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The STEM Learning Ecosystem
Since 2012, the Samueli Foundation has stood alongside the Tiger Woods Foundation as advocates for quality STEM education for all students. Gerald Solomon, the foundation's executive director, believes the key for our future generation's success is intrinsically tied to how we educate our students and teachers in STEM education. Solomon, who led the design and development of the OC STEM Initiative, the nation's first STEM Ecosystem, explains why a new teaching system is so urgent.
Everyone talks about the need for a higher-skilled workforce and the need to ensure that all students have access to the education, training and mentorship they need to be prepared to join that new workforce. At the same time, industry reports suggest that we have jobs we cannot fill because our educational system is not producing a workforce that meets these needs. If that were not challenging enough, how can we as a society ensure that the next generation is provided every opportunity to thrive?
After 20 years of research by the National Academies (National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Science and the National Research Council), their core recommendations are focused on ensuring that all students are equipped with the critical thinking, collaboration, communication and analytical tools needed to be college and career ready, and that to do so, we need to think differently about how we educate and train our students. That is where STEM (or STEAM) comes in!
STEM is not simply science, technology, engineering and math. Rather, it is the acronym that represents the critical skills, characteristics, and attributes one derives from learnings within those disciplines. In the former Industrial Age era, rote memorization and repetitive work functions were what was needed. The world has changed, and the demands on the worker, and society, must evolve accordingly. The Information Age, as Andrew McAfee states in his book "The Second Machine Age," requires a society with a completely different skill set, which in turn requires a very different teaching system, based on inquiry, project-based learning and immersive experiential engagement.
Unfortunately, today's education system is still producing students, and teachers, based upon former workforce and societal needs. Retooling such an institution is problematic. Given that learning is now constant, and that at any time a student can Google and access more information in five minutes than an educator can learn in a lifetime, retooling is not sufficient. How we teach and learn needs to go through a transformation.
Based upon National Academy research, and multiple demonstration projects that show great potential, the solution is the creation of a new architecture and approach to learning. This new architecture is being referred to as the STEM Learning Ecosystem. This Ecosystem approach encompasses all learning platforms from formal to informal, PreK-20, after school, industry, STEM rich institutions and the parent community to coalesce to reframe how students learn and teachers teach. This new approach is the focus of a national collaborative known as the STEM Funders Network.
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The Challenge will run until Dec. 18. At that time the fan with the most tracked volunteer hours will be honored as the Buccaneers/Bucs for a Better Bay Volunteer of the Year during the Dec. 31 Buccaneers home game vs. the New Orleans. Saints. The winner and his or her guest will receive tickets to the game and pre-game VIP field passes, and will be recognized during the game on BucVision, showcasing their hard work throughout the season.
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Volunteers can register for the Bucs for a Better Bay Challenge at www.buccaneers.com/volunteerchallenge, and search through a wide variety of volunteer opportunities with local nonprofits, including those providing hurricane relief. Volunteers can log their hours through the same site. Program participants are also encouraged to share their hard work on their social media channels by tagging @Buccaneers, @DoGoodLiveWell and using #BucsForABetterBay.
This challenge is the latest in UnitedHealthcare's "Do Good. Live Well." program, an employee-volunteer initiative aimed at inspiring service and encouraging volunteerism. For more information about the benefits of volunteering and to find local opportunities to get involved, visit www.DoGoodLiveWell.org. Follow @DoGoodLiveWell on Twitter or "like" Do Good. Live Well. on Facebook.
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"Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command" (1 Chronicles 12:32). 1 Chronicles 12 is a stirring chapter that describes the "mighty men" who helped David in war. If you want to read about some valiant, heroic men then read this chapter. Among them are the sons of Issachar who are described men who "understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do". I'm constantly amazed at people who have no sense of the moment, much less of the times. It is not a commendation to a person's character to say that he treats every situation and circumstance alike. People of understanding are able to respond appropriately to the circumstances that surround them. Elders, preachers and parents need to understand the times in which they live if they are going to know what they, as God's people, should do. Do you understand that our society is losing the war in terms of morality? Are you aware and alarmed at the increased acceptance of sexual immorality? Do you see the pressure being applied to force moral approval of homosexuality? Are you concerned about the rise in couples living together outside the commitment of marriage? Are you troubled by the message being sent to young people that sex before marriage is normal and even desirable? Do you understand the times are becoming more and more God-less? Do you understand that our times are becoming increasingly filled with senseless violence and destruction? Do you recognize the devaluation of life fueled by a humanistic system that lowers man to the level of nothing more than another beast of the field? Do you understand that people are turning more and more to drugs and alcohol to ease the pain of their frustrations and problems? Are you disturbed by the senseless violence that is often perpetrated by children? It would be easy to keep adding to the list, wouldn't it? It is important to recognize that merely identifying problems does not necessarily "understand the times". There are many people who fret and fume of the state of the world without having any idea WHY we are entangled in a catastrophic mess. If we truly understand the times we will have insight as to the source of the problem and what to do about it. We will recognize that these horrors are merely the manifestations of sin. Once we come to "understand the times" we will recognize where to go to find the solutions we seek – to the word of God. Again, this involves more than merely quoting texts. It involves the ability to properly apply the principles of Scripture to our lives. And that involves more than applying our intellect – we must apply God's revelation (our Bible) to the situation. We must believe that God's word, when applied will correct any situation involving sin. We must have the courage to follow it in the face of opposition from those who do not believe in, nor want to follow it. Understanding the times calls us to action, not to fear and dismay. People who understand the times are not going to be running amok throwing their hands in despair crying, 'The sky is falling'. They are going to take up the armor of God and march into battle. They are going to live with the confident assurance that Satan and evil can be overcome.
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Goethe-Institut in Lagos and Yaounde in collaboration with Saraba Magazine and Bakwa Magazine invites applications for participation in a mentored series of exchanges and workshops on creative non-fiction.
