A few nice vacation to go images I found:
1966 - Botany 500 Tailored Men's Fashion Suits ...item 2.. FSU News - Making connections is vital during college (Jul. 25, 2012) ...item 3.. The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb (1966) ...
Image by marsmet451
I now have a connection at UMASS, a decent sized university, who has a connection at Florida State. I know it’s cliché to say that it’s a small world, but it’s so true.
That’s why it’s important to get yourself out there. And who knows, maybe I’ll apply to the study abroad program. But, at least I have the opportunity to do so.
If I had never talked to my dad’s friend, I wouldn’t know anything about it.
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The price of a good reflects so much more information than we tend to give it credit.
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.....item 1)... FSU ... FSU News ... www.fsunews.com ... Why market price is important
5:16 PM, Apr. 4, 2012 |
Written by
Chad Squitieri
Senior Staff Writer
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FSU News Views
www.fsunews.com/article/20120405/FSVIEW03/120404028/Why-m...
When resources are scarce they need to be allocated in a rational manor. This is a basic concept of economics that many students encounter on a day to day basis whether it is consciously realized or not.
Take for example, what you plan on having for lunch today. Chances are unless you grow your own farm in your apartment—that mold that has accumulated since the last time you cleaned does not count—then you have to purchase your lunch from somewhere. Whether it be from the grocery store or a fast food restaurant, in order to eat you exchange some cash in return for food. This is a task that we all complete with little thought, however, a closer look at such a simple transaction reveals that there is much more going on than just a growling stomach and swipe of a debit card.
Think of all of the assumptions you make when you decide to head to the grocery store to grab lunch. You assume that the store will accept your payment in cash and not something else such as bushels of bananas; you assume that the store which has hundreds of thousands of different products will have the specific product you want, and perhaps most importantly you assume that the product you would like to buy will be sold at a price you deem reasonable in regards to how much that product is worth to you. The lists of assumptions go on and on and all take place in just that one simple transaction to buy lunch.
But how does the store know all of that information? How does the store know how much of each of the thousands of products sold to keep on stock and at what price to sell them? The answer deals with the market and is a topic that has been examined and discussed in great detail.
The theory, for which I take no credit but will unavoidably butcher in an attempt to explain, deals with the fact that different factors affect the market all the time. Taking the lunch example further, let us say you would like some sushi. The price of the sushi is going to depend on multiple things ranging from how much it costs the grocery store to pay the sushi makers to prepare the sushi, all the way down to how much fishing nets cost in order to catch the fish on the other side of the world.
Imagine if the grocery store owner had to collect all of the information attributed to the fish, rice and vegetables that go into making sushi every day and then do the same for every product in the store.
Luckily for the store owner, all of that information is distributed through the market in the form of price. In other words, the grocery store owner does not care, or even have to know what the cost of fish nets are a world away in order to know what price to sell sushi at. All the owner needs to concentrate on are the marginal costs incurred by the store. Even if the store owner wanted to know all of the information in regards to sushi, it would be impossible to acquire and to continue to acquire each and every change in a number of factors that affect sushi.
Now, in the absence of price, scarce resources still need to be allocated in a rational manor, and in many circumstances dealing with goods without a traditional price, the pricing system tends to be the fallback.
One way to assign value to a good is to arbitrarily place a value on it. This was a method used in Soviet Russia which led to many abnormalities such as the price of a loaf of bread costing less than the price of the wheat used to make it. Arbitrarily placing a value on a good tends to led to surpluses or shortages of the good which often leads to a market being created in order to find the market price of the good. There were many cases of this in Soviet Russia but for an example a little closer to home let us look at football tickets for home games in Tallahassee.
Being that tickets are “free,” a big game tends to create large demand for tickets. When there are more students wanting to attend the game than there are seats in the stadium, the tickets must be limited to a certain number which leads to excess demand. This creates a situation where there are often some students with a ticket who do not necessarily want it, and other students who really want a ticket but were not lucky enough to receive one. This type of situation tends to fall back on prices.
Think about what tends to happen when a big game is scheduled and tickets are sold out. Students often sell their tickets to other students who want them more and are willing to pay for them. The price of these tickets is not determined by the ticket seller individually going around to each student and asking how much they value the ticket, or by arbitrarily assigning a dollar value to the ticket, the price is set by ticket buyers and ticket sellers coming together and creating a transaction both agree on.
