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1. Noted.

Subjects
*STRUCTURAL engineering, *PAPER airplanes, *AWARDS, *ELEVATOR design & construction
Abstract

The article offers structural engineering news briefs as of March 2014 including the construction of paper airplane and lift having capacity of 1,900 tons. Topics including 1:60 model of a Boeing 777 jumbo jet being assembled in San Francisco from paper cut out of manila folders and Left Coast Lifter which is 400 feet long and 100 feet wide and with a lift capacity of nearly 1,900 tons and it also won an award in the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations' 2011 awards program.

Published
2014

2. 2006 NCME Annual Meeting Highlights.

Subjects
*CONFERENCES & conventions, *EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements, *AWARDS, *EDUCATION
Abstract

The article presents information related to the National Council on Measurement in Education annual meeting which was held in San Francisco, California in 2006. The meeting included sixty five paper sessions, two board sessions and a cocktail party and reception. Some of the photographs which highlights the awards which presented in the meeting is also presented.

Published
2006
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3. The Skeptics Society Annual Dumbth awards.

Author

Cassingham, Randy

Subjects
*AWARDS, *ERRORS, *SOCIAL Darwinism, *PENCILS, *ANIMAL shelters
Abstract

Focuses on the 1998 Annual Dumbth Awards of the Skeptics Society. Recognition of the dumbest ideas; Grand experiments in the pursuit of proving Darwinism; Bureau for At-Risk Youth's recall of an `anti-drug' pencil it was giving to local school children; Animal shelter in the San Francisco, California.

Published
1999