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The goal of part 3 is to introduce some analysis and geoprocessing features and techniques using a site selection problem as an example. Over the course of this exercise you'll learn how to: create a new project from an existing one, create a subset of a layer and process it to create land boundaries, join an attribute table to a shapefile, map the attributes of a shapefile, take a list of coordinates and convert it to a shapefile, draw buffers around a set of features, and select features based on their attributes and their spatial relationship to other features.
The object of this particular exercise is to identify potential areas within neighborhoods in New York City for locating a comic book store. Market research suggests that the primary demographic groups that purchase comic books are adults aged 18 to 34, people employed in professional and related occupations, and men. Based on this research we will identify neighborhoods that have a high percentage of adults in this age bracket and that don't have a large imbalance between the number of men and women. We will also identify areas within these neighborhoods that are within a half mile of a college or university (where young adults tend to congregate and people tend to work in professional occupations).
|I. Creating New Project From Existing One
|II. Geoprocessing Shapefiles
|III. Joining and Mapping Attribute Data
|IV. Plotting Coordinate Data
|V. Running Statistics and Querying Attributes
|VI. Drawing Buffers and Making Selections
|VII. Screen Captures
This section will show you how to create a new project from an existing one and will set the working environment for the rest of part 3.
Use the Save button to save the current project, and the Save As button to save the current project as a new copy with a different project name. Save As saves you the effort of starting from scratch if you have an existing project that you can use to branch off from. When you remove a layer from a project you're just severing the link between a particular project and that data; you're not actually deleting the data itself.
In this section you'll learn how to process a shapefile to prepare it for analysis. This is a common GIS task; normally when you download publicly available shapefiles you'll have to do some processing to make them usable for your projects.
You'll be processing a boundary file for Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) which we'll use to approximate neighborhood boundaries. PUMAs are statistical boundaries created by the US Census Bureau. The file was downloaded from the US Census TIGER Line Files.
For this exercise we're working with Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) which are a statistical area created by the US Census Bureau. While PUMAs were created for a specific purpose (geographically aggregating census microdata), they are also useful for mapping areas within large cities. PUMAs were designed to have approximately 100,000 people, which makes them better than legal or administrative units for making comparisons or mapping distributions. Neighborhoods in most North American cities are rarely formally delineated, so a geographic unit like a PUMA can serve as a proxy.
The choice of a geographic unit is an important decision; it's often a balance between the availability of data for an area, the suitability of the unit for the analysis, the amount of work that has to be invested in processing and analyzing the data, and the final outputs that will be created (tables, charts, maps) to explain the data.
PUMAs are a good choice for our exercise because: data is regularly published for these areas by the Census Bureau (annually as three year estimates published in the American Community Survey), PUMAs are good for approximating NYC neighborhoods, they are designed to have approximately the same number of people, and there are only 55 of them in the city which makes it manageable for this tutorial. One disadvantage is that the large size of a PUMA can mask individual population clusters within it, which makes it difficult to pinpoint an exact location for a retail store (but isn't unreasonable for getting a general idea of which areas to explore).
Compare PUMAs with other geographic units to get a better idea of the strengths and weaknesses. ZIP codes are more familiar to people and are commonly used in marketing, but the boundaries tend to be irregular and areas vary widely in size and population (ZIP codes were designed for delivering mail, not for studying populations). ZIP Code data is only available from the decennial census, which has a much smaller number of variables relative to the American Community Survey and is only updated every ten years. Census tracts are census statistical areas created to have an optimum size of 4,000 people. They would be better for pinpointing a more specific location for a store, but there are thousands of them in the city and would require more time to process and work with. Census tract data is available from the American Community Survey annually as five year estimates.
The Census Bureau creates and maintains legal, statistical, and administrative boundaries for all geographic areas that it publishes data for. It also creates and maintains geographic features such as water, roads, and landmarks that are used when creating statistical boundaries. These files were originally in a vector format created by the census called Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing or TIGER. The Census now provides this data in shapefile format. The files are in the public domain and can be downloaded for free at http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/.
The PUMAs used in this tutorial were downloaded from the Census TIGER site. Most of the other files used in this exercise were created from the TIGER files. The NYC counties file is a subset of the TIGER county file for New York State, while the facilities and parks layers are aggregations and selections from the TIGER landmarks file for each of the five counties. All three layers were previously geoprocessed to convert legal boundaries to land boundaries, using a subset of the TIGER water features.
We were able to add the PUMA layer directly to our project because it shares the same geographic coordinate system as our other layers - NAD 83. Data downloaded from the Census TIGER site are all projected in NAD 83. We'll discuss and work with map projections later on in this tutorial.
The Census Bureau makes minor updates to boundaries from year to year, but major changes occur each decade as each decennial census is released. The ACS data we are using in this tutorial is from 2007-2009, so we're using the 2009 TIGER files, which are based on 2000 Census geography. ACS data for 2010 will be tabulated based on new 2010 Census geography.
One of the strengths of GIS is the ability to perform spatial queries on features; i.e. select all areas that intersect other areas. This is one area where QGIS is still developing. The Select by Location feature of the fTools plugin only allows you to select features that intersect other features. However, several other spatial query options exist in other GIS packages, such as selecting features that border each other, or that are within or have their center within other features (the latter would have been the preferred option for selecting PUMAs within NYC counties). QGIS does have a Spatial Query plugin that can be activated in the plugins menu, and provides other options such as: crosses, disjoint, intersects, touches, and within. However, the tool isn't perfect and seems to have trouble when making selections between two polygon layers, which is why it wasn't demonstrated in this tutorial (although it works better when selecting points or lines in relation to polygons). If you need spatial query options beyond intersect, you can use other open source software: the command line GDAL / OGR tools, a geodatabase (PostGIS or SpatiaLite) tool, or GRASS GIS.
It's pretty common that you'll download geographic data that covers an area that is wider than you need. Since GIS data is malleable, it usually makes sense to grab data for a larger area and select out just the portions you need, if you can't find a layer that consists just of the areas you want; this is something to keep in mind when you search for data on the web.
It's also rather common that you'll download shapefiles that represent boundaries, but these boundaries will often incorporate land and water. If your intention is to show the actual boundary lines for reference purposes, then you will want to use the files as is. However, if you want to map the distribution of phenomena by area you'll want to process the boundaries to remove water as that phenomena isn't likely distributed there (i.e. there is no population living in the harbor or ocean). You'd also want to alter the boundaries if you're creating maps and want the user to be able to clearly understand the areas you're depicting. The Difference tool accomplishes this by subtracting the areas of bodies of water from the boundaries, resulting in features that show the outline of land.
This is merely one application and tool in the geoprocessing toolkit. Geoprocessing is essentially a GIS operation to manipulate the spatial aspects of GIS data. In the broad sense it includes layer overlay, feature selection, data conversion, and topology processing. In a more narrow sense that we're using here, it refers specifically to topology processing; modifying the actual geometry (points, lines, and areas) of features and files. Via the ftools plugin, QGIS has the following Geoprocessing tools for vector layers (running each tool creates a new layer; it does not modify existing layers):
In addition, there are also some geoprocessing tools under the Geometry Tools menu in ftools that convert or break polygons apart into simpler features like lines or points (we'll cover single-part and multi-part polygons later) and under the Data Management Tools menu (for aggregating many shapefiles into one file; the opposite of the selection / subset process). Geoprocessing for raster layers is available through the GDAL plugin.
