Melva Gifford

Good: thorough
Bad: thourgh

It is the placement of the R that I keep messing up on. I think of the Norse God of Thor. It is pronounced THORough. We’ll see that that works.

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These are notes from my weight management class. Any inaccuracies are the fault of the note taker. This discusses the importance of sleep.
– Over the past 40 years, the number of adults who sleep less than 7 hrs moved from 16% to 37%
– Lack of sleep means less energy, illness, more eating, cranky, less willpower.
– We are less alert, mental status, workplace error, less quality of life, impact our appetite.
– Need to focus on our impact on our metabolism and life.
– There is a possible line between sleep and obesity:
– 6 hrs. sleep 23% more likely to be obese than those sleep 7=9 hrs.
– Individuals who sleep 5 hrs. per night was 50% more likely to be overweight.
– Individuals who sleep for less than 4 hrs. per night was 73% more likely to be overweight than those who sleep 7-9.
– Afternoon naps can be added to the number of hours.
– If you can’t sleep get up and do something to get off the worry. maybe write down the things you are worrying about.
Why is lack of sleep related to obesity?
– When sleep deprived it influences the hormones that manage.
– Leptin hormone (makes you feel full). Lower leptin can make you think you are starving and you burn calories more slowly.
– Ghrelin: produce in stomach tells us when we are hungry. higher before a meal. It increases with weight loss.
– Peptide YY: makes you feel full.

Improve sleep by:

– Decrease sources of stress
– Lack of physical activity or don’t exercise sleep better
– Not being able to turn the brain off at night
– Waiting for kids or attending kids
– Your partner who has a different sleeping partner.
– Need to find something that will read a good book or a warm bath that tones down the body.
– Some like a long commute as it gives time to destress from work.
– Change the environment that interrupts your sleep.
– Go to bed 30 min early.

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Here are some notes from a church meeting. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

– Alma 37: 47 small and simple things
– Elder Oaks talk; small and simple things.
– Alma 37:6: by small things great things are brought to pass.
– Ether 12:7 if men to come to me I will show them their weakness. It will make them feel humble. If they humble and have faith, will make weak things strong.
– 1 Nephi 3:4:
– Alma 37: Lord God used men to accomplish great purposes.
– One missionary said I only baptized a dirty face Irish boy: that boy grew up and became a counsel of the twelve.

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Here are the rest of my notes of the overview for proposition five presentation offered by the developers of the properties

This is a submission to my caucus corner occasional blog.

Other notes:
– On Feb 13 Orem city council passed Prop 5 to go to the people who will vote on the election in Nov
– UV university has a master expansion plan 5, yr 10 hr etc. The university will concentrate on academic buildings and have no interest in manage student housing.
– 24 homes were purchased from residents in an area of Orem that is currently surrounded 3/4 by Utah Valley property.
– UV has no wish to devote funds to housing. The school wants that handled by private organizations.
– The organization, Orem citizens, is a political group who supports prop 5.
– Campus drive student housing at Utah valley university.
– Bus free for the first 3 yrs.
– The Alpine school district was concerned about no stoplight on 400 West. Developers will install a traffic signal.
– At the school, there are two lanes that enter into the property and the exit at the opposite end of the school campus.
– Lakeridge does not have crossing guards. guards are usually paid by the city. There are not enough volunteers.
– The stoplight at Lakeridge will be paid for the project.

Campus plans:
– In the future, Utah Valley University is expected to have 50K students. There is insufficient housing for those students. Three properties are being considered to provide housing.
– On campus, the turn-about will be enlarged. This will be paid by a federal grant.
– Utah Valley parking available to visitors from 5 pm until 3 am.
– People liked this location because it is surrounded 3/4s by university property.

Question: If Proposition 5 does not pass by the citizens what will happen to the property?
– 1. The land will be sold back to UV.
– 2. Utah Valley in not wanting to manage housing, so will likely give it over to another developer who will then develop their own plan. At that point, the new developers may not have to make the same concessions to the city and neighbors as this current one has had to do. There may also be higher density housing.

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Good: Enormous
Bad: enormouse

What creatures are not considered to be enormous? A mouse of course. So, don’t the word does not get included but instead, EnorMOUS.

We’ll see if I can come up with a better idea.

