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The E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) is soliciting new project ideas for evaluation of their potential to advance E-Enterprise. Projects that improve efficiency and modernize programs, reach across organizational boundaries, and are consistent with the vision and principles outlined in the E-Enterprise Conceptual Blueprint are encouraged. Embodied in E-Enterprise is a State and EPA commitment to achieve the E-Enterprise vision by making meaningful changes, no matter the size or difficulty. The EELC wants new ideas and early wins that will improve environmental outcomes and improve service to the regulated community and the public!
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Savvy Authors Blog: Mastering Showing vs. Telling
The phrase "showing vs. telling" has been uttered thousand of times by writers and industry professionals alike. But what does it actually mean? And why, oh why does it so often lead to automatic rejections from literary agents?
Writing a book, like any other skill in life, is one that is honed and perfected through practice. That means not only editing many copies of your first manuscript but also writing new manuscripts—and many new ones at that.
If telling (vs. showing) is something you struggle with, you are not alone. In fact, most new writers struggle with mastering this skill.
But what is showing vs. telling? Let's dive into the basics.
Defining Showing vs. Telling
Showing is when you allow the reader to experience information through deducing context clues in the scene, whereas telling is informing the reader outright what a character is thinking, feeling, etc.
The latter is usually through an author inserting themselves into a scene through obvious descriptions or through exposition, summarizing what happened/is happening.
If you say your character is "cold," "angry," or "lonely," that is telling.
If you describe a character's nose growing pink and shivering beneath his/her cloak, that is showing.
You want readers to experience the story for themselves. Not to mention, readers are far smarter than you think—trust them to pick up on subtle context clues and figure things out own their own.
There are many ways to show:
Action: Such as things like body language or angry outbursts.
Dialogue: An example here would be a character stuttering, saying something to distract whoever they are talking to from the issue at hand, etc.
Thoughts: This could be a character thinking about possible outcomes and wondering why he is so worried about a particular outcome (maybe he is falling in love and doesn't want his love interest to move away).
Senses: Utilize all five senses—sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Maybe a character gets dizzy and can't see straight or maybe a character's sense of smell is heightened when she's in shock from news.
Feelings: Now, this isn't outright saying, "I'm sad." Instead, this could be conveying a feeling like anxiety through body language because a character's best friend is leaving for battle the next day (thereby showing a character is scared to lose her friend). Or, it could be showing conflicting feelings or a character prioritizing the less meaningful feeling (such as hunger vs. sadness/mourning) to try to cope with whatever s/he is going through.
Showing vs. Telling Examples
Telling: Michael was sad to see Sarah leave.
Showing: Michael watched Sarah board the train, blinking back the tears threatening to cascade down his cheeks.
Telling: The temperature was sweltering in the middle of the day.
Showing: Jeff ran the back of his hand over his brow, wiping sweat from his eyes and squinting at the noonday sun.
Telling: Claire was a painter and asked where she should set up her easel when she arrived.
Showing: Claire knocked on the front door, heaving her canvas and easel under an arm, nearly dropping them on the pristine front porch.
How to Show vs. Tell
A few quick bullets to tick off your list while you are editing:
Look for any outright statements of emotions (like "I am sad") and swap that out whenever possible.
Use descriptive/active verbs and avoid using "was"/"were" whenever possible. (Examples: plunked, sauntered, wriggled.)
Use all five senses—sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. Most writers rely too heavily on sight and sound.
Don't forget about body language! If you see a character slouching, crossing their arms, bouncing on the balls of their feet, etc. that goes far in showing what he/she is feeling.
Utilize setting: Set the tone for a scene in the way you describe the characters' surroundings, weather, other characters' clothing, etc.
Less is more in dialogue. Too many writers use dialogue to tell things they didn't show in other parts of the chapter/scene. However, dialogue NEEDS to feel natural/authentic—like something someone would actually say aloud. Dialogue is one of the best ways to convey voice and flesh out characters/make them three-dimensional. Therefore, proceed with caution if you are using dialogue to move the plot forward. It shouldn't feel like you are placing your authorly hand into the scene and (unnaturally) pushing it forward.
While showing vs. telling is the way to go for almost everything in a manuscript, there are exceptions.
For things like internal monologue, it can be advantageous to tell the reader what a character is thinking/feeling in order to convey a point, hint at a future occurrence, communicate stakes surrounding a pivotal choice, and so on.
Showing relies heavily on a character's actions (such as body language or movement), but maybe this character can't move as they are confronting the antagonist and must make a decision in their mind before taking action.
Telling can cover the basics when you are in the midst of a tense scene and there isn't time or need to show. However, most of the time showing vs. telling is preferable.
Information Dumps
While information dumps are also a huge issue for new writers, this is NOT the same as telling vs. showing. I receive a lot of questions about this on Twitter and iWriterly, during which time I've noticed writers tend to confuse the two.
Information dumps (also called "info dumps" and "info-dumping") is when a large amount of information (usually background information/exposition) is conveyed to the reader all at once.
Look for back-to-back paragraphs of background information (usually explaining a character's history/past experiences or world building/historic information of the world's past events). Multiple paragraphs of heavy exposition in a row are usually a sign of sloppy background information placement.
Instead, carefully consider what information a reader absolutely needs to know. Then, trickle in the information into a scene (such as between pieces of dialogue). However, be careful this is information your narrating character/POV knows through experience or gleaning through some source of information (such as news/books).
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70 Génial Dimension Bureau Standard – as technology increases and work productivity needs to be increased substantially, many corporations are looking for ways to maximize the work flow so that they do not need to hire more employees.
while there is still only so much that can get done in a forty hour work week, there are some things that can be done to increase the efficiency. by applying some excellent standard office dimension elements, any corporate office can have employees that work hard while enjoying their jobs.
the following tips can help when looking for the best standard office dimension elements to use in any corporate office building.
there are many factors that must first be considered before deciding on what style of design to use. the type of work that is done in the office is the most important aspect and will help with determining the correct fixtures, furnishings and styles to use for more efficiency.
the amount of space available is also important for determining how many furnishings can be added and still allow adequate room for work flow.
the number of people using the office and the number of clients that may be visiting at any one time should also be considered, but everything must essentially fit into the corporate budget for the year.
it is probably best to speak with those who are in charge of the office budget for the year before deciding on which elements need to be redesigned. if the the office is short on funds for the year, buying all new furnishings may not be a wise idea.
however, even some small changes in the standard office dimension can increase the productivity of the employees. deciding on the style is also quite important as any office will want to convey the fact that they are modern and are able to think into the future for the needs of their clients.
contemporary designed furniture is almost always a good choice for any office that is trying to be on the cutting edge. the other consideration is that the furniture needs to be ergonomic in style so that the employees are comfortable even after long hours sitting at a desk.
upon making the necessary decisions and consulting an interior designer with standard office dimension experience for some excellent ideas, any corporation will find that their employees are much happier and efficient while at work.


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UN court tells US to ease Iran sanctions
byAarti Bali
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ordered the US to ease sanctions it re-imposed on Iran after pulling out the 2015 nuclear deal.
Siding with Tehran, the ICJ said exports of "humanitarian" goods, such as food and medicines, should be allowed, the BBC reported.
US President Donald Trump moved to restore tough sanctions on Iran in May after announcing he was abandoning Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.
He said the deal had "failed to achieve the fundamental objective of blocking all paths to an Iranian nuclear bomb" and did not deal with Tehran's "malign activities, including its ballistic missile programme and its support for terrorism".
Iran challenged the sanctions in a case filed in July at the court.
The deal was originally signed between Iran and China, France, Russia, the UK, the US plus Germany and the European Union, which aimed to halt the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons programme in exchange for lifting of economic sanctions.
Announcing the decision on Wednesday, the ICJ's President Judge Abdulqawi Yusuf said: "The court considers that the US must remove, by means of its choosing, any impediment (…) to the free exportation to the territory of Iran of goods required for humanitarian needs."
Washington was ordered to remove sanctions that would affect Iran's civilian population, namely the ones restricting medicine and medical devices, food products and spare mechanical parts vital for infrastructure, such as spare parts for aviation maintenance.
However, the US argued that the court had no jurisdiction in the case as it concerned its national security.
The rulings of the ICJ, the main judicial organ of the UN, are binding but the court has no power to enforce them. It settles legal disputes between member states. But both Washington and Tehran have in the past ignored the court's rulings.
Iran's economy has slumped since Trump ordered that sanctions be reinstated. Its currency, the rial, has dropped sharply.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, which monitors Iran's adherence to the nuclear pact, had found that Tehran fully complied with the agreement.
The court's decision could encourage European companies, which ceased trading with Iran for fear of falling foul of Trump, to reconsider their position, specifically those dealing in the humanitarian items outlined by the judges, the report said.
Tehran said the sanctions violated the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights between Iran and the US, which grants the ICJ jurisdiction over disputes.
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Q: Find all positive integers $x,y$ such that $(x+y)(xy+1)$ is a power of $2$ Find all positive integers $x,y$ such that $(x+y)(xy+1)$ is a power of $2$
It is clear that as we are given a factorisation of the power of two, both of those terms have to be powers of two. $x+y$ is then even and $xy$ is odd, which only happens when both $x,y$ are odd.
Then some obvious solutions include $x,y = \left\{ 1,1 \right\},\left\{ 1,3 \right\},\left\{ 1,7 \right\},...$
I am not sure how to proced with finding the complete set (and proving its completeness). Perhaps examination modulo some other integer? I have not been successful with $3$.
Thank you for your help.