You may have noticed that when we've created new layers, we have used underscores instead of spaces when naming files, i.e. pumas_nyc_boundaries.shp. When naming files it's best practice to use underscores instead of spaces and to avoid using any punctuation in file names. This helps to insure compatibility of data across operating systems and to prevent possible errors when loading or reading data in the software. You should follow the same rules when creating folders to store data. The name of your file should reflect what it contains; you could include the geographic area it covers, the type of feature, and possibly a date or number to indicate different iterations of the data.
In this section you'll learn how to join an attribute table to a shapefile and map the attributes in that table. Now that the PUMA boundaries are ready, we need to associate them with census data on the age and gender of residents of those PUMAs in order to select the optimal neighborhoods for locating our store.
The demographic data used in this exercise comes from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS). Each year the census publishes annual survey data for all geographic areas in the US that have at least 65,000 people. Since the survey results for areas with smaller populations are often not statistically significant, the bureau averages data over several years for smaller areas. Data for areas that have at least 20,000 people is averaged for a three year period, and areas with less than 20,000 people down to the census tract level are averaged for a five year period. Each year the bureau releases a new annual data set and updates the two averaged data sets by adding the latest year of data and dropping the oldest one. For our exercise, we are using 3 year average data from 2007-2009. Even though PUMAs have a target population of 100,000 residents, it is better to use the three year data. As you drill down from the general population to figures that describe more specific groups, more data will be available in the three year dataset as the figures for smaller groups will not be significant in the annual dataset.
The American Community Survey was designed to provide data on a frequent basis and to largely replace the form on the decennial census that collected detailed information about the population. Beginning with the 2010 Census, the decennial census only provides basic demographic indicators of the population such as age, gender, race, and the total number of households and housing units. The decennial census is a count (not a survey) of the population and continues to be useful for making historical comparisons, providing a baseline for creating estimates, and for doing analysis below the census tract level (the decennial census is mandated by law to reapportion seats in the House of Congress). A third data product, Population Estimates, is published annually and is created using demographic calculations (as opposed to a count or survey) based on births, deaths, and migration. Basic estimates (total population, age, gender, race, and housing units) are published for states, counties, incorporated places, and metropolitan areas.
All the datasets from the US Census are available for download from the bureau's American Factfinder data portal at http://factfinder.census.gov/. All of the data is free and in the public domain. When you download the data you may have to process it to aggregate certain variables before you can use it. The age data that we are using in this exercise has been preprocessed; when initially downloaded, there was one column for each age cohort for each gender; the appropriate age and gender columns for the 18 to 34 population were combined and the unnecessary columns deleted.
Census data from other countries may be more difficult to obtain, as is may not be free or in the public domain, may not be documented in English, and may not be available in a digital format. You can check the website of the statistical agency for an individual country to see what is available, or you can visit the websites of international organizations like the United Nations or World Bank to obtain basic population data for all countries.
The decision of which census variables to examine in this study was made by consulting psychographic data and market research reports. This data is generated by marketing surveys to determine which groups of people are interested in products or activities relative to other groups based on age, gender, race, occupation, education level, and geographic location. The census data for this exercise was chosen based on statistics from the Market Reporter, a series of pyschographic reports published in a database called MRI+. This data is not freely or publicly available; you would have to access it through an organization that subscribes to the database, such as your university library, academic department, or place of work.
The ability to join data tables in a database or a data table to a shapefile is made possible by the use of identifiers, which are codes used to uniquely identify features. If features in two separate data tables share the same identifier, those data tables can be matched or joined together based on that common identifier, allowing you to create new data or to map data in a table.
There are several standard codes for identifying features. In the United States, FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) codes are a classification system for identifying all legal, administrative, and statistical areas in the country. For example, FIPS 36061 is the FIPS code for New York County (Manhattan). The first two digits are the code for New York State, while the last three digits are the unique code within New York State for New York County. In an attribute table these codes may appear in separate columns (state, county) or in a single column as one string.
The US government has also created two-letter alpha FIPS codes for each of the world's countries and uses them for international data published by various agencies. However, international data is more commonly coded with ISO codes (ISO 3166) which are available in a two-letter alpha format, a three letter alpha format, and a three-digit numeric format.
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It is generally best practice to store ID codes as text and not as numbers since they don't represent quantities. Storing ID codes as numbers can result in data loss and misidentification. If codes begin with a value of zero and the ID is stored as a number, the zero will be dropped and the code will be incorrect (i.e. imagine you have a file with US ZIP codes and all ZIP codes that begin with zero are truncated).
In order to join two tables together based on an identifier, you need to be sure that each field is stored in the same data format; if one is stored as text and the other is numeric, the join will fail. Furthermore, you need to insure that each record is unique because one to many joins are not allowed; if you have a data table that has multiple records for one country, only one of those records will be joined to a shapefile and the others will be dropped. Finally, you should never use place names as identifiers or join fields because there are often many inconsistencies (imagine the number of different ways for spelling or abbreviating country names like the United States or South Korea).
Adding or appending identifiers to tabular data that lack this information is a common data processing task that you'll likely have to perform.
One footnote - technically, FIPS codes have been superseded by ANSI INCITS codes (American National Standards Institute, International Committee for Information Technology Standards). INCITS 38:2009 are the codes for states (formerly FIPS 5-2) and INCITS 31:2009 are for counties (formerly FIPS 6-4). FIPS codes for countries (FIPS 10-4) were also deprecated but not replaced with anything; the assumption is that codes comparable to ISO will eventually be adopted. In the meantime many federal agencies continue to use FIPS 10-4. Despite these recent changes, the term 'FIPS', while no longer correct, is still commonly used to refer to identifier codes created by the US government. The US Census Bureau maintains a lists of the ANSI (FIPS) codes on its website: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ansi/ansi.html
A list of US State ANSI / FIPS codes is available in the appendix of this tutorial.
DBF files are an old data table file format from a database system called dBase that was once common in several database systems. While many of these systems are no longer widely used the file format has survived, in part because dbf files are a component of shapefiles that store all of the attributes of features. QGIS is able to take data stored in standalone dbf files and join them to dbfs affiliated with shapefiles based on a common ID code, using basic relational database techniques (a SQL join statement).
Important things to note about DBFs:
CSV files are an alternative format for getting stand-alone data tables into QGIS. We'll cover these later in the tutorial.
In this section you'll learn how to take a text file with coordinate data, plot the data in GIS, and convert it to a shapefile. It's often difficult to find pre-existing shapefiles of buildings, particularly businesses and residences. But you can create your own point layers if you have the coordinates of the places you wish to plot. In this exercise you'll create a layer of comic book stores from a text file that lists each store with its latitude and longitude coordinates.
The coordinate data for the comic book stores was downloaded from a database called ReferenceUSA and processed so that it was ready for plotting. While government agencies often create and provide geographic data for boundaries and physical features, private features like businesses are usually not captured. These datasets must often be purchased or created from address or coordinate data. ReferenceUSA is not a freely available resource, but it is commonly held by many academic and public libraries. You can search for businesses by name, industrial classification code, and geography and download the data in spreadsheet format; although the number of records you can access in one download is limited. They provide comprehensive business, health care, and residence data for the US and Canada. The inclusion of XY coordinates (longitude and latitude) for each record makes it possible to plot the data in GIS.
