and other long-term goals, and if married and his wife came in too, she would sit quietly.
"Over the past decade, things have changed. More women are getting involved in the household's finances," said Williams, vice president of wealth management and a CUNA Brokerage Services Inc. financial adviser with the $496 million Solarity Credit Union in Yakima, Wash.
Now Williams asks married male clients to bring their wives. When they ask why, she'll say, "What would happen to your wife if something happens to you."
Solarity hosts quarterly seminars addressing topics such divorce or when a spouse dies. Solarity hosts investment workshops called Chicks Building Nest Eggs. Williams said initially the credit union was nervous about the name but they've been very popular.
Williams said more women are coming in for financial advice than ever before. Because they tend to live longer than their male partners, have shorter careers, and hold lower paying jobs, they need more bang for their buck, she explained. Solarity has $54 million in assets under management and $40 million in insurance, according to Williams.
"So often, we have to be more aggressive trying to play catch up," Williams said.
At the $243 million San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union, many of the members are police officers and firefighters – fields that are still male-dominated. Career longevity is lower because husbands transition to other careers or are injured on the job, said Wendy Cundari, vice president of wealth management and a CBSI financial adviser.
"More women have more of a voice and their husbands invite them into the conversation whereas years ago, the men would say 'I'll handle this,'" Cundari said.
In addition to working with San Diego Metropolitan CU, Cundari also serves members of the $58 million North County Credit Union in San Diego. Between both credit unions and other clients, Cundari, oversees $50 million in assets.
After 20 years in the business, Cundari said women are looking to make a connection.
"It's not that men don't want to have a connection but I think with women, it's not always centered on the financials. They want to talk more about their career path and their children," Cundari said.
Creating programs exclusively for women in the investment space may not be the best approach. Jane Brockway, CBSI financial adviser and vice president of wealth management at the $278 million University of Illinois Employees Credit Union in Champaign, Ill., prefers a broader view. Managing a portfolio with over $70 million in assets for members ranging from a college dean to a building service worker at the University of Illinois fosters a variety of long-term needs, Brockway said.
For some credit unions, building awareness of their investment programs continues to be a challenge. Williams said investment service penetration among its members is less than 1% after 20 years. The credit union beefed up its presence through monthly newsletters and working with staff on referrals.
"Until you need a red car, you don't pay attention to how many red cars are on the road," Williams offered. "If their husband dies, they turn to their trusted financial institution."
One way credit unions are helping to the visibility of investment programs and diversify the financial advisory industry is through CUNA Brokerage Services' Women of Distinction program. The program recognizes the top performing female financial advisors within CBSI's broker-dealer operation nationally and provides mentoring and scholarships to women.
Brockway, Cundari, Williams and Anna Kamp, CBSI financial adviser at the $1.4 billion Anheuser-Busch Employees' Credit Union in St. Louis, were among 26 financial advisers that received recognition for their performance.
Kamp feels strongly that women should be courted and served differently than men when it comes to investment services.
"The factors that impact women are going to be different than men. We need to look at long-term care issues and prepare their assets accordingly," Kamp said. "Even those who are married want to have a certain amount of financial independence."
Kamp added, "I always stress to female clients...to have separate planning. A lot of them will forego retirement benefits to keep the house, if it's a divorce. We try to help them take a different point of view."


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Putting the X in TX
Show Of Support
On June 5, action-sports fans in Austin, TX, put on a BMX, skate and music rally -- complete with mechanical bull -- to show why their city's the perfect host for the X Games in 2014. X Games competitor and Etnies BMX pro Tommy Dugan blasts an air in front of the state capitol to show his support for the X Games Austin bid. Nobody has seen such airtime here since Robbie Knievel jumped two Budweiser trucks!
Santa Barbara dub-step group Candyland set the mood down on Congress Avenue outside the state capitol during the X Games rally.
Brian Hunt
It doesn't get more extreme than this. BMX pro Brian Hunt stretches a nothing in between double duties as the emcee for the pro ramp demo.
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Lucas Hillman nails a front blunt grab during the pro skate demo at the X Games rally.
Bobby Parker
Midwest transplant and OTX mini-ramp killer Bobby Parker throws a tabletop mid-demo, then has a go at the mechanical bull.
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Candyland gets the X Games ATX crowd going with his own brand of electro dub-step DJ mash-up.
Cory Thornhill
Austin's skateboard pros also showed their support for the X Games bid. Cory Thornhill drops an invert to a picture-perfect landmark postcard of the state capitol.
