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Buying luggage is fine and well, but to really know how to choose a suitable travel companion it helps to be informed. Hence, we asked our own travel-disaster expert Kate Canary to share some of her hard-earned globe-trotting lessons. Here's her story. Don't leave home without reading it.
The following is based entirely on true events.
Exploring the great unknown is one of life's greatest joys—and though its prices are skyrocketing and its perks are dwindling, travel remains a beloved pastime. For most people.
For me, it's a nightmare. After years of elusive luggage, small eternities spent on the tarmac (don't worry, the toilet was out-of-order), cryptic references to mechanical problems, and an employee strike at the Turks and Caicos airport (while I was still in Newark), I've learned to get my kicks elsewhere—like binge-watching The Discovery Channel from the safe, stationary comfort of my couch. But I digress.
Still, there's nothing quite like setting foot on new soil. If you must make the foray into uncharted territory, visit the Fab Travel Shop first. Second only to a pair of ruby slippers, these picks will prepare you for any bumps in your journey.
Travel Trauma #1: The Plight of the Stolen Suitcase
We've all been there. Finally at your destination, you gleefully bounce to the baggage claim only to discover that a fellow passenger has already made off with your trusty black Samsonite. I've been left empty-handed from San Juan to Heathrow.
Don't spend the next three days wearing someone else's swimsuit; avoid the issue with Hideo Wakamatsku's Gravity Trolley. Its candy-apple exterior will surely stand out on the luggage carousel—and just in case, a set of 360-degree swivel wheels will grab the attention of the unwitting thief before he can even hail a cab.
Travel Trauma #2: Cloudy with a Chance of Misery
I was pretty psyched to do my summer gallivanting with the Herschel Woodland Weekender Bag in hand. On my first attempt, I got stuck in a downpour en route to Grand Central, grimy city backsplash and all. Each muddy splotch seemed to mock me from my bag's precious canvas exterior. Wait—did I say canvas? Sure enough, a little soap, water, and elbow grease got my trusty tote looking good as new.
(And the zippered shoe compartment underneath was just the place to stash my soggy flip-flops.)
Rain followed me to South Beach, too—and stayed for a week. After drowning my sorrows in two-for-one 24-ounce margaritas (that's a real thing, guys), I deigned to over-spend on a flimsy souvenir shop umbrella. The Blunt Mini Umbrella would have fit easily in my carry-on—and its lightweight, blunt-tipped design is ideal for cavorting around the streets of the Magic City.
Travel Trauma #3: The Airport All-Nighter
Winter, 2006. My flight from Chicago to New York was well underway. But on a quick pit stop in Buffalo (red flag), I learned that we would be returning to Chicago due to weather back East. I essentially took a high-altitude detour to the glamorous accommodations of O'Hare's Gate G12, awkward back-prodding armrests and all. The Ostrich Pillow would have helped me catch some shut-eye, while drowning out the fluorescent lighting and sound of my snoring gate-mates.
And had I tossed Pamela Barksy's Mascara Pouch in my carry-on, I would have been able to freshen up in the morning—and keep my priorities in check.
Travel Trauma #4: Interminable Terminal Time
Delays, delays, delays—without reason or apology—are the most relatable of travel woes. (My longest was 9 hours in Geneva.) I recommend bonding with fellow flyers over some sweet beats. The Beats Pill is a lightweight, portable speaker that wirelessly syncs with your device so you can share the musical wealth. Crank up the volume, dig into some greasy fare, and collectively vow to never fly "Incriminating Airline X" again. You'll be boarding in no time.
Now that you're stocked, go forth and travel. Bring on the expired passports, the airline agony, the broken-down rental cars, and the unpredictable elements. Because whether or not I like to admit it, journeying out of your comfort zone is worth it—every time.
Almost every time.
—Kate Canary
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Roads | Connectivity to NH-24 | Internal Roads Network | Railways | New Rail Projects | Container Depots
The Greater Noida Master Plan envisages the entire city structure to be linked along all directions to ensure a planned growth.
The city is strategically located at a distance of 25 kms from New Delhi to which it is connected by a DND Flyover and a newly developed 6-lane Expressway. Construction of Taj Expressway is underway to connect Greater Noida to Agra and onwards to Bombay. The city is linked to Kolkata by GT Road.
Connectivity to NH-24
To provide access to NH-24 from Greater Noida, a 60 m wide road from industrial sector Ecotech- III to NH-24 is under construction. This shall facilitate the industrial development of the area and shall also provide an alternate route to National Capital.
Internal Roads Network
- 130 m ROW road as the backbone connecting the northern end to southern end
- Hierarchy of Roads (sector roads 60-105 m ROW)
- Peripheral 24m loop and 12m access roads to individual plots
- Industrial roads - minimum 24m wide
- Slow moving traffic restricted to service lane of arterial roads
- New Delhi main station is just under 1 hr drive from G.Noida. The Railway Station at Boraki on Delhi-Kolkata line offers quick access to South Delhi and Noida
- Plans are underway to connect to Delhi by fast EMU for passenger traffic and by separate link with Tughlakabad for Goods Traffic
- The Howrah-Delhi railway line is passing through Greater Noida area
- Plans are on the anvil to develop the city railway station at Boraki along the line
- Greater Noida has already been connected with Delhi by EMU service with stoppages at Dadri, Boraki, Ajaibpur and Dankaur and is only 35 minutes away from New Delhi or Old Delhi railway stations
- RITES (a govt. of India undertaking) have conducted a transport study to connect Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida with MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) Delhi
New Rail Projects
- Rail link between Dadri and Tughlakabad is coming up, which will connect Greater Noida with the Eastern and Western Main Lines
- A state-of-the-art Railway hub with ISBT, truck terminal, tourist dispersal points etc. is being planned with all modern amenities. This railway Station will help decongest Delhi
- Proposed International Airport at Greater Noida
- Multi-modal Aviation Hub planned at Gr. Noida SEZ
- About 20min. from Greater Noida City
- Sufficient Lift Capacity for Passenger and Air Cargo facilities
- Techno-Economic Feasibility Study Completed
- In principle approval accorded by GOI on proposed location
- Meanwhile Delhi remains the fastest growing Aviation Hub in the country.
- With Privatisation of airport in the offing, facilities and performance are expected to improve tremendously
Greater Noida is only 1-hour drive away from the existing airport, New Delhi
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- An Inland Container Depot has already come up in Greater Noida near Dadri on the Delhi-Howrah rail line; 250 acres have been earmarked for the depot
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What To Wear for Your Workout in 2014
Written on January 1, 2014 at 7:30 am , by Guest Blogger
FITNESS has teamed up with Gilt to bring you up to 60 percent off the best workout clothes and gear. Shop the sale at gilt.com/fitness starting January 1. Here, check out the go-to pieces Tracey Lomrantz Lester, the women's editorial director of Gilt, chooses for looking stylish while working out.
Fitness is a really important part of my life. I'm prone to being a stress case, so I love the opportunity to turn everything off and sweat it all out. Here's a peek at my best get-sweaty looks.
Bikram Yoga
Bikram is my therapy! I aim to get to the studio three mornings a week, usually on my busiest weekdays so that I can get centered before the crazy comes. I think my most productive workouts are my sweatiest ones, and there is no lack of that when you spend 90 minutes in a 105-degree room. I keep my wardrobe minimal so the laundry isn't as daunting; a sports bra and little boogie shorts do the trick.
I do most of my spinning on the weekends, because that's when the class times are most convenient for me. I love to do a 9am on a Saturday–it makes me feel energized all day (and a little less guilty for that second martini on Saturday night). My go-to gear is a long bike pant and a tank top with a built-in sports bra. I like something streamlined so it doesn't get in the way of my ride.
Cardio at the Gym
When I can't commit to a class time or am in a crunch, I'll head to my gym for some cardio and light weights. I like 45 minutes on the stair climber or elliptical, usually in running shorts and an old college T-shirt swiped from my husband's drawer.
Outdoor Cycling
Even in the colder months, I love getting a little fresh air when I exercise. I live close to Central Park, so I take my bike around the 6-mile loop once or twice. They key is to layer up so you don't freeze your butt off! I usually wear my bike pants, a sweat-wicking top, a zip-up jacket, and a fleece or a vest on top.
Categories: Fashion, Fitness, Workouts | Tags: fashion diaries, fashion trends, gilt, sale
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Fashion Diaries: Hot Pants
Written on April 27, 2012 at 10:17 am , by Marla Horenbein
We got you hooked on colored denim last season, and while it is still a hot trend (we can't get enough hot pink and yellow!), we're totally swooning over printed jeans for the spring. Floral, ikat and tie-dye prints are all over the place, and they are a great way to jazz up a casual look. Keep the look simple by pairing a solid colored top (this denim shirt is a great option!) with cute flats or sandals, or if you feel like being super daring, you can try mixing and matching prints, like these jeans with this top. Make sure that one print is less understated than the other—two overwhelming prints paired together can create quite the fashion disaster!
Here are some of our favorite prints, in prices that are both budge-friendly and splurge-worthy!