There are free, public sources for downloading coordinate data that you can use to create features for natural (lakes, mountain peaks, parks, etc.) and human-made (cities, airports, schools, cemeteries, etc.) features, such as the USGS Geographic Names Information System (for US features) and the NGA's GEOnet Names Server (for international features). If you have batches of addresses, you can look-up the coordinates for these addresses using a geocoding service such as the Geocoding Service at the USC GIS lab.
A text file is a plain document format that is often used for storing and sharing data. Since it is relatively simple and contains no formatting it is cross platform and historically stable. The attributes of each record are separated by a delimiter to indicate different fields. This allows spreadsheet and database programs to parse the text file into columns when you open or import it into that software. Common delimiters include commas, tabs, and pipes. The disadvantage of text files is that the fields are not associated with a specific data type; unlike a DBF file where a field can be designated as a string, integer, real, or other type. When importing text files you need to be careful that columns are designated correctly during the import process; strings inadvertently stored as numbers may have zeros dropped, while numbers inadvertently stored as strings cannot be treated mathematically. Depending on the source of the text files, fields that are intended to be strings may be surrounded by quotes, so that software can recognize and import those fields correctly.
In this section you'll learn to calculate basic statistics for attributes and use some of the advanced query features. Now that all of the data is in place, we can begin to remove neighborhoods that don't meet our site selection criteria. We want to target neighborhoods that don't have a large number of existing stores, have a high percentage of 18 to 34 year olds, and don't have a large imbalance between men and women.
Since the goal of our exercise is to demonstrate the capabilities and possible uses of GIS, we're not adhering to really strict criteria in our site selection process; the example is merely illustrative. Is a cut off of 26% of total residents aged 18 to 34 reasonable? It really depends on your goals, and whether you would prefer to have a focused, narrow selection of places or a more expansive one. Does it make sense to omit a PUMA that is only a few hundredths of a decimal place below 26%? These are the kinds of decisions you'll have to make for each project you do. You may decide that a line has to be drawn somewhere and that's it, or you may wish to allow an exception within a few decimal places or to round your numbers. You also could decide to make a qualitative decision - based on what you know about the neighborhood that's near the dividing line, should you include it or exclude it?
You have a few tools at your disposal for making these decisions; the basic statistics for determining mean, median, range, and standard deviation to establish a baseline are helpful. The data classification tools for symbolizing your data based on quantiles or equal intervals can also aid your decision (we'll discuss these later on). Regardless of what you do, look at the attribute table and make sure to examine and understand your data. You can easily copy the data from the attribute table using the copy to clipboard button and paste it into a spreadsheet, where you can create a scatter plot of the distribution to visualize where gaps in the data are. This can also aid you in classifying it (the natural breaks method; we'll discuss this later as well). It also helps to become familiar with the places you are studying, so you can draw on your more qualitative experiences to make decisions and perform a "reality check" on your observations.
The advanced selection menu under the attribute table allows you to build complex queries for selecting features. QGIS, and most GIS packages, use the Standard Query Language (SQL) that's used when working with databases. Some tips:
One of the primary strengths of GIS is the ability to layer different features and to combine or extract information to create new features. In this section you'll learn how to create buffers around features and to deduct areas from selections. For our example, since young people tend to congregate around universities we'll identify these zones and remove areas from our neighborhood selection that are not near schools.
Since the coordinate system of our layers is NAD 83 and it uses degrees of latitude and longitude, we have to specify units for measuring the distance of our buffers in degrees. This is difficult for a number of reasons; it's much easier for us to conceive how large a kilometer or mile is relative to a degree. A thornier issue is that the length of a degree isn't constant - the distance between degrees of longitude decreases as we move from the equator to the poles. The distance between degrees of latitude is relatively consistent, but is also not equal to a degree of longitude, which requires us (or software) to make complex calculations to transform degrees into simple distance measurements. Here are some ways to get around this problem when creating buffers:
In our example we chose to dissolve the boundaries of the buffers where they intersected because we were interested in the total area within a half mile of any college. The resulting shapefile consisted of a single feature - the entire buffer. What if we wanted to preserve the individual boundaries of each buffer? We would leave that Dissolve box unchecked. The resulting shapefile would consist of several features, one buffer for each school, AND each feature would take the attributes of the school it surrounds (i.e. the school's ID codes, name, address, etc).
As we've moved through this exercise, we've created many shapefiles along the way; every time we made a selection or performed a geoprocessing function we ended up with a new file. There are two things we should note here.
First, this can get pretty confusing. With each new file you create, it's easy to lose track of what each one represents. You can mitigate this by giving your files names that clearly indicate what they are. Documenting your progress in a logbook, whether it's on paper or in a simple text file, can help you keep things straight. You may also decide to delete files that were created during the middle of the process. This is fine as long as you think you won't need to go back and re-do a step, either because the parameters of your project have changed or you've spotted an error.
Second, QGIS has recently made some improvements so it's not always necessary to create a new file with every single processing step. Some menus will give you the option to select features or perform operations on features that are ALREADY selected. This allows you to work with just the features you need from one layer to create a new one, skipping the interim step of creating a new shapefile of just the features you want to work with.
Site selection theories and land use analysis can be traced back to the early 19th century with the introduction of Von Thunen's land rent gradient. Subsequent work that included Weber's median location, Hotelling's competitive location problem, Christaller's Central Place Theory, and Tobler's Laws of Geography have provided a framework for the science (and art) of optimal site selection. Optimal site selection is studied within the fields of geography, location science, and operations management, and has expanded with the introduction and evolution of GIS. The three laws of location science, as summarized by Church and Murray (Business site selection, location analysis, and GIS, 2009) are:
It's also important to understand the unique spatial patterns of each type of business or industry; a phenomena that economic and urban geographers have been studying for many decades. Products or services classified as low ordered goods tend to be located in most environments, and there will be more of these businesses in places with higher population densities. High order goods tend to require a higher population density and will be present in fewer locations. For example, businesses like gas stations, dry cleaners, and family doctor's offices will be located in most areas, while office towers, specialty retail, and major hospitals will be located in fewer places, spaced further apart. Businesses like gas stations and convenience stores tend to cluster around major transportation intersections, while car dealerships and hotels tend to cluster around each other in districts. Movie theaters and large shopping malls on the other hand tend not to cluster together; they are spaced apart to serve different populations.
We worked with comic book stores in our exercise as they are good example of a specialized, moderately high order business. They serve a very specific demographic group and as a sub-industry they have not been co-opted by larger retailers or by the Internet (at least not yet). Since there are approximately fifty in New York City our example was manageable. The use of PUMAs instead of census tracts was feasible; as a higher order business comic book stores attract customers from a wider geographic area relative to lower order businesses.
The location of non-retail or non-service industries is also distinct. Manufacturing industries often depend on the availability of raw materials and inputs and the distance for finished products to reach transportation and markets, while hi-tech industries tend to locate near pools of highly educated labor. Agricultural uses often appear where other land uses are not present and where land is inexpensive. The types of crops or livestock they produce will vary based on environmental factors like climate or soil.
The bottom line: if you are going to conduct a site selection analysis, you must understand the context: study the industry or business you are interested in, do some market research, make sure you're familiar with the geographic environment you're working with, and choose your geographic units of analysis and indicators carefully.
In this brief section you'll learn how to create a screen shot of your map that you can easily share with others. You'll learn how to make a presentation quality map in the next part.
