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Abstract: Gaining access and collaborating on critical project fi les was once a small concern at Jordan & Skala ... Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Jordan & Skala Engineers is an MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and ...
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Gaining access and collaborating on critical project files was once a small concern at Jordan & Skala
Engineers. However, continued success and growth leads to increased staff, branch offices, and proj-
ects to be managed. As the small firm expanded—nearly doubling in size in three years—the task of
accessing and sharing project data between offices one file at a time became a limiting factor in the
effective growth of the company. What was once a small concern became a business-critical issue
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So what does GlobalSCAPE WAFS mean to a firm like Jordan & Skala? It means the freedom to take
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The Challenge.
The Challenge.
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Jordan & Skala Engineers is an MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and
Plumbing) design firm with 150 employees located in five branch offices across the U.S—two of
which were added in just the past two years. Some of their smaller, more specialized services, such
as telecommunications, are fulfilled exclusively at their corporate office in Atlanta, where nearly half
of the firm's overall staff is housed.
There was a time in the firm's history when collaboration between multiple offices was a rare occa-
sion. As occasional file transfers were needed, remote PC control software facilitated the file sharing,
with each project requiring a significant amount of manual setup. As the company continued to grow,
Network Administrator Travis Smith began to realize the need for a scalable solution that wouldn't
require hands-on interaction for each new file transfer.
Initially, Travis evaluated a WAN acceleration appliance solution. "In the end," Travis explained, "it
had a wide range of features, but not enough of what really mattered." In Travis's opinion, the ap-
pliance approach was a cumbersome solution that would have complicated rather than simplifying
matters. On top of that, Travis felt that their technology was not optimized for CAD data. "We wanted
to find someone who really understood CAD and had a WAN solution that enabled our organization
to deliver our projects more efficiently and cost effectively," Travis said.
The Solution.
The Solution.
"Some of our engineers still call today to ask me to send a file, or to let me know their file is
ready to be uploaded," Travis said as he laughed. "They just can't fathom how their files are
mirrored in real time. It gets them every time." Having a seamless solution that would not im-
pact how engineers access and work on project files was a key deliverable of this solution.
GlobalSCAPE WAFS provides file lock coherency and instantly mirrors changes to a file using
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only the changes to the files are moved across the WAN and appears in every other location on
the network. WAFS guarantees that users always have the latest version of the file; and be-
cause the file changes move when they happen, files are available at the branch offices when
the engineers need them. This means that users
are never waiting for files to upload, download, or WAFS guarantees that ''
open across a network. users always have the
latest version of the file.
More important to Travis, however, is the automa-
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and collaboration across multiple branch offices, I set up the folders once and the engineers
can begin working without pause." GlobalSCAPE WAFS is even flexible enough for Travis to
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Complex Files.
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Another major benefit that Travis has found with GlobalSCAPE WAFS is that it was designed
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are nonetheless complex in a way that is unique to CAD," Travis explained. As MEP engineers,
'' Jordan & Skala references external CAD files from the architects,
'' All I do is set it called 'base plans.' In addition, MEP plans require a series of draw-
and forget it. ings such as details, section views, elevations, and schedules—all
of which reference one another. With such a reliance on external
references, Travis said, "Any given drawing may only be 1 MB in
size itself, but it could have up to 10 MB of x-refs tied to it."
Despite the complexity of Jordan & Skala's files, GlobalSCAPE WAFS is able to mirror the
changes—even changes that occur in externally referenced drawings—to ensure files remain
fully coherent at all sites. The most crucial of these external ref-
erences is the base plan itself, which also changes as the archi-
tect's design progresses. As Jordan & Skala periodically receives
updated base plans that can affect their designs, Travis simply
Every location
is always kept
replaces the base plan on the central server and the change is
reflected instantly at all other sites. With GlobalSCAPE WAFS, each engineer in every location
is always kept up-to-date with latest base plan.
Looking Ahead.
Looking Ahead.
According to Travis, "the principals may not know how it does it, but they have taken note of
what GlobalSCAPE can do." As Jordan & Skala looks to the future, they plan on continued
growth in even more locations. With GlobalSCAPE WAFS, Travis and the rest of the IT staff
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The fixes arrived in a dozen security bulletins, released as part of Microsoft's monthly patch cycle. Six of the alerts were tagged "critical," the company's most serious rating. These flaws could enable an attacker to gain complete control over a vulnerable computer with no action, or minor action, on the part of the user, Microsoft warned.
The critical vulnerabilities are in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and in Microsoft security tools such as Windows Live OneCare and Windows Defender. None of the Windows or Office flaws affect Vista or Office 2007, Microsoft's latest updates. However, Windows Defender ships as part of Vista, so the new operating system is at risk from that direction.
Microsoft used its February patch day to clear a backlog of "zero-day" flaws, or security holes that have been publicly disclosed but not fixed. Seven of the 20 vulnerabilities addressed by Tuesday's bulletins were zero-days, and five of those were in Office applications. Microsoft planned to issue patches for the Office zero-day bugs last month, but postponed their delivery.
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- Umm, they'd better get in gear, then:
- They can start here (which breaks the oh-so-ballyhooed UAC entirely):
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=29
(apparently Vista doesn't even have the no-admin feature on anymore... so much for MSFT and security, hey?)
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- Not at all
- As explained it is a design choice, and no secret. I have known about this for months and I am no "hacker". What would you prefer; a prompt saying "Give this program Admin Yes/No" or a prompt saying "Give this program Admin level 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4?". Since Windows has to be usable by everyone and maintain compatibility the only answer was the "Yes/No". Additionally, if a installer does not need admin it can be designed to not request it via a manifest. The detection heuristics only apply to installers not written for Vista. Besides, why is this different from sudo?
She is doing this for attention, no more, no less, and she should be ignored.
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- Yep ... see the cycle begin again ....
- Windows vista SURE is the safest windows verion yet ... (snicker)
is that saying much ???? NOT ...
http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/M/
Oh and yes .. just visiting a malicious site can erase all you data
... sweet ... i guess that is the price for tying in speech
recognition with javascript and activeX controls ....
