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CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Science
COURSE TITLE: Physics
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
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This course will introduce you to Physics principles, concepts, and terminology. Physics is the study of the physical world. It can be described as the fundamental science.
The goal of physics is to use basic concepts, equations and assumptions to describe the physical world. The products of these descriptions form the foundation for predictions about a wide range of phenomena.
Many of the inventions, appliances and tools we live with currently were developed from physics predictions and the application of physics principles.
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After completing the course, students will be able to:
- An impression of an atom with electrons; Shutterstock.comEngage in full and partial scientific inquiries to design, conduct, and communicate scientific investigations to explore ideas about the natural world.
- Use scientific inquiry to design and conduct scientific investigations to meet a human need, make a decision, solve a human problem, or develop a product.
- Recognize and describe the interrelationship between science and technology.
- Apply the tools of technology (e.g., computers) in scientific endeavors.
- Identify qualities inherent in scientific behavior (e.g., reasoning, insight, energy, skill, and creativity).
- Discuss contributions of men and women of various social and ethnic backgrounds to science and technology.
- Apply science concepts to make decisions (weighing risks and benefits) about students' personal health and well-being.
- Understand the principles of motion and force.
- Apply principles of conservation of energy and describe the associated increase in disorder.
- Relate the interactions between matter and energy.
Course Outline
- Language of Physics
- Velocity
- Acceleration
- Forces and Vectors
- Motion in 2 Dimensions
- Linear Momentum/Impulse
- Work, Power & Energy
- Nuclear and Modern Physics
- Wave Properties
- Sound
- Light
- Electrostatics and Electrical Current
- Series and Parallel Circuits
- Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
- Fluid and Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
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Required Textbook
The textbook for the course is Holt Physics, authored by Serway and Faughn and published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston (2004).


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Permanent URL to this publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.5167/uzh-54882
Imamura, Y; Iida, T; Maruko, I; Zweifel, S A; Spaide, R F (2011). Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography of the sclera in dome-shaped macula. American Journal of Ophthalmology, 151(2):297-302.
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To examine the posterior anatomic structure of eyes with dome-shaped macula using enhanced depth imaging spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT).
Retrospective observational case series.
Patients with dome-shaped macula, a condition defined as convex elevation of the macula as compared with the surrounding staphylomatous region in a highly myopic eye, were identified through routine examinations using optical coherence tomography (OCT). EDI-OCT was used to examine their posterior anatomic changes. The scleral thickness was measured from the outer border of the choroid to the outer scleral border under the fovea and 3000 μm temporal to the fovea.
The mean age of the 15 patients (23 eyes) was 59.3 (± 12.2) years, and the mean refractive error was -13.6 (± 5.0) diopters. The best-corrected visual acuity ranged from 20/15 to 20/800 (median: 20/30). Eight patients (53%) had dome-shaped macula bilaterally. The mean subfoveal scleral thickness in 23 eyes with dome-shaped macula was 570 (± 221) μm, and that in 25 eyes of 15 myopic patients with staphyloma but without dome-shaped macula was 281 (± 85) μm (P < .001) even though both groups had similar myopic refractive error. The scleral thickness 3000 μm temporal to the fovea was not different in the 2 groups.
Dome-shaped macula is the result of a relative localized thickness variation of the sclera under the macula in highly myopic patients, and it cannot be categorized into any of the known types of staphyloma. This finding suggests the ocular expansion in myopia may be more complex than previously thought.
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TC TO JEAN CARLYLE AITKEN; 4 March 1837; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18370304-TC-JCA-01; CL 9:166-167.
Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 4th March 1837.
My dear Sister,
There is a frank going to M'Diarmid about the House at Craigenputtoch, which a man, some man or other from East Lothian, speaks of probably "taking for for [sic] a time." Still more probably not "taking"; only plaguing me with writing of!— However I have snatched an hour to write this inclosed Letter for Alick; and surely a minute on the cover is due to you.— You have not the smallest conception how busy I am kept. Since Alick's Letter was done, for example, just this minute there has come in the last Proofsheets of Volume First (two of them and more): abundant work for what remains of this day and the whole morrow. Happily they are the last of that Volume! Two Printers are now busy: soon in April [i]t will be over.
