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Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
B-406809: Sep 5, 2012
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Triumvirate Environmental, Inc., of Somerville, Massachusetts, the incumbent contractor, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, of Norwell, Massachusetts, by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA-241-12-R-0306, for hazardous waste removal in veterans integrated service network area 1 (VISN 1).
We sustain the protest.
The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release.
Matter of: Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
File: B-406809
Date: September 5, 2012
Dustin Hecker, Esq., Posternak Blankstein & Lund, LLP, for the protester.
Jeanne S. Morris, Esq., Department of Veterans Affairs, for the agency.
Eric M. Ransom, Esq., and Edward Goldstein, Esq., Office of the General Counsel, GAO, participated in the preparation of the decision.
Protest is sustained where agency unreasonably evaluated the protesters pricing as unbalanced and conducted a technical-price tradeoff without meaningfully considering the lower prices set forth in the protesters quotation.
Triumvirate Environmental, Inc., of Somerville, Massachusetts, the incumbent contractor, protests the establishment of a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with Clean Harbors Environmental Services, of Norwell, Massachusetts, by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), under request for quotations (RFQ) No. VA-241-12-R-0306, for hazardous waste removal in veterans integrated service network area 1 (VISN 1).
We sustain the protest.
The VA issued the RFQ on March 27, 2012, for the purpose of establishing a BPA pursuant to the terms of a single vendors General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract for hazardous waste removal services. The RFQ established a best value evaluation scheme considering price and two non-price factors (past performance and technical), and indicated that the non-price factors, when combined, are significantly more important than price. RFQ at 51. The technical factor included three subfactors--management approach, licenses and education, and emergency response--but the RFQ advised that quotations would not be rated at the subfactor level; rather, the technical subfactors would be considered in assigning an overall technical rating. Concerning price, the RFQ required firms to complete a price schedule by providing fixed unit prices for 174 line items for various labor categories, tasks, and other items based on estimated quantities set forth by the agency. The agency then evaluated price by adding together extended prices for all line items and quantities.
Additionally, the agency included its proposal evaluation guide as an attachment to the RFQ. The guide informed firms that:
Total price or cost to the Government will be evaluated and considered but will not be rated by the evaluation panel. Evaluators may also analyze the proposed price for reasonableness to determine whether it is realistic for the work to be performed; reflects a clear understanding of the requirements; and is consistent with the Offerors Technical Proposal. Additionally, all offers with separately priced line items will be analyzed for unbalanced pricing.
Evaluation Guide at 4. The evaluation guide also provided for color/adjectival rating schemes for the past performance and technical factor. According to the evaluation guide, vendors past performance would be assigned a risk rating of high risk, moderate risk, or low risk, while the technical factor would be rated on a color scale of blue, green, yellow, pink, and red. As relevant here, a blue technical rating indicated that the:
Proposal meets all solicitation requirements, demonstrates an excellent understanding of the requirements and has salient features that offer significant advantage to the Government. Excellent in all respects. Advantages/strengths not offset by disadvantages/weaknesses. Very good probability of success with overall very low degree of risk in meeting Government requirements.
Id. at 3. In contrast, a green technical rating indicated that the:
Proposal meets most solicitation requirements and demonstrates an adequate understanding of the requirements but does not offer significant advantages to the Government over basic RFQ requirements. Disadvantages/weaknesses are not significant, unless significant advantages are proposed that outweigh significant disadvantages. Where there were areas of concern, clarifications, given by contractor, were acceptable. Good probability of success with overall low degree of risk in meeting the Government requirements.
Three quotations, including the quotations of Triumvirate and Clean Harbors, were received in response to the RFQ, and were evaluated by a source selection evaluation board (SSEB) consisting of six VA technical evaluators. The evaluators individually evaluated the quotations before participating in a consensus discussion. The record reflects that, following this discussion, the SSEB assigned Clean Harbors quotation consensus ratings of low risk for past performance and blue for the technical factor, while Triumvirates quotation received consensus ratings of low risk for past performance and green for the technical factor. SSEB Synopsis at 1. Clean Harbors evaluated price was $3,216,112.96, while Triumvirates evaluated price was $2,186,045.00. Price Abstract at 1. The evaluators considered both firms prices to be reasonable. SSEB Synopsis at 1. The SSEB chairperson then reported the SSEBs evaluation results to the contracting officer (CO), and recommended selection of Clean Harbors quotation based on its dominance in technical performance and low risk. Consensus Worksheet at 1.
In the source selection decision document (SSDD), the CO reviewed the evaluation factors set forth in the RFQ and provided the following summary of his decision:
In accordance with FAR [§] 8.405-2 a best value determination was made. The SSEB completed individual examinations and then conducted a consensus discussion to facilitate the trade-off process. Through this process, it was determined that it is in the best interest of the government to award this contract to Clean Harbors Environmental Services due to a very strong technical proposal (rated highest overall in both past performance and technical) paired with a price proposal with rates below their GSA schedule rates. Although they did not offer the lowest rates, a trade-off decision was made due to their very strong technical and past performance ratings. Additionally, their pricing was found to be highly realistic when compared to market rates, historic rates, and the independent government estimate.
SSDD at 5. Concerning Clean Harbors price, the CO stated:
Clean Harbors price was found to be better than their GSA rates in every category, and is, therefore, reasonable. Although they did not have the lowest rates offered, the SSEB used historical pricing and current industry trends to show that their pricing was the most realistic. [DELETED]. This represents the potential for significant cost savings.
Id. at 6. Concerning Triumvirates price, the CO stated:
Triumvirate's price was found to be reasonable, as their line item pricing was less than that of their GSA schedule pricing. However their pricing was highly unrealistic with fifteen line items being impossibly low ($5.00) or left blank. [DELETED]. The Board's further analysis showed that as the incumbent Triumvirate appeared to be using their historical usage knowledge to give unbalanced pricing.
Id. at 7.[1]
The VA informed Triumvirate that the BPA would be established with Clean Harbors on May 17, and Triumvirate requested a debriefing. A written debriefing was provided to Triumvirate on May 18. Triumvirate then filed this protest on May 29, challenging the VAs price evaluation, technical evaluation, and tradeoff decision.
Price Evaluation
Triumvirate first asserts that the agencys price analysis was unreasonable and incorrect as a matter of law. In this regard, the agency concluded that certain of Triumvirates line item prices were impossibly low and showed that Triumvirate appeared to using their historical usage knowledge to give unbalanced pricing. [2] SSDD at 7.
