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No matter the company they are employed by, sales managers across all industries, face the same frustrations when coaching their sales team. Challenges frequently involve employees who are unwilling to accept criticism or make changes to the way they conduct business.
In most instances, employees simply lack the listening skills needed to comprehend their instructions or fail to understand the directions they have been given. Let's look at how to approach an employee resistant to criticism, in addition to exploring the changes a sales manager can make to ensure their coaching is more effective.
Speaking With an Employee Unable to Accept Criticism
While constructive criticism is often a tactic used by sales managers to train their sales team, it is not uncommon for a sales manager to have an employee who is simply unable to handle criticism, in any form. Nonetheless, there are steps you can take during the coaching process to make this situation easier.
1. It should go without saying that place, time, and tone can have a significant impact on your conversation. You should always offer criticism in a private location, at the beginning of the work day. While it can be tempting to put your conversation off until the end of the day, doing so leaves the employee dwelling on your comments. Speaking in the morning, gives both the sales manager and the salesperson an opportunity to work through challenges head on at the moment of highest tension.
2. When you do speak with the employee, be sure to maintain a friendly and even tone, even if your employee becomes upset. This could potentially prevent an unpleasant confrontation.
3. Start with positive statements. In all likelihood, your employee has several positive attributes. Begin by sharing them with him or her to soften the upcoming criticism. For example, commending an employee's punctuality and enthusiasm for securing new clients may make it easier to discuss his or her subpar customer service.
4. Limit the amount of criticism you present at one time. Your employee will almost certainly become discouraged if you present a long list of concerns. Present several, allow time for change, and then present additional issues.
5. Make precise, not generalized statements. For example, don't tell an employee you think he or she is lazy. Give examples like, "You consistently put things off to the last minute," or "You pass work off to co-workers at any given opportunity."
6. Be honest, but not brutally so. Don't sugar-coat your problems or leave some out entirely simply to prevent a confrontation. Explain to your employee that everyone has ways in which they could improve and that positive criticism presents the opportunity for positive changes that can make them more successful in the sales field.
Tips on Coaching the Uncoachable
Coaching an employee or group of employees on a daily basis can be difficult, but it can be done. Consider the following tips when trying to mould a sales team that is unwilling to accept your suggestions and feedback.
1. Look for a possible root cause to your team's attitude. It's much easier to begin making changes when you are aware of the problem area, such as overall pessimistic outlook or a fear of failure.
2. Find a balance. If you are pushing too hard and are viewed as an unapproachable authority figure, you could easily alienate employees, making them appear uncoachable in your eyes. Of course, there are also individuals who need a demanding figure for successful coaching. Adjust your attitude and approach as needed.
3. Create a reachable vision that your employees can adapt to and work towards. Discuss the impact, both positive and negative, that your coaching can have on your employee's success. Explain how it can help them achieve their goals as well as how not following the guidelines can hinder their accomplishments.
4. Don't overstep your coaching role or micromanage. A large part of coaching involves providing employees with the tools they need to achieve their objectives and then stepping back so they develop and implement a plan for doing so.
5. Utilize two-way communication and feedback. Offer more than one way of meeting targets and/ or examining the big picture. Make certain to focus on what your employee is saying, so that you can correctly understand their concerns.
While it may not be quick or easy, it is possible to turn an uncoachable sales team into one that welcomes your feedback. Utilize the above tips, so you can turn your ineffective coaching technique into the key to success.
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Baer -Chef Manjit Gill
Baer – Ziziphus Mauritiana, Jujubbe, Jujube berry in English. Ajapriya, Badara, Karkandhu, Kuvala, Madhuraphala in Sanskrit, Baer, Ber, in Hindi & Punjabi, Kool, Boroi, in Bengali, Bor, Bordi in Gujarati, Reegu, Gangareegu, Karakandhavu in Telugu, Yalachi, Elanji in Tamil, Elatha in Malayalam, Barkoli, Bodokoli, Bodori in Oriya. In India the tree is sacred to Shiva and is known as "the tree which removes sorrow", perhaps because of its sedative properties. It was depicted in the Ramayana so has been known for centuries and native to the Indian subcontinent. The Baer finds a special mention where Sabari, an adivasi woman, served the fruit to Lord Ram. This is probably why Baer is treated as a 'poor man's fruit fit for the gods'
It is oblong-globose or ovoid, red, orange or yellowish and brownish skin when ripe and smells a little like hops, with an astringent taste. The fruit can be found in between October to March the month of December, and it is sold then fresh, but can also be dried.
At maturity the fruits are fully enlarged has different colour of the variety such as green to greenish yellow in Kaithli and Banarsi, and green to golden yellow or light chocolate in case Umran. There are many varieties in different parts of India. Pewandi and Karaka are famous varieties of Varanasi. Umran or Umari is a large-fruited variety with a good keeping quality grown around Delhi. Gola is the other verity, which is a round-fruited having excellent quality exclusive to Delhi. There are not so popular varieties, Dandan, Kheer and Chonchal because, do not have a good keeping quality. Kotho or katha and Meherum from Rajasthan. A seedless variety for baer was found in Puna, but it has not spread, probably due to the small size of the fruits. Baer is almost grow all over dry areas of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
The fruit are eaten fresh, dried like raisins, candied, stewed or smoked. The taste is sweet & astringent, the meat firm and plump, but it has wrinkled skin when dry. It is great to cook as well as make chutney, jam, or fruit butter. Baer butter is made in a similar way to apple sauce, and can be spread on toast. Continue in the next………..
Continue on Baer: The fruit Baer can be eaten raw or can be pickled. Raw Baer is a favourite to have it seasoned with salt. Use crushed Baer as syrups in beverages like mocktails etc. Fully mature unripe Baer can be used in murabbas and make delicious jellies.
Baer has calming properties and is an excellent source of anti-oxidants, vitamins, and minerals. The fruit can be used to alleviate anxiety and insomnia. Jujuboside A is a powerful natural chemical that affects the hippocampus and is used as a natural sleep aid. Besides containing anti- oxidants. Baer contains a 20 times more vitamin C than citrus, in the form of ascorbic acid in the fruit. Good source of B-complex, vitamin A and B2, thiamine, riboflavin. Pectin and 18 out of the 24 required amino acids, and minerals like potassium and calcium. Light green to dark brown when ripe, these berries are a great way to maintain health, boost immunity, and get a good night's rest!
The fruit also helps lower cholesterol levels and blood pressure. The leaves can be used as a laxative and for throat problems as a decoction. The fruit has been used in traditional medicine as an emollient, expectorant, coolant and tonic. In Europe the fruit was made into a cough medicine and tisane. Medical researchers have found a new flavonoid in Baer called zivulgarin and trials are underway to discover how it might benefit us. It is one of the ingredient in Joshanda a herbal remedy for cough & cold.
While selecting ensure that the fruit Baer are free from blemishes or other marks. They should have flesh intact and a bright colour as per the variety. Dried Baer will have a more shrivelled appearance and pale reddish brown colour. Baer can be stored fresh under refrigerated conditions. Many people in North India dry the fruit under the sun so that it can be used all round the year.
Roadside carts selling Baer outside school gates is how we usually know the humble Baer. It's a modest fruit, cheap and usually ignored.Seldom do we bring the Baer to the kitchen and think of cooking it. Well, Baer has high quantities of essential vitamins and minerals, and is a healthy option to include in your meal.

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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Double Take is an amazing book! First it teaches a lesson to never give up even when things get hard. For example, the main character, Nancy, was about to give up but she didn't because she knew how important it was to find the hoodie. Also, the author really shows the characters' feelings. When Nancy's friend, Bess, got angry, the author said, "she began typing, her fingers flying across the keyboard." Lastly, it also teaches kids to be caring. Specifically, Nancy knew her friend was sad because her hoodie was gone so Nancy offered to help. As you can see, Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Double Take is an awesome book!
If you love mysteries you'll really enjoy reading Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Double Take. Do you like detectives or solving something? I give this book five stars for some humorus parts, some serious parts, and it's a book that you can just sit and relax with. If you like competition and problem solving, then this book is really, really good for you. I highly suggest you read this book by Carolyn Keene because you can't put it down. It is detective fun!


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A painter of immense individuality, Haku Shah is rightfully termed a 'global' artist laced with a simple rural touch, which is very much Indian, more specifically tribal art. His outwardly simple images incorporate complex thought processes behind them. He constantly tries to blur the fine lines between art and craft, indefatigably infusing the magnificent mix with new dimensions to our comprehension of the present and the past. Forming an intriguing interface between urban practices and folk traditions, the village and the city, wisdom and knowledge, philosophy and storytelling, he strikes a deft balance among these bewildering binary opposites even while accommodating, resolving and refining them.
Akin to a fairytale, his painted works transport us into a mythical, mystical landscape. His canvases though won't easily pass off for sheer illustrations. His complex oeuvre on a closer inspection prompts a sort of simplified topogenesis, stirring their minds with mixed emotions. While he prefers to paint in oils, the artist has opted to quarantine its most dominant practices deliberately. He carefully recovers traces of alternate history of painting formed by artists like Gaugin and Amrita Sher Gill, dexterously playing upon the painted surface- in one instance a smoothly fluid shape, a smooth silhouette in another. However, the defined line hardly moves and clearly establishes a vivacious visual symbol of an endless quest for another realm.
