Now he calculates he has travelled 2,000 miles on it in 18 months.But as Segway users go, Mr Torrone is unusually practical.
Run by Zengoro Hoshi, the 46th generation of the family to be in charge, the firm's motto is unusually practical: "Take care of fire, learn from water, co-operate with nature".
This program has provided an unusually rich practical application, showing how portfolio assessment changes assessment from a mere rating of limited and often costly tests to a continuous, integrated, and appropriate activity directly related to learning itself, while at the same time, developing the data about student.
The cover article in the Nov. 25 issue of the Travel section, "Class Conflict," by Michelle Higgins, the Practical Traveler columnist, prompted an unusually large response from readers, including 298 comments posted on our Web site.
Mesoporous solids derived from inorganic surfactant mesostructured materials have been investigated extensively from both fundamental and practical viewpoints owing to their unusually high surface area and porosity, ordered pore arrangements, pore size uniformity, as well as possible surface engineering.
The practical outcome of this decision is unusually cut-and-dried, and immediate.
Van Rensselaer was apparently known as an unusually clear-headed man and an able and practical merchant who did not limit himself to his own branch of trade.
David Richenthal, the leader of the producing squad (it might actually qualify as a platoon), said the number of players was practical, considering the show's $2.2 million capitalization, unusually high for a straight play.
The result of which is the power behind Grow, an unusually frank compendium of wisdom and observations, rich in practical insights and guidance.
As is standard, it bugged and followed him; more unusually, its agents repeatedly broke into his home, playing dark practical jokes on him and his family.
The dishonest behaviors occurred in the first semester and included a group communicating during a written exam, students colluding to reproduce written exam answers for following cohorts, students colluding on individual assignments, and most unusually two distinctly different counts of students cheating during a practical examination.
