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Siblings

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Personality Type

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Slide 14

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Slide 15

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Randomized Test

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basic test results

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DDC Living Online 2

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DDC Living Online 1

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DDC Testing

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DDC Testing

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DDC Software

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DDC

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quiz DDC

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DDC

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1 page Essay

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grade...

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Using www.50states.com record your answers to the questions below about your state.

1. Year of statehood - December 3, 1818
2. Population - approximately 12,419,293
3. Capital - Springfield
4. Motto - State Sovereignty, National Union
5. Bird - Cardinal
6. Flower - Purple Violet
7. Tree - White Oak
8. Song Title - Illinois
music by: Archibald Johnston
words by: Charles H. Chamberlin

9. Save a picture of the state flag, state shape, state bird, state flower, and state tree to your server folder. (Right click on the picture on the interent/save picture or image) List the filenames below that you used to save the picture

LIST OF FILENAMES -POST

10. Find 2 popular tourist attractions located in your state and know the following information for each ( Museum, Universities, National Forest, State Parks, Sports Team)

a. Name of each attraction
1. Lolipalooza
2. Cloud Gate
b. The city where each attraction is located.
1. Chicago
2. Chicago
c. Give a brief description of each attraction
1. Music Festival that sells out each year
2. Giant Bean
d. Save a picture of each tourist attraction to your server folder (ID#) List below the filenames you used when you saved the pictures.

11. Find 4 fast facts about your state. Remember you are trying to entertain so pick interesting facts that make your state UNIQUE.
a.three of the world's tallest buildings
b.29 miles of lakefront
c.over 40 museums, 150 theaters,and 6,000 restaurants
d.
12. List all sources used in finding your state information and pictures (EX: www.50states.com) include the following about each site:
a. Name (title bar)Google, 50states
b. URL address:
http://www.canyouseethesunset.com/uploaded_images/lollapalooza-crowd.jpg
http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/lollapalooza.jpg
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/uploadedImages/News/Chicago/Images/Arts/piclolla.jpg
http://www.50states.com/illinois.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Arena/4336/cityfact.htm
c. date you accessed: 2/25/08
d. Author of site (if there is one)
e. Date of posting/revision of site (if it appears on the bottom of the website page)

Trip Finances

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Secretary Footer

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Secretary Bullets

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Club Merchandise Chart

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Carnival

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p. 534

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Kickoff

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Hotel Accommodations

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Roundup

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Annual Trip

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General Org Info

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pg. 494

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Personal Budget

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Sales Consolidation

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Leasing Info

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Spreadsheet

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Qrt1 Sales

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Tenant Space

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Formulas

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Job Openings

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11/19/07

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Rice 1 11/16/07

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pg 177

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Mall Employees PNG

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Warm Up

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What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
TASTY : GROSS :: firm : _____

2. loose

WORD QUIZ
anticlimax
"After practicing my role for weeks," said Marva, "the show was an anticlimax."

1. "I got two standing ovations and a bouquet of roses."

Warm up

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ANALOGY/WORDQUIZ/WPM
ARMHOLES : SHIRT :: pages : _____

2. magazine

reticent
Who is likely to be described as reticent?

3. a man of few words

Warm Up

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ANALOGY
GALAXY : HUGE :: _____ : brass
1. trumpet

WORD QUIZ
overture
You would most likely find an overture

3. at the beginning of an opera.

Warm up

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WARM UP
(What is an analogy?)
LOUISIANA : STATE :: barn : _____

2. building

WORD QUIZ
fusty
If you visited friends who lived in a fusty house, you might decide to

2. open a window.

Warm Up

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PURSUE : CHASE :: roomy : _____

2. spacious

Word Quiz
What does it mean?
inert
Which could be described as inert?

1. a couch potato

Warm Up

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WATCH : IGNORE :: gather : _____

2. scatter

Word Quiz
ennui
Someone who is suffering from ennui feels

3. very bored.

Warm Up

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ANALOGY/WORD/WPM
BRONTOSAUR : PLANT-EATING :: spinach : _____

2. leafy

Word Quiz

spelunk
I thought it would be fun to spelunk with my Uncle Bo because

3. caves fascinate me.

Monday: Analogy

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ANALOGIES/WORDQUIZ/WPM
MINK : SOFT :: mold : _____
1. fuzzy

WORD QUIZ
raconteur - 話し上手な人, 談話家.
My Aunt Vesta is a great raconteur—

2. I could listen to her stories for hours.

office letter

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Warm up

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What word completes the analogy?
(What is an analogy?)
STITCHING : QUILT :: beak : _____

3. songbird
What does it mean?
meritocracy
Word Quiz
My swim camp uses a system of meritocracy to decide who will be lifeguard.

2. The strongest swimmer is lifeguard.

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WARM UP
What word completes the analogy?
IMAGINATIVE : CREATIVE :: stair : _____

3. step
WORD QUIZ
gossamer
Which looks most like gossamer?

2. a turtle's shell

WARM UP

2007-10-10T13:34:00.000-07:00

(What is an analogy?)
CAR : AUTOMOBILE :: _____ : swamp

3. marsh
WORD QUIZ
viscous
"I was going to get one of those lizards," said Willa, "but they are too viscous.

1. "They can bite for no reason."

WARM UP

2007-10-09T13:45:00.000-07:00

(What is an analogy?)
EXCLUDE : INVITE :: _____ : quiet
1. chatty

WORD QUIZ
plausible
Which would be a plausible reason for being late to school?

2. The bus came late.

BCIS Letter

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Thursday Tech Talk 2.4

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Wednesday Tech Talk 9/3/07

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1) Name two examples of financial and accounting software.
Quicken
Microsoft Money

2) Name one drawback to upgrading software.
Drawbacks could include incompatibility with older hardware and software, conflicts with existing programs, and the time it takes to learn new software

3) Software applies rules, called ____, to data in a way that allows a computer to process information.
algorithms

4) Identify the part of the following filename that indicates the type of data it contains: 010106_MyResearchPaper.doc

Tech Talk 9/2/07

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Tech Talk: Bits and Bites 9/1/07

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Analogy/Word Oct. 4

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ANALOGY/WORD
TOE : FOOT :: roof : _____

2. house

feral
Because our little Puss-Puss is a feral cat, she can seem
1. wild as a tiger.

WARM-UP: ANALOGY/VOCAB

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WARM-UP: ANALOGY/VOCAB
TEST QUIA & GAGGLE ACCT

ANALOGY
HAIRPIECE : TOUPEE :: spunky : _____
1. plucky

WORD QUIZ
obtrusive
While we were hiking, we saw an obtrusive mass of rock. It

3. stuck out into our path.