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Description for Pumpkin F1 Hybrid SS-12
Pumpkins do require a lot of food and a long growing season (generally from 75 to 100 frost-free days) so you need to plant them by late May in northern locations to early July in extremely southern states.
Pumpkins can be made into sweet or savoury dishes, their seeds are healthy and fun to roast, and they serve as beautiful, bright fall decorations. Growing pumpkins is easy and inexpensive, since they thrive in many different regions.
Pumpkin is an annual plant with short cycle grown commonly in the tropics between March and June.
Planting and care
Planting by Seed
Pumpkins do best when the seeds are directly planted in the ground. If your growing season is very short, seed indoors in peat pots about 2 to 4 weeks before last spring frost. Be sure to harden off before transplanting.
Wait until the plant soil is 70ºF or more before sowing seeds. Optimum soil temperature is 95ºF. Pumpkins are very sensitive to the cold.
Plant seeds in rows or "pumpkin hills†which are the size of small pitcher mounds. With hills, the soil will warm more quickly and the seeds will germinate faster. This also helps with drainage and pest control.
Prepare the hills in advance with an abundance of old manure dug deep into the ground (12 to 15 inches). If you don't have manure, loosen the soil and mix in a 2- to 4-inch layer of compost
Plant the seeds 1 inch deep into the hills (4 to 5 seeds per hill). Space hills 4 to 8 feet apart.
Your plants should germinate in less than a week with the right soil temperautre (70 degrees F) and emerge in 5 to 10 days. When the plants are 2 to 3 inches tall, thin to 2 to 3 plants per hill by snipping off unwanted plants without disturbing the roots of the remaining ones.
In rows, sow seeds 6 to 12 inches apart in rows 6 to 10 feet apart. Snip off plants to thin to one plant every 18 to 36 inches.
Caring for Pumpkin F1 Hybrid SS
- Pumpkins are very thirsty plants and need lots of water. Water one inch per week. Water deeply, especially during fruit set.
- When watering: Try to keep foliage and fruit dry unless it is a sunny day. Dampness will make rot more likely.
- Pumpkins are also greedy eaters. A regular treatment of manure or compost mixed with water will sustain good growth.
- Fertilize on a regular basis.
- Use a high nitrogen formula in early plant growth.
- Fertilize when plants are about one foot tall, just before vines begin to run.
- Switch over to a fertilizer high in phosphorous just before the blooming period.
- Remember that pumpkins are tender from planting to harvest.
- Control weeds with mulch. Do not overcultivate, or their very shallow roots may be damaged.
- Most small vine varieties can be trained up a trellis.
- Larger varieties can be trained upward on a trellis, too—though it is an engineering challenge to support the fruit—usually with netting or old stockings.
- Pinch off the fuzzy ends of each vine after a few pumpkins have formed.
- This will stop vine growth so that the plant s energies are focused on the fruit.
- If your first flowers aren t forming fruits, that s normal. Both male and female blossoms need to open. Be patient.
- Bees are essential for pollination, so be mindful when using insecticides to kill pests.
- If you must use, apply only in late afternoon or early evening when blossoms are closed for the day.
- Pumpkin vines, though obstinate, are very delicate.
- Take care not to damage vines, which reduces the quality of fruit.
- Pruning the vines may help with space as well as allow the plant s energy to be concentrated on the remaining vines and fruit.
- Gardeners who are looking for a "prize for size" pumpkin might select the two or three prime candidates and remove all other fruit and vines.
- As the fruit develops, they should be turned (with great care not to hurt the vine or stem) to encourage an even shape.
- Slip a thin board or a piece of plastic mesh under the pumpkins.
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Medicinal use: 1. Heart Healthy Magnesium
One-quarter cup of pumpkin seeds contains nearly half of the recommended daily amount of magnesium, which participates in a wide range of vitally important physiological functions, including the creation of ATP , the synthesis of RNA and DNA, the pumping of your heart, proper bone and tooth formation, relaxation of your blood vessels, and proper bowel function.
Magnesium has been shown to benefit your blood pressure and help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke, yet an estimated 80 percent of Americans are deficient in this important mineral.
2. Zinc for Immune Support
Pumpkin seeds are a rich source of zinc (one ounce contains more than 2 mg of this beneficial mineral). Zinc is important to your body in many ways, including immunity, cell growth and division, sleep, mood, your senses of taste and smell, eye and skin health, insulin regulation, and male sexual function.
Many are deficient in zinc due to mineral-depleted soils, drug effects, plant-based diets, and other diets high in grain. This deficiency is associated with increased colds and flu, chronic fatigue, depression, acne, low birth weight babies, learning problems and poor school performance in children, among others.
3. Plant-Based Omega-3 Fats
Raw nuts and seeds, including pumpkin seeds, are one of the best sources of plant-based omega-3s (alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)). We all need ALA, however, ALA has to be converted by your body into the far more essential omega-3 fats EPA and DHA — by an enzyme in which the vast majority of us have impaired by high insulin levels. So, while pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of ALA, I believe it is essential to get some of your omega-3 fats from animal sources, such as krill oil, as well.
4. Prostate Health
Pumpkin seeds have long been valued as an important natural food for men's health. This is in part because of their high zinc content, which is important for prostate health (where it is found in the highest concentrations in the body), and also because pumpkin seed extracts and oils may play a role in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, or enlarged prostate). Research suggests that both pumpkin seeds,2 and pumpkin seed oil used in combination with saw palmetto may be particularly beneficial in supporting prostate health.
5. Anti-Diabetic Effects
Animal studies suggest that pumpkin seeds may help improve insulin regulation and help prevent diabetic complications by decreasing oxidative stress.
6. Benefits for Postmenopausal Women
Pumpkin seed oil is rich in natural phytoestrogens and studies suggest it may lead to a significant increase in good "HDL†cholesterol along with decreases in blood pressure, hot flashes, headaches, joint pains and other menopausal symptoms in postmenopausal women.
7. Heart and Liver Health
Pumpkin seeds, rich in healthy fats, antioxidants and fibers, may provide benefits for heart and liver health, particularly when mixed with flax seeds.
8. Tryptophan for Restful Sleep
Pumpkin seeds are a rich source of tryptophan, an amino acid (protein building block) that your body converts into serotonin, which in turn is converted into melatonin, the "sleep hormone.†Eating pumpkin seeds a few hours before bed, along with a carbohydrate like a small piece of fruit, may be especially beneficial for providing your body the tryptophan needed for your melatonin and serotonin production to help promote a restful night's sleep.
9. Anti-Inflammatory Benefits
Pumpkin seed oil has been found to exhibit anti-inflammatory effects. One animal study even found it worked as well as the anti-inflammatory drug indomethacin in treating arthritis, but without the side effects.
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On Memorial Day weekend we had so much to celebrate. My daughter's 7th birthday was on that Saturday followed by her baptism the next day. I cannot believe Grace is now 7 and love knowing she has asked Jesus into her heart is priceless. It could not have been a more memorable weekend. Grace accepted Jesus as her savior almost 2 years ago, but we wanted to wait for her to be baptized until she was a little older, making sure she better understood the meaning of baptism. She has been asking to be baptized for a while.
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The European Union fined Microsoft Corp 561 million euros ($731 million) on Wednesday for failing to offer users a choice of Web browser, an unprecedented sanction that will act as a warning to other firms involved in EU antitrust disputes.
It said the U.S. software company had broken a legally binding commitment made in 2009 to ensure that consumers had a choice of how they access the internet, rather than defaulting to Microsoft's Explorer browser.
An investigation found that Microsoft had failed to honor that obligation in software issued between May 2011 and July 2012, meaning 15 million users were not given a choice.
It is the first time the European Commission, the EU's anti-trust authority, has handed down a fine to a company for failing to meet its obligations.
While the sanction is sizeable, representing more than 11 percent of Microsoft's expected net profit this quarter and 1 percent of annual sales, the Commission could have charged the company up to 10 percent of annual global revenue.