Though Cameroon and Nigeria are neighbors and share a lot of similar cultural values, this potential has not been exploited for the collaborative knowledge and advancement of either country. Consequently, though they share a border, they know little or nothing about each other and hardly engage in literary collaborations that could benefit both countries.
The workshop will feature different stages of exchange in both Cameroon and Nigeria at no expense to the applicant.
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4. Your availability to travel between 10 th -16th May 2017 and other dates after being given prior notice.
Your sample of work must be included as an attachment in your mail.Applications not following the rules will automatically be disqualified. The working language of the workshop is English.
To apply send an e-mail to [email protected] Your email subject should read "Application for Literary Exchange 2017".
Selection process: Applicants will be selected by a jury appointed by Goethe-Institut Lagos and Yaounde. The jury's decision will be final and non-appealable.
Deadline for Submission is February 15, 2017. Only those accepted will be notified by March 10, 2017. Details regarding dates of exchange and meetings will be communicated upon approval of your participation. For further enquiries, contact: [email protected].
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Tom Leykis, the shock jock sidelined for more than three years after his radio station dropped talk for pop music, is infamous for persuading women to lift their tops and for coaching men to spend as little money as possible on dates. Critics dubbed him a Neanderthal. Now he's being called a revolutionary.
Silenced by the changeover at KLSX-FM (97.1) in February 2009, Leykis has resurrected his show online with a shoestring operation that he believes can take on the radio conglomerates — the latest in a cadre of stars staking out new territory for themselves.
"My job here is not to serve the corporate master. I am the corporation here," Leykis said while giving his "mission statement" on a recent show. "I reserve the right to talk about anything I find interesting."'
After three years off the radio, Leykis has resumed his weekday show on the Internet, once considered merely the realm of amateurs and vanity programs. Now he's streaming his show free on http://www.BlowMeUpTom.com, a reference to the tradition of fans' requests that Leykis end their calls with recorded explosions, among other sound effects. He broadcasts live weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m., sometimes 7, with continuous repeats until the following day's new show.
The Internet show began April 2, and at the end of its first week, 401,180 listeners had tuned in for at least five minutes. The first month, fans tuned in from 102 countries — England, El Salvador, Uganda, Australia, the Philippines and Mexico, among others.
"It's an example of how creative talent is adapting to a new reality," said Perry Michael Simon, news, talk and sports editor at the online radio-news journal AllAccess.com. "The number of outlets they've got on traditional media have shrunk. It's wise of anybody on the talent side to be entrepreneurial."
Behind an anonymous storefront in Burbank, with printers and auto-repair shops for neighbors, Leykis broadcasts from a small studio, dark and spare, standing at a crescent-shaped desk and still wearing his trademark dark glasses in the dim lighting. His KLSX show also aired weekday afternoons, and many fans listened while driving home during rush hour — not sitting in front of a computer. Is he simply missing out on that whole swath of his audience?
During a break, Leykis holds up an Android smartphone he'd been twirling in his hand.
"This," he said, "is a radio."
A few finger swipes, and he's turned on an application streaming radio stations and programs from around the world, with presets for his favorites — like a car radio with a global reach. He presses an on-screen button, and the current episode of "The Tom Leykis Show" starts playing. Plug that into a dashboard, and it's as if he never left the airwaves.
"This is a cultural breakthrough," said Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine, the trade journal of the talk-radio industry. "You're on the same magic box that major corporations spend millions of dollars to broadcast through. That's a revolution."
And Simon noted that what listeners care about is the content coming out of their speakers, not whether it originated from a broadcast antenna on Mt. Wilson, a satellite overhead or a cellphone tower beaming an Internet stream.
"While the traditional media are shrinking, the opportunities to get your product out there have never been greater," Simon said.
In the short term, online audiences will run smaller than those for radio, he said, but in the long run "there's a much greater upside in terms of numbers."
Leykis is by no means the first radio refugee to take his program to the Internet. Almost immediately after their station switched formats in 2009, his former KLSX colleague Adam Carolla started offering a podcast that emulated his morning show. Among others, former Air America talk host Lionel and longtime Chicago radio personality Steve Dahl podcast regularly via their own websites.
With a podcast, listeners can go to a website or iTunes and download the latest show, then listen to it at their leisure. Likewise, the hosts can produce and post the shows whenever they want and aren't required to be in front of a microphone at a studio every weekday at 3 p.m. sharp.
Leykis' streaming model, on the other hand, better simulates the live radio experience for the audience, with the interaction of callers, host and subsequent callers reacting to earlier comments.
"He's basically offering a radio show without the antenna," Simon said. With podcasts, "there's a delay that takes the communal experience out of it."
Leykis' new show is much like his old one. He gives advice to mostly male callers – who refer to him as "dad" – on how to negotiate their world of conniving gold diggers, where nice guys finish last in the dating game. During his Thursday "Leykis 101" segments, the "professor" tells women "how men really think," and tells men how to get more women, without spending money on them. But he said part of his new autonomy is to explore other, non-relationship topics – whether mocking Mike Huckabee's radio show or riffing on the anachronism of the phone book or the barbarism of the Kelly Thomas beating in Fullerton.
"Frankly, I don't think the average listener wants me to talk about the same thing all of the time," he said on-air one day. "I refuse to be a cartoon character."
Simon said it's too soon to tell whether one method will eventually win out with listeners, streaming or podcasting. Leykis is hedging his bets and also ensuring income by offering premium subscriptions for $99.99 a year, which includes on-demand access to all previous shows.
He's also selling merchandise and advertising on the air and on the website and has a dedicated link toAmazon.com, through which he gets a cut of anything purchased. He owns outright the computers, sound boards and other scant equipment he needs and works with only three other people — executive producer Gary Zabransky, engineer Art Webb and screener Dean DeMilio, all of whom return from his KLSX show.
Leykis said he will have spent about $1 million to get the show up and running and expects to make a profit by the end of the first year — more than some of the nation's biggest broadcasters can say about their bottom lines. He doesn't have the expense of an FCC license, transmitters or antennas or any debt from buying new stations.
