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St Johns Kindergarten is located in Melbourne's Bayside community Sandringham, offering three and four year old pre-school kindergarten programs incorporating both traditional and bush kinder programs within its curriculum.
St. Johns Kindergarten is committed to the local community and prides itself on having a pre-school with warm, secure, reciprocal relationships with the families within it. Our program is guided by the knowledge that children thrive in a stimulating environment where they have ownership and feel a sense of belonging and joy. Our program is play based and derived from holistic approaches and governmental guidelines National Quality Standards and Early Years Learning Frameworks. We appreciate that each child learns differently. We have high expectations of young children's learning capabilities and enjoy watching them grow and learn at their own pace. Our Home Kinder is set in an old church offering space and character which complements it's specifically planned learning environment. Bush Kinder set in a bushland reserve, primed for nature exploration allowing for endless learning possibilities and project work.
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St. John's Kindergarten Philosophy
Our Place
In 1954 All Souls Anglican Church, Sandringham established a Church and a Kindergarten in D'Arcy Street named St. John the Baptist Kindergarten. In 1971 the congregation merged with All Souls in Bay Street, Sandringham and the Kindergarten continued to use the D'Arcy Avenue building. This is where our name originates from and we continue to use this name in honour of our history.
Our Beliefs
At St. John's we believe that learning is dynamic, complex and holistic. We aim to create an emotionally safe, happy environment, where each child and family has a strong sense of belonging. We aim to enhance children's learning, development, engagement, initiative, self-worth, and identity.
We believe it takes a community to raise a child. We view families as children's first educators. When educators, families and communities work together, best outcomes are achieved. We consider the environment be the third teacher therefore utilise both the open natural environment through our Bush Kindergarten program and the purposely designed program of our home kindergarten.
We view children as competent and capable learners who actively construct their own learning through engagement, inquiry and play with tools provide by the natural environment, we value nature play and encourage children to taking calculated risks within their play and exploration.
We acknowledge the importance of an integrative approach to teaching and learning through child-lead and peer-lead learning, teacher-lead spontaneous teaching and intentional teaching.
Our Commitment
We have a commitment to act in the best interests of all children, families, the staff and local and global communities. We recognise children as active citizens participating and belonging to many different groups, cultures, family make-ups, having different beliefs, strengths and abilities, we are committed to respecting these differences and celebrating them.
At St. John's Kindergarten we advocate for the profession, through mentoring, engaging research and building professional relationships.
We adhere to the national and Victorian guidelines set by The Department of Education and Training. Our curriculum is underpinned by Early Childhood theorists the Victorian Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Framework.
We support strong minds, bodies and planet and therefore endeavour to reduce our impact on the environment through sustainable practices such as recycling, food gardens, rubbish free lunches, composting and working toward a paper-free office system. We support healthy minds and bodies through healthy food and junk-food free lunches, mindfulness, exercise and relaxation.
Our Goals and Aspirations
We strive to be at the forefront of Early Childhood Education, continually setting the bench mark higher. We aim for excellence through innovative teaching techniques.
Our Intentions for Action
At St. John's we believe in long-life learning. We use a variety of methods to ensure this continuation of professional development and engage with contemporary theory and practice. We act by ensuring, effective communication with educators and families, critical reflection, pedagogy, networking and collaborating with other professionals, as well as gaining awareness through memberships such as Early Childhood Australia.
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Just chekcing to see who else might be joining me on this amazing adventure. Really hoping to see the Northern Lights!
I'm not on your trip but was fortunate to do CFD exactly one year previous to your departure date and I'm pleased to say you'll have the time of your life, its epic. The dogs are wonderful, the scenary pristine and not seeing anyone for five days is bliss!! We didn't get to see the Northern Lights but nobody cared as the real fun is with the dogs and on the sled.
Two pieces of kit I would take not mentioned on the list, some wet wipes for washing (very basic conditions) and your own high quality balaclava as the one provided is not very good. We had temps in the -35 to -40 region out on the lakes (it was -32 at Mounio on our last day) and as you're going at the same time of year it could well be similar, maybe even two balaclavas!
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i hope we see the northern lights, i went mushing in jan last year, was amazing, the dogs are incredible but missed the northern lights.
Lee - Thanks so much for the recommendations. Will definitely take your advice.
Charlotte - looking forward to meeting you. I'm from the US so I'll be overnighting in Helsinki before meeting the group in Kittala.
Hi I will be on this trip, I had 2 days dogsledding in Sweden 3 years ago and it was fantastic which is why I have booked again. Didn't see Northern lights last time, but hoping for better luck this year.
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Solving the "break-out" issue in iFrame Facebook applications
I've tinkered with Facebook apps enough to find out what works and what doesn't. The most frustrating things I've had to deal with is when I've developed a Facebook app in an iframe. Using the canvas page rather than an iframe is great. You'll encounter little to no weirdness. But if you're like me, you want full control over your app, and that's accomplished by going the iframe route.
Probably the single most frustrating thing about using the iframe is the "break-out" problem. Basically when a user visits your application, they are suddenly thrown out of Facebook completely into a new window and all sorts of crazy things can happen from there, the least of which are some errors displaying on the page, or the app doesn't work. The worst I've seen is when a new window opens with the application inside and the browser window begins shrinking until it becomes nothing greater than a 20 x 20 pixel box. Closing the browser, well.. closes it. But when you reopen your browser it is the same small size. This is just unacceptable, and frankly it's embarrasing for the developer.
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Saving Grasshoppers and Going the Extra Mile
Melissa started her career in real estate working with Donna Cunliffe in 2001 and joined the Anna Jorgensen Team in 2005 where she worked as a team Selling Partner until 2012 when Anna hung up her real estate license. Melissa remains the front line REALTOR® as the Comox Real Estate Team serving both the needs of buyers and sellers near and far.
Melissa may seem all business on the surface but underneath the professional, point form exterior is a heart of gold and yes, I'm just going to say it – a need to please! (Translation: she'll run herself ragged for your highest approval!).