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Ok! So, this may look like I am writing a review for these snack products, but really, it is just what we buy! My goal for this very simple project was to make at least a week's worth of snack bags that we could grab on the go. No thinking, just grab and go! I wanted this snack to be healthy with good fats, good carbs and some protein. A perfect mix for a complete, hunger free snack without a lot of added sugar! Here is our version of a trail mix.
We like cinnamon cereal, cashews, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, banana chips and raisins. It was a lot of fun to make together and we stash them in a place where he can easily reach them. This was such a simple thing to make together but also included lots of great skills and discussion points! I love multi-purpose activities! He worked with me from start to finish and even helped make each bag and count them!
This simple snack making session also gave us time to chat about good snacks and junk food snacks and how we need good foods for our body to grow big and strong. Sometimes it is okay to have a little bit of junk food snack as long as we have good snacks most of the time!
Since the bowl was getting a bit full and to avoid accidental dumping, we (well I) decided we should put a scoop of the nut, fruit, seed mix into each bag and then put a scoop of cereal in each bag! Lots of controlled scooping and dumping!
Do you make snack bags? What's your favorite recipe?
Since i am on the paleo diet and on the road quite a bit, I make up quite a few of these.


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November 29, 2018 Blog
We must reject war in Yemen and pursue peace
Issues: Foreign Affairs & Trade
As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I have closely followed recent developments in the war between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi Rebels in Yemen.
This is one of the world's deadliest wars. Airstrikes, and other acts of war, have killed tens of thousands of civilians. Yemen has become a wasteland with widespread disease and famine. An estimated 85,000 children have been killed or died from malnutrition, and the United Nations estimates Yemen is now facing the specter of a famine threatening 14 million people—50% of the population. And three-quarters of Yemen's population now requires urgent humanitarian assistance.
The time has come for us to reconsider our support for this disastrous war and to consider the moral imperatives that form the foundation of our values, as well as our strategic interests. In this instance, I believe, both our moral values and strategic interests require that we reassess our involvement in this tragic human catastrophe. We must reject war and pursue peace.
The day I was sworn in as a Member of Congress, I joined the House in passing a resolution calling on all parties involved in the conflict to increase efforts to adopt all necessary and appropriate measures to prevent civilian casualties and to increase humanitarian access and calling on all parties to the conflict to allow for unobstructed access for humanitarian organizations, human rights investigators, medical relief personnel, and journalists. In addition, the resolution denounced the conduct of the war in Yemen that is, directly or indirectly, inconsistent with the laws of armed conflict, including the deliberate targeting of civilian populations or the use of civilians as human shields.
It is my fear that our continued support of this war will only increase resentment of the United States in the region. It will diminish U.S. security and undermine America's moral authority and reputation as a champion of our foundational values such as human rights and civil liberties. In addition to the horrendous humanitarian cost in Yemen itself, it makes the entire region less secure and makes humanitarian disasters in the wider region more likely. But more importantly, what's happening in Yemen is just simple wrong. It's not in harmony with our values and ironically, the very reason we want a strong ally in Saudi Arabia is to prevent this type of situation not foster it.
These conditions provide a breeding ground for violent extremism and for terrorist groups to expand. Prolonging the war in Yemen only strengthens the Islamic State in Yemen and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Additionally, the conflict undertaken by the Saudi-led coalition under the objective of "eliminating Iranian influence" has achieved just the opposite. Iran has been able to use the conflict as an opportunity to establish a foothold across the Middle East. It has sent soldiers to prop up the dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria. Additionally, Iran-supported Hezbollah is now the dominant political force in Lebanon and able to threaten neighboring Israel, our closest ally in the region, with its growing missile and rocket arsenal. This threat to Israel is in addition to the ongoing barrage of missiles fired into Israel by Iran-supported Hamas in Gaza.
I welcomed Secretary of Defense Mattis's October 30, 2018 statement calling on combatants in Yemen, including the Saudi coalition and the Houthi faction supported by Iran, to negotiate a cease-fire within 30 days. He stated, "It's time to stop this." He urged all parties to sit down for peace talks. Secretary of Defense Mattis's comments were followed up by Secretary of State Pompeo's statement in which he said, "The time is now for the cessation of hostilities." I echo Secretary Mattis's sentiment when he said, "We have got to move toward a peace effort here, and we can't say we are going to do it sometime in the future." We should support the UN-led efforts to bring peace to this devastated country and urge the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis to start peace negotiations as soon as possible.
Ending our support for the Saudi-led coalition highlights the gross inhumanity of the war and that the we do not support the way the conflict in Yemen is being conducted. It underlines our growing concerns about the behavior of Saudi Arabia as it effects larger American strategic interests in the region and our interest in preserving global humanitarian norms. Ending our support for the war will force the Saudi-led coalition to reconsider its policies and will signal our support for peace negotiations, as called for by the Administration.
American foreign policy requires a balance between our national security and moral values. In the case of the war in Yemen, these competing imperatives are not in conflict. Ending US support for the war in Yemen supports both American strategic interests and humanitarian values.
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In the last week of 2018, when the festivity of music & joyous celebrations are going on in the capital city of India, FlowerAura & Ola came along with a campaign titled "Gift Health – Gift Plants". Under this association, FlowerAura gifted beautiful plants to all the Ola customers taking a ride from T1 & T3 Terminal of IGI Airport on 28th December and 29th December 2018. The objective was to raise awareness about the benefits of planting a tree and how one can promote this by gifting to their near & dear ones.
In one of recent research, Delhi was one of the Top 10 most polluted cities in the World. Considering the toxicity & PM 2.5 Level of Delhi NCR which reached to an all-time high of 726 on 8th November 2018, this initiative looked promising and was highly appreciated by most of the customers of Ola as well as corporate who chose to indulge in "The Go Green Initiative".
Floweraura has launched 40 varieties of plants which are easy to take care of and can be easily delivered through FlowerAura's franchise, company stores, and vendors across 220 cities in India. Ordering plants online is one of the unique features FlowerAura offer to their customers.
FlowerAura, a pioneer in the gifting industry, has flourished in the Indian market with its unique gifts (flowers, cakes, plants and personalized gifts) for the special moments that can't be put into words. It is the brand of FA Gifts Pvt. Ltd., which Started in 2010, and the company launched its first FlowerAura store in the city of Gurgaon. Today, FlowerAura lead the gifting market in more than 220 cities to deliver A+ delightful experience for every customer out there.


Off of Ryan Hemsworth's Secret Songs label, this small gem of a song is catchy and cute, reminiscent of simpler times.
It's basically about a girl wondering about how flamingos get their color with some equality stuff mixed in.
Who sings the Japanese vocals?
The vocalist, Sarah Perry, stays constant throughout the song; she is part Japanese.


