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La rubrica dell'orrore: Jeanne Weber, The Ogress
Da qualche tempo abbiamo inaugurato la nuova rubrica con i nostri lettori, eccovi un nuovo appuntamento. Si tratta della rubrica degli orrori, in cui ogni giorno vi parleremo di un assassino tra i più cruenti mai esistiti, alcune volte con foto forti altre con semplici foto e con una breve descrizione di ciò che hanno fatto in vita (molti di loro sono fortunatamente passati a miglior vita).
Oggi vi parleremo di Jeanne Weber, la strangolatrice di bambini, è stata una serial killer francese che ha strangolato circa 10 bambini, tra cui suo figlio. E' stata dichiarata inferma mentalmente nel 1908 per poi morire 10 anni dopo.
<style="font-size: 8pt"="">Jeanne Weber<style="font-size: 8pt"=""> (7 October 1874 – 1910) was a French serial killer. She strangled 10 children, including her own. She was convicted of murder in 1908, and declared insane. She hanged herself two years later.
Early life
Born in a small fishing village in northern France, Weber left home for Paris at age 14, working various menial jobs until her marriage in 1893. Her husband was an alcoholic, and two of their three children died in 1905. By then, Weber was also drinking heavily, residing in a seedy Paris tenement with her spouse and her seven-year-old son.
On 2 March 1905, Weber was babysitting for her sister-in-law, when one of the woman's two daughters — 18-month-old Georgette — suddenly "fell ill" and died. Strange bruises on her neck were ignored by the examining physician, and Weber was welcomed back to babysit on 11 March. Two-year-old Suzanne did not survive the visit, but a doctor blamed the second death on unexplained "convulsions."
Weber was babysitting for her brother, on 25 March, when his daughter, seven-year-old Germaine, suffered a sudden attack of "choking," complete with red marks on her throat. The child survived that episode, but she was less fortunate the following day, when Weber returned. Diphtheria was blamed for her death, and for that of Weber's son, Marcel, just four days later. Once again, the tell-tale marks of strangulation were ignored.
On 5 April 1905, Weber invited two of her sisters-in-law to dinner, remaining home with 10-year-old nephew Maurice while the other women went out shopping. They returned prematurely, to find Maurice gasping on the bed, his throat mottled with bruises, Jeanne standing over him with a crazed expression on her face. Charges were filed, and Weber's trial opened on 29 January 1906, with the prosecution alleging eight murders, including all three of Weber's own children and two others — Lucie Aleandre and Marcel Poyatos — who had died while in her care. It was alleged that Weber killed her son in March to throw suspicion off, but Weber was being defended by the brilliant defense lawyer Henri-Robert, and jurors were reluctant to believe the worst about a grieving mother. She was acquitted on 6 February.
Fourteen months later, on 7 April 1907, a physician from the town of Villedieu was summoned to the home of a peasant named Bavouzet. He was greeted at the door by a babysitter, "Madame Moulinet," who led him to the cot where nine-year-old Auguste Bavouzet lay dead, his throat badly bruised. The cause of death was listed as "convulsions," but the doctor changed his opinion on 4 May, when "Madame Moulinet" was identified as Jeanne Weber. Weber engaged the lawyer Henri-Robert once more. Held over for trial, Weber was released in December, after a second autopsy blamed the boy's death on typhoid.
Weber quickly dropped from sight, surfacing next as an orderly at a children's hospital in Faucombault, moving on from there to the Children's Home in Orgeville, run by friends who sought to "make up for the wrongs that justice has inflicted upon an innocent woman." Working as "Marie Lemoine," Weber had been on the job for less than a week when she was caught strangling a child in the home. The owners quietly dismissed her and the incident was covered up.
Back in Paris, Weber was arrested for vagrancy and briefly confined to the asylum at Nanterre, but doctors there pronounced her sane and set her free. She drifted into prostitution, picking up a common-law husband along the way. On 8 May 1908, the couple settled at an inn in Commercy. A short time later, Weber was found strangling the innkeeper's son, 10-year-old Marcel Poirot, with a bloody handkerchief. The father had to punch her three times in the face before she would release the lifeless body.
Held for trial on murder charges, Weber was declared insane on 25 October 1908, packed off to the asylum at Mareville. Credited with at least ten murders, she survived two years in captivity before manually strangling herself in 1910.


