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Grades 11-12
Language L.11-12.2
L.11-12.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
- Observe hyphenation conventions.
- Spell correctly.
Using standard American English also means knowing how to capitalize, punctuate, and spell the standard American English one puts in writing. By grades 11 and 12, most students should be familiar with the basics, such as that capital letters come at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns and that periods (or question marks, exclamation points, or ellipses) end them. These grades provide the opportunity, in the opinion of the Common Core State Standards, to deal with a more subtle punctuation problem - the use of the hyphen - and to continue the lifelong battle to master English-language spelling.
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Example 1
Sample Activities for Use in Class
1. Hyphenated Adjectives
The hyphen is often used to combine several words that are all part of an adjective phrase describing a noun. Knowing when to hyphenate adjectives can be tricky, so it pays to practice.
Give students the following six questions and have them mark which ones use hyphens correctly and which do not. Students may work alone or in groups. When they're finished, discuss the answers students came up with and explain the correct answers.
1. My pet parakeet, Mariposa, is eleven-years-old today.
(Answer: "eleven years old" should not contain hyphens, since it is the object of the sentence, and it does not directly modify any noun.)
2. Mariposa is the smartest eleven-year-old parakeet I know, even if she is getting old.
(Answer: "eleven-year-old" should be hyphenated, since it immediately precedes and describes "parakeet.")
3. The vet told me that parakeets as old as Mariposa are difficult-to-find, especially in the wild.
(Answer: no hyphens, for the same reasons as Question 1.)
4. In addition to being my difficult-to-find parakeet, Mariposa can also sing the trombone part in John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever," even though she thinks Sousa is a terrible composer.
(Answer: hyphens, for the same reasons as Question 4.)
5. Lots of people and other parakeets seem to like Sousa, though, because his terrible-composer music is played all over the world and people always applaud for it.
(Answer: hyphens, because "terrible-composer" directly modifies "music.")
6. I've played the trombone part in "The Stars and Stripes Forever," though, and I can tell you that it's not-as-fun-as-it-looks.
(Answer: no hyphens, for the same reasons as Questions 1 and 3.)
Example 2
2. Homophones: The Hidden Traps of English Spelling
Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. There are a wide range of these in English, and by grades 11-12, most kids have mastered - or are at least familiar with - the easy ones, like to/too/two and their/they're. Nevertheless, there's a whole world of homophones just waiting to show up as spelling errors in a paper or email.
Have students review the seven sentences below. All the underlined words are spelled correctly, but not all are the correct word in the context of the sentence. Have students identify which ones they think are correct and why, then discuss the right answers as a class.
1. After seeing the Porsche run the red light, the officer pulled the driver over and sited
(Answer: "sited" means "located." The correct word to use here is "cited.")
2. Although the other kids thought it was a great idea, Carrie refused to shoplift any candy, deciding instead to be true to her principals
(Answer: the "principal" is the person who is in charge of a school. Carrie is actually being true to her "principles," or guidelines for moral behavior.)
3. Malia poured over the ancient manuscript, realizing she was the first person to see it in over a thousand years.
(Answer: if Malia "poured" something on an ancient manuscript, she'd be in deep trouble, because she probably would have ruined it. Instead, Malia is examining the manuscript carefully, which should be expressed by using the word "pored" (present tense "pore").)
4. Manuel brought red wine to the party because he knew it would compliment the hostess's choice to serve roast beef.
(Answer: Complimenting the hostess would be a polite thing for Manuel to do, but it has nothing to do with which wine goes with roast beef. "Compliment" means to praise someone; "complement" means to go along well with something.)
5. Jonas was shocked to learn that his football coach had caught HIV, but he promised to be discrete by not revealing the information.
(Answer: "discrete" refers to a series or group of separated things. Jonas needs to be "discreet" about his coach's sensitive information by keeping it on the down low.)
6. Although they still loved England, the entire family became ex-patriots when they moved to Canada.
(Answer: an "ex-patriot" is someone who used to love his country, but doesn't anymore. When this family moved to Canada, they more likely became "expatriates," not "ex-patriots.")
7. The twins thought babysitting would be a snap, until they found themselves overcome by a hoard of their charge's screaming best friends.
(Answer: a "hoard" is a collection of something. A "horde" is a group of people or animals, usually stampeding.)
Quiz 1 QuestionsHere's an example of a quiz that could be used to test this standard.
Quiz 2 QuestionsHere's an example of a quiz that could be used to test this standard.
Aligned Resources
- However at the Beginning of a Sentence
- Hyphens
- Initial Modifiers
- Into vs. In To
- Its vs. It's
- Lay vs. Lie
- Like vs. As
- May vs. Might
- Misplaced Modifiers
- Numbers at the Beginning of a Sentence
- Past vs. Passed
- Either/Or, Neither/Nor, and Both/And
- FANBOYS at the Beginning of a Sentence
- Can I End a Sentence in a Preposition?
- Can vs. May
- Compliment vs Complement
- Dangling Modifiers
- ACT Science 1.6 Research Summary Passage
- CAHSEE ELA 4.2 Writing: Sentence Structure
- CAHSEE ELA 4.3 Writing: Sentence Structure
- CAHSEE ELA 4.4 Writing: Sentence Structure
- CAHSEE ELA 4.5 Writing: Sentence Structure
- CAHSEE ELA 5.1 Writing: Punctuation
- CAHSEE ELA 5.2 Writing: Punctuation
- CAHSEE ELA 5.3 Writing: Punctuation
- CAHSEE ELA 5.4 Writing: Punctuation
- CAHSEE ELA 5.5 Writing: Punctuation
- Sit vs. Set
- Then vs. Than
- Question Marks
- Your vs. You're


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An Ideal Husband
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Tools of Characterization
Character Analysis
Clothing and Physical Appearance
Oh goodness, did Oscar Wilde have fun with this one. No character is introduced without lengthy (and often rapturous) description of his or her god-given charms and how he or she's dressed them up. Mrs. Cheveley has "Venetian red hair, aquiline nose, and a long throat" above a bright purple dress – "heliotrope," to be exact – and lots of diamonds. She is "a work of art, on the whole, but showing the influence of too many schools" (1.35). This is our first glance at Mrs. Cheveley, yet we already sense an immense confidence, need for attention, and public persona that is both calculated and extreme.
