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SAT Scores by Race and Religion

2025-07-06T18:57:00.000-07:00

What are SAT scores ranked by race and religion?

Source: Unpublished numbers obtained from College Board and sorted by Arthur Hu, 1990

Here are ratios compared to white where 1.;0 is equal, -X is worse ratio and +X is better, thus Asians scored only 1% better than whites but Jews 10% better and Blacks 27% worse.
SAT-Combined W1.0 B-1.27 H-1.18 A1.01 J*1.10 I*1.10 *

Asians overall scored only slightly better than whites
overall when both math and verbals are counted. Asians were outscored
by Episcopals, Presbyterians, Black Unitarians, Jews and Hindus. Only
White Unitarians and Quakers outscored Jews.

This most amazing number is that Black unitarians outscored everybody but Jews and Hindu. This to my knowledge is the only group of Blacks that scores higher than White protestants and Asians, though it doesn’t tell us the secret to getting the entire population of blacks to that level, it strongly suggests a socioeconomic or cultural component to high SAT scores rather than IQ bound to genetics. This may support my theory is that if all Blacks studied as hard as Asians and Jews they would all do better and not just the high performing black students.

Rank by test score - all and Asian
Race - Wh-white Af-Black As-Asian Al-All Races

Wh Judaism 25,600 1030 * Jewish Avg
As Hindu 4138 1029 * Asian Indian
Af Unitarian 64 966 * Top Black group
Al Episcopal 22,109 957 * Episcopal
Al Presbyterian 37,353 955 * Presbyterian
As Total 70739 938 * Asian Avg
Wh Total 688,933 934 * White Avg

Race Religion Number Math + Verbal SAT
Wh Unitarian 1,745 1073
Wh Quaker 894 1037
Wh Judaism 25,600 1030 * Jewish Avg
Al Quaker 1,009 1029
As Hindu 4138 1029
Al Judaism 27,374 1026
As Presbyterian 3195 1022
As Angelican 197 1019
Al Hindu 4,741 1012
Wh Hindu 82 1004
As No Pref 17987 1001
As U Methodist 662 998
Wh Mennonite 952 990
As Unitarian 49 986
As Episcopal 444 983
Wh Chistian Sci 830 979
Wh No Pref 99,076 979
Al Mennonite 1,063 974
As Methodist 1108 973
As Quaker 25 973
Wh Mormon 6,400 972
Wh Episcopal 19,555 970
As S Baptist Conv 332 966
Af Unitarian 64 966 *Top Black
Al No Pref 137,305 963
Wh Luth Missouri 8,038 963
Wh Un Church of Christ 7,066 962
As Wesleyan 32 960
Al Luth Missouri 8,624 959
Al Episcopal 22,109 957* Episcopal
Wh Presbyterian 32,019 956
Wh Angelican 1,765 956
Al Chistian Sci 989 955
Al Presbyterian 37,353 955* Presbyterian
Al Un Church of Christ 7826 951
Wh U Methodist 23,470 949
Al Mormon 7,594 948
Wh Other 20,125 947
Wh Lutheran in Am 23,380 943
As Christn Reformed 298 943
Wh No Answer 44,397 942
Al U Methodist 26,037 939
Wh Afr Methodist 144 939
As Total 70739 938* Asian Avg
Wh S Baptist Conv 14,165 938
Al Lutheran in Am 25,020 937
Wh Total 688,933 934* White Avg
As Lutheran in Am 471 931
As Un Church of Christ 253 930
Al S Baptist Conv 15,729 929
As Judaism 218 925
Wh Christn Reformed 2,235 924
As Baptist 3003 924
As Islam 2184 923
Al Total 904
Wh Islam 900
Al Islam 5148 878

2001 UPDATE: SATs and Religion
The affiliations that rank as the top 10 based on average SAT scores
of college bound seniors last year, all races.

1. 1209 Unitarian Universalist Association
2. 1161 Judaism [The Jews]
3. 1153 Quaker
4. 1110 Hinduism [Indo Americans]
5. 1097 Mennonite
6. 1097 Reformed Church in America
7. 1096 Episcopal ##
8. 1094 Evang Lutheran Church in America ##
9. 1092 Presbyterian USA (USA) ##
10. 1073 Baha'i
1020 National Average
## traditionally defined as dominant christian / WASP groups

Source: College Board z55\clip\2002\04\colljew.txt
http://online.wsj.com/ The Wall Street Journal April 29, 2002 In
Effort to Lift Their Rankings, Colleges Recruit Jewish Students By
DANIEL GOLDEN

November 2024 Rochester MN Voting Guide

2024-10-22T15:40:00.000-07:00

U.S. President & Vice President

Donald J. Trump and JD Vance Republican

I don’t agree with every crazy thing Trump says but he did enact good tax cuts that expire in 2025, and he won’t destroy the economy.

Kamala D. Harris and Tim Walz Democrat

She goes beyond Biden to tax the rich with unrealized gains which is a wealth tax and give away $25,000 to new home buyers, blames immigration on bill that Trump opposed but wasn’t president, high inflation under Biden

U.S. Senator

Amy Klobuchar incumbent Democrat Farm Labor

Will win overwhelmingly, a mainstream senator

Royce White Republican. I don’t like his association with infowars conspiracy site, he doesn’t support Israel or Ukraine, and he doesn’t like Jewish bankers.The National Republican Senatorial Committee doesn’t back him but endorsed by state party

Rebecca Whiting Libertarian wants to end involvement and support of foreign wars, dismantle central banks, anti-war combat veteran

U.S. Representative District 1

Rachel Bohman DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR

Endorsed by various liberal groups

Brad Finstad Republican incumbent has done a good job

State Representative District 24A

Heather Holmes DEMOCRATIC-FARMER-LABOR

Endorsed by various unions and stonewall lgbt organization

Duane Quam Republican incumbent has done good job

SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION 1 (ISD #535) Rochester Public Schools

increase the School District’s general education revenue by $1,133 per pupil or $20 million-a-year plus increases for inflation applicable for ten (10) years. Also includes funding for new initiatives such as creating a position “to seek and coordinate donations … to support athletics, arts and other activities.” includes the planetarium at Mayo High School: $90,315

Sustain the driver’s education program for low-income students: $88,317 Implement mental health screening at all schools to identify students who need support: $27,000. If the measure passes, it would raise property taxes on a $350,000 home by $29 a month

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1

Sends 40 percent of the net proceeds generated to the Minnesota Lottery to the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. Also would reserve 1.5 percent of lottery funds for projects in underserved communities. Created in 1988, was extended by vote to 2025 back in 1998, otherwise money would go into the general fund. That’s nearly half of the lottery money, I don’t think a law should fix the amount of money that should go to a single purpose.

