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American Legion hosts membership event
The American Legion building at 427 Banks St. hosts a membership drive event 4-7 p.m. Aug. 10 for current and prospective members. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Don Lambert at 803-487-1369.
Vintage Club
The Vintage Club of Tega Cay meets Phil Glennon Community Center for monthly dinner and hosts regular activities.
For the monthly Friday dinners, cocktails begin at 6:15 p.m. with dinner at 7.
Activities include bowling on the first Monday of each month at Strikers in Rock Hill at 9:30 am. The cost is $9 a session. This event is open to Vintage Club members and their eligible guests. Call Michele McGuire for details 803-547-0177
Coming events:
• Aug. 17. Tega Cay Night at Knights Stadium.
• Aug. 18 "I Love Lucy" at Knights Theater in Charlotte.
• Aug. 28 Bocce Ball/ Ice Cream Social 11 a.m. at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Fort Mill. $5 per person.
• Oct. 14 Trip to Nashville, Tenn., to see the sites and The Grand Ole Opry. Contact Alice Terrigino at 396-0153 or email@example.com.
For membership information, contact Julia Rietz at 396-0203 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Scuba club dives into events
The Carolina Scuba & Adventure Club meets monthly at the Towne Tavern in Fort Mill. Club members will participate in beach cleanups, including an underwater cleanup. Contact the group on Facebook, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Club for young mothers
A new club for young mothers meets in the conference room at the Fort Mill Library in Baxter Village. Young mothers in their teens to early 20s are encouraged to bring their children and socialize while giving their children the chance to interact with kids their age.
Birth mother group meets regularly
A support group for women who have given up children for adoption meets in Fort Mill. The goal of this group is to help heal from the pain of losing children. Confidentiality at these support group meetings is stressed and remains a high priority. For information, contact Carolyn at 803-548-7698 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mothers meet
in civic sorority
Delta Alpha Gamma, The Sorority for Mommies, in Fort Mill is dedicated to community projects and supporting local businesses and causes such as breast cancer research and awareness.
For more information, go to www.deltaalphagamma.com.
Beta Sigma Phi is here to help
Beta Sigma Phi, an international women's sorority, has a chapter in Fort Mill. The sorority is nonacademic with 200,000 members in chapters around the world and 30 members in Fort Mill and Tega Cay (Epsilon Epsilon Chapter). It was founded for social, cultural and civic enrichment.
The Greek letters of its name represent life, learning and friendship, which is the organization's motto. They hold two annual charity drives: one in the fall to raise money for Fort Mill Care Center and one in the spring to raise money for Foundation for Fort Mill Schools.
The website is fortmillbsp.org and email is email@example.com and can be found on Facebook at Beta Sigma Phi of Fort Mill.
Have something to say? Say it here
Toastmasters offers educational material on such topics as overcoming the fear of speaking and giving advanced speeches such as roasts and other humorous speeches. Other programs that can provide helpful material are the Better Speaker Series and the Leadership Excellence Series. The Fort Mill chapter meets at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, 292 Munn Road, Fort Mill.
Call Tim Gunnels at 803-493-9048 or Andy Hanschu at 704-287-0687.
Legion Post 43 seeks members
American Legion Post 43 in Fort Mill is recruiting all eligible retired and active duty military members. The post, at 427 Banks St., Fort Mill, also holds public bingo nights at 6:30 p.m. every Friday. For details, call 547-2414.
IL Democrats meet monthly
Indian Land residents are organizing the Indian Land Democratic Club. In addition to monthly meetings, news and information will be shared on the website indianlanddemocrats.com. Residents are invited to attend at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month in the meeting room of the library.
IL Republicans meet monthly
The Indian Land Republican Club holds its monthly meeting at the Del Webb Library in Indian Land. Anyone interested is welcome. Call Melvin Threatt at 704-906-6173.
Knit together
For anyone interested in crochet or knitting, a local chapter of the Crochet Guild of America meets 10 a.m.-noon the second Saturday of each month at the Fort Mill Public Library. For more information, visit carolinaschaingang.com.
Two Al-Anon groups meet locally
Al-Anon Family Group is a community resource providing support to anyone affected by a relative's or friend's drinking. The group meets in the following locations:
• Tega Cay AFG Grace Presbyterian Church on Hwy. 160 West near the corner of Gold Hill Road, 8 p.m. Mondays
• Fort Mill AFG First Baptist Church (in the house next to the church), 121 Monroe White St., 8 p.m. Tuesdays.
Are you AN Alzheimer's or dementia caregiver?
Are you feeling overwhelmed with your caregiving responsibilities? Meet people who are dealing with the same life issues that you are facing, learn techniques that will work especially for you and find comfort in friendship.
Group meets 10-11 a.m. the second Friday of each month in the Carolina Lakes Golf Clubhouse meeting room (first door on left off lobby). A free in-home agency caregiver can be provided to stay with your loved one while you attend the support group.
Prostate cancer support available
In conjunction with the American Cancer Society Columbia office, Marvin Smith of Fort Mill provides ACS Man-to-Man prostate cancer support in the York County area. If you have been diagnosed with or treated for prostate cancer, call 802-0903 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Support for incest survivors available
A support group for victims of incest meets in Indian Land. Sarah Harrison, an expert peer counselor in the field, hosts the group.
The group meets the first and third Thursday of each month at the Del Webb Library at 7641 Charlotte Highway. Incest victims and survivors are welcome to come to find support to move ahead in their lives. Contact Harrison at 548-0490 or email@example.com.
Yoga Club welcomes all
The Charlotte Yoga Club in Fort Mill and Lake Wylie brings $5 Yoga, Budokon and Pilates classes to the area. There's no cost to join. Go to meetup.com/charlotteyogaclub.
Caregivers offer support
A caregivers support group meets at 852 Gold Hill Road, suite 201, Fort Mill. This group is a structured gathering of caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia who meet to discuss issues related to Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Call 803-396-2155.
Rotary: 'Service above self'
Every 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Fort Mill Golf Course Clubhouse, a group of Rotarians and guests meet to discuss how to apply "Service Above Self." The mission of Rotary is to eradicate polio worldwide.
Rotary, one of the world's premier international humanitarian service organization, invites everyone to see how they serve our Fort Mill community, world peace projects around the world and just have fun and fellowship. Go to fortmillrotary.org.
Like horses?
A 4-H Equestrian Club is available for kids ages 5 and older. It is led by Teresa Snyder, a horse riding instructor. Call Margie Sippel at 803-684-9919 ext. 113 or email email@example.com.
Support for trauma, abuse victims available
A one-hour Trauma and Abuse Recovery Group hosted by the Center for Restoration in Fort Mill, will meet for eight weeks every Thursday beginning at 6 p.m. Gain understanding, share and heal in a safe group context. Call 803-280-7821 or email email@example.com.
Alateen meetings
in Charlotte
Weekly Alateen meetings are held from 8 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. It's a 12-step meeting for children and teens whose lives have been affected by someone else's drinking. The group offers meetings for ages 6-12 and 13-19.
Meetings are at the Zoar Road Club, 14701 Thomas Road, Charlotte. For more information, go to www.zoarroadclub.org.
Widows can find support here
Hospice & Community Care will facilitate a widows support group open to the public at no charge. Registration is required. For location and to register, call 803-329-1500.
Support group for prostate cancer patients
In conjunction with the American Cancer Society Columbia office, Marvin Smith of Fort Mill provides ACS Man-to-Man prostate cancer support in the York County area. If you have recently been diagnosed with or treated for prostate cancer, call Smith at 803-802-0903 or email email@example.com.
4-H is here
The Clemson Extension Service York County 4-H will sponsor a new 4-H Community Club at Academy Christian School in Rock Hill focusing on livestock and gardening projects.
The club, led by Wendy Lipe, will meet after school once a month at the school, 129 Border Road in Rock Hill. Those interested must register as a 4-H member with a $10 membership fee and a $1 insurance fee. For information, call 803-684-9919 or email email@example.com.
Have gardening problems?
Contact York County Master Gardeners for expert advice 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays at Clemson Extension Office in York at 803-684-9919 and on Fridays at Bigger House in Glencairn Garden in Rock Hill at 803-324-4177. Reach them any time at firstname.lastname@example.com.
From Michigan? This club's for you
The Michigan Club of Sun City Carolina Lakes is soliciting new members. You must be a former Michigan resident and live in Sun City Carolina Lakes. Annual dues is $10 per person or couple. If you are interested in joining this club, Email Dale Jordan at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 775-338-5022.