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Factoring and Multiples
What numbers between 49 and 97 are multiples of 3 5 6?
Q: What numbers between 49 and 97 are multiples of 3 5 6?
What are the 2 consecutive whole numbers of 97?
What are the composite numbers between 89 and 97?
These steps can reduce our work: First of all we will write all the even numbers between 89 and 97: 90, 92, 94 & 96. Then multiples of 5: 90 & 95. Multiples of 3: 90, 93 & 96 and also the multiple of 7 which is 91. There is no other number left between 89 & 97. Therefore, numbers between 89 & 97 are all composite numbers.
What is the sum of two consecutive whole numbers of 97?
The numbers are 48 and 49.
What are the two consecutive whole numbers which add up to 97?
Are there more multiples of 6 or more multiples of 7 between you and 100?
The answer depends on what "you" is. If you = 97 then there there are more multiples of 7.
What are the composite numbers between 0 1 15 19 23 31 49 55 59 87 91 97 103 105?
15, 49, 55, 87, 91,105 are the composite numbers.
The sum of two consecutive whole numbers is ninety seven . What are the two numbers?
The numbers are: 48+49 = 97
How many numbers are there between 1 and 100 when divided by 24 gives a remainder 1?
There are 4 such integers: 25, 49, 73, 97
What are the square numbers between 0 and 97?
1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81
What are all the prime numbers from 89 and 97?
There are no prime numbers between 89 and 97.
What are the factors and multiples of 97?
Factors: 1 and 97 Multiples: 97, 194, 291 and so on.
How do you get the square number between 0 and 97?
It is: 97/2 = 48.5 rounded to 49 which is a square number because 7*7 = 49


An 18k white gold diamond heart necklace by Theo Fennell. The necklace features an openwork heart motif set with approximately 128 round brilliant cut diamonds in a pave setting with an approximate weight of 0.85ct. The chain (not by Theo Fennell) features a lobster clasp with a length of 7.20 inches and the heart motif measures 1.85 inches in length and 1.65 inches in width. The necklace has a gross weight of 10.60 grams.
The necklace come complete with a RichDiamonds presentation box and our own certificate of authenticity.


A teenager is being held in the slaying of a Michigan man in a shooting that happened inside a Leo Street apartment.
Anthony Brown, 18, is in the Montgomery County Jail on multiple charges after his arrest Wednesday in the 1700 block of Germantown Pike.
Brown is the suspect in the Oct. 26 death of 42-year-old Allen R. Lindenman, according to Dayton police.
Lindenman was one of the victims in three unrelated shootings that weekend.
The initial investigation revealed two men entered a Leo Street apartment and one fired two shots, hitting Lindenman in the chest and in the arm, police said.
The victim was known to carry large amounts of cash and frequented pool halls.
Police said the shooting was possibly a robbery attempt.
Others were in the apartment when the shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m., including a man who answered the door and was forced inside by the gunman and his accomplice.
Brown is being held on suspicion of three counts of murder, three counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of felonious assault and a weapons violation, according to jail records.


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The Hippodrome was built as a 'twice nightly' theatre in 1938, next door to the Plaza and opposite the Odeon Cinema. It replaced the Opera House, destroyed by fire in 1936, on the same site. Externally like a super cinema of the time, in buff brick. At the centre, above the canopy, there were originally glazed, now blind, panels between the brick end bays, divided by two tall brick mullions. Above this a deep brick attic is divided by five horizontal bands. The name HIPPODROME in a central panel has been removed. Plain flank. Fly tower. The Hippodrome has a small foyer. The fan-shaped auditorium was little altered for bingo use. The stalls rake rises to a rear terrace, and there is a single, steeply raked, deep balcony. The square proscenium has a moulded architrave, and the ceiling and walls have simple moulded ornamentation. Major adaptations have been made within the stage house. The building was well maintained whilst in bingo use until 2009, and the interior still has a theatrical 'feel'. It would be possible to return it to live use, but it would be necessary to remove the structural steelwork inserted in the fly tower. The stage is quite shallow, but there is open land at the rear, providing the opportunity to enlarge the stage house. The theatre was purchased by Dudley Council for demolition as part of its plans for the regeneration of the Castle Hill area including the creation of new facilities and an entrance to Dudley Zoo. However, the site is no longer required for this purpose. In 2012, local campaigners established the Friends of Dudley Hippodrome, to save and secure a future for the building, restoring it to theatre use. The 2016 local elections and a subsequent political shift within the Council has seen positive progress for the Hippodrome, with the Council agreeing to lease the building to The Black Country Hippodrome Ltd, a newly formed steering group, for five years.
1964 - 1974: Bingo; Casino; Occasional theatre use
1970 - 1979: Ladbroke Entertainments
1974 - 2009: Bingo
Disused (currently at risk)
Castle Hill, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4QF, England
Dudley Hippodrome Community Group - campaign group
1938 Design/Construction:
A Hurley Robinson
1938 - 1958 Owner/Management: Kennedy's Theatres Ltd
1958 - 1964 Owner/Management: Scala Ballroom Ltd (Wolverhampton), lessee
1964 Owner/Management: Midlands Entertainment Agency, lessee
1964 - 1974 Use: Bingo; Casino; Occasional theatre use
1970 - 1979 Use: Ladbroke Entertainments
1973 Alteration: Stage removed and new circle erected in its place to form an amphitheatre (architect unknown)
1974 - 2009 Use: Bingo
1992 - 2009 Owner/Management: Gala Clubs
2010 Owner/Management: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
2016 Owner/Management: The Black Country Hippodrome Ltd, lessee
1952: 1512
Proscenium, slightly raked
Building dimensions: 27m x 40m (88ft x 132ft)
Stage dimensions: Depth: 11m (36ft)
Proscenium width: 12m (39ft 7in)
Height to grid: 19.6m (64ft 3in)
Inside proscenium: 36ft
Orchestra pit: Original (21)


Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a home on Ann Arbor's south side this morning.
Residents reported a fire outside the home in the first block of Englewood Court just before 4 a.m.
A family of three evacuated before firefighters arrived and were not injured, Ann Arbor Police Lt. Chris Heatley said.
Heatley said the first-responders found an object that they believe was thrown against the home and ignited an exterior wall.
Detectives and the city's fire marshal were on their way to the scene this morning.


The World Bank has advised in its report that Australia Visa policy must be changed to make it easier for Pacific Islanders to work in the nation. The report has said that Australia must eliminate the requirement of having worked for 3 months in regions for holiday workers.
The existing Australia visa policy offers an extension of Working Holiday Subclass 417 visas by 12 months for visitors. But for this, they are required to work in the regional areas for 88 days. This can be construction, fishing, and mining.
The report of the World Bank revealed that the program was damaging the seasonal worker system. This is to the extent that seasonal workers were outnumbered by 6 to 1 in the farming sector, as quoted by the Xinhuanet. Workers from 9 Pacific countries arrive in Australia for working in the horticulture through the seasonal worker program.
The seasonal worker program has been weighed down by scams of mistreatment and underpayment of traveler workers. These are dependent on the employers in Australia for extension of their visas.
The World Bank report elaborates that travelers are offered implicit incentive to work in the farming sector. They are given an extension for the second year on the condition that they undertake work in the pastoral areas.
The elimination of extension of the second year for the visas of those with Working Holiday Visas will take away the incentive for 36, 264 traveler workers in the rural areas. These are chiefly employed in the horticulture sector.


For School District 71's teachers, this is a collection of documents that you might find useful in getting going with the Diagnostic Math Assessment and then interpreting your student's results.
Work and Wonder Sheet ... I use this with students when they are working at the computer. When 'launched' with, I need this information to help figure out what I need to help you with, students tend to summarize their trouble spots and have a place to figure out answers, rather than just doing it in their heads.
Sample report ... to get you going, this is an example of an analysis.