A renowned figurative painter and a widely respected authority on India's fascinating folk and tribal art traditions, Haku Shah was drawn towards painting, poetry drama and music since early childhood. He would make wall paintings to generate awareness on social issues. Born in 1934 in Gujarat, he did his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda. As an artist, the spontaneity and natural simplicity of rustic rural life always fascinated him. While at Gujarat's Gandhi Ashram, he got an opportunity to grasp the mesmerizing quality of tribal art and compiled many Rani Paraj images on his own. A stint at NID (National Institute of Design) in Ahmeadabad provided further impetus to his desire of documenting tribal way of life. Coincidentally, Stella Kramrisch invited him to assist her in a show 'Ritual Art in Tribe and Village - Art of Unknown India' in America.
During his illustrious career, many solo exhibits of his works have been held including 'Maanush', Art Indus Gallery, Time and Space Gallery, Bangalore (2007); a photography exhibition at Alliance Francaise, Bangalore (2006); shows at CIMA, Kolkata, Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi; and Marvel Art Gallery, Ahmedabad (2005); apart from earlier exhibits at Asia Foundation Gallery, San Francisco and International House, Philadelphia (1968); Private Garden, Delhi (1967); Gallery Chemould, Mumbai (1967,68,69,and '75); Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata (1964); Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai (1963,64), and Ashok Gallery, Kolkata (1961,62). His significant group exhibitions and participations are 'National Printmaking Portfolio', Marvel Gallery (2010) and 'Baroda: A Tale of Two Cities', (Part I), Sarjan Art Gallery, Vadodara (2008), among others. In appreciation of his contribution to the field of art, he has received several honors and awards like Padma Shri in 1989; special recognition from Davis School of Environment Design, University of California in 1991, Nehru Fellowship for Research Work on Tribal Art, Gujarat (1971-73) and JD Rockfellar 3rd Fund Fellowship.
We need to peep in the past to understand his processes and philosophy. A new breed of sensitive and innovative Indian artists in the 1950s and early 1960s sought to integrate the traditional rich craft traditions of India with the then prevalent colonized art historical discourses and practices. To put it in the words of Lewis Hyde, they were tricksters or 'boundary crossers'! And some of them even created a boundary, or brought to the fore a totally new distinction or dimension. More than anything else, they were all skilled practitioners of deception. In this context, K.G. Subramanyan described the trickster in Haku Shah as one possessing disarming simplicity which was deceptive, lauding multiple talented and roles of the artist, historian and art scholar.
His artistic response to Nirgun poets, themselves considered 'tricksters' suggests this stimulating streak in his creative sojourn like their passionate poetry that was an outcome of the prevailing socio-political turmoil when rural culture gradually made way for urban culture. The period of transition was similar to the present one as reflected in the verses of Ramananda, Kabir, Krishna Chaitanya, Meera Bai, Sripadaraja, Vyasaraya, Namdeo, Amardas, Tulsidas, Surdas, and King Akbar himself. Haku Shah has responded to their verses and the everyday wisdom contained in them to paint captivating canvases.
Apart from publishing research-based books on Indian pottery, he has served as curator at the Museum for Tribal Cultures, Gujarat University, and as a consultant of NID. He has been associated with many prestigious institutions like the Tropical Museum, Amsterdam; the Mingi International Museum of World Folk Art, California; and the Museum of Mankind, London. He himself has collected exquisite and priceless art objects and has also documented their functional background, encouraging innovative forms of tribal art practice. According to him, rural and tribal art/craft traditions need to reach masses and also get the attention that it thoroughly deserves not only in India but also internationally. Haku Shah has practiced what he professes, which makes him stand apart as an artist, educator and scholar.
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Jammu Tawi, November 24
The 85th meeting of the Board of Directors of Jammu & Kashmir Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited (SICOP) was held under the chairpersonship of Minister for Industries and Commerce, (Chairman SICOP) Chander Parkash Ganga here today. Minister of State for Industries & Commerce (Vice-Chairman SICOP) Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi besides Commissioner/Secretary Industries & Commerce Department Shailendra Kumar, Secretary Planning, Development & Monitoring Department, Director Budget, Finance department and Managing Director, SICOP, R L Tickoo were also present in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Ganga said the Government is committed to provide hassle free services in the sectors like marketing, raw material and other infrastructural facilities to the small scale sector.
The Managing Director, SICOP gave a detailed account of the achievements of the Corporation and informed the Chairman that during the current financial year the Corporation achieved a turnover of Rs 342.54 crore as on ending October, 2016 despite the fact that the working season in the valley got hit due to unrest. Still then the Corporation managed to earn a cash surplus of Rs 1.83 crore after accounting all expenditures. The Managing Director assured the Board that efforts are on to achieve a targeted turnover of Rs 775.00 crore by the end of current fiscal. In order to up-grade the existing infrastructure of Industrial Estates, DPRs have been approved under The Aggregative Macro Economic & Infrastructure Rebuilding (TAMIER).
After assessing the working of the Corporation, the Minister laid emphasis on the objectives of the Corporation where-under it has to aid and assist the Small Scale Industries of the State.


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Laura Ingraham, whom I met as soon as, appears usually on Fox News as a political commentator. She is a breast cancer survivor. Laura Ingraham is a bestselling writer and the sixth hottest radio speak present host in America. She was born in 1964; reared in Connecticut; earned a level at Dartmouth; graduated from the University of Virginia School of Legislation. Laura Ingraham clerked for Supreme Courtroom Justice Clarence Thomas previous to becoming a defense legal professional in New York City.
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Money movement and earnings – The financial institution (and I am positive the borrower) needs to be certain that the enterprise can pay the debt incurred to purchase the enterprise. And in addition to having the ability to pay the debt the financial institution wants sufficient free cash circulation to pay the debt with room to spare! The banks room to spare is formally called the Protection Ratio". The protection ratio is finest described in simple phrases. If a banks protection ratio is 30% it signifies that for each $one hundred of debt payments required the enterprise needs to have $a hundred thirty to pay it. One other way to have a look at it's 30% can go unsuitable and the business can nonetheless pay the debt.
I might additionally like to add that i used to be caught n arrested for shoplifting a yr back at case was downgraded to a disorderly conduct within the court. That was a grave mistake that i did, and i already suffered enough mental agony for it. What happened yesterday was purely an accident and I do not need to undergo all of that agony as soon as once more.
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we took a walk one morning in the late fall when it was starting to feel more like winter.
it was very early. the light was pink, the grass looked dusty from frost, it was so cold my fingers hurt.
i remember thinking how beautiful it was even though i just wanted to be somewhere else.
an hour later thick fog came in from the direction of the sea and we couldn't see anything anymore.
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Describing the current disciplinary practices in Indiana school as creating "a crisis" that is disproportionately impacting African-American students, a new report is offering a framework for involving parents, educators, law enforcement and legislators to improve learning and reduce suspensions and expulsions in classrooms across the state.
The report, "Leaders Collaborating to Advance Positive School Discipline in Indiana Summit Report and Recommendation," is a summation of ideas and solutions developed during a daylong meeting hosted by the Children's Policy and Law Initiative of Indiana in October 2015. Professionals from a cross-section of education, government and legal sectors gathered in Indianapolis to discuss and brainstorm ways to prevent students from being kicked out of class.
"We're very happy with the report," said attorney and CPLI president JauNae Hanger. "I think it fairly reflects what was discussed by the different teams."
The 16-page document contains nine recommendations aimed at fostering a learning environment in schools that will help more students to be successful. Noting that 22 percent of Hoosiers between the ages of 18 to 24 do not have a high school diploma or high school equivalency, the report asserts the state's economic future is being impaired.
"Zero-tolerance practices are creating young adults who are uneducated and unemployable and feeding the school-to-prison pipeline at an alarming rate," the report contends.
It cited stats showing 87,000 Indiana students lost 751,366 instructional days after being subjected to exclusionary discipline practices which included suspensions and expulsions. African-American students were disproportionately suspended or expelled at a rate of more than one in every five students compared to the overall rate of almost one in 10 Hoosier school children.
"High rates of exclusion result in poor learning environments, lost instructional time, student disengagement, academic failure, and increased risk of delinquency and juvenile justice involvement," the report states. "This data coincides with a growing concern across the nation about how educational disciplinary practices are increasing the criminalization of children and contributing to the school-to-prison pipeline."
The report emphasizes that bringing change will require a systemic approach rather than just two or three actions. As Hanger explained, the onus cannot be on a single group to do the work. A broad array of stakeholders from the home to school and in the Statehouse will have to take part.
"There is not one solution," she said.
Likewise, the corresponding recommendations call for engaging the student and family along with collecting and analyzing disaggregated data from all school districts to expose practices that need to be changed and ensure transparency as well as accountability.
Also, the recommendations advocate using evidence-based best practices to create positive learning environments and providing regular training and professional development opportunities for school staff, faculty and administrators.
