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I am married to a big eater but I have managed to stay on track despite his love of nachos and pasta. In
fact, I have even changed his ways and he's
perfectly happy with it. Here is some advice to help you eat right even
when you are eating with someone who doesn't!
Eating by yourself may make it easier to eat what you want but eating with others is a part of our culture. When eating with others there are all kinds of influences happening. You might have planned to order a salad but then everyone else gets burgers and fries so you do too. Or maybe you were going to pass on alcohol but again, everyone else was having a drink so you add one to the tab. This happens to all of us, whether we are pressured or not. If you are trying to stay on track with your diet, these situations are challenging but there are ways to socialize and stay slim.
Six Ways To Stay Slim While Socializing
1. Have a plan and stick to it.
It's okay to stray from your healthy eating plan once in a while but if it's happening too often, you won't reach your goals. When you want to stick to your plan, order your meal first so that you don't feel pressured to get what everyone else is having. You might even find that your friends follow your healthy lead!
2. Take requests and compromise.
If you are in a situation (like marriage) where you are going to be eating a lot of meals together, you have to find a way to make it work for all involved. My best success came when I started taking requests for the recipe or type of food my husband wanted for dinner. Once I knew what he was interested in eating, I went out and found a healthy way to make it. Now the meals we eat make both of us happy and I don't mind the occasional "real thing" splurge when he needs it!
3. Put a healthy spin on unhealthy foods.
Spend time in the grocery store looking for healthy alternatives. We have finally arrived at a time where there is a healthier version of even the unhealthiest food — and most of them taste pretty good! Secretly swap in a few healthy alternatives — your dinner guest won't know and you won't have to deal with them judging the food before they even taste it!
4. Add a salad or vegetable.
Whether eating at home or eating out, adding a salad is a sure way to keep things healthy. By starting off with a salad you begin to fill up on a low calorie, high fiber/high water option and you can be satisfied with less of the main meal. Alternatively you can substitute a salad or steamed vegetables for the typical side dish (ie. mashed potatoes, fries, rice). It's worth the extra $1 they usually charge!
5. Have a few bites then stop.
Sometimes it's nice to have an excuse to indulge. If your friends want to order spinach and artichoke dip, agree with them and have a few bites when it arrives but keep the portion small. Another option is to order half-plates. Many restaurants now offer these reduced size meals at a lower price. It's a nice way to enjoy a controlled splurge.
6. Last resort…tell a little white lie.
I know this sounds a little extreme but some people just have to speak up when a healthy order is placed (trust me, I know this from experience). When your friend sarcastically says "Oh you're having salad, how healthy", you reply "Yeah, I already had a burger for lunch" and that should end it. If your friend continues on, feel free to get sarcastic back!
We have all been in some annoying food situations – share your problem in the comments and I'll do my best to think up solutions to these! Everyone should be able to enjoy what they are eating whether they are alone or with others!


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Research interests
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Karine Van der Straeten is Directrice de Recherche CNRS at the Toulouse School of Economics. Her research interests include Political Economy, Experimental Economics and Formal Political Science. She does research on electoral campaigns and voting rules, and in particular studies, using both formal models and experiments, how different electoral institutions shape the way democracy works in practice. She is a member of the Making Electoral Democracy Work project (http://electoraldemocracy.com/) and an associate editor of Mathematical Social Sciences (Elsevier). She has published her work in journal such as the British Journal of Political Science, Experimental Economics and the Journal of Public Economics, and wrote (with Woojin Lee and John E. Roemer) Racism, Xenophobia and Distribution: A Study of Multi-Issue Politics in Advanced Democracies, published in 2007 by Harvard University Press and Russell Sage Foundation Press.
Current position
|Senior researcher CNRS, TSE
|Political Science Program Director at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST)
Former positions
|2010 - 2016
|Associate Editor, Mathematical Social Sciences
|2008 - 2013
|Researcher CNRS, GREMAQ
|2006 - 2008
|Researcher CNRS, Paris-Jourdan School of Economics
|2006 - 2010
|Associate Professor, Paris School of Economics
|2002 - 2008
|Associate Professor, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
|Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale University
|2001 - 2006
|Researcher CNRS, Laboratoire d'économétrie de l'Ecole Polytechnique
|PhD in economics, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
|Engineer, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
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|Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Political Science
|Editorial Board, American Political Science Review
|CNRS Bronze Medal
|Canadian Research Council Grant for the project "Making Electoral Democracy Work"
|Visiting Fellow, Cowles Foundation
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I don't want that to happen as only the one DVD is a region 2. Is there anything I can add to my DVD player in my computer (or my regular DVD player) that would allow me to play DVD's from other regions whenever I wanted? Thank you. "
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The 2010 Northwestern Oklahoma State University Sports Hall of Fame class will be honored at a luncheon in the Student Center Ballroom at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 13, and formally inducted at halftime of the Ranger men's basketball game against Mid-America Christian University that afternoon in Percefull Fieldhouse. The women's game will tip off at 2 p.m., and the men's game is scheduled for 4 p.m.
The 2010 inductees include Corinn Auld Butler of Yukon, Troy Brown, M.D., of Clinton, Michael W. Mitchel of Alva, and Brock E. Schnebel, M.D., of Oklahoma City.
The luncheon is open to the public, but reservations are required by Feb. 5. The cost is $20 per person. For more information or to make reservations, contact Lizabeth Richey, Alumni Association director, at 580-327-8594 or email@example.com.
Corinn Auld Butler
Corinn Butler
Butler, a 2000 elementary education graduate originally from Burns Flat, played post for the Lady Rangers from 1996 to 2000. During her time at Northwestern, she set a number of school records, including second all-time leading scorer, with 1,972 points; most blocked shots in a season, with 57 during the 1998-1999 season; most career blocked shots, 167; most free throws made in a season, 168 in the 1998-1999 season; and most career free throws made, 508. She also led the nation in field goal percentage with 61 percent during the 1999-2000 season.
Corinn Butler
She played for a school record-setting team at Northwestern as the 1999-2000 Lady Rangers achieved the highest average points in a season, 77.8; most rebounds in a season, 1,268; and most points in a season, 2,411. In 1999, the team also scored the most points in a game with 124 points against Paul Quinn College.
