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Monday, 29 October 2012
Spooky Poe for Reading & Media Study!
As mentioned in a previous blog, Poe is referenced numerous times in the novel I am reading aloud to the class (Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carmen). It references both his poem The Raven and his short story The Tell Tale Heart, among others.
I was originally going to just brush through these Poe pieces and use them simply as a matter of comparison to Skeleton Creek...but I have instead decided to linger awhile. They are just such fabulous works, beautiful crafted. They have influenced other writers for over a hundred years and they still resonate in today's culture. They are well worth lingering over!
Thus, we are going to read through both The Raven and The Tell Tale Heart, translating the 'old fashioned language' into our own modern day language and adding a picture to help us visualize the scene.
Then we are going to work on writing summaries of each, determining the main idea/theme of each, plus use each as a way to determine characteristics of narratives (all three areas are often referred to on CASI reading comprehension assessments...the next of which is administered in December).
Then we will take a look at media representations of each work. There are some clever youtube adaptations! (Not to mention that both the writers of The Simpson's and Spongebob were influenced by these works, enough to do their own cartoon adaptations!).
This ties into the media curriculum...interpreting media images (by comparing media to media and media to text).
We have also been looking at book cover design as a form of media/advertising. Students will get to choose either The Raven or The Tell Tale Heart and craft a book cover design. I hope to post these in the hallway and will include a picture here when I do so!
Monday, 15 October 2012
More About Writing
This week, I provide three samples of writing (written by me) to demonstrate Writer's Voice. In the interest of saving space, here are two:
Sample A
In the summer, I went to Iceland. It was awesome! I took an airplane to the capital city. Then we took a bus to the hotel. Then we booked into our hotel. We had a view of the downtown area and the ocean. We took lots of day trips. On one trip, our car broke down in the middle of nowhere! I also saw a geyser explode into the air, strange extinct volcanoes, and lots of black lava rock. We went to the Blue Lagoon, which is a famous hot mineral swimming pool. The food was really, really good! I really had a great trip. It was so awesome!
Sample C
Don't Panic!
The wind was so strong that day on the west coast of Iceland . We could barely stand upright. We took our pictures of the stark lava rocks, the vast, stormy sky and the waves crashing to shore at the beach in the distance, and then hurried back to the car.
"Are we almost there?" asked my youngest son from the back seat. We were touring around the Snaeflellsjokell peninsula, a remote, rugged, mountainous area about two hours from the capital city of Reykajvik. He was getting bored and hungry.
"Just about!" I exclaimed. The restaurant we hoped to stop at was about a ten minute drive down the highway. "I just want one more picture!"
I pulled over at the side of the road. My husband was the first to open his car door. WHAP! It happened in a flash. The wind pulled the door right out of his hand, tugged it back in the opposite direction, smashed into the side of the car—and then hung there, broken.
"Forget taking a picture," I said. "Let's get out of here!" I turned the key. Nothing. I turned the key again. Nothing. The car wouldn't start!
"I don't believe this!" I said. We were in a foreign country, stranded in the middle of nowhere, in a powerful wind storm.
Outside, cold rain started to pelt the side of the car.
Luckily, we had a cell phone and the emergency number for the car rental agency. We called and in an hour a man came to pick us up. He couldn't fix the car but he did drive us to the nearest town so we could get a new one.
Both pieces discuss my trip to Iceland...but I'm sure you noticed in sample C:
-a more specific focus with increased detail
-vivid description
-inclusion of quotes and 'sound words' (WHAP!) (official term: onomatopoeia) to bring drama to the event
-more intriguing title which raises curiosity in the reader
-opening sentence raises questions in the readers mind (I didn't give it all away!)
-repetition builds suspense
-it is organized into paragraphs
In terms of Writer's Voice, I think its clear that Sample C has more 'sparkle' than A.
I like to sum up Writer's Voice as: personality and vividness.
Students have been reading novels or short fiction pieces in class. They have been experiencing 'Writer's Voice' and also the power of vivid description (reading comprehension strategy: visualizing a scene).
Now, as writers of a personal narrative ('Life Event'), they get to create that for other readers to experience.
Below are the curriculum areas this current task addresses, as posted in my classroom:
Students are currently revising their Life Events to include more vividness and 'writer's voice'.
I am looking forward to sharing their revised pieces with home! A copy of both versions will be eventually sent home so you can see their progress!
PS For more information on 'writer's voice', check out this great site!
Technical Difficulties...
Just to make you aware, we have been having internet access issues at the school, as have other schools in SCDSB. The IT department is working hard to resolve this issue. It does mean that I can't currently access my blog, media/tech and web links while in class! Hopefully this will resolve itself soon, but in the meantime, I may be asking students to puruse those links outside of class time.
Friday, 12 October 2012
Extension Material for Skeleton Creek! POE & THE RAVEN!
In this novel, there are references to short stories by Edgar Allen Poe (House of Usher, The Raven...and there are more to come!)
Nearer to Halloween, we will be reading the famous story (and listening to the radio play retell) of Poe' The Tell Tale Heart and looking more closely at poem The Raven.
In the meantime, I'm asking students to extend their learning at home by:
a) reading about the author Edgar Allen Poe here on Wikipedia
b) watching this you tube video retell of his poem 'The Raven' (as read by Vincent Price) OR try this version (with text) as read by Christopher Walken
c) watch this youtube animated version of the poem (I love how this 'ordinary youtuber' has been inspired to retell the poem visually)
Here is the full text version if you'd also like to read it.
Poe has inspired countless authors...and as become a part of our culture. Even the writers of The Simpson's included The Raven in one of their Halloween episodes.
Patrick Carmen, author of Skeleton Creek, has similarly been inspired. He is including Poe references VERY deliberately in his book. They are there for a purpose and I'd like us to go deeper into what that purpose might be.
The 'raven' seems to hold specific significance It has been mentioned more than once and in fact, a future book in the series is called 'The Raven'.
We can't really discuss it properly without understanding Poe, who he is, his body of work...and his poem, The Raven.
Students, next week we will be shifting our literacy focus to writing for a few days....but we will return to reading by weeks end (hopefully, by Thursday)...so please review this material at home to support future in class discussion before that time!
Thank you!
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Preparing for Math Quizes! Math Games!
Next week there will likely be a decimal-fraction-percents quiz!
One way to study is to use the math links I provide. Here are some great online sites for practicing decimals/fractions/percents!
Comparing Decimals, Compare Decimals Game, All About Decimals
Fruit Shoot, Converting Fractions to Decimals, Millionaire version Jeopardy version
You might also want to watch this Khan Academy video on comparing decimals or this Khan Academy video on converting decimals to fractions.
Another way to prepare yourself is to use the Frayer 'math dictionary' sheets like we use in class. Pick definitions related to the topic, such as 'decimal', 'comparing decimals', 'simplified fraction' and review your knowledge by filling out the sheet. You can always compare your answers to the math dictionary bulletin board in class, where all the Frayer math dictionary entries are posted!
Extra copies of the Frayer math dictionary sheet are available HERE on my download page for easy download and use at home.
A fourth way to prepare yourself is to look up previous math questions on my math page, such as the ones on Oct. 4 and Oct. 9 etc. and give those a try at home.
Remember to consider the four criteria when working on an answer to those questions:
Knowledge and Understanding
These are defined in a previous blog if you need to refresh your memory! But we will continue to look at samples in class to refine our understandings of how to use these four criteria to achieve 'better answers' in math.
PS Before we do the decimal/fractions/percents quiz, the previous quiz will be returned to students so they get feedback on what they have done thus far. This should also help them refine their understanding of how to best communicate their math ability. As usual, this will go home for parent signature and review.
Monday, 8 October 2012
Skeleton Creek & Reading Comprehension
I have posted on the wall a wide variety of reading comprehension strategies. Recently, I added CASI type questions to the list.
On a regular basis, students individually read their chosen novels and then pull out their reader notebooks to try one of these strategies. Then we share and discuss them as a class!
