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1) It's the last year of highschool. Everyone's going to be parting ways in a few monthes. You'll probably only see max 5 of them again.. And there's this cute person you've liked for years, you could even say you "love". Everyone is sick of your mood swings because this person only talks to you via IM...
and this year, that person just so happens to sit IN YO FACE in a class... You feel like you can't live without this person in your life, but it seems like this person is just genuinely nice, and does not have any special feelings towards you... as about 40 people know you are head over heels...
Maybe that person just doesn't want to call you out and embarrass you, as (s)he probably knows... (but then again those 40 people could happen to be legit secret keepers,lol) But you still can't forget all the nice things that person has experienced with you...
This is your last chance.
What would you do?
**Was just wondering since probably 99% of single high school seniors are thinking about this... well, probably just girls. Well.. Maybe just me... fml.
And ahaa don't answer with that "focus on your studies" "You only live life after highschool, there will be more opportunities and choices" and "friendships are more important" crap~
I don't want to leave without knowing me and him could have been together at some point, as he's a shy guy, but I also don't want to take a chance and hurt my pride.
*****lol, I didn't want this post to be so specific, my bad, but once I start ranting, I can't really stop... I just want legit opinions, and on the way share your experiences, as I know a ton of you guys are experienced Maybe I'll learn a thing or two... I've just gotten too much of the same advice from friends... 1) confess and 2) forget about it
but just saying... I haven't directly told him in my 4 years of liking him... so... I doubt I'll confess...
Lock if duplicate. teehee. Arugh... I'm embarrassed.
UBC Science or UTSG Rotman Commerce?
Go for it, if it's what you want, why not?
You've been hit by, you've been struck by a smooth criminal!
UBC Science or UTSG Rotman Commerce?
So? The worst he can say is no, and he'll leave, and you can move on. If he does have feelings for you, then maybe you'll see him again, other wise you'll just regret it.
You've been hit by, you've been struck by a smooth criminal!
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So? The worst he can say is no, and he'll leave, and you can move on. If he does have feelings for you, then maybe you'll see him again, other wise you'll just regret it.
hahaha but the problem is... highschool students are very prone to gossiping... I'll totally die if everyone knows I liked him and he doesn't like me, thus the worse for me isn't a "no" . It's my image, which I know doesn't matter -.- but still...
UBC Science or UTSG Rotman Commerce?
Let me get this straight. You're going to give up a chance, on something you might not get a chance at again, because people talk about you?
Who cares, it's your life, you shouldn't let someone else' petty chat steer you away from what it is you want.
You've been hit by, you've been struck by a smooth criminal!
deejayvee wrote:
Let me get this straight. You're going to give up a chance, on something you might not get a chance at again, because people talk about you?
Who cares, it's your life, you shouldn't let someone else' petty chat steer you away from what it is you want.
haha he's not the type to do anything even if I tried... I don't know what to do after... I don't want to make things awkward
UBC Science or UTSG Rotman Commerce?
It's only awkward if you let it be awkward. Just relax and talk as you normally would, I've been rejected a few times, it sucks, but it's better then not trying and letting opportunities pass by.
You've been hit by, you've been struck by a smooth criminal!
If things get awkward darling, then you two aren't meant to be.
That said, I think I should go ask out my crush even while he's treating me like a total stranger and seems to hate me with a passion.
Why? Because like the previous person said, the most he could do was say no. And talk about it to his mates and boast and get his girl frands to gather around and point fingers at me while I'm walking past. Whatever. It'd ruin a reputation, but ... what reputation? I don't think I have one.
And yeah, the next time I meet him, it'd just be awkward.
So, thanks people.
AND GOOD LUCK DARLING! Don't worry, just ask him out. (Y) Keep it hush hush...
If rumours spill, you know it was him doing it and not you as long as you don't go clucking to your friends about it ^^"
And that'd mean he isn't worth your time.
Please, for the love of all that is solid, just do it. Take it from someone who was in the same position as you several years back. There's nothing worse than watching someone you love slip away and disappear. You'll wish with all your bleeding heart that you'd said something when you had the chance. I cannot stress that enough. Love isn't something you can leave to chance and fate, because those two things will screw you over 100 percent of the time. You've got to punch love in the face, beat it into submission, and never give it a chance to catch its breath.
What to do with YOU...?
Oh crap, I have the same problem. XD Haha, he's also a shy type and my friends keep on telling me go for it. And I will advice the same thing to you because your LOVE for him will be a total waste. WHAT IF HE LIKES YOU BACK? Choices have sacrifices. And you have to sacrifice your pride (as a woman) to say what you feel. Rather than forgetting him or keeping this as a secret to yourself forever and regret this for the rest of your life. Remember, for the past 4 years you've been waiting for something and nothing ever happens. So now, it's not the time to wait. Sometimes waiting is not enough. What if your destined together? And the only thing that could make it happen is that when you confess your love to him. Don't think about what would other people says. At least you've given your shot and he was informed of what you feels towards him. But if you're really shy, pm him. Lol
like the famous philosopher Nike once said: just do it
who cares if ppl gossip this stuff happens all the time it will be dust in the wind by the end of the week
if it gets awkward then it was not meant to be.. but least you gave it a shot
if you dont confess your "love" you might as well add him to your top 5 facebook ppl who i stalk list...because you gonna keep looking at his picture thinking man i should of told him..for a long time
Why cant we be friends???????
Haha...Yeah, just YOLO!
Do it, gangsta, thug life, swagg!!!
Leave high school with NO REGRETS!!
It'll be an experience.
Ah, young love.
Try it if you believe you're brave enough, but remember, those 4 years in highschool are but a fleeting dream; it's what you do post highschool in life that really counts.


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In 1971, I was a high school graduate without much money and even less of a plan. A community college campus seemed like a good place to try to figure things out, so I enrolled at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In two years there, I accomplished two things. I got halfway to a college degree at very little cost, and I decided I wanted to be a journalist. I then transferred to San Jose State, graduated two years later, and began my career as a sportswriter at the Davis branch of the Woodland Daily Democrat.
It wasn't until much later that I came to fully appreciate the value of those two years at Diablo Valley College, and I think it's fair to say that the state of California got something in return. Like millions of others who have passed through the community college system, I became a contributing taxpayer, supporting the public institutions that serve all of us.
But the grand master plan that once set California apart and helped drive its economic engine — a strong K-12 commitment and a high-quality college education accessible to just about everyone — has unraveled. And the situation could get even worse on Tuesday if Proposition 30 — Gov. Brown's proposal to raise $6 billion through income tax increases on the wealthy and a quarter-cent sales tax hike — is voted down.


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A new city program allows nonprofit and neighborhood organizations to develop community gardens on vacant city-owned properties throughout Savannah, more than 400 of which have already been identified.
At one, the future site of the Wilshire Estates Community Garden, neighbors and other partners along with city officials gathered Monday morning with visions of blueberries, sweet corn and okra in mind.
Alderman Tony Thomas accepted gifts of a straw hat, gloves and a golden trowel for his role in getting the program going. Last year City Council approved a community garden policy making the city lots available. Thomas said he donated $250 to the Wilshire garden, which is in his district.
"I hope you send me eggplant, a couple of ears of corn and okra," he joked.
The Largo Drive lot was once a home site, but it flooded. Through a Federal Emergency Management Agency program, the city bought the property and razed the house.
