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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Sweden is offering support to North Macedonia's efforts to join the European Union despite a big setback last month.
Foreign Minister Ann Linde says Sweden is "aware of the disappointment" in North Macedonia at the EU's failure to begin membership talks last month.
France led a group of EU countries calling for an overhaul of the procedures to admit new members before beginning discussions with North Macedonia and neighboring Albania.
After talks Monday with North Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in Skopje, Linde said it is "essential" the small Balkan country to continue implementing EU-requested reforms as part of its accession bid.
The EU's failure to commence talks has prompted North Macedonia's government to call early elections next year.
North Macedonia is set to formally join NATO within weeks.


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Coyote Howler
April 26, 2021
Dear Kincaid Families,
During the last few weeks of school we have many opportunities for families. This week is our final week of H.O.W.L (Helping Ourselves With Literacy). A perfect way to support literacy is to stop into Barnes and Noble this week or order online and build up your home library of children's books. Please mention that you are there to support Kincaid Elementary and we will receive a portion of the sales to purchase new books to up-date our school library. All the details about the Kincaid Barnes and Noble Bookfair are found in this issue of the Howler. Ms. Heather has several fun events scheduled to support our Barnes and Noble Bookfair. I hope your family is able to particpate in one or more of these events.
Picture Day has finally been scheduled for May 12. All students will be photographed who are present on the day of pictures. Families will have the opportunity to order photos online. We appreciate Fitzgerald's Photography in accommodating us during Covid.
This year more than ever, we realized the importance of up-to-date and working technology. Many of our classrooms are in need of new document cameras. This tool is used for online and in class instruction. Each document camera costs about $125. Raising Cane's at the Dimond locations is supporting our school for a second day of fundraising on May 13th. The funds raised during this event will help us up-date our document cameras. We had a fantastic turnout during our first event and hope you all enjoy another day of chicken for lunch or dinner.
During the last few weeks of school we are asking students to bring in a pair of headphones. Headphones cannot be shared between students and we have a limited number available. We will need headphones starting the first week in May when students take the spring iReady diagnostic. Please put the headphones in a bag and make sure your child's name is on the bag.
Wendy Zorea
Important Dates
April 5- 30: H.O.W.L (Helping Ourselves with Literacy)
April 12-April 30: 6th Grade Fundraiser- Dimond Greenhouse
April 26- May 2: Barnes and Noble Bookfair
April 26: Online Registration for next year opens for returning students.
May 3: Return Chromebooks
May 3-13: Clothesline Project
May 12: School Picture Day
May 13: Raising Cane's Fundraiser #2 - Help our school replace outdated document cameras.
Barnes & Noble Bookfair
Virtual Event Details
Zoom information for all events:
Meeting ID: 931 2067 9286
Passcode: Coyotes
April 26, 2021 - Virtual Read-aloud
● Join Ms. Heather virtually any time between 5:00 & 6:00 pm to hear fun stories you
can interact with!
April 29, 2021 - Virtual Origami Creations
● Gather some paper and join Ms. Heather virtually any time between 5:00 & 6:00 pm
to create amazing origami!
May 1, 2021 - Virtual Read-aloud
● Join Ms. Heather any time between 11:00 am & 12:00 pm to hear fun stories all
about springtime!
May 2, 2021 - Virtual Origami Creations
● Gather some paper and join Ms. Heather virtually any time between 2:00 & 3:00 pm
to create amazing origami!
6th Grade Fundraiser for End of Year Celebrations
Sixth grade is trying to do a fundraiser to help with the upcoming costs for Graduation gifts and decorations, and we need your help! We will be doing a 3-week Dimond Greenhouse fundraiser from April 12th until April 30th, selling $25 gift certificates.
These can be redeemed from Mother's Day on May 9th until Father's Day on June 20th. This would be a GREAT Mother's Day gift, as we will have the certificates returned before then!
We are also offering a pizza party to the class that raises the most money, so please help us out and promote the fundraiser! Go Coyotes!
Thanks in advance,
6th grade team
Online Registration Is OPEN for Returning Students Starting April 26th
Enrollment at Kincaid has declined during the pandemic. It is in the spring that we begin to plan for fall. Online registration for the 2021-22 school year will open for returning students on April 26th. New to District students can register online starting July 1st. It is important that our Kincaid families register early to provide ASD leaders a clear picture of our enrollment. We currently have 460 students enrolled at Kincaid compared to 550 at this time last year.
Please make sure to register your child early, as enrollment drives our staffing allocation. If you need your Parent Connect information, please call the office for assistance at 245-5530.
Kincaid Kind Coyotes
Please Return Chromebooks starting May 3
Elementary students attending in-person instruction and who have an ASD Chromebook checked out to them will be asked to return the device to their school starting May 3. Students in the virtual program will be asked to return their device by the end of the school year unless: 1) they are attending summer school, or 2) they will be enrolled in the virtual program next year.
In addition to any school-specific guidance regarding the return process, please be sure to include the following information in your communication with families:
· Who: Every elementary student who has been issued a District Chromebook and is attending classes in person. (Students in the virtual program will be handled separately.)
· What:
o Students will need to return their Chromebooks and ALL power cords.
o Any Chromebooks not returned by May 7 will be remotely disabled on May 17.
· When: Chromebooks will be collected between May 3 - 7.
Planning for Next Fall
If you would like, you may fill out this optional form to provide input into your child's class placement for next fall. Please do not request a specific teacher. We will not be able to take specific requests into consideration.
Parent Input for Placement: https://forms.gle/VSf84mUDb4XcAQhH7
Kindergarten Round Up
Is your child starting kindergarten in the Anchorage School District?
Join us!
ASD staff will share what to expect as your child begins kindergarten in the fall. These sessions will provide information on transitioning to kindergarten and how to enroll. Families are encouraged to ask questions and will be provided digital resources. Together, we will partner to help prepare your child for school success. Join us for one of the sessions below!
April 26, 6pm-7pm
ZOOM link to join (all sessions)
Kindergarten Round Up Resources
Return to School Options - COVID
Kindergarten Roadmap for Common Core State Standards
Kincaid PTA
This year all new memberships will be online, no need to fill out a form or wait for a check to cash!
If you would like to join the PTA please go to this website:https://my-site-102228-107635.square.site/
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Dulles International Airport in the US is set to unveil new checkpoints on the arrival and departure levels on 15 September, in a bid to improve security.
The airport's transportation security administration will be relocated to a 121,700ft² area on the mezzanine level, which will replace two existing checkpoints near the ticketing area.
Security checkpoint expansions are part of the Dulles development (D2); a $3.4bn construction programme funded by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
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- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
Black Socks & Black Cleats!
DAWG NATION, Great win against Clemson! But just a quick observation that has been gnawing at me. Is it just me or do our beloved DAWGS look so much better with Black Socks and Black Cleats! Never was it more evident than on Saturday Night against Clemson. Christopher Smith looked like a poorly Dressed player. Most of the entire team is Black & Black except Smith and Brini. Please tell me I'm not the only person who noticed this fashion faux pas!
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WHITE on BLACK
BLACK on BLACK
Fashion pass for their play on the field.
Can the inevitable call for an all black uniform be far behind ?
DawgBones Posts: 1,768 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
I wouldn't care if they were wearing TuTus. Before that play I was almost flat lining. Afterwards I was ready to run naked in a hail storm.
DawgBones, That is simply hilarious!
I have unusual friends
My she is a large one in pink!!
Fishing buddy, we do get a couple of strange looks at the boat ramp.
I actually really liked the white socks, it looks classy to me. Reminds me of the old school style. It goes well with the white jerseys.
Bangers Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Kinda like whitewall tires
Somebody was listening. I only saw 2 pairs of tall white socks on Saturday. 🤣
SubmarineDawg Posts: 284 ✭✭✭✭ Senior
Black shoes and black socks look 1000% better than anything white.
The only times I wear black socks with cleats is when I dress in jorts and a tank top.
She's cute, but for gosh sake trim the mustache lady.
pgjackson Posts: 14,443 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
I've always been a fan of long white socks. Never really liked the short socks look in football.
Wouldn't mind going with the white shoes also with the white jersey.
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As long as they block, tackle, run, catch, whatever, my Dawgs could be wearing purple and slime green ...