From top left:
- Paige Denim, $250
- Madewell, $135
- Citizens of Humanity, $339
- Current/Elliott, $170
- J Brand Jeans, $205
- TopShop, $80
- Dorothy Perkins, $55
- See by Chloe, $335
Categories: Fashion, The Fit Stop | Tags: fashion trends, pants, printed jeans, Style
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Fashion Diaries: Brighten Up!
Written on January 27, 2012 at 10:12 am , by Marla Horenbein
It is usually around this time of year—after all of the fun holiday festivities are over and the new year has settled in—that winter goes from fab to drab. The twinkling lights of Christmas trees dwindle, all of the yummy treats have been eaten and the cold, unwanted winter air sticks around for much longer than many of us would like. And dare I say SNOW—thinking about it makes me cringe! If you are feeling like winter is getting the best of you, fear no more. I have the cure: Fun, colorful pieces to brighten up those winter blues!
- After hitting the weights to work off all of those cookies you ate during the holidays, swipe on some of this Bobbi Brown lip gloss in cosmic pink. It will instantly brighten your face for a fun and fresh look.
- Did your New Year's resolution of working out more fail after only a few days? Run out of your rut by trying out these awesome neon green Saucony sneaks which will be sure to put a little pep in your step.
- Does your iPhone lack some spunk? We're totally digging this bright green Incipio phone case.
- Be proud of your sexy, toned arms and rock some wrist-candy like this technicolor Dannijo bracelet. It's super fun, don't you think?
- Break away from the boring black sports bra, by trying something in a cool color or print. This girly and fun heart-printed bra from Forever 21 is most definitely a winner in our books.
- Attention all surfers! We've found the perfect tide watch (it's Nixon!) to brighten your surf sessions.
- There are tons of iPad and tablet cases out there on the market, but we love the sporty yet fashionable take on the Marc by Marc Jacobs version. And it's neoprene! What could be better than that?!
- Tote all your stuff to the gym in a Puma bag that's roomy enough for all of the essentials.
- Wearing these sunny yellow Sperry TopSider boat shoes on a dreary day will have you wishing it was summer more than ever. A girl can dream can't she?
Categories: Fashion, The Fit Stop | Tags: bright, Fashion, fashion trends, winter blues, winter workouts
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Fashion Diaries: Tribal Tales
Written on January 20, 2012 at 9:44 am , by Marla Horenbein
Earlier this week the fashion and beauty departments teamed up to shoot one of our April beauty features (get ready for some amazing spring makeup!) and we put a cool tribal spin on it to showcase one of our favorite spring fashion trends. We all had such a blast at the photo shoot, playing around with fun prints, bright colors and tons of sky-high, stacked heels. You'll have to wait until our April issue hits newsstands in mid-March to see the final outcome, but until then, here is a little sneak peek of our day, with some behind the scenes footage!
Click here to see how to trick out your own wardrobe in tribal prints!
Categories: Beauty, Fashion, The Fit Stop | Tags: fashion trends, spring, tribal prints
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Fashion Diaries: Hit the Slopes in Style
Written on January 13, 2012 at 9:46 am , by Melissa Freeswick
Earlier this month here on The Fit Stop, you heard about Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. One of the best ways to look like you know your way around the slopes? Dress like a pro! Here are our picks for gear that will make you look like a champ—regardless of your winter sport of choice.
Snowboard (Top row, left to right)
- Volcom Domestic Ins Jacket ($230, snow.volcom.com)
- Burton Women's Lucky Pant ($150, burton.com)
- Thirty Two Prion Boots ($140, thirtytwo.com)
- Dragon Alliance White/ Gold Ion Goggles ($95, dragonalliance.com)
Ski (Bottom row, left to right)
- Spyder Prevail Jacket ($250, spyder.com)
- Helly Hansen W Blanche Pant ($225, shop.hellyhansen.com)
- Full Tilt Soul Sister Ski Boots ($500, fulltiltboots.com)
- Gretchen Bleiler Signature Series Oakley Stockholm Goggle ($140, oakley.com)
More from FITNESS: You don't have to take out a loan to look stylish while staying in shape. Here are 14 ways to find cute workout clothes without going broke.
Categories: Fashion, Motivation, The Fit Stop | Tags: fashion trends, Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month, Ski, Snowboard, winter sports
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Fashion Diaries: Back to School Blues
Written on September 2, 2011 at 10:42 am , by Marla Horenbein
As the summer comes to an unfortunate end, it's time to pack up your bikinis, short shorts and flip-flops for another year, and pull out your cozy sweaters, wool skirts, and boots. Even though summer is over, a brand new season full of new beginnings starts- another year of school, a new job, or even a new workout plan- and of course, new fashion trends to look forward to! Hey, saying goodbye to summer doesn't have to be so sad- it gives you a reason to go shopping!
This fall, we are loving all shades of blue. From handbags to headbands, and corduroys to cocktail dresses, you can find the perfect piece to make your wardrobe pop! Here are some of our back-to-school favorites:
1. J Brand Riviera Blue Low Rise Pencil Leg Pants $230
2. Elizabeth and James Paris Popover Blue Metallic Jacquard Blouse $325
3. Marcia Moran Large Blue Dusty Oval Ring $212
4. Top Shop Blue Curved Hem Pleated Skirt $70
5. Current & Elliot The Navy Blue High-Rise Wide-Leg Jeans $195
6. Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Like Blue Nailpolish $16
7. Top Shop Petite Blue Shirt $50
8. Kate Spade Blue Lynx Necklace $178
9. Madewell The Canvas Transport Blue Tote $55
10. Tory Burch Eddie Blue Flats $180
Categories: Fashion, The Fit Stop | Tags: fall fashion, fashion trends
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Fashion Diaries: Friendship Bracelets
Written on July 8, 2011 at 10:00 am , by Marla Horenbein
It's time to tap into your innerchild and revert to your 10-year-old ways. Whether you were the coolest kid on the block or a little book worm, everyone had a best friend growing up. Or if you were like me, you had 20 best friends because every other week someone new filled that special role. And what better way to show the world that you are BFFs than to slap a handmade string bracelet onto your arm?
Friendship bracelets are back, and I have to tell you, they are better than ever. Designers all across the board, from mall friendly stores like American Eagle and BP at Nordstrom to big name designers like Venessa Arizaga and Links of London, are bringing back this popular trend, in a much more adult-friendly way! I personally like to stack a few together and mix in a watch for a chunky, colorful look. What do you think?
Here are some of our favorites:
1. Henri Bendel, $58, henribendel.com
2. Kris Nations, $45, maxandchloe.com
3. Dannijo, $48, dannijo.com
4. Julie Rolfman, $95, julierolfmanjewelry.com
5. Ettika, $40, maxandchloe.com
Categories: Fashion, The Fit Stop | Tags: accessories, fashion trends
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West Hawaii Today is reporting that Kona resident Cheryl Holdcroft has admitting to forging checks and stealing money from the Kona Hospital Foundation. Holdcroft, 46, will spend 60 days in jail, have five years of unsupervised probation and pay $150,000 in restitution.
Holdcroft was the former development director of the foundation, which serves as the nonprofit fundraising organization for Kona Community Hospital and raises funds to pay for items not covered by fees for services or state subsidies. Third Circuit Court Judge Elizabeth Strance granted Holdcroft a five-year deferred acceptance of her guilty pleas to one count of first-degree theft, four counts of second-degree forgery, and one count of being an accomplice to second-degree theft. With the deferral, the Court will later dismiss the charges if she meets all conditions of her plea deal, which would leave Holdcroft with no criminal record.
Holdcroft said she "aided and facilitated" co-worker Ku'uipo Kealoha Pahinui, who was also indicted and previously sentenced in connection with the theft. Pahinui pleaded guilty to one count of second degree theft on September 29.
The plea comes as a surprise to many in the nonprofit community. Since moving to Kona from the Seattle area, Holdcroft and her husband Todd Holdcroft, who formerly worked for Microsoft Corporation, had been involved in supporting many nonprofit fundraisers. Cheryl often took charge of the fundraising auctions, and worked tirelessly soliciting donations of auction items and funds to support the organizations. She and her husband often made significant financial contributions to the organizations, sometimes anonymously. Even her parents, who are not Kona residents, had been generous supporters of the Kona community.


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Will Rhoads jumped to his best international finishes, taking fourth and fifth in a pair of FIS Cup jumps in Einsiedeln.
Nita Englund scored her career first international FIS Cup podium, finishing third in Frenstat.
St. Paul Ski Club's Christian Friberg soared to his first U.S. title while Jessica Jerome own her 11th.
U.S. Ski Team ski jumping and nordic combined athletes will be vying for the title of U.S. Champion this weekend at the U.S. Ski Jumping Championships.
Over 200 partners gathered for USSA Partner Summit 2014 at the team's Center of Excellence in Park City this week to celebrate Sochi .
As the second half of the Bjornsen nordic clan, Erik Bjornsen continues to carve out his own niche on the U.S. Cross Country Team.
Past USSA president and CEO Bill Marolt was presented with the 2014 Myles Rademan Spirit of Hospitality Award at the Park City Chamber/Bureau's annual meeting and luncheon on July 16th.