Teams Butler played on were 1997-1998 Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (OIC) Champions, 1998-1999 Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) Champions and 1999-2000 RRAC North Champions. The Lady Rangers made it to two-straight NAIA National Tournaments in 1997-1998 and 1998-1999, which is Butler's greatest memory, she said.
Butler received honors as 1997 Centennial Ranger Queen; 1996-1997 All-OIC as a freshman; 1997-1998 All-OIC and KALV Player of the Year; 1998-1999 First Team All-RRAC, RRAC Most Valuable Player, KALV Player of the Year, Honorable Mention NAIA All-American and NAIA Academic All-American; and 1999-2000 First Team All-RRAC, RRAC Most Valuable Player, Honorable Mention NAIA All-American and NAIA Academic All-American.
In 2002, Butler earned her master's degree in educational administration and curriculum supervision from the University of Oklahoma. She currently teaches third grade at Mustang Creek Elementary in Mustang. Butler and her husband, Josh, live in Yukon with her two children, Landry and Cage.
Troy Brown, M.D.
Troy Brown
Brown won the javelin throw at the University of Oklahoma track meet in 1986, competing against the entire Big Eight Conference and the University of Arkansas. He earned a conference championship in the 4X100 relay and was a district champion in javelin multiple years.
Brown said his greatest honor as an athlete at Northwestern was having the "privilege to play with the greatest group of young men to ever step foot on the campus of Northwestern."
Originally from Tucumcari, N.M., Brown is a business owner and owns an anesthesia practice. He and his wife, Kathy (Sartin), a 1986 business administration graduate and former Ranger cheerleader, live in Clinton and have a son, Trigg.
"Northwestern has been a very special part of my life, and I will always be proud to say I was and am a part of the 'Ranger Family,'" Brown said.
Michael W. Mitchel
Michael Mitchel
Mitchel, originally from Perryton, Texas, graduated from Northwestern in 1970, lettering four years in basketball as the Rangers' center. The three-year starter earned All-OIC honors in 1970 and at that time held the single-game rebound record.
Michael Mitchel
Surviving four years under coach Keith Covey was the highlight of Mitchel's career, but his greatest memory was leading the team with 26 points against All-American Charlie Paulk, upsetting the then undefeated and No. 1 Northeastern State, he said.
After earning his law degree in 1973 from the University of Oklahoma, he began a career practicing law and was selected as the Oklahoma Bar Association Outstanding Young Lawyer in 1982. Presently, he is senior partner with the law firm Mitchel, Gaston, Riffel & Riffel PLLC.
Mitchel has served on a number of boards, including the Northwestern Foundation Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2005, and currently sits as a regent on the Regional University System of Oklahoma. He also cofounded the 101 Classic Bowl Foundation in Woodward and the Boiling Springs Golf Course.
Mitchel and his wife, Connie, live in Alva and have three grown children, Mikela Williams, Jay Mitchel and Jared Mitchel.
Brock E. Schnebel, M.D.
Brock Schnebel
The highlight of his career was seeing his father's smile after beating Fort Hays State his sophomore year. His father's coaching mentor had been the Fort Hays athletic director, and the two watched the game together.
"My father was proud of how I played and blocked," Schnebel said.
A valedictorian at Northwestern, Schnebel went on to earn his medical doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 1981
Currently, he is a self-employed physician and orthopedic surgeon at McBride Clinic.
In 1987, Schnebel became the head team physician for Northwestern, a position he still holds today.
"My greatest statistical number is 44," Schnebel said. "This represents the number of years that I have been associated with NWOSU athletics, as a ball boy for the 1965-1967 football teams coached by my father, as a fan in high school, as a football player while in college and as a healthcare provider since."
Schnebel's commitment to Northwestern spans 11 football coaches, four basketball coaches, five university presidents, the addition of new sports and new venues, the first athletic trainer and the newest training room. Other than his family, the honor to continue his association with his alma mater as health care provider to the athletes of Northwestern is his greatest success, he said.
To his credit, Schnebel has a number of professional awards in medicine, and he served as the 1996 Olympic team physician in Atlanta, 2000 head Olympic team physician in Sydney and as an orthopedic consultant and head team physician for the University of Oklahoma since 1996, to name a few of his roles in sports since college.
Schnebel and his wife, Kelli (Harrison), a 1978 graduate, live in Oklahoma City and have four adult children, Jessica, Chase, Bailey and Addison.
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Re: Derivative of experimental data
Dear Gabriel,
On 2/1/12 2:48 AM, Gabriel Landi wrote:
> Dear MathGroup users,
> I have a question which is very important for my current research, and
> which involves not only Mathematica, but computer science in general.
> I have experimental data which is not very noisy, a small example of
> which may be downloaded here.
Would you like to share some of these data with us?
> Basically I need to compute the derivative of this data. Here are my
> options so far:
> Option 1: Finite differencing. Its terrible since the noise enhances
> dramatically.
> Option 2: Fitting some arbitrary function. The problem is that the
> general functional form of the data changes from experiment to
> experiment, so it is not possible to find a function which fits
> adequately in all cases.
> Option 3: Savitzky-Golay filters (self-implemented in Mathematica, based
> on the discussion in Numerical Recipes, 3rd Ed.). It doesn't seem to
> make much of a difference; probably because my data is not really that
> noisy.
> Option 4: Smoothing Splines filter. I am currently using Mr. Ludsteck
> package HPFilter. So far it is by far the best outcome. However, it is
> not free of some wild oscillations that are clearly non-analytical and
> which are giving me quite the headache.
> Any suggestions are more than welcome.
> I really appreciate any help I can get.
> Best regards,
> Gabriel Landi
How do these functions perform on your data?
GaussianFilter (smoothing + derivation)
TotalVariationFilter, WienerFilter (smoothing, for pre-processing)
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You know how the drill works…
Marking up one's prices is fairly common, but Goldline selling gold coins that lose half their value immediately after the sale by hard sell investment advisers who are obviously talking their own book is, well, questionable at best.
Infographic by The Big Picture
It is an amazing spectacle to see not only the jump in gold prices, but also the enormous amount of marketing surrounding it. All of the key elements to a bubble are there, yet gold prices continue to press upward.