Based on our results, what would you do next? How would you decide where to locate the store? What else would you investigate? Is there anything that we've done in this exercise that you would do differently, if you had to conduct an analysis like this for an actual project?
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Carl Froch says he would have retired if knocked out like Khan
IBF super-middleweight world champion Carl Froch says he would retire if he had been knocked out like Amir Khan in his loss to Danny Garcia.
Khan, 25, was stopped in the fourth round by the unbeaten American in Las Vegas on Saturday night and has now lost his last two fights.
Britain's Froch told 5 live Sportsweek: "Khan's been knocked out by someone who is not touted for the top level.
Khan's defeats
- Breidis Prescott - knocked out in first round in Manchester, September 2008
- Lamont Peterson - Split decision loss in Washington, December 2011
- Danny Garcia - knocked out in fourth round in Las Vegas, July 2012
"It's very damaging. I would retire if that happened to me."
Khan was knocked down three times as Garcia claimed the British fighter's WBA light-welterweight belt and held on to his WBC title.
After a strong start, Khan was floored in the third by a counter and could not recover from shots in round four.
Froch - who became a three-time world champion with an impressive fifth-round stoppage of Lucian Bute in May - has lost twice in his career.
But he questioned whether Khan is capable of coming back from his latest defeat.
Froch said: "People can say that I have lost twice before, but if I had lost to Bute I would have retired.
"I'm not in this sport to get beat, get knocked out and get outclassed, I'm in this game to be at the top and stay at the very top.
"It's a personal decision to retire but to get stopped in the fourth round after previously being knocked out is very damaging. It's finishing. He has found a level.
"You have to consider that he was badly knocked out by Breidis Prescott and he lost to Lamont Peterson as well.
"I hope he can come back, he's got enough years left and if he has the ambition and desire to come back he could. He's a good fighter.
"Can I apologise to my family friends and everyone. I got caught with a shot and I know millions of you are upset but that's boxing for you"
"But this is boxing. It's a very, very tough sport."
Khan's trainer Freddie Roach said his fighter can return from the latest setback, and opened up the possibilty of a rematch with the unbeaten American.
"He's still young and people make mistakes, but this is what makes us better when we avenge things like this," Roach told BBC Sport.
"Amir told me he wants a rematch, he said he would love to have it in England, so let's see if Danny Garcia has the heart to come over there."
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Comment number 239.jonny
17th July 2012 - 13:39
Amir Khan is by far the best boxer the world has ever known. Only problem is that ridiculous oversight within the rules of the sport that allows the opposition to hit him back, especially in and around his glass chin. I propose a rule-change: Noone is allowed to hit Amir above shoulder height, Furthermore, the definition of boxing should be altered to, "who can tap the fastest". Who's with me.
Comment number 238.spanishstan
17th July 2012 - 12:50
I'm a Boltoner just like Amir and If I was him I would retire. Lets face it you've been there and done it why suffer.
Comment number 237.Neil
17th July 2012 - 1:48
I agree with 217 Khan can come back but he needs to stop constantly looking past fights and focus on and respect the opponent in front of him. All we ever here pe fight is how he wants to clean up the division, or "I want Mayweather next" blah blah blah. Keep winning and the future takes care of itself.
Comment number 236.Raj Jain
16th July 2012 - 23:45
Met Chris Eubank last week. I asked him what was THE most important attritbute one needed to be a world class boxer. His reply:
"the ability to take a beating in the ring and still go on to win."
Very wise words from an experienced Champ!
Comment number 235.Raj Jain
16th July 2012 - 23:35
We're all missing the point here. I've just watched the fight again, and realised that on the 1st knockdown Garcia hit Khan on the right side of his Neck, the 2nd time was on the left side of his neck, and the 3rd time was a grazing shot on the scalp of his head. The funny thing is everytime Garcia DID land on Khan's jaw, Khan took it - very odd!
Never seen a boxer downed by punches on the neck!
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Directions:: Go approx. 5 miles south of I-70 on Hwy.41 to the Fowler
Park sign. Turn east and the park entrance is on the left side.
Trail Information:: Once in the park there are various trials and loops of different lengths and also more just east of the park too which are easy to access from the east side of the park. Some trails are rutted and rocky with roots too. All are runable.
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Breast-feeding mothers still need support.
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|Thu, 03-28-2013 - 10:12am
Americans Support Breast-Feeding, as Long as It's 'Free'
February 28, 2013 By KJ DELL'ANTONIA
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Much of the narrative around breast-feeding of late is about the "backlash." In one segment of society, breast-feeding is seen as nearly ubiquitous — so ubiquitous that to do anything else, no matter the reason, is to court disapproval and even condemnation. When you read an article on the necessity of defending that choice (like those from Marie C. Baca, writing here and Chris Kornelis, writing for The Atlantic), you might think that only the fearless formula feeder needs support, while the triumphant nursing mother, saluted by the phrase "breast is best," revels in the security of a job well done.
You would be wrong.
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And then there's the question that wasn't asked: if 72 percent of you agree or strongly agree that "all babies should be breast-fed exclusively for a minimum of six months as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics," then wouldn't it be "very helpful" if the mothers of those babies could all take at least some paid time off to do just that?
Who thinks many of those respondents would have put their money where their mouth is, even in responding to a survey?
It's time to ask. We don't, as a society, put our money on breast-feeding.
|Thu, 03-28-2013 - 3:44pm
I read that when it was posted, and I liked it quite a bit.
The problem is that what we have now is lots of so-called "support," in the form of people telling women why breastfeeding is important and discouraging formula feeding.
The advantage of the current approach is that it's cheap and easy, whereas other forms of support--increasing maternity leave, educating doctors about breastfeeding mechanics, requiring pumping accomodations at work, hiring hospital lactation consultants, etc.-- cost money.
The disadvantages of the current approach are that it (1) doesn't do much to help women actually breastfeed over the long term, and (2) it does really good job of encouraging a backlash by formula feeders.
|Thu, 03-28-2013 - 8:14pm
"Telling women why breastfeeding is important and discouraging formula feeding" is an unusual definition of "support". I'm not sure that I would call it support without some context.
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Telling women why breastfeeding is important and discouraging formula feeding" is an unusual definition of "support". I'm not sure that I would call it support without some context.
That to me is promotion of BF'ing not support. Support would be providing info, help, accomodations, and such to actually help moms take the BF is importing and actually put it into practice by exclusively BF'ing for at least six months.


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2013 and earlier - BMW 5 Series Prices Paid and Buying Experience
My friends,
I am engaged in a huge debate with myself as to what I should do. I am going to buy a 528i through BMW's Executive Preference Program (EPP), which allows me to purchase the vehicle through my company (since it has over 500 employees) for $3,000 below dealer invoice - no questions asked (and no additional negotiation permitted).
Here are the two options I am debating between:
2013 528i
Premium Package
(316 - Power tailgate, 322 - Comfort Access system, 655 - Satellite radio, LC - Dakota Leather)
Technology Package
(609 - Navigation system, 610 - Head-up Display, 615 - Online Information Services, 6NF -Smartphone Integration, 6NR - BMW Apps, 6UH - Real Time Traffic Information, 6WA - Instrument cluster with extended contents)
Invoice: $49,710
Grand Total: $50,612.60 ($49,710 (invoice) - $3,000 (EPP discount) X 6% (Sales Tax) + $1,100 (dealer fees/tag))
2012 528i
Premium Package
(316 Power tailgate, 319 - Universal Garage Door Opener, 508 - Park Distance Control, LC - Dakota Leather)
Technology Package
(3AG - Rear-view camera, 609 Navigation system)
& (separately added on) 6NR - BMW Apps
Invoice: $48,000
Grand Total $48,880.00 ($48,000 (invoice) - $3,000 (EPP discount) x 6% (Sales Tax) + $1,100 (dealer fees/tag))
Which 528i would you buy?