That's the case with many of the lots available for community gardens, said city spokesman Bret Bell. The city can't build on them - the whole purpose of the FEMA floodplain program is to remove buildings from flood-prone properties and provide open space that instead acts as a sponge for runoff.
The Wilshire Estates Neighborhood garden is the third garden to be permitted through this new program. SCAD developed a lot off Boundary Street, and there's another in the Hudson Hill community, sponsored by Harambe House and the Hudson Hill Neighborhood Association.
Once a lot has been identified by the city, organizations wanting to garden it must make sure certain other criteria are met. The lot's adjacent property owners have to agree to the community garden, for instance. And gardeners must farm in raised beds without the use of pesticides, herbicides or artificial fertilizers.
Betty Talley and Patsy Robinson, who have lived in Wilshire Estates a combined 93 years, see the garden there as a sign of revitalization.
"I'm hoping it brings pride in the area and camaraderie in the neighborhood," Robinson said.
Jennifer West Duvall, a novice gardener at age 34, was looking for just this kind of opportunity as she perused the city's map of available sites at the Earth Day Festival Saturday.
"I was looking at the map, and I saw a red tomato near my house," she said. "I got excited because that's exactly what I wanted, to be more involved with local food access," she said. "My plan is to provide muscle and learn gardening from people who have done it before."
The Savannah Urban Garden Alliance, led by Kelly Lockamy, drew up plans for the Largo Drive garden. Along with individual raised beds for vegetables, there's a large area for blueberry bushes and a tree-shaded bed for mushrooms. Communal corn, okra and squash sit behind individual raised beds. Flowers will bloom in a rectangular bed by the street.
It's just on paper so far, but students from nearby Windsor Forest High School are eager to build the raised beds and supply plants they've raised from seed.
Elise Zador teaches a popular agriculture course at Windsor Forest that has students raising everything from tilapia fish in ponds to basil for homemade pesto.
Zador had this tip for keeping high schoolers, or any garden laborers, engaged in the task: Feed them.
"We always cook whatever we grow in class," she said.
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This started off as a 'simple' stocking-stitch jumper to use up some scraps of very lightweight bouclé yarn – I thought if I put all the three different colours together I would have just enough to make this 1930s design, although I should have to rearrange the stripes a bit to work in three colours rather than two, and with a pale body colour rather than a dark one.
In the event, it turned out that not only was the wool very difficult to work with (I ended up using stitch markers every 10 stitches all the way up the entire garment – in stocking stitch! – simply because a stitch once dropped was almost impossible to find again) but that I ended up basically redesigning the pattern from scratch.
I had to redesign the stripes because I couldn't match both the horizontal and vertical tension of the pattern as given – I got nine rows to the inch rather then eight – then I had to correct an error in the neck shaping which put the neck opening over to one side, and which had lurked there unsuspected since 1938 (did anybody ever try to knit up this jumper at the time, I wonder?) Then I discovered both that the sleeves were far too wide and that I didn't have enough wool to finish the pattern: I had to design a sleeve two inches narrower above the elbow while fitting into the same armhole. This enabled me to finish the second sleeve with literally just a handful of pink wool remaining. At this point I discovered that there weren't proper instructions for the collar (as in, how many stitches ought to be knitted up for it for example…)
The entire jumper weighs just under four and a half ounces when complete. It doesn't quite match the pattern picture because the lady in the pattern is a size larger than I am and because the wool I used was so lightweight that it doesn't grip tightly around the hips as shown; otherwise, I think it's a pretty good imitation.
And of course it's perfect for English summer weather (especially this year): We want gay clothes to wear on dullish days, so I know you'll like this smart jumper, promises the pattern!
Material Notes
About 4.5 oz of scraps of fine boucle wool in three different colours, brand unknown
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Jun 19, 2012, 01.06 PMby SENEBO
well done you did a great job and the colours really work well together.
Jun 19, 2012, 07.10 AMby loulourosa
You did it again! Lovely jumper, the colours are great. And it looks good on you. I think the sweater on the picture is a bit dull compairing to yours.
Jun 18, 2012, 02.35 PMby elisana
wow! what a challenge! but so worth the effort, love your sweater, the colors are so pretty
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This is my last Wizard of Oz post. Frank Baum included a load of wonderful creatures in his novel, one of them being the Kalidahs, a chimeric mix of creatures rolled into one. Among other of my favorites were the armless hammer heads who's head popped off at lightning speeds and could bop you into oblivion.
I really love this story adaptation and hope to return to it someday. I feel it stays truer to the spirit of the original than any interpretation I've seen, but there are four or more coming out in Hollywood in the next few years and I'm sure some of them will be stellar.


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With Bogosian secured, core in place for Jetsby Corey Masisak / NHL.com
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff put the finishing touches on a busy month Monday, one that cemented the core of his franchise for the foreseeable future and hopefully improved the club enough to be a Stanley Cup Playoff contender.
The Jets agreed to terms with Zach Bogosian on a seven-year, $36 million contract, avoiding an arbitration hearing with the 23-year-old defenseman. Bogosian was the final of five arbitration-eligible players for the Jets to agree to a deal, and along with forwards Blake Wheeler (six years, $33.6 million), Bryan Little (four years, $23.5 million) completes the task of locking up the team's core players.
"I've made it clear since my first time being in Winnipeg that it was obviously a place I wanted to be for a long time," Bogosian said. "I'm just real happy that Winnipeg believed in me and gave me another chance to prove myself. I didn't exactly have the best start to my career in Atlanta, and obviously moving up to Winnipeg gave me a new chance to play in a hockey market and play in a hockey town that I enjoy playing in front of. That's where the term came in. It was definitely a no-brainer to want to stay here for a long time."
Winnipeg now has its top four forwards (Wheeler, Little, Evander Kane and captain Andrew Ladd), four defensemen (Bogosian, Tobias Enstrom, Dustin Byfuglien and Paul Postma) and goaltender Ondrej Pavelec under contract for at least the next three seasons.
Toss in top prospects Mark Schiefele and Jacob Trouba and the players expected to lead the Jets to the playoffs for the first time since 2007 when the franchise was in Atlanta are in place. Now they have to go about the task of becoming a consistent playoff contender.
The Jets finished in ninth place in the Eastern Conference in 2012-13, but goal prevention has been a problem for years and last season was no different. Winnipeg/Atlanta has finished no better than 25th in goals allowed per game the past four seasons.
With Kane, Ladd, Wheeler up front and offensively gifted defensemen Byfuglien, Entstrom and Bogosian in place, scoring goals is not a problem, but preventing more of them will be the key to improvement.
"I think you first have to evaluate where your group is," Cheveldayoff said. "You have to show faith in them. You have to try and show some consistency from the ownership group and the organization that you have a plan in mind and stick to it so you're not changing directions midstream.
"How close are we? I don't know. Obviously you have to play the game on the ice. I do know something: Ownership has shown a commitment to the city and ownership has shown they're willing to invest in the long-term future of this franchise. It has to start somewhere and this is a good starting point."
Bogosian was the third pick in the 2008 NHL Draft after Steven Stamkos and Drew Doughty. Bogosian had five goals and 14 points in 33 games in 2012-13, after a career-high 30 points the season before. Injuries have been a problem at times: Bogosian has missed at least 11 games in four of his five seasons and 15 or more in three of them.
He averaged more than 23 minutes per game for the second straight season, and turned 23 years old earlier this month.
"How close are we? I don't know. Obviously you have to play the game on the ice. I do know something -- ownership has shown a commitment to the city and ownership has shown they're willing to invest in the long-term future of this franchise. It has to start somewhere and this is a good starting point."
-- Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff
"Zach is still a very young player when it comes to defenseman age," Cheveldayoff said. "There is still a lot of room for his game to grow, and I think that's the exciting aspect. We have Zach locked up for what are the best years of a defenseman's career. … We know that as he continues to grow as a defenseman, his role and his leadership and all aspects of his game are going to help this team get to the next level.
"He is someone that I really believe has a tremendous amount of untapped potential. As he continues to mature as a player, he's going to blossom. His skating ability, his shot, his size, his work ethic, his physical strength -- he is a young defenseman that for us is just going to continue to grow."
Cheveldayoff didn't just re-sign a bunch of his players in the past month. He also added forwards Devin Setoguchi and Michael Frolik in a pair of trades to help bolster the depth up front.
The contracts for Little, Wheeler and Bogosian have left the Jets with less than $3 million in salary-cap space, according to Capgeek.com. Cheveldayoff said there could be another minor move to be made in August, but all of his major work on constructing the 2013-14 roster -- and the direction of the franchise for the next few years -- is complete.
" I know on July 5 everyone was waiting for us to make big splashes and try and sign players to unrestricted free-agent contracts, and that would have taken terms of five, six or seven years or in some cases maybe four," Cheveldayoff said. "We knew we had some players here we had we wanted to get on term and this was going to be a time that was going to happen later in the summer as it has right now."
Bogosian said, "Signing the guys that we did and getting the guys we did in free agency is obviously going to help. Every year we sit down and talk about our goals. Winning a championship and bringing the Cup to Winnipeg would be the No. 1 thing. Moving forward, we're a better team right now. I'm just very excited to be there for the next seven years."


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Last week, I was fortunate enough to have a discussion with Stéphane Buthaud, the founder of HumanoGames, which is a video game company whose mission is to "change lives." Mission accomplished.
Thanks to the game HappyLife, launched just one year ago, Facebook users can provide financial backing for the projects of small entrepreneurs all over the world.
This is how it works: Each player creates his or her own micro-business in the virtual world of HappyLife and re-invests the profits to help an entrepreneur get started in business in real life.
"A Project for Solidarity on a Global Scale"
Nothing in Stéphane's background pre-ordained him to become a creator of games for the Web. After engineering studies and a Masters degree in International Business, he gained solid experience working for a number of NGOs on micro-finance projects; first in Bosnia, then Rwanda, China, Argentina, etc. Until the day he decided to found his own social enterprise.
What made him decide to create a game on Facebook? "It was the best possible way to foster solidarity and rally a community without borders around a common objective. I wanted to develop a solidarity project with a global reach, to help people who come up with projects, but who lack the means to get started," Stéphane explains.
Really? A game on Facebook that could help in the fight against poverty…?
I was a bit skeptical the first time I played HappyLife. How could a simple social network game change the destiny of entrepreneurs from the most vulnerable communities on the planet? And yet, Stéphane's project was convincing. I realized that this type of game has the power to create a new culture of solidarity among individuals, on a global scale.
Gaming to Change the World
With the G4Cs (Games for Change), the creators of video games have sought to get players involved in activities that could have a real and positive impact in the world, even while they are having fun.
Some of the most well-known G4Cs allow the players to step into the shoes of a refugee fleeing the food crisis (Food Force) or conflict (Darfur is Dying), or to work to prevent disasters (Stop Disasters), deal with abject poverty in Haiti (Ayiti : The Cost of Life), or come up with innovative solutions in communities in Africa (Evoke), etc. And of course, there is HappyLife.
What makes HappyLife so original is its simplicity, as well as the fact that it is played on Facebook. The viral nature of the social network is such that the game can reach an ever-increasing number of people. By allowing the application to post messages on their walls, players may introduce their contacts to the game.
HappyLife Turns Virtual Profits into Real Money
Stéphane Buthaud and his company, HumanoGames have managed to create a revolutionary economic model in the form of a game that is profitable (it is funded largely by advertising), and promotes solidarity, thanks to a partnership with two micro-credit platforms: Babyloan.org and Kiva. These platforms connect private individuals wishing to send small sums of money to entrepreneurs to help them start their businesses. That is the principle behind P2P, a process by which private individuals provide loans to each other.
Here is how it works, in a nutshell:
"In practice, once the player has accumulated 250,000 HappyCash (Virtual Money) and decides to use it to support a project, the virtual donation is changed into a real loan of 250 Euros, which will be paid to the entrepreneur to help him or her start a business. HappyCash is converted into real money thanks to the money advanced by us, HumanoGames, but which will be reimbursed once the micro-business is up and running," Stéphane explains.
So far 700,000 players of HappyLife have already generated 50,000 dollars in loans for micro-entrepreneurs the world over.
Are there any future social entrepreneurs among you?
Has the HappyLife concept inspired you with any ideas?
We await your comments!


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Minnows Afghanistan go into their World Twenty20 clash against reigning champions England on Friday night with their morale boosted by a pep talk from two former greats of the game.
India's Sunil Gavaskar and Aravinda de Silva of Sri Lanka spoke to the squad on Thursday evening after an invitation from Afghanistan's Pakistani coach Kabir Khan, media reports said.
"Cricket is a universal game and it feels good to interact with players," Gavaskar, the first batsman to score 10,000 Test runs, was quoted as saying.
Gavaskar spoke to the players in Hindi, which they understood, while de Silva's talk in English was translated into Pashto by Khan.
Afghanistan's wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad said the pep talk was a big boost for his team.
"It can't get better than having Gavaskar and Aravinda speak to us," Shahzad told the Kolkata-based Telegraph newspaper.
"They boosted our confidence before such an important match. Gavaskar said that our fielding had to improve. There were other suggestions as well.
"Both of them were so supportive. Our confidence can only soar. Going forward, we've got a massive boost," Shahzad said.
The Afghans, who until five years ago were playing in the lower division leagues, won hearts during a fearless display in their opening match against India on Wednesday.
The part-timers from the war-ravaged nation, many of whom took up cricket in refugee camps in Pakistan, gave India's multi-millionaires a scare before going down fighting by 23 runs.
Afghanistan's gritty display brought some respect to lower-ranked teams with Ireland being thrashed by Australia in their opening match and Zimbabwe already knocked out of the competition.
England's Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad, who watched Afganistan's game against India on television, said his team were not taking victory for granted.
"Whether you're playing against Afghanistan, or the best team in the world, your principles don't change," Broad told reporters on Thursday night.
"By the looks of it, they don't have any fear. They'll play a few shots.
"That is something we will have to counteract as a bowling unit, not get fazed by that, not panic too much."
Broad was reminded of England's shock defeats to the Netherlands at the 2009 World Twenty20 at Lord's and to Ireland at last year's 50-over World Cup in Bangalore.
"The shorter the game the more dangerous these teams are and Afghanistan are not going to hold back with the bat. It will be important we keep our cool."
England's second game will be against India in Colombo on Sunday, but victory against Afghanistan will ensure them a place in the Super Eights round.


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ONE FC 23 Results + GIFs: Brandon Vera Destroys Igor Subora, Roger Gracie TKO's James McSweeney
(Brandon Vera vs. Igor Subora. PRIDE…[*wipes away tear*]…neva die.)
