FSUniverse - Off The Beaten Track http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ Favorite Movies? Food? Love Life Woes? Random Randomness? Chat about anything and everything under the sun here. en Sat, 25 May 2013 04:45:48 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/images/styles/vb3/misc/rss.png FSUniverse - Off The Beaten Track http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/ For those taking the Archaeology class or interested in English history http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88198-For-those-taking-the-Archaeology-class-or-interested-in-English-history&goto=newpost Sat, 25 May 2013 00:21:34 GMT http://antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/087/0519/ant0870519.pdf

This is the first of three articles to be published about the excavation of Richard III. This one just came out today. This is an excellent example of a collaboration of professional, academic and amateur archaeology working together. You will discuss some of these issues in your online class. Now, you'll have additional material to discuss in class.

I'll post additional material that will help you and you can use this thread to ask me questions if they arise in the class and you want additional information.

Enjoy. This is a really good article. :) ]]> Off The Beaten Track rfisher http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88198-For-those-taking-the-Archaeology-class-or-interested-in-English-history 5.7-magnitude quake shakes northern California http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88193-5-7-magnitude-quake-shakes-northern-California&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 04:51:09 GMT Twitter:

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The Associated Press ‏@AP 11m
5.7-magnitude quake shakes northern California: http://apne.ws/12A6zc0 -MS
]]> Off The Beaten Track dardar1126 http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88193-5-7-magnitude-quake-shakes-northern-California Interstate 5 bridge collapses in Washington State http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88192-Interstate-5-bridge-collapses-in-Washington-State&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 04:33:01 GMT http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/u...-NW-Washington

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The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in northern Washington state collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people into the water, the state patrol said.

Trooper Mark Francis told USA Today that two lanes in both directions collapsed.
Yikes! I hope everyone is okay. Skagit Valley is about 1 hour north of Seattle, 1 hour south of Canada. About 30 minutes north of Everett, which hosted a Skate America.

I drove over that bridge a few days ago driving back home to Canada from Portland. Anyone planning a road trip to Vancouver/Seattle over the next few months--expect delays. I'll be in Seattle for sure end of June, as I am flying out of Seatac to Mexico. ]]> Off The Beaten Track manhn http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88192-Interstate-5-bridge-collapses-in-Washington-State Dear mother in law http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88190-Dear-mother-in-law&goto=newpost Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:21 GMT Saying, "So what you feeding me?" is NOT an acceptable way to get yourself invited over for dinner. It is VERY irritating.
Grrrrr!! ]]> Off The Beaten Track Angela-Fan http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88190-Dear-mother-in-law <![CDATA[The Bachelorette, Season 9----Desiree's search for a true love forever on TV]]> http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88186-The-Bachelorette-Season-9-Desiree-s-search-for-a-true-love-forever-on-TV&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:51 GMT Thought Desiree's search for a her 3 month TV boyfriend deserved its own thread. Season begins on Monday, May 27th.

You can read more about the guys here:

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette/bios

Yes Reality Steve has spoiled the entire season again and yes I have read the spoilers. I'll keep my moth shut for those that want to watch this unspoiled.


In other bachelor/ette news:

Meredith has been sober for 150 days.

http://www.people.com/people/article...702473,00.html


And has anyone been watching Jimmy Kimmel's "The Baby Bachelor" on his show!?!? Very funny what he has done with his little nephew Wesley! ]]> Off The Beaten Track Catherine M http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88186-The-Bachelorette-Season-9-Desiree-s-search-for-a-true-love-forever-on-TV BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88185-BBC-poll-Germany-most-popular-country-in-the-world&goto=newpost Thu, 23 May 2013 05:06:57 GMT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22624104
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Germany is the most positively viewed nation in the world in this year's annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service. More than 26,000 people were surveyed internationally for the poll.
The full results in order were:
Germany
Canada
UK
Japan
France
EU
Brazil
US
China
S Korea
S Africa
India
Russia
Israel
N Korea
Pakistan
Iran ]]> Off The Beaten Track WildRose http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88185-BBC-poll-Germany-most-popular-country-in-the-world Invite for all NYCers! http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88179-Invite-for-all-NYCers!&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 08:51:11 GMT Hi everyone:

I'll be presenting a group of opera singers in concert in NYC (and I'm the accompanist), on Tuesday evening, June 4, 7:30 p.m., at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue (between 28th/29th Streets). And it's FREE!!

