tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28175346344273596082024-03-05T01:16:39.635-08:00TriogeniusGenius Info For Trio StudentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-14778354959590772272020-02-13T09:53:00.000-08:002020-02-13T09:53:12.846-08:00Farewell, Triogenius Readers<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To people who have read my blog for all or part of the last
7 years, thank you! Pageviews were slow at first but then grew and grew, and
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you, and I hope you continue to wonder and find out about all sorts of things. Some parting thoughts:</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-5035627624312367122020-02-10T07:46:00.000-08:002020-02-10T07:46:11.995-08:00What's Cookin'? A Career as a ChefDo you love to cook? Do you receive lots of compliments on the food you make? Do you want to learn more about the art of cooking? Maybe you should think about becoming a professional chef.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>This is a restaurant in Berlin, Germany</em></span><br />
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Several years' experience at cooking, obviously, will be needed to become a chef; but education at a college or vocational school of 2 to 4 years is commonly required. These degrees or certificates likely have courses including:<br />
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<li>Biology: Nutrition, how the body uses food, healthy and unhealthy foods to eat, and things like food allergies</li>
<li>Cultural Studies: How-and why- is food prepared differently in other countries? What foods do they never serve? Why do some countries use very little meat, and others use a lot of meat? What are religious observances regarding cooking, such as Kosher in the Jewish culture? What about regions of the United States and their commonly eaten foods?</li>
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<li>Math: How much food to serve how many people, and what will that cost?</li>
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<li>Economics: Importing and exporting foods, supply and demand</li>
<li>Politics/Public Relations: How would you handle, for example, a wedding reception where the guests are mostly from India? </li>
<li>The Food & Drug Administration and Public Health Departments set rules as to which foods are approved for consumption. They also have strict rules of safety and cleanliness anywhere food is prepared or stored. You need to know these rules and enforce them.</li>
<li>Human Relations: A chef typically is in charge of staff and will need to manage them effectively, and of course, must be able to relate to the people he cooks for, the customers</li>
<li>Art: Learn how to present the food in an appetizing way.</li>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cream puff swans, lemon-raspberry sauce. Nice presentation!</span></em><br />
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From a practical/hands-on standpoint, you'll need to learn<br />
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<li>How to operate machinery both safely and with good hygiene</li>
<li>First Aid (employees may be burned, cut with knives, hurt using a machine, or have a reaction to something used in cooking or cleaning)</li>
<li>General food safety</li>
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<li>Planning your supplies</li>
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Any kind of experience preparing and serving food can be helpful. Working at a fast-food restaurant or in another setting will show you the process of ordering, cooking, finishing, presenting, and serving the food. You will also be familiar with proper food handling practices, working with others, and appreciating the hard work it takes. Even working in a school cafeteria can show you the process of serving large numbers of people, public health policies at work, and the clean-up afterwards. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> A spotless commercial kitchen. How great to work with all this high-quality equipment!!</span></em><br />
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You may find training as a chef while serving in the Armed Forces. This could be great training to learn how to cook large quantities of good-quality foods. <br />
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Here is an innovative way for new chefs to gain experience: "Pop Up" restaurants. They rent a small and inexpensive place for one night, have their customers come and eat at long tables set end to end which encourages conversation, and then move on to another location (also called a "venue"): This one is called Dinner Lab: <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Making potato chips </span></em></ul>
You may want to specialize and be strictly a pastry chef, vegetarian chef, dessert chef, salad chef. <br />
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Where would you work as a chef?<br />
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Your first reaction would probably be to work at a restaurant, and this is probably the most common place to find work as a chef. You might, however, be employed in:<br />
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<li>A private household, where you make food for the family every day and for special occasions. </li>
<li>A hotel: they employ chefs to prepare and manage their food for their own restaurants and room service delivery</li>
<li>You may become a caterer, bringing your food to the customer such as at a wedding reception, awards dinner, party or dance, holiday or business event</li>
<li> Occasionally, an institution such as a private school or residence for seniors will employ a chef</li>
<li>A cruise ship, being responsible for food for possibly thousands of people all day, every day</li>
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-Did you know that a cruise ship with 2600 passengers uses 14,000 pounds of beef, 4,000 pounds of fish, and 12,000 eggs in one day? <br />
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Chefs typically wear a white jacket, typically made of cotton or non-flammable fabric, white to show how clean the chef and the kitchen are. It is usually double-breasted; that is, it has two sets of buttons and wraps around the front of the chest. A scarf is sometimes worn around the neck. Both the jacket and scarf are meant to protect against food splatters and spray from boiling water or oil. <br />
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The chef's hat, called a 'toque blanche' meaning white hat, is also meant to keep the chef's hair out of his/her face and out of the food. Traditionally, the higher the hat, the higher the rank of the chef. The toque is sometimes pleated with 100 pleats or folds. This is traditionally thought to be for the 100 ways one can cook an egg.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Harsh!</span></em><br />
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The order of seniority usually goes by these names: <br />
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#1 Chef de Cuisine, supported by the Sous Chef ('sous' meaning 'under'; this person has a lot of responsibility in being the lead chef's first assistant.<br />
#2 Chef de Partie<br />
#3 Demi Chef de Partie<br />
#4 First Cook<br />
#5 2nd, 3rd, and Prep Cook or Line Cook<br />
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Imagine working at the White House, being in charge of food for the President, state dinners, award dinners.... Here is a clip of food being prepared for a visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during President Obama's presidency: <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=food+for+a+white+house+dinner&&view=detail&mid=482146A4DD17F2DBDE73482146A4DD17F2DBDE73&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dfood%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bwhite%2Bhouse%2Bdinner%26FORM%3DHDRSC3">https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=food+for+a+white+house+dinner&&view=detail&mid=482146A4DD17F2DBDE73482146A4DD17F2DBDE73&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dfood%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bwhite%2Bhouse%2Bdinner%26FORM%3DHDRSC3</a><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pastry chefs 'composing' trays of treats for a White House event</span></em><br />
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What kind of person makes a good chef?<br />
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Keep in mind that often, a chef does not begin his or her workday until later in the day and will be making food until after midnight. After that, there is cleanup and prep for the next day to be done. It is true that if you are the chef or head cook, you may not have these responsibilities personally, but it still means you have to insist high standards.<br />
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You should be healthy and have a lot of endurance. You will be on your feet your whole shift and probably longer, every day. Some equipment you need to work with will be physically demanding and might be dangerous, such as a meat slicer, large mixers, or deep fryers.<br />
The kitchen is a cooperative place, you work as part of a team to get food out to your customers, and so being able to work well with others is essential. <br />
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Income expectations for an experienced chef were about $43,000 in 2012, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Plenty of chefs and head cooks make less, and a small number make more. <br />
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What that means is, someone found a book offensive, and declared that it should not be available, either for sale or in public libraries. It happens to this day both in other countries and in the U.S. There have even been gatherings where people piled the books up and set them on fire. These were typically religious extremists, but other groups have decided that some books were not fit to be available and burned those as well.<br />
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You might be surprised to see what some of them were, and why they were banned. Such as: <br />
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"Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury<br />
-Oddly, this book included references to burning books.<br />
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'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain<br />
-This book used the derogatory "N" word, which is highly offensive and enough in this instance, for some people, to ban the book.<br />
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"The Catcher In The Rye" by J.D. Salinger<br />
-It is all about teenage angst (longing and confusion)<br />
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee<br />
-This book was thought to promote white supremacy, although it's about a white lawyer defending a black man, and also the book used the "N" word<br />
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"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck<br />
-The book was banned for using 'vulgar' language.<br />
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"Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank<br />
-It was banned because it was depressing. Seriously??<br />
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And check out some banned books that will probably surprise you more:<br />
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<li>The "Harry Potter" series, because it promoted sorcery and wizardry</li>
<li>The Bible (still banned in North Korea)</li>
<li>The Quran</li>
<li>"Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" because it showed young people smoking</li>
<li>"Little Red Riding Hood" because she had wine in her basket (I don't recall the story mentioning the contents of the basket, but whatever)</li>
<li>"Sleeping Beauty" which was thought to promote witchcraft and magic</li>
<li>"Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzgerald, for teaching children to spy, back-talk, and curse</li>
<li>"Where's Waldo" by Marvin Handford, because in one book there is a partially-exposed woman's breast. And--so what if there is? How would anyone find it?</li>
<li>"Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, because it was anti-slavery</li>
<li>"All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Remarque-banned for insulting the Nazis in WWII (!)</li>
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As well as more recently written books---<br />
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<li>"The Hunger Games"</li>
<li>"Gossip Girl"</li>
<li>"13 Reasons Why"</li>
<li>"Twilight"</li>
<li>"Captain Underpants"</li>
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Why?? Here is a source of banned books and the 'reasons' they were banned: <br />
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Have you already read some of these books? Let's hope so!!<br />
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Do you think some books should be banned, or not. And if so, banned by whom-who should have the power to decree a book as unfit? Why? What effect does forbidding something usually have? <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-10425942952736418572020-01-27T07:10:00.000-08:002020-01-27T07:10:40.800-08:00You (Might) Belong In The Zoo Have you ever thought about working at a zoo??<br />
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The obvious career at the zoo would be a veterinarian, one who specializes in zoo animals. Sometimes a zoo vet will further specialize, working with reptiles, large cats, raptors, swimming mammals, or animals particular to a certain environment. Vet Technicians are always needed to assist these veterinarians, as well.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Veterinarian getting some digital images of a tranquilized tiger.</span></em> </div>
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There are a lot of other roles to be played in a zoo. Here is a list of some of them:<br />
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<li>Animal curator-this is someone who keeps track of the collections in a zoo; so this person might be a curator of mammals, reptiles, aquatic animals, birds, etc.</li>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Here is a docent helping educate students using a skull skeleton.</span></em></div>
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<li>Conservation Biologist or Zoologist-These are scientists and biologists who assist in the management of the collection, and who also do research and concentrate on the conservation of wildlife (being aware of endangered species).</li>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Releasing a rehabbed eagle to the sky</span></em></div>
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As with any business, there is a need for public relations and Marketing; fund-raising; accounting and Chief Financial Officer; membership managers; and records management.<br />
