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Fashion is the fastest-growing segment of online commerce, and it's being propelled by an atypical source: men.
Men who have had to live with department stores designed primarily for women are flocking to websites such as Bonobos and Thrillist that push convenience and a fast shopping experience.
And these sites are capturing a growing part of the $41 billion fashion e-commerce market by providing services like recommending items based on personality or shipping trunks of clothes to a guy's home so he can pick.
"Men don't hate fashion, they just hate shopping the way it's designed for women," said Ben Lerer, founder of Thrillist, which gives men tips for activities or products and then sells them. "The young generation of guys love to shop, they love to talk about the brands they like and they really care about how they look."
While women's share of the online clothing market is still more than double men's, the men's market is growing faster, at a 13 percent annual rate compared with 10 percent for women, according to NPD Group, a consumer tracking service. And that growth gap is seen by many as about to get wider.
"It's an area of e-commerce that companies are only just now starting to really figure out," said Joshua Goldman of Norwest Venture Partners, who specializes in retail deals.
Competing for Share
Male-focused online fashion startups are competing with established brands like Gap Inc.'s Banana Republic and J Crew Group Inc. for a slice of the fashion e-commerce market. The market for clothing and accessories is expected to grow 78 percent to $73 billion by 2016, according to EMarketer. That's faster than categories like electronics or music.
Frank & Oak, a Montreal-based men's site that gives personalized recommendations each month, said last week it raised $5 million from investors. The site launched in February. Thrillist raised $13 million in August from venture capitalists, valuing the company at $150 million in its first round of funding.
Lerer, founder of Thrillist, acquired clothing site JackThreads to get in on the trend. Now, he said, his users snap pictures modeling new clothes and post them on Twitter, bragging about getting them delivered to their doorstep.
The boom in men's fashion follows by a couple years the success of companies that started out catering to women, like Gilt Groupe and Rent the Runway. Men may be a better target because they are more likely to make big purchases in one swoop to get shopping done quickly, while women often browse recreationally and may not buy, said Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners, which invests in Bonobos.
"Because of that relatively high basket-size, that makes it quite an attractive transaction if you're talking about several hundred dollars," Liew said.
More Income
Men are also staying single longer, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, meaning they have more income to spend on themselves during their early careers. Gilt Groupe, a high-end sales site that started out focused on women, added a men's section in 2008. The typical shopper is 35 years old and single, living in an urban coastal city and making a bit more than $100,000, said Keith George, who heads up the division.
Still, there are risks. And not every idea pans out. Frank & Oak first tried out the market as Modasuite, which made personalized men's clothes. Gilt has stopped investing in its separate men's site, Park & Bond.
Yet there's been enough success for the companies to attract investments from Silicon Valley's venture capitalists. Brian O'Malley of Battery Ventures said he's attracted to a more stable revenue stream than most technology startups, like ad- supported social networking companies.
Shipping Clothes
The menswear sites are testing business models like personality-based recommendation or shipping clothes to a guy's home so he can pick, a service offered by Trunk Club Inc. Although they're not typical technology companies, investors like O'Malley are attracted to the growth potential.
"Day one you're getting real revenue from the product," said O'Malley, who invests in J. Hilburn, which sends representatives to measure men at their homes and make customized clothes. "A lot of the other companies are reliant on venture capital and don't make a lot of money from advertising until they have a ton of users."
'Finance Guy'
Andy Dunn, the founder and CEO of Bonobos, says after one or two questions his retailers can tell whether a customer fits into one of six categories, which include "metrosexual or gay," "finance guy" and, more recently, "hipster." Depending on the label, they'll be pitched a different kind of pants.
"I hear about a new menswear e-commerce thought every day," Dunn said. "But to know that this could work in 2007 was really a leap of faith.'
Because they don't require intensive computer engineering to start, many of the companies are based outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. Thrillist and Bonobos are based in New York, where they can take advantage of its fashion network.
"Think of the computer programmer, and then think of the banker," Lerer said. "Fashion is much more likely to be a top focus here in New York."
—With assistance from Sapna Maheshwari in New York. Editors: Rick Schine, Stephen West
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Friday, December 25, 2009
Cranberry Glogg - Merry Christmas
On this day of wonder and delight, I'd like to propose a toast to you and other absent friends.
May there always be friends at your fire, family at your table, blessings in your home, and joy in your heart.
From our home to yours, come warm wishes for a Happy Christmas. Blessings to you all...Mary
Cranberry Glogg...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Beatrice Ojakangas
1 (28-ounce) bottle white table wine, or 4 cups white grape juice
4 cups cranberry juice
8 whole cloves
1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled
2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar
1) Combine wine, cranberry juice, cloves, ginger and cinnamon in a large bowl. Refrigerate for 24 hours before serving.
2) Pour into a large stockpot and heat until almost simmering. Glogg should be 150 to 170 degrees F for serving. Ladle into small, warmed cups and serve. Yield: 10 servings.
This recipe is being linked to:
Designs By Gollum - Foodie Friday
21 comments :
- Haden News said...
Merry Christmas!!
- December 24, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- CC said...
This sounds wonderful Mary. We may have to try this tomorrow afternoon late. Yummmmmm.
Thank you for all your wonderful recipes you share with us.. the picture are always so gorgeous.
Have a most wonderful and blessed Christmas Mary, and I so hope your Christmas is filled with all things beautiful.
- December 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Martha said...
We at Linderhof wish you and your family the merriest of Christmases!
- December 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM
- Di said...
Mary, tomorrow as we gather round the table, we raise our glass to you. Thank you for your heartfelt wishes, and blessings to you and your family.
- December 25, 2009 at 12:34 AM
- Mary said...
Merry Christmas!! Thanks for all your hard work throughout the year and the tales you share along with the delicious recipes!
- December 25, 2009 at 1:09 AM
- valerie said...
just poping by to say merry christmas hope it si a fab one:)
- December 25, 2009 at 1:26 AM
- Selba said...
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Mary! *hugs*
- December 25, 2009 at 1:50 AM
- MonsterMama said...
Merry Christmas Mary! It's late but, this Cranberry Glogg sounds delicious right about now! :)
- December 25, 2009 at 2:42 AM
- Jolita said...
Merry Christmas!May you be surrounded with family and friends, filled with good cheer! Health and happiness for everyone!
- December 25, 2009 at 7:19 AM
- A Year on the Grill said...
Merry Christmas
and all the season's best to you and your family...
- December 25, 2009 at 7:40 AM
- Lea Ann said...
Beautiful, Merry Christmas!
- December 25, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Marsha's Mpressions said...
Mary, what a wonderful toast. Thank you and I raise my glass to you such a special person! Have a wonderful season of joy!
- December 25, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Joy said...
Thankyou! Merry Christmas to you and to all your loved ones!
- December 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- Patti Cakes said...
Merry Christmas dear! Hugs
- December 25, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- My Little Space said...
MERRY CHRISTMAS! hope you've a joyous festive season ever.... Bless you & your famly!
- December 26, 2009 at 5:26 AM
- lostpastremembered said...
What a beautiful fire and fairytale house in the snowy woods! Merry Christmas indeed!
- December 26, 2009 at 7:45 AM
- Claudia said...
Merry Christmas. Can I go to that cabin the woods next year? lovely toast!
- December 26, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- Michael Lee West said...
