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KITT, run over the bastard!
"Self driven" has just acquired a whole new meaning. The DARPA grand challenge is a race for driverless cars organized by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. None of the cars in the 2004 race made it to the finish line, but in 2005 the Stanford Racing Team's Volkswagen Touareg named "Stanley" completed 212 km in less than 7 hours. (Off road terrain)
It was followed minutes later by Carnegie Mellon's "Sandstorm".
The course included three narrow tunnels, more than a hundred sharp turns and a winding mountain pass with drops on either side.
Guess what's planned for 2007? A race through a city! A good 96 km urban course, with 6 hours to cross the finish line. I'm certain the competitors will make much better drivers than the average driver we encounter on our way to work.
Here are the "basic rules" for the 2007 Challenge:
- Vehicle must be stock or have a documented safety record.
- Vehicle must obey the California state driving laws.
- Vehicle must be entirely autonomous, using only GPS and the information it detects with its sensors.
- DARPA will provide the route network 24 hours before the race starts.
- Vehicles will complete the route by driving between specified checkpoints.
- DARPA will provide a file detailing the order the checkpoints must be driven to 5 minutes before the race start.
- Vehicles may "stop and stare" for at most 10 seconds.
- Vehicles must operate in rain and fog, with GPS blocked.
- Vehicles must avoid collision with vehicles and other objects such as carts, bicycles, traffic barrels, and objects in the environment such as utility poles.
- Vehicles must be able to operate in parking areas and perform U-turns as required by the situation.
Source: [Wikepedia]
So when do we get to ride around in these babies? GM plans to launch a self-driven Opel Vectra in 2008. The DX version comes with Turbo Boost. I wonder if they'll hardwire the three laws of robotics in it…
Can you imagine autos without auto drivers? No excuses like "it's uphill" or "I won't get a return fare" or "It's raining". Just select a location on it's little GPS map, swipe your card and you're good to go.
This whole thing reminds me of Stephen King's short story "Trucks". By the way, the Knight Rider movie is scheduled for 2008, with "The Hoff" playing only a minor role (thankfully) and Ben Afflek playing Michael Knight. Check out the awesome teaser poster below, and more about the future KITT on Gizmodo.
A little nostalgia:
Check out the full list of KITT's features!
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I've been using the firefox extension Video Downloader for some time now. It stopped working on youtube for a while and so I went looking for a simpler alternative – and found one. Paste the url of any video you're viewing into the search option on keepvid, and it throws up the direct link to the video file. Or better yet, drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar and hit it whenever you need to download a video. It's in beta (of course) and currently works with:
Here's a decent (and free) flv player to watch the videos after you download them. To convert .flv files to other video formats download Super. (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer)
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Google just launched their gmail client for mobile devices. I've never been a fan of how Gmail looked on Opera Mini on my motorazr, so I downloaded it as soon as I saw the news. Didn't find it here though, had to navigate to gmail/app from my mobile to find the link. Opera Mini had to exit to download the application (gmail.jar) and installation took no time at all on my crappy GPRS connection. Loaded pretty quick, here's how a conversation looks like:
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If you use Gmail hosted email, you may have a few problems – I repeatedly got Error 404 and 500 error messages.
Time to redesign the keyboard?
No, redesign doesn't mean making them "ergonomic". Check out capsoff.org where you have a chance to win a million dollars for the best new keyboard layout. Read this inspiring bit from Pieter Hintjens' blog:
The caps-lock key is just a convenience for an inconvenient problem from the past.
Sure, everyone hates change, but without change we'd all still be living in caves and hunting mammoths with big sticks. When Apple stopped delivering computers with floppy drives people said they couldn't cope. Instead, those people discovered networks, email and USB sticks for moving data around. Now, no-one even considers the loss. The removal of the caps lock should be similar. If you really really REALLY can't cope, you'll still be able to get an "old-style" keyboard on the open market. Meanwhile, the masses will have moved on to the next step of keyboard evolution.
Exactly. Time for change. And it's up to us to make it happen.
Those crazy home movies finally pay off
Metacafe recently announced a payment system for user contributed videos.
The payment system works like this. If you have a video on Metacafe that qualifies for the program, which generally means you own all the rights to it, you can get paid $5 for every thousand views you generate. This starts after your video reaches an initial of 20,000 views at which point you automatically gain $100. Say your video does well, a whole $1000 is yours when you hit 200,000 views and, when it becomes the next Internet fad with 2 million views, you could walk away with $10,000. That's more than what YouTube pays you, folks.
Here's the real bit of inspiration:
The most popular video on Metacafe. It's got more than 4 million views so far, that's $23,000 to the owner and creator. And what has Judson Laipply got besides the fame? Well let me tell you this, if that video was on Metacafe, he'd have got more than $160,000 for the video itself.
Read more about it here.
Hubble captures Galactic collision
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have snapped the most detailed image ever of a pair of colliding galaxies, known as the Antenna galaxy.
The galaxies are the nearest merging pair to Earth, and the youngest too: the collision began about 500m years ago. As the two galaxies smash into one another, they create ideal conditions for new stars to be born. And new stars are forming in their billions.
What's in this picture? According to NASA:
"Nearly half of the faint objects in the Antennae are young clusters containing tens of thousands of stars. The orange blobs to the left and right of image centre are the two cores of the original galaxies and consist mainly of old stars criss-crossed by filaments of dark brown dust. The two galaxies are dotted with brilliant blue star-forming regions surrounded by pink hydrogen gas."
Astronomers believe that the image captured by the Hubble telescope shows a probable scenario when the Milky Way galaxy collides with the Andromeda about six billion years from now.
Hmm. I can wait.
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Technology – a blessing and a curse"Despite offering a wealth of opportunities to improve our working lives, however – simplifying and, in some cases, eradicating many mundane or laborious tasks – these findings highlight that, in some cases, it can be both a blessing and a curse.