When Melissa isn't rescuing stray dogs, cats, and bugs she's running around rescuing clients. That may be an exaggeration but she has saved out of town seller clients from the inconveniences of home renovations from afar, making sure empty properties' lights and heat are turned on (and off) for showings; and for buyers, she makes sure to find the right home in the right neighbourhood – even going so far as to seek out meetings with team coaches about those particular client's children's sports interests…There was this one time (at football camp) she sought out the individual who deals with football in the Comox Valley to meet about the programs offered in the Valley and what the various high schools offer. (She had military clients whose son was interested in a career and she wanted to be able to tell them which areas were best to buy in.)
Selling your Comox Valley home…
Melissa has overseen the full renovations of a duplex (destroyed by tenants – careful if you're thinking of investments; be ready for the unforeseen) for clients who were out of town for the winter.
She's gotten out of bed at midnight to drive to a clients house who were away to turn off the pot lights in the kitchen that they'd forgotten to turn off. (I'll bet in her PJ's.)
She's driven three hours to pick up a deposit cheque that needed to be submitted right away; taken half a day at a seller's home rearranging the entire home from tip to tail to get it ready for sale (saving the cost of a home stager they couldn't afford); given fire victims (tenants of our listing) some of her furniture when they lost everything; collected mail, aired out, and opened and closed blinds everyday for other holidaying sellers; the list goes on – but you get my point. Her boys are used to Mom's mini road trips to various Comox Valley neighbourhoods sporting team signs.
Buying a home in the Comox Valley…
Melissa is extremely thorough and detail oriented and will leave no stone unturned to find a buyer the right home in the Comox Valley. She is deeply committed to providing the best service possible and is often found in the office late at night making sure that last T is crossed to ensure smooth sailing.
Melissa is a great fit for buyers and sellers relocating to and from the Comox Valley with her IRP knowledge. With many military listings and sales to back up the statement, this dynamic REALTOR® has a unique perspective – her husband, Ken (Sergeant Berrigan), has served with the military for 18 years and 12 of which have been at CFB 19 Wing Comox. She has a strong understanding and compassion of the military lifestyle and appropriately handles the needs and stresses of our CFB Comox Military clients, as well as working with the Managing Directors for the relocation. She appreciates the time sensitive nature when buying or selling for military transfers and will get the job done even if you can't be here for the entire purchase or sale process. This girl is good!
Having two young boys, Nathan and Jeremy, Melissa has strong family values and will coordinate around your family's hectic schedule. If you are house hunting in the Comox Valley feel free to bring the kids along! Of course, be prepared as she may stop her car wherever and whenever to save a grasshopper from drowning.
Background… aka… She's been at it awhile, she knows what she's doing…
Having started her career in 2001 with Brent and Donna Cunliffe and then with the merger of the Anna Jorgensen / Donna Cunliffe real estate team, Melissa learned under the wings of two of the Top REALTORS® in the business and now soars in her own acclaim – though she will shun recognition with grace and poise.
Whether you are looking for a home, townhouse, duplex, condo, patio home, oceanfront, building lot or house on acreage, this lady has energy! No matter where in Courtenay, Comox or the entire Comox Valley you are looking to make your next move this Courtenay/Comox REALTOR® is here for you!
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Saturday, 12 August, 2000, 22:52 GMT 23:52 UK
Lefty workers 'at risk of injury'
A leading union is calling for research into the health problems facing left-handed people at work.
The GMB union believes that Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) is more common among left-handers.
The union says this is because equipment tends to be designed by right-handed designers for right-handed users, forcing left-handed workers to make damaging, unnatural and awkward movements.
However, the problem with RSI may be just the tip of iceberg, according to the GMB.
A 1991 study of death certificates showed that significantly more left-handers than right-handers died in accidents.
Kim Sunley, GMC health and safety researcher, said: "The GMB union is calling on designers to be aware of user needs and to come up with innovative designs which accommodate both left and right-handed users.
"Employers can play their part by supplying tools and equipment that will not injure left-handed workers, who are often the most creative workers."
It is estimated that left-handers make up between 13% and 30% of the UK population.
Wendy Lawrence, a member of the GMB and the RSI Association, says that being left-handed had caused difficulties throughout her working life.
"Right-handed design for right-handed users slows down the ability of left-handers to use equipment and tools, as their brains struggle to learn 'the other way round'.
"Everyday things like public telephones, electric hand power tools, keyboards and mouse are all geared for right-hand use."
Shorter life span
The disadvantages of being left-handed were graphically illustrated by the findings of a study by US psychology professor Stanley Coren.
He found that on average left-handers were likely to live for nine years less than right-handers.
Professor Coren suggested several factors to explain his findings:
However, he also said that another possible reason for the difference was the increased health risks experienced by left-handers living and working in environments designed for right-handers.
International Left-handers Day is Sunday August 13.
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One of my less enjoyable tasks is to produce a weekly status report following a particular look. This then gets emailed off and compiled with others. Unsurprisingly the format has to be Microsoft Word and no one ever gets the use of format styles correct.
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Speaking at the launch of the Party's Manifesto in Honiara over the weekend, Party President Samuel Manetoali said the party's primary aspiration for the country is to prosper into the 21st century.Mr Manetoali said the party will focus on the basics by improving disparities between the rural and urban communities to enable the country to enjoy "equity in economic growth and the improvement and enhancing of the standard of living in villages and homes."He said RUPP is adamant that the appropriate avenue for the government is to open up economic growth centres in all constituencies in the provinces.RUPP President Mr Manetoali said the party will devise a comprehensive policy mechanism to enable this concept to materialize. He said the Economic Growth Centre is where all traditional local produce such as timbers, copra, cocoa, fish, fresh vegetables and fruits are sold.Mr Manetoali said business people may be encouraged to set up wholesaling, tourism facilities, local marketing networks and banking services.He said infrastructure and other economic services such as roads, airfields, wharves, storage facilities, utilities and a review of taxation impeding rural investment will be put in place.Mr Manetoali said in this case, urban services and facilities move closer to the people.He said that the rural people must now take an active role in developing and making use and benefiting from their natural resources.Mr Manetoali said should his party gain power the government's budget will provide significant allocation for economic growth centres.
