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Profil Preity Zinta

Profil Preity Zinta :

Birth Name: Preity Zinta
DOB: Jan 31, 1975
Status: Dating Ness Wadia
Has dated: Marc Robinson, Brett Lee
Debut Movie: Dil se- 1998
No. of marriages with names of spouse: None
Most remembered for: Naina- Kal Ho Na Ho- 2003
Litigations involved in: Bharat Shah underworld trial
Jail term served: None
Famous pairing: Shah Rukh Khan

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Foto Kareena Kapoor memakai Sari

Profil Kareena Kapoor :

Birth name : Kareena Randhir Kapoor
DOB : 21 September, 1980
Staus : Dating Saif Ali Khan
Ex- Boyfriend : Shahid Kapoor
Debut movie : Refugee
No of Marriages : None
Most Remembered For : Kissing case with Shahid Kapoor
Profession : Modeling & Acting
Visited : Titles Won Best new comer at FF

Foto Kareena Kapoor memakai Sari :

Foto Ashley Tisdale Artis Hollywood

Profil Ashley Michelle Tisdale : Si cantik ini lahir di Monmouth County, New Jersey, Amerika Serikat, pada tgl 2 Juli 1985 ; umur 25 tahun, Ashley adalah seorang pemeran, model dan penyanyi Amerika Serikat yang membintangi film High School Musical, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody dan Aliens in the Attic. Selama menerjakan proyek-proyek film dan seri, ia terlibat dengan beberapa artis remaja, seperti: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Lucas Grabell, dan Brenda Song. Di High School Musical.

Foto Seksi Carmen Electra Memakai Bikini

Profil Carmen Electra :

Name : Carmen Electra
Real Name : Tara Leigh Patrick
Date of Birth : 20 April 1972
Place of Birth : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Sign : Aries
Height : 5'4''
Body Measurement : B88cm W59cm H89cm (36-23-35)
Weight : 110 lbs
Ethnicity : Cherokee, Irish and German decent
Occupation : Actress, Singer, Model
Spouse : Dennis Rodman (filed for divorce)
Factoid : Appeared in Playboy magazine May 1996 (USA)
Fan Mail : MTV Networks 1515 Broadway, 24th floor, New York, NY 10036, USA

Foto Seksi Carmen Electra Memakai Bikini :

Do Kindergarten Teachers Matter More than Parents?

New research on the value of kindergarten teachers is remarkable. 

In fact, it seems a bit hard to believe. If kindergarten teachers matter as much as this new research suggests, then you would think that parents would have a large influence on their kids' adult outcomes. After all, you spend a lot more time with your parents than in your kindergarten class. But much research in behavioral genetics finds very little evidence for significant parental effects. (See Judith Harris's The Nurture Assumption.) So I am puzzled.

Update: Judith Harris emails me:

I guess it's been a while since you read my book. In Chapter 11 of The Nurture Assumption I described the case of a gifted first-grade teacher, "Miss A," who had a long-lasting beneficial effect on her students, and I proposed an explanation of how and why this happened.

Yes, it has been a while, and since I am now at the Jersey shore, I don't have a copy handy. I much appreciate the correction.

Update 2: From Raj Chetty, one of the authors of the study:

I'm writing in reference to your interesting comment about our Kindergarten paper. I think our results are actually consistent with your perfectly sensible intuition that parents should matter more than teachers, for two reasons:

(1) the Kindergarten class effects are large in aggregate but explain a small share of the variance in earnings (less than 5%) overall. A better class leads to higher average earnings (3% higher earnings for a 1 SD improvement in teacher quality), but there is a lot of variation around the mean.

(2) The best evidence I've seen on the long term impacts of parents is this quasi-experimental paper by Bruce Sacerdote published in the QJE. It shows that parental characteristics explain about three times more of the variation in adult outcomes than KG classes, consistent with your intuition.

Thanks!

Readings for the Pigou Club

1. Gib Metcalf makes the case.  (He suggests that club members email their support for higher Pigovian taxes to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility.)
2. USA Today joins the club.

Al Roth

Forbes profiles my Harvard colleague.

Profile 2ne1

2ne1 adalah Penyanyi asal korea. Mereka baru-baru ini melakukan pemotretan syuting untuk edisi Agustus Majalah fashion Vogue Girl. Dan ini adalah foto teasernya, gadis-gadis ini terlihat memamerkan sisi tersembunyi feminin mereka.

Sandara Park mengungkapkan, “Saya ingin terlihat cantik di foto dari sekarang juga” 2NE1 memiliki gaya yang terkesan Boyish dan konsep yang kuat. Sementara kini, para member itu terlihat mengenakan rok dan renda.