Local Austin rapper Zeale performs to the skate and BMX crowd with true ATX hip-hop swagger.
Garrett Young
Garrett Young casually drifts a Benihana to a coupla-thousand-strong ATX crowd.
Nina Buitrago
DK Bikes pro Nina Buitrago talks to Fox News about Austin's X Games bid and her hopes for a Women's BMX Park event at a future X Games.
Mike Santana
Local BMX legend Mike Santana slaps a fastplant for the old school and the new school. Legends never die.
Keep It Weird
"Keep X Games Weird" is a play on Austin's much-loved slogan -- and what better way to say it than with a foam party, mechanical-bull rides, gladiator jousting and having a true TX mascot show up for the event.
Andy Martinez
Mutiny Bikes pro and local ATX rider Andy Martinez flairs the lip of the jump box before heading to the foam party to cool off from Austin's 95-degree heat.
The ATX crowd goes nuts for free X Games swag and the possibility of an X Games Austin 2014.
Chill skate session and ambiance, winding down from a extreme takeover of Congress Avenue to rally the masses in support of the X Games 2014 bid.
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Minors in Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics offers Minors in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computational Science and Engineering. In addition to the specific requirements listed below, the following University requirements apply to all Minors:
- A minimum 2.0 grade point average is required in the minor;
- Only zero credit hour courses can be designated as pass/no entry;
- At least one-fourth of the credit hours required must be completed at Clarkson, unless an exception is approved by the Dean of the minor program.
To complete the Minor in Mathematics you must achieve a 2.0 grade-point average in any seven three-credit courses from the following list:
- MA131 Calculus I
- MA132 Calculus II
- MA200 Introduction to Mathematical Modeling and Software
- MA211 Foundations
- MA230 3-D Space and Projective Geometry
- MA231 Calculus III
- MA232 Differential Equations
- MA239 Elementary Linear Algebra
- Any Clarkson University three-credit courses numbered MA/STAT300 or above
- CS/MA345 Automata Theory
- CS/MA447 Computer Algorithms
- CS/MA456 Cryptography
- CS542 Computational Complexity
The Minor in Mathematics is open to all students except those majoring in Mathematics or in Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
To complete the Minor in Statistics you must achieve a 2.0 grade-point average in courses totaling at least 21 credits, distributed as follows:
- One calculus course (MA181 or MA131 or equivalent)
- One linear algebra course (MA239 or MA339 or equivalent)
- One introductory statistics course (STAT282 or STAT383 or equivalent)
- A total of at least 12 additional credits from statistics courses or projects including at least two statistics courses or projects from departments other than Mathematics and Computer Science.
Statistics courses in the Mathematics Department:
- MA/STAT381 Probability
- MA/STAT382 Mathematical Statistics
- STAT384 Applied Statistics II
- MA485 Time Series and Forecasting
- STAT488 Statistics Projects
Statistics courses in other departments:
- BY/CM314 Bioinformatics
- CM406 Treatment of Experimental Data
- EC311 Econometrics and Business Statistics
- EC369 Advanced Topics in Bioinformatics
- ES405 Design of Experiments and Analysis of Data
- MK332 Marketing Research
- OM351 Quality Management & Lean Enterprise
- PY456 Experimental Psychology
The Minor in Statistics is open to all students except those majoring in Mathematics (Statistics option) or in Applied Mathematics and Statistics.
Minor in Computational Science and Engineering
The minor in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) is available to students in any major. The minor allows students to develop an expertise in CSE while pursuing a conventional major, which provides the context wherein they apply their computational skills.
To complete the Minor in CSE you must achieve a 2.0 grade-point average in courses totaling at least 21 credits, distributed as follows:
MA377 Numerical Methods
At least two of:
MA232 Differential Equations
MA239/339 Elementary/Applied Linear Algebra
STAT282/383 General/Applied Statistics
Application area electives to make a total of 21 credits
Application area electives are computational courses from departments other than Mathematics, typically drawn from the student's major, which are approved for the minor by the Mathematics Department. The current list of approved courses consists of: BY 314, CE420, CE438/ME453, CH302, CH351, CH490, CM314, CM440, EC311,EC369, EC384, EE264, ES400, ES405, ME442, ME443, OM331, and PH451.