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These are notes from my weight management class. Any inaccuracies are the fault of the note taker. This discusses how self-talk can influence your behavior toward eating.

• Too many bad habits: you have good habits. Working on overcoming bad habits.
• Can’t bake I’ll eat it. > give away or just control portions.
• Too stressed> go on a walk and drink water. Eat a snake that is healthy. Eat a healthy snack before you go home.
• Pay attention to what goes in our head.  Connect them to the type of talk and what is their trigger. Create a list of positive talk to combat them.
• How to avoid hanging skin: lose weight slowly and build msuld4e to replace fact space.

• Body image: is how you see/perceive yourself and others. An emotional response to those perceptions.
• Positive body image
• clear, true perceptions of your shape
• -appreciating and celebrating natural shape
• Understand that a person’s physical appearance says little about their character or value
• Feeling comfortable and confident your body

Negative body image:

• A distorted perception of shape.
• Believing that only other people are attractive
• Body shape and size is a sign of personal failure
• Feeling embarrassed, self-conscious and anxious about your body and spending a lot of time thinking about physical
• Feeling uncomfortable and awkward in your body.
• People can look fit and fit people don’t look all the same.
• Vide0: evolution of a model.
• We are comparing ourselves to people who have been photo shopped.
• Video: REAL BEAUTY sketches
• com/realbeautysketches

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Here are some notes from church. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

• Tom Perry: fatherhood is the most important type of leadership.
• Elder Christopherson: as a church, we believe in fathers. Fathers should preside with love
• Gen 18:19
• There is a story of a father tired of unruly kids. He let his kids do whatever they wanted for a day. They did not have to obey the rules: having on Christmas Eve. House was in chaos. Kids finally realize the importance of rules.
• Parents create rules and examples to protect us.

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Here are the first half of my notes of the overview for proposition 5 presentation offered by the developers of the properties

This is a submission to my caucus corner occasional blog.

The property is across from performance arts building that is currently being constructed and across the street from Lakeridge jr high.

Builders will put speed bumps to discourage traffic to go north and to slow down speeds.

The complex will have parking structure (hidden behind trees to make autistic pleasing). Orem city required that they have a lot of extra parking. This structure will have more parking than any other student project. 80% single occupancy rooms.

Parking is also free, fee included in the rent.

Visitor parking provided in the complex (20 slots) and in a separate parking area attached to the site.
Overflow parking on parking area to south or north for addition several hundred stalls
Kind of units: 70% four bedrooms and four bathroom.
The complex will have shared units and studio units.
The cost of a single unit will be $540 a month. Each unit will have a bedroom, bathroom (I presume some form of a kitchen.
$540 is the same price comparisons as in other parts of the country
Four-person shared a$425 rates.
Unite have a kitchen,  study rooms, pool, and recreation area.
Only students can rent from the complex.
Will provide find a roommate assistance program
Have 350 places for a bike (i think that’s what my notes say) and can go up capability.
Have a car share, have the site also designated for ubber drive resources.
Have a public bus pickup
Visit parking: during peak parking times, there would be enough parking. have to get a ticket. 20 visitor spots in the project and will be in the parking dedicated to / for visitors
Security: on-site full-time staff, lighting camera, secure access at all doors and gates, student resident assistants, potential to hire uvu security
They demolished all the homes that we purchased. There were issues of homeless occupying the homes that had been vacated, and children of the previous resident of those home using drugs. Both these issues caused security and health hazard.
Before demolishing homes, we gave the owners’ permission to remove any parts of their house they wanted to take with them.
Housing will not be BYU approved
9 mo. contract will not charge the same as a 12 mo. contract.
The property will provide roommate match help
Will have different genders on the same floor but not in the same unit.
1600 student these buildings will 5, 4 and 3 story building.  the buildings will be tiered to be more pleasing visually for surrounding residents.
Project designed to make more walkable or bikeable.
Will have a strict policy: if students get caught parking in the neighborhood or residential areas
First time: get city ticket, they lose their security deposits,
2n’t time $200 fine.
3red will be removed from the housing.
Some buildings will be three stories, four stories, and five stories. They will be slanted to be more visually appealing
The developers made a lot of concessions to please the neighbors, the university and Orem city council such as free parking when other housing facilities don’t offer that.
Housing will hold 1600 people.

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