I am so lucky to have a class full of avid readers! They love to read and discuss books, just as I do, so this time of day is pure pleasure. In the context of this discussion, we also typically examine a variety of book covers (as a form of media...how do they promote the book? What inferences can be made about the book based on the images and text on the cover, etc?). The tricky part is knowing when to stop this 'book talk', or we risk running out of time for anything else!
To further model the various comprehension approaches, we are also in the midst of a class read aloud. We are reading SKELETON CREEK, a very spooky mystery story by Patrick Carman that also includes media footage to complement the text (in the form of Sarah's on-line videos that you access via a password protected website).
I read a section aloud and then students again turn to their readers notebooks to try out a strategy. This time we do the same strategy and we again discuss our responses. I complete my version on the board to show, for example, how I might make a prediction, an inference, define and prove character traits, etc. This is a good way for me to model the strategy, so students get a sense of what an effective response looks like. I often accompany my version with a 'think aloud', sharing my thought process on how I approached the strategy and the text, etc.
To find out more about Skeleton Creek, click HERE.
Friday, 5 October 2012
The Solution to the Imail Mystery!
Wednesday, 3 October 2012
What Do I Mean By 'Deeper Connections"?!?
We started inferencing right on Day 1...with the Who is Mrs. J? game (see page link above or click HERE). I provided pictures and students had to infer something about me based on the facts those pictures contained.
We infer all the time, in all levels of literacy: in what we read, what we see (media texts) and hear (oral texts) and we create inferences when we write.
We started with 'stating the obvious'. If a book cover has a dog on it...probably the book is about a dog! (We have been using book covers as our main source for inferring media images because students in this class love books and we have so many samples at the ready!)
But what DEEPER CONNECTION can we make about this 'dog book' based on the evidence on the cover? What kind of dog is it? What is the pose? Anything else on the cover? What does the title imply? What colours are used and what are the associations with those colours?
I want students to make deeper, more complex connections. Today, I returned their CASI reading comprehension assessments...many of the questions require students to INFER. We looked at the difference between level 1 thru 4 responses. The higher end responses typically involved an inference that was MORE COMPLEX. So, yes, we can infer that a character is athletic because they play basketball but a more complex inference is to say that that character is responsible or trustworthy because they fullfilled a promise to return to college. The first example is an obvious connection...the second example less so.
Here is another great example of a DEEPER CONNECTION that happened in class this week totally by accident.
As our reward for Terry Fox fund raising, we watched a movie and had popcorn. The movie we watched was "We Bought a Zoo." I asked the students to notice who wrote the screenplay...too often, the writers are overlooked and go unnoticed in media, though they are the backbone of the entertainment industry (no script = no movie!). We ended up looking it up via google and ended up at the imdb movie site...where we saw THIS movie poster.
"Hey!" One of the students exclaimed. "Why isn't the son in the poster?" The teenaged son, Dylan, is missing from this poster. Why was that?! Spontaneously, we started to look at the poster critically, as if it were a book cover. What message is this trying to convey? What meaning is assigned to those images? Why is the cute little girl so prominate but not the gloomy, moody teenage son? What do they want the viewer to INFER about the movie based on this poster? Some of the associations included: family (man, woman and child), happiness (they are smiling, the girl is in yellow, which is associated with happiness),
Someone in the class noted that the girl was 'like the sun'. BINGO! Level 4 connection! Yes, she is like the sun! She is in yellow, she is high in the sky. What do we associate with the sun? Explain what you mean by 'the sun' and you have inferred at a DEEPER level.
I love when learning happens spontaneously like this. It wasn't something I planned but our interest took us there and we extended the skills we have been practising outward, to this movie poster.
We will continue to look at inferences in reading, writing, media and oral texts and I will continue to push students to look beyond 'the obvious'.
PS. The screenwriters of "We Bought a Zoo" are Cameron Crowe and Aline Brosh McKenna, in case you were wondering!
Just a few updates...
Those of you that are trying to log in to imail at home...I understand it is not working for you! I have put a request into the school board's technical help desk to find out what is going on! Stay Tuned!
Today a letter went home about the CASI. Please review, sign and return! Thank you!
Today a letter went home about the CASI. Please review, sign and return! Thank you!
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Math Assessment
Before we do the quiz, I wanted students to understand how math is being assessed...and consequently, how one can obtain a level 3 (expected level) or higher in math.
Today's lesson thus focused on how math is assessed. We looked at specific student examples and assessed them according to the criteria explained below.
In the past, math has been assessed primarily based on one's knowledge and understanding: i.e. did you get the answer right? But in real life, there is so much more to our use of math than just the 'right answer'.
Often, we must communicate our methodology for achieving that answer (think of the example Ms. Abernethy provided the other day to the class: "Mrs. Johnson, how did you get that percent for my mark on the report card?" I better be able to explain my reasoning!).
Often, we must apply our math knowledge to different contexts. Often, we must creatively problem solve.
Math is thus assessed according to four criteria:
- · Knowledge & Understanding: demonstrates knowledge of content and concepts
- · Thinking: uses planning and problem solving processes
- · Application: applies and transfers knowledge and skills in different contexts; makes connections
- · Communication: expresses & organizes math thinking; uses proper terms and conventions
Students were given a copy of this rubric and we used it to assess some of our previous math responses that we have done in pairs in class. Some scored a level 1 in one area (such as communication); a level 4 in another (such as application).
This is the sample we decided was the closest to a level 3 in all areas. It is now posted in our room, along with a few others I selected. Now I'm hoping students will look at these samples, look at their own work, know what to look for, and shout BINGO! I got it!
|Sample 1
|Sample 2
|Sample 3
We will continue to do this kind of self/peer assessment through out the year and will continue to refine our understanding of level 3 and also start to better understand level 4 work.
You'll notice these samples share common characteristics and I think as a class we need to look more closely at what those shared attributes are...we will do this another day.
Students were informed that questions on tomorrow's quiz will be clearly associated with at least one of the four math criteria (the criteria will be noted in the margins) and levelled accordingly.
One's total math mark on the report card in January takes into consideration these levels and also progress made over time.
Once any quizzes/tests have been marked, it will be sent home for your review and signature (and please return to class so they can be placed in the in-class student portfolio.)
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this assessment process! My email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Current Learning Goals
This gets updated on a monthly basis. Please continue to check back to see what the latest goals are!
Math follows a course of study laid out by SCDSB. A copy of this course of study is available HERE on my downloads page.
My overall literacy plan for the year is also available for download HERE.
Please keep in mind that the pace of instruction and learning is fluid. I respond to how the students respond to the material. It is thus not cast in stone but by its very nature must remain flexible.
As always, please email me if you have any questions! email@example.com
Monday, 1 October 2012
The reward for obtaining that goal was "movie and popcorn".
So today students are going to watch a movie in the afternoon...with popcorn!
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Why not–it still works when all else fails to work — cell phones and the internet are the first to overload or go down HARD in a natural or man-made disaster.
All I need is a radio, a simple homemade antenna, a bit of skill and knowledge, and a well-charged battery to communicate worldwide…simple, stand-alone technology!
It is also multi-faceted, and interesting to fiddle with–its possible to just talk, use morse code (not required but still can be used), use digital modes, TV, R/C, and a lot of other cool stuff based on your interest and capability–from simple to as complex as you want to be. I've been fiddling with radio in some form for as long as I can remember–from simple stuff that requires only a bit of wire and a cereal box, to a modern radio that is all run by mathematics and software. Let's explore!