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Check out this video of a student who had an internship at the Houston, Texas, zoo: <a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+zoo+intern&&view=detail&mid=1D00343D58D3F256F3691D00343D58D3F256F369&rvsmid=02E970F244A60D7C61C202E970F244A60D7C61C2&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV">http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+zoo+intern&&view=detail&mid=1D00343D58D3F256F3691D00343D58D3F256F369&rvsmid=02E970F244A60D7C61C202E970F244A60D7C61C2&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV</a><br />
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We are so lucky to have two great zoos in the Metro area: The website for the Minnesota Zoo is here: <a href="http://mnzoo.org/">http://mnzoo.org/</a><br />
And for Como Zoo is here: https://comozooconservatory.org/<br />
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If you love the zoo, think about one of these careers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-24545745513281304362020-01-13T09:03:00.000-08:002020-01-13T09:35:11.099-08:00Martin Luther King: Who Was He?We get a day off school on January 20 this year to take note of Martin Luther King's birthday. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">MLK Memorial Washington, D.C.</span></em><br />
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He was named Michael Luther King, Jr., at his birth on 1-15-1929 in Georgia. His father's name was originally Michael Luther King, but he changed his first name to Martin after German Reformist Martin Luther. When Michael, Jr., was a teenager, he changed his name to Martin like his father. <br />
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You may have heard him referred to as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is because he earned a Ph.D, or Doctorate. Here are the degrees he earned:<br />
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Bachelor of Arts Morehouse University <a href="http://www.morehouse.edu/">http://www.morehouse.edu/</a><br />
*Note: Martin Luther King, Jr., graduated from high school at the age of 15. <br />
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Bachelor of Divinity Crozer Theological Seminary <a href="http://www.crcds.edu/">http://www.crcds.edu/</a><br />
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Doctor of Philosophy Boston University <a href="http://www.bu.edu/">http://www.bu.edu/</a><br />
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Beginning his career, Dr. King was a Baptist Minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His grandfather and father also served as ministers for that church. Ebenezer is still an active church today.<br />
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Dr. King was an activist for equal rights for African Americans. Later in his life, he also rallied against poverty in general and against the war in Vietnam. <br />
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In 1957, he spoke to a crowd of 15,000 people in Washington, D.C.<br />
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In 1961, he participated in a Freedom Ride, where people, both white and black, rode Greyhound buses through the south, where the freedom to do so was denied African Americans. It sounds like such a simple thing, but they encountered threats and violence as they rode from Washington D.C. to New Orleans. Someone even threw a bomb into one of the buses. Read about it here: <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides">http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides</a><br />
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One of his non-violent protests staged in Birmingham, Alabama, made national news, ironically, because of the violent response of the (white) police who tried to stop it. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">The police response was to spray people with fire hoses--the force of this water knocked people over and injured them. The other was to sic their vicious dogs on the protesters.</span></em> <br />
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Dr. King was arrested and served time in jail several times in his life: in 1960, 1962, twice in 1963, and 1967, for attempting to achieve equal rights for African Americans in the Deep South. He also worked in Chicago to end poverty. <br />
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<em>These black people could be arrested for trying to eat a lunch counter designated for white people only. </em><br />
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Signs like these were common throughout the South. Dr. King fought to obtain the equal rights that all people were entitled to. <br />
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The Civil Rights Act was not passed until 1964, guaranteeing people of color the same rights as white people, even though the Civil War which focused mainly on slavery had taken place 100 years earlier. Dr. King fought for equal rights his whole adult life. Read more about the Civil Rights Act and its history here: <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act">https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act</a></div>
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What is a sit-in? This was when a large group of people, in protest of unfair treatment of African-Americans, would arrive at a place of business or a government office and simply sit down. They were not a threat to anyone, they did not bear arms, they simply sat down and would not move, to show their solidarity. Police would typically move in and arrest them when they refused to move. In the case of the cafeteria, the people sat at the lunch counter and insisted on being served. Instead of enforcing that right, the police arrested the protesters.<br />
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Martin Luther King, Jr., was the first President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. <a href="https://nationalsclc.org/">https://nationalsclc.org/</a><br />
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"Letter From Birmingham" 1963<br />
"Strength to Love" 1963<br />
"I Have a Dream" 1963<br />
"Why We Can't Wait" 1964<br />
"Where Do We Go From Here" 1967<br />
"Stride Toward Freedom" 1967<br />
"Trumpet of Conscience" 1968<br />
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And another six were printed using his papers and his story, posthumously (after his death):<br />
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"Daddy King" 1980<br />
"The Words of Martin Luther King" 1984<br />
"Testament of Hope" 1986<br />
"Martin Luther King Companion" 1992<br />
"Papers of Martin Luther King" 1992<br />
"Knock at Midnight" 1992<br />
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He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his activism. Here is a history of Nobel Peace Prize winners with links to information about them: <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Dr King accepts his Nobel Peace Prize</span></em><br />
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was murdered in Memphis on April 4, 1968. He was 39 years old. <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination</a><br />
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After his death, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. <br />
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday has been a national holiday since 1986, while it had been a state holiday in many states since 1971. <br />
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Possibly his best-known speech is the "I Have A Dream" speech. Here is the text: <br />
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What did Dr. King do to change the landscape of civil rights? Do we still have problems with it today? How could that be changed? Are there any leaders today who are similar to Dr. King? <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Through mergers with other toy manufacturers, Hasbro makes the following: Tonka Trucks, Playskool, Milton Bradley, Parker Brothers, Tinkertoys, Mr. Potato Head, GI Joe, Sesame Street, Lite Brite, Lincoln Logs, Pound Puppies, and games like Battleship, Candyland, Cranium, Jenga, Scrabble, Dungeons and Dragons, Ouija Board, and Pictionary.</span><br />
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The Lego Factory, which makes one of the most popular toys of all time: <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+tour+of+toy+factory&&view=detail&mid=6953CE4B4E62E85B6E5D6953CE4B4E62E85B6E5D&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvideo%2Btour%2Bof%2Btoy%2Bfactory%26qpvt%3Dvideo%2Btour%2Bof%2Btoy%2Bfactory%26FORM%3DVDRE%23view%3Ddetail%26mid%3DEB8FB78FDB511AAF8633EB8FB78FDB511AAF8633">https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+tour+of+toy+factory&&view=detail&mid=6953CE4B4E62E85B6E5D6953CE4B4E62E85B6E5D&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvideo%2Btour%2Bof%2Btoy%2Bfactory%26qpvt%3Dvideo%2Btour%2Bof%2Btoy%2Bfactory%26FORM%3DVDRE%23view%3Ddetail%26mid%3DEB8FB78FDB511AAF8633EB8FB78FDB511AAF8633</a><br />
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What steps are involved in the process, and what types of careers might it involve?<br />
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<li>Design: does the toy do anything? Does it connect with a computer or phone or controller? Is it part of a series of related toys? Does it have accessories? Does it come in different sizes?</li>
<li>Is it a building toy with many parts that fit together?</li>
<li>Does it move?</li>
<li>Manufacture--process and product-people need to design the machines that produce the toy</li>
<li>Use of motors or mechanics within the toy-what kind of batteries will it need?</li>
<li>Choice of materials used to make the toy (plastic, metal, fabric, etc.)</li>
<li>Safety/Quality Control</li>
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<li>Materials to make it have to be nontoxic (not poisonous)</li>
<li>Parts of the toy need to be too large for a child to choke on</li>
<li>Small parts need to stay on the toy securely</li>
<li>Fabric toys must be fire-resistant</li>
<li>The toy shouldn't have anything sharp that might injure someone</li>
<li>Toys shouldn't have anything like strings that can choke someone</li>
<li>Toys with electronics shouldn't pose a fire hazard</li>
<li>Toys that 'shoot' anything can be dangerous (an exception might be a 'Nerf' toy</li>
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<li>Design of outside paint and decals</li>
<li>Design of packaging--involves artwork, information about the toy, making it attractive</li>
<li>Planned changes for future models</li>
<li>Testing: do the mechanics work, if any? Is it durable?</li>
<li>Sales-how will you sell the toys? Online? In other stores, or in your own store? How do you price them?</li>
<li>Packaging</li>
<li>Website design and maintenance for the toy specifically and/or the manufacturer of the toy(s)</li>
<li>Accounting</li>
<li>Law as it applies to patents, copyrights, and liability</li>
<li>Marketing, including naming the toy, and tie-in products such as books or clothes featuring that toy</li>
<li>Or, for example, Pixar makes a movie and want toys to sell that are related to it-how do you create them? Who gets how much of the profit?</li>
<li>Management</li>
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Any number of degrees could tie in to this business: Business Administration, Art, Engineering, Computer Aided Design, Marketing, Law, or Accounting, are some examples. <br />
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Some toy manufacturers employ child life experts to see what toys are appropriate for which ages, so you may be able to use a degree in Child Development, Education, or Psychology to work for one of these companies.<br />
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A video of how crayons are made: <a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+tour+of+toy+factory&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dvideo%2btour%2bof%2btoy%2bfactory%26qpvt%3dvideo%2btour%2bof%2btoy%2bfactory%26FORM%3dVDRE%23view%3ddetail%26mid%3dEB8FB78FDB511AAF8633EB8FB78FDB511AAF8633&qpvt=video+tour+of+toy+factory&view=detail&mid=A317D7ED2477610592E0A317D7ED2477610592E0&&FORM=VDRVRV">https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+tour+of+toy+factory&ru=%2fvideos%2fsearch%3fq%3dvideo%2btour%2bof%2btoy%2bfactory%26qpvt%3dvideo%2btour%2bof%2btoy%2bfactory%26FORM%3dVDRE%23view%3ddetail%26mid%3dEB8FB78FDB511AAF8633EB8FB78FDB511AAF8633&qpvt=video+tour+of+toy+factory&view=detail&mid=A317D7ED2477610592E0A317D7ED2477610592E0&&FORM=VDRVRV</a><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Doesn't everybody have a container of old broken crayons?</span></em><br />
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Manufacturing toy trains: <a href="http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=discovery+channel+how+it%27s+made+toy+trains&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=discovery+channel+how+it%27s+made+toy+trains&sc=0-36&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=4E324EB47081FDD464F14E324EB47081FDD464F1">http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=discovery+channel+how+it%27s+made+toy+trains&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=discovery+channel+how+it%27s+made+toy+trains&sc=0-36&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=4E324EB47081FDD464F14E324EB47081FDD464F1</a><br />
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Here is a great interview with a self-employed toy manufacturer:
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You might want to make a specific kind of toy, such as educational toys. <br />
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There is a market for 'green' manufacturing (making things with as little environmental damage as possible); simpler toys, wooden toys,<br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-49311780102242280282019-12-09T07:48:00.001-08:002019-12-09T09:46:49.151-08:00Grammar PoliceDo your eyes glaze over when you're trying to read something and the grammar, spelling, and punctuation are....<br />
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Wrong. Just Wrong... ?<br />
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Or does it not bother you in the least--you either think it's right, or you think it's probably wrong but also you do not care?<br />
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The written language has taken quite a beating in the last few years, especially with 'autocorrect,' which so often is completely wrong, but we are in a hurry and the right spelling and grammar just falls by the wayside. People have to read a text and almost translate what it means. While we've gotten used to it, and while sometimes it may not be a big deal, it's a big deal when writing letters (like a thank-you letter for an interview) or essays (like the one that counts for 50% of your grade) or replying to an email in a professional manner. With that in mind, here are some pet peeves of grammar police:<br />
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<b><i>There, They're, Their...</i></b><br />
You put something over there. There is a place. They're means they are. As in, They're going to Hal's house to play Go Fish. Their means they own whatever it is... Their car, their shoes, their grades, their bad grammar.<br />
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<b><i>Your, You're</i></b><br />
Your refers to something you own or have. It's possessive. You're is a contraction of You Are. And so, You're reading this with your eyes.<br />