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Manchester United: Andrei Kanchelskis blasts Red Devils\' style of play ahead of Moscow fixture
By Arunava Ray
November 3, 2015 04:45 GMT
Former Manchester Untited winger Andrei Kanchelskis has stuck the boot into Louis van Gaal and slammed his tactics that have cost the Red Devils in recent weeks. United have gone three games without scoring a goal in all competitions and face CSKA Moscow on Tuesday, 3 November, a game that can make or break their bid to move into the group stages of the Champions League.
Kanchelskis, who won back-to-back Premier League titles under Sir Alex Ferguson including a domestic double, insists the reverse fixture against Moscow showed a lot of chinks in United's armour and more teams will be looking to take similar advantage in the future.
The Red Devils drew the game 1-1, courtesy of a diving header from Anthony Martial, but the former United man believes the Russians have a good chance of pulling off a major upset over the 20-time English Champions. The winger also criticised Bastian Schweinsteiger, accusing him of not playing as passionately as you would expect a World Cup winner to.
"The first game against CSKA showed that it's possible to win against this team," Kanchelskis told Manchester Evening News. "I was at the stadium and I was surprised how disgustingly United played in the first half. A lot of ball control but no sharpness at all.
"In the second-half it got better because of the substitution of Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was slowing the game down. I guess Manchester United is not his team. It's in the history and tradition of Man United to play wide and be sharp at the flanks but there is nothing like this now.
"Yes, changes in the second half had worked. Marouane Fellaini was a good sub and, if he were used properly, he could be very useful."
The Red Devils have been accused of lacking creativity across the pitch, with Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew claiming that blocking Anthony Martial in the opposition box would be enough to stifle the entire team. Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye mirrored Pardew's claims, saying United's threat can be easily nullified by a team with a good defence.
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7 myths about immigration
On the face of it, our many misconceptions about immigration form a very depressing picture. Yet more accurate information can shift public opinion in a more positive direction.
Ian Sinclair
Is immigration really a "taboo" topic? Flickr/Gideon. Some rights reserved.
A confession: I don't find immigration very interesting. In fact in many ways I find it quite dull. I know, I know, it is an important topic, but shamefully I have real trouble garnering enough enthusiasm to follow the latest developments as closely as I know I should. However, the level of debate surrounding immigration leading up to May's General Election frustrated me so much I felt I should write some kind of response to the ignorant assertions and straight out lies endlessly repeated across the media, often with little push back from presenters or the audience.
The misinformation ranges from the blatant and sometimes racist (Nigel Farage and UKIP passim) to more subtle forms such as the implicit assumptions behind the right-wing policy proposals coming out of the mouths of so-called respectable, centrist politicians. For example, Labour's proposal to make EU migrants wait for two years before claiming out of work benefits is based on the false assumption a large number of people are coming to the UK to claim benefits.
Labour's caving in to the right on immigration means many of the lies have gone unchallenged, with the debate moving sharply to the right. No wonder, then, "the British public generally holds an exaggerated view of the scale and impacts of immigration in the UK" and that "opinion on immigration among British voters is broadly negative", according to research conducted for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration. A 2014 Ipsos Mori poll found "People from the UK… think immigrants make up twice the proportion of the population as is really the case." Likewise, a 2013 YouGov survey found the public overestimate the number of EU immigrants claiming unemployment benefit by a factor of ten. "It is unhealthy for public debate to be so ill-informed – and for politicians (of all parties) to shy away from confronting such widespread popular misconceptions", notes YouGov's Peter Kellner.
Luckily there is hope buried within this depressing morass. Because if the public's broadly negative view of immigration "is based on low levels of knowledge about immigration, and generally not connected to direct experience of immigration impacts", then surely more accurate information can shift public opinion in a more positive direction.
So, for my own sanity and as a future resource for me and others, below is a list of seven of the most persistent myths surrounding immigration and, more importantly, evidence and facts to counter them.
Myth One: Immigration is a taboo subject, everybody is afraid to talk about immigration
"One common gripe is that 'no one is allowed to talk about immigration'", writes Michael Rundell. "This will come as a surprise to anyone who scans the front pages of the Sun, Mail or Express, which rarely fail to feature a shouty headline about scrounging migrants or health tourists."
In reality, as commentator Mehdi Hasan argued in 2011, "There is no conspiracy of silence on immigration. We talk about little else." A 2014 report by the British Futures thinktank agrees: "Immigration is the issue that everyone is talking about. Repeated surveys show it is neck-and-neck with the economy as number one issue for the public now, and will be, come the general election."
As Hasan notes "The very first question of the first televised leader's debate in British political history [in 2010] was on the subject of immigration." Immigration was also one of the central discussion topics during the 2015 ITV leadership debate.
The public's interest is likely energised by continuous public statements by our leaders. In 2011 Prime Minister David Cameron said "This time last year, we said we would listen to people's concerns and get immigration under control. Today I can confidently say that we are getting there." In the same year, in a speech in Munich, Cameron argued that immigrants "speak the language of their new home." In 2007, in his first conference speech as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown promised "British jobs for British workers." In 2004 the then Prime Minister Tony Blair said the public's concern about immigration "are real concerns; they are not figments of racist imagination; and they have to be tackled precisely in order to sustain a balanced and sensible argument about migration."
Myth Two: Immigrants take jobs away from British people and reduce wages
First, note how this popular myth directly contradicts Myth Three.
In 2009 the Guardian reported "Claims that migrants 'take our jobs' and 'cut our pay' are misplaced and wrong, according to research published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research." The study found no evidence that migration from Eastern Europe since 2004 had had any substantial negative impact on either jobs or wage levels.
Little seems to have changed six years later. In its 2015 General Election briefing, the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) observed "There is still no evidence of an overall negative impact of immigration on jobs" and "wages" and that "any negative impacts on wages of less skilled groups are small."
Answering the question of whether immigration negatively effects jobs or wages, Jonathan Portes, the Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, notes "The short answer seems to be: not much." Portes continues: "It's fairly obvious that wages are generally higher and jobs easier to come by in areas of high immigration like London, while many low migration areas have relatively depressed labour markets."
How could this be? Portes explains: "People who say this… usually don't actually know or understand basic economics. More immigrant workers do increase the supply of labour. But, because immigrants earn money, spend money, set up businesses and so on, they also increase the demand for labour. And it's true that, if an immigrant takes a job, then a British worker can't take that job – but it doesn't meant he or she won't find another one that may have been created, directly or indirectly, as a result of immigration."
Myth Three: Immigrants come to the UK to claim benefits, creating a real problem of benefit tourism
In October 2013 Prime Minster David Cameron said the public's concern about benefit tourism – migrants coming to the UK to claim benefits rather than work – was "widespread and understandable."
In contrast, in the same month Business Secretary Vince Cable noted "there is very little evidence of benefit tourism from people coming from Eastern Europe." Portes concurs, stating "the evidence that a significant number of people come here just to claim benefits is very thin." So thin, in fact, that in 2013 a spokesperson for the European Employment Commissioner publicly stated the UK Government had "completely failed to come up with any specific evidence" to show that the UK benefits system was being abused. It turns out the European Commission had been asking the UK Government for evidence for three years. Embarrassingly a 2013 classified Home Office report confirmed the British government doesn't keep any figures on how many European Union nationals claim welfare payments in the UK.
The reality, according to a 2014 University College London study, is that European migrants overwhelmingly come to the UK to work. Eastern Europeans and Western Europeans have an employment rate of 81 percent and 70 percent, respectively. The study goes on to estimate that migrants coming to the UK since 2000 have been 43 percent less likely to claim benefits or tax credits compared to the UK-born workforce. This conclusion is supported by the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE that concluded this year "Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and better educated than the UK-born and less likely to be unemployed."
This myth feeds off a wider popular myth about welfare – that people can have a comfortable life living on welfare and that they may even be better off on benefits than in work. However, a plethora of research and first-hand experience has shown this not to be the case.
Moreover, this myth is also based on the assumption that higher benefits will act as a draw for migrants. However, a 2011 study from the Institute for the Study of Labour in Bonn found no correlation between levels of unemployment benefit and immigration to different countries in the European Union, with the authors explicitly rejecting the concept of a "welfare magnet". As it happens, the Guardian report on the study also notes "Almost no evidence has been produced to show that in international terms UK benefits are more generous than other EU countries."
An interesting aside: in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, France and Ireland the number of British people claiming unemployment benefit is almost three times as high as the number of nationals from these countries receiving parallel benefits in the UK. Moreover, often the benefits in these countries are more generous than benefits in the UK.
See also Myth Four.
Myth Four: Immigrants are a strain on public services, such as hospitals and schools
A 2014 study by the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at University College London found European immigrants to the UK have paid more in taxes than they received in benefits, helping to relieve the fiscal burden on UK-born workers and contributing to the financing of public services. "A key concern in the public debate on migration is whether immigrants contribute their fair share to the tax and welfare systems", notes co-author Professor Christian Dustmann. "Our new analysis draws a positive picture of the overall fiscal contribution made by recent immigrant cohorts, particularly of immigrants arriving from the EU."
Portes notes that while there can be local pressures on public services, as these services are funded by taxation, and as EU migrants tend to pay more into the system than they take out, "overall, stopping EU migration would cost public services more in lost tax revenue than it would save in reduced demand."
In addition, it is important to remember foreign nationals play a key role in the NHS. According to recent figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre, 11 percent of NHS staff are not British. This figure rises to 26 percent for doctors. As the British Medical Association has noted, without non-British staff "many NHS services would struggle to provide effective care to their patients."
When it comes to schools, the influence of immigration can be surprising, argues Portes: "Despite the pressures of a growing population and a very large number of children for whom English is not the first language, London schools significantly outperform the rest of the country, especially for more disadvantaged children. And recent research suggests that the presence of children from Eastern Europe actually improved the educational attainment of kids here already."
See also Myth Three.
Myth Five: Health tourism is a big problem for the UK
A 2013 Guardian report highlighted new government commissioned research that "flies in the face of assertions by Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, that the tourists cost the health service money."
The study found that more people leave the UK seeking medical treatment abroad than arrive in this country to receive care. Moreover, the study found that medical tourism is a lucrative source of income for the NHS (and the wider economy), with the 18 hospitals deemed the top destinations for overseas patients earning £42m in 2010.
In addition, in 2013 Guardian columnist Zoe Williams reported that there were more than 20 private Polish medical centres in London, as well as in Manchester, Reading, Bristol and Glasgow. After speaking to Polish people using these clinics, Williams explains they are used for a variety of reasons including the perception the NHS provides a poor service, because of long NHS wait times, the belief Polish nurses are better trained than UK nurses and because of the language barrier. "Many Polish immigrants will go to some lengths to avoid NHS 'tourism', up to and including paying for their care", writes Williams.
Myth Six: Immigrants are a drain on social housing and often get preferential treatment
This myth was given a boost in 2009 when the Labour Government said it wanted to give local people greater priority for social housing. However, as the Guardian reported in 2009 "The allegation that new migrants are jumping the queue for council housing and housing association homes was nailed as a myth by research recently published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission." The study found that more than 60% of migrants who had come to Britain in the past five years were living in privately rented accommodation, with most newly arrived migrants and asylum seekers actually banned from access to social housing.
A 2009 University College London paper that found immigrants from A8 countries – those who arrived after EU enlargement in 2004 – "are far less likely to live in social housing" than the rest of the UK population.
In 2015 the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE noted "There is still no evidence of an overall negative impact of immigration" on social housing.
Myth Seven: Immigrants commit more crime than British people
"Crime in neighbourhoods that have experienced mass immigration from eastern Europe over the past 10 years has fallen significantly, according to research that challenges a widely held view over the impact of foreigners in the UK", noted the Guardian about a 2013 report published by LSE. "Rates of burglary, vandalism and car theft all dropped following the arrival of migrants from Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and seven other countries after they joined the European Union in 2004." The Guardian story quoted Brian Bell, a research fellow at LSE: "The view that foreigners commit more crime is not true. The truth is that immigrants are just like natives: if they have a good job and a good income they don't commit crime."
These findings echo a 2008 report prepared for the Association of Chief Police Officers, which found offending rates among eastern European immigrants were in line with the rate of offending in the general population. A senior source with in-depth knowledge of the report explained: "Any rise has been broadly proportionate to the number of people from those communities coming into this country. People are saying crime is rising because of this influx. Given 1 million people have come in, that doesn't make sense as crime is significantly down."
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'Sheer panic set in': LDS dad describes chaos at top of Indonesian volcano when quake hit
By	Meridian Magazine · August 7, 2018
The following is excerpted from KSL. To read the full article, click here.
Rescuers are still digging through the rubble in search of survivors after a 7.0 earthquake killed at least 98 people Sunday. More than 200 others were hurt and at least 20,000 people are now homeless, according to authorities.
That earthquake struck the island of Lombok. Just a week before, the same area was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake. Craig Chilton, from Utah, was on top of a volcano on the island when it happened.
Chilton grew up in Bountiful and attended BYU. He's lived in Thailand with his family for the past year. A week ago, he traveled to Indonesia and hiked to the top of Mt. Rinjani. That's when he thought he was going to die.
"It's a little over 12,000 feet in elevation gain, and it's pretty much straight up the whole way," Chilton told KSL through a Facetime interview Monday. "The hike is definitely a grueling trek."
Climbing Mt. Rinjani had always been on Chilton's bucket list. The two-day trek to the rim of the crater isn't for the faint of heart, but as Chilton's photos show, hundreds of people attempt it every weekend.
"By the time I got up to the summit, there were already 150 to 200 people that were up at the summit too. With that many people in such a small space it was pretty packed in," said Chilton.
Chilton made it to the very top of the volcano, but minutes after he snapped a few photos of the sunrise, disaster struck.
To read the full article, click here.


