Bullion Market Watch - Gold art Questions

Question #1:

Could Psychology of Motivation Save the US Economy?

Could the US Economy Be Saved by "Jobs Creation Prizes"?

In the past I have suggested prizes to get energy independence technology breakthroughs, and my suggestions were roundly ignored by the Powers that Be.

I'm from Manhattan -- I have Tude -- I'm still here -- and so, not giving an inch, here is my Modest Proposal for Today ---

National prizes for Job Creation.

These jobs have to last at least 24 months.

They can't be given to relatives or people already associated with the Job Creator Prize Contestant.

The prizes will be awarded on or about 15 January 2012.

They will be based on jobs created between 1 January 2011 and 1 January 2012.

The top ten contestants with jobs created about 10,000 jobs will get the prizes.

The prizes are twofold:

1. A Congressional Gold Medal as an Economy Booster -- and this comes with a large Certificate that states the Gratitude of the Nation, and that outlines in some detail the precise achievements of the medal winner. This would have a blue ribbon and a gold Congressional seal on it. It would come ready for framing.

2. A cash award of $10,000,000 (Ten Million dollars)

The jobs have to be for citizens of USA, performing at least 90% of the job duties in USA, while speaking English, and using skills learned by experience, in High School, or in College.

The jobs have to be profitable for the organization that hires the person. They can't be fake make-work jobs that just p*ss away money to get the gold medal. Each employed person must marginally contribute net profit to the firm that hires him/her.

Within this framework the jobs can be any legal activity. Drug dealing is not OK, but legal porn is OK, and import/export is OK, and manual labor crafts are OK, and intellectula work (researtch and writing) is OK, and farming is OK, and pavement laying, and making music, or art, or manufactured goods, or selling Pizzas or window caulk.

If the contestant commit criminal fraud by breaking the rules, or sneaky activities, then they will be personally prosecuted and get jailtime if that's what a jury decides.

So the contestants have skin in the game.

It's not a freebie giveaway program where they can cheat their way to victory and walk away with the cash and the medal scott free. They are at risk if they cheat. They can lose their liberty.

Ego is a world driver. More for men than for women. But that's OK. It's a fact.

You harness up that Ego for the National Good, and we might find a pathway out of our doldrums.

If the program works as planned, then for the next two year cycle, we can bump it up to 50 prizes of only $5,000,000 (Five Million dollars each). Once the new thing has been done, and people "get" how it works, you don't need as much money to bring contestants in to the process. That was never a major incentive anyway. It was just there so that folks would know that if they won, some of their expenses would be defrayed, and their personal bank account would get bigger -- so it's worth their time to at least consider.

Once tens of thousands of business people know the prizes are worth their time, you don't need to over-incentivize them with cash. The gold medal and the certificate is almost reward enough.

Ideally, you want the prize money to go down to around $1,000,000 (just to pay for overhead and marginal up front costs), and the number of prizes to go to 100 every year.

At some point you are creating a lot of new jobs.

Not by government "stimulus" stupidities. But by incentivizing the Ego drive in Business Personages.

One of these medals is a great resume item for folks in the CEO Circle.

It's almost like an alternative to Gates/Buffett style Foundation work.

This is better than giving money away -- it is teaching people to fish.

Question #2:

Jobs Creation Prizes as the Salvation of our Economy -- Would it Work?

Question #3:

Could the US Economy Be Saved by "Jobs Creation Prizes"?

In the past I have suggested prizes to get energy independence technology breakthroughs, and my suggestions were roundly ignored by the Powers that Be.

I'm from Manhattan -- I have Tude -- I'm still here -- and so, not giving an inch, here is my Modest Proposal for Today ---

National prizes for Job Creation.

These jobs have to last at least 24 months.

They can't be given to relatives or people already associated with the Job Creator Prize Contestant.

The prizes will be awarded on or about 15 January 2012.

They will be based on jobs created between 1 January 2011 and 1 January 2012.