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<b><i>To, Too, Two</i></b><br />
You send something to someone. You go to a play. You go to school. Think of it as kind of a direction, where is that going or where are you going? To somewhere. Too means an excess of something: Too much work, too much sugar (?), I was too busy. Two, hopefully you know, is the number two. Two feet, two hands, two dollars. Oddly, that one is rarely misused.<br />
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<b><i>Its or It's </i></b><br />
It's means It Is. or It Has. As in, it's going to snow. or it's got to stop.No other time do you need an apostrophe. 'Its' is the possessive form, just like his or hers or theirs, none of those needs an apostrophe, either.<br />
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<b><i>Plurals and apostrophes</i></b><br />
You never, never, never, never, never, never, use an apostrophe for two or more of things. It's bears, dogs, cats, clothes, papers, houses. No apostrophe. Period.<br />
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"Alot" is not a word. It is two words. Separate them.<br />
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"I could care less," makes no sense whatsoever. That would mean I could be less concerned (but I'm not). The correct expression is "I couldn't care less."<br />
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It's never "Me and.." just like you'd never say "I and.."<br />
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"If you want someone to read that book, tell them about it." People use this all the time, but it's still just one person you're talking about, so it would be 'tell him or her' .<br />
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You borrow something from someone, and you lend or loan people something. You don't 'borrow them' a comb or money or your car, or say 'borrow me a pencil.'. You loan the person your comb or money or car or pencil.<br />
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Here's one that sounds the same, but it's not: Should have, not should of. Should have studied better, not should of. Should have taken the clothes out of the dryer, not should of.<br />
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Starting or ending a sentence with 'So.' That word is a connector such as, I didn't study so I got a D on that test. I wanted some popcorn, so I made some. The use of 'So I was talking to Jim and he said..' is one of those peeves of mine.. It makes me wonder where the first half of the sentence went. Similarly, if you're putting 'so' at the end of a sentence, then complete it: I saw they were on sale so.., is not a completed sentence. I saw they were on sale, so I bought them.<br />
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Now you can rest assured the grammar police will leave you alone. Hopefully, they will...<br />
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More misused phrases: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/commonly-misused-words_n_4652969<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-70234393396986564322019-12-02T06:53:00.001-08:002019-12-02T06:54:22.095-08:00Careers in PharmacyHave you thought about becoming a pharmacist? Here are some facts you may or may not know:<br />
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There are different kinds of pharmacists, including....<br />
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<em>Academic Pharmacists</em> - These are instructors in the field of Pharmacy Science.<br />
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<em>Armed Services</em> - These are people serving in the military as pharmacists, who may work with injured or ill servicemen and women, or may work on research of biological terrorism.<br />
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<em>Industry</em> - These are pharmacists who are sales reps for drug manufacturers. They usually travel to clinics and hospitals to let them know of new products available to treat their patients. If your doctor has ever given you a sample of a drug to try, it most likely came from a pharmacy sales rep.<br />
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<em>Science/Research Pharmacists</em> - these are the people who develop new drugs, including finding drugs to target a specific condition and testing them to be sure they are safe, and what side effects they produce. <br />
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The most common kind of pharmacist, however, is called a <em>Community Pharmacist</em>, because he or she works right in your community at local drug stores and the pharmacy department of stores like Target, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Cub, etc. and may also work within a hospital.<br />
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Coursework to become a pharmacist will include biology, chemistry, anatomy & physiology, biochemistry, ethics, physics, natural science, math, and business administration, as well as social sciences and humanities. <br />
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All pharmacists (they are called 'chemists' in the United Kingdom) must complete a Pharm.D., or Doctor of Pharmacy, degree. This includes two years or more of undergraduate work plus another 4 years of professional pharmacy study. Before you can start work as a pharmacist, frequently you will complete an internship for 1 or 2 years, although it is not always required. You must pass the NAPLEX test, which certifies that you are capable to be a pharmacist and tests your scientific knowledge, and the MPJE, which certifies that you know the legal aspects of being a pharmacist. You must pass these two exams before you become certified. <br />
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What kind of pharmacist do you want to be? Do you want to do research? Sales? Work in the Armed Forces? Do you want to work with pure science or with people?<br />
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You may want to find a career with the United States Food and Drug Administration, the FDA. The FDA regulates food safety and also medicine-related things like over the counter (sometimes called OTC) drugs for humans and animals; medical devices including pacemakers and insulin pumps; machines that use radiation; cosmetics; tobacco products, and dental treatments. As a pharmacist, the items you sell or dispense will have to meet FDA standards. Read more about the FDA here: <a href="https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/what-does-fda-regulate">https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-basics/what-does-fda-regulate</a><br />
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A successful pharmacist working in local drug stores has been entrusted with a highly responsible role. He or she will enjoy working with people, from doctors and nurses to patients who have come in to consult or have a prescription filled. A pharmacist must 'catch' a situation where a drug has been prescribed that won't work with, or may be harmful, when taken with a patient's other prescriptions, or when a patient is allergic to a particular medication.<br />
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Since new medications are being developed all the time, you need to stay updated constantly on these new drugs and how they work. You will likely have continuing education throughout your career.<br />
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You need to be comfortable with technology and business practices, and be aware that you may work any shift in a pharmacy that is open 24 hours a day. You will also be interacting with Pharmacy Technicians who assist you in running the pharmacy, as well as security (keeping all medications under lock and key-safeguarding against theft), awareness of drug abuse and fraud, planning your supplies so as to not run out of stocked medications as well as making sure they are being stored properly, and emergency situations. <br />
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Have you heard about drug companies (all of them together sometimes are called "Big Pharma") overpricing drugs we use? Read more about that here: <a href="https://www.investors.com/news/technology/drug-prices-what-we-know-about-rising-prescription-prices/">https://www.investors.com/news/technology/drug-prices-what-we-know-about-rising-prescription-prices/</a><br />
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Since you will be more available than many doctors, patients will often ask you about a drug or a treatment; you have to retain a vast amount of information on many different drugs and how they work. On a given day, you may be asked questions about diabetes, wound care, depression medications, cold relief, acid reflux, vitamins, or high blood pressure.<br />
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If you are highly interested in chemistry and biology, how the body reacts to drug treatments, and the well-being of people as a whole, and if you take an interest in people who come to you for information about their prescriptions, you might make a great pharmacist.<br />
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Here is a website that answers lots of questions you might have: <a href="http://www.aacp.org/resources/studentaffairspersonnel/admissionsguidelines/Documents/studentbrochure2.pdf">http://www.aacp.org/resources/studentaffairspersonnel/admissionsguidelines/Documents/studentbrochure2.pdf</a><br />
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<li>The first Thanksgiving in America was actually in 1541 in Texas, celebrated by Francisco Coronado, the explorer. </li>
<li>The Pilgrims' Thanksgiving took place in 1621, then not again until 1623, then not until 1676.</li>
<li>535 Million pounds of turkey will be eaten in the U.S. every year.</li>
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<li>The Pilgrims ate, celebrated, and feasted for 3 days on berries, shellfish, boiled pumpkin, fish, and deer.</li>
<li>Cranberries were used as a way to dye cloth and hides red.</li>
<li>Since it was autumn, the Native Americans who took part in the feast likely were wearing warm animal skins, not dressed in minimal clothing. </li>
<li>The first Thanksgiving football game was played in 1876, Yale vs. Princeton.</li>
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<li>People on the west coast of the U.S. often eat crab for Thanksgiving.</li>
<li>The biggest turkey recorded, in 1989, was 86 pounds.</li>
<li>Columbus named turkeys "tuka," using the Spanish word for peacock. He had heard there were numerous peacocks in the East Indies (where he thought he was) and that turkeys were some type of peacock. </li>
<li>In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated the 2nd Monday in October. </li>
<li>The average distance traveled for the Thanksgiving holiday is 214 miles</li>
<li>Turkeys have heart attacks</li>
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How do Native Americans feel about Thanksgiving now? Some consider it a day of mourning because of the way white people have treated them, and for the fact that they brought diseases to the Native Americans that hadn't existed here before. For an interesting perspective... <br />
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-w-zotigh/do-american-indians-celebrate-thanksgiving_b_2160786.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-w-zotigh/do-american-indians-celebrate-thanksgiving_b_2160786.html</a><br />
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1. Sonia Sotomayor, the first person of Hispanic descent to serve as an Associate Justice (judge) on the United States Supreme Court and the third female Associate Justice. She is originally from New York. The other 2 women are Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsberg.</div>
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2. Malala Yousefzi. At the age of 14, she was the youngest person to ever win a Nobel Prize. She is outspoken about women's rights, particularly focusing on education. She was shot in the head for being so outspoken, survived, and continues to speak out for womens' rights. </div>
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3. Greta Thunberg. She is a climate-change activist from Sweden and is not quite 16 years old. She began her call for climate awareness by protesting outside the Swedish Parliament building. She travels the world to spread support for protecting the world's climate. She also is autistic, and calls that her 'superpower'. </div>
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Are you interested in learning about young people that have influenced our lives? Check this out: <a href="http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-living/photos/8-amazing-kids-who-have-changed-the-world/get-ready">http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/responsible-living/photos/8-amazing-kids-who-have-changed-the-world/get-ready</a></div>
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4. Nelson Mandela. He is a South African man who spoke out against apartheid, and spent 27 years of his life in prison. Read about him here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela</a></div>
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5. Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft,, which provides many basic computer programs we all use or have used . Read about him at Triogenius, 9-1-2014. </div>
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6. Rosa Parks, considered a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in 1955, and was arrested. This is a picture of her being fingerprinted, and yes, she was actually arrested over a dispute about a seat on a bus. Her case was heard in court and eventually, the court found in her favor. Read more about Rosa here: <a href="http://www.rosaparks.org/biography/">http://www.rosaparks.org/biography/</a>
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7. Mother Theresa, a highly regarded nun who was born in Albania and served in Calcutta, India, the founder of the Missions of Charity, serving the poorest people of the country and those suffering from AIDs, leprosy, and other diseases. She also was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. </div>
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8. Stephen Hawking. Hawking was a physicist who studied things like how the universe began, black holes, and time: He wrote a book, "A Brief History of Time." He suffered from motor neuron disease, which eventually robbed him of the ability to speak as you and I do, but communicated using a computer*.. He died in 2018 at the age of 76.</div>
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*learn about the person who developed this sort of computer..beginning when she was 12 years old--Rachel Zimmerman: <a href="http://women-inventors.com/Rachel-Zimmerman.asp">http://women-inventors.com/Rachel-Zimmerman.asp</a></div>
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9. Sally Ride, the first female astronaut in the U.S. Ms. Ride was born in 1951. She was the first American woman in space, flying twice on the space shuttle Challenger and spending over 14 days in space. . She was the youngest person at age 32 to orbit the Earth. After she retired from NASA, she was a physics professor. Ms. Ride died in 2012. </div>