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In the run-up to the referendum, we were warned Brexit would unleash misery. George Osborne suggested a vote for Brexit would lead to a DIY recession. And numerous business bosses and the great and the good piled in to add their warnings to the doom-mongering. Yet in the weeks since the referendum, their predictions of chaos have not come true. What's more, many of those shouting the loudest about the consequence of Brexit are now furiously rowing back on their warnings. Here, The Spectator compiles the Brexit u-turns and referendum backtracking:
In the aftermath of the vote, many major banks and financial institutions continued to warn that Brexit spelt bad news for the economy. Credit Suisse were among them; in a Treasury report in August, they predicted the UK's economy would go into recession next year. Now, just weeks later, they've cancelled that forecast to suggest instead that the economy would grow by 0.5 per cent next year. Morgan Stanley also cancelled their prediction of a 2017 'Brecession' to offer a similar, more optimistic picture of the UK economic outlook. The investment bank also upped its GDP forecast again this month.
London City Airport's boss Declan Collier warned before Brexit that a vote to 'Leave' would 'undermine the free flow of trade and travel'. Yet just a month after the referendum, things were looking much rosier for the airport following the announcement of a £344m expansion. Collier said the news 'sent a strong message that London and the UK are very much open for business'.
Nissan is one of the most important foreign investors in the UK, so when the carmaker's boss Carlos Ghosn said that Brexit could cause the company to reconsider its investments in Britain, people sat up and listened. That was in November 2013, yet after the referendum Ghosn has struck a somewhat more positive note about how he is 'reasonably optimistic' over Brexit, whatever happens.
Donald Tusk couldn't have been clearer in making his thoughts known about Brexit in the run-up to the referendum. The European Council president said a British exit from the EU could trigger 'the end of Western political civilisation'. Yet the day after the vote, he was somewhat more sober-minded, saying that it was business as usual: 'What has happened happened, and we have to move on with our regular agenda.'
GlaxoSmithKline's boss made it clear he thought Brexit was bad news for business. Sir Andrew Witty said that it was better for Britain to stay in the EU than 'trying to plot a new course' outside. And he went on to say, back in May, that 'leaving the EU would create uncertainty and potentially add complexity'. Just weeks after the referendum, though, GSK announced plans to invest £275m in three of its British plants. And here is Witty speaking about their post-Brexit investment:
'It [the investment] is testament to our skilled UK workforce and the country's leading position in life sciences.'
Rob Wainwright, the British head of Europol, said in the run-up to the referendum that Brexit 'would make it harder for Britain to fight terrorism and crime.' But in the aftermath of the vote, he struck a more positive note:
'We're dealing very much with a globalised problem that requires close co-operation with our European neighbours, particularly in information sharing. That's going to continue of course, even after the UK leaves the EU.'
Siemens's Chief Executive waited until after the EU referendum to say that Brexit could hit investment. Juergen Maier said the company's short-term investments in Britain were 'on ice'. Yet, just weeks later, it was announced Siemens would continue to pump money into Britain. In an apparent contradiction of the company's earlier warnings, Maier said that whether the UK was in or out of the EU, it remained a 'good place to do business'.
Barack Obama was undoubtedly one of the highest profile figures from overseas to intervene in the Brexit debate. He famously warned that a Britain outside the EU would find itself 'at the back of the queue' in trade talks with the US. Afterwards, however, the President's spokesman Eric Schultz made it clear that the special relationship 'had not suffered because of the vote'.
As the architect of Project Fear, George Osborne was one of the first to backtrack following Brexit. In the lead-up to the vote, the then-Chancellor indicated there would be a recession if Britain voted 'Leave'. But speaking days after the referendum vote emerged, he softened his rhetoric to say the economy would merely undergo an 'adjustment'. And where was his much-touted 'emergency budget'? Osborne wasn't keen to be drawn on that either, and booted the budget football away by saying there would 'have to be action' – without daring to mention his original plan of action.
Michael Saunders was all doom and gloom about Brexit when he joined the Monetary Policy Committee earlier this year. Speaking in May, he said privately that a vote to leave the EU could force interest rates up to as much as 3.5 per cent by Christmas. Yet in an interview in September, Saunders changed his tune by suggesting that a further cut in interest rates could be on the cards.
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I saw this idea for General Conference Treat Buckets and thought it might work for my girls. I will be tying my labels onto my buckets rather than using vinyl for a few reasons.
Since they are still quite young, I decided to have two labels - a word, and a picture to put on each bucket. That way if they can't read, they can look at the picture when they think they've heard the word.
I only have 7 buckets, but I made more labels and pictures so I could switch them out for different sessions.
I'll probably hole punch the corner and use a binder ring or ribbon to tie the labels to my buckets.
If you want, you can print some, too.
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You won't want to miss it.
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Maryland Newsline
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Imagine
a set of formulas -- 200 billion of them -- that describes the possible
symmetries of a 248-dimensional object.
Now imagine getting a computer
to write those formulas.
Professor Jeffrey Adams of the Mathematics
Department at the University of Maryland and an international team of a
dozen and a half colleagues
did just
They unraveled the inner workings of E8, a mathematical entity first
conceived of more than a century ago, but whose structure had never been
understood in detail until the team's breakthrough in January.
E8 is "quite important in understanding the symmetries of the natural
world," said Professor Jonathan Rosenberg, Adams' colleague at the
University of Maryland.
E8 is part of a set known as
"exceptional Lie groups" that represent infinite symmetries. For example, a
sphere floating in space has an infinite number of symmetries. It can be
turned, flipped or spun any number of ways, and it would look the same.
Insights gathered by mapping
E8, the most complex of Lie groups, could further the understanding of the
structure of the universe, according to mathematicians familiar with the
"The laws of physics have to be independent of what direction you are
looking at," Rosenberg said.
Although very speculative, there is even the possibility that the mapping of
E8 might reap benefits in theoretical physics, said Professor David Vogan of
the Department of Mathematics at MIT. Vogan worked with Adams on the
The speculation is that the information Adams and his colleagues gathered
while studying E8 could be used in the development of string theory, a
theory of the form of the universe at a sub-atomic level, and, perhaps, the
basis for a theory that would unify all of known physics.
Adams, 50, of Baltimore, began teaching at the University of Maryland in
1986. Lie groups have been the sole focus of his academic career, which
stretches back more than two and a half decades. He received his Ph.D. at
Yale in 1981.
Among those collaborating on the project were:
Professor Jeffrey Adams
University of MarylandHelped to write the algorithm.
Professor David Vogan
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyOne of the people who wrote the
theory decades ago.
Professor Fokko Du Cloux
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, FrancePut the algorithm into a programming language.
Professor Marc Van Leeuwen
Université de Poitiers, FranceTook the code and tweaked it so it would use less memory.
--by Diego Mantilla
Professor Fokko Du Cloux
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, FrancePut the algorithm into a programming language.
Professor Marc Van Leeuwen
Université de Poitiers, FranceTook the code and tweaked it so it would use less memory.
--by Diego Mantilla
"We are pencil and paper kind
of people," Adams said. But to reveal the structure of E8, Adams and his team
had to resort to heavy computing power.
Several factors made it possible. According to Adams, the technology and the
math had improved since the idea of E8 was introduced more than a century
ago. But, he said, "Part of what it took was just the will."
The mathematical basis for the work was in place for a long time, largely
completed by the 1980s, Vogan said. He was one of the authors of a series of
papers that laid the theoretical groundwork for the project decades ago.
"What was missing was somebody to go to the enormous effort of putting this
in computer software," he said.
Someone had to come up with an algorithm, a step-by-step way of telling a
machine what to do.
That was the part that Adams was most involved in.
Adams, Vogan and Professor Fokko du Cloux, of Université Claude Bernard Lyon
1 in France, took highly complicated, abstract mathematics and filtered or
boiled it down to steps that could be implemented by a machine.
"To actually do that is incredibly hard," Adams said.
After more than two years of work, he and the team produced what is known as a "character table," a matrix that holds
all the symmetries of a certain geometric body.
Adams pulls a huge folio out of his bookcase. It is titled "Atlas of Finite
Groups." It was published by Oxford University Press more than two decades
ago. He flips the pages to one that describes the icosahedron, an object
with 20 triangular faces.
Adams holds a 1-foot-tall model of an icosahedron. He flips it 180 degrees
and explains that if one turns the icosahedron on its axis, one gets the
same figure. That is one symmetry.
Now he rotates the icosahedron so that the five joined triangles of its top
apex face the viewer one at the time. Each time the figure looks the same.
That is another symmetry.
Each one of these symmetries is neatly noted in the Atlas -- each one on a
spreadsheet of numbers. The one for the icosahedron spans no more than a
dozen rows and columns.
Then Adams flips the pages
and the spreadsheets get bigger and bigger. The one for the "Monster" group
spreads over several pages, each with a huge table in tiny print.
That, in essence, was Adams' job: to create a huge spreadsheet that would
contain all the symmetries represented by E8.
The character table itself
has 453,060 rows and 453,060 columns. If printed, it would cover an area the
size of Manhattan. In computer storage, it occupies 60 gigabytes in a highly
compressed format.
Since E8 is the representation of infinite symmetries, each cell in the
spreadsheet holds a formula in which a variable can be plugged.
Adams and his colleagues produced 200 billion different formulas, each of
which can appear in infinitely many ways.
The calculation required a custom-made computer at the University of
Washington, called SAGE, which had 64 gigabytes of memory.
The person who
coded the E8 algorithm into C++, a computer programming language,
was Du Cloux. He did not
live to see the work finished. He died late last year of the
disease ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
The final push, wrote Adams
in an e-mail, was done by Vogan and Professor Marc Van Leeuwen, of
Université de Poitiers in France, who took Du Cloux's code and implemented
it so it would use less memory.
SAGE crunched the numbers for
77 hours, before completing the final calculation on the morning of Jan. 8.
But before that, Adams, Vogan
and Du Cloux worked for more than a year, doing hundreds of experiments,
trying to find out how big a computer was needed for the final calculation.
To work on E8, Adams, Vogan and Du Cloux met yearly at mathematics
workshops. They also communicated by e-mail.
"Certainly this project has
been a lot of work, but it has mostly been of the fun and pleasant kind,"
Adams wrote in an e-mail. "I work a lot at home, in off hours, after the
kids go to bed and such. This is my usual mode of operation, only this
project has been a bit more intense, and collaborative."
For the last few months,
Adams wrote in an e-mail, Du Cloux was confined to his bed in France. They
communicated by projecting the image of a computer screen on his ceiling.
That way he could see what Adams or Vogan were typing.
Adams said he has more work
ahead of him. He and his colleagues hope to put together an atlas of Lie
Looking back on what they've
already accomplished, taking something monstrously complex and distilling it
down to something simple enough for a machine to process, Adams said, "You know
that you really understand something really well when you can implement it
on a computer."
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2007 University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of


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California Democratic lawmakers are making increased state subsidies for child care a legislative priority. They led a rally today at the Capitol. A bill authored by Senate President pro Tem Kevin de Leon would increase the number of state-funded child care vouchers for low income families.
De Leon says providing more child care will allow more parents to work.
"And that's what it's all about. It's about economic growth for the state of California," he says. "With this legislation we're taking the first step to strengthen and reinvest in our child care system."
Shavonne Brown says she signed up for child care assistance as soon as she found out she was pregnant. And the single mother says she continued to work.
"Whoever would allow me the opportunity to work and support my children, I was there," she says. "I never got the help that I needed. My daughter and I have been on the waiting list 25 years."
Democrats have not said how many more vouchers they'd like to fund or how much the expansion would cost. And they acknowledge they may not get much support from Governor Jerry Brown, who has said the state must act with fiscal restraint.