As a general matter, unbalanced pricing exists when, despite an acceptable total evaluated price, the price of one or more contract line items is significantly overstated or understated. See, e.g., FAR § 15.404-1(g)(1);[3] Citywide Managing Servs. of Port Washington,Inc., B-281287.12, B-281287.13, Nov. 15, 2000, 2001 CPD ¶ 6 at 7. Unbalanced pricing may increase risk to the government, but agencies cannot reject an offer solely because it is unbalanced. In this regard, low prices (even below-cost prices), are not improper and do not establish (or create the risk inherent in) unbalanced pricing. General Dynamics--Ordnance & Tactical Systems, B-401658, B-401658.2, Oct. 26, 2009, 2009 CPD ¶ 217 at 5; Diversified Capital, Inc., B-293105.4, B-293105.8, Nov. 12, 2004, 2004 CPD ¶ 242 at 2 n.1; Islandwide Landscaping, Inc., B-293018, Dec. 24, 2003, 2004 CPD ¶ 9 at 3. Thus, where an unbalanced offer is received, the agency is required to consider the risks to the government associated with the unbalanced pricing in making the award decision, including the risk that the unbalancing will result in unreasonably high prices for contract performance. FAR § 15.404-1(g)(2); Cherokee Painting LLC, B-311020.3, Jan. 14, 2009, 2009 CPD ¶ 18 at 3. Our Office will review for reasonableness both an agencys determination whether a firms prices are unbalanced, and an agencys determination as to whether a firms unbalanced prices pose an unacceptable risk. Semont Travel, Inc., B-291179, Nov. 20, 2002, 2002 CPD ¶ 200 at 3.
According to the agency, in the evaluation of Triumvirates price quotation, the VA evaluators found numerous line items priced at $5, which they believed were understated and indicated that Triumvirate was engaging in unbalanced pricing as they understood what line items could be priced lower based on historical usage. CO Statement at 2. However, in this case, the RFQ set forth estimated quantities on which vendors based their prices, and the agency has not indicated that these estimates are incorrect. Thus, there is no basis to conclude that any unbalanced pricing, to the extent it exists, will result in the government actually paying higher prices. See Accumark, Inc., B-310814, Feb. 13, 2008, 2008 CPD ¶ 68 at 4 (explaining that if estimates for task order contract are reasonably accurate, then evidence of mathematical unbalancing generally does not present a risk that the government will pay higher prices).
Further, in explaining to our Office his determination that there was unbalanced pricing, the CO engaged in a post hoc review of Triumvirates rates, procedures, and performance under prior task orders for hazardous waste removal as the incumbent contractor to justify the agencys concerns regarding Triumvirates pricing. For example, in response to the protest, the CO alleged that invoices from prior task orders indicated that Triumvirate will send two chemists when a chemist and technician will suffice, will charge for travel time to and from the site, and will spend an extraordinary amount of time on each site. CO Statement at 3. Based on these considerations, the CO concluded that Clean Harbors quotation will save significant amounts of money (despite its higher evaluated price), and that Triumvirate may utilize higher priced labor categories and travel time to offset reduced line item pricing.[4] Id.
In his explanation, the CO does not provide any documentation suggesting that Triumvirates prices for particular line items, such as the rates for chemists, were overstated.[5] In this regard, it is not apparent how the agency could conclude that any particular line item prices were overstated, where the record reflects that the agency conducted its price reasonableness evaluation on a line item basis, and found Triumvirates pricing to be reasonable, as their line item pricing was less than that of their GSA schedule pricing. SSDD at 7. Rather, the COs post hoc analysis here is apparently premised on the presumption that Triumvirate may perform inefficiently, thereby resulting in higher pricing. This presumption, which is not suggested in the contemporaneous record, has no basis in Triumvirates pricing per se. Instead, the presumption is based on past performance concerns that are not contained in the contemporaneous evaluation record, and which appear to be inconsistent with Triumvirates rating of low risk under the past performance factor.
Moreover, the agencys post hoc concerns do not reasonably support a finding that Triumvirates pricing presented an unreasonable risk to the government. In this regard, there is no basis to conclude that estimates contained in the solicitation are inaccurate or that the BPA is subject to the type of manipulation presumed by the agency. As acknowledged by the CO, because the BPA merely establishes the unit prices for the schedule items to be ordered on a task basis, when the government requests quotes for future BPA orders, the agency will be in a position to specifically consider, before placing any order, whether the selected BPA holder will be using an appropriate level of effort and labor mix to perform the required work. CO Statement at 4.
In sum, we find that the CO failed to reasonably identify any risk to the government inherent in Triumvirate's quotation of multiple $5 line items. It is also apparent that Triumvirate was prejudiced, where the SSDD in this procurement included a negative inference against Triumvirates price quotation, noting that Triumvirates pricing was unbalanced. Accordingly, we conclude that the agencys price analysis was unreasonable, and sustain the protest on that basis.
Tradeoff Analysis
Triumvirate also contends that the agencys selection decision was flawed because the agency failed to reasonably and adequately consider Triumvirates price advantage, and failed to sufficiently document a tradeoff analysis. We agree.
Where, as here, a procurement conducted pursuant to FAR subpart 8.4 provides for award on a best value basis, it is the function of the source selection authority to perform a price/technical tradeoff, that is, to determine whether one quotation's technical superiority is worth its higher price. InnovaTech, Inc., B-402415, Apr. 8, 2010, 2010 CPD ¶ 94 at 2, 6 n.8; The MIL Corp., B-297508, B-297508.2, Jan. 26, 2006, 2006 CPD ¶ 34 at 13. While we are mindful that, under simplified acquisition procedures, limited documentation of the source selection is permissible, the agency must at least provide a sufficient record to show that the source selection was reasonable. FAR § 13.303-5(e); see also FAR § 8.405-2(e) (minimum documentation requirements include documenting the rationale for any tradeoffs when establishing a BPA or placing an order); e-LYNXX Corp., B-292761, Dec. 3, 2003, 2003 CPD ¶ 219 at 8 (even for procurements conducted under simplified acquisition procedures, an agency must have a sufficient record to allow for a meaningful review). Further, even in a competition where price is of less importance than the non-price factors, an agency must meaningfully consider cost or price in making its selection decision. See S. J. Thomas Co., Inc., B-283192, Oct. 20, 1999, 99-2 CPD ¶ 73 at 3.
The SSDD in this case provides that Clean Harbors was selected:
due to a very strong technical proposal (rated highest overall in both past performance and technical) paired with a price proposal with rates below their GSA schedule rates. Although they did not offer the lowest rates, a trade-off decision was made due to their very strong technical and past performance ratings.