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In June, after spending a year teaching abroad in China living on my own and somewhat successfully navigating the nuances of an entirely different culture, I moved back home. Yes, I joined the throngs of twenty-somethings who are migrating back to their childhood bedrooms and parents' basements in the name of taking a job "for the experience." I am one of the fortunate ones, however; though the word "intern" indeed features prominently in my job title and my paltry salary requires me to once again kowtow to my mother's insane 11:57 curfew (although this would admittedly be a bigger deal if I actually had any social life to speak of), I legitimately LOVE my job as a middle school writing teacher.
Whenever I try to describe the exact parameters of my position, I struggle to pinpoint what it is that I do that will translate to something that sounds like "respectable and full-time" to normal people. My typical day involves floating in and out of classes, going wherever teachers need me to help with writing assignments or projects or almost anything else that's school-related. While this can feel hectic at times, a benefit is that I have the chance to work with students of all grades, learning levels, and areas of interest. Often I work with students who are struggling with the workload or those who need some extra help understanding directions. About 80% of the time, this means working with "Trouble Kids"—those students who are constantly doing what they're not supposed to do and who never seem to finish assignments on time. About 80% of those kids are sixth grade boys: hyperactive, hormonal, and completely overwhelmed by the new middle school environment in which they find themselves.
One student, Joshua*, is a particularly energetic sixth grader, the quintessential class clown. He seems entirely incapable of controlling his own limbs and will inexplicably pop out of his seat to punch one of his classmates, steal something with his tell-tale impish grin, or "dance" (read: flail somewhat rhythmically) behind someone's chair. Joshua is a true attention hog and rarely listens or responds to his teachers' corrective reproaches.
Joshua can be frustrating and horrendously disruptive, but as I've spent more time working with him, I've realized how readily teachers label "Trouble Kids" without listening to them. A few weeks ago, Joshua sauntered out of his math class into the common area where I teaching a lesson on the writing process. He didn't seem to have a purpose but wandered listlessly around the tables and computers, generally distracting everyone with whom he came into contact. I already had twelve kids I was trying to keep under control, so I had neither the time nor the patience to spare for Joshua. But as I gave him my best look of exasperation, I saw that he was upset. While my students were working on an individual task, I took Joshua aside to ask why in the world he was just lounging about the hallway. He informed me that his math class had a substitute who had accused him of throwing things at other people or playing football or something—the details were delivered in fuzzy pre-pubescent speak—but the gist was that he had been wrongly accused and had simply been tossed out of class.
Now, Joshua certainly could have been lying, whether to foster sympathy or to avoid getting in more trouble. And I don't mean to criticize the substitute teacher, because I know subbing can often seem like having your head stuck in a game of Whack-A-Mole. I wasn't there. For all I know, Joshua could have been stabbing kids in the legs with pencils. Joshua's track record suggests that no matter how minor his initial offense may have been, he probably didn't listen to whatever warnings or instructions the substitute gave him afterwards. That being said, simply tossing him out of class communicated to Joshua that his opinion and story weren't even worth listening to. His poor behavior was all but expected.
I would be lying if I said I didn't care if my students liked me. It is a universal and particularly human weakness to crave that acceptance, even (or perhaps especially) from twelve-year-olds. But rather than using it to become popular, Dan Aykroyd's advice has stuck with me as a helpful bit of pedagogy when I'm trying to reach kids in class, especially those like Joshua, and help them feel like there are adults who want to know who they are and will not just assess them based on their progress reports. Pausing to listen opens doors to magic moments when a student's true character emerges.
Thus ensued a short but hilarious conversation about what type of superhero Joshua would be (apparently Homework Man, as his immediate answer was, "Super speed, so I could do my homework really fast!") and why he thought he would want to control fire (his second choice). It was a small moment, seemingly meaningless. But when we finally finished his paragraph, Joshua logged off of the computer and gave me a big hug.
I'm not saying I handled this situation brilliantly, as there was doubtless a way to help Joshua feel someone was listening to him while still managing to keep him on task. I am, after all, just a writing intern who currently lives in a bedroom once decorated with Backstreet Boys posters. But I believe a lot of the classroom dynamic revolves around expectation; we expect certain kids to be diligent and others to goof off and drive us nuts. I worry that kids like Joshua have been hurt deeply by those expectations and have quit trying in school because they become convinced they can never overcome them. It meant something significant to Joshua to have a student-teacher conversation that didn't involve any chiding or redirecting; it was a simple moment where he had the chance to share something about himself.
There are thousands of students like Joshua in America's schools, kids whose constant need for attention is exhausting and often difficult for teachers to address because they have a classroom full of other students. Attitude is crucial when approaching these "Trouble Kids." They need to know that their teachers are on their side and care about who they are instead of simply assuming that the student will annoy the bejeesus out of them at every encounter. We have to love every student, regardless of performance or behavior, not just with the love of a teacher determined to reach every kid but with the love of the Creator who stuck with each of us through our own sin and yes, even hellish adolescence. Showing interest in a student's story can go so far, not only towards proving to a kid that a teacher cares, but also towards re-engaging that student in the classroom. We lose students when we label them with preconceived expectations of their behavior. Instead, we should show them we are interested in the people they are. If you don't believe me, take it from Papa Aykroyd: interested is interesting.
Melanie Holland is a middle school teacher in St. Louis. Besides her first love, reading and teaching literature to squirrely thirteen-year-olds, she is a huge fan of baked goods, autumn, quality movies, Diet Coke and Cardinals baseball.