Elks welcome new members
Fort Mill Elks Lodge 2859 is in the midst of its membership drive and is looking for interested residents to help it grow. For more information on the lodge, Go to fortmillelks.org or call Sal Incorvaia at 704-504-1513.
Fort Mill Lions Club invites new members
The Fort Mill Lions Club meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at Unity Hall in Unity Presbyterian Church with dinner served at 7 p.m. The meetings begin at 7:30 p.m., and ending around 8:15 p.m.
Call Lion President John Andrejko at 803-547-2390 for more information.
Calling all gardeners
Members of Gardening on the Cay may not all have green thumbs, but they are eager to learn as much as they can about gardening while enjoying the social aspects of the club. Gardening on the Cay is affiliated with the Garden Club of South Carolina Inc., and a member of the National Garden Clubs Inc.
The club is open to all ladies in Fort Mill Township. Meetings are held in members' homes on the second Monday night each month. Dues cost $20 per year.
For details, call Christine McCallion at 547-3537.
Woman's Club helps kids celebrate
The Woman's Club of Fort Mill in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club of Fort Mill, hosts a monthly birthday party for the 53 children in the club.
Each child participates, and those whose birthdays fall during that month are given a book as a birthday gift from the Woman's Club. All of the children are treated to cupcakes, ice cream, juice and chips to make it a real celebration. In addition to the birthday party, Jordane Reid, director of the Fort Mill branch of the BGC, presents to a boy and a girl a "Youth of the Month" certificate recognizing them for outstanding citizenship.
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This article gives you a few ideas for understanding the Got It! game and how you might find a winning strategy.
Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in the squares below so that the difference between joined squares is odd. How many different ways can you do this?
Try entering different sets of numbers in the number pyramids. How does the total at the top change?
Can you be the first to complete a row of three?
The idea of this game is to add or subtract the two numbers on the dice and cover the result on the grid, trying to get a line of three. Are there some numbers that are good to aim for?
Can you see why 2 by 2 could be 5? Can you predict what 2 by 10
will be?
This is an adding game for two players.
Here is a chance to play a version of the classic Countdown Game.
Try adding together the dates of all the days in one week. Now
multiply the first date by 7 and add 21. Can you explain what
Put the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 into the squares so that the
numbers on each circle add up to the same amount. Can you find the
rule for giving another set of six numbers?
In this game, you can add, subtract, multiply or divide the numbers
on the dice. Which will you do so that you get to the end of the
number line first?
This problem is based on a code using two different prime numbers
less than 10. You'll need to multiply them together and shift the
alphabet forwards by the result. Can you decipher the code?
A game for 2 players. Practises subtraction or other maths
operations knowledge.
Place the numbers 1 to 10 in the circles so that each number is the
difference between the two numbers just below it.
Can you put the numbers 1 to 8 into the circles so that the four
calculations are correct?
Find the sum of all three-digit numbers each of whose digits is
In this game for two players, the idea is to take it in turns to choose 1, 3, 5 or 7. The winner is the first to make the total 37.
How many solutions can you find to this sum? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.
Can you find six numbers to go in the Daisy from which you can make all the numbers from 1 to a number bigger than 25?
A game for 2 or more players with a pack of cards. Practise your
skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to hit
the target score.
Choose a symbol to put into the number sentence.
Do you notice anything about the solutions when you add and/or
subtract consecutive negative numbers?
Start by putting one million (1 000 000) into the display of your
calculator. Can you reduce this to 7 using just the 7 key and add,
subtract, multiply, divide and equals as many times as you like?
Different combinations of the weights available allow you to make different totals. Which totals can you make?
If you have only four weights, where could you place them in order
to balance this equaliser?
A game for two people, or play online. Given a target number, say 23, and a range of numbers to choose from, say 1-4, players take it in turns to add to the running total to hit their target.
How have the numbers been placed in this Carroll diagram? Which
labels would you put on each row and column?
A game for 2 people. Use your skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to blast the asteroids.
There are nasty versions of this dice game but we'll start with the nice ones...
Three dice are placed in a row. Find a way to turn each one so that
the three numbers on top of the dice total the same as the three
numbers on the front of the dice. Can you find all the ways to. . . .
Is it possible to rearrange the numbers 1,2......12 around a clock
face in such a way that every two numbers in adjacent positions
differ by any of 3, 4 or 5 hours?
Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.
This challenge focuses on finding the sum and difference of pairs of two-digit numbers.
Have a go at this game which involves throwing two dice and adding
their totals. Where should you place your counters to be more
likely to win?
Can you make a cycle of pairs that add to make a square number
using all the numbers in the box below, once and once only?
This dice train has been made using specific rules. How many different trains can you make?
Find the sum and difference between a pair of two-digit numbers. Now find the sum and difference between the sum and difference! What happens?
Delight your friends with this cunning trick! Can you explain how
it works?
Can you explain how this card trick works?
Starting with the number 180, take away 9 again and again, joining up the dots as you go. Watch out - don't join all the dots!
Four bags contain a large number of 1s, 3s, 5s and 7s. Pick any ten
numbers from the bags above so that their total is 37.
Can you score 100 by throwing rings on this board? Is there more
than way to do it?
The value of the circle changes in each of the following problems.
Can you discover its value in each problem?
Katie had a pack of 20 cards numbered from 1 to 20. She arranged
the cards into 6 unequal piles where each pile added to the same
total. What was the total and how could this be done?
What is happening at each box in these machines?
Use your logical reasoning to work out how many cows and how many
sheep there are in each field.
Vera is shopping at a market with these coins in her purse. Which
things could she give exactly the right amount for?
Using 3 rods of integer lengths, none longer than 10 units and not
using any rod more than once, you can measure all the lengths in
whole units from 1 to 10 units. How many ways can you do this?
Lolla bought a balloon at the circus. She gave the clown six coins
to pay for it. What could Lolla have paid for the balloon?
Here you see the front and back views of a dodecahedron. Each
vertex has been numbered so that the numbers around each pentagonal
face add up to 65. Can you find all the missing numbers?

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2009 Tahoe transmission vibration
I installed an aftermarket trans cooler on my 09 Tahoe this weekend. 5.3, 6-speed trans. The cooler is a Derale plate/fin. After completing the install and checking for leaks, I took it on a quick 3-4 mile test drive and everything seemed to run smoothly. I did not add any fluid at this time (probably should have). Later that evening, we went out on a longer drive and I started to notice a vibration or fluctuation that felt almost like an engine misfire, but I have to assume it's related to the transmission (too odd a coincidence otherwise). It only does it under normal acceleration, if I accelerated hard, I didn't feel it any longer. but under normal acceleration, it shifts at the expected points, but after each shift, it shudders or vibrates, and I can see the tach needle jumping up an down 100-200 rpm's. I took it home and checked the fluid level hot and it was reading low, which is to be expected since the cooler and additional lines would add capacity to the system. I added a quart of fluid (seemed like a lot) to get it to the appropriate "hot" level. However, the problem persists. At this point it was late so i gave up.
Are these symptoms something that could be caused by a fluid issue? Could it be something as simple as a hose kink, restricting fluid flow back to the trans and causing low fluid like behavior? Could the cooler be restricting proper fluid flow? This evening I'm going to check for hose links and if I don't find that I'm going to bypass the cooler altogether and see if the problem goes away.
Welcome to the club. Did you have to add a quart or a pint of trans fluid.:cool:
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Started with a pint, and when it still read low, I kept adding till I had added a quart. At that point it was reading in the hot crosshatch, with the engine running and trans temp in the 150 range.
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"Deliciously spiced sweet potatoes are grilled with apples for a perfect summertime dish!"
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2 large
sweet potatoes, sliced
apple - peeled, cored and thinly sliced
ground cinnamon to taste
white sugar to taste
1/2 cup
It was too cold out for grilling, so I baked this in a covered casserole dish @ 400 for about 40 min. Yum!
Made these on the grill.Turned out ok.Took about 20 minutes to cook.But they were just not for us.i probally wont make these again.
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The first time I made this I used the white sugar as it suggests. The second time I made it I used brown sugar and it was MUCH better. This is now one of my favorites!!! It's super yummy!
Got rave reviews on this. I started with two large Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced. In a large bowl I sprinkled them with juice of one lemon to keep them fresh. I then peeled and thinly sliced three yams and mixed with the apples. I added a healthy sprinkle of salt and ground pepper along with about 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, two tbls of brown sugar, 1 tsp of white sugar and about a 1/4 cup of melted margarine. I tossed all together and put into casserole dish and tightly covered. Baked at 350 for about an hour. Very, very good and really easy.
watch these carefully will burn if left too long on one side
Omitted the apples, used olive oil in place of some of the butter and replaced white sugar with brown. Delicious, thanks!