Also, if you really want gold, it's not difficult to find at a reasonable price. The local coin shop here has always sold American Eagles at spot plus a small premium. If you don't want to buy it locally and hold the coins, you can purchase it just as easily in a brokerage account. Either way, I haven't purchased gold since about $400/ounce and that was in collectibles rather than ingots or Eagles
These 'specialists' are laughable, but they're making money hand over fist so congrats to them…I guess.
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"Goldline selling gold coins that lose half their value immediately after the sale"
You have this backwards, it's gold that's marked up 100% than the current retail value.
So what is someone buys something more costly? Is it the govt responsibility to prevent people from being idiots? While I question Glenn Beck's judgement,
should I care no? Replace Gold with Mutual Funds or
Stocks in Barry's post and you get the same result.


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Jawbone releases updated Era Bluetooth headset
Jawbone has released Era ($130), an updated version of its 2011 Bluetooth headset. The new Era is being billed as "the smallest, lightest, most comfortable" headset made by Jawbone. Its NoiseAssassin technology eliminates background noise.
Era offers up to four hours of talk time, which can be doubled with use of its charging case. An app displays battery life and lets users program the Talk button to access Siri directly from the headset. The headset comes in four different colors and is available now.
Harman/Kardon shows Blu-Ray, Bluetooth + AirPlay systems
Harman/Kardon recently announced its BDS 3D Blu-Ray systems, the BDS 580 ($1,099) and BDS 280 ($510). The iOS-compatible Wi-Fi Blu-Ray players have built-in AirPlay and Bluetooth functionality, enabling iPads, iPhones, and iPods to stream content directly to the receiver. Dolby Volume is included, which balances the volume between loud and quiet scenes without user involvement.
The BDS 580 is a 5.1-channel, 325-watt system, while the BDS 280 is a 2.1 channel, 130-watt system. Release dates are unknown at this point, as both Blu-Ray systems are only listed on Harman/Kardon's European website.
iLounge's 2014 CES Best of Show Awards announced
iLounge has announced our 2014 International CES Best of Show Award winners and finalists. We've picked the absolute best products we've seen at CES — a very select list of Best of Show winners and Best of Show Finalist winners. ZeroChroma took home the Best Overall Product award for its Folio Slide for iPad mini with Flux-Stand. Incipio/Braven also netted four awards — two Best in Show awards and two Finalist awards. For all the award winners and the best products, click here.
NYNE intros floating Aqua Bluetooth speaker
NYNE has introduced Aqua ($130), a unique-looking, floating Bluetooth speaker. Aqua is IPX7-tested and waterproof, with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. It can be fully submerged in one meter of water for 30 minutes. The speaker has "close to 10 watts of power," according to NYNE.
Aqua features a 2200mAh rechargeable battery and has a built-in waterproof microphone and auxiliary input. The speaker will come in gray or blue, and is planned for launch in the "early second quarter" of 2014.
Lightning developer leaves Apple, redesigns Square Reader
Former Apple accessories head Jesse Dorogusker left the company and joined Square to design the new Square Reader, Wired reports. According to the report, Dorogusker previously led development on Apple's Lightning connector, and spent eight years heading up the accessories division for Apple before leaving. Wired notes with Square's new Reader, Dorogusker "had the chance to take a crack at a flagship product."
Much of the article focuses on the technical details of developing the new Square Reader, which is 45 percent thinner than Square's old credit card reader, and no longer requires an internal battery for power. The Reader also improves the tactile feel of card swiping despite its smaller size.
Razer iOS controller leaked
A new iOS controller from Razer has been leaked in a tweet from @evleaks. An iPhone gamepad reportedly named "Kazuyo," the phone is able to tilt out of the controller to change the viewing angle.
A release date and price for Razer's controller are unknown at this time. See our review of the first iOS controller to be released, MOGA's Ace Power controller.
Apple patent reveals 'smart dock' for Siri use
A just-published Apple patent has revealed plans for a "smart dock" that would allow users to interact with a docked iOS device through voice recognition. The dock would actively listen for audio cues in order to communicate with the docked device — the device's voice recognition mode would then be activated.
Therefore, Siri could be used without physically interacting with the docked iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Some embodiments of the dock include a device with storage media, a GPS receiver, and/or environmental sensors. An in-car implementation would make a lot of sense, as well. [via Apple Insider]
Mophie debuts Powerstation XL battery pack
Mophie has introduced the Powerstation XL ($130), a 12,000 mAh USB battery pack. The Powerstation XL can charge two iPads at the same time, as its dual USB ports each offer 2.1 amps of power. A micro USB port is also included, along with a cable to refuel the battery.
The Powerstation XL includes built-in short circuit protection and a LED battery status indicator. Mophie's Powerstation XL is available now.
Kicker intros Amphitheater K3 Speaker, Vapor headphones
Kicker has introduced its Amphitheater K3 Speaker System with Bluetooth ($200) and Vapor Headphones ($220). The Amphitheater K3 uses aptX audio coding and delivers sound using 3-inch drivers, mid-bass woofers, a tuned-port enclosure, and a 2x10-watt amp. Devices can connect to the Amphitheater K3 using NFC or Bluetooth.
Kicker's Vapor Headphones come equipped with a pair of 35mm dual-diaphragm transducers and sealing, leather ear pads. The headphones come with a detachable flat cable with three-button remote and microphone. Both products will be shown at CES in January, and released in the first quarter of 2014.
Apple and Danish company collaborate on hearing aid
Apple collaborated with Danish company GN Store Nord in developing the company's new hearing aid, Reuters reports. The ReSound LiNX hearing aid was first announced in late October by GN Store Nord. Billed as the world's first MFi hearing aid, the device uses Bluetooth-like technology to stream voice and music from iPhones without using an intermediary device.
The ReSound LiNX sits behind the ear and comes in 10 hair and skin tone colors. A global launch is expected in the first quarter of 2014. The price is expected to be slightly more than $3,000.
Acoustic Research debuts AR for Her speakers
Acoustic Research has introduced a new line called "AR for Her." The line will feature a Bluetooth speaker, made to look like a clutch handbag, that streams music from up to 30 feet away. A built-in microphone and rechargeable battery are also featured in the speaker.