Ok, the most immediately apparent difference is the price: the 2013 cost $1,700 more than the 2012 (part of that is due to the $600 increase in MSRP for the 2013, and part of it is the price of the packages)
But, as you can see, the packages come with DIFFERENT items:
-The 2013 Premium package comes with satellite radio (which I won't use - I'm a big Pandora fan), as well as the Comfort Access System - I'm not sure if I'm going to use that. But, unfortunately, the 2013 loses the Park Distance Control. What's more important?
-The 2013 Technology package loses the Rear-view camera (which is a shame), but gains the Head-up Display, which according to some people on the forum, is the most amazing thing since sliced bread.
-Also, the 2013 comes with the newly updated (hardware and software) navigation system (which is discussed in length here:http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=691429). This is important to me, as my understanding is that the new system will be better and faster. I'm a big technology buff.
-And of course (still in debate), is the possibility (albeit unlikely) that the new digital multifunction instrument display (instrument cluster) might be on the new 2013 (see http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=690544) but it is not looking like it will be in the July builds.
I'm leaning towards buying the 2013, especially considering that the 2012 production run has ended, and BMW is obviously going to try to unload the remainder of them at somewhat of a discount prior to the arrival of the 2013's (but unfortunately my deal through the EPP program always remains the same - $3,000 below invoice).
THOUGHTS? Your comments are GREATLY appreciated.
coupedncal Posts: 252
marinskas Posts: 13Coupedncal, anyone: is it possible to negotiate below invoice AND then combine negotiated price with Manufacturer's rebates, Team USA rebate, and other rebates? In other words if one negotiates $3k off the invoice - can he still apply additional discounts potentially adding up to another $4k, which would equal to $7k off the invoice??? If that's the case - this would be the best deal ever! :shades:
Jason, are you sure that cash allowances can be combined with the EPP?
This is from the EPP document "While the programs that are available and applicable will vary based on the time of purchase, certain cash discount programs (i.e. model build out allowances) will not be available in conjunction with the national EPP program."
Also, in another EPP document I have, it says "Fleet pricing for Cash purchases or FMC acquisitions cannot be combined with any retail sales support programs, retail invoice or option credits."
Lastly, I have USAA insurance, and I believe there are some potential cash benefits for that as well, but I am also not sure if they can be combined with EPP.
And by the way, I am buying the car - not sure if that matters.
el_duderino_ Posts: 6I was quoted a money factor of .0225 and Residual of 56% for a 2012 535i 36mo/15k lease. Why such a high MF?
Also, the dealer only offered $5k below MSRP ($1k over invoice), which I don't feel was too great of a deal, especially with the '13's around the corner.
What do you think will change once the 2013's hit the lot?
Leased a 535i Deep Sea Blue with Sport, premium, premium sound, tech, HUD, surround cameras.
Price was about 65k MSRP. Ended up at invoice price minus 1500 option allowance plus another 1500 coupon that BMW mailed me (Which I ended up getting right before I was to leave for dealership) They could not combine my Team USA rebate with this.
I did multiple security deposits. I think MF was around .00141.
15k miles/year, nothing down 760 including tax/month.
There was another dealer who was willing to give me a further 500 off but didn't have the color/combination I was looking for.
This is in So Cal.
solar2000 Posts: 25Friends, I am unable to find the 528xi M Sport with all the options that I want. The dealerships that I have contacted suggested doing a custom order. Do any of you have experience with this? What should I watch out for and what questions should I be asking? Any and all advice appreciated! Thanks!!!
habitat1 Posts: 4,282We custom ordered a 2012 X5 Diesel from a local dealer for pickup at the BMW Performance Center. Different vehicle, but same reason. Couldn't find the color / option combination we wanted in stock.
In retrospect, it's a great way to go. We got a very competitive discount (within $500 of the best deal on an in-stock model) but effectively saved money by not having to take any extra options that we didn't want. We ordered mid July and will be picking up on September 5. Could have picked up a week or two earlier, but had vacation plans and back to school conflicts.
Re: Performance Center Delivery. Absolutely the way to go if you have the time and live within 500 miles of Spartanburg. ALL models can be picked up there, even the M-cars. BMW puts you up for a night at the Marriott with dinner and breakfast included. Tour of the factory and then you get out on the track with BMW professional drivers. Friend did it last year with his wife and they both raved about the experience, vs. just being handed the keys and driving off the dealer lot.
snathan1 Posts: 1Dealer in another state that I live in is asking
44.9K with 10,000 miles for a Demo car 2012 (says being driven about 1200 miles per month as loaner car).
with the options as follows:
Cold weather, technology, premium pkg
Its not CPO but says 4 yrs./50K applies to the remaining period.
Asking $2500 to get it CPO status.
Asking for full payment to send it across state lines - no financing allowed.
If financing, have to travel 700 miles to the dealer and pick up by myself.
Similar car with same options in my local area being offered at 49K - demo car but with 3800 miles. But, its not the color we want while the first one is the color we want.
Any opinion if these prices are ok?
Thanks for your time,
vikmahaj Posts: 62013 BMW 535i
Deep Sea Blue Metallic
Black Dakota Leather
Driver Assistance Package
Premium Package
Technology Package
Heated Front Seats
Price - $58,570
36 month/10k mile - Monthly payment of $734 with $4,000 Drive-Off ($2,000 from Client, $2,000 BMW Holiday Cash)
36 month/10k mile - Monthly payment of $645 with $7,000 Drive-Off ($5,000 from Client, $2,000 BMW Holiday Cash)
39 month/10k mile - Monthly payment of $720 with $4,000 Drive-Off ($2,000 from Client, $2,000 BMW Holiday Cash)
39 month/10k mile - Monthly payment of $636 with $7,000 Drive-Off ($5,000 from Client, $2,000 BMW Holiday Cash)
60% Residual for 36 month lease
58% Residual for 39 month lease
Money Factor is 1.25
License - $569 (approximate)
Documentation Fee - $80
Bank Fee - $795
CA Tire Fee - $8.75
County tax rate : 8.25
agrant1 Posts: 3Hello all,
My 530i, purchased in 09 from Irvine BMW, extended maintenance/warranty plan just ended. The odometer just turned 97k miles, and I'm trying to decide if I should keep it or not now that I am footing the maint/repair bills. Car has been a pleasure so far with little more than planned maintenance. Average mpg is 25 and it still looks and drives great.
Any owners out there that can offer advice/experience? This is my first BMW.
dangerously Posts: 2Jet black on black, Anthracite wood trim
Premium package
Tech package
Premium hifi sound
MSRP: $54,670 plus $300 regional adjustment!
Invoice: $50,305
I'm planing to special order the 2013 BMW 528i with the above options, a dealer in Eastbay-CA offerred $500 over invoice price if self finance or $500 below invoice if finance through BMW. My credit union bank gave me 1.49% on 5yrs while BMW had 3.49%. If anyone has better offers then please chip in!
dylan7 Posts: 2Guys,
1. when ordering from a dealer for US delivery can you apply incentives (loyalty, financing cash credit)?