Would i let a Vista running PC access to personal info knowing
this ??? let me think ..... Never ... Why ? simple ... these first flaws
are just the first tree and there is a MIGHTY big H U G E forest
right behind the bend in the path ...
And yes as Joanna Rutkowska says the whole UAC model is a
joke , a bad one played on unsuspecting users that trusted a
company for yet too many years . As one of my teachers and
tutor in the IT business told me "The only way to secure a PC
running windows can be done in a simple step ... pull the
powercord". I see that advice still hasnt changed .. and yes i use
i5 , NetBSD , FreeBSD in work and at home... so far the kiddies
and the black hats out there are still kept out and my routers
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That gives both sides the chance to generate a lot of momentum, but the respective team managers will be praying that their star names can stay fit with so little recovery time.
Swindon will be confident going into Monday's clash, despite losing at Poole earlier this season, and will be able to call upon the ever-reliable Simon Stead.
Stead, who celebrates his testimonial with the Robins this month, is not an out-and-out number one rider, but he is crucial to the team.
He always comes in with a six-to-nine point score, is experienced, knows his job and is good at coming up with something when the chips are down.
Swindon's line-up will also include Jason Doyle, a man who knows what winning is all about, having grabbed the Elite League title with Poole last year.
Doyle can be a meeting winner as on his night he is capable of bettering some high-profile riders, while at 28 years of age, he is no longer overwhelmed by the occasion.
Poole's key men for their trip to Blunsdon will undoubtedly be Darcy Ward, who is top of the Elite League averages list, and Chris Holder.
Holder is a wonderful talent and I hope he is a speedway rider in England for the next 10 years or so, but he could be tempted away if he becomes Grand Prix champion.
The Australian sits fourth in this term's Grand Prix standings and he has the ability to dominate our sport, but he has been injured and may not be at his best on Monday.
Therefore, a lot could rest on Krzysztof Kasprzak.
The 27-year-old tends to get himself in trouble with the authorities and there have been some issues with his governing body in Poland. However, he is a proven performer and a great replacement for the departed Miedzinski.
Poole have also drafted in Leicester rider Linus Eklof to bolster their ranks and he has the potential to do a good job.
However, you are never quite sure how Premier League performers will fare in the higher division and Pirates chief Neil Middleditch will be hoping the Swede can hold his nerve on such a big night of speedway.
Middleditch and his counterpart, Swindon team manager Alun Rossiter, are good friends but they love beating each other and both will be desperate for victory on Monday.
I would expect the Robins to come out on top, though, considering they have the home advantage and the fact Poole star Holder will not be fully fit.


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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini avoided media duties on his 48th birthday, leaving first-team coach David Platt to sing the praises of defender Matija Nastasic.
Earlier this month Mancini walked into one of his press conferences wearing a Platt mask, a jovial reference to his recent habit of asking his number two to speak on his behalf. And it was Platt again who addressed reporters as City previewed their midweek Barclays Premier League trip to Wigan.
The former England midfielder claimed it had nothing to do with the fact it was the Italian's birthday, but said there was work to do with the game coming just three days after the last. Platt said: "It's not just his birthday, the games are coming thick and fast and his words are in the system."
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Following Lincoln's assassination, the task of implementing Reconstruction fell to his vice president, Andrew Johnson. A Democrat and the only senator from the South who remained loyal to the Union, Johnson at first seemed ready to take a hard line against the former Confederacy. He talked about punishing the traitors and breaking up the large plantations, but at the same time, he supported states' rights and had little sympathy for blacks. His policies after he became president were even more lenient than Lincoln's, and they caused a confrontation with the Radical Republicans in Congress that culminated in his impeachment.
Johnson's policies. In May 1865, with Congress out of session, Johnson began to implement his own Reconstruction program. Amnesty was granted to any southerner who took an oath of allegiance, with the exception of Confederate officials, officers, and wealthy landowners. Exclusion of the last group reflected Johnson's hatred of the planter aristocracy rather than some condition that had to do with restoring the former Confederate states. Those who were not eligible for amnesty could appeal for a pardon. Johnson appointed provisional governors and authorized them to set up state conventions, which in turn were charged with declaring secession illegal; repudiating Confederate debts; ratifying the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States; and scheduling elections. Once each convention's elections were held for governor, state legislators, and members of Congress, the states would be readmitted to the Union.
Several states refused to either repudiate the huge debt produced by the war or unconditionally accept the Thirteenth Amendment. Southern voters also elected to Congress high‐ranking Confederate officials and officers, some of whom had not received one of the thirteen thousand pardons Johnson issued during the summer of 1865. The new state legislatures adopted so‐called black codes to keep the newly freed African Americans, or freedmen, in their place. Blacks were required to either sign labor contracts or face arrest for vagrancy, and they were not allowed to serve on juries or testify in court. Despite these violations of both the letter and spirit of his program, the president announced that Reconstruction was complete in December 1865. However, Congress refused to seat the newly elected senators and representatives from the South.
Johnson versus Congress. Congress was divided among Radical, Moderate, and Conservative Republicans and Democrats. Rather than working with congressmen who might have supported his Reconstruction plan, Johnson alienated potential political allies by vetoing legislation intended to ensure civil rights for African Americans. A bill was introduced in February 1866 to reauthorize the one‐year‐old Freedmen's Bureau and allow it to try in military courts persons accused of depriving former slaves of their rights. Established in March 1865, the Bureau had provided blacks in the South with material assistance, schools, and guidance in settling on abandoned land. The new legislation was passed in July over Johnson's veto. The Civil Rights Act of 1866, which granted blacks born in the United States the same rights as white citizens, also became law (in April) over the president's objection.
Because of doubts about the constitutionality of the new Civil Rights Act, the congressional Joint Committee on Reconstruction drafted the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. It was approved by both houses in June 1866. Essentially repudiating the 1857 Dred Scott decision, the amendment clearly states that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States … are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." It provides for due process and equal protection under the law. The amendment also denies to anyone who had participated in rebellion against the United States or had given aid and comfort to those in rebellion the right to hold any national or state office, an exclusion intended to undercut Johnson's pardon policy and protect the rights of blacks, particularly those of former slaves and particularly their right to vote.