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CANCELLATION of tonight's hustings in Redbridge following the Manchester Arena attack.
Added: 23 May 2017 | Updated: 23 May 2017
Following the heart-breaking attack in Manchester yesterday night, we've decided to cancel the Redbridge Transport Group Event this evening. All parties have suspended campaigning until further notice out of respect for the victims of the attack.
We're very sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
Stay safe,
Transport for All


text: Last weekend, we celebrated Halloween at the Macon Mall with the opening of the mall's new ArtSpace. Along with dancers from Philips Performing Arts' studio, USA Dance Greater Macon Chapter 6059 presented a dance exhibition for shoppers and trick-or-treaters at the mall. An enthusiastic crowd was on hand to watch and participate in the dancing. Jim & JoyDawn danced a swing and a tango; Daniel and I danced a cha-cha and a foxtrot; Charles & Leneta danced a samba; and Paula's entire Thursday night class danced a rumba formation. Chester, our DJ-in-residence, announced the dancers and played the music. Jorge took a video, which I will post here as soon as I get it uploaded. The night was great fun and generated lots of interest in ballroom dancing. Hooray!


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Remi Thirion
Birthday: April 23, 1990 (28)
Hometown: Raves, France
Top disciplines: Downhill
After 2016, Remi 'Mitch,' 'Mimi' or 'Michel' Thirion will forever be known to mountain bike fans as the Master of Mud, after taking top spot in the inaugural Crankworx Les Gets Downhill presented by iXS, an event of epic muddy proportions. His journey started long before he slid his way over the finish line and into the history books, starting out on a bike a three-years-old, and starting to compete at nine. He spent several years making a name for himself on the downhill World Cup circuit, making his Crankworx debut in Les 2 Alpes in 2015, where he also claimed his first Crankworx podium finish, taking second place in the downhill. The following year, the French rider came back for more, crushing his competition on what he describes as the muddiest track he's ever ridden.
Past Crankworx Podiums:
2015 Crankworx L2A Downhill presented by iXS – Silver
2016 Crankworx Les Gets Downhill presented by iXS – Gold


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You launched a new signup flow to encourage new users to add more profile information. A/B test results indicate that % of people that add addtl. profile information increased by 8%. However, 7 day retention decreased by 2%. What do you do?
Let's start from the WHY behind the change- likely that you were implementing this change to improve retention ; let's proceed with the assumption that this is a social app where profiles play a critical role.
An increase of 8% for sign up flows is a significant increase in number of people completing profile information - I would ask how was this implemented because from experience I know that every time we add a step it introduces a 3-4% drop off.
My assumption here is that this is an added pop up screen during sign up which is causing a drop off in total number of users completing sign up successfully since they drop off on the profile info screen.
*Interviewers nods yes*
Also I would recommend changing the way we measure success of the A/B test , let me tell you why - consider the following scenarios
In case A for every 100 people signing up 50 people ended up signing up of which 20 completed profile information
In case B ( winning variant ) for 100 people signing up 48 people ended up signing up of which 22 complete their profile
So the blocking screen is causing an overall drop off which reduces D7 while increase number of people completing their profile
I would re-configure the experiment hypothesis to " users with better profile information have higher retention than users who don't - how can i increase in the number of users filling their profile information on D0 ( primary metric) while increasing/not affecting the successful sign up rate ( secondary metric that doubles up as a kill metric) "
if my goal is to increase profile information of new sign up I would focus on passive methods ( push notif, in app pop ups, incentives) POST users successfully signing up so as to negate this drop off
if my larger business goal is to increase retention I would reduce the steps of sign to increase successful signup and focus on passive methods ( push notif, in app pop ups, incentives) POST users successfully signing up so as to increase total user successfully signing up and help improve D7
Clarifying questions:
First of all, I make to make certain assumptions or inferences here:
1. The % users who filled addl information increased by 8% which means that providing additional information was optional.
2. The overall decrease in retention includes people with both the variations (control as well as variation version)
Now, I want to analyze further which user segment retention rate is affected and would suggest strategy to address the problem -
1. People who did not provide additional information and bounced off Landing Page or in subsequent usage -
I would verify these users retention rate between control version and variation version. Ideally it should be same. If it is not, then we should look at user profiles at each variation to seek the differences.
2. People who provided additional information and then bounced off Landing Page or in subsequent usage -
If retention number is lower here, then we need to focus on providing relevant customized offerings basis additional information and check retention rate in subsequent 7-day period.
3. People who signed up but bounced off additional information page and never made it to the landing page -
If % of users is higher enough to reduce the overall retention rate, then we should look at alternative placement of additional information or content of additional information (this can be gathered by analyzing which page and field had the maximum bounce-off rate). May be we can ask user to provide information on 2nd or 3rd usage etc., as we must give a chance to user to use our application before exiting it.
Assuming no other change was implemented that could have affected these metrics, lets start by breaking down the question. First piece of information is that additional profile information increased by 8%, which is desirable. We do not have information about what exactly we are asking the user to provide, so lets assume that the additional profile information consists of user's interests and experiences. And second info we have is that 7 day retention decreased by 2% because of this change.
The objective of getting more profile information from the user is to find better content and connections related to the user's interests and experiences. If we are not able to use the additional user info to find more relevant and engaging content for the user, then this effort is a waste. So, our primary focus should be to make the best use of this info to improve the experience for the user. This would have an effect on the churn rate too and generate positive word-of-mouth marketing for the product.
Now lets try to understand the possible reasons for the decrease in user retention. A thought that would come to our mind is that probably we have made the process so elaborate and complicated that user did not even complete the process and chose to leave the app. But since retention period metric tracks the user after they have completed the signup process, we can rule out this reason. We ought to be more specific about what kind of information we are asking from the user. For privacy reasons, many users will not be comfortable in sharing more personal info. Make sure that users are satisfied with your product's security and privacy policies and convinced that they have full control over how your product uses their data.
In summary, we need to do the following to improve retention -
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How are we "encouraging new users to add more profile information", is it another step in the profile process? Is it an optional step or a mandatory step? Is it a pop up that is removing the user from the main workflow?
What is the objective of the business? To increase retention? To increase user engagement? To increase the amount of targeting data to sell to businesses?
An increase of 8% from sign up with additional information is a significant increase assuming that the total number of signups have not decreased..However, for the 2% retention drop, I would first look at the activation %. Has the total Activation % dropped from when the "encouragement" was introduced? Is the retention counting from when the user "signed up" or when the user "completed their profile?" If there was a 2% drop when the retention was counted from sign-up, one thing we can hypothesize is that the # of sign ups increased but the # of people who fully completed their profile to activate their accounts stayed stagnate or dropped. Or, it could be that the # of sign ups stayed the same, but the # of activated devices dropped.
Assumption. We are seeing a higher drop off flow of users who are not completing their profile because additional steps are demotivating the users to finish sign up. Retention is measured from Activation not sign-up.
A/B testing should measure three aspects
1. Total number of users signing up
2. Number of users who finish completing their profile
3. The number of users who finished completing their profile still using retained.
What to do:
(Preliminary) Change the way the data is measured
% of users who completed their profile with additional information from signing up
% of users of retention counted from activation among the people with the additional profile information
% of users who completed their profile without additional information from signing up
% of user retention from activation among people without additional profile information (from before the feature is introduced)
If the additional information is optional, and activation is completed, then ideally retention should be the same, and we should focus on moving consumers from without additional information from signing up without additional information to additional information.
If the retention drop with the measure adjustment is happening in one of the two categories, we need to look into the user profile and understand if there is a reason among engagement and retention efforts that changed.
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Legal Briefings
Anthony Simpkins performed carpentry, maintenance and other handiwork for the DuPage, Illinois, Housing Authority under an independent contractor agreement. Over the course of six years, DuPage gave Simpkins lists of job tasks and prioritized the order in which he needed to complete the tasks. Simpkins was paid bi-weekly but never received overtime and employee benefits. Simpkins sued the DHA, claiming it misclassified him as an independent contractor and failed to pay him overtime and disability benefits. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held a jury could find Simpkins was an employee rather than an independent contractor and reversed summary judgment for DHA. A jury might conclude Simpkins was an employee rather than an independent contractor if Simpkins could prove the DHA directed the manner in which he completed assigned tasks, purchased virtually all the supplies and the job did not require specialized licenses or experience. Finally, a jury might find persuasive that Simpkins' independent contractor agreement had a termination date, but that date was crossed out and the words "to be determined" were added. Simpkins v. DuPage Housing Authority, No. 17-2685, 2018 WL 3045280 (7th Cir. June 20, 2018).
IMPACT: Even where there is a written independent contractor agreement, the realities of a job may convince a court or jury that an individual was misclassified as an independent contractor. Factors such as the extent of the employer's control and the provisions of agreements between the parties are all considered when determining whether an individual should have been classified as an employee or independent contractor.
Smith Senior Living required employee Cynthia Dixon to clock in and out of work by scanning her fingerprint through a biometric time clock operated by Kronos, Inc. and stored Dixon's fingerprint in a database. Smith did not have a policy regarding the collection of employee fingerprints, never informed its employees about the use or retention of the data and routinely disclosed the data to Kronos. Dixon sued Smith and Kronos under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, which prohibits the unauthorized collection and disclosure of "biometric identifiers," defined as eye scans, fingerprints, voiceprints and scans of hand and face geometry. Smith and Kronos argued the claim should be dismissed because Dixon suffered no actual harm from their failure to obtain her consent to store and disclose her fingerprint. The court disagreed. The court found that, as a result of the transfer of biometric information between Smith and Kronos, the "alleged violation of the right to privacy in and control over one's biometric data, despite being an intangible injury, is sufficiently concrete" to maintain the lawsuit. Dixon v. Washington & Jane Smith Community, No. 17 C 8033, 2018 WL 2445292 (N.D. Ill. May 31, 2018).
IMPACT: Texas and Washington also have laws regarding the protection of biometric data. Employers in states that collect biometric information should consult an attorney as to best practices.
Rachel L. Schaller and Daniel Saeedi are attorneys at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. To comment, email email@example.com.