The top ten contestants with jobs created about 10,000 jobs will get the prizes.

The prizes are twofold:

1. A Congressional Gold Medal as an Economy Booster -- and this comes with a large Certificate that states the Gratitude of the Nation, and that outlines in some detail the precise achievements of the medal winner. This would have a blue ribbon and a gold Congressional seal on it. It would come ready for framing.

2. A cash award of $10,000,000 (Ten Million dollars)

The jobs have to be for citizens of USA, performing at least 90% of the job duties in USA, while speaking English, and using skills learned by experience, in High School, or in College.

The jobs have to be profitable for the organization that hires the person. They can't be fake make-work jobs that just p*ss away money to get the gold medal. Each employed person must marginally contribute net profit to the firm that hires him/her.

Within this framework the jobs can be any legal activity. Drug dealing is not OK, but legal porn is OK, and import/export is OK, and manual labor crafts are OK, and intellectula work (researtch and writing) is OK, and farming is OK, and pavement laying, and making music, or art, or manufactured goods, or selling Pizzas or window caulk.

If the contestant commit criminal fraud by breaking the rules, or sneaky activities, then they will be personally prosecuted and get jailtime if that's what a jury decides.

So the contestants have skin in the game.

It's not a freebie giveaway program where they can cheat their way to victory and walk away with the cash and the medal scott free. They are at risk if they cheat. They can lose their liberty.

Ego is a world driver. More for men than for women. But that's OK. It's a fact.

You harness up that Ego for the National Good, and we might find a pathway out of our doldrums.

If the program works as planned, then for the next two year cycle, we can bump it up to 50 prizes of only $5,000,000 (Five Million dollars each). Once the new thing has been done, and people "get" how it works, you don't need as much money to bring contestants in to the process. That was never a major incentive anyway. It was just there so that folks would know that if they won, some of their expenses would be defrayed, and their personal bank account would get bigger -- so it's worth their time to at least consider.

Once tens of thousands of business people know the prizes are worth their time, you don't need to over-incentivize them with cash. The gold medal and the certificate is almost reward enough.

Ideally, you want the prize money to go down to around $1,000,000 (just to pay for overhead and marginal up front costs), and the number of prizes to go to 100 every year.

At some point you are creating a lot of new jobs.

Not by government "stimulus" stupidities. But by incentivizing the Ego drive in Business Personages.

One of these medals is a great resume item for folks in the CEO Circle.

It's almost like an alternative to Gates/Buffett style Foundation work.

This is better than giving money away -- it is teaching people to fish.

Question #4:

Boxing Fans, which 3 Asians from past and today do you admire the most?

Past:
1. Bruce Lee- he made martial arts global
2. Dr. Jose Rizal- best scholar in Philippine history
3. Buddha- one of the most admired people ever

Today

1. Manny Pacquiao- best boxer today
2. Liu Xiang- 3 time gold medalist
3. Steve Chen- He founded You Tube

Question #5:

Who owns what is found in the ground?

I have to answer this question for Western Civilization. My teacher asked me, who do you think owns what is found in the ground? We are studying Ancient Greece and we just studied Heinrich Schliemann, he found gold, art, ect. from Troy and he kept it for himself, so the teacher wanted to know who do you think should keep the stuff if you find something like that? Should it be the person who found it or should it be the people whos land your diggin in?? :D

Question #6:

How to remove acrylic paint from a gold ring.?

My wedding band is white gold and I was working on an art project using yellow acrylic paint. The paint seems to have stained the bottom of my ring! It isn't thick enough for me to scrape or peel off, it is just tinted yellow. Please tell me how I can remove this! I've tried cleaning it myself with jewelry cleaner and also had it cleaned at the jewelers where it was purchased but I can still see the yellow tint. HELP PLEASE!!

Question #7:

I've been wondering about the attitude of people.?

