One day, Phoebe woke up and found that her house had been broken into. Her front door was wide open. She went into the living room and saw that her television set and stereo were missing. She checked the kitchen, but didn't find anything missing there except for a clock. Then she saw that her purse had been stolen too. She called the police to report what had happened. The police officer told her that there had been a lot of cases like this in her neighborhood lately, and they were looking for the criminals. Phoebe went into her bedroom and started to cry. She had no money to buy a new television set or stereo. She was scared that the robbers might try to break into her house again. She called her friend Mary and asked her what to do. Mary told Phoebe to change her front door lock right away. She said she knew a detective who could try to find the robber who had broken into her house. Phoebe thanked Mary, and said she felt safe knowing that there was someone who could help her catch the robber so he wouldn't do it again. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How many things were stolen?
2. What where they?
3. How did they get in?
4. Who did she call first?
5. Had they found the robbers?
6. Who was the next person she talked to
7. What advice did she give?
8. Who did she say cold be of assistance?
9. Could she replace her taken belongings?
10. why not?
11. Was she the only victim?
Answer: 1. Two
2. her television set and stereo
3. Her front door
4. the police
5. unknown
6. Mary
7. to change her front door lock right away.
8. a detective
9. no
10. She had no money
11. no

I hated writing thank-you notes as a child, but I had no choice: My mother was adamant about honoring other people's kindness and generosity. But now after a childhood spent crafting those notes, the music of gratitude flows naturally from me.

I hire Brant to build an arbor around my front door. I drew it exactly as I wanted, and he realized my vision perfectly. Surprised at how the arbor's beauty uplifted me every time I stepped into my house, I called Brant a few weeks after the arbor went up. He answered the phone defensively.

"What can I do for you?" he asked, his voice cold and distant.

"You can say, 'You're welcome,' " I responded.

"I don't understand," Brant shot back.

"I am calling to say 'Thank you.' ''

Silence.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I love my arbor, and I wanted you to know how much I appreciate your work."

More silence.

"I've been doing this work for 20 years, and no one has ever called to thank me for it," said Brant. "People only call me when they have problems." He was doubtful.

I also had a similar experience with L.J. He answered my questions, didn't push, and gave me space to think and decide. I wrote to let him know that he completely exceeded my expectations of what a beat-them-down car sales experience would be like, and that I was happy with my car choice. L.J. called me a few days later. He said that this was the first thank-you note in the history of the dealership.

Are we really living in an age when feedback only closes with complaint? It seems to me that when we focus on problems, we only have dissatisfaction and complaint. But when we focus on celebrating goodness, we are likely to turn it into something positive. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What work does Brant do?
2. How long has he been doing it?
3. Has anyone ever called to thank him?
4. What does LJ
5. Do people usually thank him?
6. what did he do for the author of the article?
7. What do we have if we only look at our problems?
8. What did Brant build for the author?
9. What part of the house was it by?
10. What did it do for the author?
11. Was it beautiful?
Answer: 1. He builds
2. 20 years,
3. no
4. Car salesman
5. no
6. answered questions, didn't push, and space
7. dissatisfaction and complaint
8. an arbor
9. front door
10. uplifted them
11. yes

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida (CNN) -- Weather and time have inflicted more damage to Fort Jefferson than hostile cannon fire ever did.

The crumbling citadel rises 40 feet from the turquoise water of the Gulf of Mexico, an outpost of a bygone era. Built on an island in Florida's Dry Tortugas, 70 miles past Key West, the fort is being restored by a squad of craftsmen who spend three-week shifts there between hurricane seasons.

A cocoon of mesh and scaffolding shrouds one section of its 8-foot-thick walls as they work. It's a grueling job, but it's one Dennis Wood, a mason from Massachusetts, says he's glad to have.

"Things are slow today, you know," Wood said. "Got a job offer to come down here for the winter, so we took it."

Efforts to restore Fort Jefferson have been under way for about 30 years. The current phase received a boost from the economic stimulus bill that passed Congress in 2009, which devoted $7 million to the project. But planners estimate another $13 million is needed, and that money has yet to be allocated.

The six-sided fort, roughly the size of Yankee Stadium, was designed to protect shipping lanes through the Gulf of Mexico. Construction began in 1846, but advancements in the science of artillery rendered it obsolete before it was finished. During the Civil War, the Confederacy never bothered to try to seize it from Union forces.

The Union kept a garrison of about 2,000 men there and used it mostly as a prison for Confederate captives and deserters. It wasn't until after the war that it received its most famous inmate -- Samuel Mudd, the Maryland doctor convicted of aiding Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, by setting his broken leg. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the name of the park?
2. In what State is it located?
3. How far from the Keys?
4. Where was this built?
5. Who's Wood?
6. What's he doing?
7. How many sides does the place gong under restoration have?
8. Why was it created that way?
9. When was it started?
10. Who had control of it during the War?
11. What baseball field is it comparable in area?
12. What did the Union use it for?
13. How many were garrisoned there?
Answer:
1. Dry Tortugas National Park
2. Florida
3. 70 miles
4. an island in Florida's Dry Tortugas
5. a mason
6. restoring Fort Jefferson
7. six
8. it was designed to protect shipping lanes through the Gulf of Mexico
9. 1846
10. the Union
11. Yankee Stadium
12. as a prison for Confederate captives and deserters
13. 2,000