For example, Clear Channel, which operates the nation's largest radio chain with 850 stations, had a profit of $330 million on revenue of $1.3 billion in the first quarter of this year but is saddled with nearly $20 billion in debt from a leveraged buyout in 2008.
"Now you've got these companies that are so over-leveraged," Leykis said, "they have turned the radio business into a bunch of scrap metal and homogenized formats."
KLSX had been the longtime home of Howard Stern until the "King of All Media" bolted for Sirius satellite radio in January 2006. KLSX then struggled until February 2009, when parent company CBS Radio flipped the station to the Top 40 "Amp 97.1" format it still broadcasts, which led to an immediate ratings jump.
"I didn't know what I wanted to do next," Leykis said, and for the rest of 2009 he "went to veg" on his 20-acre ranch in northern Santa Barbara County. His CBS contract paid him for three more years, so "I always had the option of not coming back. I could have stopped."
"It became apparent that anyone with a laptop and a cheap microphone was doing a podcast," he said, but few had his experience or following. He saw a chance to circumvent the traditional business model and "create a radio station without a transmitter."
He spent the next six months studying digital content, streams and podcasts. "I wanted to be one of the first to claim some of that beachfront property."
He used an e-mail list of 10,000 culled from his former show and 35,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter to spread the word about his return.
"It feels fabulous. I haven't worked this hard in 20 years," he said, keeping his hand in every aspect of the do-it-yourself radio station — even standing in line at Burbank Water and Power with a deposit check, to get utilities turned on at the studio.
"I have no time to feel like a revolutionary," Leykis said, grinning. "Someone's got to go to Costco and get paper towels."
from: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-tom-leykis-20120701,0,6829666.story
Tom Leykis was born on August 1st, 1956 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Leykis
August 1st, 1956
August 1st
8 + 1 +2+0+1+1 = 13 = his personal year (from August 1st, 2011 to August 1st, 2012) = Transformation. Major changes. Things change.
13 year + 4 (April) = 17 = his personal month (from April 1st, 2012 to May 1st, 2012) = Inspired. Inspirational.
17 month + 2 (2nd of the month on April 2nd, 2012) = 19 = his personal day = Front and center. Proud of his hard earned success.
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For all the women (and men) out there taking happiness entirely into their own hands. Reminds me of the times I've taken holidays on my own. Never have I known such an accelerated way to create a little self-love.
The nerve of that woman
To go be happy —
Doesn't she know
She's single?
Living entirely her own life,
Making all her own choices
As to how to make this world
A better one,
And perfectly content —
That's got to be an act, right?
Where I come from,
Everyone is miserable
Single, married or otherwise:
That's how it's suppose to be
But she's sitting on a beach somewhere
Happily within her own thoughts
Living an independent existence
Where love is a matter of daily choice
Not ritual obligation
What's wrong with her?
Or is there maybe
Something wrong with me?


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A team of women curlers from BC will be taking part in the Canada Deaf Games in Winnipeg in February.
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Fitch Ratings withdrew its AA- grade for $720 million worth of bonds issued by the Department of Water and Power after the City Council last week rejected any increases in electricity rates for DWP customers.
The result is that the department will have to pay more to borrow money to maintain cash flow, although the agency is reported to be $1 billion in the black even as the city's general fund is facing a $700 million deficit come July 1. The mayor late Monday spoke out on the downgrade and on city controller Wendy Greuel's Monday announcement that the general fund will run out of money by May 5 because the DWP has refused to transfer a promised $73 million to that account.
"Today we are facing the consequences of the city's failure to enact the necessary rate increases ... thereby costing the ratepayers more in the long run," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated.
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"Over the past several months, I have been advocating for a plan that would put the Department of Water and Power back on a path towards fiscal health, protect the department's credit rating and avoid the very situation in which we now find ourselves," he said.
That's not 100 percent true, however: Villaraigosa was cloaking a massive rate hike (as high as 28 percent for some customers, with more to come) as a "carbon surcharge" plan that would create jobs and wean the city off coal power. It was only in recent weeks, as he faced resistance from the City Council, that Villaraigosa painted his four-tiered rate hikes as a budget saver that would essentially act as a tax on the city's power customers.
It was, as Councilman Bernard Parks noted, an easy way out as City Hall faced hard choices that included layoffs, service cuts and slashing entire departments. The mayor and the City Council knew of impending budget doom as early as 2007 yet advocated union raises, a hiring spree and pension benefits that today have helped to put the city underwater.
Late Monday Villaraigosa sounded like a failing small business owner who couldn't pay the rent. He ordered city managers to ensure any outstanding city loans are payed, expedite invoices and adhere to his earlier "spending controls" that included travel restrictions.


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Interested in a Quetzaltrekkers hike? But not sure if it's really going to be everything that those (somewhat-full-of-themselves) Sexy QT Guides crack it up to be? Well... being a Sexy QT Guide myself, I can't really help you out... but if you want to hear the report straight from the words of a recent client, check this out!
Guest Post #3, Written by Travis McMullen, Client on November 2013s Full Moon Santa Maria Trek.
The night sky. It was always only about the night sky – the moon and the stars. The statement has multiple meanings: the way it illuminated the path ahead, how peaceful the night seemed, how clear the stars and constellations were, just how the full moon seemed the glow – regardless of whether or not you were looking at it. That night was all about the sky.
Once a month, Quetzaltrekkers offers a full moon Santa Maria hike, where clients get to hike up Santa Maria during the full moon, commencing at 10:00pm. A few quick facts about Santa Maria:
- It provides the perfect mirador (scenic overlook) of Volcano Santiaguito – one of the most active volcanic craters in the world – erupting every 30 minutes to 60 minutes
- Elevation of 3,772 metres (12,375 feet)
- Stratovolcano
- Its eruption in 1902 was one of the biggest eruptions of the 20th century
It was a cool November night when I, along with other clients, partook in the full moon trek. On the bumpy truck ride to the starting point, the cool breeze tested our layers of clothing and left the face feeling cold. As the sides of the truck were quite high, we had no choice but to let our gaze wander up, taking in the full moon and all the different stars as the truck weaved through the city and into the surrounding countryside. That was when the mind really started to appreciate it all. You can climb a mountain or volcano at any time, so during the full moon, it became clear it was all about the sky.