ONE FC 23: Warrior's Way just wrapped up in Pasay City, Philippines, featuring the promotional debuts of Brandon Vera and Roger Gracie, who were both victorious. Full results are below, and GIFs of the main card stoppages continue after the jump, via Zombie Prophet. As usual, brutal soccer kicks were involved.
- Bibiano Fernandes def. Dae Hwan Kim via submission (rear-naked choke), 1:16 of round 2
- Brandon Vera def. Igor Subora via KO (punch, soccer kicks), 3:54 of round 1
- Timofey Nastyukhin def. Eduard Folayang via KO (flying knee, soccer kicks), 3:11 of round 1
- Roger Gracie def. James McSweeney via TKO, 3:15 of round 3
- Kevin Belingon def. Koetsu Okazaki via unanimous decision
- Herbert Burns def. Honorio Banario via submission (rear-naked choke), 3:59 of round 1
- Jake Butler def. Sylvain Potard via unanimous decision
- Dejdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichoke def. Rene Catalan via KO (knee), 2:30 of round 1
- Ana Julaton def. Walaa Abas Mohamed Kamaly via unanimous decision
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My interest in astronomy and physics likely had early roots in growing up in a dark suburb where the summer nights unveiled the rich tapestry of stars overhead. I was not a child telescope operator however, as my fundamental orientation is to bright sun and hot weather best enjoyed on the shores of an ocean or bouncing off a diving board into a blue pool.
I grew to like sciences as my favorite subjects--opening new ways to view the world around us. In my teens and in college, being in science was also fairly radical, set one apart, and cultivated deeper and more analytic thought patterns in those rebel years. Being involved in physical sciences was quite different from the mainstream studies of even the most rogueish students in the 60's and 70's.
My professional interest in astronomy and physics became more focussed and formal in graduate school. One has to make a choice and narrow down what to study, and the combination of the two slightly different physical science disciplines was attractive, although biology and physics as a combined thread of endeavor was a strong pull. My expertise is in stellar populations, to study star clusters such as the globular clusters and the rich clusters in the companion galaxy to our own, M33. But astronomical research is only a piece; the building and bringing to operation instrumentation, that is, "getting one's hands dirty," was also an interest for me. I worked in the physics research laboratories all through undergraduate school, but my greatest opportunity to participate in instrumentation was at the national observatories in Arizona and also in Hawaii.
I also have had a strong interest in information technology and in all things new and inventive. For several years at STScI, I have been responsible for bringing the news and latest results from Hubble to the public. Further, by creating an educational program, we have been able to make Hubble not only fun, but relevant to students, teachers, and families. My urge to pursue the new and different had driven me on to found a new entity at STScI to develop technology and foster innovation. Examples include webcasting of live events, and merging broadcast media with the internet to make the riches of Hubble ever more accessible. For me, Hubble Heritage is a natural extension of my interest in bringing science, particularly astronomy, to the public in new, better, and unusual ways. Science is art.
I currently spend half of my time at STScI working in the Community Missions Office and the National Virtual Observatory where I am the Director of Education. The other half of my time I work at the US Department of State bringing technologies such as Geographic Information Systems and satellite earth looking imagery to diplomats for use in foreign policy. The rest of my life, filled with flying, aerobatics, skydiving, scuba, climbing, myriad other activities, and a love of dogs (I mean big dogs) allows me to view the planet from unusual perspectives including in free fall and upside down. I would not have it any other way.
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Margaret was nominated for her third Grammy Award yesterday (on her birthday!). Cho Dependent – Live in Concert nabs a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Comedy Album category.
From Margaret: I'm still in Badgastein, Austria and I just heard I got my 3rd Grammy nom, wow!!! I'm about to yodel. And congrats to all nominees in our category Jimmy Fallon, Tenacious D, Jim Gaffigan, Lewis Black and ESP Kathy Griffin. I love you guys!
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Documentary about the U.S. Army's flight around the world in 1924, employing four Douglas World Cruiser aircraft. A flag of United States. Crowds gather around around. the four Douglas World Cruisers, named Boston, Chicago, New Orleans, and Seattle, as they prepare to depart from Seattle, Washington, on their expedition. One of the aircraft taking off. All the aircraft in flight over Seattle Washington. Major Frederick F. Martin Commander of the flight. An animated map shows the aerial expedition's route and locations of various accidents and incidents that beset them along the way. View of one Douglas World Cruiser in flight, equipped with floats. The expedition was completed by the Cruiser,Chicago, crewed by pilot, Lt. Lowell Smith and Lt. Leslie Arnold; and by the
New Orleans, crewed by pilot, Lt. Erik Nelson and Lt. Jack Harding, who are seen being congratulated by expedition Commander, Major Frederick F. Martin upon their completion of the mission in Seattle, on September 28, 1924.
New York Giants wins against the San Francisco 49ers in Seattle, Washington. Large crowd of spectators cheer the football teams. 49ers quarterback Y.A. Tittle connects with a pass to Billy Wilson. Alex Webster and Don Heinrich of the New York Giants team play hard. Score board reads 17 points for San Francisco 49ers and 14 points for New York Giants. New York Giants wins against the San Francisco 49ers by 29-17. Also seen is Alex Webster running for big yards and for a touchdown.
The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Alaska Flight of 1934 departing Fairbanks Alaska on flight back to Washington, DC. Their YB-10 aircraft are seen in a line on the airfield. Spectators are at the edge of the field to see them off. Next, the aircraft are seen taxiing out for takeoff, with their Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, piloting the lead aircraft, the "City of Fairbanks." Other aircraft follow in succession. Colonel Arnold's airplane takes off and proceeds in a shallow climb. Slate tells first leg is 640 miles to Juneau in 3 hours and 55 minutes. Map shows North America with outbound course to Alaska from Washington, DC, traversing the Great Lakes, Edmonton, Prince George, and White Horse, to Fairbanks. But a moving arrow shows return route via Juneau. Snow-covered mountains seen from a YB-10 on this return leg. Aerial shots of several YB-10s in formation. Slate announces next leg as 940 miles and 5 hours and 40 minutes to Seattle, Washington State. Aircraft and crews of the returning Alaska Flight, seen on a grass field in Seattle. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, expedition commander, leads his fliers across the field. Slate states remaining distance to Washington, DC, as 2700 miles and 14 hours. More shots of YB-10s in formation aloft. Shot of a YB-10 with farmland below. Ten YB-10s seen in formation, and the animated map completes the journey to Washington, DC. Aerial view from above of several YB-10s below, flying over the Potomac River, in Washington, DC, with the Lincoln Memorial, and Arlington Memorial bridge visible below. The formation of 10 planes barely visible above the Capitol building. The YB-10 named Juneau, taxiing across Bolling Field, after landing. (This segment of film is reversed, so the name and Alaska Flight logo are mirror-reversed.) The last of the 10 aircraft pulls into position on the flightline. Lieutenant Colonel Henry (Hap) Arnold stands in front of his fliers who hold a large totem pole souvenir. Secretary of War, George H. Dern, greets the returning aviators and poses next to Colonel Arnold.
Basketball match in Seattle,Washington. The large crowd of spectators gathered at an auditorium to watch the basketball match between the Seattle University Chiefs and the Buchan Bakers. The match begins. Spectators cheer their teams. Seattle University Chiefs wins the match against the Buchan Bakers by a score of 76-73.
The Seattle Cycle Club celebrates the coming of spring with a motorcycle dirt and mud race in Seattle, Washington. Members of the Seattle Cycle Club start the race on motorbikes. They go through water and a mired course. Tire stuck in mud. All participants ooze a thick coat of mud. Spectators watch the mud race.
