In The Great White North
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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
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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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If you want a credit card and your child is below age 21, my bank's advice is to stay at the same bank for years, get a healthy balance on your account, do direct deposit for all paychecks, and then apply through the bank for a credit card. The bank can personally recommend your student, and the recommendation can override all of the "we don't give credit cards to people under 21" rules that are in place.Is this a thing? I thought they could get credit cards at 18 (assuming an income)?
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I swear by character shoes, having danced all my life. And I'm told they look elegant on me. Of course, I don't go to really fancy functions .. & since the soles are leather, they're made for wooden floors, not streets. I still wear them outside, and to any fancy events I go to. Plus, I can dance in them (ballroom dance) for hours! :)What are character shoes?
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I'd call the PT. That's where the PCP refers people to first around here anyway, only referring for surgery after months and months of PT has failed.
I also Googled rotator cuff injuries and found lots of websites with the exercises, diagnosis guides, etc (primarily by baseball guys)
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Colleges in CA as well as most out of state and private, are generally not going to dismiss a candidate for having only 3 years of college prep math.A few Google searches show that many colleges, even in California, do indeed look for four years of college prep math.
CALTECH
Secondary School Academic Preparation • 4 years of Math (including Calculus) • 1 year of Physics • 1 year of Chemistry • 3 years of English (4 years recommended) • 1 year of U.S. History/Government (waived for international students
UCLA
Applicants are expected to have completed the following minimum subject requirements: 2 years History/Social Science; 4 years of college preparatory English; 3 years of mathematics (4 years recommended); 2 years of laboratory science (3 years recommended); 2 years of Language other than English (3 years recommended); 1 year of Visual and Performing Arts (if available).
Boston College:
We recommend that students pursue four years of coursework in English, social science, mathematics, foreign language, and laboratory science.USAFA:
- four years of math (strong background in geometry, algebra, trigonometry and pre-calculus)
MIT:
- Math, through calculus
Harvard:
- The study of mathematics for four years, including the particular topics described
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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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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.
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My advice: Fill out the recruiting forms on college websites & when you make visits to colleges, plan to meet with the coach face-to-faceThis.
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I bought a pair of these:
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)
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What is his financial aid assuming for living expenses? I would go with the lesser of that or the actual.This.
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I second the flash drive idea. Super useful for college-bound students.Like many other things, these aren't allowed at the Academies.
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I was the kid that loved to look through encyclopedias for fun. However, we've had this set for 7 years now, and we've barely used it.DS read them for fun. The other kiddos weren't interested.
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Can you call the company that made it and get a recommendation for a local technician?
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The bustier girls I've seen in swim team type suits layer them either over a sports bra or another suit.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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So you can find some of the books that are recommended here on the WTM forums translated into French - e.g. Campbell Biology (the BIG one)...which means you could find some of the solution books in English (as they haven't translated those).FYI. The German Halliday Physics book was bundled with a German version of the answer guide.
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Btw, there is also an abundance of spots in grad school. We would love to admit qualified American applicants, but don't get any. Almost all our grad students in physics are foreigners.Where are the American physics grad students going? And what is considered "qualified"?
We can already see in grad school who has the potential for a later faculty position at a research university and who does not.
The big difference between solid grad students who get good grades and do well in their classes and outstanding grad students is being anindependent, creative thinker. Besides the obvious good class performance and strong work ethic, these students do not just follow their research advisor's orders, but they go above and beyond and try things out. They come up with their own ideas, pursue their own questions.
There are grad students who plod through their research, do what the advisor asked them to do, in a more or less timely manner, and eventually produce a thesis and pass their PhD defense. They are employable and will do fine, but they lack vision and drive required to be a research professor in this country. At our institution, these students are in the majority.
And then there are grad students who are bursting with questions, who, when working on their research projects, come up with new avenues to explore; who come and show their advisor what they have tried to do independently without being asked or prompted; who take a leading role when discussing and collaborating with other grad students. They have passion for their research and go above and beyond. They live to research, not research to live. Those are the potential professors, and those are the ones getting great recommendation letters for post docs at good institutions or with renowned researchers (who not necessarily have to reside at big name schools)
This drive, passion and creativity will then, years later, when the young researcher applies for a faculty position, become tangible through a strong list of scientific publications (strong means a substantial number, but also in prestigious journals), and through glowing letters of recommendation from their post doc advisors and collaborators.
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.
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Looking at their department web page: http://www.tamug.edu/mara/faculty.html, there are nine faculty members in the department, and only one of the nine has been there more than two years. Six of the nine appear to be adjuncts. The department chair is also new to the department.
Interesting that the university's strategic goals include increasing enrollment and raising the graduation rate. I wonder if that is causing something to give.
Perhaps faculty retention should be a that strategic goal.
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Peppermint oil works for me, and so does Tiger balm.Where do you put the Tiger Balm?
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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
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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.
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I can't hear it either, at least in English. I remember having to do this in 8th grade and being so frustrated with it, Then again with poetry.
Oddly enough, I have no problems hearing it in foreign languages.
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Do dorms not have a closet or wardrobe that locks? I have so much to learn about typical college life. I had a big wooden built in wardrobe and half of it had a hasp for a combination lockI've seen many that do not. SOme closets didn't even have doors. We had trunks.
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Find out where in your community people are supposed to recycle their old computers.
Room Attendant found my iPad - UPDATE in 159
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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.