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Well, if you haven't figured it out by now, I write when I'm angry. Or upset. Or inspired. But that last is for my novels and doesn't find its way here. I have been processing a LOT. I'm still pretty angry with the whole group if I think too much about it, but after nearly three decades of trying to change people who do not want to change, I realized that I need to put them out of my mind.
The sad truth is, I needed to come to my startling (to me at least) revelations because I carry so much guilt for the way that I feel about that side of my family. I hate that love them some days. I hate that I don't want to be around them…ever. I have too long let my dislike of these characters make me feel as they wanted me to, like I'm bad for it.
So at some point, I made some serious (if humorous) realizations. I informed my husband that I'm like Lot and simply need to turn away from all the wickedness of that place. Then I re-read Genesis 19 and remembered why I sometimes have trouble with the Bible. So, no, I'm not Lot, offering up innocents to assuage the sin of others and to protect people (angels) who don't need it. (And do NOT get me started on the whole "I was drunk and didn't know I was having sex with my daughters" thing).
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I recently traveled to New York City and while on the plane was perusing the airline magazine. I came across this article about blogging vs twitter vs facebook and thought it was quite interesting.
"One of the defining elements of this magazine is our front section, The Gist. In this department, we lead with posts from the Harvard Business Review and follow those up with selected blogs. We've heard a few comments that our idea of printing blogs isn't all that compelling — they're passé and have been surpassed by the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Sorry to disagree. Even though they have a similar DNA, each of these exist separately, just as siblings do.
Facebook is a social network for those who are connected for a particular reason — family, friendship, and common interests. Twitter is fine for text messaging anyone who cares to receive your posts, but its most obvious drawback is the 140-character limit.
Here in North Carolina, local writer and blogger Ed Cone (edcone.com) recently wrote an incisive piece on blogging in which he notes, "Blogs give you room to finish a thought and to do so in a domain that is yours alone." Sure, there are lots of silly, vulgar, uninformed, and self-important blogs out there. The blog universe is a microcosm of human nature — warts and all. But there are many thousands of blogs worth reading, most often created by people with a true passion for their subject. And many of these are coherent, lucid, and informed. They are written by collectors, travelers, political junkies, teachers, doctors, lawyers, musicians, book lovers, and connoisseurs of nearly anything.
Many of these bloggers remain undiscovered, and that's why we try and ferret out several to print every issue. If you like what you read, bookmark the site and visit again. Most of the higher quality blogs are updated frequently and are worth exploring. And many have links to cousin blogs where you can continue to explore, learn, and be entertained.
Although we abstain from the topics of politics and religion, we're well aware that there is an enormous number of blogs that cover virtually anything you can think of in terms of these subjects. In terms of politics, one can look back at the influence of blogs in last year's elections. And on a local level, Ed Cone notes that blogs can force change: "… a public outcry led the mayor and other officials to cancel a trip on a developer's private plane; that feedback erupted first in blog comments and posts, after news of the trip was broken at a blog."
Obviously, we're not in the business of tackling politics or crusading for any issues — it's not in our purview. But that's hardly prohibitive: There are hundreds of topics we visit in this magazine without jangling any nerves. Blogs are here to stay, and those that draw readers grow in influence. They are now a viable form of journalism. And we're happy to take part.
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Haipha Simon: Should schools get involved in defending their students against cyber bullying? Why and how?
Dr. Elizabeth Englander: It depends what you mean by "defending." If you mean punishing someone who has bullied a student online, there are legal limitations to what schools can do. Most cyber bullying doesn't happen when kids are at school, and if cyber bullying happens from home or from another location, schools may or may not have jurisdiction to punish the bully. (That's a question for a lawyer, which I'm not.) However, schools can always – and should always – help to support kids who are being cyber bullied and who may also be bullied in school. There is a reasonable body of research which suggests that it's how adults support and connect with kids who are bullied that is most effective and helpful, in any case. I think that sometimes there's too much emphasis on trying to stop the cyber bullying, and not enough emphasis on helping children develop the human connections that will help them be more resilient.
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H: What are ways parents can protect their children from abuse through social media?
E: Theoretically, parents can forbid children from even using social media; but this is a difficult rule to enforce in a world where children have access to wireless Internet in so many locations away from home, and on so many different devices. More important is to educate kids about what can sometimes happen online. When children understand that feeling anonymous can disinhibit people – and that they're less likely to focus on the impact of what they're doing to you when you're not physically in front of them – then they're not so shocked and traumatized if it does happen. An unanticipated act of cruelty is much worse than one that you know might happen. (Imagine you're a Post Office clerk. If there's a long, long line of people waiting to ship packages or buy stamps, you anticipate that some of them will probably be cranky when they get to the counter. Knowing that it might happen helps you prepare.) Children also need to understand factors that can lead them to make themselves vulnerable, in ways they might regret later. For example, when you're sitting at home, you're more likely to post or send something private than if you're sitting at a computer in the public library. Why? It appears that a private physical environment (like your living room) makes an online interaction "feel" more private, even when it's not. Perhaps most importantly, kids need to learn that social networking sites are not the place to hold private conversations – it's far too easy to copy and disseminate any information from them. Private conversations are for in person, or on the phone. If your kids don't want you to see what they're doing on a social network, then they probably shouldn't be doing that there.
3 The Tools of a Cyber Bully
H: What tools do children use to bully other students?
E: There's a wide variety of apps and websites that kids can use to bully others. They might use text messaging, with or without photos; they might use sites that are designed for photo-sharing and editing, such as Instagram and Snapchat. Other sites, like Ask.fm or Formspring, dare kids to face anonymous challenges and questions from their peers. Still other sites are for more general sharing – Facebook is foremost among these, although many indicators suggest that it's popularity is waning among teens. Finally, Twitter specializes in quick messages to groups, and gaming sites often feature live interaction with chatting. Any of these types of apps or sites could be used to bully, but some are more susceptible than others. Sites that emphasize photo-sharing are often used to bully, since there are simply no social "rules" about photo-sharing that have really evolved. That is, there's really no rule about when you have to ask someone's permission to take, or to post, or to tag, their photo. Also, sites that feature easy anonymity (e.g., Ask.fm) are also prone to meanness, since feeling anonymous can strip away the inhibitions that stop people from being cruel. If you want to show off to others that you're being mean, a social networking site can be ideal. Interestingly, although online games are prime places for cyber bullying in elementary school, they're less often viewed as problematic by teens, who generally regard the trash-talking that can occur in games as just part of the competition (versus a personal attack).
2 The Ages of Cyber Bullying
H: What age gets bullied the most? How often does a child get bullied in America on average?
E: Bullying and cyber bullying seem to peak in middle school. However, it's difficult to know exactly how often cyber bullying really happens, since it's often not reported to adults. Victims of cyber bullying may prefer reporting to peers, and the support of friends can be a powerful method for coping with cyber bullying. If you read statistics about the frequency of cyber bullying, you'll see that the estimates vary enormously. Generally speaking, the more types of digital cruelty you ask about, the higher the percentages you'll find. Also, older children report higher numbers (not surprisingly!). Among elementary school-aged students, you might find that about 5% are cyber bullied. Among high schoolers, that number would be more like 25-30%, or even higher. The older kids get, the more their bullying involves cyber bullying. By high school, very little bullying happens ONLY in person.
1 The Beginnings of Cyber Bullying
H: When and why did bullying turn into cyber bullying?
E: Although digital cruelty has been mentioned here and there since the use of cell phones became widespread, cyber bullying really became a hot issue around 2005. Traditional bullying didn't just go away, but more and more bullying became psychological, rather than physical; and cyber bullying has promoted the use of "gateway behaviors" (social behaviors designed to show contempt), since you obviously can't physically bully someone through digital means. As a bullying method, cyber bullying has certain advantages. It reduces guilt and makes bullying easier, since the victim isn't right in front of you; and especially among younger children, hiding one's identity can tempt those who want to try bullying but don't want to be caught (in my research, 75% of older kids (teens) knew the identity of their cyber bullies). Cyber bullies are often convinced that they can't or won't face any consequences, and victims can be traumatized by the thought that their bullying may be seen by so many others.
H: What are some of the ramifications that have resulted from bullies intimidating their peers?
E: When you think about the problems that bullying causes, it should be a straight forward question. But it's actually a little more complicated, partly because so many behaviors are called "bullying." Bullying isn't simply when anyone is mean, or when someone's feelings are hurt. Bullying is a situation where a more powerful person (the "bully") launches a campaign of cruelty and/or abuse towards a less powerful person. I've had people tell me that a single incident hurt so much that "it was bullying as far as I'm concerned," which I think is their way of saying that that single incident might not have been bullying or cyber bullying literally, but it was still very hurtful. While being mean to someone once can really hurt, and it can in fact be an incident that the target remembers vividly and for many years, it doesn't usually have the impact of bullying or cyber bullying that happens over and over again to someone. A child who's experiencing a long campaign of cruelty has to both endure the trauma of individual incidents and also anticipate the future cruelties to come. If the bully is popular, the target may conclude that the world is really on the bully's side – and that the world is thus a pretty cruel place. That kind of experience is associated with emotional difficulties (e.g., depression, anxiety); social difficulties (e.g., isolation); academic problems; and even, sometimes, aggression and violence (particularly when bullying compounds problems for a child who is already depressed or at risk).
H: What's the most important thing all parents should know about cyber bullying?
E: Cyberbullying is a problem that can happen to any child, but any parent can take steps to reduce their child's risk. Your son or daughter might engage in cruelty online through thoughtlessness; they may be mad at someone; or they may feel that what they do online "doesn't count" or "isn't real." This isn't unusual. Also, a child may be targeted online simply because they're there, and not for any particular reason. Overall, kids of any age need to talk about cyber-issues and think about how problems can arise online, hopefully well before any problems actually happen. When children never talk about bullying or cyber bullying, then they're much more traumatized if someone is mean to them. Data from 2010 to 2012 also found less cyber bullying when kids were educated about these issues. This was true for kids of all ages, but especially so for younger children. The bottom line is that discussing cyber bullying with your child will probably help reduce their vulnerability. Kids need to understand that how you talk to others changes online; they need to think about picture-taking and posting rules; and they need to be reminded to think about the impact of what they do online to others. Just talking appears to make a big difference. Want more information, or help in starting these conversations? There are many downloads and guides for parents, all free of charge, at elizabethenglander.com.