Johnson denounced the Fourteenth Amendment and urged the southern states not to ratify it. Adoption of the amendment was an issue in the 1866 congressional elections, but the president's campaign against it did not work. Republicans were in control of both the House and Senate, and they gave a ringing endorsement to the amendment and congressional, not presidential, Reconstruction.
Congressional Reconstruction. The First Reconstruction Act (March 1867) invalidated the state governments established under Johnson's policies (except the government of Tennessee, which had ratified the Fourteenth Amendment) and divided the former Confederacy into five military districts. State conventions, elected by universal male suffrage, were to draw up new constitutions, which had to give blacks the right to vote and had to be approved by Congress. In fact, African Americans took part in all the conventions and made up the majority of delegates in South Carolina. Finally, each state legislature had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. The Reconstruction Act was refined by subsequent legislation. In June 1868, Congress determined that Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina had met the requirements, and the states were admitted to the Union. When duly elected black representatives were expelled from the Georgia legislature, Georgia once again fell under military rule. Georgia, along with Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, had to satisfy an additional condition: ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, which prohibited the states from denying a citizen the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The four states did not rejoin the Union until 1870.
Women's rights advocates Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were incensed that the Fifteenth Amendment did not also list gender among the conditions that could not be used to deny a citizen the right to vote. The long alliance between the women's movement and the abolitionist cause broke, and women struggled on their own for another half century for the right to vote.
Congress enacted its Reconstruction program over Johnson's veto. Determined to prevent Johnson from interfering with their plan, Radical Republicans pushed through two pieces of legislation in March 1867 intended to severely limit presidential power. The Command of the Army Act prevented the president from issuing orders to the military except through the general of the army, who at the time was Ulysses S. Grant; additionally, the commanding general could not be removed without the Senate's consent. The Tenure of Office Act required the president to obtain approval from the Senate to remove any officeholder that the Senate had confirmed. Johnson and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton were bitter enemies, and the president wanted to get rid of him. Stanton was suspended in August 1867 and replaced with Grant as an interim. This was all Congress needed to begin impeachment proceedings.
The impeachment of Johnson. Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives acts as a grand jury in impeachment cases and determines whether there is enough evidence to bring an official to trial. In February 1868, after months of investigation, the House voted to impeach the president, largely on the grounds that Johnson had violated the Tenure of Office Act in firing Edwin Stanton. It was left to the Senate to try the president—with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding—and determine whether he should be removed from office. Enough Republican senators appreciated the fact that Johnson's offenses were political and that they did not fall under the "high crimes and misdemeanors" specified in the Constitution for presidential impeachment. The vote in the Senate was thirty‐five to nineteen in favor of conviction, one short of the necessary two‐thirds majority.
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Bring your lunch and join us in our discussion of A Plague on Both Your Houses by Susanna Gregory. Set in 1348 during the reign of King Edward III. Matthew Bartholomew is a physician and teacher at the new university growing in Cambridge as the community anticipates the coming of the Black Death. But before the pestilence strikes he must investigate the inexplicable death of the Master of Michaelhouse.Library: Oak Park Public Library Maze Branch
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UTSA Department of Music hosts Spanish pianist Marta Espinos April 19
(April 16, 2014) -- The UTSA Department of Music and La Casa de Espana of San Antonio will present Spanish pianist Marta Espinos for a concert performance, "Sorolla and America: A Musical Imagery," at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 19 in the Arts Building Recital Hall on the UTSA Main Campus. Admission is free and open to the public.
The concert will feature musical selections and commentary from Espinos centering on the artwork of Spanish painter Joaquin Sorilla. Espinos will provide a comprehensive aesthetic experience by revealing analogies between the Sorollian luminism and impressionism and nationalism in the music.
The program is comprised of a selection of piano works directly connected to exhibition topics including portraits, children's scenes, and beach and port vignettes. The evening will celebrate the universality of Spanish art and encompass the works of great Spanish composers including Granados, Falla, Turina, Esplia, Mompou and Rodrigo.
One of Spain's most promising young artists, Espinos graduated from the Valencia Music Institute and received the Chamber Music Degree Special Award. She continued post-graduate studies at the institute and focused on piano and chamber music in "L'Escola de Musica de Barcelona" under the direction of Albert Attenelle and Jordi Mora.
Espinos' musical repertoire spans from 17th century to contemporary music with a specialization in the Baroque, the period least explored in modern piano. Her keystone work in 2005, "Goldberg Variations by Bach," received praise from critics when she performed at the Barroc Space Dalmases Palace in Barcelona.
Her list of accomplishments includes receiving awards at the V International Music Competition of Cartagena, Jose Roca National Piano Competition, International Piano Competition of Berga and the Joan Massia Competition.
After completing her studies in Spain, Espinos relocated to Dallas and enrolled in the artist certificate and master's program at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University under the mentorship of Joaquin Achucarro.
At SMU, she won the Meadows School of the Arts Annual Concerto Competition and the Von Mickwitz Prize. In 2010, she was elected a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society for academic merit and professional excellence.
For more information, contact Cindy Solis at 210-458-5685 or visit the UTSA Department of Music website.


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Treating yourself to chocolate every time you drop a few pounds is a little bit crazy! Instead, reward yourself with things that will help you lose even more weight
Granting rewards is a great way to stay motivated when dieting, until you pat yourself on the back with two giant scoops of rocky road. You definitely deserve kudos for dropping 5 pounds, but if your gift includes chowing down on an entire day's worth of saturated fat, you could be setting yourself back. "When it comes to weight loss, all of the gifts or rewards along the way should help you work toward your ultimate goal—not against it," says Michael Bronco, a personal trainer and owner of Bronco's Gym in Charlotte, SC. So here's a novel idea: Treat yourself to things that will help you hit another milestone. The fun that follows is calorie-free and will keep you motivated for the long haul.