Once off the truck, it was gear on and up the volcano. Given the ambient light produced by the full moon, only a few headlamps were needed for the trek. The combination of moon and artificial light illuminated the ground below us so we could see where we were hiking.
Despite the frigid air, we were soon heating up from movement and we paused to start shedding layers, many of us going all the way down to just a t-shirt. Cool air met with warm body heat, counterbalancing to keep us slightly warm as we continued.
Throughout the night and early into the next morning, the ascent became gradually more and more steep, becoming more taxing as we neared the summit. The elevation also started to come into play, an excuse I used when I started to confuse the landscapes I was looking at. As we crested up above the clouds, the moon illuminated the clouds below us in a beautiful grey tinge. With the other mountains visible in a dark black outline, and the lights of the surrounding towns illuminating the points, it looked like the clouds were a large lake—similar to the view I had seen at Lake Atitlán during another Quetzaltrekkers trip.
Turning to one of the guides, I managed to gasp out my amazement in the cool air. "Look at that lake! Isn't it just beautiful?" After what I'm sure was a quick mental assessment on the guide's behalf to make sure I wasn't suffering from altitude sickness, she calmly replied in a humorous fashion, "they're clouds, not a lake."
With my pride damaged, the group continued the ascent, using the frequent rest breaks to converse with each other – to find out each other's stories, remark on the views, and discuss the uniqueness of hiking during the full moon. At times, when you looked at the full moon, you were blinded, like a deer looking at a car's lights. It was an interesting experience, to see just how much the moon can light up the surrounding area.
Just before sunrise, when the sky was beginning its shift from dark to dawn, we found ourselves just below the summit. Our final task—a steep ascent up the volcano peak, the distance being a couple of hundred meters. Exhausted, short of breath, yet full of a sense of accomplishment, we made it to the top just in time to witness the sunrise.
Sitting on top of the volcano, we watched the sun slowly crest above the other mountains on the horizon, casting different shades of orange and red across the sky. Slowly but surely, the sun illuminated the other mountains across the ridgeline.
With the sunrise completed, many opted to pull out their sleeping bags for a few hours of well-deserved sleep. Others, myself included, were content to just sit on the volcano, looking at the scenery and down into volcano Santiaguito, which seemed like an arm's distance away. Throughout the morning, we were able to witness the volcano erupt – smoke being pushed into the air with a roar as Santiaguito showed its power.
After a hearty breakfast, we began our descent. Even though we followed the same route, it was a different experience being able to see everything in the daytime. A few hours later, we made it to the bottom and returned to Xela—memories full of the night sky.


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I love reading. I always love to stick my nose in a book, and hide until I finish. That's when I decided to write. I love making up stories, and trying to figure out what is going to happen. I use my free time to write. It is not much, but I will take what I can get.
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they called the school, who referred Melissa to a counsellor in April, and they also contacted CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) at the recommendation of their local GP.
"We believed she was a teenager trying to push the boundaries,' says Peter. 'Our daughter was self-harming and involved in a close friendship with another child who was self-harming. What parent wouldn't want to drop and collect their daughter from school in such circumstances?"
I felt straight away it was part of the manipulation process. She was trying to elicit sympathy so she could push the boundaries further.
I'm being pressed for this diagnosis. I just want to warn you the CAMHs worker has said if she is told she can't be Mark at school she may be at a serious risk of committing suicide.".'
Peter interjects: 'Basically, what they're saying is: "If you don't play ball, you are going to endanger your daughter's life."
'That's why we knew we'd have to start trying to find some way to fight this.'
"Surely as parents it's up to us to act in what we believe to be our daughter's best interests, not some social worker pushing their liberal agenda. After all, it's us who love her. We are her family —not the State."'
originally posted by: Morrad
I find it quite shocking that a parent would call their child 'manipulative' after taking an overdose. I do know that intentional non-fatal overdoses are a cry for help. I wonder if the parents prevented Mark from giving his own version of accounts. It would most certainly give a more balanced and informative article.
Strangely enough one of my daughters and I were discussing this cutting
phenomenon the other day, neither of us can recall anyone when we were in our
teens resorting to it, and wondering where it seems to have suddenly come from.
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
I have wondered this and discussed it with my kiddos also. I have known of three or four children in our circle who have resorted to this behavior.
Just yesterday, at work, I was talking with a caseworker who related to me that when she was a caseworker in Georgia many (perhaps 20) years ago she supported a client who engaged in all sorts of self injurious behavior and the client told her that the 'physical' pain helped to relieve the emotional pain/trauma.
That client wound up institutionalized (mental illness) and remained there until her death some years later.
It's a shocking phenomenon to me. Perhaps fueled by self loathing? Lack of acceptance? Lack of control? Mental illness?
Time wise from your post this is now? not in the long past i would guess.
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
Interestingly, or not, the children come from what would be traditionally considered 'good' families with stable work, nice homes and the like.
I do agree with the lack of parenting skills and I wonder if some parents lack the knowledge, open mindedness (?)
or are willing to discuss these 'new' trends etc.
Perhaps they are uncomfortable and just prefer to not speak openly about what their children may be seeing and/or experiencing in these modern times?
They ought to be more hands on in this day and age, my daughter knew more
about her daughters school friends than their parents did. She had many a
conversation with mothers who told her about *what and where their children
were* .... Lol!! My daughter knew different!
originally posted by: Morrad
They maintain that they are not homophobic or bigoted and that when Melissa is 18 they will accept her as transgender if this is the path she chooses. They mention being worried that hormones being taken at 14yo can affect fertility later on in life.