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04.03.10 Bardstown, Kentucky
When Teresa and Richard decide to tie the knot they knew they did not want to have a traditional wedding. Instead they opted for a very small ceremony in a little pretty little town of Bardstown, Kentucky. The two decided to spend a long weekend at a quaint B&B, and then a simple ceremony for close friends and family.
Even though they were having a non-traditional wedding, Teresa and Richard both incorporated their own personal traditional elements. Teresa wore a cameo which had belonged to a dear friend that passed away a few years back. Richard dressed in a barong, a traditional shirt made in the Philippines, the country where Teresa was born.
After the short intimate ceremony, the newlyweds and their guests all took a ride on My Old Kentucky Dinner Train. I have more photo to share from this day. Stay tuned for part 2.


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The C7 Corvette is bred for performance. It can run with cars that cost twice as much. Its 6.2-liter V8, designated LT1, makes all the right sounds, and pushes the car through the quarter mile in 12 seconds with the 7-speed manual transmission, which mates great with the engine. The paddle-shifting 8-speed automatic, designed and built by GM, is a tenth quicker. It matches any dual clutch, and in fact Chevy says it beats the Porsche PDK shift times by 80 milliseconds, an eternity in the world of performance transmissions. During our test miles on the street and the track, we found that the 8-speed does a remarkable job using the paddles or letting the transmission shift itself, programmed by the Drive Mode Selector.
The Performance Traction Management system helps the driver control the car at race speeds. Even with the electronic aids shut down, the Stingray shows off remarkable poise and balance. Flat cornering, over 1 g of lateral grip, nimble reflexes, and accurate electric power steering yield satisfying times for the enthusiast. The Stingray transmits feedback to the driver so it's easy to feel what the car is doing.
If that weren't enough, a Z51 package is available to make the Stingray's performance even hotter. It includes lighter wheels, bigger brakes, an electronic rear differential, adjustable dampers, and tweaked aerodynamics including a rear spoiler. The Magnetic Ride Control is available on Stingrays without the whole Z51 package, along with the wheels and spoiler.


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NGIS held its investiture ceremony for the year 2017-18 on 15 May. During the ceremony the students of grade 5 and grade 6 were honored as the office bearers by the principal Mr. Felix and Vice Principal Ambika Suree Kumar.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
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The Brighton Hoodsie Blitz: BPD Ice Cream Truck Continues Making the Rounds/
Thanks to the H.P. Hood Company, officers assigned to the District 14 Community Service Office were able to bring good cheer to over six hundred youth in Allston and Brighton this past week, including a stop at the Gardner Pilot Academy last night. Be on the lookout for the BPD Ice Cream Truck on patrol in your neighborhood and be sure to come say hello and grab a cold treat.


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The Parent's Supervised Driving Program is of no cost to families or taxpayers. In Massachusetts the guide will be sent via U.S. mail to all learner's permit recipients within two to three weeks after a teen receives his/her permit. In New Hampshire the guide will be distributed by the New Hampshire Driver Education Teachers Association (NHDETA) to all teens taking a driver's education course.
The Parent's Supervised Driving Program contains information and lessons on driving basics, parental pointers, and licensing qualifications that are helpful to parents of new drivers. The program also offers a RoadReady® mobile app, which can track the required supervised driving time of 40 hours. The RoadReady® mobile app is available for free in the App StoreSM.
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Asbestos was in the air everyone breathed all the time, given its use in so many building materials, he said. Until recently, every time a bus used its brakes a burst of asbestos fibres was released because brake pads had been made of asbestos. Biopsies of lungs suggested asbestos was present in the lungs of most Australians, he said.
While low exposures could cause disease, the risk increased with intensity of exposure or time, he said. Short, sharp exposures such as during home renovations increased risk, as did lower exposures over a long period. When he asked how many people at Sunday's forum had done home renovations, most put up their hands.
But even with high exposures, most people would not get sick, Dr Pengilley said, pointing out that the vast majority of people in the Western Australia asbestos mining town, Wittenoom, never developed an asbestos-related disease.
Among home renovators exposed to asbestos, five in 100,000 people a year developed mesothelioma after 35 years, he said. Among Wittenoom residents, the annual risk of developing mesothelioma was 26 in 100,000. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lungs. Two Mr Fluffy residents have been diagnosed with the disease this year; one recently died.
Asbestosis is another asbestos-caused disease, but Dr Pengilley said he did not expect people living in Mr Fluffy homes to develop the condition, which was marked by scarring on the lungs and breathing problems. He said asbestosis was generally seen in people who had been exposed to a lot of asbestos.
The residents at the forum questioned officials about risks to their health, both physical and psychological, and the potential for the loss of their homes and "everything they've worked for".
Some urged fellow residents to stay calm given the low risk, while others warned against complacency.
The forum heard concerns about the quality of asbestos assessments and the difficulty of notifying tradespeople, family and friends who had been in contaminated homes.
The head of thoracic medicine at Canberra Hospital, Mark Hurwitz, said experts were divided on the value of having a chest X-ray. But in his view it was worthwhile as a baseline with which to compare health problems that occurred down the track.
Chest X-rays were of low-dose radiation – the same as flying to Brisbane – he said. But he stressed they had no value for predicting whether you would get sick later.
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"I used various online sources – specific wiki, other size comparison charts (especially Jeff Russell's and Dan Carlson's), and other fanmade sites," explained Loeche. "Sometimes there were conflicting measurements, and I had to make a choice (I usually picked the larger one)."
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4. I'll be selecting winners RANDOMLY throughout the party, so the more you participate and the LONGER you participate, the more likely you are to win a prize.
5. Retweets will NOT count towards a prize. But these are nice to do for your fellow tweeters if you like what they are saying.
6. If you win a prize, I'll be sending you a google document to fill out. I will confirm your prizes after the party!
7. I usually do a contest at the end of the party for a bonus prize!
8. The EASIEST way to follow a twitter party is to hook up your account to a chat program. I use http://twubs.com All you have to do is put #EnsconcedinLit at the top of the page where it says "Enter hashtags." It should prompt you to link up your twitter account. Say yes. Then you should be good to go! The other nice thing about this is that you don't have to type the hashtag after each comment, the program automatically does it for you. And you don't have to search for the hashtag, it automatically just follows the convo.
9. To those poor souls who don't have a twitter account. It's totally EASY. Get a twitter account! I finally got one for my blog, and it took literally seconds to set up. I'm so sorry, but if you don't have a twitter account, you won't be eligible for the prizes.