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June 26, 2010 - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania - Augostino Msisi, a 49 year old Tanzanian albino and his wife Janette Anatoli, a 27 year old Tanzanian albino at their home with their 15 year old son Kaloli who is not Abino. Albinism is a recessive gene but when two carriers of the gene have a child it has a one in four chance of getting albinism. Tanzania is believed to have Africa' s largest population of albinos, a genetic condition caused by a lack of melanin in the skin, eyes and hair and has an incidence seven times higher than elsewhere in the world. Over the last three years people with albinism have been threatened by an alarming increase in the criminal trade of Albino body parts. At least 53 albinos have been killed since 2007, some as young as six months old. Many more have been attacked with machetes and their limbs stolen while they are still alive. Witch doctors tell their clients that the body parts will bring them luck in love, life and business. The belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their lives and limbs to unscrupulous dealers who can make up to US$75,000 selling a complete dismembered set. The killings have now spread to neighboring countries, like Kenya, Uganda and Burundi and an international market for albino body parts has been rumored to reach as far as West Africa. Photo credit: Benedicte Desrus
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Indians far from underdogs
Cleveland heads home even thanks to bullpen, gutty effort
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Meanwhile, back here in objective reality, the Indians tied the American League Championship Series at 1-1 early Sunday morning. They did not appear to be particularly willing to play the part of the patsy.
This was a work of diligence as well as skill. It took 11 innings for the Indians to beat the Red Sox, not to mention five hours, 14 minutes. The Indians needed to get the game-winning hit from a former Boston favorite, Trot Nixon. And they needed some tremendous bullpen work. But with persistence and a deluge of 11th-inning offense, they emerged with a 13-6 victory.
The Indians deserved this victory, even though the final margin didn't have much to do with the overall nature of the contest.
"For the very most part, this was one of the most exciting games I think I've ever been a part of, so much good baseball," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "It just didn't end very well for us. That's one of the better-played games -- up until about the last 15 minutes -- by both teams, that I've ever been a part of."
The Indians evened this series despite getting their second straight substandard performance from a leading starter, in this case Fausto Carmona. But they did what they needed to do in Boston, gaining a split, and now the scene will shift to Jacobs Field.
The Indians have not received the national publicity that the Red Sox have. But the Indians also had not received the national publicity that the New York Yankees had, and that did not stop the Indians from taking three out of four from the Yanks in the Division Series.
That sort of thing is no longer the barometer for what happens next. For instance, in the bottom of the 10th inning, the Red Sox sent up the heart of their order -- David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell -- against reliever Tom Mastny. Based on name recognition alone, the Red Sox are still batting. But in reality, Mastny got the Red Sox hitters in order.
But that was just an extension of what the Cleveland bullpen had been doing, shutting down what had been a white-hot Red Sox offense for the last six innings of this game. Jensen Lewis pitched a spotless 2 1/3 innings. Rafael Betancourt had two shutout innings, leading into Mastny's performance and the closer Joe Borowski, gave up two hits but no runs in the 11th and final inning.
"That's where you really have to work to extend the ballgame," Indians manager Eric Wedge said of Mastny's performance in the 10th. "I can't stress enough when you're in extra innings on the road, it's twice as tough.
"You work hard to pitch the ballgame so you can give a player like Trot Nixon a chance to ultimately give you the lead, and you've got your closer down there, which we ultimately did. We were able to take it a little bit further than that, but there was great effort and people stepped up and it was great to see."
Said Nixon: "I'm so proud of these guys for the way that they've persevered throughout the entire season. No one was picking us to win."
The Indians' underdog status has been well established, but what does it actually mean?
"It means absolutely nothing to me," Wedge said. "I can say that with all sincerity. That's for other people to talk about. It's part of, you know, the leading up to a series. But anytime you're talking about baseball, I think it's a good thing."
That is very true. The endless speculation about the Indians not having much of a shot here probably served only to make Saturday night's result a more compelling event.
Curt Schilling was 9-2 in the postseason, a recognized October ace, but he could not contain the Indians, being chased in the fifth inning. Schilling, to his credit, took the blame, saying: "This was all about me coming up small in a big game."
But he also had an extremely accurate take on the quality of the opposition.
"This is a very underrated team," Schilling said of the Indians. "You look at what people say about this series, and I don't feel like it's even remotely the advantage that people think that we have. I think they're a much better team than people are giving them credit for.
"Their middle relief has been phenomenal, dominating. They've got arms in the bullpen, and you can say what you want about the guy at the end [Joe Borowski], but he led the league in saves. So he was doing the most important job in the bullpen and getting it done consistently.
