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ronch wrote:Just brew it: Thanks for the reply. No, I'm absolutely certain it wasn't the 6-pin connector. I used the 4+4 connector. Split it in half, plugged it in. Since it's keyed, there's no way I could have plugged it incorrectly.
ronch wrote:Besides, there's the clip that clicks in place once it's plugged in.
ronch wrote:Now my dilemma is, if it's the PSU at fault, I could return it and argue that my components were fried because of it. If the PSU checks out fine, I'm certain the store won't even take the PSU back, leaving me with $80 down the drain and several components dead. I don't have a voltmeter and neither do I know how to use one so I can't really check.
Mentawl wrote:You can turn on an ATX PSU on a test bench by using a short length of wire and shorting the green "standby" pin on the main ATX 24-pin connector to any one of the black ground pins. For example (gosh that's horrible page formatting) : http://imhdd.ms11.net/COMPUTER/dead_computer.html
ronch wrote:Just brew it: Ok, if I had a voltmeter, I'd still have to install the PSU inside a PC so I could turn it on, right? I need it plugged onto a mobo so the mobo could 'signal' it to turn on when I hit the power button. Thing is, I'm afraid to try this PSU on another mobo/PC already. I don't have a guinea pig PC here and even if I did, I'd be afraid to fry it too.
ronch wrote:I could either:
1. Tell the store I simply want to get another brand and have an 'exchange item' done, but whoever ends up with this PSU, if it's indeed faulty, is gonna get a headache too, or
2. I could tell them exactly what happened, asserting that I did everything right. Problem is, they might insist it was my mistake and refuse having anything to do with me and the PSU. And even if it's the PSU's fault, I don't think they'd be willing to be liable for the fried parts.


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The basis of the project is to research solutions for community sustainability in order to help locals stabilize Macheke's economic, health, food, education, and energy systems long term.
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text: One of the pegasi hanging the banners up in the town hall looked an awful lot like her - althought it might have been Cloud Kicker, looking at the wiki. Trixie wasn't moralless, just boastful and conceited. The clear indication here was that using the amulet leads the user to become tyrranical and entirely heartless. That, along with the name, suggests it could be a relic from the war with Nightmare Moon... EDIT: Right, time to have Xyro's stream in the background whilst LPS is on at HaxMega!


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Posted by Georgy Cohen in Active Citizenship, Blogs, International, School of Arts and Sciences, Student Experience, Students, The Fletcher School on February 10, 2011
Tufts students Marie-Gabrielle Isidore (A'11) and Chad Gordon (A'11) started the organization BrandHaiti — a "student driven non-profit marketing organization that seeks to debunk Haiti's negative branding" — as a reaction to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti last fall.
A recent entry on the BrandHaiti blog penned by Mari-Gabrielle reads:
When we first started developing BrandHaiti last summer, my mentor, Philipp said something so simple yet so profound: "The newspapers and reports are always negative with regards to Haiti; we need to champion the heroes of Haiti…the average people who day and day out try to live dignified lives under extreme circumstances. BrandHaiti must provide an alternative narrative that will help Haiti grow and attract new investors to change the lives of ordinary Haitians." This became the core mission of BrandHaiti and continues to ring true for our development.
The organization is hosting its "Rebranding Haiti" symposium this Saturday, Feb. 12.


text: okay. this is the war to end all wars. after this, naruto will achieve the peace that eluded so many before him, minato, jiraiya, even pain himself. so to do this, this is the finale. those not going one on one with someone such as the sand dude, his name is escaping me for some reason, will stand side by side holding nothing back. choji, bee, etc will be there to take on the new pain of the 6 paths. it will be emotional because they will talk about the possibility of them dying. once the fight starts we will all see how real that is when someone on our side is killed. possibly kakashi performing his most powerful technique. sasuke will make his appearance seeing the battle and joining in with madara. naruto will be devistated at the loss but have no time to think since sasuke will kill him first an eager to show of his ems. madara will be fighting the others but watching that fight closely to ensure that he doesnt actually kill naruto. naruto will unleash the secret technique itatchi gave him madara will step in the other will be distracted by the jinchurikis and it will be a dialogue between sasuke, madara, and naruto. naruto will finally reach sasuke, to a point, and those two will take on madara. naruto will unveil that he, too, posesses the rinnegan being the decendent of the six paths and together with sasukes sharingan will discover a way to stop madara who will decide to kill sasuke and take naruto. I am not sure if bee dies or not it would make sense having naruto be the last to obtain. the two of them will take down madara and sasuke will be fatally injured. once madara dies, sasuke will have a dialogue with naruto. the village will all have seen sasukes heroism and narutos and sasuke will die in narutos arms. oh and the ninetails hates madara more than anyone so he will team up with naruto unleashing a power, unseen before this but will make it clear that it will only be this once, so he thinks lol and we will see the white fox. back to sasuke. he dies after appologizing to naruto for the hate, thank him for believing in him. naruto will use the power of the six paths, i am not sure, but i think he may be the reincarnation of the sage because they prophesized that he will return to bring peace. i think it will have something to do with the fusion of the tailed beasts. idea idea. naruto loses his tail beast all hope looks lost but manages to fuze with them all becoming the reincarnation of the sage and ends the war and not only becomes the hokage once sasuke dies but destroys the way of the ninja eliminating all ninjitsu. foreshadowed by them always saying, as long as the art of ninjitsu exists, there will always be war. naruto always says he will find a way. everyone admires his will of fire. i think there is two sides to that sasuke and naruto both polar opposites much like the sage himeself. I know there are flaws but i think i may be onto something. I have seen enough anime to kind of get a sense of where it is going. I know i will still be surprised but there is only one way for naruto to end and that is epically. the only way for that is that naruto becomes the reincarnation of the sage by fusing with all of the tailed beasts and beating madara by his own game. sasuke plays his part too. unlike the first two hokages, they will work together. ideas, please. I want to picture this as best as i can and see how close i get in the end


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In March, Coach is Right published a story of official cover-up and falsification of witness testimony involved in the 2004 death of David Koschman at the hands of Richard Vanecko, nephew of former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
In the early morning hours of April 25th 2004, Koschman and three friends bumped into someone from a group that had been visiting the bars in downtown Chicago. A moment later, a member of that party struck Koschman, driving his head into the street and causing brain damage from which the young man never recovered. His mother buried him 20 days later, disconnecting life support after 2 failed surgeries.
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One full month after the event, police informed Koschman's mother that her 5'5", 125 lb son had "been the aggressor" in a fight with the 6'3", 230 lb Vanecko and as a result, though her son was killed, no charges would be filed. Police told Mrs. Koschman that she would be "impressed" with who her son's attacker was related to and that "… if she sued, his family had the wherewithal to tie the case up in court 'for years.' In fact, Vanecko and a friend had run away after the punch was thrown, and Vanecko was only identified at all because another member of his party had been physically restrained at the scene by witnesses.
Seven years later, the case was briefly reopened in response to a flurry of articles in which the Chicago Sun Times accused police and the Mayor's office of official malfeasance and cover-up. The Sun Times had discovered that police did NOT interview witnesses until Koschman had died, some 3 weeks after the event; that Vanecko had refused to be interviewed by police and had shaved his head to change his appearance in anticipation of a police lineup that was held 1 MONTH after the altercation; that witness Michael Connolly claimed police had misrepresented his statements to them in order to make Koschman appear the aggressor; that the case file had suddenly gone missing from the prosecutor's office; and that the States Attorney refused to reveal the name of the prosecutor who decided to neither file charges or refer the case to a Grand Jury.