The world's largest software company can easily pay the fine out of its $68 billion in cash reserves. It holds $61 billion of that outside the United States, much of it in Europe, to take advantage of low tax rates.
Microsoft shares fell 0.9 percent to $28.09 on Nasdaq.
"If companies agree to offer commitments which then become legally binding, they must do what they have committed to do or face the consequences," Joaquin Almunia, the EU's competition commissioner, told a news conference.
"I hope this decision will make companies think twice beforethey even think of intentionally breaching their obligations oreven of neglecting their duty to ensure strict compliance."
Microsoft said it took full responsibility for the incident,which it has blamed on a technical error. The board cut chiefexecutive Steve Ballmer's bonus last year partly as a result,and also faulted former Windows head Steven Sinofsky who leftthe company last year for unrelated reasons.
The company did not say whether it would challenge theruling, but it is not expected to do so, largely so as not toantagonise regulators.
"We have apologized for it," Microsoft said in a statement.
"We provided the Commission with a complete and candidassessment of the situation, and we have taken steps tostrengthen our software development and other processes to helpavoid this mistake - or anything similar - in the future."
Almunia said regulators may have made a mistake by allowingMicrosoft to police its own behaviour instead of appointing anexternal trustee to ensure compliance with the commitments.
"In 2009, we were even more naive than today," he said.
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Microsoft's fine is a good example of the Commission's hardline approach toward companies which disregard rules whetherdeliberately or not, said Charles Whiddington, a partner atLondon-based law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
"The implications for companies going forward is that they must be more rigorous in complying with any agreement with the Commission, which does not take prisoners for infractions,"he said.
"Companies face severe sanctions for flouting EU rules, even accidentally."
Wednesday's fine brings the total of EU fines issued againstMicrosoft over the past decade to more than 2.2 billion euros,making it the world's worst offender of EU rules.
While the charge could have been higher, it still marks afirm sanction and will be noted by the likes of Google,which is involved in a dispute with the Commission over how itranks search engine results.
Google is under pressure to offer concessions to prevent theCommission moving to the next stage in the case, which couldinvolve fines. Other major technology companies such as SamsungElectronics are also under investigation.
Wednesday's decision is expected to help Microsoft draw aline under its troubles in Europe as it gears up for anintensified battle against Google. Microsoft is one of the complainants in the EU's investigation into the search giant.
Almunia has also signaled EU regulators' concern overantitrust issues in the links between technology platform ownersand application developers, in a move that could spell troublefor Apple Inc and Google, whose iPads and Android tablets are leading the growth of the computer market.
Relations between the EU's antitrust body and Microsoft have frequently been tense. In 2004, the Commission found that thecompany had abused its dominant market position by tying WindowsMedia Player to the Windows software package.
In 2009, in order to resolve other competition concerns, Microsoft undertook to offer users a browser choice screenallowing them to download a browser other than Explorer.
The Commission made that obligation legally binding for fiveyears, until 2014, and initially the company complied. FromMarch 2010 until November 2010, 84 million browsers weredownloaded via the screen, the Commission said.
But the Windows 7 service pack 1 rolled out between mid-2011 and mid-2012 failed to offer the choice, leading to theinvestigation that resulted in Wednesday's fine.
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Microsoft's share of the European browser market has morethan halved since 2008 to 24 percent. Google's Chrome has a 35percent share, followed by Mozilla's Firefox with 29 percent,according to Web traffic analysis company StatCounter.
Given Microsoft's fading power in the browser market, somequestioned the size and point of the fine.
"As always, the regulators are late to the party," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. "How did the EU come up with that figure in damages? There are no restrictions as to being able to place anew browser on the PC and it's really kind of clear that Microsoft isn't benefiting monetarily from the browser at this point."


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NEWS-Sound of silence: Prism hosts its last concert
How fitting that musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason ended the final set of their Saturday, April 22, Prism Coffeehouse show with the haunting "Ashokan Farewell."
The performance was the farewell concert for the historic smoke- and alcohol-free venue that announced in a scathing letter on its website the previous day that its planned move had fallen through and that the doors would close "indefinitely." The letter blamed a slew of entities– including The Hook– for its demise.
But Ashokan is also the theme song of Ken Burns' PBS film, The Civil War, and the Prism in recent years has known too well the pain of being a house divided.
On The Hook's blog, thehook.net, that division is evident– especially in opinions about the Prism's artistic director, Fred Boyce.
Some point out that Boyce was the driving force in bringing renowned acts such as Crooked Still, John Cephas, Pierre Bensusan, and Alex DeGrassi to the stage in the 16 years that he has been artistic director.
"Fred had a huge relationship with all the artists he booked, and he's the one who brought the real amazing acts like Doc Watson to Charlottesville!" wrote Mark Brown.
But other posts recall Boyce's fiery temper, which put him in the news two years ago.
In The Hook's April 1, 2004 cover story, "Prism Schism: Folk venue feels mighty wind of dischord," some former volunteers and board members worried that Boyce and his partner, Kenyon Hunter, had "hijacked" the Prism by intimidating dissenters and doing away with open board elections. That move, they claimed, was a violation of the Prism's bylaws and had allowed Boyce to essentially take ownership of the nonprofit venue.
Following The Hook's 2004 article, Prism volunteers entered mediation, and the Prism held a board election in May 2004. Both Boyce and Hunter retained their seats.
The Prism continued to host performances, but in January, news emerged that the Prism planned to move from its Rugby Road home, owned by Westminster Presbyterian Church, and buy a larger two-building property in Gordonsville that once housed O'Dell's restaurant.
The announcement took many by surprise– including the Church.
"They've made no mention of moving," Westminster administrator Wally Camp said at the time. By late April, however, a real estate agent confirmed that the $750,000 Gordonsville property was once again listed for sale– indicating that the Prism transaction had fallen through. Meanwhile, Camp revealed that the Church had already lined up a new tenant for the Rugby Road space, leaving the Prism homeless.
Boyce and Hunter, Camp said, had balked at the church's request to increase the Prism's monthly payment from $370 to $500 – a sum that included not just rent but also utilities and some maintenance for the approximately 4,000-square-foot space.
(By contrast, back in 1990, the then-fledgling Live Arts paid more than $3,000 a month for its original space.)
Despite the Prism's apparent sweetheart deal, Camp said that Boyce and Hunter were "offended" by the Church's request for more money. Camp reiterated that the Church wanted to make it work with the Prism, but that lack of communication made that impossible. His calls to Boyce were unreturned, he said.
In the Prism's unsigned goodbye letter– posted at theprism.org for one day before an edited version appeared and then was also taken down– the author criticized the Church as "unbelievably out of touch with the wonderful thing that has been happening just next door since 1999."
The Church was not the only target.
The letter attacked "certain nonprofit radio announcers"– an apparent stab at WNRN for allegedly violating FCC regulations by "enthusiastically and heavily" promoting for-profit events.
WNRN founder Mike Friend logged on to theHook.net to deny the accusation.
"We made it clear early on that we would work with Fred any way we could," Friend contends, "[but] we could not run saturation campaigns for no compensation for Prism shows."
Friend adds that Boyce's temper eventually spelled the Prism's demise. "At some point, commitment and artistic vision can become a straitjacket and even a justification for violating norms of behavior that will drive other people away," Friend writes.
Although neither Boyce nor Hunter returned The Hook's repeated calls for comment for any of the articles, the unsigned letter revealed a disdain for the paper.
"The Hook staff has absolutely no knowledge or understanding of this music, or of what the Prism is about, and have simply attempted repeatedly to create an impression of disharmony and controversy where none really exists...."the writer said.
As former Prism volunteers and Westminster Church grapple with the idea that for the first time in 40 years something other than the Prism will occupy the white house at 214 Rugby Road, ripples of the Prism's closing have spread.
When reached at the University of Toledo in Ohio, where he is now a professor in the honors program, Prism founder Tom Barden– who was a UVA student when he started the Prism in 1966– expressed shock.
"That's like a death in family," he says. "I just can't believe it won't come back in some form. Charlottesville without the Prism just doesn't compute."
