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This time around I wanted to talk about some dimensions of controlling powers. And I'm not talking just Powers For Controllers, but powers that Control. Coming from a background of heavy Magic: The Gathering playing, I can't help but make a connection to classic M:TG Control elements when looking at 4e. Controller classes are not exclusively the ones who do control in my view, rather there are a lot of other classes that have secondary controller natures, and many classes who have a power here or there you'd consider control-worthy despite not being controllers.
You can extend even that Defenders do a narrow but really effective form of controlling by removing options from enemies.
I feel that, in a way, Control is embedded into many things in 4e, not just Controllers. So I think understanding control can help homebrewers develop cool powers and help DMs to create cool monsters. I want to talk about what I see as two very important elements of controlling powers that affect very opposite extremes of the game – outside the board, and on the board.
One of the big challenges of writing a control power is that it is really ambiguous what a control power IS, who should get it, and what damage it should have. Generally control powers deal low damage and have a weird effect, but not always. If you look at these different types of controlling effects, you can get a feel for adjusting those concerns, I believe.
Off The Grid: Psychological Effects
A psychological controlling effect allows you to indirectly guide the actions of the enemy by the decisions you lead them to make. This is different from inflicting a condition because conditions often outright deny your opponent choices. Psychological effects, instead, give the opponent some mostly unencumbered bad choices (circumstances willing) and they have to decide which is the least damning course of action.
For example: take a power that deals damage to an opponent if it shifts during its next turn. This is a classic sort of psychological effect that puts pressure on the creature. If it is beside an enemy, it will have to stay there to get battered, or it will have to shift and take the damage, or it will have to move away without shifting and provoke an opportunity attack. If the creature is out in the open with nothing to threaten it, then the choice is much easier.
How about having an opponent suffer a condition if it attacks one of your allies? It already greatly loses a choice there, but if it attacks, it suffers outright choice denial by being immobilized or dazed or something.
There's also other condition/psychological combos. For example, let's say a power slows an opponent. Slow is a pretty generally weak condition, all told. Then comes the choice – it can remove the Slow effect as a free action on its turn by taking an appropriate amount of d6s. Let's say this is the heroic tier, so about 2d6. Either the creature damages itself or remains slowed. This is often times how Psychological Effects help controllers rack up damage that puts them on par with other classes. If your power starts off dealing 1d6, that's rather puny. But if it dazes an opponent unless it takes 2d6 more, it's trading higher damage for a condition, giving a versatile, but psychological, power.
Marks kind of fall here too – but the one that falls most squarely is the Paladin's Divine Challenge. It's pretty on par with the rest – either you attack the Paladin or you take damage. Both choices are pretty bad for the typical monster.
What do you set the damage as, for these? The initial damage should be lower than average – weak if you will – but that is to leave room for bad choices. The bad choice damage should be pretty significant, enough to elevate the power to the level of the stronger damage powers, since the opponent doesn't have to take it. If the bad choice is a condition, depending on the condition, the initial damage should be about average to make up for there being no damage later.
The choices will be what decides what Role these powers cover. They are very versatile, and can be made for practically any role. Ex. A Leader could force a creature to choose between losing an action (or taking a subpar action) or giving an ally a buff.
On The Grid: Battlefield Control Effects
These are attacks that alter the board condition in very perceivable ways. Forced movement is the smaller form of these that almost everyone has – Zones are the culmination of this, essentially layering a "no-man's land" over a piece of the field and either restricting movement or even indirectly forcing movement (nobody will want to stay in the zone if it means taking damage over and over or being dazed, so you're effectively pushing them out of it).
There's in my opinion two big kind of Zone effects, under which you can classify all the other ones. There's "Superman" zones. While inside a Superman Zone, you become Superman. You can fly, you have Bullet Resistance 5, you can shoot laser beams. Then there's "Luthor" Zones. Inside a Luthor Zone, all your evil master plans can come true. Enemies get sucked in, or get dazed, or take loads of damage or some other detrimental condition as long as they stand where the X is marked.
Both kinds of zones have the seeming disadvantage that enemies will almost always immediately vacate the premises if they can. If an enemy leaves your Superman Zone, you can't leave with him. You'll lose your powers. If an enemy leaves your Lex Luthor Zone, your master plan is foiled. They're perfectly normal outside the Zone and you're stuck with a big carpet of uselessness. This is where those psychological effects come in handy, as they add a third layer of contention when within a Zone. Some Zones can also be moved around, so you can force your opponent to play on your field.
But maybe you want the enemy to move away?
The really good Zone powers have their Zone contained within an Effect line. This means even if the damage misses, the zone will be created anyway. Usually, zone powers are bursts, and the burst size determines the area of the zone. Daily powers with Zone effects are obviously the most effective, because the Zone can almost always be sustained, and sometimes even moved around (in case your master plans are almost foiled by a 5 foot step.)
The damage for a zone power depends on what it does. In a way, sometimes the attack and the zone are kind of separate. Do you care that there's a zone in Icy Terrain? Not as much, because the damaging part of the power knocks everyone in the burst prone. Since zones are usually bursts, they'll have less damage than normal powers anyway due to having area reach.
As for forced movement, there's not a lot to say. A lot of the times, they sort of tag along for free with other seemingly normal powers (damage and knock guy prone becomes damage and slide guy 1 square and knock guy prone) and at others you get normal-high damage and "push/slide/pull guy hella far." The advantages of getting to move people around are fairly easy to spot in any given situation.
On And Off The Grid: Conditions
Conditions are lauded as the important part of a controller. A lot of people go as far as to say that a controller that cannot Daze or Weaken or Stun is completely useless. I don't think so, personally, but you can see where someone comes from thinking that when you see what the conditions do. Conditions are powerful, straightforward ways of affecting enemies and can be tied to the board or to a psychological effect, or just dealt directly. Conditions are intrinsically control, because often you are trading damage for a tangible effect on your enemy's choices or board position.
As I see it, all conditions are useful in one way or another, and it's fun building a character with certain conditions and trying to get them to come into play. Min-maxers will nearly always avoid Slow for example, but I find it fun to push people around and then slow them so they can't get anywhere for a while. We still play this game for fun, don't we? I forgot.
