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It's the first ever bipartisan pub crawl. Four US Congressmen, two from each party, one DC watering hole, and the hot-button issue of the country: Obamacare.
The GOP's Adam Kinzinger (R- IL) and Trey Radel (R-FL) met up with Democrats Kyrsten Sinema (D- AZ) and Patrick Murphy (D- FL) earlier this summer -- and managed to get through a conversation on Obama's controversial healthcare overhaul.
We'll see if their conversation helped get us any closer to resolution: tomorrow, House Republicans are set to vote on a stop-gap funding bill that would keep the government from shutting down, at least temporarily, with a provision to defund the Affordable Care Act attached to it. Obama says it's a non-starter; House Speaker Boehner calls Obamacare "a train wreck."
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Peachtree Ridge junior Orlando Brown, a heavily recruited prospect from the class of 2014, plans to announce his college commitment today at his high school.
The 6-foot-7, 340-pound offensive lineman has drawn nationwide attention from college coaches and has a big list of favorites and offers, according to Lions head football coach Mark Fleetwood. Among those schools are Oklahoma, Oregon, Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio State and Alabama.
Brown transferred to Peachtree Ridge during his sophomore year after previously attending DeMatha High in Hyattsville, Md. He is the son of former NFL offensive lineman Orlando Brown Sr., who passed away in 2011.
ESPN ranks Brown as the No. 36 player in Georgia for the class of 2014.
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I casually mentioned to my husband yesterday that I wanted to get started on my garden and that I needed his help moving a few things. So all of a sudden yesterday evening he got a place cleared and said his dad was on his way to till it up for me so I needed to figure out how big I wanted it.
How big? I have no clue! My mother-in-law said it can get big real fast and I didn't want anything that I couldn't handle for my first year. So I mowed a spot to mark where I wanted it to be and my father-in-law started tilling away. Kevin even brought him a couple of loads of manure so it should be nice and fertile ground!
Well, I'm not sure if it's a "big" garden or not. I guess I'll see once I get everything planted. Kevin suggested planting sweet corn along the south side of the garden to help as a wind break. So I'll give that a try. We (as in me and HD) are going to plant some tomato plants, green beans, sweet corn, a few different kinds of peppers and squash and maybe some carrots and onions too! I'll just have to see what looks good when I go buy some plants/seeds.
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The Gripen procurement is to be undertaken in two phases, the first covered in the 2008-2012 budget, which provides 19 billion baht ($600 million) for six Gripens and one Erieye system, plus spare parts and training. The second phase allocates 15.4 billion baht ($500 million) of the 2013-2017 budget for another batch of six fighters and the second Erieye platform. Although the deal has been agreed upon, formal contracts have yet to be signed. The Gripen is due to enter RTAF service in 2010.
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Under Ullman's leadership, Penney is bringing back store label brands like St. John's Bay that were eliminated by Johnson. The company also is working to restage the home departments in the 500 stores where new designers like Jonathan Adler and Michael Graves were added.
Ullman said that early feedback from customers made it clear that they want a more balanced assortment of trendy and traditional merchandise. Ullman also said that Penney will be rebuilding areas for luggage, frames and window coverings, which were cut back under Johnson.
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While some analysts said liquidity remains a concern, Sosnick, the Gilford Securities analyst, believes that Penney has the cash needed to get through an extended turnaround.
"The episode from hell is over, and Penney has deeper problems than ever before — but we believe it still retains the goodwill of its core shoppers and that they will return and shop more frequently as assortments of traditional lines are rebuilt," he said.
Penney shares rose nearly 6 percent, or 77 cents, to $13.99 in early afternoon trading. Before Tuesday, shares have been down nearly 70 percent in value since February 2012 when investors pushed up shares to $43 on optimism over Johnson's plan.
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- 2-3 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1" piece of fresh ginger grated
- Slice the cucumber into 1/4" thick.
- Place in a large pot or bowl and sprinkle a liberal amount of pickling salt.
- Place a plate on top and apply some weight and let the salt leech the water from the cucumbers.
- In 2-3 days when the thickness shrinks to a little more than 1/8" thick, remove weight and soak the cucumbers in fresh water to remove the excess salt.
- I usually change the water 3-4 times so the cucumber retains only a bit of the salty flavour.
- Squeeze out the excess water and place in a bowl.
- Ginger and Soya Dressing:
- Add to cucumber and leave in the fridge for a couple of days stirring occasionally.
- It should keep in the fridge for a couple of weeks.
- Optional, grated garlic can be added if you want.
- Japanese cooking does not use garlic traditionally
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Any type of cucumber can be used however I prefer either Dill Cucumber or an Asian Cucumber which is like a mini English cucumber.
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you get your pond in the garden with those lovely frogs and it is nice, especially when the sun is shining
but, those frogs are multiplying like crazy and a frog plague is born. you can't get away from them and they are everywhere. in the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom.
frogs have taking over your house and you can't kill them because that kind of frog is a endangered specie. you will have to move.