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Summary: This traditional text continues to offer a balanced approach that combines the theoretical instruction of calculus with the best aspects of reform, including creative teaching and learning techniques such as the integration of technology, the use of real data, real-life applications, and mathematical models. The Calculus with Analytic Geometry Alternate, 6/e, offers a late approach to trigonometry for those instructors who wish to introduce it later in their courses. yle='padding:0px;padding-left:10px;margin:0px;'> Before students are exposed to selected topics, optional boxed Explorations allow them to discover concepts on their own, making them more likely to remember the material. Extended lab projects using real-life applications are found in the new lab series. The supplementary lab manuals use Maple, Mathematica, Derive, Mathcad, and the TI-92 graphing calculator. The art program in the Sixth Edition was computer-generated for accuracy, clarity, and realism to help students visualize mathematical concepts more easily. Although students are not required to use technology, they are encouraged to use a graphing utility or computer algebra system as a tool for exploration, discovery, and problem solving. Calculus Alternate, 6/e, offers more opportunities for students to execute complicated computations, to visualize theoretical concepts, to discover alternative approaches, and to verify the results of other solution methods using technology. ...show more
Note: Each chapter concludes with Review Exercises.
1. The Cartesian Plane and Functions
1.1 Real Numbers and the Real Line
1.2 The Cartesian Plane
1.3 Graphs of Equations
1.4 Lines in the Plane
1.5 Functions
2. Limits and Their Properties
2.1 An Introduction to Limits
2.2 Techniques for Evaluating Limits
2.3 Continuity
2.4 Infinite Limits
2.5 e-d Definition of Limits
3. Differentiation
3.1 The Derivative and the Tangent Line Problem
3.2 Velocity, Acceleration, and Other Rates of Change
3.3 Differentiation Rules for Powers, Constant Multiples, and Sums
3.4 Differentiation Rules for Products and Quotients
3.5 The Chain Rule
3.6 Implicit Differentiation
3.7 Related Rates
4. Applications of Differentiation
4.1 Extrema on an Interval
4.2 Rolle's Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem
4.3 Increasing and Decreasing Functions and the First Derivative Test
4.4 Concavity and the Second Derivative Test
4.5 Limits at Infinity
4.6 A Summary of Curve Sketching
4.7 Optimization Problems
4.8 Newton's Method
4.9 Differentials
4.10 Business and Economics Applications
5. Integration
5.1 Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integration
5.2 Area
5.3 Riemann Sums and the Definite Integral
5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
5.5 Integration by Substitution
5.6 Numerical Integration
6. Applications of Integration
6.1 Area of a Region Between Two Curves
6.2 Volume: The Disc Method
6.3 Volume: The Shell Method
6.4 Arc Length and Surfaces of Revolution
6.5 Work
6.6 Fluid Pressure and Fluid Force
6.7 Moments, Centers of Mass, and Centroids
7. Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
7.1 Exponential Functions
7.2 Differentiation and Integration of Exponential Functions
7.3 Inverse Functions
7.4 Logarithmic Functions
7.5 Logarithmic Functions and Differentiation
7.6 Logarithmic Functions and Integration
7.7 Growth and Decay
7.8 Indeterminate Forms and L
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8.1 Review of Trigonometric Functions
8.2 Graphs and Limits of Trigonometric Functions
8.3 Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
8.4 Integrals of Trigonometric Functions
8.5 Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Differentiation
8.6 Inverse Trigonometric Functions: Integration and Completing the Square
8.7 Hyperbolic Functions
9. Integration Techniques and Improper Integrals
9.1 Basic Integration Formulas
9.2 Integration by Parts
9.3 Trigonometric Integrals
9.4 Trigonometric Substitution
9.5 Partial Fractions
9.6 Integration by Tables and Other Integration Techniques
9.7 Improper Integrals
10. Infinite Series
10.1 Sequences
10.2 Series and Convergence
10.3 The Integral Test and p-Series
10.4 Comparisons of Series
10.5 Alternating Series
10.6 The Ratio and Root Tests
10.7 Taylor Polynomials and Approximations
10.8 Power Series
10.9 Representation of Functions by Power Series
10.10 Taylor and Maclaurin Series
11. Conic Sections
11.1 Parabolas
11.2 Ellipses
11.3 Hyperbolas
11.4 Rotation and the General Second-Degree Equation
12. Plane Curves, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates
12.1 Plane Curves and Parametric Equations
12.2 Parametric Equations and Calculus
12.3 Polar Coordinates and Polar Graphs
12.4 Tangent Lines and Curve Sketching in Polar Coordinates
12.5 Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates
12.6 Polar Equations for Conics and Kepler's Laws
13. Vectors and Curves in the Plane
13.1 Vectors in the Plane
13.2 The Dot Product of Two Vectors
13.3 Vector-Valued Functions
13.4 Velocity and Acceleration
13.5 Tangent Vectors and Normal Vectors
13.6 Arc Length and Curvature
14. Solid Analytic Geometry and Vectors in Space
14.1 Space Coordinates and Vectors in Space
14.2 The Cross Product of Two Vectors in Space
14.3 Lines and Planes in Space
14.4 Surfaces in Space
14.5 Curves and Vector-Valued Functions in Space
14.6 Tangent Vectors, Normal Vectors, and Curvature in Space
15. Functions of Several Variables
15.1 Introduction to Functions of Several Variables
15.2 Limits and Continuity
15.3 Partial Derivatives
15.4 Differentials
15.5 Chain Rules for Functions of Several Variables
15.6 Directional Derivatives and Gradients
15.7 Tangent Planes and Normal Lines
15.8 Extrema of Functions of Two Variables
15.9 Applications of Extrema of Functions of Two Variables
15.10 Lagrange Multipliers
16. Multiple Integration
16.1 Iterated Integrals and Area in the Plane
16.2 Double Integrals and Volume
16.3 Change of Variables: Polar Coordinates
16.4 Center of Mass and Moments of Inertia
16.5 Surface Area
16.6 Triple Integrals and Applications
16.7 Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
16.8 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
16.9 Change of Variables: Jacobians
17. Vector Analysis
17.1 Vector Fields
17.2 Line Integrals
17.3 Conservative Vector Fields and Independence of Path
17.4 Green's Theorem
17.5 Parametric Surfaces
17.6 Surface Integrals
17.7 Divergence Theorem
17.8 Stokes's Theorem
18. Differential Equations
18.1 Definitions and Basic Concepts
18.2 Separation of Variables in First-Order Equations
18.3 Exact First-Order Equations
18.4 First-Order Linear Differential Equations
18.5 Second-Order Homogeneous Linear Equations
18.6 Second-Order Nonhomogeneous Linear Equations
18.7 Series Solutions of Differential Equations
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Another shocking incident in the life of Carol the elephant
April 12th, 2013 by admin
We were shocked this week to see the news that an elephant traveling with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus had been shot during a stop in Tupelo, Mississippi. Thankfully, the injury was not life-threatening and Carol the elephant is expected to recover. We hope those responsible for this horrible crime will be quickly identified and arrested.