Ford Motor Company pictorial about founding of Seattle, Washington. A monument on stone base with a sign on it that reads ' Birth place of Seattle' with a large house in the background. A sign reads ' New York- Alki' which was the first name of the city of Seattle. A light house where first landing was made at Alki Point.


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Mirrors Edge Game Testing
Mirrors Edge was released to the PC community on January 13 2009. Mirrors Edge is designed using the Unreal 3 engine. One of the highlights from EA and Dice was the fact that this is the first game to feature GPU accelerated Physx effect throughout the game. As you may or may not know, Phsyx is becoming a huge part of the gaming experience. The additional realism that comes from using this technology on hardware designed to maximize the potential of the Physx capabilities makes playing the gaming that much more intense. From the glass that stays part of the environment to the cloth that tears and moves realistically to the physically simulated smoke, this First Person Runner as it is called, has plenty of hype regarding the stunning visual effects. There are plenty of reviews on the game, but what I wanted to see for myself was just how well some of the latest cards from both ATI and Nvidia stacked up in a head to head contest with and without the Physx effects enabled, to see just what the difference was when the capabilities were enabled and to see just how realistic the effects really are. With such a comparison I chose the Nvidia GTX 260-216 core and its direct competition, the HD4870 1GB, as well as the latest behemoth from Nvidia the GTX 295 and the HD4870x2 from the ATI side. So just what will the results be head to head?


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I am sooo excited to share this recipe with you guys!! Not only is it AMAZING but it's a family recipe! We make it every year for the holidays, a family tradition for sure. I always remember my mom making it once the holiday season was in full swing. She would have a bowl with her morning coffee and perhaps a handful after dinner. About 5 or so years ago I started making it as well because there was no way I could wait until Christmas week to partake. There are many ways I follow in my mom's footsteps and this is no exception. Piping hot coffee in one hand, small bowl of caramel party mix in the other. Life is good!
This caramely mix has made an appearance at numerous holiday parties and been given as countless homemade gifts. It's always a hit!! I like to think the obsession goes somewhat like this for a newbie: "Caramel Party Mix…hmm…sounds pretty good. First few pieces are consumed, this stuff is GOOD! Another few pieces maybe even a handful later, what is this?? It's so addicting! Email is composed and the recipe is requested!" 2 years ago I made it for some co-workers and got a request from them the next year to have another bag, and if I could make that bag bigger than last year that would be great!
Enough talking it up….what does it taste like?!? Well……it's sweet and caramely and crunchy and addicting!!! Soo addicting! Don't be turned away by the hour baking time. It's well worth the every -15-minute stirring process. If you have some left over cereal from making salty party mix, give this one a try! You will be hooked. Coffee drinker? Start your morning off right and add this to your pre-breakfast roundup. It's especially yummy sitting in front of a fire on a crisp winter morning. Not that it changes the taste, but it creates a relaxing picture, doesn't it?? I hope you enjoy this sweet treat as much as we do!!
Caramel Party Mix
- 10 cups cereal (cereal recommendations listed below)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 stick butter, unsalted
- 1/3 cup light Karo syrup
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups rice chex
- 2 cups corn chex
- 2 cups bugels
- 1 cup kix cereal
- 1 cup cheerios
- 1 overflowing cup of pretzels
- 1 cup peanuts OR you can do 1/2 peanuts 1/2 cashews
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Place cereal in a large foil pan. Set aside.
2. In a large saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, light corn syrup and vanilla extract over medium-low heat. Stir frequently until butter is melted and mixture is combined. Allow mixture to come to a rolling boil, allow to boil for 45 seconds to 1 minute. Remove pan from heat and add baking soda. Stir quickly to combine, the mixture will expand which is what you want. Pour caramel mixture over cereal. Stir cereal and caramel until well combined.
3. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Allow to cool. Store in an airtight container.
- I use a turkey roaster pan to make the party mix in. You can find foil ones at Wal-Mart for about $1. The nice thing about the foil pans, they are disposable. It looks similar to this.
- While cooling, stir occasionally to make sure mix doesn't stick to pan.
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Java 1A Practical Class
In this exercise you will write a program to produce animated GIFs showing successive generations of a world in Conway's Game of Life. Your first task is to complete the implementation of
OutputAnimatedGif displayed at the end of this exercise by providing an implementation for the body of the
makeFrame method. The method must draw the current state of the world into a
BufferedImage. You can create a new
BufferedImage as follows:
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
w and
h are
int variables containing the desired width and height of
image. To draw onto
image you need to create a graphics context. When you have finished using the graphics context, you must call the
dispose method to clean up system resources. Here is an example usage pattern:
Graphics g = image.getGraphics(); //create a new graphics context // call methods on "g" here to draw onto the image g.dispose(); // free up resources used by the graphics context
The drawing routines for the graphics context are available in the Java library documentation. You may find the methods
fillRect and
drawLine helpful. Once you have written your implementation of
makeFrame you can use
OutputAnimatedGif to produce an animated GIF file as follows:
Create an instance of
OutputAnimatedGif by calling the constructor and supplying the filename of the animated GIF as a Java String.
Call the
addFrame method to add a specific generation of the world to the animated GIF; you need to call
addFrame each time you wish to add a new generation.
Call the
close method to write the animation to the file.
Your next task is to write a Java class called
AnimatedLife which accepts a format string, an integer describing the number of generations to include, and a filename for the output. For example,
crsid@machine~> java uk.ac.cam.your-crsid.tick3star AnimatedLife \ "Glider:Richard Guy (1970):20:20:1:1:010 001 111" 10 output.gif
should draw the first 10 generations of a glider to the file named
output.gif. You may find it helpful to use
PatternLife.java as the basis for writing
AnimatedLife. Please include a sample output from your program in a file called
competition.gif, and the actual pattern you gave your program on the command line to generate your competition GIF entry, saved in a plain text file
competition.txt; the best submission will appear on the course website.
