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On the third floor of McNair Hall, a glass wall separates the El Paso Corporation Finance Center from the gaze of a prospective MBA student. The room is alive with activity — a stock ticker, 10 computers, seven displays, and two LED boards: one with commodities, currency exchanges and treasury markets and the other showing equity market indices, Jones School recruiters and Wright Fund holdings.
A full-time MBA student explains how the center is used, "Finance courses are based on theory; this room is about learning practical applications for that theory. You get training with the finance tools you might use in a job, like Bloomberg, FactSet and Capital IQ. It's also home to the Wright Fund."
Since 1995, the M.A. Wright Fund has served as an educational investment program for students at the Jones School. Founded with a gift to Rice's endowment from the former chairman of Humble Oil (now ExxonMobil) Myron "Mike" A. Wright's estate, the funds were designated for management exclusively by Rice MBA students in order to gain valuable money management experience.
The Wright Fund's impact on students comes from an intensive hands-on curriculum covering two semesters and teaching a wide variety of investment management tools and techniques. Students begin by performing analysis on individual securities, and by the second semester are managing sectors and the portfolio as a whole, analyzing cross-market factors. This robust process makes for a more comprehensive learning experience.
The fund also allows students to foster their peers' education: senior Wright Fund students supervise the analyses of junior students, and annually the fund awards scholarships generated from its own returns to two outstanding students.
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The Wright Fund is run by Dr. Jill Foote, senior lecturer and director of the El Paso Corporation Finance Center, along with assistance from students elected each semester as Chief Investment Officer, Chief Operations Officer and Chief Economist. This structure allows the students to be an integral part of the rigorous application process, which requires a long form stock analysis and an interview.
The 2011 officers, all of whom graduated in the spring, have one unique characteristic: none of them were finance majors or had much work experience in finance. "The Wright Fund positions itself to be open to all three programs, whether students have a finance background or not. We're clearly a testament to that," CIO Nolan Waugh '11 says.
Waugh is a Rice undergrad ('04) in computer science. He worked as a web developer for a legal publishing firm in Houston for three years before taking a job at the Jones School in the El Paso Finance Center. "During college I helped set up the first version of the trading floor in the finance center. Coming back, the plan was to manage the finance center and also pursue an MBA." Waugh graduated from the MBA for Professionals program.
COO Natalie Higdem '11 earned a hotel restaurant management degree from University of Houston in '05. She worked for Aramark managing suite operations for events at Reliant Stadium and for a nonprofit putting on special events, raising funds and doing board relations. "My growing interest in finance and energy led me to the Rice MBA program."
Chief Economist Evan Bertrand '11 graduated from Rice with a music degree in '05. He spent three years as a percussionist at the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. "I felt like there was more opportunity for growth and variety outside of the music world. I was interested in finance and knew that the only way to make that drastic of a transition was to get an MBA."
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The blend of student backgrounds enhanced the experience. "We all had something to offer," Evan says. "The students with finance backgrounds obviously had technical knowledge, but the students with non-traditional backgrounds were able to approach equities in a fresh way."
This fresh perspective is exactly the kind of innovation the fund looks for in its members. For Natalie, "The Wright Fund allowed me to do a deep dive into financial statements in a way I had not necessarily done in my classes. It also gave me the opportunity to meet alumni in many different industries and better understand what I wanted to do after school."
As an associate in the Business Valuation group at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, she says, "Participating in the Wright Fund helped not just my interview process but also my onboarding as a new hire. Much of what I am working on now is quite similar to the analysis and reports I worked on as an analyst in the Wright Fund."
The Wright Fund contributed to Evan's career as well. At ExxonMobil he provides financial analysis as part of the Controller's division and is currently supporting the company's IT business. "The Wright Fund, more so than any other activity in the Rice MBA program, requires you to formulate an opinion and defend it to a scrutinizing audience. Now I have to do that every day."
Bridging the Gap
With a four-hour class every Tuesday night, the Wright Fund was a challenge for a fully-employed student. Nolan found that, despite the grueling schedule, he flourished. "Even in the first few weeks I was better at my job and had a better understanding of the resources in the finance center."
Which is really the point. "Business school students are here for two years," Jill points out. "They're expected to immediately transition into a higher-level job than they had before. A big challenge is to provide a pathway between classroom learning and applying theory, principles and models to live situations. Both the Finance Center and Wright Fund aim to bridge that gap and in the process make the students more knowledgeable and more marketable."
The Wright Fund currently manages $900,000 and is undertaking a capital campaign to increase funds under management which will concurrently enhance the student's learning experience and increase scholarships. Its charter expressly encourages ethical, disciplined and holistic investment management.
This approach has generated dual yields —the fund's annualized return over the past 10 years has firmly outperformed the S&P 500 benchmark. Second, the fund has produced successful professionals in a wide variety of disciplines, whose training in the Wright Fund continues to pay dividends in the form of substantial, mutually beneficial relationships with top finance firms, and increased prominence for Rice University on the world business stage.


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NEW HAVEN- Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. announced today the completion of public improvements within the River Street Municipal Plan (MDP) Area. Reconstruction of River Street, Poplar Street between River Street and the river, and Blatchley Avenue between Chapel Street and River Street, as well as the installation of new sidewalks on the south side of Chapel Street, have been completed with the reconstruction of Lloyd Street between River Street and the river underway.
�It�s exciting to see so much business expansion and job creation taking place in our City despite the difficult economic climate we are experiencing nationwide,� said Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. �The River Street improvements will help to increase the appeal of this section of the City for businesses to grow and continue to provide opportunities for new employees.�
Plans for the landscaped pedestrian walkway and related shoreline stabilization measures as called for in the Plan, have been completed and permit application approval from the Connecticut Office of Long Island Sound Programs is expected this fall.
A major impetus for the creation of the River Street Municipal Development Plan was the need to accommodate industrial-type businesses in a city that had virtually no such available property. The Plan called for conversion of 25 acres of abandoned and underutilized industrial land into job and investment producing enterprises, the creation of a landscaped pedestrian walkway along the Quinnipiac River linking Criscuolo and Front Street parks and the renovation of historic buildings in the area in tribute to the City�s industrial past.
�The City took a proactive approach in late 2001 when it decided to invest $10 million to acquire the 8-acre former Hess Oil set, setting the stage for the investment you see today,� said Mayor DeStefano. �This effort was led by the Office of Economic Development and truly reflects the partnership between the City, the State of Connecticut, the Federal government and the private sector.�
The New Haven Delegation was especially helpful in securing state bond funds to pay for improvements. These funds were allocated through the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). The first grant of $2.5 million was used for property acquisition, street improvements, new sidewalks and curbs, storm drainage measures as well as the partial demolition of failing structures at 142 River Street on Lloyd Street.
Since 2006 Suraci Metal Finishing bought and completed a $1.5 million renovation of 90 River Street, Capasso Restoration acquired and completed a $500,000 renovation of 34 Lloyd Street. New Haven Awning recently finished its $400,000 renovation of 178 Chapel Street, a privately owned property which it acquired along with the City-owned lot at Chapel Street and Blatchley Avenue. These projects total approximately 105,000 square feet of new development and support the increased employment of 85 people.
Colony Hardware, a New Haven based business currently located in the Port Area, has announced it�s plans to construct a 133,000 square foot headquarters and distribution facility on the former Hess Oil property at 100 River Street, resulting in the retention of 100 jobs and the creation of 100 new positions. These plans are nearing completion. The City acquired the Hess site in December 2005 in an innovative arrangement whereby the City and Hess agreed to a purchase and clean up of the site tied to the new user. The New Haven Delegation also helped secure $2.8 million in bond funds that will used to offset extraordinary foundation costs for the Colony Hardware project.
Renovation and reuse of the historic 19th Century Bigelow Boiler and New Haven Pipe Bending facilities located at 198 and 142 River Street, respectively, have been complicated by significant environmental and structural issues challenging both properties. The City has taken steps to stabilize the Bigelow buildings that face River Street and completed selective demolition of 142 River Street with the hope of at least retaining the corner building in that complex.
�New Haven maintains a vibrant manufacturing sector and the investment and job growth found in Fair Haven today reflects the City�s commitment to creating a welcoming environment for businesses to locate and to grow,� said Economic Development Administrator Kelly Murphy.
Additional announcements about business growth and investment in the River Street will be made in the near future. The City has also been working with a manufacturer interested in acquiring the former Lynn Ladder property at 184-196 Chapel Street to expand its operation there. In addition, the City is fielding inquiries from businesses and developers interested in acquiring the remaining redevelopment parcels in the MDP.