The speaker will come in black, white, white with pink polka dots, and leopard print. Acoustic Research plans on updating the look each season while introducing more accessories. The speaker collection will be available in spring 2014.
BuQu Tech intros Magnetyze Mobile Battery
BuQu Tech has introduced its Magnetyze Mobile Battery ($60), a new accessory for its impressive Magnetyze case. When attached to an iPhone with a Magnetyze case, the 1800mAh battery can supply up to 8 hours of additional talk time, according to the company. The battery can be charged using any Magnetyze charger or a standard micro USB cable.
A four-light LED gauge lets users know how much power remains on the battery. The Magnetyze Mobile Battery is available now.
iFazz debuts 50x photo lens for iPhone 5/5s
iFazz has introduced a 50x Super Long Range Telescope Lens ($115) for the iPhone 5/5s. The fixed lens offers micro manual focus adjustment, magnifying subjects by 50 times. With no zoom capability, the lens is pitched as a way to take photos of objects in the sky.
The large aluminum-cased lens comes with an adjustable tripod that can turn 360 degrees. It is available now.
Logitech intros PowerShell Controller + Battery
Logitech has officially introduced and priced its previously-leaked PowerShell Controller + Battery ($100), compatible with the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, and fifth-generation iPod touch. The game controller encases an iOS device, and includes an integrated 1500 mAh battery.
Logitech also released a list of games compatible with the PowerShell. The PowerShell Controller + Battery is available now.
MOGA officially debuts Ace Power iOS controller
MOGA has officially announced its Ace Power controller ($99) for iPhone and iPod touch. The controller was leaked last month, but now has an official price and release date.
MOGA's Ace Power controller should be available this week, and comes with an integrated battery to compensate for the power drain of iOS gaming, depending on a Lightning plug for connectivity. Look for iLounge's full review in the very near future.
Netatmo debuts Starck-designed wireless Thermostat
Netatmo has introduced its wireless Netatmo Thermostat, designed by Philippe Starck. An app can control the iOS-compatible thermostat and let users view their heating habits. The thermostat works with most oil, gas, and wood furnaces.
Following Nest's strategy of updating the common thermostat with a more beautiful and elegant housing, Netatmo's thermostat makes temperature control particularly easy, and comes with five interchangeable color frames to match the room where it's installed. It will be released in Europe this month for 179 Euros ($241), with a US release date and price to be announced in January at CES.
Scosche debuts reVOLT dual-12W car charger
Scosche has released its reVOLT ($25), a car charger with two USB 12W ports. While it's exceptionally similar to earlier reVOLT models, both ports now charge at 2.4A, allowing for full simultaneous iPad charging regardless of the iPad model.
Scosche notes that charging circuitry in reVOLT is designed for iOS — though the charger will work with most non-iOS smartphones and tablets, those devices may not charge at the fastest rates. Notably, Apple appears to have ended 2.4A/12W regarding speeds with the release of the iPad Air; only prior-generation full-sized iPads benefitted from the faster standard. The new reVOLT is available now.
Pebble watch receives full iOS 7 notifications
Pebble has announced today that its smart watch "is now fully integrated with iOS 7 and works seamlessly with Notification Center." All enabled notifications will now be pushed to the Pebble — meaning app notifications beyond calls, emails, and texts. A new iOS app will enable the functionality. Pebble claims the app is currently "under review" by Apple, and will be available in the iTunes Store "soon."
NOCS intros NS900 DJ-style headphones
NOCS has announced its NS900 ($250) on-ear headphones, billed as a "professional DJ headphone." The NS900 comes with 40mm titanium drivers and interchangeable ear cushions. A stainless steel headband is bolstered by an internal headband with steel hex screws.
NS900 uses a lock to keep the audio cable secure. Three exchangeable cables come with the headphones, including a cable with a three-button remote and mic. NOCS' NS900 is available for pre-order and ships Dec. 20.
Bad Elf debuts GPS for Lightning Connector
Bad Elf has introduced its GPS for Lightning Connector ($130), a portable GPS device that connects to a Lightning connector to add instant GPS and GLONASS location support. Latitude, longitude, altitude, speed and tracking are provided, and the company claims accuracy to within 9 feet and support for altitudes up to 60,000 feet and speeds up to 1,000 mph.
Bad Elf's GPS requires no Internet connection or monthly subscription, and enables Wi-Fi only devices to use full GPS-based location services, even in areas without Wi-Fi. The GPS is powered from the attached iOS device, and a micro-USB cable is included for passthrough charging. The GPS for Lightning Connector is expected to ship sometime in November.


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In a year that saw all seven Bay Area markets drastically redefine average sales price ceilings due to both a flush local economy and limited inventory, Q4 2015 served as a fitting bookend.
All counties experienced year-over-year average sales price gains, including two new county records. Sales volume was generally stable—a welcome sign for buyers and sellers alike in today's often-unpredictable and frenzied marketplace.
In looking at 2015 as a whole, a strong and persistent trend was the upward valuation of the more affordably priced counties. Contra Costa County posted over $7 billion in sales, up 14 percent year-over-year, while Alameda County recorded more than $8 billion and was up 13 percent year-over-year. Furthermore, the less-densely populated Napa County bested $1 billion for the first time in market history, increasing 15 percent year-over-year.
Napa County's gains were punctuated by a particularly strong fourth quarter in which the average home sales price rose to a new record of $928,126—a notable 26 percent year-over-year gain. This was not overwhelmingly surprising given the current state of prosperity in the tech and biotech spheres, with such professionals now venturing out of San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo Counties for the type of affordable yet affluent lifestyle found in areas like Napa County.
Marin County saw its highest-ever average sales price of $1.516 million, making it one of three Bay Area counties—alongside San Francisco and San Mateo County—to post a $1.5 million-plus Q4 average. On a more granular level, it's difficult to overlook the strength of the Mid-Peninsula's Atherton market and its performance in the closing months of 2015. An Atherton home that sold for $35.3 million was one of five closings of more than $9.8 million this quarter, contributing to a $7.227 million average home sale, for a town that has become one of the nation's most desirable locations for the wealthy and affluent.