Construct a jar file named
crsid-tick3star.jar containing your code and competition entry and email it as an attachment to
email@example.com. Your jar file should contain:
META-INF/ META-INF/MANIFEST.MF uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/competition.gif uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/competition.txt uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/AnimatedLife.java uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/AnimatedLife.class uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/Pattern.java uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/Pattern.class uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/OutputAnimatedGif.java uk/ac/cam/your-crsid/tick3star/OutputAnimatedGif.class
You should set the entry point of the jar file so that the following works:
crsid@machine:~> java -jar crsid-tick3star.jar \ "Glider:Richard Guy (1970):20:20:1:1:010 001 111" 10 output.gif
package uk.ac.cam.your-crsid.tick3star; // Tell the compiler where to find the additional classes used in this file import java.awt.*; import java.awt.image.*; import java.io.*; import javax.imageio.*; import javax.imageio.stream.*; import javax.imageio.metadata.*; public class OutputAnimatedGif { private FileImageOutputStream output; private ImageWriter writer; public OutputAnimatedGif(String file) throws IOException { this.output = new FileImageOutputStream(new File(file)); this.writer = ImageIO.getImageWritersByMIMEType("image/gif").next(); this.writer.setOutput(output); this.writer.prepareWriteSequence(null); } private BufferedImage makeFrame(boolean[][] world) { //TODO: complete this method } public void addFrame(boolean[][] world) throws IOException { BufferedImage image = makeFrame(world); try { IIOMetadataNode node = new IIOMetadataNode("javax_imageio_gif_image_1.0"); IIOMetadataNode extension = new IIOMetadataNode("GraphicControlExtension"); extension.setAttribute("disposalMethod", "none"); extension.setAttribute("userInputFlag", "FALSE"); extension.setAttribute("transparentColorFlag", "FALSE"); extension.setAttribute("delayTime", "1"); extension.setAttribute("transparentColorIndex", "255"); node.appendChild(extension); IIOMetadataNode appExtensions = new IIOMetadataNode("ApplicationExtensions"); IIOMetadataNode appExtension = new IIOMetadataNode("ApplicationExtension"); appExtension.setAttribute("applicationID", "NETSCAPE"); appExtension.setAttribute("authenticationCode", "2.0"); byte[] b = "\u0021\u00ff\u000bNETSCAPE2.0\u0003\u0001\u0000\u0000\u0000".getBytes(); appExtension.setUserObject(b); appExtensions.appendChild(appExtension); node.appendChild(appExtensions); IIOMetadata metadata; metadata = writer.getDefaultImageMetadata(new ImageTypeSpecifier(image), null); metadata.mergeTree("javax_imageio_gif_image_1.0", node); IIOImage t = new IIOImage(image, null, metadata); writer.writeToSequence(t, null); } catch (IIOInvalidTreeException e) { throw new IOException(e); } } public void close() throws IOException { writer.endWriteSequence(); } }


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2007 Culinology on the Rise Conference Held in New Orleans
Culinology on the Rise meets New Orleans on the road to recovery.
Culinology on the Rise was the theme at the 2007 RCA Annual Conference and Tradeshow, of the Atlanta-based Research Chefs Association (RCA), the first major food group to return to New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It celebrated in spectacular style the Crescent City, which is on the road to recovery, explored the natural resources, flavors, cooking styles and confluence of cultures, which created its uniquely American cuisine.
Some 1,400 attendees (chefs, food scientists, Culinologists and sponsors of the show) were treated to the warm hospitality of the city's residents and had an opportunity to celebrate the growth and success of Culinology, the blending of culinary arts and food science/technology.
Annual Conference Planning Committee co-chairs, Catherine Proper, CEC, CCS; Culinary Innovation and Design; Target Corp.; and outgoing President John Folse, CEC, AAC, John Folse and Co. -- an inspiration during his two-year term creating buzz, increasing certification and growing the RCA brand -- outdid themselves from opening night festivities.
The festivities were held at Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World, where attendees wandered among thousands of sensational sculptured props used during Mardi Gras festivities and tasted specialties from some of the city's greatest restaurants -- Andrea's, Bayona, Broussard's, Café Adelaide, Cochon, Dooky Chase, Dominique's, Emeril's, Garbrielle, Galatoire's, Jacques-Imo's Café, K-Paul's Louisiania Kitchen, La Provence, Muriel's and Restaurant August -- to a program that provided something for everyone.
Keynote speaker Douglas H. Brooks, president and CEO of Brinker International, Dallas, a self-described foodie, discussed trends in the $535 billion foodservice industry. Consumers eat four meals a week in foodservice, and want speed and convenience, an experience which makes them feel valued, choices for healthier meals, and incorporation of authentic multicultural ingredients. "Opportunities exist for suppliers who can reduce preparation time in the kitchen," he noted.
"A chef in the Buck Rogers tradition, blazing a trail to a space age culinary frontier," according to The New York Times, Chef Homaro Cantu, Moto Restaurant, Chicago, a proponent of molecular gastronomy wowed the audience with the methods he and his chefs use to get food to take on a new architectural form. Chef Cantu also created a unique almond creation served at the Modesto, Cal.-based Almond Board of California's booth.
A sense of place
Attendees were enchanted when outgoing RCA President Chef John Folse, owner and executive chef of Gonzales, La.-based John Folse and Co., assisted by Chef Jay Kimball, director of R&D, covered the fascinating culinary past of New Orleans and surrounding area from the earliest Native American Indians, explorers and fur trappers, fight for the city's bounty by the Spanish, French and British, and contributions of the Dutch, Germans, Italians and African slaves. Folse describes these influences as a layering effect culminating in a cultural terroir, a sense of place. His new book "Encyclopedia of Cajun and Creole Cuisine" a four-year labor of love, is a must read for historians and the recipes a must try for culinarians. www.jfolse.com/encyclopedia.htm.
Sponsored by the USA Rice Federation, Washington, D.C., and moderated by Michael Batterberry, editor-in-chief, Food Arts magazine, "The Evolution of Cajun and Creole Cuisine," joined panelists Andrea Apuzzo, Andrea's Restaurant; Ray Berthelot, Louisiana Office of State Parks; Anne Butler, Butler-Greenwood Plantation; Leah Chase, Dooky Chase Restaurant (which will reopen soon); Janie Luster, Louisiana's Houma Nation; Henryk Orlik, Heinerbrau German Brewery; and Chef Paul Prudhomme, K-Paul's Louisiana Kitchen.
When asked what foods have been most successful in their restaurants, Chef Apuzzo said crawfish ravioli, speckled trout and tiramisou; Chef Chase listed gumbo, oyster stuffing and lemon pie, and Chef Prudhomme divulged gumbo, blackened foods and sweet potato pecan pie are most requested.
A taste of Africa
Rochelle Schätzl, group product development manager, for Johannesburg, South Africa-based Nandos Chickenland, and culinary guru for Nandos, which manufactures Peri-Peri Hot Sauces, Rubs, Marinades and Stir-fry Simmer Sauces throughout the world, discussed the continent's cuisine. Africa is comprised of 52 independent countries, and "In Africa, nothing is wasted. Food is always shared, and extra food is prepared for an uninvited guest," she says.
Peri-Peri is the African Birds Eye Chile, blended with fresh lemons and an exotic mix of herbs and spices, a combination originally brought to South Africa by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century. Regional spices vary, so we were treated to spice blend samples -- Peri-Peri, Raas Al-Hanout and Berbere accompanied by Rooibos tea, a favorite beverage choice. South Africa alone has 11 official languages. Incidentally, butter is added to coffee in Kenya to trap the volatiles.
Incorporating health and wellness in product development is one of the biggest challenges facing R&D professionals, according to a panel moderated by Craig "Skip" Julius, CEC, CRC, CCS, Gordon Food Service, Grand Rapids, Mich. Superfoods, like acai, and tea and juice-based beverages for kids and females are on the horizon.
Another challenge is flavor authenticity. Chef Robert Danhi, Chef Danhi Inc., moderated a session "Asian Flavors: Translating Genuine Flavor Profiles. Panelists Susana Foo, Susana Foo Gourmet Kitchen; Ross Kamens, Noodles and Co.; and Grace Yek, University of Cincinnati, Culinary Arts and Science, did an outstanding job of taking authentic Asian dishes through a Culinary Evolution process and bringing them mainstream. "Stick to your vision," advised Kamen, "the dish must have consumer appeal, be craveable, relevant and compelling."
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How Smartphone Apps Deliver an Economic Boost
By Howard Baldwin, Contributing Columnist
The place: San Francisco. The time: a Saturday afternoon.
The scenario: after lunch, two out-of-town couples find themselves in a neighborhood where taxi cabs are scarce. One of the women remembers a new iPhone app called Uber that allows you to wirelessly order a Lincoln Towncar and bill the trip to a credit card.
Elapsed time between signing up with Uber and the car arriving: 10 minutes. Estimated incremental cost above a traditional cab: $7.