Wilde continually alludes to visual art to describe his characters. Diametrically opposed to flamboyant Mrs. Cheveley is Lady Chiltern: "a woman of grave Greek beauty" (1.1). What? No description of her dress? She must be serious. She's like a marble statue, impressive, cold, and a little unapproachable. Mabel is "like a Tanagra statuette" – a Greek terracotta girl with big eyes and round cheeks – but she has "all the fragrance and freedom of a flower" (1.23). Her spontaneity and youth distinguish her from both Mrs. Cheveley and Lady Chiltern, and exempt her from the play's strife.
Wilde devotes a very long paragraph to Sir Robert Chiltern's appearance, immediately signaling his protagonist's role. He is handsome, but there's something mismatched about his face: "the firmly-chiseled mouth and chin contrast strikingly with the romantic expression in the deep-set eyes" (1.52). He's half Orlando Bloom, half Daniel Craig – a sensitive soul who has become a man of action. Despite superhuman self-control, he suffers so much inner conflict that his nostrils quiver.
And then there's Lord Goring. We actually get to see him getting dressed in Act 3. It's a fabulous candlelit ritual presided over by Phipps the Butler. Lord Goring's silk hat, Inverness cape, white gloves and Louis XIV cane identify him as a dandy. (For more on Lord Goring as a dandy check out his "Character Analysis.") Directors of the play also would have created, for Victorians in the know, a picture image of Wilde on stage, dubbing Lord Goring as the representative of the author's point of view.
While most of these characters are too wealthy to work, what they do with their time still says a lot about them.
Sir Robert does work – a lot. He's a workaholic whose industriousness earns him the respect of his peers and his wife. His work ethic also is a cause of concern for his wife. He's moving up the rungs of the governmental career ladder quickly. At the beginning of the play Sir Robert is the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and by the end he's in the Cabinet. He could end up being Prime Minister. With such a meteoric rise, he has a long way to fall.
Lady Chiltern doesn't have a job on the books, but being the wife of the next big man in politics takes a lot of work. And she is ambitious for Sir Robert, as he acknowledges in Act 4. Supporting his career means throwing perfect, tasteful parties to impress everyone, educating herself on political topics, and serving on the Women's Liberal Association. She's a woman who likes to stay busy and engaged in service to her community. And we see that she works hard to further women's rights, which also makes her an interesting figure in the play.
Mabel's just a kid. Basically, her main task is socializing with potential suitors. She goes walking with Tommy Trafford and rehearses tableaux with him and Lord Goring. Self-absorbed and carefree, Mabel's a female dandy. This makes her the perfect match for Lord Goring.
Lord Goring, of course, doesn't work. How would he have time to put in hours at an office somewhere? As Mabel tells Lord Caversham, "he rides in the Row at ten o'clock in the morning, changes his clothes at least five times a day, and dines out every night of the season" (1.25). Lord Goring's resolute refusal to get a job, despite his father's pleas and ultimatums, confirms him as self-centered nonconformist. His lack of career ambitions might also give him the detachment that allows for the clarity of his advice.
Mrs. Cheveley doesn't work. She earns her money like most Victorian women – from men. Baron Arnheim's estate won't last forever. She needs to lock down something else, be it the Argentine investment or from a marriage to Lord Goring. As much as she wants to be, she's not truly independent. Mrs. Cheveley's need for social and financial security, mixed with her mischievous temperament, creates a brew that's pretty toxic for the other characters in the play.
Direct Characterization
Reading what these characters say about each other is fun because Oscar Wilde was so brilliantly catty.
Lady Chiltern on Mrs. Cheveley: "She was untruthful, dishonest, an evil influence on everyone whose trust or friendship she could win" (1.344). See how Lady Chiltern just says what she means? She doesn't make it clever like Mrs. Cheveley.
Mrs. Cheveley on Lady Chiltern: "A woman whose size in gloves is seven and three-quarters never knows much about anything" (3.255). Mrs. Cheveley is calling Lady Chiltern a naïve little prude.
Lord Goring on Mrs. Cheveley: "Oh, I should fancy Mrs. Cheveley is one of those very modern women of our time who find a new scandal as becoming as a new bonnet, and air them both in the Park every afternoon at five-thirty" (2.78). Lord Goring warns Sir Robert that he might need more than a scandal to bring down Mrs. Cheveley. Lord Goring understands Mrs. Cheveley's flashy exhibitionism – because he shares it.
Mrs. Cheveley on Lord Goring, who (Mabel tells us) is President of the Charity for the Undeserving: "The post should suit him admirably, unless he has deteriorated since I knew him first" (2.212). Mrs. Cheveley manages to toss off an insult of her former fiancée, though she's surrounded by his allies. To her, he's undeserving because he was a silly romantic who failed to be realistic about love, and left her in the lurch.


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Louisiana blues man Larry Garner's songs are delivered with a sense of irony and passion. His lyrics are meaningful and amusing in equal measure and he's a fine guitarist. Larry is a great performer and very much a modern day Blues man. He won the 1988 BB King Lucille Award in Memphis, the 1995 MO Better Blues award in Atlanta, a 2002 Louisiana Blues Hall Of Fame inductee, The BBC Jazz FM Bluesman Of The Year award, three time recipient of Blues Songwriter Of The Year award in Paris, five time nominee for WC Handy award in Memphis, 2004 Slim Harpo Ambassador for the Blues award in Baton Rouge, recipient of the coveted Muddy's Club Bluebird award, and two time recipient of The Bluesman Of The Year award, Canada .
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Hi can anyone help?? When I was younger i was embaressed of being hairy so shaved my arms, stomach, nipples and back!! I cant believe how stupid I was!!! Im paying for it now, im so embaressed about it that i still shave my arms, i wax my nipples and stomach, i have to leave my back as i cant do anything with it! If im going swimming or anythin i dye the hairs blonde!
I have had quite a few ipl in my bikini a year ago. I am very happy because i don't have to do anything about it. At the moment I am doing my underarms and nipples in a place called Depicool in Liverpool Street. I am seeing good results already on my underarms and i hope soon my nipple hairs also leave me for good.