We'll go from weakest to strongest with this one, and talk about the controller conditions most often dealt. Remember though – whether or not I think they're strong or weak doesn't invalidate them. Aside from Deafened, I think they all have their place.
Deafened: Defeaned is pretty pointless. It's only good use is in helping somebody who is using Stealth since it gives a hefty penalty to perception checks. It doesn't directly control anything. This is the weakest condition. It's also, thankfully, not very prevalent, and when it is, it doesn't seem to require any tradeoff – powers can just do a bunch of damage and deafen something.
Slowed: Slow…well, slows people down. The problem with slow is that often times, enemies will already be close or already be engaged when you slow them. Slow is sort of a good first round condition. If an enemy is far away and isolated, you can slow it and keep it down. But if it REALLY wants to get to you, it can spend its actions on running double moves to get to where it wants. So in a way, it's kind of a weak daze sometimes, but only if your enemy really needs to go somewhere and isn't there yet.
Immobilized: An immobilized character can't move. This is Slowed's daddy, whom Slowed wants to grow up to be. If a character is far away from the action, it's staying there. However, the character can still teleport, so that's something to watch out for. It has all the tactical uses of Slowed except getting characters to waste actions. However, it beats that by, when employed to its maximum effect, outright denying the creature its abilities to attack and pressure the board.
Restrained: The final evolution of movement negation is Restrained. The character is immobilized, but can't be forced to move, grants combat advantage and takes an attack roll penalty, thus rendering it weaker as well as hindering its ability to change positions on the board. This one is much less frequent than the others, but useful when you can get it. However, the stronger conditions all do more to cripple enemy attacks and defenses than does Restrained, even if it is good.
Weakened: This one, I feel, is tied with Dazed. Weakened helps your party become a lot more survivable. Where weakened shines though is with monsters. Players do LOTS of damage, and being Weakened cripples them more than it would a monster. Weakened can lead to grindy fights however – the Wraith for example both weakens things and is insubstantial, meaning it will often be taking 1/4 damage from its enemies. It can also regenerate. Still, it's useful for anybody.
Dazed: Ties with weakened, Dazed is the bread and butter action negation. You push the button and the target can only take one action on its turn, and it can't make opportunity attacks, can't take immediate actions and grants combat advantage. Dazed is pretty much a mini psychological effect, but it also reads "free combat advantage" and "everyone can get away from this guy now" and is quite crippling to defender-type characters and monsters who can no longer really threaten the board as much.
Blinded: Blinded is just outright "everything denial". Blinded creatures have enormous penalties to attacking and even to targeting anything and are left more vulnerable to attack as well. Though they can still take actions, those actions, unless they are to buff itself or heal itself, have nearly all their potential stripped from them. Blinded creatures can still get in a lucky shot, but this is hardly a bad mark on the condition.
Stunned: This is the big daddy. When you're Stunned, you can't take actions at all. You're a sitting duck, an inert piece on the game board for as long as you remain stunned. The tradeoff is that most things that stun deal low damage or are dailies, and they tend to either be high level, or make it hard on you to stun things (such as requiring multiple failed saving throws). When you have a power that stuns, it doesn't pretend to be anything more than that – it stuns. Except for some particularly dickish monsters who can deal huge damage AND stun you.
Aside from these, there's knocking prone, domination, penalties to stats, unconsciousness, and petrification (which happens so infrequently it hardly matters), helpless, and a few others. But I'm running out of space, and I think those are a bit easier to categorize and think about.


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I start by waking him up every day at the same time - 6:30 am. His first nap is around 9 am after a bottle - or a good breastfeed. Then I take him into his room , change his diaper, sit in the rocking chair and read him a book, darken his room and put him down. I do give him a little blankie he sucks on and I have to go in once it's quiet to take it because he drapes it over his face. If he doesn't sleep, I will wait a while and then go in and pretend he did sleep by saying "Oh, your awake from your nap!" and then open the blinds and bring him out. The he goes down for another nap around 1 pm after another good feed.
Just keep up with a schedule and routine and they will get it! Darken the room the best you can, put the nigh light and mobile on and leave the room. I find that the CIO method takes a good week and a half to work.
Actually the naps just sort of happened this week...but it was hell for the last 3 months trying to get him to sleep in there during the day. I think I spent a few weeks shuffling him from his crib to the swing to the car back to his crib ALL DAY LONG in hopes that he would catch a few mins of a nap! I had to teach him how to nap all over again...in his swing! Once he started getting a napping schedule down, I bit the bullet last weekend and said "That's it! I'm putting him in his crib for naps starting on Monday and I don't care if he sleeps or not!" And then he just slept! Maybe it was because I stopped worrying about it so much! They can read emotions you know!
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Updated: September 24, 2012 6:25AM
Tinley Park's park district voted against adding a third water slide to its White Water Canyon Water Park on Wednesday.
Park officials had been considering a project to build a new thrill ride at the five-acre outdoor swimming center, but decided to postpone its decision until it receives word on a grant with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources that would enable the district to move forward with plans of renovating its rec center.
That means that White Water Canyon, 8221 W. 171st St., won't be getting a new slide on its grounds — at least not by next summer. The slide was budgeted to cost about $375,000, but park officials estimated the expense at closer to $300,000.
"We weren't sure, with the economy the way it is, if right now is the time we wanted to be spending $300,000," facilities manager Karol Komar said.
The sought-after grant money, part of the Park and Recreational Facility Construction program, would allow the park district to make substantive additions to its Bettenhausen Recreation Center, which would include a new four-lane lap pool and teen center. More importantly, the district would move its fitness center from an aging facility across town and relocate it to the Bettenhausen site.
The rec center sits about 75 feet west of White Water Canyon, and according to Komar, district officials would rather wait until any possible grant money comes through so that both projects could be worked on simultaneously. In order to have the slide completed by opening day of the 2012 season, the district had to approve the project by June. But because of uncertainty with the grant money for the rec center, it decided to hold off on the water ride.
"We still want to put the slide up," Komar said.