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Rachel Dolezal (from the desk of Jacque Borowski)
As many of know (since this is the topic of the day) Rachel Dolezal recently came out as, what one could call, "transracial".
The comparison to "transracial" has been made to "transgender". Caitlyn Jenner recently came out as transgender. For the most part, the world applauded her for her bravery. This article at "The Wrap" contemplates the struggle I'm having within myself, "If I accepted Caitlyn Jenner as a woman, why can't I accept Rachel Dolezal as African American?" My first thought was "Dolezal lied" and it makes me angry that she lied… to so many people. But didn't Caitlyn Jenner (when she was Bruce Jenner) lie to protect herself from those who wouldn't understand? And I thought about it more and I realized that gender is a 50/50 chance we all have at birth. Race is not. Gender is also something that can be easily changed through surgery, Race is not. There are performative aspects to both gender and race (many of them based on stereotypes of what we think gender and race should be or look like) but, race is part of a person's heritage and a part of a person's identity that is attached to family history AND attached to world history. Being transgendered is not the same thing as being transracial. Gender and race are two separate topics as gender is part of sexual identity.
What if Dolezal had been adopted into an African American family and had been raised by African American parents? Might I feel differently about her lie then? Ellie Freeman, who identifies as "transracial" has an excellent article on this. She explains, "Simply put, a transracial person is someone raised in a culture or race different from their own." The reason that Dolezal's lie is so frustrating and baffling is that, as far as we can tell, she seems to come from a privileged background and is associating herself with a race that has been historically mistreated. Why did she do it? When I've discussed this topic with friends, most everyone agrees that she could have been a successful civil rights leader without identifying as African American. I understand that Dolezal formed a connection with an African American man she thought of as "dad" and that her sons are African American. I can't blame Rachel for wanting to find her place in the world, wanting to find people that she connects with. As Ellie Freeman explains, "It is normal, and quite healthy, to be interested in another culture than your own. But if the people of that culture cannot pick and choose their own race – whether it's biologically or through shared history – then neither can you. All you can do is be a good ally." In fact, it's arguable that she's undone any of the good work she did as a civil rights leader by not being honest.
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This lovely Cabernet Franc wine, sourced from the Artz Vineyard, has 22% Merlot blended in. There are bright aromas of dried herbs, red cherry and red raspberry leading to flavors of black tea, black cherry, eucalyptus and green bell pepper. This feminine style Cabernet Franc will cellar beautifully well into the next decade. (Best 2017-2025) - May, 2017 (OB)
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The best way to become familiar with the club is to visit us as a guest! There is no fee to attend our club meetings as a visitor. You don't have to participate in any of the proceedings so you can observe the proceedings without any nerve racking participation 🙂 And we always have many visitors at our club meetings so you'll be among many other first-timers also learning about our club. Each step of the meeting is explained as we go so by the end of the night you'll have a good idea of how it all works.
You can see when our next meeting is here on our website or on Facebook. However, our meetings are generally held on the first Tuesday and third Thursday of each month. Please arrive at 18:00 for guest orientation. We welcome you to come visit us and see what it's like. If you like what you see and would like to start participating then you can join as a member by emailing email@example.com. We'll take you through the process. You can visit as many times as you like until you feel comfortable to take the next step. Below we've added some info about what it's like to be a member.
In the meantime, you're welcome to continue attending meetings as a guest as long as you like but you won't be able to make speeches or participate in any roles until you become a fully fledged member.
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Competent Communication: This manuals contains 10 speeches that must be completed at your own pace. Each speech focuses on a different area (Speech Organization, Body Language, etc.) and you are evaluated by a fellow Toastmaster in your manual. After completing the 10 speeches, you will be awarded a certificate and also move on to the next level of speeches! The first project in the Competent Communication manual is the "The Ice Breaker." Please follow the link to find out more.
Table Topics are also part of every meeting. Table Topics are Impromptu Speeches that helps you think on your feet and boosts your confidence instantly!
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Science into growth: international comparisons
A letter advising the Prime Minister on how other countries are using science and technology to help their economies.
A letter from the Council for Science and Technology (CST) to the Prime Minister about how other countries are funding and supporting science to make their economies stronger. The council concludes that the UK should look at:
- building stronger relationships with major inward research and development investors
- using procurement to pull innovations through to market
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Posted: 31 August 2008 Time: 17:44
Luis Renteria's first half strike handed Platinum Stars a 1-0 win over AmaZulu in their season opening Absa Premiership fixture at the Princess Magogo Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The visitors looked the better side in the first half with Renteria and strike partner Simba Marumo combining well up front.
Stars should have taken the lead in the eighth minute when Renteria set up Marumo inside the area, but the striker's tame effort went straight at Usuthu stopper Kalililo Kakonje.
However, the Tycoons made no mistake in the 21st minute when Marumo played in Renteria, who did well to shrug off the challenges of two defenders before firing home from just inside the AmaZulu area.
The score remained 1-0 at the break, with Usuthu coming back strong in the second half.
AmaZulu striker Dumisani Ngwenya wasted a superb chance in the 72nd minute when he latched onto a loose ball after Stars keeper Wayne Sandilands could only parry Myron Shongwe's effort, but the striker failed to score from close range.
The hosts continued pushing forward until the last minute, in which Reagan Noble saw his goal-bound header superbly saved by Sandilands, and with that went the final chance of the game.
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The sudden turnabout was led by Councilman Floyd A. James, who said he had voted to approve the raise for Montgomery and a host of other city workers without having a chance to take a close look at exactly whose salary was being increased and by how much.
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Country singer and musician Marty Stuart says he's planning to develop a museum and performance hall in his Mississippi hometown to display his collection of 20,000 country music artifacts, including handwritten lyrics from Hank Williams.