This is not an apocryphal story, because I was a member of the group (in fact, I was the one who'd insisted going by cab would be easy). Not only is it true, but it is indicative of a side of broadband networking that's not often called out: the economic boost that iPhone and Android smartphone apps are delivering.
It's a compelling upside growth opportunity that's only possible thanks to the wireless broadband network infrastructure that supports mobile high-speed communications and rich-media applications.
Introducing the App Economy
A report released early in February 2012, entitled "Where The Jobs Are: The App Economy," highlighted this economic boost. TechNet, a bipartisan organization promoting the growth of technology-led innovation founded in 1997 by venture capitalist John Doerr, entrepreneur Jim Barksdale and Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers, sponsored the report, which was conducted by Dr. Michael Mandel of South Mountain Economics.
As Mandel notes, "the App Economy now is responsible for roughly 466,000 jobs in the United States, up from zero in 2007 when the iPhone was introduced."
How big is that in dollars? Appnation and Rubinson Partners estimated in late 2011 that the App Economy generated almost $20 billion in revenue that year. They included app downloads, in-app revenues, sales of virtual goods, and sales of physical goods and services in that estimate.
Creating Jobs in the App Economy
One of the most interesting aspects of the report: it discovered that the so-called App Economy casts a wide geographical net in terms of supporting employment.
Not surprisingly, development activity is centered in Silicon Valley and New York City. But Mandel's research reveals that not only is there a high concentration of development activity in Georgia, Florida, and Illinois, but more than two-thirds of App Economy employment takes place outside of California and New York.
The figure of 466,000 jobs does include a calculated multiplier; it's not just developers but the people who work to test, deploy, and market the applications. But still, to have a half-million jobs pop out of nowhere in five years is pretty astonishing, especially when you consider it doesn't include the design, manufacturing, and marketing of the devices themselves. Nor does it look at more-general web development, networking and carrier infrastructure, and other economic segments of the market.
Those of us whose memories stretch back to the days before cell phones and smartphones can only marvel at this new boost for both the U.S. and global economies.
It's one more example of what we used to call "Internet time" — the increasing speed with which change takes place, provided you have a structural foundation like wireless networking on which to create greatness.
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2 Managerial Economics Questions
2. The firms in a perfectly competitive industry had been earning zero economic profits. However, the firms have recently experienced a large decrease in the cost of energy that enables them to substantially reduce the marginal cost and average total cost of producing each unit of output. The market demand for the product is pretty elastic. On the other hand, short-run efforts to increase production run into severely diminishing returns with respect to the employment of additional variable inputs.
Draw two average total cost curves (ATC) for a typical firm. One curve should represent ATC before the fall in the cost of energy. The other curve should represent ATC after the fall in the cost of energy. Assume that the fall in the cost of energy does not affect the minimum efficient scale (MES) of production. Draw short-run marginal cost curves on the same diagram to show both the fall in the cost of energy and the severely diminishing returns to the employment of additional variable inputs.
Next to the diagram for a typical firm, draw a supply-demand diagram for the industry. The slope of the demand curve should reflect the elasticity of demand for the product. The short-run supply curve should reflect the presence of severely diminishing returns with respect to the employment of additional variable inputs. The original equilibrium price in this diagram should line up with the minimum point of the original ATC curve for a typical firm.
Properly shift demand or supply to reflect the fall in the cost of energy. Note the change in the market equilibrium. How does the magnitude of the change in the market price compare to the magnitude of the shift in ATC? Explain. Do firms now experience short-run economic profits? In the long-run, can entry of new firms be expected in this industry? If we have a decreasing-cost industry, show in your diagrams where the cost curves, the market price, and the equilibrium market quantity end up. Fully explain what has happened. Does the equilibrium quantity end up changing much in comparison to the magnitude of the overall change in price? Why or why not?
3. Use your knowledge about two-part pricing to advise the company below.
A company has a bar and is trying to decide on the cover charge (if any) and price for each drink. It has done a modest survey in which it asked customers to classify themselves as light drinkers or heavy drinkers and to indicate the number of drinks they would typically consume during the evening.
The estimate from the survey is that a change in the price equal to $1 per drink causes light drinkers to change their consumption on average by 0.5 drinks per night. However, a change in price of $1 causes heavy drinkers to change their consumption on average by 1.0 drink per night. For both groups a typical consumer will not consume anything once the price reaches $9 per drink. (They may instead go to another bar or not go to a bar at all.)
Draw a demand curve for a typical light drinker and for a typical heavy drinker on the same diagram. Explain your diagram. Write equations for the curves in slope-intercept form. The general form for such an equation is P = a + bQ, where P is the price for the drinks, Q is the quantity of drinks purchased, 'a' is the intercept on the vertical axis, and 'b' is the slope. (In the case of a downward-sloping demand curve, the slope will be a negative number.)
If 300 people visit the bar on a typical evening, with 200 people being light drinkers and 100 people being heavy drinkers, draw an overall demand curve for all of the consumers combined. (Figure out the intercept on the vertical axis; this intercept indicates the price at which nobody would purchase anything. Also determine the intercept on the horizontal axis; this intercept indicates what the total quantity demanded would be if the price of drinks were zero.)
What is the slope and what is the intercept for this demand curve? Write an equation in slope-intercept form.
Recall that, in the case of a straight-line demand curve, the slope of the marginal revenue line for a company that does not practice price discrimination is double the slope of the (total) market demand curve.
If the marginal cost of making drinks (the alcohol, the bartender's labor, and the amortized cost of purchasing glasses and cleaning them repeatedly) is constant at $5 per drink, and if no cover charge is assessed, what is the best price to charge for drinks? How many drinks would be sold on a typical evening? What would your profits be? Show your work.
If you cut your price by $1 per drink AND assess the maximum possible cover charge without causing a typical light drinker to refuse to enter the bar, would your profits improve? How high would the cover charge be? Calculate both the cover charge and your total profits. Would the new pricing increase profits? Explain your answer fully.


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Novation's Blog Party
Novation kick off a series of high profile blogs with Bloc Party's Gordon Moakes describing how he – and you – can get the most out of your hi-tech music making set-up…
Gordon gets to grips with nio. Easy!
"I'm anything but a sound geek – in fact I'm a sound engineer's worst nightmare: a musician!" jokes Bloc Party's Gordon Moakes in his new Novation blog. His experiences, however, are common to all of us and as he gets to grips with some of the latest technology to help him make music we can all learn a thing or two from him. And that's really the point of Novation's new blogs: to help us all make more music and to see how the high profile musicians we aspire to make their music and share their gear experiences. Gordon's is the first of many blogs planned by Novation with others in the pipeline set to cover all sorts of production subjects like recording, synthesis, mixing and mastering – watch and learn the ropes from the stars in action!
Gordon is the bass player in Bloc Party who are very much the kings of indie rock, having scored the NME Album Of The Year with their debut album Silent Alarm and a UK number 2 and US top 20 with the follow up, 2007's A Weekend In The City. As they begin work on their third album Moakes is keen to get to grips with some new recording technology and share his thoughts with the world, hence the new Novation blog. Moakes continues with another classic line that we can all relate to… "I'm not interested in waiting two hours while somebody connects a bundle of cables into some complicated looking units. I just want to plug in and start playing." And he does just that with Novation's nio 2/4.
As well as sharing some humorous thoughts on technology, Moakes then offers some practical advice for guitar players to get the most from their set-ups.
