United States leading in Medal Count

For more than a week now Vancouver Canada has been hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. And as of today the United States holds a slim medal lead over Germany.

G S B Total
1, United States 7 8 10 25
2. Germany 7 9 5 21
3. Norway 6 3 5 14

Some of the highlights for the U.S so far

> Bodie Miller (DownHill Sking)finally takes the Gold after a dissapointing 2006 Torrino Olympic showing
> U.S Men's Hockey upsets heavily favored Canada 5-3 to take the number one seed into elmination tournament.
> Apollo Ohno wins winter Olympics record six medalsin Speed Skating.
> Snow Boarder Shaun White wins Gold again

U.S Hockey plays its next game Wednesday against an opponent yet to be determined. Among other events still ahead for team U.S.A lies men's arieals(free style skiing), couples and individual figure skating, bobsled, women's speed skating, and ski jump.

Macroeconomics and Microeconomics

Economics is a broad subject that can be divided into two areas: Macroeconomics and Microeconomics

Macroeconomics is the big picture. Its the study of the aggregate performance of the economy.

- Macroeconomists througly study the GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
- Inflation Rate
- Unemployment rate

Microeconomics is the study of decisions that people and businesses make regarding the allocation of resources and prices of goods and services.
- Supply and Demand
- Oppurtunity Cost

Microeconomists are concerned with the interaction between individual buyers and sellers and the factors that influence the choices made by buyers and sellers.

It is important to know that while these two studies of economics appear to be different, they are actually interdependent and complement one another since there are many overlapping issues between the two fields. For example, increased inflation would cause the price of raw materials to increase for companies and in turn affect the end product's price charged to the public.

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Erik H. Erikson's Eight Stages of Devlopment.

Erik H. Erikson believed that personality isn't just shaped during Childhood but throughout a person's life.

Stage 1 Infancy -The Challenge of Trust
Between birth and a year and a half infants face thier first challenges and begin to gain a sense that thier world is a safe place. Family plays a key part in this role.


Stage 2 Toddlerhood - The Challenge of Autonomy
From 2 to 3 Todlers learn skills to cope with the world in a confident way. The child will begin learning the difference between right an wrong. The child could also begin to try to asert it will. (such as telling the Parents NO!)

Stage 3 Preschool - The Challenge of Initiative
Between ages 4 and 5 learn to engage thier surrondings. They will begin to copy the adults around them. It also when they start asking WHY?

Stage 4 Preadolescence - The Challenge of Industriousness.
Between ages six and thirteen. Children enter school, make freinds, and strike out on thier own more. Parents no longer seem the complete authorities they once were.

Stage 5 Adolescence - The Challlenge of Gaining Identity
Teen Years, Almost all teens experience some confusion as they struggle to establish thier identity. Teen starts to identify with others but also begin to devlop thier own identities.

Stage 6 Young Adulthood- The Challenge of Intimacy
From 18 to 35 the challenge for young adults is to for and keep intimate relationships with others as well as balancing the need to bond with the need to have a seperate identity.

Stage 7 Middle Adulthood- The Challenge of Making a Difference
Middle Age, The challenge of middle age is to contribute to the lives of others in the family, at work or in the world at large. Failure could result in becoming self centered.

Stage 8 Old Age - The Challenge of Integrity.
At around 65 people will begin to reflect more on death, and look back on past acomplishments with a sense of integrity and satisfaction. Self asobrbed personalities could suffer from dispair over missed oppurtunities.

Georgia set to reform property tax system

Georgia state senators says thier striking back against the downturn in the housing market by a bill that they say would grant homeoenwers more power.

The author of the bill Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) says this bill will "bring fairness to an unfair system". Among the points purposed in the bill, is that homeowners will only be taxed only for the price of their home, Statewide uniformity of assessment notices and appeal forms and Year-round property appeals.

Copy of the bill