Mary, I lift my glass in a toast to you for your heart, wisdom, words, photographs--and food. I toast you for giving us a peek into your kitchen on Foodie Fridays. You make my world a better place. Here's to many more recipes in 2010.
- December 27, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- Lorie said...
My gosh, is this really your cabin? It is picture perfect.
- December 28, 2009 at 11:40 AM
- Mary said...
Lorie, we rent the cabin for several weeks in the summer and winter. it is a perfect getaway.
- December 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Lori said...
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. With a new baby around it is just all the more glorious.
- December 28, 2009 at 5:20 PM

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This article is a little long, but we're spending more time THINKING about our workout than working out, right? It will change over time, but for now go slowly and drink lots of water.
Running 101 from Runner's World.com.
Beginner's Training Program
Running 101
With our simple 10-week program for beginning runners, you're sure to get off on the right foot and reach the finish line with high marks. So don't wait another day. Get started now.
For the past two years, I've been teaching a class for beginning runners at the University of Oregon. But this is no typical college course, because we spend more time running together than discussing and debating.
The class meets twice a week for 50 minutes at a time. For homework, I suggest that class members do an additional run or two each week.
I've shrunk my class lectures into mini-lessons that I can speak in minutes or write in a single paragraph. I give my students only those nuggets that are most important for them to learn in our 10 weeks together.
Think of these lessons as Cliff Notes for "Running 101." Learn them, and you can make it through your beginning-running efforts with an "A" grade.
1. Welcome to the starting line. This might be your first try at running, or a return visit, or an attempt to improve on what you already do. The less running you've done recently, the more you can expect to improve your distances and speeds in the next 10 weeks. On the other hand, the less you've run lately, the more likely you are to hurt yourself by doing too much running, too soon. That's why it's so important to set two related goals as you start or restart your running program: maximize improvements and minimize injuries. You win by improving. You lose by getting hurt.
2. Buy the right shoes. They are the biggest equipment expense for runners, so it's important to get it right. Spend wisely by buying well-made shoes from a major brand. Search out a model that fits you properly, and is designed for the surface you'll run on most often-roads, tracks, or trails. If you're not sure which shoe will work best for you, shop at a running-specialty store staffed by veteran runners and shoe experts. After you buy your shoes, remember that even the best have a limited lifespan. Plan to replace them after about 350 to 500 miles of wear.
3. Make a plan. The two basic raw materials of a running routine are time and space. And the two main reasons given by those who don't run? "I don't have time for it," and "I don't have anywhere to do it." Let's dissect those excuses. You can run well and get in great shape with as little as a 30-minute session every other day. Think of it as the time you won't waste by watching a sitcom rerun. As for finding places to run: Anywhere that's safe for walking is also fine for running. Off-road routes (parks, bike paths, high school tracks) are better than high-traffic streets, and soft surfaces (grass, dirt) are better than paved ones, but any choice is better than staying home. Major suggestion: Map out the best courses in your immediate neighborhood. That saves time, solves the "place" issue, and makes it much more likely that you'll actually do your planned runs.
4. Take the mile trial. Friends who hear that you've begun running will soon ask, "What's your best mile time?" so you might as well get used to it. Before long, you'll be calculating your pace-per-mile on longer runs, but you should begin with a simple 1-mile test run (four laps on a standard track) to determine your starting point. Think of this run as a low-key test, not a race. Run at a pace a little beyond easy but less than a struggle, and count on improving your mile time in later tests as your fitness improves.
5. Get F-I-T. Kenneth Cooper, M.D., a giant in the fitness field, long ago devised a simple formula for improving as a runner: Run 2 to 3 miles, 3 to 5 days a week at a comfortable pace. It's easier to remember as the F-I-T formula: frequency (at least every other day); intensity (comfortable pace); and time (about 30 minutes). Even with walking breaks, you can cover 2 miles in 30 minutes, and you might soon be running 3 miles in that time. It's important to run these efforts at an easy, comfortable pace. Think of yourself as the Tortoise, not the Hare. Make haste slowly.
6. Find your pace. Okay, so I've told you to make it comfortable. Sounds simple. The problem is that most beginning runners don't know what a comfortable pace feels like, so they push too hard. Result: They get overly fatigued and discouraged, or even injured. Here are some more guidelines. A comfortable pace is 1 to 2 minutes per mile slower than your mile trial time. Or you can use a heart-rate monitor and run at 65 to 75 percent of your maximum heart rate. (Note: Max heart rate is 205 minus half your age). Or, my favorite because it's so simple: Listen to your breathing. If you aren't gasping for air, and you can talk while you're running, your pace is just right.
7. Remember to warm up and cool down. Don't confuse a little stretching with a good warmup. Stretching exercises generally don't make you sweat or raise your heart rate, which is what you really want from a warmup. A proper warmup begins with walking or running very slowly to ease your body into the session.
My recommendation: Walk briskly for 5 minutes (about a quarter-mile), then break into your comfortable running pace. (Don't count the warmup as part of your workout time or distance.) When you finish your run, resist the urge to stop suddenly. Instead, walk another 5 minutes to cool down more gradually. Then comes the best time for stretching–after your run when your muscles are warm and ready to be stretched a little.
8. Don't hesitate to walk. Walk is not a four-letter word for runners. Pausing to walk during a run is not a form of cheating, but a common practice among experienced runners. It is a form of interval training that breaks a big piece of work into smaller pieces, making it more doable. Mix running and walking in these ways: when you're starting to run for the first time; to regain fitness after a long layoff, injury, or illness; to warm up before a run, and to cool down afterward; to make your fast running faster, which is the classic use of interval training; to make long runs longer; and to make easy runs easier. You'll find that walk breaks work best when you walk for at least 1 minute but no longer than 5 minutes.
9. Run safely at all times. The biggest threat you'll face as a runner on the road, by far, is the car. Traffic zips past you at just about a yard away. A moment's attention lapse from either you or the driver can bring disaster, and you'll be the one to suffer, not the well-protected driver.
The best way to lower this risk is to avoid running on roads. But for many of us, this is a near-impossibility. Or it's an approach that adds time and complexity to our routine (if we have to drive to a park, for example). So most of us just learn to be extremely cautious when we run on the roads. We try to find low-traffic roads with wide shoulders; we run on the left side of the road, facing traffic; we obey traffic signs and signals; and we follow every road rule our parents taught us by the time we were 7. Every runner should run as if every car is a lethal weapon. Because it is.
10. Use pain as your guide. Runners get hurt. Of course, we rarely hurt ourselves as seriously as skiers and linebackers, but injuries do happen. Most are musculoskeletal, meaning that we recover rapidly when we take days off or other appropriate action (like ice treatment). And most are self-inflicted. We bring them on by running too far, too fast, too soon, or too often. Prevention is often as simple as a change of routine. Use pain as your guide. If you can't run steadily without pain, mix walking and running. If you can't run-walk, simply walk. If you can't walk, bicycle. If you can't bike, swim. As you recover, climb back up this fitness ladder.
11. Pay attention to your form. Running form is as individual as a fingerprint and is too inborn to change very much. But, with practice, you can make minor modifications to become a more efficient runner. Run "tall" and upright, not with a pronounced forward lean. Look toward the horizon, not at your feet. Run faster by increasing your stride turnover, not by overreaching with each stride. On uphills, shorten your stride, and drive more with the arms. Try to maintain even effort, not pace. When running downhill, let gravity work for you by leaning slightly forward.