Vital to that training is state support. The final recommendation appeals for the state and the Legislature to provide resources and funding to support school discipline reform efforts. Hanger said the goal is to prevent youngsters and teenagers from going into the juvenile justice system, but schools need resources to help the teachers and law enforcement utilize alternative methods of discipline.
The report has been released to CPLI members and those who attended the summit. It will be sent to state legislators on education committee in both the Indiana House of Representatives and Senate as well as to the Indiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the Indiana Commission on Improving the Status of Children. It will also be given to professional associations, nonprofits, and child advocates.
CPLI is hosting meetings in August and October, Hanger said, to explore ways to determine the next steps to take to build on the momentum of the report.


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Monday, 10 August 2015
The 'Solve This Riddle' Tag
1.Copy and paste the image onto your post (as I couldn't be bothered to attempt to change it at all I just have the picture from Clare's post.)
2. Copy and paste these rules onto your post
3. Thank the person who tagged you.
4. Answer the 5 riddles that are provided by the lovely person who tagged you.
5. Tag 5 or more bloggers (apparently tag backs are allowed).
6. Provide 5 different riddles in your post for the people you tagged.
7. Comment the link to your post on each blogger's blog or let them know in some way or another.
8. After a week from when posting this tag, comment the answers to your riddles on your own post. (That was only slightly confusing...)
So, here goes. Thank you Clare for tagging me, I hope I'll answer your riddles to your satisfaction. :D
Now for the Five Riddles that Clare gave me:
Riddle one: I am with you at the beginning of all weekends
But am always gone on Monday
In all words, I always am
But never in only one of them.
And definitely not found in our world
I'm fairly sure I know this one. It took a bit of thought (which is, I guess, the point).
Riddle two: Two spies want to get in an enemy's military base.In order to get in they have to give the correct countersign to the guard at the gate after he gives them the sign. So they wait hidden nearby the gate so that they will overhear the countersign from another soldier.
One soldier comes and the guard gives the sign: "6".The soldier answers "3".The guard lets him pass. Another soldier comes.The guard says "12" and the soldier gives the answer "6".The guard lets him pass. So, the first spy goes at the gate and the guard asks says "10".The spy, sure that he knew the answer as he was, says "5". Immediately, the guard shoots him dead.
Then the other spy, who saw that the other spy was killed when he gave the countersign, had now understood what the right answer would be, whatever the guard's sign was.So, he walks to the gate and the guard says "8".The spy gives the correct answer and the guard lets him in. What was the answer that the spy gave?
(This one is logic, not mathematical, so don't waste your time forming horrid math equations)
I must admit that I did waste time forming horrid mathematical theories and the like. It kind of worked but I think it was just a really confusing way of saying 'half of this is this' so yeah...But I did work out the answer almost as soon as I started thinking logically.
Riddle three: From house to house it goes,
A messenger small and slight
And whether it rains or snows
He sleeps outside at night
I think I know the answer to this one. I'm not entirely sure though...
Riddle four: Never was it one, but always three
Never was it three, but always one
Claiming boldly it would always be
Yet crying out it had never begun
I answered this quite without trying. I was just looking at it then I was like. "Oh hey, that sounds like such and such!" And so That 'such and such is my answer.
Riddle five: While exploring the wild highlands of Ireland, Robert was captured by goblins. Grumpy, the chief of the goblins told him he was allowed one final statement on which would hinge how he would die. If the statement he made was false, he would be boiled in water. If the statement were true, he would be fried in oil. Robert did not like either option, so he made a statement that forced the goblins to release him. What is the one statement he could make to save himself?
I admit. It took me ages to get this one, but I think I know the answer. But all in all I don't think I'd survive long if I was trapped underground with Gollum. I think I'd end up being eaten whole.
Okay, I think that's all apart for rule 5, 6, 7 and 8. So rule 5:
I can only think of one person to tag so I'm going to ask Sarah to do this for me. (You haven't done a post yet this month, so this is a good idea.)
Now I've got to think of five riddles...I won't do too tricky ones as I'm sure Sarah wants to be able to answer them.
1: This old one runs forever, but never moves at all. He has not lungs nor throat, but still a mighty roaring call. What is it?
2: What meets you at the end of everything?
3: What do the letter 'T' and an island have in common?
4: What has a head, a tail, is silver and has no legs?
5: What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
These riddles don't look quite as hard as the ones Clare gave me, but I enjoyed answering them. I hope Sarah has just as much fun as I did. So as always I didn't manage to actually do all the rules as I only tagged Sarah but who cares!
I also have to do rule number 8, but I have to wait until next week before I do that. So, unless I am wrong, I have finished this post! Thanks once again to Clare for tagging me, and I'll see you all on Friday.
Fare Thee Well!
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Well done Jane! I must say riddle three is not the best one, I think I just liked it when I found it because of its rhyme.... the answer makes sense but it could be argued to to fit best.ReplyDelete
I like riddles...but only if I am telling them to someone else. I'm so horrible at figuring them out that Gollum definitely would have eaten me within about one minute. :)ReplyDelete
I think I know the answer to your number 4 and I can think of multiple answers for 5.
Jane... I know you've just done this but I don't know many people, so I've had to tag you with the same tag...ReplyDelete
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Today the Solomons Volunteers received delivery of our new assignment board for the station. This board was created for us by Wall Shields Co. and will be used to document during big events which members are given riding assignments. We would like to thank Wall Shields for all the hard work that was put into our assignment board.


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Teachers will continue to use their best teaching strategies such as the following: Direct Instruction, Inquiry-Based Learning, Constructivism, and other approaches. Teachers continue to front load and enrich before the lesson, directly instruct, or pose a question that will require higher order of thinking to answer. The Teach stage requires that teachers keep their explanations to "chunk" sizes, something easily digested by students. Students need shorter times of listening so they can repeat or share the information they have heard. The student must be considered as a platform, who will then pass on what they understand to another student during the Understanding stage.
This stage doesn't require any investment or new technology, just the teacher allowing time for the students to discuss what they have heard. Dr. Bloom wrote, "If the research on the 2 sigma problem yields practical methods (methods that the average teacher or school faculty can learn in a brief period of time and use with little more cost or time than conventional instruction), it would be an educational contribution of the greatest magnitude" (The 2 Sigma Problem, page 5).


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Technical material
Dry colour - powder or granulates
Dry colour is necessary for concrete mixes in whereby the mix requires that very little or no water has to be added.
The colour weigh hopper can empty directly in the mixer or in a hoist bucket. Colour can also be mixed with materials on a belt.
The Haarup dry colour system is very reliable and has been installed in several large concrete factories.
Haarup can of course also build into your plant other powder or granulate colour systems supplied from other manufacturers.
See a video of dry colour being mixed in a Haarup Face-Mix mixer. It only takes 30 seconds. (No sound).
Haarup supply a new batching and mixing plant with dry colour batching to Emsland Beton >


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For almost ½ a year this sweater sat abandoned and neglected in my knitting bag and partially on my end table .. the cats didn't mind it as they had some soft yarn to kick around .. but i've hit overdrive with this in the past few months ... I'm sitting here trying to think of the time line and I'm pretty sure it was when I started the 10 - 7 shift over 2 months ago .. roughly .. so maybe mid august is when I actually picked this up again .. now at that time I only knitted a few rows once a week for our knatter .. but lately (you know it's getting colder here right?), I've been kicking it into gear so I can wear this at work :D .. I'm guessing (if and when I can actually get the time to work on it), that I've maybe a week of work left on it .. 3 if you include the math and me trying to avoid DOING said math :D heh
I brought my camera to knatter last week and had Helene take a pic of me front and back so I can show off what I've done so far .. I'm pretty pleased with it .. altho the shallow shoulders forced me to be creative with the collar now .. I wasn't going to do the hoodie that is with the pattern as there just isn't going to be enough yarn .. or there "MIGHT" be, but excuse me if I decided to chicken out on that experiment ..
I was going to use a taller standing collar to keep the back of my neck warm, but with how shallow the shoulders are, I thought that would look super funky .. so I'm doing a variation of a double folded shawl collar (or maybe a single .. depends on yarnage), I've already got the zipper and will be doing short ribbing for the edge as that follows the existing ribbing .. granted I could get away with even less as I do swim in this .. and I knit to gauge .. I KNEW I should have used 9s instead of 10s for this project .. ** sigh
I had almost reached this point when I found this pattern on Bernat .. I just about dropped a litter of kittens .. talk about exactly what I wanted .. WITHOUT the mental gymnastics with all that stoopid math .. ah well .. what can you do .. and I did look on Bernat when I was hunting for this pattern .. but hopefully I'll have this done in just over a week! I picked up the stitches the other nite and plan to do the ribbing, THEN battle the collar :D


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This post is going to be pretty quick, just some bottle shots of my most recent haul, and unfortunately, I do not have a cat picture for you today :( But worry not, as your regularly scheduled programming of Manicures and Cats will return soon. on to the pictures!
First is three polishes from Aphrodite Lacquer's Sandbar collection; Ambrosia, Grapetini, and Rum Runner
Next is 2 polishes from Aphrodie Lacquer's Outta This World Collection; Supernova and Nebula
And finally, four Glitters from Paris Sparkles; Midnight in Paris, Confetti, Chrome, and Chataigne
You can purchase Paris Sparkles on Etsy, she is currently OPEN and stocked with plenty of polishes!