Council Member At Large (Rochester)

Randy Schubring Endorsed by Mayor Norton, LGBTQ victory fund, gun safety group. For affordable housing and attracting more business beyond Mayo

Shaun C. Palmer Endorsed by two previous mayors, Fran Bradley republican, served Rochester Ward 5. Said Schubring supporters from Faith in Minnesota members refer to themselves as "democratic socialists”. Experienced in development.

School Board Member Position 1 (ISD #535)

Don Barlow incumbent. Endorsed by teacher union. First elected to the Rochester School Board in 2016. Supports funding question.

Patrick Farmer - gives crazy response to newspaper questions “I'm a red cup cowboy for Gaza”

School Board Member Position 3 (ISD #535)

John F. Whelan against levy

Karen MacLaughlin incumbent endorsed by teachers union says everyone should take advanced placement and honors classes, supports levy

School Board Member Position 7 (ISD #535)

Christina Lucille Barton school counselor who lost job and kicked out of teachers union after she complained about transgender guidelines

Stephanie M. Whitehorn endorsed by teachers union, supports levy,. “create an inclusive and supportive educational environment where every student can thrive... empower those who feel overlooked and advocate for fair opportunities for all students, especially those from underserved communities.... early childhood support in building a strong foundation for lifelong learning, the critical need for hiring diverse staff to reflect our student body... addressing educational inequities and overcoming barriers like racial discrimination and socio-economic challenges that hinder marginalized groups.”

Chief Justice - Supreme Court

Natalie E. Hudson incumbent Appointed by walz. Hudson is the first woman of color and the first African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

Stephen A Emery weak but had conservative views in 2018 supporting ICE and against global warming scare. He won a race for county attorney in western Minnesota in 2022, but resigned within days of the election.

Associate Justice - Supreme Court 6

Karl Procaccini incumbent. law degree from Harvard University. Issues are gun safety, women’s rights, climate, healthcare, voting rights, unions, endorsed by Nurses for America which also endorses Harris, Natalie Hudson

Matthew R. Hanson weak Prior Lake attorney is conservative pro-trump, defended ending Roe’s federal protections for abortion

Judge - Court of Appeals 12

Jonathan R. Woolsey weak. Did not respond to the Star Tribune newspaper, has 14 years of legal experience across various legal disciplines. “I bring both legal experience and a commitment to judicial independence, ensuring the law is applied fairly to everyone without favoritism or bias.”

Diane B. Bratvold incumbent. was appointed to this court by Gov. Mark Dayton. Served as a judge on the Court of Appeals since 2016 and was elected to a six-year term in 2018.

None of the other judges positions are contested

Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Accident

2017-06-28T08:10:00.000-07:00

Astronauts Likely Survived Challenger Explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcd_3daPQ8

Inside Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L During The Accident (Higher Quality)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y37aRSn7Uw

2:48 ice 7:17 puff of smoke at o-ring failure 11:50 leakage plume visible from ground camera 12:19 SRB pressure drops because of leak, external tank pressure drops, navigation system starts to compensate for anomaly 13:54 SRB strut fails and pulled loose 14:19 cloud now is circumference indicating lower tank failure 14:30 middle tank shows leak 14:50 oxygen streams out of upper tank 14:56 flash between orbiter and external tank 15:10 just before total breakup 15:18 fireball envelops vehicle hiding breakup 16:35 shuttle nose area emerges from fireball 16:38 orange puff from nose reaction thrusters blowing up 17:07 nose separates from crew cabin 17:44 crew cabin 18:07 left wing, crew cabin just above contrail 18:20 crew cabin 22:26 about half of shuttle structure recovered 22:35 forward lower structure under crew cabin 22:42 heat damage to right side of shuttle 22:55 right side of rudder speed brake scorched but not left side 23:07 right elevon heat scorch damage 23:19 aft left body shows no heat damage 23:31 no evidence of fire or explosion from within vehicle. Damage caused by SRB flame and aerodynamic forces 24:16 tank nose cap no damage 24:33 some foam insulation charred, others no effect. 24:48 tank explosive charges still intact 25:06 shearing of attachment fitting 26:37 shows the hole in the booster around the o-ring failure

Published on Jan 5, 2017

On January 28, 1986 despite the warnings of engineers not to launch in freezing temperatures, NASA management chose to launch Space Shuttle Challenger. The result was the loss of 7 astronauts in a horrific explosion 73 seconds later when flames from a solid rocket booster leak from a cracked o-ring and burned through the main fuel tank. The solid rocket boosters remained intact after the explosion and continued on out of control before mission control sent a self destruct signal to them so they could not cause destruction on the ground.

This video gives a detailed and technical explanation of the entire Challenger accident including pre-launch assembly, launch, post-launch, and accident investigation. It is highly recommended that the entire video be viewed to get a full understanding of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.

Also check out these other Space Shuttle Challenger videos...

Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Launch & Explosion Complete Footage
https://youtu.be/7ilFdTMKooY

Never Seen Before! Shocking Video of Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Debris!
https://youtu.be/ST5ks0B2Gwc

Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Launch And Explosion
https://youtu.be/EssKzOj-kME

NASA Honors The Crew Of Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L
https://youtu.be/BHPdxDEOyrI

For more Space Shuttle Columbia accident video watch the following...

Inside Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 During The Accident -- COMPLETE VIDEO
https://youtu.be/jen619TfDJU

Never Heard Before! Shocking Final Words Of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107!
https://youtu.be/Tr1UzVGgBGA

Space Shuttle Columbia STS-1 Launch
https://youtu.be/UgumPYJcL1U

Inside Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 During The Accident
https://youtu.be/rvG8A4g0gEY

Sixteen Minutes From Home -- Tribute To Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107
https://youtu.be/JpefH4rdWnE

So Close To Home: Tribute To Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107
https://youtu.be/JgmVDWpO9TA

How America Turned Against Smart Kids

2017-04-23T05:49:00.001-07:00

links to my website, I don't necessarily agree with everything here but brings up good points of when equity means helping top 1% kids.

(To put these numbers in perspective, the average IQ of a white or Asian student at MIT, by one estimate, is 138.)