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A Paradigm Shift From Chemicals to Agriculture
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Weak market conditions coupled with sluggish sales growth has led DuPont (NYSE: DD), Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW) and FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) to focus more on growth markets and shift towards agricultural products. Amid this transition we will scrutinize how DuPont is in a better position to contain market declines and provide its investors with the desired returns.
Recent Events:
DuPont has made news by announcing a spin off of its chemical business, since the company intends to focus on sales in less volatile markets, such as agriculture and biotechnology. DuPont's chemical business was in a fix ever since the prices for Titanium Dioxide dropped,and margins were depressed due to low pricing. DuPont's chemical business took a nose dive and dropped by 56 %. To top that, gas prices have also doubled as compared to the last year. This, coupled with uneven economies. has led to a decline in the chemical business sales, hence, the company is shedding off its chemical unit to enhance margins and returns.
However, to the brighter side drought resistant seeds helped the company double its profits, with agricultural sales elevated by 11 %. North American market has also picked up increasing the demand for its corn seeds, insecticides and fungicides, opening up huge growth avenues for the company.
Low ethane costs have helped Dow Chemical boost its margins, however a surge in gas prices could potentially increase input costs for Dow. Moreover despite high unemployment Dow Chemical Co. is troubled with finding skilled workers able to perform tasks needed in a growing environment. If these pressures end up requiring higher wage costs, Dow Chemical might struggle to keep overall expenses in line, and this might suppress margins.
Moving on to a few figures, we realize that the company sales declined by 2% due to weak market demand, however, agriculture sales increased by as much as 14 % due to accelerated product sales. Moreover, Sadara Project, a joint venture between Dow Chemical and Saudi Arabian Oil, is an integrated chemical complex with a capacity of producing 3 million metric tons of high value performance plastics and specialty chemical products. This joint venture ensures a stream of $500 million in equity earnings for Dow, for the first 10 years from start up.
FMC, in its domain, is very active in acquisitions to strengthen its portfolio as well as enhance its product reach. Recently the company acquired Omega 3 producer EPAX Nutra for $345 million, to strengthen and expand FMC's presence in the high growth nutraceutical market. The high growth market presents an array of opportunities for the company. In another deal, FMC has acquired patented, broad spectrum crop protection product from Bayer CropScience. Furthermore, FMC will develop and distribute the novel product for row crops in the U.S. and Canada, anticipating a surge in sales and margins.
FMC's industrial chemical units is faced with a decline in its revenues of as much as 5% from an year ago resulting in a 37% decline in earnings due to lower export pricing in soda ash and lower domestic volumes, hence a focus towards agricultural products. The market conditions are speculated to remain tough, since weak demand coupled with a decline in prices and low turnover might further suppress the revenues and margins.
Analyzing Ratios:
Data from Morningstar on 26th July 2013.
Upon analyzing the key ratios we notice the low dividend yield FMC provides despite being highly priced among its competitors, the company has been cutting back on its dividends to fuel its acquisitions. On the other hand DuPont with a low 35 % payout ratio has the ability to increase its dividends, on contrary Dow Chemical has a strikingly high payout ratio of 156%, indicative of an unsustainable condition and slow growth.
DuPont lags behind its rivals in terms of net income growth, since the chemical business has been pulling down margins for quite some time now. However, DuPont provides the highest return on equity, while Dow Chemical struggles with its ROE.
Final Thoughts:
All the three companies in question are aggressively diversifying into agriculture; however DuPont and Dow Chemical, due to the size of their operations. are in a much better position than FMC. DuPont intends to focus on growth markets such as agriculture and biosciences, which it deems more profitable. Like its biggest competitors Dow has also diversified into agricultural products, far beyond its pure chemical business, however it only defines a minor portion of its business. The company remains more exposed to market conditions in the chemical sector, marked with lower demand cycles.
DuPont on the hand has certain products in its pipeline which are gaining traction in the market. For instance, in its industrial bioscience division new enzyme launches in laundry detergents paints new opportunities for the company. With all these companies present in the agriculture sector, DuPont due to early entry has an advantage over the two of its rivals. In the light of the above mentioned, DuPont might be a better option.
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Date: June 18, 2009
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Sixteen Hands Horse Sanctuary will feature a plethora of family fun this weekend at its second BBQ fundraiser.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, at the sanctuary, 6275 Wauchula Road. Admission is free.
The fundraiser will feature carriage rides, an exotic reptile and bird show, silent auction, raffle, bounce house and, or course, a barbecue feast. Kelly Hall, a Natural Balance hoof trimmer, will offer a trim demonstration.
Money raised at the event will benefit the sanctuary's horses.For more information, visit sixteenhandshorsesanctuary.org.
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Most of us don't have too many vivid memories from when we were seven-years-old, but I have a feeling that young Artyom, aka Justin Hansen, will relive that memory for the rest of his life.
I am a mother by adoption, so you can probably guess that I have a LOT to say about Artyom, the Russian adoptee who his mother claims was threatening to burn down her house and was becoming violent.