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10. Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin. He did research on the staphylococcus germ, watching how it grew and behaved when invading healthy cells. He planned to go on a holiday and stacked his samples in a pile, and when he returned he noticed there was some other kind of mold in some of the staph samples that was consuming and destroying it. His remark was, "That's funny.." Penicillin in many forms is still used as the first antibiotic to fight infections. Fleming lived from 1881 to 1955. He was born in Scotland and lived in England.</div>
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11. Jane Goodall, born 1934. She is an Englishwoman who has devoted her life to the study of chimpanzees, living among them and discovering that they use tools, for one thing. Ms. Goodall still advocates for protection of chimpanzees as well as promoting the saving of the environment,especially that of endangered species. Did you know that her notes and records were first digitized by the University of Minnesota? Here is more on her life: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Goodall</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Do you see the words “write an essay” and feel like a deflated balloon?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Did you ever write an essay you thought was brilliant, and got an “F” on it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Do you feel like the way you write an essay is never going to have a big impact on your life?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Consider this: you will have to write essays for school in almost every subject. Essay writing is part of the ACT test. You will often have to write them as part of college applications, and also for scholarships. If you go on to graduate school, you will still be writing essays that will be a big part of your grades. The quality of an essay could make all the difference in a grade, an acceptance to a school, or being awarded a scholarship or not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">incomplete sentences (examples: 'Because I could.' or, 'Yesterday.')</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Did you ever notice that in Word, the number of words you have typed (as well as how many pages) is at the bottom left corner? You might be assigned a 1000 word essay, and that's how you can keep track of the number of words you have so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you're stuck as to where to start, try starting with an outline--a plan on what the essay will include. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "calibri";">First, use spell check. Fix spelling errors. It will also alert you when words should be capitalized and possible grammar mistakes. Be sure to fix and then save.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri";">If you're stumped for a word, try the thesaurus that's part of your Word program.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri";">Check with a tutor. Colleges and high schools often have a tutoring center.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "calibri";">There may be another instructor who'd be willing to look at your work and make suggestions.</span></li>
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<li>Light-colored coffee beans have more caffeine than dark-colored ones.</li>
<li>Coffee was originally eaten, not brewed into a beverage.</li>
<li>Coffee was first introduced to the Americas around 1723.</li>
<li>Coffee beans start their lives as a cherry. These are said to taste like peach or watermelon. The berries are dried and stripped until only a green seedpod remains, then they are roasted; that's how they turn brown and dry.</li>
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<li>Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that grows coffee.</li>
<li>Brazil grows the most coffee. </li>
<li>Coffee is grown in 65 countries; those countries are close to the equator--coffee plants only grow in tropical environments. Sometimes, fruit trees are grown amongst coffee plants.</li>
<li>Coffee has been used for over 700 years as a drink.</li>
<li>Over 500 billion cups of coffee, it is estimated, are consumed every year. The U.S. drinks the most coffee, about 150 billion cups a year. </li>
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<li>As to caffeine: Espresso is the coffee with the highest level of caffeine. </li>
<li>Coffee was the first food to be freeze-dried. The method was invented by someone named George Washington, a Belgian man (not the American president).</li>
<li>There are over 50 species of coffee bean, but only two kinds are harvested and sold on a large scale: Arabica and Robusta. About 75% of coffee we drink is the Arabica variety.</li>
<li>Coffee produces $60 to $90 billion every year in profits.</li>
<li>Seattle, Washington, has the most coffee shops. </li>
<li>Coffee, or the caffeine in it, will <em>not</em> make a drunk person sober.</li>
<li>If you spend $4 a day on coffee at a coffee shop and you buy it five days a week, you are spending $1040.00 each year on your morning fix. </li>
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Black coffee has only 8 calories in a cup.</div>
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Cream and sugar are often added to black coffee to combat its bitter taste.</div>
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Cappucino has about 130 calories</div>
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Latte has about 180 calories</div>
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Peppermint chocolate coffee has about 560 calories-total daily calorie intake should be about 2500 for a man and 2000 for a woman</div>
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If you are getting caffeine from soft drinks (most dark colored drinks, but a few light color ones have a lot of caffeine in them, such as Mountain Dew), then the sugar rush you experience along with the caffeine is a combination that's hard to stop. Pepsi One, for instance, has a super-high content of caffeine even though it's supposedly only one calorie and not sweetened with sugar. Here is a list of various colas and their caffeine content: <a href="https://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-amounts-in-soda-every-kind-of-cola-you-can-think-of">https://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-amounts-in-soda-every-kind-of-cola-you-can-think-of</a></div>
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If you start feeling unwell, try cutting back or cutting out your coffee/caffeine consumption. Your coffee habit may make you less able to absorb the iron and calcium you need, and it may be affecting your ability to sleep well. You may feel much better without caffeine. It can increase cysts in breasts, high blood pressure, and various other conditions. Some other findings about caffeine: <a href="https://www.caffeineinformer.com/harmful-effects-of-caffeine">https://www.caffeineinformer.com/harmful-effects-of-caffeine</a></div>
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is generally credited with writing "Frankenstein," which was published in 1818, when she was 21. Scholars who have studied her and her husband are fairly sure that her husband, Percy Shelly, contributed at least some of the story. Here are some other things you might not know about Mary Shelley, who lived from 8-20-1797 to 2-1-1851:<br />
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<li>She had a 'wicked stepmother' after her biological mother died. Mary did not get along with her.</li>
<li>Mary published a poem at the age of 10, by her father and stepmother's publishing house.</li>
<li>Her stepmother and her father were feminists who believed in 'free love' and that marriage was an unnecessary social requirement, yet they were married.</li>
<li>Here is a quote from her father about Mary at age 15: "She is singularly bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind. Her desire of knowledge is great, and her perseverance in everything she undertakes almost invincible." </li>
<li>Mary got involved with Percy Shelley while he was still a married man with a child and one on the way. She was 16 and he was 21. They used to meet in secret at a graveyard.</li>
<li>People in their community looked down on them for having their 'affair.'</li>
<li>While Percy was still married, Mary became pregnant with a child, a girl she would name Clara, who died by age 1. She had a second child she also named Clara, who died at barely one month, then William, who died at age 3, and her last child, Percy (named for his father), lived to be 70.</li>
<li>Percy's first wife took her own life by drowning herself. Afterwards, Percy and Mary were married.</li>
<li>They moved to Italy in 1818</li>
<li>Lord Byron, a famous poet and politician, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron</a> was one of their many friends. One evening as they sat around talking in Geneva, Switzerland, Lord Byron suggested each of them should write a ghost story. 'Frankenstein' was Mary's story</li>
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<li>Mary's sister Claire supposedly became pregnant by Lord Byron and had a little girl.</li>
<li>Percy also had affairs with several other women. Mary tried to be accepting, as they both were believers in 'free love,' but she really only loved Percy</li>
<li>Mary came down with smallpox when she was 32. She and her husband strongly supported vaccinations at a time when it was a new concept. Fortunately, smallpox did not take her life. However, she only lived to be 53 and died of a brain tumor.</li>
<li>The subtitle of "Frankenstein" is "The Modern Prometheus" Prometheus was a god in Greek mythology who created a man from clay. He also stole fire and gave it to man, so that society could progress. </li>
<li><em>Frankenstein</em> was published in 1818, giving only "Anonymous" as its writer. Women writers at the time always had difficulty being published, much less having written a horror story. In 1823, Mary's name was given as its author. </li>
<li>In the book, Frankenstein is fascinated by electricity, especially the power of lightning. Keep in mind that the common use of electricity in homes and businesses didn't develop until about 1830. The novelty of it, and its use to "re-animate" the creature, is rather ahead of its time.</li>
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> From "Young Frankenstein"</span></em><br />
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<li>Percy died by drowning at the age of 29. His schooner was capsized in a storm near Italy. This is ironic since his first wife had drowned herself. Mary, then, was a widow at age 24.</li>
<li>After her husband's death, Mary moved back to England. It is rumored that she kept Percy's heart wrapped in a handkerchief for the rest of her life. </li>
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Frankenstein is a 'fantasy' type story, and yet... What do we think about ...<br />
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<li>Man toying with nature?</li>
<li>What is 'life,' and can man 'create' a human being?</li>
<li>Are there moral 'wrongs' about using different parts of a body to build a whole new creature?</li>
<li>Why specifically was the Creature considered a 'monster'?</li>
<li>Was it wrong to put the Creature on display as a freak?</li>
<li>Why was it assumed the Creature would be violent or angry?</li>
<li>Is it possibly a statement about how people want to destroy anyone who is 'different'?</li>
<li>Why were people afraid of the monster?</li>
<li>Why would the townspeople in the book eager to condemn or to praise Frankenstein for creating this being? </li>
<li>How would it have ended differently if the townspeople had simply accepted the creature?</li>
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The Wiki about Mary is here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley</a><br />
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There have been at least 50 Frankenstein-related movies made, one as early as 1910. A list: <a href="https://www.listchallenges.com/fifty-five-frankenstein-films">https://www.listchallenges.com/fifty-five-frankenstein-films</a><br />
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This picture is from "Bride of Frankenstein," 1935. The actress' name was Elsa Lanchester. It's interesting to note that this 'sequel' has Frankenstein creating a woman to be a mate/partner/bride of the first creature, and the character was named Mary Shelley.</div>
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<em><strong>Other books written by Mary Shelley:</strong></em></div>
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"Valperga" - mixes fact with fiction, about a cruel tyrannical leader</div>
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"The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck" - a man pretends to be royalty and strives to escape the Tower of London</div>
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"Rambles in Germany and Italy" - a travelog of sorts of her travels in Europe</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em> The Frankenstein castle, Germany. It is thought Mary visited this castle and used it as inspiration for the setting of her novel.</em></span></div>
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"Falkner" - a young woman's struggle against her tyrannical father</div>
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"Mathilda" (also known as Fields of Fancy) - this book deals with incest and suicide</div>
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"The Last Man" - the plot is based on a future world where disease has taken all the people except one</div>
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Considering these were written in the early to mid-1800s, the subject matter of some is quite current.</div>
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So there you have it, a brief look at the life of someone who wrote a book that's still so well-known today, and a perennial favorite Halloween character, from a story written in 1818. What will be written now that will still be well-known 151 years later?</div>
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Some of Mary's works are available for a free download to your computer or Kindle at Project Gutenberg <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=mary+shelley">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=mary+shelley</a> or Amazon.com. </div>
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The Monster: "Beware, for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-17790373993149145132019-10-21T07:22:00.001-07:002019-10-22T13:13:15.195-07:00How Guitars Are MadeWhether you play one or just enjoy the sound, you may have wondered how guitars are made. Here are the steps:<br />
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With acoustic guitars especially, the non-electric type, different species of wood are important in terms of the sound quality. For the body of a guitar, makers typically use:<br />
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Top (sound board-the most important part) Spruce or cedar<br />
Back and sides Mahogany, alder, ash, or walnut<br />
Neck Maple, mahogany, koa, rosewood*<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> This guitar is made of koa wood.. The grain is beautiful</span></i>.