"The drive to introduce new technology is inevitable as businesses search for more efficient ways of working, but these findings should act as a call to action to ensure it is adopted strategically, and deployed with appropriate levels of support, training and consideration to the mental wellbeing of users.
"As part of this process, consultation with staff about the tools and technologies that they need to carry out their jobs more confidently and effectively may prove beneficial in helping smooth the transition to new, improved, ways of working."
Older workers more likely to sufferAccording to the study, workers over the age of 55 were more than twice as likely as 18 to 24-year-olds to say technology added to their workload (58% versus 28%). They were also twice as likely as their younger colleagues to say technology increased their job security concerns (20% versus nine%).
"With changing workforce demographics, businesses face the challenge of balancing the needs of both younger and older employees to help protect and maintain the wellbeing and motivation of all," added Blake.
Encouragingly, more than a quarter (28%) of workers have tackled the tech stress burden by consulting colleagues who have the requisite know-how, while 24% have asked for support or training from management.
Avoiding the issueHowever, 27% of those who participated in the study said they coped by working longer hours, 19% have avoided or delayed tech-based tasks and a further 15% have opted to delegate tech-based tasks to colleagues.
Only one in ten workers said technology decreased their workplace stress, with half (50%) of these respondents saying it helped them work more efficiently, 51% said it made information more accessible and 42% said it facilitated flexible working.
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Each year, the Arkansas Choral Directors Association (ArkCDA) holds auditions for the All-Region Honor Choirs. Thousands of students and and hundreds of directors in Arkansas participate in All-Region activities every year. This year, the Mulberry Pleasant View School District sent three students (pictured) Hannah Hubbard, Rose Rippee, and Summer White to Springdale High School to audition. This was the first time in the school's history to have sent students to audition for an All-Region Honor Choir. In addition to having three students audition for the first time, Summer White ranked high enough to earn a soprano spot in the All-Region Honor Treble Choir, another first for the school district. This is an outstanding achievement and has established a standard of excellence in the choral department at Mulberry Pleasant View.
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6:08 p.m. | UpdatedIn the wake of Hurricane Sandy, much of lower Manhattan has completely lost electricity and cell reception. T-Mobile USA and AT&T said on Wednesday that in the affected areas of New York and New Jersey, their customers would be able to use the networks of both companies, decreasing the likelihood of failed calls.
In a statement, T-Mobile USA said that when customers of both AT&T and T-Mobile place calls, the calls would be carried by whichever network is available in the area. Both networks use similar technologies, so switching between them will be seamless, and there will not be an additional charge, the company said.
One quarter of the transmission sites in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy were knocked out, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday. Verizon Wireless said 6 percent of its cell sites were down in the storm-damaged areas, T-Mobile said roughly 20 percent of its network was down in New York City and 10 percent in Washington, and Sprint and AT&T said some of their sites had failed in badly hit areas as well.
"Our assumption is that communication outages could get worse before they get better," Julius Genachowski, the F.C.C. chairman, told reporters in a conference call Tuesday afternoon. "I want to emphasize that the storm is not over."
Neville Ray, chief technology officer of T-Mobile USA, said that AT&T and T-Mobile had made a similar network-sharing agreement in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But he said that Hurricane Sandy was the biggest natural disaster he had ever dealt with, and that service failures were inevitable. The loss of power in storm-ravaged areas has caused cell sites to go down, and backup battery systems have drained, he said.
"There's an amount of preparation you can do, but depending on the size and scale and impact on the storm, it's tough to anticipate every circumstance," he said in an interview. "No degree of preparation can prevent some of those outages from happening."
In anticipation of the storm, carriers prepared trucks containing cell towers, called C.O.W.'s for cell on wheels, to provide service in areas where there are failures. But there are still wide areas of lower Manhattan with little or no cell coverage. Mr. Ray said that carriers have to assess when it is safe for employees to move these emergency vehicles onto the road and turn on the services. He said the company was looking at key areas in Manhattan to deploy the trucks.


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Powtoon lets you create videos and 3D presentation that are completely animated. However, you can use this software without any knowledge of animations due to its simple and intuitive interface. The newer versions of powtoon lets you create fully-fledged animated presentations. Initially it only let one create cartoon videos. It is the sole website that gives stiff competition to the others. You can also share them on you tube. The pro versions start at 19 dollars per month. The free version comes with a powtoon watermark that is not there in the paid version.
Among the best 3D presentation software 2016 is also, Empresser. It is old but free creating 3D presentation online. Lets the users embed presentations on blogs or social networks. Supports 3D transitions allows importing media from sites. This is an all-rounder but lacks interface. Google slides is GoogleâĆÖs PowerPoint equivalent and are the best for creating online presentations. It may not be as efficient but is stable and free. It also has thousands of templates from Google slides and extensions from Google drive. Google slides let the software collaborate with contacts. Slides are software optimized for touch screen so using it on smart phone or tablet is hassle free. The slides are stored as html so the markup can be easily edited. They have customizable themes and, even include custom style sheets. They let users export presentations as pdfs. Slides are free but they need one to become a pro member and memberships are slightly expensive. Go animate another video presentation creator has features like drag and drop editors. The videos made on go animate can be shared on you tube. They can also be downloaded for offline viewing.
Haiku deck is among the best 3D presentation software of 2016 that is powered by artificial intelligence. It lets the users create instant presentations. It makes story telling fun and simple. It has an apple app and the web version is accessible from anywhere. After a basic membership charge, the software is free. Slide dog though not technically a presentation tool. With this software there are features like streaming online chat and remote control feature. It lets the user combine different presentations like prezi, PowerPoint or pdf. This software is explicably more expensive because of the use of artificial intelligence to create 3D presentations.