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|You would think that somebody with as many pairs of red shoes as me would be able to find some in a shade that didn't clash with her top, wouldn't you?
Like my top? I got it for my 18th birthday back in 2004 and wore it to my birthday party, along with my jingly-jangly charm bracelet belt. And I bought the cardi in 2007 to tone down a halterneck dress, and my mum brought me back that ribbon necklace from some random country like Latvia several years ago, and my gold bangles came from Oldham market when my friend Rosie wanted to be a Bollywood princess for a party in 2003. I normally think I'm pretty good at chucking clothes away (A-hem, I do of course mean that I very responsibly donate them to the needy / sell them for maximum profit on ebay), but I was all about the oldies last night! I actually don't think I've worn my 18th b'day top and belt since I was 18. It was kind of nice to 'rediscover' them. (I like to think they were astounded by how much more effortlessly glamorous and sophisticated I am these days ;op)
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Some Quickies
29th July, 2014 - Posted by MashPotato - Comments Off
Every Tuesday, Ben Chandler and I host #Huesday on Twitter at 21:00 ET, where people of all art skill levels and backgrounds create artwork in one hour or less based on a random theme determined just as the hour starts. It's a good way to not only force yourself to practice, but also to have some creative fun–you should join in! Yes, YOU!
Here are some of the entries that I'm particularly fond of, for various reasons ;)
RUST – 1 hour
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I'm still not very quick, but Huesday has helped me practice getting the important things down first :)
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Category Archives: Beautiful Simplicity
Pan-seared Petite Tomatoes
Looking across the field at the ruby dots suspended amongst tangles of vine, my eyes find inspiration. Especially in the late afternoon when the sun is hitting the field just right, casting a haze on the landscape as I look through my camera lens. I think of cherry tomatoes like most kinds of berries: radiant jewels in the garden. Harvesting them is a treasure hunt. When ripe, they release into your hand with ease. So … Continue reading
The Four Radiant Jewels
Pushing past June beetles and prickly stems, berry picking is done of love, a tedious process. One in the mouth, one for the basket. As it should be. Just like that, no washing. It's a crime to eat fresh berries any other way but unaffected, straight out of the garden. But should an abundance of summer berries become your windfall, a sorbet is a preparation that will render a juicy, tongue stained pardon from … Continue reading
Salads: exotic and splurge worthy
Can a salad get you excited? With beautiful roasted oils like hazelnut and avocado. Small crop lettuces. Spices. Fragrant small batch vinegars. Delicate, shaved vegetables. Got your attention? Good. There are so many ingredients that can take a salad from mainstream.. you know, the usual…to exotic and surprising. Take a break from Romaine. Boycott iceberg forever. Extra virgin olive oil is a darling, but roasted walnut oil is a deeply sensual mistress. And she's not … Continue reading
Garlic Scapes
They shoot up from garlic plants like a crazy stalk and then fall gracefully into quirky curls, this way and that, heavy from their own weight. And when their curvaceous seed pods burst into flowers, you know the garlic bulbs below the soil are nearly, if not completely, ready for harvest. Garlic scapes taste like garlic. A crunchier, greener version of garlic. They can be sautéed or stir-fried or braised in place of or … Continue reading
A Simple Side Dish of Leeks and Kale
Tuscan kale enjoys the nickname Dinosaur kale because of the scaly texture of its mature leaves. But really it has the softest texture of any of the varieties; it's our favorite to grow. Here's a side dish that plays the sweetness of the leek against the slight bitterness of fresh kale. You could use leftovers in countless ways. Think frittata or quinoa pilaf. TECHNIQUE Cut one leek in half lengthwise and begin slicing each half … Continue reading
The Sweetness of Leeks
Leeks have a funny name and when they're full grown, they look like a chubby version of their petite cousin, the green onion. But leeks are nicer than all of their onion cousins. They're mild and sweet and won't make you cry.


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Little Baseball Boy
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A may also start project life because it sounds and looks FUN!
xoxo drew
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Always good to take a break and enjoy Drew!!! We know where you live..lol! Enjoy:) Love the layout!ReplyDelete
Aww! Such a cute layoutReplyDelete
Another amazing layout, Drew! Love it!ReplyDelete
Little did you know you'll be a scrapping professional ;) It's better for us your readers anyway that you're not a basebal pro :)ReplyDelete
Love this LO! The radial design of paper-pieced papers is just awesomeness! I'll have to scrap-lift this.
BTW, I've been watching your tutorial videos and you've inspired me to 'try' to make my own 'layout: start to finish' video. Do you set up your camera on the other side of the free standing table? My desk is with a hutch agains a wall, so I can't access to film from the other side. This is more complicated than I thought.
Have a fun summer!
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Yes my desk is out in the open so it allows me to film from the opposite side on a tripod. But sometimes i have have the camera directly in front of me pointing down which is hard cause it gets in the way of crafting!
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What a terrific layout! I'm so happy that I found your blog. You are very talented! I'm your newest follower. I hope you have a great crafty day!ReplyDelete
This is awesome, Drew!ReplyDelete
Love the combo of pp's you used. Great design :)ReplyDelete
You will LOVE Project Life. Can't wait to see if you dive in!
Such a great layout! And cute photo!ReplyDelete
I just found your blog, it's awesome :)
That background is crazy good! Love it!ReplyDelete
College is hard and you will be very busy. So, keep your blog simple as you can. Have one blog and blog about anything and everything.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 13, 2012 at 7:16 AM
I agree with Lisa...life will be crazy and busy enough..and so many changes for you...so for sure, keep it simple and have one blog filled with whatever...it'll even be more fun to read, if thats possible...but don't totally forget about us scrappers out there! And r u sure you're going to be able to keep up with the club???? angieReplyDelete


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Episode 2015: Azoft Team Holiday Greetings
15 Dec 2015
As we wind down for the holidays, we'd like to thank all our clients and everyone we've worked with in the past year. 2015 was full of new and exciting projects, ambitious challenges, inspiring achievements, and fantastic people. We are thankful to you for letting us perform as great professionals and reliable partners.
End of the year is a great time to make plans for the future, so we made a short list of goals we'll do our best to achieve in 2016.
- First, we'd like to continue improving our web and mobile development skills. We will keep on mastering new technologies to keep pace with cutting-edge software solutions.
- We would also like to make our client service even better. No matter in what part of the world you are, we will provide attention and participation to meet your requirements.
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Happy Holiday Season from Azoft team!


