Introduced Katya to Purdue OWL, an excellent resource for students on the college level, covering writing style manuals like the MLA style handbook, but also covering scientific style sheets for scientic papers and lab reports. Mentioned that Purdue OWL also has various style and format guides, plus samples of each writing project.Checked wording and added additional observations in Katya's commentary after Stanley block quote. Questioned what Katya plans to do next. We looked at the bar graph provided by AARP, but wondered if it would be better to follow Stanley's list with another source's list to provide that lists are just that lists. Then we would be in a position to say that lists without statistical backup are open to criticism. Statistics have real value. Statistics provide the basis for making statements like "primary cause," "root cause," "secondary cause," "circumstantial or conditional or contributing cause." Stressed the inportance of discussing each cause as they come up so the reader can feel reassured that he is following the discussion. Focused on the pattern: term introduced, example provided, according to quote presented, followed by Katya's comments analyzing the quote. Mentioned how important good, clear topic sentences are, and the same for transitions because transition guide the reader and help to develop the argument of the paper. Reviewed the requirement that Katya's paper include a paragraph on the concept of "tipping point." Last, reviewed the various required formats of the Works Cited page.