USSA athletes walked away with three awards at the 2014 ESPY Awards.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation has named Daniel Leever and Lynn D. Bleil to its Board of Trustees.
On June 29th, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) athletes and staff will compete in the third annual Sufferfest.
The Father and son Olympians, David Currier (left) with Lyman Currier at the Olympic Team naming in January in Park City, UT.
USSA initiatives for new Olympic events took a step forward at FIS Congress. FIS will aggregate a host of new event proposals that are relevant with youth and popular with both spectators and global television audiences, and take to IOC.
USSA Chairman Dexter Paine was named to the FIS Council while retiring Council member Bill Marolt was named honorary member for his ilifetime contribution to the betterment of sport.
The Military Mentorship Program (MMP) brings veterans, active-duty service members and elite athletes together to build relationships and share their personal stories of teamwork and perseverance.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, in partnership with the Olympic community of Park City and State of Utah, has been awarded the International Ski Federation's 2019 World Championships for freestyle, freeskiing and snowboarding.
World Cup sprint champion Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) headlines a powerhouse team of women nominated to the 2015 U.S. Cross Country Ski Team.
Aspiring young Olympians will have the opportunity to train at the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's Center of Excellence this June when ELITEAM Conditioning camp returns to Park City.
Burke Mountain Academy founder and ski racing leader Warren Witherell passed away on May 26th.
The USSA named ten ski and snowboard clubs as its first podium certified clubs as part of its new club development program.
The USSA was nominated by Sports Business Journal as Sports Team of the Year along with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Blackhawks, Golden State Warriors, Portland Timbers and Seattle Seahawks.
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Number of results: 8,728
which of the following is a nonelectrolyte? a)c3h8 b)h2so c)hcl d)hno 3 e)nacl
October 5, 2007 by jessica
If i used NaCl to try to precipitate Ag+ from a solution, will it be as effective as HCl?
November 16, 2008 by Chemistry
what causes the different physical properties between HCl and NaCl
September 28, 2009 by Adam
LiOH and NaOH can each react with CO2 to form the metal carbonate and H2O. These reactions can be used to remove CO2 from the air in a spacecraft. a. Write a balanced equation for each reaction. b. Calculate the grams of NaOH and of LiOH that remove 288 g CO2 from the air. c. ...
June 2, 2010 by mikey d.
what does coefficients in equations mean, in chemical terms? 2NaCl means we have two molecules or 2 mols of NaCl. Most texts caution us not to use molecules but to stick with the latter part of the definition (moles); however, I don't have any problem with saying, 2H2 + 2 O2...
January 25, 2007 by luke
Stelco has been recently legislated to reduce total SO2 emissions from iron smelting operations. Select the most effective chemical reagent to desulfurize Stelcoĺs gas emissions as a strategy to minimize the environmental impact of acid rain in eastern Canada: 1. NaCl 2. CO2 3...
November 8, 2009 by Danny
chemistry please help!!
For the reation: C3H8+5 02 =3 CO2+4 H2O How many moles of C3H8 are needed to make 3.60 grams of H2O? I think the ans is 0.05 moles c3h8
October 25, 2010 by Lillian
for the equilibrium H2+CO2<-->H2O+CO Kc=3.18 at 1106K. if each of the four species was initially present at 3.000M calculate the equilibrium concentration of the CO at this temperature..... OK I can get as far as equilibrium (final) H2O=3.000-x CO=3.000-xx H2=3.000+x CO2...
May 9, 2010 by Andy
Hi I have two questions and I was hoping someone could help me with them. 1. Classify the following compounds as ionic or covalent a. MgCl2 b. Na2S c. H2O d. H2S 2. Which compound in each pair exhibits the stronger intermolecular hydrogen bonding? a. H2S vs. H2O b. HCl vs. HF ...
August 2, 2007 by Alekya
college chemistry
what is the highest freezing point of H2O, NaCl, and HF
December 6, 2010 by Anonymous
Give the percent yield when 15.9 g of CO2 are formed from the reaction of 4.000 moles of C8H18 with 4.000 moles of O2. 2 C8H18 + 25 O2 -> 16 CO2 + 18 H2O
February 28, 2010 by candace
I Posted this question the other day: A 1.00 g sample of enriched water, a mixture of H2O and D2O, reacted completely with Cl2 to give a mixture of HCl and DCl. The HCl and DCl were then dissolved in pure H2O to make a 1.00 L solution. A 25.00 mL sample of the 1.00 L solution ...
September 26, 2012 by Adam-- Dr Bob, Help!
How many milliliters of 0.418 M HCl are needed to react with 52.7 g of CaCO3? 2HCl (aq) + CaCO3 (s) >>> CaCl2 (aq) + CO2 (g) + H20 (l) I got .00252 mL but its wrong. This is what I did: 52.7 g x (1 mol CaCO3/100.09 CaCO3) x (2 mol HCl/ 1 mol CaCO3)= 1.05 mol HCl ...
September 19, 2009 by Some kid
Which of the following mixtures will be a buffer when dissolved in a liter of water? a. 0.1 mol Ca(OH)2 and 0.3 mol HI b. 0.3 mol NaCl and 0.3 mol HCl c. 0.4 mol NH3 and 0.4 mol HCl d. 0.2 mol HBr and 0.1 mol NaOH e. 0.2 mol H3PO4 and 0.1 mol NaOH i think e is answer but not ...
May 21, 2010 by George2
Chemistry -help
To determine the sodium carbonate content & total alkali in NaOH, the following steps were performed:- 1) 2.0g of NaOH was dissolved in 80ml of CO2 free water. 2) 3 drops of phenolphthalein indicator were added and the solution was titrated with 1M HCl. Colour changed from ...
September 18, 2010 by anne
Hi, I posted a question yesterday : A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of 0.157 of the compound produced 0.213g CO2 and 0.0310 g H20. In another experiment, it is found that 0.103g of the compound produces 0.0230 g NH3. What is the ...
April 15, 2010 by Anonymous
Unsure how to solve this without a formula... I think its combustion analysis? CxHy + O2 --> CO2 + H20 CxHY has a MW=78g/mol. 100g of CxHy yields 338g CO2 and 138g of H2O. What is the formula CxHY (what are x and y)? Balance the reaction equation. Any help at all is ...
April 1, 2014 by Susan
1.) For which of the following substances is the standard enthalpy of formation equal to zero? a) water [H2O(l)] d) carbon dioxide [CO2(g)] b) lead [Pb(l)] e) tin [Sn(s)] c) carbon dioxide [CO2(s)] 2.) Consider the following four equations: 1. C6H6(l) + O2(g) 6CO2(g) + 3H2O(l...
August 3, 2011 by tt
which solution has the lower pH? a)0.1 M HCL or 0.1 M HC2H3O2? b)0.1 M NaOH or 0.1 M NH3? c)0.1 M Na2CO3 or 0.1 M NaCl?
November 9, 2011 by denis
chemistry solution preparations
how can we prepare 0.5 n solution of hcl as we have 37% hcl and 0.1n hcl. and we want to make 0.5n hcl from 0.1n hcl by pouring 37% hcl?
July 7, 2014 by asif
In an experiment liquid hexane, C6H14 (l) is combusted completely to produce CO2(g) and H2O (l) according to the equation: 2 C6H14 (l) + 19 O2(g) -> 12 CO2(g) + 14H2O (l) The change in H degrees for the reaction is -8.39 x 10^3 KJ. Calculate change in H degrees for C6H14 (l).
November 29, 2010 by vvvvvv
CH4 + 2O2 ---> CO2 + 2H2O Delta H H2O= -285.8 kJ/mole Delta H CO2= -393.3 kJ/mole What is the standard heat of formation of methane, Delta H CH4, as calculated from the data above
November 18, 2011 by kc
Ethanol, C2H5OH or C2H6O, is mixed with gasoline and sold as gasohol. Given the following thermo-chemical reaction, calculate the kilograms (kg) of CO2 produced when enough ethanol is combusted to provide (or give off) 369 kJ of heat: C2H5OH (l) + 3 O2 (g) --> 2 CO2 (g) +3 ...
July 12, 2011 by Robert
I need to know how to dilute a 1L IV bag of 0.45% NaCl with 3.5% NaCl water to make it a drinkable 0.9% NaCl
December 9, 2009 by Emma
What happened if you put the Elodea leaf cells in a solution of 0.5% NaCl,1.8% NaCl and 0.9%NaCl?
July 23, 2011 by Ivy
will a red blood cell undergo crenation, hemolysis, or no change in each of the following solutions? 1% (m/v) glucose 2% (m/v) NaCl 5% (m/v) NaCl .1% (m/v)NaCl
May 9, 2011 by Curlyqty
a mixture of methane and ethane is stored in a container at 294 mmHg. The gases are burned in air to form co2 and h2o. if the pressure of co2 is 357 mmhg measured at the same temperature and volume as the original mixture, calculate the mole fraction of the gases.