2. Incentives are applied to MSRP or Invoice?
Also found on the lot what I like:
2013 535i
Jet Black/Black
Sport package
Premium sound
Tech package
$61,300 What do you think? order in hopes of a better deal or buy from a lot at that price?
Thank you for your help.
jgard718 Posts: 1I'm a day away from buying a 2010 528i Xdrive(certified pre-owned). I've negotiated for two separate cars and am trying to determine which deal is best. Both are generally the same except options & miles. Here you go. Appreciate the help.
2010 528i Xdrive
33.5k miles
Deep Sea Blue/Beige Cream Interior
Value Package
Premium Package
Sirius Satellite Radio
Negotiated Price: $32,750
2010 528i Xdrive
24.9k miles
Platinum Gray/Gray Interior
Value Package
Premium Package
NO Navigation
NO Sirius Satellite Radio
Negotiated Price: $29,750
What's the value of Nav & Sirius? I'd like to have them but I would be paying $3k more.
Also, do these seem like good deals?
qx56man Posts: 7Selling price of 535 is $57600 and then I have $2000 rebate we are using after that. The money down is just inception fees, 1st month,tags$376,bankfee$725,$docfee$299,NJtiretax$6.00 then there is a tax on the rebate which is $140. That deal is $690 behind dealer invoice, MSRP$62795 Invoice$58290
674 month
2200 down inception fees
12000 miles
39 month lease
707 month w/15000 miles
Is this a good deal? I am in NJ
Looking for opinions on this lease offer-
2012 528ix. $625/month. 39 mos. 10K/year. only thing due at signing is first month payment. all other fees & taxes (NJ 7%) are rolled into the payment. MSRP is $55,095.00
exterior color $550
Leather $1,460
Heated front seats $500
Nav $1,900
I appreciate any feedback. Thanks
I was offered a 535ix (MSRP $61,945.00) for $655/month. 39 mos, 10K/year. only thing due at signing is first month's payment ($655). All fees, including NJ tax, are rolled into payment. This rate was without negotiatiing. Did include $750 loyalty rebate, since I already own a BMW.
So I think you can do better than your current deal.
lorjas2k Posts: 5I am working with a dealer in Pittsburgh, PA on a used CPO 2012 528i xDrive with the following:
17,500 miles
Premium Package
Cold Weather Package
Technology Package
After some initial discussions, he is quoting me at $45,850 (not including tax and reg). I am hoping there is still some room for him to go down, but wanted to see if this price seemed like a fair deal.
bimmeresq Posts: 15Index Description MSRP
Base Price $90,200.00
ZDA Driver Assistance Package 1,900.00
ZEC Executive Package 5,500.00
2NZ 20" M Light Alloy Wheels 1,300.00
4CE Anthracite Wood Trim 0.00
6F2 Bang & Olufsen Sound System 3,700.00
Full Merino Leather 3,500.00
Base Price Discount - Pre 1/2013 Inventory -300.00
Estimated Gas Guzzler Tax 1,300.00
Destination and Handling 895.00
Lease Terms
Lender BMW Financial Services
Term 36 Months
Mileage 10,000/year
Money Factor 0.81
Residual Factor 52%
Selling Price $100,935.00
Total Capitalized Cost
Residual Value $56,157.40
Total Depreciation $44,777.60
Capital Reduction $0.00
Monthly Depreciation $1,243.82
Monthly Rent $127.24
Monthly Payment $1,371.07
Tax (9%) $123.40
Monthly Payment + Tax $1,494.46
License & Registration $791.00
Bank Fee $725.00
Documentation Fee $80.00
First Payment $1,494.46
Security Deposit $10,500.00
Drive Off $13,662.91
Trade Equity $0.00
Rebate $0.00
Due at Signing $13,662.91


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Plug and Play tables put electrical outlets on double duty
Might as well put those ugly wall sockets to work with these "Plug and Play" tables, drawing power and also physically supported by them. Designed by Sung-Pil Hwang and the Nothing Design Group, each table has an integrated power strip to charge up your various electronics.
We'd like to see this design with a Wild Charge wireless charger built in, so when it's time to hit the sack, all you have to do is toss your cell phone on the nightstand, and then it's magically charged with you wake up. All play, no plug.
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What's Weingarten Writing?
In this week's edition of "What's Weingarten Writing?," it's Man vs. Machine. Gene ventured into the wilds of an Apple Store to fix a very serious problem he was having with his word processor. This classic setup sets the stage for a showdown between an Apple store employee and WaPo's "humorist," Gene Weingarten. In Gene's weekly column, Gene lets us know that he is having a problem with his computer. What's wrong with his device?
He writes, "When my computer finishes each save … it registers this operation by displaying the time of the save in year, date, hours and minutes, like this: '2013-04-16-09.17. ' My problem … is that on the next line it gives me a two-digit number that seems to fluctuate almost at random." She leaned in, nodded, and I detected a faint smile. This was pleasing her; a good technician must thrill to a good challenge." Can you imagine fielding THAT customer? Gene probably just calls his computer an "email machine."
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Neiman Marcus by Elkus Manfredi
The Neiman Marcus in Natick, Massachusetts is the store's Flagship property featuring a billowing facade designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects in Boston. The entire surface of the building is wrapped in a stainless steel curtain, a feature which flows throughout and into the building in the same style.
Elkus Manfredi Architects designed the facade's undulations with perspective in mind. When travelers drive by, the structure appears animated and kinetic, an effect caused by the way the facade curves in and out. Zahner worked with the architects to design a curving facade panel system that is both aesthetically powerful as well as economically effective.
Zahner produced the ZEPPS™ Structure which allows the stainless steel skins on the surface to flow evenly across the metal. The ZEPPS™ Process is what gives architects the ability to produce any shape or form with exact efficiency. The curvilinear system attaches to an otherwise rectilinear building. The skin is actually three different tones of colored stainless steel.
Two of these tones were formed by a electro-chemical process which permanently changes the tone of stainless steel. Zahner has used this process for several other projects, including the Contemporary Jewish Museum which has a dark blue interference coating and a cross-fire brushed pattern. Interference stainless steel was also used on the The EMP Museum, The Meyer Fletcher Residence, and the Royals Crown at Kauffman Stadium.
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Tessellate™ kinetic metal surfaces by Zahner and ABI released: visually stunning and environmentally responsible.
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10311 Grand Ave, Franklin Park, IL 60131
Call: 847-455-6016 Text: 847-220-4616 Fax: 847-455-6416
Mon-Fri: 9-9 Sat: 9-5 Sun: Closed
10311 Grand Ave, Franklin Park, IL 60131
Call: 847-455-6016 Text: 847-220-4616 Fax: 847-455-6416
Mon-Fri: 9-9 Sat: 9-5 Sun: Closed
The Franklin Park Fire Department was organized officially in 1903. Prior to that time, firefighting was strictly a volunteer affair. Bucket brigades were used for the equipment and the alarm was the Indiana Harbor Belt Rail Road whistle. If a steam engine was in the rail yards, it blew its whistle. If there was not enough steam to sound a whistle, the alarm was never sounded and the house burned down.
Firefighting in the early days in Franklin Park consisted of fighting prairie fires that could easily have wiped out the town with the tall grass and old wooden buildings. Traveling around Franklin Park consisted of mud roads that became impassable from spring rains and were frozen ruts or snow banked lanes in the winter. Getting from Grand and Mannheim to Rose Street was hazardous and often possible only on horseback.