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The Fame Masters B20 Cymbals are handcrafted in Turkey and offer artistically forged, traditional and professional cymbals, which will inspire even the most demanding ears. They consist of a B20 bronze alloy, the standard for all top-of-the-line cymbal series' of the world. As is expected for a premium quality cymbal, they are handcrafted by experienced Turkish Master Craftsmen, hammered by hand and so retain their brilliant, defined and (not only in this price class) unbeatable sound. Find out for yourself, and you'll be convinced by the exceptional quality of the Masters B20 Cymbals!
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I was blown away by these cymbals when i got them. They hold well and they just sound amazing, especially considered the price. After 2 years of plaything they still have not shown any signs of weakness (i am not a hard hitter, tho). I recommand them to anyone looking for some decent new cymbals.
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Interview with the Fuel3D Team
During the BETTshow in London I spoke with Andrew Smith and Stephen Atkinson from Fuel 3D. You can check out a Fuel 3D Scan here on their YouMagine account. Fuel 3D created a 3D scanner that is meant to be very easy to use in combination with a 3DPrinter. I was curious to find out if their scanner is suitable for students to use in schools, so I asked Andrew & Stephen of Fuel3D.
Andrew smith is the Business Development manager at Fuel3D. As a biology graduate who had worked for medical devices companies, he originally joined the company to work on the company's medical scanning product. As the applications for the company's products have grown, so have the areas (including education) that he is focusing on.
Stephen Atkinson is one of the Applications Engineers at Fuel3D. Whilst studying Product Design at University he gained experience working in various design consultancies, after graduating from University in summer 2014 Stephen started at Fuel3D. As an Application Engineer he deals with allot of the application development and customer technical support.
- Please tell me something about your company
Fuel3D is a developer of advanced 3D scanning systems and solutions. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector, the Fuel3D technology has been adapted for the broader 3D market, with the goal of bringing the benefits of point-and-shoot 3D imaging to consumers, professionals and businesses. Since raising more than $300,000 and generating worldwide attention through its successful Kickstarter campaign in 2013 the company has raised millions in private investment and signed retail and distribution partners across the world. In 2015, the company launched SCANIFY, a handheld 3D scanner that allows users to quickly and easily capture 3Dmodels of everyday objects for 3D printing or on-screen applications. Based on technology developed by Professor Ron Daniel, Lecturer in Engineering Science at Oxford University, Fuel3D is today led by Stuart Mead, CEO.
- How and where did business start?
The Fuel3D story began in a lab at Oxford University, Professor Daniel and one of his doctoral students realized that they might be able to create something in the field of 3D printing. Some lateral thinking led them to the idea of using 3D photography to address the challenge of measuring and assessing the healing of chronic wounds. The wound measurement product was differentiated by its high quality output at a low price, which prompted the company to consider how to capitalise on this in other markets. In early 2013, the 3D printing market was taking off and it seemed an clear candidate for the company's scanning technology. This led to the highly successful Kickstarter campaign that would ultimately drive the development and launch of SCANIFY.
- What are your plans for the near future?
In the year ahead, Fuel3D will be exploring a number of avenues in the education sector, in particular focussing on informing educators about how SCANIFY's ability to help create unique content can address the challenge of inspiring students to engage in 3D printing,. In addition, the company is looking at possible opportunities in content generation for computer game and visual effects courses, and in Blue Foam Modelling, which is used in many schools and colleges for prototyping projects.
- Why is your tool a must have for every school & educator?
Fuel3D SCANIFY 3D Scanning system is aimed at bringing 3D scanning to a much wider audience. By providing hi resolution 3D scan data in a fraction of a second using a portable device that captures in a similar way to digital camera it is highly intuitive and allows almost everyone to capture data for use in 3D printing, and 3D design. Combine this with a price point that is below $1500 it is an excellent value educational tool for generating content for digital and design platforms.


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Vietnam, Germany cement strategic partnership
Vietnam attaches special importance to developing relations with Germany, its leading partner in Europe in politics-external relations, trade-investment, education-training and science-technology, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said during talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Hamburg on Thursday.
Mr. Phuc asked Chancellor Merkel to encourage German enterprises to increase investment in Vietnam, particularly in industry, railway, tourism infrastructure, transport, renewable energy and foodstuff.
Vietnam will create favourable conditions for foreign businesses, including those from Germany, he said, affirming that the Vietnamese Government will do its utmost to help the German House project in Ho Chi Minh City become operational in the third quarter of this year. Prime Minister Phuc said Vietnam is ready to hold dialogues to address German investors' challenges.
The leaders expressed their support for the teaching of Vietnamese and German in schools in both countries. They agreed to promote technology transfer in fields of wind power, food industry, IT application, as well as biology for sustainable development. The two sides will support each other in criminal justice and consider the possibility of negotiating an extradition agreement and an agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons.
The leaders were unanimous in tackling disputes by peaceful means based on international law. Germany affirmed its support for freedom of navigation in the East Sea and backed Vietnam's stance of settling disputes in the spirit of respecting international law, particularly the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC).
The same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met German President Frank-Water Steinmeier, who confirmed that Germany always attaches importance to consolidating and developing its friendship and cooperation with Vietnam � a partner with an increasingly important role in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Cabrillo has completed grading on Phase II of Snapdragon Place Apartments, and construction is set to commence in March 2018.
Cabrillo is developing the project in partnership with the Housing Authority of San Buenaventura, which will serve as the property management company.
Snapdragon Place Apartments is a proposed new construction development located at Snapdragon Street and Lost Angeles Avenue in East Ventura. Cabrillo completed Phase I of the project, which included 28 units, in 2015. Phase II will provide another 22 homes.
Phase II will consist of five two-story buildings enclosing a landscaped interior courtyard. The unit mix includes four one-bedroom homes (640 square feet), 10 two-bedroom homes (958 square feet), and eight three-bedroom homes (1,177 square feet).
The project will include 11 special needs units, of which, four one-bedroom units are All units, except for the manager's unit will have Section 8 vouchers targeting families and individuals with incomes between 30 to 60 percent of the area median income.