That gear Herschel is wearing is the classiest away look I've seen. I like the white socks with white jerseys and white cleats, but I do prefer the black socks & black cleats with the red jerseys.
Just so long as we NEVER, EVER have to see this "uniform?" again!!!! As in.... EVER!!!! YUCK!!! They played that day just about as bad as they looked too. Horrible memory. A nightmare.
I have zero issues with this look:
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Really nice depth and shaddow. I hope you put up some more art soon
Thanks you guys! I love skyscrapers so this was fun to turn game consoles into ones. :)
Really? I did give it a try on this one, but it still looks best to me when I look at it at x1 zoom. So yeah, maybe it does go to style/taste.
Thanks for the really lovely comments everyone!
I like the image a lot and am not bothered by the lack of AA.
I also agree it could use antialiasing, but if it's your stylistic choice, then it can't be helped.
That is when antialiasing looks totaly awesome! You should try it sometimes ;)
Great colors btw!
Thanks! I very rarely do AA because I usually present my pixels at x2 resolution (like in the postcard link above) or even bigger so I need all the blockiness I can get. :D
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So Creandum, one of Europe's leading VC firms (and they'll be speaking at 2022 SaaStrEuropa.com in Barcelona on June 7-8) updated its report on What Founders Really Want from VCs, and if VCs add value:The data is interesting:
- Only 30% of founders think their VCs have been helpful. That sounds about right.
- VCs aren't helping enough in recruiting, not for real. 69% of VCs they are making a difference in recruiting, but 79% of founders say they aren't. This is what I work on and struggle with all the time as an investor. Few things matter more than helping the team truly hire a few great VPs.
- VCs mainly help with fundraising, with the next round. This is right in my experience, and importantly, only some VCs can really help bring in the investors for the next round. They have to have "juice".
- VCs think their brands really matter, but what founders care about is VCs they want to work with. An important point, though perhaps one founders only come to after they sign the term sheet.
A reminder that even now, founders and VCs still aren't 100% on the same page. And that VCs should focus less on being the next Sequoia or Bill Gurley, and more on recruiting, and being a great team player. And getting the next round in. That's the real job.
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Inventing Anna, Netflix's newest series which was released last February 11, is currently a trending topic in Indonesia. This drama tells the story of fake socialite, Anna Delvey, a woman who claims to be a Russian-born German socialite. Inventing Anna follows journalist Vivian Kent's journey as a woman later found to be successful in defrauding banks, hotels and wealthy acquaintances for hundreds of thousands of dollars. This series is indeed inspired by this series, which was inspired by an in-depth feature article published by journalist Jessica Pressler in New York Magazine in 2019.
When the news first appeared in the media, the Anna Delvey case was indeed successful in capturing public attention. The fraud she did was considered phenomenal because it was able to deceive the super-rich community in the United States. Who is Anna Delvey in Inventing Anna? Anna Delvey is a pseudonym used by a German woman whose real name is Anna Sorokin. She moved to New York in 2013 and started her career as a self-styled socialite who succeeded in tricking people.
She pretended to be the heir to a wealthy German aristocrat to enter the social circle of the wealthy in the US. Her identity was revealed in 2017 when the Manhattan District Attorney's Office began an investigation into him for bank fraud. In fact, the woman known as Anna Delvey actually came from a simple family. Her father worked as a truck driver, while her mother was a convenience store owner before becoming a housewife. Anna Delvey, alias Anna Sorokin was born in the city of Domodedovo, near Moscow, Russia in January 1991.
Her family then moved to Germany in 2007 when she was 16 years old. Anna Sorokin then moved to London in 2011 to study at Britain's top art university, Central Saint Martins. But her studies stopped until she finally moved to Paris, France and began an internship at the fashion magazine Purple. In this fashion country, Anna Sorokin began to change her last name to Delvey.
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Under this pretext, Anna Delvey began befriending a number of high-class socialites in Manhattan, New York. She then asked her friends to pay for the hotel, flight, and luxury food they enjoyed together. Of course he promised to pay back the bill soon but "forgot" to do it. After failing to find investors for her foundation, this Anna Delvey figure starts making fake bank statements. Her aim was to convince people that she had access to the 60 million Euros, or around Rp. 973 billion, held in Swiss bank accounts.
She used the document as a complete loan application, which then sparked the suspicion of a number of parties due to data discrepancies. No less shrewd, Anna then withdrew the document so that it could not be traced further.
Anna Delvey has also convincingly successfully checked into various luxury hotels without including a credit card. She briefly stayed at 11 Howard Hotels in SoHo with a total bill of 30,000 US dollars, equivalent to Rp. 427 million, which she then paid with a fake check. She was then kicked out and then moved to the Beekman Hotel, another luxury hotel in New York.
Again, she owed 11,518 US dollars, or around Rp. 164 million, so she was forced out of her hotel room. Anna Delvey then moved to the W New York Union Square hotel but only lasted two days, for the same reason. Shortly thereafter, her fraud was exposed until her finally had to face prosecution in court for the losses she caused.


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text: Well a buddy I had not seen in 12 years (lives out of state) called me cause he was passing through and was broke down on the HWY. he said his oil pressure dropped to zero and the truck just shut off. This is on a '94 1/2 ton 2wd with a 350 TBI. The truck he inherited from his late father and it is not driven much and only has 90k on the ticker. He said he took it to the Mobil Oil Change place before he left on his trip back home and "they did all that" when I began asking questions. He was towing a light trailer to haul some stuff from another state. Upon inspection, the dip stick was dry, the tranny fluid was burnt and looked to be the original fluid, and the coolant was brown & low. It is ashame because the truck is perfect and has low miles and I'd LOVE to have it for a spare to haul stuff. People don't take care of their cars, but at least he did ake it to the oil change place for a fluid top/off & oil change. TOO BAD it looks as if they did NOTHING to it. So We left the truck on the side of the road and I was hoping he had not seized the motor but I knew it had to have some oil in it because he was over 200 miles from home and had made it that far. I drove us to wal-mart and he said he liked Castrol (which is what he uses in his '08 Wrangler), and he wanted to get a jug of Castrol HM but Wal-mart was out of them. So I suggested Pennzoil HM. He was gonna get 5w30 and it was 108* outside LOL. I am sure that the oil change place used that too since that is what the motor says on the cap. I explained to him that in this heat & towing that he should get 10w40 (especially if the bearings had already been damaged , so we got some Pennzoil HM 10w40. I went ahead & got QT of LUCAS Oil Stabilizer. (I know it is just goop with no stuff in it but I was worried about heat & oil pressure.) After we left the store I lamented that we probably should have gotten 10w30 since we were mixing it with LUCAS but again the oil pressure was a concern so that is why I went thick. So she took the LUCAS QT and about 3 QTs of the Pennzoil HM and when checking the dipstick, I could see the 1 QT in the case was black & burnt. My guess is that the Mobil oil change place screwed him over and either put too little oil in, or did not even change it and it was already low. I am sure the truck did not burn it all in 200 miles LOL. I was worried about if it would even start but we had to add oil & try it. I thought maybe the oil pump went out OR maybe it was just the oil sending unit. BUT when I saw the dry dipstick I know that was not it. But she did start wen filled back up w/oil. I drove behind him for awhile on the HWY after we got it going again and it did not appear to be burning any oil; again it has low miles. So we went a few miles and then stopped again to grab a bite and I had him on level ground and checked the oil again just to be safe. Then I recommended he get a cooling system flush & a tranny pan fluid & filter service and to take it somewhere ELSE bedsides where he took it for the supposed oil change. also told him to get his receipt and go back and do everything but physically assault the tech & manager of the oil change place he went to! I would be trying to get a new engine if it were me. So at idle it was about 25psi and when revved went up to 40psi. BUT he said that before it was on 50 all the time practically the few times he drove it so something changed and I am not sure if there is also a sending unit issue or running towing a trailer in 100*+ heat with 1QT of black oil did damage enough to hurt the oil pressure. He did say when it died on him that he had looked at the gauges and it was not in the red on coolant temp and the oil pressure had been okay for most of the trip he thought. Anyway I am SICK of typing but I just wanted to share and say that had I known what I know now I probably would have skipped the LUCAS but not knowing what to expect I wanted to build oil pressure in a hurt motor. What do you guys think? I had originally titled this post "A time for LUCAS" but I was afraid it might drive people away LOL.