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-america-turned-against-smart-kids/

How America Turned Against Smart Kids

Parents of gifted children face egalitarian dogmas and an anti-intellectual culture.

By PRATIK CHOUGULE • April 22, 2017

Most high-IQ children do not win Fields Medals or become billionaire tech entrepreneurs. Even the most banal achievements often elude intellectually precocious children when they become adults. But among those who do make profound intellectual contributions to the world, several decades of research suggest that their potential can be discerned in childhood. The odds that any one gifted child will achieve eminence may be small, but a wise gambler searching for the next great scholar, physician, or titan of industry would bet on the precocious over the average child.

Rather than investing in high-IQ children, however, American society has moved in the opposite direction. An educational establishment seduced by egalitarian zeal, and an anti-intellectual American culture more generally, has turned the very idea of investing in our most intelligent kids into a sort of heresy, an uncouth departure from a conventional wisdom that has hardened since the 1930s.

Those who believe that intellectually talented children are owed something special, or, in any case, that it’s prudent to cultivate their abilities, are losing the political and cultural debate. Parents of gifted children, as a consequence, are pursuing enrichment outside of mainstream institutions.

The History of Gifted Education Research

It was largely the work of Stanford psychologist Lewis Terman, beginning in the 1910s, that kicked off America’s debate over intellectually talented children. Terman suspected that the prevailing stereotype of highly intelligent children as being feeble misfits was off base, and that these children were, in fact, healthy and brimming with potential. IQ tests at the time were generally untested among American academics. But Terman maintained that IQ was “one of the most important facts that can be learned about any child.” He identified over a thousand children with an average IQ of around 150 and recruited them for an ongoing longitudinal study. The “Termites,” as his high-IQ subjects were endearingly called, steadily attained academic and financial achievements at rates considerably higher than the national average.

More generally, the emerging “gifted child movement” was advanced by the work of Terman’s contemporary, Columbia University psychologist Leta Hollingworth. Hollingworth’s groundbreaking research, which pioneered above-age and grade-level testing, focused initially on 133+ IQ children and later turned toward children above 180 IQ. (To put these numbers in perspective, the average IQ of a white or Asian student at MIT, by one estimate, is 138.) Hollingworth, like Terman, found unique promise in gifted children, provided they were raised and educated under particular conditions that accounted for both their intellectual precocity and unique emotional sensitivities.

A major breakthrough in the field came in 1968 with the development of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth. Interested in identifying the most promising STEM students, professor Julian Stanley began to administer the SAT to middle-school aged children. Those who scored at the very top were enrolled in enrichment programs and, like the Termites, observed into adulthood. The program’s success led Stanley to launch Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth (CTY) in the 1980s. Among its alumni are Google co-founder Sergey Brin, mathematiciansTerrence Tao and Lenhard Ng, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The ongoing longitudinal survey is providing insights into intellectually talented children.

Characteristics of Gifted Children

Research on intellectually-talented children is still, in many ways, in its infancy. The definition of giftedness itself is a matter of debate. Harvard’s developmental psychologist Howard Gardner, for instance, has proposed theories of multiple types of intelligence that deemphasize IQ. New research and, perhaps more significantly, technological breakthroughs in areas like gene therapy and nootropics (cognitive enhancers), are likely to upend the field.

Still, the literature to date supports a number of generalizations on intellectually talented children. As measured by IQ and other measures of general intelligence, America’s gifted children:

Inherit at least some of their cognitive edge. The vast majority of experts now acknowledge that intelligence is partly hereditary. There is no consensus, however, on the precise extent to which intelligence is inherited or how much intellectual ability can be manipulated at different ages.
May lose IQ points through various environmental inputs. The following have been linked to reductions in IQ among children: corporal punishment, disease, formula feeding, scheduled rather than on-demand breastfeeding, and secondhand smoke.
Have IQs that can be cultivated and channeled through environmental nourishment. The two most important factors, according to psychologist Joan Freeman, are material provision and parental involvement.
Are overrepresented in certain ethnic and racial groups. Indian-Americans, Jews (particularly Ashkenazi Jews), and northeast Asians are consistently overrepresented in U.S. samples of gifted children.
Are predominantly male in mathematical reasoning ability. At the high end of the distribution, boys, by age 13, outnumber girls by a margin of 13 to 1.
Exhibit outlier behavior in such areas as their high capacity to feel empathy and their tendency toward sexual conservatism.
Have limited ability to engage with peers due to their unique combination of emotional immaturity and superior intelligence. Hollingworth, for example, found that ordinary leadership patterns hardly develop when gifted children are in the presence of peers with IQs of more than 30 points below theirs.
Have unique emotional vulnerabilities, including alienation, intensive sensitivity and perfectionism.
Are significantly more likely to achieve professional success later in life. In a longitudinal study, children who were identified with 160+ IQs at age twelve were more likely by age forty to earn doctorates, academic tenure, patents, and high-level leadership positions at major organizations.
Do not necessarily face an “ability threshold” beyond a certain point of intelligence. Judging by their achievements in middle age, the extent to which children in the top .01 percent of intellectual ability outperform their peers in the top 1 percent (the typical cut-off in talent searches) suggests that the two groups are on a “different developmental trajectory.” Longitudinal studies show that the top .01 percent are more likely to be vice presidents of major corporations, lawyers at prestigious firms, financiers, tenured faculty at research-intensive universities, and STEM leaders.

Reflecting on the latest findings of longitudinal studies on gifted students, Jonathan Wai, a psychologist at the Duke University Talent Identification Program, concluded that children with early cognitive ability “control our society…The kids who test in the top one percent tend to become our eminent scientists and academics, our Fortune 500 CEOs and federal judges, senators and billionaires.”

Whether or not they control our society, the preponderance of the evidence does suggest, at a minimum, that gifted children are endowed with unusual potential that manifests in adult eminence. Although gifted children do inherit certain genetic advantages, their overall life outcomes are contingent on the degree to which their capabilities are nourished and the extent to which they are protected from environmental hazards.

Ideological Resistance to Gifted and Talented Education

The intriguing literature on intellectually gifted children has not produced a corresponding interest in American society on how to cultivate their talent. In many ways, the opposite has occurred.