SSDD at 5. However, neither the evaluated prices of the three quotations nor the differences between these prices are set forth in the SSDDs summary of the tradeoff decision. In fact, while the evaluated prices of the three quotations appear in an abstract of quotations, consideration of the actual difference in price between Clean Harbors highest-rated quotation and Triumvirates low-risk, green technical, lower-priced quotation is not apparent in the SSDD or elsewhere in the contemporaneous record.
Instead, the SSDD focuses almost exclusively on the question of price reasonableness as determined by comparison to the firms GSA schedule pricing. According to the SSDD, pricing:
was evaluated on a per line item basis to ensure fair and reasonable pricing. All line items were compared to the offeror's GSA FSS schedule rates to ensure that all line items were either at or below FSS rates. Pursuant to FAR [§] 8.405, additional price reductions were sought and achieved. Pricing was evaluated, per the solicitation, to be reasonable or nonreasonable based on it being below GSA rates. Further, pricing was examined for its realism compared to current market and historical rates.
SSDD at 5. In its discussion of each vendors pricing, the SSDD did not state the actual evaluated price, but only whether the price was found to be lower than or equal to the firms GSA schedule prices, and therefore reasonable.
In response to Triumvirates allegation, the agency does not provide additional information that shows that there was meaningful consideration of price. Instead, the agency seeks to further minimize the agencys consideration of any actual price differences in the source selection. For example, the agencys report suggests that the differences in evaluated price were inconsequential since they were derived from estimated quantities and therefore merely theoretical--ignoring the fact that the price schedule, with estimated quantities provided by the agency, was set forth in the RFQ in order to provide a common basis for the evaluation of price. The agency also argues that:
Triumvirates dispute over price does not, in and of itself, provide a legally sufficient basis for filing a protest because despite any questions raised by Triumvirates pricing its price proposal was accepted by the SSA as reasonable making the issue moot.
Agency Report (AR) at 3. We fail to see how the agencys determination that Triumvirates price was reasonable renders moot its contention that the agency failed to reasonably consider its 32 percent price advantage, or document the specific benefits associated with Clean Harbors higher technically rated quotation.
The lack of any meaningful consideration given to price in the tradeoff decision is also reflected the following agency statement that:
both [offerors] begin with pricing that is deemed reasonable and realistic by virtue of being on the FSS and any discounts represent a competitive advantage only. Therefore, price is really a non-issue for both competitors under the circumstances of the Solicitation.
AR at 3, as well as the COs statement that:
As stated in the solicitation and the solicitation's attached proposal evaluation guide, pricing would be evaluated for reasonableness. If an offeror's price was found to be equivalent or less than the offeror's GSA price schedule, it was reasonable. Under that evaluation criterion, both Triumvirate and Clean Harbors were found to offer reasonable pricing. Effectively, pricing resulted in a tie as both offeror's were found to be fair and reasonable by the board and by the source selection authority.
COs Statement at 2.
While the SSDD in this case acknowledged that Clean Harbors quotation was not the lowest priced and therefore generally suggests that the agency valued the quotations higher technical ratings, this general statement is insufficient in light of the entire evaluation record and the agencys subsequent statements in response to the protest, for our Office to conclude that the agency meaningfully considered Triumvirates significant price advantage in making its selection decision. Accordingly, we sustain the protest on this basis.
Technical Evaluation
Triumvirates protest presents a myriad of challenges to weak points noted in individual evaluators worksheets. These weak points, however, do not appear to be reflected in the SSEBs consensus color/adjectival ratings, much less the SSDD, and therefore need not be addressed further by our Office.[6] As reviewed above, the SSEB consensus report assigned Triumvirates quotation the best possible past performance rating of low risk, and a green technical rating, indicating that the quotation meets most solicitation requirements and demonstrates an adequate understanding of the requirements but does not offer significant advantages. In fact, the SSDD concludes that Triumvirate met all of the technical factors in the solicitation and that its management approach [was] well adapted and molded to VISN 1's needs. SSDD at 6-7 (emphasis added).
The only weaknesses actually noted in the SSDD are that Triumvirates quotation often just mimicked the language in the solicitation and failed to actually provide a detailed response to their answers/solutions/systems in some technical areas. Although Triumvirate challenges the SSDDs assessment of these weaknesses, we conclude that they are consistent with the underlying evaluation record and Triumvirates quotation. For example, Triumvirates quotation devoted 50 of 79 total pages to acknowledgement of SOW tasks--consisting almost entirely of block quotes from the RFQ SOW, followed by acknowledgement paragraphs restating the SOW. We have no basis to find the agencys evaluation unreasonable in this regard.[7]
We recommend that the agency reevaluate price quotations in a manner that is consistent with the solicitations evaluation criteria and the FARs guidance on price analysis, and properly document its evaluation. See FAR § 15.404-1(b). Upon completion of the reevaluation, the agency should perform and document a new price/technical tradeoff analysis with rationale for any tradeoffs made, including the benefits associated with any price premium. If Clean Harbors quotation is not found to represent the best value to the government, the agency should terminate its BPA and establish a BPA with the firm representing the best value to the government. We also recommend that Triumvirate be reimbursed its costs of filing and pursuing the protest. Bid Protest Regulations, 4 C.F.R. § 21.8(d)(1) (2012). The protesters certified claims for such costs, detailing the time expended and costs incurred, must be submitted directly to the agency within 60 days after receipt of this decision. 4 C.F.R. § 21.8(f)(1).
The protest is sustained.
Lynn H. Gibson
General Counsel
[1] The CO stated that Triumvirates pricing was highly unrealistic with fifteen line items being impossibly low ($5.00) or left blank. SSDD at 7. Our review indicates that Triumvirate entered -- for 4 line items, and $5 for 18 further line items. While Triumvirate entered -- for 4 line items in the price schedule, there is no indication that the agency found this unacceptable. The agency evaluated Triumvirates overall price quote as presented, indicating zero charge for the following items: lead recycling, driver hours, and removal of certain fluorescent bulb equipment. Concerning the 18 other line items priced at $5, the agency apparently took issue with only 15 of these line items--stating in the debriefing that line items 21 through 26, 40 through 45, 55, 56, 113 were all priced at $5.00 each, which was found to be three standard deviations away from the industry median price. Debriefing at 3. (We note for the record that Triumvirate actually quoted a price of $35 for line item 43.) Additionally, in its comments on the agency report, Triumvirate explains that 5 of the $5 line items are for tasks for which its current task order charges nothing, while an additional 8 line items are for certain oils, gas, or diesel, which are sought after waste streams in the waste disposal industry. Protesters Comments at 9.