Alick writes to me that you have had jaundice; a miserable bilious complaint, proceeding from the liver. He represents you as better. I hope and pray you may get well fully, without delay: ill health is a sad clog on every thing. On the other, "little James" he says is a fine thriving fellow: this will be a great comfort to you.— I sent big James a Pamphlet by M'Kie—did he get it? It was an American Review of Teufelsdröckh: a Bookseller shewed it me in a shop one day, and I could not but buy it, and send it for some comfort to you. When you have all seen it, or in the course of your seeing it, as the thing may suit, let Mrs Welsh get a glimpse of it. The Book is my Mother's: but she will not grudge Templand a week of it.— Likewise there went off towards Templand and you a bundle of Necklaces (& Mirabeaus too, as it proved)[.] Have they ever come? Let James indicate by one stroke on the next Paper that he has got the Yankee review (if he have got it); then, as before agreed on, by three on some other Paper, when the Templand things come. Unless you will write a long Letter, or even a short Letter, without loss of time?— I have written to America about poor Alick;1 and could greet [weep] for waeness, but that would serve purpose, I believe, at bottom, it is the only wise thing to be determined on. May God prosper it! I pray and hope!— In Alick's Letter is an account how I am to lecture here; the instant this Book is off! "In the first week of May:" I declare I shudder to consider it. Yet it is very right, and fit, and must be done: we will "welter [stagger] thro' it," one way or another; we never stuck in the middle of anything hitherto.— The Herald came in right time last week; tho' I think James could have made no new arrangement with the Hannings. The week before it was four days too late, and again dirty: another day and it would not have gone at all. I understand Rob and Jenny have plenty of Newspapers quite accessible to them. It will be better therefore to send this same Herald hither direct;—unless some of you that are punctual, and without snuff-drops2 can profit by it for a day? Monday is the soonest I can get it; Monday corresponds to your Saturday. Your James appears to me to be the only entirely punctual man, except myself, of the whole set. I will see you this summer surely! Till June it is not to be thot of now. God bless you both!
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Ed Montgomery, the Obama administration's newly appointed "Car Czar" christened his new post yesterday by announcing he would make helping displaced workers his priority in the next few weeks.
"My job is to cut the red tape," Montgomery said in a press conference after his meetings in Lansing, Mich, with Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm (D) and other state officials. He compared the situation to a natural disaster and said he would explore current government programs to assist displaced workers such as extended benefits usually reserved for workers who lose their jobs to off-shoring. He also said he would look to use some of the $787 billion federal stimulus to support auto workers.
Doesn't sound like a vote of confidence for the industry he's trying to save. It sounds like a life raft for those left in the water when the inevitable happens.
In the last month, TheLadders Career-Advice has profiled three auto executives who said they saw the inevitable coming and decided to swim to higher ground.
Will Scrugs was a platform manager at International Automotive Component near Detroit. He told reporter Patty Orsini that he enjoyed his job and wouldn't be leaving but for the industry downturn.
It was "a lot of little things happening that, taken together, pushed me to start looking around. Last September, I was directly tied with Chrysler, and there was a lot of downsizing there. Car sales were getting worse and worse. I needed to do something different; not go back to school, but look at other industries and other companies where there would be opportunities."
He decided to consider relocating and moving to a different industry, that still relied on his manufacturing background. He found DTMP, a heavy-equipment manufacturing company in Lebanon, Mo., where he is director of quality and engineering. He will performing many of the same tasks he did in Detroit. "We will be designing parts and making parts, and instead of going on a car, they will go on a tractor or a combine."
Sherry Olinyk, of London, Ontario, outside Detroit, left her job as a plant manager at an automotive parts manufacturer in October. She said she saw the writing on the wall.
She left an industry many consider aged and dying and found growth opportunities at company founded 344 years ago.
Olinyk is now a plant manager for Saint-Gobain's construction-materials plant in Plattsville, Ontario, where they produce abrasives materials. Saint-Gobain SA is a French multinational that was founded in 1665 to produce the glass for the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Today, it is one of the world's top 100 industrial corporations, producing an array of construction materials like concrete and glass and Olinyk said the transition from automotive was a smooth one.
"It doesn't matter whether you are making widgets or trinkets or atomic bombs or jet liners," she said. "It really doesn't matter what the outcome product is. You really have to focus on leadership, and managing people and processes. And if you can do that, you can go into any industry and be successful.
"I don't think industry really matters that much," she said. "If you are going to want to take a leadership role, you have to take a leadership role no matter what it is that you are doing."
David Rosenberg was laid off in April 2008 from CenturyTube, a steel parts manufacturer in Madison, Indiana, where he was a salesman.
Rosenberg opted to remain in the auto industry, but stopped focusing on Detroit. Because he speaks Japanese, Rosenberg was able to shift his focus to the Japanese automakers - Honda, Nissan and Toyota – which he considers in better shape than the Big Three automakers – Chrysler, Ford and General Motors. He is now a sales manager at AT-USA in Seymour, Ind., which he said does 30 percent of its business with Toyota.
For anyone in automotive considering a career change Rosenberg advises that he or she should ask the question: "Do I have to stay in automotive?"
"Consider if your skills are transferable some place else," he said. "But if you are locked into automotive because that has always been what you do, then you have to consider what is your specialty, your niche that makes you more attractive than the next guy."
"In the automotive industry, if you can sell yourself as being a real specialist who knows the 'X Factor' really well, and if you can document that, you should play to that strength."


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Since Randolph Stow's death last month, many people (including me) have expressed their fondness — often from schooldays — for his 1965 novel The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea, about the effect of World War II on a boy and a young man in Geraldton, Western Australia. The book has never been out of print, thanks to school reading lists, and Penguin's publishing director, Robert Sessions, tells Undercover that the Popular Penguin edition has sold more than 5500 copies since its release last year. He says the company will consider a couple more of his titles for future Popular Penguins. (The Miles Franklin winner To the Islands must be a contender.) Sessions was pleased to meet the reclusive Stow in the office of the London literary agent Deborah Rogers. "He didn't say much," Sessions says. "He was polite but taciturn."