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<span style="background: white; color: black;"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_koa">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia_koa</a>
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*Rosewood has been under some controversy; it provides the best sound in a guitar, but there has been concern about over-use and whether sales should be banned:
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The neck is either hand-carved or cut using a computer-programmed cutter.<br />
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The steps in making a guitar:<br />
1. Cut the top and back<br />
2. Cut sound hole or holes in the top. A sort of reinforcing cord is applied at the rim of the cutout. A pick guard may or may not be applied. This is, as you probably guessed, to protect the body of the guitar from being scratched by the pick you hold to strum the guitar, as well as dirt from the fingers like body oils or sweat..<br />
3. Steam the sides to make them pliable, shape them, and let them dry in a mold so they hold the curved shape<br />
4. Attach the sides with bracing to make a strong connection<br />
5. Attach the neck, including the fingerboard and frets<br />
-if the guitar will have steel strings, a metal piece called a truss is fitted underneath the fingerboard for strength<br />
6. Attach the strings after filing grooves and adjusting the truss rod<br />
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The finish that coats the guitar will affect its tone. One choice, nitrocellulose is more flexible so allows a better sound. Another, polyurethane is also used often. Both finishes are applied with multiple coats.<br />
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Electric guitars are also made of wood, but usually painted colors rather than just clear-coated. Their construction is very similar to acoustic guitars.<br />
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The strings on a guitar must be 'tuned' by loosening or tightening the strings by using the tuning pegs. A tuning 'fork' or pitchpipe can be used, or you can tune to another instrument that's correctly tuned.<br />
Here someone shows how to tune a guitar:
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To play a guitar, some people simply use their fingers. Others use picks held with the thumb and first finger like these:<br />
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Others use picks that they 'wear' on their fingers: </div>
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Check out Guitarist Juha Jarvinen on YouTube. Here he is playing a solo from 'Comfortably Numb' by Pink Floyd:
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<span style="color: black;">There are other kinds of guitars as well: A 'Hawaiian lap steel guitar" looks like this, has a distinctively different sound, and is played laid across the artist's lap: </span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Mariachi bands include a regular sized acoustic guitar plus a large guitarron, or bass guitar That guitar is much larger than a traditional guitar, and bows out in the back. If you see a guitarron player and wonder why he seems to hold the guitar awkwardly, it's because it can't lay against his body like a normal guitar. Learn a little about Mariachi bands here:
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<a href="https://www.tripsavvy.com/mexican-mariachi-music-1588856">https://www.tripsavvy.com/mexican-mariachi-music-1588856</a>
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Here is a video from the Taylor Guitar Company, one of the largest guitar makers in the U.S., on their process:
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And that's how it's made, Guitar Version.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-81471865530760618242019-10-14T07:16:00.002-07:002019-10-14T07:16:23.461-07:00ImpeachmentWhat is impeachment, exactly? <br />
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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to impeach means...<br />
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a charge of treason or another crime against the state.</div>
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<span class="b_demoteText" data-applinkhookid="demoteText" style="color: #767676;"><span style="color: black;">'Impeach' can also be considered the same as 'indict (prounounced in-Dite).' That means to accuse or charge someone of a serious crime. </span></span><br />
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Impeachment is the process, not the result. Presidents have been impeached before, but none were removed from office:<br />
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<li>In the case of the first president to have impeachment attempted, John Tyler, the effort failed because in the midst of the process, the House changed majorities. <a href="https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/315466.html">https://potus-geeks.livejournal.com/315466.html</a></li>
<li>Andrew Johnson (he was president after Abraham Lincoln) was impeached but was acquitted by one vote. </li>
<li>Richard Nixon was in the process of being impeached, and resigned. </li>
<li>Bill Clinton was impeached, and the effort failed. He was also re-elected for a 2nd term.</li>
<li>Read why these people had impeachment proceedings against them: <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-definition-4140196">https://www.thoughtco.com/high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-definition-4140196</a></li>
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What are considered grounds for impeachment? What are 'high crimes and misdemeanors"?<br />
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Crimes considered to be impeachable offenses:<br />
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<em>What does 'quid pro quo' mean?</em> When we hear news about a conversation between the president and that of another country, where our president asked the leader of another country to provide incriminating facts about a political opponent, we have often heard the term 'quid pro quo.' That's a term in Latin which means literally 'something for something', basically, you do me a favor and I'll do you one in return. In this case, the allegation is that funding to the other country was put on hold or withdrawn pending the leader's providing the information our president sought. In essence, the president was asking another government to tamper with our elections while withholding money until it happened. Here is what the law says about doing that: </div>
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What are the steps involved in impeachment? It begins in the House of Representatives. <br />
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<li>1. The members of the House of Representatives raise the proposal that the president has acted in a way that demonstrates treason, bribery, or other "High crimes and misdemeanors(See above)." This phrase is thought to be deliberately vague and open to interpretation, to include many dishonest or illegal acts by a president.</li>
<li>2. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee calls for a formal inquiry.</li>
<li>3. The members of the Committee look into the alleged crimes</li>
<li>4. After gathering and examining evidence of the crimes, the full House, all 435 members, debate and vote about whether the crimes are enough to possibly remove the president from office. </li>
<li>5. If the majority of the House votes in favor of impeachment, the articles are sent to the Senate. This is a 'simple majority,' or 218 votes.</li>
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<li>8. They hold a trial</li>
<li>9. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial.</li>
<li>10. They meet in private to determine a verdict</li>
<li>11. They then vote to remove the president from office or not.</li>
<li>12. If 2/3 of the Senate votes to remove the president (67 votes out of 100), then it becomes official. A simple majority is not enough in this case; 2/3 is required. That is referred to a s 'super-majority.'. </li>
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How long does all of this take? Gathering evidence to support an impeachment can take many months, although the actual trial may not last more than 2 or 3 months. For Nixon, the investigation took a little over 2 years. In his case, he was charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, and of using the Internal Revenue Service and other government agencies illegally. Articles of Impeachment against him were filed in July 1974, and he resigned less than a month after that. With Clinton, who was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice, the process began in December 1998 and was completed, with a vote that did not find for removal, in February 1999.<br />
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If an impeachment results in removing the person from office, it still does not in itself provide for any type of criminal punishment such as fines or imprisonment. However, the person may be tried separately for crimes both on a state and federal level. An impeached person who is found guilty and removed, will not be able to run for public office from then on.<br />
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Here is an excellent explanation of how impeachment works: <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/impeachment-the-unthinkable-process-3322171">https://www.thoughtco.com/impeachment-the-unthinkable-process-3322171</a><br />
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And this specific situation: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/laws-trump-could-have-broken-ukraine-whistleblower-case-2019-9">https://www.businessinsider.com/laws-trump-could-have-broken-ukraine-whistleblower-case-2019-9</a></div>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-27174961527351059782019-10-07T06:53:00.002-07:002019-10-07T06:54:47.587-07:00Habitat for HumanityYou've probably heard of Habitat for Humanity, but here are some things you might not have known: <br />
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Habitat was started in the 1970s by a man and his wife from the state of Georgia who wanted to see that community members had decent housing. They were able to get some houses built for the cost of materials and workers only, without profit. They then traveled to Africa to build houses for people in need there. They returned to the U.S. in 1976 and began what was originally called The Fund for Humanity. <br />
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Houses built through Habitat exist in 70 countries plus the U.S. Over 22 million people now own houses who probably would not have otherwise. Did you know...<br />
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<li>Clients put in 300 or more hours of labor on their own houses</li>
<li>Clients purchase their houses and make payments like most people do</li>
<li>Because they have contributed in the building of their homes, the cost is less</li>
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<li>Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have helped build lots of houses</li>
<li>When a person's home costs less, it makes other things possible.... like college</li>
<li>Habitat homeowners get education on financial literacy so they understand how to use their money wisely.</li>
<li>Because the homes are built with volunteers, it may take up to 6 months to complete one home.</li>
<li>Working on their own houses gives people a sense of accomplishment and pride</li>
<li>Habitat is an international program</li>
<li>Could you use some better construction skills, or do you have solid construction skills? Volunteer with Habitat! </li>
<li>You can volunteer with Habitat as an individual or with a group</li>
<li>Volunteers can commit to several lengths of commitment, long-term or short term.</li>
<li>Work with Habitat also includes beautifying neighborhoods by cleaning up litter and weeds, and planting/landscaping</li>
<li>Habitat also rehabs older homes, updating and fixing them for new owners</li>
<li>Veterans sometimes do a Habitat home, for themselves or for others</li>
<li>Through volunteering, you can learn a new job skill, get better at a skill (with one on one mentoring as you watch professionals do it), meet other people, and get to know a neighborhood</li>
<li>Young people can also help build houses</li>
<li>Habitat is there many times after a natural disaster, to help people, including temporary livable shelter and restoring basic needs as soon as possible. They also offer technical advice to ensure the new homes be built well, as well as preparedness to avoid lost homes in the future.</li>
<li>Habitat's Women Build program specifically helps women become independent homeowners.</li>
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If you are remodeling your home, you can donate building supplies you don't want or need to the Habitate ReStore. Recycling these things is great for the environment, and Habitat uses the funds to buy new building materials for their houses. Or, if you have need for supplies, shop the ReStore. You can find cupboards, doors, trim, flooring, hardware like door knobs or faucets, sinks and vanities, light fixtures, and more, for a big discount. Here are locations in Minnesota: https://www.habitat.org/local/restore?zip=55432<br />
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Learn more about what Habitat for Humanity is doing in your community here: <a href="https://www.habitat.org/together-we-build?mrkgcl=1005&mrkgadid=3055123744&source_code=DNWW14071000045&creative=79783343831378&device=c&matchtype=e&msclkid=6e46bcc06b5d1901dea6e1e48f12b1ff" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">https://www.habitat.org/together-we-build?mrkgcl=1005&mrkgadid=3055123744&source_code=DNWW14071000045&creative=79783343831378&device=c&matchtype=e&msclkid=6e46bcc06b5d1901dea6e1e48f12b1ff</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-47579717849113086172019-09-30T06:47:00.000-07:002019-09-30T06:47:01.079-07:00OpioidsThere's been a lot of talk lately about the Opioid Epidemic. What are opioids? <br />
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Opioids are drugs related to morphine and/or opium. They are generally prescription drugs. Doctors and dentists have prescribed these drugs for pain relief for some time, and they are also a part of anesthesia (when you're 'put under' for a surgical procedure). They have their place sometimes, such as following surgery, to ease pain you may have with cancer, or if you've had an injury, but the problem is, people overuse the drugs sometimes and have become addicted to them. As with many drugs, as time passes, your body can become tolerant and require more of the drug to relieve your pain, make you 'feel normal,' or to make you 'check out,' to sleep or to let you avoid doing your daily routine. The term used for this type of drug is 'narcotic,' and that translates to something that makes you sleep or become numb. <br />