12. Eat and drink the right foods. Sports nutrition is too big of a topic to cover thoroughly here. But, in general, the rules for good nutrition and fluid consumption are the same for runners as everyone else. Three areas of special interest to runners: (1) control your weight, as extra pounds will slow you down; (2) eat lightly an hour before training and 2 hours before racing; (3) drink 8 to 16 ounces of water or sports drink an hour before running, as dehydration can be dangerous.
13. Add a little stretching and strengthening. Running is a specialized activity, working mainly the legs. If you're seeking more complete, total-body fitness, you need to supplement your running workouts with other exercises. These should aim to strengthen the muscles that running neglects, and stretch those that running tightens, which means strengthening the upper body and stretching the legs. Add a few minutes of strengthening and stretching after your running workouts, because that's when these exercises tend to do the most good.
14. Follow the hard-day/easy-day training system. Most runs need to be easy. This is true whether you're a beginning runner or an elite athlete. (Of course, the definition of "easy" varies hugely for these groups; an easy mile for an elite runner would probably be impossible for many beginners or even veteran runners.) As a new runner, make sure you limit yourself to one big day a week. Run longer and slower than normal, or shorter and faster than normal, or go to the starting line in a race where you'll try to maintain your best appropriate pace for the entire race distance.
15. Congratulations: You're a winner. One of the great beauties of running is that it gives everyone a chance to win. Winning isn't automatic; you still have to work for success and risk failure. But in running, unlike in other sports, there's no need to beat an opponent or an arbitrary standard (such as "par" in golf). Runners measure themselves against their own standards. When you improve a time, or increase a distance, or set a personal record in a race, you win–no matter what anyone else has done on the same day.
You can win even bigger simply by keeping at it for the long haul, for years and decades. You don't have to run very far or fast to outrun people who have dropped out. It's the Tortoise and the Hare story all over again. Slow and steady always wins the race.
First Steps
While Joe Henderson encourages his students to move for 30 minutes at a time, the experts at the American College of Sports Medicine say you need only 20 minutes of continuous running, three or four times a week, to begin accumulating the important benefits of an exercise program. Pace is not important. The key is continuous movement.
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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Female Supervisor Fired by Manager Who Wanted a Man in Her Position, Federal Agency Charged
ATLANTA - Stellar Management Group, Inc., doing business as QSI, a contract sanitations services company that provides sanitation services to meat processing facilities in middle Georgia, violated federal law when it fired a female supervisor because of her sex, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Civil Action No., 5:13-tc-05000, filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, the employee was promoted by QSI in or around December 2010 to a sanitation supervisor position. The employee was QSI's only female supervisor and her cleaning team was assigned to work at the Perdue chicken plant in Perry, Ga. According to the EEOC, QSI's area manager stated that he wanted to terminate the employee because, he said, women did not belong in supervisory positions. In late October 2011, the employee missed three days of work due to a personal legal matter. The EEOC said that her time off work was initially approved by company management. However, on Nov. 3, 2011, QSI fired her for allegedly failing to inform the company of her whereabouts during her absence. The EEOC also said that immediately after the female employee was fired, QSI placed a male supervisor in her position.
Employment discrimination based on sex is prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. As part of the suit, the EEOC is seeking back pay and compensatory and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief prohibiting the company from engaging in any further employment practices that discriminate on the basis of gender.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Joint Military Analyst, Senior at Booz Allen Hamilton
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About the Job
Joint Military Analyst, Senior
Key Role:
Provide professional leadership and Joint military expertise through onsite consulting assistance stationed overseas. Demonstrate superb client delivery expertise by diplomatically coordinating and providing support to Combined and Joint international personnel. Apply expertise in technical writing and comprehension and guidance and training. Leverage the ability to lead complex tasks and promote teamwork by collaborating with onsite assigned personnel. This work requires international travel.
Basic Qualifications:
-18+ years of experience as a US military officer in a warfare specialty or intelligence specialty at the O4-O6 level
-Experience with Microsoft Office
-Experience as a Joint Qualified Officer with JPME Phases I or II, including Joint Staff, Combatant Command staff, or Joint Task Force staff
-Ability to develop PowerPoint briefings
-Ability to leverage expertise in military doctrine and lessons learned
-Ability to provide Joint expertise in one or more of the following areas: Joint military doctrine development, Joint planning, programming, budget, and execution (PPBE), including DoD experience, Joint readiness reporting, Joint officer expertise in Joint military doctrine development, Joint readiness reporting at the Joint Staff, a Combatant Command, or a Joint Task Force staff, Joint manpower and personnel management, including military manpower requirements determination, personnel management, such as distribution, policy development, promotion system, and performance assessment, civil service personnel management, and military career planning and path development, Joint intelligence work, including an intelligence systems operator or analyst role with technical expertise in intelligence systems, such as Joint Staff, Combatant Command, Joint Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC), or Joint Task Force, Joint operational planning, including JOPES, campaign planning, and J5 country desk officer, strategy development, and acquisition expertise, including acquisition program at the action officer level, Joint training, including curriculum development, training course accreditation, setting up of training programs, training needs analysis and requirements determination, apprenticeship program development and operation, and instructor expertise, facilities management, or Joint C4I and Cyber defense or warfare expertise, including systems integration in a Joint environment, such as Joint Staff or Combatant Command
-Ability to obtain a security clearance
-BA or BS degree
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-Experience as a Joint Qualified Officer with JPME Phases I or II a plus
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Mars Observer
Goals: Seventeen years after the successful Viking 1 and Viking 2 missions, Mars Observer was launched to make a detailed study of the Red Planet. The spacecraft, based on an Earth-orbiting communications satellite, which had been converted into an orbiter for Mars, carried a payload of science instruments designed to study the geology, geophysics and climate of Mars. The journey took 337 days.
Accomplishments: The spacecraft was about to begin pressurizing its fuel tanks in preparation for an orbit-insertion maneuver when its transmitters were turned off and the spacecraft was never heard from again. Before contact with the spacecraft was lost, approximately two months of total data from the gamma ray spectrometer was successfully collected, including spectral observations of one burst.


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Mathematics 251 (4 credit hours)
CALCULUS I (Fall 2008)
|Dr. Caldwell, office 429 Humanities, office phone 7336. Department office 7360. E-mail: email@example.com. Web page: www.utm.edu/staff/caldwell. I will use your e-mail as stored in Banner, usually an @ut.utm.edu account, to contact you (if the school closes, to send additional notes, ...) so please make sure that it is accurate.
|Two units of high school algebra, one unit high school geometry, 1/2 unit high school trigonometry, and appropriate mathematics placement OR completion of EITHER Math 170 with a grade of C or better OR MATH 185 with a grade of C or better. A grade of C or better in MATH 251 is required to enroll in MATH 252.
|Limits and continuity. Derivatives and integrals of polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, and hyperbolic functions. Techniques of integration. Conics. Parametric and polar equations. Intermediate forms and improper integrals. Infinite series, including Taylor series. Must be taken in sequence.
|Calculus--Early Transcendentals (Sixth Edition), James Stewart, Brooks/Cole Publishers, 2008, http://www.stewartcalculus.com/
The course grade will be determined as follows:
16 % quizzes (daily five-minute quizzes)Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
90-100% A, 80-89% B, 70-79% C, 60-69% D, 0-59% F.The grade of I is given very rarely and never just to temporarily improve your GPA. No extra credit.