[2] Although the SSDD also stated that Triumvirates price quotation was highly unrealistic, it is unclear whether the evaluation guide anticipated a price realism analysis (which concerns whether prices are too low) apart from the required price reasonableness analysis (which concerns whether prices are too high), stating only that [e]valuators may also analyze the proposed price for reasonableness to determine whether it is realistic for the work to be performed; reflects a clear understanding of the requirements; and is consistent with the Offerors Technical Proposal. Evaluation Guide at 4. Further, to the extent a realism analysis was contemplated, it apparently concerned vendors understanding of the RFQ requirements; there is no indication in the record that Triumvirate--the incumbent contractor with an evaluated low risk past performance--lacked understanding.
[3] Although the procurement at issue was not conducted under FAR Part 15, to the extent the agency incorporated in the RFQ concepts set forth in FAR Part 15, such as those related to unbalanced pricing, we look to FAR Part 15 for guidance in analyzing the reasonableness of the agencys actions.
[4] The CO also notes that Clean Harbors facilities are closer in distance to many VISN 1 than Triumvirates facilities. Accordingly, the CO concludes that Clean Harbors will have less travel time for its chemists, which, coupled with Clean Harbors lower hourly rate for its chemists, as compared with the rate proposed by Triumvirate, will result in cost savings to the government. Although the CO does not quantify this asserted savings, it is apparent that any such savings would be insignificant when compared with Triumvirates total evaluated price advantage of more than $1 million. In reaching this conclusion, we note that the estimated quantity for the Chemist labor category is stated as 750 hours per year (as noted above, the agency has not stated that its estimates are inaccurate) and the record reflects that the delta between Triumvirates higher unit prices and Clean Harbors lower unit prices for this labor category ranges from approximately $19 per hour in the base year to less than $14 per hour in the fifth option period.
[5] While the record demonstrates that Triumvirates rate for chemists is higher than Clean Harbors rate, Triumvirates rate represents only a 5.7-percent increase over the prior task orders cited by the agency.
[6] These issues appear to stem from the fact that the agency provided the protester with a poor debriefing, which did not review the source selection decision specifically, but rather provided an unorganized recitation of the individual evaluators notations and erroneously suggested that the listed weak points constituted significant weakness. This, however, was inconsistent with the actual evaluation ratings, which found that Triumvirate met all of the technical factors in the solicitation, presented low risk, and warranted a green technical rating. SSDD at 6.
[7] Although we have no basis to question the contemporaneous evaluation record as reflected in the SSDD, we note that the COs statement, submitted in response to the protest, goes beyond the strengths and weaknesses identified in the SSDD in its comparison of the quotations. For example, the CO praised a Clean Harbors computer program for providing many capabilities, while stating that Triumvirates proposal did not offer the same capabilities. Although the underlying record indicates the evaluators found Clean Harbors to have presented the best computerized record keeping, this strength was not actually incorporated in the SSDD, and the contemporaneous evaluation record does not reflect a determination that Triumvirates computer system lacked similar capabilities. In fact, one evaluator noted that Triumvirates quotation discussed an online system for manifests and inventory tracking, and our review of Triumvirates quotation revealed that Triumvirate did describe a computer system with similar capabilities to the one set forth in Clean Harbors quotation. [DELETED] Triumvirate Evaluation at 2; Triumvirate Technical Quotation, app. 6, at 1-2. The discrepancies between the strengths and weaknesses actually incorporated in the SSDD and the COs protest response (and debriefing) are a matter that the agency should consider in implementing the corrective action recommended below.
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(Santa Ana)—The Santa Ana College (SAC) Main Gallery is hosting an exhibit titled "Around the Corner," spotlighting artists who live and work primarily in Orange County and Los Angeles. This group exhibition will feature work by sculptor Mark Clayton, photographer Domenico Foschi, painter David Michael Lee, and multimedia artist Marciano Martinez.
The exhibition's opening reception is slated for Thursday, February 20 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the SAC Main Gallery. The show, which is free to the public, will run through April 3. The SAC Main Gallery is located on the Santa Ana College campus, C Building, 1530 W. 17th St., Santa Ana, CA 92706. Gallery hours are Monday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Clayton, a Long Beach resident, is known for creating humorous mixed media sculpture using vintage or found objects. He combines these objects into assemblages that are imaginary, whimsical and often surprising. His work has been featured most recently in the exhibition, "Eye of the Beholder: The Art of the Found Object," hosted by the Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery in Annapolis, MD. His work was also shown in the "28th Annual Made in California Juried Show" hosted by the City of Brea Art Gallery and the "Found Objects Exhibit" hosted by Long Beach Arts.
"The viewer does some of the work here. I rely on him or her to recognize what it is that I have created. There is actually a term for this phenomenon: pareidolia, which means the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist," said Clayton.
Foschi, a Whittier resident, was born in Italy and moved to Los Angeles in 1989 where he has dedicated himself to photography. His work has received numerous awards and been published in magazines such as View Camera, B&W Magazine, and other publications. His photography has been exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and at galleries in Spain, Italy and the United States.
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4-5 slice of Turkish pastrami
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3 slice of lemon
1 pinch cumin
2 tsp butter
Handful mozzarella cheese
Cut some parchment paper, place the Turkish pastrami slices in the middle of it. Arrange tomato slices, cubanelle pepper and onion on top. Place the lemon slices and butter on top as well. Season with salt and sprinkle the cheese. Fold the parchment paper over the top and the sides to prevent the juice from leaking out. Place the pocket on the oven tray.
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You make millions of dollars to hang out with your friends on film, you can constantly dress like a toddler on a play date, and you own the production company that makes your movies so can cast hot girls as your romantic interests.
For such a low standard of comedy, it's actually quite a genius idea. Let's go through his career and look at the top 12 Adam Sandler love interests. These aren't ranked by present day, just by their character in the movie.
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Drew Barrymore in '50 First Dates' / 'The Wedding Singer'
Barrymore pulled double duty and played his love interest as Julie Sullivan in 'The Wedding Singer' and as Lucy Whitmore in '50 First Dates.'
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: High. This is probably the only couple that makes sense. Plus, she had amnesia in '50 First Dates' so she would forget his terrible jokes at the end of every day.
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Katie Holmes in 'Jack and Jill'
We could have gone with Sandler in drag for this movie, but Katie Holmes seemed like a more attractive choice. Maybe it's because of 'Dawson's Creek', but she always felt like a celebrity you could possibly with if you asked her for a date.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Moderate. She seems a little too intelligent for his shenanigans, but then again maybe her character would also like to join a cult and be held hostage in her house of Scientology. This couldn't be worse than that, right?