This is the only way I truely enjoy sweet potatoes. Great side to any meal and very easy!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Apples
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Calories: 422
Calories from Fat: 209
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Cinnamon Apple Cheesecake Recipe
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup thawed apple juice concentrate
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 medium tart apples, peeled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup thawed apple juice concentrate
- In a small bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour, oats, walnuts and cinnamon until well blended. Press onto the bottom and 1-1/2 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 325° for 10 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in milk and apple juice concentrate until smooth. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined (batter will be thin). Pour into crust. Return pan to baking sheet.
- Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight.
- In a large skillet, cook and stir apples in butter over medium heat until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Arrange over cheesecake.
- In a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, cinnamon and juice concentrate until smooth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Immediately brush over apples. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 12 servings.
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This cheesecake was excellent, made it exactly as the recipe says. I will definitely make this one again, my husband wants it for Thanksgiving!
This cheesecake was easy to make and very beautiful in presentation. Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe. Just for fun, I drizzled caramel topping over the top. This is now in our "favorites" file!
This is really deliscious and every party my friends are asking me to make this recipe so l'll give it a 5 stars!
I used canned apple filling for the top.
I have made this for the last 7 years it is my uncle's favorite cheesecake. I also made it for a church fundraiser. I made 45.00 off that event. The man that bought my cake he loved it so much he ate the whole thing and he is now my fiance and planning on getting married in a couple of months. What an amazing dessert.
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MANKATO, Minn. —
An instant classic.
But in the bottom of the 14th, Todd Standish's two-out squeeze bunt produced the only run as Minnesota State nipped Missouri Southern 1-0 Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Division II Central Regional.
Starting pitchers Brett Abell of Missouri Southern and Jason Hoppe of Minnesota State battled through 11 scoreless innings. Abell stretched his scoreless inning streak to 20 innings, Hoppe to 432⁄3 innings dating back to April 7.
Relievers Ryan Bates of the Lions and Mahlon Zimmerman of the Mavericks continued the duel for another three innings.
The Lions' heartbreaker capped a disappointing day for the MIAA as Missouri Western lost to Southern Arkansas 6-1 and Central Missouri fell to St. Cloud State 11-2 in the first two games of the day.
The Lions now face Central Missouri in an elimination game today at noon. The Mules won two of three games over the Lions in Warrensburg during the regular season.
Abell, who shut out Pittsburg State 9-0 in the MIAA Tournament opener last week, gave up only five hits, struck out 11 batters and walked two. Three of his strikeouts came in succession in the 11th after an error gave Minnesota State a runner on third base with nobody out.
Abell's 11 innings tied the school record held by Dwayne Walters against Oklahoma State on May 6, 1996, and Gary Bradshaw against Missouri Western on March 12, 1983. Abell's 1051⁄3 innings this season are the most in school history.
Then in the 12th the Mavericks had a runner on second with two outs, but Bates picked him off base to end the inning.
The Lions had a chance in the 13th with runners on second and third with two outs, but a groundout ended the threat.
Bates, on a 2-2 pitch, hit Mike Eckart to start the Minnesota State 14th, and he moved to second on Jon Flattery's sacrifice. Scott Lindner's grounder to second for the second out moved Eckart to third, and Standish dropped a bunt down the third-base line that Tee Helsel couldn't handle to end the game.
Hoppe allowed seven hits, fanned seven and walked two in 102⁄3 innings.
Sam Ryan, whose ninth-inning home run four days earlier won the MIAA Tournament championship game over Missouri Western, went 4-for-6 to lead the Lions' 10-hit attack. Dane Kolkmeyer contributed two hits.
The 14-inning game matched the longest game in MSSU history. The previous 14-inning affair also came in the postseason and also was in Minnesota as the Lions beat Winona State 5-4 on May 16, 1985. That game actually was played over two days as a rain delay earlier in the day and no lights on the Winona State field produced a suspension because of darkness.


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Jerry Bowyer, Contributor
I explore the problems leaders face.
Investments get to be bubbles partly because investors widely believe there is no alternative on which to spend their money. Dotcoms were seen as the only real growth play, so shareholders hung in there even after it had become clear that the pricing was uncomfortably high. Housing possessed a supposed unique level of riskless-ness as did the loans used to finance it. Many investors have figured out that U.S. treasuries are deep into bubble territory, but, they ask 'What other haven asset is there?'
It's the same with the college tuition bubble. Look at the comment section of any of the articles I've written about this topic during the past three years and you'll see something like this: "Yes, most diplomas are from second rate schools in second rate disciplines and they are nearly worthless. And tuitions are sky high. But what alternative do we have? How do you get an education without it? More importantly, how do you get a job?"
It's a legitimate question, one that I've been wrestling with for quite some time. You see, I've been writing about the college bubble hypothesis for three years, but I've been living it for ten.
My oldest son, Christopher, was not college material. You probably have the wrong idea: it's not that Chris isn't smart. Chris is brilliant. But brilliance is not enough to make you college material. Something else is needed: at least an average level of compliance. Pliable personalities find it much easier to sit through the lectures, take the exams, write the papers, amass the pre-formulated proportions of certain credit hours in certain prescribed order, and fill out an enormous volume of paperwork for the privilege of entry into all of the above.
Some people find all of that to be easy; in fact, many like being told what to do. It gives them a sense of security. Other people find it all difficult, but do it anyway. The latter often seek release from the sense of institutional claustrophobia by embracing a life style of sexual and chemical anarchy in those enclaves of rebellion known as fraternities.
Chris just couldn't do it. He couldn't contort his mind into the arbitrary exercise known as SAT Prep. It was not that he didn't want to learn. On the contrary, he was a voracious reader. It's not that he didn't want to work. On the contrary, he had not only worked for various family businesses from radio production to economic analysis and publishing since he was about 9 years old, but had also started a few micro-businesses of his own; web sites which he was able to sell at a nice little profit.
I understand Chris; I'm the same way. I barely graduated from high school. I would routinely skip class so I could go to the library and read my way through Mortimer Adler's Great Books collection. College was similar. After an initial two semesters of compliant Dean's list performance. I started blowing off classes which I didn't like, dropping out of them, often after the drop out date. But while all that was going on, I was working my rear end off busing tables in the cafeteria, mopping floors, and scrubbing pots…and sitting in the library reading voraciously. A few professors took the trouble to let me learn my way. Mostly, they didn't get me, and I didn't get them.
Eventually, I gritted my teeth, switched to a business school, Robert Morris, focused like mad, got good grades and graduated two years later with a degree in accounting. I hated every moment of it. My hair went grey. I got a good corporate job with a solid salary. I hated that too.
After some dues paying I got funding to start an economic think tank. It worked: the foundation rapidly grew in influence and 9 years after graduation, I was invited back to Robert Morris not as a student, but as its commencement speaker. My career since then has been anything but normal and my work and learning style has been anything but compliant.
There are a lot of guys like that out there, and young women too. Christopher was one of them, and he was permitted to go his own way. Only two things were required of him: character and productivity. College, not being essential for either of those, was optional. And he agonized over the options. Lots of people told him that he absolutely must go to college. His mother, my ex-wife, was mortified by the idea that he would not go. But then again, Chris noticed that she had dropped out of a prestigious school half way through and nevertheless had a successful career as a professional proofreader/editor who was so much in demand that she was turning clients away.
Chris talked to lots of people about this, but the clincher for him was the advice he got from Ron Morris. Ron is a highly successful serial entrepreneur whose latest venture is an entrepreneurial talk radio network. Having sold his business for a tidy pile of cash, Ron was constantly receiving pitches from entrepreneurs looking for start-up investments. Many of those came from kids who had just graduated from prestigious universities. He told Chris that if he had a choice between betting on a 23-year old who had just graduated from a top school, or betting on a 23-year old who had worked for a small business, all other things being equal, he would choose the latter. Better still if the 23-year old had founded a small business—even if the business failed. Chris had his answer.
Now, this isn't fairy tale stuff. He didn't throw away his SAT prep materials, found Facebook and become a billionaire. He simply did his work for the family business which is largely producing this television program. He also owns and maintains a few websites which generate modest revenue streams (like this), and builds on a sub-contracting basis some sites owned by other people like this. He's a frequent guest on Ron's radio show and an occasional guest on Cornerstone Television Network.