The development will share access to the 2,000-square-foot community center completed during Phase I of the project. That space includes open space with a barbecue and play areas.


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Donald Trump's assault on trade is escalating. First the foes were China and Mexico. Now it is the world.
The Trump transition team has mooted an import tariff of 10pc across the board, doubling down on earlier talk of a 5pc duty. This is a sobering demarche. Such thinking is of a different character to Mr Trump's campaign rhetoric, which mostly hinted at trade sanctions to force concessions.
A catch-all tariff is a change of belief systems. It overthrows the free trade order that has been upheld and policed by Washington since the 1940s.
Congress cannot stop Mr Trump imposing his will by "executive action" under existing US law. The historic irony is that Capitol Hill delegated powers to the White House in order to cut tariffs and reach deals, free from meddling by pork barrel interests. Few ever supposed that these same powers might be used to curb trade.
The president may impose tariffs of up to 15pc for 150 days without having to demonstrate any damage. All he has to do is utter the words "macroeconomic imbalances" or invoke "national security" and he can more or less do what he wants.
These tariff warnings follow the appointment of a virulent Sinophobe to head the National Trade Council at the White House. Without wishing to caricature Peter Navarro, there is a relentless consistency to his work: "The Coming China Wars", "Death by China: Confronting the Dragon" and "Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World".
This is a man who thinks that the US is engaged in Hobbesian fight to the finish with a vicious and authoritarian China that has brought about the closure of 70,000 American factories through currency manipulation and mercantilist skulduggery.
By the magic of cognitive dissonance he also thinks the Chinese system is about to "implode", and that the US should hurry this process along by tightening the economic noose and by launching an arms race in the Pacific – much as the Reagan Doctrine supposedly broke the back of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.


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Holiday Gift Guide 2018
5 Books for the Bibliophile in Your Life
Because there's nothing like physically turning the pages of a real book to find out what happens next.
Long live print! (She types in this online blog post.) Books are the gift that will never die, because while the techy new gadgets will soon become obsolete—by the new year most likely—sheets of paper bound together by resin and words don't need software updates. Here are some locally scribed books we're digging this season.


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Update 09/6/2017: New developments regarding the Harbor Light facility flooding again and misconduct regarding staff: The Harbor Light Saga – New Footage
For many, Harbor Lights is viewed as another opportunity, a second chance and a fresh start. Some people attend Harbor Lights for substance abuse treatment and others are released from prison to the half-way house. When new-comers arrive for the first time, all sense of hope & excitement is quickly dashed as the decrepit facility echoes death & despair all the way to the bone.
Over the course of the past decade, Harbor Lights has continued to go down hill. No money is being recirculated back into the building, the bathrooms haven't been upgraded in almost 20 years, the common areas and bedrooms are all extremely dilapidated. Infestations are running rampant throughout the walls, there is mold within the facility, it has a constant pungent smell, security is weak, programs lack and the inspiration and hope that thrived in many, has died.
Two days ago, Jerry McCloud (https://www.gofundme.com/rip-jerry-mccloud) of Cleveland, Ohio, fatally overdosed within the Harbor Lights facility. His death resulted in a total lockdown of Harbor Lights and a nightmare for Mr. McCloud's family & friends. Questions are being raised as to how this man was left alone for such a long period of time, how he obtained the drug within the building and why someone didn't help him when he was overdosing? Those answers may go forever unanswered, but the underlying issue is related to extremely poor security, incompetent staffing & lackluster monitoring of substance abuse & half-way clients.
2017 Harbor Lights Security & Safety Grade FAILING, INCOMPETENT STAFFING
Virtually all of the individuals who currently reside at the Harbor Lights facility have said that the food is really good. The number one complaint is roaches. Every single client has complained about roaches scattering through the housing units, day rooms and food areas. The second highest complaint is followed by the facility falling apart.
2017 Harbor Lights Sanitation Grade FAILING, ROACH INFESTATION
2017 Harbor Lights Dietary Grade PASSING
Harbor Lights was just recently inspected by the State. Somehow the facility continues to pass, which is an interesting fact. An inspection is when a quality control effort is made, to ensure that the facility is falling within various housing guidelines and regulations. Those regulations are fairly standard across all State institutions, whether they be prisons, half-way houses or rehabs. The trick to a facility such as Harbor Lights passing is this. Prior to the inspectors arriving a notice is sent to the administrators. Those administrators then inform the clients to "chop chop" before the inspectors arrive. In most cases, the inspection date is known days or even weeks in advance.
Inmates/clients are then required to clean excessively, and begin a masking procedure to hide the nightmare in which they are residing. They do this by moving things around, dressing things up and spraying excessively. The truth is that the facility probably still fails, but the inspectors being part of the State or an independent firm hired by the State, continuously give them a pass. After all, who cares about drug addicts and convicts, right?
2017 Harbor Lights Inspection Grade FAILING, MANIPULATION & TIP OFFS
Images From Within Harbor Lights
These images of the Harbor Lights bathroom above are typical of what you would expect to see within a county jail or prison institution. For inmates to be released to a half-way house with standards such as this actually being WORSE than what they were faced with while in prison is simply unacceptable. Half-way houses are supposed to be a step in the right direction, towards more comfortability and a re-introduction into society, not the other way around. Keep checking back, more images from within the facility are being compiled.
COBRA Says: I would refuse to go to this location. If they are trying to send you there, request to go somewhere else – unless it's your absolutely last resort.
Readers Note: The Salvation Army / Harbor Lights complex has been in business for more than 50 years. The facility offers a host of services ranging from Alcohol & Drug addiction services and programs such as P.A.S.S., Community Corrections, Electronic Monitoring, the Zelma George Family Emergency Shelter & more.