December 4, 2010 by maggie
Which of the following is an acidic oxide? a. ) NO2 b. ) H2O c. ) K2O d. ) NaCl e. ) Ca(OH)2
November 2, 2008 by Anonymous
what is molality of solution . in which Nacl and H2o have equal moles.
May 30, 2010 by shubham
if 125 ml of H2O is added to 50 ml of 0.35 M NaCl, what is the molarity of the resulting solution?
October 19, 2010 by Dana
The equivalent weights of X and Y are _________ g/equiv. H+ and g/equiv. ľOH, respectively, for the following reaction: Z (Note: Report your answer with 4 significant figures.) X Y Z Answer #1 Answer #2 benzoic acid calcium hydroxide 2 C6H5COOH + Ca(OH)2 2 H2O +Ca(C6H5COO)2 ...
October 22, 2011 by Evani
A mass of 0.630 g of NaCl is dissolved in 525 g of water. CAlculate the molality. mass of NaCl= 0.630g mass of H20= 525g molar mass of NaCl= 58.44 This is what i did it keeps telling me the answer is wrong. Convert grams to moles of NaCl 0.630 * 1 mol NaCl/58.44= 0.01078 ...
May 21, 2009 by Saira
Sodium carbonate reacts with nitric acid according to the following equation: Na2CO3+2HNO3-->2NaNO3+CO2+H2O a. how many moles of Na2CO3 are required to produce 100.0 g of NaNO3? b. if 7.50g of Na2CO3 reacts, how many moles of CO2 are produced?
May 28, 2012 by Kay
Performing a gravimetric analysis of Ca2+. 25 mL of unknown [Ca2+} added to 25 mL of 0.15 (NH4)2C2O4 and 75 mL of HCl. Urea also added. H2NCONH2 + 3H2O --heat→ CO2 + 2NH4 + 2OH CaC2O4*H2O --> Ca2+ + C2O42- [Ca2+]unknown=0.06028 M <--0.0015433 moles of Ca2+/0.025 L ...
March 25, 2013 by Anonymous
Long question but its my last one for homework and im stuck on this word problem. Biomass is represented by the empirical formula C60H87O23N12P. Write a balance equation for the oxidation of C60H87O23N12P with O2 to form CO2, H2O, HNO3, and H3PO4 beginning with 1000g of ...
May 4, 2014 by Samantha
Choose the member of each set that you would expect to be more soluble in water. Explain your answer. Chloroform, CH3Cl, or hydrogen chloride. My gut instinct was HCl, however I'm not sure why [or if] it's more soluble than CH3Cl. Of course HCl is more soluble in water than ...
March 20, 2007 by Tasha
.1 M HCl + .1 M NaCl .1 M HF + .1 M NaF .1 M HBr + .1 M NaBr Which of the above would be considered buffers?
April 22, 2008 by Confused
What are the different physical properties between HCl and NaCl? And explain the causes of their differences? THANKS
September 22, 2009 by Adam
What are the different physical properties between HCl and NaCl? And explain the causes of their differences?
September 22, 2009 by Adam
What are the different physical properties between HCl and NaCl? And explain the causes of their differences?
September 24, 2009 by Adam
What type of chemical reaction is this? Is it double displacement? Thank you! HCL + NaOH ľ H20 + NaCl
December 6, 2011 by mickey
a compound was analyzed and found to contain C,H,N,O, and Cl. When o.150g sample of this compound was burned, it produced 0.138 g of CO2 and 0.0566 g of H2O. All of the Nitrogen in another sample of mass 0.200 g was converted to 0.0238 g of NH3. Finally, the chlorine in a 0....
November 13, 2011 by Arnol
Mg + HCl ----> MgCl2 + H2 If the water in tube is evaporated , the other product , a white salt remains . Write the balanced chemical equation . Ans: Mg + HCl ----> MgCl2 + H2 + H2O I don't know how to balanced it . I'm confusing where O is in reactants to balanced. ...
February 27, 2013 by Maria
Consider the exothermic reaction CoCl42-(aq) + 6 H2O(l) Co(H2O)62+(aq) + 4 Cl -(aq). Will the equilibrium concentration of CoCl42- increase or decrease when the following changes occur? a) HCl is added. (b) Co(NO3)2 is added. both of those compounds are not even in the ...
April 19, 2011 by Robbin
carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gas mainly responsible for global warming (the greenhouse effect). the burning of fossil fuels is a major cause of the increased concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. carbon dioxide is also the end product of metabolism. a general overall equation...
June 13, 2011 by Lauren
The average human requires 120.0 grams of glucose (C6H12O6) per day. How many grams of CO2 ( in the photosynthesis reaction) are required for this amount of glucose? The photosynthetic reaction is: 6 CO2 + 6 H2O = C6H12O6 + 6 O2
January 19, 2011 by Artie
I am having such a hard time approaching this problem. It would be great if you can help me. 1.0 mole of CH4 react with 1.0 mole of O2 in a sealed container. (a) When the reaction is complete, what is the container? (b) How many moles of water are produced? CH4 + 2O2 ---> ...
October 15, 2012 by Lana
I am having such a hard time approaching this problem. It would be great if you can help me. 1.0 mole of CH4 react with 1.0 mole of O2 in a sealed container. (a) When the reaction is complete, what is the container? (b) How many moles of water are produced? CH4 + 2O2 ---> ...
October 15, 2012 by Lana
a solution is made by dissolving 117 g of nacl in 585 g of h2o. what is its molarity
June 12, 2013 by hello
When CO2(g) (0.009242 mol/L) and 0.009242 mol/L of H2(g) in a 460.0 L reaction vessel at 619.0 ░C are allowed to come to equilibrium the mixture contains 1.327 mol of CO(g). What is the equilibrium concentration (mol/L) of H2(g)? CO2(g)+H2(g) = CO(g)+H2O(g)
October 4, 2013 by plzprovidetheanswer
When 50.0mL of 1.20 M of HCl (aq)is combined with 50.0mL of 1.30 M of NaOH (aq) in a coffee-cup calorimeter, the temperature of the solution increases by 8.01 Degrees C. What is the change in enthalpy for this balanced reaction? HCl(aq) + NaOH(aq) --yields-- NaCl(aq) + H20(l) ...
November 14, 2012 by marcus
C3H6O + 4 O2 üĘ 3 CO2 + 3 H2O how many coefficients?
October 11, 2011 by Anonymous
Balance C3H6 + O2 > H2O + CO2
October 11, 2012 by Stacy
The pH of arterial blood is 7.42. When 10 mL of the blood is acidified, 5.91 mL of CO2 is produced. 1) what is the total concentration of CO2 in the blood [CO2]+[HCO3-]? The experimental value for the volume of one mole of CO2 is 22.26 L/mol. 2) What are the individual ...
October 11, 2009 by Andrew
Physical Science Please Help!
Table salt, sodium chloride, has the formula NaCl. A weight of 58.44 grams of table salt contains 1.0 mole of NaCl molecules. How many moles of NaCl are contained in 29.22 grams of NaCl?
February 5, 2013 by Dawn
How can you tell that CO2 has a dipole moment while O2, N2, and HCL does not?
October 30, 2013 by Zoe
Chem 151
A CaCO3 mixture weighing 2.75 grams was treated with 9.75 mL of 3.00 M HCl to liberate CO2. After the CO2 was liberated, the mass of the mixture decreased to 2.621 grams. Determine the mass of CaCO3 present in the mixture.
March 21, 2013 by Double checking ans
Balance the equation and answer in terms of moles. Chlorine gas can be produced commercially by passing an electric current through a con-centrated solution of sodium chloride (brine). The unbalanced equation is NaCl(aq) + H2O(`) ! NaOH(aq) + Cl2(g) + H2(g) . If the brine ...
February 15, 2012 by jack
Which of the following mixtures will result in the formation of a buffer solution when dissolved in 1.00 L of water? i) 0.50 mol NaOH and 0.50 mol HCl. ii) 0.50 mol NaCl and 0.25 mol HCl. iii) 0.50 mol NaF and 0.25 mol HF. iv) 0.50 mol NaOH and 0.25 mol HF. v) 0.25 mol NaOH ...
July 23, 2010 by B
For the equilibrium reaction: CO(g)+H2O(g)<=>CO2(g)+H2(g) the Keq value at 690░C is 10.0. A mixture of 0.300 mol of CO, 0.300 mol of H2O, 0.500 mol of CO2 and 0.500 mol of H2 is placed in a 1.0 L flask. a)Write the Keq expression for this reaction and use the ...
January 26, 2012 by ami
For the equilibrium reaction Co(g)+H2O(g)<=>CO2(g)+H2(g) the Keq value at 690░C is 10.0. A mixture of 0.300 mol of CO, 0.300 mol of H2O, 0.500 mol of CO2 and 0.500 mol of H2 is placed in a 1.0 L flask. a) Write the Keq expression for this reaction and use the ...
January 27, 2012 by AMI
Could someone please walk me through step by step on how to do this. Propane (C3H8) burns in oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and water. C3H8(g) + 5 O2(g) 3 CO2(g) + 4 H2O(g) Calculate the mass of CO2 that can be produced if the reaction of 48.2 g propane and sufficient oxygen...