"He simply did his work for the family business which is largely producing this television program"–sounds like he 'succeeded' because he was able to suck off the family teat! For the rest of us who do not have that luxury, we have to study hard despite the drudgery and actually go to and graduate from college with engineering degrees. Speaking of that, I am just glad your family business is something artsy like TV programming and not engineering, which demands many long hours of studying and hard work just be able to do an entry level job. Gawd help us if engineering companies start hiring 'sons-in-law' and other relatives for real engineering work, despite their not having engineering degrees. Sorry if I come across as snarky, but I've been hearing from and reading of experts claiming if you are bright and hard working, you can succeed without going to college (which will just put you into debt anyway), when everything I've seen and experienced is the opposite–the smart hard working successful person too lazy or distracted to get a college degree is rare, while there are millions of smart hard working AND successful people who did the hard work of getting their degree. You 'experts' make it sound like we were fools and morons for working hard and getting college degrees.
PHULEEZE … as a degreed engineer with twenty-nine years of experience, I have worked with other degreed engineers … including some with distinguished college performance … that couldn't design their way out of a wet paper bag in the real world.
OTOH, ever heard of Steve Wozniak? He didn't get his degree until AFTER Apple was a roaring success. Bill Gates was a Haaavad drop-out.
You might find it interesting that your attitude is at least somewhat reflective of a basic problem that is prevalent among many in our society, who have replaced a healthy respect for intellect and wisdom … and productivity and character … with the blind worship of credentials. (In part, this is because it is easier for us to get our minds around a simplistic litmus test than it is to actually evaluate a person's capabilities.)
This, among other things, is why we have an even bigger problem on our hands … the REAL "outsourcing" problem, where millions of Americans have outsourced their personal responsibility and decision-making authority for managing their own lives and securing their own future … to a few well-credentialed, allegedly Best and Brightest in government, academia, and business (including Big Labor) in the belief that these "experts" can solve their individual-specific problems FOR them.
The symptoms of this outsourcing are the biggest problems we face as a nation today … just about every dysfunction we are dealing with on the national level, from excessive government spending, to the dysfunctions in the health care and energy sectors.
OTOH, the younger Mr. Bowyer has kept this authority and responsibility … and is a great example of how those who do so, are better off today than those who "outsource" in this manner. BTW, methinks the TV operation he works for delivers content more substantial than "Jersey Shore" or "Dancing with the Stars", while it might still be "entertaining" to some of us.
Don't get me wrong … I too am proud of my career choice, and the hard work it took (especially compared to those who worked to get degrees in areas like Whatever Studies, who now expect my tax dollars to subsidize/support them as they beat drums and poop on cars) to get that degree and establish myself in the field. But I am also a firm believer in Callahan's Principle of Leadership … "a man's got to know his limitations". I am not so arrogant to say that MY way to success is the ONLY way.
While quite helpful as a process for attaining the tools needed for success, the acquisition of a degree is neither necessary nor sufficient (despite the belief of lazy HR departments) for success.
(My comment was directed at prost, not KJD … in the event that the display I'm seeing persists; looks like a bug from a technical expert …)
Speaking as a non-degreed RF engineer with over 30 year's experience, I can tell you you're not entirely wrong but far from right. I did things the hard way, Army technical school, technician-engineering technician- associate engineer- design engineer- project engineer- chief engineer. As stated below, there are more than a few degreed engineer's from well respected engineering schools I've worked with that can't design their way out of a paper bag as stated below.
Engineering is at its core more of a craft than a profession. It takes first and foremost aptitude, then hard work to become a real engineer. College can provide neither of these. What engineering school provides primarily is an understanding of the underlying mathematics ,which can likewise be garnered through aptitude and hard work but is far better learned in an academic setting. For me, it took a few semesters of trig, calculus and linear algebra at a local junior college to fill the gaps in my knowledge. It didn't take years of class and massive debt, just some night classes paid for out of pocket while maintaining my day job and raising a family.
Most endeavors in life are this way with a few exceptions. I would want my accountant and my physician to have degrees and basic scientific research cannot be done without extensive educational background but I simply do not care whether or not the night manger at Arbys has a BA or the government functionary at the local social security office has a sociology degree or even if my child's teacher has a credential. We'll leave the infernal (and ever more ubiquitous) "studies" degrees out of the conversation.
Jerry, one thing that served me well … an outgrowth of growing up in a blue-collar family, I guess … is that I didn't fall into the trap of looking down my nose at the technicians, assemblers and others who did not share my academic background, but did share in my projects.
I looked at them as valuable associates … teachers … who I counted upon to educate me on the myriad details of developing and producing high-technology products that you DON'T learn about in engineering school … such as ways to make a product easier (or harder) to assemble and test, and what has and hasn't worked when it comes to product reliability.
I understood that wisdom and sound advice can come from almost anyone involved in the process … not just those who are higher than me on the totem pole of expertise, or those whose appearances suggested that I should consider them as my "better".
Unfortunately, there are millions who do not share this attitude, and not only in the workplace … they reflexively pooh-pooh and dismiss anything that comes out of the mouth of someone who doesn't fit their picture of an "educated" person, without even taking the time to seriously consider the value in what they are saying.
And then there's the flip side … while straining at gnats over people like the younger President Bush or Sarah Palin (or straining at dogs over Mitt Romney, for that matter), these same people will swallow camels of failed ideologies, intellectual dishonesty, and even junk science just because it dovetails with their elitist perceptions of themselves, their views that the "non-profit" aren't subject to the forces of greed and self-service, and/or their profit-phobia.
Such camel consumption almost led us into embracing the beliefs of the Climate Change Cult as national policy … and did lead us into embracing the idea that responsibility is a function of age and pocket depth, which has led millions to the "outsourcing" I described earlier that has led many to be worse off.
FWIW, while I left behind my dreams of becoming a rock star, I still pursue music as a communications medium, albeit as a amateur … if you want, take a listen at the links below to a couple of pieces that pertain to this discussion:
My eldest son, 26, followed a similar path. He would hardly classify the work he does in our business a luxury, but a fulfillment of the productivity/character requirement. Also his work is appreciated. He has recently returned to school, he continues to love reading and studying as he always has and is working through all of the tedious aspects of school. Most importantly he is keeping the debt in check. Take it easy there prost, the point is that there are many roads to a successful career.
Once again, a man with a J-O-B tells the young they do not need higher education – just family connections. It is laudable that your son had some get-up-and-go and the smarts to build websites. Regrettably, not all young people are sufficiently conversant with computer technology to build websites, especially websites someone else wants to buy. This article is not useful, and does not address the subject of the title – The College Tuition Bubble. Apparently all the author's family did was NOT send a son to college. That will certainly save tuition money. All this article seems to be is a pat on the back for the author that he had a son with sufficient gumption to get ahead in the world without a college degree. Well good for you, now let's address the predominant population of youngsters out there not so blessed. Unlike the author I am glad to meet 19 year olds without a declared major. I do not believe the average 19 year old has a grasp of what they want for dinner, let alone what they want to do with the rest of their lives. If colleges still functioned as places of higher learning instead of corporate recruitment waiting rooms, this discussion would not be necessary. There was a time when one went to college to further one's education. It will be welcome when and if they return to that mission. In the meantime, instead of advising youngsters to go get any job, somewhere, anywhere and forget about college, why not produce a useful article advising colleges to get out the pocket of corporations and DOD and return to places of pedagogy? Mr. Bowyer, you might find yourself leading to a change instead of following in the long line of "what about Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak?" folks looking for a money idea instead of a good life.
Frankly, I smell the distinct aroma of elitist condescension in your comments. The author's son didn't just 'NOT" go to college … he took responsibility for his own life, and made the most of the opportunities that came to him. Methinks that the decision to air the show he works on goes well beyond his dad.
If only other young men and women like him took such a responsible view of life, instead of EXPECTING that others support them while they go "find themselves" in your vision of "higher learning" and get lost on the journey, finding only frustration and debt at the end.
I learned from my parents, the same thing I taught my own children … that responsibility means balancing what you love to do with how well you want to eat. That is a big reason I am neither in in broadcast communications nor a professional musician; though I would have enjoyed both, the quite common fate of "starving artist" that permeates both fields made me question the prudence of following my "dreams".
My parents did help me with my college education … but I also helped myself, by taking jobs from pumping gas to driving a bread truck to delaying my graduation in order to take a co-op position, where I learned almost as much about my future profession as I did in the classroom.