Show-goers enter the smoke-free, alcohol-free venue from the Gordon Avenue side of the building, pictured here.


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"Simple" doesn't refer to the shrimps' IQ, but to the quick and easy marinade that gives these tacos their distinctive south-of-the-border flavor. The perfect light meal for late, warm Spring days. "Mexican" oregano is available in most markets' Hispanic foods section.
Makes about 12 tacos.
- 1 ½ lbs clean shrimp (each about 2 inches long)
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tb fresh lime or lemon juice
- 1 tsp Mexican oregano
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp fresh ground black pepper
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 12 warm tortillas
Peel, de-vein and butterfly shrimp. Place in ceramic or glass bowl with all other ingredients, mixed well. Cover, refrigerate and allow to marinate for an hour. Preheat grill and cook shrimp 1-2 minutes per side. Quickly warm tortillas on a non-oiled, flat stove-top cast-iron grill or pan (comal). This is an important step toward authenticity (in Mexico, tortillas are seldom if ever warmed in a microwave or wrapped in foil in the oven). Place shrimp in tortillas and top with any manner of favorite toppings, including shredded green cabbage, salsa, chopped white onion and cilantro, etc.


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... I ... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... equal employment opportunity Commission's campaigns the with the unimpressed ... continued apace this week when the agency sued BMW ... and dollar General ... for using criminal background checks in the hiring process ... week I chose a lawyer Eric tried and is also the former general counsel ... of the EEOC ... joining us now from Washington ... Eric ... why a CEO sees think that criminals should get ... some kind of protection more than the average person ... in the hiring process ... will marry the ... the equal Employment opportunity Commission believes that ... because of national data shows that African Americans and Hispanics are convicted at higher rates ... of crime and in turn convicted of crimes that higher rates ... than white Americans ... that the use by employers ... of those criminal convictions to limit or exclude employment opportunities ... has what the EEOC believes to be an adverse impact ... or bow on African Americans and Latino us ... I is the basis for that in the law Eric because that seems to to really stretch ... our understanding of fairness I mean ... just because these guys have been convicted of a criminal act what why does that mean that ... we should give them any kind of like now ... well no law prohibits ... on excluding people ... from employment because they have ... criminal convictions no federal on lease and in fact ... people Employment opportunity Commission itself ... refuses to hire people with terminal condition under various circumstances ... aam ... what is unusual I think I promptly is that the equal Employment opportunity Commission has decided to make it a priority ... to not only to sue ... these two particular employers ... but also to conduct many many investigations of any employer ... that ... has any kind of policy or practice of limit indoor excluding ... murderers rapists child molesters and others and in fact in one of the cases ... filed earlier this week the ... EEOC is challenging an employer policy ... that excludes people from employment who are convicted murderers convicted child molesters and convicted of rape ... ok I if I if I'm a CEO of a company ... I the the the apartheid between a rock and hard place here because on the one hand I about liability for my employees do ... but on the other the ESC as saying ... but you can't eat can't discriminate against people with criminal ... criminal ... convictions ... Mary you're exactly right ... on ... the many employers in the United States are between Iraq and our place in fact in many many state laws ... require employers not to hire people with certain kinds of criminal convictions ... the equal Employment opportunity Commission though takes the position that federal law overrides the staple so you have ... in many jurisdictions in this country an employer would violate state law if they hire criminals ... at the same time the EEOC is taking the position that least in some circumstances ... aam ... excluding criminals ... would violate the civil rights protections in federal law ... at the same time though the Commission has filed ... one other lawsuit a couple of years ago that currently pending before the U S Court of Appeals for the sixth Circuit ... in that case the employer in fact ... hired lots of crimped ... the Commission filed a lawsuit anyway ... falsely accuse the employer company called people mark ... of a hat and blanket prohibition against hiring criminals ... then they learn after the cases filed the people mark in fact hired lots and lots of criminals ... then they kept suing the company anyway until a federal judge in Michigan family for the case out ... in section B in seat seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for bringing a frivolous case ... I think the conditions strategy here is to persuade employers ... that they should either be Beery very careful about how they excluded ... criminals ... and with respect to hiring and promotions and other employment opportunities or simply ... not in any way consider ... on the news ... that anyone ... who has a criminal conviction that all our amazing and you wonder why we have such a weak economic recovery and companies are hiring and investing it's an agency another one run amok air dry panic and say thank so much for being on show ...


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Mathematical games and recreations
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Mathematical puzzles vary from the simple to deep problems which are still unsolved. The whole history of mathematics is interwoven with mathematical games which have led to the study of many areas of mathematics. Number games, geometrical puzzles, network problems and combinatorial problems are among the best known types of puzzles.
The Rhind papyrus shows that early Egyptian mathematics was largely based on puzzle type problems. For example the papyrus, written in around 1850 BC, contains a rather familiar type of puzzle.
You can see a picture of the Rhind papyrus at THIS LINK.
Seven houses contain seven cats. Each cat kills seven mice. Each mouse had eaten seven ears of grain. Each ear of grain would have produced seven hekats of wheat. What is the total of all of these?Similar problems appear in Fibonacci's Liber Abaci Ⓣ written in 1202 and the familiar St Ives Riddle of the 18th Century based on the same idea (and on the number 7).
Greek mathematics produced many classic puzzles. Perhaps the most famous are from Archimedes in his book The Sandreckoner where he gives the Cattle Problem.
If thou art diligent and wise, O Stranger, compute the number of cattle of the Sun...In some interpretations of the problem the number of cattle turns out to be a number with 206545 digits!
You can see further details at THIS LINK.
Archimedes also invented a division of a square into 14 pieces leading to a game similar to Tangrams involving making figures from the 14 pieces. Tangrams are of Chinese origin and require little mathematical skill. It is interesting however to see how many convex figures you can make from the 7 tangram pieces. Note again the number 7 which seems to have been associated with magical properties. They were to have a new popularity when Dodgson, writing as Lewis Carroll, introduced Alice type characters.
You can see a picture of the Alice tangrams at THIS LINK.
Fibonacci, already mentioned above, is famed for his invention of the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ... where each number is the sum of the previous two. In fact a wealth of mathematics has arisen from this sequence and today a Journal is devoted to topics related to the sequence. Here is the famous Rabbit Problem.
A certain man put a pair of rabbits in a place surrounded on all sides by a wall. How many pairs of rabbits can be produced from that pair in a year if it is supposed that every month each pair begins a new pair which from the second month on becomes productive?Fibonacci writes out the first 13 terms of the sequence but does not give the recurrence relation which generates it.
One of the earliest mentions of Chess in puzzles is by the Arabic mathematician Ibn Kallikan who, in 1256, poses the problem of the grains of wheat, 1 on the first square of the chess board, 2 on the second, 4 on the third, 8 on the fourth etc. One of the earliest problem involving chess pieces is due to Guarini di Forli who in 1512 asked how two white and two black knights could be interchanged if they are placed at the corners of a 3 × 3 board (using normal knight's moves).
Magic squares involve using all the numbers 1, 2, 3, ..., n2 to fill the squares of an n × n board so that each row, each column and both main diagonals sum to the same number. They are claimed to go back as far as 2200 BC when the Chinese called them lo-shu. In the early 16th Century Cornelius Agrippa constructed squares for n = 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 which he associated with the seven planets then known (including the Sun and the Moon). Dürer's famous engraving of Melancholia made in 1514 includes a picture of a magic square.
You can see a picture of Melancholia at THIS LINK and of the magic square in it at THIS LINK.
The number of magic squares of a given order is still an unsolved problem. There are 880 squares of size 4 and 275305224 squares of size 5, but the number of larger squares is still unknown.
Durer's square shown above is symmetrical and other conditions were also studied such as the condition that all the diagonals (traced as if the square was on a torus) added to the same number as the row and column sum. Euler studied this type of square known as a pandiagonal square. No pandiagonal square of order 2(2n + 1) can exist but they do for all other orders. For n = 4 there are 880 magic squares of which 48 are pandiagonal. Veblen in 1908 used matrix methods to study magic squares.