Marty Stuart's Congress of Country Music will be in Philadelphia, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northeast of Jackson.
Appearing Wednesday at the state Capitol, Stuart, 59, said international fans are "enchanted and mystified" by Mississippi — the birthplace of rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley, blues greats B.B. King and Muddy Waters and country music legend Jimmie Rodgers.
"There's so much legacy and legend that comes from here," Stuart said.
His collection of artifacts includes a black suit worn by Johnny Cash and boots worn by Patsy Cline.
"My collection for all these years has been a very good-neighbor collection. We've loaned things to museums for years and years," said Stuart, who has items now on display at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
The music curator for the Smithsonian Institution, John Troutman, is on the advisory committee for Stuart's project.
"Mississippi is such a wellspring for so many different musical traditions for our country and for the world," Troutman said. "And, Mississippi as a state has really begun to figure out how to acknowledge that and how to invite people in to experience that history."
The state is already home to the B.B. King Museum in Indianola, the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale and the Grammy Museum Mississippi in Cleveland. Presley's birthplace in Tupelo is open for tours.
The Mississippi government has already put $2 million into the project, and Stuart is raising money from private donors. He said he hopes to open it in three years.
The Grammy-winning Stuart performed in Johnny Cash's backup band early in his career before starting a solo career that included the successful album "Hillbilly Rock."


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His death made the Ides of March, the day on the Roman calendar devised by Caesar that corresponds to 15 March, a turning point in Roman history, one of the events that marked the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.
Caesar had made his mark as a soldier in Asia Minor and Spain and established himself as a politician, making useful allies.
But his invasion of Gaul took several years and was the most costly and destructive campaign ever undertaken by a Roman commander. Afterwards, Caesar crossed the Rubicon with a Legion, entered Rome illegally,and established himself as a dictator dressed in royal robes.
On the Ides of March, Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of rebellious senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus.
His adopted heir, Octavian, later known as Augustus, rose to power afterwards and the Roman Empire began.
Far from sealing his reputation as a vainglorious tyrant, his assassins, Brutus, Cassius and the others, succeeded only in clinching Ceasar's historical immortality.
The conspiracy to murder him was the subject of Shakespeare's tragedy, Julius Caesar, and he became a role model for Napoleon and Mussolini.
His summary of his army's capture of a city, 'Veni, vidi, vici,' 'I came, I saw, I conquered,' is a phrase that has gone down in history.
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Between Cesena and Rimini at Savignano, the road crosses a stretch of water that has since been accepted as the Rubicon, the dividing line between Gaul and what was then considered Italy, which Julius Caesar crossed with his army to take over the Roman state.
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The place where Julius Caesar was killed, where the senate was due to meet, is in a square in Rome called Largo di Torre Argentina in the Campo de' Fiori area of the city and there are still remains from the period there. During demolition work in 1927, a marble statue was found and excavations brought to light a holy area with four temples and part of a theatre, next to which was the Curia Pompeia where Caesar was stabbed.


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On this day 47 years ago, The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In the weeks leading up to the historic performance, The Beatles had already hit number one on the U.S. charts and the anticipation surrounding their arrival from England had not been seen around The Ed Sullivan Show since Elvis Presley in 1956.
When the Beatles landed at New York's JFK Airport on February 7th, 1964, they were met by hoards of reporters and screaming fans. The Beatles would spend the next two days cooped up at The Plaza Hotel, as fans posing as hotel guests tried to sneak in and catch a glimpse of the band. CBS was flooded with requests for tickets, even Walter Cronkite and Richard Nixon called in to try and score tickets for their daughters to that week's Ed Sullivan Show! Ed actually had to announce during the prior week's show, "Coincidentally, if anyone has a ticket for The Beatles on our show next Sunday, could I please borrow it? We need it very badly."
At 8 o'clock on February 9th 1964, 73 million people gathered in front their TV sets to see The Beatles' first live performance on U.S. soil. That evening, 60% of the televisions turned on were tuned in to The Beatles on Ed Sullivan.
The Beatles performance on Ed Sullivan was unforgettable. They opened with "All My Loving" to the screeches from teen-aged girls in the audience. The Beatles then followed that hit with Paul McCartney singing "Till There Was You," before wrapping up the first set with "She Loves You." The hour-long Ed Sullivan Show broadcast concluded with The Beatles singing two more of their hits, "I Saw Her Standing There" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
It should be remembered that just 77 days prior to The Beatles' appearance on Sullivan, President Kennedy had been assassinated. By now, the country was ready for some much needed diversion, and it came in the form of these four young lads from Liverpool. February 9th, 1964 has become one of the important moments in television history, and nearly fifty years later, people still remember exactly where they were the night The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
For a copy of the February 9, 1964 show and all The Beatles appearances on Ed Sullivan check out The 4 Complete Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Beatles.
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I was only 5 and I remember it….sort of.
I was 11 years old. Had never heard of The Beatles. Was watching Wonderful World of Disney, "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh." It was part 2, the first part was on the prior Sunday. I was watching the T.V. by myself having waited the entire week to see this Disney show part 2. My younger sister came running in from outside yelling, "The Beatles are on!" My parents were in the kitchen and must have read or known about The Beatles. They came in the living room and made me change the channel over to Ed Sullivan. I was furious! "That's not fair", I was watching the T.V alone, no one else was even in the room! I was so mad I couldn't see straight! After 30 seconds or so my parents said, OK you can change it back. I remember saying, "don't touch the T.V" I was totally mesmerized by these 4 long hair guy's with guitars, dressed in black suits. I was a Beatle fanatic from that moment on. I became a lifelong musician. Music and songwriting being my career of over 30 years! I saw McCartney and Harrison in person and to this day, I am a loyal and totally thankful person for what The Beatlis have meant to my entire life. The Beatles and their music, long live forever. There will never again be anything the likes of The Beatles! Not ever!!! John, Paul, George and Ringo. Thank You!:-)
I was 8 years old and rushing through my bath…into my jammies…downstairs to watch on our black and white tv….the beginning of a life long love of music….big crush on Paul..