White Water Canyon, one of the premier public water parks in the area, already boasts two slides, one requiring an inner tube and one which moves at a modest pace. The facility originally was designed to accommodate a third slide. Marketing manager Matt Libs said the new slide would not require an inner tube and would be faster and scarier, hopefully becoming an attractive ride for teens. Libs said the slide would be placed in between the two existing slides to fit like a jigsaw puzzle piece.
The project would bring a new wrinkle to the 10-year-old aquatics center, which had a record season last summer, attracting about 10,000 patrons.
Komar said money for the slide would be saved to build the slide later.
White Water Canyon opens June 4.


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Free Weekly Photos for DesignPosted November 5th, 2014 @ 7:33 AM by | | Print
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If you're on Pinterest, you've probably seen an abundance of photos with text overlaid on top. You'll oftentimes see Scripture and quotes written on top of a photo. Within the past couple of years, this process for sharing text has become more and more prominent… because we're visual people! See a view examples below.
But, why is this important for those of us serving in ministry? Using photos can give us a larger audience when it comes to encouraging our women and promoting events. Whether you're sharing a blog or making an announcement, using a photo will multiply your audience.
For example, did you know if you share a photo on Facebook it will be seen by more people than if you simply share a quote or a link? And, your click rate will be higher if you add a photo to your blog post.
Next time you're promoting your event, consider adding the event information on top of a photo. If you need an easy program to do so, we recommend PicMonkey. This free online resource allows makes simple photo editing and makes adding text to photos incredibly easy.
Here's the challenging part: finding the right photo on which to add text.
Some photos are too busy to allow the text to be readable. I've found that it's important for me to keep a growing file of photos that I can pull from when I'm looking for a background. It's important to find royalty free photos.
Receive weekly photos to your inbox with StockVault.net. This free resource sends photos each week to your email, and if you think they might be helpful for design down the road, simply add them to your file.
The larger your file, the easier it will be to design a photo for your next event, blog post, or encouragement. I've found that looking through my file will oftentimes give me the inspiration I need to design an image.
Subscribe to StockVault.net emails, and you might just find yourself inspired too!
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The Easiest Way to Write To-Do ListsPosted April 15th, 2014 @ 7:35 AM by | | Print
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I'm a to-do list maker. I write out what I have to do for work, I jot down my shopping list, and I make lists of goals and never-really-going-to-happen projects. After I finish, I need a list of my lists!
For most of us, our lives have multiple projects going on simultaneously. Along with work, our ministries, families, and friends require a lot from us. Keeping everything straight and getting everything done can be challenging.
I recently started using the program Nozbe to capture all of my to-do's. The best part of digital system is the ability to manage many different projects all within in one larger list. It's easy, too.
Here's how it works:
Create Projects
Some of my lists include projects for my work, a list of household to-do's (bills to pay, returns to make, etc), and a list I call "Someday-Maybe" – a list of things I want to remember next time I have some extra time.
Add Tasks
Within each project, you can add tasks. Nozbe makes it easy to quickly add the specific steps for each project. For example, in my life project, I have a list of calls I need to make and specific appointments to make.
Track Due Dates
On each task, you can note when the project is due. Also, you can specify if the project is reoccurring. This option is helpful for work, as I do certain tasks each week, and Nozbe adds these tasks each week to my list. Also Nozbe can remind you of tasks that only surface every few months (e.g. oil changed, quarterly newsletter, etc).
Check 'em Off
I bet we're all guilty of adding something to our to-do list just to cross it off, right? When you complete a task with Nozbe, you get the joy of checking it off and seeing the task archived.
There are countless other ways to utilize Nozbe by adding tags, context, and utilizing the mobile app. But, the important thing is having one consistent place to capture all of your tasks.
Try the free version of Nozbe here. You can set up your new to-do lists in minutes!
Question: How do you manage your to-do lists?
You Can Do Graphic DesignPosted March 3rd, 2014 @ 11:47 AM by | | Print
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I don't have a graphic design background, but I do know images are important for grabbing viewers' attention. Having an image is helpful and in many cases essential to promoting events and sharing information. Spending just a few minutes on Facebook or Pinterest will confirm that we consume a large portion of information through images.
However, many of us don't have a graphic designer on staff for our ministries and we may not be familiar with programs like Photoshop. Photoshop is a great program to create images, but it can be challenging to navigate.
Let me introduce you to PicMonkey. This free online resource allows you to do simple photo editing and makes adding text to photos incredibly easy. There is no download. You simply use their website to edit your pictures.
For example, if you're promoting your upcoming women's retreat, you could share a photo from last year and overlay the date, time, and other registration information on top of the photo. Or, when you share a blog post, you could put the title of the blog post over a photo to draw attention. The photo on the left was created just for that purpose; it used in a blog post.
PicMonkey is easy to learn and the free version offers many options to customize photos, create collages, and add text.
Question: How do you create visuals to promote your events?
Simplify Your Registration Payment ProcessPosted January 28th, 2014 @ 9:44 AM by | | Print
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I rarely carry cash in my wallet. Instead, I daily use my debit card. How about you?
Over the past few years, there has been a transition toward using credit and debit cards instead of cash. So, one question we should consider in our ministries is, how should we accept payment for events? Our goal is always to make it convenient for others to register and participate.
Accepting debit and credit card payments for events, registration, and fundraisers used to require a credit card machine, and if you've used one, you know credit card machines can be fickle. Anyone ever battled a paper receipt roll? They're not friendly!
Our ministry has transitioned to taking payment with a Square Register. We use the Square at the registration table at our events and at our book and product tables.
The Square Register functions like a regular card reader and accepts payments through an Apple iOs or Android device. The payments are processed and deposited into your account within 1-2 days.
The Square Register is small, easy to transport and plugs into the headphone jack on a smart phone or tablet.
To receive payment, simply enter the payment amount, swipe the credit/debit card, and get the customer's signature (done so with customer's finger). An optional receipt can be sent via text or email.
There is a flat rate of 2.75% for all received payments, and there are no monthly fees.
As you plan the registration process and product sales for your upcoming event, consider how you can make the process smooth and most convenient for the women in your ministry. Perhaps it's time to evaluate how you accept payment. You can read more about setting up the Square Register here.
Question: How do you accept payment at your events?