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The case was then officially closed by Chicago police.
But in 2012, the events of Koschman's death were finally turned over to a Grand Jury, which on December 3rd indicted Vanecko for "…the use of physical force without lawful justification…" and with "…recklessly perform[ing] acts which were likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another…" Vanecko has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter, a charge which could bring up to 5 years in jail.
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Circuit Court Judge Michael Toomin found that, "…in public statements, prosecutors and police portrayed Vanecko as acting in self-defense despite never having interviewed or spoken to him…" A special prosecutor appointed by the judge is asking for "…the grand jury's investigation into whether the Chicago Police Department and the county's state attorney's office 'acted intentionally to suppress and conceal evidence, furnish false evidence and generally impede the investigation' ."
"Under [the] circumstances, the public could well conclude that the entire claim of self-defense came not from Vanecko, but, rather, was conjured up in the minds of law enforcement," concluded Toomin.
Difficult as it is to believe that a Daley family member might get preferential—indeed ILLEGALLY preferential—treatment in Chicago, that is exactly what a grand jury could refer for trial.
Unfortunately for Richard Vanecko, it appears that Rahm has found no personal benefit in continuing a cover up for the nephew of Richard Daley.
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A high-sodium diet can raise your blood pressure and increase your risk of having a heart attack or stroke — not to mention leave you feeling bloated and unable to zip up your jeans. But the salt shaker on your kitchen table and the potato chips in your pantry aren't the biggest offenders when it comes to sodium, says Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson Kim Larson, R.D.N.
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Financial politics and regulatory reform is subject of March 9 lecture
Daniel Carpenter, the Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, will speak on "The Contest of Lobbies and Disciplines: Financial Politics and Regulatory Reform in the Obama Administration" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Burr Hall, Room 216, at Princeton University.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Politics of the Economic Crisis research cluster in the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies as part of its spring speaker series.
*Media who would like to attend should RSVP by March 7 to Jayne Bialkowski at firstname.lastname@example.com or (609) 258-2635.*
Carpenter's research interests include the theoretical, historical and quantitative analysis of American political development; public bureaucracies; and government regulation, particularly regulation of health products. His most recent book is "Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA" (2010).
The Politics of the Economic Crisis research cluster is co-directed by Larry Bartels, the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs and director of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs' Center for the Study of Democratic Politics; Nancy Bermeo, the Nuffield Professor of Comparative Politics and director of the Center for the Study of Inequality and Democracy at the University of Oxford; and Jonas Pontusson, a professor of comparative politics at the University of Geneva.
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Kyle Wilson
Granted when you have the choice of throwing to Cro or Wilson QBs will just about always throw at Wilson, either way Cro has been a stud. Plus, he has made some big hits.
1. Cromartie
2. Brandon Moore's Butt
John Cena
Cro with Landry a close second for changing the safety position by150% this year.
Our record without Cromartie...well I don't want to imagine. Maybe 2 wins. He's definitely been our Most Valuable Player.
Jeremy Kerley?
Cro, hands down.
Brick and Mo have to be considered though.
I know a lot of people think that with the way Cro has played it made us not need Revis, etc, etc. But it had the opposite effect on me. Imagine next year with a healthy Revis and motivated Cro... Each of them can take out a receiver one on one which lets us use our blitzes in so many different ways. Cro stepped up big time on the field and as a leader off the field and has me thinking top 5 defense next year, even if Tanny is here and fails to bring in a pass rusher.
Doesn't contribute? He's been a solid starter for 3 years.
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Parents concerned about group projects
Original post made on Mar 2, 2013
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a resident of South of Midtown
on Mar 2, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Complaining about kids getting together to work on projects outside of school?! really? Kids lives are so booked that they have no time to ollaborate with other classmates? Perhaps their parents need to reassess how over programmed their kids are. This sort of team effort is the model for how you succeed in college and the workplace. Why on earth would we want to eliminate it?
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 2, 2013 at 2:03 pm
This has caused so many problems in our home for my older kids. My kids have had problems because sports kids can't get together until past 9.00 pm and my kids are just too tired to go out that late - particularly when it involves me driving them across town. I have had to take my young kids with me at 10.30 pm to pick up after a group project when I was the only parent at home.
Please do not bring group projects back unless there is time in the school day to do them.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 2, 2013 at 3:09 pm
Suppose you have one student with an after school events say Monday and Wednesday, another student who is busy Tuesday and Friday, another with events Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday... And the last student works after school. Oh, and one of them is going away for the weekend with the family.... someone has to miss out ... who is it going to be? Expensive piano lesson? Church group? Team practice? Family? It's not about overscheduled kids. It's the every day reality of many families here who struggle to eat dinner together as a family.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 2, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Dave -
In the workplace, group projects take place at work. In school, group projects should take place at school. Pretty simple.
In college students typically live on campus and can walk to get together, they don't need parents to drive them. In college, students have class 3-4 hours a day, in high school it is 7. In college most outside activities take place on campus, in high school most activities are somewhere else. In college, you are no longer building your resume for college (the primary purpose of high school), you ARE in college. In college you only have your schedule to coordinate, in high school you are part of a whole family of schedules and activities.
The other benefit to projects taking place at school is that the kids actually do the work, not the parents. There are several physics projects that used to happen at Paly that in some cases, the parents did most of the work. The kids then kept the projects for their siblings or friends (with a little paint and/or a different teacher, you can use the same project) some of them were sold to other kids.
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Mar 2, 2013 at 3:53 pm
This absurdity of the coopertive learning model has now come home to roost. PAUSD has drunk the kool aid of cooperative learning propaganda, instead of individual learing. It is a complete disaster.
Get rid of it.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 2, 2013 at 4:35 pm
> In the workplace, group projects take place at work.
Yes .. but the group participants are employees, the projects are necessary for the companies' profitability, and the participants work on company time to work on, and complete these group efforts.
> In school, group projects should take place at school.
In the school space, on the other hand, the participants are not paid, they frequently are not provided clear goals, or funds for supplies, or work spaces, needed to complete these projects. These projects are not necessarily designed to be finished within the timeframe of the class where the project is assigned.
More often than not, these projects can be less valuable than it might seem from the outside looking in.
a resident of Mountain View
on Mar 2, 2013 at 4:43 pm
PAUSD is always interesting to watch (especially as a MVWSD Trustee). My experience as a parent is the same as the parents writing here. Aaron I think is mistaken. Group work is very useful to mirror the type of work environments after high school. Most of the time can be scheduled at school, not home.
As a teacher, I also found it useful to grade partially on group self-assessment (peer grading). Group gets a B (but students X Y did much more work at home) - X Y get the A, the slackers can get a C. Amazing how the C grades are acceptable to those who didn't contribute much!
PA, thanks for modeling a constituent-responsive system.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 2, 2013 at 5:46 pm
Group projects should be completely banned since high school grades determine college selection. A student who strives for the highest grades should not be held back by a slacker student or by someone who disagrees with project ideas. Sure, in theory, it's ideal that students would "learn to work with others" but in reality, it does more harm than good.
Our projects were often delayed due to waiting around for other students to find the time to meet. The Tinsley students who are bused to Jordan could never stay after school or meet after school due to the bus schedule and not having transportation after school or on weekends. Therefore, other students in the group were left holding the bag.