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WWE Friday Night SmackDown!
April 20th, 2012
O2 Arena, London, England
Attendance: Unknown at this time
April 20th, 2012
O2 Arena, London, England
Attendance: Unknown at this time
Welcome back everyone to another edition of 411mania's Friday Night SmackDown coverage by yours truly. Tonight we've got a bit of a special show (and not just because it's 4/20 you stoners) as we're emanating from the O2 Arena in London, England which usually means the WWE tries to step up their game a little bit for their British fans. We'll see if that trend continues tonight, let's hop right into things.
Your hosts are Michael Cole, Booker T, and Josh Matthews
We open the show with the announcement of a six man tag pitting Sheamus, Randy Orton, and the Great Khali against Daniel Bryan, Cody Rhodes, and Mark Henry for our main event tonight before Daniel Bryan's theme music hits and the WWE production crew go into overdrive mode trying to hush the obvious cheers and legions of people with "Yes!" signs.
Bryan grabs the microphone and recounts his 18 second title loss at Wrestlemania once again before cutting a promo on Sheamus and his match against him at Extreme Rules. Bryan notes that if Sheamus even touches a referee he'll be fired in that match, then he reminisces about winning the Money in the Bank briefcase in Chicago, the site of the Extreme Rules PPV this year. Bryan calls Sheamus a coward and then promises to out-wrestle Sheamus in the 2/3 Falls match before leading the crowd into another big "Yes!" chant. AJ comes storming down the rampway with a mic to interrupt though, getting into the ring despite Bryan telling her to take off. AJ wants to try and work things out again but Bryan wants nothing to do with that. She wants to wish him good luck in his match against Sheamus, but Bryan wishes that he had never even met AJ or said yes when she asked him out. He goes so far as to say he wishes she was never even born before cracking up into this evil diabolical smile that reminds me of the Simpsons episode "New Kid on the Block". Bryan tells her he'll never take her back and then storms off to big heat. Bryan's promos are just getting better and better every time he has a camera on him.
Natalya (8-14) vs. AJ (5-9)
When we return from the break we're led right into our opening match here. AJ is still totally distraught and Natalya actually attempts to console her but gets a bitch slap in the face for her troubles. AJ has a huge freak out and won't stop punching Natalya in the corner and pulling her hair, which is apparently enough for the ref to DQ her at 0:48 seconds. More of an angle than a match, but it was a perfectly executed angle and really got over the distressed state AJ is in now that she's realizing Bryan really wants nothing to do with her. Smart character development. 1/2*
We get another Damien Sandow vignette where he quotes Benjamin Franklin and talks down to us simpletons and cretins in the most smarmy of tones. With his in-ring skills and an interesting character like this, Sandow might actually make a splash as a heel.
Brodus Clay (3-4) vs. Hunico (7-3)
Hornswoggle comes out with Clay to join in on the big pre-match dance routine, complete with matching red Adidas tracksuit. Hunico shoves Hornswoggle after the bell rings so Clay lays him out with a huge back body drop. He hits the pumphandle t-bone suplex and then follows up with the big splash to pick up the easy win at 1:12. Just a squash match to get Brodus out in front of the London crowd and gauge their reaction to him, but I'm not sure Hunico needed to be the one to do the job unless they're already out of plans for him. Eventually they're going to have to do something with Brodus though. 1/4*
Backstage the eternal NXTers Titus O'Neill and Darren Young catch up to Teddy Long to ream him out for being Johnny Ace's lackey and get a bit of revenge for Teddy passing over signing them in the past. Johnny walks in and says he can't believe Teddy didn't sign them, as O'Neill and Young say the fans want new young talent now. Yeah, we do...just not you two. Johnny puts one of the Queen's guards hats on Teddy's head and apparently he's under a magic vow of silence now.
Elsewhere backstage Matt Striker is with Randy Orton and wants to know the condition of Randy's father after Kane's attack on him. Randy says he's okay but Kane won't be after their Falls Count Anywhere match at Extreme Rules. Basic quickie promo.
Titus O'Neill/Darren Young vs. Jimmy Uso/Jey Uso
Not much heat for O'Neill and Young outside of the "we don't like to watch you perform, please go away" boos. Darren starts off with Jimmy, who lays him out with a corkscrew elbow and then tags his brother Jey in. Jey lays in chops then tags back out to Jimmy for a double team elbow drop. Young gets a boot in finally and is able to tag out to O'Neill, who dominates the smaller Uso's with a big leg drop before letting Young back in to hit a DDT for a near fall. Jimmy tags back in and is all fired up, hitting a Samoan drop on Young and following it with the Samoan ass slam of doom int he corner. Jey gets tossed by Titus, which leaves Jimmy all alone and the heels take advantage and hit him with the old Hart Attack double team move for the win at 3:35. Nice introduction for these two, except for the fact that both guys have shown absolutely nothing in their years in NXT, but hey, maybe they'll kick it up a notch now that they're on one of the big shows. I love the use of the Hart Attack though. **
The RAW Rebound recounts the latest updates in the CM Punk/Chris Jericho rivalry, which continues to heat up. Great video package work here actually.
Alberto Del Rio (11-8) vs. Big Show (21-6)
This is a non-title match apparently, though I have no clue why other than to protect Show. Del Rio tries to take his kicks to Show at the bell, but the giant just mauls him like a child and slaps him with a big open palm chop. Elbow drop from Show gets him a two count and then Del Rio cuts him off with a big chop block, taking Show down to the mat and laying in some kicks and punches. Del Rio tries working a headlock for a bit and then takes the giant down with an armbreaker. Show counters the cross-armbreaker attempt though and slams Del Rio down to the mat in a feat of strength reminiscent of some of the antics of one Bob Backlund in his old MSG title defenses. Show hits him with a forearm and then takes Del Rio down with the spear. He goes for the chokeslam, but Ricardo Rodriguez distracts the ref long enough for Cody Rhodes to run down to the ring and give Show the Beautiful Disaster kick, which is enough to get Del Rio the cheap win at 5:17. Decently worked match considering the size differential between both men, Del Rio picks up a cheap win, Cody gets some revenge on Show, and everyone hates the heels. Perfectly booked match and segment. **
Danny Lerman, a local wrestler from Leicester, England, is introduced by Lillian Garcia next and he dedicates his following match to his mother while Drew McIntyre and Heath Slater watch on and laugh from backstage as Ryback is introduced. Not sure what kind of angle they're building to here, but it looks bad.
Ryback (2-0) vs. Danny Lerman (0-0)
Josh Matthews tries to compare Ryback to Mike Tyson and Patrick Willis in the same sentence, giving us all a nice chuckle. Ryback of course totally dominates the smaller Lerman with a big fallaway slam followed by a clothesline and a big Fisherman's Buster for the win at 1:13. Squash city. 1/4*
Up next they re-air the interview segment they did with Brock Lesnar that aired on RAW this past Monday. Very well put together package to show you how dominant of an athlete Brock has been, these UFC-like interviews work much better for Lesnar as he was never much of a promo guy, and this package did a great job of making it seem like Lesnar is the biggest thing to hit the WWE since...well, since he left.
Backstage the dead-eyed gaze of Teddy Long is greeted by one William Regal, who's in a chipper mood and gets a nice pop. Aksana walks in with Antonio Cesaro (AKA Claudio Castagnoli) on her arm and introduces him to Teddy as a rugby player trying to make it as a wrestler on Smackdown. She blows Teddy off to go into Johnny Ace's office with Antonio while Teddy just sits there during all of this looking like a zombie. I'm ecstatic that Claudio just made his TV debut to be honest, and the potential match-ups he could have with some of the WWE's better mid-carders have me drooling already.
We've got the big six man tag team main event up next and my lovely DVR tells me we've got 20 minutes remaining in this show, so watch out because this one might actually get some decent time. Before the match even starts Cody takes out Khali's leg from under him and apparently injures Khali to the point where has to be carried out. Never fear though, because here comes the Big Show to replace him.
Randy Orton/Sheamus/Big Show vs. Daniel Bryan/Cody Rhodes/Mark Henry
We return from the commercial break with this match already joined-in-progress. Randy is working over Daniel Bryan's wrist when he tags Sheamus in, sending Bryan off to make the tag to Cody Rhodes instead. Sheamus gives Rhodes the big Finlay roll for a two count. Sheamus counters a swinging neckbreaker attempt and winds up shooting Cody into the ropes for the big forearm smashes. Cody dropkicks him out of the ring though and then hits him with a baseball slide. Bryan follows up with a running dropkick on Sheamus on the floor behind the ref's back as well before Bryan officially tags in and tosses Sheamus into the ring, weakened. Bryan stomps away at Sheamus in the corner and then tags Mark Henry in. Henry works Sheamus over in the corner a bit before tagging Cody back in, who hops on Sheamus' back with a chinlock. Sheamus is our babyface in peril as he fights off the Disaster Kick from Rhodes with a big forearm and gets the hot tag to Randy Orton. Orton cleans house on former Legacy stablemate Rhodes and then gives him the delayed second rope DDT. Bryan hops in the ring and Orton gives him a big powerslam, but Henry hops into the ring and clobbers Orton behind the ref's back to give the heel's the advantage again as we take our last commercial break. When we return Henry has tagged Bryan back in to pick apart Orton. He hits a beautiful running dropkick on Orton in the corner and follows up with a scoop slam. He tries to top it off with the diving headbutt from the top rope, but Orton moves to avoid the move and is able to tag out to Big Show while Bryan tags out to Henry. The two giants square off with Show taking advantage until Rhodes kicks Show in the back, allowing Henry to clobber him and tag back out to Cody. Rhodes pinpoints the giant's knee and applies the figure four leglock, leaving Show to wriggle and writhe in pain on the mat. Henry tags in and then hits a big splash on Show while he's still in the figure four, but that won't put him away, so they tag Bryan in for an implant DDT but that won't do it either. Show gets the hot tag to Sheamus and the World champion goes to town on Daniel Bryan with huge forearms and a tilt-a-whirl powerslam, gaining a measure of revenge for his earlier beatdown. Show knocks out Cody outside the ring with the WMD fist while Sheamus fights off the YES! Lock attempt from Bryan in the ring. Henry tags back in, but Sheamus nails him with the Brogue Kick and then tags in Randy Orton. Show gives Henry the WMD punch while he's reeling in the ropes and then Orton finishes him off with the RKO for the triumvirate of finishers and the win at 13:13 (shown). Really hot six man tag here that delivered in a big way to send the London crowd home happy, there was so much going on in this match that it's hard to really properly regale it. The heels used perfect psychology and tactics as you'd expect while the babyfaces all took their beatings like men and showed great fire on the comebacks. There was just so much strategy and psychology going on in this one, along with the hot crowd and solid action it made for a great main event. ***1/4
We go off the air with the faces all celebrating in the ring. That does it for tonight folks, have a safe and happy 4/20 everyone.
Bottom Line: Solid show this week to make up for the disaster that was the live Tuesday "Old School" special last week, the London shows always make for good fun because the crowds are always so hot and the WWE generally tries to give the fans a few solid matches in an overall attempt to step their game up. Excellent main event chock full of more psychology and strategy then you could shake a stick at, throw in the great Bryan/AJ promo and everything in-between and this was a pretty easy Thumbs Up even if the first hour was pretty darn light on the action.
Score: 7.5/10
Score: 7.5/10