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There are many people like you who are not aware of the repercussions of shaving, and do the same mistake. but dont worry its never too late. As you mentioned that you want to remove hair from stomach, nipple and back since all are sensitive areas, my suggestion would be to go natural products like Ultra Hair Away
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I was looking up some things about Nipple hair (as I have it) and I wanted to tell you not to pluck your nipple hairs.
I have had the area around my areolas lazered and still some of the hair has come back. Lazering was incredibly painful but it did rid me of some of the darker and thicker hairs. Some thin Ones were not thick enough or dark enough for the lazer to stunt their growth or kill them so they have come back.
I told my lazer technician that I had been plucking the hairs to get rid of them and she told me to stop immediately. When you pluck a hair your body tells it to grow thicker and larger and stronger because it feels this way it will not be removed again. So immediately stop plucking the hair unless you want it to continue to grow faster and thicker. In addition approximately 30% of the body's possible hair cells are active at one time. By plucking you stimulate the inactive hair cells and "tell" them to grow . This is why the hair seems to be spreading. Unknowingly you are telling it to spread.
Waxing, unlike plucking, relaxes and opens the pores with it's warmth and therefore does not increase hair growth as the hairs do not feel like they are being ripped out of the pore. Similarly waxing over time (we are talking years) can lessen hair because they hair cells get "tired" and have no "energy" left to grow.
The best solutions to lessen or rid you of your nipple hair are to have it lazered (but that it expensive and painful), wax it (professionally) or to just trim it with scissors. There is also the option of leaving it.
It may comfort you to know that I am now comfortable with the remaining nipple hair that I have. I sometimes trim it, but now it usually doesn't bother me.
If you decide to consider lazering the hair a lazer technician can tell you if you are a good candidate!
Lastly, approximately 40% of the world's women have some type of nipple hair, so do not fret, it isn't weird or abnormal, it's just different and something to think about.
I hope I have helped you
I did the same, it's so embarrassing...I've been looking into laser removal but have heard mixed things. I have blonde hair and was told by one place that you just use this black tarry stuff to paste on and then it takes it out...but then I've also heard it can't be done. Anyone know?
Can't bring myself to go into a salon either so was looking into home treatments/laser.
i get hair on my stomach and back, i tried shaving its and waxing but didnt like either. my mum bought an epilater for our legs and i tried it out and i love it!! its just like plucking them but alot faster and covers a bigger area. its quick easy and doesnt hurt, they dont cost much and you can buy them in boots or on the internet i would pass on this advise to anyone as its the answer to any excess hair on the face or body!!
I've had laser hair removal and found that it dramatically reduced the volume and appearance of hair on my arms. It's not uncommon to have hair in thee areas you have especially if you are Asian as I am. I have been told that if the hair is quite downy then you can hope for reduction/shorter, finer hair. If the hair is coarse and dark then this is ideal for Laser or IPL hair removal. I go to London Laser Hair Removal in Harrowby Street. The lady there is registered and v helpful (www.londonlaserhairremoval.co m) I think!
Hi,I have been in your situation,i have also shaved everywhere, and i have also paid the price, i have just finished having laser treatment done on my abdomen and my feet, yes i did say my feet.The treatment is expensive and painful but it works,i truly reccommend it, i feel like a lady again,I now get my arms/back waxed and the hairs are growing back finer,please dont be embarrassed,go to a beauty therapist,they will help you.maybe go for a facial or something first to see if you feel comfortable with them. i wish you the best of luck.
Just a few question, I'm in the same situation...
How much did you pay for the abdomen? Does it include only above the belly or the whole belly? Were your hair coarse or fine? How many treatments did it take for you to have results??
Thank you
hi there, i can help about your hair removal, i had laser hair removal on my belly area and the results are fantastic, you need about 5 treatments but it is well worth it , check out selston cosmetic clinic , thats were i had my treatment , hope this is usful
Hi juve
I paid 150.00 euro for each treatment. It included the whole abdomen, the hairs treated were course,it took about 1 year to complete, but I noticed a difference after a few treatments, hope this helps.
waxing will make it less visable for longer than shaving but the only problem is you have to wait for it to be a certain length before you can wax. i have had laser hair removal on my bikini line and found it has really reduced the amount of hair i have, the little hair that is left is not coarse like normal pubic hair but really fine and soft so much easier to remove. this is quite expensive though..i think alot of women have hair problems like this so dont worry too much but also i bet you think it is worse than it really is. hope this helps.


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YS Community Flea
The first YS Community Flea, organized by Judith Wolert-Maldonado and Vanessa Hale, was held Saturday, March 23 at the First Presbyterian Church. After a little shopping, the News managed to get some (shaky) video of the action, and stopped for a chat.
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Christian Gamers, Offensive Lists, and 'Homo-Erotic' Games: Another viewpoint
EIC Note: We saw an article stating that a certain Christian Investment Firm – Timothy Plan were advising their clients on offensive games, using criteria like having 'homo-erotic' undertones. The list also seemed to reflect a Christian anti-gaming bias, as it failed to include similar lists for other media. However, as you will read below, not all Christians see things exactly the same way.
One of our writers responds to the list, which you will find here. So please read on with an open mind.
by dkpatriarch
© 2008 David Hilton
"Part of being a Christian is the struggle to try and represent Christ and I may also seem judgemental but…."
Yes, we do exist.
Christian gamers that is. I don't think most of us make a big deal of it and I think some people would be surprised to find that Christians are as diverse a group as any other group (like, say, gamers).
Yet the overall opinion I encounter is that Christians are all right-wing Conservative game-haters who think that gaming comes directly from the devil to tempt us into all manner of evils. They are also all against the R-18 rating in Australia, of course. Well, I'm not. Have a read here if you don't believe me.
I can't blame the gaming public for thinking this way when you have so much ignorant game-blaming going on in the press, and often by Christian organisations or individuals. Take this report, for example.
Gamepolitics.com reports about a "conservative Christian" investment firm that is warning parents away from what it calls the "Top 30 Most Offensive Video Games". These games are ranked on the amount of violence, sex, nudity, demonic references, homosexual references, and addictiveness they have. Well at least they played the games, presumably? The list is below.