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
It seems, perhaps, that the 14 year old had led a very sheltered and 'strict' life before transitioning into public school where they then discovered new ideas and ways of thinking and it may have been overwhelming and the shock of it all, all at once may have been too much for the young person to process. It is a different world than when I was younger and children are able to reach out into that world from their little bubbles like no other time in history.
originally posted by: TNMockingbird
a reply to: Annee
I work with intellectually and developmentally disabled adults, some of whom were institutionalized as children and young adults and part of our mission is to help integrate them into society. Some spent decades isolated for their differences.
It is important, IMO, to do just what you are doing.
Occasionally when we are at a restaurant or theater or elsewhere in the public arena, folks can be mean/disappointing with their glances of disapproval or fear. We are 'teaching' our friends how to be in a world that can be scary and is foreign to some of them. Patience and acceptance and caring is required for the public to see these folks as being valuable members of not only the human race but society.
Integration is key, IMO.
I'm glad your grandson is on the high functioning end of the spectrum.


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Reporting from Miami — Your freeloading iPhone can now start paying for itself. Maybe even take you someplace nice for dinner.
A 2-month-old app called Gigwalk pays you to use your iPhone. Users who download the app act as on-the-ground inspectors for big companies, checking local menus and store displays or verifying street signs. The Gigwalkers, as they're known, snap photos of the task and send it to Gigwalk, which pays anywhere from $3 to $90 per gig. As users prove themselves and earn "StreetCred," they can unlock higher-paying gigs that are more complicated.
Gigwalk is the brainchild of three former Yahoo employees: Ariel Seidman, Matt Crampton and David Watanabe. Backed by venture capitalists, Gigwalk launched in Los Angeles and seven other cities: San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and Miami. Its clients include Microsoft, which uses the app to check information for Bing, its search engine.
The idea was to make use of smart phones and social systems, Seidman said.
"We're solving problems for companies and trying to rethink how people find work," he said.
Josh Tarkoff, 30, a pediatric resident at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, was one of the first to sign up. Tarkoff's done nearly 140 gigs and earned $350 in the last month alone.


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Can I use other juices?
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Will I be hungry during detoxification?
Because eating is a habit, you may have a desire to eat, but you should not feel hungry. If you do, simply drink the lemon juice mixture more often. Because this mixture is food in liquid form, it gets into the bloodstream quickly and allays hunger.
What if I feel like I must eat?
Most people find that detoxification can be difficult because eating has become a pastime in our society, and we have come to crave the taste of foods. The first time can be especially taxing. If you feel like you must eat, first increase the amount of maple syrup in your mixture. This will raise the blood sugar level, which increases energy. If that doesn't work, try a short nap and additional water. As a last resort, eat an apple or banana, and then try to continue on with the program as outlined. Call your M'lis educator for further suggestions.
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First, maple syrup contains many minerals and vitamins. For this reason, it will provide the body with energy. Second, pure maple syrup is a balanced, natural sweetener and can be used without causing an insulin response. Because of this, hypoglylcemics can use the program without fear of lowering or raising blood sugar levels.
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You should first consult your physician if you are presently under medical care, are on prescribed medication, are over 65 years old, or have any type of serious medical condition. Pregnant and nursing mothers should not detoxify.
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Well, we've done it- we added up our debt totals, and well, it's U-G-L-Y. Thank God we only have to do this once! If I could insert a big thumbs down right here, I would. I'm linking the total to a Google Doc and you can view that here.
Well, our estimated payoff is around six years using the debt snowball method of payment. You can check the particulars of the debt snowball here. We anticipate that the payoff will take much less time, being that we are throwing any extra money we earn at it. That's not well represented in the spreadsheet.
Looking at the total is a bit daunting, but really, it's also refreshing. I can say that now because I've let it sink in a few days. It means we're actually doing more than just making minimum payments and giving our money away to our creditors in the interest we're paying them. What's important to note is that we're concentrating our efforts rather than spreading out our payments on the debt. That's what allows us to tackle it quicker while providing for a big family with one and one-fourth income.
So here we go-it's going to be a long haul, but I'm done with credit and borrowing! No turning back now.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The U-G-L-Y truth: Our Debt Total
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Speak with the surgeon about anything you need to do prior to having your procedure. Find out if you need to shave your head or face, for example.
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Map of Buria Baf-e `Ulya Herat Province, Afghanistan
Other Names: Bariyabaf,Bariyabāf,Bur'ya-Bafi-Ulia,Buria Baf-e `Ulya,Burya Baf-e `Olya,Burya Baf-i-`Ulya,Bur'ya-Bafi-Ulia,Būryā Bāf-e 'Olyā,Būrīā Bāf-e 'Ulyā,Būṟyā Bāf-i-'Ulyā,بوریا باف علیا, Būrīā Bāf-e 'Ulyā
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Gregory Peck Wins Best Actor: 1963 Oscars
Sophia Loren presenting Gregory Peck the Oscar® for Best Actor for his performance in "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the 35th Academy Awards® in 1963. Introduced by Frank Sinatra.
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One of Hollywood's most enduring and popular stars draws on his memories to tell the amusing and touching story of how it was when the studios ruled supreme, Subscribe for more! http://bit.ly/JansonYouTube and a shy and inarticulate boy from a broken family could rise to superstardom to become one of…
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NDPC Contest Results!
We're back from Pony Cup! But before I launch into my recap, I'm sure you all want to know the results of the contest!
This one could have gone either way. It could have went high, with a ton of people thinking he was one of the many Haflingers there, or it could have gone low, since most of the people there really know their ponies.
|Really, if you look at him, he doesn't look like a Haflinger. Really.
Photo credit: my momma
In the end, it went...low! Connor got mistaken for a Haflinger three times. T, Jess, Carly and Karen all guessed correctly, in that order. I entered them in the order they guessed into the random list generator at Random.org and...
Thanks everyone for playing, that was a lot of fun! I wish you could have seen my entourage throwing up their hands every time someone called him a Haflinger. It was a blast!