Animal activists in South Florida may recognize the elephant victim. Carol was one of three elephants who, beginning in 1989, performed daily at the Swap Shop flea market in Fort Lauderdale. After 15 years, the flea market ended its financial support and the circus was evicted in 2005. The campaign against the Swap Shop circus was one of ARFF's longest.
In 1990, Carol crushed a circus worker to death in the parking lot at the Swap Shop.
When Carol recovers, we hope that she does not rejoin the circus. Carol has suffered long enough. She deserves a peaceful retirement, free from constant travel chained in the back of a truck, and safe from random shootings!
One Response to "Another shocking incident in the life of Carol the elephant"
The cruelty to circus animals must stop. The inhumane treament of these animals can only stop with those who buy tickets to see animals forced to perform tricks for their personal entertainment. Mass education of the public to the inhumane treatment of circus animals such as elephants, tigers, bears, and many others is imperative. A place to start…watch the HBO documentary "Apology to Elephants"…..disturbing and sad.


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Florida Priest Shot Dead in Tanzania at Entrance of Church
A senior Florida priest was shot dead at a church service on Sunday in Tanzania, leaving the community in mourning.
"We sadly report the tragic death of Father Evaristus Mushi, a priest of the Diocese of Zanzibar, Tanzania, age 56," the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg posted on Facebook Tuesday.
Father Mushi was apparently shot dead when he arrived for church service on Sunday morning in Zanzibar. It was the second attack on priests in the Muslim-majority country in recent months.
"Father Evarist Mushi was blocked by two young men at the entrance of the church, one of the attackers shot him in the head," said police spokesman Mohammed Mhina, according to Daily Nation.
Another Catholic priest was wounded on his way home from church on Christmas Day, pointing to tensions between the religious communities in Tanzania.
The east African country, with a 45 million population, has a relatively divided religious make-up, with 61 percent of residents identifying as Christians, mostly Roman Catholics, and 35 percent identifying as Muslims, according to The Pew Forum. As much as 97 percent of people in the Zanzibar Archipelago, however, are Muslims.
"For now, we cannot say what the motives are for the attack, but we have launched search operations for the attackers," said Mhina.
In their post remembering Father Mushi, the Diocese of St. Petersburg reminded the community that he was a priest of 27 years, and began serving at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish, Spring Hill in the summer of 2001, before moving on to the Diocese of Zanzibar.
"The Chancellor's Office has been hearing today from those who knew him and were touched by his ministry of love and kindness," the diocese stated, as it asked the community for prayers for the many Catholic priests and nuns throughout the world facing hardships.
One user on Facebook shared of his memories of Father Mushi: "Kathy and I were privileged to have Fr. Mushi at our home a few times for dinner. He was a funny friendly man to get to know and most importantly a truly spiritual man. I am so saddened to hear of how he died, my heart is heavy at this senseless and tragic loss. You Will be missed Fr."
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Emperor Renzong of Yuan (Chinese: 元仁宗, 1286-1320), also known as Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan or Buyantu Khan, born Borjigin-Khiyad Ayurbarwada, was the 4th Emperor or Khaan of the Yuan Dynasty in China to rule as Emperor of China.
Temur Khan died without an heir 2 February, 1307 because his son Tachu had passed away a year before him. Temür's widow Bulghan of the Bayaud tribe had kept away the Khunggirad -mothered brothers of Khayishan and Ayurbarwada and attempted to set up the pious Muslim Ananda, a cousin of former emperor and the governor of Ningxia. Harghasun, the right chancellor (Chinese: 右丞相) of the government who became aware of Bulghan's plan, called Ayurbarwada and Li Meng back from Huaizhou (Chinese: 懷州) to Dadu. They successfully developed a strategy to imprison Ananda and Bulghan. Afterwards, Ayurbarwada welcomed his older brother Khayishan, who was still far away from Dadu, to succeed to the throne. After the latter's coronation, Ayurbarwada was appointed the Crown Prince. Brothers promised each other that their descendants would rule on relay, though after Khayishan passed away Ayurbarwada lost his promise later in his reign by making his own son Shidibala the new Crown Prince.
Ayurbarwada was highlighted for his reform efforts based on Confucianism principle for the Yuan government. Ayurbarwada's reform efforts included the disbanding of the Department of State Affairs (Chinese: 尚書省) set up during Khayishan's reign, which resulted in the execution of 5 high-ranking officials, and the reintroduction of the imperial examination system for public officials similar to the one in previous dynasties of China. The imperial examination system, though had repeated been debated during Kublai's reign, had not put into effect until this time. It was now based entirely on Neo-Confucianism, which was thus established as the state philosophy of China for many centuries ever since. A race-based quotas were set for these examinations, allowing a certain number of both Mongol and Han Chinese to enter the government as civil officials. For example, starting in 1313 examinations were introduced for prospective officials - testing their knowledge on significant historical works - in 1315 300 appointments went to the court, with an extra quarter of the positions being given to non-Han Chinese people. These reforms were made at the displeasure of many Mongol nobility.
During his reign commercial ties with Europe increased. He also made an alliance with Oljeitu against Esen Buqa I of Chagatai Khanate, who attacked the Yuan forces, and defeated the latter in 1316. After Esen Buqa's death, Kebek mitigated the situation with Yuan Dynasty.


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Great reading, I read the entire post twice just to make sure I did not miss anything.
I have never had the chance to see the main land of Africa (made is to the Cape Verde islands), but my father lived in South Africa for many years before making it to the USA back in 1959, he then again moved to Nigeria around 1989 and lived there for a few years prior to his death in 1994. I never truly understood his obsession with Africa, after reading this, I am starting to understand the draw to this magical place, thanks for helping me open my eyes!