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From: [email protected]
Subject: Gentle Reminder About Appropriate Company Internet Usage, Which Does Not Include Creating an Audition Reel for the Bachelor
Hi all,
As you know, we discussed the upcoming internet audit at last month's all-staff meeting. Last quarter, The People Company failed to meet a single benchmark goal for the 12th quarter in a row. As a team, our fearless leaders compiled a list of actionable steps to ensure this upcoming quarter is a great one—or at the very least, removes us from some highly undesirable Business Insider lists. The first step was our recent internet audit, which, once again, you were all informed about in the mandatory company-wide Internet Use Check-in meeting. It took place both in-person and over Zoom, and we ordered in from that ramen place that you all seemed to enjoy during the cohesiveness seminar.
For the sake of transparency, management explained that the audit's goal was two-fold. Firstly, they wanted to drill down and evaluate internet usage concerning productivity — perhaps even trimming the fat on projects that take up unnecessary time and resources. The secondary goal was to give you, our outstanding, all-star staff members, a chance to reevaluate how you're spending time during the workday. Once again, this audit should have been very much on your radar this past month.
As we dive into the audit's findings, we will simultaneously review The People Company's best practices for internet use. These guidelines are meant to ensure productive and safe internet use during working hours — they're intended to help you be your best self, creating synergy in an environment that thrives off of teamwork. That being said, we will not be disclosing personal details about specific employees. Instead, we will discuss particular findings concerning our best practices — the same best practices that are printed on your mouse pads, which the team leaders so kindly had custom-made for last year's holiday gift.
Spending company time on non-business activities is not an acceptable use of the internet. We're all human, and we all have lives outside of work. The People Company understands and gives its employees generous leeway to check in on the occasional non-work-related activity using the company network. However, this does not include hosting virtual speed dating events for fans of Veronica Mars during business hours. Nor does it involve watching 17 hours of YouTube videos detailing the life and death of Princess Diana over two weeks.
The internet may not be used for personal profit during working hours. The People Company prides itself on paying better than more than 37% of its industry competitors. There is simply no reason to seek out additional means of income using the company's network. To clarify, this means that actively managing an online store called "The Vaped Crusader" during business hours is unacceptable. Additionally, actively applying for new jobs while at work will not be tolerated moving forward — and to whom it may concern when using the phrase "please free me from this hellscape," the word "hellscape" is not two separate words.
Network users are not permitted to make purchases unrelated to work. It is not acceptable to purchase things for personal use during working hours, including jacuzzis. Websites such as "ReadyJetGo.org" or "TheG-Spa.net" are not to be used on company time and have now been blocked.
Representing The People Company online without explicit permission to do so is not allowed. Filming an entire audition reel for The Bachelor while wearing your company shirt, for example, does not align with our core values. On a very related note, "Hottest Ass in Finance" never has been, nor will it ever be, an actual title within The People Company — we'll touch more on this during our sexual harassment seminar next week. Additionally, promising free products to women on Twitter in exchange for photographs of their feet is also very much against company policy.
*Key Takeaway*: The internet guidelines are meant to help each staff member be a team player, using their time at work for work-related activities. I'm honestly so freaking exhausted at this point, though I know none of you even read these emails. Do you even understand how depressing it is to know that everyone in the office rolls their eyes when I hit send? That most of my day is spent actively making you dislike me? It sucks. I like Veronica Mars too, but did any of you even bother to ask? No. You only worry about yourselves. At this rate, we'll be bankrupt in the next two years anyway, so I hope you all have a backup plan. Figure it out on company time. Who cares.
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To: [email protected]
Subject: URGENT! PLEASE READ – BACK TO OFFICE DETAILS
Hi all,
We know you have eagerly been awaiting news of our return to the office—whether because you've been slowly losing your grip on reality and your house plant moonlights as your therapist, or because you've been waiting for direction on when to buy your return flight back from Florida. Either way, after months of vague holding patterns, we finally have updates to share (and you're probably not going to like them)!
Unfortunately for the introverts and those of you who live in outer boroughs because we don't pay you enough to afford to live in Manhattan, we do in fact need you back in the office as soon as humanly possible—even though we fully recognize that the company has not suffered in any way as a result of everyone working from home for the past year and a half. In fact, business is better than ever! Turns out, without the din of different departments yelling at each other from across the office, the lingering smell of microwaved fish, and the incessant clacking of fingers on keyboards, distractions are down, and concentration and productivity are way up!
Still, we need you back. Mostly because we already paid for a 12-year lease. Those Herman Miller ergonomic chairs aren't going to pay for themselves! (Except we already paid for them using all the money we saved from the mass layoffs—so, in a sense, they did pay for themselves.)
Our first day back will be the Friday before Labor Day! We, of course, want to be reasonable with our expectations, which is why you will only be expected to be present 4.5 days per week from here on out.
We know this is a big adjustment, but don't worry, to ease you into the transition, we will be providing lunch for your first day! We will be ordering salads from We Only Do Salads, Nothing Else*. Please inform Community Manager Nicole, on copy, of your order by no later than tomorrow, 12pm ET.
*$10 maximum value. 2 toppings** allowed—including protein.
**dressing counts as a topping.
In more exciting news, we are thrilled to announce that, thanks to the additional funds freed up in the budget, we are proud to offer snacks! FREE plain Lay's potato chips*** will be available Monday-Friday****
***the unruffled kind.
****while supplies last.
We know you're probably wondering if masks are required, and to be completely candid: we're still wondering that, too. We will be closely monitoring the mayor's office, the department of health, the CDC, and Dr. Fauci's facial expressions in press conferences for more information. But plan on wearing a mask indoors at all times, even at your desk. Safety first!
As a reminder, our office dress code is professional-business-chic. Bottoms are required. Our official company policy is to not have an official company policy on whether or not bras are required, but if you have to ask, they're probably required for you.
We can't wait to see everyone back in the office!
Person You Will Not See Step Foot Into A Physical Office Until 2022
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Dear Boss,
Acts of kindness in this world come too few and far between, which is why I was pleasantly taken aback by your immense generosity this afternoon. As our Zoom meeting came to a close, with the agenda points covered and attendees not knowing what else to do but fill the remaining time with side tangents, you ended the meeting two minutes early, announcing you were giving us all our time back.
First, let me just say how much I value those extra two minutes. There's so much I could do with this newfound time, I'm almost overwhelmed at the options. It's like I have a new lease on life! I could listen to about half a song. I could go pee—I probably need to go pee, my bladder has felt like it's been pressing into my abdomen for the last hour of this meeting. I could briefly disappear into the abyss of my own thoughts. I could watch exactly two full-length TikToks. In fact, I may spend so much time trying to decide what to do with these newly discovered minutes that I end up getting nothing accomplished at all! Ah, the freedom of it.
Although, if I may just offer a bit of constructive criticism—a little role reversal, if you will. Where was this energy when setting up a touch-base for a touch-base? One for which I received no less than six different invites within a 10-minute span, the timing of the meeting shifting in 5-minute increments before I could begrudgingly hit "yes"? I probably spent a good one out of my two now-refunded minutes wrapping my head around, wait, what is the purpose of this meeting? and then digging through my inbox to locate the most up-to-date calendar invitation.
I won't bother stating the obvious that this touch-base could have been an email chain, but will point out some areas in which I would have really enjoyed my time back more: the 10 minutes in the beginning of the meeting that was dedicated to small-talk (yes, I hope everyone's doing well, I would love to hear about the trash can your dog got into some other time, preferably with alcohol involved); the 5 minutes Jennifer spent derailing the meeting to discuss her own work stress (please see a therapist); the 7.3 minutes after we all thought the meeting had successfully wrapped up, which Jennifer then spent throwing out her own ideas for the very iniatives we had just finalized (Jennifer, were you even listening?? We are past that!).
I'd be remiss to not consider the fact that your remark was simply a joke. If that's the case, let me just say that it was the absolute funniest thing I've ever heard in my life, and your sense of humor is unparalleled. Have you ever thought of trying out for SNL? Yes, I seriously mean that! On a totally unrelated note, I'd like to chat about a raise…
But in all seriousness, two minutes are two minutes, and time is the one resource (aside from oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy) that we cannot get back once it's been spent. So I simply have no choice but to say, from the bottom of my heart and my to-do list: thank you.
