Very effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of The Lion King for instance, and a teacher might say, 'Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?' The message is: I'm better at what I do, because I'm gay. — Miche...
At eleven o’clock one August morning, Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa, Iowa. There was no hay in his hair. The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy, on his first visit to the city, is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants. Don’t you believe them...
People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are stubborn, it requires skill to influence them; if you treat them with anger and spite, this is treating stubbornness with stubbornness. —Zicheng Hong 9 ...
You don't have to look very hard to find hauntings (or ghost tours) in Virginia City's nationally recognized historic district along C Street—but one of the most famous haunted destinations in the former silver mining town is the Washoe Club Museum & Saloon, the city's oldest saloon form...
What is the law in Chicago for January 2024? From January 1, 2024, Illinois' minimum wage will be $14 an hour with tipped workers earning $8.40 per hour, and overtime must be paid to certain employees working more than 40 hours a week. ...
As we mentioned above, it's important to focus on your company's core revenue-generating activity when choosing the business code to use on your taxes. Remember that the right code is the one that best describes the primary source of your income, even if it doesn't necessarily explain the...
It is a fact that remote working increases productivity and remote employee performance. Many studies were conducted during the COVID-19 remote work boom. Astudy by Chicago Booth Reviewshows that 40% of workers reported being more productive at home during the pandemic than when in the office,...
Talent is only the starting point. —Irving Berlin Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. —Henri Frederic Amiel It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent. —Stella Adler ...
“Nah, Michael’s got mine.” He [Shane] looked straight into her eyes. “I’ve got yours. — Rachel Caine 48 My soul is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches, its eyes wide open far-off things, and listens at the shores of the great...
The Chicago School of Economics:Friedman also became the most famous alumnus of theChicago School of Economics, aneoclassicalschool founded in the 1930s by his professor, Frank Knight, to promote free markets and the concept ofrational expectations, a macroeconomic theory that holds that individuals...