How to Edit Collaboratively Without the StressPosted December 30th, 2013 @ 7:38 AM by | | Print
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It's time to put the finishing touches on your year-end newsletter. You've spent weeks compiling stories, updates, and event reports to send to your women's ministry. Since the newsletter is a highlight for the women, you email your working draft to several women to hear their feedback and see what edits they'd recommend. You want to ensure you included the highlights as well as have a few extra eyes watch for typos.
Seems like a good plan, right?
Each woman reads the newsletter, has lots of feedback, ideas, and edits, and they make the changes, attach the document to the email and send it back to you. All of the sudden, you have 5 different drafts of the same document, and comparing them is like an awful type of word puzzle. Talk about brain overload!
Can you relate? I'm sure you can.
In our ministry, our goal is to always have several people look over outgoing content. Sometimes we cannot see our own errors after working with our content for so long. A fresh perspective is always helpful. However, having so many hands in a project can complicate.
When collaborating on a project, Googledocs can help alleviate some of the confusion. Instead of emailing different drafts between the group, everyone can work on a single document and see the changes others are making.
We've found Googledocs simplifies – especially when our whole team doesn't work in the same office. Have you ever used Googledocs? If not, here's a quick introduction. All you need is a free google account to get started.
We can always learn from the edits others make on our writing, and Googledocs collaboration feature allows editing to be done in an efficient way. Here's a Youtube video introducing how to collaborate using Googledocs:
Question: How do you handle editing and proofreading in your ministry?
Hiding Distractions … like the ChocolatePosted November 22nd, 2013 @ 12:12 PM by | | Print
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Here on the Women's Ministry blog I usually share with you resources and tools to help you as you serve in ministry. However, sometimes the best thing we can do is to close the apps, silence our phones, and put our gadgets away.
The very tools and applications that promise simplicity can sometimes create more clutter than peace.
This afternoon I'm taking time to evaluate the clutter in my life – and specifically the clutter on my phone. Here are a few questions I'm asking myself. Will you join me?
What notifications do you truly need?
Imagine working at your desk, and just as you begin your day, a coworker taps you on the shoulder. She shows you a picture of her family, which you're happy to see. She leaves, and a few minutes later she comes back in your office and tells you about what she saw on the news. She leaves and you get back to work until she interrupts again to tell you about her evening plans. You enjoy your friend and like her updates, but with her constant interruption, you aren't able to get anything done!
Alerts on our phones are like that persistent co-worker who just wants to chat. While you might enjoy the notifications and the information, is the information worth the constant interruption? Consider the alerts that interrupt you throughout your day. Can you turn off news and weather alerts? Do you really need email notifications? Can you silence GroupMe and prevent social media notifications from popping up throughout the day? What other interruptions can you minimize?
What applications do you truly need?
My favorite candy is chocolate covered orange peels. Have you ever had them? Oh goodness. They are so good that I cannot buy them, or I eat them all! It's just too tempting. Having social media applications on my phone is like setting my favorite chocolate in front of me and saying don't eat!
We don't want to be distracted by social media, but when we have constant access to it – be it on our phones or computers – we can find ourselves distracted. With social media glued to our hands in the form of our phones, it's as if social media is always asking for more attention.
After reading an article about the "Distraction Free Iphone," I deleted Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram from my phone. If needed, I can open the webpages in my browser, but the extra effort makes me aware of how I don't really need to be on Facebook. I had no idea how much time I wasted scrolling through the same old posts – instead of actually texting and calling friends and family directly.
Removing the applications from my phone is like hiding the chocolate! When I don't see it, it's so much easier to say no! Take a few minutes and consider what notifications and applications you need on your phone.
We can stretch our time, boost our energy, and increase our focus by minimizing distractions. This newfound time, energy, and focus can then be poured back into our ministry. If you don't want to eat the chocolate – hide it!
Question: Do you get distracted by your phone? How do you minimize distractions?
Free Album to Help You Memorize ScripturePosted November 7th, 2013 @ 2:01 PM by | | Print
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Have you ever wished memorizing Scripture could be as easy as memorizing your favorite song? I know I have! I pick up the lyrics to country songs much quicker than I am able to memorize Scripture. Many times I think I've finally memorized a passage, and then the next day, I have to start all over again. Can you relate?
Studies show that we are able to memorize words set to songs more quickly, and we retain those words longer than those we simply memorize. So, how about we sing Scripture?
Now, thanks to the Indelible Project, we can do just that – we can memorize Scripture by singing it! Indelible means "making marks that cannot be removed." When we memorize Scripture, we hide the Word of God in our hearts – and that's a mark that cannot be moved.
The Project sings the entire book of James in the ESV. You can download the songs for free via Noisetrade here or you can request a free CD directly from the Indelible Project.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in your richly…" Col. 3:16.
Question: What helps you memorize Scripture?
Avoid Walking in Circles with the iFly AppPosted October 24th, 2013 @ 1:49 PM by | | Print
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This weekend I spent several hours – actually more like 5 – in the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. Delayed flights on Sunday nights can really be the worst. Thankfully, I found myself a quiet restaurant, pulled out my computer, and was able to get some work done. I was able to make the most of the delay.
In the past, however, those 5 hours would have been painful! I could never seem to find those quiet, restaurants in the airport. I would settle for pre-packaged lunches to-go and then settle in for hours at crowded gates. Maybe you've done so too.
After one too many failed attempts at finding a good place to eat and rest, I started relying on the iFly Airport Guide app. The app describes itself as a guide for the "informed traveler." And really, being informed is what makes all the difference when traveling.
The app can be accessed offline, so while I'm still in the air I look through the easy to navigate airport maps to find restaurants, restrooms, and of course, coffee! Instead of walking in confused circles in the airport, I'm able to quickly find what I'm looking for. Especially during short layovers, this app saves coveted time. And, it definitely makes for a happier traveler! The app has details ranging down to the distance to your gate – no need to break a sweat unless you need to, right?
The iFly Pro version takes the "informed traveler" to a whole new level with real-time flight tracking information, gate locations, and provides a user-friendly way to manage your itineraries.
Download the free version of iFly here, and save yourself some energy next time you fly.
Question: What are your favorite travel apps?