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Somewhere near the top, I suspect a little delirious through lack of oxygen, Webb hollered, "Let's summit this mother!" which made me unnecessarily happy. We summitted it: 14,115 feet, one of the highest paved roads in America. It was bloody freezing at the top. The Focus's temperature gauge read 3°C. Yesterday, in the desert, below sea level, it had hit 41°C.
Past Pikes Peak, the mountains stop abruptly, replaced to the east by an endless, dusty plain stretching to the Atlantic. As we barrelled east down an arrow-straight road, I watched the Rockies shrinking over the horizon, an ominous expanse of nothingness ahead. The Great Plains.


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On 05/24/2011 05:30 PM, Chanoch (Ken) Bloom wrote:
> I discovered bad blocks on my laptop hard drive today -- the laptop is
> nearly 6 years old. I ran e2fsck -c the drive to mark the bad blocks as
> bad, and everything seems to be working now.
That helps, on older drives. Not sure when the transition was, but at
some point around then drives started silently remapping sectors.
Basically it would have some hidden spare capacity. Then if it saw
errors (only on writes, never on reads) it would remap that to a hidden
Customers like this because it looks like they have a "perfect" drive.
Manufacturers like this because they don't get annoyed by customers
saying I bought a new drive and it says X sectors are bad.
Basically it's cheaper to make a 2TB drive with 1% spare hidden capacity
and less than 1% error rate than it is to make a 2TB drive with 0% spare
capacity and 0% error rate.
With one of the remapping capable drives once you see sectors that don't
clear on write then typically the drive dies pretty quick.
For the older drives that can't remap it can be anywhere between 0 time
to death and until you stop using the drive for other reasons.
Often even with a trashed filesystem because of bad sectors a reformat
(on new drives) or a badblock scan (on old drives) and the disk will be
usable for at least a little while and sometimes quite a long time.
Speaking of whic most drive manufactures have a drive test utility that
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often a minute or two, but the long test takes hours and is a better
measure of health.
Certainly if you have anything of value I'd suggest regularly backups
with or without such errors.
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Impossible to guess.
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A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America
Rome WAS Built in a Day!
May 4, 2009
Using leftover pizza boxes and trash from the streets of New York, artist Liz Glynn constructs and sacks the ancient city.
Volunteers Liz Behrend and Steven Hasty fashion the hut of Remus out of straw and cardboard (ca. 753 B.C.). (Zack Sultan)
Participants Katherine Kordaris and Dylan Bemberg construct the ground for the earliest Comitium (public assembly area), adjacent to the Roman Forum, leading up to the early Republic. (Zack Sultan)
The experimental rock band Barbez sets up in the background, as participants decide what to build next. (Zack Sultan)
The band plays Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" to commemorate the perfection of the arch form by the Romans (ca. 600 B.C.). (Zack Sultan)
The city at the dawn of the Republic (ca. 509 B.C.), with the Tiber River depicted in blue masking tape (Zack Sultan)
Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline (509 B.C.) (Zack Sultan)
Temple of Saturn (501-ca. 493 B.C.) (Zack Sultan)
Participants build during the Republican era, with Tiber Island and the Servian Wall in the foreground. The pizza box was later recycled into the supply of building material. (Zack Sultan)
In 388 B.C., construction begins on the Temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger). Pons Sublicius, the oldest bridge that spans the Tiber River, is visible in the foreground. (Liz Glynn)
Temple of Jupiter with the Colossus of Hercules (ca. 306 B.C.) (Zack Sultan)
Rome ca. A.D. 60, with Circus Maximus in the foreground (Liz Glynn)
Detail view of the Forum Romanum and the Forum of Augustus, with surrounding buildings (A.D. 200) (Liz Glynn)
Rome ca. A.D. 300, with the Column of Marcus Aurelius, made of recycled plastic water bottles, in the foreground (Liz Glynn)
Rome ca. A.D. 350 (Adi Schniderman)
An audience awaits the sacking of Rome by the Visigoths in A.D. 410, with the Colosseum in the foreground. (Liz Glynn)
Rome after the destruction, which took only two minutes (Benoit Pailley)
Twenty-seven-year-old artist Liz Glynn has literally built Rome in a day. Twice. Out of cardboard and wood, that is. She first constructed a mini Eternal City at an art space called Machine Project in Los Angeles in 2008. This past April, she proved again that it could be done, this time at the New Museum in New York City, as part of the exhibition Younger Than Jesus, a show featuring a diverse range of artists under the age of 33. The Harvard graduate—and daughter of an architect and an engineer—was glad that ARCHAEOLOGY had picked up the story. "It's very exciting, actually, to have non-art people covering it," she told managing editor Eti Bonn-Muller, who became an instant fan of her work. "It appeals not only to a contemporary art audience, but those from a variety of disciplines, including archaeology, architecture, and the classics." Glynn and a small army of volunteers sacked the makeshift city at the end of the project. The flattened forums are on view through July 5, 2009.
What inspired you to rebuild Rome?
How'd the experiment turn out?
How close is your constructed Rome to the layout of the "real" Rome?
That's impressive!
Where exactly do you start—with the hut of Romulus [Rome's semi-mythical founder] or ...?
How much historical research did you do? Did you read any of the ancient texts?
So do you have cutouts or tracings of the buildings? Or is it more freeform? How do you construct them?
You said—they were drawings from excavations or actual photos from excavations?
What's in the slide show, then?
So as the buildings are being built, in chronological order?
How many volunteers showed up? And was it hard to find them?
What is everybody talking about as they work?
The project was completed over the course of 24 hours straight. Is each hour divided into a time period?
But then during the era of Augustus, there's a lot that gets built—and a lot of the buildings get renovated as well. So we usually manage to get a little bit off track around then, which at that point in the project is about 9:00 in the morning, and everyone's on the ground building different things. Some of the things you're putting up become a little sloppier because you're trying to get all the buildings up in some form. And, of course, a number of them are renovated or they're destroyed by fire. But then we'll renovate them and add paint or...we switched—we used cardboard as an analog to brick and wood as an analog to marble. The saying is, Augustus found a city of brick and left it a city of marble, and so we try to switch to wood at that point. That's when the empire really comes into being.