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HW: Happy Halloween!
5.2 Zeros of a Polynomial Function
We did a little review of 5.1 on classifying a polynomial by its degree & number of terms by completing the WS 5.1 Test Prep. We looked at questions over WS 5.1. This was collected. Then we started our discussion of zeros and writing an equation in standard form given the zeros: 1, 3, and -4. We also looked at factoring polynomials whose degree is 3 by using GCF and factoring the quadratic trinomial. We will continue with our 5.2 notes tomorrow.
HW: Happy Halloween!
5.1 End Behavior of Polynomials
Students completed the 5.1 Additional Vocab Support sheet in class which reviewed how to classify a polynomial by its degree and number of terms. We used desmos.com to investigate the end behavior of linear, quadratic, cubic, quartic, quintic polynomials with lead coeffecients that were positive or negative.
We came up with this generalization:
For polynomials with even degrees, if a> 0 then the end behavior is up, up.
For polynomials with even degrees, if a< 0 then the end behavior is down, down.
For polynomials with ODD degrees, if a> 0 then the end behavior is down, up.
For polynomials with ODD degrees, if a< 0 then the end behavior is up, down.
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HW: Complete WS 5.1 (Practice)
Fastball Lab & Zeros of Functions
Students used the first half of class to complete and turn in their Fastball Lab. This is a summative assessment. Afterwards, they were able to work on the WS Circuit Training - finding zeros of functions.
HW: If you were absent, turn in the Fastball Lab on Monday, 10/30. Complete WS Circuit Training - finding zeros of functions.
Fastball Lab
Students were shown the PBIS program on Social Media: Do's and Don'ts. Then students used the graphing calculator to help them generate a table of values for their fastball lab. This data is used to create the graph for the lab. The Fastball Lab is due on Wednesday, 10/25.
HW: Your fastball lab should have the first page (front & back completed) with the table of values and graph done. You'll have time to complete the Deep Thought Questions in class on 10/25.
How Fast is Your Fastball?
Students completed the first page of this math lab. Students measured their initial height and calculated the hang time of their fastball. Luckily, we managed to do this between the rain. :) Students will complete this tomorrow in class. This is a summative quiz and will be part of their grade.
HW: Complete 1 - 10. The fastball lab is due at the end of class on Wednesday, October 25th.
Test 4.7 - 4.9
Students turned in their study guide from 4.7 - 4.9 and WS 4.9 Practice. They had the whole class period to complete the test.
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Review 4.7 - 4.9
Students were given 1 or 2 of the review problems to put up around the room. We discussed them and corrected any errors.
Test 4.7 - 4.9 is tomorrow, 10/20. Please turn in WS 4.9 and the review. Solutions to the review are posted on http://mrsseverson.weebly.com/honors-algebra-3-4.html
Review 4.7 - 4.9
We went over book 4.9 and collected it with WS 4.8/4.9 Test Prep. We also went over WS 4.9 1 - 9. Students are to complete 1 - 3 on the back side. Students were given a review packet 4.7 - 4.9 and are to complete the evens in the packet.
HW: Complete evens in the review packet. Test is Friday, 10/20.
4.9 day 2
Students used class time to complete 1-4 on WS 4.9 Test Prep. We went over these in class. 2nd hour went over their Quiz 4.8. We also completed 1 more quadratic-linear system by graphing and another by using substitution.
HW: Complete book 4.9 (page 262 - 264 9, 10, 12, 16, 62 - 68) and WS 4.9 Practice 1 - 9. Test is Friday 10/20.
4.9 Quadratic Systems
Students completed #8 & #9 on WS 4.8 Test Prep. We also went over book 4.8 and collected it. Then we went through 2 basic methods for solving a system: graphing and using algebra (substitution was used). We practiced this with 2 different systems. Students were given their Quiz 4.8 to complete.
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HW: Book 4.9 do page 262 - 264 9, 10, 12, 16 & 62 - 68 all
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Alleged Church Shooter Kills Self
A suspected gunman who opened fire with a shotgun during a church service Sunday morning killed a woman and wounded two people before he shot himself a mile away, police said.
Investigators believe a domestic dispute led to the shooting at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church about 11 a.m., said Second Deputy Police Chief James Tate.
A 9-year-old child, sitting near the unidentified woman who died, was hit in the hand by a buckshot pellet, Tate said. Police didn't know the relationship of the pair.
As the gunman fled the church, he critically shot a man trying to protect his wife from a carjacking attempt, officials said. Many of the hundreds of people in the church screamed as they ducked under the pews for protection, said Ann Armstrong, 30, who was attending the service.
"I seen him come in through the balcony door, and he pulled the gun from under his coat," Armstrong said. "He just started shooting her, then he shot at the pulpit."
No one at the pulpit was hit, but a bullet struck a musical instrument she said.
More than five hours after the shooting spree, Tate said officers spotted the suspect, who was identified as 24-year-old Kevin Lorenzo Collins, walking about a mile south of the church. Collins shot himself to death before police captured him, Tate said.
Church members embraced each other after the gunman left and continued to pray as police started coming in, Armstrong said.
"It was a lot of crying, a lot of hugging and a lot of praying," she said.
Church members then continued the service, Tate said. "They didn't let this incident stop the reason why they came to church," he said. "They came to worship."