We do an annual concert in New York City, this is our fourth Opera Showcase for Vocal Artists Management, which I founded in 2009.

I'd love to meet any of you that might be free to come. Last year I got to meet Marge_Simpson and emason in person and it was great.

Here a Facebook link to the event, for those who can access it: https://www.facebook.com/events/313938642072699/ ]]> Off The Beaten Track skateboy http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88179-Invite-for-all-NYCers! Are you the worst person in the world? http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88177-Are-you-the-worst-person-in-the-world&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 03:22:03 GMT I must be the worst person in the world because all those messages that people post on Facebook saying if you don't share you are a horrible person, you don't care about anyone, you are incredibly selfish and you will go to hell - well I don't share them on.

Seriously what is with this trying to put the guilts on everyone? ]]> Off The Beaten Track Aussie Willy http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88177-Are-you-the-worst-person-in-the-world Need Info on Kitchen Stoves http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88173-Need-Info-on-Kitchen-Stoves&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 23:17:16 GMT We need a new kitchen stove, but we need to know what kind of size and colour the digital readouts are. Our current one is not only too small for my Mom to see, but is red on a black background, which w/her eye issues makes it next to impossible for her to use the stove if she's by herself and needs to do some baking.

So if there's one out there that has big, easy to see readouts and bright colours.

Thanks in advance!! ]]> Off The Beaten Track AragornElessar http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88173-Need-Info-on-Kitchen-Stoves Is there a Conspiracy Theory that you think is true? http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88169-Is-there-a-Conspiracy-Theory-that-you-think-is-true&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:31 GMT I was reading the below article in the New York Times and began to wonder, how many folks that I know believe in a particular conspiracy theory? Is there something that is considered a "conspiracy theory" that you think is actually true or on the right track? Do you doubt the debunkers on something?

Doesn't it seem like it would have to be kind of a conspiracy if all the theories considered to be conspiracies actually were false? :shuffle:

Is one person's conspiracy theory another person's rational appraisal of the situation?

Why Rational People Buy Into Conspiracy Theories ]]> Off The Beaten Track BlueRidge http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88169-Is-there-a-Conspiracy-Theory-that-you-think-is-true Word Association - Round 91! http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88168-Word-Association-Round-91!&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:42 GMT last word: chart flow last word: chart

flow ]]> Off The Beaten Track falling_dance http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88168-Word-Association-Round-91! GRE Prep Math Advice/Test Prep Recommendations http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88164-GRE-Prep-Math-Advice-Test-Prep-Recommendations&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 03:16:56 GMT I am considering going back to school and am scheduled to take the GRE next month. I took the GRE...gulp...eleven years ago and my scores are no longer valid.

I'm not so worried about the verbal/writing. I've taught the Kaplan prep course, taught (and graded) for AP, and I write press releases, email campaigns, and newsletters in my job. The entire PI forum will be useful for the argue and issue essays (I'm not being facetious, I really think it will be helpful :lol: ) Not to brag or anything :brag: :brag: :brag: but my essay for the then-writing requirement received a six AND was used as an example of what to do in the official ETS prep book. I'm still going to study for the verbal aspect as my Big Word vocabulary is not what it once was.

I am SWEATING the math. I didn't think it would be easy, but I didn't think it would be that haaa-aaard (whine). My verbal was a little bit lower than I hoped, but my math was A LOT lower. I thought it would be more like ACT math--find the X, interpret some data from a table, struggle a bit with do I multiply or divide for this ratio, but noooooo. Now the Y has run off with the X and the 4 is trying to find them. The answer is somehow 22.67 and I have no idea why. There are parabolas and slopes and all sorts of other normal words with other, sinister math meanings.