The operating expenses for the fiscal year ending in 2014 totaled $23,426,425. Of which more than 10% of that money was spent on Management & Fundraising activities. This means, that precisely $2,500,000 went into pockets of others that were not in need, this money could have been used to upgrade the facility and bolster it's much needed programs. There is also evidence of possible skimming that could be noted within the contradictory FAQ's provided on the Salvation Army's website and the Total Operating Expenses chart.
According to the chart above, 5% of the budget went towards management/administration. Yet on the FAQ page this number is off by 8%, stating that only 87 cents of every dollar goes to programs, while 13 cents goes to administration. That's 13%… Even when combining the Management & Fundraising categories we only reach 11% which leaves a 2% differential. 2% of $23,428,425 might not sound like much, but is $468,568 unaccounted, misplaced & missing money. Money that is much needed elsewhere…
SCUMBAGGED Tip: Harbor Lights is making enough income yearly to invest back into their facility. What's happening is a severe misappropriation of funds, culminated with skimming and heavy pocket loading. If the administrators of this facility can't figure out how to remove infestations, upgrade facilities and make an environment that is conducive for the client, then they should be removed from their post. Immediately. There should not be blatant overdose deaths occurring within this facility. It simply shouldn't happen. Nor should the multitude of other issues still be present with the amount of income that is received on a yearly basis.


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SWISS opens new Zurich Business and Senator Lounges
SWISS has opened its redesigned Lounge Center A at Zurich Airport last Monday. The new centre, which is mainly aimed at short-haul travellers, extends to a Business and a Senator Lounge and boasts a modern zonal concept with a range of privacy options, market hall-style food areas, elegant Swiss-made furniture and clear SWISS design lines. Travellers in all classes will also soon enjoy the airport's remodelled Terminal 1, including an upgraded SWISS check-in zone with new design elements, a new desk concept and new waiting areas.
The new-look lounges have been particularly aligned to the needs of short-haul SWISS premium travellers, with facilities that include separate lounge entrances and digital access control.
In addition to the traditional reception desk, each of the separate entrances to the new Business and Senator Lounges will also feature two automated entry gates permitting swift boarding-pass access to the lounge concerned. Inside, the new-look facilities adopt the same modern zonal concept which has already proved its worth in SWISS's existing Dock E lounges by enabling guests to select the level of privacy they seek to meet their specific needs, from lounge niches, a bar area with views of the Airside Center, workstations and even individual offices to a relaxation room complete with inviting loungers.
Smokers are catered for in both lounges, too, with new outside areas. And for travellers wishing to freshen up before (or after) their flight, the new facilities offer five showers that are accessible from either lounge. The lounges' food areas, meanwhile, have been devised along market-hall lines, and each include both a large bistro section and a front cooking zone.
The design and interior of both the new lounges also follow the example of the existing Dock E complex: with their bright oiled-Swiss-oak parquet floors and their elegant furniture from such top Swiss designers as Vitra and deSede, the new lounges offer both a consistent SWISS-style look and a living-room ambience in which every SWISS premium traveller should feel genuinely at home.
A further highlight of Zurich's new Lounge Center A will undoubtedly be the new "SWISS Alpenstübli" within the Business Lounge, in which The Airline of Switzerland will present its home country in all its regional variety on a series of large screens. The room is also decked out with allergy-friendly straw wallpaper, and uses a 3D model to give guests a unique visual impression of SWISS's national home.
From the end of July onwards, visitors to the new Lounge Center A will also be offered a mini version of the popular SWISS chocolates, which have so far only been served aboard SWISS flights. The new smaller version will only be available in these lounge facilities.
The new Lounge Center A will be open daily from 05:30 am to 10:30pm.
SWISS's ongoing ground services enhancements are benefiting Economy Class travellers, too. Between now and the end of this year SWISS will be comprehensively modernising its check-in zone in Zurich's Terminal 1. By adding new design elements here, and by adopting a new desk concept for groups, families and premium travellers and creating new waiting areas,


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Child deaths from abuse, neglect drop in Texas
AUSTIN - The number of Texas children who died from abuse or neglect appears to have dropped for the third consecutive year in the fiscal year that ended last month, state officials this week told a legislative committee.
The decline is welcome news for a state that in recent years has led the country in that type of tragedy, but advocates said it may be partially explained by a change in the official definition of neglect.
John Specia, commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services, told the state House Select Committee on Child Protection that a preliminary look at data that will be finalized this winter indicates that 149 children died in the last 12 months as a result of confirmed abuse or neglect. That is down from 156 in the fiscal year that ended in September 2013, 212 in the fiscal year before that and 231 in the one before that.
Notably, just three of the confirmed fatalities in the just-ended fiscal year were children in foster care, a stark dip from last fiscal year's record high of 10, Specia said.
Overall, reported child fatalities have dropped from 973 in fiscal year 2011 to 773 in the 2014 fiscal year, the commissioner said.
"This is pretty staggering to go down from 1,000 to 773 at a time when the population is increasing," said state Rep. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, in response to the testimony.
Specia attributed the trend to renewed attention on the issue of child abuse as well as investment in some prevention programs.
However, Madeline McClure of the anti-abuse advocacy group TexProtects said there may be reasons that are less impressive.
"Other factors may be at play including a stricter definition of Neglectful Supervision Fatalities, and that medical professionals are better at keeping children alive who are near-fatal," said McClure, executive director of the Austin-based group.
The issue of child abuse has gotten extra attention this year after the spike in abuse or neglect deaths of foster children, from two in fiscal year 2012 to the record 10 in fiscal year 2013.
Texas has also recently ranked first in the nation in total child abuse or neglect deaths - although notably, not in per-capita deaths - in the Child Maltreatment report put out by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
House Speaker Joe Straus created the select committee this spring. Monday was its last meeting before issuing recommendations.
Among those who testified was Susan Dreyfus, a former state health official in Washington state and Wisconsin and current member of the National Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities.
Dreyfus said after the meeting that while she could not comment specifically on the Texas numbers, the national commission has found that reports of child abuse are dropping across the country.