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Just yesterday, director Marc Webb posted a photo of a cameraman on his Twitter account to let fans know that "The Amazing Spider-Man" sequel has entered its first day of production. And now, Webb posted a second photo, writing: "Day 2 #Oscorp." Check it out below.
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2," which will hit theaters on May 2nd, 2014, likely picks up where the first film left off. It will bring back Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. The new additions include Jamie Foxx as Electro, Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) as Mary Jane Watson, Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) as Harry Osborn, Paul Giamatti as Rhino and Felicity Jones in an unnamed role.
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on February 5th, 2013 at 7:18:54 PM
Oscorp Corporation-- where, if you're a teenager, you can easily stumble into one of our not-so-top-secret labs and become an accidental guinea pig.
Seriously, who is in charge of security for that chicken-sh*t outfit?
on February 5th, 2013 at 7:24:45 PM
Didn't Amazing Spider-Man come out last year?
They're REALLY fast-tracking this sh*t.
on February 5th, 2013 at 7:43:03 PM
Looks like a medieval sexual torture device.
on February 5th, 2013 at 8:20:17 PM
I can't believe people liked the last one. It was so sh*tty. Spiderman 1 and 2 were great in my opinion.
on February 5th, 2013 at 8:25:45 PM
Just to elaborate on to why I thought TheAmazingS.M. was sh*tty:
1.)The stupid cgi skateboarding scenes
2.)Poor pacing/poor plot
3.)The basketball flying scene
4.)Anti-climatic end
5.)Way too long
6.)Reminded me of Twilight: Spiderman Edition
7.)Felt rushed just like Spiderman 3.
on February 5th, 2013 at 8:40:05 PM
For every one thing wrong with TASM there are 3 things wrong Spider-man 1 and 2
on February 5th, 2013 at 8:45:08 PM
Maybe, but the "wrong things" in TASM are larger, such as the garbage CGI...
on February 5th, 2013 at 11:18:16 PM
I don't think the Cgi was garbage at all, it's just how it looked with that camera. John Carter had garbage Cgi
on February 5th, 2013 at 11:27:49 PM
Half the effort of the first two, and twice the mediocrity.
on February 5th, 2013 at 11:43:05 PM
@c*ck: The "camera" had nothing to do with TASM's CGI, which was rendered AFTER filming, not during. Face it, bro, TASM is much newer than Raimi's, but looks inferior.
And the CGI for John Carter was actually pretty good, especially since Disney incorporated the mastermind brains from Pixar.
You're just getting offended people hate 'your' movie, and that's totally irrational.
on February 6th, 2013 at 12:02:01 AM
Come on Mink, You should know by now that I don't get offended by anybody. You seem upset today bud, everything ok at home?
Even with that stuff being rendered after I still think that's what makes it look funny or off. Just like the Cgi in the Hobbit. It wasn't Horrible but it looks funny. The masterminds at Pixar clearly don't do well with incorporating their Cgi with Live action. There are times when it looked good but for the most part it was pretty bad. I saw it in IMAX 3d doh so maybe that had an affect on the sh*t that I saw to be fair. I'd have to give it another go but I really don't intend to.
on February 6th, 2013 at 12:32:07 AM
He should be called Spider Boy. Too much crying and whining.
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Avirex summarized it well. Enough said...
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Is spidey going to circ*mcise Rhino with that thing?
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Confidence is one of the greatest gifts a parent can give their child. Carl Pickhardt, a psychologist and author of 15 parenting books, says a kid who lacks confidence will be reluctant to try new or challenging things because they're scared of failing or disappointing others. This can end up holding them back later in life and prevent them from having a successful career.
"The enemies of confidence are discouragement and fear," he says. So, as a parent, it's your job to encourage and support your child as they attempt to tackle difficult tasks.
Here are 12 more strategies for raising a confident child:
1. Appreciate effort no matter if they win or lose.
When you're growing up, the journey is more important than the destination. So whether your child makes the winning goal for his team or accidentally kicks it out of bounds, applaud their effort, Pickhardt says. They should never feel embarrassed for trying. "Over the long haul, consistently trying hard builds more confidence than intermittently doing well," he explains.
2. Encourage practice to build competence.
Encourage your child to practice whatever it is they're interested in — but do so without putting too much pressure on them. Harmony Shu, a piano prodigy, told Ellen DeGeneres that she started practicing when she was just 3 years old. "Practice invests effort in the confident expectation that improvement will follow," Pickhardt explains.
3. Let them figure out problems by themselves.
If you do the hard work for your child then they'll never develop the abilities or the confidence to figure out problems on their own. "Parental help can prevent confidence derived from self-help and figuring out on the child's own," Pickhardt explains. In other words, better that your child gets a few B's and C's rather than straight A's, so long as they are actually learning how to solve the problems and do the work.
4. Encourage curiosity.
Sometimes a child's endless stream of questions can be tiresome, but it should be encouraged. Paul Harris of Harvard University told The Guardian that asking questions is a helpful exercise for a child's development because it means they realize that "there are things they don't know ... that there are invisible worlds of knowledge they have never visited."
When children start school, those from households that encouraged curious questions have an edge over the rest of their classmates because they've had practice taking in information from their parents, The Guardian reported, and that translates to taking in information from their teacher. In other words, they know how to learn better and faster.
5. Give them new challenges.
Show your child that they can make and accomplish small goals to reach a big accomplishment — like riding a bike without training wheels. "Parents can nurture confidence by increasing responsibilities that must be met," Pickhardt explains.
6. Never criticize their performance.
Nothing will discourage your child more than criticizing his or her efforts. Giving useful feedback and making suggestions is fine — but never tell them they're doing a bad job. If your kid is scared to fail because they worry you'll be angry or disappointed, they'll never try new things. "More often than not, parental criticism reduces the child's self-valuing and motivation," says Pickhardt.