And how about we get colleges out of the Federal Government's pocket, by reversing its politics-driven takeover of the student-loan business? Subsidized/guaranteed student loans have done more than anything else to feed the greed of academia and drive up the costs of getting a college education … and having the government so deeply connected to education funding smacks of the same kind of sweetheart relationship between the funders and the funded that WI just successfully interdicted … and/or the disconnection of the user from the costs that has bolluxed up health care.
The primary driver of innovation and social mobility in this County has historically been the salaried mid-level job with benefits. Your stereotypical corporate job, professional job, state/federal job, teaching position, etc.. Thee jobs pay between $50,000.00 -$120,000.00, offer retirement plans and healthcare coverage.
Colleges fed graduates into salaried entry leveled jobs, jobs which overtime if the employee performed would become a salaried mid-level job.
Non-college graduates typically entered manufacturing or tourism and hospitality.
The only problem that matters is that companies have outsourced both manufacturing, entry-level, and mid-level salaried positions overseas. There are no jobs for anyone.
There is no "market solution" to this problem. Competing with China would mean lowering American salaries so low that people would not be able to support themselves.
This scenario described above is important for many reasons. The ability to innovate, start small businesses, etc.. hinges on the ability of our populace to be self-sufficient.
A college graduate or non-college person who has medical debt, a low wage without a retirement option, who can't afford to save any money, is a person who is highly unlikely to be able to start a business of their own, or create of follow an innovation of their own. The decline of the salaried mid-level position has ramifications across all levels of our society.
Every entrepreneur I know got started with one of the following (1) family connections to people with money or better connections (2) money from family (3) or a loan secured by a family member or connection. If you know of a bank that will dole out a start-up loan without any security or co-signors, please let me know….. I won't hold my breath.
If your thesis is that a kid doesn't need to go to college if his parents own a business he can work at, then great, you are correct. What helpful insight to all those who can afford to add their kid to the payroll.
You are out of touch with today's "reality."
1. Income has declined in the past 6 years, while rent has gone up in every major metropolitan area. Not only rent, but food and energy prices. Kids both graduates and non-graduates must live at home.
2. Health insurance costs have skyrocketed, while employers have drastically cut back on coverage. Have you ever had to pay for your own procedures out of pocket? have you ever paid for a cholesterol test ($750.00 for a full panel out of pocket), MRI is $2,700.00 BEFORE the Dr. looks at it.
3. When Chris turns 27, has to get a health insurance plan of his own, as an independent contractor, and starts paying $550/mo for only 80% coverage, you can edit this article and tell me how he feels. Heaven forbid your son gives you the gift of grandchildren. Privately insuring himself, his wife, and a minor child will run him about $1,200/mo.
The fact of the matter is the Baby Boomer generation (yours) grew up, many went to college, you all got entry level jobs at your friends and neighbors companies.
You had the opportunity to "work-up the ladder" and make a secure living for yourself, which gave you the freedom and luxury to embrace your creativity and start small businesses.
Once you worked up the ladder, you destroyed it, you outsourced all the entry-level jobs overseas. You have no regard for your neighbors, the society that is responsible for your success, or your country.
Greed is what ails this country and what in the end will doom us unless we change the course.
Rhody, the ladder was destroyed when those working on those rungs demanded – or had others demand FOR them – or have still others MANDATE – that they ascend that ladder without pulling the weight of personal productivity that is essential to preserve those higher rungs.
THAT is the greed … not "corporate" greed … that has left millions hanging in the air like Wile. E. Coyote. As Pogo said, "we have met the enemy and he is us!"
Yes, many of my fellow Boomers bear a lot of responsibility for tearing down that ladder, not by "outsourcing', but by decoupling productivity from reward all along that ladder in the name of Progressive socio-economic morality … but you would have us continue to prop it up, even though the rungs are rotted and unsustainable, without restoring the preservative of the worker's personal responsibility that would protect those rungs from total destruction and allow us to rebuild a ladder that will last.
Millions of us are learning, the hard way, the folly of outsourcing our responsibility to government, to union leaders, to employers, thinking they would secure our future FOR us with no help on our part to facilitate that future.
But instead of wisdom validated by history, we get people jamming their socio-economic morality down our throats, with a fundamentalist zeal that makes Baptist preachers look like libertines at Mardi Gras … a morality of responsibility based primarily upon depth of pocket … that leaves us not only suffering, but with far fewer ways to work around the errors of those very moralizers once they become evident.
your ideas are attractive for those who believe the narrative that an "entitlement" mentality is what ails our society. However the facts show a different story. If "the ladder was destroyed by those working on the rungs," and their demands which were not backed up by their performance, than why has the median income in this country not kept up with inflation over the past 13 years? No one demanded anything, and the numbers show they didn't get anything.
A "progressive socio-economic morality" is not what I am referring too. What I am referring too is the economic morality, or nationalism, or whatever political or social philosophy that your parents abided by in the 1950′s and 60′s, when businesses thought in terms of long term sustainable profit, not short term gains. Part of that long term sustainability was a long term workforce.
Short term greed has led our economy off a cliff. Its why people take out debt they can't afford, and why banks lend it to them. Short term greed created Bernie Maddoff and led people to him. Its why companies outsourced to a nation where there is no rule of law, no human rights (China), its why people listen to career politicians and television evangelists.
I don't need to jam any moraility down your throat, reality will do that in due time.
Rhody, in the 1950′s and 1960′s, we were able to fool ourselves … because virtually every other nation with the economic potential of competing with us was literally rebuilding in the aftermath of WWII, while we had kept our production capabilities intact … and move this nation deeply into what Walter Russel Mead refers to as the "Blue Social Model", which is predicated upon ordinary people outsourcing their personal responsibility to assure the security of their own future to allegedly-more-qualified "experts" in government, business and organized labor.
Times were so good, ordinary people and those that employed them were both able to prosper under that paradigm.
But there was still a LOT of short-term greed … some fed by the lack of competition, some fed by the hubris of our elites that thought that government could solve ANY problem FOR us.
I consider the Great Society welfare state as a facilitator of greed … the greed that motivates one to stop striving, become passively (or actively) irresponsible, and just "get by" on a government check … turning a productive person into a drag upon the productive, mortgaging their future for today's fun/high, while also reinforcing the notion that they CAN'T get ahead without someone "in power" compelling others to facilitate their success. That paradigm kept millions mired in intergenerational poverty when they should have been securing their future.
And I'm old enough to remember the nadir of the American auto industry … the late 1970′s, when Detroit was foisting poor-quality vehicles on us, simply because they could make plenty of money without having to make the effort (including the effort to keep the unions honest) to make a better, yet cost-effective product.
Your preferred paradigm of "economic nationalism" was and is a paradigm of COMPLACENCY, that puts productive people (at all levels) in a position of subsidizing the short-term greed of others by limiting the options of the productive to pursue happiness … by government redistribution of resources and by protectionism, be it de facto or de jure.
It was a mirage … a view of the world worthy of Votaire's Pangloss, as the "best of all possible worlds" as long as reality didn't intrude.
But it finally did.
Once the rest of the world caught up with us, we found, for example, that we could do better than Detroit when it comes to purchasing a vehicle. (My own father … a millwright for GM and card-carrying UAW member … aspired to own a – Volvo!). People started buying from Toyota, Nissan, Honda and all the rest, not from short-term greed of price comparison, but for the long-term profit of owning a quality vehicle that Detroit was not providing.
And once that started, Detroit began to get their act together in terms of providing a quality product. I remember the difference between my friend's 1979 Chevette and my 1986 Celebrity in this regard. Foreign competition moved them away from short-term greed.
But not totally … for unions and their political allies persisted in exerting their influence upon the Big Three, with the emphasis on more for themselves, and nowhere near enough on sustaining and cultivating what was making them prosper. Their competitors didn't indulge in such short-term greed, and took even more business — and wages — from Detroit.
But the problem is far bigger than Detroit … the message sent by the unions, the politicians, and our cultural elites started sending in the 1950′s … and have kept sending since:
"All you need to do is show up for work or go to school; we have experts who have the answers to your housing needs, your health care needs, your financial needs … no need to plan for your future or actively manage your career, since we can do a better job than you can; just trust us to solve those problems FOR you."
… has led millions of us to outsource control of their future to their deep-pocketed employer, union boss, or Best and Brightest in government … expecting them to guarantee for them the same job in the same town for a lifetime, with raise after raise without regard to actual productivity or competition … and/or expecting them to create an environment where they can pursue a career with a degree in Underwater Basketweaving or Whatever Studies
That message has led millions to unplug themselves from the grunt work of planning for the future/saving for that rainy day/maintaining and/or increasing their value in the marketplace … i.e. thinking like a businessman themselves … and in the process, unplug themselves from wealth creation.