Times have evolved and we are no longer in Kansas. Everyone is busier than we were in the 70s and 80s where we just hung out after school with little homework (and certainly no tutoring), most women were stay-at-home moms, and it didn't take much to be selected to be on the school sports team.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 2, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Thank you parents who are courageously pushing back on the group projects.
Group projects have no purpose as homework, and have greater value in the classroom. It's nutty to compare it to the real world.
The real world is you have to be smart about the use of your time.
For those who are worried about these kids getting the opportunity to work together, they are doing hundreds of hours in community service, team sports, theater, student government, clubs, debate, choir, even the kids who just hanging out smoking pot are doing group stuff. No need to worry about their group skills.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Mar 2, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Working in groups is one of the best lessons to learn and it is commendable that the skills and training in group projects is addressed early in school now. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 3, 2013 at 1:07 am
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a resident of South of Midtown
on Mar 3, 2013 at 7:58 am
Group projects are important in engineering, medicine and law. If you haven't learned how to function in group projects BEFORE college working in these groups is foreign. Some I know have nearly lost law careers and some have in fact lost medical education, at college level because of lack of group project skills.
A Gym class does not replace group project skills, take the advice from someone who knows first hand.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 3, 2013 at 8:42 am
I mentioned already the fact that it is very difficult scheduling group projects for students who are involved in completely different activities after school. This is particularly true in families where the high school student has younger siblings which have to be taken into account.
I echo that it is more than just scheduling. I know that parents have been doing some of these projects (physics) rather than students, that good projects are not only passed around but also sold to the following year students.
In an ideal world, yes I agree projects are useful. However, many of these group projects have taught more carpentry, and budgeting rather than physics and have not benefited the group as a whole. Yes, our kids are learning from being on sports teams, school leadership, and some of their outside school activities. It would be nice if they had some time in their lives to be kids too.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 3, 2013 at 9:06 am
no one is suggesting banning group projects, we would just like the group work to take place durung class.
a resident of Greendell/Walnut Grove
on Mar 3, 2013 at 10:52 am
Group projects are very important to students' success in the future. Not only is it a useful skill to figure out how to work with a team, and how to make time and schedule a meeting outside of class, but participants learn valuable lessons about how to successfully complete a project when one or more group members do not come through, just as in real life. I've seen students find creative ways to include an over scheduled team member, and also learn how to succeed even though some people will not do their part. Yes, it is challenging for the parents, just as supporting your child in anything is often a challenge. I hope the teachers continue to give assignments according to what they see fit and don't knuckle under to parents who would take over their role. No, not all teachers are doing the right things, but group assignments that might include some outside time, have too much potential benefit to be banned altogether.
a resident of Palo Alto Hills
on Mar 3, 2013 at 11:24 am
I did my own studying and projects, throughout k-12 and college. I did very well, coming from a very poor environment. When I went to work in the corporate environment, I had no trouble joining teams, when that was necessary. However, these teams were the final nexus to resolve issues. Good ideas initially come from individuals, not committees. A camel is a horse designed by committee.
Cooperative educational models are a disaster. They just drag down the top students, and fail to make lower level achievers to achieve. In the end, this just makes for fewer American jobs, because we have an unrealistic view of international competition, where we face individual excellence. We need top level individuals to lead corporations and insitutions. We do not need 'outcomes based' low level academic achievers to form mediocre entities (mostly in the government system).
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 3, 2013 at 2:40 pm
No time for group projects at school?? No time for group projects at home!! Other homework has to be done at home, after after school activities. Until kids are old enough to drive themselves, group projects should not be assigned.
There are also problems when teachers assign group projects and one or two of the kids have parents who do not want their kid interacting or socializing or being near one or more of the other kids in the group. This often happens in the case of certain racial groups who do not wish their kids to associate with certain other racial groups, or any other racial groups. How do you get around THAT?? It is often cultural, and the school says they respect that culture, but it seems to be only lip service.
There is one other problem with group projects, and that is certain parents who REFUSE to drive their kids or allow their kids to drive themselves to other kids' homes.
An offshoot of this is certain mothers who never learned to drive and simply cannot transport their kids. The fathers return home much too late.
a resident of Esther Clark Park
on Mar 3, 2013 at 4:28 pm
There seem to be four arguments against group assignments:
First, students on sports teams have practice from 3-9 p.m. every night. And weekends. Thus, no student on a sports team can work on group projects (or have friends) because high school students generally have a 9 p.m. bedtime. Therefore group projects are bad.
Second, high school students need to have their activities scheduled by their families. Furthermore, high school students do not know how to ride bikes, or walk, or drive. The burden of scheduling and transporting these witless incompetents is too much for any parent. Group products add to this already unreasonable burden. Therefore group projects are bad.
Third, education is a zero sum competition. Teamwork at school is evil because when one student cooperates with another student the parasites win. Group projects require teamwork. Therefore group projects are bad.
Fourth, group projects are bad because parents want to raise their children in a racially segregated environment. We should enable this legitimate child-rearing choice. Group project might require race-mixing. Therefore group projects are bad.
I agree. Group projects are very bad because stress! socialism! miscegenation!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 3, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Maybe if the group project was in 5th grade or below, I could see some real teamwork, but with teenagers? with half of their frontal lobes absent? Reality is that parents step in with their frontal lobes.
When parents step in, in Palo Alto, it's no longer "group" project.
The district knows this, and like any game, if there are group projects, there will have to be rules appropriate for this community. It's not like these are scrapbooking projects, they are stuff like Physics, and you should know how intense people get about their Physics around here.
One rule I would suggest, an A for anyone who completes the project. That puts it back to the learning.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 3, 2013 at 6:41 pm
What is this? In the workplace, there is no homework, just projects, and you have to schedule everything around each other. In college, there is homework, but there are projects, which are more valuable than the homework.
The causes of most if not all the stress due to group projects are:
1. Starting close to the deadline. There is a reason the teacher assigns it a month in advance--because it takes that long and cannot be done in one night, or even a week
2. Students want quick answers. After 3yrs of being a TA at PALY, I have seen all kinds of use of BOB (Back of the book, where the answers as listed, so you can "check" your answers). Sorry, but there is no BOB for projects. Students need to learn the problem solving skills associated with project management, something you cannot learn from a textbook. Please, parents, do not do the work for the child. Let them use the drill. There are preschoolers who use saws. Middle and High school students can definitely use power tools (of course with proper training and supervision)
The key is being efficient. Find a task for everyone, even if it is just gluing these pieces of wood together. I even teamed up with another group for a project so we could be more efficient with each task.
Bottom line: Projects provide invaluable experience that is worth the cost of time and the burden of getting everything together, because that is what happens in the real world. People don't solve textbook problems all day.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 3, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Also Facebook, Myspace, Mybook, Facespace whatever they are. I don't use them because they are a huge timesuck. I don't have time for this usually means that I have misallocated my time because I find the internet more interesting. Just another skill that teenagers must learn while developing their Prefrontal cortex.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 3, 2013 at 11:37 pm
My child is supposed to present their project in school tomorrow. She has tried over the course of two weeks to meet with her partner and each time, the gal jokes around while my child tries to keep her on course. Tonight, they ended their chat with her partner saying she would finish her end in the morning. They have not even practiced together. Is this undue stress worth it? What is a child to do? In the work force, a person has to answer to a boss. Why is it okay that this child's irresponsibility will affect the grade of my hard-working child? Fortunately, it's only middle school grades but it's been more frustration and wasted time than necessary. The only thing my child has learned is to rely on herself.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 4, 2013 at 8:09 am
Some of the comments here are obviously not made by the parents of high schoolers.