There is no way to pass a real mathematics class without doing the homework. So to help you focus on the homework, we will start most days with a brief "quiz" (usually less than five minutes). This will may be one problem directly from the previous night's homework. You will be allowed to use your personal handwritten notes; but not your book, computer or printed notes. If you have attended class and done all the homework, the quiz points should be automatic!
These quizzes will be graded on a four-point scale: one point for your name, four points for the correct answer, and two or three for a partially correct answer. If you are late, you will get a one. If you cheat, you may get a zero or negative score.
If you miss the day, or leave early, then you will get a zero. Exceptions will be made for appropriate excuses, but you must let me know (and provide documentation) within two weeks. Being excused from an absence does not excuse the next day's quiz. If you miss class for any reason, you should still do your homework and be ready for the quiz.
The three lowest quiz scores will be dropped (other than "earned" zero or negative scores, see above). All of your remaining quiz points will be added, then converted into a percentage score.
Quizzes will usually be returned the next class meeting. Those that are not picked up will be tossed out a week later.
|Tests & Final:
|The homework, quizzes and classroom examples indicate the type of problems that will be on the tests, though some (probably the final) may be changed to a multiple-choice format. No make-up tests. If you miss a test, you will be given the average of the following tests and final. The final will be comprehensive. Review for the final by studying the hour tests, homework and quizzes. (Check also to see if there is a practice final online.) You may not leave the room (and your phone... must not be visible) during any test or final.
|A graphing calculator is required for this course. The use of the calculator will not be taught in the course itself. Calculators capable of symbolic manipulation will not be allowed. You should check with your major advisor as to what calculator you might need in your major before you decide which calculator to use.
|The Department of Mathematics and Statistics publishes a syllabus for each of it courses which may be viewed in my office and on the departmental web pages.
|Newton's Method Applet.
Cancelled classes:
|You (and the state) have paid well for the courses taught here so mathematics and statistics teachers very (very) rarely cancel classes. However, sometimes (especially in the spring) the university closes due to bad weather. If this happens, I will contact you by the e-mail address stored in the Banner system to let you know how we will make up the work. I will also adjust the homework schedule on-line as needed.
|Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will result in at least an F for the quiz, test or assignment. Your Student Handbook clearly states "suspension from the university is the expected penalty" for "plagiarism, cheating, and academic integrity issues" and this includes submitting the work of another person as your own or permitting another to submit yours as his/her own.
|The University of Tennessee provides reasonable accommodations (academic adjustments and auxiliary aids) to ensure equal access to educational content and university programs for students with disabilities. Students who are eligible for and who request accommodations through the Disability Services office must provide instructors with a letter of accommodation. The Disability Services office is located in the Student Success Center, 209 Clement Hall, (731) 881-7605.
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PZ Myers is continuing to wage war against Caturday. OK, nudibranches are quite gorgeous, but not exactly cuddly. Those scavenged cnidocytes can make for a bad day for nudibranch snugglers. Think of slugs, but all dressed up and with a whole ocean for having fun (link to the video).
Continuing as a cat / non-cat accommodationist, how far apart are nudibranches (the specific one shown munching away at a Portuguese man o' war in the video is a blue dragon, Glaucus atlanticus) and housecats (Felis catus / Felis domesticus)? This is a painful one. They are very far apart, as one would expect for members of different phylums.
Timetree didn't recognize the species, but it knew the family Glaucidae, and here is the time to most recent common ancestor…
782.7 Million Years Ago (or worse, as much as 910mya). Precambrian, late proterozoic… Um. Hey it isn't as far back as cats and catnip, right?
I'm concerned that this cat / not cat is driving us away from what should be our real focus, which is that we shouldn't trust those weird prokaryotes. No nucleus, no way. Cats have cells with nuclei, which is fine by me.


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I'm actually really looking forward to this manga. I loved the Disney movie of Aladdin when i was a kid. Not like this manga has anything in common with that 90s flick but still, the characters so far are awesome and badass. And Ugo-kun's really funny:P Hope this gets picked up cuz there are bout 80+ chapters untranslated so far
|2011-10-23, 02:40
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You know, this kind of story-driven, genuine fantasy story is surprisingly rare in manga. We have plenty of derivative JRPG spinoffs, comedic fantasy parody interludes, shounen fighting series and shoujo romance series with fantasy backdrops, but straightforward "classic" fantasy -- the sort seen here, with long adventures and characters you are meant to love -- is really, really rare.
It reminds me of how ANN's Jason Thompson portrayed the similar (if darker and somehow lonelier) Kazan, especially his conclusion at the end: "[it] is a manga which was important to its creator, and you can tell, and that's the best compliment I can pay it[.]"
P.S. Morgianna moe~
|2012-01-29, 07:46
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i think this series can really take throne of bleach and naruto , also can compete with one piece but the problem is same with one piece people doesnt like things they dont know . i think everyone should give a chance to this manga cause these kind of masterpieces dont come too often , i will really be sad if this manga finishes because people dont understand it .
|2012-01-29, 10:57
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Also, about the bold part of your post. I think people like what they don't know!
Remember the case with One Piece and Naruto.In,US Naruto is more popular than One piece.In Japan, One Piece is more popular than Naruto.
Why? Because in US, there are many story/tale about pirate while Ninja is the strange thing for US. In opposite, Ninja is commonly seen in Japanese's story/tale while pirate is strange thing for japan.
The setting in Magi,however, is not what you commonly seen in both Western and Asia manga/novel/tales ,so it's not surprise that this manga can become popular.
|2012-01-29, 11:44
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i hope Magi wll be more popular when anime starts , magis plot is very good ( i think mangas which has a certain plot is best ) . Things i like abaut magi is its side characters stand out , if a manga has good side charecters they made main chars shine more . Djinn system and magic items , dungeon creatures , magicians , swordmans , fighters , etc.. lots of different things . Magi also has its unique animals and enviorement , shiny metal vessels , magio manpulation , rukth etc..
Magi is a manga you should definetly read .
|2012-02-20, 02:56
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By the way, only few people here read this?? I think it is quite popular on certain online manga website.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 20 (UPI) -- A Canadian First Nation band says it's reviving an age-old practice of controlled burning to improve forest health and restore a population of wood bison.
The controlled burning of forests gets rid of deadwood and stimulates growth of more desirable vegetation, Sonja Levarkus, an ecologist working with the Fort Nelson First Nation, said. It could have the added benefit of saving wood bison in British Columbia, where they were almost wiped out by hunting in the early 1900s.
A surviving heard of about 200 animals was discovered in Alberta in 1957 and a small group was released deep in British Columbia forests, but the threatened species has strayed from its home range and now grazes alongside the Alaska Highway, where the bison has become a hazard for motorists and dozens of the animal die annually in vehicle accidents, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News reported.
Ecologists say they hope controlled burning of forests will produce a more open landscape and will entice the wood bison back to their home range.
Lana Lowe, director of lands for the Fort Nelson First Nation, says controlled burning has deep roots in the community and was second nature to her grandfather.
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BONIFAY � Regional Director of Resource Development at United Way of Northwest Florida Ron Sharpe was the guest speaker for the Bonifay Kiwanis Club on Jan. 23 and touched on the many services provided in Holmes County and what United Way does to help fund those services.
BONIFAY � Regional Director of Resource Development at United Way of Northwest Florida Ron Sharpe was the guest speaker for the Bonifay Kiwanis Club on Jan. 23 and touched on the many services provided in Holmes County and what United Way does to help fund those services.