How to Write an Effective EmailPosted October 7th, 2013 @ 12:42 PM by | | Print
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A few months ago, we talked about what to do with the email we receive. Bombarded with many emails a day, it's important to assign an action to each one. But, what about emails that require someone else to act? How do you write emails that are easy for other people to address?
Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders and InboxZero, writes about how email and productivity are closely linked. In his article, writing sensible email messages, he covers the most important bases.
1.) Why am I writing this?
2.) What exactly do I want the result of this message to be?
People get dozens of emails a day, and if we have a succinct answer to these questions, we'll be able to effectively communicate what actions we need the recipient to take.
Here are a few tips for writing an effective email:
Write a great subject line.
The subject line of your email is the most important part. Based on this short phrase, the recipient will choose to either open your email now, wait until later, or not at all. Consider beginning your messages with action-oriented words. These words jump directly to the purpose of the email.
"REQUEST: Send volunteer list."
"HELP: Bring chairs to multipurpose room for unloading."
"REMINDER: We will meet at 8PM tonight to prepare for the conference."
Don't hide the point of the message.
When we write, we either:
1.) Provide Information
2.) Request Information
3.) Request Action
In the topic sentence, clarify which of these three types of messages you are writing. Give just enough context to get started.
For example, note how the first sentence of this email states the purpose: "The multipurpose room is actually not available until 8PM on March 9. Please update the schedule and send to all volunteers so we may prep for the conference."
Stay Brief.
If you write a great topic sentence, consider how much additional context is needed. You'd be surprised. Follow a rule of one topic per email message. It will keep things actionable. If too many topics are covered in a single email, tasks are oftentimes lost.
Following these best practices helps us be efficient communicators and more effective leaders. By clarifying our purpose in writing, being actionable, brief, and direct, the likelihood of response and compliance increases greatly! And of course, always feel free to send a friendly followup email if you haven't received a response in a few days.
See more great tips on writing sensible email messages here.
Question: What helps you write effective emails?
Most Common Social Media MistakesPosted September 20th, 2013 @ 1:42 PM by | | Print
Using social media seems so simple on the surface. Post content, others see it, and that's all there is to it, right?
Actually, it's not always that simple. Some of our actions when posting hinder the effectiveness of our presence online.
Some of our posts are never seen by our intended audience, while others are seen so often that our audience feels overwhelmed and annoyed. If our goal with each post is to inform and encourage, then it's crucial we ensure our audience not only sees the posts in their feed, but also reads and finds the posts edifying.
The key is to share posts the right way and at the right time.
Buffer.com – a productivity blog – shares "7 of the Biggest Counterintuitive Social Media Mistakes You May be Making." Are you making any of the big mistakes?
One common mistake is publishing content as soon as it is written. The time of day you write a new blog post or finish a group invite isn't necessarily the time of day your audience is online. To receive the greatest response, share posts when others are online. This time varies depending on your audience. For example, I have found most people click links to my personal blog between 7-9 AM. Note when your posts receive the highest response, and share during those times.
Read the rest of the article here to see if you're maximizing your exposure online.
Question: What mistakes have you made?
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The site of the former Milford Mill Swim Club was sold at auction this week.
The 19-acre property reportedly sold for $775,000 on Thursday.
The 63-year-old swim club served as the backdrop for the popular John Waters movie "Cry-Baby."
The winning bidder told reporters that he plans to build a mosque on the property.
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The Body Project: School Program Measures Obesity Right Along With Grades
The Huffington Post visited the Norman Thomas High School in Manhattan to see how the BODY project works in real life. (Video by Hunter Stuart)
Walk into just about any public high school in the U.S. and you will see a lot of the kids overweight or obese. In fact, 40 percent (!) are. This disturbing finding has not gone unnoticed in the White House where First Lady Michelle Obama has initiated the "Let's Move" campaign with its critical message that obesity is bad for our children's health, right now and into the future. But there is another message that has not yet reached the Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, or other educators seeking to improve education in this country: that message is that being overweight or obese interferes with a young person's ability to learn at school. (more…)
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WAXAHACHIE – Waxahachie Trade Days has themed the September Market weekend as "Tribute to Ellis County Armed Services Members," according to Jean Davis, special event coordinator.
Planned activities include a "Wall of Honor" displaying pictures of Ellis County Service members.
An open invitation is extened to all services, Veteran organizations, Veteran support groups, volunteer groups sponsoring Veteran special projects, i.e., Honor Flight II, Waxahachie Chapter.
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Running Recap
I've gotten a bit lazy of late at blogging my runs like I should be. In an attempt to catch up before another week begins again this afternoon (although that already really happened yesterday), a quick recap of last week:
- Tuesday: 4-mile tempo run. Felt good, strong, quick times out and back.
- Thursday: 6-mile moderate ladder, 7:45-7:30-7:15-7:15-7:30-7:45. Everything felt pretty comfortable with the 7:15 miles feeling a bit quick. Good run overall though.
- Friday: 5-mile Fartlek workout. Definitely felt a lot better than last week, and relatively relaxed overall.
- Sunday: 10-mile long run. This was a good run, accompanied by my friend Thaddeus. A nice relaxed cruise around the Science Museum loop with my knees cooperating throughout. Good times. The heat was a bit oppressive however, with that being about the only drawback.
The goal this week is to get up to 30 miles and then hold there for a few weeks allowing my body to get accustomed to that level of effort.


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"States Signing Up Prison Inmates for Obamacare"
This is just a real funkin nightmare for anyone still under the control of the den of thieves we call government. Now they want to medically govern the bodies and minds of Americans, against their will if necessary.. makes them no difference, really.
Anyone half awake and unaware, be advised that these sick psychopaths really only care rather the health or death of Americans can be sold to sicker animals than they for shekels. And why, yes, they can. Medical doctors *snorts* today are worse than politicians, frankly. These insidious killers know full well their part in the annihilation of certain groups in this police state, and will prescribe death in a pill to an innocent patient that trusts them, and then go straight to lunch.
"The political element of Obamacare is that we were helping what we called the deserving poor or what we used to call the deserving poor. A group of people who are just down on their luck...bring them the opportunities they need to get ahead and get back on their feet," said Roy. "And sometimes that's true of people who served time in prison, and sometimes it's not."