THAT is what explains the decline in median income … as you say, we stopped demanding better … out of ourselves, and for ourselves in a sustainable manner as opposed to short-term greed.
Those that bought heavily into this Biggest Lie of All are the ones ALREADY suffering the most today.
Those that have not bought into it, and kept control of their future … even if it meant buying less $tarbuck$ and iThingys and instead saved/planned/managed their value in the marketplace actively … are the ones better off today. And they are the ones who have both the freedom, and the personal initiative, to capitalize on "random" chance and/or bring forth the innovation that makes life better for themselves and others.
This mal-distribution of responsibility and authority is the central problem we are facing today — everything else … the debt, the spending, the financial crisis, the health care issues … is a symptom
And "economic nationalism" is as effective as a placebo, when it comes to actually curing the disease.
Hate to tell you, but if your son was truely "brilliant" SAT Prep isn't necessary or important. The SAT is designed for people taking it cold. Your focus on this is odd. If on the other hand your son can't sit for the SAT (has ADD) that's another story. The whole test-prep thing is also relatively new and part of the bubble. In my day there was no such thing.
OUTSTANDING! Good job! I couldn't agree more! Keep up the good work!


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Covering education, enterprising women and special projects.
For nine years FORBES has ranked the 100 most powerful women in the world. These are the women who adhere to the traditional classifications of power (political and economic might) and those who have risen to the top of the social and cultural landscape. It is our annual snapshot of women who impact the world.
This year the list features eight heads of state–including our No. 1, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (plus one monarch who just celebrated her Diamond Jubilee), 25 CEOs who control $984 billion in revenues and 11 billionaires personally worth nearly $80 billion. We feature some dozen entrepreneurs and 10 celebrities who do more than look good: they're philanthropic do-gooders and entrepreneurial go-getters.
Here, a guide to Power Women 2012:
The new class of CEOs: Seven new CEOs seized the corner office this year—and many of them are familiar faces. Marissa Mayer, Google employee No. 20, traded her VP post at the search engine for Yahoo! Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO, is now heading up HP. And Sheri McCoy, edged out of the top job at J& J, is now at Avon. There are also the in-house promotions: Ginni Rometty at IBM, Maria das Gracas Silva Foster of Brazil's natural gas behemoth Petrobras and Rosalind Brewer, who was promoted to the top of Sam's Club, making her the first woman and first African American head a Wal-Mart unit. Time Inc., alternately, looked outside its Rock Center headquarters and tapped Laura Lang, former head of Digitas.
Where are the women in tech? Right here. Tech is a new category to the Power Women list this year as the latest link in the power chain. Six tech women made the top 25 this year, including Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg (No. 10), Rometty (No. 15) and Google's Susan Wojcicki (No. 25). There are 15 tech women in total, including also Cher Wang of HTC (No. 56) and SingTel Group CEO Chua Sock Koong (No. 74).
The rising tide of female entrepreneurs: A remarkable number of women are founders or owners of their own enterprises, not a few of whose eponymous companies are synonymous with disruptive technology and innovative fashion. Consider Oprah Winfrey (No. 11), Arianna Huffington (No. 29), Diane von Furstenberg (No. 33) and Miuccia Prada (No. 67). Or Chinese real estate tycoon Zhang Xin (No. 42), Zara founder and billionaire Rosalia Mera (No. 54) and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, India's first biotech entrepreneur (No. 80).
The New Celebrity Role Models: Sure, they're famous but they deserve special attention for their outside work, be it ambassadors for meaningful causes or as owners of thriving businesses. Oprah owns Harpo Productions and founded The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. Lady Gaga (No. 14): she sings, she tweets and now she started The Born This Way Foundation, with funding from Harvard University and the MacArthur Foundation. Joining the efforts of the U.N. are Shakira (No. 40), Angelina Jolie (No. 66) and Gisele Bundchen (No. 83). Beyonce (No. 32) rules the House of Dereon and Sofia Vergara (No. 75) co-owns LatinWE. Jennifer Lopez (No. 38) is a multi-tiered empire unto herself.
Billionaires who do more than count money: Alice Walton (No. 43) could've stayed in Texas and raised cutting horses, but she and her fellow billionaires are putting their 10 figure bank accounts to use in philanthropy and business pursuits. Laurene Powell-Jobs (No. 49), first-timer on the Power Women list, is the founder and chair of the Emerson Collective, a nonprofit which focuses on using entrepreneurship to advance social reform. Chan Laiwa (No. 79), like Walton, has put her focus on preserving the finest of her nation's original art.
The real news "makers": The women on the Power Women list don't just make headlines, they cover them. These women are responsible for shaping the international conversation. Jill Abramson (No. 5) is celebrating her first anniversary as executive editor of the New York Times while Huffington is toasting her site's first Pulitzer Prize. Ditto Vogue's Anna Wintour (No. 51) and her record-breaking 916-page September 2012 issue, and Fox News' Greta Van Susteren (No. 94) for her run as the longest-serving current cable news anchor.
Latinas represent: Brazil President Dilma Rouseff (No. 3), the 2012 Power Woman cover profile, shares a spot on the list with her compatriots das Gracas Silva Foster (No. 20) and Gisele Bundchen (No. 83). Here also is Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (No. 16), Colombia's native daughters Sofia Vergara and Shakira, Spain's Mera and native Nuyorican JLo.
Businesswoman are booming in Asia: The whole region makes a strong showing, from China and Singapore to New Zealand and Thailand. Entrepreneurship is on the rise: see Xin Zhang, Laiwa Chan and Sun Yafang (No. 91). And Asian region women are showing their political might, from Burmese dissident and parliamentarian Aung San Suu Kyi (No. 19) to Australian PM Julia Gillard (No. 27) and Thai President Yingluck Shinawatra (No. 30).
Healing, feeding and educating the world: If they're not topping corporations or state, the women on our list are heads of major nonprofits and NGOs and they wield as large budgets and impact millions, from Melinda Gates (No. 4) and IMF chief undefinedChristine Lagarde (No. 8) to Director-General of World Health Organization Margaret Chan (No. 37), World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (No. 69) and Harvard University's Drew Gilpin Faust (No. 63).
Coming to America: Many Power Woman were born overseas and found success in the States. From Huffington (Greece) and Tina Brown (U.K.) to Lagarde (France), Cher Wang (Taiwan) and Vergara (Colombia), the market and the audience of the U.S. skyrocketed their success.
Social Currency: Of the 100 women on our list, almost all of them are active on social media—with a combined 90 million twitter followers. The most prolific tweeters, not surprisingly, are celebrities—Lady Gaga with 28,199,061; Shakira with 17,716022; Oprah with 13,180,843; Ellen DeGeneres with 12,842,222; and JLo with 10,239,010. In China, where Weibo is the social site of choice, entrepreneur Zhang Xin has racked up 4,118,029 on the site.
Without doubt, it is still an uphill climb for women achievers who have set their sights at the top. After the deconstruction of the women's liberation mind-set of the late '70s, there seems to be a lack of both purpose and opportunities. Women realized that Mother Nature never meant to be men, and that their essential femininity is in fact their greatest strength. However, they also discovered that it takes more than strength to break into certain time-enabled silos.
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The OP obviously has a lot of knowledge about and passion for this cause.
Although eloquently put – I must disagree with one point – the problem is not about women but about glass ceilings – ingrained, inbred of biblical proportions.