Yes there are some valid criticisms, but our high schoolers are not adults yet, they are not college students yet, they live in families where the needs of the whole family have to be taken into account and they need their sleep.
My kids ride their bikes, do their homework, have outside school activities and are growing up into independent thinking individuals. As part of a family, they learn to work as a team, they have chores and help each other with homework, chores and life. I have seen them coordinate their lives by trading chores (I'll do yours tonight if you do mine tomorrow because I am busy), bribing younger siblings to do busy homework (coloring done by younger siblings in return for candy)and acts of kindness.
I still see no value to group projects where scheduling, buying and selling of projects, parents doing 90% of the work and epic failures which are graded low when the amount of learning is in actual fact extremely high. In the real world, projects do fail, deadlines do have to be extended, and personality clashes do cause major problems to working cooperatively. All the advantages of group projects can be achieved in activities that are not assigned by a teacher.
Please, please, please do not bring back group high school projects. As a parent, it is my sanity that is at stake.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 4, 2013 at 9:33 am
Paly alum -
You are correct the workplace evolves around projects, but they happen during working hours at the workplace. The should also be true for school group projects, they should take place at the workplace, school, during "working" hours, class.
You are also correct that "Middle and High school students can definitely use power tools (of course with proper training and supervision)" The key there is that they need supervision and tools. Parents should not be supervising school projects, teachers should. Parents should not be supplying the tools, if the school assigns a project that requires power tools, they should provide them. If families don't have access to power tools, should they be required to purchase them? Schoolwork should not REQUIRE an adult in order to be completed. Not all students and families have the time or resources for some of the elaborate projects required in PAUSD. Another thread brought up the State law which prohibits requiring students to provide their own supplies. Wonder how that fits in?
Some group projects can be split up - such as a presentation where each student researches a part and they present together, those make sense.
It is certainly a lot more work for the teacher to have the projects happen at school, but they are the teachers. Learning can just as easily take place in the classroom, as it should.
As an example, Jordan used to have the 7th grade students build a model of a cell at home, these were set up in the auditorium, all the students came to see them, they were awards and the models were really creative (you could also tell the ones that were probably done by parents.) A few years ago, they started building the models in class, as a group, with materials donated by parents. Guess what, the unnecessary cost and parent involvement went away and the same learning occurred, probably more since the kids did all the work and had fun doing it!
I'm sure this was more work for the Science teachers and required them to adjust their curriculum a bit to provide the time in class for the project.
a resident of another community
on Mar 4, 2013 at 9:55 am
After school projects develop all kinds of real world teamwork and communication skills --- and help students make intellectual pursuits and a natural part of their life.
After school projects also discourage a lot of negative social behavior --- cliques, sitting at Peet's for hours after school, smoking dope behind Trader Joe's, etc.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Mar 4, 2013 at 9:59 am
Group projects were a valuable part of my high school education at Gunn, it acclimated us to the studying and project atmosphere that exists at competitive colleges. This was only 5 years ago. I played two varsity sports, studied for the SAT's, applied to 18 colleges, went to church every Sunday, had an active social life, sat down to dinner with my parents and sister every night and had no problem with group projects.
The notion that it puts a burden on parents is RIDICULOUS. My parents never drove me to school, drove me to projects, or anywhere, have these parents never heard of riding a bicycle or taking the bus? I went to a great college and now have a great job in the area, without my parents pushing me in a stroller until I was 18. Give your kids some independence and responsibility, the town is going crazy.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 4, 2013 at 10:12 am
Matt (and others) a lot of these comments are aimed at a couple specific science projects at Paly that required students to build pretty elaborate structure and bring them to school. They often costs a lot of money, required power tools, wood, wire, light switches, soldering irons, etc. There were families that did not go on family trips over Winter Break because that was the only time that students could meet for the project. Families with several students estimated that it took 30-40 hours for the project and most of the learning was construction related, not science. Not all kids can ride bikes. And not many parents want their kids on the public bus at 13.
Many group projects, at least at Paly, were 5% learning about the subject, 5% learning about coordinating your time and working with others and 90% about the "project" part, the building, videotaping, etc.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Mar 4, 2013 at 10:25 am
Paly Parent posted: "Not all kids can ride bikes. And not many parents want their kids on the public bus at 13."
Not all kids can ride bikes? This PAUSD report states that only 1-2% of students are impaired to the extent that they can't perform basic physical activities. Web Link
Palo Alto is a small town, 98% of kids can ride their bike to school, I did. And I think you are absolutely wrong that many parents don't want their kids on the public bus at 14. Students all over the country take the bus to and from school. Your kids can take care of themselves, all this hand-holding by parents can only do harm to kids' sense of independence and self-motivation, and they will have no idea what to do when they get to college.
These parents are trying to dumb down the curriculum to accommodate their schedule. They could improve their situation by simply giving their kids more independence. the most successful students in my class were self-starters, and not dependent on their parents.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 4, 2013 at 10:46 am
What my children have learned from group projects is that most of the team doesn't do much work. So scheduling is not an issue because it really doesn't matter if the slackers don't show up. Usually, one or two students do all the work, just as in real life.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 4, 2013 at 11:31 am
As a parent of two Paly grads I can say that your kids can get it done. Even if they are on a team or in the band or xyz.
Let your kids figure it out on their own and stop micro managing! If they have scheduling conflicts, they will adapt and make it work. That may mean that your child will have to make a trade off ... Miss part of a practice, miss a dinner, re-arrange a work schedule, etc. We all do this in our adult lives.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 4, 2013 at 12:34 pm
CP Dad,
If I let my children make all the priority calls in order to do a group project, then they would have been dropped BY those music teachers and teams, would not have been confirmed with the rest of their class, etc. AND my children would only eat cake and ice cream, too, if I let them decide what should have priority.
Believe it or not, my kids have already made priority calls about their activities which includes honoring the very long term commitments they have already. Perhaps we set them up for this by exposing them to these different opportunities when they were young (what were we thinking?!). Now that they have achieved proficiency, they are motivated on their own to continue in order to excel.... because these very activities actually help them to deal with the stress imposed by school. Given that we parents are the ones paying the bills, we should have a say in making those priority calls.
This is not micro managing so much as helping kids figure out how to navigate the impossible and constantly changing obstacle course of moving targets called "doing school." It's bad enough dealing with even one teacher who seems to hate kids (why did they become teachers in the first place)... add to that the perceived punishment of a group project (impossible to get a good grade especially if you don't read between the lines of the assignment and color your picture... and, no, coloring was not on the rubric... in the same way that the rubric said list 10 items... and your group lists 10, but everyone else lists 12... so, points off for that, too.) and you have kids who think teachers' main goal in life is to trip them up or weed them out before they even have a chance.
How many students survive PAUSD and come back from college feeling that they're not so stupid after all? Every graduate I have ever met.