Some games like Fable 2 are in there because of the fact that there is the possibility of homosexuality, while another game, Army of Two is there for its "homo-erotic" undertones. Well I'd ignore the game not because I'm Christian and abhor its supposed homo-erotic buddy-buddy-ness, but because the game was rather ordinary.
In fact, Gears of War 2 scored the same, possibly for the same reason. There are lots of hulking big boy manly space marines, but apparently one chasing after his wife doesn't count. But Epic have made a joke about the whole 'homo-erotic' thing: look at the achievement list. The "Friends With Benefits" achievement in co-op play is a joke, and I laughed. Oh no. I must be bad.
At the last Australian election I argued with other Christians over the fact that the only reason they supported one party was because the other party didn't openly denounce gay-marriages. Foreign policy, economic policy, education, health, water, social policy, or individual candidates all didn't matter: only homosexuality.
Yet Jesus asks us: "Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?" (Matthew 7:3). If we go back to Christ and his teachings he was inclusive and went out of his way to talk to and care for those who were on the fringes of society and were being heavily judged by those around them.
And so here's a "morally responsible" investment firm gay-bashing by making a list with games that "may" have homosexual undertones, publicly confirming the judgemental nature of Christians. They may not have intended it that way, but it comes across like that nevertheless.
Then there's the problem that it targets only games.
Timothy Plan Florida investment firm president Art Ally comments:
Many, if not most, parents who buy their kids video games really don't know the extent of sex and violence embedded in them. From drug use, prostitution, murder and mayhem to vulgar profanity and blasphemy these games have become a powerfully negative influence on our kids…I believe, if parents would take a moment to look at the report we've created, their game selections would be quite different.
The list is aimed at parents who may worry what content is in the games their kids want for Christmas. I understand that both as a parent and as a Christian. Parents DO need to be diligent and look into the content of the games they are getting their children, just as they should take a look at the movies their kids want to watch, or the internet sites they want to visit. They should, for starters, look at the ratings tag. Basic stuff.
I don't think Grand Theft Auto IV is a good game for twelve year olds. I don't think the movie SAW is either. In fact I don't like that game or that movie myself for some of its content. That is my choice but I cannot force my opinion on another adult in a free society. We are responsible for ourselves and judging others is not our job.
Many games do have questionable or uncomfortable content. So do many movies. So do many songs. So do many books. So do many cartoons. So does the Internet. But games are the current thing to be scared of. There is no current research that proves that games are any more harmful than other media, despite the bad press and those blaming their own irresponsibility on them. I'd seriously like to know how many Christians shun all media that contain violence, swearing, sex, drug use, etc. etc. I don't think it would be the majority.
Christians can try and insulate themselves and their families from all things out there that are considered threatening but gaming has grown as popular as any other media in our culture. We live in this world and if Christians want to present the positive face of our faith we need to be involved with non-Christians at a social level as non-judgemental friends who keep our standards but don't go around frowning at everyone and spouting vitriol.
Some churches have controversially had gaming nights with the aim of discussing themes of 'good versus evil' or just for a way to fellowship. Ignoring popular culture has never worked and interacting with people in their hobbies is a good way for Christians and non-Christians to mingle and encourage mutual respect.
For a list of 'games to avoid' to be taken seriously it needs to be totally accurate about the content of the game that is judged (gamers all know about the Mass Effect furor and I think the whole 'homo-erotic' thing is pushing it). There also would need to be offensive lists for all media parents might buy their kids for Christmas while they are at it. This just looks like a case of jumping on bandwagons.
Part of being a Christian is the struggle to try and represent Christ and I may also sound judgemental toward some of my fellow Christians, but I also don't want everyone to assume all Christians view everything the same way either.
Top Offensive Games List
18 – Grand Theft Auto 4
18 – Saints Row 2
16 – Fallout 3
15 – Bioshock
14 – Manhunt 2
12 – Age of Conan
12 – Condemned 2: Bloodshot
11 – Blitz: The League 2
11 – Crackdown
11 – The Darkness
11 – God of War 2
11 – Mass Effect
10 – Bully: Scholarship Edition
9 – Def Jam: Icon
9 – Devil May Cry 4
9 – Fable 2
9 – God of War: Chains of Olympus
9 – Metal Gear Solid 4
9 – Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
9 – World of Warcraft
8 – Haze
8 – Hellgate: London
8 – Kane & Lynch
8 – No More Heroes
8 – Silent Hill: Homecoming
8 – Stranglehold
7 – Army of Two
7 – Gears of War 2
7 – Silent Hill: Origins
6 – Resistance 2
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Debating China's Economic Future
Originally posted on China Real Time.
For the last thirty years, China's economy averaged a growth rate of close to 10% a year. Now, with China on the cusp of a crucial leadership transition — and of joining the club of advanced economies – that has fallen away. The latest numbers shows growth in the third quarter at just 7.4%.
Is 7% – 8% growth the new normal? Or is a further sharp slowdown in China's economy inevitable? China Real Time has asked two of the leading experts on the world's second-largest economy to debate that question:
Nick Lardy, an expert on China's economy at the Peterson Institute, is arguing current growth rates can be sustained. Michael Pettis, a professor of finance at Peking University, is arguing a further sharp slowdown is inevitable. The opening exchange of views is posted below, with more to be posted next week.
Dear Michael,
China's economic growth has now slowed for seven consecutive quarters and the bears are arguing not only is real growth lower than the headline number but that a further sharp slowdown in China's economy is inevitable.
Certainly a quick recovery from the 7.7% pace of growth in the first three quarters of this year to the double-digit growth rates of the recent past is not on the cards. Indeed it is more likely that we will see growth over the next two to three years in the 6.5% – 8% range, with some possibility for slightly higher growth beyond that time horizon, if the new leaders can introduce the right reforms.
The main causes of the slowdown are the weak external sector, with the shrinkage of net exports subtracting almost a half a percentage point of economic growth in the first three quarters this year, and softening investment, particularly for property. But with China's broad external surplus at a 10-year low in the first half of this year, absent a complete European melt down (in which case all bets are off), the drag on growth from the external sector is not likely to worsen significantly from here. The bigger worry is property investment, which is growing at barely half the pace of 2011 but still twice as fast as the underlying economy. If property investment moderates further for several additional quarters, GDP growth could slide to under 7%.