Other early inventors of games included Recorde and Cardan. Cardan invented a game consisting of a number of rings on a bar.
You can see a picture of Cardan's rings at THIS LINK.
It appears in the 1550 edition of his book De Subtililate Ⓣ. The rings were arranged so that only the ring A at one end could be taken on and off without problems. To take any other off the ring next to it towards A had to be on the bar and all others towards A had to be off the bar. To take all the rings off requires (2n+1 - 1)/3 moves if n is odd and (2n+1 - 2)/3 moves if n is even. This problem is similar to the Towers of Hanoi described below. In fact Lucas (the inventor of the Towers of Hanoi) gives a pretty solution to Cardan's Ring Puzzle using binary arithmetic.
Tartaglia, who with Cardan jointly discovered the algebraic solution of the cubic, was another famous inventor of mathematical recreations. He invented many arithmetical problems, and contributed to problems with weighing masses with the smallest number of weights and Ferry Boat type problems which now have solutions using graph theory.
Bachet was famed as a poet, translator and early mathematician of the French Academy. He is best known for his translation of 1621 of Diophantus's Arithmetica. This is the book which Fermat was reading when he inscribed the margin with his famous Last Theorem. Bachet, however, is also famed as a collector of mathematical puzzles which he published in 1612 Problèmes plaisans et délectables qui font par les nombres Ⓣ. It contains many of the problems referred to above, river crossing problems, weighing problems, number tricks, magic squares etc. Here is an example of one of Bachet's weighing problems
What is the least number of weights that can be used on a scale pan to weigh any integral number of pounds from 1 to 40 inclusive, if the weights can be placed in either of the scale pans?You can see the answer at THIS LINK.
Euler is perhaps the mathematician whose puzzles have led to the most deep mathematical disciplines. In addition to magic square problems and number problems he considered the Knight's Tour of the chess board, the Thirty Six Officers problem and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg.
Euler was not the first to examine the Knight's Tour problem. De Moivre and Montmort had looked at it and solved the problem in the early years of the 18th Century after the question had been posed by Taylor. Ozanam and Montucla quote the solutions of both De Moivre and Montmort. Euler, in 1759 following a suggestion of L Bertrand of Geneva, was the first to make a serious mathematical analysis of it, introducing concepts which were to become important in graph theory. Lagrange also contributed to the understanding of the Knight's Tour problem, as did Vandermonde.
The Seven Bridges of Königsberg heralds the beginning of graph theory and topology.
You can see a picture of the Königsberg bridges at THIS LINK.
The Thirty Six Officers Problem, posed by Euler in 1779, asks if it is possible to arrange 6 regiments consisting of 6 officers each of different ranks in a 6 × 6 square so that no rank or regiment will be repeated in any row or column. The problem is insoluble but it has led to important work in combinatorics.
Another famous chess board problem is the Eight queens problem. This problem asks in how many ways 8 queens can be placed on a chess board so that no two attack each other. The generalised problem, in how many ways can n queens be placed on an n × n board so that no two attack each other, was posed by Franz Nauck in 1850. In 1874 Günther and Glaisher described methods for solving this problem based on determinants. There is a unique solution (up to symmetry) to the 6 × 6 problem and the puzzle, in the form of a wooden board with 36 holes into which pins were placed, was sold on the streets of London for one penny.
In 1857 Hamilton described his Icosian game at a meeting of the British Association in Dublin. It was sold to J. Jacques and Sons, makers of high quality chess sets, for £25 and patented in London in 1859. The game is related to Euler's Knight's Tour problem since, in today's terminology, it asks for a Hamiltonian circuit in a certain graph. The game was a failure and sold very few copies.
You can see a picture of the Icosian game at THIS LINK.
Another famous problem was Kirkman's School Girl Problem. The problem, posed in 1850, asks how 15 school girls can walk in 5 rows of 3 each for 7 days so that no girl walks with any other girl in the same triplet more than once. In fact, provided n is divisible by 3, we can ask the more general question about n school girls walking for (n - 1)/2 days so that no girl walks with any other girl in the same triplet more than once. Solutions for n = 9, 15, 27 were given in 1850 and much work was done on the problem thereafter. It is important in the modern theory of combinatorics.
Around this time two professional inventors of mathematical puzzles, Sam Loyd and Henry Ernest Dudeney, were entertaining the world with a large number of mathematical games and recreations. Loyd's most famous game was the 15 puzzle.
You can see the 15 puzzle at THIS LINK.
It illustrates important properties of permutations.
Loyd was also famous for his chess puzzles. He invented a number of puzzles, some of which are very hard, which he published in the first number of the American Chess Journal.
Édouard Lucas invented the Towers of Hanoi in 1883.
You can see more about this at THIS LINK.
The game of pentominoes is of more recent invention. The problem of tiling an 8 × 8 square with a square hole in the centre was solved in 1935. This problem was shown by computer to have exactly 65 solutions in 1958. In 1953 more general polyominoes were introduced. It is still an unsolved problem how many distinct polyominoes of each order there are. There are 12 pentominoes, 35 hexominoes and 108 heptominoes (including one rather dubious one with a hole in the middle!). Puzzles with polyominoes were invented by Solomon W. Golomb, a mathematician and electrical engineer at Southern California University.
There is a 3-dimensional version of pentominoes where cubes are used as the basic elements instead of squares. A 3 × 4 × 5 rectangular prism can be made from the 3-dimensional pentominoes. Closely related to these is Piet Hein's Soma Cubes. This consists of 7 pieces, 6 pieces consisting of 4 small cubes and one of 3 small cubes. The aim of this game is to assemble a 3 × 3 × 3 cube. This can in fact be done in 230 essentially different ways!
You can see a picture of the Soma Cubes at THIS LINK.
A slightly older game (1921) but still a cube game is due to P A MacMahon and called 30 Coloured Cubes Puzzle. There are 30 cubes which have all possible permutations of precisely 6 colours for their faces. (Can you prove there are exactly 30 such cubes?) Choose a cube at random and then choose 8 other cubes to make a 2 × 2 × 2 cube with the same arrangement of colours for it's faces as the first chosen cube. Each face of the 2 × 2 × 2 cube has to be a single colour and the interior faces have to match in colour.
Raymond Smullyan, a mathematical logician, composed a number of chess problems of a very different type from those usually composed. They are know known as problems of retrograde analysis and their object is to deduce the past history of a game rather than the future of a game which is the conventional problem. Problems of retrograde analysis are problems in mathematical logic.
Here is the first one composed by Smullyan in 1925 when he was 16 years old at THIS LINK.
One of the most important of the modern professional puzzle inventors and collectors is Martin Gardner who wrote an extremely good column in Scientific American for about 30 years, stopping about four years ago. He published some of Smullyan's retrograde analysis chees problems in 1973. He also reported on a computing game in 1973. Of course the advent of personal computers has made both the writing and playing of mathematical games for computers an important new direction. The game Gardner reported on was 'Spirolaterals' devised by Frank Olds with only 3 or 4 lines of code.
You can see some examples of spirolaterals at THIS LINK.
The most famous of recent puzzles in the of Rubik's cube invented by the Hungarian Ernö Rubik. It's fame is incredible. Invented in 1974, patented in 1975 it was put on the market in Hungary in 1977. However it did not really begin as a craze until 1981. By 1982 10 million cubes had been sold in Hungary, more than the population of the country. It is estimated that 100 million were sold world-wide. It is really a group theory puzzle, although not many people realise this.
The cube consists of 3 × 3 × 3 smaller cubes which, in the initial configuration, are coloured so that the 6 faces of the large cube are coloured in 6 distinct colours. The 9 cubes forming one face can be rotated through 45°. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different arrangements of the small cubes, only one of these arrangements being the initial position. Solving the cube shows the importance of conjugates and commutators in a group.