The first fire siren was installed in 1923. Before the death of Charles Rupp, it was his last official act to perform the testing of the siren before placing it in service. Firemen in the community responded to the siren for many years, until the introduction of a new type of phone service that would allow phone calls to the homes of the firemen. Early firemen received $1.00 for fire calls, with an additional fifty cents added for an extra half hour. Later the fee was raised to $2.00 and in 1947 firemen were granted a $3.00 fee.
Extra alarm fires that took place during the forties, fifties, sixties and seventies in Franklin Park were the Town and Country Hotel at Grand and Scott a six-story building better known as the Sunset Arms, Evans Lumber on Mannheim Rd., Aerosol Dynamitic's on Franklin Ave., Roto Ink on Franklin Ave., the Harbor Yards Water Tower and Deans Foods. Quality Tire on Birch St., the Best Steak House, National Fabrics and WC Grants on Mannheim Rd. Fastener Corp. (nine building loss) on River Rd., Montgomery Wards Warehouse on Seymour Ave. numerous Mackey house fires on Scott St. Club Hollywood on Belmont Ave. Josyln Mfg. on Grand Ave., Bollig's Tavern on Rose St., Cork and Clever Restaurant on Mannheim Rd. and Park Trucking on Chestnut St.
The first introduction of the contracted ambulance service occurred in 1975 with an ALS ambulance from Town & Country Ambulance being parked at Fire Station 2 from 9 AM until 5 PM daily. In late 1975, two ALS units were added due to the increased demand for emergency medical services. Some of the first contracted paramedics working here in Franklin Park were Earl Field, Terry Kurz, Andrew "Skip" Johnson, Larry Robins, Bob Horak, Mike Matthews, and Bob Debosko.
Extra alarm fires in the 1990s included the Reeves Ct. house fire, Fisher Pen on Belmont Ave. Houston Foods on Edgington St. and Maple Leaf Bakery on Mannheim Rd. As of 2000, the Franklin Park Fire Department advanced with new state of the art equipment including a force of 46-fire suppression, 13 medical personnel and 1 administrative assistant. They run four engine companies, one ladder company, one squad, three advanced life support ambulances, a command vehicle, two vehicles shared by fire prevention and training bureaus and one chief's car.
View more images of the Franklin Park Fire Department on our Flickr page.
Information compiled by Rodger Hammill and David Traiforos. Originally printed January 29, 2000, edited 2/2008 and 4/2012.


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Dinner Plate Tectonics
What drives plate tectonics? Heat flow, of course. Or energy transfer...it is all the same. It is the act of sketching poorly-drawn Mohr's circles that tires the mind and the hours upon hours scanning for the missing parenthesis that drains the eyes. Is there is even time to eat dinner? Lunch? Breakfast? Forget second breakfast and supper, right? But the physical laws of the universe remain: heat flows, dinner plates subduct, spread, or slip past each other from a lapse in friction, and fall onto the floor in a pile of entropic ceramic pieces.
Air Physics: Testing Safety Briefing
Welcome to your common exam, and thank you for testing with the Physics Department. I will be your TA for the duration of this exam. Whether you have tested with us before, or this is your first time, please pay full attention to the following academic dishonesty briefing.
Field Guide to Mines Students
Freshman orientation has come and gone, classes have started, and students seem to be getting the hang of things. CSM lovingly provides their fresh victims with some preparation, and the campus maps do well to let new students know where they will spend their mornings and afternoons. Yet something has been missing. In order to truly navigate the Mines campus, one must be able to navigate its inhabitants. Therefore, a never-been-seen-before Field Guide to Mines Students is being released to the CSM community.
Parking Services Announcement
It's no secret on the Mines campus that people are annoyed by the parking situation. With parking lots disappearing under the foundations of new buildings and existing lots being upgraded to a more expensive tier on a regular basis, some are questioning the motives and wisdom of those who normally work so hard to make sure that student needs are met. However, Parking Services recently released a reassuring explanation for these actions.
Computers forced to speak english
For years, computers have advanced and thrived all over the globe, but starting Fall 2015 at Colorado School of Mines, computers will now be required to speak English.
Campus Rumors: Does Chuck Stone wear pants?
Physicists across the country work to solve the mysteries of the universe. The physics faculty and graduate students and Colorado School of Mines are no different. They strive to answer mysteries and questions such as: "What is dark matter? Are the branching ratios of the Higgs Boson consistent with the standard model? Is the proton a fundamentally stable particle or does it have a finite lifetime as predicted by some extensions to the standard model?" However, probably the single most asked question in the physics department is, "Does Chuck Stone wear pants?"
Grinds My Gears: Campus Improvement
You know what really grinds my gears?
Whatever organizational body is in charge of "campus improvement"
Whatever organizational body is in charge of "campus improvement"
Attention all hipsters: Athena & Ocean, LLC Still Hiring
Students still desperate for summer experience still have a chance with Athena & Ocean, LLC, or A&O. A&O is a small engineering firm that embraces hipsters' ironic lifestyle, but students probably have not heard about them. A&O attended Spring Career Fair, but did not have many applicants, as their unpaid summer internships were not very desirable compared to typical high-paying engineering internships. However, students not wanting a mainstream internship missed out if they did not apply to A&O.
Valentine's Day Rises
As Valentine's Day draws closer, members of the anti-Valentine's Day movement begin to make their presence more and more obvious. One of their more prominent members, known only as "Vane," was recently caught trying to outright sabotage the holiday. When questioned about why he was so adamantly against Valentine's Day, Vane had this to say:
Tom Brady injured; Patriots to start Tim Tebow
Last week marked a difficult game for the New England Patriots, even as they rolled over the Houston Texans in the divisional round of the AFC playoffs. While the Texans did not stand a chance against the indomitable Patriots air attack, they did at least exhibit some type of balanced gameplay outside of a star quarterback. Late in the third quarter, Tom Brady was sacked by J.J. Watt, the explosive defensive end for the Texans. While being sacked, Brady attempted to break free from Watt, and in doing so fell on his coccyx, bruising it.
Registration week a huge success
In collaboration with the registrar, "The Oredigger" performed a study on the Fall 2012 registration experience. The results were shocking: 81% of CSM students found their registration experience went "smoothly and was successful." "The Oredigger" looked to investigate the causes.


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22" Center Mount Drawer Slide
A center mount drawer slide is low profile and is mounted underneath to maximize space in your drawer.
Hickory Hardware brings together the finest hardware companies in the world, including Belwith International and Keeler Brass. They design, manufacture and market decorative and functional hardware to the retail, distribution and OEM furniture and cabinet markets. With their long tradition of style, design, and finish experience, they offer some of the most comprehensive decorative and functional hardware programs in the industry.
- Load Capacity of 35 Pounds
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- Material: Steel
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Casio Teams Up With Synnex Corporation To Expand LampFree® Projector Distribution
DOVER, NEW JERSEY, December 16, 2013 â Casio is proud to announce its new association with Synnex Corporation, a wholesale distributor servicing resellers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Under this new partnership, Casio will increase its presence in the government and education sectors by being the first LampFree® projector line that Synnex distributes across the United States.