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Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, top of the list here had provided political support for a serious of fascism crimes which related to a cold-blooded killing of an innocent Stanford student May Zhou (a girl of U.S. citizen, Taiwan origin, MIT alumnus and Stanford Ph.D. candicate) as well as an unsuccssful plotted murder on me, all started from an on campus atrocity case in Stanford University [Stanford Police Case Number: IR #04-111-0335;Victim: Peter Cao; Criminal Suspect: Gabriele Scheler], in which an extremely irrational Germany lady named Gabriele Scheler had bitterly assaulted me. Chancellor Merkel might as well back up a coup in Stanford after she visited Stanford in 2010, though it was cracked down by California Judicial Authorities in time. It is an interesting question of how much Chancellor Angela Merkel had invovled into such series of facsism crimes on land of America. I bet with the intervention of Germany power into these cases, such series of fascism crimes would never be clarified and such fascism crimes on land of America would never be concurred by U.S. Authorities. A very serious offending to the dignity and sovereignty of people of the United States;
Eric Schmidt had lost his credibility when he got invovled into fascism crimes which had endangered human lives
There is actually a war between fascism and anti-fascism, at this stage, fascism still prevails in our lives, Eric Schmidt, Sebastian Thrun and Gabriele Scheler are just front figures we could see in this fascism circle, there is a whole pack of fascists behind them
Eric, as we can see, starting from Gabriele Scheler's atrocity case on Stanford campus back in 2004, many people, including Gabriele Scheler, Sebastian Thrun, you Eric Schmidt, and also your collegue in China Kaifu Lee, had made contributions to such fascism crimes which had cost human life of Stanford student May Zhou and crimes which had retaliated on victims and almost cost life of the victim as I am
… … and someone who had provided legal coverage for your fascism crimes, including a powerful officer from Santa Clara DA Office, namely ZZZ (and after ZZZ, another officer YYY), and the officer VVV who's in charge of Gabriele Scheler's case and who had further collateralled with your side(suspect Eric Schmidt, Sebastian Thrun and Gabriele Scheler's side) to conspire and curse victims( Stanford, May Zhou, me) in every possible way since 2006 till today; and maybe include the officer RRR who insist on May Zhou's death as a suicide or accident, even though I had clearly pointed out who's involved in May Zhou's murder case …
… … and someone who could provide political support for your fascism crimes, including top politician from the country of Germany whom we all know — Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, and maybe include a retired top politician from UK as well, etc. and more and more to find out later …
I believe, though some names missed out, all names mentioned in the above comment are part of this fascism circle
Also, other than Angela Merkel of Germany Chancellor, it seems there exist a power center of anti-authority in Stanford Computer Science department in this fascism circle to support unruly behaviors of Sebastian Thrun's side
Someone (e.g. Sebastian Thrun, Ed Feigenbaum, big donor CCC and more, etc.) from inside of this department had made Stanford Computer Science department play a big role in such series of fascism crimes which is highlighted by the killing of an innocent Stanford student May Zhou as well as an unsuccessful plotted murder on me.
But would anyone from Stanford Computer Science department be willing to live under its shadow of such fascism crimes? or would anyone from this department give moral or spiritual support to such fascists who's misbehavior had caused cold-blooded killing of an innocent student from their own school of Stanford? Can anyone take place of these fascists to clarify their legal responsibilities and face legal consequences of their fascism crimes? Can anyone in this department answer the question: what's the motivation behind May Zhou's death?
For sake of their own fame, Stanford Computer Science department has the responsibility to go after those fascists to make them pay for their crimes
I believe Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel had monitored and invovled into Sebastian Thrun, Gabriele Scheler and Eric Schmidt's fight against ruling from authorities of Stanford and authorities of U.S. over their unruly criminal behaviors on campus of Stanford, and which ensued a series of crimes, including killing the innocent, conspire life of the victim, terrorize/extort authorities, corruption, miscarriage of justice, discrimination against Asian, all on land of America, etc.
Sebastian Thrun, a Germany Scholar who had got Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit when she visited Stanford in 2010, had partialy left Stanford Computer Science department because he is in debt to Stanford people with his involvment into Stanford student May Zhou's death, he is not innocent in an unsuccessful plotted murder on me either and I have been cursed by powers from Sebastian Thrun's side for many years. Sebastian Thrun dare not deny to the public his involvment into such fascism crimes till today and I am still waiting to see why he dare not
Here is a link to the briefing of the case which led to a series of fascism crimes.
I think it is with the intervention of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel that Gabriele Scheler's criminal case could not be clarified in U.S. judicial system and retaliatory crimes would be going on and on form criminal suspect Scheler's side, which had led to the killing of this innocent Stanford student May Zhou as well as an unsuccessful murder on me. I bet more would come if this case remain unclarified at authorities as what it is now; But who's word count on land of America?
Here is a link to the briefing of the case which led to a series of fascism crimes.
I think it is with the intervention of Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel that Gabriele Scheler's criminal case could not be clarified in U.S. judicial system and retaliatory crimes would be going on and on form criminal suspect Scheler's side, which had led to the killing of this innocent Stanford student May Zhou as well as an unsuccessful murder on me. I bet more would come if this case remain unclarified at authorities as what it is now; But who's word count on land of America?
—One photo would tell it all, there are seven photo evidence which documented how cruel this irrational lady was when she assaulted me on Stanford campus in 2004
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[Stanford Police Case Number: IR #04-111-0335;Victim: Peter Cao; Criminal Suspect: Gabriele Scheler]
Such simple but serious campus atrocity crime was covered up by certain malicious officers. How could this happen? Who's in charge of Gabriele Scheler's case? On what basis would certain officers rule against me in favor of this criminal suspect Gabriele Scheler in light of such clear evidence of Gabriele Scheler's atrocity on my body? Even, certain malicious officers (ZZZ, YYY, RRR, VVV) had abused their judicial power to make up false accusation of sexual assault on criminal suspect Scheler's recanted testimony to curse victim as I am, to cover up Scheler's crimes while retaliating on victims (e.g. Stanford people, May Zhou, and me, etc.)
Here is a real problem at this stage: who is the officer responsible for May Zhou's case? Suicide theory in May Zhou's case remain unbelievable until the officer who said so had a direct discussion with me who's life had been threatened by Sebastian Thrun, Eric Schmidt and Gabriele Scheler's side with the death of May Zhou
On 2012/02/21 StanfordDaily article "virtual-learning" [http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/02/21/virtual-learning/] in Comments part regarding to a murder case about a Stanford student May Zhou with which Eric Schmidt had threatened my life for sake of a stanford professor Sebastian Thrun and a criminal suspect named Gabriele Scheler during their fight with Stanford:
About your ARROGANT question "If you think you have evidence (and i mean physical evidence) to the contrary why do you not take it to the police, or at least post what evidence you have (and I mean PHYSICAL evidence like fibres, DNA, fingerprints and the like)."
… such PHYSICAL evidence already exists and that's what I am going to tell.
The point at this time is, who is this officer who's respnosible for May Zhou's case, whom I should talk to? Could you have me connect with this officer? I have serious stuff to report; my contact email@example.com or email@example.com
Meanwhile, why don't you help us to figure out what's the motivation behind May Zhou's death
My understanding is that Chancellor Angela Merkel's intervension is one of the primary reasons of why Gabriele Scheler's atrocity case on Stanford campus [Stanford Police Case Number: IR #04-111-0335;Victim: Peter Cao; Criminal Suspect: Gabriele Scheler] remains unclarified in the U.S. judicial system after over eight years. Again, that's a serious offending to the sovereignty and dignity of people of the United States
The problem with Gabriele Scheler's case is that Gabriele Scheler's side had recanted their testimony after Stanford police investigation in 2004; there are certain malicious officers (e.g. ZZZ mentioned above) who chose to stand on this criminal suspect Gabriele Scheler's side and collateralled with Scheler to conspire victims(e.g. Stanford, May Zhou, me, and later on Google as well) in order to cover up their crimes while applying retaliation on victims, but Scheler's side dare never show me any of their evidence nor testimony (mine were post on the web) which they used to molest victims for years, and most of all, such malicious officers do not want to see this case from being clarified
But without clarification of this case, more and more retaliatory crimes were committed from Eric Schmidt, Sebastian Thrun and Gabriele Scheler's side, which is highlighted by the killing of this innocent Stanford student May Zhou and an unsuccessful plotted murder on me, and I bet more would come if this case remain unclarified as it is now
So the point at this time is, who is this officer, namely VVV, in charge of Gabriele Scheler's accusation of sexual assault? and who had underhandedly made up numerous accustaions against me at authorities trying to intimidate me from clarifying such fascism criminal cases, and to terrorize others from ruling against those fascism criminals


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The consumer economy: retail, and the people reinventing it.
You heard it here first: the billionaire behind Starbucks Starbucks is watching his caffeine intake. Howard Schultz, CEO of the java giant, won't drink coffee after 5pm.
He's more of a tea man these days, having taken a liking to the Maharaja Chai Oolong blend sold at Teavana, the mainly mall-based tea retailer Starbucks bought for $620 million last November.
On Wednesday, Schultz sipped a $4.95 cup of his new favorite at the first ever Teavana tea bar, which opens Thursday morning in New York City. Next up: a Seattle outpost, opening just before Thanksgiving.
Schultz says to expect 1,000 such tea bars — complete with zen decor, grey walls and dim lighting — in the next five years as Teavana aims to do for tea what its parent company has done for coffee.
The location of the first Teavana Fine Teas + Tea Bar couldn't be more perfect: on Manhattan's super-wealthy Upper East Side at 85th St and Madison Ave, steps from a branch of cult yoga outfitters Lululemon ("you've got to give us some credit," Schultz said laughingly of the canny real estate grab) and blocks from Central Park.