There's plenty more on the way from Gordon and several other high profile Novation users, as Giles Orford, Focusrite and Novation's Marketing Director comments: "We thought it would be fun and informative for our website visitors to see how our gear is used by high profile users and interact with them through our celebrity blogs – or 'clogs' if you like – to offer an insight into the world of some very successful musicians."
Visit the Novation website.
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A reformed and integrated approach to every area of the child's experience emerged through the New Art, an amalgam of the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau, both of them tendencies that emphasized the unity of all art forms, the revival of handcraft, and the revitalizing of design through the use of organic forms and imagery. In emergent artistic centers in Europe and America—from Glasgow and Chicago to Rome, Vienna, and Budapest—the leading designers and intellectuals of the day, many of them women, used this approach to shape the material world of the modern child.
These aesthetic roots coalesced with a social, democratizing concept of art in the kindergarten movement, in which emphasis was placed on the child's enjoyment of the creative process and an intuitive investigation of materials. Like the New Art, the new pedagogy emphasized authentic expression, the inspiration of the natural world, and the creative potential of every individual, every child.
Many such avant-gardists sought to refresh their creativity through recapturing a playful, untutored attitude toward the world—the "innocent eye" of the child—and stripping away extraneous elements such as historicist ornament to get back to the purest forms of human experience and language. Children's naively subversive modes of questioning the world around them offered a model for creative experimentation, and for probing social attitudes or revealing the absurd. Opening themselves up to children's perceptual worlds, avant-garde designers set out to create innovative forms of furniture, toys, books, and interiors that might release youthful energy and imagination, and thereby help shape the society of the future.
Medical, educational, and design reformers of the interwar years believed that light, hygiene, and air should permeate all aspects of a child's early environments. Harnessing the language of abstraction as well as new materials and industrial production, designers developed new modern schools, nurseries, clothing, and furniture that were simple, light, and flexible: a tabula rasa upon which the modern child could inscribe his or her identity. Physical education, delivered through schools and clubs, encouraged children to participate in forms of modern dance, gymnastics and sport, whether as a means of inculcating collective values or of promoting health and self-expression.
If the built environment was central to shaping the larger awareness of modern society, the mental environment of the child also required attention. Interactive picture books and construction toys led children on spatial, temporal, and imaginative journeys into the wider world of things and ideas, preparing them to function as members of a modern industrialized society.
Children became the focus of patriotic consumption on the part of their parents, and there was a growing demand throughout Europe, the United States, and Japan for modern books, clothing, and toys that would inculcate the appropriate political beliefs, thereby transposing adult politics into the imaginary and material worlds of children. But an equally powerful theme emerges: design as a therapeutic agent for children damaged by war, informed by the unshakeable belief of many artists and educators in the power of design to transcend politics and heal wounds.
Soaring toy sales furthered economic regeneration but, in the aftermath of such brutality and devastation also triggered debates about a field of design some saw as imbued with militarism, pernicious nationalism, and negative racial or gender stereotyping. Many avant-garde designers instead sought to recover a lost innocence embodied in the spontaneity of children's art, and to emulate the constructive impulse of children's play. International groups of concerned child psychologists, manufacturers, educators, and designers joined forces to promote "good toys" that were well designed, safe, and nonviolent. Meanwhile, in the ruins of many European cities, similarly interdisciplinary groups of professionals worked with children to reclaim bombed-out areas through therapeutic play, and to reconsider the place of children in the modern city.
In this period, design for children has demonstrated tangible advances in materials and techniques as well as the influence of external factors such as the Cold War. Power has been a prominent and slippery theme in this narrative: the power of global brands and companies, the power of electronic and digital media, and the power of children themselves, who, over time, have come to wield more purchasing ability and exert more influence on adult consumption. As retail consultant Paco Underhill observed at the close of the twentieth century, "You no longer need to stay clear of the global marketplace just because you're three-and-a-half feet tall, have no income to speak of and are not permitted to cross the street without Mom. You're an economic force, now and in the future, and that's what counts."
In the last half-century, complex and often contradictory ideas about the status, rights, and needs of children in the modern world have emerged through passionate public discourse among adults—educators, parents, politicians. It has been through design that these changing notions, abstract but directly felt by children, have been made manifest. Starting in the 1960s designers broke with established conventions in order to challenge institutional, authoritarian, and commercial structures, and among the results were alternative living environments that responded to the idea of a community's collective responsibility for children, the movement toward an ethical, sustainable design culture, and the increased visibility of inclusive, therapeutic, and assistive design for children with disabilities and other challenges.
Among the divergent new objects and environments produced for children in the closing decades of the twentieth century, those presented here herald a pronounced progressive or idealistic philosophy; they attempt to communicate to children that they deserve a better world and that this world might be possible.
Did the 20th century live up to what Swedish design reformer and social theorist Ellen Key, writing in 1900, envisaged as "the century of the child"? Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 takes both its title and its launching point from Key's landmark book, which predicted a new preoccupation with the rights, development, and well-being of children; Key argued for progressive design as the means of shaping children's experience of living in a rapidly changing world. Arranged in seven sections, this exhibition and website tracks the confluence of modern design and modern childhood, presenting individual and collective visions for the material world of children, from utopian dreams for the citizens of the future to the dark realities of political conflict and exploitation.
A diverse array of ideas, practitioners, and objects illustrates how progressive design has informed the physical, intellectual, and emotional development of children and, conversely, how models of children's play and pedagogy have inspired experimental design. Toys and books, playgrounds and schools, political propaganda and therapeutic products—all are brought together here in a kaleidoscopic narrative that remaps an international history of modern design.
Check out this free family guide with activities, questions and ideas for viewing the Century of the Child exhibit. Print it at home or pick up a copy when you get to the museum.Download the PDF arrow
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This halfday symposium explores the impact of play in urban environments on childhood development. Three sessions feature play theorists, architects and designers, developmental psychologists, educators, and others as they discuss topics such as the importance of childhood play and the design of playful cities. Participants include Jane Chermayeff, Juliet Kinchin, and others.Learn more arrow
Organized by Juliet Kinchin, Curator, and Aidan O'Connor, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Architecture and Design.
Major support for the exhibition is provided by Lawrence B. Benenson and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.
Additional funding is provided by the Nordic Culture Fund, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., The Modern Women's Fund, the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation, and Marimekko.
Support for the publication is provided by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art and the Jo Carole Lauder Publications Fund of The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.
Special thanks to Stokke AS–Ålesund, Norway.
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One of the most anticipated events for participants in the upcoming Mosaic Arts International 2011 is the juried show of members' work. This highly anticipated exhibition, which is held in conjunction with the Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) annual conference, will showcase forty-two works of mosaic art that were selected from more than three hundred entries.
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The world's population pyramid is changing shapeTHE world's population will reach 7 billion by the end of October, according to the latest projections from the United Nations.
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Tony King's comment, January 13, 2013 11:35 AM
Just in case a lot of perfectly sane Americans decide to migrate to a civilized country like Canada
Trisha Klancar's curator insight, January 13, 2013 2:04 PM
I like this as it also sets up the beginning of the lesson if you were were unsure what to do with this.
Anhony DeSimone's curator insight, December 18, 2013 10:07 PM
Migration is what is need in order for the human race to relate to one another and survive. This shows us how we can learn form Migration from a geographical stand point. If you look at the Geography of how and where people move you will it will help you to develop a sense of what is next to come or what is needed to survive.