I was thinking last night about how I could go into another section of Y.A. and have a two or three page discourse with a group about something and not once be told I was wrong or that I needed to change my views.
For example, I could pop into arts and humanities or the entertainment section and start discussing The Hitchhikers Guide. We could ramble on about how Zaphod should have kept the Heart of Gold or maybe passed it on to Ford, and nobody would get angry, there would be no doomsaying, or argument on the ship not being part of the plot anymore. I could ask opinions on Arthur's role in human evolution, and how he saved the world from certain destruction. We would laugh and joke without offending anyone. The subject would hardly stray from the story, and everyone would understand that the point is not to destroy another man's psyche, but to debate what is written. We all know it's a work of fiction, even if some have given to a cult-like following.
Why then, can those who continue to rant about the bible being fictitious, who I know would join me in the other room with Trillian, Arthur, and Marvin, can they not simply take this other book for what is written? I mean both books have beings from outside of earth, both have a story about a guy who saved us from being utterly destroyed, there's even a part about god making awesome sandwiches. Seriously, if the bible is just a fiction, then laugh and smile and contemplate the tale. And remember, the ones who are telling you that the Vogons are coming are not dillusional, they are jsut wrapped up in the story.
Guys, Arthur came and left, and came back. The world is fine. The mice have it all under control. Oh, and I don't believe you when you say the dolphins are leaving.
@ another jedi- I think Zaphod will forgive me.

Question #8:

Church of England people - funny or offensive?

Someone posted this here on Saturday night and I´m still laughing -
Click Here

Two questions:
1. Do you find it funny?
2. Do you happen to know the name and composer of the original hymn, and are you familiar with it? It´s stuck in my head and I quite like it!

BTW, The original words are:
Blessed city, heavenly Salem, vision dear of peace and love, who of living stones art builded in the height of heaven above, and, with angel hosts encircled, as a bride dost earthward move; from celestial realms descending, bridal glory round thee shed, meet for him whose love espoused thee, to thy Lord shalt thou be led; all thy streets and all thy bulwarks of pure gold are fashioned

Question #9:

How would the following Pro Wrestlers do in MMA (similar to prev. question)?

As we know, Batista will be making his debut for Strikeforce soon and we also know that many great MMA have come from wrestling e.g. Tank Abbott,Bobby Lashley,Ken Shamrock,Kazushi Sakuraba and of course, Brock Lesnar.

How would these pro wrestlers do (new names added to list)? Do you agree with what I think?

NEW:

Ric Flair (I doubt him from the off/IDHFTO)
Ultimate Warrior
Macho Man (IDHFTO)
Jake 'The Snake' Roberts (he invented the DDT,looks freakishly strong/scary)
Tommy Dreamer (he's been seen wearing MMA gloves regularly)
Drew McIntyre (IDKFTO)
Sheamus (big,strong and an ginger Irishman-plus he was a bouncer-I assume that means he's had plenty of brawling experience with the drunkards)

Skip Sheffield
Michael Tarver
Wade Barrett
^^^All 3of the NXT guys look extremely big and strong

No notable legit skills:

John Cena- pound for pound he's strong as f*ck-he powerlifts over 500 on all lifts and can lift Big Show/Mark Henry on his shoulders-functional strength.
Randy Orton-tall,fit,young
The Rock-does lots of high-rep training but can lift over 400lbs on powerlifts. Used to be a football player.
Razor Ramon-badass
Kevin 'Big Sexy' Nash-big
Lex Luger-big
Triple H- He can Pedigree his opponents and is a pretty badass guy. Pedigree could work if you knee them hard enough to stun them
Ezekiel Jackson-big badass
Edge-young,atheltic,could Spear them into the cage wall
Mike Knox-scares the crap outta me!
Abyss-see above
Rey Mysterio-Lucha Libre/ high plyometic strength
Stone Cold Steve Austin- Big and strong
Booker T- Beat up Batista so it means something
R Truth-Reminds me of Booker T
Great Khali- Strong as hell,has good reach, knows kabidi (Indian wrestling) I think
Shawn Michaels- Heart,Sweet Chin Music, Leg Lock, Flying Elbow Drop off of cage wall
John Morrison-Plyometric strength-see HBK (IDHFTO)