Now, I'm off to my next meeting. Crap, I really should have peed.
Forever Grateful Employee.
When I first got the email about returning to my office in July, I was overwhelmed with emotion, both negative and positive.
Let's backtrack a bit. I am a twentysomething living in NYC. I've stayed here throughout the entire pandemic thus far. I stay inside, I wash my hands, I wear my mask, I respect other people's space, and I do my part to keep myself and those around me safe. In other words, I'm not an a**hole.
So, that being said, when I found out I was headed back to the office on the first day of phase 3 (July 6, to be exact), I was kind of shook. COVID had (has) made me quite an anxious person over time, and this felt like my worst fear coming to life. Public transportation? Sitting in an office with 50 other people I could not control? WEARING JEANS AGAIN? A lot of scary stuff here.
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On the contrary, sitting in my apartment day in and day out had also been quite an unhealthy habit. I made every excuse not to go outside, washing my hair became a task, and I had literally become one with the couch. Going to work meant I'd have an excuse to focus a bit more again on self-care and to get up and do something.
Here I am almost two months later, and I am here to spill what it's actually like to be back in an office in the midst of a pandemic.
I take one subway and one bus to get to work. The first day I went all out and prepared for battle in the form of a mask, gloves, paper towels to hold the handles on public transportation (yes, even while wearing gloves), and a big bottle of hand sanitizer in my bag. The subway was fairly quiet, with some essential workers, and some others in suits who looked as nervous as I did. The bus was even quieter. Quieter as in, I was the only human on the bus and therefore it was a straight shot to work, with no stops in between. As time has gone on, the subway has gotten a bit more crowded, but the bus remains empty. Public transportation overall hasn't been scary, but when someone gets on the subway without a mask (which is obviously against the rules but nothing I can do much about), my stomach still drops.
When you arrive at my office, the first thing you must do is have your temperature taken. Of course, if you have a fever, you will be sent home immediately. Upon entering the building there is a mask, glove, and hand sanitizer station. They are also set up throughout the office building. Most people wear cloth masks, but should you have a paper mask on and want a fresh one, it is available. The little things, ya know?
The elevators are limited to four people per ride (which I think is pretty standard across NYC now), but typically I opt to ride solo even though that means waiting longer for an elevator. We have an open floor plan in our office, with rows of tables as desks. As you can imagine, we are limited to one person per row, so there is forced social distancing in place. In some ways, it's so distant that it's lonely. I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the luxury of being able to turn and chat with someone next to me.
During the workday, in fact, there is little to no human communication at all. Despite being in office, meetings are held via Zoom to avoid any large groups. If you're reading this and thinking "sO wHy ArE yOu BaCk In An OfFiCe", the answer is… unclear.
In terms of further safety precautions, while a mask is not required when sitting at our desks, it's encouraged. You can bet my paranoid lil self has one on all day. All community snacks have been taken away (sad), so has the coffee machine (sadder!!!). Safety > coffee, obviously, but I know you all feel me on the heartbreak there.
We also can't leave for lunch. Once you're in the building, you are in for the day until you go home. This one hurts the most simply because I take my lunch hour seriously, but again, I get it. I did reach out to the few friends I have who are also back in the office, and they have similar limitations. On the bright side, I've saved money by packing my lunch daily, something I didn't know I was even capable of! (Only half-kidding).
The best (and most important) safety precaution/perk of the office is weekly COVID testing. Once a week we are required to take both a COVID and antibody test. A team sets up right in the common area, and we have to walk a maximum of one flight of stairs to get there. As someone who lives with a roommate, this is a huge relief for not only myself but for him as well. Given the fact that he is working from home and did not sign up to be put at risk, the fact that I can come home and show him a negative result each week puts us both at ease. And even better, the antibody test has only a 15-minute turnaround time, the COVID test only a 24-hour turnaround time, so we don't have to wait long for our results.
Being back in an office has forced me to make small but important changes. I set my alarm for 8am now (instead of 8:59am). I wake up and actually have to CHOOSE an outfit (remember that???). I style my hair. I wear makeup. I use time management skills to give myself a work-life balance. All of the things that gently slipped from my mind during my four-month quarantine period. It's had a huge impact on my mental health, and a good one at that.
While the world is still gloomy AF, and the news cycle hasn't gotten any better, at least leaving the house daily has provided a healthy (and easy) change I didn't know I needed. Despite the fact that I have essentially left one room where I work alone to head to another room where I work alone, there has been something very refreshing about the act of getting outside and doing something daily.
Since I started going back into the office, I've been valuing my weekends and nights in a new way. Aside from sleeping, I've also used my downtime to capitalize on more *important* hobbies (like binging Selling Sunset, obviously).
So, in all seriousness, being back in the office isn't so bad. It feels good to get back into a routine, and even if I am still questioning "the point" of putting myself at risk to travel to work and be in an office with others, I do believe there was some method to the madness.
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Your first job is like your first boyfriend in that you truly think he's perfect, but then again, you have nothing to compare him to, so you may not even know you're with a total loser until after you've broken up. When my college boyfriend of two years broke up with me, I reached a whole new level of devastated that I didn't even realize was humanly possible. How could this person who wept in front of me when his grandmother died, surprised me in my hometown for my birthday, and paid for all of my Chipotle burritos (with every add-on you could think of) not want to be with me forever? Fast-forward like six months, and that time and distance made me realize both how wrong we were for each other and how much he f*cking sucked as a person. After him, I took note of all the things I did and didn't want in my next boyfriend. It really was the year of realizing stuff. Just call me Kylie Jenner.
Leaving your first job should feel the same way. Even if you loved it, you should still walk away with a sense of what you want and don't want in your next position. I, for instance, loved what I was doing at my first job so much that I didn't even care about having to live in the trap house that was my apartment, which was the only place I could afford on my laughably small salary. I was an editor at a ~luxury~ magazine and it made me feel like Miranda motherf*ckin Priestly (minus all the power, money, and ability to own a home) because I got invited to every party, media dinner, and opening you can imagine. I also got free facials, clothes, trips, etc., so you can imagine that walking away from "the good life," as Kanye says, may have been a little tough.
However, what ultimately made me want to leave was the fact that I didn't see much opportunity to climb the editorial ladder and tbh I didn't want to stay in the South forever. So after I left, I had the time and distance I needed to realize that my first job was f*cked up in more ways than one. Knowing that and knowing why helped me find my next job (also at a magazine), which I actually love. No matter what industry your first job out of college is in, these are the key takeaways you should walk away with after leaving.
1. Respect For The Product
I obviously don't mean this literally since not all companies produce something, but it's really important that you respect, understand, and appreciate what the company does. After I left my Job From Hell, I flipped through a few of the previous issues and noticed that we only covered sh*tty companies/people who paid an embarrassing amount of money for full-page ads. At the end of the day, I couldn't really stand behind what I wrote.
Doing something you love is the most important thing because, let's face it, we spend all of our time at our jobs and you may as well enjoy your many hours
locked working in a giant freezer office doing something you give actually sh*t about.
2. How (Not) To Interact With Your Manager
If this is your first job, chances are you have a manager and, believe it or not, there are a few not-so-chill ways to interact with them! At my first job, my editor and I were pretty close in age and she happened to be really cool, so naturally we became friends. As fun as it was working with my friend, it was also pretty f*cking awkward when she had to reprimand me for doing something wrong. Like, are we still going out for drinks later or are we in a fight because you fully yelled at me just now?
Having a friendly rapport with your manager is great, but I'd be careful about being legit friends with them. It just confuses the hierarchy and can ultimately ruin your friendship, which in turn will make going to work suck. Keep a respectable distance between you two so that you can f*ck around a little at work, but it won't be totally uncomfortable if and when sh*t hits the fan.
3. How To Stand Up For Yourself
When you're in an entry level position, you may feel like you're working for your grandparents because everyone is constantly reminding you that you're young and don't know how to do anything. As much as I didn't want to be the annoying millennial who was offended by everything, in some instances, you can and should stand up for yourself.
The terrible, horrible, no good, very bad world in which we live, sexual harassment is generally the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the phrases "entry level employee" and "stand up for yourself," and you definitely should. But there are plenty of low-level offenses we forget about and shouldn't let slide. Like, when you're working on a project and put 97% of your effort into it and then your sh*thead co-worker swoops in and spends a lousy five minutes doing the last 3% then turns the project in as if she did the whole damn thing. Nope!