I literally just got dumber for having read this trash. What in the hell is a "deserving poor" bloke? Poor but deserving riches? Who the funk "deserves" anything? Keep feeding the entitled trolls, Barry. Or perhaps those that deserve poverty is what is meant? Either way, the quality of this piss poor propaganda insults me more and more these days. At any rate, the luck statement is just sad and begs the question "Does the writer speeek-ee Eenglees?" Anyone's guess. The slap in the face to the millions of victims in the gulags called US prisons, where more people are caged than ever before in recorded history ANYWHERE, is just a tacky and classless way to finish this mess.
Cheap animals wont even spring for the semi-talented or hell, even literate writers anymore.
Suicide is cheap......
Not when you factor in the price one pays in eternity for bailing instead of standing against evil men, against evil powers that rule those trapped in snares. Not when you consider many will only escape momentarily, only to return immediately to this same $hithole, only less memory and power in the next round in the ring of hell we call the world.
Suicide is cheap......
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I can relate to this. When shopping around for a dentist, the vast majority wouldn't touch my health insurance with a 10-foot pole.
I'm sure she's resigning to spend more time w/ the hubby & kids.....lmao
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Despite Concerns from Content Owners, Google's Panda Update is a Win for Users
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Google has been consistently updating their algorithm to improve the organic results since their inception. Previously, these updates were often referred to as "the Google dance", where organic rankings would change based on new variables and algorithmic elements and webmasters would be scrambling to make changes to improve their rank within the SERP. Recently, Google has released several iterations of its "Panda" algorithm which is designed to weed out content farms and ensure that users are receiving quality results when conducting a search.
Working to solve issues that were impacting the quality of results provided by their previous algorithm, Google unveiled the first iteration of Panda on February 24th, and it affected roughly 12% of the rankings in the US. The driving force behind Google's algorithm change was to discourage the usage of SEO techniques that artificially elevate a site's organic rankings in the search results by using tactics such as excessive link building and content generation for the sake of ranking organically to drive traffic to the site in order to generate advertising impressions and revenue. An excellent illustrative example of the problem is given by David Segal's article published recently in the New York Times. This quote from the article provides an excellent metaphor for the issue Google is grappling with:
"…[the internet resembles] a city with a few familiar, well-kept buildings, surrounded by millions of hovels kept upright for no purpose other than the ads that are painted on their walls."
The well-kept buildings are the high-quality sites Google wishes to reward with strong organic rankings, and the hovels are the low-quality sites that are created solely for the purpose artificially inflating organic search rankings and arbitraging search traffic to sell ads.
Although Google depends on paid ads for the majority of its revenue, the organic results are the most important part of Google's search operations. If Google were to stop providing relevant information to users, it could start to lose the 65% of search market share (which drives users to the paid ads) that it's been holding on to for years. Google's organic algorithms for determining relevance of a page have been predominately based on inbound links and the content on the site.
Since the release of the update, webmasters have been scrambling to determine how their site's rankings have been affected. There have been countless articles published that talk about which sites have seen a negative impact from the algorithm's release, traffic declines to content farms, and even articles about the impact of the update to the livelihood of those who built content farms for a living, but there is one important thing to note – there haven't been any negative feedback from the end users.
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I never thought the day would come when I'd actually be rooting against the Cubs. But that's what I'm forced to do now that Theo Epstein is coming to Chicago.
This won't be easy. I practically grew up at Wrigley Field. When I was a reporter for the Washington Post, I was known as the "guy in the Cubs hat."
But Epstein isn't the right guy for the Cubs. I could root for anyone but Epstein.
Don't get me wrong, Epstein was a great GM for the Red Sox and if I were rooting for him to be the first GM in the Hall of Fame, I'd be psyched right now. If he can do for Chicago what he did for Boston, it will be great for him personally. A major part of the headline will be: "Epstein leads Red Sox and Cubs to World Series victories." But after everything Cubs fans have been through, that's not good enough for me.
And what about if the Cubs don't win it all? When I was covering the inaugural season of the Washington Nationals in 2005, I ran into Mark Grace and asked him what was so special about playing for the Cubs.
"I played on some bad teams," Grace said. "But if you gave the fans an honest effort and busted your butt, they loved you win or lose. And it's not that way everywhere."
Sadly, it's not that way in Chicago anymore either.
Several years ago, I was at a game with a few buddies. The Cubs had already started to change. Instead of trying to win through a solid farm system, scouting, and patience (see Texas, Tampa Bay, and Epstein's Red Sox), they started going after high-priced free agents like Alfonso Soriano and big-name managers like Lou Piniella. The team had one of the top payrolls in the league, but it wasn't translating into victories.
That's when I heard it. I've been to literally hundreds of games at Wrigley Field, but never heard this sound before.
"What is that?" I asked my friend.
"Boos," he answered.
And that's the first time I realized the Cubs were changing. Wrigley Field used to be a place to be part of something unique. There was honor to being a Cubs fan. We might not have been rewarded by World Series victories, but what we got was more valuable. We got optimism. And perseverance. We believed that even though the Cubs didn't win this year, maybe they would next year. And that was enough to keep us going.
The team might wear the same uniform and live in the same house, but its essence is totally different. And so is that of its fans: Look what happened to Bartman.
Yes, Epstein led the Red Sox to two world championships, but now the city is totally turning on the team because they didn't win "this" year. I don't want that for my team. A championship's not worth it.
The Cubs don't always need to chase the biggest name. Instead, let's do what the Red Sox did. They gave a local guy a shot. Epstein was personally invested in the team and delivered. It worked because he was one of them. Same as Nolan Ryan in Texas.
And you don't always need a homegrown guy. It's the essence of a man that matters, not the address. Look at the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Bill Cower left, everyone was calling for a big name. Instead they hired a hungry, young coach and supported him with appropriate resources and time. Look at Mike Tomlin now, and you think one thing: Steelers.
Of course my buddies think I'm nuts (and a few other things I can't print). They say, "I don't care how we do it, I just want to finally win."
But if I've waited this long, invested this much, I want more.
So if you want to root for Theo Epstein to make it to the Hall of Fame, go for it. As for me, I'm rooting to get my team back. The one that has players who play their butts off, and fans who appreciate them for it. So that when the Cubs do eventually win — and I know they will one of these years — the championship will honor all the Cubs fans who have rooted for them throughout the last 100 years, not a GM from Boston.