 âWe are very excited to work with Synnex and believe this partnership will benefit Casioâs growth nationwide,â said Matt Mustachio, general manager of Casioâs Business Projector Division. âCasio is committed to providing its leading LampFree® technology to consumers and this partnership will open the door to new channels for Casio projectors and strengthen our position as a leader in this industry.â
Casioâs portfolio of projectors are powered by its state-of-the-art LASER & LED HYBRID Light Source and DLP® technology that provides LampFree®, eco-friendly data projection at a fraction of the cost of traditional projectors. Casioâs LASER & LED HYBRID Light Source combines blue laser light and a fluorescent element to generate a high output of green light. The green light, blue laser light, and the light emitted by a red LED are then projected through a DLP® chip which, in turn, is passed through the projection lens to form an image. This technology achieves an increase in color spectrum compared to a mercury lamp, while lowering a projectorâs total cost of ownership and maximizing investment.
Synnex is authorized to distribute the Casio LampFree® projector across the United States including Alaska and Hawaii. While the company will carry the complete line of Casio LampFree® projectors, some models will be open to all channels of distribution, while others will focus on the Pro AV marketplace. For additional information on Casioâs LampFree® family of projectors, please visit www.CasioProjector.com.
About Casio America, Inc.
Casio America, Inc., Dover, N.J., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the worldâs leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Established in 1957, Casio America, Inc. markets calculators, keyboards, mobile presentation devices, disc title and label printers, watches, cash registers and other consumer electronic products. Casio has strived to fulfill its corporate creed of âcreativity and contributionâ through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. For more information, visit www.casiousa.com.
About SYNNEX Corporation
SYNNEX Corporation, a Fortune 500 corporation, is a leading business process services company, servicing resellers and original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, in multiple regions around the world. The Companyâs primary business process services are wholesale distribution, contract assembly, and business process outsourcing, or BPO. Founded in 1980, SYNNEX employs over 11,000 associates worldwide and operates in the United States, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom.
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Vintage Angus Ranch
|Operation Descritpion:
|Our program is the pursuit of "Ultimate Angus Genetics." Its target is to create Angus animals with powerful and predictable genetics that are complete and have total-performance. It is based on our building a herd of great females from top cow families that are easy keeping in any environment and produce range bulls that can deliver the highest quality at the meat counter.


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Friction32Date night
Having been raising 3 kids the oldest being 18 and the youngest being 13 my wife and I rarely get to have any time to ourselfs. The last time was a couple of months ago. I planned the entire evening without telling her anything. I called her before she left work and told her I had something special planned and for her to go home and get ready to go out. I ordered out for the kids before I got home so they would be taken care of.
We both got ready and the first stop was a romantic dinner at a newly opened Italian resturant which everything from the food to us just sitting there holding hands and talking was great.Then we went to see a movie which we havent done by ourselfs in years. After the movie we stopped for ice cream then made our way home.
The entire evening was awesome and very relaxing.We came together like we havent in a long time.The kids were all asleep in thier beds when we got home and we quietly made out way to bed where we made slow passionate love for what seemed liked hours.
It has been a very long time since we had an evening like that and we are planning more.She told me to just surprise her and not tell her so it would always be special. 8 years ago


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Adventures in Oz
I've met hundreds of camp counselors, yet one young woman stands out as the best counselor I've ever known. You may know her, too. In fact, she stars in the best camp staff training video ever made: The Wizard of Oz. Yes, Dorothy Gale. And you're not in Kansas anymore.
You can see her so clearly, can't you? As I describe why I think she's such a great camp counselor, play those vivid scenes back in your mind's eye. (Better yet, microwave some popcorn and watch the video again tonight!)
One Brick at a Time
1. She took advice from the people around her (even though they were rather strange). Having an open mind is critical to finding new friends and building a support network at camp. But then she also wasn't afraid to head down a path she'd never been down before. And she did it with a skip in her step and a song; and a basket of back-up tricks in case she needed them — in this case, a dog and a few handy things in a basket. I might also suggest a few decks of playing cards, a bag of balloons and some string.
2. When she first met her campers, she got to know them individually right away. She did that not by talking about herself, but by asking a few questions, and then listening. Really listening.
Remember when she meets the Scarecrow? You should watch the movie again just to see how she reacts while she's listening to the Scarecrow and the Tin Man and the Lion. She's a perfect reflective listener.
Her campers immediately love her, because no one they've ever know has been so interested in them. If I had to pick a single trait that makes Dorothy stand out, this would be it.
In fact, once she lands in Oz, you'll find that she has less dialogue than any of the other characters. That's because she asks great questions, and listens. She really cares about her new friends.
3. She had a knack for showing she was paying attention to her campers by praising them. She didn't focus on Scarecrow's lack of a brain; she tells him, "I think you're wonderful! You can dance, you can talk," and you can tell she means it.
4. She welcomed new campers into her group by inviting them to join right into the activity (following the trail to see the Oz), even though she and her other campers (Scarecrow and Tin Man) where a little apprehensive at first and already had a good thing going. Diversity made her cabin group stronger.
5. She encourages reluctant campers to join her in activities they'd never done before by joining arms and doing it together. See them walking down the hallway to see the Oz the first time? I'm sure she helped clean the bathroom with her campers too, instead of sitting on her bunk with headphones on.
6. She provided meaningful activities to do as a group that built team spirit. For instance, going after the broomstick of the wicked witch of the west.
She didn't just talk about self-esteem with her campers. Their activities built confidence and self respect in her campers as they practiced and mastered new skills, from rock climbing with a lion-tail belay, to skit-night dress-up with the Oreo Men, to the final all-camp challenge with the water bucket relay.
7. So it comes to the end of camp, after the camp director's awards ceremony (you remember, Green Certificate of Responsibility for Scarecrow, Red Bead of Caring for Tin Man, Blue Ribbon of Honesty for the Lion…) That's when Dorothy makes a powerful discovery about her life:
She had the power all along, but she had to learn it for herself. We encourage, we guide, we invite. But in the end the real rewards come because we make our own decisions and have proven to ourselves through our actions that we are valuable.
That kind of confidence withstands adversity. Those kinds of friendships last a lifetime. For campers, sure. But even more so for great counselors. Like Dorothy. Like you.
Gary Forster is the Camping Specialist for the YMCA of the USA email@example.com.
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Elizabeth Arden
"Inconsistent "
- Comp & Benefits
- Work/Life Balance
- Senior Management
- Culture & Values
- Career Opportunities
I worked at Elizabeth Arden part-time (less than an year)
Deeply discounted services
discounts on products
flexible schedule
Intensive training
management is unreliable
clear company favoritism
Schedule sometimes came out just a couple of days before the week was set to start
Moving up in the company has nothing to do with Talent but everything to do with who you know, they would rather hire their friends rather than promote from within
My advice to management is, if you will be asking your team to do more work outside of their job duties, you need to pay them.
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I have been working at Elizabeth ArdenPros
Best reason to work for this company is that this company is well known for their skin products and they are very good.Cons
No communication, a lot of gossip, they talk down to you when you do not make your goal, threats, cut your hours, very unprofessional environment, foul language by district manager.Advice to ManagementAdvice
If you want to keep your employees you have to treat them like adults and human beings, have one on ones with your employees, best way to have great customer service it starts by making your employees happy so they can have that great positive attitude.Doesn't RecommendNo opinion of CEO
"Must belong to the "click "to fit in. "
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I have been working at Elizabeth ArdenPros
The company had great benefits and perks.Cons
No room for growth, at leats in the department that I worked in.Approves of CEO