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Fairuza Balk in 'The Waterboy'
Vicki Vallencourt was hot in a weird way. Sure she was extremely attractive, but something about her made you feel like she would steal all your silverware while you were sleeping.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Hopefully low but shockingly high. Clearly this is the dumbest of all the Sandler characters. I would hope she would be turned off by his lack of basic intelligence and horrible mother, but I could see her marrying him to get back at her parents.
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Salma Hayek in 'Grown Ups'
In the ultimate example of Sandler just hanging out with his friends on camera, 'Grown Ups' seems more like a series of excuses for his pals to party together. No perk is higher than Sandler getting to be married to Salma Hayek.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: High. Sandler plays a high-powered Hollywood talent agent. If she were the least bit of a gold digger then this wouldn't come as a huge surprise.
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Joey Lauren Adams in 'Big Daddy'
Oh man, Joey Lauren Adams was one of the highlights of the '90s. Between 'Dazed and Confused,' 'Mallrats,' and 'Bio-Dome,' she may have been the most underrated hottie of the decade. Here she played a successful attorney named Layla Maloney.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Surprisingly high then appropriately low. Sandler is a law student so I could see her getting roped in and hoping he's going to clean up his act and become successful. However, once he adopts a kid as a stunt to impress her, you'd have to realize he's a sociopath and get out of there.
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Kate Beckinsale in 'Click'
I'm not sure how you go from being a werewolf-murdering vampire in 'Underworld,' to playing the lonely housewife of Sandler, but unfortunately it happened. There's not a single werewolf in this entire movie!
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Please let it be low. Maybe it's just my personal love of Kate Beckinsale, but the thought of Sandler talking in that stupid baby gibberish voice while deflowering her makes me want to eat a sword.
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Paz Vega in 'Spanglish'
The Spanish beauty plays an immigrant mother who is trying to provide a better life for her daughter. Unfortunately for her, she has to work for a completely dysfunctional family with Sandler and Tea Leoni constantly on the verge of murdering each other.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Hopefully low. He's an unhappily married rich guy who is trying to seduce his housekeeper. It's either going to end bad or horribly, horribly bad.
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Emmanuelle Chriqui in 'You Don't Mess with the Zohan'
The 'Entourage' starlet moved to the big screen as the love interest of a military super soldier turned hairdresser. It must feel ridiculous having to play the normal person in a movie as absurd as this.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Moderate. He is extremely flexible, but his hair and goatee looks like a contemporary Christian music artist from 1994.
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Bridgette Wilson in 'Billy Madison'
Sandler plays a man-child so intellectually inept that he struggles with basic human skills. Bridgette Wilson is the abnormally attractive teacher that is trying to help a grown man learn how to write in cursive.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Beyond low. We've all heard stories about teachers seducing students but seriously, Sandler is an adult who can't read or write. It would be borderline immoral for her to have a relationship with him.
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Julie Bowen in 'Happy Gilmore'
Before she was a hot soccer mom on 'Modern Family', she was the insanely hot PGA PR director on Happy Gilmore. If you have any doubts of her being ranked this high, take a little trip to Gilmore's Happy Place.
Odds of her actually dating Sandler's character: Low. It would be a huge conflict of interest seeing how he's a psychotic golfer and she's the public relations director. Plus, he still lives with his grandma. She knows she could do better than this.
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TIE: Brooklyn Decker/Jennifer Aniston in 'Just Go With It'
You've got to hand it to Sandler for this one. Not only did he get Jennifer Aniston to pretend to be his wife, but he also had Brooklyn Decker as a love interest! I may not like your movies, but I respect your casting choices, pal.
Odds of them actually dating Sandler's character: None. Zero. Not a chance. Nope. Never gonna happen. Are you kidding me?


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Fans of bountiful digits may soon be rocked by the potential discovery of the 45th known Mersenne prime. Details are still pretty scarce, but on August 23, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) said a computer participating in the project has reported to have found the record-breaking number.
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Distributed computing has been a boon for Mersenne prime discovery, as the digits in the numbers quickly become extremely large and difficult to verify. GIMPS is presently responsible for 10 record breaking prime numbers, having found the 35th through 44th largest known.
As according to GIMPS protocol, the potential 45th Mersenne prime will not be officially disclosed until it has been verified as a prime. The leader of the project, George Woltman, unfortunately was on holiday when the number was reported, so the verification process didn't begin until the 26th. He estimates completion on September 12 and September 16.
To give an idea of the scale of these latest record-breaking numbers, the 44th Mersenne prime is 232,582,657-1, which works out to be 9,808,358 decimal digits long. That's 650,000 digits larger than the previous record and is presently the largest known prime number of any kind.
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To say something is amiss at Twitter would be the understatement of the week. In one day, the platform lost its chief operating officer and its head of North American media, who both resigned in the midst of major management restructuring. One high-profile executive's ouster is notable, but understandable—people leave companies all the time. But two in a day is a trend that signifies Twitter's internal struggle to transform itself into…what, exactly? The company is still figuring that part out.
COO Ali Rowghani and North American media head Chloe Sladden both announced their departures from Twitter on Thursday in fitting fashion: with tweets. According to Recode, the timing of the exec exits wasn't coincidental: CEO Dick Costolo was stripping Rowghani of his responsibilities, which included growing Twitter's unimpressive user numbers. (To recap, Twitter was expected to hit 400 million users at the end of 2013, and instead struggled to hit 240 million.) While Sladden's media charge was considered a success—she's the reason you see hashtags all over TV commercials and billboards—she also reported to Rowghani.
Now Costolo is more directly responsible for the future of Twitter, including how it looks and how it can make the platform friendlier to new users without alienating the people who grew Twitter into what it is today.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: Twitter has to stop imitating Facebook. The two networks serve profoundly different purposes: Twitter is primarily a public publishing platform. Facebook is, cheesy as it sounds, designed for friends and family. People read news on Facebook, but they break news on Twitter. Redesigning profiles to resemble Facebook Timelines and messing with Twitter's chronological stream to show you which tweets algorithms consider important (like News Feed does) aren't the best ways for Twitter to take on the big blue network.
There other ways that Twitter can become easier to understand—and use—for regular folks who don't live and die by the Internet. The most important is curation: Twitter should ask for your interests and then give you recommendations of interesting, high-profile people to follow. Love famous people and the gossips who write about them? There are plenty of both on Twitter. If you're a sports diehard, you can find athletes, teams, and sports reporters all over the platform. Your entire stream could contain nothing but NBA-related tweets if you wanted. Local news, politics, weather, technology and its many, many subcategories: You name it and Twitter can curate a feed for you. Or it should.