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Lord, please bless my 20 y/o neice S. She can't find peace and direction and not getting along with parents. Bless her and keep her safe. Lord bless all the young people in this age bracket that have came out of college and seeking their dreams and going in the wrong direction.
Lord they don't listen because they already know it all. Bless them Lord with your divine guidance. Help them to make wise decisions, and use good judgment, show them Your way.
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[Madison, WI] — After earning the support of grassroots activists from across the state at the Republican Party of Wisconsin convention in May, Leah Vukmir received two more big endorsements on Monday. Speaker Paul Ryan and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner both threw their support behind Vukmir because of her proven track record as a conservative reformer and her promise to take the Wisconsin way to Washington.
Check out some of the news on Vukmir's big endorsements:
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: For Leah Vukmir, the endorsement at the state Republican Party convention in May is the gift that keeps on giving … And Monday, she grabbed the biggest assist of the campaign yet, a dual endorsement from House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville and U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner of Menomonee Falls.
From the Wisconsin State Journal: Ryan, R-Janesville, and the dean of Wisconsin's U.S. House delegation, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Menomonee Falls, announced their endorsements of Vukmir Monday in an op-ed on the conservative website RightWisconsin.
From the Associated Press: Ryan and Sensenbrenner said in a piece published Monday on the RightWisconsin website that Vukmir is a longtime friend and conservative ally who's committed to challenging the status quo.
From Roll Call: Vukmir is "a longtime friend, a conservative ally, and the right person to take on Tammy Baldwin this fall," Ryan said in a statement Monday. "Leah has proven that she's committed to expanding opportunity and challenging the status quo, and our state deserves that kind of leadership in the Senate. She will be a great partner to Ron Johnson and will fight tirelessly to make Washington work more like Wisconsin."
From the Washington Examiner: In the race to replace Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Leah Vukmir now has the endorsement of the state GOP, the dean of Wisconsin's congressional delegation, and the speaker of the House of Representatives. With less than two months before the Aug. 14 primary, Wisconsin's Republican power brokers have lined up behind her bid.


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Who Got Next Fall League week three was exciting as a few new players joined the league and plenty of in game highlights. Toni Green, who helped her team win in Patosha Jeffery event earlier that day, came in and dropped 17 points. She posted the league's high after scoring 13 the week earlier; will she be the first player to hit 20 points? Ellie Adkission after missing everything in the first half going scoreless came back after the break on fire dropping 10 in the second half. Ravia Crawford who should be back this week after twisting her ankle dropped in 10 points with her dribble penetration. It was great to see players start to get confident on the court cant wait until week four to see who else will step up.
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If you or someone you know is struggling with opioid addiction, Addiction Outreach Clinic can help
By Mitch Allen
After graduating medical school in Missouri and doing his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Nicholas Atanasoff achieved his dream of becoming a practicing psychiatrist. Soon, however, the young physician noticed a horrible trend that would change the course of his career: the rising epidemic of heroin and pain medication addiction affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.
"I saw more and more patients addicted to opioids and simply losing hope," Dr. Atanasoff says. "And traditional treatment programs just weren't working. We needed a more innovative and common-sense approach to treatment that would provide excellent care and still hold patients accountable."
Most conventional insurance-based treatment programs force patients to come in for appointments several times each week, making it difficult to return to a normal life again.
"For many patients, it's impossible to attend all of those appointments and remain employed," Dr. Atanasoff explains. "Many treatment programs were telling patients, 'What's more important, your sobriety or your job?' No one should be put in that kind of position."
A Different Approach
So in 2007, Dr. Atanasoff founded Addiction Outreach Clinic, which now has seven locations throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The clinics are dedicated to helping patients overcome their addiction to opioids by offering medication-assisted treatment with Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone) combined with counseling.
"Unlike traditional medication treatment for opioid addiction utilizing methadone, Suboxone is a partial opioid that does not get the patient high or put them at risk for a potentially fatal overdose," he says.
"Instead, it attaches to the opioid receptors and partially blocks them to guard against the effects of a relapse and partially activates them, taking away cravings and withdrawal symptoms."
According to Dr. Atanasoff, it is the withdrawal symptoms—not necessarily the high—that causes many people to remain addicted.
"Opioid withdrawal can make you feel like you have the worst flu of your life—muscle pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a lot more," he explains. "No one wants to feel that way so they go on using to keep from getting sick even if the high they experience at that point, due to tolerance, is minimal or non-existent. But with Suboxone we can eliminate those cravings and withdrawal symptoms."
One of Addiction Outreach Clinic's biggest advantages for patients is fewer required appointments—as long as a patient remains stable.
"Instead of one to four appointments a week, patients are evaluated just once every 28 days," says Dr. Atanasoff, who is a diplomat of the American Board of Addiction Medicine. "This flexibility means that our patients can be successful in recovery and maintain their career and family responsibilities, too."
Although some physicians have complained that self-pay Suboxone clinics do not hold patients accountable enough, that's not the case with Addiction Outreach Clinic where patients are required to:
- attend medical appointments every 28 days (if stable)
- participate in counseling every 28 days (weekly, in the event of a relapse, or if a patient requests more frequent sessions)
- participate in random medication counts
- agree to random, observed in-office urine drug screens and send-out confirmations
Low-Cost, High-Flexibility
Unfortunately, many patients find Addiction Outreach Clinic only after spending tens of thousands of dollars at an in-patient rehab center without success. Or they've tried insurance-based treatment programs only to be unable to remain compliant with all of the required appointments.
Instead, Dr. Atanasoff has developed a completely different, high-efficiency model. His clinics do not take medical insurance, yet they are able to offer their treatment program for just a few hundred dollars a month. The environment is service-oriented (so you're not treated like a number) and the staff is supportive and non-judgmental.
"I haven't seen anything work this well for addiction in nearly 20 years of practice," Dr. Atanasoff says.
"You can see a significant reduction in cravings and withdrawal symptoms in the very first week. The fees are modest, considering what this treatment gives back to patients. In addition, a patient's job and other obligations remain intact and fulfilled. Stable patients can see their clinician, have their counseling session, perform their urine drug screen, and, receive their prescription all in one office visit, just one time, every 28 days. Compared to the destructive life of opioid addiction, this a huge win."
Addiction Outreach Clinic is located at 2736 North Ridge Rd. in Perry Township. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 440-306-3017 or visit AddictionOC.com. The clinic also has six other locations throughout Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.