Profile Personil 2ne1 :

Profil CL :

Stage Name: CL
Real Name: Lee Chae Rin
Position: Leader, Rapper & Vocals
Date of Birth: February 26 1990
Height: 162cm
Blood Type: A
Specialties: Rapping, Singing, Dancing and speaks fluent English, Japanese and French

Profil Park :

Stage Name: Park Bom
Real Name: Lee Park Bom
Position: main vocals
Date of Birth: march 24, 1984
Height: 165cm
Blood type: AB
Specialties: English, Japanese, Piano, Flute, Cello, Singing, Dancing

Profil Min Ji :

Stage Name: MinJi
Real Name: Gong Min Ji
Position: Rapper & Vocals, Lead dancer
Date of Birth: Januay 18, 1994
Height: 161cm
Blood Type: O
Specialties: Rapping, Dancing, Singing, Japanese and Chinese

Profil Dara :

Real Name: Sandara Park
Position: Vocal
Date of Birth: November 12, 1984 (age 24)
Height: 162cm
Specialties: English, Chinese, Filipino, and Acting

Cewek Korea

Kim Hyo Yeon | Artis Korea

Profil Kim Hye Yeon :

Stage Name : HyoYeon (효연)
Birth Name : Kim Hyo Yeon (김효연)
Group Position : Supporting Vocalist & Main Dancer
Nicknames : Princess Fiona, Dancing Queen
Languages : Korean (Fluent) , English , Chinese (Fluent) , Japanese (Basic)
DOB : September 22, 1989
Height : 160cm
Weight : 48kg
Blood Type : AB
School : 2004.3~8 Studied Mandarin Chinese in Beijing, China

Foto Kim Hye Yeon | Korean Girls :

Big Bang & 2ne1 - LOLLIPOP

Big Bang & 2ne1 - LOLLIPOP Lyrics :

Lolli lolli Oh Lollipop
Lolli lolli oh lolli lolli

Nah, that’s not how we do it

Lolli lolli lollipop Oh neon naui lollipop
Lolli lolli lollipop oh lolli pop pop
Lolli lolli lollipop Boy neon naui lollipop
Lolli lolli lollipop oh lolli pop pop

Makdae satang boda deo dalgomhan nae
maeumeun teojildeuthan dynamite
nan ggalggeumhan namja T.O.P
nae sarang Bling Bling like L E D

Geudae ddak nae seutarya
panjjak panjjak seutaya
saekdareungeol wonhae?
Let me show you if that’s okay

Now come on
saekggareun rainbow
nal neuggin sungan neon bbajyeo beoringeol ara
You just can’t control

nal saro jabeun geol
neowa namani aneun uri duri secret light

Lolli lolli lollipop dalgomhage dagawa
Lolli lolli lollipop naege soksakyeojwo
Lolli lolli lollipop sanggeumhage dagawa
Lolli lolli lollipop neoreul wonhajanha

Lolli lolli lollipop Girl neon naui lollipop
Lolli lolli lollipop oh lolli pop pop

nal seollege haneun neoui body neoui move
imi ne shiseoneul gadwobeorin naui groove
shiksanghamdeuleun maeil nal jichigehae
Let’s just keep you and I F.R.E.S.H

Let’s go now
saekggareun rainbow
nal neuggin sungan neon bbajyeo beoringeol ara
You just can’t control

nal saro jabeun geol
neowa namani aneun uri duri secret light

Lolli lolli lollipop dalgomhage dagawa
Lolli lolli lollipop naege soksakyeojwo
Lolli lolli lollipop sanggeumhage dagawa
Lolli lolli lollipop neoreul wonhajanha

Lolli lolli lollipop Boy neon naui lollipop
Lolli lolli lollipop oh lolli pop pop

han sunganui neuggimi anya jigeum du nuneul gamadok neon nae apeseo itneungeol
naega baradeon geuge neoya geunyang idaero neowa na jeo bulbidarae

Lolli lolli lollipop dalgomhage dagawa
Lolli lolli lollipop naege soksakyeojwo
Lolli lolli lollipop sanggeumhage dagawa
Lolli lolli lollipop neoreul wonhajanha

Lolli lolli lollipop Oh neon naui lollipop
lolli lolli lollipop oh lolli pop pop
Lolli lolli lollipop Oh neon naui lollipop
lolli lolli lollipop oh lolli pop pop

(repeat x2)

2ne1

Ryu Ji Hye | Cewek Seksi Korea

Ryu Ji Hye adalah Model asal dari korea, saya hadirkan foto-fotonya yang seksi :

Min Seo Hee | Model Sexy Japaness

Profile Min Seo Hee :

Name : Min Seo Hee [민서희]
Birthdate : N/A
Height : 176 cm
Nation : Korea
Profession : Model/Race Queen

Foto Min Seo Hee | Model Korea :

Han Chae Ah | Korea Girls

Profile Han Chae Ah :

Name : 한채아 / Han Chae Ah
Profession : Actress
Birthdate : 1984-Mar-21
Height : 167cm
Weight : 45kg
Talent agency : GF Entertainment

Foto Han Chae Ah | Model Korea :

Han Chae Young Artis Seksi Korea

Profile Han Chae Young :

* Name : 한채영 / Han Chae Young (Han Chae Yeong)
* Real name : 김지영 / Kim Ji Young
* Profession : Actress and model
* Birthdate : 1980-Sep-13
* Height : 172cm
* Weight : 47kg
* Blood type : A
* Married to : Choi Dong Jun (former actor and now-businessman)

Foto Han Chae Young | Korea Girls :