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I have just installed Gantry 5.4.24 and selected a preset.
Also not shown, at the bottom the icons are missing in the Legend.
When trying to set preferences or edit profile, I get a 500 error.
I do not get the 500 error with the default kunena templates.
Is this a possible compatibility issue with the current versions of Gantry and Kunena?
I have just seen in another post that the templates are not compatible with kunena 5.1, so I have downgraded to 5.0.14 and that has fixed the 500 error, also the legend icons are now showing.
But the css issue with the buttons remain, any help with this?
Although it's not perfect, I can improve the look by adding custom css.
9 months 1 day ago	#819 by Eugene S.
We are planning to finish template updates (which will solve issues with icons and etc) this Summer.
We have found that the cause of this issue is that Kunena 5.1 moved to Font Awesome 5.
Let me know did it help or not.
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The template got version 2.0.1. It is compatible with Kunena 5.1.x version.


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Presidential Memorandum -- Enhanced Collection of Relevant Data and Statistics Relating to Women
SUBJECT: Enhanced Collection of Relevant Data and Statistics Relating to Women
I am proud to work with the White House Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Commerce on this week's release of Women in America, a report detailing the status of American women in the areas of families and income, health, employment, education, and violence and crime. This report provides a snapshot of the status of American women today, serving as a valuable resource for Government officials, academics, members of non-profit, nongovernmental, and news organizations, and others.
My Administration is committed to ensuring that Federal programs achieve policy goals in the most cost-effective manner. The Women in America report, together with the accompanying website collection of relevant data, will assist Government officials in crafting policies in light of available statistical evidence. It will also assist the work of the nongovernmental sector, including journalists, public policy analysts, and academic researchers, by providing data that allow greater understanding of policies and programs.
Preparation of this report revealed the vast data resources of the Federal statistical agencies. It also revealed some gaps in data collection. Gathering and analyzing additional data to fill in the gaps could help policymakers gather a more accurate and comprehensive view of the status and needs of American women.
Accordingly, I hereby request the heads of executive departments and agencies, where possible within existing collections of data and in light of budgetary constraints, to identify and to seek to fill in gaps in statistics and improve survey methodology relating to women wherever appropriate, including in the broad areas covered by the Women in America report: families and income, health, employment, education, and violence and crime.
Examples of some of the efforts that could be undertaken by departments and agencies with respect to the gathering or design of comprehensive data related to women include the following:
(a) Maternal Mortality. I encourage the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to continue to work with States and other registration areas to complete the expeditious adoption of the most current standards for the collection of information on vital events, as well as the transition to electronic reporting systems. Maternal mortality is an important indicator of women's health both internationally and nationally. In the United States, maternal mortality statistics are based upon the information recorded on death certificates and collected by State and local vital records offices. The NCHS compiles the data across the 50 States and other registration areas. Due to concerns about data quality in the ascertainment of maternal mortality statistics, the 2003 revision of the standard death certificate introduced improved standards for collecting data. Until all 50 States and registration areas adopt the new data standards, formulating a national-level maternal mortality ratio remains difficult.
(b) Women in Leadership in Corporate America. Women participate in every sector of the workforce. Their current role in corporate leadership is an important indicator of their progress. I encourage the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek to supplement the information it already collects by seeking to collect, among other data, information on the presence of women in governance positions in corporations, in order to shed further light on the role of women in corporate America.
(c) Women in Leadership in Public Service. I encourage the Corporation for National and Community Service to include statistics about the role of women in diverse aspects of public service within its planned work on measuring civic engagement.
This memorandum shall be carried out to the extent permitted by law, consistent with the legal authorities of executive departments and agencies and subject to the availability of appropriations. Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head thereof; or the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.


Sheena Iyengar gets us to think about the choices we make every day.
We not only have information overload but choice overload as well. How to cope with so many consumer, time and life choices?
This reminds me of Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. This gives you a good insight into the process of choice. We kid ourselves when we say we are giving rational thought to our big decisions.
It also reminds me of the mantra of good design: have only as many buttons as you actually need. Think iPhone.
There are good lessons here for curriculum planning (and lesson planning) - categorize things; make it concrete; and less is certainly more.
Sheen's blindness is rarely an issue in this thought-provoking talk.
I kinda realized this after my bazaar (mid march 2012) of preloved clothes closed with lukewarm takings. I thought I was increasing chances of sales by increasing variety n number of items displayed. Wish I watched this first! Totally sensible!!!
Sounds like one item at a time on eBay might do it!


I've been a little busier than usual the last couple of weeks. My wife Meghan and I were richly blessed with the addition of our little Charlotte on Jan 11th. The regular content of this blog will resume with next month's email.


Second Grand Theft Auto 5 trailer includes Apple iMac product.
Rockstar Games has just released the second trailer for its highly-anticipated upcoming game Grand Theft Auto 5, and it contains a surprise addition: an iMac computer.
The iMac (visible at 57 seconds) is clearly displaying the Calendar app, although events on the display are not visible. It is also clearly sporting an Apple-esque logo , and Apple keyboard (although the mouse appears to be a third-party substitute).
Note: several readers have informed us that Rockstar has used a bowl of fruit and the brand iFruit instead of an Apple logo in its games.
The Grand Theft Auto games are known for their ultra realistic settings, and the new game is unlikely to disappoint fans of the series, they often rely on copying real-world products, often with humorous names.
The computer is clearly an iMac, but it is unlikely to have been officially sanctioned by Apple. We're not sure if Apple would want to be associated with the trailer, which contains multiple shootings, an arson attack, and a violent bar fight. The trailer is marked "Grand Theft Auto V - ESRB Rating Pending: May contain content inappropriate for children. Visit www.esrb.org for rating information."
Grand Theft Auto 5 is due to be released in Spring 2013. It will be interesting to see if they include iFruit-themed Apple Stores in the game, or whether Apple requests to have its products removed.


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Washington, D.C.--According to the National Multi Housing Council's latest Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions, the apartment industry continues to recover briskly.
Washington, D.C.–According to the National Multi Housing Council's latest Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions, the apartment industry continues to recover briskly.
The Market Tightness Index, which examines vacancies and rents, rose to a record 90 from 78 last quarter. For all indexes, a reading above 50 indicates improving market conditions. Seventy-nine percent of respondents said markets were tighter (lower vacancies and/or higher rents), and for the first time ever, not a single respondent thought conditions were looser.
These strong fundamentals are bringing investors off the sidelines. The Equity Financing Index rose to another record high of 76 from last quarter's record of 74. Debt capital was also more available in the last quarter, with an increase in the Debt Financing Index to 69 from 48 in January.