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Rumah Rasa launches Singapore's First Crispy Chicken Rendang
Amidst all the MasterChef UK's saga, Rumah Rasa, Bay Hotel Singapore's halal Indonesian restaurant has launched the Crispy Chicken Rendang ongoing from now till 30th April 2018.
MasterChef UK's Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace can now taste the crispy chicken thigh with rendang that is also tasty with coconut sweetness.
Rumah Rasa's rendition will be served with Nasi Lemak Telang (blue rice nasi lemak), crispy ikan bilis, sliced tomatoes and cucumber, belinjau crackers, special homemade sambal sauce and of course the highlight – crispy chicken rendang.
Executive Chef Esa Hassim marinates the chicken thigh in his homemade rendang paste using fresh herbs and spices before it is being kept overnight to let the flavour seep in. It is then steamed-bake to make it more flavourful before deep-frying to crispiness. The chicken will be cooked in the rendang sauce once more before serving.
Rumah Rasa stands firm on keeping traditions but also understand that in this very competitive dining scene, the need to innovate is important.
Traditional beef rendang and many other dishes such as Sate Lilit (Balinese satay), Pempek Palembang (Indonesian-style fish cake), Sup Buntut (Oxtail soup) can still be found on Rumah Rasa's menu.
Chef Esa has been trained in cooking Indonesian delights from young and his passion has driven him to create traditional delicacies with a modern twist. While innovating the traditional Ayam Penyek, the MasterChef's episode came just in time for this idea and it is also right after the restaurant's promotional special Indo-mie creations (e.g. Soft shell chilli crab Indo-mie, Sliced beef Indo-mie in lemak sauce, Indo-mie nuggets) ended a few days ago.
Rumah Rasa at Bay Hotel Singapore is located at: 50 Telok Blangah Rd, Singapore 098828
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A few weeks back someone showed a desktop VR setup for the Wii using the sensor bar and a pair of LED glasses. Well, not to be outdone some ingenious PS3 developer has done the very same thing using the PS3, PS Eye and some home made glasses. He has also posted it up to the PS Dev community so that hopefully one day, someone will take on the challenge and come up with a game that might make good use of this technology
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I have the eye. I just want games that do this too.
The eye is pretty usefull its really fun to use wen friends are around.
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Given the astronomical pay that CEO's and their carefully selected board members (and they all belong to the same Club) award themselves one can only presume that the old fashioned habits of Modesty and Decency have given way to unbridled greed. These pay rises are not simply the result of misconceived economic and business theories but also the reflection of a general decline in moral standards.
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Once again this year, I will be participating in the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's. I am committed to raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer research, care and support.
Nine years ago my father, Bernie Goldberg, passed away from complications of Alzheimer's. As I have done every year since his passing, I will again be walking in his memory to support the efforts of the Alzheimer's Association. Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer's and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Our future is at risk unless we can find a way to change the course of this disease.
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College of St. Joseph's men's basketball team fell 80-70 at the Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (ACPHS) on Monday, Jan. 14.
CSJ was down by just one point at the half, 35-34. The Fighting Saints improved their shooting percentages from first half to the second, 35 percent from the field to 42 percent, but found themselves turning the ball over often. The Panthers shot 48 percent from the field in the second half and scored a total of 26 points off turnovers to take the victory.
The Saints had 22 team turnovers and the College of Pharmacy committed 18. CSJ won the rebounding battle 46-41. The Saints converted on their offensive rebounds and scored 20 second chance points to Albany's seven. CSJ's reserves proved to be ready to play, as the bench produced 31 points to the Panthers' 13 bench points. ACPHS edged the Saints in assists 18-12.
Mickalous Snowden led the Fighting Saints with 18 points off 7-of-18 shooting from the field, including 4-of-10 from the 3-point line. He also notched six rebounds. John Ryals III shot 5-for-7 from the field and 2-2 from the foul line for 12 points and also pulled down a team-high seven rebounds. CSJ point guard Adley Eliacin recorded eight points, seven rebounds and two assists and William Leino also had seven rebounds.
Kyle Matousek recorded a game-high 23 points and tallied seven rebounds for ACPHS. Thomas Chalker and Naythan Beltran each scored 16. The Panthers improved to 5-7 on the year with the home victory.
The Fighting Saints (5-13) play next at home on Thursday, Jan. 17 against UMaine-Machias at 7pm. The women's match-up will be directly prior at 5pm.


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Viewer David sent in the following question: What is the difference between a text message and an iMessage? Why are some of my text messages in blue and others green?
This is a confusing topic for a lot of iPhone users. Apple offers iMessage, which is free messaging between iPhone users. These messages show up in blue and the words iMessage show up in the texting fidle. These messages do not count against your texting plan.
If you are texting from an iPhone to an Android, Windows or other phone these messages show up in green and the words Text Message show in the text field. These messages count against your texting plan.
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In recent years, migration has moved to the top of the news agenda. As stated in the EU Consensus on Development, "migration is a complex, global, long-lasting phenomenon". It is essential to provide the public with adequate and understandable information about migration, avoiding over-simplistic tone or victim frames. But how are the media reporting about migration? Can media and NGOs – always devoted to address global issues – collaborate to give correct information about migration?
This session will provide points of views and experiences of journalists who use a different narrative on migration from mainstream media, its causes and consequences. The journalists have teamed up with NGOs to produce journalistic releases that give voice to migrants and show the complexity of the phenomenon.


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Handing over a list of names has never been so internationally complicated.
The settlement agreement between the US and UBS that requires UBS to turn over the names of thousands of tax dodgers is having trouble surpassing legal hurdles.
WSJ: [The settlement] agreement risked falling apart after a Swiss court ruled in January that the deal violated Swiss law, where tax fraud is a crime, while tax evasion is not. The court found that the efforts by some UBS clients to hide from the IRS weren't serious enough to constitute tax fraud.
In response, the Swiss government will package the UBS agreement as an ad hoc law and put it up for vote by Parliament. By making the U.S. agreement law in Switzerland, Bern is hoping to lay the legal groundwork for it to hand over UBS account details in cases of tax evasion, and not just tax fraud.
A vote on the bill is not expected until June. Those on the list can, of course, choose to come forward and work out their potential troubles with the IRS, or they can take the risk, watch the vote and see if their tax evading can remain a secret between them and the Alps.