Aphrodite Lacquer can also be purchased on Etsy, but her shop is currently on vacation until June 26th. You can check on Facebook for updates!
Thanks for reading!


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Top tips for welcoming and sending off employees
Here are the four biggest challenges small businesses face employing and farewelling team members.
Businesses of any size face two key milestones when it comes to making a lasting impression on employees – when they start and when they leave.
While most business owners are familiar with the importance of creating a great experience when welcoming new employees, they often neglect to do the same when an employee leaves. Businesses are quickly realising the importance of creating a positive experience not just for new staff, but exiting employees too.
With 71 per cent of organisations having no formal employee exit process at all, we risk damaging relationships, non-compliance and putting corporate information in danger.
If an ex-employee leaves the company on good terms, not only are they more likely to tell everyone in their network about how great an employer the business is (and thereby provide free recruitment advertising), they're also more likely to work with the business again in the future - potentially as a customer, supplier or referrer. With strong competition for top talent in the marketplace this is one way small businesses can remain competitive.
Here are the four biggest challenges small businesses face when welcoming new employees and saying goodbye to exiting employees.
1) A slow and unproductive first impression
When an employee is first offered the job, they're excited, engaged and ready to get stuck into work. However, this energy can be sapped if the employee has to wait for a contract in the mail, isn't provided with all the right documentation or their workspace isn't set up on day one. This also means the employee can't begin work straight away, leading to lost productivity for the business.
It's important to make sure the business sends out offers fast and has everything prepared for the employee to hit the ground running. This momentum will carry through their entire career with the business, if it's done right.
2) Welcoming the employee to the team
It's not enough to give new employees a contract and a computer and say 'Go'. Make your workplace worth remembering and ensure employees feel like part of the team. Invite them to connect with colleagues on LinkedIn or share the business' values and goals before their first day. Take them out for a team lunch to get to know everyone in a less formal setting and schedule regular team building activities in the first few months.
3) Secure departure
When an employee moves on from the business, no matter the circumstance, it's important to have a structure in place for a legal, secure departure.
Following the Fair Work Australia guidelines every time will ensure the exiting employee feels they've been treated fairly and most importantly, can't claim unfair dismissal down the track.
Ensure the business revokes the exiting employee's access to company information – especially if they're moving to a competitor – to ensure the business' data remains secure. Finally, remember to recover business assets such as phones, laptops and keys to help provide a secure departure.
4) Engage the employee with a positive farewell
When an employee leaves a company, don't forget to thank them for their efforts. Congratulate them, send them off in style, and not only will the exiting employee feel positive about the business as an employer, but the rest of the team will know that they're respected and appreciated as well.
This is also an opportune time to engage the employee in an 'alumni' program to stay in touch with former employees. This can be as simple as setting up a LinkedIn group, adding them to an email list with company updates or even including regular catch-ups.
By building a positive first and last impression of the business for employees, it can help small businesses to remain competitive in the crowded market for top talent. Remember the employee exit process is just as critical as their welcome to the business. Do this right and maybe one day former employees will come back to the business with ongoing years of added experience and knowledge.
Peter Forbes is the founder of HROnboard


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Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Course General Class and Course Information Course Number: AMH2020 Course Title: United States History from 1865 to Present (AA) Term/Dates: 8/23 to 12/19 Fall 2017-1 Reference Number: 215699 Credit Hours: 3 Days: Wednesday Time: 6:30 - 9:15 PM Room: SS 105 Course Description: [Catalog] A continuation of AMH 2010, this course emphasizes the development of the United States into a world power and the internal, economic, social, political, and cultural movements and forces. A grade of C or better is needed for AA credit. [Instructor] The format of the course consists of lecture, film, and critical reading of text and primary source documents. A good deal of the time will be devoted to class discussions of the assigned readings. It is only through an exchange of ideas that we can cultivate the critical and analytical skills needed to understand the past as more than just a series of "events." http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/IE_CourseOutlines/IE_ShowOutline.asp?show=Y&CourseID=AMH2020 Gordon Rule Class This class has been designated as a Gordon Rule class for writing. This means that the course has significant writing requirements. This rule applies to all students prior to receipt of an associate in arts (A. A.) from a public state college or university or prior to entry into upper division of a public university. For the purpose of this rule a grade of "C" or better shall be considered successful completion. In accordance with Florida Department of Education www.fldoe.org Administrative Rule Number 6A-10.030, all students are mandated to complete satisfactorily 12 semester hours of courses which include written assignments that demonstrate college-level writing skills. Please refer the web page at http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/learningoutcomes/Documents/Gordon_Rule_Statement_Student.pdf. Professor's Information Name: Mrs. Laurie Cotton Office Location: SS 103.1 Telephone: (561) 753-4014 Email: [email protected] Faculty Web Page: Office Hours: Wednesday 6:00 - 6:30 PM https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/pf/Faculty.aspx?id=cottonl&S=1 Information on REQUIRED Textbooks: Title Edition Author Publisher 7th Ed. (Vol. 2) Brinkley, Alan McGraw-Hill ISBN 9781259754821 The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People Template Date - July 2013 1 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses Other Information on Textbooks and Materials needed for class: Bibliography: *Weekly document spotlights (primary sources) are hyperlinked in this syllabus and posted in Edmodo®. *Refer to additional suggested readings in the bibliography posted in Edmodo®. Supplies: *The minimum expectation is that you will have pen and notebook (paper) with you in class. *For quizzes and the final examination a #2 pencil and the purchase of two (2) 8½ x 11" essay books (can be used for multiple quizzes) and four (4) 100-count Scantron® answer sheets is required. * You may find it useful to have your Brinkley text available in class as a reference guide during group activities. Course Learning Outcomes: As a result of taking this course, the student will be able to: *Compare the evolution of the nation's political institutions and their response to changing circumstances, expectations, prominent figures and events. *Survey the growth of America's role in the world. *Relate the development of the American economy from agrarian beginnings to industrialization and beyond. *Determine the ways in which the American people have lived including cultural and social arrangements; the impact of socioeconomic change; and the interaction of groups divided by class, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and region. *Participate in the intelligent discussion and examination of American history in order to form judgements and opinions applicable to the present and the future. Palm Beach State College has instituted a change in its curriculum focus towards the concept of learning outcomes. Learning outcomes can be thought of as the knowledge, skills, and abilities students attain as a result of their involvement in an educational activity. A "learning objective" focuses more on a discrete learning event within the course. The term "learning outcome" focuses more on learning that occurs after a student has completed the activity, and through a process of reflection assimilates the knowledge at a higher level. Reference: http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/academicservices/curriculum-and-programs/course-outlines.aspx. Full Course Outline - Click on the following link: Course Outlines and enter the course number (no space between the prefix and the number). Class Information Computer Competency/SafeAssignments: Each student will, to the satisfaction of the professor, demonstrate a fundamental understanding of basic computer operations including word processing and web-based research through various professor-determined exercises and/or assignments. These exercises/assignments are included in this syllabus. All formal written assignments including weekly question sets, the museum journal, and document spotlight essays must be submitted electronically through Template Date – July 2013 2 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses SafeAssignments/Blackboard by the due date/time. Log-in to Blackboard (password required) at https://palmbeachstate.blackboard.com. There are tutorials for creating and posting on SafeAssignments and assistance is available at the eLearning Student Support Center https://www.palmbeachstate.edu/elearning/student.aspx. Note: Assignments are NOT accepted by the instructor as e-mail attachments- no exceptions. Edmodo®: Edmodo® provides an easy way for our class to connect and collaborate, share content, and access homework, documents, PowerPoints, and notices. Students are encouraged to utilize the blog contained therein to ask questions and generate discussion between class meetings. In class you will be provided with a 6-digit group code. Students must have this code to create an account or join the AMH2020_215699_PBSC_LW_Fall_2017[1] Group. If you have never created an Edmodo® student account: 1. Visit www.edmodo.com and select the "I'm a Student" button. 