I don't doubt any of that. All children have issues of one kind or another -- some mild, some extremely serious. And there are some that come up more often in adopted children, like attachment issues, than in our children who come to us the "old-fashioned" way. But as I like to say, there are no "give backs" when it comes to children, no matter how they become part of our families.
My husband and I adopted our daughter from China nine years ago (yes, that's her in the photo!). She was 12 months old at the time, and we knew there was a possibility that we would have to deal with attachment or emotional issues because she lived in an orphanage for a year. The orphanage caregivers we met seemed like nice women who genuinely cared about the babies, but there were eight of them and 100 babies to take care of everyday. With that kind of ratio, it's no surprise that some children who come out of that experience have a tough time building trust in their new parents and believing that these new people will love them and care for them and never leave them.
We hoped that wouldn't be the case but, as it turned out, we spent a long time working on attachment, bonding and trust issues with our daughter. As a somewhat typical fourth-grader today, PunditGirl is doing well now, but it never crossed our minds to put her on a plane back to China when the going got rough.
I wrote about this a few months ago when another mother, who had five biological children, adopted a sixth and then gave him up because of emotional issues and bonding problems. I wrote then about our own experience:
We thought we were prepared. We dealt with a fabulous agency who made sure we knew that a good number of children adopted from institutions often have attachment and other emotional issues. We read. We listened. We talked. MY husband already had experience as a dad to two biological daughters. We thought we were ready.
We so weren't.
But the thing is this -- no one is EVER ready for the parenting experience they get, whether their children are biological, adopted, foster or the result of today's myriad fertility options that may or may not result in a child that's biologically related to the ultimate parents. No one is ever really ready for a child with autism, Down syndrome, cancer, diabetes, ADHD -- no child is perfect and every parenting experience is different, yet most of us find ways to rise to the occasion and help our children the best we can.
Given what I know about international adoption, I have no doubt that young Artyom had serious emotional issues -- he was a seven-year-old living in an institution and had been placed there by an alcoholic mother. He told stories of being beaten with a broom in the orphanage (a story apparently other children from Russian orphanages have told, as well). I have no doubt that he threatened to set the family home on fire or threatened other violence, because I have heard that story before in connection with older institutionalized children who were later adopted. I have no doubt that the whole truth wasn't told by the orphanage. And I have no doubt that perhaps the family didn't get or hear the whole message from the adoption agency they used about the potential serious emotional and behavior issues a child like Artyom might have.
But there are resources. And there is help. That's what all the follow-up placement services are there for. No matter what the real situation was -- and who knows how much of the actual story we will ever know -- give-backs aren't an option.
I am sad for the other families who are waiting to adopt their children from Russia who are now in indefinite limbo as a result of this. And I'm sad for all adoptive families, including mine, who get painted with the broad brush of media judgment because families by adoption are still considered second-best in our country and scrutinized in ways that other families aren't. But most of all, I'm sad for Artyom and hope that something in his life will start to go right very soon.
Joanne Bamberger also writes the political blog, PunditMom, and is at work on a book about the increasing involvement of mothers in politics, due out this fall.
I have to agree with Mommyheymommy. I know that some adoptive parents may not have realistic ideas, but RAD goes way beyond reason. Three of my 12 kids have RAD. I have children who have pooped in vents, played in wiring until we had to turn off a breaker to save their lives, and other things that most people judging could never even imagine. I have 5 kids on the autism spectrum, one has Down Syndrome, and there are other special needs,but none compare to RAD. My kids came from the US foster system not internationally. I know several other families who went the same adoption route as I did and ended up with RAD children. I know of three such families who ended up putting their children back into foster care. It wasn't bc they went in blind or for the wrong reasons, but bc RAD is more challenging than anyone realizes until they are there.
Judging must be an easy road for those who aren't ever planning to go there. Adopting an infant or toddler with attachment issues is totally different than adopting an older child who has full blown RAD. I lovemy kids dearly and hope to see them recover and grow into happy adults. On the other hand, I sure the heck can't judge as harshly as you all are. NO PUTTING ON A PLANE BACK TO RUSSIA SHOULDN'T BE AN OPTION, but at the same time you have to realize the desperation that parents feel to make such a bad choice.
By the way, I have a biological child and have adopted 11. There is no difference in the way that I feel based on their method of delivery. Autism, Down Syndrome, and other special needs are things that occur without fault from anyone. RAD doesn't occur without serious neglect and no one to bond to in those first 3 years of life. The judgement that everyone is giving now along with lack of help and support available to parents in that situation are some of the reasons that parents do give up. Inpatient therapies can run $1,000 a day and don't have a good percentage of success. It isn't covered by insurance in most instances. There are few therapists who have experience working with RAD and those who don't have exerience usually do more harm than good.
We are doing ok and we are seeing improvements. I'm also home full time and homeschool many of my kids which is very helpful. Not everyone is cut out for it. I'm thankful that God gives grace every day and with Him all things are possible!


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Devin Ebanks joins Kevin Jones as the second former Mountaineer to suit up in the NBA Summer League.