As eugenics fell out of fashion in the 1940s, the aspiration to help gifted children was increasingly likened to a concept that, in the name of improving the genetic fitness of the population, legitimated elitist and racist excesses against underprivileged groups. Whatever interest U.S.-Soviet rivalry rekindled in gifted and talented education was again quashed with the civil rights movement and its aftermath. The dream of racial and gender equality underscored to the political and educational establishment that opportunities for gifted students were distractions from the more pressing imperative of elevating lower performing children. As Peg Tyre of the Edwin Gould Foundation reports, programs for the intellectually-talented today are generally “spurned by equity-minded school administrators and policymakers who see them as means by which predominantly affluent white and Asian parents have funneled scarce public dollars toward additional enrichment for their already enriched children.”

The Rise of Gifted Homeschooling

Against this backdrop, parents began to seek enrichment for their gifted children outside mainstream institutions. In 1978 a district court issued an arrest warrant for Dr. Peter Perchemlides, a Massachusetts-based biochemistry Ph.D. from Duke University, along with his college-educated wife, for refusing to comply with Massachusetts’ compulsory schooling law. The national attention and the couples’ ensuing superior court victory drew attention to the fact that the profile of homeschooling families was changing. The Perchemlides were part of a new wave of homeschoolers—well-educated middle and upper class parents of diverse political persuasions who were removing their children from formal schools for educational rather than religious reasons.

Precise data is not available but reports since the 1980s indicate that the trend has continued. Last month, the National Society for the Gifted and Talented (NSGT) observed that homeschooling was becoming more popular among gifted children, an impression consistent with the latest data on American homeschoolers. In 2010 about 30 percent of homeschooled students have fathers with at least a master’s degree and almost 9 percent are in families with a household income of over $150,000.

The Role of American Culture

Should any of this come as a surprise? Are democratic societies inherently incapable of acting in the interest of the brightest children—an upper echelon who relate to the world in ways unfathomable to the average citizen?

If there’s a common theme that recurs in the memoirs of gifted children and their parents, it’s the lack of empathy with which they’re greeted in mainstream society—a misunderstanding that too often veers into shaming and contempt.

It’s noteworthy as well that successful ventures like the Reno-based Davidson Academy, which accepts only the top .01 percent of scorers on achievements tests, are not being replicated to any significant extent—not even in highly educated corridors of the country. Specialized schools that do exist for gifted students are battling legislation and lawsuits aimed at eliminating intelligence testing.

The reason, according to professor Linda Gottfredson, is that gifted children “epitomize our ambivalence over talent”; they are “the natively gifted who remind us starkly that we are not all equally capable, no matter how many hours we study or practice.”

But fatalism is premature. Consider that America’s wariness is not the norm in other democracies. Rising democracies like South Korea—unencumbered by the same anti-intellectual, egalitarian dogmas—are investing heavily in giftedness programs.

Establishment resistance to gifted and talented education stems from a broader apathy in American culture toward intellectual enrichment. Insofar as there remains an identifiable culture that unifies the American nation, it is defined by the behavior of mainstream society. One is hard-pressed to think of anything more distinctly American than junk food, sedentariness, and televised cartoons—all correlates of IQ reduction and diminished executive function in children. American children watch more than 24 hours of television per week, a strong correlate of negative effects on children’s verbal IQ. One can presume that they are modeling their parents—the millions who squander their Sundays marveling at the brain-damaging athleticism of NFL linebackers, but rarely indulge even a fraction of that attention in admiring experts at chess and other activities linked to IQ improvements in children.

Nor do children, or at least their intellectual cultivation, rank particularly highly in the minds of American parents. In a joint 2011 survey from TODAY.com and Parenting.com, 45 percent of American mothers admitted that they would “choose to weigh 15 pounds less rather than add 15 points to their child’s IQ.” Many of these women undoubtedly comprise the growing ranks of America’s single mothers, whose out-of-wedlock births and no-fault divorces often deny children the cognitive benefits of educated, involved fathers. Yet in the face of these realities, public intellectuals like Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, continue to chidethe United States for being “a society unusually obsessed with its children.”

Even if the more hereditarian theories of intelligence are true, and even if there are limitations on how much baseline IQs can be raised, the state of American culture is almost certainly harming the intelligence of children who might otherwise have the capacity for outlier intellectual performance.

A Welfare State that Hurts Gifted Children

America’s civic culture is in turn spawning a welfare state that undermines gifted children. Government intervention would perhaps serve the interests of gifted children were it aimed at combatting exposure to such neurotoxins as fluoride, lead, and indoor mold that are correlated with declines in children’s IQ.

What we have instead is a ballooning welfare state, financed by progressive taxation, that indulges crony capitalist pollution of neurotoxins, but feels little compunction about seizing property, liberty and discretionary income from the most talented, and handing it to those whose children, statistically, have little chance at outlier intellectual performance.

Indeed, wealth redistribution is increasingly justified under the pretense of high principle— “social justice” on the left, “economic nationalism” on the right. This is hardly a national ethos that celebrates the enrichment of gifted children as a noble end in itself. Nor does it foster an enlightened self-interest, guided by the recognition that investments in intellectually-talented children will ultimately redound to the benefit of society through innovation, scientific breakthroughs, and wealth creation.

Elites Going Their Own Way

If there is a case for optimism, it is that a growing number of parents are no longer allowing their gifted children’s talent to be stultified by mainstream America’s egalitarian sensibilities in the realm of education.

More so than their middle and lower class counterparts, couples in the “cognitive elite” are staying married and raising the type of “child-centered families” that produce gifted children. A case in point is the rise of stay-at-home motherhood among Ivy League graduates and other highly-educated wives, who, as TheEconomist puts it, “would rather spend their time hot-housing their toddlers so that they may one day get into Harvard.” Among college-educated Asian stay-at-home mothers, “the necessity and irreplaceable value of parental care” is among the most significant motivators.

Parents of gifted children are able today, with unprecedented ease, to pack up and pursue new opportunities. With remote offices and online businesses, they can move across state lines for less restrictive homeschooling regulations. Rather than bothering with the Sisyphean task of “education reform” one PTA meeting at a time, parents now have the liberty to opt for individualized regiments with private tutors and coaches. This is among the reasons why top American students, notwithstanding the United States’ middling standing overall, have started to prevail in international math competitions after two decades of Chinese, Russian, and South Korean dominance. The accelerated-math community is abandoning public schools and turning to private enrichment camps, creating, as a recent report in The Atlantic described it, “a new pedagogical ecosystem—almost entirely extracurricular—that has developed online and in the country’s rich coastal cities and tech meccas.”