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Here's the Sexist Thing an Uber Board Member Said Before Resigning
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Monica Hunter-Hart
Uber's board of directors held an important meeting on Tuesday to discuss the recommendations of a report on the company's toxic workplace culture. Much of the report's advice addressed a history of sexist behavior at Uber, but that didn't stop board member David Bonderman — a founder of the TPG Capital investment group — from making a stupid, sexist comment during the meeting.
Board member Arianna Huffington had been announcing the appointment of a second woman, Ling Martello, to the leadership, saying, "There is a lot of data that shows that when there is one woman on the board, it's much more likely that there will be a second woman on the board."
Bonderman interrupted to say, "I'll tell you what it shows, is that there's much more likely to be more talking on the board."
The New York Times reports that attendees of the meeting were "aghast" at the comment. Huffington was none to pleased, either, responding: "Ohh, come on, David."
Mere hours after audio of the exchange was obtained and shared by Yahoo Finance, Bonderman sent an email to all employees stating that he had decided to resign:
"The comment came across in a way that was the opposite of what I intended, but I understand the destructive effect it had, and I take full responsibility for that. […] I do not want my comments to create distraction as Uber works to build a culture of which we can be proud. I need to hold myself to the same standards that we're asking Uber to adopt. Therefore, I have decided to resign from Uber's board of directors, effective tomorrow morning."
The resignation comes the same day that Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick announced that he will take an indefinite leave of absence from the company.
Bonderman definitely made the best choice for Uber, which needs to show that it can take the drastic steps necessary to change its culture right now.
Huffington said in a statement, "I appreciate David doing the right thing for Uber at this time of critical cultural changes at the company."