And I consider my kids lucky. What about families or single parent households who are not so fortunate? A group project raises the whole equity issue.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 4, 2013 at 1:14 pm
@Parent, Old Palo Alto: Agree that our calendar is a moving target and it's too difficult for students to schedule themselves. I sigh everytime I have to make an appointment for my children with the Paly calendar being block schedule (love it, but can't memorize it or know when they have Advisory without looking it up), and with the other children's schedules to consider. They will be able to handle it in college or in senior year when they can drive themselves. But right now, with 3 children's schedules, doctors appointments, tutoring appts., club sports in neighboring towns, it's just nuts for our children to even guess when they are free. They are not overscheduled, but the calendar changes frequently due to tournaments or cancellations. Life is just busier and we have to also be sure that our children have down time for themselves.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 4, 2013 at 2:37 pm
I don't allow my daughters to ride their bikes or take buses after dark. That leaves them dependent on me or another parent for transportation, which may or may not be doable, depending on what else is going on in the family on a particular evening. Keep group projects at school.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 4, 2013 at 3:27 pm
I was shocked to find out how many kids from China and Taiwan cannot ride a bicycle. Apparently once they start school, they do not get outside much for physical activity, and are forced to stay indoors and study.
This surprised me, because my husband, who goes to Hong Kong and other southern provinces of China on business, says that lots of Chinese adults ride bikes or mopeds.
Go figure!
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Mar 4, 2013 at 3:57 pm
It was so very difficult for my son to participate in group projects unless it was with only one other person. We just couldn't manage it . . . the scheduling was impossible, never mind that there was always at least one person in the group who didn't contribute as much as required . . .
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 4, 2013 at 8:29 pm
What did my kids learn from group projects? Never delegate and work alone when possible.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 5, 2013 at 8:03 am
@Matt, I hear you. Now think about being a 6th grader at Terman who is working with friends up in Los Altos Hills. Those roads and hills are not impossible for an 11 year old biker but they are challenging and potentially dangerous.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 5, 2013 at 9:56 am
One group project my son had at Gunn in history was to make a diorama of a historical scene, so they got together and cut and paste for a shoebox display. It was silly really. Sometimes group projects in science were very demanding and involved teach yourself. Neither of these types of group projects are good. Group projects should be used sparingly, and at least some of the time to do these should be at school.
a resident of Gunn High School
on Mar 5, 2013 at 6:49 pm
There are apps which make the group process possible. Google Docs allows kids to work on a single project w/o necessarily having face time with each other.
Stop the neurotic chatter. About 95% of PA parents are great to work with, but that 5% lunatic fringe, helicopter parent attempts to bully principals, teachers, & other parents.
Get a REAL like!%%$##@@
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 5, 2013 at 7:05 pm
The same folks who are in favor of these ridiculous assaults on family and child time argue that it's worth it because the poor souls will face this in the work place so they should become adept at it in high school. The same parental mentality has their children primping SAT prep tests in middle school. Baby Mozart types. Are we going to prep kids as embryos. JUST SAY NO!! By the way, Baby Mozart VIdeos have proven to the be the equivalent of ponzi childhood development schemes.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 6, 2013 at 3:36 pm
It might end up being more convenient to schedule "regular homework" - but to think that if teachers didn't assign group projects, that your kids would have all sorts of free time is silly. Your kids would instead end up with some sort of solo project that would essentially take the same amount of time...without any help from his/her classmate.
a resident of Greendell/Walnut Grove
on Mar 6, 2013 at 7:24 pm
Group projects can be beneficial in a number of ways. It can offer students opportunities to get to know others who might not be in their social set. It forces them to think outside the box. It might even let them out from under the control of their parents for a brief time. I've seen amazing benefits from these projects. Also, most of the teachers who assign them have been more than fair in evaluating each student's contribution, and have demonstrated a lot of skill in putting the groups together. Again, if we let the teachers teach, our students stand to gain so much more than we might have imagined. As my students mature, I'm seeing the long term benefit of what we and they had to invest in group projects and it is exponential.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 6, 2013 at 7:46 pm
Everything that has been said about the benefits of working on a group project is true. Just let the kids work on them at school. Especially if one of the benefits is "getting the kids out from under their parents' control".
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 6, 2013 at 8:36 pm
Maybe they have to take into consideration the time availability of each student when forming the groups. Let the sports students group up with each other, etc. It may not solve every inconvenience but it's worth a try. Shame to eliminate all group projects just because some students have sports or other extracurricular activities. School should be priority and coaches should give some leeway on this.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 6, 2013 at 9:25 pm
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Some teachers allow students to do projects or alone, which is the best route instead of forcing students to work with incompetent partners. At Jordan, my daughter was friends with a girl but after trying to work with her, she's really lost respect for her. The project was long and drawn-out due to the lack of determination of the other girl. Next time, my daughter will opt out of having a partner. She plays on a team sport and has experienced other activities in groups so she has plenty of group experience. Back in the 70-80s when I grew up, we had no group projects but there are more organized activities for kids these days - they needn't extra stress of group projects in this already challenging school district.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 7, 2013 at 8:55 am
Have parents ever considered that they pile too much on their kids, or allow their kids to pile too much onto themselves? It is so ridiculous how packed the kids' schedules are these days outside of school. Just don't let them!! I have a child in high school and one who already graduated from high school. Neither one of them has ever felt overwhelmed by school work, and they are not unusual geniuses, they are normal students. Parents just allow their kids to do way too much. Step off the treadmill, make your kids step off of it. That's the best gift you'll ever give them. Don't blame the college admission race either. There is no need to pile it on to get into a very good college.
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Mar 7, 2013 at 10:28 am
Why is it that my college son gets class time to work on group assignments, but the middle and high school teachers can't seem to manage it?
One more parent - what happens if students play a high school sport? Practice and/or 5-6 days a week. If 2 kids in a group play different sports, that eliminates Monday-Saturday for getting together before say, 9 pm. What if a family is active in their Church on Sundays? With just those 2 activities, it can make scheduling difficult.
When my kids chose to play a sport, we made it clear that they were making a commitment to their teammates. They take that seriously.
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Mar 7, 2013 at 11:13 am
I must say that while I at times agree or disagree with the various opinions re: group projects, AP classes, SAT prep classes, etc. I am staunchly against anyone telling us how to raise our children or how we spend our income. I.e. "don't let them do outside activities/school comes first... let them schedule themselves to do projects..., don't let them take too many APs..., tutoring is a cheating way to get ahead...., test prep is the way the rich have an unfair advantage... there's too much global competition...., group projects are the reality of high tech jobs today,...." etc.
I know my children and our family values and my spouse and I will help guide our children to make choices that work best for each one of them. School has my children during the school day. I accept that there is a need to study outside of school to do well in their classes. But deciding what we do with our time outside of the school day is our business to manage. I fiercely object to anyone making that decision for us and group projects to be done outside of school in classes that I cannot choose to avoid are just plain wrong.
a resident of Barron Park
on Mar 8, 2013 at 5:36 am
Whatever happened to playing as a group activity? The virtue of it is that there is no agenda, nothing hanging over kids heads. That is the time creativity and leadership amongst peers can flourish.
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A column that tackles behavioural problems from toddlers to teens
The problem
Few things are as aggravating to parents as the constant back and forth tattling that goes on among siblings.
"Dad, Travis said my nose makes me look like a horse."
"Dad, Melinda made a peanut butter and jelly mess in the kitchen and she didn't clean it up."
"Dad, Travis stole a dollar out of your wallet."
Tattling delivers a one-two punch of unpleasantness. It drags you into their bickering – never fun. And it presents the tattler in an unfavorable light – everybody knows that tattletales are on the upper rungs of those who should be despised. This is your kid we're talking about here.
It's a divisive bad habit. It invariably makes for genuine dislike between siblings, and directly works against any loyalty they may feel toward each other. Worse – and what makes it so unattractive – is that it curries favour at the expense of another. A morally bereft human activity.