The poet Robert Adamson has written an elegy for Stow and sent it to the Herald. When I told him I didn't know Stow's work well enough to understand his allusions, Adamson explained beautifully.
Internal Weather: In Memory of Randolph Stow
'In the dry heat/ of photocopy fans,'— Jeni Olin
In a long night, the moon's bent light.
I dwell in this bone cave, a rocking
Cup of skull—its contents histories alive
With thought-weaving 'brain waves'—
Grains of chalk flow through veins
In a fatty backwash to a country
Where no thought springs—In this
Weather where ghosts of images
Drift out of clouds in multiples of ten.
Then sparks pinging blue tats onto
A pink velvet tongue. Half-full
Canals with threads of molten porcelain
Woven into a nest, brimming over.
Cannot evaporate, can't die down—
We live at the world's expense,
Listening in, always watching the pale
After-images, head-butting
Electronic switches, watching with a bad
Weather eye. Blood's alphabet—
Let's chalk it up on blackboards:
Tails of white serifs, tiny blades in arteries.
The typewriter of bones, taps out
A forgotten morse code on spine's fret-work:
We are still machines according
To a cranky philosopher; though hotted-up
These days, skidding through aisles
Of false weather in the super-malls.
Who shops in a butcher's shop?
There's air conditioning everywhere
Except in the waiting street.
Here you enter a column of breath,
Where a page becomes that dance,
Even the red desert is polished by fingers
Fox-trotting across touch-pads.
So now let's boogie with Mondrian
In the dry heat of photocopy fans,
Before leaving the city beyond time's measure,
Out into the broken weather.
Robert Adamson
(copyright Robert Adamson)
This is what Bob wrote about his poem, at my request. I wouldn't normally ask a poet to explain his work, but this seems to complement the poem without diminishing it:
"The light of his vision could be blinding as well as illuminating. He became a long-distance role model and over the years his work stood up and became stronger. Stow's craft, sparse and strong, held his visionary concepts and images in a translucent cage of language that floated on the pages of his books. A Counterfeit Silence his Selected Poems was published in 1969 and I have been reading it constantly since then. His novel Tourmaline influenced my thinking. Stow is one of my favourite Australian poets, along with Francis Webb.
"Here's a quick run through of some of the references to his work in my elegy Internal Weather. The landscape begins inside the head, in the great red dirt deserts of his imagination. There are some references to Stow's work as an anthropologist when he was a young man.
"I wanted to imitate those thought-weaving 'brain-waves', using loose sprung rhythm, alliteration and internal rhyme, and then setting the poem in the present as well as the past to create a slightly surreal effect. There are other old fashioned nouns like 'morse code', and 'typewriter' to show the way time can be stretched by the 'visionary company of love'. Stow quotes Barcroft Boake's 'Out where the dead men lie' in his poem The Singing Bones and I use the images of 'cupped skull' and 'bones' to note the fragments of 'evidence' that aboriginal people were living here up to, at least, 40,000 years ago. Stow often refers to this ancient living culture in both his poetry and novels.
"My phrase 'where no thought springs' is a reference to the novel Tourmaline and it echoes Keats when he writes 'and no bird sings'—it's a playful punning refence to the character Tom Spring in Tourmaline. The town survives after a nuclear holocaust although can be an imaginary site somewhere in space, a place at a time when the town has run out of ideas as well as water. Stow's protagonist is a water diviner, who has come to the dry, red earth town for a Christ-like 40 days. There are many refences to religion in the novel however Stow's vision is that of a Taoist.
"The white cracking bones of light. The veins and arteries running through my poem are the impressions of dry rivers, once flowing tributaries of Tourmaline's inland sea that has completely dried up. I bring Mondrian into the elegy with his aerial views of London and New York, 'grids' of blue, red and yellow—colours of desert too— sky, earth and sun. Mondrian conjures the wires and electrical circuitry of the heart and mind, along with the mysterious images that drift out of the mirco chipped clouds in 'multiples of ten'. The blood's alphabet is chalked in grids on blackboards and whiteboards. Mondrian lived in New York for the last years of his life. Jeni Olin also lives there 'in the dry heat/ of photocopy fans' quoted at the beginning.
"Randolph Stow wrote about climate change back in 1962. One concern in Tourmaline is that we might change things for the better if we could project ourselves through time. From there in Tourmaline, to the present time, where the townsfolk would expierence at first hand what was in store. My elegy has rivers running inside Stow's head and onto the page, an internal dialogue similtaneously in Stow's imagination and also mine. I am praising a role model whose work was ahead of his time. Although, as you read, remember Stow was the poet who wrote : 'And when they ask me what I have seen, I shall say/I remember nothing./And if they should ever tempt me to speak again,/I shall smile, and refrain.' "


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Jennifer Aniston to Guest Star on "Days of Our Lives"?
Jennifer Aniston is returning to network television, says X17Online, picking up on a rumor that she's going to guest star on "Days of Our Lives."
The outlet, which sometimes spreads myths when it's not occasionally manufacturing untruths, reports that Aniston "will appear on 'Days of Our Lives,' on which her father, John Aniston, plays Greek mobster Victor Kiriakis."