The West Virginia Mountaineers knew before leaving for the
Old Spice Classic that Sunday's game would likely be one they wanted for some
time. Chances are it would feature either a rematch against Gonzaga or a shot
at a Big 12 opponent in a non-conference setting.
Truth be told, the players were talking about a potential
rematch with Gonzaga after blowing out Marist on Thursday. However, that is not
the game they are going to play later today.
A 63-60 loss to Davidson in the Old Spice Classic semifinals
cost the Mountaineers that rematch. Gonzaga beat Oklahoma in the other semifinal
sending the Sooners to the consolation game against the Mountaineers.
That creates a whole different set of storylines. WVU and
Oklahoma will not play three times this season. They will meet today, January 5
in Morgantown and March 6 in Norman.
While these are a pair of teams from the same conference,
this counts as a non-conference game. This will not affect their conference
These two teams already have one thing in common. They both
got blown out by Gonzaga this season. WVU lost 84-50 while Oklahoma suffered a
72-47 defeat.
West Virginia's loss to Davidson was mostly due to a scoring
drought to begin the second half. Davidson opened that half on a 9-0 run
quickly erasing West Virginia's 32-30 lead at the break. WVU got down by as
many as 11 points with less than nine minutes remaining in the game, but overcame
that to reach a point where it had a chance to tie at the buzzer.
WVU had other problems that led to the loss. The
Mountaineers shot just 47 percent from the free throw line.
West Virginia's bigs, Aaric Murray, Deniz Kilicli and Kevin
Noreen all found themselves in foul trouble throughout most of the second half.
Murray eventually fouled out with about two minutes remaining in the game.
Bob Huggins will have more depth at the big position against
Oklahoma with the return of Dom Rutledge. He has missed the Mountaineers first
three games of the season for an undisclosed reason. Huggins said following the
loss to Davidson that Rutledge will be back in the lineup today.
Make no mistake, this is a big game for the Mountaineers.
WVU sits at 1-2 overall. A win over Oklahoma sends the Mountaineers home at 2-2
with an early good feeling about one of its Big 12 opponents. A loss is a
different story. WVU would return to Morgantown at 1-3 overall with even more
problems than Huggins predicted early in the season.
West Virginia will meet Oklahoma at 4:30 pm. The game will
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hello, darkness, my old friend…i've come to talk with you again…
by first believing in santa claus, then the easter bunny, then the tooth fairy, rant casey was recognizing that those myths are more than pretty stories and traditions to delight children. or to modify behavior. each of those three traditions asks a child to believe in the impossible in exchange for a reward. these are stepped-up tests to build a child's faith and imagination. the first test is to believe in a magical person, with toys as the reward. the second test is to trust a magical animal, with candy as the reward. the last test is the most difficult, with the most abstract reward: to believe, trust, in a flying fairy that will leave money. from a man to an animal to a fairy. from toys to candy to money. thus, interestingly enough, transferring the magic of faith and trust from sparkling fairydom to clumsy, tarnished coins. from gossamer wings to nickels…dimes…and quarters. in this way, a child is stepped up to greater feats of imagination and faith as he or she matures. beginning with santa in infancy, and ending with the tooth fairy as the child acquires adult teeth. or, plainly put, beginning with all the possibility of childhood, and ending with an absolute trust in the national currency.
I've got a really great compliment for you, and it's true…I've got this, what, ailment? My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in 50 or 60% of the cases, a pill really helps. I hate pills, very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I'm using the word "hate" here, about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never…well, you were there, you know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning, I started taking the pills.
I don't get how that's a compliment for me.
You make me want to be a better man.
…That's maybe the best compliment of my life.
i heard you call but i was spitting up blood
heard you call, from where clean breezes flow
instigate fear, now that i'm alone
no alarms, i was feeling you up
the trick is not to kill me, but i'll fuck that up
what ever happened to chivalry? does it only exist in '80s movies? i want john cusack holding a boombox outside my window. i wanna ride off on a lawnmower with patrick dempsey. i want jake from sixteen candles waiting outside the church for me. i want judd nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. just once, i want my life to be like an '80s movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. but no, no…john hughes did not direct my life.


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Numbers are limited to 12 people on this small-group tour, ensuring personalized attention from a guide.
- 2.5-hour evening aperitivo tour of Florence
- Walk across the Ponte Vecchio and visit a gelato parlor in the Oltrarno neighborhood
- Enjoy aperitivo in two top Florence bars
- Snack on plates of Tuscan food like wild boar salami and ripe cheeses
- Wash down the food with a glass of Brunello di Montalcino or a Chianti reserve wine
- Small-group tour with a maximum of 12 people ensures a more intimate experience
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A tradition firmly rooted in Italian life, aperitivo consists of a pre-dinner snack with drinks in a bar. While Milan is believed to have started the tradition in the early 1920s, other Italian cities quickly caught onto the trend, but few struggle to do it better than Florence; as the capital of Tuscany, the city has world-renowned ingredients right at its fingertips.