What not to do
Don't enter into the fray. Definitely do not say this: "Travis, come here. Did you say your sister's nose makes her look like a horse?"
"Dad, Melinda is such a liar."
Tattlers love that. They get their sibling in trouble and they get to play the role of the good child. Even if Travis defends himself, for a parent to get involved in a tattling war only feeds the tattling.
What to do instead
Ignore the whole thing. The one exception is if there is threat of real physical harm. Otherwise, stay clear.
Try phrases that bounce it back to the tattler and give them nothing in the process.
"That must make you mad."
Or – maybe best of all – try repeating what they said. "Your brother said your nose makes you look like a horse."
You are hearing them, but you're not planning to do anything.
"Aren't you going to punish him?"
I recommend that you treat statements from one sibling telling on the other as inadmissible evidence. Even if you believe it was said, the accused criminal does not get in trouble. This is frustrating to the accuser.
"But you have to do something."
Not really.
This is a good practice because it can significantly reduce or even eliminate tattling – there is no longer a purpose.
"My dad is so mean. When I tell on Travis he doesn't do anything. What's even the point?"
It can be surprisingly effective.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, considered a top-tier potential GOP contender for 2016, didn't make the cut for a speaking invite at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the much-anticipated March 14-16 event featuring a who's who in conservative politics. Here's a look at some of the featured speakers who did make the list for the upcoming gathering.
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(NNPA)—Thomas Boston, noted economist and author of Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship, in which he called for a strategy that would establish and grow Black-owned businesses to the point of having the capacity to employ 20 percent of the Black workforce by the year 2010. Aptly titled, "Twenty by Ten"—A strategy for Black Business and Employment Growth in the Next Century," Boston's charge was right on point, especially since he wrote it in 1999.
When I read his book, "Twenty by Ten" seemed very doable to me. After all, we had 10 years to make it happen, not to mention the fact that if we implemented his plan, Black folks would be well on our way to a higher level of economic self-sufficiency. What an idea, I thought to myself; I was certain government officials and businesses sectors would jump on that idea and bring it to fruition.


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On Tuesday, FIIs bought another $29.93 million worth of equities, according to the BSE provisional data. In February, FIIs bought $400 million worth of equities, the second highest inflows among Asian emerging markets. Only Indonesia has received higher FII inflow at $658.94 million. Over the last 14 sessions, FIIs have bought $778.16 million worth of equities taking their year-to-date tally to $449.16 million.
In terms of returns, Indian markets have outperformed most of its emerging market peers (excluding South Africa, Thailand and Indonesia) in February with the Sensex gaining 4.25% in dollar terms.
Experts feel Indian markets have managed to draw FII flows on account of improving macro-economic factors. The Indian market outperformed most of its key EM peers driven by (i) decreasing likelihood of a fractured election verdict in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, (ii) both WPI and CPI inflation dipping by more than 100bps month-on-month, and (iii) improving global risk appetite, said Deutsche Bank analysts in a recent research note.
On Monday the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed that Indias manufacturing sector expanding at the fastest pace in February. The PMI data stood at 52.5 against 51.4 reported in the previous month.
Experts add that rupees stability amid an emerging market currency sell-off is a positive from FIIs point of view. The fact that rupee has remained stable is a source of great comfort for overseas investors, said Nirmal Jain, chairman, IIFL. The rupee appreciated 1.44% in February.
Experts add that Sensex companies are poised to see a further rise in their earnings. Sensex is currently trading at 14-times (in line with long-term average), and we expect 15% EPS growth for Sensex in FY15, added Deutsche Bank analysts.
Meanwhile, the French brokerage BNP Paribas recently upgraded India from underweight to overweight on expectations that election results would be the next trigger for markets. "We believe that the next catalyst for the Indian market will be the election results (May 2014). Recent opinion polls suggest that the BJP-led NDA alliance is poised to get quite close to the magic number of 272, which we believe is the outcome most favoured by the equity markets," said Manishi Raychaudhari, head (research), BNP Paribas in a note.
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Yes, I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be able to be used as a corporate tool. The code isn't released to CPAN yet, but will be as soon as I write some installation instructions. It is however ment to be used with the packaging scheme of CPAN module, but could probablly be tweaked to handle applications too.
I'm thinking of using it at my work eventually, when it also knows how to handle Java and (hrmpf) Python.


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Mizzou's recruitment of 2014 four star shooting guard Namon Wright escalated quickly. It was just a few weeks ago that the Tiger coaches checked in on him while out in California. Then a Missouri offer was extended and an official visit was set up for this weekend.
"Now I'm a Tiger," the 87 ranked player in the 2014 Rivals150 said.
According to Wright he was blown away on his visit and knew quickly that Missouri was the place for him.
"I don't know where to start. Players that come in and go through their program get better and they track all that improvement. I feel like Missouri will make me a better basketball player. The best player I can be," explained Wright. "They have a great strength program and it's tailored to basketball. Lot of schools just have strength programs that aren't sport specific, so that was a big deal."
"Coach [Frank] Haith is a genuine and honest guy. I feel like he will help me really develop my game," he continued. "And then academics. They have great academic support. They make it so there is almost no way to do poorly if you just stick to your academic plan."
Wright, who plays his prep ball at Pacific Hills High School in Los Angeles, picked the Tigers over offers from Arizona State, Florida State, Gonzaga, Oregon and USC. Wright said that he is done with visits and is 100% committed to Mizzou. He added that he is definitely planning to sign in the early period.
The commitment of Wright coincided with the decommitment of fellow Californian Chris Sandifer, which was reported by Alex Kline. That means the Tigers will stay at two current members for the class of 2014, with Wright joining Jakeenan Gant.
PowerMizzou.com will have more on Wright's commitment and what it means for Mizzou basketball recruiting moving forward.


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Based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, and featuring the international pop hit Day by Day, "Godspell" is one of the biggest Broadway successes of all time! Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, this show is a unique, groundbreaking reflection on a New Testament story, with a message of kindness, tolerance and love. "Godspell" can be performed virtually anywhere with the simplest of sets, costumes, lights and music. The cast size is easily adaptable to both small and large casts, for students through the ninth grade.
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Policy Matters: The Future of U.S. Clean Energy
February 12 -- The U.S. clean energy economy needs national policy to innovate, manufacture, and compete globally. While the global clean energy marketplace is expanding rapidly, the competitive position of the U.S. industry is at risk due to increase competition from abroad and uncertain policy at home. >>View Article
Guest Column: Renewable Energy Standard Works For Montanans
February 12 -- "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." It's not particularly sage advice. Most of us call it common sense. Yet the Montana Legislature just can't seem to keep their hands off of Montana's Renewable Energy Standard. >>View Article
Maryland Ocean Turbines Seen Powering U.S. Offshore Power
February 11 -- A stripped-down wind-energy proposal backed by Maryland's governor and gaining support in its legislature may be the first step in creating a network of offshore turbines and sub-sea cables spanning the U.S. Atlantic coast. >>View Article
Green Energy Groups Dump ALEC Membership
January 31 -- Solar and wind energy trade groups have quit the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) over its bid to scuttle state-based green electricity mandates, according to a published report. >>View Article
New York Renewable Energy Projects Receive $250 Million Boost
December 27 -- Renewable energy projects are getting $250 million in funding next year as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Energy Highway Blueprint to advance New York state's energy infrastructure. >>View Article
Koch Brothers Fund Bogus Studies To Kill Renewable Energy
December 10 -- You can say one thing about the Koch brothers: They don't let the facts get in their way. Of course I'm talking about Charles G. and David H. Koch (above), the billionaire owners of Koch Industries, the oil, coal and natural gas conglomerate that's been dubbed the "kingpin of climate science denial." >>View Article
Anti-Renewable-Energy Report Cited By LePage Was Funded By Fossil Fuel Interests
November 27 -- In September, Gov. Paul LePage cited a report that said Maine's renewable energy mandate would cost electricity ratepayers $145 million and nearly 1,000 jobs by 2017. The study was immediately challenged for its conclusions, and now its motives are under scrutiny. >>View Article
ACORE Releases 2012 State-By-State Resource For Renewable Energy
November 12 -- The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) released the 2012 edition of its report, Renewable Energy in the 50 States, as an interactive, online resource. Compiling updated financial data, resource potentials, market and policy information in one easily-accessed, online format, the report is intended to be an executive summary for all who are interested in the highlights of the renewable energy sector in every state. View Report


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Value System in Taiwan, 1970 (ICPSR 7223)
Principal Investigator(s): Grichting, Wolfgang L.