On a more bullish note, consumption demand played a more positive role in generating economic growth last year as both private and government consumption as a share of GDP notched up their biggest increases in more than a decade. The growth of average disposable income of urban residents relative to GDP growth in the first three quarters is even more favorable this year than last, providing the foundation for relatively strong private consumption growth again this year, helping to cushion any further slowdown in property investment.
If the government strengthens its policies to rebalance the sources of economic growth by continuing to allow the value of the renminbi to be mostly market determined, further liberalizing deposit interest rates, and eliminating unwarranted subsidies for industrial energy consumption, the sources of China's economic growth could be gradually rebalanced away from investment in favor of private consumption expenditure, thus putting China's growth on a more sustainable path.
Adopting this policy package is a not an unlikely outcome of the upcoming leadership transition. It is one thing for the Hu Jintao – Wen Jiabao leadership to go out of office on a weak economic note—after all they achieved the highest average 10 year economic growth in recorded Chinese history.
It is quite another for the Xi Jinping-Li Keqiang leadership coming into office to contemplate a further deterioration of China's economic performance in their first years. The intellectual case for an accelerated pace of economic reform has been well established in China. If Xi and Li can overcome the entrenched vested interests that have slowed reform to a crawl in recent years they will be laying the foundation for stronger economic growth over the medium term, say something in the 7.5% – 8.5% range beginning in about three years.
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There are at least two reasons for predicting that China's economic growth will slow substantially in the next few years. The first has to do with historical precedents and the second with the logic of China's rebalancing.
The historical precedents are clear. Many countries in the past one hundred years have gone through periods of extraordinary growth, powered by very high and rising levels of investment. In every case these countries developed serious imbalances, either internally, if the investment was financed by consumption-constraining policies, or externally, if they were not.
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Electric Blue (song)
|"Electric Blue"
"Electric Blue" Australian release
|Single by Icehouse
|from the album Man of Colours
|"Electric Blue"
|"Over My Head"
|31 August 1987
|7" single, 12" single, CD single
|EMI Studio 301, Sydney
|Pop rock, new wave
|Iva Davies, John Oates
|David Lord
|Icehouse singles chronology
"Electric Blue" is a 1987 hit single by the Australian rock / synthpop band Icehouse and was co-written by Iva Davies of Icehouse and John Oates[1] of the U.S. band Hall & Oates. The single reached number one on the Australian singles chart on 16 November 1987,[2] #7 on the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 21 May 1988,[3] #10 on the Canadian Singles Chart and #53 on the UK singles charts. Released in August it was the second single from their number one album Man of Colours on Regular Records in Australia and, with a slightly different cover, on Chrysalis Records for European and North American releases. It is played regularly on Australian radio stations and remains one of their most popular songs according to listeners of Triple M in 2007.[4]
John Oates became involved with Davies after contacting him to state he was a fan. The resulting collaboration produced this song and Oates has stated that if Davies had not released the song under the Icehouse name then it would have been a Hall and Oates track.
In Australia, "Electric Blue" was available for a limited time on 7 inch blue vinyl.
A remix version by Skipraiders was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.[5] In July 2007, it was covered by pop artist Steve Ward at the Pink Lemonade Breast Cancer Foundation fundraiser.
On 5 September 2011, "Electric Blue" re-entered the Australian (ARIA) Singles Chart at #80.
Music video[edit]
The music video for "Electric Blue" was shot on the roof of 23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. It is now the Teachers Federation House. The young woman featured in the video is Cassandra Delaney who once married to country singer John Denver and also the sister of Delvene Delaney. [6]
Track listing[edit]
Australian release (7")[edit]
- "Electric Blue"
- "Over My Head"
Australian release (12")[edit]
- "Electric Blue" (Extended mix)
- "Electric Blue" (7" version)
- "Electric Blue" (Dub Version Mix)
- "Over My Head"
UK release (12")[edit]
- "Electric Blue" (Extended Mix)
- "Electric Blue" (Dub Mix)
- "Over My Head"
UK (CD single)[edit]
- "Electric Blue" (Extended Mix)
- "Crazy" (Manic Mix)
- "Over My Head"
US (12")[edit]
- "Electric Blue" (Extended Mix)
- "Electric Blue" (Dub Mix)
- "Electric Blue" (Instrumental);
- "Electric Blue" (ST Edit)
- ^ "APRA search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on May 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-01. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. ELECTRIC BLUE
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- ^ "Billboard Music Charts - Search Results - Icehouse". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown". Triple M. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ "Meltdown credits". allmusic guide. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUFOVu1CurM


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WaMu Inches Closer to Exiting Bankruptcy
By Peg Brickley of Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review
Washington Mutual has reached a deal to quiet shareholder protests over its $7 billion Chapter 11 exit plan, an attorney for the company said.
The settlement was brokered by four hedge funds stung by suspicions they engaged in insider trading in the big bankruptcy case, said the attorney, Brian Rosen.
The case began in September 2008 when Washington Mutual's thrift bank was seized by federal regulators. It was the country's biggest ever bank failure.
Speaking at a hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., Rosen, who's with Weil, Gotshal & Manges, said the tentative deal reached Monday evening "makes sense" as a way to get money to creditors quickly from a bankruptcy that has dragged on more than two years.
Rosen said the company wants to be out of Chapter 11 by mid-August, having cemented in place the last in a series of settlements that grew out of WaMu's collapse. The tentative pact gives shareholders the benefit of a $30 million litigation trust and equity in the reorganized Washington Mutual, a company that may be positioned to take advantage of $5 billion worth of tax breaks.
Appaloosa Management LP, Centerbridge Partners LP, Owl Creek Asset Management LP and Aurelius Capital Management LP, hedge funds that invested in Washington Mutual's debt, took the initiative in reviving talks with shareholders that stalled in the spring, Rosen said.
Aurelius attorney Kenneth Eckstein, who's with Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, said Tuesday that Aurelius has not yet signed on to the deal but "will endeavor to try to achieve a successful resolution" of remaining reservations about terms of the shareholder settlement.