"However, in many cases, recent changes in law or policy call into question whether these declines show a true drop in fatalities," she said. "This is difficult when we cannot be confident that the same types of deaths are being counted in each state and each locality, in the same way, from place to place and year to year."


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The earliest Tolkien (not Tolkyn, not Tolkin, not Tollkühn etc. – but simply Tolkien like J.R.R. Tolkien) we know is Crispin Tolkien (1596 – c. 1660) from Konradswalde who had 16 children with two wifes, Ortia Neumann and Dorothea Holtz. In my theory he is the ancestror of the furriers and skinners family of the Tolkiens from Gdańsk (Danzig) and then from London. In my opinion it is possible that his son's (Georg Tolkien, born 1628 in Konradswalde) son, Michael Tolkien (born 1659 in Konradswalde) was the same person as lieutnant Michael Tolkien (fl. 1697 in Breiterkvartier, Gdańsk) who was probably the first Tolkien furrier in Gdańsk.
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And something about Crispin. Saint Crispin is the patron saint of cobblers, curriers, glove makers, lace makers, lace workers, leather workers, saddle makers, saddlers, shoemakers, tanners and weavers (source: Wikipedia).


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Grade 11 Selected Top Priority Standards
Grade 11
Grade 11 English - Selected Top Priority Standards
Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They analyze the organizational patterns, arguments, and positions advanced.
Analyze both the features and the rhetorical devices of different types of public documents (e.g., policy statements, speeches, debates, platforms) and the way in which authors use those features and devices.
Analyze the way in which clarity of meaning is affected by the patterns of organization, hierarchical structures, repetition of the main ideas, syntax, and word choice in the text.
Verify and clarify facts presented in other types of expository texts by using a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents.
Make warranted and reasonable assertions about the author's arguments by using elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.
Analyze an author's implicit and explicit philosophical assumptions and beliefs about a subject.
Critique the power, validity, and truthfulness of arguments set forth in public documents; their appeal to both friendly and hostile audiences; and the extent to which the arguments anticipate and address reader concerns and counterclaims (e.g., appeal to reason, to authority, to pathos and emotion).
Analyze ways in which poets use imagery, personification, figures of speech, and sounds to evoke readers' emotions.
Students write coherent and focused texts that convey a well-defined perspective and tightly reasoned argument. The writing demonstrates students' awareness of the audience and purpose and progression through the stages of the writing process.
Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments.
Structure ideas and arguments in a sustained, persuasive, and sophisticated way and support them with precise and relevant examples.
Enhance meaning by employing rhetorical devices, including the extended use of parallelism, repetition, and analogy; the incorporation of visual aids (e.g., graphs, tables, pictures); and the issuance of a call for action.
Develop presentations by using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies (e.g., field studies, oral histories, interviews, experiments, electronic sources).
Use systematic strategies to organize and record information (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies).
Integrate databases, graphics, and spreadsheets into word-processed documents.
Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and genre.
Students combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 1,500 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies.
Write reflective compositions: Explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description, exposition, persuasion); Draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life; Maintain a balance in describing individual incidents and relate those incidents to more general and abstract ideas.
Write job applications and résumés; Provide clear and purposeful information and address the intended audience appropriately; Use varied levels, patterns, and types of language to achieve intended effects and aid comprehension;
Modify the tone to fit the purpose and audience.
- Follow the conventional style for that type of document (e.g., résumé, memorandum) and use page formats, fonts, and spacing that contribute to the readability and impact of the document.
Deliver multimedia presentations:
- Combine text, images, and sound and draw information from many sources (e.g., television broadcasts, videos, films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs, the Internet, electronic media-generated images).
- Select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation.
- Use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring for quality.
- Test the audience's response and revise the presentation accordingly.
Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions.
- Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, and paragraph and sentence structure and an understanding of English usage.
- Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation and capitalization.
- Reflect appropriate manuscript requirements in writing.
Students formulate adroit judgments about oral communication. They deliver focused and coherent presentations that convey clear and distinct perspectives and demonstrate solid reasoning. They use gestures, tone, and vocabulary tailored to the audience and purpose.
Recognize strategies used by the media to inform, persuade, entertain, and transmit culture (e.g., advertisements; perpetuation of stereotypes; use of visual representations, special effects, language).
Analyze the impact of the media on the democratic process (e.g., exerting influence on elections, creating images of leaders, shaping attitudes) at the local, state, and national levels.
Distinguish between and use various forms of classical and contemporary logical arguments, including:
- Inductive and deductive reasoning
- Syllogisms and analogies
Use research and analysis to justify strategies for gesture, movement, and vocalization, including dialect, pronunciation, and enunciation.
Students deliver polished formal and extemporaneous presentations that combine traditional rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description. Student speaking demonstrates a command of standard American English and the organizational and delivery strategies.
Grade 11 Math - Selected Top Priority Standards
PreCalculus with Trigonometry
Understand patterns, relations, and functions on PreCal with Trigo
Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols
Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
Analyze change in various contexts
Organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication
Communicate their mathematical thinking coherently and clearly to peers, teachers, and others
Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others
Use the language of mathematics to express mathematical ideas precisely
Trigonometry uses the techniques that students have previously learned from the study of algebra and geometry. The trigonometric functions studied are defined geometrically rather than in terms of algebraic equations. Facility with these functions as well as the ability to prove basic identities regarding them is especially important for students intending to study calculus, more advanced mathematics, physics and other sciences, and engineering in college.
Students understand the notion of angle and how to measure it, in both degrees and radians. They can convert between degrees and radians.
Students know the definition of sine and cosine as y-and x-coordinates of points on the unit circle and are familiar with the graphs of the sine and cosine functions.
Students know the identity cos2 (x) + sin2 (x) = 1:
- Students prove that this identity is equivalent to the Pythagorean theorem (i.e., students can prove this identity by using the Pythagorean theorem and, conversely, they can prove the Pythagorean theorem as a consequence of this identity).