This study surveyed heads of households or wives of heads of households in order to obtain an inventory of the basic (religious) value structure in Taiwan. Attitudinal and behavioral differences between rural and urban dwellers were also explored. The questionnaire concentrated on the following areas: socioeconomics, living conditions, family, social interaction, leisure time, process and results of urbanization, value system in general, religious attitudes and behavior, and perception of and contact with Christianity in Taiwan. There were 1,882 respondents in the cross-section sample and an additional 340 exclusively from the Hsien stratum. Demographic data include sex, age, marital status, religion, education, parents' education, and family income.
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Subject Terms: Christianity, cultural beliefs, ethics, families, family life, family relationships, family size, home environment, household composition, industrialization, leisure, living conditions, optimism, perceptions, pessimism, recreation, religious attitudes, religious beliefs, rural population, social interaction, socioeconomic status, social values, urban populations, urbanization
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Universe: The adult population of Taiwan, including persons living in private institutions (convents, monasteries, etc.) as well as professional military and retired soldiers housed in military compounds that were publicly accessible. Intentionally excluded were people living in the smaller and larger islets (including the Pescadores) belonging to Taiwan, mountain people, Caucasians and Blacks, and all those living in public institutions (prisons, army barracks, etc.).
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According to Real Salt Lake general manager Garth Lagerwey, his club and the LA Galaxy are close to a deal to send goalkeeper Josh Saunders rights to RSL.
After taking the reins as the Galaxy's number one 'keeper during the 2011 season, Saunders backstopped LA to back-to-back MLS Cup titles, but parted ways with the club during the offseason. Saunders has been on trial with RSL for the past two weeks and has impressed the Salt Lake brass.
"With the offseason moves we made, we are actually under the cap," Lagerwey told MLSsoccer.com on Thursday. "It isn't a done deal, yet. We still have some negotiating to do to work a few things out, but I think Josh would be a great asset to our team if we can figure things out.
"Josh has been playing great," Lagerwey added. "He definitely provides a steady presence in goal, and this isn't a knock on Nick at all, but maybe it would be good for him to occasionally look over his shoulder at training and see someone pushing him.
Last week Galaxy head coach and general manager Bruce Arena told reporters that LA will support Saunders once he finds a new club.


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MHIA holds successful inaugural Modex expo
Nearly 20,000 key decision-makers in virtually all manufacturing, logistics, distribution and supply chain industries participated in MODEX 2012. The expo featured the solutions of 586 exhibitors covering 180,000 net square feet.
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As an indicator of the continued economic recovery of the manufacturing and supply chain industries, U.S. and international attendees registered in large numbers for the inaugural MODEX expo held February 6-9 in Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center. The expo was sponsored by the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) and is designed to showcase equipment and systems solutions as well as learning opportunities that span the entire supply chain, from material handling to logistics across manufacturing, assembly and distribution.
Nearly 20,000 key decision-makers in virtually all manufacturing, logistics, distribution and supply chain industries participated in MODEX 2012. The expo featured the solutions of 586 exhibitors covering 180,000 net square feet. Reflecting the global nature of the expo, 96 countries and six continents were represented at this year's MODEX . They were welcomed by MODEX's International Visitors Center.
"Participants came with very specific objectives and with buying plans in hand. They know that investing in the latest supply chain equipment and technology is the key to building and maintaining their competitive edge," said George W. Prest, CEO of MHIA. "MODEX met, and in many cases exceeded, exhibitors' and attendees' expectations. Attendees were impressed with the wide range of equipment and systems solutions and education offered at MODEX and exhibitors expressed satisfaction with the quantity and quality of attendees," added Prest.
Other MODEX Highlights
Along with the healthy traffic on the show floor, MODEX featured an educational conference that included three keynotes featuring Rick Blasgen, Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Alberto Alemán Zubieta, Chief Executive Officer of the Panama Canal Authority and Donald Ratliff, Ph.D., Executive Director of The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology.
The MODEX 2012 Conference also included 75 educational seminars outlining leading trends, best practices and state-of-the-art equipment and technology solutions. In addition, MODEX 2012 partnered with 20 industry organizations that co-located 32 events with MODEX 2012 including the Georgia Logistics Summit.
MODEX Classroom Day introduced high school and university students and educators to career opportunities in material handling, supply chain and logistics through hands-on learning and networking with industry professionals. This year's Classroom Day combined an interactive educational session with a dynamic guided tour of the MODEX expo.
MODEX Industry Night at the Georgia Aquarium was an exciting and entertaining networking event with over 1,400 attendees and exhibitors in attendance.
The next MHIA-sponsored trade event will be ProMat 2013 held January 21-24 in Chicago's McCormick Place. For more information on exhibiting at ProMat, or to register as an attendee, visit http://www.ProMatShow.com. The next MODEX will be held at the Georgia World Congress Center in March of 2014.
More details, news and images from MODEX are available at http://blog.modexshow.com and www.modexshow.com/links.aspx. Webinars of MODEX 2011 educational sessions are available online at http://www.MODEXShow.com/seminars.
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Some Perv Pretended to be One Direction's Harry Styles to Solicit Minors for Sex
The internet has the potential to be an amazing — or a terrifying — place. In the case of John Eastman, it's super creepy.
Eastman, a Connecticut resident, was arrested Wednesday for impersonating One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles online to attract underage girls — and once they were in his greasy snare, he promised them concert tickets in exchange for posing nude or performing live sex acts via web cam.
The Waterbury Republican-American says Eastman used the handle Harry.Styles888 on Skype and used photos of Harry to convince the young women he was the singer. (Really, girls? Oy.)
Authorities seized his computer and discovered photos and video, some of which featured girls believed to be as young as 5 years old. He was charged with a litany of offenses, including employing a minor in an obscene performance.
Unfortunately, pervs like this aren't that rare. Last year a man pulled the exact same stunt while posing as Justin Bieber.
Pro tip: Hazza kicked the lovely (but whiny) Taylor Swift to the curb. He's rich and famous. He doesn't need to troll Skype looking for chicks who'll get naked for him.
And to the rest of the sick potential predators out there? You're on notice.


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A Savannah-based e-commerce platform reported Tuesday that a new review of small and medium-sized online merchants shows a healthy start to the holiday shopping season for even the smallest of merchants.