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Here are some names of these prescribed drugs:<br />
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<li>Morphine</li>
<li>Hydrocodone</li>
<li>Oxycodone</li>
<li>Fentanyl</li>
<li>Demerol</li>
<li>Tylenol with codeine</li>
<li>Vicodan</li>
<li>Oxycontin</li>
<li>Percodan</li>
<li>Percocet</li>
<li>Dilaudid</li>
<li>Methadone, a synthetic drug ironically used to wean addicts off of drugs</li>
<li>Robitussin types A, B, and C (prescription strength)</li>
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Some people initially start using opioids for a true medical condition. However, they reach a point where they wouldn't need it for the pain any longer but have begun to enjoy the feeling it gives them. They continue to take more and more, and are not functioning in the world: their primary goal is to get more, take more, and check out more. Their bodies crave the drug and need it to feel 'normal,' whatever that's become. They have thus become addicted to it, and will do virtually anything to get it. Some people will ask their doctors for a new or renewed prescription, and if that doctor refuses, they go elsewhere to get a prescription. Or they visit multiple emergency rooms which probably won't have any records on the patient, who shows up complaining of extreme pain. Some people will steal money from friends to pay for the drugs, steal the drugs, or buy them from street dealers just like any other illegal substance. <br />
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Here is the Mayo Clinic's explanation of addiction: <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/drug-addiction/symptoms-causes/syc-20365112">https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/drug-addiction/symptoms-causes/syc-20365112</a><br />
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There are also unscrupulous doctors who will prescribe because they receive a payment (sometimes called a 'kickback') from a drug company for promoting and prescribing those narcotic drugs. Where records aren't checked, a 'new' doctor may prescribe for a patient who has had opioids for some time, unaware they are feeding an addiction.<br />
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In Kentucky, as just one example, a drug manufacturer shipped enough opioid drugs that each person in one county (with a population of about 38,000 people) could receive 477 pills. The manufacturer is being sued: <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/01/22/kentucky-files-lawsuit-against-national-opioid-distributor/as6dGyWXN0ac2jEJVndllM/story.html">https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/01/22/kentucky-files-lawsuit-against-national-opioid-distributor/as6dGyWXN0ac2jEJVndllM/story.html</a><br />
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According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2014-2015, there were 33,091 deaths in the U.S. related to opioid use. 91 people a day died as a result of opioids, whether from overdose or use with some other substance that caused those deaths.In comparison, that's more than the number of deaths due to car crashes and gun violence combined.<br />
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There's a pretty significant rise in drug overdose involving opioids from 2000 to 2014. <br />
What can we do about it?<br />
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<li>If you are going to have surgery or have had an injury, ask for a less potent, non-addictive drug or treatment to help with pain instead of an opioid</li>
<li>If you feel you must take some, take only a few over several days, as directed, and throw the rest out</li>
<li>Ask your pharmacy if they'll accept leftover drugs to be disposed of--get it out of your house; sometimes police departments will host a 'turn in your drugs' event.</li>
<li>Lock up any prescriptions so that no one else in your house can get at them</li>
<li>If you feel you are having problems with overuse, tell your doctor so that you can be weaned off of it as soon as possible</li>
<li>If you have children, let them know about the dangers of drugs in a calm, simple manner: Except for antibiotics, drugs are many times harmful to your health. Here are some guidelines that may help: <a href="https://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/children-and-drugs#1">https://www.webmd.com/parenting/guide/children-and-drugs#1</a></li>
<li>Stay engaged with people in some way: checking out and being anti-social may lead to wanting an 'escape'--detaching from friends by way of drug-induced euphoria</li>
<li>There are people developing a national database to track opioid prescriptions; the database will be available to any medical provider or pharmacy to check whether a person has had excessive prescriptions filled for opioids.</li>
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For a thorough explanation, you can read this Wiki: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-2275894915965178792019-09-23T06:56:00.003-07:002019-09-24T07:31:55.032-07:00CyberbullyingHave you heard the term 'cyberbullying' before? Do you know what it is?<br />
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The term refers to bullying that goes on in an online forum, such as texting, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, or any other place where people post comments and engage in conversations, such as while playing online games. The bullying is very similar to any other form of bullying..... It includes:<br />
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Someone from another country</li>
<li>A person's religion</li>
<li>A 'new' student</li>
<li>Bullies will even pick on someone for their hair color or clothes or backpack, or for no particular reason. If the victim is hurt or scared, the bullies continue.</li>
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<li>When bullies work as a group, they are particularly intimidating and they know it</li>
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Threatening people with harm</li>
<li>Saying things like "I wish you would just die" or "you are worthless" or "you are so stupid" via text, Facebook post, Twitter post, or on any other social media site or where virtually anyone can read it: this shares the statement to potentially thousands of people</li>
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With cyberbullying, bullies can harass their victims anonymously...they can make up many different screen names, or in some cases post as 'guest' or 'anon'. This way, they can post multiple times and make it look like it was several different people when in fact it was one. This makes the bullies particularly bold and at the same time cowardly: they feel confident nobody will find out who's doing it, so they keep it up for long periods of time and are very aggressive with their posts. <br />
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These people have also been known to post while posing as other people, that is, using someone else's online or 'screen' name, without that person's knowledge.The victim then thinks a friend (and possibly a true longtime friend) is doing it, while the actual bully is unknown and it is not, in fact, the friend. People will also set up multiple accounts using made-up names and information.<br />
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The "bully" may also be a group of bullies working together, sharing what they have posted or texted-and sharing the posts by forwarding texts, re-tweeting, sharing posts, for example, and thinking it's funny, and that they are getting away with it.<br />
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Cyberbullying happens 24/7, from anywhere the bullies have access to the internet; usually, their phones. Comments 'go viral' the instant the person taps or clicks, and can (in theory) be seen by millions of people, not only those who know you. Once any of the posts have been made, it is sometimes impossible to delete them. Bullies will also post pictures claiming it's the victim, when it's some random picture they found online, or 'doctor' pictures to make the victim look bad.<br />
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What should you do if cyberbullying is happening to you?<br />
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<li>First, if you are a young person, tell someone such as a parent or teacher, some adult who might be able to help make it stop: don't wait until it escalates. Someone should know it's happening.</li>
<li>Take screen shots of what is posted and print them, keep the printouts in a place where you can find them easily</li>
<li>If the bullying is happening via text messages, do not delete those texts. Keep them as proof.</li>
<li>Remember, if there is something about you or your life that you don't want everyone to know, then don't post it. Even people who mean you no harm may share these things with others who do.</li>
<li>Don't ever tell anyone your passwords, not even your friends. It could wind up in the wrong hands accidentally. If you feel bullied, change your passwords often. Make it harder for them to get into your accounts. Use different passwords for each account.</li>
<li>Don't ever agree to meet someone in person if you have only ever chatted with him or her online. If you decide to do it anyway, take at least one friend with you.</li>
<li>Turn off your technology sometimes. Talk to people. Go outside. Read something.</li>
<li>If it's happening on Facebook, report it, and block anyone from your account other than people you completely trust. If you have any doubts about someone, or don't know the person well, he or she is not allowed to see anything you post, at least for a while until you figure out who is doing the bullying. You can also put people on a Restricted list so they see nothing you post. If you choose to, you can take them off your Restricted list later on. They can go on and off any list you create, and will not be notified.</li>
<li>Remember that only 'unfriending' on Facebook still allows the person to send you a message request via Messenger. You want that to stop, so block.</li>
<li>In fact, don't obsess about blocking people that bother you. You're standing up for yourself, and that's what you need to do. </li>
<li>At Twitter, block (don't only 'unfollow') people who are or who may well be doing this to you.</li>
<li>At Instagram or Snapchat, at least silence but preferable unfollow anyone except your most completely trusted friends. Remember, if you have only 'met' them online, you don't really know people. </li>
<li>See if you can figure out who is doing it.</li>
<li>Contact the venue where it's happening: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, for example, all have policies against cyberbullying and will want to know when someone is being abusive.</li>
<li>As much as you really, really, want to, do not respond to the posts/don't retaliate. It won't help.</li>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>Life Lesson #2435: If someone texts you 183 times to threaten or otherwise bother you, and you finally cave on the 184th text to say: Stop it, leave me alone!! Your abuser just learned that it takes 183 texts to get you to respond. This person should be blocked from your phone, but if he/she is simply using a number you don't identify, you should not answer: add that number to your rejected calls, and do nothing in terms of responding. Ignore, ignore, ignore.</strong></span> Consider changing your number and only giving it to a very few people.<br />
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<li>Close your social media account(s) and open a new one with a different name, or alternately, just close your account and make yourself unavailable for online assault. If anyone asks, just tell them "I'm not on Twitter anymore." No need to explain.</li>
<li>Keep track of when and how often it's happening, and the screen names of those doing it: is it always the same people, or is it a new crop all the time?</li>
<li>It is likely that the participants are talking amongst themselves and planning their next assault together.</li>
<li>If you are afraid for your safety, get in touch with law enforcement </li>
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Here is Facebook's page for help if you are being harassed there: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/263149623790594">https://www.facebook.com/help/263149623790594</a><br />
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Twitter's safety advice and how to report: <br />
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Being wise about sharing your personal information online. <br />
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It mentions geo-tagging: see Triogenius' post "A Geo What?" April 16, 2012-people can find out where your pictures were taken, and thereby where you live and hang out. <br />
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Unfortunately, it is not uncommon. If you are being bullied, you are among between 9 and 13% of all high school age students. And those are only reported instances---it is probably happening more than that. It happens to both males and females, females slightly more often.<br />
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If anyone thinks it's not a big deal, that is, if you are doing some of these things, consider the consequences to the person being bullied:<br />
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<li>They may skip school, or refuse to attend school</li>
<li>Grades may drop when they were good before</li>
<li>Changing schools may not be the answer to the problem</li>
<li>The person's self-esteem drops</li>
<li>Health problems such as weight loss, weight gain, not being able to sleep, headaches, etc. may occur in people who were healthy before the bullying started</li>
<li>Victims of bullying sometimes think about suicide</li>
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Laws that pertain to punishment for bullying, including cyberbullying, fall under 'Freedom of Speech;' that law does not include freedom to express yourself in such a way as to harass or harm others in any way. Bullying and stalking are also very similar, and both are punishable by law. <br />