2. Fill out the registration form with the group code you received in class, and the unique username and password that you create. Note: An e-mail address is not required for student sign-up. 3. Select the "Sign up" button to complete the signup process. You will then see the AMH2020_215699 group on the left menu sidebar. Note: If you already have a student Edmodo® account, you do not need to create a new account to join the group. You create an account only once. Simply log-in to Edmodo®, select "join a group," and enter the 6-digit group code you received in class. Mid-Term Grade Reporting: College-wide the mid-term grade reporting window is October 13-29, 2016. You will receive an e-mail and instructor's confirmation of your average after class assignments through and including October 12 have been graded. Disclaimer: Be advised that as of October 12, 2016 you will have earned a certain number of points based on 355 points possible to date- less than half the final grade based on 1000 points. Your grade can increase or decrease considerably by the end of the semester. SCORE Reporting: Palm Beach State College is committed to providing opportunities for all students to succeed. In an effort to enhance the support network at the college and ensure that students take full advantage of the academic resources available, the college has created the Student Contact Request System or SCORE. If this instructor harbors concerns regarding any student who may fail or drop AMH2020, I will initiate the electronic student referral system because SCORE ensures student access to advising and other free resources such as referrals to peer mentoring services and the Student Learning Center. SCORE facilitates connecting the identified student with the resource, paperwork or personnel in order to increase student retention and promote academic longevity. Additional information concerning SCORE is available online at http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/advising/score/. Academic Dishonesty Policy and Penalty for Violation: Academic integrity is the essential element of a student's personal responsibility and reputation. Refer to "College Policies and Web Information" later in this syllabus. All college policies and procedures apply to students enrolled in AMH2020 Reference #215699. Academic dishonesty in any form is expressly prohibited by the board of trustees. Please refer to your student success handbook http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/studenthandbook/. Assignments posted in SafeAssign/Blackboard are subject to plagiarism detection. A plagiarism percentage higher than 5% is not considered Template Date – July 2013 3 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses original scholarship. Plagiarism and cheating in any form will result in loss of assignment credit for the first infraction. Subsequent instances will be referred to the office of the dean for adjudication. Assignments, Tests, Quizzes and Final Exam Schedule, with percentage/points of grade: Class Participation/Attendance……………14% Weekly Question Sets………………………….19.5% Document Spotlight Essays (3)…………….10.5% Museum Field trip Journal ………………………6% Quizzes (3) …………………………………………….30% Final Examination…………………………………..20% Refer to information under "Late Assignment Policy." Grading: Letter Grade A B C D F P N S U Points 900-1000 800-899 700-799 600-699 0-599 700-1000 0-699 700-1000 0-699 Percentage (if applicable) 90 - 100% 80 89% 70 - 79% 60 - 69% 0 - 59% 70 - 100% 0 - 69% 70 - 100% 0 - 69% Class Policies Attendance: Professors are required to take attendance. Faculty members at Palm Beach State College are required to monitor and maintain accurate records of student attendance. You will be asked to sign-in weekly. Please note: Attendance credit will automatically be deducted if you are not present for the entire class (i.e. tardy, leave at the break, excuse yourself when class is not on break, etc.) Please keep this in mind when calculating your average. Regardless of the reason for missing class, absence deters progress. Electronic Device Use and Email Policy: Classroom Etiquette- A Note on the "Civil Classroom": I expect to maintain a classroom environment that respects all members and facilitates the free exchange of ideas. Toward that end we will create and abide by our own "social contract." Please refrain from eating, reading the newspaper, sleeping, text messaging, and other activities that disrupt the learning process or otherwise distract us from the business at hand. You are encouraged to use your laptop or tablet for note-taking or to otherwise enhance your learning. It is understood that in so doing you will remain on task and attentive, i.e. no surfing the net, sending e-mails, etc. during the time we are together in class. Smoking is not permitted in any Palm Beach State College building; please refrain from doing so except in designated areas per board policy 6Hx-18-1.28. Remember to turn off or silence all cellular phones, laptops, iPads, IPods and MP3 players, beepers, or other potentially disruptive electronic devices. Kindly show respect to your instructor and classmates by not entering the room late, by allowing everyone to speak freely, and Template Date – July 2013 4 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses by offering opposing opinions in a respectful manner. You gain no participation points by out-shouting your fellow students, or by verbally intimidating them into silence. The instructor is bound by the same code of civility. My responsibilities include starting and ending the class on time, returning graded work promptly, and regularly meeting my announced office hours. (Reference- Code of Ethics 6B-1.06 Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida.) A disruptive student will be issued a warning. If a problem persists, that student(s) will be asked to leave the classroom and will not be permitted to return before such time as a conference with the department chair and the instructor is held. A written contract resulting from that meeting will be required to reinstate the individual(s) in question. All college policies and procedures apply here. Academic dishonesty in any form is expressly prohibited by the board of trustees. Please refer to your student success handbook http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/studenthandbook/default.aspx. E-Mail Communication: Please activate your official Palm Beach State College e-mail account immediately. The instructor will use only e-mail addresses provided to students by the college. Note: I will not respond to text messages. You can leave a voicemail at (561) 753-4014 but I am likely to see an e-mail message in a more timely manner. Remind: If you wish to receive occassional reminders and information from the instructor via text message please respond to the initial Remind text. Note: students can withdraw from these texts at any point during the semester. Additional information will be provided in class. Late Assignment Policy: Written Assignments: 1. All work is due on time for credit to be issued- no exceptions. 2. Weekly questions must be submitted by 5:59 p.m. online each Wednesday via SafeAssignments. This assignment should be submitted electronically through Blackboard before the start of each class session. It is the responsibility of the student to process the assignments, each worth 15 points. 3. Detailed instruction for the Document Spotlight Essays will be provided by the instructor in class. The final drafts are due posted at SafeAssignments by 5:59 PM (September 14, October 12, and November 30, 2016 respectively). 4.Detailed instruction for the Museum field trip and journal will be provided by the instructor in class. The final draft is due posted at SafeAssignments by 5:59 PM November 2, 2016. 4. Three 100-point quizzes will be administered in class (September 21, October 26, and November 16, 2016 respectively). Each quiz is a combination of objective (multiple-choice) items and essay questions. 5. The final examination (December 14, 2016 7:00 – 9:00 PM SS105) consists of 100 objective (multiple-choice) items worth 200 points. Make-up Exam Policy: All assignments are due on time via SafeAssignments on Blackboard. Make-up quizzes/exams are not allowed except in documented cases of extreme emergency. Examples of documentation include obituaries, hospital discharge orders, and court or police reports. In such cases a student who misses a regularly scheduled quiz/exam must (1) contact the instructor prior to the class when the test is administered, and (2) report to the Testing Center http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/testing/default.aspx within one week of the regular administration for credit to be issued. There is a $5.00 fee* and it is the responsibility of the student to make the appropriate arrangements for the test. No extra credit assignments will be considered. A grade of zero will be entered for a missed quiz if the above criteria are not adhered to. Weekly questions will not be accepted for credit late- no exceptions. Responses to weekly questions will be evaluated in terms of scholarship, but credit will be awarded only if they are submitted and received electronically by 5:59 p.m. on the date of the specified class session. The student is expected to contact the instructor Template Date – July 2013 5 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses well in advance of a deadline if problems are anticipated. If you are struggling in your coursework seek assistance; the earlier in the term the better. However willing I am to assist, there are other ways to get help. The Student Learning Center has tutorial assistance available for many courses, Student Services can assist with course scheduling and career development. Specific courses, such as SLS1501 Strategies for College Success, are offered to help you succeed. If you have questions or need assistance, please make an appointment to see an academic advisor. S/he is willing to assist you so that you can be successful. * It is the student's responsibility to contact the Testing Center (561) 868-3012 regarding hours of operation, fees etc. Withdrawal Policy: The last day to withdraw from this course with a "W" grade is Friday, November 4, 2016. Incomplete grades are not automatic and will be generated only for unusual and extenuating circumstances beyond control of the student with advance notice to the instructor. Note: There will be no instructor withdrawals. It is the responsibilty of the student to remain in good academic standing in the course or to decide to withdraw. Non-attending students and those not meeting the course requirements will receive a "F" grade at the end of the term.Click here and provide your policy on withdrawing students from class. Other: For additional information please refer to the Palm Beach State College Student Handbook http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/studenthandbook/default.aspx. Campus Safety and Security: 1. Please take a moment to enter into your cell phone the campus security number (561) 868-3600 located above the door of this classroom. 2. Please note the emergency evacuation procedures from this building (SS) and this particular classroom (105). 3. Refer to http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/alert/alert-info.aspx for directions to receive Palm Beach State College emergency notifications and updates via the alert system. 4. Review the security videos provided at http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/security/security-videos/default.aspx. Students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities covered by the Students with Disabilities Act (SDA) should follow these steps: 1. Make an appointment and provide documentation of your disability to Disability Support Services (DSS) located in the Student Services Center (map CT). Contact Jelecia Kirk, Campus Coordinator via e-mail [email protected] or phone (561) 868-3046. 