Average per-store orders on Cyber Monday are up 24 percent from last year, and average per-store revenue is up 30 percent, according to CommerceV3, which analyzed data from more than 50,000 orders across more than 250 small and mid-sized online retail storefronts from 2011 and 2012.
The sample size constituted more than $4.7 million worth of transactions across a wide variety of retail segments.
"Last year was the first that Cyber Monday actually surpassed all other days of the year in terms of revenue for small merchants," said Nathan Focht, president of CommerceV3 (CV3). "But this year it's grown even more, and we processed about 20 percent more orders than we expected platform-wide."
Blake Ellis, a founding partner of CommerceV3, said the numbers are encouraging for the health of the small retailer and for the nation.
"We knew Amazon and Wal-Mart would sell lots of stuff," Ellis said, "but it's good to see this kind of continued strength in small and mid-sized retailers, as well. And many of them are posting these numbers without resorting to the deep discounts large retailers are so keen on."
For more information, go to www.commercev3.com.


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Gunn coach Mark Hernandez says his team is prepared to do just that.
"Specifically, we took some losses early in the season so that we would be prepared to win three games in CCS," said Hernandez. "Last season, we opened with a tournament at Lincoln (High). We won all three games, by scores of (something like) 24-2, 27-1 and 13-0. At the time, that's what (I felt) the program needed; to get out and build some confidence, and see that they were, in fact, a good team.
"Heading into this year, we knew we were a good team, and wanted to prove that we could be elite. So, we scheduled our first game against defending CCS (Division I) champ (and current No. 4 seed) Menlo-Atherton, and beat them 17-8."
The very next day Gunn took on North Coast Section favorite Las Lomas and lost. The following weekend, the Titans faced East Bay powerhouses Campolindo and defending NCS champ Monte Vista (Danville), losing both. One week later, Gunn hosted Campolindo and lost again, but improved from a 12-5 defeat to a setback in sudden death overtime.
"This was the most difficult stretch in our program's history," said Hernandez, "and we came out of it 3-5. But, we knew it was the best thing for our team, to get out and compete against the best the area had to offer so that when November rolled around, we would be battle-tested. We knew it would have been easier (and perhaps more fun) to start off 6-0 (a record we could have easily achieved had we kept our tournament schedule from last year), but we knew that wouldn't help us do something historic."
While Gunn has played in only six of the 16 section tournaments dating to 1996 when playoffs were held in the fall and the spring — failing to qualify for from 2000 to 2007 — the Titans have made steady improvement. That coincides with the arrival of current senior Elizabeth Anderson, who has played on teams that lost in the first round (her freshman season), lost in the quarterfinals (as a sophomore) and then to eventual champion Menlo-Atherton in the semifinals last season.
The natural progression for Gunn, then, is to take that final step in Anderson's final season. She obviously has made an impact for the Titans, much like she did Saturday as she poured in nine goals in a 17-9 dunking of defending champ Los Altos in the SCVAL De Anza Division Tournament at Monta Vista High in Cupertino.
Gunn was the tourney's No. 1 seed after beating the No. 2-seeded Eagles in the regular-season finale. Beating Los Altos in two of three meetings this season is a first for Gunn.
"Nine goals for Elizabeth. Probably the most dominant performance I've ever seen in a championship game," said Hernandez. "Elizabeth has been a player to build around. She does so many things at an elite level and, she says, she likes to win. She plays the game hard, and plays the right way and, as the cliché goes, makes everyone around her better."
Anderson, who will play for Santa Clara next season, scored 16 goals in the two playoff victories now has 131 goals this season. She helped the Titans outscore the Eagles, 11-4, in the second half. Sophomore Elizabeth Anderson added five goals for Gunn, which topped Los Altos twice after losing the teams' first meeting in overtime.
The tournament triumph immediately thrust the Titans into the CCS title picture, with only No. 2 Leland (21-5) and No. 1 St. Francis (19-6) seeded ahead of them.
"After what we did this past weekend, I wouldn't put anything past us," Hernandez said. "Los Altos is an elite team, the second seed in Division II, and we simply overwhelmed them. We played aggressive offense and active defense, at a very impressive level. I knew we could play like that that but, until Saturday, I hadn't seen it.
"Also relevant, I think, is that beating Los Altos (especially the way we did) took a monkey off of our backs. Until about two weeks ago, they had our number and felt that we couldn't beat them. So, to beat them for a second time in a row, in the biggest game of the year, and in a very convincing fashion, gives us a lot of confidence.
"Having said that," Hernandez continued, "we do have a much more athletic grokup than we've ever had before. There are people that do not start on this year's junior varsity team that would have started on varsity teams in the past. We've had a lot of good athletes come through the pipes the last few years."
Hernandez credited former coach Aileen Delaney for her work four years ago with the current seniors.
"And, I think, our success has breeded success," Hernandez said. "Now, people know that if they come to Gunn, they can be a part of a winning culture; a team that works hard, works smart, and plays well together."
That pretty much describes the Gunn and and Palo Alto boys, as well. Both squads played well as a unit while posting first-round victories in CCS Division I playoff action Tuesday night.
Palo Alto cruised to a 14-4 win over No. 11 Pioneer (13-15) behind four goals by Nelson Perla-Ward. The host Vikings had a balanced scoring effort in addition to clearing their bench, even giving players brought up from the frosh-soph team for the playoffs some pool time.
Gunn also advanced with an 18-8 romp over Lynbrook at Los Gatos High as freshman Ari Wayne poured in five goals and junior Michael Znidarsic added four. Sophomore Coby Wayne and senior Tyler Wilson each contributed three goals.
The No. 6-seeded Vikings (16-13) will face No. 3 Menlo-Atherton (13-11) in the quarterfinals on Saturday while the No. 7-seeded Titans (16-12) will take on No. 2 Bellarmine (17-9).
In Division II, defending champion and No. 2 seed Menlo School (16-8) will face No. 7 Aptos (16-9) on Saturday while No. 1 seed Sacred Heart Prep (16-10) will take on No. 9 Carmel (16-9).
SHP earned the top seed after avenging its only loss of the West Catholic Athletic League regular season with a 14-12 overtime win over No. 1 seed Bellarmine in the league playoff finale Saturday night in Atherton. That gave the Gators the overall league crown, since there was a three-way tie first to end the regular season.
The Gators trailed 9-2 early in the third quarter before rallying, with Bret Hinrichs scoring the game-tying goal to send the match to overtime. Zach Churukian gave SHP the lead for good in the second mandatory OT period. Both Hinrichs and Churukian finished with four goals each. Harrison Enright got the second goal in second OT to seal it. He finished with three goals.
Junior goalie Will Runkel had 12 saves for the Gators after getting 16 in a 9-7 semifinal win over St. Francis.
In the girls' WCAL playoff finale, St. Francis upended top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep, 7-4.
"While last night's game didn't go as we would have liked, we are still very pleased to be co-champions of the WCAL," said SHP coach Jon Burke. "Each year we set a league championship as one of our goals and we were able to achieve that again this year. To us, it's the body of work that is most important. Going undefeated in the round robin over the course of seven weeks is not an easy thing to do, especially when you are playing in the WCAL. I think most people would agree with that. It did not come together for us in the league tournament, but we still feel good about being the regular-season champions."
Despite the loss, four-time defending CCS champ Sacred Heart Prep (21-5) still received a No. 1 seed in Division II and will begin defense of its title on Saturday.
Also opening on Saturday will be Menlo-Atherton (13-10), the No. 4 seed in Division I.
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