Obviously, pick your battles wisely, but if something is going down that's legitimately making you upset, don't just bend over and take it. If you let these shenanigans go on for too long, you're basically telling your coworkers that it's totally cool if they f*ck with you forever. Is it? Is it cool?
4. Negotiating Is Allowed
I happened to be an intern at the company that ended up hiring me, so when my future editor pulled me into a conference room and offered me the position by writing my "salary" on a sticky note and asked if that's okay with me, I should have said, "No, it's not!" First of all, never accept a job on the spot; always take a few days to think about it and negotiate benefits and salary. The fact that the number was tragically low wasn't even the problem; I just didn't think to try to negotiate because I
'm dumb I had no sense of what a competitive salary in that industry even was. Go on Glassdoor to read other employees' reviews on the company and to see salaries to get an idea of whether or not you're being lowballed.
Generally, companies welcome negotiations. That doesn't always mean they will accept your final offer, but they will rarely just slap a number on the table and refuse to entertain any discussions. Don't be afraid to whip out your flea market negotiating skills, people.
5. Have A Career Development Plan
Look, I think five-year-plans are stupid. Sorry, but not really. Life is too unpredictable for a multi-year plan. Here's why: My five-year-plan involved staying in the South forever because #job, #friends, #boyfriend, but then my dad got cancer, so I moved to New York to be closer to home, and my five-year-plan imploded. Having a career development plan, however, is really smart. When you're a college senior getting job offers, you're usually so excited about getting paid that you don't even think about what's next because no more frat parties and pregamed dinners—sounds good enough for now! But knowing where you want to be professionally in the future can help you make better decisions in the future—especially because nothing looks sketchier on a resume than a slew of random jobs that have nothing to do with each other.
Instead of soul-searching for four months in your childhood bedroom because you just quit your first job and don't know what you want to do now, start thinking about that when you begin feeling like you want to leave your current job.
At the end of the day, it's easy to wish you had done things differently after you already did them wrong, so take this as an opportunity to learn so that every job you get after your first sh*tty one, is a good one.
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Work, life and balance? The memes say we can only pick two, and even that's hard to maintain at times. Like, going to work, having a social life, being caught up on every TV show, going to class at Barry's, and being mentally sane? As Cher Horowitz from Clueless once said, "As if!" Not so fast. Even though "having it all" might be something of a myth, because you can't have what you want all the time without some sacrifice, you can still find some semblance of it through proper work-life balance. Samantha Ettus, writer for Forbes and bestselling author of five books, has tips on how to actually do it.
So, WTF Is Work-Life Balance?
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Ettus describes work-life balance by explaining, "We talk about a scale, and for a scale to be in balance, you have to spend equal time at work and equal time at home. And if you have a thriving career, you're failing at that. So, you have no healthy framework for how to think about it." Most of us can't imagine spending equal time at home as we do at work—I mean, how would we make money, right? Wouldn't we get fired for like, not checking our work email constantly?? In short, no, you don't have to be in work mode all the time. You'll have to work at it, but you can work on improving your work-life balance.
How Can You Actually Find Work-Life Balance?
ate six slices of pizza for dinner. Feel like I finally accomplished something good in my life
— chey ♡ joong ? (@jngluvr) July 29, 2019
So now we're left wondering, how to achieve this elusive balance between work and life. Ettus says, "the most successful people are those who play in 7 slices of their lives. And that's what leads to fulfillment. It's not just doing two things really well, it's being part of 7 different areas." She explains, "Those areas are your health, your career, your family, your relationship (or your quest to find one), your friends, your hobbies, and your community." The only slices I've thought about making time for in my life are those in the form of pizza, so these seem quite daunting. But it doesn't have to be. Ettus advises, "it doesn't mean that you have to spend equal time in each of those slices, it just means that they should all exist in some way even if they're a sliver today. Just having them there helps you manage your life better."
How To Slice It
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Ettus says, "I think if you look at the seven slices and you have a commitment to make a goal for each of those slices, it really helps. So if you look at the friend slice and you're like, 'wow I haven't actually seen my good friends in a month,' that's gonna change the way you look at what's important: to have dinner with a friend every single week or to call a good friend on the way to work or whatever it is." Making goals is necessary in order to achieve them, which seems kind of obvious but still needs to be said. You have to take a realistic look at your life to assess what needs to change, and then implement those changes. Ettus also says, "Similarly, if you look at that slice in your life, and say, 'I want to be in a relationship but I haven't gone on a date in six months,' that's not good." She jokes, "Like, he or she is not gonna fall on your windshield on your way to work—you have to go find them. So, a lot of it is just being intentional about those slices and being intentional about being a part of all of those."
How Do You Actually Balance Work And Life?
I just wanna know what genius turned leftovers into "meal prep"
— IT'S KENNIE NOT THE DUMPLING BAO BABY (@KennieJD) July 26, 2019
Just like anything important in your life, Ettus says, "a lot of it is preparation. Things will happen unexpectedly every day. So, for example, I am a big believer in the night before. The night before you want to pick out your outfits so you're not having a wardrobe crisis the next day. The night before you want to pack your bags. So I always stick a Premier Protein Shake in my bag just so I'm gonna make a healthy choice when I'm having a really crazy morning the next day." Remember when we used to do this in middle school? You'd lay out your outfit the night before school and your lunch would be packed and ready to go in the fridge? Why did we stop? Ettus says, "no matter what, you're probably going to wake up and something unexpected is going to happen. A meeting canceled, or someone is sick or something happens, there's a work crisis, something you didn't anticipate. So the more prepared you are, the easier it is to deal with that kind of bump in the road." There are always emergencies (no matter how big or small) that can crop up, but you can't let that derail your entire day.
Why Are We Suddenly Struggling To Maintain Work-Life Balance?
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Ettus surmises, "I think that it used to be that we could rely on our companies to give us work-life balance because we had a 9 to 5 schedule and that was it. And today, if you left work at 5 o'clock and didn't check your email until the morning, your industry might've changed or you might've been fired." Yikes. Ettus suggests, "instead it's up to us to create our own boundaries, and if you're waiting for other people to create those boundaries for you, you're never gonna live a happy life."
Can You Have It All?
Ever since the days of High School Musical 3, we've been taught to always "Want It All." But is that really doable? Ettus says, "The way it's always presented in the media is you can't have it all: you can't have a great career and a great home life. And I completely disagree with that. I think it's just about setting boundaries. I've worked with thousands of women at this point, and the happiest and most fulfilled are those who maintained a career in some way, throughout all the stages of their life." So, yes, she does think it's possible to have a career, have a family, and be able to juggle the two. Just refer to those slices and make sure you're divvying things up in a way that brings you fulfillment.
Be Present And Eliminate Guilt
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So how do you actually get the balance part? It all comes down to guilt, Ettus says. Guilt can disrupt your sense of fulfillment at work and at home. She says, "At the end of the day, when you are focused and doing the best you can wherever you are, it eliminates a lot of the guilt. So if you know you're at work, you're totally present, you're giving it 100%, you're not gonna go home and then feel guilty that you didn't do a good job. If you're at home and you're totally engaged with your family or your friends or your boyfriend or whatever it is, you're not feeling guilty because you know you gave them the best of yourself. So part of it is just giving the best wherever you are and that eliminates a lot of the guilt."
Taking a break from technology is another way to be more present. Ettus says, "One of the things that's really important is to have two to three hours that are tech free every day, whether you're reading a book, doing sudoku, whatever it is. Even just the presence of the phone on the table takes away the meaningful conversation. When there's a phone on the table, the conversation is less deep because people always fear an interruption. It just gives you that anxiety." So if one of your friends gets mad at you for not answering her, just explain to her that you and your phone were on a break!
Good Vibes Only
It's written on every gas station T-shirt, but for good reason. Ettus says, "You want to spend time around positive people, and the people that are really genuinely happy for you when things are going well in your life. And there's a lot of people that kind of gather around us when things aren't going well but then when things are going well, they're sort of envious." She adds, "I'm also a big believer in that the grass is not greener. If you envy someone else's relationship, or their body, or their money, or something like that, there's always some other story that you don't know. Every single person struggles with something, so you're much better off just trying to figure out how to live your best life given what you have, not envying other people's lives." Lastly, she insists, "It's just better not to think about other people, and think about how you can live the best life you can."