Leave the gelato parlor and stroll to a traditional wine bar for a glass of Tuscan wine – either Brunello di Montalcino or a Chianti reserve – alongside a platter of wild boar salami, Tuscan prosciutto (ham) and a selection of creamy ripe cheeses. Listen to your guide talking about the wine's origins as you eat, and discover how to match wines with food.
Continue to your second and final bar of the evening near Piazza Pitti, enjoying a house cocktail with snacks. The exact dishes vary each time, but expect something typically Tuscan like bruschetta topped with juicy tomatoes and garlic. Your tour finishes here, but you can stay inside for as long as you like, making the most of your evening independently!
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Why teens fail at managing money
Because they often leave high school with no education in personal finance, young people must overcome a steep learning curve when they enter the adult world.
High school students are studying up on calculus, advanced chemistry and world history, but most aren't learning fundamental money lessons to help them navigate the real financial world.
Such is the case with Jessica Pollack's son Adam, an 18-year-old who graduated in May from Los Alamitos High School in Orange County, Calif. Much to Jessica's chagrin, the school doesn't require its students to take a personal-finance class to graduate. "It's a top-rated school, but there is no personal-finance requirement, which is just astonishing to me," Pollack says. "There's a technology requirement that's statewide. As a technology teacher, I appreciate that, but these kids are exposed to computers and technology all the time. Yet when it comes to buying the computer and financing it, they're clueless."
Odds are your children will also graduate from high school without being taught basic money lessons, including how to create a budget or write a check. Though the recession has raised awareness about economic issues, it appears those heightened concerns have prompted few states to require a personal-finance class. Only 13 states currently require high school students to take a personal-finance class to graduate, according a survey released in March by the nonprofit Council for Economic Education (CEE).
Interest is there, opportunity is not
An interest in personal finance among high school students doesn't appear to be the issue. A recent poll by Sallie Mae found that 84% of high school students desire more financial education. Among 16- to 18-year-olds, 86% said they would rather learn about money management in the classroom than make financial mistakes in the real world, according to a 2011 survey by brokerage firm Charles Schwab.
Parents also have expressed concerns over their children's lack of financial knowledge. According to an August survey by MasterCard, 64% of parents of college-bound children are worried about their children's ability to manage money.
Many high schools appear to be doing the bare minimum to educate students about personal finance, says Ted Beck, the chairman of the JumpStart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, which trains teachers on how to instruct classes on personal finance. Beck also heads up the National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE), a nonprofit that provides personal-finance training tools to teachers and financial-education resources to the public on its website. He says many schools bring in guest speakers, but that such efforts aren't enough. "You can't learn a language in two hours, so having a two-hour visitor coming in to talk about money really doesn't provide the students with what they need," he says.
Nan Morrison, the president and chief executive of the CEE, says state governments are so focused on teaching the core subjects of math and English that personal finance often gets overlooked. "If you can't read and you can't count, all bets are off," she says. She adds that many cash-strapped states lack the funding to institute personal-finance instruction.
Conflicting viewpoints within a state's bureaucracy can also be an obstacle, says Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. Franchot was the key proponent behind a petition drive for the Maryland General Assembly to pass a bill in 2012 that would require all Maryland high school students to complete a stand-alone course in financial literacy to graduate. He says the state's current approach, which involves incorporating personal finance into other courses, is ineffective. "Embedding of financial literacy in classes is just a sop to avoid this issue, and it's developed by the education bureaucracy as a way to control their turf. That's why I haven't been able to get it through the legislature," he says. "Ultimately we will have it in Maryland, but you kind of have to drag the bureaucracy into it kicking and screaming."
Beck sees the same tug-of-war in states throughout the country. "You can't wave a wand and say, 'Every school must teach this now,'" he says.
Franchot adds that many state officials who oppose the bill cite funding costs as their biggest concern. However, he points out that Maryland's Carroll County, which chose independently to implement a stand-alone financial literacy course for all eight of its high schools, did so with just $37,700. The only recurring cost is $325 per teacher for a one-time training course, Franchot says. "The idea that you have to hire a bunch of new teachers and incur all sorts of new textbook costs and other sorts of expenses just isn't true," he says.
Discomfort among teachers and parents
Although Carroll County's training course was a minimal expense, Beck says getting teachers to feel comfortable teaching the subject may be a bigger challenge. If teachers provide students with misinformation about personal finance, it can have serious implications. Approximately 64% of Wisconsin teachers surveyed by the University of Wisconsin in Madison said they felt unqualified to address the state's financial literacy standards, and few felt "very competent" lecturing a class on topics such as risk management and debt. But more than 70% of teachers polled in a nationwide NEFE survey said they are willing to receive formal financial-education training to teach a financial literacy class.
Many parents are also uncomfortable with teaching their kids about money management. David Bruzzese, who co-authored the book "The Teen's Guide to Personal Finance: Basic Concepts in Personal Finance that Every Teen Should Know" with Joshua Holmberg, chalks it up to parents lacking confidence in their own financial knowledge. He says many parents haven't learned critical financial values themselves, so teaching their children may do more harm than good. "Parents may be passing along bad financial habits to their kids because that's all they know," Bruzzese says.