"The former 'Friends' star will play a wedding planner who helps her father's character gets married," notes the site.
But is she really appearing on the soap?
A rep for the A-lister tells Gossip Cop the rumor is "completely false."
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ESGR informs and educates service members and their civilian employers regarding their rights and responsibilities governed by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). ESGR does not have statutory authority to enforce, but serves as a neutral, free resource to employers and service members. ESGR's trained ombudsmen provide mediation of issues relating to compliance with USERRA.
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|20 Amanda Reynolds
As a Freshman
Did not play in any games ...Named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Somerville High School
As a junior, led squad to Central Jersey Group 2 Championship while earning first-team all-conference, Courier News All-Area and New Jersey Girls Soccer Coaches Association All-State honors ... Played club soccer for the Parsippany Soccer Club and was coached by Dominick Bucci ... Parsippany Gazelles team was USL Super 20 League National Champion, PDA Girls Showcase Champion and a New Jersey State Cup Finalist in 2007 ... Named to the United States Mid-Atlantic All-Regional Team and to the Super Y League Olympic Development Program Divisional Team.
Intended academic major is elementary education ... Parents are Dan and Beth Reynolds ... Academic honor award recipient all four years ... National Honor Society member ... Class treasurer for three years.


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Feb. 24, 2009
Charleston, S.C. - In the second week of competition for the spring season the Stanford Sailing Team sent teams to the Charleston Coed Spring Regatta hosted by the College of Charleston in South Carolina and the North Points 3 & 4 at California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, CA.
Traveling to the top event for the weekend in Charleston for the Cardinal was a young team of three freshmen and one sophomore. In A division, Nick Dugdale '12 and Hayley Tobin '11 competed against a deep field and finished 10th of the 18 teams in attendance. In B division, Oliver Riihiluoma '12 skippered with Ariane Fisher '12 crewing in her first out-of-conference event. The pair finished 7th in their division. Overall, the team of underclassmen performed well in the wide range of conditions seen over the weekend. Having gained more experience in breeze from 5 knots on Saturday and all the way up to 25 knots on Sunday, all the sailors will be able to build on their results. Overall, the team finished 8th in the event.
Nearer to home, Stanford sent a coed and women's team to the North Points 3-4 on Saturday, February 21. Competing for the coed team in both events was Ben Pedrick '11 with Katie Jewett '11 in A division and Cam Bell '09 with Caitlin Hicks '11 in B division. The coed team placed 3rd in both distinct events, finishing close behind the top teams of both CMA and Cal. The women's team of Hannah Burroughs '11 with Catherine Cu '09 in A division and Megan Grove '10 with Laura Garvey '12 in B division


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March 12, 2013
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - NIU's Cristina Alvarez and Haley Dekkinga earned three-set victories at No. 5 and No. 2 singles, respectively, leading the Northern Illinois women's tennis team to a 6-1 victory over Missouri-Kansas City Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City.
Northern Illinois won its 13th match of the 2013 spring season, tying the most wins in a season by a Huskie women's tennis team since 2003, and upped its record to 13-2 this spring. NIU is 11-0 in matches away from home this spring. UMKC fell to 3-10 with the loss.
After Northern Illinois claimed the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots by the duos of Nelle Youel-Arantza De La Torre, and Dekkinga-Stephanie McDonald, respectively, Kansas City tied the match with a straight-set win at No. 3 singles by Dimitra Stavrianakou. NIU's Mary Malkin won her 13th match of the season, 6-2, 6-4, over UMKC's Suzan Lisenby at No. 4 singles, and Youel extended her undefeated streak to 15 with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 1.
When Dekkinga, Alvarez and McDonald were forced to a third set by their Kangaroos' opponents, the match hung in the balance. However, Alvarez took the third set of her match, 6-4, and Dekkinga won 6-2 in the third set, to clinch Northern Illinois' victory. McDonald closed out her match for the 6-1 final margin.
"This was an amazing day," said NIU Head Coach Ryun Ferrell. "Just when we thought we had UMKC down, they came right back. We did battle well right from the start and we finished. It was nice to see."
Northern Illinois looks to continue its winning ways Wednesday when the Huskies take on Emporia State in Emporia, Kan., in their first match of the spring to be played outside.
Northern Illinois 6, Kansas City 1
Kansas City, Mo.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
No. 1 Nelle Youel (NIU) def. Laura Bouet (UMKC) - 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 Haley Dekkinga (NIU) def. Eva Dalvai (UMKC) - 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
No. 3 Dimitra Stavrianakou (UMKC) def. Arantza De La Torre (NIU) - 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 Mary Malkin (NIU) def. Suzan Lisenby (UMKC) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Cristina Alvarez (NIU) def. Amelie Amsallem (UMKC) - 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
No. 6 Stephanie McDonald (NIU) def. Maddie Schulte (UMKC) - 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
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A mere 7 hours ago, in the wee hours of the night on Thursday, March 13, 2014, Amazon sent an email to us Amazon Associates members, titled "Amazon Associates: New Trade-In Program, Spring Outlet Event, College Hoops & More."