Who can blame them? So long as American society pits its aspirations against its most gifted children, expect intellectual elites to go their own way.

Pratik Chougule is an executive editor at The American Conservative. Follow him on twitter @pjchougule. He can be reached via email at pchougule@theamericanconservativ

V-22 Osprey Gunship With Guided 2.75 in rockets, Missiles

2017-03-30T08:55:00.002-07:00

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3235652/posts

St Paul Minnesota School Test Scores - Asians Lag Whites

2017-01-20T20:51:00.002-08:00

St Paul Minnesota School Test Scores

Asians scores somewhat lower than whites in Minnesota statewide but in St Paul score much lower than whites in math, and as low as Hispanic in reading. It does not prove that high Asian achievement is a myth as much as Asians do lag in some parts of America.

Model Minority? In St. Paul, Asian-American Test Scores Lag
www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/model-minority-st-paul-asian...

Public school officials in St. Paul, Minnesota are learning first hand that the "Model Minority" image of Asian Americans indeed is a myth. According to school ...

Model Minority? In St. Paul, Asian-American Test Scores ...
www.ewa.org/.../model-minority-st-paul-asian-american-test-scores-lag

Public school officials in St. Paul, Minnesota are learning first hand that the “Model Minority” image of Asian Americans indeed is a myth.

Model Minority? In St. Paul, Asian-American Test Scores Lag

MAY 7, 2015 EMIL GUILLERMONBC NEWS

Public school officials in St. Paul, Minnesota are learning first hand that the “Model Minority” image of Asian Americans indeed is a myth.

According to school records, Asian Americans, the largest racial group in the St. Paul schools have impeccable attendance records and the fewest suspensions. But in the important benchmark of standardized testing, those same students are falling far short compared to the district average.

City data showed Asian American kids are less proficient in math — 38 percent pass the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCAs) vs. 59 percent of Asian American kids statewide, and similarly lag in reading — 29 percent pass MCAs vs. 51 percent of Asian Americans statewide.

Achievement gap persists in statewide MCA test scores ...
www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/26/achievement-gap-persists-in...
Achievement gap persists in statewide MCA test scores; slight improvement overall. ... In St. Paul, iPads for all.

Mathematics MCA-III Grades 3-8

AmInd AsianPI Hisp Black White

2013 37 61 39 35 70

2014 38 62 40 35 71

Grade 11

2014 24 48 25 20 57

White pass at twice the rate of whites

Asians are close, but lag whites statewide

They lag much worse in urban St. Paul

scrib p. 19

Grade 11

Minnesota student performance on proficiency tests holds ...
www.twincities.com/2014/08/25/minnesota-student-performance-on...

Minnesota student performance on proficiency tests holds steady, with some modest gains

Asian/Pacific Islander students alternatively, lagged between 9 and 16 percentage points behind, slightly narrowing the gap between their white peers.

Black students remain the furthest behind and saw the least change over last year’s scores, though the group’s reading scores improved from 32 to 33 percent proficient.

rough pass rates from charts:

St Paul public school asians score much worse than statewide, and much worse than whites. In most districts in west coast, Asians scores only slightly worse in urban districts and better in suburbs compared to whites.

Math Grade 3-8 10 and 11

AmInd AsianPI Hisp Black White

2014 32 62 29 25 70

Reading - Asians score as low as Hispanic

2014 35 30 30 25 73

2016 High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent

2016-10-17T10:50:00.004-07:00

2016 High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent

Seattle Times

High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/high-school-graduation-rate-reaches-new-high
Originally published October 17, 2016 at 3:12 am Updated October 17, 2016 at 10:25 am

The administration reported significant differences in graduation rates among groups.
Asian Americans had a 90.2 percent graduation rate, while
whites were at 87.6 percent, followed by
Hispanics at 77.8 percent,
African-Americans at 74.6 percent and
Native Americans at 71.6 percent.

2016 US High School Graduation Rate
1.00 is same was white -2.00 means twice as bad
1.25 means 25% better.

grad dropout
Asian 90.2 9.8 1.27
White 87.6 12.4 1.00
Hispanic 77.8 22.2 -1.79
AfricanAm 74.6 25.4 -2.05
NativeAm 71.6 28.4 -2.29

All groups dropout rate is about twice rate of whites

Asians have dropout rate about 25% less

F-105 Thunderchief vs F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

2016-05-26T14:07:00.002-07:00

F-105 Thunderchief vs F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

The original YF-17 was a lightweight fighter to counter the poor performance of the massive F-105 Thunderchief in dogfights. Irony: The Super Hornet is even heavier, similar wing loading. The main difference is nearly twice as much thrust. If F-105 had a tiny wing unsuited for maneuvering, the Super Hornet wing is just as heavily loaded.

Payload: 14,000 lb vs 17,750 lb

Super Hornet has wider wings, slightly shorter and less tall.
Length: 64 ft 4.75 in 60 ft 1¼ in
Wingspan: 34 ft 11.25 in 44 ft 8½ in
Height: 19 ft 8 in 16 ft

Wing Loading: 93 lb/ft2 / : 93 lb/ft² same

Super Hornet has about same dry thrust with one engine as F-105

Thrust dry 14,300 / 13,000 lbf
Thrust afterburner: 24,500 lb / 44,000 lb
Thrust/Weight: 0.74 / 0.93

Super Hornet is heavier
weights
empty 27,500 lb / 32,081 lb
combat 35,637 / 47,000 lb
max takeoff 52,546 l / 65,180 lbs

Range

Super Hornet
Range: 1,275 nmi (2,346 km) clean plus two AIM-9s[21]
Combat radius: 390 nmi (449 mi, 722 km) for interdiction mission[162]

Ferry range 2,210 mi / 2,070 mi ~same
Max mach Mach 2.08 Mach 1.8 F-105 over M2, F-18 slightly under M2
Max speed 1,372 mph, 1,190 mph

2012 President Election Exit Polls By Race

2015-08-18T14:46:00.002-07:00

2012 President Election Exit Polls By Race

Economist chart from NY Times data:

The white vote went to Mr. Romney, mostly by wide margins. But Hispanics and Asians moved toward Mr. Obama, continuing their consolidation as Democrats.