October 7, 2010 by Jennifer
balance the equation:C2H6 + O2 = CO2 + H2O
September 12, 2011 by christiana
Are the concentrations of CO, H2O, CO2 and H2 necessarily equal
April 16, 2012 by Heather
What is C2H5OH+3O2>CO2+H2O balanced?
November 28, 2012 by Bri
In the reaction: MnO2 + 4 HCl ---> MnCl2 + Cl2 + 2 H2O Calculate: The volume of Cl2 produced from the reaction of 10 grams of HCl with excess MnO2?
December 13, 2010 by Darryl
Urea (NH2CONH2), an important nitrogen fertilizer, is produced industrially by the reaction 2NH3(g)+ CO2(g)--> NH2CONH2(aq)+ H2O(l). Given that delta G = -13.6 kj/mol, calculate delta G at 25 degree C.for the following condition. 40 atm NH3 , 40 atm CO2 , 2.0 M NH2CONH2 I ...
February 26, 2010 by Anonymous
Chemistry 1
Sodium carbonate reacts with a solution of HCl solution with the evolution of gas (CO2) to yield a solution that is neutral. If 0.265 grams of sodium carbonate are required to neutralize 1.00 mL of HCl solution, what mass (in grams) of sodium carbonate will be required to ...
February 5, 2010 by Kay
I titrated 0.25 grams of soda ash with 43.7 mL of HCl (0.115M) and 25 mL of H2O. I am getting over 100% sodium carbonate in my answer here are my steps that I took to get the answer can somebody help me see what I did wrong? mols HCl=(0.115M)x (0.0437L)=0.005 mol HCl 1/2 x (0....
October 22, 2012 by Josh
chem, balance
Gaseous CO2 decomposes to form the gases CO and O2. Will it be CO2--> CO+O2 or CO+O2-->CO2? I know the solution above isn't balanced yet. I just have add the 2 behind CO2 and CO to make it balanced.
March 1, 2009 by Anonymous
Gasahol is a fuel containing ethanol(C2H6O) that burns in oxygen (O2)to give carbon dioxide and water. a)How many moles of O2 are needed to completely react with 4.0 moles of C2H60? b) If a car produces 88g of CO2,how many grams of O2 are used up in the reaction? c)If you add ...
March 17, 2011 by Connie
Chemistry+Balancing equations
Aqueous magnesium hydroxide has been used for many uears because it reacts with HCL to produce magnesium chloride So far I got Mg(pos. 2 charge)OH2(-1 charge) + HCL >>>>>>> Mg(+2 charge)Cl2(-1 charge) + H2O did i get that rite?
February 3, 2009 by Chopsticks
Chemistry (please help me!)
H2(g) + CO2(g)<-> H20(g) + CO(g) When H2(g) is mixed with CO2(g) at 2,000K, equilibrium is achieved according to the equation above. In one experiment, the following equilibrium concentrations were measured: [H2]=0.20 M [CO2]=0.30 M [H2O]=[CO]=0.55M a) What is the mole ...
February 25, 2007 by sara
Chemistry Help Please!!!
Find Net Ionic equation for hydrolysis , Expression for equilibrium constant (Ka or Kb) and Value of (Ka or Kb) Net Ionic equations I've got NaC2H3O2 == CH3COO^-+H2O -->CH3COOH+OH^- Na2CO3 ==== CO3 + 2H2O → H2CO3 + 2-OH Kb = [H2CO3] [-OH]2 / [CO3]. Kb = 1/Ka1Ka2 = 7....
April 3, 2014 by Ahmed
My teacher showed us these examples in class, he says he need to be able to know when something is soluble in something else but i have no idea how to know. anyone have any rules on how to know? This is the examples he gave us: is CsI soluble in H2O? yes is CH3OH soluble in ...
September 19, 2010 by Jessie
Hi please help with this. You will mix 5 ml of each 2M HCL and 2M NaOH solutions, calculate the concentration of NaCl formed in the new solution?
October 17, 2010 by John
Chemistry II
Arrange the following 0.10M solutions in order of increasing pH: a. Nacl b. NH4CL C. HCL D. NaCH3CO2 e. KOH
April 30, 2013 by Liz
A compound contains only carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of 0.157 of the compound produced 0.213g CO2 and 0.0310 g H20. In another experiment, it is found that 0.103g of the compound produces 0.0230 g NH3. What is the empirical formula of the compound? this ...
April 14, 2010 by Anonymous
what is the mass of two moles of NaCl? You look up the exact numbers on the periodic table or some other chart. I will use approximations. 1 mol NaCl = 1 Na + 1 Cl = 23 + 35.5 = 58.5 grams. 1 mols NaCl, then, is 2 x 58.5 = ?? g.
February 5, 2007 by Dennis
6C+O2=CO2 H2+Cl=HCL H+SO4=H2SO4 Cu+o2=CuO K+H20=K0H+H2
March 31, 2008 by Louis Howard
How much 6M HCl and NaHCO3 are required to make 1 quart of CO2?
June 1, 2011 by Piehead
I have a certain concentration of NaCl (in mg/L). I have to convert it to ppm Na+. I read some of the previous posts, and I understand that if I don't know the density, I should assume that 1ppm = 1mg/L. Does this also apply to ppm Na+ since there is 1 Na+ ion for each ...
February 20, 2007 by Maggie
How many milliliters of 0.710 M HCl are required to react with 47.80 grams of CaCO3 ? Given the balanced reaction equation: 6 FeCl2(aq) + K2Cr2O7(aq) + 14 HCl(aq) 6 FeCl3(aq) + 2 CrCl3(aq) + 2 KCl(aq) + 7 H2O(l) How many moles of FeCl2(aq) are required to produce 2.811 mol of ...
November 28, 2010 by Lena
out of H2Se SiO2 H2O CO2 which of these does not arrange itself into tetrahedral environment when bonding ins a solid state? ok i dont know i need help with this big time There is electronic geometry as well as molecular geometry. The question doesn't specifiy which and it ...
April 23, 2007 by yellowone
The Henry's law constant for CO2 at 20░C is 3.7*10^-2 M/atm. What mass of CO2 (in grams) is present in 355 mL of soda drink if the pressure of CO2 in the can is 2.5 atmospheres at 20░C? (Assume the solubility of CO2 in the soda is the same as water)
March 17, 2014 by Ellen
What si the pH of a solution of 10^-8 M HCl in H2O?
September 5, 2008 by Julie
May 20, 2010 by eddie
I was having trouble with this problem. initial pressure for the compounds involved in the reaction displayed were determined to be P(CO(g)) = 0.5794 atm, P(H2O(g)) = 0.5662 atm, P(CO2(g)) = 0.7950 atm, P(H2(g)) = 0.2754 atm. Calculate the value of the equilibrium constant (Kp...
April 8, 2010 by andy
Is CO2+H2O= H2CO3 a balanced equation, How can you tell?
October 3, 2007 by Nicole
Balance the equation: C3H5(NO3)3 ---> CO2 + H2O + N2 + O2
November 14, 2007 by M
Balance the following equation: C6H5COOH + O2 ==> H2O + CO2
March 3, 2010 by Joe
How do balance the equation:C5H12 + O2---> CO2 + H2O
June 5, 2010 by Tyler
balance equation CA(HCO3)2(aq) = CaCO3(s) + H2O(l) =CO2(g)
November 6, 2010 by Anonymous
LiOH + CO2 ----> Li2CO3 + H2O 1. how I can balance the equation?
March 4, 2011 by leslie
Chem balancing equation
C5H602+O2 ---> CO2+H2O what is the coefficient of O2?
June 29, 2011 by Lily
Please help balance this: CH3COO + CrO4 + H = Cr(OH)3 + CO2 + H2O
March 18, 2014 by Sade
Does the reaction between CO2(g) + Mg(OH)2(aq) produce MgCO3(s) + H2O(l) or Mg(HCO3)2 ??? Normally, Mg(CO3)2 but I suspect an excess of CO2 will produce the bicarbonate. For example, CO2(g) + Ca(OH)2(aq) ==> CaCO3(s) + H2O(l) and that is often done by exhaling into a flask ...
May 31, 2007 by Fiona
Chemistry Please HELP
A 1.082 g sample of a component of the light petroleum distillate called naptha is found to yield 3.317 g CO2 and 1.584 g H2O on complete combustion This particular compound is also found to be an alkane with one methyl group attached to a longer carbon chain and to have a ...
October 23, 2008 by Saira
Extraction equations
We did an extraction. A solid including benzoid acid, p-nitroaniline, and napthalene was dissolved in dichloromethane. HCl was added to give the aqueous salt of p-nitroanaline. NaOH was added to give the aqueous salt of benzoic acid. Napthalene remained. We then air dried them...
October 7, 2006 by Sheryl
What can you conclude about the relationship between colligative properties and the type of ions in solution from the 1.0m HCl(aq) and 1.0m NaCl(aq) solutions?