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After the "whale" on the car park of Campo da Barca and the old buses in the Rodoeste garage, more or less opposite the whale, Marcos Milewski began painting a new mural, this time on the side wall of Anadia, in Funchal.
"I started a new mural in Funchal. I am painting two embroiderers and two old oil lamps, lodged on the roof. A new challenge, "the artist said yesterday in his Facebook wall.


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There is a saying "better an old enemy than a new friend" and for Europe it could not be further from the truth when applied to Gaddafi.
There was a time when this man Gaddafi actually financed terrorists, from the Japanese Red Army to other terror networks and reigned terror on the world over.
Why the bombing of the Pan American Jumbo over Scotland was Gaddafi's doing, the Moro Rebels were financed by Gaddafi, if you do not believe that ask his good friend Mahathir, he may pretend not to know.
However over the years and especially after Reagan went after this man with a real intention to kill him did he sober down, and realised that the way he was going was dangerous for both him and Libya and he did turn over a new leaf or at least so it seemed.
He made a truce with the British, he surrendered the Pan American bombers his own men to the Brits, and then relations began to cool. The British were being awarded huge contracts in Libya, they returned one of the bombers serving time in British jails under the pretext that he was terminally ill, and for doing that got more goodies from the Brits.
Having Gaddafi as a friend was good for an ailing British economy, but overrunning his country and going for the spoils of war is even a better option and that is what Britan is after now.
Will they get it?
They will successfully be able to drive Gaddafi out of Libya, they can't in the least bit be bothered where he lands up, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cuba or even for that matter Venezeula, who cares the wealth in Libya is worth exploiting and that is what the British and their allies France included are after - the spoils of war.
The Chinese and Russians have let Libyans down or maybe not, but in allowing the Americans, the British, the French and the rest the 'freedom of establishing' countries a "no fly zone" and not spelling out how it should have been implemented - they sold the Libyans.
Is it a no fly zone that these allies are establishing or is it all out war from the skies, they are now arming the rebels on the ground, and providing them with air cover to attack Gaddafi, it is a tough battle for Gaddafi, they expected all Libyans to join the rebels, but no Libya is split in two and Gaddafi's peoples are fighting too.
Those who were not fighters have become fighters, and so what happens at the end of this trouble.
The rebels will win, but they do not want outside interference, they have said so, others in the rebels ranks will see it as necessary and at least for the interim that will cause a split among the ranks.
Those from the Gaddeafi camp will seek revenge, they'll want their own ways, they may be forced to align with Al Qaeda, Bin Ladin is already grinning, his forces are ready to jump into this mess,and in a mess like this the guerrilla group is triumphant especially when they have in their arsenal suicide bombers.
Libya will be taken over by the Al Qaeda, the Muslim brotherhood is aligned to them, and then at the doorsteps of Europe one will find the all powerful Al Qaeda aligned with the Great Holy Islamic Empire headed by Iran ready to strike Europe.
Libya will be the launching pad from whence they'd plot and attack Europe with all fury, killing man woman and child in the name of God is very Al Qaeda and that is what will happen. Europe is full of disgruntled and dissatisfied Muslims, and after all Europe is just across the Mediterranean. Libya becomes for now the ideal launch pad.
All Europe must be prepared to go this way, if they intend to intervene in Libya, and that is the only way it will go.
Listen to Ahmadinejad if you haven't yet, listen to him carefully when he talks if you haven't yet, wait for his successful test of his own nuclear warheads. its very unclear now but the nuclear clarity will come soon, he has the missiles to fire them as far as the USA, he has a great friend in North Korea who is kind of related the Chinese, who in turn are kind of related to the Russians.
The cold war is back and it is hotting up, looks like there will be nothing cold about this war when the time comes.
Where Gaddafi goes is nobody's concern, but will Malaysian toy with the idea? I hope not.


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I'm always posting reminder notes on my monitor and desk. Is there a feature in QuickBooks that I can use that will allow me to keep track of reminders and do away with my sticky notes for good?
I'm happy to say that in QuickBooks you can use the To Do List in conjunction with the Reminders feature. You have the choice of creating a Call, Fax, E-Mail, Meeting, Appointment and Task.
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1. From the menu bar, click on Company – To Do List.
2. You can add a new To Do by either method:
- Bottom left of screen, click on the arrow to the right of the To Do button and then click on New To Do.
- Right click anywhere in the To Do List window and click on New To Do.
3. You can now enter your New To Do.
4. Select from the drop-down areas:
- Type – from drop down list select your option
- Priority – High, Medium or Low
- With – make sure to check off With and select your option from the drop-down list. The With field is optional.
5. Next enter the required date. Check off the Time box if required.
6. Enter your details and click OK.
9. Go to Reminders and see your To Do Notes.
10. From the menu bar, click on Company – Reminders.
11. At the Reminders window you will see the option for the To Do Notes.
12. Double Click on the To Do Notes to open up the list of To Do Notes.
Setting Your Reminders Preferences:
1. From the menu bar, click on Edit- Preferences.
2. At the Preferences Screen select Reminders from the menu list on left side.
3. At the My Preferences area make sure Show Reminders List when opening a Company file is checked off. Now anytime you open QuickBooks your Reminders will display.
4. Next click on the Company Preferences tab.
5. Under the Show Summary column, make sure To Do Notes is selected. If you prefer to have the list displayed instead, check off under Show List.
6. Under the Show Summary column, check off what other reminders you would like to display when you first open up QuickBooks.


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Thinking Outside the Box – SHG At Williamstown Theatre Festival
This summer, we've taken our show on the road to operate the lobby bar at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Not only do we get to summer in the Berkshires, we also get to work with one of the most prestigious regional theaters in the country. This is SHG's biggest move outside of the Broadway box and


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We want your visit to The Spa at Cedarbrook Lodge to be as relaxing and comfortable as possible. To make the most of your day spa experience, please note the following spa guidelines:
Advance appointments are highly recommended, but we will try to accommodate walk-ins whenever possible.
Please arrive 30 minutes in advance of your appointment to check in, change, and relax.
Enjoy access to our lounging area and locker rooms for two hours before or after your treatment. To maintain a tranquil and harmonious environment, these facilities are silent so please silence your cellphone. All guests not staying at the hotel are welcome to use the fitness center and hot tub facilities following any 50-minute treatment. Please note, swim suits are a requirement in hot tub facilities.
For your convenience, The Spa provides lockers for personal belongings if desired. It is recommended during a massage or spa therapy treatment to enjoy these services without clothing, however undergarments may be worn if preferred. Professional draping is performed throughout the duration of the service for privacy. Robes and sandals are provided for your convenience. We recommend you do not wear jewelry or bring valuables to The Spa, as we cannot be responsible for items that are lost or stolen.
Appointments must be cancelled 48 hours in advance of scheduled service to avoid cancellation fee.
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MeraNews Network, New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named its special director Rakesh Asthana as accused of corruption in a first information report (FIR) filed on Tuesday this week. The FIR also features the name of Research and Analysis Wing's special director Samant Kumar Goel, but not as an accused. Asthana, who is known to be a close confidante of PM Narendra Modi, is also number two in the CBI hierarchy.
Asthana has been named as accused number one in the FIR for demanding a bribe from a businessman under investigation in the Moin Qureshi corruption case. The case was being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by Ashtana. The Gujarat-cadre IPS officer was named in the scandal after Dubai-based middleman Manoj Prasad was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Hyderabad businessman Sana Satish, who is also under investigation in the Qureshi case.
According to report in the English daily The Indian Express, Satish had, in a statement before the magistrate said that he had paid Rs 3 crores over a period of 10 months from December 2017 to keep himself away from this case. He had named Asthana, Prasad and one of Prasad's relative Somesh Srivastava of pressing him to pay up to get relief from appearing before the SIT questioning.
Asthana was promoted and made the special director at CBI about a year ago after completing the longest term as a police commissioner of Surat city in Gujarat. Ever since he's taken charge at the centre, he's been investigating several infamous cases like the Augusta-Westland deal, Fodder-scam involving former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and the loan-default case of businessman Vijay Mallya. Before becoming the Surat Police Commissioner, he was the city police commissioner at Vadodara and was also the investigating officer in the Sabarmati Train burning case.