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Star Parker on the Christian Post weighs in on SAME SEX MARRIAGE (DUM DUM DUMMMMM)
The Book of Proverbs, part of biblical canon, once a vital part of American culture, tells us: "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."
I will also point out that the ownership of human beings as property were once a vital part of American Culture. Just because you did something in the past doesn't mean you should keep doing it.
And this is without the historical fact that the USA was founded on secular values rather than as a theocratic state.
It's this haughty spirit, this pride that precedes destruction that lies behind the Supreme Court's decision last week to bury the Defense of Marriage Act.
DOMA defined marriage, for purposes of federal law, as traditional marriage – the union of man and woman.
And not the traditional marriage between man and many women (Solomon) or man and slave or man and wife of dead brother or man and rape victim or man and prisoner of war (female – male ones got executed. Because Genocide Is Godly)
That's the thing. Traditional Marriage in America has included the (technical) union of same sex couples. Traditional doesn't mean Bibllical, many Native Americans had a very modern approach to GLBT of the day.
DOMA was designed to discriminate against the GLBT and refuse them the benefits of state that straight couples take for granted. Either DOMA had to go or your benefits had to go.
This decision did not come out of nowhere. It did not happen in a vacuum. It is but the latest in a long process of the unraveling of American culture driven by pride – the sense that we answer to no higher authority. That the two-legged animal man is master of the universe and decides, invents right and wrong, true and false.
That's why slavery is correct according to "your higher power" while we know today slavery is wrong.
There have been many stops on the way to this Supreme Court decision relegating marriage, as we have known and understood it for millennia, to a casual fiction that could come out of Hollywood.
I know! Now I have to break up with Tiga and date this brick. Because marriage has been redefined!
One stop we might note was the Supreme Court's decision in 1980, Stone v Graham, that said that posting the Ten Commandments in a public school is unconstitutional.
Yes it is unconstitutional because of the establishment clause of the constitution of the USA. And the problem is if marriage is purely a Christian institution then the government CANNOT sanction marriages since it would break the establishment clause.
A free society must start with a foundation of rules. If our biblical tradition is not the source of these rules, what rules do define how we live and where do these rules come from?
The foundation of rules is based on the ideas of humanism that were knocking about at the time and indeed a lot of ideas were based on the notion of Republic where the traditional power of Church and King were diminished and the rule was by elected representatives.
The preamble of our Constitution tells us that its purpose is to secure the "blessings of liberty."
What is a blessing? The first definition in my Webster's New World Dictionary says that a blessing is "a statement of divine favor".
How can we secure divine favor in a nation for which the divine is unconstitutional? A prideful nation by definition must be a nation that rejects the idea of a blessing.
"Blessings of Liberty" means the benefits of liberty.
He was a lion in battle doesn't mean that Richard the Lionheart turned into a freaking lion!
In the pride that precedes destruction in America of 2013, we reject that there are truths that don't come out of a laboratory. We reject that that there are truths that parents get from their parents and pass on to their children.
A truth that has no evidence is a truth only because people have refused to analyse it.
So now we live in society in which there is nothing that distinguishes a child from an adult, that distinguishes responsible from irresponsible.
Er… since when? We have legislation delineating the progression to adulthood. In the USA it's 21. In Europe it is 18.
Who suffers the most?
First and foremost, children. Because they are deprived from learning and taking seriously the very rules of life's road that are critical to live successfully.
How does two gay men or two lesbians getting benefits such as joint healthcare and power of attorney in emergencies stopping children from learning and "taking seriously the very rules of life's road"?
That's like suggesting that if you drive a mountain bike rather than a road bike the children in schools will starve because school dinners will no longer be available.
Even more so, children from minority families.
Because black people will abandon their children (hence the term… Gay Abandon) and then proceed to go get gay married while leaving their children in locked boxes? I don't know.
Sixty seven percent of black children are raised in single parent households. The collapse of black family life reflects this very welfare state materialism, bestowed to blacks by elitist white liberals, that defines the culture that now rejects the sanctity of traditional marriage.
And how will gay marriage precipitate this? The words this person says means something. But they are used incorrectly in context.
Welfare State materialism is a proper oxymoron. Wait are they suggesting that welfare is designed by "Whitey" to destroy the sanctity of black marriage and collapse black family life?
Can you imagine that meeting of "The Man" (I assume everyone looks like a blackspoloitation villain at this meeting) where they decide to destroy black people by giving them money….
Can there be any doubt that the grandparents and great grandparents of the five Supreme Court Justices who just voted to delegitimize the sanctity of traditional marriage in America would be appalled by the decisions of their offspring?
Actually yes.
3 of their grandparents and great grandparents would be appalled that their descendants were working as judges.
And 2 of their grandparents and great grandparents would be astonished their descendants were working as judges.
And there is a good chance that the remaining judges grandparents and great grandparents would have been appalled by who their descendants work with.
3 of the current judges are women. Their great grandparents and even grandparents would have had very different ideas about the role of women in society. It wasn't to be Supreme Court Justices…
2 of the current judges are Puerto Rican and Black.
Any guesses as to how they would have been perceived in the 40s and 20s?
But when values of meaninglessness become sanctioned as part of our public and official culture we should know that this is the "pride" that "goes before destruction."
I assume gay marriage is meaningless because gay people cannot make babies.
Because if that's the only reason to get married then I am afraid there is a reason why marriages don't work out. And it's not to do with welfare.
Let there be no doubt that same-sex marriage is about much more than marriage. It is a deliberate and conscious assault on religion and all traditional values.
A Bacon Cheeseburger is a greater assault on religion than same sex marriage.
We have only two options. Turn back to where we belong or watch the continuing collapse of our country.
The same collapse of society that has apparently been happening for thousands of years. Where the world has gotten more and more sinful and more and more terrible.


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Throwing some dimes: Gerald Green's a moron
Once in a while, someone else's article catches my eye. Sometimes, it's because the article is so spot-on I wish I'd written it myself. Other times, it's because the article enlightens me with something I never knew. Still other times, it's because I disagree with whatever's written. No matter what the reason, I dish it off to another writer to make his/her point. You know, throwing some dimes.
