Class rings are typical memorabilia for high school and college graduates. They are usually engraved with the school's insignia, motto or any other type of symbol for the class along with the class' graduation year. They are made of usually inexpensive alloy although there are those that are actually made of platinum, gold and sterling silver. For many students, such rings are one of the only tangible reminders of what the class went through together. The responsibility of selecting a ring design as well as the metal to be used for the ring rests on the school administrators. The design is usually agreed upon by the graduating batch but the alloy to be used depends on the school's budget as well as that of the students who will be availing of the rings.GemstonesSome schools opt to engrave more than just the school's insignia on the ring. To make it look more elegant, you can have semiprecious stones in your school's colors placed on your class rings. Such embellishments may only be att
The input stage is comprised of a both halves of a 6SL7 octal dual hi-mu triode in a differential amp configuration with a 1ma constant current cathode load. I’m using field-effect (constant-current) diodes for simplicity. the diff amp approach was chosen for good power supply rejection, ease of balancing, good gain, and ease of application [...]
Many happy returns of the year(not just a day) for Ashtuosh Gowariker for directing Jodhaa Akbar very well. The movie did take a long time in its making but the outcome is worth it. However, quite expectedly, you cannot anticipate the masses to really love the movie. The first half of the movie is rather long(the movie itself is 3 and a half hours in length) and there are some scenes in the first half which seem to be long-drawn. They could well have been trimmed. Technicalities: Full marks to Ashutosh and his team including script writers K.P. Saxena and Haider Ali who have worked hard and meticulously to come up with the mood and the feel of the Moghul era at the screenplay level itself. Music by A.R.Rahman, including the background score is relevant and does not overwhelm the movie. The artwork by Nitin Desai is first-rate. But the main hero of the film is Ashutosh Gowariker who has shot some scenes with brilliance. The song picturizations including the title track “Jalaluddi
A bill that would require the “science” behind global warming to be taught in California schools is about to be debated in the state assembly. This bill would require text books to include global warming as fact.
Here is what the Democrat who sponsored the bill has to say.
“You can’t have a science curriculum that is [...]
Behaves like a one-valve operated amplifier
Simple circuitry - No cross-over distortion
In the old valve days, most commercial audio amplifiers suited for compact integrated mono or stereo record players used a one-valve amplifier topology. The circuit was usually implemented by means of a multiple type valve, e.g. a triode pentode ECL86.
Common features for those amplifiers were: [...]
If you’re new to yoga, you might not know what to expect when you walk in the doors of a beginner’s yoga class for the first time. You might not even know how to start in choosing a beginner’s yoga class to attend. Here’s a “how to” checklist.1. Nail down your goals and find the right style for you.Everyone comes to yoga for different reasons. Sometimes these differences are slight, other times they’re vast. For instance, are you interested in an intense physical workout to throbbing music, or are you on more of a spiritual path towards (quiet) enlightenment? Are you attracted to yoga because of its health benefits, and if so, is it physical or emotional health you are most interested in? Are you interested in the philosophy and rich traditions of yoga, or are you on the other extreme and wouldn’t be caught dead reciting a mantra?Whatever your personal needs and proclivities, there’s a yoga for you. If several flavors of yoga are offered in your area, do your resear
I always knew the Over-the-Rhine Residency Program would facilitate a much deeper way for students to learn about a community. I did not anticipate the extent to which the students would fall in love with the community. As they bonded with the community, opening their hearts and intellect to the citizens—a process that is not automatic and can only be characterized as hard work—they transformed from passive to active citizens. Their bond affected them deeply, resulting in relationships that for many will be long-lasting. For those who went through the Program in 2006, three now work at Peaslee and two of them now live in Over-the-Rhine. Currently, one student from this year’s group continues to live in Over-the-Rhine. A senior in her last semester, she commutes to Oxford to finish her course work as she continues to do social work with Over-the-Rhine Community Housing.
--Thomas Dutton, Director, Miami University’s Center for Community Engagement
To set the above amplifier up, set R1 to max and R12 to 0. After doing this successfully, power on the amplifier. Set R1 so that the measured output offset is between 30 and 100mV. Once set, adjust R12 slowly to achieve a quiescent current of around 120mA. Keep checking the quiescent current as [...]