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High-energy physics experiments and accelerators at CERN produce and collect more data than ever before, recently breaking the record of 12.3 PB per month. CERN provides Hadoop and Spark services and works closely with the scientific communities in their quest to analyse and understand these vast amounts of physics and infrastructure data. Consequently, the number of CERN teams using big data frameworks for their systems has grown significantly over the past years. These systems include the Next CERN Accelerator Logging Service (NXCALS) which will perform online and offline analysis over the data acquired from each of the 20,000 devices that monitor the CERN accelerator complex, the CMS Data Reduction Facility which aims to reduce 1 PB of data produced by the CMS Detector to 1 TB of reusable data for physics analysis through Spark, intrusion detection systems, as well as the monitoring system for the CERN Data Center and the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) which consists of more than 170 different computing centers in 42 countries.
This talk will provide an overview of the current infrastructure based on Spark and other key components of the Hadoop ecosystem, the active use cases on big data analytics from various CERN communities, as well as the challenges in the available data sources and their architecture.


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Rock and Rule…Yourself
What an emotionally moving and inspirational video about the power and brilliance found when you Rule Yourself! One thing that I have never found more true in today's workplace is that the ultimate key to an executive's success is not the company. It is the executive himself or herself. Own your training, own your development. Never wait for your company to invest in you. Invest in yourself. Companies may come and go, but you don't. Rock Yourself, Rule Yourself. See the companies come courting you.
"You are the sum of all your training."
You Rock, You Rule
You Rock. Who are you? What is your vision for yourself? How are you shaping your place in the workplace? Or, are you letting the workplace shape you? What I have noticed among successful leaders, even elite athletes, is that they have a fierce inner truth about their talent. Sheer talent. They know their talent, they grow their talent, they challenge their talent. Even more, they relish exerting their talent. Doubts and dark days surely come around, but the successful leaders manage these weak spots and return again and again to the joy and exhilaration of using their talents.
You Rule. "You are the sum of all your training." Be in charge of your destiny, even more so when adversity arrives. Tom Brady is in the midst of one of the biggest challenges in his life, yet he focuses on what he can rule. Him. He focuses on his conditioning, his training, and his unrelenting push to be the best. Focus, discipline, and the pursuit of excellence is how you Rule Yourself.


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Providing employees with feedback and suggestions for improvement is by no means a novel idea.
HR professionals have been studying and developing performance management systems for decades. However, with the influx of the millennial generation, the criticality and procedure for professional development is shifting in important ways.
The differential between how important professional development is to millennials versus other generations is undeniable. Millennials report development as a crucial aspect of their job at a rate of 87% versus 69% of other generations. They want to be the best they can be right now, not five or ten years down the line. However, only 20% feel their employers are providing them with the training they need to grow.
Which leaves organizations with the question: What can we do?
Create A Feedback Loop
We can all agree that the world is more connected today than it was even ten years ago. We are used to receiving input and feedback on almost every aspect of our lives in an instantaneous manner.
Imagine, for a moment, you're having a debate with a friend of yours about whether it's Mark Wahlberg or Matt Damon who plays the lead in a movie. Previously you would have to wait to know the answer until one of you could locate the movie either in your homes or at a Blockbuster. Presently, you can either google the movie or pose the question to your Twitter followers and have an answer in less than five minutes.
Now, imagine you have spent your entire life receiving answers to all your questions almost instantaneously. Why wouldn't you expect, and value, that in your professional life as well?
As I mentioned earlier, millennials want to be the best than can be right now. To do that, they want and need to hear feedback from others about their strengths and weaknesses. The more feedback they receive, the more engaged they are as employees. However, only 19% of millennials say they are receiving feedback routinely. In fact, most employees of all ages say they are meeting with their managers and receiving feedback less than once a month (56% of millennials; 53% of other generations).
This is a great area of opportunity for organizations and managers to engage people. Millennials especially want to be a part of the feedback process. They want to hear from managers, yes, but they also want to communicate to their managers what they need. Where do they see their strengths and weaknesses, and how do they want to grow? By creating a feedback loop for their employees (of all ages) organizations increase the likelihood of retention and are more likely to discover internal challenges.
Mentoring: Wax on, Wax Off
Mentoring has become an expected part of any millennial's career path. As a young professional, if you start searching for tips and tricks to boost careers this will be a key topic. As such, it will probably come as no surprise to hear that it's a major driver in employee retention and that millennials are shaking up how it's done.
Millennials are rejecting traditional, formal, mentorship programs. They want mentoring relationships that happen in a more organic manner and that they have increased control over. On top of that, they no longer expect to have a singular mentor. Young professionals are developing multiple mentor relationships to leverage different areas of expertise.
Gone are the days of managers sitting across a desk from their younger employees telling them to 'wax on, wax off' their careers. Mentorships that are two-way streets are on the rise. Millennials want to know their voices are being heard as well, and they think they have value to bring to the metaphorical table. Creating an open dialogue and partnership can benefit both the mentee and the mentor.
So how does this all benefit the organization? Managers taking increased time from schedules that are already full doesn't sound strategically sound. After all, there are only so many hours in the day to spend on feedback and mentoring.
Consider this – employees are more likely to stay with a company if they have a mentor. How much more likely? When asked if they were planning to stay five or more years, 68% of those with mentors said yes compared to only 32% of those without mentors.
When comparing the cost of turnover to the cost of talking to your employees the answer is clear: talk is cheap.
Topics: Employee Retention, Millennials


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The main focus of NOSHAN is to investigate the process and technologies needed to use food waste for feed production at low cost, low energy consumption and with maximal valorisation of starting wastes materials. Nutritional value and functionality according to animal needs as well as safety and quality issues will be investigated and address as main leading factors for the feed production using food derived (fruit/plant and dairy). According to this not only wastes will be characterized for their nutritional potential, but suitable technologies to stabilize them and convert them into suitable raw materials for bulk feed will be researched. Two different groups of activities will be thus addressed: From one side, replacement of bulk feed ingredients (constituting up to 90-95% of feed weight) will be studied from the starting waste materials. These bulk materials could cope part of the huge amounts of food waste generated in Europe. From the other side, the valorization of active ingredients as well as the upgrade of waste into more valuable feed additives will be studied. The later constitute approximately the half of the feed cost.
This project is financially supported by the EU under the FP7 program. For more details www.noshan.eu