As we look forward to 2016, more of the same upward sales pricing and tight inventory are to be expected. Leslie Appleton-Young, Vice President and Chief Economist of the California Association of REALTORS®, recently stated, "The foundation for California's housing market remains strong, with moderating home prices, signs of credit easing, and the state continuing to lead the nation in economic and job growth." Buyers looking for a window should be encouraged by such statements, as it's difficult to believe we'll continue at the pace which spelled double-digit cash volume percentage appreciation in areas like the East Bay and Napa County in 2015. However, unless there's an influx of supply, 10 percent would not be a surprising rate of growth for sellers to expect in 2016.
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SEOUL – North Korea on Sunday test-fired 18 rockets into the sea, the South Korean Defence Ministry said, the latest in a series of launches that have provoked criticism from Seoul and Washington.
The rockets were fired off the North's east coast and flew about 70 km over the Sea of Japan, a ministry spokesman said.
The ministry said 10 rockets were fired at 6:20 p.m. and eight more at 8:03 pm.
South Korea's military "has maintained a close watch for possible North Korean provocations," the spokesman said.
Yonhap news agency earlier reported that 10 short-range missiles were fired.
South Korean troops have increased vigilance following a series of rocket or missile launches in late February and this month, coinciding with annual South Korean-U.S. military exercises that started last month and run until mid-April.
Pyongyang routinely condemns the annual war games as rehearsals for an invasion, while Seoul and Washington retort they are purely defensive.
"We urge North Korea to stop provocative activities that will heighten military tension across the border," the spokesman said.
The North has defended its missile and rocket tests as justifiable self-defence drills. South Korea has called the launches a "reckless provocation" and Washington urged Pyongyang to halt the tests immediately, saying they risked inflaming regional tensions.
Sunday's barrage came two days after the North's National Defence Commission threatened to demonstrate its nuclear deterrence. Analysts said the comments could indicate the regime is preparing to carry out a fourth atomic test.
"Additional measures will be taken to demonstrate (North Korea's) might one after another as long as the U.S. nuclear threat and blackmail persist as now," the commission said in a statement. "The U.S. had better roll back its worn-out hostile policy toward (North Korea) as soon as possible and shape a new realistic policy before it is too late."
North Korea and its main ally, China, want a resumption of six-party talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons development. But the United States and South Korea both insist the North first demonstrate some tangible commitment to abandoning nuclear weapons.
The North Korean regime carried out nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and in February 2013.
Analysts in Seoul said Pyongyang is now mulling three options — a fourth nuclear test, the firing of a long-range rocket or the disclosure of progress in its program to enrich uranium.
Despite tensions over the drills and the North's missile tests, cross-border ties are currently enjoying an upswing. The two Koreas recently held the first reunion for more than three years of families divided by the Korean War, an event that raised hopes of greater cooperation.


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New Mexico Boy Storage Wars is fake it's all staged for the Tv show.
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#23347 Mar 28, 2014
Ebonics and a mugshot how original Racist Troll.
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Your scooter awaits you ,and he needs a good laugh.
#23349 Mar 28, 2014
Hey. all you ghetto dwelling mud people need to start colonies of carboard condos and have your annual pig roast and fire up some blunts and have some Travon skittles and mix them up with some champimple and stfu you've been served nasty azz black turds,be like Houdini and flush yourselves down the drain booty handed stains on society. 7734/5372/7734-(;-(l)-------+
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#23350 Mar 28, 2014
Ok you smelly apenoid. You will always be the broom pushers in society and hamburger flippers. Now stfu. Stay white stay strong and avoid those idiots like sambo. You feel me brother? Ain't my post black mamma jama.
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#23351 Mar 28, 2014
Sam38002 totally agree with you. That Samuel dude sounds like a real winner. What do you mean ain't my post black mammi jami? Do you mean Samuel's a little baby suckling on his mother's breast, while playing with his little Atari joystick? No doubt a scumbag loser.
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Often imtated never duplicated BLACK by popular demand the original. Clowning Bigots Racist on a daily.
#23354 Mar 28, 2014
nothing in east ar made the list?...
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#23355 Mar 28, 2014
No doubt you're the original village idiot Sambo. Nothing racist about that.. Just curious why so many alias? Long live the Aryan race, white is right, stay strong, stay safe, the kneegers are on the lose.
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#23356 Mar 28, 2014
Your insults are becoming more and predictable.
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#23357 Mar 28, 2014
The one you love to hate is back Bigots. Do your worst.
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#23358 Mar 29, 2014
If you say that to a person in certain counties-in calfornia---you get 1 year in jail for a hate crime---straight time. They'll yank you right across the atlantic.
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I'm sorry I don't hate you. I hate Sambo! Are you Sambo if so I hate you!
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Helps Kallarks!!!!! I be lost in dis countree fulls of white folk an I aint gots no wares ta go!!! Get up off yo lazy black azz an get ma l\ligga az outta here l\ligga!!!! Deese white muda fukas trine ta tale dis l\ligga I gots ta werk an dat sheet aint happnen, an day aint gots no crack over here.Ya nome trine ta say?????
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#23364 Mar 29, 2014
in my own opinion Kinsey Alabama is the worse the way they treat the people.
sale things Kinsey don't need contract the work out we need only one man to read water meters and one clerk to run town works and do how Kinsey was run in years 78 79 no cops we got Houston county and most time they here maybe first. sale backhoe and the police cars trucks and put the money in a grant to build a sewage plant or lay pipe to all Kinsey homes to make more monies maybe the people on the town council should give it up they have had plenty of time to try to help all Kinsey people like a new firehouse well the other one is less than 900 yards see maybe new people can run the town better some town council members have been into office maybe 12 years or more so cut the pay for mayor and town council to let Kinsey try to get back like it was in 79 80 years we had no cop and people speeded then well we supposed to have cops but what do they do drive mark cars so people can see hay they got a cop. this town needs a complete makeover in my own opinion.