The price of a good reflects so much more information than we tend to give it credit.
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.....item 2).... FSU News ... www.fsunews.com ... Making connections is vital during college ...
6:05 PM, Jul. 25, 2012 |
Written by
Samantha Husted
Staff Writer
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www.fsunews.com/article/20120726/FSVIEW03/120725019/Makin...|newswell|text|frontpage|s
For those of you out there who read my map reading article, you should know by now that my mom and I were planning a road trip. Well after twenty-six long hours spent driving, we finally made it to good ole’ New England in one piece. I’m still completely unable to read a map, but hey, there’s still the drive home, right? We’ve been here now for at least a week and a half.
My dad’s whole side of the family, who we’re staying with, lives right in between three decent sized college towns that are home to schools such as the University of Massachusetts, Smith College and Amherst College.
I’ve visited and seen these schools dozens of times during family vacations. My uncle and my dad’s good friend even work at UMASS. But, it wasn’t until this trip, the summer after my freshmen year of college, that I began to appreciate how different these schools really were.
But, also at the same time, how similar they are to Florida State. This trip has made me realize how easy it is to make lasting connections with people from different schools, who aren’t really that different from myself.
These connections could potentially be beneficial in my life, especially beyond my college career.
My grandma held a party at her house last Saturday where I got to see the majority of my family— my cousin’s friends and those weird estranged family members that you don’t really talk about. It was a damn good time. During the party, my dad came up to me and introduced me to his friend who works at UMASS. She was really interested in the fact that I went to Florida State and told me she even worked with the theatre director here with her study abroad program at the university.
She told me all about the program and even encouraged me to apply. I thought it was crazy that here I was at a party at my grandmothers being offered an amazing opportunity that was relevant to Florida State.
It made me think, even if you are in Massachusetts, hundreds of miles away from your school, there’s always opportunities to network.
This whole experience has made me realize that success is all about making connections and college is essentially the time to put yourself out there and meet new people. You could be the best at whatever you do, but if you don’t know anyone, then what’s it worth?
I now have a connection at UMASS, a decent sized university, who has a connection at Florida State. I know it’s cliché to say that it’s a small world, but it’s so true. That’s why it’s important to get yourself out there. And who knows, maybe I’ll apply to the study abroad program. But, at least I have the opportunity to do so. If I had never talked to my dad’s friend, I wouldn’t know anything about it.
College isn’t just about going to class. There’s a huge social aspect that is really important for you later on in life.
It’s good to make connections with people even if they are from different schools or even different parts of the country.
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.....item 3).... youtube video ... The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb (1966) ... 3:42 mintues
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcgZIz0Fd-w
Uploaded by dvl812 on Jan 19, 2010
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb (1966) From "Ready Steady Go" , Brian Jones on marimba
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Music
License:
Standard YouTube License
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20100804 1811 - Cape Cod - Cocktail Hour - delicious cheese - IMG_1920
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
The Management invited everyone to a Cocktail hour with wine & cheese. They also had quesadillas, but those went fast. Alcoholic lemonade, too. But it had coconut in it :/
cheese, cheese platter.
Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
August 4, 2010.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com
BACKSTORY: Carolyn's family reunion was at Cape Cod this year. We stayed at the Chatham Bars Inn. It was a lot of fun, and we were happy to see everyone.
For Vicky's recount of the trip, visit: tgaw.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/cape-cod-day-1/
20100803 0112 - Cape Cod - game room - side room - IMG_1670
Image by Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)
Everyone goes to bed way too early. And then there's nothing to do. And no car to go anywhere. So we hung out in the downstairs "game room" and played games.
Carolyn.
sitting.
bench, chairs, chandelier, couch, fireplace, lamps lights, windows.
yellow.
Chatham Bars Inn, Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
August 3, 2010.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com
BACKSTORY: Carolyn's family reunion was at Cape Cod this year. We stayed at the Chatham Bars Inn. It was a lot of fun, and we were happy to see everyone.
For Vicky's recount of the trip, visit: tgaw.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/cape-cod-day-1/