Starbucks will slowly add tea bars to its 300 or so existing Teavana stores, which until now sold loose-leaf tea (two ounces of the Silver Needle blend goes for $17.98, for instance) plus gifts and accessories like ceramic teapots and stainless steel infusers. As well as drinks like Matcha Lattes, the new tea bars will sell food to appeal to a health-conscious customer (an egg-white frittata is $5.95).
Schultz is angling for a piece of a hot and iced tea market worth $90 billion worldwide, according to recent Euromonitor data, with Starbucks-saturated countries like Japan, China, Canada and the U.K. leading the trend. Globally, tea is the second-most consumed beverage besides water. While Americans still consume coffee at a far greater rate than tea, their taste for leaves versus beans is growing. Data from the Tea Association USA says America's interest in tea has grown by 16% over the past five years.
Schultz isn't concerned about cannibalizing his current business, however, noting that caffeine junkies who jones for a Starbucks to start their day are unlikely to be big tea drinkers. To that end, there's no Starbucks branding in this first Teavana bar, nor will there be. There's no coffee on offer, and the drinks are sold as either 12- or 16-ounce servings rather than "tall" or "grande".
"Don't you think that's the right choice?" asks Schultz, gesturing around the chai-scented room, its back wall home to a stenciled quotation mentioning "alchemy", "wisdom" and "a tea journey." Teavana's zen branding extends to its logo: a yogi, cross-legged, holding a mug of tea.
Analysts aren't convinced Starbucks can do for tea what the company has done for coffee since its 1971 debut, but they'll be watching closely. "This is Starbucks trying to make a boring category — tea — interesting," said Brian Sozzi, CEO of Belus Capital Advisors.
"I don't believe Teavana will ever grow into what the Starbucks brand has become for one simple reason: tea lacks the major caffeine count," he added. "That sounds silly, but the bottom line is that in this day and age of frantic tech-driven lifestyles, people want to run on 100 mg of caffeine, and they will trade taste to make that happen."
Wedbush Securities analyst Nick Setyan is slightly more bullish on Starbucks' big move. "If anyone can create a demand for a product, it's Starbucks," he said, noting that tea has higher gross margins than coffee.
Schultz still has a way to go if he's going to sell New Yorkers on tea, as he learned on Wednesday, when he was asked whether Teavana's tea is kosher. "It will be. It hasn't been certified," he said. "No rabbi has come in to bless it yet!"
Wow, seems a bit pricey for a cup of tea.
Thanks, but think I will stick with local "mom and pop" stores to strengthen the local economies.
I have to admit, as a lifelong tea drinker, I am very happy about seeing this trend. It's growing local as well in general. Tea promotes a healthy well being and its many benefits are just welcome side effects. There are so many varieties out there of blended teas that I'm sure they won't have any problem with creativity.
If blenders were quiet, tea/fruit cocktails and smoothies would be great for a place like Teavana.
The only downside is that for the informed consumer, and especially in cities like NYC, you can go to the local Asian market and buy a pound of exceptional quality bulk tea for $5-15 bucks that will give you a cup-a-day for 6 months. That very high margin is only if you have someone make it for you or buy your average tea in 20 pouch boxes at the supermarket for $4-15
The point is at that address, spending money is an afterthought and people won't mind spending 5 dollars for a cup of leaf soup.
This is what we call Exceptional Quality Tea. The ones selling $5 – $15 a pound are garbage, that's the kind you can get for free if you dine at any chinese restaurant.
Perhaps they could hyper-caffeinate the tea like they do the coffee.
Five dollars for tea….
And people will be dumb enough to pay it.


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"This is the best day ever!" were the sentiments of South Boston Elementary School second graders who attended this year's JAKES event on Tuesday at Edmunds Park.
JAKES or Juniors Acquire Knowledge Ethics and Sportsmanship is a program designed to teach children about wildlife and natural resources.
The event was sponsored by the Halifax Area Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), the N.C. Wildlife Federation and Midway USA.
The Halifax Area Chapter is the first chapter to treat the event as a field day. The NWTF covered the membership charge of $10 for the event and provided a hot dog lunch for the children and teachers.
The event was broken down into seven activities for the children to take turns exploring including fishing at the pond, a lesson on snakes provided by Frank Shealy, riflery lesson thanks to Midway USA, archery, boat safety provided by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, fire safety provided by the Virginia Department of Forestry and soil and water conservation lessons provided by the National Science Resource Center.
Herpetologist Shealy brought a variety of snakes ranging from black snakes to rattle snakes.
Midway USA provided the children with an inflatable rifle range, bb guns, ammo and target sheets.
The children were given plastic deer and target boards on which to practice their archery.
The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries brought a boat and life jackets to assist in their teaching.
The Virginia Department of Forestry brought a bulldozer to assist in teaching the children about how they extinguish forest fires.
The National Science Resource Center taught the children about nature allowing them to make the layers of soil in a tube. They also played a game with the children where children had to stick their hands into the side of a box and try to guess what was in it. The items were all things that could be found in nature, even though some were manmade such as a fake rock, a turtle shell, tree bark and a walnut.
All of the students had fun while learning at this year's JAKES event.
In September, the turkey federation will host their next event for women teaching outdoor skills, archery and more.


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The spring term at Indian Hills Community College will culminate with a special student ceremony and graduation at the IHCC Centerville campus Wednesday, May 15.
At 4 p.m. a reception will be held for the outstanding students on the Centerville campus. Around 12 students annually are recognized for their contributions to the college. The reception will be held from 4-5 p.m. in Building 15/16.
The 82nd annual graduation ceremony will be at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Building. The speaker for the commencement ceremony will be Ann Young, vice president of Community and Staff Relations at Mercy Medical Center in Centerville.
Young, an Indian Hills graduate, has been at the hospital for 23 years. She has initiated, developed and managed several hospital departments and services from their inception, including the Cline Family Dialysis Center, the Health Promotion/Wellness division and the hospital's Legacies foundation, where she has raised over $4 million since it was founded in 1994.
On Thursday, a reception will be held honoring four longtime staff members at the IHCC Centerville campus will be held. Elaine Schweizer, Bill Whitaker, Becky Morrow and Paula Mitchell are all retiring this year and they will be the guests of honor at the reception which lasts from 4–6 p.m. in the Barn.


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Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative – Annual conference
The TLTC's annual conference was held on March 30 through April 1 in Raleigh. 20 members of the UNCP faculty and staff attended this year, with 10 presenting. This year, as in years past, the Distance Education unit under Dr. Charles Tita sponsored a limited number of attendees.
Search underway for instructional designer
The screening committee interviewed 3 candidates for the position and an offer was extended to one. Unfortunately, we lost the candidate to NCSU. The committee is reconvening to consider its next step.
Official Student E-mail - Update
Work continues to progress on the draft policy to make e-mail an official means of communication to students. The Faculty Senate Faculty and Institutional Affairs Committee hopes to report the draft policy out to the full Senate before the end of this academic year.
If all goes well today, UNCP will "go live" with the Finance module of Banner tomorrow, April 13th.
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Charlotte Blake Alston tells childrens' stories that have a (certain) sound.
That sound comes from a kora, a stringed instrument used by storytellers in some West African countries.
Alston, of Philadelphia, brought her unique style of storytelling to the Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center and Art Works in Cambria City.
Alston and authors Suzanne Bloom and Nick Bruel captured the imaginations of youngsters at the fifth annual Children's Book Festival in Cambria City.
The three-day event ends today.
The kora – which has 11 strings on one side and 10 strings on the other – produces a harplike sound Alston uses to tell stories handed down through African cultures.
"With children I try to choose stories that have some participatory aspect to them whether it's a chant, a song or music," she said.
The stories caught the attention of 3-year-old Annabelle Roberts of Johnstown.
"It was very entertaining for her," her mother, Veronica Roberts, said.
"She goes to story time at the library and they never had anything like this," Roberts said. "It kept her attention. Usually she can't sit still for that long."
An estimated 400 to 500 children showed up on Saturday.
"We were amazed," said Leah Spangler, executive director of The Learning Lamp, which is sponsoring event.
"When we came to unlock the door we already had people waiting to come in," she said. "A lot of kids have been in and out of here today."
The goal of the book festival is to encourage youngsters to read.
"The concept is to connect parents and children to books; to make books meaningful so parents and children can enjoy literacy activities together," Spangler said.
The book festival is free. Each child receives a free age-appropriate book just for attending the festival.
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