It was a great reminder of their new trade-in program that lets folks who sell their stuff back to Amazon get money for unwanted books, electronic gadgets and video games by selling them back to Amazon.
The cool part about Amazon's trade-in program is that you can get an instant quote on how much you can get back for the particular item you're planning to sell -- and then they'll pay you with an Amazon gift card. This Internet Deals Examiner has taken advantage of the program to sell back books that were just taking up space in my house anyway -- and I've gone through the lists and searched on Amazon to see which books were part of the trade-in program. Even if they only added up to a few dollars or more, that was more money than I had before I used the program.
The stuff that I can't trade in to Amazon -- either because they don't allow it or because they wouldn't give me back enough moolah -- I generally wind up selling on eBay, which is another great way to get rid of stuff you no longer want and get some serious cash to pay your bills quickly.


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Main roads to Christchurch open
The New Zealand Transport Agency says the main roads out of Christchurch were open on Tuesday afternoon after the quake.
The quake occurred at 12.51pm, causing multiple deaths and injuries.
There were also reports of major damage to local roads, as well as liquefaction and surface flooding.
The agency said the Rakaia Bridge on State Highway 1 south of Christchurch and the Waimakariri Bridge on State Highway 1 north of the city were open.
The Lyttleton Tunnel had been re-opened for emergency vehicles to use on Tuesday evening, the agency said.
A control building at the tunnel was seriously damaged in the quake. The agency said an assessment of the damage would be carried out on Wednesday morning to determine whether the tunnel can be reopened for use by light vehicles.
The Ferrymead Bridge was reported to be impassable because of rising water.
KiwiRail said the TranzAlpine service was stopped at Greymouth and the TranzCoastal stopped at Picton. A spokesperson said no injuries have been reported and all passengers were safe.
Next story in Christchurch Earthquake : Hospitals free up beds for quake victims
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Button, Lindbergh, King Collection
On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. The objects of popular culture in the National Collection display everything from ashtrays to wristwatches reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. More than 75 years after the Spirit's historic flight, Lindbergh's name still has the power help sell manufactured goods.
Gift of the Stanley King Family.
Physical Description:
A gray button with white lettering "The Lone Eagle Charles A. Lindbergh" encircling an image of Lindbergh. Attached to a piece of hard, white plastic in the form of a ribbon. Blue lettering on plastic "Welcome Lindbergh Montana State Fair Helena Spetmeber 5-9 1927"
- Date
- 1927
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- Boeing Aviation Hangar
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
- Materials
- Metal, ferrous in nature, plastic and paper
- Dimensions
- 2-D - Unframed (H x W): 9.2 x 2.9cm (3 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)


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Ok… So that was a bit unexpected. I was not expecting these when I planted them. Crookneck Summer squash.
I've got several of them coming along in three clusters… They look very much like tough, inedible gourds, and I imagine that they can be like that if picked at the wrong time. So I've picked a few small ones and the bigger one in the second photograph (below) and will see how they deal with being tossed into a stir-fry.
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It is now somewhat later.
Since I wrote the first draft of this post (the paragraph above), I've done that test with the small ones. (I forgot to take a snap of the tasty results. Sorry about that.) I sauteed half a chopped red onion and some garlic in olive oil for a while and then popped in the chopped up squashes, keeping them moving every now and again, until they got soft. Crushed some sea salt over it at about the half way stage, and ground some black pepper over it all. Nice and quick. Not too fancy so that the main ingredients can be allowed to shine in the test. Not bad. One of them was a little more tough in the skin than I'd have preferred, but not too much. Another minute in the pan might have been better. Next time I'll throw in some of those pumpkin seeds I have on the side… at the stage when the onions are being sauteed. I think that will add some nice nuttiness to the whole thing.
The first meal from the garden. Excellent.
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If $\{a_{n}\}_{n\geq 1}$ is a decreasing sequence of real numbers, $a_{n}\in (0,1)$ and $\lim_{n\to \infty} a_{n}=0$. What we can say about $$\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a_{n-1}}{a_{n}}$$
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Probably not much.
Let $a_n = b^{-n}$ for any constant $b > 1$, so then $a_n \in (0, 1)$. Then,
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n} = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{b^{-n + 1}}{b^{-n}} = \lim_{n \to \infty} b = b.$$
So, any real number greater than 1 is possible. And, if $a_n = \frac{1}{n}$, then a limit of 1 is also possible. And, using $a_n = b^{-n^2}$, we see $\infty$ is also a possible limit. The limit would have to be at least 1, in general, if $a_n$ is decreasing.
Let $b_1,...,b_n,...$ be any sequence of positive real numbers such that $\sum_{i=1}^\infty b_i$ diverges.
Then let $a_0 = 1$ and $a_{n+1} = \frac{a_n}{1+b_n}$.
Then $a_{n-1}/a_{n}= 1+b_{n-1}$.
Now, since $\sum b_i$ diverges, $\prod_{i=1}^\infty (1+b_i)$ diverges.
But $a_{n} = \frac{1}{\prod_{i=1}^n (1+b_i)}$
So $a_{n}\to 0$.