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Since homeschooling, I've discovered the home education community is very diverse and yes, there are children who display some unsavoury, unsocialized behavior at times - mine included - but you find children like this everywhere.
Yes, even in schools.
Sometimes parents are motivated to homeschool because their child struggles socially in mainstream school. Perhaps they are different, with a learning disability or giftedness or perhaps they are extremely introverted and shy. So, you may find that some parents homeschool BECAUSE their child is socially awkward.
It is not that homeschooling causes social awkwardness but moreso, that homeschooling becomes a solution when a child's self-esteem is threatened by an experience in a negative social environment (school).
So how does homeschooling benefit socialisation?
In order to answer this question we must look at why we believe mainstream school is either the ONLY way to successfully socialize a child or the OPTIMAL way to socialize a child.
Most of us have never thought to question whether mainstream school is right for our child. We assume it is because that's what everyone else does and what our parents did. Similarly, we don't stop to question whether school is an optimal social environment for our children - we just assume it is because that's what we've been taught to believe. It isn't until we consider some of the social concerns we see frequently in the media that we begin to wonder whether the 'socialisation' that happens in schools is really all it's cracked up to be.
Is it possible that homeschooled children recieve a better lesson in socialisation because their social skills are able to develop naturally? I believe so. If we remove rivalry, cliques, teasing, bullying, gang and pack behavior and remember that studies suggest homeschooled children have a stronger sense of self-esteem and self-worth than their mainstream peers, then it seems that it's actually the homeschooled children who come out in front.
But, aren't homeschooled kids home all day by themselves?
Homeschooled children participate in lots of activities. They not only participate in the usual after school sport and music activities they also have access to special events and outings on a daily or weekly basis (depending on where they live) with a network of other homeschoolers. Homeschooled children are not isolated and most parents provide them with lots of opportunity to socialize with other children and adults each day. And when it comes to learning, sometimes some quiet alone time is beneficial as I discovered observing my own children and school children at the Melbourne Museum recently.
Homeschooling prepares kids for socialising in the real world...
I don't know about you, but I have friends of lots of different ages. In fact, if I really think about it most of my friends are about 10 years older than myself!
Homeschooled children get to socialize with children of varying ages. They can choose friends based on mutual interests rather than age. This provides a much more natural way to socialize and prepare kids for the real world. In life, we have to learn how to get along with people much older AND younger than ourselves. As adults, we also choose friends based on values and what we have in common - not what year they were born.
So despite what the critics may say, I believe one of the many benefits of homeschooling is natural socialisation!
Read about the other benefit of homeschooling - Freedom!


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Yesterday Facebook announced that they will be unveiling some "new, mobile-friendly features for Facebook profiles" in the near future. Users will be given new options regarding their public profile. They will also be able to decide what gets highlighted on their profiles.
Users will soon be able to use a seven-second video clip as their official Facebook profile "picture". Users will even be given the opportunity to not have a profile picture or use a "temporary photo" that will revert back to the original profile photo choice after a specific "time delay" has expired. The purpose of this "temporary" Facebook photo is reportedly to mark specific occasions in their lives, demonstrate their support of a special event or even to let others know how they feel at any given moment.
There will also be a new area at the top of each Facebook profile. This will be a space that users will be able to fully customize as well as locate front-row-and-center of each profile page. The location for the user's profile video will also be larger.
Much like the original MySpace or even LinkedIn your Facebook profile will also include a "one-line bio field". Like the original Facebook, users will once more be able to feature five photographs at the top of their profile pages along with the familiar "About," "Career" and "Education" fields.
Facebook will also begin a "show friendship option" on each user's profile page. This will show highlights of all mutual friendships and feature stories and photographs in order to aid new friends in making new connections. Users will also be given the option to hide this from their profiles to prevent potential personal problems.
Facebook is just starting to test these new features with a select iPhone user accounts in California and even the UK. Facebook concluded that they will soon be offering additional new features such as the previously reported dislike button, monetized publishing tools, live stream celebrity chats and more in the near future..
Facebook Rolls Out Profile Changes


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NEWBURGH, N. Y. — Police lurking on Newburgh's East End watch three men selling crack cocaine in a couple of quick deals.
"There's no business like drug business!" one of the dealers sings out.
The cops move in and bust all three.
That is Newburgh in 1990, a city of 25,000 on the Hudson River. Just 50 miles north of New York City, its reputation, in relation to its size, is worse.
The Newburgh of Donald Presutti's youth was so safe, so prosperous, so clean that in 1952 Look magazine called it an "All-American city."
The Newburgh of Donald Presutti's adulthood, the one he administers as mayor, is an urban battleground. Residents are trying to reclaim their streets from the pushers, addicts and criminals who have made their city's name a dirty word in the Northeast.