Legit Skills:

Bret Hart-did amateur wrestling at College. Could put the opponent into a sharpshooter (like MMA leg lock)
Hulk Hogan- did amateur wrestling before Pro. Bodyslammed Andre the giant
Rob Van Damme-Martial arts training/flexibility
C.M Punk-Muay Thai
Samoa Joe-MMA Training atm/was State Judo Champ/did American Football
Goldberg-Enthusiastic about it/trains in it/played American Football
Undertaker-trains in MMA but his main thing is BJJ. Actually,what colour belt is he in BJJ?Strong.
Kane-has legit wrestling skills I hear. Strong.
Koslov-knows Sambo/won MMA fight when younger. Played American football
Chris Jericho-once outwrestled Goldberg in proper wrestling
Jack Swagger/William Regal/Shelton Benjamin-won national wrestling competitions. I doubt their chances for some reason
Shad Gaspard-was a pretty good amateur boxer
Brian Danielson (NXT/team WWE)-trains in MMA
Kurt Angle-Gold Medal in Wrestling

Question #10:

Can I get into these colleges?

Most desired:
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University

Target Schools:
University of Southern California
University of California: Los Angeles
University of California: Berkeley
Brown University
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
Cornell University

Unweighted GPA: 3.801
Weighted GPA: 4.613
SAT Score: 2300
ACT Score: 32
My school does not rank students.

*Commas separate into first and second semesters.*

Freshman:
English 1 Honors: A,B
Biology 1 Honors: B,A
Geometry Honors: B,C
Spanish 1: A,B
Guitar: A,A
Journalism: C

Sophomore:
English 2 Honors: A,A
Algebra 2 Honors: A,A
Art History AP: A,A
European History AP: A,A
Computer Science AP: A,A
Spanish 2: A,A

Junior:
English 3 Honors: A,A
Pre Calculus Honors: A,A
Spanish 3 Honors: A,A
Physics B AP: A,A
United States History AP: A,A
Psychology AP: A,A

Senior (Predicted):
English AP Language: A,A
English AP Literature: A,A
Calculus AB AP: A,A
Government AP: A,A
Economy AP: A,A
Physics C AP: A,A
Spanish AP: A,A

I want to major in the media and language field.

My works in the media:

I am a published informant for a staff writer of Houston Chronicles.
Intern and featured Junior Writer in the Los Angeles Times.
Intern and Junior Blog Editor of Green Lifestyle Films. (A UCLA based, non-profit media company)
Intern and Junior Script Writer of Green Lifestyle Radio.
Editor-in-Chief of school's Literary Magazine: "Beard Full of Butterflies"
Staff Writer for school's newspaper: "The Pen"
Intern and Staff Writer in the magazine "Los Angeles Yoga"
Selected as a Junior Writer for the Korea Times (Chung'ang Il'bo)

Written over 100 published blogs for the local environmental Marsh paper.

Works in language:
Fluent in:

Korean
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
German

Can read and write in:
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
German
Romanian
Arabic
Russian

Can also read:
Braille

Interned as an English to Korean (vice versa), Spanish to English (vice versa), Arabic to English (vice versa & text only) at local library.
Was a school translator for the new international students.

AP German: 5
AP Spanish: 5
SAT German: 760
SAT Italian: 770
SAT Spanish: 780

Took German @ University of Chicago
Took Italian @ University of Chicago
Took Arabic @ University of Chicago
Took Russian @ University of Chicago

President of the National English Honors Society.
Vice-President of the National Spanish Honors Society.

