For many students summer technology programs are more than a way to ‘get out of the house for the day’. It is the chance to learn new skills, explore unusual subjects and have fun. The choice of summer program by a middle school student can provide an initial spark of interest in future school work or careers. In this paper, a summer program for middle school girls designed with potential future careers is discussed. With computer technology and technology careers as the central theme of the week, the girls visited campus computer labs, listened to invited speakers and created an original computer project. This paper discusses the program design and projects created by the girls during the weeklong summer camp. Topic-Enhanced Multidimensional Cross-Domain

Abstract One of the most important aspects of American politics is

of the political spectrum are unhappy about inequality; whereas in the US the happiness of the poor and of those on the left is uncorrelated with inequality. Interestingly, in the US, the rich are bothered by inequality. Comparing across continents, we find that left-wingers in Europe are more hurt by inequality

American politics. He studies party systems, populism, political appeals, and political identity, with empirical research on Peronism and anti-Peronism in Argentina, and Chavismo and anti-Chavismo in Venezuela. Ostiguy’s work develops a “spatial analysis ” of politics and party systems focusing

Motivational Consequence Considerable research reveals that motivation can lead to important outcomes. Although most studies have focused on the effects of intrinsic motivation (see , for review), more recent research based on the tenets of selfdetermination theory has dealt with the whole spectrum

average) a one standard deviation increase in status has a similar effect to an increase of 285 % of a standard deviation in income. We also present different estimates of habituation across sub-groups. For example, we find that those on the right (left) of the political spectrum adapt to status (income

Investors In People (IIP) is almost unique among British Government sponsored initia-tives in that it enjoys almost universal support; from across the political spectrum,

state MEPs. We show that, broadly speaking, they are even better educated, more politically experienced, and drawing more from the right-wing of the political spectrum, than their counterparts from the old member states. We also present a typology of the roles that the MEPs see themselves as taking

strategy. We assess the costs in terms of the political and regulatory receptiveness of a U.S. company in other countries and correlate the reaction in those countries with the degree of market attractiveness in those countries. We argue that the reaction to foreign (and especially U.S.) companies

pre-treatment score, we find that beneficiary households are 21 to 28 percentage points more likely to favor the current government (relative to the previous government). Impacts on political support are larger among poorer households and for those near the center of the political spectrum, consistent