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A long post here explains issues with linking to an external source for 3rd-party JS, but especially for linking to the HTML5shiv that allows IE8-and-under to understand HTML5 elements such as .
I'll summarise:The author is specifically mentioning the html5shiv stored on google.
-it's not minified/optimised-it's out of date-it won't cache (so everyone's re-downloading it every request)-it won't offer partial requests-it's not code you control.
And there are interesting comments after the article.
I wonder how this compares with linking to libraries like jQuery on Google.
jQuery is, according to them, cached (why they tell everyone this is a good optimisation, using someone's CDN) and at worst, breaking jQuery isn't maybe on the same level as breaking HTML5 tags. Or maybe not, I dunno.
Pure comedy. And in other words don't use HTML5.
Yes, don't allow your code to evolve. Instead, dumb it down to support browsers people shouldn't be using in the first place.
Thanks Mallory
I've been using the html5 shiv from google repository. After reading the article, most likely, I'll switch to self hosted. The pro argument in it makes a lot of sense.
I don't surf with JS enabled anyway and probably I'd agree browsers that don't support RFC 3236 are rather outdated but still used by millions. Plus see the non-normative not stable status of Fred but if you want to experiment fine.
Evolving is one thing, but building sites that rely on JS to hold them together because they are built on unfinished technologies that aren't truly supported in any browser yet ... that seems like regression to me.
I won't go there. I'm not a fan of HTML 5 as yet, but I respect the effort being put into it. Web presentation technologies must evolve, and evolution isn't always a nice, pretty, well-controlled process. Who knew that the Netscape-IE wars would evolve into the present state of three fairly stable and excellent browsers with IE the ugly-yet-popular stepchild?
As for obsolete browsers, I'll say for the thousandth time, it's arrogant, smug, and asinine to sneer down one's nose at those who use older browsers. Many of them don't have the time or the knowledge to upgrade, and many others don't have the option to upgrade. Many users either don't spend a lot of time, relatively, on the Net and therefore don't care what browser they use, just that they get the site(s) they want to appear quickly and correctly so they can do their thing and move on to something else. It's our job to serve the needs of a wide and disparate user base, not to judge and disparage users because they don't have the knowledge of the ins and outs of Web design elements, including browsers, that we do. Trying to serve the needs of long-obsolete browsers such as Netscape 4 or IE 5 for Mac is not productive, as the user base for those browsers is vanishingly small, but a lot of people still use IE 6 (some by choice, some not), and it's on us to provide sites that function in that browser (if not sites with all the bells and whistles).
.. and that's where we differ; I have no respect for it at all. It offers no real world useful improvements and seems entirely crafted to undo all the progress STRICT gave us, and to encourage the people who used to wrap endless pointless tables around things, who then wrapped endless pointless DIV around things, an excuse to wrap pointless extra tags around existing tags that SHOULD be providing all the semantics a page needs.
Again, can't believe anyone is DUMB ENOUGH to try and use it on deployment sites -- AT ALL. This entire scripted SHIV idiocy only further exacerbates the problem of people jumping the gun on a technology that to be frank, should be put down like Old Yeller right now before it ruins the new carpets.
But of course, then the people writing books and selling lectures wouldn't have something for nubes and the ignorant to go "ooh, shiney" over.
How is this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Article 1

Hello World

Article 2

Hello World

Copyright 2012

Any stricter or cleaner than this:
<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Article 1

Hello World

Article 2

Hello World

Copyright 2012

My question would be what do you need all those DIV for on the first one. Unless they are there as hooks for applying presentation (without saying what that presentation is) they serve no purpose. Semantically neutral -- it's why we USE DIV!!!
Making ALLEGEDLY semantic tags to justify the presence of extra wrappers is NOT semantics. It's crappy coding. My further questions would involve if you have a H2 why do you need a tag to say it's the start of a subsection like ARTICLE, or SECTION for that matter... also, what makes the footer text a paragraph?
The first one ALMOST makes sense without the DIV, that's why we use div. Add a HR before the footer and it's fine.
... and mein gott where did you learn to indent
The ONLY reason semantically to need more markup than this:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8"