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- The 19th-ranked Brandeis University men's basketball team saw its second seven-game winning streak of the season come to a halt tonight, as the Judges suffered a 69-55 loss at the hands of Emory University in a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest. With the loss, the Judges fall to 14-3, 5-1 in the UAA. The Eagles improve to 12-4, 4-2 UAA with their sixth win in the past seven meetings with Brandeis.
Brandeis led by as many as eight points in the first half, going ahead 18-10 on a Colby Smith (No. Andover, Mass./No. Andover) layup just under 12 minutes into the contest. Emory responded with 11 of the next 12 points of their own, as Jake Davis hit a 3-pointer in the run and gave the Eagles a 21-19 lead with two free throws at the 4:44 mark. The Judges bounced back with seven-straight points, with a Gabriel Moton (St. Petersburg, Fla./St. Petersburg) trifecta giving them the lead back and two Ben Bartoldus (Hillsborough, N.H./Proctor Acad.) buckets moving the lead to 26-21 at 3:14. Emory returned the favor, however, scoring the final eight points. The Eagles took advantage of three Brandeis turnovers, as Davis converted a traditional three-point play and Alex Greven's trifecta with 41 seconds left before the break gave EU a 29-26 lead. Davis led all scorers with 12 first-half points for Emory, while Moton and Alex Stoyle (Goffstown, N.H./Tilton School) had six each for the Judges.
Brandeis, which had come from behind in each of its previous two road wins, fell behind by eight just five minutes into the second half of this one, when Emory's Alex Foster connected from deep to give the hosts a 40-32 lead. The Judges answered with an eight-point flurry of their own, sparked again with a Moton bomb and capped by a lay-up and free throw by Bartoldus at 13:15 that knotted the game at 40.
At that point, the Judges went cold from the floor, hitting just three field goals the rest of the way. Michael Florin gave Emory the lead back with a traditional three-point play of his own to give the Eagles the lead for good. They held Brandeis to just 21 percent shooting (3-14) in the final stretch of the game while connecting on 12-of-22 themselves (55 percent). Florin had all of his nine points for the game in the final 13 minutes, while Greven had eight.
For the game, Moton led Brandeis with 14 points, but he was the only Judge in double figures, only the second time they didn't have more than one player score at least 10 points this season. Bartoldus was just short with nine. Junior center Youri Dascy (Fall River, Mass./St. Andrews, R.I., School) led the Judges with five rebounds, while three others had four each as the visitors lost the battle of the boards by one, 33-32. Smith tied for game-high honors with three assists. Brandeis, which had shot 51 percent from the floor in the second half in their previous UAA games, was held to 35 percent in this one. They also struggled from the line, hitting 11-of-20 (55% from the line).
Emory put three starters in double figures, as Davis scored a game-high 18. Friedberg added 15 points, while Greven had 14 points and a game-high six rebounds. Davis also matched Smith with three assists for the game. The Eagles shot 47 percent from the field (28-60), including 52 percent in the second half (16-31). The 40 points EU scored in the second half was the second-highest total the Judges have allowed in a half all season.
Brandeis will look to bounce back from their first UAA loss when they take on second-ranked and undefeated Rochester on Sunday at noon. The Yellowjackets are one game ahead of the Judges in the UAA standings.


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By Nila Uthayakumar, KF 14, Uganda
Tuesday morning. It was just my second day at Micro Credit for Development and Transformation (MCDT), a Kiva partner microfinance bank based in Kampala, Uganda. I sat at the helm of a grouping of desks in an airy room within an office building perched at the very tip-top of a hill in Kampala. What a view. Of the city, but also of the four loan officers preparing to go into the field and meet with their borrowers. I looked out of the window, and then back at the people in the room. How did I get here again?
I needed to remind myself, lest I forgot. It had been the most intense month and a half of my life. In the beginning of December I was still living in Zanzibar, Tanzania. More specifically, I was painfully packing away six months into my backpack and getting ready to visit the States. I would be home for a month and a half, (although home for me is relative at this point), and I had an expanding to-do list to address. Most importantly, I was to attend Kiva Fellows training in San Francisco in January. I, along with a group of nineteen others, was going to be taught how to be Kiva's eyes and ears on the ground. What exactly that meant, I could not have possibly known until I got to "the ground."
"The ground" is an appropriate title for the space that I occupy at the moment, especially relative to where I was before. Let me explain. To understand and appreciate what goes into a microfinance institution's day-to-day operation from the cloud of the internet is impossible. On the internet, Kiva's partner microfinance institutions have profiles, and so do their borrowers. Information fits into boxes, and statistics are given in percentages. It is neat and tidy. Here where I am, on the ground, it is anything but…
On the ground, files and records are tied up with string and stacked up in corners; infrastructure is lacking and the streets turn into muddy rivers with the onslaught of tropical rain; computer systems crawl at speeds that rival that of molasses; and operations during elections must be carefully planned in case of civil unrest. On Tuesday at 9 AM, I left for the field with Sam, a loan officer working for MCDT. Shirt and pants pressed, and paperwork neatly tucked away into his bag, Sam marched like a man on a mission straight into Kampala's dusty, chaotic cacophony of a city center, with me trying madly not to fall behind.
We boarded a share-taxi and first made our way to a commercial bank where we received loan funds that would be dispersed that day to borrowers. Next, we boarded another share-taxi that took us up and down several hills and dropped us off at a share-taxi stand. Then we walked for about ten minutes and arrived at a street corner, at which point Sam negotiated with a motorcycle taxi (called a boda boda here in Uganda) and we hopped aboard. The boda boda dropped the two of us off at the city's edge where we walked into a small room with several benches, and about ten Kiva borrowers awaiting our arrival. It was 11 AM, and we had just started.
It started to rain shortly after we arrived at our meeting with the Kiva borrowers, and although Sam and I had escaped the rain, some of the people we were meeting with had not. To add, school had just gotten back in session, and many had to drop their children off beforehand. So, of the forty total women we were to see, only a handful made it within the first two hours of the meeting. None of this resulted in so much as a crease of tension on Sam's face, however. It was business as usual and he rolled with the punches.
Sam spent the next four hours collecting loan repayments, counting and recounting stacks of money, filling out form after logbook, and handing out loan dispersals. I did a lot of watching, sitting, and chatting with borrowers. During the course of the day, there was one thing that I did contribute: I conducted a Kiva borrower interview for a woman named Hadijja. Hadijja will be receiving a loan that will be funded through Kiva's website, and I had the pleasure of asking her some questions so that Kiva lenders can know a bit about her and her business when they lend to her. Near the end of the interview, I asked Hadijja why she chose to work with MCDT instead of the several other microfinance institutions in Kampala. Her response to my question was that MCDT's interest rates were low and affordable. And that is when everything I had seen that day became real.
Microfinance is rough. It involves long distances, long waits, long rides, and long days. Microfinance is also expensive. It took Sam and me four share-taxis and a boda boda to get where we were going and back. Some of the Kiva borrowers we were supposed to meet with to collect loan repayments from never came. Sam and I got back to the office at 4:30 PM, and neither of us had eaten since 8 AM. And yet regardless of any of the difficulties on the ground, MCDT and Sam have to offer borrowers the lowest interest rates they can, while still covering their operating costs and staying in business. That's how it is here on the ground, and that's what the website can't tell you in a box.
Nila has just arrived in Kampala, Uganda after having spent six months in Zanzibar, Tanzania last year. She considers East Africa home now, and looks forward to working with several Kiva partner microfinance institutions throughout the next few months in Uganda and Kenya.