Race and Ethnicity

	All states	N.Y.	Mass.	Calif.	N.J.	Conn.	Iowa	Wis.	Nev.	N.H.	Pa.	Va.	Fla.	Colo.	Ohio	N.C.	Ariz.	Mo.	Ind.
White	Romney: 59%	49	57	53	56	51	51	51	56	51	57	61	61	54	57	68	62	65	60
Black	Obama: 93%	94	92	96	96	93	N.A.	94	92	N.A.	93	93	95	N.A.	96	96	N.A.	94	89
Hispanic	Obama: 71%	89	N.A.	72	N.A.	79	N.A.	66	71	N.A.	80	64	60	75	54	68	77	N.A.	N.A.
Asian	Obama: 73%	N.A.	N.A.	79	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	50	N.A.	N.A.	66	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.

MIT Study False Claims CO2 Pollution Causes Health Problems

2014-08-26T04:32:00.003-07:00

MIT Study False Claims CO2 Pollution Causes Health Problems

MIT study claims reducing "carbon pollution" will cut health costs. But carbon dioxide is not a pollutant that causes health problems, whether or not it causes climate change. Air pollution, on the other hand, of things other than carbon dioxide (which is produced by breathing) can cause health problems. Air pollution can be caused by power plants and vehicles without emissions controls such as old fashioned wood or coal b urning steam locomotives which spit out smoke and ash, but CO2 is NOT a pollutant in the sense of "dirty" air.

1. Study: Cutting emissions pays for itself
  
  MIT News ‎- 1 day ago
  
  But just how large are the health benefits of cleaner air in comparison to the costs of reducing carbon emissions? MITresearchers looked at ...
1. Cap-and-trade carbon plans slash health costs: MIT study
  
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Blue Virginia:: MIT Study Finds Health Benefits of CO2 ...

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Climate change policies pay for themselves, study says ...

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Cutting Carbon Pollution Saves More Money Than It Costs ...

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Aaron Eroni Kumana Saved JFK PT-109 Passes Away August 7, 2014

2014-08-07T06:10:00.000-07:00

Aaron Eroni Kumana Saved JFK PT-109 Passes Away August 7, 2014

His official website / blog:

Aaron (Eroni) Kumana

aronkumana.blogspot.com/

by Rellysdom. Aaron Malakana - 4 days ago - Aaron (Eroni) Kumana. The surviving ...Aaron Malakana. Grandson of Aaron Kumana ... Aaron Kumana DIED yesturday 7th AUGUST 2014 ...

Reader JFK Solomon Kumana Grandson - Orwell Today

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I am the grandson of Aaron Kumana, one of the 2 who rescued JFK. ... Because without Eroni Kumana, the man who asked that the item be placed on the grave, ...dead by his bedside leaving only Aaron Kumana who was frequently visited.

Solomons war hero who saved JFK honored - USA Today

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USA Today

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The Nation
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  Former US President JF Kennedy's surviving rescuer has died at his home village ... The brave Aaron (Eroni) Kumana was one of the two brave ...
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History Made Right, US Honours Eroni 26 Years Later ...

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Ride EA-6B Prowler Through Washington Cascade Mountains

2014-08-05T16:41:00.002-07:00

Ride EA-6B Prowler Through Washington Cascade Mountains

Route VR-1355

How to remove the glass from HP Photosmart C6180 C61xx Printer

2014-05-19T19:12:00.000-07:00

How to remove the glass from HP Photosmart C6180 C61xx Printer

I noticed my scanner getting very, very dirty on the glass, and it was getting dirty from BENEATH THE GLASS.

The trick to removing the part is that while most of the torx screws are visible from the top, there are 3 of them hiding under the front control panel. You have to pry off the top level of the control panel from the left edge, and that exposes the 3 screws. Then you can take out the glass to clean it on both sides. You may also need to clean the black scanning wand if there are lines.

After that, you can also see the screw to remove the feeder, but careful you don't yank out the ribbon cable or you'll have to take that apart to slip it back in.

Here's a teardown video from youtube

Pussycat vs Tiger Moms Prefer Lego To AP Calculus

2013-11-20T14:35:00.002-08:00

Pussycat vs Tiger Moms Prefer Lego To AP Calculus
Lego in Asia

The Economist ‎- 6 days ago

Let's hope this improves his exam grades SQUEEZED between the boutique cafés and posh handbag shops in a Singapore shopping mall, ...

CBS News Typhoon reports

2013-11-12T16:53:00.001-08:00

CBS News Typhoon reports

Storm chaser on rescuing typhoon victims: "You don't think about it, you just go"
Josh Morgerman has documented more than 20 storms, and he raced to the Philippines to get as close to the eye of Typhoon Haiyan as possible. Morgerman tells Bill Whitaker the typhoon was "without a doubt" the worst storm he's ever been through.

Red Cross official describes "complete devastation" in Tacloban
Nichola Jones of the International Red Cross tells Scott Pelley there is "100 percent damage" to buildings and shelter in the city of Tacloban following Typhoon Haiyan. Jones says there is not enough food or water, and survivors are being forced to sleep outside or in the shells of buildings that are still standing.

Aroma Rice Cooker Cheat Sheet

2013-10-14T19:00:00.002-07:00

Fukushima Updates

2013-08-03T21:43:00.002-07:00

Aug 3, 2013

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=7624

Dr. Robert Jacobs Explains The Meltdowns At Fukushima

October 6th, 2012 | Add a Comment

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SimplyInfo.org member, Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima Peace Institute addressed an audience in Kazakhstan to explain the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and the damage known to have happened before the tsunami. (text transcript below)
Version of this video with French subtitles available here http://www.youtube.com/user/kna60
French transcript below after the English transcript.

He says (along with others) that the earthquake alone caused the coolant to fail, and started the meltdown even before power loss with the tsunami, and that means every power plant is unsafe in an earthquake area

On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 in the afternoon, a 9.0 earthquake struck about 70 km offshore of Northern Japan. The earthquake shook violently for over ﬁve minutes. Buildings in Tokyo, 373 km away rocked badly, and oil reﬁneries in the Tokyo suburbs caught ﬁre. It was the largest recorded earthquake in Japanese history, and one of the ﬁve largest earthquakes since the beginning of earthquake record keeping began.

At 3:35, 49 minutes later, a 14 meter tsunami wave hit the Fukushima nuclear complex, ﬂooding over the seawalls and inundating nuclear plant units 1, 2, 3, & 4.