- Students prove other trigonometric identities and simplify others by using the identity cos2 (x) + sin2 (x) = 1. For example, students use this identity to prove that sec2 (x) = tan2 (x) + 1.
- Students graph functions of the form f(t) = A sin (Bt + C) or f(t) = A cos (Bt + C) and interpret A, B, and C in terms of amplitude, frequency, period, and phase shift.
Students know the definitions of the tangent and cotangent functions and can graph them.
Students know the definitions of the secant and cosecant functions and can graph them.
Students know that the tangent of the angle that a line makes with the x-axis is equal to the slope of the line.
Students know the definitions of the inverse trigonometric functions and can graph the functions.
Students compute, by hand, the values of the trigonometric functions and the inverse trigonometric functions at various standard points.
Students demonstrate an understanding of the addition formulas for sines and cosines and their proofs and can use those formulas to prove and/or simplify other trigonometric identities.
Students demonstrate an understanding of half-angle and double-angle formulas for sines and cosines and can use those formulas to prove and/or simplify other trigonometric identities.
Students use trigonometry to determine unknown sides or angles in right triangles.
Students know the law of sines and the law of cosines and apply those laws to solve problems.
Students determine the area of a triangle, given one angle and the two adjacent sides.
Students are familiar with polar coordinates. In particular, they can determine polar coordinates of a point given in rectangular coordinates and vice versa.
Students represent equations given in rectangular coordinates in terms of polar coordinates.
Students are familiar with complex numbers. They can represent a complex number in polar form and know how to multiply complex numbers in their polar form.
Students know DeMoivre's theorem and can give nth roots of a complex number given in polar form.
Students are adept at using trigonometry in a variety of applications and word problems.
Grade 11 Science - Selected Top Priority Standards
Atomic and Molecular Structure
The periodic table displays the elements in increasing atomic number and shows how periodicity of the physical and chemical properties of the elements relates to atomic structure. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass.
- Students know how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and halogens.
- Students know how to use the periodic table to identify alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and transition metals, trends in ionization energy, electronegativity, and the relative sizes of ions and atoms.
Biological, chemical, and physical properties of matter result from the ability of atoms to form bonds from electrostatic forces between electrons and protons and between atoms and molecules. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know atoms combine to form molecules by sharing electrons to form covalent or metallic bonds or by exchanging electrons to form ionic bonds.
- Students know chemical bonds between atoms in molecules such as H2 , CH4 , NH3 , H2 CCH2 , N2 , Cl2, and many large biological molecules are covalent.
- Students know salt crystals, such as NaCl, are repeating patterns of positive and negative ions held together by electrostatic attraction.
The conservation of atoms in chemical reactions leads to the principle of conservation of matter and the ability to calculate the mass of products and reactants. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know how to describe chemical reactions by writing balanced equations.
- Students know the quantity one mole is set by defining one mole of carbon 12 atoms to have a mass of exactly 12 grams.
- Students know one mole equals 6.02x1023particles (atoms or molecules).
- Students know how to determine the molar mass of a molecule from its chemical formula and a table of atomic masses and how to convert the mass of a molecular substance to moles, number of particles, or volume of gas at standard temperature and pressure.
The kinetic molecular theory describes the motion of atoms and molecules and explains the properties of gases. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know the random motion of molecules and their collisions with a surface create the observable pressure on that surface.
- Students know the random motion of molecules explains the diffusion of gases.
- Students know how to apply the gas laws to relations between the pressure, temperature, and volume of any amount of an ideal gas or any mixture of ideal gases.
Acids, bases, and salts are three classes of compounds that form ions in water solutions. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know the observable properties of acids, bases, and salt solutions.
- Students know acids are hydrogen-ion-donating and bases are hydrogen-ion-accepting substances.
Solutions are homogeneous mixtures of two or more substances. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know the definitions of solute and solvent.
- Students know how to describe the dissolving process at the molecular level by using the concept of random molecular motion.
Energy is exchanged or transformed in all chemical reactions and physical changes of matter. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know how to describe temperature and heat flow in terms of the motion of molecules (or atoms).
- Students know chemical processes can either release (exothermic) or absorb (endothermic) thermal energy.
Chemical reaction rates depend on factors that influence the frequency of collision of reactant molecules. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know the rate of reaction is the decrease in concentration of reactants or the increase in concentration of products with time.
- Students know how reaction rates depend on such factors as concentration, temperature, and pressure.
Chemical equilibrium is a dynamic process at the molecular level. As a basis for understanding this concept:
The bonding characteristics of carbon allow the formation of many different organic molecules of varied sizes, shapes, and chemical properties and provide the biochemical basis of life. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know large molecules (polymers), such as proteins, nucleic acids, and starch, are formed by repetitive combinations of simple subunits.
Nuclear processes are those in which an atomic nucleus changes, including radioactive decay of naturally occurring and human-made isotopes, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion. As a basis for understanding this concept:
- Students know protons and neutrons in the nucleus are held together by nuclear forces that overcome the electromagnetic repulsion between the protons.
- Students know the energy release per gram of material is much larger in nuclear fusion or fission reactions than in chemical reactions. The change in mass (calculated by E = mc2 ) is small but significant in nuclear reactions.
- Students know some naturally occurring isotopes of elements are radioactive, as are isotopes formed in nuclear reactions.
Principles of American Democracy and Economics
Principles of American Democracy
Students explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. Constitution and other essential documents of American democracy.
- Analyze the influence of ancient Greek, Roman, English, and leading European political thinkers such as John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and William Blackstone on the development of American government.
- Discuss the character of American democracy and its promise and perils as articulated by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured.
- Explain how economic rights are secured and their importance to the individual and to society (e.g., the right to acquire, use, transfer, and dispose of property; right to choose one's work; right to join or not join labor unions; copyright and patent).