2. Bring a statement from Disability Support Services (DSS) http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/disability/register-withdss.aspx to me no later than the second class meeting (Wednesday, August 31, 2016) indicating that you have registered with that office. The statement should indicate the nature of the accommodations you require. Template Date – July 2013 6 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses College Policies and Web Information Academic Dishonesty Academic dishonesty includes the following actions, as well as other similar conduct aimed at making false representation with respect to the student's academic performance: (1) Cheating on an exam, (2) Collaborating with others on work to be presented, if contrary to the stated rules of the course, (3) Submitting, if contrary to the rules of the course, work previously submitted in another course, (4) Knowingly and intentionally assisting another student in any of the above actions, including assistance in an arrangement whereby work, classroom performance, examination, or other activity is submitted or performed by a person other that the student under whose name the work is submitted or performed, (5) Plagiarism. Please refer to the Palm Beach State College Student Handbook (www.palmbeachstate.edu/current for link to the student handbook). Classroom Etiquette and Student Behavior Guidelines Students will demonstrate respect for professors and fellow students. Behavior that is disruptive to a positive learning environment reported by the professor will result in a warning on the first instance; the second instance might result in expulsion from the course or campus. Computer Competency Component Each student will, to the satisfaction of the professor, demonstrate a fundamental understanding of basic computer operations through various professor-determined exercises and/or assignments. Disability Support Services Students with disabilities are advised, in compliance with federal and state laws, that accommodations and services are available through the office of Disability Support Services (DSS). It is the student's responsibility to contact Disabled Student Services Advisors and to submit appropriate documentation prior to receiving services. Please see the website at www.palmbeachstate.edu/current for web address for Disability Support Services. Eating, Drinking and Smoking Eating and drinking are confined to areas designated on the campus. Smoking is not permitted in any College building and only in areas designated at each campus. Final Course Grade Appeal The evaluation of academic work is the responsibility of the faculty member/instructor. The method for assigning the final course grade is established by the faculty member/instructor. Per Board Rule 6Hx-18-3.191, faculty/instructors shall communicate the grading policy of the course to their students in writing. If this policy changes during the term, students should be notified of any changes in writing. The method to determine final course grades must be given to students in a course syllabus at the beginning of the class. Should a student have a question about a final course grade, please follow the procedures as outlined in the student handbook: www.palmbeachstate.edu/current. Mid-Term Grade Reporting Within one week after the close of the mid-term grading period, mid-term grades will be made available to all students for each class by either written notification or individual conference. Student Responsibility Policy When a student attends the College, s/he becomes subject to its jurisdiction. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a responsible manner, in all areas of campus life. By enrolling, they pledge to obey the rules and regulations of the College and are responsible for observing all College policies and procedures as published in the student handbook, the College catalog and other College publications. The student will be responsible for preparing for class, participating in class, and completing assignments on time. Palm Beach State Websites of Interest Please see this web page (www.palmbeachstate.edu/current) for a list of web addresses for students. Withdrawal Policy for Individual Courses The last day to withdraw from a College course with a "W" grade in this course is Friday, November 4, 2016. It is the responsibility of the student to use the PantherWeb system or visit a campus Registrar's office to withdraw. An official withdrawal entitles the student to a grade of "W" in the class. Template Date – July 2013 7 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses Weekly questions: Please note: Class time is devoted to certain selected topics throughout the course. Your assigned reading/questions will necessarily go beyond the scope of the evening classes. Focus on the questions themselves rather than page location of that subject matter. In fact, feel free to read about the same materials in ANY college-level United States History text or secondary source (bibliography provided) on that particular topic. Question Set #1 due August 31, 2016 Week 2 1. How did the Conservative (Presidential) and Radical (Congressional) views on the Reconstruction process differ? Why did the Radical Republicans ultimately dominate? 2. How did the impeachment process function in the case of President Andrew Johnson and what was the significance of his acquittal for the future of Reconstruction. 3. Describe the debate among historians concerning the nature of Reconstruction, its accomplishments, and its harmful effects on the South. 4. What national problems did President Ulysses S. Grant face and what were the reasons for his lack of success as chief executive? Question Set #2 due September 7, 2016 Week 3 1. Analyze the urban political machine. Include in your response the causes of its formation, what it did, and its effectiveness. 2. What were the major challenges facing the American cities in the late 1800's? In what ways did the city dwellers deal with those issues? 3. What impact did the ideas of Darwin have in the late 19th /early 20th century on science, social philosophy, and political debate? 4. How did the "spoils system" (patronage) affect United States politics in the late 1800's? Question Set #3 due September 14, 2016 Week 4 1. List and explain the reasons for the rapid industrial development of the United States in the late nineteenth century. 2. Describe the various attempts made during the late nineteenth century to create a national labor organization. Analyze the successes and failures of these individual organizations as well as the overall weaknesses of the American labor movement at this time. 3. Explain how the railroad became a symbol of progress in America. 4. Describe the conditions for farming on the Great Plains. What special grievances contributed to an "agrarian malaise" in the latter nineteenth century? Template Date – July 2013 8 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses Question Set #4 due September 21, 2016 Week 5 1. What factors promoted settlement of the West? Why did the unsettled West hold a particularly strong romantic appeal for Americans? How has the romantic vision of the frontier been perpetuated in American culture? 2. Discuss the impact Chinese immigrants had on the West. How did AngloAmericans respond to this immigration, and what was the result? 3. Explain what finally happened to the Plains Indians and the role the Dawes Act. 4. Explain the "Turner Thesis" and describe the "Turnerian West." How was Turner's thesis a "product of its time?" On what grounds have other historians criticized what Turner's work? Question Set #5 due September 28, 2016 Week 6 1. Consider the United States' rise to world power, along with the increasingly activist foreign policy of the first decade and a half of the twentieth century. What forces accounted for this activism? Why was it most evident in the Caribbean region? 2. Compare and contrast the personalities and philosophies of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. How did these personal factors affect their leadership styles and accomplishments in domestic affairs? Question Set #6 due October 5, 2016 Week 7 1. Explain the three "impulses" of the Progressive movement. What specific programs embodied those impulses? 2. Trace the origins of the NAACP and evaluate the contributions Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. Du Bois. 3. Describe the movement to restrict immigration, and explain how allowing fewer immigrants was regarded as a "reform." Question Set #7 due October 12, 2016 Week 8 1. Was American involvement in World War I inevitable? What forces worked to maintain neutrality? What forces propelled the country away from neutrality and into full belligerency? 2. What were the announced American objectives in fighting the war? 3. How did the federal government organize for the purpose of waging war? 4. Discuss the successes and failures of Woodrow Wilson at Versailles. Template Date – July 2013 9 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses Question Set #8 due October 26, 2016 Week 10 1. What were the reasons for the [First] Red Scare and the resurgence of racial unrest in postwar America? 2. How and why did the role of women change in American society during the 1920's? 3. Impressions of the 1920's vary, according to which vision one accepts: that of members of the ruling elite, such as Andrew Mellon and Herbert Hoover; of selfmade men, such as Charles Lindbergh; of the disenchanted, such as H. L. Mencken and Ernest Hemingway; of provincial traditionalists, such as William Jennings Bryan; or of the African Americans involved in the Harlem Renaissance. Briefly describe each of those visions and tell how one or several capture the real significance- the essence if you will- of the decade. 4. One of the troublesome questions for historians concerns the legacy of progressivism. Looking at the 1920's, would you argue that progressive thought had died or triumphed? Explain your answer. Question Set #9 due November 2, 2016 Week 11 1. List and explain the factors the Brinkley text identifies as having been principally responsible for the Great Depression. How have various historians attempted to explain the causes of this economic disaster? 2. Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt win the election of 1932? 3. Compare the impact of the New Deal on African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans with its consequences for the typical white American. 4. It has been argued that World War II, not the New Deal, ended the Great Depression. Analyze the overall political and economic results of the New Deal. 5. Describe and explain the process by which American public opinion gradually shifted from a policy of neutrality in 1935 to one of interventionism in 1941. Question Set #10 due November 9, 2016 Week 12 1. How did World War II increase the role of government in American society and the nation's economy? 2. Summarize the contributions of the United States military to victory in North Africa, Europe, and the Pacific theaters. 3. The United States obtained evidence of the Holocaust as early as 1942. What was the response of the Roosevelt administration, and why did it act as it did? What other options were open? 4. Why did President Harry S Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan? Explain the controversy surrounding the decision then, and discuss how historians have attempted to resolve the issue ever since. Template Date – July 2013 10 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses Question Set #11 due November 16, 2016 Week 13 1. What general factors made the United States susceptible to the anti-communist paranoia of 1947 to 1953? What activities fanned the fury and paved the way for the rise of McCarthy? 2. What new cultural developments accompanied the prosperity and suburbanization of the 1950's? How did intellectuals regard the highly organized and homogenized new society? 3. How did the automobile reshape the American landscape in the 20th century? 