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Hello friends, hope you are fine and doing well. In this particular post will be sharing with you an awesome trick that will let you share unlimited pictures on Whats App without losing a bit on the quality. If you like the post and think that this would help others, please do share the same and do let us know if you get into any issues in doing so.
Earlier Whats App use to reduce the quality of the pictures being shared and you would lose some clarity and quality on them. This was done on the Whats App network and we couldn't do a bit about the same.
To begin with, make sure you have the latest version of Whats App installed on your smartphone and to be on the safer side get enrolled to the Beta Sign up available within Google Play Store.
After you get the latest version of Whats App you need not share pictures as you were doing earlier. Rather just hit the button that lets you share documents and search for the picture you would like to share.
Using this method you can trick Whats App to assume the content being shared is a document & not a picture hence the quality, in this case, will not be deteriorated at all.
For example, if earlier a 1 MB picture shared was reduced to size 604 KB, using the above method would not change anything and you will get the exact size as its meant to be.
This is because the new update lets you share any file whether it's an APK, PDF, DOC, XLS, MP3, MP4, AVI through the documents sharing attachment option available on the side of the message bar on Whats App.
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Successful Music
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Naana B. Dares to Take You There
What's a plush fall coat without a coordinating handbag? That's right nothing. So if you haven't heard Naana B. has launched their collection's line of handbags, evening wear and day wear for Fall 2009! The Naana B Collection is available for viewings/inquiries at the blink PR Showroom in Soho New York.
"A woman designing for women, Naana B. takes the uniqueness and artistry of handbags and clothing to a new level. The line reflects the free nature of the designer's life and adventures. A self-confessed dream chaser and globetrotter, the designer Naana B. began her artistic journey creating steel sculpture and paintings at Columbia University, later inspiring a long lasting love affair with clothing and accessories. After crafting and learning the elements of design, the line Naana B. was conceived! Handmade and produced by women artisans in Ghana (www.rcempowerment.org) proceeds from all sales go to the Rural Communities Empowerment Centre in Ghana" (Courtesy of blinkpr).
And please visit www.naanab.com
Posted in Art, Business, Entrepreneur, News
The City is Mine
The future was upon those the Taj Lounge on September 19th. With a futuristic/robotic theme 8 of New York City's finest up and coming designers were brought to all that witnessed it. "The City is Mine" Fashion Show had attendees on the edge of their seats as the models strutted the artistic visions of Deon Halil, Envius Couture, Rico Flores, Molie Guablue, Brazillian Alex, and Melyssa Nycole. The show was headed by the Designers of Unleashed introducing CEO Shaleese aka yaedon marie. The signature piece that kicked off the show was created by designer Blondina. All proceeds from the show went to the American Diabetic Association. For more information on the show and the designers of unleashed check out www.modelmayhem.com/yaedonmarie, www.designersofunleashed.blogspot.com or email at email@example.com if you are an aspiring model and would like to be in one of her upcoming shows. Stay tuned for more and see you at the next show!
Posted in Entrepreneur, News, Photos
Travel on A Budget
For all you "globetrotters" that love to travel even when summer's over, will find "Travel Happy Budget Low" by Susanna Zaraysky a fantastic and resourceful read. Author, Susanna Zaraysky has created a literary lane for herself by documenting her travels and adventures that take readers on fascinating expeditions near and far. Here's what she told FBE about herself and other piece of work "Language is Music":
FBE: How successful has your book been?
SZ: The books, Language is Music, and Travel Happy, Budget Low, will be published at the beginning of June 2009. From February to April 2009, I ran a contest where people could read my books for free online. I had over 114 people sign up to read the books for free.
FBE: Was writing always your passion?
SZ: I think writing was always something I liked. A few years ago, I was going through my boxes of childhood toys and items and found a children's book I wrote in the 5th or 6th grade.
FBE: When did you see writing as a career?
SZ: The career chose me! I often wrote travelogues about my international adventures and would write short prose or poems and send it to my friends. I even wrote out poems as invitations to events I was planning. For years, my friends would reproach me for not publishing my work or writing a book. In 2005, I became allergic to myself and to my job in wine marketing and knew I needed to follow my passion. Yes! One can literally become allergic to one's job. I developed allergies to wheat, citric acid (no tomatoes), dairy, chocolate, corn, and grapes. I was in the Italian wine and food business and could not eat most Italian food or drink the wine.
I was at an Italian wine tasting event for work and the speaker was talking about how Italian wine was losing its sense of terroir, its roots. I thought about what my roots were and decided to write a memoir about my life in different languages and cultures. I wrote that book, One Eyed Princess in Babel, but couldn't find an agent or publisher to take it on. So, I decided to write two smaller books. Language is Music is about how to learn foreign languages using music and other media. Travel Happy, Budget Low is about how to travel the world on a budget. People always asked me how I was able to speak seven languages so well and travel to over 50 countries on a budget. I figured that I'd first make my presence with those books and then get the memoir on the market.
FBE: How did you come up with the concept and title of your book?
SZ: I came up with the idea and name for Language is Music after listening to the audiobook version of Dr. Oliver Sachs' book, Musicophilia.
For Travel Happy, Budget Low, I was searching for a name for a while. I wanted to call it Budget Globetrotter, but that website was already taken. My mom said the book title needed the word "happy" in it. So, I came up with this name. It sounds like a title for a Chinese movie!
FBE: Are you self published or do your work with a publishing house?
SZ:I will self publish under my business name, Kaleidomundi.
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Issue 37, August 2014
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When I started Modern Acoustic, way back in 2004, one of my main objectives was not to be like every other music magazine, which fills their pages with fluffy profiles of bands and overblown CD reviews in order to get as many eyeballs, website hits, and likes on Facebook.
Yes, I want all those things, but I try my best not to compromise my true intentions – to illuminate stories that interest me, and most likely you, too.
It's right there on the cover of every issue of Modern Acoustic: "Music and Music-Related Issues That Matter."