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#23365 Mar 29, 2014
part 2chief is a vehicle that should have never been bought due to the gas mileage issue. And as for the maintenance dept. make it a one man meter reader like it used to be, it doesnt take but one person to lift the lids of the meters and read them monthly. Since the drainage ditch belongs to Houston County, let them do the cleaning of it or contract it out, they have alot more revenue coming into the Houston County then Kinsey, Alabama has coming into this town. If the right of ways belong to Kinsey, let them cut it instead of all the residents doing it because its not their job to do it, it's Kinseys if they own the right of way. You only need one town hall clerk to take money for the bills and take work orders that come in as the citizens have complaints.Let the state be over her, look into getting rid of some of their equipment that has been purchased and can be done without, sale these things put it back into Kinseys account and let it build and make Kinsey grow back like it was before the recession. Some things might can be added to attract more people to come back instead of just vacating their houses, leaving a mess and never coming back. Kinsey can learn to treat all of the citizens the same. Keep the volunteer fire Dept. and keep the ones that will volunteer to help because that is what it is now, A Volunteer Fire Dept. Maybe in a few yrs the town will turn around and a new mayor, council, police, and maintence crew can be re-hired but they all will have to know that the mayor runs the town and not the police or any other employees.
#23367 Mar 29, 2014
better than the whites do. and we white we trying to help all peoples for a better place to live and have drinking water maybe we can get some shine by the barrels. good post though thank you very much
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Attention: This is a public service announcement sponsored by the "Stay White Stay Strong unit 7734/5372 we wear our paint with pride and dignity we are stormtroopers and we will stomp the sh!t out of every Zulu, urban dwelling primate that disrespects us white people and our families,for a whiter brighter future for our children, you have been warned apericans.-(;-(l)------+
#23369 Mar 29, 2014
What is amazing blacks and whites have the same
Passion of hate. But blacks are a lot more caring when a child is involved. The struggles of racism was aided by a lot of whites. The greatest mistake. Blacks were to passive all that we shall overcome and Marching BS. You blow up a church. We blow up a church. You Lynch. We Lynch. You sick dogs on our kids. We should have thrown snakes.
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Federal analysts expect to report later this year that traffic fatalities in the U.S. for 2011 were the lowest yearly total on record, down nearly 2% from 2010.
While the final official tally is not yet finished, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a preliminary report estimating that 32,310 people died on the nation's highways last year. That's down from 32,885 deaths in 2010.
If the 2011 projection holds when actual fatalities are reported later this year, the number will be the fewest since records started being kept in 1949.
The number of traffic fatalities has fallen steadily in recent years -- down from 43,510 in 2005. The fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles of travel has dropped also, 1.46 in 2005 to 1.11 in 2010. The rate is expected to be an even lower 1.09 for 2011.
The number of projected fatalities dropped or held steady in every region of the country as well, except for one: California and Arizona, where fatalities were projected to increase by 3.3%.
NHTSA's report with actual numbers of fatalities from 2011 is likely in the fall.
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Smart grid security measures – How worried should we be?… and other outsourcing insights
If you ask any energy & utilities (E&U) industry expert on the most transformational technology to hit the industry in the past five years, the resonating answer would be the smart grid. Companies and policy-makers are working round the clock to roll-out this technology on a global scale. Benefits of the smart gird are aplenty, the most important being the information extracted from each meter providing valuable insights on domestic and commercial energy consumption patterns. A long-term analysis of this data will help save power and reduce energy loads for consumers and industries alike. However, over the past couple of years, a less unsavory aspect of the grid has emerged – potential gaps in the grid for commercial hacking of the grid to disrupt the grid and steal personal information.
Our recently released report on outsourcing in the utilities space predicted a "data deluge" of sorts with the amount of information generated from smart meters attached to every home. All this information will be sent along the grid to the utility for analysis and billing purposes. To prevent misuse of this data, utilities service providers, meter/grid component manufacturers and the utility companies are collaborating with regulators such as the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and UK's Ofgem to address security concerns and strengthen the smart grid itself through more effective security solutions.
From the consumer's point of view, security means that the data collected from each home does not get leaked or hacked along the way and the only destination is the utility. This data has to traverse through multiple data nodes on its journey from home to the utility, thus posing many points for potential hacking. Industry experts and outsourcing solution providers are working hard to increase levels of security and improve privacy control standards as the roll-out is happening on a global scale. A recent news item pointed to the fact that a European engineering firm detected minor attacks targeting grids in the region and some others may actually have gone undetected.
What can we expect in the future for the industry and outsourcing in this space? We believe that cyber-security threats will increase, which will act as a driver for more investment and research focusing on reliability and threat assessment solutions. Smart meter usage will start to peak in 2012, resulting in a huge demand for analytics solutions from the industry.
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Journalism professor Aly Colón talks about the spread of fake news on The Academic Minute.
W&L Law Students Named Co-Directors for Service to School Program for Veterans
Law students David Thompson and Michael Stinnett-Kassoff have been named co-directors for law admissions for Service 2 School, a non-profit organization that provides educational guidance and networking opportunities for U.S. military service members and veterans.
Dudley: 'Awareness of our Own Ignorance is a Virtue'
President Dudley's remarks at the 2017 commencement exercises have been published in The Roanoke Times.
2017 Graybeal-Gowen Poetry Prize-Winner Announced
Annie Woodford, a community college teacher in Roanoke, Virginia, is the winner of this year's Graybeal-Gowen Poetry Prize for Virginia Writers.
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They may have looked great, but Creative's Aurvana Air 'phones didn't have the performance to match their (frankly ludicrous) price. In fact, overpriced but underperforming seems to be a trademark of the Aurvana name, with the original Zen Aurvana in-ear headphones suffering similarly. You might well, therefore, be justified in feeling a little wary about the Aurvana In-Ear2 headphones.
The £90-odd price tag certainly isn't going to help the Aurvana In-Ear 'phones' case. Sure, I'll happily recommend even more expensive earphones, but that doesn't make me unaware that this is a sizeable chunk of money to spend. At least their construction makes these earphones' price feel fairly justified. The cloudy grey, metal casing certainly looks the part and goes some way towards explaining their asking price.
Creative bundles the Aurvana In-Ear2's with a fairly comprehensive set of accessories. A selection of different size silicone eartips and a cleaning tool are typical finds; the hard case's plastic cable-tidying insert is an unusual, but useful addition. This is on par with the best of the competition, so there's no failing in that department.