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Article 1

Hello World

Article 2

Hello World

Copyright 2012

Is some people not knowing how to use header navigation, and for hooks to apply presentation to. Adding extra tags with 'alleged' meanings around it serves no purpose other than bloat. The ONLY reason to add div is for hooks to hang your presentation on! (but since they don't say what that presentation IS, they are NOT presentational in and of themselves)
... and oh noes, the header is a little larger... and clearer... and actually bothers declaring things instead of the idiotic lip-service. Maybe instead of gutting the specification we should ride the browser makers about not bothering to implement it? No, lets crap out some new specification when major engines like Gecko still have 14 year old gaps in the previous one.
JHVH forbid we use numbered headings to indicate the start of subsections, HR to indicate a change in section where a header is inappropriate, and the existing semantic tags to communicate the meaning and navigate; NO, lets just throw more tags at the problem to cause implementation and migration headaches -- when most people can't be bothered to use half the tags we already had properly!
Regarding HTML5:
Web developers tried to take the step forward from HTML4 with XHTML. It didn't work, older browsers didn't support the correct MIME type for it. That didn't stop developers from using it though, sending it as text/html.
The step forward was regarded as needed. HTML5 took over. It keeps the XHTML option open, it takes HTML a step forward, it provides backward compatibility with HTML4.
Like XHTML, older browsers don't have full support for HTML5. Should this prevent me from using it, if I find it's good for me? NO!
Now, everybody clings on HTML4 being the norm. Let's take a look in the past. HTML4 faced the same heat upon adoption, both from developers and from browsers.
>> To default to 4.01 has never been the consensus. A great many >> documents>> simply do not need anything beyond 3.2 and, therefore, the safest >> version>> is still 3.2. Basically, the change of the default from 2.0 to 3.2>> represents a minor incremental change vs. a radical shift. The basic >> issue>> is that version 4 browsers are still in use.
> Defaulting to 3.2 has neither been consensus. If you worry about> compatibility, please name a browser that supports HTML 3.2 documents> but rejects HTML 4.01 documents. I claim there is no such browser.
[B]Sorry to butt in here, but there are browsers "in the wild" which offer HTML3.2 support but only offer a small subset of the HTML4.01 additions.
These browsers, whilst not in the majority, most assuredly still exist and are still in use daily.[/B]
"Refusing to display" is not the issue. No one (but you) said it was. Correct display of the document is the issue. I.e. what I did say is that Netscape 4.7 is still is use[...]
And what is with all the HTML3.2 code?
Heh, I haven't had the time yet to learn 4.0 ...
Forget HTML3.2, learn HTML4.01 (at a minimum) with CSS. It will makeyour life a lot simpler.
Learning HTML 3.2 by Examples
But why HTML 3.2?The HTML language exists in several variants and continues to evolve, but the HTML 3.2 constructs will most probably be usable in the future, too. By learning HTML 3.2 and by sticking to it as far as possible, you can produce documents which can be browsed by a large variety of Web software now and in the future. Later you may learn to add some useful constructs defined in HTML 4.0 (or future HTML standards as they are defined). This does not exclude the possibility of using other features, such as enhancements provided by Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer or some other product, if it really serves your purposes and you are willing to accept the consequences (e.g. limitations on accessibility). But it is wise to adopt the habit of producing documents in a standardized language and using extensions only when really necessary. [...]The next version of HTML, an extension to HTML 3.2, is known as HTML 4.0 (or the code name Cougar). It was approved as a W3C recommendation in December 18th, 1997, but it takes time before there will be new browser versions which support it and before users widely upgrade to such versions. In particular, Netscape 4.0 and Internet Explorer 4.0 do not support HTML 4.0 in general; see especially Stephanos Piperoglou's HTML 4.0 in Netscape and Explorer (to which I have some minor annotations). Thus, for quite a long time, netwise long, it will be safest to use HTML 3.2, adding useful HTML 4.0 features when needed. If possible, when using HTML 4.0 try to do things so that they "degrade gracefully" on browsers which only support HTML 3.2.
It's clear from the last quote that while some encouraged others to embrace a new standard they also contradicted them self by trying to suggest to stop there and forget advancement.
IE6 doesn't support HTML4 properly and it especially doesn't support CSS 2.1 properly. Being fair, those that raise their voices against HTML5 because of IE6 should also raise their voice against HTML4 and CSS2.1.
Remember ie7-html4.js !!! Please, if you must be so righteous about obsolete browsers, please do advocate against HTML4 too.
Posted by timothy on Saturday February 17 2001, @07:50PMfrom the progress-or-tyranny? dept.
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These are the users I should worry about? That's a laugh.
Good point---we can't bother with making sure obsolete software is 100% supported with no hacks whatsoever, because then we'd still be serving up plain text documents.
@deathshadow: We obviously just disagree on the subject, and there's not a lot that can be done about that
I think that to a certain extent, it makes sense to add wrappers to certain parts of a page. If those wrappers can also be used for styling, that's just killing two birds with one stone.
The way I see it, if it's a header, wrap it in . If it's an article, wrap it in
. It just makes sense to me. The code you posted is a fine example of clean and concise XHTML, but it'd be a nightmare to style it. Those articles don't have any containing elements, so there isn't really any way to differentiate them from one another.
In other words, presentation -- which if you are thinking about presentation when making your base HTML, you're doing it all wrong. That's what semantics is about, and why tags like section and article... IMHO add meaning to things that already have plenty of meanings; wrapping them in containers that have meanings (as opposed to DIV) serves no purpose when things like the H1, H2 and HR already provide it.
//removed long rant because those who've forgotten why they do what the do and who they're doing it for are already a lost cause and I've run out of hair to pull out.
You people are so goddamn disappointing sometimes. I don't even...
Well, whatever, I'm not even a web developer so I'm going to stop here. Have fun you people.
If those two are the sole points you've seen fit to pinpoint in the whole argument, then
I'm sorry to tell you but you've been eliminated from The Amazing Web!
I am doing it for the users, otherwise I wouldn't bother keeping up with the new techs or care about solutions to help those left behind by the new techs. Thank you very much for your trust in me... NOT!!!
What you forgot to mention is that there comes a point where the user has to work with us and with browser vendors too (and all the other permutations: developers with the users and the browser vendors, browser vendors with the users and the deveopers and so on).
Hence my quote outlining that stubborn and misguided users (developers, browser vendors and so on), that only find something to argue against, even when it's good for them, are irrelevant to me. Since they are irrelevant to web. They only vent on web. They only litter the web with stands that possibly harm other gullible users (developers) too. And they end up silently giving up and fallowing the trend they were so fierce against it. Cowards?
Let me give you a real example. In Romania, old apartment building are just walls. The cold and the heat makes the life much harder.
Being that all are owners now, some want to also leave well and pay less. But the thing is, not all owners are rational. It's not that it's so expensive, it's that they just can't seem understand the benefits. So we had odd looking apartment buildings, where you had parts of it thermally insulated and parts of it not.
That made for ugly looking stuff like this: http://s1.ziareromania.ro/?mmid=87407e1597e052eba Notice how in the bottom right corner they refused proper insulation, even though the payment was made easy to them.
Until city halls stepped in and actually lend the money and forbid this kind of odd behavior, things were not looking right. And they all lived happily ever after... having fun cold or sun!
The moral of the story is:
I'm not going to let the 1% users that could actually do something but choose not to, dictate the web experience on my web site for the rest of the 99% users that have the good will. Do you get it now, dear Mallory?
If not, I'm not going to be disappointed. I'm going to try and account for your opinion too.
Thanks again for the info on the shiv.
What I do: make websites. Well, I'm primarily a graphic designer, but on sitepoint I'm in web developer mode.
Who I do it for: Clients, as well as internet users.
Glad we could clear that up, because if you think I'm actually preventing old browsers from accessing content, you've got it all wrong.
That example works fine for a browser without CSS, I suppose.
HTML and CSS do go hand-in-hand, and for that reason you DO have to worry quite a bit about styling while writing HTML---to a certain extent. If you're wrapping every word in , you're going too far. But wrapping an ARTICLE in
 is not going too far. It's defining what that part of the document is, as well as making it styleable.