On the other hand, $\lim a_{n-1}/a_n = \lim_{n\to\infty} (1+b_n)$
Clearly, that can converge, diverge, bop around. It can even converge to $1$, by setting $b_n=\frac{1}{n}$.
We show that the behaviour of the $\frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n}$ can be extremely chaotic.
In particular, we show that there is a decreasing sequence of positive reals, with limit $0$, such that every real number in the interval $[1,\infty)$ is a limit of a subsequence of the $\frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n}$.
Let $r_0,r_1,r_2,\dots$ be an enumeration of the positive rationals, and let $s_n=\sum_{i=0}^n r_i$. Then $(s_n)$ is an increasing positive sequence, with limit $\infty$.
Let $a_n=e^{-s_n}$. Then $\frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n}=e^{r_n}$.
For any real number $x\ge 1$, there is a subsequence of $(r_n)$ which has limit $\log(x)$, and the result follows.


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July 26, 2012
A new program has launched to give dental professionals an opportunity to pursue a dental educator certificate and Master of Arts degree in education, with a concentration in dental education. The Pathway Program is a joint collaboration between the American Dental Education Association (ADEA); the Academy for Academic Leadership Institute for Teaching and Learning (AAL ITL); and University of the Pacific's Gladys L. Benerd School of Education.
The Pathway Program offers a three-step process for participants. The first step requires attending the ADEA/AAL ITL Fellowship, which provides the skills of a master teacher and 50 continuing education units. Held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, phase one of the Fellowship will occur on Aug. 16-19 and phase two on Oct. 26-28. While the Fellowship is the prerequisite to step two of the Pathway Program, it can also be taken as a stand-alone program.
The second step allows participants to complete the dental educator certification, which includes one on-site session at University of the Pacific's San Francisco campus and online projects. Participants may complete the certificate, which is awarded through Pacific, as a terminal achievement or as the next step on the path to a master's in education.
The final step is to earn the Master of Arts in education, with a concentration in dental education. The year-long program culminates in a degree awarded through University of the Pacific. Participants who begin the Fellowship in 2012 can complete the work for the master's degree by the end of 2013.
"We are very excited to be able to partner with ADEA, the Academy for Academic Leadership and the Gladys L. Benerd School of Education to bring this program to fruition," said Dean Patrick J. Ferrillo, Jr. "This is a great collaborative effort that will enhance the quality of dental education at dental schools throughout the country."
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Parking & TransportationUNC Charlotte has parking throughout campus for faculty, staff, students and visitors. Visitors are encouraged to review the Campus Map to find the Visitor Parking nearest to their destination. The Campus Shuttle, which operates during the Fall and Spring semesters, is free and available to all. More information about Campus Shuttle service and schedule is found on the website. SafeRide is available to transport registered individuals with mobility impairments during daytime hours on the campus core. SafeRide also provides safe transport during evening hours to all campus constituents. Visit the website for more information about SafeRide, the Campus Shuttle and Parking.
The UNC Charlotte map is interactive. The map allows viewers to choose the layer that provides relevant information. The Disability Services layer shows the accessible campus pathways, automatic door paddles to building entrances and accessible parking. The menu at the top of the map web-page allows the map to be enlarged
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SafeRide provides transport in the campus core for faculty, staff, students and visitors with disabilities during daytime hours. Faculty, staff and students who wish to use SafeRide during the day must provide documentation to Disability Services and be approved. Visitors can use SafeRide on an "as available" basis by contacting the SafeRide dispatcher in Police and Public Safety at 704-687-5636. Alternately, visitors with mobility impairments may set-up SafeRide transport through their University host department in advance by contacting Parking Services.
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE EXCLUSIVE) – Kenya Moore's boyfriend, her African Prince (who isn't an Oil Tycoon), prompted a fake RHOA story in conjunction with tonight's RHOA episode, LALATE can report. Who is Kenya Moore dating, who is her African Prince, what is her African Prince's name, and are they still dating? Back in 2013, LALATE began first reporting exclusively about Moore's African Prince: D'Banj. But last week on RHOA, Bravo aired the Peter Thomas birthday party episode. After that episode was filmed, countless reports, fueled by an erroneous tale by MediaTakeOut, claimed that Moore was dating Roger Bobb. Moore appeared alongside Bobb during the Peter Thomas birthday party. Of course months before that, Kenya emerged from court in her eviction case alongside friend Brandon DeShazer. And MediaTakeOut at the time also said that Kenya was dating Brandon and that he was Kenya's African Prince.
Tonight, Kenya Moore deals with the drama after the Peter Thomas birthday. But still remaining are the fake tales of that night. Included among them is this once from MediaTakeOut. "MediaTakeOut.com would like to CONGRATULATE Kenya Moore . . . who is dating again. We got pics of her and her new BF at Peter Thomas' 53rd birthday party. And that's not just any dude – his name is Roger Bobb, the President and CEO of Bobbcat Films. Prior to creating Bobbcat Films, Bobb served as the Executive Vice President of Tyler Perry Studios. He produced the television shows Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet The Browns, and he is the producer of eleven Tyler Perry films."