7. Treat mistakes as building blocks for learning.
"Learning from mistakes builds confidence," he says. But this only happens when you, as a parent, treat mistakes as an opportunity to learn and grow. Don't be over-protective of your child. Allow them to mess up every now and then, and help them understand how they can better approach the task next time. Pickhardt says parents should see "uh-oh" moments as an opportunity to teach their kids not to fear failure.
8. Open the door to new experiences.
Burkhardt says you, as a parent, have a responsibility to "increase life exposures and experiences so the child can develop confidence in coping with a larger world." Exposing children to new things teaches them that no matter how scary and different something seems, they can conquer it.
9. Teach them what you know how to do.
You are your child's hero—at least until they're a teenager. :-) Use that power to teach them what you know about how to think, act, and speak. Set a good example, and be a role model. Pickhardt says watching you succeed will help your child be more confident that they can do the same.
10. Praise them when they deal with adversity.
Life is not fair. It's hard, and every child will have to learn that at some point. When they do encounter hardships, Pickhardt says parents should point out how enduring these challenges will increase their resilience. It's important to remind your child that every road to success is filled with setbacks, he adds.
11. Applaud their courage to try something new.
Whether it's trying out for the travel basketball team or going on their first roller coaster, Pickhardt says parents should praise their kids for trying new things. He suggests saying something as simple as, "You are brave to try this!" "Comfort comes from sticking to the familiar; courage is required to dare the new and different," he says.
12. Celebrate the excitement of learning.
Kids look to their parents for how they should react to things. So if you get excited about them learning how to swim, learning martial arts or speaking a new language, then they'll be excited about those things too. "Learning is hard work and, when accomplished, creates confidence to learn more, so celebrate this willingness to grow," Pickhardt advises.


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I am a Master Student in Health Policy and Management graduating in June 2010, and I am a huge fan of Uncle Sam and would LOVE to have a life-long career in the federal government. But what worries me is that my training does not seem to give me a specialized skill set like epidemiology or environmental health do. Which agencies would you suggest me to start with? Many thanks, DF
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has also created the Office of Health Reform, that is responsible for leading the department's efforts in the current health care reform debate.
Beyond Uncle Sam, there are also numerous non-profit's, research organizations, and foundations like the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente) that create best practices for health policy.
Before you graduate, look for an internship with a federal agency next summer. Yes, a job would be nice and should be a priority, but you're probably a poor Grad student. A few extra months of beans and rice is worth getting your foot in the door.


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I found this article on an education news feed that I follow for my other blog, PragmaticMom: Education Matters. It poses the question of whether or not creativity can actually be taught. I used to do consulting for a private art school in Los Angeles and in exchange for my advice, the owners of the school swapped me for art lessons. I was in heaven. Figure drawing, oil painting, drawing, watercolor and more. I used to ask the owner who taught me figure drawing about all the students in our class. Were they always this good? How long had they been studying? The school used to be located in Brentwood, California and has since moved to Marina Del Rey but the adult students ranged from "Ladies Who Lunch" (but with serious artistic chops) to Cher, Winona Ryder, and Annette Benning. This is L.A., of course!
There were some older ladies who had been taking classes for a really long time and were putting out some really great stuff (there is always a peer critique which was a very positive experience) and my teacher told me that, indeed, NO, some of these ladies did not have "natural ability." He was convinced that he could teach anyone to draw and paint … without natural ability it just takes more time and, of course, persistence. Is creativity the same as artistic ability — in this case, the ability to render images accurately? I would hazard to guess, yes. But like developing an artist, it's a process of encouraging risk taking, persistence, and developing a sensitivity to notice MORE. I don't actually know for sure; I'm just guessing here.
What do you think? How did you nurture your creativity? Was it encouraged at home or at school? Please leave a comment.
And here's the article from ASCD Edge: A Professional Networking Community for Educators.
Can we really teach creativity? That's a challenging question for educators under increasing pressure from society to produce a new generation of problem solvers and innovators.
Why is it a challenge? Because teaching creativity—or even its close cousin, critical thinking—is not remotely similar to teaching the photosynthesis cycle or the causes of World War I. The skills of innovation and creativity can be lumped into a mysterious set of processes used by human beings to make sense of their world, enter a dark tunnel of confusion, and reemerge with a solution in hand. How this occurs, no one knows. How we teach the process, we're not quite sure. Assessing the journey though this dark tunnel or evaluating the end product are even more difficult. Think of judging a piece of modern art. It's that subjective.
This is where the rub begins for educators. Teaching creativity requires that we 'go deep' with children rather than providing them with more information. And, given that human performance is not directly teachable, it means setting the conditions under which creativity flourishes. It also means, as in the case of the modern art example, that we may not know creativity until we see it. None of these methods fits well with a data-driven, standards-based accountability system.
In fact, the evolution in the mission of schools places the current system at direct odds with the future. Teaching people instead of stuff requires educators to draw upon the fields of psychology and human performance, which consider the industrial structure and mindset as barriers to peak performance and creativity. But the good news is that thoughtful educators can apply important lessons from the human performance field to the classroom, including the following:
- Speak the language of creativity. A teacher's attitude can spur creativity or squelch it. Research confirms that IQ is malleable, and that performance is affected by self-fulfilling belief systems. Students who move from a 'fixed mindset' to a 'growth mindset' will believe in themselves, and in their creative potential. Yet in every school I visit, I hear teachers talking about who is 'smart' or 'gifted' or a 'slow' learner. Aside from the placebo effect this conversation induces, it violates what we know about the brain: The brain is a plastic organ capable of change over a lifetime—and is particularly shifting between ages 5 and 18. Sorting students by assuming who has potential and who doesn't kills the creative urge, not to mention the damage it does to Algebra I scores ("I can't do math—I didn't get the math gene.")
- Emphasize questions and inquiry. CharlesLeadbeater, the British futurist and educational innovator, has good insights into creativity. In Learning from the Extremes, a recent report for Cisco Systems, he recommends that schools start, "learning from challenges that people face rather than from a formal curriculum." Teachers can either 'cover' standards, or turn them into concepts and problems to be solved. Inquiry works towards supporting the kind of 'out of the box' thinking we need for the future.