- Understand the obligations of civic-mindedness, including voting, being informed on civic issues, volunteering and performing public service, and serving in the military or alternative service.
- Describe the reciprocity between rights and obligations; that is, why enjoyment of one's rights entails respect for the rights of others.
Students evaluate and take and defend positions on what the fundamental values and principles of civil society are (i.e., the autonomous sphere of voluntary personal, social, and economic relations that are not part of government), their interdependence, and the meaning and importance of those values and principles for a free society.
- Explain how civil society provides opportunities for individuals to associate for social, cultural, religious, economic, and political purposes.
- Explain how civil society makes it possible for people, individually or in association with others, to bring their influence to bear on government in ways other than voting and elections.
- Compare the relationship of government and civil society in constitutional democracies to the relationship of government and civil society in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.
Students analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution.
- Discuss Article I of the Constitution as it relates to the legislative branch, including eligibility for office and lengths of terms of representatives and senators; election to office; the roles of the House and Senate in impeachment proceedings; the role of the vice president; the enumerated legislative powers; and the process by which a bill becomes a law.
- Explain the process through which the Constitution can be amended.
Students summarize landmark U.S. Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution and its amendments.
- Understand the changing interpretations of the Bill of Rights over time, including interpretations of the basic freedoms (religion, speech, press, petition, and assembly) articulated in the First Amendment and the due process and equal-protection-of-the-law clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Students evaluate issues regarding campaigns for national, state, and local elective offices.
- Analyze the origin, development, and role of political parties, noting those occasional periods in which there was only one major party or were more than two major parties.
- Discuss the history of the nomination process for presidential candidates and the increasing importance of primaries in general elections.
- Describe the means that citizens use to participate in the political process (e.g., voting, campaigning, lobbying, filing a legal challenge, demonstrating, petitioning, picketing, running for political office).
Students analyze and compare the powers and procedures of the national, state, tribal, and local governments.
- Explain how conflicts between levels of government and branches of government are resolved.
Students evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.
- Discuss the meaning and importance of a free and responsible press.
- Describe the roles of broadcast, print, and electronic media, including the Internet, as means of communication in American politics.
Students analyze the origins, characteristics, and development of different political systems across time, with emphasis on the quest for political democracy, its advances, and its obstacles.
- Explain how the different philosophies and structures of feudalism, mercantilism, socialism, fascism, communism, monarchies, parliamentary systems, and constitutional liberal democracies influence economic policies, social welfare policies, and human rights practices.
- Describe for at least two countries the consequences of conditions that gave rise to tyrannies during certain periods (e.g., Italy, Japan, Haiti, Nigeria, Cambodia).
- Identify the forms of illegitimate power that twentieth-century African, Asian, and Latin American dictators used to gain and hold office and the conditions and interests that supported them.
- Identify the successes of relatively new democracies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the ideas, leaders, and general societal conditions that have launched and sustained, or failed to sustain, them.
Students formulate questions about and defend their analyses of tensions within our constitutional democracy and the importance of maintaining a balance between the following concepts: majority rule and individual rights; liberty and equality; state and national authority in a federal system; civil disobedience and the rule of law; freedom of the press and the right to a fair trial; the relationship of religion and government.
Principles of Economics
Students understand common economic terms and concepts and economic reasoning.
- Examine the causal relationship between scarcity and the need for choices.
- Analyze the role of a market economy in establishing and preserving political and personal liberty (e.g., through the works of Adam Smith).
Students analyze the elements of America's market economy in a global setting.
- Understand the relationship of the concept of incentives to the law of supply and the relationship of the concept of incentives and substitutes to the law of demand.
- Discuss the effects of changes in supply and/ or demand on the relative scarcity, price, and quantity of particular products.
- Explain the roles of property rights, competition, and profit in a market economy.
- Explain how prices reflect the relative scarcity of goods and services and perform the allocative function in a market economy.
- Understand the process by which competition among buyers and sellers determines a market price.
- Analyze how domestic and international competition in a market economy affects goods and services produced and the quality, quantity, and price of those products.
Students analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy.
- Understand how the role of government in a market economy often includes providing for national defense, addressing environmental concerns, defining and enforcing property rights, attempting to make markets more competitive, and protecting consumers' rights.
- Describe the aims of government fiscal policies (taxation, borrowing, spending) and their influence on production, employment, and price levels.
Students analyze the elements of the U.S. labor market in a global setting.
- Understand the operations of the labor market, including the circumstances surrounding the establishment of principal American labor unions, procedures that unions use to gain benefits for their members, the effects of unionization, the mini-mum wage, and unemployment insurance.
- Describe the current economy and labor market, including the types of goods and services produced, the types of skills workers need, the effects of rapid technological change, and the impact of international competition.
Students analyze the aggregate economic behavior of the U.S. economy.
- Define, calculate, and explain the significance of an unemployment rate, the number of new jobs created monthly, an inflation or deflation rate, and a rate of economic growth.
- Distinguish between short-term and long-term interest rates and explain their relative significance.
Students analyze issues of international trade and explain how the U.S. economy affects, and is affected by, economic forces beyond the United States's borders.
- Explain foreign exchange, the manner in which exchange rates are determined, and the effects of the dollar's gaining (or losing) value relative to other currencies.
Discuss what is sociology and its practical importance to society.
Explain the origins and scope of Sociology and the methods used by sociologists in the study of human behavior.
Describe social issues and note their sociological implications.
Analyze the ways in which groups influence social institutions, teach individuals what is appropriate and inappropriate, facilitate change and hinder it, indicate status, class and power level and show prejudice and discrimination.
Discuss the basic characteristics of culture and analyze how cultures differ as well as how cultures passes values, beliefs, and traditions to the next generation and sanction behaviors.
Differentiate the three major sociological orientations: conflict theory, structural functionalism and symbolic interactionism.