February 16, 2010 by Laverne
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Roasted Pine Nut Butter
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With pine nuts at $35 per pound, we wondered if it made any sense at all to make a butter out of them. Then we tasted it: the richest, most indulgent nut butter ever, and satisfying in minuscule bits, so that a little 2- or 3-ounce jar makes a fine food gift, like a present of caviar.
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- Calories: 99
- Fat: 10.1g
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- Sodium: 15mg
- 1 pound toasted pine nuts
- 1 tablespoon canola or peanut oil, or any neutral-flavored oil
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Start with pine nuts toasted to medium-brown so that the full roasty flavor comes out. (Be careful: They burn so easily!) To make the butter, place toasted pine nuts in a food processor. Add oil and salt. Process until smooth.
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NY Times Sunday Styles: Farming's in Fashion
Lo and behold... There were farmers in flannel shirts and coveralls on the front page of The New York Times Sunday Styles section yesterday. Turns out there's a crop (yep) of young city dwellers leaving their jobs and apartments to start small farms.
The article, "Leaving Behind The Trucker Hat," notes that most of these entrepreneurs in their 20s and 30s are driven by a concern about the quality and source of their food, plus a desire to contribute to local farming firsthand rather than simply choose the organic goat cheese at the grocery.
We were encouraged by the idea that starting these small farms today isn't as big of a financial risk as it once was, as farmers' markets and CSA's grow in popularity. And as the public begins demanding more local food, more college graduates may see farming as a viable, modern profession. We say the more, the merrier.
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My fiance really want to do this some day but I guess I'm to worried about going broke to be able to risk it right now.
It's interesting this article is in the fashion/style section. It makes me think that the Times editors thought that this is a trend--that when these kids find out how hard and boring farming really is they will give it up just like bell bottom jeans. I'm not sure I would disagree with that take. There's a lot of mystic around farming in this country, it's hard for many of us who didn't grow up on farms to have a firm grip on what actual farming is like.
I also think that only kids who come from a fair amount of privilege would have the wherewithal to start a farm--it takes a long time to get going, a long time to learn what you're doing, and is a risky living.
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McMahan will work directly with community members on the ground in Architecture for Humanity''s Rebuilding Center based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the release stated.
According to the release, USGBC, AIA and AFH recognize that this crisis presents an unprecedented opportunity to learn from the reconstruction work and improve disaster responses elsewhere in the world and here in the U.S.
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In Canada, the Nunavut Official Languages Act came into force this month. This means the Inuit language will be given equal status to English and French, as official languages.
You can read more about this excellent recognition of Indigenous language here, at Language Magazine:
"All three official languages will enjoy equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in territorial institutions — namely in the Legislative Assembly, the courts, and the departments of the government of Nunavut — and public agencies."
In the previous piece of relevant legislation (now superceded), the Inuit language was considered secondary (alongside six other Aboriginal languages) to French and English.
Down here in Australia, I think it would be fantastic to see us move towards recognition of Aboriginal languages. A few months ago our friends over at Crikey.com's Fully(Sic) blog talked about the current political climate of constitutional recognition of Australia's first peoples and their languages. It's interesting to note their take on Aboriginal languages being considered official (or "national") languages - blog post here.


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A child's first words are "army" and "cartridge"; a man shot in the shoulder simply says, "It's superficial"; and documentarian Emad Burnat has five cameras busted over five years, one of them taking a bullet.
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After a week of mind games with the media in East Lansing, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio finally revealed who the Spartans quarterback will be against USF on Saturday.
The Spartans will start redshirt sophomore Connor Cook over second-year starter Andrew Maxwell.
Maxwell was shut down last week by Western Michigan's secondary. He was 11 of 21 for 74 yards in MSU's 26-13 win against the Broncos.
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Retirement accounts: To Roth or not to Roth?
Let's clear up the confusion about the basics of IRAs and 401k's, including whether to go with Roth or traditional.
This post comes from Maryalene LaPonsie at partner site Money Talks News.
At Money Talks News, we talk a lot about retirement.
We've told you how to retire rich, and we've told you how to retire poor. We've told you about the retirement mistakes you're making, and we've even told you why retiring at age 66 may be a bad, bad idea.
But maybe you've read through those articles and felt a little lost with the acronyms and letters sprinkled in between all that talk of compound interest.
Don't feel bad if you're confused. The government doesn't like to make anything easy. Just check out the IRS page on retirement plans for proof. If you really want to know everything there is to know about tax-sheltered retirement plans, you can do some heavy-duty research on the IRS page.
Or, for an easy-to-understand overview of the most common options, you could keep reading below.
To Roth or not to Roth
First, we need to discuss the difference between traditional and Roth accounts. Traditional accounts are set up so your contributions are tax-free. For example, if you put $5,000 into a traditional IRA, you get to deduct that $5,000 from your taxable income at tax time. Then, when you retire, you pay taxes on the money as you withdraw it.
In addition, traditional accounts require participants to begin withdrawing a certain amount of money, known as required minimum distributions or RMDs, by age 70½. The RMD depends on the age of the plan holder and value of the account. Failure to take the minimum distribution can result in hefty fines.
Roth accounts are relatively new. They are named in honor of U.S. Sen. William Roth, who helped usher them in as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
With a Roth account, you pay taxes on your contributions now but not on your withdrawals at retirement time. In exchange for skipping the tax break during your working years, your money in retirement becomes tax-free. What's more, there are no RMD requirements with Roth accounts.
Picking the right account
Roth accounts seem to be a better deal on the face of it. Let's consider that $5,000 you've deposited and assume it's grown to $50,000 by the time you retire. With a Roth account, you'll have paid taxes only on the $5,000, while with a traditional account you'll end up paying taxes on all $50,000. Which would you prefer? Thought so.
However, before you automatically go the Roth route, you'll need to factor in taxes. If you're paying taxes on all of your retirement contributions right now, that might leave you with less money to set aside in a retirement account.
For example, with the deduction offered by a traditional account, you may be able to put $5,000 into your retirement fund each year. But if you are paying taxes on that money, you may have only $3,000 available to put into a Roth account. By putting more money in your account, especially at a younger age, you may find you come out ahead with a traditional account even though you're paying taxes on more money.
That said, if we're talking a dollar-for-dollar comparison, a report from T. Rowe Price (.pdf file) finds that putting money in a Roth IRA almost always gives you more spendable income in retirement than the same amount deposited in a traditional IRA.
According to the investment firm, the only time it may make financial sense to use a traditional account is if you are over age 50. Even then, a traditional IRA gives you more money only if your tax rate drops somewhere in the vicinity of 9 percent once you reach retirement.
A competent financial adviser should be able to help you run some numbers and make the right choice.
Now, let's consider two of the most common plans used for retirement.
401k plans
When traditional pensions were shown the door by employers, many companies replaced their defined benefit plans with 401k's.
The name comes from the section of tax code in which you'll find the plan outlined. Most employers offer 401k plans, although 403b and 457b plans are similar options offered by nonprofit or state and local government employers, respectively.
Employer matching funds. Some employers will put a set amount of money into the 401k -- say, 3 percent of your annual income. You can also make your own contributions, and many employers will match a portion of the amount you deposit.
For example, an employer might match dollar for dollar your contribution up to an amount equal to 3 percent of your annual income. Or they may match 50 cents of each dollar, up to 6 percent of your income.
The actual percentage and match amount will depend upon your employer, but the bottom line is this: If your employer offers a match, you want to ensure that your contributions will max out the matching amount. Otherwise, you're leaving free money on the table.
However, you'll need to work at your employer for a certain length of time to become vested -- that is, to get access to all the money your employer is contributing on your behalf.
Most 401k plans will let you pick from several different funds in which to invest your money. Whatever those funds make plus your and your employer's contributions is what you'll have to live off in retirement.
Contribution limits. In 2014, 401k plans have the following employee contribution limits:
- $17,500 for regular plans, plus $5,500 for those age 50 or older.
- $12,000 for SIMPLE plans (Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees -- generally offered by small businesses), plus $2,500 for those age 50 or older.
Once money is placed in a 401k, it cannot be withdrawn without penalty until you reach age 59½.
IRAs: Individual retirement accounts
After a 401k, your next stop for retirement savings should be an IRA, which stands for individual retirement account or, sometimes, individual retirement arrangement.
An IRA works just like a 401k in that you are investing money and letting that money grow until retirement. Again, you can't withdraw money without incurring penalties until age 59½.
Some IRAs may be employer-sponsored, but those accounts typically don't come with any matching funds. Instead, the benefit of an employer-sponsored IRA is that you can easily fund it through payroll deductions.
However, even if your employer doesn't offer an IRA, you can still set up your own through most brokerage firms and get the same tax benefits.
Contribution and deduction limits. For 2014, you can make the following contributions to an IRA:
- $5,500 for those age 49 or younger.
- $6,500 for those age 50 or older.
These contribution limits apply to all of your Roth and traditional IRAs combined. So if you're 45 and have two IRAs, you could put $3,000 in one and $2,500 in the other; you can't put $5,500 into each one each year.
In addition, those who have a retirement plan at work and are contributing to a traditional IRA may find they are unable to deduct the entire contribution if their income is too high.