Athletics:
Tennis in Sophomore, Junior, Senior year.
Sophomore: Frosh/Soph
Junior: Junior Varsity
Senior: Varsity Tennis

Taekwondo Sparring Team Captain
Gold Medal in Junior USA Sparring Tournament
Silver Medal in California Junior Sparring Competition
Gold Medal in California Junior Sparring Competition

Recommendations:
1 from my Spanish teacher who I am very close to.
1 from my supervisor at the Los Angeles Times who I share very high mutual respect with.
1 from the senior staff writer of the Houston Chronicles.

AP Scores:
Art History: 5
European History: 5
United States History: 5
Computer Science: 5
Physics B: 5
German: 5
Micro Economics: 5
Macro Economics: 5
Human Geography: 5
Psychology: 5

Awards:
Principal's Honor Roll
Coca-Cola Scholarship semi-finalist
National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist
JFK Library Essay contest finalist
AFSA Peace Essay contest finalist
National Peace Essay Contest semi-finalist
Medal of Valor awarded by Commander of Korean Special Forces
National AP Scholar
Community Service award from Audobon Yes!
Junior Cyclists Gold Award for biking the west coast of North America (Southern Canada to Baja California)
CSF Gold Sealbearer
Multiple scholarships and awards from various essay competitions

Volunteer:
300+ Hours at the Madrona Marsh (leader of the Junior Marsh Botanical Weeding Team)
60 Hours at the Braille Institute (Translator for the blind)

Question #11:

Are you disgusted by LAUSD's half BILLION $$ new high school?

Gold leafed mosaics, state of the art auditorium, private park, etc etc...

Meanwhile hundreds of teachers have been laid off, hundreds of substitute teachers have been laid off to compensate for the laid off teachers, last year dozens of teachers in many schools had to resort to using 3x5 note cards to take daily attendance, schools are still using very old field equipment, school trips have been canceled, after school art and sports programs have been canceled, hundreds of school psychologists, nurses, counselors, teacher's aids, parent volunteers, etc have been laid off......... and the list goes on.............yet LAUSD still used half a billion dollars to build a state of the art high school?????

Granted, the money was used from a special account, we voted to have it used this way, but really? couldn't the LAUSD just stop and use this money in other ways? How many jobs could have been saved using half a billion dollars?????

Still the drop out rates soar to around 60%, and that's not an exaggeration, there are still schools in the San Fernando Valley with earthquake damage from the 1994 Northridge Quake, etc, etc, etc.

How do you feel about this situation?

Question #12:

How do you sell art for gold on Gaia?

i wanna know how or even if you can sell your art on gaia. Thanks Ahead Of Time!!!!!!!!!! =D

Question #13:

Careers in the arts?!?

If your job has to do with art please answer the following questions for my gold award... How did u find out about your job? What training did you need? What are the advantages and disadvantages of your job?
THANKS :)

Question #14:

Halloween Costume: Mascerade Twist. Skirt and top?

Ok so I like me some holidays so I'm always super prepared in advanced. Anyway I plan on doing a mascerade twist costume. I'm putting it together my self as in I'm not buying a costume from a store because they can be over priced. So I already have the mask. I made it in art last year. So the color of the outfit would have to be white and gold or just white. The twist is I'm doing a corset top (like one from walmart that has a pic of a corset instead of an actual corset) lol. So anway I need help finding a very poufy skirt. And iI mean POUFY! like I want the skirt to be wider than me. But I don't want the skirt to be too small. So here's what I need: White and gold or white, poufy, and about knee length or just a couple inches above the knee. Thank you so much in advance!
Well now i just answered my own question. I'm looking for a tutu. So my new question is where can I get a cheap tutu?

Question #15:

How much is Antique OldCourt Ware Staffordshire pottery worth ?

I Have 2 gold/green pieces a vase and jug with louis xv french style ART work on them both , they are both stamped on the bottom with the oldCourt Ware Staffordshire England mark . There is also D.H III marked on the bottom too . Any info on history and value would be much appreciated Thank you xox .

Question #16:

Can you guess what are those?

They are either virtues or vices and sometimes actions that fall in between.