But the absolute WORST is L has invited A,B,C,D, and Q are invited to a horribly boring party where people argue about seating arrangements the entire time. A can't sit next to D and Q can only sit next to B when the moon is in the house of Saturn an C told Q she would cut B. Given the above information, which one is currently dating Tessa's sister?

I did find a book at B&N just for GRE math, but I'm assuming it was written for recent grads and not people with better things to do with their time "non-traditional grad students." The very first question, the explanation confused me more than the question. I need something much more basic than an explanation starting with "We know that..." or "Assuming that..." because I do not know that. I know how to find the circumference and area of a circle and I know the X and Y are always hanging out together on a damn slope and sometimes m joins them for a three-way. The explanations for the logic questions with conditions were even more :yikes:

I could piss and moan about math having no bearing on my degree and how unfair it is, but I have to take it regardless.
Any techniques, study guides, tricks for quantitative crappy fake business meetings would be appreciated. I don't know where to begin since at this point, the GRE study guides are above my level!

For those of you wondering, I still want to teach abroad, but my mom's knee surgery was put off. It was supposed to be in January and was moved to June and I'm not comfortable leaving the country till I know she can get around on her own, and someone needs to watch my dad while she's recovering. I've been pleasantly surprised at the volume of openings and queries I've gotten; some of them don't begin until January anyway! I've been meaning to take the GRE anyway--regardless of where I end up next year, I'd like to take some graduate level distance-education classes. ]]> Off The Beaten Track Matryeshka http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88164-GRE-Prep-Math-Advice-Test-Prep-Recommendations RIP Ray Manzarek http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88163-RIP-Ray-Manzarek&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 22:59:57 GMT Ray Manzarek, legendary keyboardist with The Doors, has passed away aged 74. RIP. Very sad Sky News Article (http://news.sky.com/story/1093531/ray-manzarek-the-doors-keyboardist-dies) Manzarek was a founding member of The Doors and his work was especially prominent on their hits, Light My Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbFxzb-YIxE) and Break on Through (To the Other Side) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJQwnAhXnBk), and on many others Ray Manzarek, legendary keyboardist with The Doors, has passed away aged 74. RIP. Very sad

Sky News Article

Manzarek was a founding member of The Doors and his work was especially prominent on their hits, Light My Fire and Break on Through (To the Other Side), and on many others ]]> Off The Beaten Track Maofan7 http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88163-RIP-Ray-Manzarek Mother gives bully daughter a taste of her own medicine http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88161-Mother-gives-bully-daughter-a-taste-of-her-own-medicine&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 21:38:03 GMT A mother found out her daughter was making fun of a classmate's clothes and decides to teach her a lesson

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/222...-store-clothes ]]> Off The Beaten Track Whitneyskates http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88161-Mother-gives-bully-daughter-a-taste-of-her-own-medicine More tornadoes in Oklahoma- any fsuers in Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri? http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88160-More-tornadoes-in-Oklahoma-any-fsuers-in-Kansas-Oklahoma-Iowa-Missouri&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:41 GMT As if the damage yesterday was not enough- with 2 deaths and several homes destroyed-a fresh tornado/twister touched down near Shawnee, OK. I heard the damaged area is 500,000 square miles. http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/us/severe-weather/index.html Any fsuers in that region? Please be safe. Prayers. As if the damage yesterday was not enough- with 2 deaths and several homes destroyed-a fresh tornado/twister touched down near Shawnee, OK. I heard the damaged area is 500,000 square miles.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/20/us/sev...her/index.html

Any fsuers in that region? Please be safe. Prayers. ]]> Off The Beaten Track Vash01 http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?88160-More-tornadoes-in-Oklahoma-any-fsuers-in-Kansas-Oklahoma-Iowa-Missouri