For 2014, if you have a retirement plan at work, you can take a full deduction of your IRA contribution as long as your modified adjusted gross income is $60,000 or less and you file as a single or head of household. Married couples or qualifying widow(er)s can take a full deduction if their income is $96,000 or less.
The deduction phases out as income increases. Single and head of household filers lose the deduction completely once their income hits $70,000. Married couples and qualifying widow(er)s can earn as much as $116,000 before they lose their IRA deduction.
There are no income limitations for individuals who do not have a workplace retirement plan.
Roth IRA contribution limits. Since contributions to Roth IRAs aren't deductible, there are obviously no deduction limits for these accounts. However, there are income limits on who can make contributions to Roth IRAs.
Single and head of household filers can have modified adjusted gross incomes of up to $114,000 and make a full Roth IRA contribution. The contribution amount then begins to phase out until an individual's annual income hits $129,000. At that point, they can't contribute to a Roth IRA.
For married couples and qualifying widow(er)s, their income can reach $181,000 annually before their Roth contribution amount begins to phase out. Once their income reaches $191,000 per year, these taxpayers are no longer eligible to make Roth IRA contributions.
There you have it: the nitty-gritty of some of the most popular retirement accounts.
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Just pay yourself first EVERY PAY PERIOD in a well thought out investment plan...do this over time and you will come out ahead...simple as that!
Don't make it complicated...and please don't hold out your beggar's hand when you don't do this and focus on the here and now more than your retirement years. Save or starve. The cell plan, large TV, or nicer car aren't as important as the money you won't have when you can't work anymore.
Ask yourself this question... Are taxes going to increase or decrease in the future? Who ever says taxes will be lower in the future, with the national debt crisis, you are blind!!!! Pay the lower tax rate NOW and invest in the Roth IRA. That way all of your contributions and growth will be tax free when you retire. If you are older and creeping towards your retirement, say 50 or so, then Traditional may be the route to take. Taxes probably won't change a significant amount in a decade. If you are in your 20's- mid 30's, Roth IRA is the way to go. Hands down! In the end, as long as you're putting your money into something, you are moving forward.
In Dec. 2012 I moved some bank stock from an IRA to my Roth IRA. I knew it would grow as bank stocks had been beaten down. It was worth $25K and I paid the tax on this at 10% and 15% as I had very little income that year. It is now worth $39K and growing. At some point I will move it to something else but it still has growth potential and the dividend was just increase 67% and this should continue for some time. I had the funds to pay the tax without selling bank shares to pay the taxes due.
When I turn 70 1/2 I will not have to take mandatory disbursements from the ROTH as I will from other retirement accounts. PLUS -I do believe tax rates will have to be increased to pay the large Federal deficit.
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My Masters program isn't the academic challenge that I hoped it would be. I'm paying a lot of money and spending a lot of time to do this in addition to my full-time job. Should I keep going or cut my losses?
About six months ago I started a job that offers tuition reimbursement and I decided to take advantage of it. I applied and was accepted to a MS in Communication program at a top 20 school. The program meets one day a week, alternating Fridays and Saturdays, and my company is giving me paid time off for the Fridays. It's an ideal situation for pursuing a degree while working and one that would be difficult to find elsewhere.
Though it's a communication degree, it covers a variety of fields including management, leadership, international business, law, and technology. A communication degree is relevant to my current career and what I'd like to pursue in the future and the coursework, in theory, would be valuable in developing skills that would be useful for my career. Plus I have always loved the structured learning environment that school provides and I was looking forward to some intellectual engagement outside of my job.
The problem is that the program is not at all challenging. I'm disappointed on several levels, but the biggest one has been the quality of the other students. I don't expect everyone to love school and nerd out like I do, and I understand that no matter where I go there will be people who are just in it for the credential. However, most of the other students I've encountered seem interested in doing only the bare minimum required to graduate. Aside from their lack of motivation, they are not very intelligent, to put it bluntly. We spend a lot of time covering basic things that I think should be common knowledge for someone entering a Masters program ("What is the FCC?") and/or are things they would know if they'd done the reading and looked into anything they didn't understand ("This chapter mentions VoIP a lot. Can you explain what that is again?").
Compounding this problem, I think that our professors are teaching to the lowest common denominator. The apathy and students' low-level understanding of the material pretty much precludes any meaningful discussion during class and makes group projects grueling. I'm only five weeks into the first ten week quarter and I already want to pull my hair out after working on two group projects and having lecture derailed more times than I can count by people who just want to ask questions to hear their own voices (An excerpt from class: "So, didn't the NFL violate Hank Johnson's 5th amendment rights?")
I wanted three things from this program: the fun of an intellectual challenge, useful skills, and a credential that I can use to advance my career. It seems like the first two will not be possible. Even with the tuition reimbursement this program will end up costing me about $33,000 in student loans. If I leave now it will be mostly paid for by the reimbursement but will still cost me between $3-5,000 in loans.
What I'm hoping for is some insight into whether the degree will be worth the money. If it will advance my career, then I can tough it out and deal with my irritation and do the minimal work required to get my degree. I'm just starting out--I graduated college four years ago. I was hoping that my current position + the degree would be my springboard to something even better. But I'm having trouble sorting out the hype from reality. Is a Masters degree necessary or even desirable for career advancement? Should I stick with this or cut my losses? I'm also open to suggestions for improving my experience.
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What is your current/desired career?
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Lady Li
on October 18, 2011
You should make two stops this week:
1. To your boss / supervisor / mentor at work. That person will hopefully have some insight into how much value this degree will give you at your current company. $33K is a big personal investment in yourself and student loans are always scary. They say that most EMBAs get a raise after they get their degree (in the old economy, anyways) but does this degree have the same effect?
2a. To your university's faculty advisor or graduate program advisor. Pass on the information that you're finding the curriculum to be too basic, and find out if it gets harder from here.
2b. To a faculty member whose work you respect. Find out how to add the intellectual challenge back into the program by doing additional work, or even trying to get published so that an academic career may open to you. It does sound like you're looking for the challenge.
Good luck!
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...and stop 3 should be to a job site/ job board at an organization that you would like to work at. Check out both the jobs that you would like to do today, and those that are attractive 5 years down the road. Read the job descriptions carefully, and see if the requirements include a MS degree (is it preferred or required?). If it's either, then it seems to me that the degree is worth doing. If it isn't, then look at the job requirements and spend your time developing those skills - though if you are able to develop them via some sort of project in your MS program, then it still might be worth staying in the program.
But if the MS degree isn't mentioned at all, and it seems to you that you can develop the required skills listed in the job description without going to grad school, then it seems like that is $3-5,000 of money and a lot of hours of time that are not being invested in the wisest way. Particularly since you don't seem to be enjoying the experience.
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What I'm hoping for is some insight into whether the degree will be worth the money. If it will advance my career, then I can tough it out and deal with my irritation and do the minimal work required to get my degree.
Worth the money in terms of a direct payoff in future years' paychecks? Probably not. Though there's a ton of variation here, between what different "communication" degrees cover and what different careers want: if you're working in media or journalism and this particular degree is giving you direct training and useful contacts in the field, it may be "worth it" in this sense — for instance if you're already working in TV and this program is training you in broadcast production. The average Masters' in Communication isn't this directly career-relevant.
Considering the amount of debt you're taking on, I think you should probably bail. But if you do stay, and even while you're making up your mind, I'd urge you (as wenat said already) to seek out some of the more sympathetic faculty in the program and talk to them about the decision, and your frustrations with the program. It's quite possible they are also privately frustrated with some of the students they're teaching — Master's programs, even "top-n" ones, can sometimes be very unselective when they're serving as cash cows for the rest of the department or university, and the faculty may be scaling down their investment and expectations as a result. The way to get more intellectual mileage out of the program, whether you stay to completion of the degree or not, is to find your way to the right faculty and work with them individually to get what
want out of it. This is more or less how graduate schooling is supposed to work, but some programs provide more support for it than others; you may have to take the initiative and make sure you get the education you want to get.
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Some departments run parallel programs which I will call "the real one" and "the other one."
Same university, same subject, same degree, but the real one has higher caliber instructors [*] and often a higher caliber of student.
How to tell if you're at a university that runs parallel programs:
In the course catalog, do you see that your instructors only teach courses in this alternative program - they don't do classes during regular University hours? And most of the instructors in your program are adjuncts and lecturers?
OK, right. So if you think this university is awesome, but your program isn't, changing to day mode or somehow establishing contact with the regular professors could be what you need.
[*] The instructors at the real program will be established in their field and en route to tenure. The instructions in the other program will be permanent lecturers and adjuncts with weaker connections in the field. The level of teaching may actually be better in the other one than the real one.
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The only thing I can think of a Masters in Communications as being valuable for is a future managerial (or maybe leadership) position in an enterprise organization. It sounds like a good university (which bureaucracies love) and it's a tertiary degree (ditto), so if this is your ultimate aim, and if you are sure your future earning power based on this degree will recoup this 30k+ investment, why not stay in?