1. I'm the disdainful one, born and raised by the flames of fires. I burn houses to the ground and leave no survivors. Let other know of me, for where is not heart, you find me near.

2. I like my spot in sunny banks and I have laid there ever since I could remember. I could barely speak, let alone walk. Let someone carry me for my seeker's place.

3. I seek every man's art and deed. What I have never suffice my need. Let all the books burn if I could not read.. and for all the listens I've been told, I never take heed.

4. I'm the herald of all virtues. I don't lean nor grieve. I stand tall when everyone accepts a fall and you'll find me standing till the storms are gone.

5. Let there be no man speaking in my presence. For I'm the one to whom heads bow. I am fed by silver and dressed in gold, my cover is silk and my crown is diamonds.
Come.. they're not that difficult. Every line has a hint.. find them and you'll have your answer.

Besides.. all the answers are things we come across every day in life.. even in Ramadan section.
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@ Abakelite- Come on.. try answering.
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@ Malik- Lol x] .. come on, it would be fun to see how the great Malik interprets simple lines ;]
ppppp..urgh.. ppp-lease.. there! Now do it :]

Question #17:

Chance me for Columbia, Yale, Stanford, Amherst, Dartmouth, MIT...? Senior graduating in 2011?

I. Academics

- GPA: 4.55 W / 4.00 UW
- Class Rank: 1
- SAT: 2100 (660 CR, 730 M, 710 W, 8 on essay)
- ACT Composite: 33 (33 E, 33 M, 35 R, 32 S)
- SAT II: Mathematics II (760), Biology M (770), Chemistry (210)

- Enrolled in IB, AP classes
- Exams taken: Art History (4), Calculus AB (5), European History (5), Psychology (5), IB Mathematics SL (7)
- Exams expected this year: IB Chemistry HL, IB Biology HL, IB English HL, IB History of the Americas HL, IB Spanish SL, AP Government

II. Extracurriculars

- Played violin for seven years in the school orchestra
- Played piano for six years (lessons)
- Played bass guitar for 2.5 years, acoustic guitar 1 year
- Participant of county spelling bee for five years, state championship in seventh grade

III. Clubs
- Post Modern Philosophy (9)
- Autism Awareness Club (9, 10)
- Impact-a-Village Club (11,12)
- Tutoring Center (IB-directed) (11,12)
(I am planning to join more clubs this year)

IV. Academic Programs
- Academic Decathlon (10,11,12): captain this year, team has won first in county for ten years and competed at state; awards in Essay (Gold), Mathematics (Silver), and Science (Bronze) for Honors category, and highest scoring team member in 11th grade state competition
- Attended COSMOS 2010 at UC Davis in the Biomedical Sciences cluster

V. Fields of Interest: Biomedical Sciences, Premedical, Biomedical Engineering

VI. Schools of Interest

- Amherst College
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Dartmouth College
- Harvard College
- Harvey Mudd College
- MIT
- Northwestern University
- Pomona College
- Stanford University (Early Action)
- UC Berkeley
- UCLA
- UC Davis
- UC San Diego

Thank you for your help.

Question #18:

Is this a unique application?

Trying to get into:
UPenn
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
Gerogetown University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Brown
Duke
Vanderbilt
Rice
Emory
USC
Boston College

I am a current senior in high school.

My total GPA is 3.801
Weighted is 4.514
My SAT score was 2330
ACT: 33
This is my profile: (the commas separate the grades of the classes into semesters)
Freshman:
Biology Honors: B,A
Geometry Honors: B,C
English Honors: A,B
Guitar: A,A
Spanish: A,B
Journalism: C
P.E.: A
World History: A,B

Sophomore:
European History AP: A,A
Computer Science AP:A,A
Art History AP:A,A
English 2 Honors:A,A
Algebra 2 Honors:A,A
Marine Biology Honors: A,A
Spanish 2:A,A