1. Celtics Hub's Zach Lowe went to the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
Cuban: "Some guys in our sport are morons. You want to dump them on another team." Cuban said teams try to conceal the fact that some of their guys are "morons" in a scheme he called "protect the moron." He suggested that teams should "out the morons."
Cuban returned to this theme later in discussing Gerald Green: "Oh my God," he said. He then talked about Green's athleticism before concluding that Green "just doesn't understand the game of basketball."
The crowd laughed.
I wonder what Cuban thinks of Tony Allen?
2. Celtics die-hard KWAPT had the day of his life. It included watching Rajon Rondo tear Scal apart in a game of one-on-one.
3. CelticsBlog's Jeff Clark compares following the Celtics to marriage.
This doesn't mean that you love each other any less. Just the opposite.
What develops is a more mature love. A more unconditional love. When you can look at someone and really know them top to bottom, knowing everything imperfect about them and still truly love them without hesitation, that's mature love. When you've been through many, many tough times together, you know that you can get through the next one together and you find a deeper respect for each other because of it.
4. ESPNBoston's Chris Forsberg had a nice quote from Kevin Garnett.
And Garnett might as well have been talking about the season as a whole when he noted, "It's not about how you start, it's how you finish. Obviously, we'd like to have had more energy in the first half. You look, we shot 41 percent [for the game], we really didn't play well. But when it came down to getting stops, it was in our favor."
Far too often, the Celtics' have flipped the switch a minute or two too late, leaving too little time for a comeback to be completed. For once, they started a comeback and had enough time to finish the job. It doesn't get rid of the first 42 minutes, but it sure feels better to win, especially the way Boston won: With defense.
5. Rasheed Wallace has a combined three attempted three-pointers in his last three games. That happens about as often as the Minnesota Timberwolves win the NBA championship.
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The biggest Hollywood film scoop of this young year was posted Thursday at 1:33 p.m PT on TheWrap. While a number of Lucas Shaw's peers were immediate and effusive with Twitter praise, large chunks of the pick-up coverage about J.J. Abrams being tapped to direct the next-generation installment of Star Wars failed to credit TheWrap and this hard-working media reporter.
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1. What does his mother think about his reading?
(a) She is proud of him for reading so much.
(b) She wishes he would read less and go play sports.
(c) She does not understand it.
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(c) He thinks it is too hard on the teacher.
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(b) Bored, because he does not really want to learn it.
(c) Guilty, because he feels like he has damaged his family's close relationship.
(d) Proud, because it is a hard language to learn.
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(a) He bases his ideas on what he learns in class.
(b) He learns about other's ideas and opinions, but does not have his own ideas.
(c) He bases his ideas on what his classmates tell him.
(d) He bases his ideas on what his teacher tells him.
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(b) In a book about psychology.
(c) In a magazine article about literacy.
(d) In a book about literacy.
8. How does Rodriguez explain his success to people?
(a) He went to a good school and had supportive parents.
(b) He was just very lucky.
(c) He had good teachers.
(d) He worked very hard.
9. How does Rodriguez get involved in his church?
(a) He reads the Bible aloud in church.
(b) He becomes an altar boy.
(c) He studies to become a priest.
(d) He goes to mass every week.
10. According to Rodriguez, what is wrong with speaking a private language in public?
(a) Most people will not understand what is being said.
(b) It will eventually stop being a private language.
(c) It prevents people from learning the public language.
(d) It is embarrassing.
11. What does Rodriguez's teacher tell him about reading and complicated ideas?
(a) Reading will teach him complicated ideas.
(b) People who do not read cannot have complicated ideas.
(c) He needs to read 5,000 books to have a complicated idea.
(d) He needs to read 2,000 books to have a complicated idea.
12. What do fellow students think of the scholarship boy?
(a) They are proud of his efforts.
(b) They think he works too hard.
(c) They think he is the teacher's pet.
(d) They think he needs to work harder.
13. Is Rodriguez's education affected by his religion? If so, how?
(a) No, because his education is not a religious education.
(b) Yes, because he spends his whole day praying and does not study.
(c) Yes, because he only studies religious material.
(d) Yes, because his education is scheduled around religious services.
14. When Rodriguez hears about religious practices that are different from his own, what does he think of them?
(a) He is curious about them.
(b) He is shocked and thinks they are wrong.
(c) He likes them better than his own practices.
(d) He sees how similar they are to his own practices.
15. What does Rodriguez start to notice about English?
(a) Words he understands now that he did not understand before.
(b) Sounds and tones he previously ignored.
(c) How much easier it is to say things in English than in Spanish.
(d) How much English helps him do better in school.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Rodriguez told about reading the Bible?
2. Where do Rodriguez's parents speak Spanish and where do they speak English?
3. Where does Rodriguez start school?
4. How does the family's communication change as the children learn more English?
5. What does Rodriguez's family seem to think about Spanish and English?
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Makes sense to me.Wealthier people are less likely than the poor to play games or tweet on their smartphones, a study has found.
Those who earn more than £90,000 a year tend to use their mobiles for looking at news, travel or finance apps rather than wasting time gaming.
The researchers said that the older and richer you get the more assets you have and the more you need to keep up to date on your finances and current events.
But the findings run in sharp contrast to smartphone usage a whole, which is dominated by social networking and games.
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The wealthier members of society are too busy making money to Tweet about their lunch plans.
Bit of a sad state of affairs - now that they have the money to have a blast they don't have the time .


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Angels farmhands Eddie McKiernan and Andrew Romine have been named to the rosters for Saturday's Rising Stars Game, the fifth annual exhibition game in the Arizona Fall League.
McKiernan has a 4.26 ERA with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings for Mesa. Romine, an excellent defensive shortstop who made his big-league debut with the Angels in September, has hit .286 with five stolen bases in 11 games.
Two Dodger prospects -- left-hander Scott Elbert and outfielder Trayvon Robinson -- were also named to the East Division team for Saturday's exhibition. Elbert has a 4.32 ERA with nine strikeouts in 8 1/3 innings. Robinson has batted .288 with 11 walks and a .413 on-base percentage in 14 games.
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