However, I can tell you I've met many people in advertising, PR and communications who get by on drive, personality, and intellect. The principal of the small boutique marketing company I work for has an English degree, and learned everything else on the job. Maybe you're one of those people. If you really care about actually engaging your mind, why not choose a program that is more in line with your interests.
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So you're only 5 weeks into it, and you've met 5 times. You're in an Evening-and-Weekend slacker-type program that focuses on applied (vs traditionally academic) fields such as management, business, "leadership", etc., as well as the more creative humanities-based parts of Communications, I imagine. That's the problem(s) right there .
Ok, so here's how to find a truly challenging grad school environment:
: you have to put in the Big Work to get the Big Pay-off, intellectually (and Big Work means long hours); corollary is that Few Hours = slacking built-in; this slacking is intended to as a money-making opportunity for the college, so even high-end schools may have MS/MA programs that are relatively easy to get into 'cause they attract well-funded students; consequently, a major sign of a good program is if lots of people don't get in, and the people who do get in have the Big Credentials (outside $$).
academic focus
: you have to pick a field that is more-- or at least as much-- academic as applied, and preferably a field that has seen a lot of exciting research recently, hopefully by some faculty in the university you attend; corollary is that "leadership" is like, the opposite of a rigorous academic category, and management isn't much more so, so the types of professors you'd get even in the Ivies (forget students) are likely to be simply former business-people, just more successful business-people, and further, the type of books aren't going to be "official" or difficult texts with intellectually challenging material; if you want a business-related slant on communications, make sure a good percentage of the work is in a 'grey-area' but rigorous field like computer science, economics, statistics, sociology, English literature, rhetoric & media, etc.; a good way to tell if the program will be challenging (even in the humanities) is if it somehow involves applied mathematics.
: this is a big weed-out factor, just like math/computers, in that if the program emphasizes independent research, it will turn people off who want a piece of paper; further, it's likelier that if a program has research built-in, they may pay
rather than you paying them to study.
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Not to be a snob, but are there challenging Communications programs? If you think the future payoff is worth the boredom of classtime, you might as well finish.
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I read Habermas and Arendt in my Communications MA. And studied Paul Romer's endogenous growth theory in the context of copyright and nationalism. Waaaay oversimplified but basically to answer that yes, there are some challenging academically-based communications programs. Not very practical for those looking for PR/communications jobs, though.
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I would talk to your program advisors, as noted above. Also, you didn't say what your undergrad was. I gather it was in communication or something related. It's possible that your fellow students have majored in things like business, anthropology, sociology, psychology and linguistics -- all of which are very relevant to the study of communication, but which may not have included coursework in VoIP, FCC or even McLuhan, Innis and so on. Your program may spend a good long while catching people up, especially since it isn't f/t.
Also, while I didn't do my graduate work in communications, I was a bit shocked at how low level my masters was initially. But many programs that cater to working adults, especially those with kids and other life commitments, do try to pace things a little differently. I actually appreciate what they were doing a lot more now than I did then.
I'm not sure an MS in Communications is useful for more than a career in communications. You could probaby go do your IABC or APR or something. But having a masters will open doors and will be considered to be of value for certain people. I'm not sure it translates to higher salary - I doubt it - but it is one of those credentials that will help you get management roles or win out over people who don't have the degree. But work experience will also be key. You don't need specific training to have a career in communications.
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Chaussette and the Pussy Cats
on October 18, 2011
Though it's a communication degree, it covers a variety of fields including management, leadership, international business, law, and technology.
I hate to sound like a nay-sayer, but that is a ludicrously wide array of fields, and sounds suspuciously like
Jack of all trades, Master of none
if you'll pardon the pun. It's difficult to find intellectual rigor in generalist classes. If you want to learn about business or management, you get an MBA. If you want to learn about law, you get a law degree. If you want to learn about technology, try a CS program. Otherwise it's going to be very difficult to get any real depth of knowledge because each of those fields really requires a lot more than a toe-dip in the shallow waters.
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You don't specify what career track you're on, so it's difficult to say what the earnings impact will be of an MS in Communications. However:
If you'd like one data point, I dropped out of a very competitive, highly rigorous, high-falutin' hard-core theory style Masters in Communications programme a dozen years ago because an interesting job came my way. I've made three career jumps since then--small local organization to biggish national organization to the largest national organization of its kind in the country. Right now I make (considerably) more money than my friends who were in grad school with me at the time and graduated. Plus, I probably saved myself $20ishK in additional student loan debt.
If this is one of those expensive, part-time degrees for "mid-career professionals" you are unlikely to be intellectually challenged. They want the money, the students want the credentials, no one has to work too hard, everyone is happy. If your research leads to to believe the degree will increase your earnings enough to cover the $33K in fairly short order, then it might not be a bad investment. If, however, you are yearning for intellectual fulfillment, reenka's got your formula.
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This isn't a problem with Communication (I have a PhD in Comm). This is a problem with a midcareer professional once a week MA program.
You're a cash cow. Your fellow students are doing it for the credential.
If you want what you say you want, you need a more fulltime program.
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I would leave. As the others have said, this is not about learning, this is about money. Keep yours and do something else.
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Master's programs, even "top-n" ones, can sometimes be very unselective when they're serving as cash cows for the rest of the department or university, and the faculty may be scaling down their investment and expectations as a result. The way to get more intellectual mileage out of the program, whether you stay to completion of the degree or not, is to
find your way to the right faculty and work with them individually to get what you want out of it. This is more or less how graduate schooling is supposed to work
, but some programs provide more support for it than others;
you may have to take the initiative and make sure you get the education you want to get.
I'm an M.A. graduate of a weekend cash-cow program, and I agree with what I've quoted above. It made me a jack of all trades, master of none, and worse, in a field that is a super-fast moving target. Much of the curriculum could've been learned at home with lynda.com and a bunch of "for Dummies" books. I really don't feel as though I have a "real" graduate degree.
But, the contacts and the access have been valuable. I'm in D.C., and a master's now is what a bachelor's used to be like: Everyone's got at least one. And, as an alum I can audit classes for $100 and be in graduate-level history classes!
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on October 19, 2011
If this is one of those expensive, part-time degrees for "mid-career professionals" you are unlikely to be intellectually challenged. They want the money, the students want the credentials, no one has to work too hard, everyone is happy.
So, so true. And the system works best only when the employer is picking up close to 100% of the cost.
Though it's a communication degree, it covers a variety of fields including management, leadership, international business, law, and technology.
You sound like you'd be better off with an MBA, and then only if it's a requirement for your career.
Some places/industries (eg, DC) are more credentialist than others, where an MA is the doorway to be taken seriously and have better career advancement. If you don't need it for the credential it provides to your future career path, cut your losses. And even if you do need a masters-level credential, you will likely be better off in another academic program.
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Olde North Columbus commonly refers to the area north of Lane Avenue to Slate run in Glen Echo Ravine, extending east to Silver Drive and west to Olentangy River Road, including the Union Cemetery in the University District. The area includes several smaller neighborhoods within these general boundaries, including the Iuka Ravine, Indianola Forest, Oakland & Northwood Ave, and Glen Echo. In October 2009, the City of Columbus officially recognized the neighborhood by installing two "Old North Columbus" arches along N. High Street - one at Lane Avenue and the second at Arcadia Avenue. Both arches were requested by Olde North Columbus residents, through the Olde North Columbus Preservation Society and the Findley Avenue Community Watch Collaborative. [The 'e' in 'Olde' was mistakenly omitted by a city employee. The 'e' will be added into the arches in the near future.]
The University Area Commission's Community Relation's Committee voted on August 5, 2009 to recognize Olde North Columbus as a University District neighborhood within the Commission's boundaries.
The neighborhood[edit]
Olde North Columbus traditionally has a higher percentage of home ownership than the core campus area to the south. However, it combines the diversity and liveliness of an urban academic feel with the tranquility of a quiet family neighborhood. The area is home to four Columbus City Schools: Medary Elementary School, North High School, Indianola Middle School and the Special Needs Center, all of which are historically significant buildings. The neighborhood also has several churches, restaurants and other small businesses along High Street and Indianola Avenue.
Natural and historic features[edit]
Olde North Columbus includes Slate Run, the Olentangy River (at one time called "Whetstone River"), both the Iuka and Glen Echo Ravines, and other naturally beautiful features. There are also several historic neighborhoods and buildings, including the 1806 Beers log cabin, built three years after Ohio became a state, the site of the 1814 Wilcox/Piatt/Hess/Minot Mill (only the platform on which it sat, northeast of the West Dodridge Street Bridge, remains), a horse/wagon hitch on E. Maynard Avenue, the 19th and 20th century Union Cemetery (corner of W. Dodridge Street and Olentangy River Road) and the Civil War Site, Camp Thomas (approx. East Avenue to Adams Avenue, Arcadia Avenue to Maynard Avenue).
External links[edit]
- Official Olde North Columbus Business and Community Website
- Olde North Columbus Preservation Society and Historic Association, Columbus, Ohio
- University Area Commission, Columbus, Ohio
- University District Organization, Columbus, Ohio
See also[edit]
Coordinates: 40°00′52″N 83°00′41″W / 40.014444°N 83.011343°W


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