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Room Attendant found my iPad - UPDATE in 159
In The Great White North replied to Sarah CB's topic in The Chat Board
Still sounds fishy. This hotel ALREADY HAS your address and phone number. Definitely don't put it on the facebook page or message the person through facebook with the address. -
The lost art of rote memorization
In The Great White North replied to kubiac's topic in General Education Discussion Board
This book has a step by step guide through the memory palace technique, starting with the 10 Commandments as the first exercise. http://www.amazon.com/Memorize-Faith-Most-Anything-Else/dp/1933184175 -
If you break it down, it isn't that much at all (better than baby-sitting, worse than teaching full time) 10 weeks per semester (conservatively), so 20 weeks for a class like PA HS AP classes. $500/20 = $25 per week per student (total $250 per week) Weekly class (1 hr), prep (2 hrs - assuming the class is already developed), chat room (1 hr - conservatively), grading (5 hours - 1/2 hour per essay) total 9 hrs $250/9hrs is only $28/hr, before taking any out for tech support, advertising, online hosting, internet service, etc And all the "benefits" have to come out of that too (medical, dental, FICA, taxes, etc) They aren't making a lot of money.
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housing after college graduation
In The Great White North replied to Sunshine State Sue's topic in The College Board
Is this a thing? I thought they could get credit cards at 18 (assuming an income)? -
Do comfortable high heels exist?
In The Great White North replied to Sarah CB's topic in The Chat Board
What are character shoes? -
I gentle cycle wash and hang dry almost everything that says dry clean - the exception being suitcoats. In all these years, I've only seriously messed up one pair of pants. I knew they were a risk because they were lined, but they were cheap enough to try it on.
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Mosquitoes love me. It's not mutual affection. HELP!
In The Great White North replied to Hyacinth's topic in The Chat Board
I've also heard that eating lots of garlic (raw, as in hummus and tzadziki, or by the clove) repels ticks, so maybe it helps with mosquitos too. We have bats, so it hasn't really been tested here. -
Athletic Recruiting
In The Great White North replied to jetzmama's topic in High School and Self-Education Board
This. -
Do comfortable high heels exist?
In The Great White North replied to Sarah CB's topic in The Chat Board
I bought a pair of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Earth-Tamarack-Womens-Size-9-Black-Leather-Pumps-Heels-Shoes-/381230240652?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58c317d38c slightly larger, and put a little piece of stick-on cushioning between the ball of my foot and my toes. It keeps my feet from sliding further into the shoe and squishing my toes. (since my middle toe is longest, instead of my big toe, and isn't strong enough to stop all my weight from going further,) The shoes are much comfier than any other heels I've ever tried, even before the little cushion. (I got the idea from a shoe at LLBean, but it's not in all of them.) Clark's Indigo line are also comfier than most You might also try these: http://www.insolia.com/#benefits-1 They are inserts you stick on the insole that shifts your weight back to evenly distributed between the ball and heel (instead of all on the ball of your foot) -
Gift for multiple graduation parties
In The Great White North replied to flopsymopsy's topic in The Chat Board
Like many other things, these aren't allowed at the Academies. -
If it were free, would you use. . .
In The Great White North replied to Orthodox6's topic in The Chat Board
DS read them for fun. The other kiddos weren't interested. -
House problems back home...feeling helpless.
In The Great White North replied to LisaKinVA's topic in The Chat Board
Can you call the company that made it and get a recommendation for a local technician? -
The only time I have ever seen this on a swim team was on the high school team (ie. not a year round competitive swimmer) whose suit should have been tossed long ago. She wasn't even that large, but the suit had long since past it's useful life. And it's against the rules so the officials wouldn't let her compete in it. Speedo type suits provide support when they are TIGHT (not after they have lost all their elasticity or if bought too large). The "Endurance" Speedo suits are not elastic enough. Lycra and tech suits are.
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Do we have a broken STEM pipeline?
In The Great White North replied to maize's topic in The College Board
Where are the American physics grad students going? And what is considered "qualified"? Drive, creative thinking and passion are not taught in STEM courses at any level. They are taught through the classics (Greek, Latin, mythology, Caesar, etc), classical literature, poetry memorization, art and music - all things that have been removed from or seriously limited in modern education. -
Migrains / Essentials Oils and what else will help?
In The Great White North replied to fourcatmom's topic in The Chat Board
Where do you put the Tiger Balm? -
Developing an Ipad App
In The Great White North replied to moonlight's topic in General Education Discussion Board
My son is in the beginning stages of developing an idea for a game in his head that he would like to turn into an Ipad App. What should he be doing to turn that idea into a reality at some point? Learn to program. Do we need to have a Mac for this? Thinking of getting a new laptop over the summer so I'll definitely keep that in mind if needed! It is much easier if you have a Mac, and a separate, larger screen. Should he be learning to program? Learning game design? I have some game design books that he can look through.. Yes. Any help would be much appreciated. He might want to experiment with a few simple apps first. Or try adapting an existing one: https://www.udacity.com/course/make-your-own-2048--ud248 -
Question for progressive lens eyeglass wearers
In The Great White North replied to Mrs. B's topic in The Chat Board
Zeiss makes eyeglass lenses? NIkon? Wider peripheral viewing area? The optometrist has been holding out on me. I have progressive lenses and hate them. They are hardly ever in focus. -
I've seen many that do not. SOme closets didn't even have doors. We had trunks.