�First I need to recognize some local volunteers that help us with United Way,� said Sharpe.
Julia Bullington with the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce, Melissa Willard with Regions Bank, Fran Haithcoat with Wells Fargo and Brenda Blitch from Doctors Memorial Hospital.
�What we have are individuals are a group of volunteers who help us raise the awareness of United Way agencies in our community,� he said. �One of the most important tasks that they do is funds and distributions.�
Through United Way, said Sharpe, they raise money for the 31 agencies that serve the needs of Holmes County�s community.
�Money that is given or donated to United Way for Holmes County,� he said. �That is something that I absolutely love about United Way. The dollars stay local.�
You can give personally or through your employer, said Sharpe.
�When it comes to United Way, it�s like a grant and someone, not a paid staff member, but someone within your community will look at the dollars, they will look at the grant request and our agencies will fill out an application, a grant application, they tell us how much we need, how they�re going to use the money and that whole process,� said Sharpe. �Then our individuals from this community look to see what they can do to leverage those dollars.�
Those individuals for Holmes County�s community were recognized as Bullington with the Holmes County Chamber of Commerce, Willard with Regions Bank, Haithcoat with Wells Fargo and Blitch from Doctors Memorial Hospital.
�They take those funds, they look at the grant requests and ask how can we leverage the most dollars to their fullest potential,� said Sharpe. �For example, you guys are familiar with Life Management. They do a lot of great work within the six counties that we serve.�
One program Life Management has is an adoption care program, he said, and every dollar given to them in that grant they get $25 in matching funds.
�That�s pretty powerful what you can do with just a dollar,� said Sharpe. �Early Learning Coalition is really a silent partner; not many people knowing what they do, but when you go by a daycare center they are the agency behind the scenes that does a lot of great work within the community. They have a school readiness program for the children and ever dollar we give them they get $17 in matching funds.�
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Inez Alice Chappell, a former Pennsylvania Avenue manicurist and thoroughbred racing fan, died Nov. 2 of heart failure at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital Center.
The Northwest Baltimore resident was 86.
The daughter of an a-rab and a homemaker, Miss Chappell was born and raised in West Baltimore and Harlem Park.
She was a 1943 graduate of the old Frederick Douglass High School and Cortez Peters Business School.
For more than two decades, Miss Chappell worked as a manicurist at Pennsylvania Avenue barbershops.
"She didn't have her own shop but went from barbershop to barbershop," said her nephew, Meredith Chappell, who lives in Baltimore.
"Her clients included boxer Joe Louis, comedian Flip Wilson, singer Nat King Cole and a host of other sports players and entertainers," said Mr. Chappell. "She was working on 'The Avenue' during its heyday."
According to her nephew, Miss Chappell's "love in life" was thoroughbred horse racing.
"The Afro American newspaper often referred to Inez as the 'Racing Aficionado,'" he said.
For years until ending it in the early 2000s, Miss Chappell sponsored an annual dinner at Pimlico Race Course that honored African-American jockeys and trainers.
She was a member of Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Graveside services were held Tuesday at Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville.
In addition to her nephew, she is survived by three nieces, Barbara Dunlap, Patsy Chappell and Karen Young, all of Baltimore.


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Hilary Witt enters her seventh season at Yale, and sixth as head coach, having overseen a historic turnaround in the program. The team's 63 wins in her first five seasons as head coach are one more than Yale had in the 13 seasons prior to her arrival combined. Yale has made the ECAC playoffs for seven straight seasons with her on the staff. Last year's squad broke the school record for goals in a season with 96 and finished with the second-most wins in school history, 15. The Bulldogs also claimed their first Nutmeg Classic championship, beating UConn and Quinnipiac in the annual tournament pitting rivals from Connecticut against each other.
Witt joined the Bulldogs as an assistant coach in 2001-02 before moving up to the head coach role the following season. She was named ECAC Women's Coach of the Year in 2002-03, leading Yale to what was then a school-record five conference wins. In 2003-04 the Bulldogs broke that mark with eight wins and tied the school record for overall wins (12) - marks that fell again the following year. The 2004-05 squad set the school record for overall wins (16) and conference wins (12), earning a trip to the ECAC semifinals for the first time. With Yale's 3-0 win over Vermont on Feb. 19, 2005, Witt became Yale's all-time leader in wins. During Witt's time Yale has had two NCAA Frozen Four Skills Challenge selections, three NEHWA Division I All-Star team selections, one first team All-ECAC selection, three second team All-ECAC selections and three ECAC All-Rookie selections. Last year, the team earned the ECAC's Turfer Award for sportsmanship.
The Bulldogs have also maintained a standard of academic excellence under Witt, placing a league-record 19 players on the ECAC All-Academic Team in 2006-07. Yale has had a total of 48 ECAC All-Academic honorees in Witt's five years as head coach. The Bulldogs also had a finalist for the inaugural ECAC Student-Athlete of the Year Award last year (Kelsey Johnson '07). Yale has had a pair of AWHCA All-Academic selections in each of the last two years along with two Academic All-Ivy League selections in the last three years.
In addition to academic excellence the Bulldogs have also been heavily involved in community service during Witt's tenure, participating in numerous fund-raisers and events with local youths. Last year Kristin Savard '07 won the Hockey Humanitarian Award and was honored in a ceremony at the NCAA men's ice hockey Frozen Four for founding "Teaming Up," a charity designed to raise funds and awareness for maternal health issues in South Africa. Savard and Erika Hockinson '04 both earned Yale's Thomas W. Ford '42 Community Outreach Award under Witt's watch.
Witt has also helped expand Yale's presence on the international level. Witt, who spent time with the U.S. Women's National Team during her senior year at Northeastern, earned a pair of silver medals as an assistant coach for the U.S. at the 2006 Four Nations Cup and the 2007 IIHF World Championship. One of the players on Team USA for both of those events was junior defenseman Helen Resor, who achieved a milestone when she was selected to play for Team USA in the 2006 Olympics. Resor was the first Bulldog to achieve that status, and when she won a bronze medal she became the first Yale hockey player of either gender to earn a medal since five Bulldog men won silver with Team USA in 1932.
Witt has coached at numerous USA Hockey camps, including this past summer's Girls' Select 17/18 Player Development Camp in Lake Placid. Resor, junior forward Crysti Howser and forward Sheila Zingler '07 gave the Bulldogs three players at the 2007 USA Hockey Women's National Festival, meaning that the 2006-07 Yale team tied for the most representatives at the camp among all ECAC schools.
A 2001 graduate of Northeastern and a member of the Huskies' Hall of Fame, Witt completed her senior season in 1999-2000, leading the team in goals (30), assists (24) and points (54). She earned her third Patty Kazmaier Award finalist spot that year and was ranked among the top 10 scorers in the ECAC in all offensive categories. During the year, Witt was invited to play for the United States Select Team but turned down the honor because she felt a captain should not desert her team in the middle of the season. She led the Huskies in scoring in three of her four seasons and finished her career as Northeastern's all-time leader in goals and points (113-94-207) in 139 games. During her four-year career Northeastern went 100-31-11 and made the post-season every year, including an ECAC championship in 1996-97. Witt was named tournament MVP that year.
A communications major at NU, Witt graduated from Canton (Mass.) High School in 1996. She is a member of the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame.