Morrison of the CEE agrees: "To say it's a parent's responsibility seems unfair -- unfair to the parents and unfair to the kids. You can't ask people to be responsible for teaching something if they haven't received the education themselves."
Consequently, money is among the lowest priorities in conversations between parents and their children; it ranks below talks about the importance of good manners and the benefits of good eating habits, according to a survey by Harris Interactive released in August.
So what role should parents play in teaching their children about money? Bruzzese says parents don't necessarily need to impart financial lessons to their children, but they should encourage discussions about the topic. Beck of NEFE agrees: "This should be a discussion, not a lecture," he says. "You want to make sure it's a comfortable thing to talk about around the dinner table."
While parents may not need to teach their children about advanced subjects such as 401k's and mutual funds, they can teach the basics, such as the difference between wants and needs. Another important concept is learning how to apply the time value of money. "Not spending $1.50 a day on a soda can have a big impact on a person's financial future, and that's something that young kids need to understand," Bruzzese says.
Tamsen Butler, the author of "The Complete Guide to Personal Finance For Teenagers & College Students," says parents need to be financial role models. "If you're buying a luxury car when you can't even afford to buy groceries without a credit card, you're setting a bad example for your kids," she says.
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A look inside one personal-finance classroom
Some parents avoid the subject of money altogether. "My parents don't talk about finances whatsoever. The stock market comes up a lot, but that's pretty much the extent of what we talk about," says Jake Gallagher, a junior at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Mo.
Instead, Gallagher learns about money management in a personal-finance course -- required by the state of Missouri for graduation -- taught by Susan Lidholm. Lidholm's class is a one-semester course, but the school also offers an accelerated version online in the summer. It covers topics such as budgeting, banking, using credit wisely and investing in human capital. "We all make mistakes in the finance world, but our class can help them avoid some of those catastrophes," Lidholm says.
As part of its consumer skills unit, Lidholm's class provides students with a real-world simulation that teaches them how to make practical decisions with their money. The students go to a car dealership, choose a vehicle and then research what would be a fair price, as well as calculate the estimated personal-property and sales taxes.
Curriculum material is a minimal expense, Lidholm says. In lieu of a textbook, the Missouri Council on Economic Education provides support to teachers, supplying them with lesson plans and other materials. "We don't use a textbook because the economy changes so quickly that textbooks would become outdated fast," Lidholm says. She adds that there is a lot of free material available to teachers, so educators can create a tailored curriculum that meets their state's requirements.
Perhaps a testament to the importance of making the class a requirement is that several students in Lidholm's class say they wouldn't have taken the course if it were optional, but they're glad they did. "I probably wouldn't have taken this by choice, but if I had the chance to do it over again, I would take it because we've learned so much about finances and how they apply to our future," says Joshua Baumer, a junior at Rock Bridge High School.
Personal-finance competitions are another way for teachers to foster student interest in the subject. Lidholm served as the coach to a Missouri team that included students from Rock Bridge in last year's National Personal Finance Challenge. To prepare, the students met twice a week to go over an expansive list of possible questions, chiseling down to specifics such as what age you can cash in your IRA without incurring a penalty (it's 59 1/2). After winning regionals, the team went on to claim the national championship title. Lidholm says it's gratifying to watch her students take such an interest in personal finance that they spend time outside the class learning about it.
Timing and empowerment
Is high school the right time for students to take a personal-finance class? Or should it be taught earlier, in middle school or even elementary school? The Maryland State Board of Education's president and vice president, along with the state's interim superintendent, wrote a column published in The Washington Post in February arguing that financial education can't wait until high school, citing experts who say children begin to develop their understanding of money much younger.
Yet Lidholm says she thinks teaching the class to high school juniors syncs well with what's going on in their lives: They're getting driver's licenses and figuring out how to finance their first car, becoming more aware of gas prices and starting to earn money from part-time jobs. And as juniors, they can learn about the implications of taking on student-loan debt while they're considering what college to attend. It's also worth learning how credit works before they go off to college and have to make their daily money decisions on their own.
Proponents of financial literacy say getting high school students to feel in control of their own financial lives is a matter of finding the right teacher, the right curriculum and enough governmental support.
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Although it would be nice if the schools' provided this, but the primary responsibility should be the parents'. Introduce the children to a household budget, show them the how a mortgage works, what is financing, savings and checking accounts etc. The parents' provide the foundation regardless whether the schools' provide a home economics. There are so many books available for the parents to utilize in aiding this process. Managing money starts at home.
"Among 16- to 18-year-olds, 86% said they would rather learn about money management in the classroom than make financial mistakes in the real world, according to a 2011 survey by brokerage firm Charles Schwab."
This is a good example of assuming real world data from a designed survey. Consider it for a minute... you ask a question on a survey, "Would you rather learn about money management in the classroom than make financial mistakes in the real world?" What's the kid going to say - "no?"