- Project Based Learning. Let's put in a plug for PBL. The best way I know to start with questions in a classroom is to do inventive activities that pose a challenge, or extended projects that begin with a rich, authentic, and interesting question. The primary reason that PBL has exploded is that teachers recognize that students need to creatively address important questions. If you want a tested method for doing this, use PBL. It works.
- Use breakthrough assessments. I recommend rubrics with a 'breakthrough' category—a blank column that invites students to deliver a product that cannot be anticipated or easily defined in words. It's not the 'A' category—that's Mastery or Commended or a similar high-ranking indicator. The breakthrough column goes beyond the A, rewarding innovation, creativity, and something new outside the formal curriculum. It's a 'show me' category. Students like it, and so do teachers. It particularly appeals to high-end students who feel current offerings are drab, or to the middling student who will not work just for a grade, but who seeks the psychic reward of creating something cool. For samples of these rubrics, please go towww.thommarkham.com and click on 'PBL Resources.'
- Teach to the iceberg. It's last on the list, but first in importance. An unfortunate legacy of the cognitive model that dominates education is the belief that everything important in life takes place from the neck up. But creativity originates in the deeper self and is not immediately accessible or public. In workshops, I share the iceberg model of skills developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which shows skills as the tip of the iceberg—the demonstrable, visible part. Below the tip of the iceberg is 90% of the human being. Teaching creativity requires shifting our attention to the process of inner discovery, allowing students time to reflect, discuss, and brainstorm, as well as using proven methods for getting the creative juices flowing, such as mindfulness, meditation, silence, or structured interactive exercises.


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The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" blog has given Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama three Pinocchios (significant factual error and/or obvious contradiction) for his bogus claim that one of his uncles helped liberate the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.
This is down from the four Pinocchios (whopper!) fact checker Michael Dobbs originally gave the junior senator from Illinois for his Memorial Day misstatement reported by NewsBusters just hours ago.
As Dobbs accurately noted (emphasis added, picture courtesy Washington Post):
Auschwitz is located in southern Poland, near the city of Krakow. It was liberated by the Red Army on January 27, 1945. At the time, U.S. armies were still on the western borders of Germany, a thousand miles away, regrouping after the Battle of the Bulge. The Americans had not even crossed the Rhine at this point.
The Obama campaign now says that Obama was referring to his great-uncle on his mother's side, and the camp in question was not Auschwitz, but Ohrdruf, which was part of the Buchenwald camp system in Lower Saxony [Germany]. Ohrdruf was the first camp to be liberated by the Americans on April 4, 1945, and it was visited a week later by Generals Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley. Eisenhower later wrote to his wife that he "never dreamed that such cruelty, bestiality and savagery could really exist in this world." [...]
Granted, it is getting late in the campaign. The candidates are tired, and prone to making silly mistakes. Many Americans might have problems distinguishing Buchenwald and Ohrdruf from Auschwitz. But should we not expect more from a Harvard-educated presidential candidate? Is it too much to ask that an aspiring commander-in-chief knows (1) that Auschwitz (like many of the other Nazi death camps) is in Poland, and (2) that the eastern advance of the U.S. Army in World War II stopped on the river Elbe? Let me know what you think.
The Pinocchio Test
Before hearing from the Obama campaign, I gave the candidate four Pinocchios for this howler. I am subtracting one Pinocchio in view of the explanation that Obama confused the two concentration camps and that the underlying story was accurate. Three Pinocchios for "significant factual errors."
I'm sorry, Mike, but I've got to disagree with your decision to subtract a Pinocchio. After all, referring to Ohrdruf as Auschwitz is like a fisherman telling his grandson the snapper he caught on a recent fishing trip was a marlin!
Other than these camps being in different countries, let's understand that Auschwitz was the largest Nazi concentration, and possessed the following almost unimaginable statistics (emphasis added):
The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was the largest of its kind established by the Nazi regime. It included three main camps, all of which deployed incarcerated prisoners at forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center. The camps were located approximately 37 miles west of Krakow, near the prewar German-Polish border in Upper Silesia, an area that Nazi Germany annexed in 1939 after invading and conquering Poland. The SS authorities established three main camps near the Polish city of Oswiecim: Auschwitz I in May 1940; Auschwitz II (also called Auschwitz-Birkenau) in early 1942; and Auschwitz III (also called Auschwitz-Monowitz) in October 1942. [...]
In total, approximately 1.1 million Jews were deported to Auschwitz. SS and police authorities deported approximately 200,000 other victims to Auschwitz, including 140,000-150,000 non-Jewish Poles, 23,000 Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and 25,000 others (Soviet civilians, Lithuanians, Czechs, French, Yugoslavs, Germans, Austrians, and Italians). [...]
At least 960,000 Jews were killed in Auschwitz. Other victims included approximately 74,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma (Gypsies), and 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war; and 10,000-15,000 members of other nationalities (Soviet civilians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, French, Germans, and Austrians).
Let's compare this to Ohrdruf (emphasis added):
Created in November 1944 near the town of Gotha, Germany, Ohrdruf supplied forced labor in the form of concentration camp prisoners for railway construction leading to a proposed communications center, which was never completed due to the rapid American advance. In late March 1945, the camp had a prisoner population of some 11,700, but in early April the SS evacuated almost all the prisoners on death marches to Buchenwald. The SS guards killed many of the remaining prisoners who were too ill to walk to the railcars.
With all due respect, Mr. Dobbs, Ohrdruf had a population of 11,700 prisoners while the gas chambers of Auschwitz killed 1 million innocent people. Comparing the two is an insult to mankind.
As such, I think you ought to add TWO Pinocchios for this disgraceful whopper by Obama.
Unfortunately, it seems likely mainstream media will use similar disgusting tactics to protect St. Obama from the scrutiny this incident deserves.
How sad.