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text: 2009/10/10 Rafael J. Wysocki <firstname.lastname@example.com>:> On Saturday 10 October 2009, Ondrej Hujnak wrote:>> Hello,>>>> I am trying to make work "Suspend to RAM".>> My laptop is MSI PR200YA, linux>> kernel 188.8.131.52-64.fc11.i586 (fedora 11, 32bit),>> the same is with 184.108.40.206-56.fc12.i686.>> Motherboard - MSI 1221, graphics:>> Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller>>>> When I do suspend to RAM it seem to work ok, it sleeps.>> But when I want to wake it, it only switches off (the power>> LED stops blinking). If I'm having my notebook connected>> to electricity, after start it don't start screen and keyboard.>> Notebook is running, but there is no HDD activity according>> to the LED indicator. When it is on battery, it normally starts,>> as if I had switched it normally off. Every time after trying to>> suspend it to RAM, on the next start I have>> "last write to superblock in future".>>>> I tried:>> - suspend from "single" mode>> - suspend from "single" mode with as many modules as possible rmmod'ed>> - using "nomodeset">> - early suspend-to-RAM at boot test with "test_suspend=mem">> All with the same result.>>>> I also tried using pm_trace, but this gave no useful results in dmesg>> in the next boot. The clock was not changed by it (the documentation>> said it would be).>>>> I have attached printout of "lspci -vv" and "dmesg" after switching>> pm_trace on.>>>> I'd welcome any ideas how to debug this further.>> I'm looking forward to your reply.>> Does the pm_test 'core' test work (please see> Documentation/power/basic-pm-debugging.txt)?>> Rafael>Ok, i tried all kinds of pm_test including core several timesand everything seemed ok. I got no error, failure..And i tried all possibilities of /sys/power/disk under "init=/bin/bash" and same result as above.Ondrej--To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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Hundreds of leopard sharks swam alongside kayakers and paddleboard surfers off the California coast Tuesday.
NBC 7 news helicopter captured video of the interaction between humans and sharks.
The sharks, named after spots on their backs that resemble those of a leopard, are a common sight in La Jolla where the shallow waters are often calm and hold plenty of food.
Normally the sight of a shark in the water would be frightening to surfers or kayakers but not so with these creatures.
Leopard sharks pose no danger to humans unless provoked and can grow up to 6 feet when fully matured.
Experts at the Birch Aquarium with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said it's not unusual to see leopard sharks off the coast in the fall and winter months. The only difference is there are fewer in number than in the summer.


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Initially the Steward's Hall was the site of the Commencement Ball. In 1833, the students petitioned the Trustees for a new campus building. This building, they asserted, would be a regular meeting place for Trustees and the newly formed Alumni Association. Its unofficial function, however, would be a once-a-year ballroom. The first plaintive letter urged that a ballroom at Commencement would give "very much to the gratification & pleasure of the adored Fair who honor us with their company on that universal jubilee" (Alcott 1986, 36).
The students' 1833 petition was rejected by the Trustees; but in 1848, when they again petitioned, the Trustees accepted their plan and added another use for the new building: library. The University contracted renowned architect
A. J. Davis for the design. The new hall, with one story and a basement, would flank South Building on the east as Gerrard Hall did on the west. It would be named for General Benjamin Smith, special aide to General George Washington during the Revolutionary War and North Carolina state senator and governor. Smith bequeathed land in Tennessee to the University. The sale of this land, plus the sale of Steward's Hall, funded the building.
The bricks for Smith Hall were provided by William Mercer Green, the rector-turned-brickmaker of the Church of Atonement, later the Chapel of the Cross, in Chapel Hill. The builders were Captain John Berry, a longtime North Carolina state senator and representative, and Henry Richards. Work was started in the summer of 1850 and completed in 1852, and Smith hall truly became the crown jewel of Davis's work on the University campus. Facing east, it is an elegant, classical structure made to resemble a Greek temple. Its wide portico is held aloft by four Corinthian columns. Davis's brilliance is in the capitals, for they sport not acanthus leaves but ears of Indian corn and sprigs of wheat. The capitals give Smith Hall an American touch, despite its classical structure. The total cost for Smith Hall, according to Archibald Henderson, was $10,303.63, surprisingly inexpensive for such an elaborate building.
Smith Hall functioned primarily as the University library from its completion until 1907, when the books were moved to the Carnegie Library (now Hill Hall). In 1853, the basement was turned into a reading room and meeting room. Since the reading room was open for only an hour a week, however, this service was discontinued a year later. The space was then renovated to house a chemistry laboratory. According to Kemp Plummer Battle, the library was moved to a room on the third floor of Old East for safekeeping before the Civil War. The library was probably moved back to Smith Hall before 1875. In 1871, the University closed and did not reopen until 1875. During this time Smith Hall sustained some damage, and repairs were made prior to the reopening.
Works Consulted: Alcott, John V., The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Years of Architecture, Chapel Hill, NC: The Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1986; Battle, Kemp P., History of the University of North Carolina, Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 1974; Henderson, Archibald, The Campus of the First State University, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1949; University of North Carolina Papers #40005, University Archives, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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All it takes is $US25, some thread, and the ability to cross-stitch. That last one is important! But if you've got the know how, you can craft yourself anything you think of. That bird-in-tree design is pretty rad, but imagine the possibilities! Your name. Your girlfriends name. A dino. An infinitely repeating smaller cross-stitched iPhone. [Purl via LikeCool]


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Full game notes are available in PDF here.
Live stats and Audio are available through the links at the top of this page.
OPENING KICKOFF: Today's Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 35th meeting between McDaniel (0-3, 0-2 CC) and Ursinus (1-2, 0-2 CC) in a series that dates back to 1976. The Bears have won the last six meetings but the Green Terror leads the all-time series, 24-11-1.
WHEN LAST WE MET: Ursinus found the end zone for fifth time with just 19.4 seconds left to break a 28-all deadlock and defeat McDaniel 35-28 last season. Nick O'Melia (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) made made three catches for 107 yards and a touchdown to lead the Green Terror, who got another 200-yard passing day from then-freshman quarterback Nick Valori (Treasure Island, Fla./Washington Twp. [N.J.]), who finished 11-for-19 for 245 yards and two touchdown passes. Bryan Ellis led the Bears in the running game, rushing for 180 yards on 26 carries – part of 252 yards on the ground. Chris Curran added 45 rushing yards on seven carries with two touchdowns in addition to his 166 yards passing.
LAST TIME OUT: Muhlenberg piled up 413 yards of total offense and the defense pitched a shutout, defeating McDaniel 33-0 in CC action last Saturday. Joe Rollins (Temple Hills, Md./Surrattsville) led the Green Terror with 86 yards rushing. He also had 58 yards on a pair of kick returns. Dan Deighan threw for 158 yards to lead the Mules while Terrence Dandridge ran for 100 yards. Deighan ran for another 91 yards.
WITH HONORS: James Price (Baltimore, Md./W.E.B. DuBois) was named to the CC Weekly Honor Rolls last week. Price earned the defensive nod after leading the Green Terror with nine tackles in his first start for McDaniel.
LEADING THE WAY: Tyler Lloyd (Broad Run, Va./Fauquier), Tim McLister (Leesburg, Va./Loudoun) and Kevin White (Bryn Mawr, Pa./Haverford Twp.) will captain the squad in 2012. White is a two-time captain while Lloyd and McLister will lead the squad for the first time as seniors.
MANY HAPPY RETURNS: After injuries continued to take their toll, Joe Rollins and Matt Emerson (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) were called into kick-return duty on Saturday. The duo each turned in a pair of returns that covered more than 20 yards. Rollins took the first return 23 yards before adding a 35-yard return in the fourth quarter. Emerson had the three returns in between. After a muffed return that netted nine yards, the senior rolled up a 22-yard return and a 43-yard burst. The duo combined for 132 of the team's 137 yards. McDaniel enters the week fourth in the league, averaging 20.1 yards per return.
ROLL ON: Joe Rollins started to get rolling again last Saturday, carrying the ball 22 times. Rollins amassed 86 yards on the ground and finished the day with 143 all-purpose yards after his strong showing in the kick-return game. With his 101 yards this season, he has moved up to fifth on the Green Terror's all-time list and 32nd all-time in the CC with 2,125 career yards.
WANNA BE LIKE MIKE: The Green Terror defense has been led so far this season by junior outside linebacker Mike Cousar (Easton, Pa./Easton Area). Cousar paces the squad and CC with 33 tackles through the first two games of the year. He followed up a career-high 12 tackles in the opener at Catholic with a career-best 14 stops at Moravian last Saturday. His 13.0 tackles per game is tied for 48th in all of the Division III.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT: James Price made the most of the decision to give him the start at cornerback on Saturday. The sophomore saw his first significant action of the season on defense and led the squad with nine tackles.