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Vaping and using E-Cigarettes are the same thing. E-Cigaretttes use a battery (although the "E" stands for electric) to activate it instead of a flame from a match or lighter. Originally it was thought to be a better alternative to smoking regular cigarettes-some people thought if they could switch to e-cigarettes, they'd be better off.. The reasoning was that people weren't inhaling smoke but rather vapor. Some people still feel it's a better alternative and say the e-cigarettes helped them stop smoking 'regular' cigarettes. However, e-cigarettes still have nicotine, and present other problems just as anything inhaled can.<br />
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Have you wondered what's in e-cigarettes? It's not good. People might think they are inhaling mostly steam, or vapor, from water. That's not correct. Here are some chemicals used to make vaping liquid:<br />
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<li>Cadmium</li>
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<li>Lead</li>
<li>Arsenic</li>
<li>Diacetyl, a butter-flavored chemical very toxic to your lungs/causes "popcorn lungs"</li>
<li>Flavors to tempt you which are also made of unknown chemicals</li>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> This shows a nice clear open bronchial tube and one that's occluded (partially blocked) due to inflammation from vaping. Note also the 'blobby' appearance of the popcorn lung vs. the smooth appearance of the normal lung.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How does vaping hurt your lungs? Initially, it causes inflammation. It can destroy the protective layer around your lungs that helps to fight germs and bacteria entering your lungs. Your breathing capacity is reduced-see how that happened in the picture above? The chemicals can cause serious and permanent damage to your lungs. </span><br />
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Over 450 cases of vaping-related disease, in 33 states, were reported as of this month. The Center for Disease Control is looking into these cases. Here is some more information: <span style="background: white; color: black;"><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/about-e-cigarettes.html">https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/about-e-cigarettes.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: black;">Vaping companies are being criticized for marketing vaping to kids who are underage by using fruity or sweet flavors that appeal to them such as bubble gum and gummy bears. Juul is a company that sells the most vaping products, and it's being investigated for specifically targeting younger kids. Some people even call vaping "Juuling." While they claim they never intended young people to use their product, it seems pretty clear that they did. <a href="https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20180806juul.html">https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20180806juul.html</a></span></div>
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About postpartum depression: <a href="https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/postpartum-depression-facts/index.shtml">https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/postpartum-depression-facts/index.shtml</a></div>
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Depression that's severe and long-lasting can indicate an imbalance in the brain. It is not going to pass and the person can't "just snap out of it." Take a look at the difference between a 'normal' brain and one that's been affected by depression: </div>
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The Mayo Clinic, the #1 hospital in the world, sees over 1 million patients every year from all 50 states and over 150 countries. It began after William Mayo started his practice of medicine in 1864. His sons grew up and became physicians also, and began what is now the Mayo Clinic, a huge campus of buildings that see many different medical issues and also houses the Mayo College of Medicine. Some history: <a href="http://history.mayoclinic.org/stories.php#video-container">http://history.mayoclinic.org/stories.php#video-container</a><br />
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The unique thing about this giant medical center is that, when you are seen, all the specialists you might need are in this one place and you will likely see them all in the same day. Your test results will be processed immediately so that you get your diagnosis quickly and can make a plan for treatment with your doctors. It is a collaborative and cooperative treatment center where top-quality doctors consider themselves colleagues and partners, working together to solve medical problems for the good of the patient. The 4500+ physicians are paid a salary, not by how many patients they see; this was the plan of the Mayo Brothers from the start. Anyone can be seen at Mayo, usually without a referral.<br />
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While the location of the first Mayo Clinic- Rochester, Minnesota-is still its primary location, working with St Mary's Hospital and Methodist Hospital in Rochester, Mayo also has locations in Florida and Arizona.<br />
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Mayo is also a health care system with clinics located throughout southern Minnesota. <br />
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Mayo offers medical and graduate school: <a href="http://www.mayo.edu/education/?_ga=1.17297274.272890092.1444934606">http://www.mayo.edu/education/?_ga=1.17297274.272890092.1444934606</a><br />
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Here is their main website: <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/">http://www.mayoclinic.org/</a><br />
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Employment at Mayo covers everything from building maintenance to specialists in dozens of types of practice. Here is a link to Human Resources at Mayo: <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs">http://www.mayoclinic.org/jobs</a><br />
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Examples of openings (besides physicians) currently available:<br />
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If you want to work for one of the most-admired medical systems in the world, Mayo could be your employer. Check them out!<br />
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<li>With your car: keep anything valuable in your trunk, such as your laptop and all your school or work materials. Thieves will often break into a car when they see a backpack or something that looks like a laptop bag, which may have nothing in it of value, but they'll assume there's a computer they could sell. They'll just take the whole bag, it's faster.</li>
<li>Keep your hands free: Everyone seems to walk and text as they go about their days, and that's OK as long as you're paying attention to where you are going. At night, though, you might want to reconsider: Your hands won't be free to fight off anyone or for that matter, to press 911, if you're texting or talking, oblivious to the world around you. This goes for having earbuds stuck in your ears: I get that you're trying to block out the world, but sometimes that's a disadvantage</li>
<li>You could, however, pretend you're talking to someone on your phone if you think someone is following you--maybe they'll believe you're talking to the police or someone about 'he's making me really uncomfortable, I'm going to call 911'</li>
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<li>Noise-canceling headphones can be an issue for the same reason. If you don't hear something or someone approaching, you can't defend yourself. </li>
<li>Also be aware when you're riding your bike or board: Drivers may not see you whizzing by them until it's too late. Better to skate or ride on sidewalks than in the street. Be considerate, too-stop at stop signs, take a few seconds, and check for oncoming cars. Use the crossing button when there's a light. Assume car drivers don't see you: drivers don't <em>want</em> to hit you, they're trying to take in everything, when suddenly you appear and they don't have time to react fast enough.</li>
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<li>And when you're driving, watch for people walking, biking, or skateboarding. Remember kids are especially hard to predict. Sometimes while they're looking right at you, they're steering themselves out into traffic. Or, they panic and head straight for a car. Keep your cool and take your time. </li>
<li>For students, have the campus emergency number in your contacts as well as 911</li>
<li>Know where the campus emergency phones are, or who to contact if someone is bothering you</li>
<li>Be familiar with your surroundings: it's all new to you, but don't make that obvious to someone else...and if you know where you're going, you won't waste any time getting to your destination because you're lost</li>
<li>If you go to a party, don't leave alone. Go with a friend, especially if you came there together.</li>
<li>Walking alone after dark is generally not a great idea. Buddy up and text each other when you're safely inside your dorm or your home, and be sure your friend texts you, too.</li>
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<li>Know how to activate your flashlight on your phone, or get a little flashlight you can attach to your key chain, belt loop, or somewhere easy to reach. Some of them have very bright lights and could distract someone if you shine it in their eyes--giving you time to run away, or maybe unlock your car and get in, locking it as soon as you shut the door. </li>
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<li>You can buy 'panic buttons' that are also small but powerful: when you sense danger, all you have to do is press a button for a loud alarm sound. Mini air horns are also available.</li>
<li>Pepper spray is inexpensive, you can get a can of spray (they are available at stores like Target, Walmart, Menards, Amazon) that you can carry on a keychain/lanyard. Try it out so you know how it works before you need to. </li>
<li>Share your day to day schedule with a few people, so they know where you 'should' be at any given time unless you tell them otherwise.</li>
<li>If you think you're being followed (listen to your gut/instincts/intuition), go to a well-lit public place where there are lots of people (gas station, restaurant, business), go in, and talk to someone there. They can call police for you, and it gives you a safe place to wait. If you're driving and you know where the nearest police department is, drive there, go in, and tell them. Chances are your stalker won't follow you there.</li>
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<li>Be sure you don't leave anything with your name and address openly visible in your car. </li>
<li>Lock things: Always lock your car, even if it's sitting in your driveway, and lock your garage even if you are home. Lock your dorm room even if you're only going down the hall for a shower, down the next level to the laundry, or to visit a friend for a few minutes. Lock your laptop so it can't be easily taken. Lock your bike to a post or a bike stand. Lock your backpack. Lock everything up. </li>
<li>Motion-detection lights aren't expensive and are easy to install. At any movement, they turn on and hopefully would scare someone away. These can be installed over driveways or at entrance doors.</li>
<li>You can get real or fake 'surveillance' cameras; some of the fake ones even move every few minutes. A thief isn't going to climb up and see if it's real or not.</li>
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<li>Have you heard of 'car shopping'? This is when people roam around in the middle of the night looking for unlocked cars. They try the door, and if it opens, they help themselves to anything they want or might sell: Prescriptions, sunglasses, cash, name brand clothes or shoes, snacks. It happened to me, and it was really unnerving to see someone had been in my car the next day, even though they must have been sorely disappointed. </li>
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Online safety tips:<br />
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<li>On any computer, get a firewall, an antivirus app or program (there are several free ones), and antispyware. Some apps or programs include all of those. It's OK to have more than one. This can protect you from viruses that can destroy your data or collect personal information about you.</li>
<li>Create a 'disposable' email you'll use to give out to places asking for an email to sign up for something, <strong>If you aren't 'required' to fill in an email and/or phone number, then don't</strong>. More on disposable emails here: <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-a-Disposable-Email-Address">https://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-a-Disposable-Email-Address</a></li>
<li>Sometimes when you purchase something in person, the clerk will ask for your email or phone number. You are not required to provide it--you can say 'no, I don't give it out.' They will push, but you just say, 'no thanks.' </li>
<li>Consider what you post about your personal life on social media. Your actual friends already know where you work, where you live, and other groups you might be a part of. If a new friend (especially a 'social media friend') wants to know something more, he/she can ask you in Messenger. And if you don't care to tell them, that's fine. </li>
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<li>Set Facebook to let you review pictures your friends tag you in, and if you don't want it to be seen on your page, you can shut that down. A picture your friend may think is harmless may look worse to others. Plus, it links you to that person and his/her lifestyle. Keep in mind, too, that like it or not, employers and colleges do look to see what sort of person you are on social media. </li>
<li>Be very careful of how many and which pictures you post of children, yours or other people's. </li>
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<li>Never (never) assume someone you have 'met' online is totally innocent and means well. People can charm you into trusting them only to turn out to be bad guys. Be very protective of your safety and who you trust. </li>
<li>If your gut tells you someone is dangerous in any way, block him or her, and anyone you don't want contacting you. There is nothing at all wrong with that. You don't have to wait for people to do or say anything to you that sets off 'giant' red flags, and you certainly don't have to apologize or explain. People do not receive any notice that you have blocked them, they will realize it when they can't find you and can't message you. If you feel uncomfortable with someone, block. And don't feel bad about it, you have to protect yourself. </li>