"I just think they've flown under the radar all year. I thought they were a much better team than anybody gave them credit for, top to bottom. They beat a tough Detroit team to win the division and they're hot."
That is an accurate summation of where the Cleveland Indians have done and where they are now. Game 2 of this Championship Series was a demonstration of why the Indians are not in over their heads in this series. The record will clearly show that at this mid-October date, they have won exactly the same number of games as the Boston Red Sox.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I've been having a tough time completely understanding what's been going on in French politics, and now this. People say all kinds of things about American politics, but at least over here overtly racist policies usually don't succeed at high levels of government.
So, when people say Le Pen or the BNP are racist, which of these do they mean?
Am I right in thinking that you're not a member of the Perl community but just some guy working for the BNP and posting everywhere Google gives you a forum to give the impression that the BNP's ideas are pervasive when, thankfully, they're only shared by a moronic minority. If that is the case, go away and take your propaganda with you.
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A Dictator's 5 Destroyed and Recycled Palaces
It's a surreal, otherworldly scene: ornate palaces with the finest appointments being used as temporary shelter for American soldiers. The detritus of their everyday lives mingles with the ornate columns, shiny marble floors and war rubble in the palaces built by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. After the dictator was forced from power and his property seized, the US Army moved their command headquarters into Al-Faw Palace in Camp Victory. Photographer Richard Mosse traveled to Iraq to document this bizarre circumstance, this juxtaposition of supposed liberators dwelling in the very home of the dictator they vowed to depose. He called the resulting book Breach, a nod to the liberators stepping into the breach they created when Hussein was removed from power.
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10 Interesting Places to Visit with Google Earth
There can be little doubt that technology has changed they way we see our world, and Google Earth is a perfect example. This wonderful tool can be downloaded free of charge from earth.google.com and lets you see the world as never before, zooming about the globe at will. But there's a lot more that Google Earth can do besides just show you your house (and who hasn't looked up their house on Google Earth)? So here are 10 interesting places to visit using Google Earth. I provide the coordinates for each location, and you need only plug them into the search box and hit Enter to be taken directly to the spot. These are in no particular order. There are, of course, many more interesting sights to be seen through Google Earth, and is reception for this list is good, I'll do another for you, showcasing some more famous locations.
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The 25 Most Gruesome Injuries in Sports History
When you play sports, you always run the risk of getting an injury. When you play at the highest level, at top speed and intensity, you run the risk of getting an injury so gruesome that it's hard to watch. I have compiled a list of the 25 most gruesome injuries in sports history. There are some out there I left off only because I couldn't find a clip of, or I already had too many videos of someone's leg snapping in half. Needless to say This slideshow is not for the faint of heart. The pictures and videos may be difficult to see. Proceed at your own risk.
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11 Tips for Making Your Home Office More Comfortable
Freelance designers will probably spend more time in their home office than anywhere else. Having a comfortable office that is conducive to work is essential in order to keep your working hours pleasant and productive. In this post we'll look at some things that you can do to make your home office more comfortable and more enjoyable to spend those working hours. Obviously, some home offices come with certain limitations (such as the area of the house or the size of the space), but every situation could be improved in some way by the things in this list.
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20 Weirdest Apartments of the World
If you are like most people out there, you live in a pretty run-of-the-mill building. While your home has its charms, for the most part, it's probably not too different than any other living space. As our own original series "The Super Man" points out, it's hard to find the time to maintain a building these days, let alone spend the money it takes to add some pizzazz with new furnishings. And chances are your building supervisor is plenty distracted with non-maintenance problems (like Mikey in "The Super Man", who has dreams of being a professional boxer). There are exceptions to this rule. Sometimes an architect takes an ordinary concept like the apartment building and turns it into something extraordinary. Influenced by nature, films, and even video games, here's a look at 20 of the oddest, quirkiest, and most unique apartment complexes from around the globe.
7 Ways People Woke Up, Pre-Alarm Clock
Not to, er, sound a note of alarm or anything, but you'll notice roosters are nowhere to be found on this list. That's because roosters will (and do) 'cock a doodle doo all night long, if they're awake. Trust me. I know this to be true after spending a long, sleepless night at a small inn on a small Greek island in the middle of a brutally cold winter. Now then.