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Moore is not dating Roger Bobb, and did not date Bobb in 2013 either. So who is Kenya dating? In 2012, LALATE first exclusively began to report that Kenya and D'Banj were possibly starting to date. The two spent time in Texas in spring of 2013. Moore appeared with Andy Cohen on WWHL from Texas. And D'Banj appeared in concert on stage. Around that same time, NeNe Leakes met D'Banj. But Leakes later told RHOA viewers, falsely, that she had never met Moore's boyfriend. No word what D'Banj thinks of NeNe.
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D'Banj of course is not an oil tycoon, a term used by Bravo. Rather he is a Lagos, Nigeria based singer with a series of new songs out this spring, as reported previously on LALATE. And despite false reports about Kenya's boyfriend from MediaTakeout, the site tried yet another fake Kenya story this month. After wrongly claiming that Brandon is dating Kenya, and that Roger Bobb is dating Kenya, MediaTakeOut, hearing LALATE's reports about D'Banj, started to claim that Moore is paying D'Banj to be a fake boyfriend.
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For now, Kenya is tired of the lies, especially from NeNe Leakes. She tells BravoTv.com "Furthermore, NeNe is using pillow talk gate to justify why she has targeted me as her enemy. I have personally done nothing to NeNe but try to be her friend, even apologizing for something that wasn't solely my fault as she insists. Even if I was to blame for the pillow talk melee, which I am not, is that a reason to disown someone as a friend? Her cruelty and nastiness towards me is completely unfounded and based on her own insecurities. With that said, I refuse to dim my light in order to make her comfortable." Moore adds "A friend is someone who has proven to be loyal, one who keeps your secrets, tolerates you when you have bad days, and most importantly, never tries to climb rungs on a ladder by putting their $4,000 Tom Ford boots on the necks of any woman who also has some success. Lastly, a friend forgives and never holds grudges because they love you unconditionally."


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Cook This! 4-H Culinary Challenge
New this year! The 2015 4-H Cook This! event will be incorporated into a healthy living track at the 4-H "And My World" Summer Camp held June 21-25 at the Iowa 4-H Center. All youth in grades 5-8 are welcome to attend.
The camp will provide youth the opportunity to further develop their nutritional knowledge and culinary skills through hands-on activities as they taste and prepare ethnic cuisines. Youth will explore new flavors while practicing leadership, citizenship and communication skills.
Through the 4-H healthy living camp youth participants will be able to:
Taste and create dishes using international foods and flavors.
Recognize the different types of food production methods and options for purchasing healthy foods.
Work in teams to practice safely preparing healthy dishes.
Demonstrate a global understanding of ethnic cuisines and the culture surrounding food.
Demonstrate an understanding of nutritional, social, emotional and physical well-being.
Due to the Cook This! event being integrated into the 4-H camp delivery mode a Cook This! event will not be offered as part of our Iowa State Fair special events this year. This is being done in an effort to provide more educational programming to youth in a more long-term setting.
For more information and to register for the camp, please click on the embedded hyperlinks. Registration is due by June 1. For additional questions regarding the 4-H Healthy Living camp please contact: Cayla Taylor, 515-294-1877, email@example.com. Please share this exciting camping opportunity with youth interested in food and nutrition, healthy living, ethnic cuisines and food production!
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2014 Cook This! Culinary Challenge Final Results
Senior Level
First Place: Wolf Pack, Dehkontee D, Alexis M, Laura G
Second Place: J.A.K.d Up, Alienna B, John D, Katlynn L/
Third Place: Jumping Jalapenos, Anna C, Roman G, Riley M
Finalist: Team RTC, Rileigh H, Colton H, Trinity M
Intermediate Level
First Place: Cookin' Crusaders, Jessica K, Anna P, Lauren S
Second Place: The Three L's, Laura M, Leah M, Landra R
Third Place: Team Tasty, Noelle W, Evalina G, Freedom C
Finalist: I Cuochi Italiani, Heidi H, Kaylynn K, Anna M
Finalist: Sweet Cookin', Grace E, Alaina O, Paige O
Junior Level
First Place: Lucky Lassies and Lads, Kiana F, Annie L, Natalie V
Second Place: The Three Amigos, Ann L, Sarah M, Ally O
Third Place: M.E.N. Can Cook, Elena D, Nadia G, Molly W
Finalist: Baking Blondies, Bella B, Ella B, Gracyn V
Top teams will advance to the final competition to be held on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at the Iowa State Fair.
Who can participate?
Teams are composed of three youth. At least one member of the team must be a 4-H member (it's easy to join 4-H!) Interested individuals are able to apply as an individual, partial or full team. We will combine applicants to make full teams whenever possible.
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2014 Cook This Challenge Packet (pdf)
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Endless Rain (manga)
Alternative title:
Oto no Nai Ame wa Furitsuzuku (Japanese)
音のない雨は降り続く (Japanese)
Genres: romance
Themes: yaoi
Plot Summary: Akira's mother was the mistress of a CEO. Upon her death, the CEO takes Akira and his little brother into the family, but now Akira must deal with his new relatives and the president of one of his father's companies.
