All of the specific course grading percentages include a line for course investment. Course investment is the only component of the grade where I can reward you for effort and the time you put into the course. The largest components of course investment are attendance and speaking up in class, since coming to class prepared to discuss the readings every time requires quite a lot of time and effort. Minor or ungraded assignments may also be incorporated into the course investment grade.

Autism is a spectrum disorder, which means it manifests itself in many different forms. A diagnosis can range from mild to severe, and though children who have it (i.e. are on the spectrum) are likely to exhibit similar traits, they're also as individual as the colors of a rainbow, each one managing a grab bag of symptoms. While one child may rarely speak and have difficulty learning how to read and write, another can be so high-functioning he's able to attend classes in a mainstream school.

Hepatitis means “inflammation of the liver.” Many viruses, alcohol, drugs, and various chemicals can cause hepatitis.

Synchronous communication refers to interaction happening in real-time – a meeting or phone conference, for example.  Asynchronous communication happens anytime and doesn’t rely on being together at the same time – in person or electronically.  E-mail is a good example of asynchronous communication.  Unlike e-mail, asynchronous message boards allow an online discussion to be well-organized into threads.  It is a common technique used in online learning.

If AccuStandard has a product with known or suspected solubility problems that can be corrected by sonication, “sonicate” is written on the label. An example of when this could happen is with products that may precipitate out of solution when they get cold. During shipment we cannot control the temperature of the products, and some of the less soluble analytes may start to precipitate out.

Examples from the past: breaking an arm in week 9, resulting in difficulty typing and a lot of time under pain medication. Anything that has produced University or medical paperwork and results in 3 or more absences probably qualifies as an extreme condition.

Locking-in” a rate is a process in which a lender guarantees a borrower a specific rate for a certain period of time, even if rates fluctuate during that period. At Gershman Mortgage, you can “lock-in” a rate for up to 270 days. When “floating” a rate, the borrower chooses to allow their rate to fluctuate with the market from the time of the application until the closing.

Set back is the optimal distance that a blower should be placed away from the entrance opening for the highest volume of CFM and is determined during AMCA testing. The blower is tested the first time and then moved forward and tested. If the CFM increases, then it is moved forward again. If the CFM falls from the first test, the blower is moved backward past the first test spot and run again. If the CFM increases it is moved further back and again tested.

Nonlanded clubs are simply those that do not typically own or utilize a single piece of property for activities. Their plans may range from renting a local gym for a pool party to hosting a simple backyard swim and barbeque in a member’s fenced yard, to very elaborate Caribbean cruises or tours to nudist destinations in Europe and beyond.

The price of the trip includes the tip for the hotel porters who deliver your large suitcase to your hotel room at the time of check-in, and who bring your suitcase down from your room at the time of departure. Your main suitcase will also be transported between hotels via a truck that we have hired for this purpose.

Pharm. D.”refers to a clinical Doctor of Pharmacy degree, which by 2004 will be the only degree conferred by accredited schools of Pharmacy.

Because our program requires you to be out of the office two Fridays a month for 20 months and for two week-long residencies per year, students are required to have their employers sponsor them for the time away. Sponsorship can also refer to financial support that an organization may offer to its employees for the program; however financial sponsorship is not required for our Executive MBA program.

The Harmattan is a dry dusty wind that blows along the northwest coast of Africa. ArtMattan also refers to Art in Manhattan. No, ArtMattan is a distribution company, not a production company, so we don't look at scripts. We only consider completed films.

A horse is said to be “lapped on” another at the wire when its nose is opposite of at least the hind quarter of the horses ahead.

You didn't install the compiler set, comp.tgz, when you installed your NetBSD machine. Please get and install it, by extracting it in /: # cd / # tar --unlink -zxvpf .../comp.tgz comp.tgz is part of every NetBSD release. Get the one that corresponds to your release (determine via uname -r). When installing packages as non-root user and using the just-in-time su(1) feature of pkgsrc, it can become annoying to type in the root password for each required package installed.

Metadata is a generic term for “data about data” or “descriptions of data.” It is primarily the description of the business category of the data: “Joe Williams” is a customer name, “Chicago” is a city name, Z12E34536 is a purchase order number, etc.

In Internet terms, “bandwidth” refers to the amount of data sent through a network connections, and is usually measured in bits-per-second. For instance, a 56k modem theoretically allows connections of 57,600 bits per second. Some Web hosting companies charge clients for the amount of bandwidth used per month (in other words, the amount of data transferred back and forth)

Stabilization” refers to the process by which a soil used to make CEBs is treated to make it more resistant to weathering and improve the compressive strength of the block.  For example, the addition of a small amount (4-7%) of Portland cement or lime mixed into the soil prior to pressing, improves the block’s water resistance and compressive strength.

NO! It’s an expression in Hebrew that means ruckus, hullabaloo. The literal meaning is volcanic noise.