b. MIDI clip (Grateful Dead)
c. MP3 (Dave Matthews)
d. Animated GIF
Scavenger Hunt Project
Answers:
1) The median family income in 1989 for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania was $30,349. link
2) My company, Allstate
Corporation, had a
net income of $2,720,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 1999.
link
3) The PE ratio of Allstate
Corporation the past twelve months through September 24, 2001
was 12.6 as compared to their industry's (Property and Casualty Insurance) twelve
month PE ratio of 30.9. link
4) The real-time quote of
Allstate Corporation stock at 2:29 PM EST, September 24, 2001
was 33.76. link
(enter ALL in the "Get Quote" folder and click "Go").
The price per share on February 16, 2000
was 21.5. link
(enter the date and click "Go
Look Up Price")
5) The thirty companies which
make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are:
-Philip Morris
-JP Morgan
-Caterpillar
-General Motors
-Eastman Kodak
-Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing
-ExxonMobil
-DuPont
-SBC Communications
-International Paper
-AT&T
-Merck
-Boeing
-United Technologies
-Johnson & Johnson
-Honeywell
-Procter & Gamble
-Coca-Cola
-General Electric
-Citigroup
-Aluminum Company of America
-Disney
-Hewlett-Packard
-American Express
-McDonald's
-International Business Machines
-Wal-Mart
-Home Depot
-Intel
-Microsoft
link
6) The Dow Jones Industrial
Average closing price on the day I was born (February 16, 1983) was 97.85.
link
The current closing price of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average on September 24, 2001 is 8,603.86.
link
7) Expedia vs.
Travelocity
Overall, Expedia and Travelocity
are very similar websites. Each
site is designed with
the same general color schemes; very light and relaxed.
Besides the look and colors, the
layouts are also very alike.
They each have a row of tabs across the top of the page to
allow for easy
navigation through the various divisions of their sites. The tabs contain all
the same industry options too. The
only added industry of Travelocity is the railway
systems in both Canada and
Europe. Expedia does not allow
searches of railways at all.
Not many advertisements clutter either of the
sites. And with the search fields
right there
for you on the homepage, the search process could not be easier. The
similarities that
exist beyond the homepage, not including the same look and
layout, are that each gives
you the opportunity to easily modify your search
criteria without having the go back to
the original search field.
The main feature that stands out for both, though, is how they
allow for
you to store your personal preferences for multiple visits to the site.
Beyond the homepage, each has their own minor positives and
negatives. The
strengths of Expedia
that Travelocity lacks are the ability to sort your results into various
orders
(i.e. departure time, lowest fares, etc.), the quick and easy comparison of
different travel options among your results, and a calendar feature that helps
when
choosing dates for search. Also, when you finally go to reserve something, Expedia
summarizes both the itinerary and prices that comes in handy.
At the same time,
Travelocity has strengths that Expedia lacks.
When search results are displayed,
Travelocity shows both departure and
return information all at the same time, where
Expedia makes you select a
departure then match a return on a subsequent page.
The
biggest strength though is the hold/save feature that Travelocity
offers. This can be very
helpful
when you do not have time right at the moment to make a decision. It allows you
the opportunity to review your options.
I
must say that I would use Expedia before Travelocity just for some basic
advantages it possesses. However, I
would not hesitate to use Travelocity in
circumstances where Expedia was not
available, i.e. server down. They
both are very
simple and easy sights to navigate and do their job with
precision.
8) Arthur Anderson LLP is one company that recruits on campus for
jobs here at Villanova. link
9) An appealing activity of
Campus Ministry is:
Villanova Volunteers-
Provides service opportunities in the US and Central America
to students, faculty, and staff through one to two week weeks
of service during the Fall,
Winter, or Spring break. Work varies from site
to site, from intensive homebuilding as
with Habitat for Humanity, to serving
the homeless as with St. Francis Inn in
Philadelphia. Once-a-year
commitment/ Trips from 5-15 days. link
10) a. Wav
clip (Austin Powers)
b. MIDI
clip (Grateful Dead)
c. MP3 (Dave
Matthews)
d. Animated
GIF
11) a.
The
author of the Personal Technology column of the Wall Street Journal is
Walter S. Mossberg.
link
(column added to list of favorites, link
and click "edit")
The two
devices featured in his December 21, 2000 column were the Philips
Expanium and
the Pine D'music SM-200C, both CD/MP3 players. The problem of
the Pine
D'music is that it causes skips in MP3-CDs and, in some cases, it plays
five or
10 seconds of static before starting a song. The main problem with the
Philips Expanium is that it does not display any song information, making
navigation through over 100 song very tough. [to find article: When
on the
Personal Technology page (first link above) look for the "Search
Past Columns"
field and click the Search button, without entering any
information. The search
results page will then appear, upon which you
scroll down to find the article's date
and title.] link
to article
b.
I have
chosen project one and made a news folder, but have also made a folder
for project two as an
alternative. link
link
to article found through the news folder