User Ratings: 6 ratings have been given [details]
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.667 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.4907, rank: #3392 (of 4956)
Weighted mean: 6.477 (Decent+), rank: #3624 (of 4956) (seen all: 6.48)
Bayesian estimate: 7.000 (Good), rank: #2154 (of 2936)
Masterpiece: -
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Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.667 (Good−), std. dev.: 1.4907, rank: #3392 (of 4956)
Weighted mean: 6.477 (Decent+), rank: #3624 (of 4956) (seen all: 6.48)
Bayesian estimate: 7.000 (Good), rank: #2154 (of 2936)
Number of tankoubon: 1
Vintage: 2006-11-11
Release dates: We have 1
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On my wall is a photograph
of a man at a powwow. He is dressed in traditional Ojibwa
regalia, including an impressive feathered bustle on his
back, a leather vest and breechcloth and a multicoloured
roach adorning his head. He looks quite magnificent, proud
and utterly aboriginal. In his hand is a can of Pepsi,
and he's also wearing some pretty cool sunglasses. I bet
his stomach is full of Indian tacos that he chewed with
the non-native fillings in his teeth. He is a contemporary
powwow dancer, with a moccasined foot in two worlds.
The powwow. It is fabulous and fattening, and every
weekend in the spring, summer and fall, somewhere in
this country, there are a couple happening. In my travels,
I've been privileged to see powwows from the Okanagan
to the Ottawa valleys, from Oklahoma to the halls of
Yale University. Every one is different, yet each is
familiar. That is the nature of powwows. Some might
argue it's a state of mind. When I was growing up on
my reserve, Curve Lake First Nation, two hours northeast
of Toronto, the highlight of every summer was the powwow.
And the highlight of every powwow was the challenge
of sneaking into the grounds without paying the entrance
fee. Summers were boring on the reserve.
Once inside, we would eat ourselves silly — all the
fried foods an eight-year-old tummy could hold. There
was nothing more exciting than comparing the hamburgers
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and many native people are predisposed to diabetes.
The times, they have certainly changed.
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PROS / Video recording capabilities is one of the strong features on this Apple product.
CONS / The Apple iPod Nano has a battery life of 24 hours.
VERDICT / If you want a few added features in addition to high-quality music performance, this MP3 player is worth your consideration.
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The Apple iPod Nano was been one of the leading MP3 players in the world for quite a while. It's light weight, compact and has a sleek design which makes the portable aspect very nice. Probably for that very reason this has become a popular MP3 player to people who want something for on the go. After only about a year, it seems Apple decided to move on from the fourth generation Nano and brought out the latest fifth generation. The back to back releases sort of make sense because the fifth generation is almost the same as the forth. It seems like they basically just added a few little goodies to boost sales with the "new" factor. Although it may make been just a marketing tactic, there are some decent new additions.
One thing that iPods have been missing until now has been the lack of radio. Radio is a very good thing. Sometimes it is just fun to step away from your music collection and listen to something different. Plus, radio stations frequently get songs before they're actually available to the public, singles that are nearly impossible to find, etc. There are also many of us that have a radio show or two that we enjoy listening to like National Public Radio for example. Things like that make radio valuable and the addition of the FM tuner was much needed. They didn't go all out and throw in HD radio but FM is a great start and good enough for now.
The one unique thing that they added to set them apart from everyone else is the ability to pause live radio. How is that possible? Well first of all the Nano has support for RDS data which does a few things that are quite nice. First of all it basically gives you all the information about what the name of the song and artist is that is playing. When it downloads that information it basically works like the old portable CD players that had anti skip. All anti skip was usually, was the player would record x number of seconds in advance so that if the player got jostled, rather than skipping, it would play the prerecorded file. In this case it records the information from the RDS data and allows you to pause live radio for 15 seconds. RDS data also makes it so you can tag songs that you like on the radio so that you can download them the next time you sync up with iTunes. The only problem people have had is if the songs don't have a data file, then you can't tag it. Also reception varies depending on your area. If you don't get reception in your car then you probably won't on the iPod.
One more minute addition is the fitness program. It's basically just a pedometer unless you get the Nike + iPod Sport Kit to go with it. If this is important to you than the extra kit is essential since knowing how many steps you take isn't the most useful information. With a few more numbers and some quick math it could but those other numbers like distance walked, aren't available without the Nike kit. The other thing is that the pedometer works based off the accelerometer which means when it gets jostled it reads as a step. With all the potential jostling of everyday life, many are skeptical to how accurate it can be.
The final major point we'd like to mention is the video recording. This feature probably doesn't deserve the hype that Apple gave it. The video quality is equal to that of the camera on your cell phone. That is basically what it is except that it can't take still frames like your phone can. If your cell phone is one of the rare ones that doesn't have a camera yet or you don't take your phone with you always but you do take your iPod, then the video could be nice. For most thought that isn't the case so it's a feature that ends up not being used. Another downside to this camera is the location of it. It sits right where most people would naturally hold the thing to shoot video or do anything else on it. Not one of Apple's most brilliant moments.
For an MP3 player, the Apple iPod Nano is still one of the best. On the other hand though, most of the extras have a long ways to go before they become a main reason to get this iPod. Get it for music or go with something else. We'll let Apple finish whatever thought process they were having when they decided to make these additions. Surely the fully realized idea will be better.