There’s this quiz that will tell you what Ragnarok Character Class you are.
I took it and found out that I am a Monk. The results say “You are a Monk! It has taken you a long time to get to where you are, it wasn’t easy training as a small Acoylte but you pulled through [...]
A unit which is often very useful, if we need to isolate, in sound circuits, two stage between them. Then we can use this circuit which has an amplified unit, which gain X1, we do not use total negative feedback, only local, with the result that distortion remains at a very low level. Matching must [...]
n Intro to Audio recording class. Finished giving my group presentation earlier, and now listening to the rest, but now silliness is setting in!
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The premier episode of Startup Junkies features Seattle’s own startup Earth Class Mail, and if you want to see how fun, savage, busy and weird it can be inside a Seattle startup, then this is the episode you want to watch.
It has everything, no money, serial startup junkie, fun, entertainment, business manager saying [...]
There are times that you would love to have some warmth on the nice sandy beaches of the world's greatest seas to get a nice tan and have some quality time with your friends.Would not it be great that this will be the case as well in your home and offices that you will experience the kind of warmth that the sun provides to the billions out there everyday?
At northern gas heating,the guys there
'Hot Coffee' Class Action Settled, $35 Rewarded For Outrage The class action suit against Rockstar Games for the part they played in the infamous "Hot Coffee" scandal has finally been resolved, granting all US citizens who were offended by the event up to $35. In case you forgot, the entire "Hot Coffee" scandal was the result of some code left in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that allowed players (through the use of a simple, widely available hack) to "have sex" with other characters in the game (see right). Rockstar denied culpability, but were still taken to court over the issue. To be eligible for monetary compensation for any outrage they may have felt over the incident, claimants must be able to verify their purchase of the game and submit their notice by May 16. In addition to the monetary rewards, the court has also made available updated copies of San Andreas which do not contain the offending code. As per usual with these type of settlements, th
Musical Fidelity would let you believe that this is a Class A design. However, in common with most commercial amplifiers, it is a class AB amplifier - it simply has a rather high standing current in the output stage, which results in the first 8 watts or so being class A.
This is a curious design, [...]
In life,there are many difficult things that you must conquer.Example,making money,studying but non is as difficult as beating your addictions.If you are an addict in alcohol or drugs,this is indeed a very difficult phase of your life in terms of emotionally,physically and financially.However,if you have ever thought of quitting them,you have certainly on the way to revitalise your life and get
Last evening marked the beginning of the spring 2008 semester, in which I am currently enrolled in 3 courses at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Themes of adulthood. A required course. Not one i would have chosen, except it is taught by a lovely little man with an inquisitive demeanor. After the usual introductions and [...]
Archaeologists have unsealed the burial chamber of a 4,500 year old tomb of an Egyptian official, thus providing a rare insight into the burial customs prevalent among the middle class in ancient Egypt. According to a report in National Geographic News, the tomb, belonging to a fifth dynasty priest and politician named Neferinpu, was discovered in 2006 at Abusir – the ancient cemetery of the fifth and 26th dynasties, located near modern-day Cairo. "He was rich, but he wasn't the uppermost kind of rich. He wasn't like a top priest," said Salima Ikram, a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, referring to Neferinpu. The archaeological team found Neferinpu's burial chamber behind a mud-brick wall to the east of an ancient burial shaft. When the team of archeologists from the Czech Republic opened the tomb’s burial chamber, they found a tiny room about 33 feet below ground, packed with offerings and personal effects t
This project considers the development of a 70W Hi-Fi Power Amplifier for use as part of a Hi-Fi separates music system. The design is a fairly simple circuit topology, which is easy to understand and the author believes that the finished result sounds very nice indeed. The web posting is developed from an original design [...]
SukoSaki is running a blog contest to win Panasonic's 1GB Class 2 SD Memory Card. To enter what you need to do is blog about the contest and also sign up to his RSS feed via email. Once that’s done, then leave a comment on the contest post saying that you want in and you’re done.The contest will gone until either January 11 or, if they don’t have 10 entries by then, until they do - which at this stage it looks like they don’t.