Right now, Twitter's on-boarding process isn't that simple: The network shows you some popular accounts and suggests some options based on other people you've followed, but then it requires you to manually search for friends and well-known users.
The company is wading into curation with a well-timed World Cup promotion that offers up a timeline for the entire tournament as well as one for specific matches. You can also tag your tweets with "hashflags," or flag emoji, to rally around your country. Who doesn't love emoji? Separate, niche timelines are a perfect way for to show new users what Twitter is made to do: gather people in the public town square and let them chatter away.
Another separate timeline that would make Twitter less overwhelming for newbies is one that curates the most important tweets of the day. The great thing about Facebook is that it puts the biggest stories you missed at the top of your News Feed. If you want to catch up on what you missed while you were away from Twitter, good luck. It's damn near impossible.
The thing that makes Twitter so frustrating for new users—and irresistible for us old-timers—is that it requires so much dedication (also known as work) to stay on top of the stream. If the platform makes it easier to get sucked in by doing a little more hand-holding, it won't have to compete with Facebook. It can just be what it is.
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Reduced Cancellation in the Evaluation of Entire Functions and Applications to Certain Special Functions (2008)
Considering the numerical simulation of mathematical models it is necessary to have efficient methods for computing special functions. We will focus our considerations in particular on the classes of Mittag-Leffler and confluent hypergeometric functions. The PhD Thesis can be structured in three parts. In the first part, entire functions are considered. If we look at the partial sums of the Taylor series with respect to the origin we find that they typically only provide a reasonable approximation of the function in a small neighborhood of the origin. The main disadvantages of these partial sums are the cancellation errors which occur when computing in fixed precision arithmetic outside this neighborhood. Therefore, our aim is to quantify and then to reduce this cancellation effect. In the next part we consider the Mittag-Leffler and the confluent hypergeometric functions in detail. Using the method we developed in the first part, we can reduce the cancellation problems by "modifying" the functions for several parts of the complex plane. Finally, in in the last part two other approaches to compute Mittag-Leffler type and confluent hypergeometric functions are discussed. If we want to evaluate such functions on unbounded intervals or sectors in the complex plane, we have to consider methods like asymptotic expansions or continued fractions for large arguments z in modulus.


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Limited-Edition Lennon Guitars on Offer
Fri May 21, 2004
By Christopher Walsh
NEW YORK (Billboard) - When Epiphone created the limited-edition John
Lennon "1965" and "Revolution" Casino guitars in 1999, the
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While Harrison used several guitars during the latter years of the
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Almost 30 years later, Epiphone executives Jim Rosenberg, Dave
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exactly the same."
The two models parallel the Beatles' music. As their music reflected
the psychedelic era, their instruments were decorated accordingly.
When they returned to their rock 'n' roll and R&B roots in 1968, the
instruments also reverted to a natural state.
"I remember dearly the love John had for his Epiphone and Gibson
guitars," Ono says.
"When we stripped naked for 'Two Virgins' album, I feel he also
wanted these guitars to match us and be stripped down to the bare
wood. John's reasoning was that it sounded better without the
additional paint job, but it was really wanting the guitars to start
a new life with him."
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The new Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition is Intel's most powerful desktop processor ever
• 10, 8, or 6 cores of uncompromised performance.
• With up to 10 cores and 20 threads of performance, individual tasks can get a core or more of dedicated performance, with many creative apps like those from Adobe scaling up performance to match core count.
First Intel 10-core desktop processor delivers mega-tasking power
• 10, 8, or 6 cores deliver uncompromised performance for mega-tasking when simultaneous, compute-intensive, multi-threaded workloads are stacked. With an Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition you'll no longer experience frustrating delays.
• Content Creation Mega-tasking: editing + image composition + effects rendering + music composition + massive 4k file size upload.
• Gaming Mega-tasking: gameplay + broadcasting + background removal + encoding.
Extreme performance for enthusiasts with the new Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
• A huge performance boost for single threaded workloads with the new Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0.
• Unlocked processors provide additional headroom to maximize performance and Intel offers tools to make it easier to perfect your overclocking experience.
• For gamers who record gameplay and want to share via VOD sites like YouTube the Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition family takes advantage of multithreaded DCC apps for faster/smoother editing and uploading.
• Blistering performance when editing or doing effects in 4k which can take up to 4x the processing power of HD resolution (and 4K is the new standard for creative projects).
Intel Extreme Edition is the ultimate platform for VR content creation and gaming
• 40 PCIe lanes* connected directly into the CPU giving you the ability to expand your system with fast SSD's, up to 4 discrete GFX cards, and ultra-fast Thunderbolt 3.0 solutions (* Except i7 6800K which has 28 PCIe lanes).
• Plenty of high speed ports and I/O to attach all your gaming peripherals, including the latest VR head mounted displays.
• Developing content for VR demands the extreme performance for editing, rendering, and effects that you get with Intel Extreme Edition for the massive workloads associated with VR.
• Quad channel memory in Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition improves responsiveness and decreases start up time when you're working with large files and applications.
• Core i7 Extreme Edition systems support Thunderbolt 3 add-in cards delivering 40GBps bi-directional bandwidth.
• The Intel Solid State Drive 750 Series connects directly into the CPU via PCIe, providing 13X faster performance than a standard hard disc drive and 4X faster performance than a SATA SSD.
Go to the next level of multi-core performanceIntel Core i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in quad-core performance and feature the latest innovations in processor technologies.
Intel smart cacheIt provides a higher-performance, more efficient cache subsystem. Optimized for industry leading multi-threaded games!
Intel QuickPath interconnectIt is designed for increased bandwidth and low latency. It can achieve data transfer speeds as high as 25.6 GB/sec.
Integrated memory controllerIt enables three channels of DDR3 1066 MHz memory. This memory controller's lower latency and higher memory bandwidth delivers amazing performance for data-intensive applications.
Intel HD boostIt significantly improves a broad range of multimedia and compute-intensive applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle, allowing a level of processing efficiency with SSE4 optimized applications.
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Father's Day Giveaway: Win a Two-Pound Cowboy Chop
Have you been drooling over this insanely well-marbled cowboy chop ever since Kenji gave us grilling tips for it? If you just nodded, or have started drooling in the last three seconds, you're in luck. We're giving away three Cowboy Chop packages for Father's Day, which includes the two-pounder bone-in ribeye steak from Double R Ranch Co. along with a signed copy of Photographing the West, featuring snapshots of the ranching lifestyle.