SAFETY ZONE: Prior to Week Three last season, McDaniel had gone four seasons without allowing a safety. In the last two seasons, Muhlenberg has earned a safety in both of its games against the Green Terror. In the fourth quarter last year in Allentown, a bad snap on the McDaniel 13 resulted in a safety. In the third quarter this year in Westminster, a bad snap on a punt from the Green Terror 20 also resulted in a safety.
FALLBACK PLAN: In hopes of finding an offensive spark, McDaniel went to a two-quarterback system last week against the Mules. While Nick Valori started the game and played his share of time, classmate Seth McFall (Dover, Del./Caesar Rodney) came on with the start of the third series and quarterbacked four drives during the game. McFall threw for a career-high 77 yards on 7 of 13 passing with one interception.
TERROR TIDBITS: Nick Valori needs 74 yards to reach 2,000 for his career. He will be the 10th Green Terror signal caller to reach that mark… Three of McDaniel's last four shutouts have come at the hands of Muhlenberg… The Green Terror is 0-3 for the first time since starting 2007 with four straight losses… McDaniel has won the time of possession battle in all three games this year… All four of the Green Terror's passing touchdowns to date were in the opener and were caught by Francis Scott Key graduates. Nick O'Melia caught three while Keith Woodrow (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) nabbed the fourth… McDaniel is last in the league in scoring offense (11.7 ppg)… The Green Terror has the fewest penalties in the CC (14).
COACHES' CORNER: Mike Hoyt is in his first season at the helm of the Green Terror, entering today's game with an overall record of 0-3. He spent the last eight seasons as the defensive coordinator, culminating with being a finalist for the American Football Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year award in 2011. In his first season at Albright, his defense went from allowing an average of 235.4 yards per game to 175.1 yards per contest, helping to guide Albright to an ECAC South Atlantic championship. His tenure as defensive coordinator was marked specifically by stout run defense, ranking in the top half of the Middle Atlantic Conference in rush defense, total defense and scoring defense in four of his last five seasons. His 2008 defense led the conference and ranked 33rd nationally, allowing just 16.9 points per games and appeared in the ECAC South Central Bowl… Peter Gallagher is in his 12th season at Ursinus. He has posted a 55-60 mark at the helm of the Bears, including a 6-4 record in his first season (2001), marking the first time an Ursinus coach registered a winning season in his first year. In 2006, Gallagher added offensive coordinator to his duties and recorded the most successful campaign in his tenure at 8-3. In 2010, he guided the Bears to a share of the Centennial Conference title. Prior to his arrival in Collegeville, he served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Rochester in addition to successful stints at Dartmouth, Wagner and Georgetown.
THE WORD ON URSINUS: The Bears enter today's game off a 40-28 loss at Franklin & Marshall last week. The Diplomats jumped out to a 13-0 first-quarter lead before the Bears scored three times in the second quarter to close to within 26-21 at the intermission. Chris Curran threw for 266 yards with three touchdowns on 23 of 45 passing. He ran for another 73 yards and a score… Jerry Rahill caught seven balls for 89 yards while Josh Williams made another five snags for 65 yards… Curran currently leads the team in rushing with 92 yards… Curran has completed 52.9 percent of his passes for 783 yards and seven touchdowns. His 261.0 yards per game passing leads the CC… The Bears have the league's best passing offense (268.3 ypg) but the conference's worst pass defense (236.3 ypg)… Ursinus has allowed a CC-worst 36.0 points per game, including surrendering 40 or more each of the first two conference games… The Bears also have the league's worst rushing offense, averaging a scant 62.0 yards per game on the ground. Ursinus is sixth in total offense (330.3 ypg) and 10th in total defense (496.0 ypg)… Matt Glowacki leads the defense with 25 total tackles… Jerry Rahill is the squad's top receiver with 18 grabs for 216 yards and a touchdown. Darius Jones has 12 catches for a team-high 236 yards and four scores. Bryan Ellis also has double-digit grabs, nabbing 12 balls for 93 yards… Ursinus has not scored a point in the first quarter all season but has 35 second-quarter points.


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Design and install foam-water fire protection systems for high-challenge fires with the 2015 Spanish NFPA 16.
Used primarily in settings that use or store hydraulic fluids or other flammable liquids, NFPA 16: Standard for the Installation of Foam-Water Sprinkler and Foam-Water Spray Systems outlines requirements for the design, installation, and maintenance of systems for reliable fire protection.
Consult the 2015 Spanish NFPA 16 for the latest on components; water supplies; design and installation; acceptance tests; and inspection, testing, and maintenance. Systems are to be designed with the required density for either foam or water application as the controlling factor, depending on the design purpose.
Updates in NFPA 16 help designers, installers, and facilities managers avoid errors and conduct timely testing and approvals.
The 2015 Spanish NFPA 16 is an essential resource for designing effective fire protection systems, particularly for warehousing and process spaces where there is a high potential for flammable or combustible liquid pool fires. Foam-water systems are also common for tire storage facilities, where fires can create a significant problem from a control and suppression perspective. (Print, 34 pp., 2015 Spanish Edition)


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Texas Gulf Coast Environment Data Center
The Texas Gulf Coast Environmental Data (TEXGED) Center is a key player in supplying researchers and decision-makers with the information they need to plan and assess environmental problems along the U.S. Gulf Coast's southern region.
Sample Pictures of Ecological Studies in Gulf of Mexico
TEXGED Center was established in 1995 as the result of funded grant from NASA with a starter of about half million dollars through the small Satellites Initiatives SSTI Lewis of TRW and is called LEWIS SATELLITE HYPERSPECTRAL. Since then the center has participated and collaborated with JPL- NASA and used the AVIRIS sensor. Additionally the center also, used and received daily data from the AVHRR sensor as a collaborative site with NASA and NOAA.
TEXGED Center developed capabilities in conducting research in the environmental science areas such as bioremediation technologies using biological agents such as earthworms and soil microorganisms, monitoring global climatic changes, Biodiversity studies, ecological conservation, ecological changes over time (i.e. Space and time concept) and ecological / bio-modeling. The center has recently on January 2007, participated with 17 minority serving institutions (MSIs) comprised of 13 Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs), three Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) and one Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in submitting RFI to the NSF. The title of the project is Science and Engineering Alliance Phosphorus Observatory Network (SEAPON): Evaluating the Long Term Impact of Land Use/Cover and Climate Change on Phosphorous Dynamics. The initial budget submitted with SEAPON totaled $18,318,476. SEAPON is expected to lead to major enhancements in the research and training infrastructure among the MSIs involved. Additionally, the SEAPON project hopes to provide access hubs and the supporting computing and information technology infrastructure to allow routine access to SEAPON data and educational material in communities with limited and low economic resources.
TEXGED Center has collaborated with international universities such as AIN-Shams University in Egypt to establish graduate program in environmental Science to benefit both universities (i.e. PVAMU and Ain Shams University) and to exchange visitors to exchange experience in the issues related to environmental problems. As the results of this cooperation, visitors from both universities were accomplished and seminars were conducted. Additionally, one graduate student at Ph.D. level from Ain Shams University will be trained in TEXGED center to complete and finish his research and data analyses. This cooperation came to exist as the result of funding from Fulbright and US-AID project.
The Center has trained and supported post-doctoral research scientist, undergraduate and graduate students to participate in research projects related to environmental issues.
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Say you are conducting a survey and like most surveys you include a final open ended question. Again assume you have a large number of such responses (over 200), how do you analyze such unstructured data?
This is a problem faced by many librarians, whether they are running standardised Libqual+ surveys or their own home-brew survey.
One way of course would be to do content analysis. At the risk of over-simplifying you read through the comments, try to code them with some system that best allows you to combine similar comments together.