We had excellent voter turnout this year, with 10 people turning in ballots. Due to the diversity of picks, I set 5 as the number of votes needed for induction this year. Without further ado, here are the four inductees, all of whom received exactly 5 votes., Charlie Weis, Jr.: Charlie Jr., seen here with his family, joins his father in the our Hall of Fame. Charlie Sr., class of 2006, and Jr. make up the first father-son combo in the HOF. Junior is an inspiration to high school freshman everywhere; his hobbies include philanthropy, breaking down game film for St. Joseph's high, and hanging out with Ellen's dad.Fr. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC: As Andy said on his ballot, "The reasons are too numerous to list." If you haven't read God, Country, Notre Dame, Travels with Ted and Ned, or any of Hesburgh's other works yet, do yourself a favor and visit your local library right now. I don't even care if don't finish reading the rest of this column - go now! On a personal note, this is m
We’ve been seeing camouflaged test mules of an updated Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class sedans driving around for some time now, but the German automaker apparently can’t keep it under wraps anymore. On Saturday the online motoring press worldwide lit up with two pictures of the facelifted “four-door coupe”, reportedly leaked by someone inside Mercedes ahead of its intended [...]
PHOTOWORKS RETURNS IN 2008!!!
PHOTOWORKS CLASS 37
Six Sessions - DPI Photography Center, Astoria Plaza
Jose Escriva Avenue (formerly Amber Ave). Ortigas Center
Thursdays & Tuesdays
Day 1: January 10, Thu 7PM-10PM
Day 2: January 15, Tue 7PM-10PM
Day 3: January 17, Thu 7PM-10PM
Day 4: January 22, Tue 7PM-10PM
Day 5: January 24, Thu 7PM-10PM
Day 6: January 29, Tue 7PM-10PM
Photoworks, based [...]
By Zheng Haishan
On December 21st, 2007, NTDTV’s Holiday Wonders show continued at the Beacon Theatre on Broadway, New York. Ms. Christine Walevska, a world-renowned cellist, watched the show for the second time and praised two of the singers, Guan Guimin and Hong Ming, as world class tenors. Many audience members were impressed and moved by [...]
According to one study discovered that the reasons or factors that cause the student to talk during the class are shown as bellow: Related to Lecturer: teacher cannot explain the lesson well or explain so fast or speak in a low voice or the explaining is not interesting. Related to study materials and study environment: the studying room is too small that student have to seat very tight next to one another. The telephone rings in during the class. The classroom is so hot that make them have no feeling to study. Receiving the annoying voices from outside the classroom. Or smelling in the classroom. Related to student routines and characters: Student comes to class without bringing the document then they have no document to follow or take note. The routine of student like talking during class. Student gets sleepy during class or getting their eyes around to talk to their friends. Students seat very close to one another could cause them talk a lot in class without concentration
Cross posted from Conservative Common Man“Students struggle as immigrants do” is the headline from The Columbus Dispatch.Seniors in Erica Vierya’s Spanish class at Olentangy Liberty HighSchool engage in a three week projectbefitting of Hitlery Clinton’sproposed Public Service Academy. The students must assume immigrantidentities, fill out the legal paperwork, and then once the teacherdenies them legal status they must come up with a plan to enter andsurvive illegally.Ms. Vierya doesn’t intend “to sway the students, only to teach thema little empathy.” In this class illegal immigrants are viewed in thesame light as a child adopted from a Russian orphanage, at least in onechild’s opinion. That child (the one adopted from a Russian orphanage)was apparently not taught the differences between a legal adoption and illegallyentering a country, burdening the taxpayers, and assisting selfishbusiness owners in driving down the wages of American workers.The fact that the the plagu
By Genevieve Long
Epoch Times New York Staff
Dec 14, 2007
Guimin Guan (left), a renowned tenor originally from mainland China who performs in the shows, during the Holiday Wonders press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. (The Epoch Times)
NEW YORK—Countless shows and performers have passed under the lights of the Great White Way—Broadway. But [...]