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Top 10 Modern Addictions
Celebrities and addiction continue to be media's favorite cocktail. But it's not the Courtney Loves and Nicole Richies that excites them anymore. Alcoholics and drug addicts do get coverage on the inside pages and the last sections of news bulletins, but the headlines have now been grabbed by other modern addictions. Don't we all want updates on Tigers Woods' sex addiction, Lindsay Lohan's shopping sprees and Donatella Versace's "want-to-look-like-an-alien" addiction? Sorry, we messed up with Versace- addiction to plastic surgery would be a more apt description. But it's not just the celebrities bringing these addictions to the headlines, are you a victim to any of the ten listed?
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29 Things You're Too Old For As Of Your 29th Birthday
One of the biggest time sucks on the internet for me, besides reading "Lost" theories and playing online Scrabble, is reading dating columnist and "lifecaster" Julia Allison's blog, as well as the blog that mocks her mercilessly, Reblogging NonSociety. I have no excuse; I just find the whole thing entertaining and hilarious, and it's not like I've managed to quit reality TV or my bronzer addiction either. Anyway, this past weekend Julia celebrated her 29th year on Earth by having her second annual Bicoastal Birthday Bash, in which she and a friend celebrate their birthdays to the XXXTREME on both coasts. We're talking cupcakes, costumes, balloons, presents, brunches, dinners, and lots, and lots, and lots of photos. In short, I am pretty sure Julia celebrated her 29th birthday with more self-obsessed gusto than all my birthdays combined. Which got me thinking—aren't there some things you are just too old to be doing at the ripe ol' age of 29? I'm 30, so maybe my extra year of wisdom makes it possible for me to see this, but there are at least 29 things every woman is too old for as of her 29th birthday. Check 'em out, after the jump.
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15 Great Console Games for Under $15 Bucks
For such a common hobby, gaming is shockingly expensive. You usually need a costly console, a nice TV, an internet connection, a 24-pack of some highly caffeinated beverage and a four-person household staff to take care of your every whim while you blow away Nazis (at least, that's how I do it). Then there are the games, which usually cost $60 new these days -- more if you spring for the special editions. Fortunately, games typically don't hold value long, and you can find some great games for far less money if you're willing to buy used copies of slightly older games. In this list we've got 15 games (in no particular order) that all fall into the "very good to great" category that are all available online for less that $15 bucks. All of the games on this list are for the Xbox 360 console for a couple reasons: It's the most popular console for core gamers (insert your own "Wii is for babies" joke here) and has sold by far the most software of any current system. Some of the games listed here may be slightly more expensive for PS3, as there are fewer used copies out there. Feel free to fight amongst yourselves; we're going ahead with the list.
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The 6 Handiest Creatures in the Animal Kingdom
For centuries, philosophers claimed that the ability to make tools separated man from best. But in 1960, a young wildlife researcher named Jane Goodall told her boss, anthropologist Louis Leakey, that she'd witnessed chimpanzees stripping leaves from twigs and using them to "fish" for termites. A stunned Leakey responded, "Now we must redefine tool, redefine Man, or accept chimpanzees as humans." Of course, we now know that chimps were only the beginning.


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Paul is now part of the fourth generation in America that is involved in farming and hopes the next generation will be involved also. Through his blog he provides analysis and insight to farmer tax questions.
Today was the first day of the Top Producer Conference. The first session was very interesting. Dr. Tom Deans, author of Every Family's Business gave a talk on how many farmers really should be looking at "selling" the farm instead of "gifting" the farm.
Too many times, the gift of the farm ends up creating inter-family squabbles, while a sale, either to family or outside parties can greatly reduce this risk. Definitely food for thought.
I then headed over the Chicago Board of Trade to meet up with Thomas Grasifi of Indiana Grain Company. He took me down the floor and it became very apparent that trading has changed dramatically. The pits where futures are traded were just about empty. We spent some time at the corn options pit which was very interesting.
We then came back down for the close of the meats at about 1 pm and for about 2 minutes you could hear the roar from the pit action and then it was basically done for the day.
At 1:15, the Fed had their announcement and you had action in gold, financials and the equity indexes till the close.
Almost all of the futures trading is now electronic and it may not take much longer for more of the options, etc. to be done this way.
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TypeLiqueurs, spirit-flavored
DescriptionGeneric for liqueur, traditionally with a rye whiskey base and infused horehound & fruit flavoring, often with macerated fruit in bottle's bottom.
Flavorfruit, horehound and rye
AvailabilityLimited availability. Produced and sold in United States. Rarely exported. Regional. Available for on-line ordering in some markets.
SubstituteSouthern Comfort, Jeremiah Weed
Usage examplesThis ingredient appears in 4 recipes in CocktailDB.
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