Ettus believes that a lot of times when people are unhappy at work, they blame their job first and foremost and look for a new job right away, instead of evaluating what other areas of their lives they are neglecting. So, if you think you need a new gig, maybe try taking a look at your seven slices first and examining if your work-life balance is to blame for your unhappiness.
Samantha Ettus is a national bestselling author of five books, and the founder and CEO of Park Place Payments, a payment processing company focused on women's financial independence. Since earning her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard, Sam has devoted her career to advancing and supporting women in the pursuit of their dreams. Sam's most recent book is The Pie Life: A Guilt-Free Recipe for Success and Satisfaction. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children.
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Late 20s culture is many things: your friends all getting married when you can't even get a second date, your idea of cooking beginning and ending with boiling water to make pasta, and wondering at what age you officially have to start making your own doctors appointments. But probably the biggest aspect of late 20s culture is being stressed. Stressed about dating, stressed about work, stressed about the fact that our planet might be beyond repair and we may all die very soon in the real-life incarnation of 28 Days Later. And it's no wonder we're all stressed about work: college tuition has more than doubled since the 1980s, leaving many millennials saddled with debt ($17,126 per graduate who took out loans) that nearly half say wasn't worth it. On top of that, millennials are underemployed, comprising 52% of hourly low-wage employees (yet about 61% attended college). More than half of millennials have a side hustle. Given all that information, it's safe to say that we as a generation spend a lot of time thinking (worrying) about employment and money. So it should be no surprised that "burnout", a syndrome that results from chronic workplace stress, is not only an official term, but now an actual medical condition, according to the World Health Organization.
Late 20s culture is calling yourself an alcoholic who will never find love, but getting low-key offended when people tag you in memes about binge drinking and being alone forever
— sarafcarter (@sarafcarter) May 9, 2019
Do you feel that? That's probably a weight getting lifted off your shoulders now that there's an actual term for the crushing pressure you've been feeling for years. Or maybe that's just me.
So, first of all, the fact that the WHO classified burnout as a real medical condition is a pretty big deal. Many look to the WHO for guidance, and since they included burnout in their latest handbook for recognized medical conditions (called the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health), it gives legitimacy to people who experience burnout. Think of it this way: the next time I cry to my dad about being overworked at my job
(when really I'm just having a bad Adderall comedown), and he tells me that I need to do something to manage my stress, I can be like, "look, I have an actual medical condition and it's not just stress".
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In other words, if you are actually experiencing burn-out, it's important that the actual condition is recognized by the WHO so people don't dismiss you as just being "stressed" or "tired" or "on your period". Because, first of all, burnout only refers to the concept in the occupational context, so like, going on too many dates and being tired of searching for a romantic partner doesn't qualify as burnout in the medical sense. It also has three qualifications to meet the definition:
1) Feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion,
2) Increased mental distance from one's job, or feelings of negativism or cynicism related to one's job, or
3) Reduced professional efficacy
Cool, so I am like, 99% positive that I suffer from burnout right now. Or at least, that I have definitely suffered from it in the past (I go through those symptoms in waves). So the question is: What do I (or you, since you are reading this article) do about it?
In short, nothing really, right now. In theory, you could go to the doctor and get diagnosed with burnout (ruling out other similarly manifesting conditions, such as adjustment disorder, anxiety, or depression, The Cut notes). But then what? Can I use that to request extended time off, like would it qualify under short-term disability coverage? Can I get a Xanax prescription for it? (Kidding.)
Of course, burnout being classified as a medical condition by the WHO is a good thing, especially since, as the last two symptoms imply, it is bad for employers as well as employees. That might be the only way to get employers to actually care—to make it clear that overworking their employees can affect their own bottom line. It remains to be seen just what the impact will be of burnout being recognized as a medical condition, but, much like Instagram removing like counts, it's better than nothing, and fixing our overly demanding corporate culture has to start somewhere.
Do you ever put a bullshit task on your to-do list just so you can feel like you accomplished something? Like "empty out trash folder" is not an accomplishment but it's where I'm at today
— Betches (@betchesluvthis) March 15, 2019
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Writing emails at work is probably one of those things you do every day without even thinking about it. Yet, if you've ever had a coworker say something embarrassing on an accidental "reply all", you can quickly be reminded that the everyday act of emailing can quickly end your career.
Professional emails can be serious business. As much as you might want to fill your email with gifs, memes, and anything that reminds your office that yes, you are a millennial, having a job also means to need to show some sort of resemblance of professionalism. (If only your coworkers saw what you are planning on wearing to Coachella.)
Now, all office cultures are certainly different. I still believe that as a whole, if us boss betches want to be taken seriously (which we do, and we should be), we NEED to stay professional at work. I'm not saying don't get a little loosey-goosey at your company's holiday party. Go to town. Do some karaoke with your CEO at a happy hour. I support you.
But all in all, we should follow some basic rules to work emails. Here are five things you should never put in a professional email.
1. Abbrevs
I have a problem where I abbreviate literally everything in my life. Just ask my boyfriend. He can hardly understand what I'm saying.
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At work, limit those amazing abbreviations that keep your hands from getting carpal tunnel to a minimum. Your boss probably isn't writing you notes that say, "SOS, TBH I need HH", so you shouldn't either. Write for the job you want, not the job you have, amiright!?
2. Sh*t Tons of Exclamation Points
I'll be totally honest, my text messages to my friends look like I am yelling at all times. I use more exclamation points and emojis than I can count. What can I say, I am an excitable person.
But at work, keep your exclamations to a minimum. It comes off junior and unprofessional. It may seem totally foreign to literally put a period at the end of a sentence (because if we texted, "Okay." everyone would think we were pissed), but it's the reality. If you do want to put an exclamation point in an email, because it's something REALLY exciting, put one. Just one.
3. Long-Winded Explanations
I heard the best piece of advice: pretend every email you write is being read on a phone. So fit your content into what someone could read in the screen of their phone.
If you have a lot to say, try holding a meeting. I know the idea of face-to-face communication is probably a horrifying suggestion at this point in our tech-savvy world, but do it. It'll make a huge difference. You'll lose any opportunity for miscommunication and probably get more done.
4. Gossip
Look, I love a little office gossip as much as the next person, but if you are going to talk sh*t at work…KEEP IT OUT OF WRITING. Even a ping.
I'm going to tell you a little secret. Most companies (not all, but a lot) will track your keystrokes. If you are using a work computer, they probably know all of the crap you are saying. So if you are complaining, writing an email (even to a friend) with something you wouldn't want your boss to read—don't do it. Go get a drink and tell your friends all your juicy news then.
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There's also the reply-all issue. Have you ever gotten an email about you, to you? I have. It f*cking sucks. But it's also unprofessional AF. Make your life easier and keep the gossip out of anything that can be read later on. You'll thank me later.
5. Negativity
Similar to gossip, your work email is not the place to complain to your boss, bitch about your job to your friend, or talk about how overworked you are. Remember that whole reply-all thing? Or the little keystroke monitoring? If you are in a company email, the company PROBABLY has access to your email. Don't put yourself at risk just because you are dying to complain.
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Although emails are something we are probably doing day in and day out, take these tips into consideration next time you are emailing at work. And if you don't believe me, just look at how your boss emails. Or your CEO. I want you all to be in their position one day, so stay profesh in emails, K?!


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Biddy Long Yulngarri South of Willowra, NT Australia, b. 1931
Biddy Long is a traditional woman bringing years of bush living and travelling to her painting. Her early life was with other Warlpiri on Mt Doreen cattle station when her family wasn't travelling around their lands. She has worked for many years teaching Warlpiri language and culture to children in the school's bilingual education program.
Her initial medium was ochre when painting onto the body for ceremonies, and she still practices this, as well as painting with acrylic onto canvas and linen. Biddy Long delights in the variations of acrylic colours now available to her. Her sister Lily Nungarrayi Jurrah/Hargraves was also a committed artist and they often painted together. She began painting in 1986 in Lajamanu after a TAFE course introduced the community to acrylic and canvas.
Biddy Long's paintings have been widely exhibited in Australia and are held in major national collections.