<li>Be especially aware of people who seem to be 'genuinely' romantically interested in you. Be suspicious. Do not meet up with someone you only 'know' online. Keep the person at some distance, and if you ever feel uncomfortable, block him or her. You do not have to be 'nice' to everyone.</li>
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<li>Back to pictures: Putting your name in big letters on your backpack: not a great idea, especially for a child.</li>
<li>Tech savvy people can figure out where pictures were taken, using geotags in photographs' coding. </li>
<li>If you take pictures of your house or maybe a party in your yard, you might forget your street number shows in the picture, or even the license plates on your car, making it easy to find you. You or a child in a picture might be wearing a sports jersey with her, or your, name on it in that picture: Don't make it easy for bad guys to figure out more about you. </li>
<li>Also, be smart: Don't advertise on social media that you're going to be on vacation for the next week or few days. Thieves will thank you for all that free time they have to get in, steal, and get back out. </li>
<li>Always back up your files in some manner. Many people like to use clouds so they can always get data back that's been lost or stolen.</li>
<li> It's still true that you should watch for the padlock symbol in the top field of your computer which indicates the site is locked down/secure. Don't do business otherwise. </li>
<li>Change your passwords fairly regularly, for no particular reason or if you have issues with an account.</li>
<li>Use good passwords, and don't use one password and/or user name for all your online business or mail. How to make it tricky? Make it long and seemingly nonsense. Some tips here: <a href="https://lifehacker.com/four-methods-to-create-a-secure-password-youll-actually-1601854240">https://lifehacker.com/four-methods-to-create-a-secure-password-youll-actually-1601854240</a> </li>
<li>Tons of passwords you never remember? Here are some ideas for safe storage: <a href="https://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/10-free-ways-to-track-all-your-passwords.html">https://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/10-free-ways-to-track-all-your-passwords.html</a></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2817534634427359608.post-14039486330402589782019-08-12T08:07:00.001-07:002019-08-12T08:10:11.999-07:00Top Ten List, Freshman Year10. Do not spend a ton of money trying to make your dorm look cool. <br />
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7. And while we're at it, don't be surprised if you don't stay together with your romantic-interest person. Talk to him or her about what you both expect once college begins. You might not be on the same wavelength about it---better to know than to be disappointed. <br />
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6. Preferably before the start of classes, locate and print out the syllabus for each class. It will clearly spell out what's going to happen and what's expected of you, and will also indicate your instructor's contact information such as office hours. <br />
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5. Have you heard of the Freshman 15? It's no lie: When you can eat anything, you'll eat anything. Fifteen pounds is going to be tough to take back off. Try not to put it on in the first place-think fruits, veggies, whole grain, not fast food, fries, and Cheetos. Get out and move, too: exercise will help keep you balanced and healthy.<br />
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4. Before classes start, walk through your schedule, that is, find where the rooms are before the first day. Walk it a couple of times. You'll feel a lot better on the first day with some clue where you're going. You could draw it on a piece of paper (or find a printed campus map) and highlight your class locations. Take a screenshot of it on your phone to refer to.<br />
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2. Get familiar with the campus library. Not only does it have great references for reports (and help from librarians), it's also a quiet, well-lit place to study. This is going to be key in doing well.<br />
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1. Enjoy your time in college. You hear it all the time, but just think how fast high school went by and you'll get the picture. Everybody's low on funds, everybody hates tests and studying, everybody is sleep-deprived. Talk about fun!<br />
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It seems that you're either a "State Fair Person" or not....there are lots of reasons people like the State Fair, and lots of reasons why they don't. You might enjoy all the displays, the rides, the shows, and the people-watching......or you may find it's too much walking, it's usually hot weather, and you can never remember where you parked the car.<br />
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This year's State Fair runs from August 22 to September 2.<br />
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If you have never experienced it, here are some facts about the Minnesota State Fair:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em> The Giant Slide at the State Fair.</em></span><br />
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The State Fair employs about 80 fulltime year-round employees. 300 are hired to work as seasonal help and 2500 work at the fair only. <br />
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<li>Did you know there is a K-12 Competition (for Kindergarten through Grade 12)? You can enter artwork, sewing, jewelry, or writing projects. There is also a Technology Education division where people enter architectural drawings, photograpy items, welding projects, woodworking, CO-2 cars and solar powered boats. </li>
<li>New foods this year at the state fair are here: <a href="https://www.mnstatefair.org/new-this-year/food/">https://www.mnstatefair.org/new-this-year/food/</a></li>
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<span id="goog_318785410">And of course there are the traditional adult competitions. You can win a ribbon or a prize for excellence in these categories: </span><br />
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<li>Handcrafts, including things made from wood or metal, models, and dolls</li>
<li>Collections, such as stamps or post cards</li>
<li>Baked goods, like cakes, cookies, pies</li>
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There will be Celebrity Agri-Lympics with local celebrities trying their skills at:<br />
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Visit the Moo Booth for a schedule.<br />
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Princess Kay of the Milky Way is selected before the beginning of the fair.(She is rarely actually named Kay). This young lady will come from a background where she has knowledge of the dairy farming industry and will serve as a goodwill ambassador for them during her year's reign.<br />
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One of the quirky displays at the fair is the butter sculpture of Princess Kay. She will sit in a refrigerated booth surrounded by glass while the sculptor works (sculptor Linda Christenson has done this for 46 years!!), and visitors can watch the sculpture in progress. It is created from a 90 pound block of butter from a farm in New Ulm. It takes between six and eight hours to complete, and at the end of the fair, the princess can take the butter home with her. <br />
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The current Princess Kay (2018), Rebekka Paskewitz, and her butter sculpture: <br />
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What are Pinto, Arabian, Draft, Paint, and Appaloosa?<br />
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They are types of horses, and you can see them being handled at the State Fair as well. Horse competitions called 'Dressage' take place every year at the Minnesota State Fair.<br />
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Here is a list of trivia questions for you: <a href="http://www.mnstatefair.org/fun/fair_trivia.html">http://www.mnstatefair.org/fun/fair_trivia.html</a><br />
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<li>And a list of free concerts and other fun stuff: <a href="https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/2019-minnesota-state-fair-free-shows-entertainment-announced">https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/2019-minnesota-state-fair-free-shows-entertainment-announced</a></li>
<li>You can catch an Express Bus: Park and hop on a bus to get to and from the Fair, and no parking hassles!! <a href="http://www.mnstatefair.org/general_info/get_here/express_bus.html">http://www.mnstatefair.org/general_info/get_here/express_bus.html</a></li>
<li>And the State Fair website for more information about what to see, what to do, where to eat, and what entertainment is available at our Great State Get-Together... h<a href="http://www.mnstatefair.org/">ttp://www.mnstatefair.org/</a></li>
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In these countries, a U.S. dollar is worth: (these values fluctuate constantly)<br />
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Canada 97c (Canadian dollar)<br />
England 80c (an English pound)<br />
Countries that use the Euro 89c (value of one Euro<br />
Chinese 6.88 (Chinese Yuan)<br />
Australia 1.44 (Australian dollar)<br />
Japan 1.09(Japanese Yen)<br />
Mexico 19.30 (Mexican Peso)*<br />
Brazil 3.90 (Brazilian Real)<br />
India 69c (Rupees)<br />
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America, it would appear, has not yet discovered color ink.However, there is an explanation. During the Civil War, 'both countries' had their own currencies. After the war, 'new money' had to be printed that would be usable throughout the United States. People tried to print their own money, called counterfeiting, and the inks used would wash out of the printed paper money. So, a formula was created to stop counterfeiting. It just happened to be green with black. The US has never changed the colors used in its paper money. So, basically, "this is how we've done it since the 1860s". More on that here: <a href="http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/02/u-s-paper-money-green/">http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/02/u-s-paper-money-green/</a><br />
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This is who is pictured on various paper U.S. money, starting with the $1 bill:<br />
$1.00 Washington<br />
2.00 Jefferson<br />
5.00 Lincoln<br />
10.00 Hamilton *<br />
20.00 Jackson<br />
50.00 Grant<br />
100.00 Benjamin Franklin *<br />
500.00 McKinley<br />
1,000.00 Cleveland--this bill is no longer available<br />
5,000.00 Madison<br />
10,000.00 Chase *<br />
100,000.00 Wilson<br />
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There is no million-dollar bill. <br />
*These people were not presidents.<br />
By the way, if you run across a $2.00 bill, there's no need to save it--it's no more valuable than $2.00, they aren't that rare.<br />
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Learn more about the U.S. mint at: <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/education/historianscorner/">http://www.usmint.gov/education/historianscorner/</a><br />
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What can I buy with an American dollar, in other countries?<br />
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In Kenya, $1 American will buy you 8 cups of milk.<br />
In Bangladesh, it will buy 1/3 of a sari (woman's garment)<br />
South Korea 1/2 hour of computer use<br />
England 1/2 a loaf of bread<br />
Vienna one small roll<br />
Denmark a stamp for a postcard<br />
Seoul, Korea one subway ticket plus a mask for the smog<br />
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Cost of college in England, for a resident of England: About $11,600.00. <br />
Cost of college in Canada, for a Canadian: $9,000.00<br />
Cost of college in Australia, for an Australian: between $10,000 and $20,000 a year.<br />
People from other countries who wish to attend college abroad will usually pay considerably more.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kings College, Cambridge, England</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Australian National University</span></em><br />
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Using U.S. dollars: <br />
In Brazil, a Honda Civic will set you back about $40,000. In Sweden, a VW Golf will cost you about $33,000 and gas runs about $9.00 a gallon, hence the number of people who do not have their own cars, and the excellent public transportation system that most people use. And they use bicycles to get where they need to go as well. <br />
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Back to the $1 discussion:<br />
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<li>Steve Jobs, the creator of Microsoft, used to take a salary of $1 a year.</li>
<li>If you put $1 extra on your mortgage check, it will reduce your payments by .000000000001 years.</li>
<li>$1 will buy you a quart of gas if it currently costs $4.00 a gallon</li>
<li>There are some states with houses for sale asking $1 as the lowest bid.</li>
<li>Paper money (U.S.) is not paper, it's made of linen and cotton</li>
<li>Most dollar bills-more than 90% of them- are contaminated with traces of cocaine</li>
<li>A bank will replace a torn or mutilated bill as long as you have more than half of it</li>
<li>Many of the symbolic pictures on a paper bill involve the number 13: 13 stars, 13 berries, 13 stripes...indicating the original 13 colonies</li>
<li>Did you know England has something like our Dollar Stores? Locals call it (what a surprise!!) the Pound Store: <a href="http://www.poundland.co.uk/">http://www.poundland.co.uk/</a></li>
<li>If you have a $1 bill in your pocket, you can trace where it's been. Go to <a href="https://www.wheresgeorge.com/">https://www.wheresgeorge.com/</a> . When you add your zip code, it adds to the paper trail.</li>
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For more trivia about the U.S. dollar, check out: <br />
<a href="http://money.com/money/4041295/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-1-bill/">http://money.com/money/4041295/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-1-bill/</a><br />
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