The In-Ear2's stay in the ear without any fuss and they remain comfortable even if worn for extended periods of time. The business part of each earpiece is basically a small cylinder, the inner end of which has a protrusion to insert into your ear, covered with a silicone tip, and the other end a perforated grill.
The thinking behind the "acoustic grill" - as Creative calls it - is that it gives the In-Ear2's a deeper base response. To give credit to Creative's design team, it seems to have worked because the Aurvana In-Ear2s deliver low frequencies excellently, even at moderate volume levels. Though whether it's a result of the grill or not, is impossible to tell.
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So does that "acoustic grill" result in sound leakage, both in an out of these headphones?
One of the main reasons I choose in-ear headphones is to keep the world out of my ears and to keep my world out of other's ears.
Yup, a word on isolation is direly missing.
There's no leakage, hence my forgetting to mention that :s
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/// Will Yahoo Try to Get Its "Cool Again" by Doing a Deal for Tumblr?
Earlier this week, Yahoo CFO Ken Goldman spoke at JP Morgan's Global Technology conference and underscored the need for the aging Silicon Valley Internet giant to attract more users from the coveted 18-to-24-years-old age bracket. Along with more marketing, he explicitly said Yahoo needed to be "cool again." "One of our challenges is we have had an aging demographic," said Goldman at the Boston event. "Part of it is going to be just visibility again in making ourselves cool, which we got away from for a couple of years." According to sources close to the situation, that could mean a strategic alliance and investment in or outright buy of perhaps the coolest Internet company of late: Tumblr. Sources said the talks were serious, but any kind of deal — of course — could come to naught. But it's not the first time Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been interested in the New York-based hipster blogging service. As an executive at Google, she had closely watched its fast growth, along with that of Foursquare. Since she took over at Yahoo, several sources said that she has met with its top execs, including founder and CEO David Karp. But sources said that interest has gotten stronger more recently, coming at the same time as Tumblr has been stepping up its efforts to raise a large funding round that could value the New York company at $1 billion. In a series of fundings since 2007, Tumblr has raised $125 million so far, at a reported valuation of $800 million. In the latest round, one source close to the situation said Tumblr was considering "strategic" investments, which would presumably be of the kind that Yahoo had tried and failed to do recently with France's Dailymotion video service. Since then, Mayer and her team have looked at the ongoing deal to purchase Hulu that has many possible other bidders. Tumblr is different from Dailymotion or Hulu, of course, in that it focuses heavily on user-generated content, largely text and photos, although there is an increasing use of video on the site. But this puts it directly in Yahoo's main wheelhouse, especially recent efforts to undergird its strong set of existing media offerings to appeal to a different audience and also get into the social space via consumer-based software solutions that are both elegant and easy to use. "If you could pick a company that fits in with what Marissa Mayer has demonstrated in her career — aesthetics software technology and fast-growing — you could not land on a better choice," said another source. That said, Yahoo has been sticking to smaller acquisitions under Mayer's regime, spending very little on a clutch of small mobile startups to up its game in the important sector. And at the same investment conference, Goldman also said additional M&A would continue to be smaller for Yahoo. Still, any kind of deal with Tumblr could certainly bring Yahoo a big, young audience. Its worldwide traffic was at 117 million visitors in April, according to comScore. On its home page, Tumblr claims it has 107.8 million blogs and 50.6 billion posts.
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Why You Should Pay for Congress' Junkets
Oh, Congress -- in this case, the House of Representatives -- you make it so hard for your apologists.
Case in point: thanks to some alert reporting by National Journal's Shane Goldmacher, the House Ethics Committee [snort] has been caught ending the requirement that members report who paid for their overseas junkets on annual disclosure forms, where most reporters and other observers normally go to look for such information.
See: I'm perfectly ready to write a defense of these expeditions. Well, I'd rather, I suppose, that Congress just dunned taxpayers for their fact-finding trips to world trouble spots (even when the travel includes side-trips to world-class beaches, spas and other resorts). I want politicians who vote on world affairs to see at least one version of the world, and I don't care if the way to get them to do it involves some nice perks.
So my first choice would be to have taxpayers foot the bill, but I can live with private funding. But, c'mon, private funding should go with disclosure. And to have disclosure, and then cut back on it without any announcement and just hope no one would notice?
Even worse, perhaps, the new plan, as Goldmacher explains it, will still require members to report their junkets to the House, but not on "the chief document that reporters, watchdogs, and members of the public have used for decades to scrutinize lawmakers' finances." It's not even clear that there's any helpful reduction in paperwork out of this; it apparently just makes it a lot harder to figure out what's going on. Why? Apparently, just because they can.
One might have thought that House Republicans, in particular, would be extra careful to avoid any messy ethics problems given how their last turn as the majority ended.
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Home > News & Events > News Archive > Opinion: Time for a Wikipedia overseas aid policy
March 18, 2013
Opinion: Ricardo Hausmann, CID Faculty Director
No one could be against the eradication of poverty, the expansion of access to education or reductions in infant and maternal mortality. These are among the Millennium Development Goals, the international framework for aid co-ordination agreed by the UN in 2000. But the MDG framework itself is deeply flawed – as is the current work on a post-2015 agenda. They wrongly set the same goals for all countries and prescribe an ineffective co-ordination mechanism.
The MDG framework is a top-down design akin to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It should be superseded by a self-organising alternative, akin to Wikipedia. Britannica requires a master editor, who plans an overall structure and delegates sections to junior editors who commission expert authors to write entries. By contrast, Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, allows anyone who follows some basic rules to make a contribution and to gain access to the information they need.
In 2000, the goals emerged from an expert consultation process and were endorsed by heads of state of almost 200 countries. Now, the UN is calling on people around the world to go online and vote for the "issues that matter most to them", through the new platform – entitled "The World We Want." Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, recently told an international meeting that "our goal must be a single, coherent global agenda."
But why should we set the same goals for all the world's developing countries? Is it not the role of democracy to empower citizens with the right to nominate problems and set goals? Why should my single vote count the same for Bolivia, Burkina Faso and Nepal? Should certain societies disregard housing, personal security or urban transport just because the MDGs do not include them? Should the Gates Foundation abandon its goal of eradicating polio, just because it did not make it into the MDGs? Should state and local governments emphasise the same goals as the national government?