According to Rosen, the four hedge funds will offer $100 million worth of financing to the reorganized Washington Mutual. The company will run a fading insurance operation but could buy other businesses to take advantage of the tax breaks. The breaks grow out of the massive losses rung up by WaMu, a thrift that gorged on subprime home loans before the housing market collapsed.
Creditors who were promised value in the reorganized Washington Mutual will still get it, Rosen said, in the form of another type of security.
The key deal at the heart of Washington Mutual's plan was reached last year, and survived attack at confirmation. It's a settlement with WaMu's new owner, J.P. Morgan Chase and federal regulators, and provides the bulk of the cash to be distributed under the plan.
Judge Mary Walrath refused to confirm Washington Mutual's plan, however, handing shareholders an opening to launch an investigation of suspected wrongdoing by big creditors involved in the case. The insider-trading investigation threatened to trouble Washington Mutual's renewed effort to get out of bankruptcy.
The probe grew out of suspicions the hedge funds bought and sold securities taking advantage of material inside information gained at the bargaining table where Washington Mutual negotiated its Chapter 11 plan. The big investors have denied wrongdoing and complained that the hearsay-based allegations were burning up $30 million worth of value each month Washington Mutual's Chapter 11 exit was delayed.
Fred Hodara of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld said Tuesday the case delay cost could be closer to $40 million per month. He represents the official committee of unsecured creditors, which joined in the settlement talks as they neared success.
"Getting to confirmation is of paramount importance," Rosen said. "This has lingered…cost a lot of people a lot of money and a lot of value."
Attorneys for shareholders will set out their statement on their findings on the insider trading claims as part of the pact, Rosen said.
"It is our understanding, the debtors', that the equity committees investigation has not established" any wrongdoing by the hedge funds, Rosen said.


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Why Not? Another Lyric challenge...
- Okay, here are the Songs Not Yet Identified:
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- 3. It's the only thing I know how to do
- 6. the dream is lost (It's not Pink Floyd)
- 8. We went out one night
- 16. take my sorrow and my sin
- 21. In the beginning in the days before time
- 22. All things dead must rise again
- 27. Standing at the dock a pink flamingo cryin' in the rain
- 29. Under a pale gray sky, we shall arise
- 30. Then he caught me messin' with his friend
- 31. Ask me for some money cause he wants crack
- 33. Skankin' as real as it can be, understand?
- 34. I couldn't be saved by John the Pope
- 35. Where cockroaches and crabgrass are the only crop
- 36. Do we say this means less than we know it does
- 37. On through the dead of night
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- And these have been Identified by a Select Few:
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- 1. but I could not hold on to her very long--Isis, Bob Dylan (jgandcag)
- 2. my world crumbles when you are not near--I Try, Macy Gray (ender22d)
- 4. Would you lie to me--If You Had My Love, Jennifer Lopez (Jacq)
- 5. On the calendar of your events, I'm last week--Flushed down the Bathroom of your Heart, Johnny Cash (jgandcag)
- 7. Like a movie scene--Waiting for tonight, Jennifer Lopez (jenhowel)
- 9. Sometimes is never quite enough--Perfect, Alanis Morissette (MarkW)
- 10. I thought i saw a man brought to life--Torn, Natalie Imbruglia (barbie00)
- 11. Guess mine is not the first heart broken--Hopelessly Devoted to you, Olivia Newton-John (jenhowel)
- 12. you waste your time with pain and regret--Frozen, Madonna (Jacq)
- 13. where the winds hit heavy on the borderline--Girl from the North Country, Bob Dylan (MarkW)
- 14. demented as the motives in your head--Inside Out, Eve 6 (Triv)
- 15. you come out at night--Building a Mystery, Sarah Maclachlan (barbie00)
- 17. "never look back" we said--From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, Britney Spears (Jacq)
- 18. When i was young and knew everything--The Freshman, The Verve Pipe (MarkW)
- 19. Sirens ring, the shots rang out--6th Avenue Heartache, The Wallflowers (ender22d)
- 20. Who doesn't know what I'm talking about--Wide Open Spaces, The Dixie Chicks (ender22d)
- 23. The name she gave was Caroline--Tecumseh Valley, Townes VanZandt (jgandcag)
- 24. I'm crossin' you in style--Moon River, actually by Mancini/Mercer, not Williams(daraflo)
- 25. just close your eyes and think of me--You've Got a Friend, James Taylor (Jen108)
- 26. It don't snow here, it stays pretty green--River, Joni Mitchell (ender22d)
- 28. Like a worn-out recording of a favorite song--Escape (the "Pina Colada Song"), Rupert Holmes (daraflo)
- 32. Image what my body would sound like--Hyperballad, Bjork (drtyhalo)
- 38. Like car parts, bottles and cutlery, whatever I find lying around--Hyperballad, Bjork (drtyhalo)
Have fun! (if I think of any more, I'll add them soon!)
I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but #7 is a line in "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez. #11 is definitely "Hopelessly Devoted to You" sung by Olivia Newton-John in "Grease". And #12 sounds SOOOOO familiar but noo... it's not coming.
You're right on both #7 & #11! I'm impressed. You'll probably get #12 too unless someone beats you to it.
14 is Eve 6's first single. The name escapes me at the moment, I always just referred to it as the 'heart in a blender' song.
6 could be anything, really. "the dream is gone" is from a pink floyd song, and "the dream is over" is from a queensryche song.
19 sounds awful familiar too. Springsteen?
Gotta have the title for 14.
I believe the dream is "lost" not "gone" or "over," so it really isn't Floyd or that awful pop/rock band you mentioned. (sorry, never liked them)
19 isn't Springsteen.
Keep guessing!
#2: Macy Gray--I Try
Great job! I love her! It took me a few listens to catch what she was actually saying, that's why I included it on the list.
BTW, a couple lyric sites quote another part of the song as "I play it off but I'm dreaming of you, I'll keep my cool but I'm fiedin' " I don't believe " fiedin' " is a word--any ideas? Fading, feeling, what are your thoughts?
#20: "Wide Open Spaces" by the Dixie Chicks? "...who'se never left home, who'se never struck out..."
Here are a few of the easier ones. Nice list, Min!