 isn't any less semantic than
. As I've said in other threads, different people might use different terms for articles. Some might call them
, or
, or
 for all we know. But they're all articles, so now they can all just be wrapped in
.
There's a big difference between adding tags only for presentation, and using clear tags with defined meanings to divvy up a document.
This is the most accurate statement I have ever read. Thank you.
As a web dev it is my job to make sure all the CONTENT on my sites is accessible to all users. I do not care in the slightest, most infinitesimal amount whether or not someone using a ten-year-old browser visits my site and doesn't have the prettiest experience possible. Chances are, if they're looking for a site from me, they're going to want ME to support that ten-year-old browser, which will require extra time that I'm not really willing to put into it. I could politely explain to them that adding IE6 support is going to cost extra because of the time and hair-pulling involved, but in this situation I'm likely dealing with someone who has no idea what IE6 is, because all he knows about the internet is that if he clicks the little blue e his yahoo pops up. And if I'm EXTRA lucky, he'll think he's a ****ing computer genius, and I'll be talked down to for even mentioning that his obsolete, outdated browser will require some extra time and money to develop for. So he'll go out and find someone who'll make him a nice website using HTML 3.2 and layout tables, because as long as it works in IE6, he doesn't care!
Like I said before, it is inexcusable to keep a certain group of people from seeing the CONTENT on a site. That's why I'm totally against those popups that force users to upgrade if they're using IE6, otherwise they can't see the site. Because even though IE6 and IE7 users are dropping every day, maybe somewhere in this crazy, mixed up world of ours there is actually a legitimate reason someone is browsing the internet in the year 2012 with a version of IE lower than 8. I'm more in favor of a bar at the top of the screen explaining that the site looks awful because their browser is awful, and containing several links to the latest versions of newer and better browsers. This can only help without hindering.
And if they DO have a legitimate excuse to use IE6 or IE7 (though I can't think of many...), they can view all the content just fine. It just won't look too good, and that's none of my concern.
But back on the topic of whether or not to use new HTML5 tags yet:
If I'm developing a larger site with a broad scope of users, I'm not going to use the new tags. I'm going to use strict XHTML with an HTML5 doctype, because it's shorter and more concise and I don't have to google "xhtml doctype" every time I want to make a page.
But if I'm developing a personal site, or a blog, or anything that it doesn't really matter if a certain group of people can't see in all its glory, I'll go ahead and use HTML5.


