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  • Both were named for the Kansas river. The location of the mouth of the Kansas river flowing into the Missouri establishes the longitude that the whole western border of Missouri (except for the Platte Purchase). Basically Kansas state is where the Kansas river flows and Kansas City began where the river ends.

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    Trump draws fire for remarks about Medal of Honor recipients - ABC News
  • Sorry, but could you point out where they say they contacted Kelly directly? I'm not saying that his statement are untrue or anything. Just trying to be more responsible with my media consumption. I guess maybe this isn't the best place for me to do that.

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    Trump draws fire for remarks about Medal of Honor recipients - ABC News
  • The NBC article refers to statements Kelly made on CNN and what The Atlantic published. Is that independent? I can't seem to find anything super definitive online about the phrase's meaning.

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    Trump draws fire for remarks about Medal of Honor recipients - ABC News
  • Ok, clueless question here. Doesn't independent confirmation include direct contact with a primary source (John Kelly in this case)? Wouldn't referring to another publication be more like dependent confirmation? I'm never quite sure what this phrase means.

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    Update for those following my mystery health problems: I'm at the Mayo Clinic. We may have at least a partial diagnosis!
  • I had the same surgery and it was very successful. Can't believe it but it's almost been 14 years ago. I got really lucky in that I still have peristalsis in the top two thirds of my esophagus so I can eat whatever I want 99% of the time. Still have to eat slow and I get terribly painful muscle spasms a few times a year.

    I had the same thoughts about space after my diagnosis! I even worry about back injuries or anything that would leave me flat on my back in bed since swallowing would become difficult. Just SUPER grateful for laparoscopic surgery so I didn't have to go through the old open chest version.

    Be well and swallow smoothly!

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    Update for those following my mystery health problems: I'm at the Mayo Clinic. We may have at least a partial diagnosis!
  • Hello fellow achalasian! I remember my first barium swallow test. They called in the radiologist since things were so abnormal. He looked at my images and just said "......huh". Good times.

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    A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US
  • Thirteen year olds working in the Netherlands don't qualify for minimum wage- "13: (The minimum age of employment under the supervision and with no guarantee of a minimum wage.)". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_working_age

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    These aren't "feel good" stories, they're "we live in hell" stories.
  • I'll take a stab at explaining from my (limited) experience. US schools receive funding from many sources, but the budget is set locally (usually once a year) by administrators and approved by a locally elected school board. When administrators make the budget they have to estimate how much money to set aside to pay substitute teachers. The administrators don't know which or how many teachers will get sick so they distribute sick hours to the teaching staff evenly. You can think of sick hours kind of like getting 'shares' in the substitute fund. Now as teachers work for a district over time these sick hours continue to accrue. Basically it means teachers who have worked there for a long amount of time and haven't needed to use the hours have hundreds of 'shares' in the substitute fund. People with a lot of accrued hours can transfer them to other employees. The amount of 'shares' in the substitute fund stays the same, but the 'owners' change. Meaning the giver loses their promise of substitute coverage, but the district can continue paying for both the sick teacher's salary AND a substitute teacher to cover their classroom, AND buy those new crayons they promised. Hope that all made sense.

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    These aren't "feel good" stories, they're "we live in hell" stories.
  • Some places just want to be very clear that sick time is the same for every employee while PTO hours can vary based on seniority/merit etc. Most folks already understand that, but some people need it spelled out.

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    These aren't "feel good" stories, they're "we live in hell" stories.
  • If this is a public school there is not a lot of evil and greed happening. It's just people doing their best with very meager funds and budgets they can't change without board approval. If this issue is important to you, please take a second to learn about the fiscal year 2024 appropriations and consider contacting your federal legislators here.

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    Neurodiversity In The Workplace
  • 'Attention difference disorder' is nice and simple and encompasses the variations that happen. However, my personal favorite is 'nonconsensual multitasking'.

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