Activision Facing Class Action Lawsuit Over GHIIIThe makers of Guitar Hero III seem to have stepped into a legal hornet’s nest lately. Not long after a lawsuit arose regarding the cover version of a song by The Romantics, has been filed against them. The issue is the fact that despite advertising stereo sound and Dolby Pro Logic II surround-sound on both the box and the manual, the Wii version of Guitar Hero III only outputs mono sound. The company had already made plans to deal with this problem by remastering and reissuing the game to purchasers free of cost. It seems they didn’t act quickly enough or decisively enough however, as the complaints addressed in the filing include the fact that the game has still been on the shelves since the issue was noticed and that no action had been taken to warn consumers of the disparity between the advertising and the actual features of the game. The suit seeks to have the money spent by consumers refunded and to strip the profits f
A great article by Kevin Pang of the Chicago Tribune in which he gives a great description of the difficulty of the Pilates mat exercises (so there Gordon!)" This is dedicated to all the lazy schlubs who don't know and have never tried Pilates, the popular exercise program that stresses breathing, balancing and core strengthening. But first let me share my personal definition of Pilates, which came to me halfway through my first workout, during a haze we shall call "Lactic Acid Dreams":1) Hold your body in an awkward, enormously uncomfortable position.2) Hold it for 20 seconds.3) Hold it for 10 seconds more.4) Flap your hands, like a penguin hopping between ice shelves, in increments of 10.In the end, you're tired and sore, though your heart isn't thumping. It's as if you gradually do enough sit-ups to begin sweating--not profusely, but a moist sheen of perspiration in places you don't normally sweat."I couldn't describe the 100s better!Tags: pilates, news, lynda lippin
Break dancing is very popular in Japan, you can find a bunch of kids doing it at most train stations every night of the year. Yasu's brother Hiromasa is also very good at it, but he's not the only break-dancer I know, I also teach one. Kenta, one of my Thursday students, has been talking about it frequently before, during and after class. So last week, I asked him for a demonstration but he was wearing his business suit, as usual, so that wasn't really ideal for jumping up and down and hugging my classroom floor. But he said he would change before the next class and thus show up in his casual gear, all ready for some break dancing fun after class.A bit shy even though he normally is pretty cheekyI totally forgot about our deal, until Kristin yelled out from the lobby that Kenta was wearing his casual clothes today, which is so rare that it merits a load shout from a fellow teacher through the school to announce that fact. I hurried to the lobby to see the non-business Kenta and all of
You don’t tell Madonna to shut up. This is the lesson that a yoga instructor at the Reebok Sports Club learned on Saturday when leading Madonna and a group of 25 other people in a yoga class. According to an attendee of the class, Mad Madonna was told by the instructor that talking wasn’t allowed during [...]
Transcend 16GB SDHC Card Transcend has just introduced its largest capacity SD card till date in India. The 16GB Class 6 SDHC card offers a very big capacity and that too at a great price.Based on the new-generation of SD cards (SD 2.0), the Transcend 16GB SDHC card supports the FAT32 file system format. Moreover, since it is fully Class 6 compliant, this card offers fast data transfers with a guaranteed minimum write speed of 6MB/s.The 16GB SDHC card offers a capacity that is large enough to store over 8,000 high-resolution 7-mega pixel JPG photos. Users will be able to store their large music and picture collections as well as thousands of video clips and even full-length high quality movies.The Transcend 16GB SDHC card offers unique features such as a mechanical write protection switch that keeps the user’s valuable data safe from accidental deletion or over-writing.Yet another good feature of the 16GB SDHC card is that it features ECC (Error Correcting Code) which automatically d
Recently, a philosophy student at the University of Arizona—former Cincinnatian Wes Dempster—wrote the following paper about race in Cincinnati. It earned an A+
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sIFR by default using JavaScript for customizing, but we have to write a long line for just customizing one element/tag (i.e <H1>).As you can see in above image there are a couple line with very long line to write. We can make it shot using php because the other sIFR option nearly the same for each line (look at the sWmode, sLlinkColor and other option). So i write a php code for make a simple sIFR code placement.Basically this php code just to write javascript codes in the pages where sIFR will be place.Write this script and save it with sIFR.php (or whatever name you like). Next you must include this page in every php page where you want the sIFR font show up. But first the pages must included the sIFR javascript and css between the <head> and </head> tag (Code : Look at below image).If you want to use the php class, simply write php code like this example.<?php$sIFR->element[] = ".gm| FiftiesHeavy.swf | #dedede";$sIFR->element[] = ".judul1| Fancy Footwork.