Do you stop to dedicate each building as it's completed?
So, until what date do you build?
What kind of music is it?
Have you had any feedback from other archaeologists or classicists?
Can you tell me a little bit more about the materials you used?
How big is the work?
How involved were you personally in the construction?
Is there a particular building you really wanted to build yourself?
Why was that your favorite building?
You said the dome was particularly difficult to make?
So after all of that hard work, how did it feel to sack the city?
How exactly did you go about doing it?
How long did it take altogether?
That must be hard to watch!
Did you actually get real flowers?
And what kind of flowers did you use?
Have you ever visited the real Rome?
You did the same project in L.A. last year. Were there any differences?
Do you plan to do it again in the future?
How would you characterize your work in general? Do you usually look to ancient cities or art or archaeology for inspiration?
Eti Bonn-Muller is ARCHAEOLOGY's Managing Editor. Photo contributor Zack Sultan's website can be seen at www.nymoon.com.Share


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See the latest GEICO commercial on Facebook first
By Guest Blogger on July 7, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Posted in: Marketing & Communications
Have you seen the new commercials from our "Rhetorical Questions" campaign? One of my favorites is "Sarge," which features R. Lee Ermey as a drill sergeant/therapist. The latest round not only asks whether or not a former drill sergeant makes a terrible therapist, but also asks if Abe Lincoln was honest and if fútbol announcer Andres Cantor can make any sport exciting, among others.
Yesterday, we released the latest commercial in this series called "Piggy" just for people connected with GEICO on Facebook. We wanted to give our Facebook fans an exclusive "sneak peek" at the latest television commercial. "Piggy" will not start airing for another week or two, so if you are interested in seeing it first, make sure you visit GEICO's Facebook page, "Like" the page and enjoy! Let us know what you think of the new commercials — which one is your favorite?
512 responses to "See the latest GEICO commercial on Facebook first"
Love Maxwell!!! Need a stuffed animal of him. The commercials are always current and hilarious! Looking forward to others of him. Makes me smile and I laugh when I hear his WEWEWEWE!!!! Keep him coming!:)
Why, why, why!!! This has to be on my top ten most horrible commercials. If I hadn't had your insurance for years, I would never switch to Geico, because I cannot reward this horrible advertising. Every time it comes on, I switch channels or mute. I purposely record shows that I am home to see so I can forward through horrible commercials. I'd rather hear nails on a chalkboard while having vinegar and salt poured into my open wounds. I don't think the Barney song got under my skin so bad. Now there is another one of these godforsaken monstrosities?!? I cannot think of a worse advertising campaign. Make it stop, PLEASE!!!
My wife laughed hysterically at the line dance gecko. Called friends and neighbors to look for it. The pig is nonsense. An embarassment to Geico. Why would you drop an icon for stupidity?
Love the Maxwell pig commercials !!! Wheeee , my husband and 3 grown sons do too !–thanks for making them , just too cute !–love the gecko too…but just love that pig
I like the new piggy commercials !! You may not like them, but rest assured you wont forget them even if u don't remember what it is they are selling !! every company has a gimmick or something to grab your attention, it's called great marketing ! Maketing major here…keep up the good work geico !
Yeah!!! My son and I are so happy that Maxwell the Pig is back doing his hilarious commericals. He is the best!!! My son and I were wondering what happened to Maxwell. After a long, hard day at the office, a well deserved relaxing evening watching television is the best and becomes even better when there are commercials like these with Little Maxwell. My son who is 26 years old and I, 52 years old absolutely love him!!! Please keep them coming……….we love him!!!
First commercial, cute and funny…. subsequent commercials, overplayed and annoying. Pefect example of taking a good thing and beating it to death.
The Maxwell commercials are the best! They are clean, non-suggestive, humerous and make you smile. A refreshing change from the green lizard. Way to go Geiko!!
I just don't get it! Why is the pig there; what is he doing; why? Why? What is the message of the ad supposed to be? What is the point? Is there one!
This is by far the worst series of commercials I have ever seen (save for your caveman commercials). Every time this obnoxious pig comes on the screen, we dive for the remote, trying to change the channel before our eardrums burst. These are neither cute nor funny nor clever, and they certainly do not make me want to buy insurance. In fact, they make me want to buy insurance from anyone but Geico. Whoever came up with this concept should be fired.
We so enjoy Maxwell commercials!! Just saw the new Maxwell on the luge, hilarious! Geico needs to come up with a stuffed Maxwell pig, our family would buy at least one! Keep them coming!!
Please , please get rid of the Piglet. The sound of his voice is really grateing and triggers feelings of anxiety. Could be others feel this way , too. I miss the little lizard , not at all scary.
i love this guy so so so so so so much i want him .(not GAY)
Well, you know what I could not uatnrsdend the direction of your post, whether you were condemning the way of paid advertising like what Gyutae Park did or whether supporting it.
OMG!!! I love the zip-line commercial!! I wish we could order a Maxwell stuffed animal in the harness…i think i would by a couple…lmao.
Maxwell is the BEST – hilarious! Love the zip line commercial the most.
I really need a Maxwell stuffed animal! Come on, Geico!! Make this happen!
Love love love Maxwell!! Hope to see more of him in the future.
Hey I love the pig! Is there anywhere I can buy him?weeeeeeeeere lol
loves the pig
I hate the pig more than anything I have ever seen on TV.
This little piggy went to marketing school and the bank and WEEEEEEE WEEEEEE WEEEEEE all the way home. Brilliant!!!!!
Oh Ya ….I want a stuffed Maxwell
Pig is great, want one.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! loves the pig
OMG not another pig commercial!!! Cant change the channel fast enough. Thanks for annoying me every 8 minutes. -Kevin
We absolutely HATE the pig commercial. How annoying!!
The nursery rhyme has nothing to do with the word "whee". Idiotic, grating, not clever and completely the wrong reference. Hideous. Everybody associated with this should be fired. I will never consider your product specifically because of this ad campaign.