These two events, the earthquake and the tsunami, substantially exceeded safety design assumptions for the nuclear power plants. They had been designed to withstand an earthquake of 8.2, and had a seawall built to withstand a tsunami of 5.7 meters. The earthquake that struck on 3/11 was eight times larger than design assumptions, and the tsunami was more than twice as high as the design assumptions. The plant designers had assumed that they built the plant to withstand any earthquake and tsunami that was likely for over a thousand years. These assumptions were wrong.

Fukushima units 1, 2, & 3 were operating at the time of the earthquake. Unit #4 was shut down for routine maintenance and refueling. The three operating plants all experienced total meltdown of their nuclear fuel. Unit 4 lost cooling to its large pool of spent fuel rods, and this fuel experienced signiﬁcant melting as well. All four plants experienced explosions that dispersed radioactive material into the ocean, but also across large areas of Northern Japan, including many parts of Tokyo...

David McNeil and Jake Adelstein interviewed several TEPCO workers who were at the plants when the earthquake and tsunami both hit. They spoke on conditions of anonymity since they still worked for TEPCO at the time. One worker told them: “I personally saw pipes that came apart and I assume that there were many more that had been broken throughout the plant. There’s no doubt that the earthquake did a lot of damage inside the plant.There were deﬁnitely leaking pipes…I also saw that part of the wall of the turbine building for Unit 1 had come away. That crack might have affected the
reactor.”

Another worker told them: “the ﬁrst impact (of the earthquake) was so intense you could see the building shaking, the pipes buckling, and within minutes I saw pipes bursting. Some fell off the wall. Others snapped.” The workers were ordered to evacuate the plant, but, says this second worker, “I was severely alarmed because as I was leaving…I could see that several pipes had cracked open, including what I believed were cold water supply pipes. That would mean that the coolant couldn’t get to the reactor core. If you can’t sufﬁciently get the coolant to the core, it melts down.” He told them that as he was headed to his car he could see the walls of the unit 1 building had already started to collapse. He said, “There were holes in them. In the ﬁrst few minutes.”

Another worker reported that, quote: “I was in a building nearby when the earthquake shook. After the second shockwave hit, I heard a loud explosion that was almost deafening. I looked out the window and I could see white smoke coming from reactor one. I thought to myself, ‘this is the end.’”

Pixar Monsters University Patterned After Cal, MIT, Harvard, Stanford

2013-06-27T12:29:00.003-07:00

http://www.berkeleybyte.com/2012/06/29/pixars-monsters-university-inspired-by-cal/

Pixar’s “Monsters University” Inspired by Cal

Posted on 29 June 2012 by Joyce Liu | Leave a comment

Concept art for Pixar’s film “Monsters University,” scheduled for release in June 2013, recently surfaced on the web, and hints of Berkeley seep throughout the drawings. As The Daily Cal reported last September, Pixar visited Cal and other universities, such as Harvard and MIT, for inspiration and research.
Traveling to different places for inspiration and to help build the world in its films is nothing new for Pixar. For “Brave,” the research team visited Scotland; for “Up,” they journeyed to Venezuela; and for “Ratatouille,” they made a voyage to Paris. A quite adventurous job, don’t you think?
See if you can spot the similarities between Monsters University and Berkeley below!

Sather Gate?

See the resemblance?

The Campanile?

The Pixar team has also explored close to home, as

UC BerkeleyAs Pixar is located in Emeryville less than 20 min from the UC Berkeley campus, it's only natural that Cal would get a lot of screen time.

Harvard

Law library

Memorial Hall

Harvard Yard and Freshman Dorms
Seen at 0:25, 0:31, 0:40-0:42, 0:52-0:53, 0:59

MIT Dome 7 or 10

MIT Mass Ave Steps to Dome 7

Calder sail from MIT

Harvard Bridge
Seen at 1:12

Stanford

Arches at the Quad
Seen at 0:56

MIT

Stratton Student Center
Seen at 1:03

Princeton (this one is a bit of a long shot)

Gargoyles
Seen at 0:14-16

The green suitcase (no wheels) and simple backpack are identical to what I took to MIT in the fall of 1976. A new student woudn't have an MU logo backpack though.

Harvard Frat House

http://identitymetrics.com/img/harvard-fraternity-houses

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Michael Powell - Did Josh's Brother Commit Suice Because He Buried Susan Powell?

2013-05-19T23:10:00.001-07:00

Michael Powell's story:

Michael Powell was a student at the University of Minnesota, and was probably the main "troll" advocating for Josh on internet sites. He probably was the only one that maintained the youtube channels including the one impersonating the missing / dead Susan Powell. He committed suicide in Feb 2013 by jumping off a parking ramp in Minneapolis, probably because the police were asking questions about his involvement which makes yet another death after the suicide and murder of Josh and his two sons. Michael wrote an e-mail to People defending his brother, saying he drove 1,000 miles to help. Susan Graves long believed that Michael must have known what happened to Susan, and believes Michael might have been an accomplice. Michael had his Taurus towed far away, and bought sattelite pictures to make sure the car had been destroyed, but cadaver dogs only found indications of a body on his car, which indicates it may have been used to transport the body. After the search in a area outside of Salem Oregon, West Valley police say if no new leads turn up, it may turn into a cold case without a final conclusion.

1. Utah police say search of rural Oregon site turns up no sign ofSusan Powell
  Fox News ‎- 3 days ago
  
  Police say they have found no trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell at ... searching a rural Oregon property for her remains, Powell's father said. ... In February 2012, Josh Powell locked a social worker out of his ... is handling the Powell investigation, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
1. Search in Oregon called off after no sign found of Susan Powell
  
  Salt Lake Tribune‎ - 3 days ago
2. Police search Oregon property for Susan Powell remains
  
  Detroit Free Press‎ - 4 days ago
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Susan Powell disappearance likely to become cold case, police say ...

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3 days ago – The search for clues into the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell in Oregon ended Thursday. And police say their leads are now exhausted.

1. People Magazine? http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20701213,00.html
  
  Did josh powell's brother commit suicide because he buried susan's ...
  
  2 days ago – The search for the body of the Utah mom who went missing in December 2009 still continues.
1. A West Valley City police spokesman, Sgt. Mike Powell (no relation), would neither confirm nor deny that police now believe Michael Powell buried Susan's body. But he confirms that police may soon reveal more about Susan's disappearance.
...Josh and Michael Powell’s sister, Jennifer Graves, who has publicly shared her suspicions about Josh since early in the case, tells PEOPLE that she always suspected that Michael was at least aware that Josh killed Susan. also suspects he was an accomplice to the murder.