My favorite past issues are the ones that dealt with topics facing musicians or music listeners. In Issue. No. 7, we asked a college music professor if she thought the music explosion that happened in the '60s could ever happen again. Issue No. 9, we mourned the loss of album liner notes; Issue No. 15 pondered the future of Internet radio; and Issue No. 21 questioned whether jazz was dead.
Each of these stories, and others like them, asked or pondered bigger questions than the standard fare churned out regularly by commercial music magazines.
And in this issue we again ask a big question: What happens when a band finds out that its name has a derogatory connotation?
Poor Old Shine, a Connecticut roots band with a punk attitude similar to the Avett Brothers, has built itself a nice following in its four-year existence. But during that time, it became apparent that their name, chosen from an old song, had an obscure but denigrating history in the American South.
What should they do? Ignore it and continue on? After all, it was obscure. Face the facts and change their name? It could bring to a halt any foothold they had gained.
Frontman Chris Freeman fills us in on how the band responded, and where they go from here. It's a fascinating look at a complicated and stressful decision.
Oh, and by the way, while we said we weren't ALL about music interviews and CD reviews, it's not like we completely ignore them either.
We talk to DJ Brendan Hogan of WUMB-FM, who provides the perfect soundtrack for our post-rush hour commute home from work. As the first participant in our new Get to Know… feature, we ask Brendan about his playlists, which perfectly balance classic and contemporary tunes, while also providing a guide to new artists hitting the scene, such as Parker Millsap, Nikki Lane, and Ryley Walker, whose albums we reviewed.
And finally, aided by our faithful Facebook followers, we offer up our exclusive list of songs with dates in them, inspired by the great Bobbie Gentry's song "Ode to Billie Joe," which opens with the lyrics "It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day." Happy summer, all.
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Archive for March, 2011
The Executive Lifestyle
Sandford Place is one of those small developments of executive-style houses built in somebody's garden.
You can't blame them. Someone had an old Edwardian house in half an acre and presumably one day a smart young man rolled up in a BMW and offered them enough money to retire to somewhere more manageable.
For the best part of a year, I had been walking the dog past the demolition of the lovely old house, the building site – and now, the new smart development of "Sandford Place".
And now, for the first time, the builders' gate was down. Suddenly this was a residential street – and it didn't even say "Private Road – Residents Only".
The dog and I went to explore Sandford Place.
For modern houses, they were really very nice – OK, so you didn't get the half an acre of garden but each one had a private space behind a 6ft willow fence. But it was the size of the houses that was impressive. These were homes for top executives!
The nearest imposing front door opened and a man in overalls walked out. He carried a clipboard and looked mildly stressed.
"Finished at last, then." I said brightly.
"Just finishing off," he confirmed. "Easing doors. That kind of thing."
I said I'd been watching the houses go up. That I was impressed. He started telling me about the five bedrooms, the annexe over the garage, the dressing rooms.
But there was an edge to the way he told me – here was a man who had helped to build these houses and had clearly – with every blow of his hammer and ever turn of a screw – been growing more and more conscious of the fact that he was building something that he would never, ever be able to afford.
Now that's not something I felt – after all, I lived in one of the houses down the road that still had it's garden
So I asked him: "Would you like to live in a house like this?"
He snorted: "I wish…"
Now I know that this is a part time job that you do 24 hours a day – at any moment I'm supposed to be ready to recruit a new distributor. But this was supposed to be a small detour. I might not have looked like it but really I was in a tearing hurry.
I pulled out a card. I said: "Look we're all in charge of our lives. In reality we can live anywhere we want. We just have to decide to make the change. If you want to change your life give me a call."
The Pyramid Scheme
I've just spent an hour with a removals man. I'm going back to see him next week because he wants his wife to hear this. But the reason I want to write about it is because it just goes to show that you can find prospective distributors anywhere.
This is what happened: I saw a removals van with a mobile phone number on the back. I called the number.
"Hello," I said. "My name's John Passmore and I saw your vehicle on the A12. If you have a minute, I've got a quick question for you."
He said he had.
I asked him: "Are you in the market for more time, more money or possibly both?"
He asked me what I meant.
"Well, I work with a big company which arranges for Marks & Spencers to pay people's electricity bills. Now, what this means for you is that if you showed two people a week how to get their bills paid by the big stores, then this time next year, typically, you would be earning £500 a month more than you are at the moment. Would another £500 a month benefit you?"
He said: "Course it would."
And so we arranged to meet in a pub in Ipswich – although, in the event, I ended up in his sitting room round the corner.
This was his story: He had done sorts of things – before the removals business he was selling Time-Shares in Spain. Now he was discovering that finding the work and doing it was only half the battle. The other half was getting the customers to pay for it…
But if I was going to talk money, then he was prepared to listen – and here was the reason: He was diabetic, he had a bad back and he had given up smoking. When you give up smoking you tend to put on weight – and diabetics can't go on a diet… and extra weight exacerbates a bad back – which is not much good if you're in the removals game…
What really worried him was that if he had to stop work, the business would grind to a halt. With two school-age children to support, that couldn't be allowed to happen.
So I showed him what we had. I showed him what he would have to do to earn an income of £60,000 a year – which would come in like a pension whether he worked or not. He said it looked like a pyramid scheme – and weren't they illegal?
Yes, they are. But in a pyramid scheme the same product gets sold over and over again from one pyramid salesman to the next, getting more and more expensive all the time.
We don't sell a product. We just introduce people to the club. But in a sense the pryamid principle is a very good description of what I do: You see, I've been doing this for nearly six years and my pyramid stretches from Aberdeen down to Exeter and across to a little village near Deal on the coast of Kent – and inside my pyramid are lots of other pryamids, some bigger than others, some growing faster than others. But one day some of those little pyramids will be as big as mine is today … and then guess how big mine will be!
He listened and he nodded. He said: "I'm interested."
Then, his Time-Share salesman side showed itself: "Now I know you'll want an instant decision but I'm not signing anything now. I want my wife to see this because she should be involved."