Biddy Long YulngarriBush Vine Dreaming - Ngalyipi Jukurrpa Yulngarri, 2019Acrylic on canvasH 120cm x W 90cm H 47.26" x W 35.45"
Biddy Long YulngarriPurrpalala, 2014Acrylic on canvas120 x 150 cm
47 1/4 x 59 1/8 inches
Biddy Long YulngarriWomen's Dreaming, 2014Acrylic on linen180 x 150 cm
70 7/8 x 59 1/8 inches
Colour from the Australian Desert30 Sep - 13 Nov 2021JGM Gallery presents 24 paintings, all vibrant acrylics on linen or canvas, by seven Aboriginal artists from the Warlpiri people in Australia's central desert region - some of the most...Read more
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Schizoid Bears – Dictator Of Silence
Free Music | Darkpsy, Forest | July 10, 2017 | Released by Forest Freaks | Posted by Basilisk
02 - Kito Visato (150 BPM)
03 - Analogue Woods (150 BPM)
04 - Man / Robot (150 BPM)
05 - Spacecake (152 BPM)
06 - Drop Out (150 BPM)
07 - Kuelveerstuk (150 BPM)
08 - Keep It In My Heart (152 BPM)
09 - Parabulock (150 BPM)
Dictator Of Silence is the long-awaited third solo release by Schizoid Bears, a collaboration between P.Tale and C.Monster, co-founders of the Mishko Dazhniai (Forest Freaks) crew from Lithuania. This album represents a truly unique forest style especially designed for exploring multidimensional inner spaces of the subconscious. Its deep, hypnotic atmospheres with twisted melodic leads and dark rolling beats will take you through the dreamy nocturnal landscapes of the sacred forests. Mastered by Tim Schuldt @ 4-CN studios. Artwork by Schizoid Bears.
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Unlike most releases from Forest Freaks, which I considerto be the BEST forest, I think this album is highly unambitious and boring. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it per se, but there was nothing that amazed me. 2.5/5
Lol it's 4/4 Psytrance music… what do you expect?
Well Judging from the first track, this is really well produced and a pleasure to listen to.
Been looking forward to a new release from Forest Freaks a while now, finally I get get to rest my ears to one. Thanks you <3
It is always good to hear the materials released by Forest Freaks. Thank you!!!
fuckin good … psy thanks to the forest bears !
Hmmm sweet sweet forest :]
@IcaRi I know it is, but have you heard other Forest Freaks releases? Almost every track in Under The Moss series and other Schizoid Bears releases has something unique about it. It may be just me, but this feels bland in comparison.
Thank You !!! very very very good work ! love this
i'm not a fan of the off beat melodies but everything else is great, i find the off beat distracting though.
@MrAnarchy I'm pretty sure this is on of those releases that feel much more different on the dance floor than other.
Thank u very much for this body vibration ! very long time that i resonate that high ;)
Simply brilliant as expected from Forest Freaks. Crank it up to 11, there´s noices everywhere.
forest freaqs for ever …love it ..killer one..analogue woods…feed me noise
massive tune! love it! magical! Keep it up <3
Very nice magic forest music! Thank you very much for this charming trip!
Absolutely magic masterpiece! Becoming a fan.
Hello. I incorporated two songs from this album into my video on Dailymotion, "Analogue Woods" and "Shimmy Ye."
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any comments. The link to the video is below. Thank you.
guys you are the best!
You cant be serious MrAnarchy… This is one of the most original forest albums in the last few years by far. These guys kick ass up and down the block all day long.
I used a script to download all releases tagged with darkpsy with a rating of 90% or higher, so I missed this one, even though Noctiphobia is one of my favorite albums I have downloaded from here. I agree with Sylphy, and this is way underrated! I like how there are no changes in the note of the bass in most songs.
Excellent dark goa album, all tracks selected for support on PsyStoned
This is an absolutely wonderful album. Not a dull spot to be found. I enjoyed this music on an intense level. Thank you for it.


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Dickinson protests tax tribunal appointment
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Board has adopted a resolution calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to withdraw her nomination returning Victoria Enyart to the Michigan Tax Tribunal or for the state senate to reject it.
Similar measures have been approved by a growing number of municipalities concerned about Enyart's acceptance of the "dark store" theory of property appraisal in place of standard assessment methods.
The tribunal is an administrative court that hears tax appeals for all Michigan taxes, although most of the appeals involve property taxes. Under the dark store method, a property can be valued as though it were vacant or "dark," with the owners arguing it cannot be easily resold.
The county's resolution cites Enyart's application of the dark store theory in numerous cases, most notably in an appeal by Menards against the city of Escanaba.
In a May decision that followed a lengthy court battle, the tribunal set the taxable value of a Menards store in Escanaba at $2.5 million, while the city in 2012 had set it at $4.3 million.
"Victoria Enyart has no legal training or background, is not competent to render decisions on Michigan law and is, historically, among the most frequently reversed members ever to be appointed to the tax tribunal," the resolution states.
Whitmer on Aug. 14 announced Enyart's reappointment to represent certified level IV assessors on the tribunal for a term expiring June 30, 2024. Enyart, of Jackson, is a level IV master assessing officer and certified general real estate appraiser. She previously was equalization director for Jackson County and city assessor for the cities of Mount Pleasant and Ann Arbor. She has 15 years of experience on the panel, having been appointed by three other governors.
State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, is seeking a hearing on Enyart's reappointment, which is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Dark store rulings have starved Upper Peninsula communities of vital tax revenues, McBroom said.
In support of the resolution, Commissioner Kevin Pirlot said Enyart has made "disastrous rulings against local units of government."
In other action Monday, the county board:
— Appointed James Danielson to the Northpointe Board for a partial term expiring March 31, 2021; Mary Van Oss to the Dickinson County Planning Commission for a partial term expiring Feb. 28, 2023; Katy Driscoll to the Department of Human Services Board for a three-year term expiring Oct. 31, 2023; Denny Olson to the Veterans Affairs Committee for a four-year term to expire Dec. 31, 2024; and Robert Lundholm to the Dickinson County Library Board for a five-year term to expire Dec. 31, 2025.
— Noted that several vacancies remain on the planning commission, with information available at http://www.dickinsoncountymi.gov/.
— Approved County Clerk-Register of Deeds Dolly Cook's request for a department wage study of her office. The cost of the third-party review will be about $2,200, with job descriptions and pay classifications to be recommended. MGT Consulting Group of Bay City recently did a similar review of district court positions.
— Authorized, in a 4-1 vote, a request from District Court Judge Julie LaCost to start the new court clerk-deputy magistrate at a pay rate representing one year's experience, or $20.863 per hour, instead of the starting pay rate of $19.179. The employee, Susan Ellis, previously worked nine years in the sheriff's office as administrative assistant/bookkeeper, reaching the top of her pay grade and coming highly recommended, LaCost said. Commissioner Joe Stevens voted no, saying it might send the wrong message to other departments. Commissioner John Degenaer Jr. spoke in favor, saying it has been done in the past, even for some employees lacking county experience.
— Learned from Degenaer that a drive-through carnival food event at the Norway fairgrounds Labor Day weekend netted about $5,000 to $6,000 for the county fair, which was mostly canceled by the pandemic. A horse pull drew about $1,300 in admissions, while 4-H youth garnered roughly $96,000 from livestock auction sales.
— Heard Stevens compliment organizers of the Crafty Flea Market on Saturday at Lake Antoine, a benefit for Lake Antoine Park Partners and Newspapers in Education. Despite it being a rainy day, the event was a success, he said.


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Strong Home Stand for Storm
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - The home stand began with a shutout, continued with a three-game sweep of the Stockton Ports, and concluded with the Storm going 5-2 and improving to a .500 record.The home stand began on a Tuesday night, with Cal Quantrill tossing six shutout innings to pace the
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - The home stand began with a shutout, continued with a three-game sweep of the Stockton Ports, and concluded with the Storm going 5-2 and improving to a .500 record.
The home stand began on a Tuesday night, with
The following night ended with the Storm's sixth walk-off win of the early season, thanks to the heroics of shortstop Javier Guerra.
Each team broke the run column early, posting two runs apiece through the first frame. Runs would be traded through the sixth, where it remained 4-4 until the eleventh inning.
The Ports would take the lead in the eleventh, which many might have thought would have been enough considering the Storm's sputtering offense to that point.
