"I definitely enjoy the emotional connection with the people I work, and the idea of trying to build a better world is what got me involved in engineering," said Malone, 26, who is working toward a master's in environmental engineering.

“People want to watch you not really for the clothes but for the personality and the charisma and the charm that you bring to a video.” - Jacob Keller

Using free software, Carter videocasts her lectures and assigns them as homework. At home, students watch them on YouTube, sometimes more than once, and then take notes. In class, they apply the concepts learned the night before.

Some view the sale of young companies, with proceeds re-invested in new ventures, as the best way to awaken the slumbering Silicon Forest.

The participating employers said they hope that exposure will propel the educators to do a better job preparing the future engineers, physicists and computer scientists local employers need, so they don't have to recruit so heavily from other states and countries and don't have positions sit empty, awaiting talent.

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Merchants tend to overestimate the number of patrons who use automobiles, leading them "resist measures to support multimodal travel, such as reducing parking or installing bike lanes, for fear the developments will hurt their businesses," according to the report.

"Big Tip No. 1: When your child is driving, they expect you to drive with them. Be aware. Use your words. Don't be a drama king. Don't create extra distractions, be it fingers or cellphones."

Got any tips for parent driving instructors? Any horror stories?

Lt. James Rhodes, a sheriff’s office spokesman, said he believed the gunman acted alone. “There was one and only one,” he said at a news conference.

In another sense, the suit aims at the growing role of the Internet in stock trading, where websites let anyone anonymously share analysis, rumors and even misinformation while readers -- and authors -- make money when prices fluctuate.