sIFR by default using JavaScript for customizing, but we have to write a long line for just customizing one element/tag (i.e <H1>).As you can see in above image there are a couple line with very long line to write. We can make it shot using php because the other sIFR option nearly the same for each line (look at the sWmode, sLlinkColor and other option). So i write a php code for make a simple sIFR code placement.Basically this php code just to write javascript codes in the pages where sIFR will be place.Write this script and save it with sIFR.php (or whatever name you like). Next you must include this page in every php page where you want the sIFR font show up. But first the pages must included the sIFR javascript and css between the <head> and </head> tag (Code : Look at below image).If you want to use the php class, simply write php code like this example.<?php$sIFR->element[] = ".gm| FiftiesHeavy.swf | #dedede";$sIFR->element[] = ".judul1| Fancy Footwork.
Bionovo, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNVI) announced today the publication of a groundbreaking paper in the journal Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology covering the isolation, identification and description of a pure chemical compound, liquiritigenin, which represents a new class of therapeutic compounds showing promise for the safe treatment of menopausal symptoms. Liquiritigenin is an active ingredient in Bionovo's drug candidate, MF101, which just successfully completed a Phase 2 study, and is now being prepared for pivotal Phase 3 testing.The paper, entitled "Liquiritigenin is a plant-derived highly selective estrogen receptor beta agonist" provides details of the selective transcriptional activation of liquiritigenin to the estrogen receptor beta, highlights the advantages of an estrogen receptor beta targeted drug and discusses the isolation and structural identification of the pure chemical compound from Bionovo's MF101.In brief, the currently available estrogen therapies used to treat menop
LG eXPRESs P300
LG Electronics (LG), introduced a new wide laptop eXPRESs P300, which comes in the premium category. The laptop has a non-standard design “in-lid strips” which will certainly attract...
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Dear Canada,Due to a death in the family of one of our members, Gym Class Heroes will not be playing the following two shows in Canada.11/16 @ Scotia Bank Place in Ottawa11/17 @ John Labatt Center in LondonWe are very sorry and apologize to all our fans. The rest of the bands on The Young Wild Things Tour will still go on as scheduled and we hope you enjoy them in our absence. We will be back on the Tour in Rochester at the Blue Cross Arena on the 18th. We hope you understand and look forward to returning soon.*§ource: Gym Class Heroes' myspace*
Hey guys! I know this is not a book nor is it about guitar but I figured some people would find it interesting!Private lessons are expensive. Now you can get a jump on the information you need to sing your very best with this easy-to-use DVD--and at a fraction of the cost of private lessons! Your singing will come alive with reality-based techniques that will give you great tone and help you hit the high notes with ease. Perfect for ALL voices at ANY level. Easy-to-follow training that you can apply to your singing immediately! 110 minutes.YOU WILLLearn how to control your breathing.Make your voice richer and more resonant.Increase your range and hit great high notes.Connect with your audience emotionally.Improve your pitch and always sing in tune.Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 7
My mechatronics project is a drink mixer and I am trying to make a magnetic stirrer for one of the components. I know that I have to use a 12V DC Motor. I would like to know what would be the best torque for mixing just plain liquids? And would I just require a series motor or a gearhead motor?
Just a week ago, i posted about the start of the class and what it means to me and to this blog. Well. . . Im telling you, medical-surgical nursing is one of the most difficult things you will ever encounter on this world! Im not exaggerating! Makes me wonder what am I to do with my time-management. Theres just too much things to do with so little time! It seems like 24 hours is too little to study everything and to add insult to injury, i also have minors like religious studies and english to eat up my free time and to top it all off, i have to submit a viable nursing research work at the end of the semester.I dont know if i can do it, but somehow, I WILL!This is what is on my mind right now. As they say, try and try until you die. lol As for my money making journey, i would still go for goal. And that is to be financially independent from my parents. Can i make it? Only time will tell! We'll see. . .
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A “new social stratum” is emerging in China according to a study initiated by China’s Communist Party’s Central Committee. They are labeling businessmen and professionals as a new factor in the history of Communist China. “They want to participate in political affairs and realize their political ambitions so that their interests can be protected and [...]
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