To enter to win the Cowboy Chop package for Dad (though we won't technically know if you keep it for yourself), please answer: what's your favorite cut of steak?
And in the meantime, read up on how to grill a gigantic rib-eye to maximize that medium-rare center while still getting a nicely charred crust.
The contest closes on Friday, June 10 at 3 PM EST. Each of the three winners will receive their prizes in time for Father's Day. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.
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Plenty of us want to run marathons. And pay off loans. And quit smoking. And floss more. And then there were the others...
This year, you resolved, among other things:
- Be more high maintenance. This will ideally result in taking care of myself emotionally, spiritually and physically.
- Watch at least 100 films I've never seen before.
- Not be afraid to make a fool of myself.
- Become capable of reading a Chinese newspaper.
- Start a band. A Ramones-style punk band.
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- Only go out on dates with dudes I'm actually interested in, instead of just saying yes to be polite.
- Give myself as much credit for my successes as I do my failures.
- Remember that you are not at war with your body, that it wants to be healthy and hale, but you only get out what you put in (literally!)
- Do foolhearty things twice as much - regret them half as often.
- Spend less time in front of screens of any kind.
- "Be the bombshell I know I am."
- No more cheap vodka.
- Join a roller derby team!
- Get rich. Seriously.
- Go on vacation by myself.
- Learn how to make puff pastry
- Hookah more.
- Give blood.
- Run naked, when weather permits.
- More "me" time! And anal sex. That's a big one.


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Before You Hit Send (Always On)
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General Participation Etiquette
Lesson 1: Course Intro
The Building Blocks Part 1
Lesson 2: Read Aloud/Hear Your Words
Addendum Lesson: Blocking
The Building Blocks Part 2
Lesson 3: Track Changes
Lesson 4: Find and Replace (0:56)
Lesson 5: Customizing Your Word Processing Program (0:54)
Editing 101 Part 1
Lesson 6: The Basics Part I
Editing 101 Part 2
Lesson 7: The Basics, Part II
Lesson 7 Addendum Video: Direct Address Comma (5:45)
Editing 101 Part 3
Lesson 8: Basics Part III
Editing for Punctuation Part 1
Lesson 9: Apostrophes (more than you ever wanted to know!)
Editing for Punctuation Part 2
Lesson 10: Other Punctuation
Editing 101 Part 4
Lesson 11: Random Basics
Grammar vs Style
Lesson 12: Grammar vs Style
Back it up!
Lesson 13: Your book looks good, won't you back that thang up?
Editing at the Word level Part 1
Lesson 14: Adverbs
Editing at the Word level Part 2
Lesson 15: Adjectives
Editing at a Sentence and Paragraph Level
Lesson 16: Figurative Speech: Similes, Cliches and Metaphors
Editing at a Sentence and Paragraph Level Part 2
Lesson 17: Comma Splices, Contractions and Conjunctions
Comma Splice Discussion Recording
Editing at a Sentence and Paragraph Level Part 3
Lesson 18: Sentence Structure: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Editing at a Sentence and Paragraph Level Part 4
Lesson 19: Body Parts Gone Wild! (and how to write a better sex scene)
Editing at a Sentence and Paragraph Level Part 5
Lesson 20: Overwriting
Editing at a Sentence and Paragraph Level Part 6
Lesson 21: Passive Voice
Passive Voice: By Zombies Test
The Editor/Author Relationship
Lesson 22: Editorial Not Adversarial Relationship
Dialogue Part 1
Lesson 23: Tagging Dialogue
Lesson 24: Punctuating Dialogue
Dialogue Part 2
Lesson 25: Examining Character Dialogue
The Big Picture Edits Part 1
Lesson 26: Pacing
Addendum Lesson: Prologues, Yes or No?
The Big Picture Edits Part 2
Lesson 27: POVs
The Big Picture Edits Part 3
Lesson 28: Show vs Tell
Lesson 28 Addendum Video: Pop Culture References
Wrap-Up Part 1
Lesson 29: Timelines, Outlines, Character Bibles & Plotting
Wrap-Up Part 2
Lesson 30: A Final Assignment to Use All Your New Skills
Wrap-up Part 3
Lesson 31: "Rules" of Editing and Critiquing
Wrap-up Part 4
Lesson 32: When to Stop Editing
Wrap-up Part 5
Lesson 34: Finalizing a Manuscript
The End!
Lesson 35: THE END!
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More students major in Elementary Education at USU than in any other major. Therefore, competition for admission into the program is very keen. Due to increased demands for admission, coupled with limited resources, a ceiling of 180 students has been placed on admissions each year. Thus, admission to USU does not necessarily guarantee admission into the Elementary Education Program.
Provisional admission to the Elementary and Early Childhood Teacher Education Program is determined by (1) the student's GPA in a set of core courses, (2) ACT scores or PPST test results, (3) the number of credits a student has taken, and (4) successful completion of a group assessment interview. (Additional factors to be weighted may be gender and/or minority status consistent with applicable law.) Additional requirements for application to the program are a speech and hearing test, a Teacher Education Writing Exam, and a background check through the Utah State Office of Education. Students must also pass and provide written evidence of the Praxis II Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects Exam prior to admission. Applications are accepted each semester. Because there are typically more applicants than there is space available, the number accepted is limited. Students who are not accepted may reapply.
Admission to the Teacher Education Program is a prerequisite for enrollment in the major, starting with Level II. A student desiring admission to the Teacher Education Program should file an application in the Elementary Education Office, located in room 373 of the Emma Eccles Jones Education Building.
Students majoring in Elementary Education or Early Childhood Education are required to complete an area of Emphasis. All students majoring in Elementary Education or Early Childhood Education must complete an area of Emphasis consisting of 9-12 credits. (For the K-6 Licensure Program 9 credits are required, while 12 credits are required for all other programs.) The area of Emphasis must be chosen from the following fields: Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Mathematics/General Science, General Science, Fine Arts, Art, Music, Physical Education, Health/Wellness/Nutrition, School Library Media, a Foreign Language, English as a Second Language (ESL),or Dual Language Immersion (DLI).
Elementary Education Majors and Early Childhood Education Majors are required to take certain classes to fulfill the University Studies requirements. The following sections list the specific courses to choose from:
(A grade lower than a C- will not be accepted in these courses.)
(MATH 1050 or Math ACT score of 25 or higher is required to apply to the Teacher Education Program.)
Students in the Elementary and Early Childhood Education majors should fulfill this requirement by completing PHYS 1200 (BPS).
(A grade lower than a C- will not be accepted in this course.)
Complete at least 4 credits in approved University Studies depth courses designated DSC, DHA, or DSS (outside of area of emphasis).