How about asking the real question, "Do you want to add a required course in financial literacy to your junior year curriculum?" Think that will come up to 86%?
I don't think financial literacy is a bad idea, just making a comment on how one can make surveys say anything to give the desired result.
Not only are they not getting personal financial training, they are not getting enough education about government! Jay Leno has interviewed college students around campuses, and it is appaling about their lack of knowledge about Congress, etc. They know more about celebrities and sports figures than things that affect their future and that of the country. This lack of knowledge (maybe mostly interest) is apparent during elections of people to Congress. Many surveys indicate that the approval rating of Congress is quite low, and yet most of the representatives and senators are re-elected. Are voters too lazy to examine and pick some one else?
"If you mind your pennies, the dollars will take care of them selves" Ben Franklin
There is a major problem among teens/young adults with the "it's only a dollar, hit send" mentality. They down load isong for a buck by the hundreds if not thousands, and phone apps by the dozen, over the course of a year with out thinking. It's so easy to do. This develops terrible money management habits. Ask them how many of those songs they had to have, they actually listen to after a couple of months. I think the best thing for a parent to do is not pamper them and make them pay for their phones, cars, insurance and things that they want, but don't need. Have them get a job and send in their phone bill every month.
If there is a funding problem, get rid of some of the USELESS classes such as English Literature (Grammar class still important), World History, Art, even Calculus (Math was by far my most favorite class in high school). Replace those four classes with Personal Finance, Add an extra hour of Gym class, A Computer / Technology Literacy class, and Sex Education. Probably should start all of these classes in 7th grade, and again each year until graduation.
The States want kids to be financial 'dummies' so the banks, insurance companies, credit card companies, can take all of their money!
Not enough 'funding' is the biggest crock of you-know-what out there.
One of the most important things you can teach your children is how to handle money. We established credit union accounts for ours as minors. When they received money as gifts at holidays or birthdays, they had to put some portion into their long term savings, and start thinging in terms of a budget so they have been in training for about 10 years now.
During their senior year in high school we got a credit card for each of them that draws from this account and had them begin using it to fill the car up with gas, and nothing else but emergencies. We reimburse any gas expenses, so they have learned to not buy frivolous things just because they have money in the bank and realized it would be wasting their own money.
End result has been that both now know how to handle money and make decisions of needs vs. wants. Each year as they have more experience we add more cash to their accounts to pay for their college. They each now have control over ~ 80k in their accounts and are more careful not to waste any money in college because we have told them they get to keep whatever is left.
We will continue to give them money annually per the max allowed by tax laws to transfer some of their inheritance to them now, since my fear is that the govt. will just take more later if we wait. This strategy wouldn't work if they weren;t financially responsible, but we thought it better to risk that than trust the govt. wouldn't take more later in any estate we have left. Hope to beat the system and keep the money in our family and not our for govt. waste/the takers.
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I've been doing some major facebook pruning lately, mostly in search of the option to show "most recent" instead of "top stories" - which I have to reset every time I log in so that I can try to just see what has been happening since I was last logged in. But also generally to be more intentional in my use of the tool for networking and information sharing. Facebook encourages living in the moment and time wasting, and I have caught myself recently using it to procrastinate or to reward myself with a bit of "tune out time" when I've gotten a piece of work done. That's no good.
To help me make more strategic use of Facebook and perhaps also help others, I will start treating Facebook like an open source project and maintain lists below of regular pruning tasks and "known issues" or bugs with the platform. Any suggestions?


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Sprint looking for WiMAX options
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Everyone from Intel to Best Buy has been named as a possible partner, but Sprints main goal now seems to be to revive the Clearwire partnership
In the last few weeks, numerous potential partners have emerged as possible saviors for Sprints ailing WiMAX efforts, but so far theres been little substance to the rumors except for Sprints own admission its searching for a suitor.
On its earnings call last week, Sprint reported a loss of $29.5 billion, and new CEO Dan Hesse admitted the problems at Sprint were worse than he envisioned when he first took over. But although much of the financial community expected the new and expensive 4G network to be the first item on the chopping block during Sprints restructuring, Hesse sought to assure investors that Sprints interest in WiMAX had not flagged.
I want to leave you with no doubt that our first priority is our core business, which is where our people and our capital are focused without distraction, Hesse said. But Sprint has an enormous asset--nearly 100 megahertz of unutilized spectrum--and the opportunity to have a three-year head start with our Xohm service, true wireless broadband with multi-megabit speed.
Hesse also indicated Sprint doesnt want to tackle that opportunity alone. Sprint is still very much open to reviving the spectrum-sharing partnership with Clearwire that collapsed late last year, he said. In fact, Sprint is still in active negotiations with the broadband wireless provider, which owns the same 2.5-GHz spectrum but in smaller markets than Sprints primarily large metro-area licenses. No final agreement has been reached though, Hesse said, and he didnt address any of the other rumors circulating about other possible tie-ups.