4. What groups were left out or opted out of the consumer culture of the 1950's? Discuss the results of their dissent or exclusion. How was rock and roll a sign of the restiveness of American youth? Question Set #12 due November 30, 2016 Week 15 1. Discuss the factors that contributed to the landmark Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965. How and why would the civil rights movement change from 1965 to 1968? 2. Complete Presidential Election charts through 1968. Compare and contrast the 1928, 1948, 1960, and 1968 elections. How do they show both continuity and change in the regional patterns of American politics? 3. Discuss the factors that led President Johnson to expand America's commitment in Vietnam into a full-scale war. Analyze the conditions and constraints which made Vietnam a "quagmire" for American forces and policies. 4. How have historians attempted to answer the question, "Why Vietnam?" Question Set #13 due December 7, 2016 Week 16 1. Did Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon accomplish its purpose to "shut and seal the book" on Watergate? What else did Ford do to try to restore credibility to the Presidency? 2. How did the nation's energy needs complicate both the foreign and the domestic policies of Presidents Ford, Carter, and Reagan? 3. What brought on the Gulf War and how was Desert Storm an immediate solution that failed to solve the long-range problems? 4. What is the "War on Terrorism" and how is it waged? Template Date – July 2013 11 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses AMH2020 Reference # 215699 Fall 2016 [2017-1] United States History from 1865 to the Present (AA) Meeting/ Present in Class/ Weekly Questions Submitted Total Points Week Date Participation by 5:59 PM Per Class Number [ of 10 points] at SafeAssign® [of 15 points] 1/1 August 24 XXXXXXXXXXXXX /10 2/2 August 31 Q Set 1 /25 3/3 September 7 Q Set 2 /25 4/4 September 14 Q Set 3 /25 5/5 September 21 Q Set 4 /25 6/6 September 28 Q Set 5 /25 7/7 October 5 Q Set 6 /25 8/8 October 12 Q Set 7 /25 X/9 October 19 XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX 9/10 October 26 Q Set 8 /25 10/11 November 2 Q Set 9 /25 11/12 November 9 Q Set 10 /25 12/13 November 16 Q Set 11 /25 X/14 November 23 XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX 13/15 November 30 Q Set 12 /25 14/16 December 7 Q Set 13 /25 15/17 December 14 XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX _____ (of 140) + _____ of (195) = _____ (of 335) Due Date September 14* September 21 October 12* October 26 November 2* November 16 November 30* December 14 Assignment Grade Document Spotlight Essay #1 Quiz #1 Document Spotlight Essay #2 Quiz #2 Museum Journal Quiz #3 Document Spotlight Essay #3 Final Examination /35 /100 /35 /100 /60 /100 /35 /200 *Due posted by 5:59 PM at SafeAssign/Blackboard Calculate mid-term grade: as of 10/12/2016 _____ of 355 points = _____ % Grade ______ Calculate final grade: as of 12/14/2016 _____ of 1000 points = _____ % Grade ______ Class Participation/Weekly Written Questions ____of 335 Museum/Field Trip Journal ___ of 60 Quiz # 1 _____ Quiz # 2 _____ Quiz # 3 _____ = _____ of 300 Final Exam _____ of 200 Document Spotlight #1 ____ Template Date – July 2013 #2 ____ #3 ____ = _____ of 105 12 Palm Beach State College Cotton AMH 2020 Reference # 215699 Fall 2016 [2017-1] Schedule Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses Assignments/Class Focus Activities August 24 Week 1: Nature of Historical Inquiry/United States in 1865 Social Contract; "Mindwalk"; Syllabus/Student Responsibilities/Written Assignments Outlined/Directions for SafeAssignments and Edmodo Document Spotlight: "Second Inaugural Address" Abraham Lincoln (1865) August 31 Week 2: Reconstruction, Grant, and the "New South" A Biography of America Program 12 "Reconstruction" LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture01/part02_lecture01.html Document Spotlight: "A Southern View of Defeat" Alexander H. Stephens (1866) http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1851-1875/reconstruction/repojc.htm September 7 Week 3: The Gilded Age and the Politics of Corruption A Biography of America Program 15 "The New City" The Gilded Age, Tweed Ring and Machine Politics Document Spotlight: Pendleton Act (1883) Thomas Nast cartoons September 14 Week 4: Transformation of the United States: Politics, Labor, Industry 1877-1900 A Biography of America Program 14 "Industrial Supremacy" The Wizard of Oz as a Parable on Populism Presidential Election Charts 1868-1896 LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture03/part02_lecture03.html Document Spotlight: "The Cross of Gold" William Jennings Bryan (1896) September 21 Week 5: Transformation of the United States: The American West 1877-1900 A Biography of America Program 16 "The West" Turner Thesis: Closing of the Frontier LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture02/part02_lecture02.html Document Spotlight: "I Will Fight No More Forever" Chief Joseph (1877) September 28 Week 6: The Imperial Republic: Politics and Foreign Policy 1898-1919 Spanish-American War A Biography of America Program 18 "TR and Wilson" (partial) LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture04/part02_lecture04.html Document Spotlight: "Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League" (1899) October 5 Week 7: The Progressive Era: Agenda for National Reform A Biography of America Program 19 "A Vital Progressivism" Presidential Election charts 1900-1920 LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture05/part02_lecture05.html Document Spotlight: The Souls of Black Folk W. E. B. Du Bois (1903) Template Date – July 2013 Brinkley Vol. 2 Unfinished Nation (7th ) Edition pp. xxi; xxiv-xxvi Activate SafeAssign/Edmodo Chapter 15 pp. 343-370 Q Set #1 due Signed Field Trip Release on file Chapters 17, 18 pp. 395-443 Q Set #2 due Chapter 19 pp. 444-458 Q Set #3 due Document Essay #1 due Chapter 16 pp. 371-394 Q Set #4 due Quiz #1 (Chapters 15-19) Test materials required◄ Chapters 19, 21 pp. 458-475; 509-514 Q Set #5 due Chapter 20 pp. 476-507 Q Set #6 due 13 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses October 12 Week 8: Americans and the Great War Causes of U. S. Entry into World War I A Biography of America Program 18 "TR an Wilson" (concluded) LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture06/part02_lecture06.html Document Spotlight: "The Fourteen Points" Woodrow Wilson (1918) October 19 Week 9: Museum Field Trip/Academic Development Day/Faculty Cluster Meetings Class does not meet on campus tonight. October 26 Week 10: The Jazz Age A Biography of America Program 20 "The Twenties" Senate Rejects the Treaty of Versailles/Harlem Renaissance LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture07/part02_lecture07.html Document Spotlight: "Defense of John Scopes" Clarence Darrow (1924) November 2 Week 11: 1930's America: Depression, New Deal and Gathering Storm A Biography of America Program 21 "FDR and the Depression" LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture08/part02_lecture08.html Document Spotlight: "Share Our Wealth" Huey P. Long (1935) November 9 Week 12: Global Crisis: The United States and World War II A Biography of America Program 22 "World War II: Total War" Presidential Election Charts 1924-1944 Wartime Conferences (Lesson 17); Cold War begins LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture09/part02_lecture09.html Chapter 21 pp. 508; 514-531 Q Set #7 due Document Essay #2 due No weekly questions due Chapter 22 pp. 532-550 Q Set #8 due Quiz #2 (Chapters 19-21) Test materials required◄ Chapters 23, 24, 25 pp. 551-614 Q Set #9 due Museum Journal due Chapter 26 pp. 615-640 Q Set #10 due http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture10/part02_lecture10.html Document Spotlight: "Four Freedoms" Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) November 16 Week 13: 1950's America: The Cold War at Home and Abroad Historiography: Who is Responsible for the Cold War? Link: https://connect.palmbeachschools.org/p54002590/ A Biography of America Program 23 "The Fifties: From War to Normalcy" Presidential Election Charts 1948-1972 LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture11/part02_lecture11.html http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture12/part02_lecture12.html Document Spotlight: "The Communist Menace" J. Edgar Hoover (1947) Chapters 27, 28 pp. 641-693 Q Set #11 due Quiz #3 (Chapters 22-26) Test materials required◄ November 23 Week 14: Thanksgiving Class does not meet on campus tonight. Although the "first" Thanksgiving is claimed by at least five modern-day states (Florida, Texas, Maine, Virginia, and Massachusetts), President Lincoln's proclamation set the precedent for the national day of Thanksgiving recognized in the U.S. to this day. Template Date – July 2013 No weekly questions due 14 Palm Beach State College Course Syllabus – Classroom Courses November 30 Week 15: Vietnam, Civil Rights and the Politics of Protest A Biography of America Program 24 "The Sixties" LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture13/part02_lecture13.html http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture14/part02_lecture14.html Document Spotlight: The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan (1963) Chapters 29, 30 pp. 694-747 Q Set #12 due Document Essay #3 due http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/01/24/110124crbo_books_menand December 7 Week 16: Watergate and Beyond Constitutional Crisis of Watergate to "Reagan Revolution" & Globalization A Biography of America Program 25 "Contemporary History" Presidential Election Charts 1976-2000 LecturePoint: http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture15/part02_lecture15.html LecturePoint:http://college.cengage.com/history/lecturepoints/part02_lecture16/part02_lecture16.html Document Spotlight: "Speech at Moscow State University" Ronald Reagan (1988) "Bullhorn Address to Ground Zero Rescue Workers" George W. Bush (2001) December 14 Week 17: Final Examination Note: Exam time is 6:30 - 8:30 PM SS 105 Grades are due at 6:00 PM December 19, 2016. Chapters 30, 31 pp. 747-808 Q Set #13 due No weekly questions due Test materials required◄ Department Contact Information Name: Dr. Victor Aikhionbare Telephone: 561-868-3336 Job Title: Department Chair Template Date – July 2013 Office Location: SS209 Email: [email protected]edu 15


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Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems' World Aquaculture Technology Engineering & Research (W.A.T.E.R.) Center Successfully Completes First Fish Harvest
On Friday February 5th, the team at Pentair's PAES W.A.T.E.R. (World Aquaculture Technology Engineering and Research) center conducted the first fish harvest from the 12,500 sq. ft. indoor aquaculture operation. A team of eight Pentair employees worked diligently to ensure complete success on this project. In total, 10,564 lbs. of tilapia were transferred from Pentair's indoor Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) to tanks on the live fish hauling truck. When the truck arrived, the first hour was spent loading clean water into the hauling tanks to ensure the fish had a healthy environment while being transported.
Fish were harvested from the tanks with seafood baskets and transferred to the truck in tanks of water, important in maintaining product quality, keeping them calm to reduce damage and loss of scales on themselves or other fish being transferred.