The way the MDGs work is that recipient national governments are required to write a poverty-reduction strategy paper that is consistent with the goals. Then a round-table meeting with donors would be convened to work out who would help in what project – a rather Britannica-like approach.
The MDGs have advantages: they are a short list of eight objectives that fit nicely in our heads. But the world is not simple, and hiding complexity under the rug in the name of "forging a global partnership" is harmful and counterproductive.
What if, like Wikipedia, we allowed goals, as well as solutions, to emerge from the many stakeholders in each country, with their varied priorities? What if, instead of all of us agreeing on the same few static goals, we let them emerge from the interaction of donors, recipients and social movements?
This is not unlike the debate between central planning and self-organisation in the economy. Should we set goals and devise a plan? Or should we let sellers and buyers meet in a marketplace to co-ordinate on their own? Such an approach – Aid 2.0 – would let priorities emerge from the evolving realities, values and experiences of the many different actors, just as in the market, where goals are not preset.
Donors and recipients, if they are not corrupt, want to extract the biggest bang for their development buck, given what they think other donors and recipients are already doing – and this dynamic acts like an invisible hand.
The system would not be perfect. A more horizontal approach faces significant information and transaction costs. But that does not mean that policy makers should ban it. Instead, they should focus on helping this kind of self-organisation.
Together with Michele Coscia at Harvard University and César Hidalgo at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, we have developed an online tool that can help donors and recipients find each other based on their shared interests. This is a contribution to what a 2.0 approach to aid could look like.
The goals of the MDGs are admirable. But so are many of the issues that have been left out, and there is no compelling reason why all countries should adopt the same aims. In a world where information and communication are easier than ever, there is a better way. It lies in a self-organised, interest-driven approach. Let's embrace it.
An introduction to the Aid Explorer online tool featured in Hausmann's article.
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I said I wasn't going to start this but heck, even I make mistakes!! Think about it, I deep fried a camera!!!!
We started it here, we might as well talk about it here too. Last year was a bear of a year. We crossed several hurdles but still it came off pretty good. Even the bears liked it!!
We again have several hurdles to cross,including paying for it several months in advance,but we will make it happen.
Let see how many posts we can list this year!!!!
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Tomorrow's leaders will get a big chance to gain basic skills for the global economy by participating in a residential camp June 16-19, at the Estherville campus of Iowa Lakes Community College.
The three-day camp is designed specifically for young people who will complete sixth and seventh grades this spring.
Data reveals those who have STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) elements in their educational backgrounds will have a better chance for success as global leaders of the future.
"Jobs are requiring workers to have a greater ability to think critically, work as a member of a team (as well as independently) in order for us to close the performance gap between our American students and those being educated in other countries," said Quincy Paden, TRiO Director for Iowa Lakes.
Student-centered activities are driven by problem solving, discovery and exploratory learning. The National Science Foundation estimates that "80 percent of the jobs created in the next decade will require some form of math and science skills."
While students are having fun, they'll get plenty of learning packed in each day of the camp.
"Often people say you go to college to learn something – not to have fun. But in this case, you'll do both – with the emphasis on fun!" said Paden.
The camp starts with student check on Sunday, June 16th at 3:00 PM. After Rules and Regulations and Counselor Team projects, Students will participate in "Follow Nature's Course" at Fort Defiance, consisting of a Scavenger Hunt and Grill Out. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will bring action packed STEM activities focusing on biology, chemistry, mathematics and anatomy, as well as robotics, video gaming, Kid Wind and the physics of roller coasters. The camp will be finalized with a Family Banquet Wednesday evening at 6:00 PM, where campers and parents can share all of the highlights of the camp.
All meals, supervised lodging, classes and a closing banquet are included in the $250 tuition fee.
Organizers urge parents to encourage their youngsters to participate. They also suggest that some grandparents may wish to pay for the camp as a gift to a child.
"When someone finds their passion in life, they often make it their career. Who are the most successful and happiest people? Those who have found their passion and have FUN at their job," said TJ Thayer STEM Camp Coordinator.
"Campers will have lifelong memories to take home with them," added Susan Thompson, Educational Talent Search Project Assistant.
This will be the second year for the STEM Camp. Those interested are encouraged to register soon. For more information and a registration form, contact Quincy Paden, STEM Camp Director, at 712-852-5302 or 1-800-242-5108 ext. 5302.
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posted by Steven .
what assonance is in the poem daffodils by william-wordsworth?
I've underlined a couple examples of assonance. What other examples do you see?
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
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Fox Business host Stuart Varney chimed in on the government shutdown crisis, saying that he believes it offers an opportunity to "punish" federal workers for "living on our backs." Yes, a multimillionaire Fox host said that. It's like a two for two kind of deal for a Fox Host. He gets to punish hard workers, while watching the government suffer, which subsequently harms poorer Americans. Oh wait, that's three. He's in luck.
During an interview, Varney was asked about the government shutdown and its effect on workers and the economy.
One of the hosts asked Varney, "Do you think that federal workers, when this ends, are deserving of their back pay or not?"
Varney responded, "That is a loaded question isn't it? You want my opinion? This is President Obama's shutdown. He is responsible for shutting this thing down; he's taken an entirely political decision here. No, I don't think they should get their back pay, frankly, I really don't. I'm sick and tired of a massive, bloated federal bureaucracy living on our backs, and taking money out of us, a lot more money than most of us earn in the private sector, then getting a furlough, and then getting their money back at the end of it. Sorry, I'm not for that. I want to punish these people. Sorry to say that, but that's what I want to do."
Co-host Amy Jacobson said, "But it's not their fault. It's not the federal employees' fault. I mean, that's what I'm sick of, I hate and it makes me anxious, to see people who are victimized because of a political fight."
Varney responded, "I take your point Amy, it is not directly their fault, but I'm looking at the big picture here. I'm getting screwed. Here I am, a private citizen, paying an inordinate amount of money in tax. I've got a slow economy because it's all government, all the time. And these people are living on our backs, regulating us, telling us what to do, taxing us, taking our money, and living large. This is my chance to say "hey, I'm fed up with this and I don't miss you when you're on furlough." Sorry if that's a harsh tone, but that's the way I feel."
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