..The West Valley City police department was recently forced to return federal drug-enforcement grant money that it improperly spent on the Powell case – money that may have been used to investigate whether Josh poisoned Susan's pancakes, according to media reports.

..Michael, a Democratic National Convention delegate for President Obama who ran unsuccessfully for a state representative seat in Washington state.

In an email to PEOPLE a month after Susan's disappearance, Michael, a doctoral candidate in cognitive science at the University of Minnesota, ardently defended his "grief-stricken" brother, complained about the "level of integrity" by the media, and suggested police look outside his family for suspects, particularly at a neighbor of Josh and Susan's in West Valley City, Utah. .."As someone who is close to Josh, I know he is hurting because he misses his wife, and my hope for him is that people are understanding of that," Michael Powell told PEOPLE on Jan. 16, 2010. .. he drove 1,000 miles to help Josh after Susan's disappearance because "I am happy to help a family member in need."

Two years after Susan's death, Josh Powell adjusted a $1.5 million insurance policy on his sons to name Michael Powell as a 93 percent beneficiary...

"Michael had his Ford Taurus towed a hundred miles, and then sold it for salvage value because, police think, he had her body in there. Then he hired militaristic satellite photography people to go look at the wrecking yard to see if his car had been completely destroyed, but it wasn't." She adds, "Cadaver dogs came to the tow yard and only indicated on his car, no one else's."

..Utah police repeatedly questioned Michael Powell in Minneapolis. Then, three months ago, Michael Powell jumped from the fifth story of a parking structure,taking his own life. He was 30.

Cox says he and the officers believe Michael Powell "couldn't live with what he'd done, or the police were closing in." But Cox also said it was he who prompted the search in Salem, Ore., based on a tip he received from a confidential source.
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Boston's Northeast University Now 35% Admit MIT/Harvard/Tufts Backup

2013-03-24T13:58:00.001-07:00

This college as recently as the 1970s was seen as a commuter college, but their SAT scores are up 20 points and in the next batch of colleges after the top 10 (10% admit rate), and the top 30 (20% admit rate) with a 35% admit rate.

Continued here http://campusquest.blogspot.com/2013/03/northeastern-university-now-good-2nd.html

Hang UFO Drum Video Gallery

2013-03-19T19:45:00.001-07:00

Hang is a steel drum which is shaped like a UFO flying saucer, sometimes paired with a digereedoo.

Click here for explanation

Youtube has a lot of Asian artists doing this. hang insomiac jam nearly 2M 1,822,000 views Daniel Waples - hang drum solo - HD 162,170 views in Brujas with digereedoo and ankle tambourine 410K views Yuki and Tatsuki in Singapore Hang and Diggeridoo 365,000 views Hang Playing Hedge Monkeys, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2010 169k views Hang Drum, Interview with Davide Swarup and Ortal Pelleg, Moscow 2011 Part 3, HD
Click here to watch part 1 http://youtu.be/46Ps2Jd-W7Q
Click here to watch part 2 http://youtu.be/-PzfHMvCrf4

Rochester MN Police 2013 Ford Taurus FWD

2013-02-26T19:47:00.000-08:00

New Taurus Police Interceptor, but not AWD option. Not explorers either.

The Blizzard of '78 vs the Blizzard of 2013

2013-02-12T13:35:00.000-08:00

Blizzard of 2013

in Quincy

Blizzard of 78 vs 2013:

Here 1978

MIT Kresge Auditorium
It doesn't show the giant 30 ft long dragon in the oval

SE Minnesota High School Solo Ensemble Lakeville High South 2013

2013-01-27T15:50:00.002-08:00

Video of string performances from South and East Minnesota Regional Solo and Ensemble Contest
at Lakeville South High School. Jan 29, 2011.

Mendelssohn Trio Piano Violin Cello Op. 49 Century High School Rochester MN

Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile String Quartet No. 1 Austin MN High School

Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 for Viola (Suzuki 6) Henry Hu Century High

Henry is Grade 11

Lalo Violin Symphony Espagnole Northfield HS Northfield HS

Bach Brandbenburg Concerto No. 5 Austin High School MN Flute, Solo Violin

Voice: Kathryn Alan Solo 2013 Solo / Ensemble Contest - Lakeville MN

Austin HS Septet

Tuba Christmas (same video guy as Alan)

CES Gangham Style Robot, Dancing Parrot Quad Helicopters

2013-01-14T20:57:00.001-08:00

Gangnam Style robot at CES

Parrot Quad Helicopter Drone Formation Dance

These were being sold at Costco and hobby stores

What's On First

SAT Scores by Race and Religion

November 2024 Rochester MN Voting Guide

Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L Accident

How America Turned Against Smart Kids

How America Turned Against Smart Kids

Parents of gifted children face egalitarian dogmas and an anti-intellectual culture.

V-22 Osprey Gunship With Guided 2.75 in rockets, Missiles

St Paul Minnesota School Test Scores - Asians Lag Whites

Model Minority? In St. Paul, Asian-American Test Scores Lag

2016 High school graduation rate hits record high of 83.2 percent

F-105 Thunderchief vs F/A-18E/F Super Hornet

2012 President Election Exit Polls By Race

Race and Ethnicity

MIT Study False Claims CO2 Pollution Causes Health Problems

Aaron Eroni Kumana Saved JFK PT-109 Passes Away August 7, 2014

Aaron Eroni Kumana Saved JFK PT-109 Passes Away August 7, 2014

Ride EA-6B Prowler Through Washington Cascade Mountains

How to remove the glass from HP Photosmart C6180 C61xx Printer

Pussycat vs Tiger Moms Prefer Lego To AP Calculus

CBS News Typhoon reports

Aroma Rice Cooker Cheat Sheet

Fukushima Updates

Pixar Monsters University Patterned After Cal, MIT, Harvard, Stanford

Pixar’s “Monsters University” Inspired by Cal

Michael Powell - Did Josh's Brother Commit Suice Because He Buried Susan Powell?

People Magazine? http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20701213,00.html

Boston's Northeast University Now 35% Admit MIT/Harvard/Tufts Backup

Hang UFO Drum Video Gallery

Rochester MN Police 2013 Ford Taurus FWD

The Blizzard of '78 vs the Blizzard of 2013

SE Minnesota High School Solo Ensemble Lakeville High South 2013

CES Gangham Style Robot, Dancing Parrot Quad Helicopters