I adore the Maxwell the Pig commercials. Every single flippin' time it comes on, I end up giggling and it puts me in a happier mood. I think it's great that you guys have the gecko, that karaoke guy, and others. You're not locked into just one commercial theme.
yes.. we need a stuffed pig, that has pinwheels, and says.. Weeeeeeee!!!
my aunt hates the commercials…… and I would like to get her one, just as a
gag… gift…. for Christmas this coming December…….
Thanks to the abundance of pig commercials, I will never purchase a Geico product. They have to be the most annoying thing I've ever seen or heard in my entire life. It takes every ounce of self control I can muster not to put a bullet in my tv when I see them.
To all of the mouth breathers who think this abomination is funny: Have you no self respect? Avail yourself to some culture and you may find that your sense of humor evolves to something above that of a 5 year old. Turn off the Fox news and read a book. You may just find that you develop thoughts of your own.
The commercials are great. The gecko was the annoying one with his Pompous attitude and came acoss as a know it all. I'm sure the program you are watching before this commercial comes on, is biggest loser or so you think you can dance. Lighten up please, your choices to begin with are undoubtedly horrible.
Wee weee weeeee!! Gotta love Maxwell!! I wish Geico would do a Maxwell piggy bank, complete with the pinwheels! Just too stinkin' cute!
I NEED TO BUY A PLUSH TOY OF MAXWELL!!!! He's so cute!!!
most annoying commercial ever..i beg u..please stop the pig commercial….
Love Maxwell!!!!
Why, why, why!!! This has to be on my top ten most horrible commercials. If I hadn't had your insurance for years, I would never switch to Geico, because I cannot reward this horrible advertising. Every time it comes on, I switch channels or mute. I purposely record shows that I am home to see so I can forward through horrible commercials. I'd rather hear nails on a chalkboard while having vinegar and salt poured into my open wounds. I don't think the Barney song got under my skin so bad. Now there is another one of these godforsaken monstrosities?!? I cannot think of a worse advertising campaign. Make it stop, PLEASE!!!
I'm writing today to warn you about a big marketing mistake you are making as a company. I'm not sure about the IQ split of your target demographic but as a management consultant who is taking time off of his 80 hour work weeks to write this message, I can certainly say that annoying anyone with an IQ of over 100 to win hearts of the lower IQ demographic is certainly not a justifiable strategy on your part. You are creating a lot of net distractors who can't even stand a second of those pig commercials and get really vocal about their distaste.
I hate the sound of the pig squealing. That noise is a hundred times more irritating than:
1. The sound of a police siren turning on behind you.
2. A baby wailing its head off all day in the apartment next door to you while its toddler siblings scream and yell.
3. Ten fingernails breaking on a chalk board.
4. A car alarm going off outside your bedroom window all night long.
5. The sound of someone vomiting in the stall next to you.
6. Someone talking and/or coughing loudly in the cinema when you're trying to enjoy a movie.
So I change the channel immediately when it comes on. As long as Geiko runs the pig commercials, I will not even consider switching to Geiko.
I would just like to say that I have recently gotten a new car, and Geico was one of insurance companies recommended.
I chose another company SOLEY BASED on how annoying these pig commercials are. These ads did the opposite of that they're suppose to do.
Mmmmmm, bacon. That pig must be stopped … so we can enjoy some delicious bacon.
I want a stuffed animal of the piglet . . . so I can set it on fire and run it over with my vehicle repeatedly. Never has a commercial drawn from me outright anger. Not to mention that GEICO stuiffs MAXWELL down your gullet every 15 minutes. I'm going to throw the ad executives out of an airplane without parachutes and see if they make the same annoying squeals for at least 30 seconds before gravity puts them out of their cumulative miseries. MAXWELL blows. The concept blows. Geico- most of all-officially blows
I have searched the Internet in VAIN for several hours for ANY Maxwell the Pig merchandise, and there is NONE to be found! How frustrating! My husband, who doesn't get excited over commercials AT ALL, loves the WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE of Maxwell the pig. I want to get him something for his desk at the office for his birthday, and it looks like Maxwell is turning out to be a major tease.
BUMMER GEICO! Step it up please! Guess I'll have to settle for a cardboard cut-out of "FLO" from Progressive. We can take it out in the backyard an use it for target practice after we have cake and ice cream. Then we can shout "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" each time we pull the trigger.
Thanks for forcing me to support Progressive. Yuck.
Why is everyone GAY on MAXWELL? WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I miss maxwell. He loves life
And shows it by weeeeeeeeeing
All the way home. We need more
Happy dudes like maxwell in this
World. If he's on vacation , it's
Well deserved,otherwise , bring
Him back, fast. Maxwell always
Brings a smile to my face!!!!!
Maxwell is totally adorable. Makes me laugh out loud!
Maxwell is the best……..I love to hear WEEEEEEEEEEE……it doesn't matter how the commercial ends….he is a "JOY" to watch………where has he been ????????? I hope on the drawing board for something "new" in his life……..please don't put him on a shelf and forget him………..we, your viewing audience, LOVE HIM………EVEN Jessica Simpson named her baby girl "MAXWELL"………you can't help but smile….our family gets quiet when he comes on TV…..
I will end with this remark……if you can't watch these wonderful commercials….then how do you sleep at night…..they bring joy and love to what all of us are going through in today's world………WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MAXWELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i would love to see the piggie on a motorcycle or jet ski!!!!! come on and sell the pig as a stuffed toy!! u would make lots of $$$$$&&
I love Maxell. Why aren't there any more commercials with him in it? Budget woes? A little less We We Weeeeeeeeeee repitition would make him less annoying to some who don't appreciate the pink guy. Bring him back…please.
I LOVE MAXWELL!!! Big animal lover! Saw the new commercial – When Pigs Fly. Funny! I would love a stuffed Maxwell to have in the back seat of my car with the seatbelts on.
I find your latest commercial suggesting that a young woman wants to spend time in a parked car with a pink male pig suggestive of some type of sexual innuendo so obviously an ad from a bunch of white junior high thinking males. GEICO do these smart ad dudes fling snot at each other while bonding over this ad campaign? As a woman who is tired of your company's ads I will make sure that my family has nothing to do with your company for our insurance needs. I will make sure to speak with others in my social and private life about why it is important to actively avoid doing business with a company paying massive money for and for even thinking this commercial is funny and speaks well for their image.