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Dog Stories, Prose & Poetry
Old dogs, war dogs, puppies or strays,
Poetry has power to brighten our days
Dog stories and poems are best read aloud,
To an audience of one or a theater crowd.
keep reading, we promise it makes sense
A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.
After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother of pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.
He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked. "Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The man gestured, and the gate began to open. Gesturing toward his dog the traveler inquired "Can my friend come in, too?"
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road which led through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed.
There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book. "Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?" "Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there" The man pointed to a place that couldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in."
"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.
"There should be a bowl by the pump."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree waiting for them.
"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
"This is Heaven," was the answer.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too." "Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's Hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy that they screen out the folks who'll leave their best friends behind."
This was sent to TheDogPlace.org by a very good friend of many years. The post script read: Sometimes, we wonder why friends keep forwarding jokes to us without writing a word.
Maybe this could explain: "When you are very busy, but still want to keep in touch, guess what you do -- you forward a joke.
When you have nothing to say, but still want to keep contact, you forward jokes.
When you have something to say, but don't know what, and don't know how, you forward jokes."
To let you know that you are still remembered, you are still important, you are still loved, you are still cared for, guess what you get? A forwarded joke from me.
So my friend, next time if you get a joke, don't think that I have sent you just a joke, but that I have thought of you today and wanted to send you a smile.
Please send this to a friend because, like me, they will smile and realize how very dear you are to them. Thanks Dave, this was too good not to share.
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Papermaking wasps are both builders and artists. Collecting and being fascinated by the many abandoned wasp nests around my rural studio has resulted in Paper Architecture, a small book describing the construction skills of yellowjackets. The weight and softness of nest paper inspires the book's tactility while the ovoid nest forms and hexagonal cells are suggested by shaped text blocks and the use of an angular typeface.
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|The Yellow Jacket Wasp Nest
|Frances Hunter
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|Red Tower Bookworks
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|Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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|Text adapted from Insect Architecture by James Rennie and Wasps and their Ways by Margaret W. Morley. Photos: Oregon Department of Agriculture and iStockphoto.
|Printing/ Reproduction Process
|Ink-jet printed
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|Soft cover with flaps, perfect bound with linen thread reinforcement
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|Cover: 100% cotton lined with coloured kozo. Endpapers: wasp paper and cotton pulp. Interior: handmade cotton paper and photos printed on Japanese kozo
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Episode 4 - Joanna's story
Joanna Vautour considers her home to be Serpent River First Nation, located midway between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.
There, amongst the sounds of the highway, the sights of the cedars, raspberries and orange lillies, and the Thunderbird painting on her grandparents' home, Joanna feels most at peace.
Now the Aboriginal Patient Navigator serving the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and other Toronto-region hospitals, Joanna grew up in Toronto, ON. Her mother, who hailed from Serpent River, made sure her children were closely connected to their Anishinaabe heritage.
You are listening to UHN Home, where we're telling stories to mark Canada 150. Every week, we'll tell you the stories of people who came from all around the world and stories of people whose families have called Canada home for thousands of years. They all work at the nation's largest research hospital: the University Health Network.
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My morning numbers are climbing higher each morning. This morning it was 171 & yesterday it was 145. What can I to do about this. I know to drink plenty of water. But other than that what should I do for this problem?
Thank You
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Hi, JoAnna
What are your readings before you go to bed? Is it a big difference between the night before and the next morning? When do you take your meds? I would mention this the next time you see your doctor, just in case he/she feels your meds should be changed or moved to a different time of day.
As for myself, that's something that's happened to me and really is still happening; i.e., having a higher reading in the morning than I would expect, especially since I rarely, if ever, snack at night.
But as my readings have gone lower and lower generally, however, my morning readings are also much lower now. So, perhaps yours will also follow suit the better they get.
There are times when diabetes just doesn't make any sense, but don't let it get to you. But mention it to your doctor if it really bothers you.
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Cutting the trey down to size
Earlier this year in an essay for Bleacher Report, I showed that the payoff for the three-point shot has become grossly disproportionate to its degree of difficulty, and proposed two methods through which the NBA could remedy the situation. Granted, league bigwigs at this point simply aren't interested, but awareness is building that it makes no sense to transform the vast mid-range expanse into a howling wilderness. Most of the scoring artistry from past decades came from this area. But it's being phased out, derided by the analytics crowd as "inefficient." Alas, that's generally true, but it wouldn't be if 25-foot shots were worth two points, as was the case until the 1979-80 season.
I first took up this cause in the 2004 Hoopshype essay "Compute to Achieve" (the link for which is either temporarily or permanently inactive):
A common lament these days is that the mid-range jumper is going the way of the dinosaur. Are Glenn Robinson, Richard Hamilton and Sam Cassell the last of a dying breed? Only if NBA poobahs keep thinking like dodo birds.
Because the NBA awards a ridiculously high 50-percent bonus for every shot sunk behind the arc — 3 points instead of 2 — a player making a paltry 35 percent of his trey attempts generates more points than a hard-working sap sinking 50 percent of the same number of mid-range attempts. Thus, it's perfectly rational for a perimeter player to work hard at mastering the 24-footer, even if it takes practice time away from 15-to-20 footers or requires him to alter his stroke so it's better suited for long distance than medium distance.
To revive the mid-range game and get field-goal percentages on an upward trajectory, cut in half the bonus for beyond-the-arc shots. Make the shot worth 2.5 points, and sell it to the masses by anointing it the "5-spot," "the Lincoln" or "el cinco."
At the time I didn't realize that hardly anybody makes half his mid-range attempts, or that 42 percent is an excellent mark. In retrospect, my 2.5 proposal was far too generous, so in the 2015 Bleacher Report piece I not only trim the subsidy, I give teams the right to opt out of the trey entirely (when at home) by playing all home games on an arc-less court. This would make for a dramatic home-court advantage, particularly if, say, Memphis nipped Golden State for best record and thus had Game 7 at an arc-less Grindhouse.
(This post was revised and expanded Aug. 7, 2015.)


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