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I was working on a blogpost on books focusing on EdTech people (the woman, the tasks…), but then I opened up YouTube and I saw that president Trump had his first solo press conference.
I guess we can all benefit from Mike Caulfield's ebook (127 page) on web literacy for students (online version) or here for other versions including pdf), a fabulous book with lots of links and useful actions to become (more) web literate (thank you Stephen Downes for bringing it to my attention).
I guess we can all benefit from Mike Caulfield's ebook (127 page) on web literacy for students (online version) or here for other versions including pdf), a fabulous book with lots of links and useful actions to become (more) web literate (thank you Stephen Downes for bringing it to my attention).
After watching it, I thought there was a clear need (for me as an avid supporter of education) to refer to initiatives on the topic of real and fake news, because honestly I do not mind if someone calls something fake or real, as long is that statement is followed by clear arguments describing what you think is fake about it, and why. Before doing that, I want to share the reason for this shift in attention.
I love Amerika, for several reasons: where Europe stays divided, the United States have managed to get its nations to work together, while leaving enough federal freedom to adapt specific topics according to individual nation's believes; I have worked and honestly like to work with Americans (of all backgrounds) and American organisations, truly I am in complete awe of the Bill of Rights, and the way the constitution is securing freedom for all. I know that a goal as 'freedom for all' is difficult to attain, but at least it is an openly set vision, put on paper. I mean, I truly respect such strong incentive to promote freedom for all citizens within a legal framework and the will to achieve that freedom. And due to this love for the United States, I felt that Trump is okay. In democratic freedom, the outcome might not be of anyone's liking, but … history has shown that democratic freedom can swing in a lot of ways and that it this diversity nurtures new ideas and insights along the way.
However, while watching the press conference I got more and more surprised by what was said and how: there were clear discriminatory references, which I do not think befit a President of all the American people. But okay, to each his own and rhetorical styles can differ (wow, can they differ), but the ongoing remark and reference on Fake News that kept coming up as an excuse and used as a non-sequitur at any point during the press conference just got to me. Manipulation has many faces, and only education can help built critical minds that will be able to judge for themselves, and as such be able to distinguish real from fake news. To me, even if you refer to 'this is fake news', I want to hear just exactly what you mean: which part of what news is fake and why. Enlighten me would be the general idea.
Fake news and believing it: status
A Stanford study released in November 2016, concluded that 82% of middle-schoolers couldn't distinguish between an ad labeled "sponsored content" and a real news story on a website. Which seems to indicate that somewhere we are not addressing media or digital literacy very well. On the reasons why this lack of media literacy is occuring, I like the viewpoint of Crystle Martin who looks at misinformation and warcraft in this article; saying:
Teaching information literacy, the process of determining the quality and source of information, has been an emphasis of the American Association of School Librarians for decades. However, teaching of information literacy in school has declined as the number of librarians in schools has declined.
Luckily, there are some opinions and initiatives on distinguishing between fake and real news. Danah Boyd had another look at the history of media literacy, focusing on the cultural context of information consumption that were created over the last 30 years. Danah shared her conclusions in a blogpost on 17 January 2017, entitled 'Did media literacy backfire?' She concluded that media literacy had backfired, in part as it was built upon assumptions (e.g. only media X, Y and Z deliver real news) which often does not relate to the thinking of groups of people that prefer other news sites A, B and C.
Danah describes it very well:
Think about how this might play out in communities where the "liberal media" is viewed with disdain as an untrustworthy source of information…or in those where science is seen as contradicting the knowledge of religious people…or where degrees are viewed as a weapon of the elite to justify oppression of working people. Needless to say, not everyone agrees on what makes a trusted source.
The cultural and ethical logic each of us has, is instilled in us from a very early age. This also means we look upon specific thinking as being 'right' or 'wrong'. And to be honest, I do not feel this cultural/ethical mind set will deter all of us from being able to become truly media literate. As long as we talk to people across the board. As long as colliding thoughts fuel a dialogue, we will learn from each other and be able to understand each other in better ways (yes, I am one of those people that think that dialogue helps learning, and results in increased understanding, thank you Socrates).
If this is the case, than we need to do a better job of improving media literacy, including listening to people with other opinions and how they see it. It is a bit like the old days, where the people from the neighborhood go to the pub, the barbershop, or any get together were people with different opinions meet, yet feel appreciated even during heated debates.
Maha Bali, in her blogpost "Fake news, not your main problem" touches on the difficulty of understanding all levels of the reports provided in the news and other media. Sometimes it does demand intellectual background (take the Guardian, I often have to look up definitions, historical fragments etc. to understand a full article, it is tough on time and tough to get through, but … sometimes I think it is worth the effort). Maha Bali is a prolific, and very knowledgeable researcher/educator. She touches on the philosophical implication of 'post-truth' and if you are interested, her thesis subject on critical thinking (which she refers to in her blogpost) will probably be a wonderful read (too difficult for me). So, both Maha and Danah refer to the personal being not only political, but also coloring each of our personal critical media literacies.
If media literacy depends on personally developing skills to distinguish fake (with some truth in it) from real (with some lies in it), I gladly refer to some guidelines provided by Stephen Downes, as they are personal. One of the statements I would think is pivotal to distinguish between fake and real news, is understanding that truth is not limited to one or more media papers/sites/organisations, it is about analysing one bit of news at a time. It is not the organisation that is authoritative at all times, it is the single news item that is true or at least as real as it can get. So, here is a list of actions put forward by Stephen Downes on detecting fake news : Trust no one, look for the direct evidence (verification, confirmation, replication, falsification), avoid error (with major sources of error being: prediction, relevance, precision, perspective), take names (based on trust, evidence and errors), and as a final rule he suggests to diversify in sources (which I really believe in, the pub analogy).
Another personal take on detecting fake news comes from Tim O'Reilly who describes a personal story, and while doing so he sheds some light on how an algorithm might be involved.
Thinking about algorithms, you can also turn to some fake news detectors:
The BS detector: a fabulous extension to the Mozilla browser. Looks at extreme bias, conspiracy theory, junk science, hate group, clickbait, rumor mill… http://bsdetector.tech/
Snopes: started out as a website focused on detecting urban legends, and turned into an amazing fact checking website (amazing as you can follow the process of how they look at a specific item and then decide whether it is fake). ( http://www.snopes.com/
And finally, for those who like to become practical asap: a lesson plan on fake news provided by KQED http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/12/Fake-news-lesson-plan.pdf
In my view, the increase in accepting the idea of fake news is related to the increased divide within society. So, in a way I agree with Danah Boyd: we read and agree with specific people and news sources, and so we filter our sources to those people and media. Seldom do we read up on sources from media we do not agree with, or people we disagree with. It used to be different, as discussions around specific topics were discussed in our community, with a mix of ideas and preferences.
So maybe media literacy could be done on a community level, where everyone gets together and shares their opinion on certain topics. We recreate the local pub or café, where everyone meets and gets into arguments on what they believe (or not). Media literacy – to me – is about embracing diversity of opinion, listening, seeing the arguments from the other side and … making up your own mind again.
So, coming back to president Trumps referencing to fake news. In terms of increasing media literacy, I do not have a problem with referencing to something that is seen as fake news, I do have a problem with that fact not being explained: what is fake about it? Why? And again, with saying that, I mean a real explanation, not simply repeating 'this is fake news. It is. I tell you it is' (feel free to imagine the tone of voice that such a sentence might be delivered in), now give me the facts, because I do want to know why you or anyone else is labeling something as true or false.