Junior:
United States History AP: A,A
Psychology AP: A,A
Physics B AP: A,A
English 3 Honors: A,A
Pre Calculus Honors: A,A
Spanish 3 Honors: A,A
Environmental Science AP: A,A

Senior: (Predicted)
English Literature AP: A,A
English Language AP: A,A
Physics C AP: A,A
Calculus AB AP: A,A
AP Gov/AP Econ: A,A
Spanish AP: A,A

I screwed up freshman year, but as you can see, I've significantly improved. :D
I have been accepted to UPenn's pre-college program (courses were on Mass Media and Popular Culture) from 2 summers now.
I have also been accepted to Brown's pre-college program (Mass Media).
Selected for Johns Hopkins Pre-College Program (Chemistry).
Selected for two long term internships for the past three years in LA Times and a UCLA based independent television and radio organization (I worked under the director of Radio scripting) whose purpose is to promote the Green movement.
Selected for an internship program at USC's student radio station.
I was a semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship choosing.
I am the president of the National English Honors Society.
President and founder of a volunteering and community service club on campus. (60 members) (the club's accumulated hours adds up to 20,000 + hours)
Editor in Chief of the school's literary magazine.
Junior writer of the Los Angeles Times.
Vice President of the National Spanish Honors Society.
Member of the National Science Honors Society.
Written over 300 blogs for my internship and for my own website and interests.
Posted over 200 video logs for my volunteering club, and we have an audience of over 2,000.
Founder and president of my club's video log website, the largest website made on campus ever.

My very detailed recommendations are from my English teacher, my counselor, the chief senior staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and the Chief Columnist (who is an alumnus of Harvard) for the Houston Chronicles.

AP Tests:
Microeconomics:5
Macroeconomics:5
United States History:5
European History:5
Computer Science:5
Art History:5
Physics B:5
Psychology:5
Human Geography: 5
Environmental Science: 5
I plan to get 5's on the six other AP tests i will take senior year.

Awards:
Gold Medal for Junior California Taekwondo tournament. (3 Times)
(Silver Medal twice)
National USA Taekwondo championship semi-finalist
Junior Writers for America Finalist
Principle's Honor Roll
Honorary Junior Journalist
Medal of Valor awarded by South Korean Special Forces commander
Selected as a Coca Cola scholar finalist.
National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist.
Semi-finalist in the John F. Kennedy essay contest.
Multiple scholarships and awards received from other various essay competitions.
CSF Sealbearer
Harvard Book Award

I have 400+ hours of volunteer work at the local library and our town's marsh conservatory.
Also, many of those hours are from working with different environmental conservatory programs.

Unfortunately, my school is very highly competitive and has over 550 people per class, and I am only ranked in the top 15-20% according to my GPA.
I want to major in anything related to the media and journalism!
(I've read that some schools don't value class ranking at all like UPenn)

Question #19:

Baseball Fans, Have You Ever Thought Of This Issue?

I've visited every active ballpark in the major leagues.

This summer, I took in the last two I needed, one of which was Pittsburgh.

If you've never visited PNC Park, you're missing a true work of art in terms of location, design,
and overall experience. Stunning skyscraper views of downtown, huge gold bridges everywhere, simply put, gorgeous.

Then I realized something...Pittsburgh, despite its stellar ballpark, was the worst team in baseball.

So here's my question...

Obviously, everyone's #1 goal is a World Series...but if someone said to you "In the off season, we'll build the more beautiful ballpark in the league, but your team will be terrible....OR.....we'll make the team at least playoff caliber, but the new ballpark will be a dump"...what would you choose?

I'm asking because I realized, a lot of Pittsburghers go to PNC Park for a beautiful summer evening in a picturesque location, and are indifferent to the outcome of the game, and if the Pirates win, it's a bonus. In other words, is the overall experience of attending your team live as valuable to you as winning?

Question #20:

What do these poems mean?

"Shall I compare Thee" Sonnet 18
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds to shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometimes declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed 1
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st 2
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

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