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Honorary police officer in Co Donegal has a very special COVID-19 message
Jack Beattie, a nine-year-old honorary garda in Co Donegal, is urging people to stay home, stay safe, and save lives.
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Jack Beattie, 9, is urging people to stay home and stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Garda Síochána Donegal, Facebook
Jack Beattie, a 9-year-old honorary garda, is urging people to stay home, stay safe, and save lives.
Garda Jack Beattie (9) from Raphoe, County Donegal, has gone viral with his safety message during the coronavirus pandemic.
An honorary Irish police officer, thanks to the charity Little Blue Heroes Foundation, Beattie has been wearing the uniform for two years.
The 9-year-old who has osteogenesis imperfecta (also known as brittle bone disease) put out his appeal through the charity.
An important public announcement from Sergeant Jack Beattie who is in isolation! ?♂ #Stayathome #Staysafe #LittleBlueHeroes
Publiée par Garda Síochána Donegal sur Vendredi 17 avril 2020
Beattie, who was featured on the RTE Six One News, was given his police uniform by his colleagues at Letterkenny Garda Station two years ago. His career has already included trips to Ireland's police headquarters, in the Phoenix Park, in Dublin.
The Little Blue Heroes is a charity founded by garda staff to help families with children who are undergoing long-term medical treatment for illnesses.
Beattie's message to Ireland and the world is to stay at home, stay safe and continue to save lives.
Read more: 103-year-old nun is Ireland's oldest COVID-19 survivor
This is the second time during the COVID-19 pandemic that Beattie has made the news. Sadly, in 2020, for the third year in a row, Beattie's birthday party had to be canceled.
His seventh and eighth birthday parties were canceled because the young boy was undergoing surgeries. His mother, Ruth, reached out to the public for help in celebrating Beattie's ninth birthday. She asked that the public send cards to Beattie and the response was amazing.
For his birthday on March 23, he received over 2,000 cards and letters including some from Canada, the United States, and Thailand.
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Farrah Abraham's Lips Look 'Ruined for Life' After Treatment
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By	S.M. Walsh
Updated Dec 9, 2021 at 11:36am
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Farrah Abraham's recent Instagram video has sparked concern from fans who think her lips are "ruined for life."
On December 2, 2021, Abraham shared a video that shows her getting a lip treatment. The work was done by a company called Exquisite Aesthetics, which Abraham shouted out in her post.
"THE ULTIMATE MOM 🎁 GIFT GUIDE! For home or Vacay! I hope you feel #exquisite," the video caption read. "Thank you again @exquisiteaesthetics Best Mom gift guide for home & travel 🧭."
Unfortunately, fans were not as pumped about the services as Abraham was. In the comments section of her Instagram video, one worried fan wrote, "Dude you need to stop for real," while another added, "Is there anything natural on you?"
Abraham's haters also flocked to Reddit where they wrote scathing comments about the former "Teen Mom" star's appearance.
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In a thread titled, "The captions say they *microwaved* her face. That actually explains a lot," one person wrote, "Farrah looks like a cartoon." Another commented, "Honestly, Deb looks better than her at this point. Yikes."
A third wrote, "Her body dysmorphia is bad bad, real bad. That she thinks she looks good like this, is just sad sad, real sad." And one user seemed to echo those concerns, writing, "Omg those brows and lips actually emphasize her nose and chin, and not in a good way, which is funny because those were the features on her face that she was most insecure about."
An Expert Estimates Abraham Has Spent Roughly $133,000 on Her Body
Getty"Teen Mom OG" star Farrah Abraham mocked her own plastic surgery fails.
In July 2021, The Sun reported that Abraham had undergone "various procedures" to obtain her current physique.
Plastic surgeon Dr. Anthony Youn told The Sun that he believes Abraham has spent at least $133,000 on procedures on her face and another $30,000 on her breasts.
According to The Sun, Abraham also had "butt injections and a butt implant" after she got breast implants, even though a doctor suggested she simply try targeting her glutes in her workout routines. The outlet reported that the possible cost of these procedures was $22,000.
Abraham Is 'Grateful' She Documented Her Physical Transformation
Abraham has been transparent about how her look has changed over the years. In her memoir, "Dream Twenties: Self Guided Self Help Memoire," the former reality star wrote that she underwent a chin implant in 2012 which she removed a year later because the results left her "freaked out."
Abraham wrote, "I am grateful I got to show or document pretty much my first to my last procedure publicly. That includes even the mess-ups. There will be those insecure times with plastic surgery, where it's not like the amazing boob job that just changes your world where life is going to stay sunny and pour money all over you, no I'm talking about when I got a chin implant."
After she released the December 2 Instagram video, one fan commented that she was "completely unrecognizable" and another suggested she "sue these girls butchering up your face for clout and $."
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VP-Elect Pence to Visit NOLA Saturday
Vice-President Elect Mike Pence will visit Louisiana Saturday, a week before the runoff for U. S. Senate between Republican State Treasurer John Kennedy and Democrat Public Service Commission member Foster Campbell.
According to the press release, all the state's GOP statewide elected officials will be there, in addition to the state's Republican congressional delegation.
Doors will open at 10:45 a.m. at New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Bastian Mitchell Hangar, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd.
See here the announcement.
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Early Voting Underway in Louisiana
Early voting for the December 10 General Election is underway in Lincoln Parish. It began Saturday, 11/26, and will continue through Saturday, December 4. Registered voters can vote in person at the Lincoln Parish Court House, Registrar of Voters office on the ground floor.
Here is the ballot for most of the parish
U. S. Senator (Select 1)
Foster Campbell #3 Democrat
John Kennedy #13 Republican
PW Prop. No. 1 – 4.41 Mills – PJ – 10 Yrs. (Select 1)
Shall the Parish of Lincoln, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), levy a special tax of four and forty-one hundredths (4.41) mills on all property subject to taxation within the Parish (an estimated $2,028,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2017 and ending with the year 2026, for the maintenance and/or improvement of public roads and bridges throughout the Parish? YES/NO
Shall the Parish of Lincoln, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), levy a special tax of four and forty-one hundredths (4.41) mills on all property subject to taxation within the Parish (an estimated $2,028,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2017 and ending with the year 2026, for the construction, improvement and/or hardsurfacing of public roads and bridges throughout the Parish? YES/NO
The City of Grambling will have this tax to decide upon.
Shall the City of Grambling, State of Louisiana ("City"), pursuant to Article VI, Section 30 and 32 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, continue to levy and collect a special tax of five (5.00) mills on all property subject to taxation in the City (an estimated $55,387 reasonably expected to be collected from said levy for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, commencing with the year 2017, for the purposes of maintaining, operating, improving, and supporting the waterworks system of the City? YES/NO
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Second Circuit Court Issues Surface
Attorney blows whistle on Second Circuit Judge Larry Lolley for ex-parte messages in Sixth St. bar case
By Zach Parker zach@ouachitacitizen.com 2 hrs ago 0
Second Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Larry Lolley initiated an ex-parte communication with Monroe attorney Mark Neal last month, warning the attorney the appellate court would likely rule against his client, the Sixth Street Saloon in Monroe, prior to a hearing on the bar's appeal.
The ex-parte communication was conveyed in text messages from Lolley to Neal on Oct. 27. Ex-parte communications concerning substantive matters or the merits of a case are forbidden, according to the state Supreme Court's Code of Judicial Conduct.
Lolley, of Monroe, said Neal was wasting time pursuing his client's lawsuit and should take his career into consideration before taking such cases. Lolley also indicated the Second Circuit's three-judge panel – including himself – would likely favor the defendant, not Neal's client.
Neal reported the incident to the Second Circuit in an Oct. 31 letter that included screenshots of the text message exchange with Lolley. The Ouachita Citizen obtained the documents through a public records request to the court.
"This exchange clearly and unfortunately demonstrates unsolicited, ex-parte communication from Judge Lolley to me regarding a case pending before this court and to which the three presiding judges are referenced by name," stated Neal's letter to the court.
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Rapides DA Bookkeeper in the Till
From the Louisiana Legislative Auditor:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Seized Cash Assets Not Deposited
Records indicate that the District Attorney for the 9th Judicial District (District Attorney) received $794,166 in seized cash assets from local law enforcement agencies from January 1, 2009 through October 31, 2015, that were not deposited into the District Attorney's bank accounts. The records further indicate that: (a) $267,640 in funds from sources other than seized assets were deposited improperly into the asset forfeiture bank account; and (b) the District Attorney's Office failed to disburse $281,015 in asset forfeitures as ordered by the 9th Judicial District Court (Court). Former Bookkeeper Margaurette Beard was primarily responsible for receiving, recording, and depositing seized cash assets and disbursing those funds in accordance with Court judgments. By failing to ensure that all seized cash assets were properly recorded and deposited, allowing funds from sources other than asset forfeitures to be diverted into the asset forfeiture bank account, failing to comply with Court orders, and failing to properly disburse asset forfeiture funds, Ms. Beard may have violated state and federal laws.
Several years ago, Lincoln Parish News Online (LPNO) did a series of stories on the pitfalls of asset forfeiture laws.
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School Performance Scores Released
See here the complete statewide list.
SPS: School Performance Scores
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Trump Elector Kay Katz to Stand Firm
'Dump Trump': Kay Katz bombarded with requests to abandon her electoral vote for Trump
By Zach Parker zach@ouachitacitizen.com
Kay Katz, one of Louisiana's eight Republican presidential electors, is weathering a deluge of requests by email and telephone asking her to renege on her pledge to vote for President-elect Donald Trump.
"I have cleared 250 emails just today," said Katz during an interview with The Ouachita Citizen Thursday afternoon.
Katz, who is president of the Ouachita Parish Women's Republican Club, was selected as a presidential elector by the state Republican Party earlier this year. She'll join the state's other seven presidential electors at the state Capitol on Dec. 19 to cast her vote, which was pledged to Trump as the Republican Party's presidential nominee.
Katz said changing her vote is not an option for her. Members of the Electoral College who do not vote for their party's specified candidate are referred to as "faithless electors."
"I would never break my word," she continued. "I was elected by the state party to represent my candidate, who was upheld by the people. If you become faithless and turn away, you truly are faithless.
One of the callers pleading with Katz to change her vote identified herself as a New Orleans native who later moved to California.
"She told me she and her friends used to leave New Orleans and come to Monroe to eat boudain," said Katz. "I told her, 'You need to go over your talking points. We can't even spell boudain up here.'"
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Poor Spending Oversight @ LA Wildlife & Fisheries
Auditor Reports Lack of Management Oversight over Wildlife and Fisheries' Funds and Operations
An evaluation of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' internal financial controls found a lack of management oversight over the Department's funds and operations, the Legislative Auditor said in a report released today. A draft copy of this report was previously obtained by the media, and news stories were published based on this preliminary information. The Legislative Auditor has now completed his work and issued the final report on November 9, 2016, citing several deficiencies, including purchases that appear excessive, missing state property, and inadequate controls over purchasing, contracting, and time and attendance.
The state entered into an agreement with British Petroleum Exploration & Production Inc. (BP) following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill that would pay the Department $18 million to develop a seafood testing program. The report noted that the Department lacked financial and operational oversight over the nearshore segment of the BP Tissue Sampling Program, which resulted in deviations from the Seafood Safety Testing Sampling Protocol, costs that appear excessive, and missing state property. Employees spent more than $3 million, or $2,796 per fish for the 1,091 fish sampled. Of the total, approximately $2.3 million was spent on boats, fishing and water sports equipment, lodging, vehicles, household supplies and groceries, clothing, cameras, and other items.
Auditors also found a lack of management oversight over purchasing, sponsorships, and contracts. Some examples included in the report are the Department's purchase of a used aircraft for $1.8 million without a proper inspection that could cost the state up to $580,000 in repairs as significant damage to the plane's landing gear was found after the Department took possession of it; $283,675 spent on clothing and uniform purchases for Department employees that were made without a formal uniform policy; $220,000 spent on a Catamaran that was used twice between 2012 and 2016 and appeared to have little or no benefit to the agency, and $188,805 paid for sponsorship agreements that may have been a violation of the Louisiana Constitution as a donation of public funds.
Auditors documented additional findings relating to improper oversight of the Louisiana Saltwater Series or the License to Win! Sweepstakes that may have resulted in donations of state resources or ineffective programs; and to not properly accounting for property, including drones and guns.
Auditors made 15 recommendations for changes. Department management provided corrective actions on all recommendations and pledged cooperation with the auditors in addressing the deficiencies.
Here is the complete report.
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Cox Wins 2nd Circuit Judgeship
Cox defeats incumbent for seat on appeals court
By Gary Hines – KTBS-TV3
In a rare challenge of a sitting judge, Bossier-Webster District Judge Jeff Cox defeated incumbent Jay Caraway on Tuesday for a seat on the state appeals court representing much of north Louisiana.
Cox had 57 percent of the vote to 43 percent for Caraway, with 98 percent of precincts reporting.
Cox heavily outspent Caraway in the race, which also had its share of acrimony. A Caraway campaign ad pointed to the number of times Cox's rulings in civil cases have been overturned on appeal. The Cox campaign criticized Caraway for reducing the bond that had been set for a man accused of rape. A judicial campaign oversight committee said both candidates misrepresented some of the facts.
The judgeship is on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal. Voters in parishes from Bossier to Lincoln voted in the election.
Weyerhaeuser Offices Return to Ruston
Weyerhauser, a Seattle, WA base wood products company will be consolidating several satellite offices around North Louisiana into a soon to be constructed buidling on a one acre lot at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Hwy 167.
Weyerhauer formerly occupied the old Willamette Industries regional office building on Reynolds Drive, after its hostile takeover of Willamette in 2002. After downsizing in the late 2000's during the recession, Weyerhaeuser located its remaining personnel into offices at Dodson and Taylor. Last year, it bought Plum Creek Timber, and the decision was made to build an office in Ruston.
Last night, the Ruston City Council approved sale of the city owned lot to Weyerhaeuser for half the appraised price, conditional that the company create at least 20 jobs within two years of the sale. If that condition wasn't met, the company would be obligated to pay the full price, City Attorney Bill Carter said.
Asked Jim Pearce (Ward 4), "These 20 jobs created, they have to last the duration?" Carter said there was no time limit on the agreement.
The sale price was $140 thousand and the lot appraised for $280 thousand.
The council approved several budget amendments for the fiscal year ended 9/30/16.
Budget Amendment Ordinance
Requests for Budget Amendments
Finally, the council introduced an ordinance that may prove to be contentious with many Ruston homeowners. Among other things, curbside garbage pickup would be cut from twice a week to once a week.
See here the proposed ordinance.
A public hearing and final vote on the matter will be held at the December council meeting.
Lincoln Parish Police Jury Tomorrow
Lincoln Parish Police Jury committee meetings start early tomorrow (11/8), with the Christmas Party Committee kicking off at 4:30 PM. Here are the meeting times and agendas.
Christmas Party Committee – 4:30 PM
Health & Welfare Committee – 5:00 PM
Public Works Committee – 5:30 PM
Finance Committee – 6:00 PM
Police Jury – 7:00 PM
The meetings will be at the Lincoln Parish Court House, third floor.
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A 14-year-old boy who suffers from mental health problems has gone missing in Southend, sparking a desperate appeal for help from his concerned family.
Bailey Gaffney, from Basildon, has been missing from home since Friday (January 19) and was last seen at the Metro Bank off Southchurch Road, Southend, near to Southend Victoria train station, at 3.35am in the early hours of Saturday morning.
His family say he suffers from mental health issues and waiting to be assessed for autism.
A social media campaign has been launched to try and find Bailey, with people using the hashtag #FindBaileyGaffney.
When he was last seen, he was wearing a hooded blue and orange Everlast jacket.
Anyone with information can contact his grandmother on Twitter, using the handle @ChrissyBlogger.