Students should complete all of the following courses as indicated.
Teaching licensure requires a 2.75 cumulative grade point average (GPA). (Grades lower than a C will not be accepted toward the major.)
Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program prior to taking these classes.
COMD 3010 , COMD 3910 , and COMD 5610 should be completed prior to the Deaf Education blocks.
Total Credits
Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)
Credits of C- or better
Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)
USU Credits (30 USU credits, 20 of which must be upper-division courses, 10 of which must be courses required for student's major)
30 USU credits
Completion of approved major program of study
See college advisor
Credits in minor (if required)
Credits in American Institutions (ECN 1500 ;HIST 1700 , HIST 2700 or HIST 2710 ; HONR 1300 ; POLS 1100 ; or USU 1300 )
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I rather happen to like this idea. I realize that I have a lot of XP, but that is due in large part to my contributions to the Monastery and not due to my Perl skill. So all things considered, while I do feel that I have earned my "Sainthood", I do worry that it may unfairly represent my Perl skill as being higher than it actually is. This, of course, raises another issue that I've been giving a lot of thought to lately.
Many of us are familiar with merlyn's /(?:in)?famous/ comment "You must be 'this high' to program Perl." Frankly, I think he is correct, but not necessarily for the reasons that others may think.
Perl is an easy language to learn. It is not an easy language to learn well (quick - what problems arise with Carp when multiple objects inherit from the same base class?). Since Perl allows the programmer to have a great deal of control -- and doesn't do a lot of hand-holding -- many inexperienced programmers shoot themselves in the foot repeatedly with the language. Unfortunately, it's so easy to create those oh-so-sexy dynamic Web pages with Perl that many people are attracted to language. This causes a problem: many people who don't know how to program learn Perl.
I'm sure many of us have heard about Matt's Script Archive. His scripts, while they seem "professional" to the inexperienced eye (hence his popularity), are terrible. Even when he patches yet another security hole, more crop up. He commits all of the cardinal sins of Perl/CGI programming, yet people keep using his stuff because they don't know any better.
So what the heck does this have to do with my Perl ability? Simple: there are so many people who use Perl that I definitely consider myself one of the better Perl programmers. I say this in interviews and can generally back it up. Yet amongst those who have a serious programming background, I am definitely a middle-of-the-road Perl programmer, no question about it. By the first category, I deserve to be a Saint. By the second, maybe a Monk. If you're familiar with the seven stages, I think I'm about the "Perl adept" level. So am I "this high" and can I program Perl? Yeah, I think I'm there, but I used to not be.
This is all a roundabout way of getting to my point. Those monks who think they haven't earned their 'points' are wrong. It's not just Perl skill, it's contribution to the Monastery. Heck, as of this writing, my third and fourth highest rated posts are Before You Post ... and Eulogy for the chatterbox respectively. Neither of those deals with Perl. Frankly, I was embarrassed by this, but fortunately, my two highest rated posts are now both very Perl-centric (and this just happened in the last week!).
In short, don't feel guilty for earning XP. It's not just about Perl, it's also about the community. If all you know is how to write simple scripts, but you help others with those, that's fine.
But I'd still like to have more levels :)
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Atari US operations file for bankruptcy protection
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The US operations of Atari have filed for bankruptcy protection.
The maker of the ground-breaking video game Pong is seeking to separate from its loss making French parent Atari SA.
Atari Inc, together with Atari Interactive Inc, Humongous Inc. and California US Holdings Inc. want to secure independent funding to develop digital and mobile games.
Atari said in December it was looking to raise cash and was talking to investors.
In a statement, the companies said, "with this move the US based Atari operations seek to separate from the structural financial encumbrances of their French parent holding company, Atari SA".
Atari SA, formerly known as Infogrames SA has been struggling financially for years.
The US operations of Atari have shifted their business from retail games to digital games in recent times and have become a growth engine for Atari SA.
"The Chapter 11 process constitutes the most strategic option for Atari's US operations as they look to preserve their inherent value and unlock revenue potential unrealized while under the control of Atari SA," the statement said.
Atari's Pong was an arcade game credited with helping kick-start the multi-billion pound video games industry but more recent titles include 'Centipede', 'Missile Command' and Rollercoaster Tycoon'.
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LITTLE ROCK — Former Arkansas News Bureau chief Dennis Byrd will be honored for his contributions to the newspaper industry at the Arkansas Press Association's 2014 SuperConvention in Hot Springs next month, the APA said Monday.
LITTLE ROCK — Former Arkansas News Bureau chief Dennis Byrd will be honored for his contributions to the newspaper industry at the Arkansas Press Association's 2014 SuperConvention in Hot Springs next month, the APA said Monday.
The convention will be held July 9-12 at Embassy Suites. In a July 11 awards banquet, the APA will present Distinguished Service Awards to Byrd, former Texarkana Gazette publisher Buddy King and former Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Executive Editor Griffin Smith.
Byrd is retired as chief of the Arkansas News Bureau after spending several years as publisher of nine weekly newspapers in addition to his bureau chief duties.
Stephens Media named Byrd publisher of the North Little Rock Times and Maumelle Monitor in 2005, and later added weekly newspapers in Cabot, Carlisle, Jacksonville, Lonoke, Sherwood, Hot Springs Village and Clinton.
Byrd is a former executive editor of the Texarkana Gazette, managing editor of the El Dorado News-Times and The Benton Courier. He also is a past advertising manager of the News-Times.
Byrd wrote for The Associated Press from 1987 until 1996 before joining Stephens Media, formerly Donrey Media Group. He was twice named the state's top columnist by Associated Press Media Editors.
A former president of the Pro Chapter of the Arkansas Society of Professional Journalists, Byrd has been active in the state Freedom of Information Coalition and is a past recipient of the APA's FOI Award.
He entered retirement a few months ahead of his planned departure when he and most of his staff at the Arkansas News Bureau were laid off earlier this year.
King is retired as publisher of the Texarkana Gazette and president of Palmer Newspapers. He began his newspaper career at the Paragould Daily Press and became publisher of the Malvern Daily Record, then managed six Alabama papers before joining the Gazette as general manager in 1988.
Smith was executive editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from 1992 until 2012.
Also at the banquet, King and Claudia Ahrens of the Stuttgart Daily Leader will receive Golden Fifty Service Awards; Sonny Albarado of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will receive a Freedom of Information Award; Katherine Shurlds of the University of Arkansas will receive a Journalism Educator Award; and Arkansas House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, and Senate President Pro Tem Michael Lamoureux, R-Russellville, will receive Headliner of the Year Awards.


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