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Students Shauna Agan, Kristian Alfonso, Julie Dabrowski, Nolan Lafler, and Emily Pantoja have been awarded 10-week summer fellowships by the prestigious Peggy Browning Fund. Fellows are distinguished students who have not only excelled in law school but who have also demonstrated their commitment to workers' rights through their previous educational, work, volunteer, and personal experiences. MORE More
Professors Honored with Top AU Faculty Awards
AUWCL congratulates Associate Deans Robert Dinerstein and Stephen Vladeck and Adjunct Professor Chris Gowen for being honored with 2013 AU Faculty Awards. Dinerstein received the top honor of AU Scholar/Teacher of the Year and Vladeck was honored for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions. Gowen was recognized as outstanding teacher in an adjunct appointment. The Awards dinner took place April 20 at the National Press Club.
Trade & Investment Law Society Dinner Honors Ricardo Ramirez '95
The International Trade & Investment Law Society, Office of Development and Alumni Relations, and Dean Claudio Grossman hosted the International Trade and Investment Law Society Distinguished Alumni Dinner on April 22. The seventh annual event honored Ricardo Ramirez '95, member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). MORE More
Symposium Explores the Legal Basis for Mandating Online Public Notices
Join the Administrative Law Review for "Is There a Constitutional Right to E-Governance? The Case For Online Public Notices." The April 23 symposium will feature panelists who will evaluate the specific benefits gained by the federal government's investment in and deployment of its online public notice database. Speakers include AUWCL Professors Jeffrey Lubbers and Jamin Raskin. MORE
Trial Advocacy Students to Participate in Final Trials
The Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program will hold their final trials at the Montgomery County Judicial Center, this Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. Approximately, 110 AUWCL students will participate in eight trials held simultaneously before nine judges. Approximately 70 undergraduate students will serve as jurors. MORE More
AUWCL Holds Annual Peter M. Cicchino Public Service Awards Dinner
This evening the law school will host the 14th Annual Peter M. Cicchino Public Service Awards Dinner, celebrating beloved former Professor Peter Cicchino's devotion to public interest. Cristina Jimenez, managing director of the United We Dream Network, will give keynote remarks. The program will also honor students and alumni who have achieved distinction for their public interest accomplishments. MORE More
Team Takes First Place at Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition
Students Ryan Fanning (2L), Sarah Thomas (3L), Rachael Curtis (2L), and Ellis Palividas (3L) took first place at the Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition, co-hosted by George Washington University Law School and the Estrella law firm in Puerto Rico. The problem was a civil premises liability case. The team was coached by the Trial Advocacy Program's Associate Director Elizabeth Boals and Assistant Director Elizabeth Lippy. MORE More
Event with Embassy of Uruguay to Discuss Human Rights Policies
The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law and the Embassy of Uruguay will host a panel discussion of "Human Rights in Uruguay in the 21st Century," April 18 at 4 p.m. Speakers include AUWCL Professors Robert Goldman and Juan Mendez. MORE More
Women and the Law Leadership Luncheon Honors Judy Smith '86
AUWCL will honor alumna Judy Smith '86 at this year's 2013 Women and the Law Leadership Luncheon and Award Ceremony, held April 17 at The Cosmos Club. Smith is the founder and president of Smith & Company, a leading strategic and crisis firm. Dean Claudio Grossman will present the award. MORE
Government Alumni & Students Reception, April 17
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations will host an upcoming reception for alumni working in government and current students interested in government careers. The event will be held April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Cava on Capitol Hill. RSVP to email@example.com. More
PIJIP Hosts Post-Argument Discussion of Myriad Genetics Patent Case
Join the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property on April 15 for a post-argument discussion of Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court examining whether human genes are patentable. Counsel for the parties and amici will assess the case and provide insights about the Court's reaction at oral argument. MORE More
Experts Discuss "Best Practices" for Litigation Before UN CAT as a Tool Against Torture
Join AUWCL and the World Organisation Against Torture for "Litigation before the UN Committee Against Torture: Strengthening this Important Tool Against Torture." The April 15 conference will gather experts from the UN, regional systems, government, civil society, academia, and practice at the law school to discuss "best practices" for litigating before the Committee to protect and assist victims of torture. MORE More
ICC Moot Court Team to Compete in The Hague
Students Naida Henao, Bethanie Haynes, and Michelle Flash recently took second place in the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Competition hosted by Pace University Law School. They will compete in the international rounds of the competition, April 21-26 in The Hague. The team was sponsored by the Student Bar Association and coached by War Crimes Research Office staff Susana SáCouto, Chante Lasco, and Katherine Cleary, with assistance from last year's team member Anna Taylor. MORE More
17th Annual Sylvania Woods Conference
The 17th Annual Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law will be held at the law school, April 11. The annual conference addresses matters of law and associated issues that affect African-American life and culture, with a specific focus this year on alumni in the workplace. Alumnae Jill Reed Cummins '87 and Dolores Dorsainvil '00 will be honored at the event's annual Awards and Recognitions Dinner. MORE More
Panel on 25th Anniversary of UN Committee Against Torture
Join the law school for a discussion of "The 25th Anniversary of the UN Committee Against Torture and the Recent Adoption of General Comment 3," today from 4-6 p.m. in room 603. Dean Claudio Grossman, chair of the UN Committee against Torture, will give opening remarks and will moderate panel presentations by representatives of the IACHR, Amnesty International, OAS, Center for Justice and International Law, and more. MORE More
Business Law Program Hosts Carlyle Group CEO David Rubenstein
Earlier this week, the Business Law Program welcomed David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, for a lunchtime presentation on the role of private equity firms and his work in public philanthropy. MORE More
AUWCL Welcomes Congressman Eliot L. Engel
On Tuesday, the law school will welcome Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY) for a presentation on "President Obama's Recent Trip to the Middle East and Prospects for Peace." Congressman Engel is the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and was part of President Obama's recent delegation to Israel. MORE More
Center Sends Trial Observation Missions to Guatemala
The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law is sending two teams of observers to the genocide trial of former Guatemalan President Rios Montt. The first team, 2L Christina Fetterhoff, co-editor-in-chief of the Human Rights Brief, and Ali Beydoun, director of the UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic, is currently in Guatemala City providing live coverage on www.hrbrief.org. The trial is the first prosecution of a former head of state for genocide in a domestic court. More
Jessup Moot Court Team Competes in International Rounds
After winning the Mid-Atlantic Super Regional of the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, AUWCL team Adam Crane, Kathleen Hsu, Harini Srinivasan, and Misty Seemans (captain) competed in the international rounds of the competition. The team achieved a perfect 4-0 in the qualifying rounds, placing 4th out of 137 teams competing. The team advanced as one of the top 32 teams. The competition welcomed teams from more than 80 countries.
Program on Law and Government Info Session, April 10
Want to know what it takes to be a Washington lawyer? Join the law school's Program on Law and Government Director Jamin Raskin at District Chop House on April 10 to talk one-on-one with faculty, alumni, and current students of the LL.M. in Law and Government and Summer Institutes about what these programs can offer. MORE More
Remembering Professor Eugene Lambert
The law school is mourning the loss of longtime adjunct colleague and friend, Professor Eugene Lambert, who passed away March 29. Lambert taught sessions on food and drug law at AUWCL, and was greatly loved by his students. Lambert was a longstanding partner in the food and drug practice at Covington & Burling, served as a trustee for George Washington University, and was an emeritus member of the National Council of Arts and Sciences.
Equal Justice Foundation to Recognize Alumna Lydia Watts '96
Lydia Watts '96 will receive the second annual Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) Alumni Award at the group's 20th Annual Public Interest Auction this Thursday, April 4. An alumni and friends reception coincides with the auction. Watts will receive the award from Dean Claudio Grossman at 7:00 p.m. at the start of the auction. Join the reception by emailing email@example.com. More
Myers Society Alumni and Student Networking Reception
On April 3, fifteen John Sherman Myers Society members will network with current students at a reception at the law school. Myers Society members offer diverse and practical experience and advice for students. The reception is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the student lounges. For more information, email email@example.com. More
Symposium Discusses Women, Social Policy, and the 2012 Election
Today the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, & the Law and the Women and the Law Program hosted "Gender Matters: Women, Social Policy, and the 2012 Election," a symposium exploring how current or proposed social policies affect the lives of women and their families. Stephanie Schriock, president of Emily's List, gave keynote remarks. View C-SPAN's coverage of Schriock's speech. More
Student Groups Host Networking Event with Local Practitioners
The Black Law Students Association and the Latino/a Law Students' Association will host more than 25 local legal practitioners, including alumni, for a speed networking event with students, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the law school's student lounges. A reception will follow.
Business Law Review Symposium to Focus on Transactional Lawyering
The American University Business Law Review will host their Annual Symposium on "Transactional Lawyering: Theory, Practice, & Pedagogy." The April 5 event will feature discussions about governance, lawyering and current financial markets, current conditions in practice, transactional law pedagogy, and the evolution of the field. Sponsors include FINRA, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, and Seyfarth Shaw LLP. MORE More
Program Welcomes Brazilian Labor Court Judges to AUWCL
The law school's Brazil-U.S. Legal and Judicial Studies Program and the International Judicial Academy and the National Association of Labor Law Judges of Brazil have joined efforts to organize the 7th International Conference of the National Association of Judges of the Brazilian Labor Courts (ANAMATRA). The Brazilian judges will be at the law school on April 1 & 4. MORE More
Grotius Lecture to Open ASIL Annual Meeting, April 3
American University Washington College of Law and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will present the 15th Annual Grotius Lecture on April 3 to open the 107th ASIL Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. This year's lecturer is Emilio Álvarez Icaza Longoria, executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The Distinguished Discussant is Yale Law School Professor W. Michael Reisman. Dean Claudio Grossman will provide welcoming remarks and serve as moderator. MORE More