9 is "Perfect" - Alanis Morissette
18 is "Freshman" - Verve Pipe
13 is "Girl from the North Country" - Bob Dylan
oops, i didn't see mark had already guessed #18!
Right, right, right! Great job.
hi min,
here are my guesses:
#10-torn by natalie imbruglia
#15-building a mystery by sarah maclachlan
#18-freshmen by the vervepipe
#14 also sounds awfully familiar...maybe i'll get back to you on that one.
Is this all you guys are going to get? Or did you forget about my little list? Guess on, please! :-) Min (too lazy to log in)
#14, which everyone seems to be having trouble with, IS Eve6 and is called "Inside Out."
#12 is Madonna's Frozen.
Gotta say that you are really good at choosing lines. =) There are so many lines that sound familiar, but the melodies just lurk somewhere in my head and refuse to emerge. I shall return!!
Hey, anyways, is #21 by Coco Lee??
#4 is If You Had My Love by Jennifer Lopez
#17 is From the Bottom of My Broken Heart by Britney Spears
Hey, congratulations!! And thanks for the compliment on the list! You were right on all but #21...keep guessing!
#19: "Sixth Ave. Heartache" by the wallflowers, right? I think I heard it today on the radio as I came back from Northern VA
ah, and #26 is "River" by Joni Mitchell; I have that one on MY list, which, *SHAMELESS PLUG* is still up and running with 74 song lyrics to study and comment on--so y'all come on over after yer finished with the excellent Min's quiz *END SHAMELESS PLUG WITH BACKHANDED COMPLIMENT*...hehehe...
You're right--one of my favorites! (incidentally, I love Robert Downey Jr's version of this--hope he can get his act together and stay out of the slammer)
By the way, I think I visited your list!
#25 You've Got a Friend, James Taylor?
1. I think is from Dylan "Isis"
5 Johnny Cash doing "Flushed from the Bathroom of your Heart" Now that is an obscure lyric.
#23 I knew i knew this one it just came to me "Tecumseh Valley" which I think was written bt Townes Van Zandt but done by a few folkies...
You're right on both. Can't believe Isis stood unidentified for so long!
#6...Comfortably Numb?
Could numbers 32 and 38 both be from "Hyperballad" by Bjork? And i KNOW i know number 28. i know it. Drivin' me crazy.
You're right! And I didn't even realize that I had that song twice--I really like it! Two for you.
# 24 is from Moon River (Williams)
# 28 is from Escape-The Pina Colada Song (Holmes)
Thanks. And thank you, too, Jim.
Sir Dave! Nice to see you out and about! When you going to kick in some lists?
At least the lurking is over. Am I supposed to receive responses (such as your own) in e-mail. I am checking the little box at the bottom of this form, but no e-mail


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Here's no longer the "Little" Billy Gilman of a few years ago. Now he's old enough to drive, and he's ready to restart his career.
Can it be that Billy Gilman - the little kid who created a sensation with his single "One Voice" in 2000 - is now old enough to date and drive a car? As incredible as it might seem, Billy actually turned 16 on May 24. And he's ready to take advantage of all the privileges that accompany this milestone birthday.
Not surprisingly, number one on his list is a car. "Of course, I have to pass the driving test," declares Billy, who's grown into a tall, lean young man. "But I don't see a problem there. My mom has been helping me a lot with it."
And like the typical teenage male, Billy knows what kind of wheels he wants. "I'd like to have a Chrysler Crossfire, as a birthday present to myself," he confides with a wink. "Maybe a metallic gray with great speakers. It's a cool car."
Cool enough to attract the female teen population of Hope Valley, R.I., where Billy lives with his parents and younger brother, Colin. "I pretty much know all the girls in Hope Valley," he laughs. "It's not a very big town."
But his female fans can rejoice - there's no particular young lady occupying his time. "I definitely have girl friends," admits Billy, making sure to emphasize that last word. "Maybe after I start dating - which I can do now that I'm 16 - I might have a special girlfriend. Who knows?"
Billy's biggest birthday wish, though, has nothing to do with cars or young ladies. Instead, he'd put an end to the voice change problems that have plagued him for more than a year. He wants to restart his career, one that exploded with "One Voice" four years ago.
Billy's 2000 debut album, also titled One Voice, sold more than two million copies, and his concerts drew overflow crowds of all ages. But by 2003, the wheels on his career were coming off.
Billy's last album, Music Through Heartsongs, failed to generate significant sales. Then a new regime took over at his record label, and he was dropped from the roster. To compound matters, Billy went through a yelp-y voice change as he hit age 15, and doctors advised him not to perform.
The good news is that he's on the road to recovery. "I haven't been able to do a full concert yet," he explains, "but I think that's about to change. Hopefully, there will be a concert tour in the fall." Billy points to his throat and cautiously adds, "But it all depends on how this works itself out."
With no further complications, the tour should happen - and Billy may even have a CD to promote. "We are still shopping some things around, trying to find the right record label for me," he notes. "I'd like to have an album out by the end of summer. We'll just have to wait and see."
Billy's glad the wait is almost over. For a youngster who's usually animated and energetic, downtime was not easy to deal with.
"It was a little tough," confesses Billy. "I went from doing about 90 concerts a year to nothing! It was something you don't think could ever happen. But resting my voice was the right thing to do, because I almost had some serious vocal chord damage. I was straining my voice to hit high notes."
Billy was hardly idle during his recovery. Last year, he was named National Youth Chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a responsibility he took on with great enthusiasm. As part of his duties, Billy speaks to young people all over the country about muscular dystrophy. He also performed a short musical set during a recent MDA convention in Nashville.
"It's really fulfilling to be involved with this," he acknowledges. "So many kids suffer from this disease. You see kids in leg braces or having to use an oxygen tank to breathe and you think, 'Why should I complain about anything?' Not being able to sing for a while is nothing compared to what they go through every day."
Still, there have been disappointments. "The biggest thing was the record label situation," he candidly admits. "But I learned from that and I've matured a lot in the last couple years."
Musically, Billy feels that he's only getting better. "I'm learning how to write music," he declares with a smile. "I try to write lyrics but that doesn't come easy for me."
He's energized about the future, however. "I do have to prove myself all over again," he concedes. "But that's the challenge.