For instance, if you find many comments complaining about the lack of seats in the library, you might just code all such comments as "Too crowded"
For an example of this method see this paper (subscription required) on analysing Libqual+ comments.
Another interesting approach would be to subject all the comments with Text Visualization methods first to quickly spot patterns (possible codes). I found this amazing service – Many eyes by IBM that allows you to upload data and create visualizations of many different forms. Many eyes can do different types of visualizations but here I focus only on Text visualizations.
Tag Cloud
By now, every knows of tag clouds
Click on images to see them in their full glory.
You know the deal, larger the font it appears in, the more frequently it appears. You can choose to create tag clouds using one word, or two word phrases. Mouse over the tags and you can see the comments that contains those text in context. More details.
Gives you a quick overview of the codes that you might use for content analysis. For instance you can quickly see that "discussion rooms" are mentioned quite a bit.
Next up is Wordle
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Word Trees
Basically another kind of tag cloud. Moving on to some even more interesting, word-trees.
Click on images to see them in their full glory.
Here, I typed in the word "good" and it will show, all other possible continuations, with the most common ones in larger font. For instance, the word tree above shows that "good" is followed most often by "Service" and "work". Click on say service, and you get the image below
Click on images to see them in their full glory.
Instead of the word good service appearing in front, you can also set your chosen term ("good service" in image below) to appear at the end as the image below shows.
Click on images to see them in their full glory.
Phrase Nets
And lastly you can create phrase-nets out of the comments you get.
Click on images to see them in their full glory.
Words linked together in the phrase-nets can be connected by "and", "a" , "at", "the" etc (see selected option in orange on the left side of the image). In the example, above, they are simply connected by a space (they are next to each other).
"The size of a word is proportional to the number of times it occurred in a match; the thickness of an arrow between words tells you how many times those two words occurred in the same phrase. The color of a word indicates whether it was more likely to be found in the first of second slot of a pattern. The darker the word, the more often it appeared in the first position." — more.
Click on images to see them in their full glory.
The image above, shows the same phrase-net , except they are connected by "is". So the above shows that the phrase "library is excellent" and "service is excellent" appears a lot.
You can even use regular expressions to find and connect phrases!
To be frank, the images alone don't do them justice.
Want to play with a real data set? Try using this Libqual comments dataset uploaded by Cook University Library? Here are the Word clouds , Word tree and Phrase net visualizations of this data.


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We are proud to offer a secure online shopping experience for our customers.
Which payment methods can I use?
You can use the following payment methods-
It's asking for a security code..what is this?
You can find your card security code on the reverse of your card. It's the last three digits on the signature strip.
What do you do with my card details?
Your card information is not retained by Chockersshoes.co.uk once you've made a purchase.
Your payment will be processed by SagePay. Your card details are entered over a secure server system. Your card information is encrypted before being processed.
Chockersshoes.co.uk does not have access to any of your card details, these are only visible to SagePay. Once your payment is accepted by SagePay, Chockersshoes.co.uk is informed and we dispatch your order.
Please Note: Your payment will be taken from your card immediately. If there are any problems with your order or payment we will contact you by e-mail.
Problems with paying?
The most common problem at the checkout occurs if you've forgotten to enter the 'billing' address....this should be typed in exactly as it appears on your bank statement. If you do not enter your information exactly as registered with your bank, your payment may be declined.
Remember to fill in all of the boxes on the payments page or your payment request will not be submitted.
If you live in Ireland and do not have a postcode, simply enter four zeros (0000) into the postcode box.
What if I change my mind?
You can cancel your order before it's been dispatched from our warehouse. Please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com to request your cancellation. If your order has already been dispatched, you can return it within 14 days of purchase.
Promotional/Discount Codes?
If you have one of these codes, you may enter it at the billing stage and the correct amount/percentage will be deducted from your value of goods. Your delivery charge will then be added on at the end of your bill.
No one's ever at home...can I give another address?
Yes, you can do this, as long as someone will be there to sign for the delivery.
Can I use a gift voucher/credit voucher to pay?
Regrettably we cannot accept credit vouchers, gift vouchers or cheques as methods of payment.
Package damaged on arrival?
If your package is damaged on arrival and you feel this is unacceptable, ideally you should refuse to accept the package. If however, you have already accepted the package you will need to notify us within 24 hours of receiving. After this time claims will not be accepted.
What if my shoes are out of stock?
On occasions that your product is out of stock we may send you a carefully chosen alternative to which you will have the option to accept or decline. If your item does become out of stock we will inform you as soon as possible and whether it will be available again at a later date.
No ones ever at home...can give another address?
At the checkout you can enter a 'billing address' where your card is registered, then enter a 'delivery address' being an address where someone will be there to accept your delivery.
If there is no one there to accept the delivery, either a card will be posted through the door of the premises for you to collect from your local depot/ to arrange a re-delivery or the package may be left with a neighbour.
Can I track my order?
You can request your tracking number by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Your tracking number will not be available until your parcel has been dispatched.
Can I pick a day for my delivery?
In some cases yes. Its worth dropping us a quick e-mail and we will try our best to get your order to you on the day you specify. Regrettably we cannot deliver on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
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No joke – David Letterman is just happy to put his sex extortion case behind him.
Hours after veteran journalist Robert Halderman pleaded guilty to attempting to fleece Letterman for $2 million, the "Late Show" host steered clear of humor in commenting about the case's resolution on his program.
"I need to talk to you about a segment of my life here that began six months ago," Letterman said, striking a serious tone toward the end of an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night monologue.
"I found myself in some legal trouble, and pretty quickly, it was turned over to the District Attorney's office here in Manhattan," he said. "Now, I'd never been involved in anything like this in my life, and I was concerned and full of anxiety and nervous and worried."
Letterman next said he was told to trust that people in the D.A.'s office would deftly handle the case.
"Well, the matter was resolved today, and they were exactly right—it was handled professionally, skillfully and appropriately," he said.
The late-night comic went on to thank those who'd worked on his case by name, echoing a statement Letterman's lawyer made following Halderman's guilty plea on felony grand larceny charges earlier Tuesday.
Prosecutors had accused Halderman, a 52-year-old former producer for the CBS show "48 Hours," of leaving a threatening package in Letterman's car on Sept. 9. He was busted in a subsequent sting operation after allegedly demanding $2 million to keep quiet about his knowledge of Letterman's affairs.
Until Halderman copped a guilty plea, his defense had argued he was simply proposing a business deal, not a shakedown.
"We had a novel defense here involving complicated legal issues. I was very excited about the defense," Halderman lawyer Gerald Shargel said Tuesday. "But there would be a long road ahead of us, and considering the risks and the rewards and the need for Joe to put this behind him and get on with his life, those needs were paramount."
Halderman had faced up to 15 years in prison. Under terms of the plea agreement, he will reportedly be sentenced on May 4 to six months in jail with five years probation. He must also serve 1,000 hours of community service -- 500 hours in New York and 500 hours in Connecticut, his home state.
Halderman's guilty plea also means Letterman does not have to take the stand or otherwise air more "embarrassing" details of his private life in open court.
Letterman's public comments Tuesday contrasted with how he first addressed the case on his show. Back in October, Letterman interspersed self-deprecatory jokes with candid admissions of affairs with staffers and details of the extortion plot.
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POW! He was decapitated. They found his head over by the snowcone concession. A few days after that, I open up the mail and there's a pamphlet in there, from Pueblo, Colorado. And it's addressed to Bill Jr.
Apparently, other things are afoot in Pueblo, as well. To wit, Nicole Uribe, Irene Lerma and her husband Jose-Juan Lerma are being held on $50,000 bail after Uribe offered the Lermas a five-month-old child in exchange for the down payment on a Dodge Intrepid. God, if that kid ever finds out his mom only thought him worth part of an obsolete '90s Dodge sedan, self-esteem issues are gonna dog him for the rest of his life. If it were us, we might feel compelled to change our name to "Cab Forward" later in life.
Woman accused of using infant as car down payment [CNN]
I've Noticed This Peel P50 Can Also Be Worn as a Hat! [Internal]