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The design is similar to what Andrei Arlovski, Dan Hardy and what other MMA fighters use.
These only used to be available through a custom design which cost up to a few hundred dollars through your dentists and numerous custom mouthguard companies but now it's available for 30 bucks. (20 GBP, which is pretty much half the price of a proper custom mouthguard here in the UK)
I'd pick one up because it's cheap and because of the looks but I doubt that it will match the level of protection of custom mouthguards as it is a boil and bite. Though, these are "constructed with PolyShok (Professional mouthguards formed with PolyShoK technology are safer for athletes and can absorb 150% more impact energy than ordinary EVA mouthguards)"
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Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Ty Lawson scored 19 points and handed out 11 assists to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 110-96 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.
J.J. Hickson finished with 22 points and eight rebounds and Nate Robinson added 17 points off the bench for the Nuggets, winners in three straight.
"I thought it was a good team win for our guys tonight. We got contributions from a lot of different places. J.J. Hickson was huge for us. Ty (Lawson) once, again, distributing the ball, picking his spots when to take over the game," said Nuggets head coach Brian Shaw. "Just a great team win from beginning to end, and like I said, with contributions from everybody."
Monta Ellis poured in 22 points and Dirk Nowitzki finished with 18 for the Mavericks, who have dropped two straight -- both to the Nuggets.
"We have to respond and we have to play. We have to do our jobs as well. It's unfortunate because we need to win and protect at home. We have done a great job at home so far. We need to find ways to win and we just couldn't do it tonight," said Mavs forward Vince Carter.
Hickson scored 12 points in the first quarter to lead the Nuggets to a 32-27 lead. Hickson was 4-for-4 from the field and was also a perfect 4-for-4 from the free throw line in the frame.
A quick 6-2 burst in the opening moments of the second extended the Denver edge to 38-29. The Nuggets' spread grew to 12, 50-38, with just under four minutes to go, but the Mavs used an 11-2 swing to pull within 52-49 before going into the break down 56-51.
Denver opened the second half with a 16-6 run to go up 72-57, but the Mavericks were able to cut the deficit to single digits, 85-77, entering the final frame.
Dallas rallied for an 8-4 run to open the fourth, to close within 89-85 with nine minutes left, but it would be as close as Dallas would get the rest of the way.
Game Notes
Denver shot 54.7 percent (41-for-75) from the field ... Wilson Chandler and Jordan Hamilton scored 11 points apiece for the Nuggets, who also got 10 points and 10 rebounds from Kenneth Faried ... Shawn Marion finished with 13 points and 12 boards for the Mavs.


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Eminem is heading back to his hometown of Detroit for the video of his single "Survival."
The rapper released the song back in August as a promotion for the video game "Call of Duty: Ghosts." The new music video for the song finds Em rapping in front of images from the video game.
In between verses, a band of graffiti artists take to the streets of Detroit to plaster the walls of the city with stenciled images of skulls. Towards the end of the track, the group gathers atop a building to watch a skull flash across the skyline of Detroit. As the sun begins to rise over the Motor City, Eminem reveals himself to be the leader of the graffiti gang.
"Survival" is set to appear on Eminem's upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP 2, which will arrive on November 5th.
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Last updated: 2005-09-08
At the last update, the latest verion of ALSA is 1.0.9 and the latest version of JACK is 0.100.0. If things have changed over time, edit this page and change the date and ALSA/JACK versions listed. This info is mostly valid for the 2.4 kernel series, but the 2.6 kernel series has become quite stable and is generally recommended over the 2.4 series.
Device 0 - (accessed as hw:x,0)
SPDIF Coaxial and Optical
Analog IO
Digital pass through (dolby, ac3, dts)
Device 1 - (accessed as hw:x,1)
This card has a fixed buffersize of 64KBytes, and must be divided into either 8 or 32 periods (a.k.a fragments or buffers). Any app that does not have the number of periods and frames per period (a.k.a. buffer size) set correctly will not play back properly. The following table shows possible combinations. Any other combination will not work! Note: 20 and 24 bit words are padded to make 32 bit words.
Device 0 -
(16 bit wordsize)
--2048 frames and 8 periods
--512 frames and 32 periods
(32 bit wordsize)
--1024 frames and 8 periods
--256 frames and 32 periods
Device 1 -
(16 bit wordsize)
--512 frames and 8 periods
--128 frames and 32 periods
(32 bit wordsize)
--256 frames and 8 periods
--64 frames and 32 periods
Update: This is no longer completely true with newer versions of alsa. In laymans terms, the number of periods created and number of periods actually used are no longer necessarily tied to each other. This means you can set the number of periods used to any number below the number of periods created, resulting in much lower latency. This functionality can be accessed in versions of Jack > 0.99.0
# ALSA portion
alias char-major-116 snd
alias snd-card-0 snd-rme96
# OSS/Free portion - card #1
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss
alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss
alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss
# Set this to the correct number of cards
options snd cards_limit=1
# Other available module options
# index int array (min = 1, max = 8),
# description "Index value for RME Digi96 soundcard."
# id string array (min = 1, max = 8),
# description "ID string for RME Digi96 soundcard."
# enable int array (min = 1, max = 8),
# description "Enable RME Digi96 soundcard."
pcm.rme_stereo {
type hw
card 0
ctl.rme_stereo {
type hw
card 0
pcm.rme_adat {
type hw
card 0
device 1
ctl.rme_adat {
type hw
card 0
To connect an app to Device 0, use the rme_stereo interface. To connect an app to Device 1, use the rme_adat interface. This is a minimal .asoundrc, you can always add more interface definitions, like the DmixPlugin, and the alias names used here can be changed as well.
If you are getting a continuous stream of delay warnings after starting JACK on Device 0, you may have your input connector set to a connection that has nothing plugged into it. For example if your input is set to "Coaxial" and no externial hardware plugged into your coaxial connection, or there is hardware plugged in that is not on or not set to use the coaxial connections then this may be the cause of the delays. Either set your input to "Analog" or configure the connected hardware properly.
If you are connecting JACK to SubDevice 1, the following must be set correctly or JACK will fail:
aplay -D rme_plug anyfile.wav in order to get the ADAT device
turned on. You can then stop aplay and switch the external
hardware to Digital Optical ADAT mode. JACK should then startup
properly. (This had been addressed in the newer versions of
jack/alsa, but I'm leaving it here in case anybody with and
older distro runs into this problem)
As of Jack 0.90.0 you can connect directly to PCM hw:x,1 and Jack will know to use the Controller hw:x,0. There is only one controller for both devices. If you are using an earlier version of Jack it will attempt to use Controller hw:x,1 which doesn't exist.
Using the a plugin interface is sluggish! Don't connect Jack to a plug interface like dmix unless you absolutely have to.
If your desktop starts a sound server (Arts or esound for example) you may want to turn thses off. They serve no purpose anymore now that ALSA has the dmix plugin available. The only reason you would need them is if a certain piece of software will only connect to a sound server.
Here's some examples of JACK options that work, with the .asoundrc file listed above.
Connection to SPDIF device
jackd -R -t 2000 -u -d alsa -d rme_stereo -r 44100 -p 256 -n 32 -m -H -M
jackd -R -t 2000 -u -d alsa -d rme_stereo -r 44100 -p 1024 -n 8 -m -H -M
Connection to ADAT device
jackd -R -t 2000 -u -d alsa -d rme_adat -r 44100 -p 512 -n 8 -H -M
jackd -R -t 2000 -u -d alsa -d rme_adat -r 44100 -p 128 -n 32 -H -M
There are many other combinations that work. These are just some examples that show some options available through JACK.
# device used for 5.1-channel output
If you are useing a 2.4 series kernel, or 2.6 with Alsa loaded as modules, and plan to use a soft synth such as timidity++ or fluidsynth, you need to make sure that synth module is loaded at boot time. (Or load it manually with modprobe) This card does not have a MIDI interface, so the Alsa sequencer modules needed by the softsynths will not be loaded by default. Most distros have a means of specifying which modules you want loaded at boot time by default. Add the alsa sequencer modules to this list.
If you are using a 2.6 series kernel with Alsa compiled directly into the kernel, you need not worry about this as long as the kernel was build with the Alsa sequencer built in.
There is a GUI mixer that comes with ALSA tools for the RME 96/8 card series, but i think the one found at this site is nicer. (This is a personal web site so if the link goes dead, remove this section.) When using Jack there is a nice interface for starting and stopping Jack called qjackctl. It also can be used for patching both Jack and the Alsa Sequencer and saving preset for almost anything.
There is a jumper on the card that can be set so that the card starts up in ADAT mode. If you will be using ADAT a lot, you may want to set this jumper. The jumper (JP4) is labeled "Boot ADAT".
There is an article about how to configure .asoundrc to use the RME ADAT interface as multiple stereo channels.
Retrieved from "http://alsa.opensrc.org/Rme96"