Comebacks and dramatic wins at The Diamond have been the early theme for the 2017 Storm, however, and this game would be no different.
With a pair of Storm base runners on and one out, Guerra connected for a three-run walk-off home run that got out of the ballpark in a hurry. To be exact, he hit that ball 107-mph off the bat for a home run that traveled an estimated 367-ft.
Guerra ended the night with 5 RBIs, while
The brooms would be out Thursday night for the Lake Elsinore sweep, as the Storm beat Stockton 6-3 to improve to .500 for the first time since the beginning of April.
The Storm scored five runs in the first five innings and didn't look back. The Ports put up all three of their runs in the fourth to take a very brief lead, but their offense would stall thanks to solid efforts from
France and
The Storm would welcome the Modesto Nuts to town on Friday night with a 5-1 win in front of over 5,300 fans celebrating Harry Potter Night. A 2-1 lead late would turn into a 5-1 final when the Storm pushed across three runs in the bottom of the eighth to make things a little more comfortable for
Left-handed pitcher
The bullpen, once again, did its job, with
The Nuts would even the series on Saturday in a 2-1 ball game that would only take about two and a half hours.
Naylor and Guerra would each tally a pair of hits while Gettys would score Moreno for the only Storm run of the night.
Mother's Day ended in a Storm 7-5 win thanks to timely hitting and costly fielding miscues by the Nuts.
Modesto held a 3-2 lead into the sixth, until the Storm pushed across four runs in the bottom of the frame.
A wild pitch would score Giron and the Storm would tack on another run in the bottom of the eighth. Three Nuts doubles would put Modesto in a situation to tie the game with two outs and Joey Curletta at the plate, but Frank would get Curletta swinging to seal the victory.
The Nuts would end the series in a 2-2 split, however, taking the final game of the series from the Storm, 4-3.
Early runs made the difference as Modesto forced five walks out of Quantrill in his four innings of work while making him throw 85 pitches.
The Nuts scored a pair in the top of the second before the Storm would immediately tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. That would be all for the Lake Elsinore offense, though, as Modesto would tack on a run in the third and another in the eighth.
Allen connected for a one-out home run over the 36-ft high wall in right field in the bottom of the ninth to spark some hope into the Lake Elsinore faithful. Guerra immediately followed with an infield single that ricocheted off the Nuts pitcher's leg and Giron lined a single to center field. The rally would end there, however, as the Storm would come up just short, but end the seven-game home stand 5-2.
They now head on the road for a three-game series at Rancho Cucamonga before a three-game series at Stockton. The Storm will return to the Diamond for a seven-game home stand against Inland Empire and Visalia beginning May 23.


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Windows 10 May 2019 update gets a few fixes in a new cumulative update
The latest cumulative update for devices running Windows 10 version 1903 is available.
What you need to know
- A new cumulative update is now available for devices running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update.
- This update pushes the build number to 18362.329.
- The release helps Win32 apps work better with Windows Mixed Reality.
Microsoft pushed out a new cumulative update for devices running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update. As is the case with all cumulative releases, it doesn't contain any new features. Instead, it brings bug fixes and corrects issues present in previous builds.
This update has a relatively short list of highlights. The new build "Improves the user experience and app compatibility so that more Win32 apps will work with Windows Mixed Reality" according to the Microsoft support page (opens in new tab) breaking down all of the changes in the build. It also addresses issues with Spatial Audio, downloading copyrighted material through Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer, and the cursor not appearing when you select a text input box using touch.
Below is the list of all fixes and addressed issues.
- Addresses an issue that displays a black screen when you use Remote Desktop to connect to a machine running Windows 10, version 1903.
- Addresses an issue that may prevent the Windows Sandbox from starting with the error, "ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (0x80070002)." This occurs on devices in which the operating system language is changed during the update process when installing Windows 10, version 1903.
- Increases the number of supported interrupts per device to 512 on systems that have x2APIC enabled.
- Addresses an issue that prevents some Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices from being used for Next Generation Credentials.
- Addresses an issue that causes a workstation to stop working when you sign in using an updated user principal name (UPN) (for example, changing firstname.lastname@example.com to firstname.lastname@example.com).
- Addresses an issue that prevents Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) from running automated forensic data collection when using registry-based proxy configuration.
- Addresses an issue that prevents Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) from sending cyberspace events for paths beginning with \tsclient.
- Addresses a possible compatibility issue when Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) accesses case-sensitive Server Message Block (SMB) shares.
- Addresses a rare issue that occurs when the mssecflt.sys driver takes too much space on the kernel stack. This results in the error, "STOP 0x7F: UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP", and Parameter 1 is set to "EXCEPTION_DOUBLE_FAULT."
- Addresses an issue that leads to excessive memory utilization in Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP).
- Improves the detection accuracy of Microsoft Defender ATP Threat & Vulnerability Management.
- Addresses an issue in which Windows Defender Application Control will not allow third-party binaries to be loaded from a Universal Windows Platform application. CodeIntegrity event error 3033 appears as, "Code Integrity determined that a process ( [[ process name ]] ) attempted to load [[ binary name ]] that did not meet the Store signing level requirements."
- Addresses an issue that causes devices to have truncated device names when Autopilot provisioning automatically assigns a name to them.
- Addresses an issue in which the product description of Windows Server 2019 was incorrect when queried using slmgr /dlv.
- Addresses an issue that causes the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class Win32_PhysicalMemory to report that 32 GB memory chips have a missing Capacity value.
- Addresses an issue that prevents you from copying and pasting compound documents (formerly OLE objects) between an application that hosts the RichEdit control and other applications.
- Addresses an issue that prevents certain games from leveraging Spatial Audio capabilities.
- Addresses an issue that fails to provide a cursor when you select a text input element using touch.
- Addresses an issue that may cause the name of an unsupported application to appear as default text, such as "ms-resource:AppName/Text" in the Start menu after upgrading the operating system.
- Addresses an issue that may prevent the personal identification number (PIN) prompt from appearing when authenticating in Internet Explorer.
- Addresses an issue with downloading digital rights management (DRM) files from certain websites using Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
- Improves the user experience and app compatibility so that more Win32 apps will work with Windows Mixed Reality.
- Addresses an issue with LdapPermissiveModify requests, which fail to make Active Directory (AD) group membership changes if the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client uses the Security Identifier (SID) syntax. In this scenario, Active Directory returns a "SUCCESS" status even though the change did not occur.
- Addresses an issue that may prevent devices from starting when they start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). The error is, "Status: 0xc0000001, Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed."
- Addresses an issue that may prevent devices from starting up or cause them to continue restarting if they are connected to a domain that is configured to use MIT Kerberos realms. Domain controllers and domain members are both affected.
- Addresses an issue that may cause the following to stop responding:
- Applications that were made using Visual Basic 6 (VB6).
- Macros that use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
- Scripts or apps that use Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).
If you're running the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, you can grab these fixes now via Windows Update. Manual updates are also available through the Microsoft Update Catalog (opens in new tab).
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Installed yesterday, multi touch and Surface Pen stopped to work. I heard to reset the surface. After the reset I lost the default start tiles and all the store apps.
Windows 10 is a MESS, and Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves! Just last week, my PC just randomly started displaying a black screen after I signed in to Windows 10 (and, I'm NOT using a remote desktop). Only the cursor was visible, along with a pop up error message stating there's a problem with my Microsoft Account (been getting that for a while, now); I could move the cursor around, but anytime I tried to click anywhere, I'd get the Windows 10 default error sound. The only way I could get my desktop to appear would be to press Ctrl+Windows+Shift+B, which apparently resets the display adapter. I finally seem to have fixed that last night by downloading & installing the latest Nvidia driver for my GTX 1070 GPU. Another MADDENING problem I have is that I somehow lost the Windows Hello PIN I used to be able to sign-in with, and I can't set it up again because when I try, a solid, blank all gray box opens up, with no text or anything else inside it, and then it disappears after several seconds. This forces me to have to use my long Microsoft Account password, which has numbers in it, and the Num Lock is randomly on or off when I first turn my PC on - it's not always on it always off, and because of that, I type my password incorrectly 50% of the time!
Same here. Upon butting, the PC starts with error sound as if the keyboard buttons are pressed down. This is before this current cumulative update. I don't really know what is happening.
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