This cohort of fish, the first grow-out from the PAES W.A.T.E.R. facility, was grown for 242 days from fingerlings of 0.73 grams to approximately 682 grams (1.5 pounds) each. They were then held on a maintenance diet – a technique where fish are fed an amount which keeps them healthy but does not encourage growth. The survival rate of this cohort was much higher than anticipated. Initial planning, purchasing, and stocking numbers anticipated a ten percent mortality rate during the overall growout period; our mortality rate, however, was just over one percent—much better survival than anticipated
When the buyer sets a pickup date, the fish are purged for one week prior to being transferred from PAES W.A.T.E.R. – located just outside of Orlando, FL – to New York City, arriving in the evening of February 6th. On the way to their final destination, the truck stopped in North Carolina for a water exchange to ensure the well-being and quality of the animals.
The Lunar New Year holiday on Monday February 8th results in an increased demand for fish. Considering the current shortage of seafood available for purchase, providing these healthy, delicious, farm-raised fish to the live fish market was well-timed. The team working at PAES W.A.T.E.R. looks forward to similar events like this in the future.
About PAES W.A.T.E.R. (World Aquaculture Technology Engineering and Research):
PAES W.A.T.E.R. is a climate-controlled facility for demonstration and testing of Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems' innovative design methods, technologies and equipment, as well as standardized procedures for Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS). For more information, visit PentairAES.com/paes-water.


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Renaissance Carpet Care Inc.
206 283 2539 email us
We are committed to quality cleaning, upfront pricing and honesty. We offer a money back guarantee.
Beware of cleaners that do not clearly indicate the equipment, process and prices for services provided.
Organic Cleaning Options Available
Our process is safe for your kids, pets and our environment.
All our chemicals are tested for safety and usability by the carpet cleaning manufacturers association.
Carpet Cleaning Upholstery cleaning Carpet Stretching Deodorization
Vent Cleaning Tile Cleaning Hardwood Floor Cleaning
Our Three Step Carpet Cleaning Process:
First, we apply a high traffic pre-spray which helps to break down the soils in your carpet
Second, we apply specialized spot cleaners for the tough spots and stains and high traffic areas.
Finally, your carpet is thoroughly steam cleaned and rinsed, flushing the dirt and pollutants from the fibers leaving your carpet clean and fresh.
Most grey-black areas are and general soil appearance is easily removed. Black lines around the edge of your carpet are �filtration lines� and are typically permanent. Some dye spots from food coloring, markers, candle wax may be permanent but we have all the chemicals and expertise to provide the best results possible.
Included in the Carpet cleaning process
Some furniture moved
Traffic areas in bedrooms only
Attention to heavy traffic areas and spots
Carpet can be lightly used immediately
Carpet Cleaning Prices
Any three areas $120
Any four areas $145
Additional 4 areas $ 25
Example: Living room, dining room, stairs, family room is four areas at $145
Example: Living, dining, office, family, stairs and four bedrooms is nine areas. Four areas at $140 and five areas at $25 each for a total of $275.00.
Large open basements are charged at 200sq ft per area.
Upholstery Cleaning Process
Most upholstery is safe to wet clean
We use a fine fabric shampoo to clean your furniture
Special attention is paid to the arms and head rest areas
Both sides of removable cushions are cleaned
Upholstery Cleaning Prices
Sofa $55-65
Love Seat $45-55
Chair $35-45
Sectionals are priced as combinations of above furniture
Mattresses $35-45
Hardwood Floor Cleaning
We use the Karcher brand commercial hardwood floor cleaning machine along with Wood Fresh cleaning chemicals. The cleaning solution contains no wax, soaps or phosphates so your floors are residue free and ready to use immediately after we are done.
The machinery we use is specifically for hardwood floor cleaning. The machine sprays a small amount of solution onto the floor, agitates the solution with counter-rotating brushes, and vacuumes up the solution and dirt all in one pass. We make several passes in each area.
When we are done your floors will be visibly cleaner than you can ever get with a home cleaning solution
Hardwood Cleaning Prices
The entry, kitchen and adjoining dining space are frequently hardwood. An average size entry, kitchen-dining area is about $110.00
If The areas are quite large the price may go to $120-140.
Call for a personalized quote.
Hardwood floor cleaning will leave your floors as clean as the day they were new. Cleaning will not provide a new finish or remove large scratches.
Deodorization Process
General deodorization- When we cant define the location of the odor we will apply deodorizer to the entire carpet.
Corner of the room- If the odor source is in a corner we have the option of removing and replacing the pad. This is a good method when your pet has used the area repeatedly.
Open Area- If the odor source is in the middle of the room we can saturate the area, including the carpet pad, with deodorize and extract the contamination to the truck with a special pad extraction tool.
Deodorization Prices
General deodorization- Application and extraction of a medium size room, such as a modest sized family room or dining room, is about $20.00
Corner Pad Replacement- The price will depend on the size of the area and if furniture needs to be moved, but pad exchange and deodorization of the back of the carpet runs about $40-70.00.
Applying deodorizer directly to a few small spots or saturating one area and extracting with a pad extraction tool is typically $20.00.
We are happy to view the problems and provide a specific quote.
Vent Cleaning
Hair, pollen, dander, dust, etc. falls into the vents at the register and gets blown back out and recycled through your home every time the forced air heat comes on.
Heaters have a filter that prevents most pollutants from entering the heating system. Vent cleaning stops the pollutants that fall into the vents at the register from being recycled throughout the house. We have the extreme vacuum power and specially designed tools to remove indoor air pollutants from your vents.
Vent Cleaning Prices
Vent cleaning is not difficult or time consuming if we are already working in the room.
Typically $5.00 per vent.


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We found 38 resources with the concept earth's inner core
Why is NASA Sending a Spacecraft to a Metal World?
4 mins 6th - 12th CCSS: Adaptable
Can we journey to outer space to learn more about inner Earth? Discover the method to NASA's madness with an enlightening short video. The narrator explains the composition of the asteroid the resource is studying, what scientists hope...
Lesson One: The Earth, Background and Glossary
6th - 8th CCSS: Adaptable
How much do you really know about our planet? Middle schoolers build up their prior knowledge about Earth, its placement in the solar system, its composition, and important geological vocabulary with an introductory earth science lesson.
Plate Tectonics Cycle — Sixth Grade
Four resources make up a collection that breaks down each part of the plate tectonic cycle, developed by Math/Science Nucleus. With pre- and post-labs, discussion topics, and writing assignments, sixth graders take on a hands-on approach to understanding the Plate Tectonics Cycle.
Plate Tectonics Cycle — Fifth Grade
Math/Science Nucleus provides a set of four resources that take a deeper look into the parts of the plate tectonics cycle. Each resource contains hands-on activities and labs to help fifth graders develop a better understanding of one of Earth's most important systems.
Earthquakes: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities
2nd CCSS: Adaptable
What causes earthquakes? Second graders learn about stresses from plate movement with a set of hands-on activities. After tracing fault lines on a map with yarn, class members create a paper plate model of Earth to show its layers and...


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The annual Holiday Kiwanis Giving Tree Program is gearing up for 2017. With support from the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank and the LDS church, Kiwanis is bringing Christmas to less fortunate families in the Valley.
To participate in this event, families with children up to 18 years old may sign up at the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, 122 E. 3rd Street, North Bend, Monday and Tuesday 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or Wednesday's 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m, through Dec. 13.
Families will be assigned a date and shopping time to choose holiday gifts for their children on Dec. 14 and 15 in North Bend at the LDS church, near Safeway).
Trees, with gift tags for participants, will be set up this week at Safeway and QFC in North Bend, the Fall City, Snoqualmie and North Bend libraries, Healing Garden, Umpqua Bank, Re-Max Integrity Realty, Ace Hardware, Farmer's Insurance offices in Snoqualmie and Fall City, Mt. Si Senior Center, Mt. Si Golf Course, North Bend Physical Therapy, Pioneer Coffee, YMCA, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie Brewery, Snoqualmie Fire Department, North Bend Starbucks, State Farm Insurance in Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie Police Department, Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce, Chaplin's, City of Snoqualmie, Encompass, the Eagles, Garwood Dental, Genie Industry, the Moose Lodge, Peak Sports, Sno Falls Credit Union, Zetec and Spacelabs
More businesses are being added. To participate by hosting a Giving Tree, or to volunteer to help with the program, contact Debby Peterman at email@example.com. Kiwanis will provide a tree, tags and pick up donated presents.
Financial contributions can be made out to Snoqualmie Valley Kiwanis and brought to Umpqua bank. Gift cards of $25 per card or less are also accepted.
Coat Drive
Girl Scout troop 43995 is also holding a winter coat drive in conjunction with the Giving Tree event. Now through Sunday, Dec. 10, people can drop off new or gently used winter coats at collection boxes in all branches of Sno-Falls Credit Union, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, Mt. Si Sports + Fitness, Si View Community Center, Umpqua Bank, Opus Bank and Meadowbrook Urgent Care. Donated coats will be offered to families attending the gift distribution on Dec. 14 and 15.