"I'm excited to be getting back out there again."
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Monthly Archive for August, 2011
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If the Pacific Northwest had a massive earthquake: What would happen
Inside Howard Schultz's Madison Park Starbucks
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'Stir-crazy' Irene victims flock to Starbucks
Think about it. There's coffee. There's internet access. There's one on every other street corner.
Starbucks spokesman Alan Hilowitz told Bloomberg News the company is trying to reopen shuttered stores as fast as possible, largely because hurricane victims are looking for a place to gather.…
Hope Solo will be 'Dancing with the Stars'
Afraid of bugs? Try eating them
Seattle's Cafe Racer is hosting a so-called Bug Banquet where you can taste all sorts of bugs. Crunchy bugs. Slimy bugs. Puréed bugs.
Feeling hungry yet?
The Sept. 7 banquet will be prepared by Seattle's famed bug chef David George Gordon. It's being held on the feast of Saint Gratus, a day that honors the patron saint of entomophobia. (That's the fear of insects.)…
'Hangover' writers filming college comedy at UW
A group of friends get together for a crazy night out in celebration of a major milestone, but things get out of hand. They have to rush to get one friend to a life-altering event on time. Maybe, a wedding? Or a test for medical school?
OK, so maybe "The Hangover" writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore aren't exactly reinventing the wheel when it comes to scripts. The duo are filming "21 and Over" on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, and the movie sounds just a little bit familiar.…
10 myths about grunge and Seattle music
Nordstrom adds free shipping, free returns
"Free shipping is reflective of how customers increasingly want to shop online and we hope this change makes it easier and more convenient to shop with us," said Jamie Nordstrom, president of Nordstrom Direct. "We look forward to adding more features and functionality as we continue to improve the online experience."…
Osama bin Loggin' T-shirt: Would you wear it?
A T-shirt featuring a muscle-bound logger and Osama bin Laden is proving controversial in Hoquiam, where the annual Loggers' Playday festival is underway.
The shirt, sold by Hoquiam businesses to promote the community event, features a shirtless, flag-tattooed lumberjack glowering over a log-tied bin Laden.
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Share a little about the materials, processes and techniques used to create this cake: This cake was made in one day, which is not my norm. It was for my favorite neighbor's 10th birthday and things went together for the party on short notice. I covered the board with fondant and embossed the board with flowers(more girly then grass) and airbrushed green. I used a sheet cake pan, and one 9x9 of chocolate cake to cut the template I had made from one of my shoe insoles. I stacked using raspberry for the filling. After a couple of hr's of freezer time, I carved as close as I could to a picture I found of her soccer shoe. I covered with chocolate ganache and MMF. Finished it off with a pearl sheen airbrush. I know I could have done better, if I had not been so tired towards the end. She loved it though and that's all that matters!


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|I went into Skydome(renamed Rogers Center in '05) with high expectations having heard people rave about it during the early 90's. But I was quite disappointed by it, maybe partly because the dome was on during the game I saw. I'm sure it has a different feel with the roof open. But it wasn't just the roof that turned me off. When you walk through the gates, it feels more like you are entering a mall than a baseball park. The concourse area is loaded with concession and souvenir stands, all with neon signs. The floors were polished giving the whole area a very glossy feel, not what I like when I'm going to a baseball game. Most of the concessions were run by McDonalds and featured overpriced items. Or maybe it just seemed that way since all the prices are in Canadian. The biggest problem I had with Skydome, though, was the seating. The labeling of the seats is the most confusing I've ever encountered, especially considering it is such a new park. And when I did find my seat, I couldn't believe at how small they were. It just seems like they tried to squeeze in more seats by making them narrower. The park is configured ok for baseball, though I didn't think the sightlines were particularly good. Also, a large foul territory pushes the seats back further. Skydome just feels too big to have a good atmosphere for baseball. Maybe if the put real grass in it, it might improve the atmosphere, but I have never heard any rumors of this happening. Certainly a better park than the Metrodome or Olympic Stadium, but not worthy of all the hype it received when it first opened in 1989.


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Student employees serve in a wide variety of positions from intramural referees at soccer games to research assistants in Health Sciences labs. The person who answers the phone when you call a campus department is often a Creighton student. The friendly face you see when approaching a receptionists desk is often a student worker. They escort you to your car when its late at night, watch over your toddler in the Child Care Center, put your library books back on the shelves, sort your mail and monitor the safety cameras in the parking lots. They file your chart when you are seeking treatment in the Dental Clinic or the Medical Center. And dont forget, that personality behind Billy Bluejay is a student worker.
Federal Work Study Procedures/ Student Handbook for 2016-17
List of acceptable identifying documents for mandatory Federal I-9
Gabrielle Braden, Senior Arts and Sciences student, has been selected the Creighton Student Employee of the year. Timothy Glick is her nominating supervisor. Gabrielle has worked in the Health Sciences Library for the past 3 1/2 years. She has recently been admitted to the Creighton School of Dentistry for 2016-17. Go here to view all nominees.
This office is excited to announce that a series of student job skills training modules have recently been developed and are available for student employees through Creighton BlueLine. This will be a great tool to make your training process more comprehensive. You can direct your students to complete the modules during their job orientation process.
Currently there are 5 modules. More are in the works. Topics so far include:
The Course in BlueLine is called Student Employment Job Skills training.
You as the supervisor will be able to track which of your students have completed the on-line training. You will need an invitation from BlueLine directing you to register as Instructional Assistant for the course Student Employment Job Skills Training. You will not have any teaching duties; this step gives you access to the system so you can begin viewing your students training completion. If you would like an invitation or have questions about BlueLine Call 402-280-3428 or email Kathy Craig.
If you would like to brush up on your job skills, you can self-enroll in the Student Employment Job Skills Training course on BlueLine. https://blueline.instructure.com/enroll/KB8KFF
The state of Nebraska minimum wage will increase to $9.00 per hour effective January 1, 2016. Student wages will be adjusted accordingly.
At time of hire, students will need to present, in person, original documents that prove identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
Find us
The Student Employment Office is on the second floor Harper Center
2500 California Plaza
Call us
402 280 2457 800 282 5835 fax: 402 280 2895