And that was when I told him something that really startled him: "No, I'm not going to suggest you sign up now. You see, if I try to push you into it, you'll think that's what you'll have to do and I don't expect you'd want to do that – not with your friends and family. Besides, if I push you into it, you can always cancel. We'll talk again next week."
I left him with a copy of our DVD which explains it all. He held it carefully between his fingers as if it was a very large cheque.
… which, in a way, I suppose it is.
Pulled Over
It had been a rotten jouney all round: A delay in volunteering to host our Central London open evening meant that someone else was going to get their petrol paid for going all the way up there.
Secondly, on the way home I forgot about the infernal road works on the M25 that send you miles in the wrong direction because the A12 exit is closed.
And then, would you believe, they diverted me off into the countryside somewhere near Chelmsford.
(The great thing about a blog is that you can have a jolly good moan).
Much better, in fact, than moaning to the policeman who stopped me just after the second diversion: "In a bit of a hurry tonight, are we, Sir?"
"Um yes, well… er, officer…"
"I've been following you for some time and you were doing between 85 and 90, switching lanes and then switching back. You're going to have an accident and hurt someone if you carry on driving like that."
He was absolutely right, of course, and there's nothing useful that you can say in these circumstances except that, in my case, I hadn't had a drink for 24 hours – as proved by the breathalyser turning up a gratifying "zero".
The policeman, now joined by his colleague, softened noticeably. I thanked them for their advice. I promised to take it easy.
Then I said: "Tell you what. I don't know if it would be of any interest to you but I have several colleagues who are police officers. In fact why not take my card. If you go to that website and watch the video you'll find there, you can see one of them. He says there are very few things he can be involved in outside work because they have to be seen to be legal, decent and honest – you see, I've seen it so many times, I remember it word for word. Have a look, he swears by it."
They took the cards and inspected them before filing them in their numerous pockets.
I toyed with the idea of asking for their names and phone numbers but decided against it – that was their job.
I wonder if they will look at the website. I don't suppose they'll come off badly in the police pay review. After all they have front-line jobs and clearly they work unsocial hours.
But wouldn't it be just great if one of them liked what he saw and went on to become a successful distributor.
Wouldn't I have a great story to tell?
And, come to that, wouldn't he?
I love spam. I get masses of it – from people trying to get me on the front page of Google to earnest newsletters informing me on all sorts of topics I didn't know I needed to know about.
The reason I love them is because I always send back a polite reply saying: "Thank you for your email" – and on the bottom is my signature with a link to my website.
The other day someone clicked on the site and followed it through to the video of my presentation to our big convention last autumn. The man on the other end liked what he saw and sent me a complementary note.
It turned out we had met a couple of years ago at a networking event in Oxfordshire and exchaned business cards. We had a good chat on the phone. He was a business coach. He knew all about the company and was most impressed but he wanted to focus on his business – so "No thank you" to the idea of joining me as a distributor.
And so we parted company. But ever since then I've been thinking about the decision he made. Look at it this way: He's a business coach. He helps people to become successful – and presumably they pay him a fee for doing so.
But I doubt very much that he gets paid a percentage of their earnings every month from then on – after all that could be for years. It could cost them a fortune over time.
And what would happen if they took the expertise he had given them and taught it to someone else – and that person became successful. Would he get paid a percentage of their income as well?
And would he get paid again when those people passed on their knowledge?
Yet that is exactly what we do in this business – and he's a coach, for heaven's sake. He knows already what to do – how to pass on the knowledge.
I keep wanting to smack my forehead and say: "It's a no-brainer".
But I mustn't get myself upset. It's just the law of nature: Some will, some won't – so what? Next….


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"What goes up, must come down." I just coined that phrase after studying the teachings of Sir Isaac Newton. It's good right? Well yeah, it's catchy, but for a house with a roof in disrepair, that stylish turn of phrase portends bad news. You see, the moisture at the top of a house, well, it must come down. And the duty of a roof is to make sure that when it does come down, that moisture does not come down on the wood, insulation, carpeting, stuffed animals, and other wetness averse belongings that keep us safe and happy in our homes.
Okay, roof repairs are important, but why do the need to be done immediately?
The same reason a hole in a bucket or a crack in a bathtub need to be repaired immediately. A roof issue may not seem like much at first, but in a rain shower or snowstorm, water will find it's way through the smallest hole in the armor. When that happens, the entire house is susceptible.
Furthermore, shingles depend on each other. For instance, asphalt shingles, the type found on most single family homes, are each glued to each other with a line of tar that runs across the face of each shingle. If the wind gets under one shingle, that shingle can yank up the next one and then the next and the next until the roof looks like someone ran plow across it. Fixing a roof issue right away keeps a small problem from turning into a big one.
What does a damaged roof look like?
Roof damage does not always look dramatic. A few green patches of moss or algae growing on the roof may seem like nothing, but imagine holding a wet sponge against a piece of wood all day and expecting it not to rot. These guests love water and they love to grow. Their presence often signals that too much moisture is accumulating in one place on the roof, and damage to the wood underneath is not far behind. Check under trees. Long branches and wildlife jumping in and out of them, can put scratches and tears in a shingle.
Look for flashing that is coming loose. Roofers often lay thin metal sheets called flashing over trouble spots, as well as around skylights, sun tubes, and anything else that comes up through the roof. Because these places are a break in a roof's consistent, flat surface, they require more skill to work on. When done poorly, these places can be exposed to more weathering and cause problems over time.
Gutters can cause roof leaks. A gutter full of debris can be just as damaging to your roof as a shingle coming loose. Clean them out a couple times a year.
What should I do if I notice damage to my roof?
If you have a guarantee from the roofing contractor who installed your roof, call them. Whatever you do, don't try to fix it yourself. The places that need fixing on a roof are also where it's most likely the wood is rotting through and unable to support your weight. Besides, will you know how to assess whether the damage is limited to the shingles or if it is affecting the underlayment and wood paneling as well? The roof is your home's first line of defense against the elements, keep it, and yourself safe by calling a professional.