The most prominent of those rumors is an investment by Intel. In February, TheStreet.com first reported that Intel would make a $2 billion investment in a Clearwire-Sprint joint venture. TheStreet, however, also said the deal could be announced publicly in the next few days, which never happened. Still, Intels potential interest in a deal holds a lot of water. Its already invested $600 million in Clearwire, which was, in part, an incentive for Clearwire to abandon its NextNet proprietary broadband wireless technology in favor of WiMAX. Intel is hell-bent on creating a Mobile WiMAX market in the U.S., giving it an outlet for its next-generation wireless networking chips. Given that the two largest operators in the U.S., Verizon Wireless and AT&T, have already tapped Long Term Evolution as their future 4G technology, Intel probably wants to assure that the countrys sole nationwide WiMAX network makes it beyond infancy.
But Intel isnt the only one supposedly interested. News reports and analysts have named companies from every corner of the telecom and consumer electronics worlds as possible investors: search-engine giant Google, South Korean telco SK Telecom, vendor Motorola, cable operator Comcast and even big-box retailer Best Buy. Google definitely has an acute interest in broadband wireless as a means to extend its Web services to the mobile world, but Google is much more motivated in ensuring 3G and 4G networks are open to its applications rather than in being in the wireless operator business itself. Google participated in the ongoing 700 MHz auctions, but it is widely believed it only bid up nationwide spectrum to meet the FCCs open access threshold, thus requiring that the eventual winner open its networks to Google services. But Google has a clear interest in Sprint. It has partnered with the carrier to provide portal services for the new Xohm network and is working with Sprint on the 3G front to promote its new Android operating system.
SK Telecom has already shown an active interest in the U.S. market, joining with EarthLink to launch MVNO Helio. Its investment continues. Last year SK invested another $270 million to prop up the venture, despite the virtual operators poor financial performance. Like Intel, SK Telecom has a vested interest in seeing WiMAX succeed in the U.S. SK currently runs the only commercial Mobile WiMAX network in Korea, using Samsung-developed WiBro technology, and the success of its network venture depends on WiMAXs global adoption.
Motorola is the other named potential investor pining for WiMAXs success. As the company has struggled with 3G, it has reinvented itself as a 4G player focusing particularly on WiMAX. Along with Intel, Moto also invested $300 million in Clearwire and took over Clearwires NextNet infrastructure business. But Motorola is reeling from its own financial problems and probably isnt considering many major capital outlays.
Comcast might feasibly be interested in participating in a Sprint-Clearwire joint venture in order to offer wireless broadband to compliment its home cable modem services. The problem is Clearwires business model directly competes with Comcasts home broadband services in many markets. And so far, Comcasts quadruple play experiment with Sprint in the Pivot joint venture has been a wash.
The last rumored investor, Best Buy, is probably the most unlikely as the retailer has no interest in whether WiMAX succeeds or fails. Best Buy would be a highly relevant distribution partner for JV services, said ThinkEquity in a research note on Clearwire issued today. Notwithstanding, we never understood why this required Best Buy to invest in the JV; we would be surprised if Best Buy significantly invests in the JV.
Though Best Buys participation is unlikely, ThinkEquity expects an investment package to emerge soon. Intel will be the catalyst for such a transaction, and it can bring other big players to the table, the analyst firm said.
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About the Endicott Studio
Founded in 1987, The Endicott Studio is an organization dedicated to literary, visual, performance, and environmental arts rooted in myth, folklore, fairy tales, and the traditional stories of people the world over.
For more than 20 years, Endicott has supported a wide variety of mythic projects, events, and publications in the U.S. and U.K. -- while at the same time raising money for charities assisting homeless, abused, and at-risk children. The slide show above features work by some of the contributing artists and writers in the Endicott Circle. (A longer list can be found here.)
Endicott's award-winning web journal, The Journal of Mythic Arts, appeared online from 1997 to 2008, promoting contemporary mythic arts and providing resources and information for mythic artists, students, and scholars. Although publication of JoMA has ended with the Summer 2008 issue in order to allow us to move on to new endeavors, we will continue to maintain 10+ years of JoMA material online, keeping this mythic information freely available to readers both new and old.
The Endicott Studio itself is not ending, however -- we're merely on hiatus while the Endicott directors (Terri and Midori) take some time out to focus on their individual careers. As soon as time and funds allow we'll be back again, with some intriguing new projects that we've got in the works...so please stayed tuned.
We'll let you know when we're up and running again on the "News from Endicott" blog...and in the meantime, Terri and Midori will both be posting regularly on their personal blogs: In the Labyrinth (Midori) and The Drawing Board (Terri).


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Model Name: MacBook ProWhat you're going to want to pay attention to is your model's Model Identifier label. If you have the MacBookPro4,1 you have the same model as mine (removable battery, silver keys) also known as the Spring 2008 model. Anyway once you know this you can look it up here for things like the Apple part number for it and specific dates it was in production. This will help because it will let you know if your MacBook Pro can be upgrade to new versions of OS X and can research things like the max RAM it can take (officially 4GB but I've read it will recognize 6GB).
Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03
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