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So here's a rant, an explanation, maybe just a comment about what is really behind it all. Debate away, I'm game.
I don't hate Christians nor do I consider myself intolerant of them - as a collective group.
My frustration and intolerance comes when I encounter people who claim to have religious knowledge to the point they blinded refuse to acknowledge or consider other religious possibilities.
To me to claim vehemently to have religious knowledge and claim to know your religion and the specific beliefs of your religion are the only right ones, the only true ones, to where you disregard, insult, dismiss or otherwise ignore other possibilities is naive, arrogant and all around comes off as intolerant and uneducated in the topic of religions.
Believe whatever the heck you wish to but don't go around acting as a moral and religious authority because your religious organization has taught you it is the only right and true organization.
Look around the world at the billions of people who don't follow your religion (both living and deceased and yet to be born). Look around the world at the close correlation between a person's own religion, the religion of their parents and the predominant religion in the area they were born and raised.
Sorry done.
Flame away.


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The 2016 Audi A5 and its performance variant, the S5 are a family of compact luxury coupes and cabriolets. The biggest differences between the models are oriented around powertrains and performance hardware.
The A5 lineup offers a competitive alternative to the BMW 3-Series, Cadillac CTS coupe and INFINITI Q50 coupe. In S5 form, it offers an excellent compromise between ride, comfort and performance, with 0-60 times of under 5 seconds. With the Audi Connect system and revised MMI controller and its live Google Earth maps, it has one of the best (and best-looking) infotainment systems.
Compare the 2016 Audi A5 against similar models
The A5 lineup gets only some trim and equipment tweaks for 2016. The Prestige trim is dropped and its Bang & Olufsen stereo now comes standard on the Premium Plus.
The RS5 will not be available for the 2016 model year.
A vehicle's warranty can significant impact your maintenance costs after you drive off the dealer's lot, and it's important to understand the different parts. Typically, a new car warranty includes a Basic warranty, which covers everything except the wear items such as brakes and tires; and a Drivetrain warranty, that covers all the parts that make the car move, such as the engine and transmission
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Audi A5 is a sleek two-door luxury car available as a coupe or convertible.
The styling of the Audi A5 Coupe is at once elegant and striking, clearly built with attention to detail. The cabin is understated and soothing, lavish and luxurious, with a choice of carbon fiber, stainless steel or wood trim.
The A5 Cabriolet gives the driver the option of dropping the top. The Cabriolet's cloth top is insulated and powers open or closed quickly. The convertible loses some of the clean lines of the coupe, but it's a great car for top-down motoring.
The A5 uses Audi's legendary 2.0-liter turbo now making 220 horsepower, and quattro all-wheel drive is standard. It uses an eight-speed automatic transmission, although you can get a six-speed manual in the coupe.
2016 Audi A5 Coupe and Cabriolet come standard with the S line exterior trim. 2016 A5 Premium Plus models are equipped with the excellent Bang & Olufsen sound system. A Red Acoustic convertible top is offered for the 2016 A5 Cabriolet and S5 Cabriolet. Now eight years old, the A5 was introduced as a 2008 model in the fall of 2007 and was refreshed for the 2013 model year.
A5 with eight-speed automatic is EPA-rated at 22/31 mpg City/Highway, or 25 mpg Combined and Premium gasoline is required; with the six-speed manual, it's rated 32 mpg Highway.
The A5 offers many safety features including eight airbags and pop-up rollbars in the Cabriolet.
The 2016 Audi A5 Coupe ($41,500) and A5 Cabriolet ($47,900) are powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine and come with an eight-speed Tiptronic transmission and quattro all-wheel drive. A5 Coupe is also available with six-speed manual gearbox ($40,500). Leather, satellite radio, and Bluetooth come standard. Options include Bang & Olufsen audio, navigation, and iPhone integration.
The Audi S5 Coupe ($53,100) gets a powerful a 3.0-liter supercharged V6 rated at 333 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. Audi RS5 features a glorious old-school 4.2-liter V8, good for 450 throaty horsepower.
Audi A5 styling is timeless, and it looks like a more expensive car. It isn't daring, just sculpted with grace, and it definitely has presence.
The A5 Coupe has muscular haunches and classic lines. The Cabriolet looks good too. Too bad the deep, open-jawed grille, tall and oblong, seems too large and abstract, lacking definition that might separate it from a car bra at first glance. But the LED lighting makes it all good at night.
The A5 seats four, not five. Head, leg and shoulder room in the front is good, while the rear is too tight for adults; even with the coupe's long doors, it's hard to climb in and out of the rear. The cabin is well laid out and the controls are light. The seats are well padded and well bolstered.
The cabin design is clean and simple, and the materials high grade. The intricate instruments and aluminum trim make it feel high end. The two-tone leather and suede seats on our model used piano-black trim.
Rear visibility is poor a result of the thick C-pillars that look so good on the outside. Storage space is good, with the rear seats folded flat and open to the trunk with a good 16.3 cubic feet of space on its own. Cabriolets cut it to 11.3 cubic feet for the trunk, plus even less rear legroom.
The MMI controller makes it easy to tune things with the joystick. Google Earth and Street View shows some of the best images we've seen on a GPS.
The Cabriolet comes with a wind deflector that works well. It stores efficiently in the trunk in a bag or can be left in your garage when not needed.
The A5 will accelerate from zero to 60 in about 6.5 seconds, which might fall short of high performance, but it is peppy and fun, with a crisp throttle response and 258 pound-feet of torque. The 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine produces robust torque from 1500 to 4300 rpm, to propel the car from intersections and up hills. It's as quiet and smooth as the four-cylinder engines from BMW, Mercedes and Cadillac, although it can sound a bit buzzy or gritty at high rpm.
Both the eight-speed automatic or a six-speed manual transmission suit the car's character, as the automatic shifts quick enough to satisfy enthusiasts.
The ride and handling are tuned for comfort in the base model. Available Drive Select enables the driver to adjust settings for throttle, transmission, steering and suspension. We liked the Audi base settings. It's comfortable on rough roads, and responsive on twisting roads. Even better, there's a sports suspension option.
Quattro adds to the stability. With quattro, 60 percent of the power is directed to the rear wheels and 40 percent to the front under normal conditions. That 40/60 front/rear is a good balance. In very slippery conditions, the all-wheel drive can lock the center differential for traction.
Steering response is generally good. Active Dynamic Steering uses sensors to read the road and adjust the steering effort and quickness accordingly.