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On the heels of the Apple's announcement that Steve Jobs will not be giving the keynote at this year's Macworld Expo, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is predicting a "shift in leadership roles" at Apple, according to a note seen by AppleInsider. Translation: Munster believes that Apple's CEO is on his way out of the role he has played at Apple since returning to the company in 1997.
While some may speculate that Munster's conclusion might have been drawn from Jobs' previous bout with cancer, his recent frail-looking state, and the pull-out of Macworld, Munster says that this shift is not necessarily indicative of Jobs' health. While he doesn't rule out Jobs' health as the reason for the move, the analyst doesn't make a point of disqualifying it either, saying that a Jobs appearance at Macworld would have been an effective way of reassuring investors about his current health. Munster points to the announcement yesterday, as well as the roles of Tim Cook and Phil Schiller at the notebook unveiling in October, as evidence for what's to come.
After Apple's announcement yesterday, the company's stock proceeded to drop a considerable amount. While Munster doesn't make any recommendations regarding the buying or selling of AAPL, he does predict that the lack of Jobs means no major new product announcements in January. Of course, a prediction like this by an analyst like Munster is only going to lead to unease among shareholders, and will probably lead to a more significant decline in the stock's price despite reassurances that the entirety of Apple's "executive team" is where the company's strength lies.


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Comfort, durability and a finished look and feel are all characteristics of SeaDek's line of stock and custom swim platform traction pads. SeaDek is made from closed-cell EVA material that will not absorb water and is easily applied with our long lasting, easy to apply peel-and-stick adhesive making SeaDek superior to other traction alternatives on the market.
Each pad starts with 3mm foam on the bottom for comfort and shock absorption. A thermo embossed, 3mm layer is then added to the top for durability and superior non-skid performance in both wet and dry conditions. Next our marine grade 3M™ pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) backing is added to the pad. CNC machines then route a finished bevel along the outer edge of the pad. Finally a SeaDek, manufacturer or custom logo can be routed right into the pad. Custom text and graphics can be incorporated into the design as well.
Aftermarket swim platform pad are available for most major boat manufacturers are available from our rapidly growing catalog. If you don't see your specific boat and platform don't worry, we will work with you to template your own boat using the template kits available from our online store. Dry fit templates are available upon request for fit verification. This short video will show you how to template you boat: Template Video.
All swim platform pads listed on our online store are "made to order" and not stocked so please allow up to five weeks for delivery.
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You can trust that your order will be quickly processed and safely delivered. We can ship products anywhere in the United States or around the world. When you place an order we will estimate delivery dates based upon the availability of your item(s), shipping method selected and your shipment's destination. Our shipping charges are determined by the total dollar amount of your order, excluding applicable sales tax.
For international shipping, expedited shipping or any other shipping related questions or concerns please contact us by phone (321.632.4466 or toll free: 888.964.6860) or email email@example.com
The SeaDek Factory is located in Rockledge, Florida. Orders may take up to 72 hours to process
Return Policy:
Please call or email for a return authorization. A 10% restocking fee will be applied to all stock sheet material returned for credit, and a 30% restocking fee will be applied to all made to order Swim Platform Pads and Kayak kits. All items must be in good unused condition and packaging must remain intact or restocking fee will be 30%.


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Hi. I am the proud new owner of two CKCS. Dasher is a 2 yr-old male Blenheim and Biker is a 2 1/2 yr-old female Tri. We live in Arlington, VA and are looking for other Cavaliers for play dates. They have been living with many Cavs at a breeder's until recently and must miss their companions up north. If anyone is interested in a play date, please let me know!


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Apprentice San Leandro, California Competitive
ApprenticeLocation: San Leandro, California | Salary: Competitive | Posted: 21 Jun 2018 | Closes: 31 Jan 2019 | Job Type: Permanent & Full-time | Business Unit: US - G4S Secure Integration | Region / Division: G4S Technology | Reference: CA121118A
Job Introduction:
The successful candidate will be responsible for the installation and completion of multiple worldwide electronic security projects for various customers. Will understand the policies, procedures, standards, and the goals of the organization and will direct the execution of all aspects of installations with those in mind.
Role Responsibility:
- Self performs and manages subcontractors in the installation of intrusion detection, access control, IP Video & CCTV and data communication systems. On-site work will include installation and configuration of head-end computer systems, installation, termination, and calibration of field devices and sensors, and installation of communication infrastructure including conduit, enclosures and fiber optic cables.
- Assists System Engineers with installation plans.
- Assists in site surveys. Assists in developing cost estimates and procuring equipment and installation materials.
- Completes job status reports, travel expense reports, safety logs, as-built drawings, and other documentation as required.
- Organizes and coordinates weekly meetings to discuss installation activities, changes, and developments with the customer and site personnel.
- Conducts government-witnessed testing of installed systems with Project Superintendent or Systems Engineer.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
The Ideal Candidate:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Associates degree in electronics, electrical systems or related field with four years of field experience or equivalent combination of collegiate education and experience. Must have extensive knowledge of electronics, electrical systems, computer programming, as well as site management and installation experience. Experience in dealing with Department of Defense personnel preferred. Employees should also be adept in the use of the following or similar systems: AMAG, Salient, Avigilon, Software House, Hirsch Electronics, Radionics, Honeywell, Lenel, J-SIIDS, Pelco CCTV, and Bosch CCTV. Successful candidates must be able to pass drug screening, possess a valid driver's license, be able to obtain and maintain a valid US passport and Department of Defense SECRET clearance (as a minimum). Domestic US and overseas travel will be required.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret engineering and construction drawings and specifications, common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and other documents. Communicates effectively in both oral and written English technical language, both in interpreting requirements and providing reports.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to sit; use hand and fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The incumbent is required to walk daily on construction sites in rough terrain, and climb ladders and facilities under construction. The incumbent is occasionally required to stand for long periods of time. The incumbent may be required to lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. And occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent regularly may split time between work in a semi-quiet construction office environment and on construction sites, where there is moderate to occasional great noise levels. Travel is required.
About the Company:
Why work for G4S Secure Integration?
- Global experts in the assessment, design, construction, maintenance and management of communication networks and electronic security systems
- Over 20 Years of proven experience as an established large-scale systems integrator providing unified communications and security solutions
- Financially Sound Company, Highly Regarded by Customers & Industry Peers
- Highly Competitive Compensation Plan & Comprehensive Benefits Package
G4S Secure Integration is a systems integrator that brings innovative, flexible and cost efficient thinking to the design, construction and maintenance of stand-alone or integrated communication networks and electronic security systems. For over two decades, we have offered commercial, industrial and governmental clients an efficient single point of contact for all their project issues. A trusted partner to customers and suppliers around the world, G4S Secure Integration takes great pride in delivering outstanding technology, superior customer service and a great return on investment.
G4S Secure Integration has deployed over 2 million fiber miles in more than 200 metropolitan and rural areas and completed over 1,500 large-scale, electronic security systems projects in the United States, Europe, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East.
Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, G4S Secure Integration is managed by executives from the telecommunications, construction and security industries. For more information, visit the company's website at www.g4s.us or call (866) 221-5641.
We offer an attractive, competitive compensation plan, an outstanding comprehensive benefits package, and significant opportunity for professional growth and advancement in the rapidly expanding security/telecommunications industry. We strongly encourage inquiries from qualified women and minority candidates. While interest from all applicants for employment with G4S Secure Integration is genuinely appreciated, we can respond only to those candidates with qualifications closest to the job requirements. For confidential consideration, please visit http://technologycareers.g4s.com/ and apply on-line. No phone calls please.
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Static C++ Plugins
Listing Three is the initialization code of the static plugin. It is also a C++ plugin, but it is initialized differently. All dynamic plugins (both C and C++) must implement the well-known entry point function PF_initPlugin. This is what the PluginManager is looking to initialize. Static plugins, on the other hand, are statically linked to the application. That means that if two plugins implement the same function name, a name clash occurs and the application fails to link. So static plugins must have a unique initialization function and the main application must know about it to initialize it at the beginning of the program. Once the initialization function has been called, static plugins are indistinguishable from any other plugin. The last line defines a Plugin Register instance. This non-portable technique works on non-Windows platforms and allows static plugins to register themselves. This is nice and saves the application code from tight coupling with static plugins (other than linking). It makes it easy to add new static plugins just by changing the build system and without recompiling existing code.
Static plugin objects look just dynamic plugin objects and implement the IActor interface. Example 3 contains the play() method of the FidgetyPhantom class that the static plugin registers with the PluginManager. The FidgetyPhantom is actually doing something in its play() method. It is a good example of a plugin object using objects created and managed by the application via the object model interfaces. FidgetyPhantom gets the first foe (usually the Hero), moves towards him, and attacks, if possible. It is uses the findClosest() utility function to find the closest point (restricted by its movement points) to its foe and moves towards this point. If it reaches its enemy, it attacks.
void FidgetyPhantom::play( ITurn * turnInfo) { // Get self const ActorInfo * self = turnInfo->getSelfInfo(); // Get first foe IActorInfoIterator * foes = turnInfo->getFoes(); ActorInfo * foe = foes->next(); // Move towards and attack the first foe (usually the hero) Position p1(self->location_x, self->location_y); Position p2(foe->location_x, foe->location_y); Position closest = findClosest(p1, p2, self->movement); turnInfo->move(closest.first, closest.second); if (closest == p2) turnInfo->attack(foe->id); }


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) Penn State cornerback Stephon Morris doesn't believe the rumor about Montee Ball, the one about the Wisconsin tailback having a ``down year.''
If 1,400 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns are disappointing, imagine what the Wisconsin star senior can do in a good season.
This is the predicament facing the Nittany Lions (7-4, 5-2 Big Ten) when Ball and the Badgers (7-4, 4-3) roll into Happy Valley in the regular season finale Saturday.
``I looked at his stats and was like, `He's having a down year?''' Morris said. ``You can't take anything away from that. He might make some big plays on Saturday. We're going to have our plays, too.''
One more touchdown would give Ball 79 career scores, breaking a tie for the major college record set by Travis Prentice of Miami (Ohio) in 1999. With two straight games of at least 191 yards rushing, Ball might be the best player on the cold Beaver Stadium turf.
Temperatures aren't expected to rise past the mid-30s and should fall throughout the game, starting at mid-afternoon. Snow flurries might fall, too.
It's the type of old-school football weather that pumps up the adrenaline of Penn State coach Bill O'Brien.
``It's Thanksgiving, and you're practicing and this is what football is all about: Wisconsin versus Penn State,'' O'Brien said this week. ``I heard maybe it's going to snow, which would be great. Wouldn't that be great? This is football to me, this is football.''
But a game that, on the surface, doesn't mean much in the Big Ten standings. Wisconsin has already locked up a berth in next week's conference title game because the two teams ahead of the Badgers in the Leaders Division - Ohio State and Penn State - are ineligible for postseason play because of NCAA sanctions. Officially, the fourth-ranked Buckeyes are the Leaders Division champs.
Wisconsin is the beneficiary of this wacky year - third place in the Leaders Division is good enough to get a shot at getting into the Rose Bowl.
But the Badgers aren't making any excuses. Coach Bret Bielema said he doesn't plan to hold any of his players back in the game, so long as they're healthy and depending on the ``ebb and flow'' of the contest.
Wisconsin would like to bounce back from last week's 21-14 overtime loss to No. 4 Ohio State and regain momentum heading into the league title game.
``I think we need to win this weekend to propel us into Indianapolis,'' center and team captain Travis Frederick said. ``I think we need to take advantage of this week, get better and really get the confidence back in our team.''
At Penn State, every game is treated like a bowl game. It's the closest the Nittany Lions will come to a postseason feel because of NCAA penalties in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
And as if this weekend wasn't going to be emotional enough for a senior class that helped keep most of the team together after the sanctions were announced, the Nittany Lions have new motivation for Saturday - to win without star linebacker Michael Mauti. The senior is out after hurting his left knee last week.
Not only will Mauti be missed in trying to stop Ball, he's also one of Penn State's fiery leaders. Mauti told the team this week not to worry about his health.
``We still have a game to play, he got up and told us that,'' said defensive tackle Jordan Hill, another senior leader. ``We can focus on him after next week. Spoken like a true leader.''
Penn State senior quarterback Matt McGloin can add another accomplishment Saturday in his already-impressive season. The school's career leader in passing touchdowns and single-season passing yardage, McGloin needs one more score to tie Daryll Clark (2009) for the single-season passing touchdowns mark with 24.
Wisconsin has a pretty good group of seniors, too. One more victory would allow the Badgers' current crop of seniors to tie the 2007 class for the school record with 40 victories in a four-year span.
Unlike Penn State, Wisconsin will have two more games after Saturday - the Big Ten title game and a bowl bid, Pasadena or not. A heavy dose of handoffs to Ball might be the solution the Badgers need to forget about last week's loss to the Buckeyes.
``Our guys have had a lot invested in every game this year. And the part I've kind of said all along is they're a very resilient group,'' Bielema said. ``So it's a group I know will bounce back.''
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URBANA, Ill. – The University of Miami's Stephanie Wagner defeated San Jose State's 54th-ranked Klaudia Boczova in the first round of the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Singles Championship on Wednesday at Illinois' Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.
Wagner, the ITA Southeast Rookie of the Year, dropped her first set to Boczova, 1-6. However, the Amberg, Germany native and 60th-ranked player shook off her disappointment and bounced back, winning the second set, six games to four. In third set, Wagner built a 4-0 lead before eventually winning the match, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.
"Steph showed an incredible amount of poise out there today," Miami head coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews said. "She fought through some nerves early and was able to get a 'W' against a really strong first round opponent."
Boczova, a native of Bratislava, Slovakia was named the WAC Player of the Year and helped lead the Spartans to their first conference title and NCAA team tournament appearance. The sophomore finished her spring season with a 16-4 singles record and is currently the nation's 54th-ranked player.
The win improved Wagner's spring record to 22-8 and moved the freshman into the tournament's second round where she will face Texas' Breaunna Addison on Thursday. Match time is set for 9 a.m. ET.
Addison, the nation's 31st-ranked player, upset UNC's No. 9-ranked Danielle Lao, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Like Wagner, Addison was named an ITA Rookie of the Year as she earned the award for the Texas Region. With her win on Wednesday, she improved her overall singles record to 27-6 on the season.
"Addison will be a tough test in the morning, but [Stephanie] will be ready," Yaroshuk-Tews said.