Audi S5 features a direct-injected, supercharged V6 with a two-stage intake manifold. It has large brakes and grippy 19-inch tires. An optional active rear differential overdrives the outside rear tire in corners, forcing the front end to turn in more quickly. It also communicates with the vehicle's Drive Select system and stability control to help maintain control in emergency maneuvers. The S5 is heavy, however, so it doesn't handle like a sports car.
Audi A5 is less expensive than comparable models from BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Still handsome, these cars are becoming dated and new versions are expected to be introduced soon.
Driving impressions by Marty Padgett, editorial director, The Car Connection. Sam Moses contributed to this report.
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Drivetime Monday 9 September 2013
Mary Wilson presents an information packed evening news magazine with all the stories of the day
Finance Minister Noonan addresses concerns about names of people getting involved in the process being made public.
Drivetime's Fergal Keane
Jim Stafford is a Personal Insolvency Practitioner with Friel Stafford in Dublin
Larry Donnelly law lecturer at NUIG and political columnist with the journal.ie and Henry Farrell Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington DC
Martin Chulov Middle East Correspondent for the Guardian who has just left Aleppo in Northern Syria
Dr. Ciaran O'Boyle discusses the most common health problems experienced in Irish workplaces.
Della Kilroy reports from the charity's World Suicide Prevention Day conference held in Dublin.
John Cooke brings us this three part series looking at homelessness, and moving those in hotels to hubs.
Exclusive reports from Drivetime's John Cooke who to some of the 160 Syrian Refugees adjusting to life in County Roscommon.
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I am looking for some good sources/tutorials for a fluid layout that serves, both, desktop and mobile devices. For desktop I would use a percentage based layout in combination with max- and min-width e.a.
#wrapper {
width: 70%;
max-width: 1200px;
min-width: 780px;
margin: 0 auto;
But that isn't really an option for mobile devices? This site for example shows very good both on desktop and mobile devices. I have been going over their stylesheet, (which is I think one of those template stylesheet) but couldn't find anything out of the ordinary except that they don't use the min-with property. Would that be a way of doing this or should I have a separate stylesheet for mobile devices? Any advice would be highly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
You should find something you need [here or [URL="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/responsive-web-tutorials/"]here or [URL="http://responsivedesignweekly.com/rwd-summit/responsive-layouts-with-zoe-gillenwater/"]here](http://designwoop.com/2012/03/15-detailed-responsive-web-design-tutorials/).
The basis of a fully fluid site involve using media queries to change the layout when it no longer fits the viewport. There are many strategies but a common theme would be [mobile first and then expand for more capable devices. It is not just a case of adding a simple rules set to the body tag but a whole [URL="http://mobile.smashingmagazine.com/2012/10/24/beyond-common-media-query-breakpoints/"]design concept](http://www.slideshare.net/bryanrieger/rethinking-the-mobile-web-by-yiibu) from the ground up.
This site for example shows very good both on desktop and mobile devices
I didn't see anything special there apart form a media query to scale up for larger viewports. The iphone emulator shows the site just shrunk to fit with no special rules that I could see (I assume the actual iphone would be the same but have;t got one to hand to test). If the site is 960px wide then it gets scaled to fit the iphone better but a better approach would be a change of layout for small devices and not just a shrunk layout with unreadable text.
Hi Paul. Thank you for your reaction, links and tips. All very helpful. There is one other thing I can't get my head arround and that is the height property in a fluid design. I know that for pictures I could use the max-width: 100% rule, but what about normal divs? I can set a width yes how do I set a height in such a way that aspect ratio will stay in place?
Yes, same on the real thing.
It will scale automatically. Don't set heights in general. Let elements find their own natural height.
Hi Ralph. Thanks fot the reaction. I understand that part, but what if I have four divs in a row, having a different amount of text, all having a different background color but I want to have them all the same height
You have to separate "what you want" from "what is good for the content". Instead of imposing a design on the content is should to some degree be the content dictating the design
However, these days you can use display: table and display table-cell properties (for IE8+) to have equal height boxes without the need for specifying a height. For smaller devices you can change the element (via media queries) back to display:block or float.


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"Gatekeeper Credentials" The Changing Landscape of High School Equivalencies: Exploring the Implications for Access and Equity for Communities of Color
Jun 11, 2013
By Kisha Bird
Last month, CLASP in partnership with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights held a timely and important roundtable discussion on high school equivalency: Roundtable Discussion: "Gatekeeper Credentials" The Changing Landscape of High School Equivalencies: Exploring the Implications for Access and Equity for Communities of Color. The purpose of the meeting was to provide an overview of the new high school equivalency tests, including the GED®, that will take effect in 2014, hear perspectives of local providers, discuss concerns, and identify next steps to ensure low-income communities and communities of color have adequate access to earn a secondary credential. Participants included a cross-section of youth, education, and workforce policy advocates, practitioners and program providers, along with civil rights advocates.
This conversation is critically relevant to black male achievement and the ability of young black men who have dropped out of high school to get back on track and earn a secondary school credential. Youth and young adults ages 16 to 24 represent a large number of those needing access to high school equivalencies pathways, such as the GED®. The 6.7 million young people disconnected from school and work - with 3.4 million having been unattached to school since age 16 -- are disproportionately African American and Hispanic. According to the GED® Testing Service, over 50 percent of the individuals taking their test were under the age of 25. Employment prospects are significantly decreased for those lacking a secondary school diploma. Just 25 percent of African American high school dropouts age 16-24 are employed as compared to 47 percent for their white counterparts.
In less than six months, beginning in 2014, the GED® test and its administration at the federal, state and local level will change - impacting some 25.7 million people between ages 18 and 64 and who are without a high school diploma or equivalent. This is the largest overhaul of the GED® , the most widely recognized alternative to a high school diploma, in seven decades.