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Welcome to
Thawed Out Thursday!
Where the thoughts in my head come melting out!
Wow... who would think that loosing our dog would cause so much chaos in our home. Not me, that is for sure. Our dog Gable is truly the most perfect dog in the world. And, while he does get ignored, at least by me, some days, is is ALWAYS there. He never asks for anything but to go outside when Daddy gets home. Seriously, we have to ask him if he wants to go potty. He is almost 11 years old. And by this point the hubby and I know him pretty well. Gable has been with us since a week after we first met. Every memory we have has our dog in it! He has NEVER run away! So when it did happen it was a shock. He was scared of the storm and he had gotten in trouble and I guess he just freaked when I put him outside. It is VERY hard to keep your composure so that your kids don't freak out. We were out looking for him 5 minutes after he was gone. But, even though he is old, Gable can still run!
We did everything we possibly could right away. We searched in the car for 4 hours, then we went home to eat and I made laminated posters to put up. Over the course of 3 days we had over 45 flyers up all over town, I called every vet in the county every morning and around 4-5 when the were closing, I posted the flyer on the local dog park FB page AND on my personal page. I asked friends to put tiny flyers in their car windows, I called and visited the local shelter. I prayed and fasted with family and my kids prayed too. I think the hardest thing was the not knowing. I felt strongly that he was ok, but I just didn't know where he was!
It was hard for me to do simple things around the house. I kept thinking, "I do this everyday. I should be doing SOMETHING to find him." Forget blogging, quilting, or preparing school lessons. I took care of the kids and did what I could to find our shaggy black baby!
Apparently it all paid off! The shelter takes pictures of the dogs they get in and updates their site automatically. I had just checked the site about 30 minutes before, but... just felt the need to check it again. I was shocked to see a picture of what to me looked exactly like our Gable! I admit. I check the literature and only 16 % of lost dogs are returned to their original owners. While I truly felt something telling me he was ok, I was attempting to wrap my head around the fact that he might not come home. I was speechless when I ran back to the kids room to ask Aurora and Tyton to come and look at this picture and tell me what they thought. Yep... they agreed with me! We shoed the friends home, luckily they are dog lovers and totally got it, and headed to the shelter. I again attempted to remain calm. I put the kids in the car, forgot my shoes so I had to go back inside, then forgot my purse, got back in the car, then forgot my phone! Calm was hard, but on the outside I think I did my best! But, what if it wasn't him!
I passed 4 cops while going 10 miles over the speed limit cause I knew the shelter was closing any minute. I am shocked I didn't get a ticket. We got there 3 minutes before close. The doors were locked, we pounded, they let us in, they called back the kennel attendant, I rushed to the back and there he was! In a kennel between two snarling pitbulls. He was clean. He was healthy and knew me right away. He was sitting in there fine until I came. Then he rushed to the side of the cage and licked my hand. While I signed papers to get him out they gave him a rabies shot, cause... in my panic I seriously couldn't remember what vet gave him his rabies shot. So I told them I would just pay for another one! Then they chipped him and brought him in! He ran right over to me and the kids and sat down at our feet, wagging his tail!
Of course when we got home it was no big deal for him. After the hubby laughing and smiling everyone petting him he went to his bed and fell asleep! Poor baby. He had to much fun on his adventure I suppose!
Since my last real post was about losing Gable I figured you guys deserved a good wrap up to the "tail"! I truly had all good intentions of blogging everyday, but with losing our baby and starting homeschool on monday... Life happens I guess! I hope that this post is the start of some blogging normalcy! Even if I am WAY past normal!


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Please note that the current "Star Forecast"
is unavailable.
Carol sincerely apologises for any inconvenience caused.
"Star forecast" informs on the current astrological climate that affects us all. I hope you find this information interesting in relation to how you're experiencing your life right now.
For those with birthdays coming up, I also include information on when the Sun enters each sign every month.
For more personalised forecasts based on your own birth chart
for your time, date and place of birth, please
contact me to arrange a personal consultation.
Note: all times mentioned in this article are either New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT), 13 hours ahead of GMT, or New Zealand Standard Time (NZST), 12 hours ahead of GMT, as indicated.
What's in store for 2013?
We entered the new year just two days after a glorious full moon, always symbolic of attainment and achievement, of reaching the pinnacle of success - or otherwise. How was 2012 for you? How would you have done things differently? What are your goals and aspirations for 2013, and what do you need to do to achieve those goals?
With all the display and fireworks, the partying and singing that accompanies our entry into a new year - and this new year with the Moon in the fiery sign of Leo which always loves to make a splash, to be bigger and better than anyone else - what more appropriate sign could you ask for when celebration and enjoyment is on the menu.
But this is also a very
reflective time, and again the lunar phase shows us the way. Against the waning
phase of the moon, we are drawn to consider how far we have come and what we
have achieved. No matter who we are we all have a wealth of experience to call
on, from just having got to the point where we are now.
With Mercury in the more pragmatic sign of Capricorn adding his influence to the mix, we are urged to call on past experience, our failures, our achievements, our hopes dashed or realised. What do we need to change in order to achieve our hopes and dreams for the year ahead?
Identifying the planetary energies and how we can work with them, to take advantage of the harmonious times and plan for the challenges of the difficult ones, is very much part of how I work with astrology.
What follows is a guide, albeit a general one - for to truly benefit from the astrology guidelines you do need to consult a professional astrologer who will work with your personal natal (birth) chart. But meanwhile, here are a few pointers . . .
19 January - Mercury enters Aquarius
20 January - Sun enters Aquarius
30 January - Jupiter stationary, turns Direct
19 February - Sun enters Pisces
19 February - Saturn turns Retrograde
23 February - Mercury turns Retrograde
18 March - Mercury stationary, turns Direct
21 March - Sun enters Aries
22 March - Venus enters Aries
7 April - NZ Daylight Time (NZDT) ends - clocks go back 1 hour
13 April - Pluto turns Retrograde
20 April - Sun enters Taurus
Read on for the full picture . . .
20 April 2013: Happy Birthday Taurus!
All Venus ruled star-sign Taureans can start celebrating birthdays from 20 April — 10.03 am NZST to be exact — as the Sun enters their sign. For this month* all babies born on that day, but before 10.03 am will be Aries star-signs — the changeover point commonly referred to as being "on the cusp".
21 May 2013: Happy Birthday Gemini!
All Mercury ruled star-sign Geminians can start celebrating birthdays from 21 May — 9.10 am NZST to be exact — as the Sun enters their sign. For this month* all babies born on that day, but before 9.10 am will be Taurus star-signs — the changeover point commonly referred to as being "on the cusp".
21 June 2013: Happy Birthday Cancer!
All Moon-ruled star-sign Cancerians can start celebrating birthdays from 21 June — 5.04 pm NZST to be exact — as the Sun enters their sign. For this month* all babies born on that day, but before 5.04 pm will be Gemini star-signs — the changeover point commonly referred to as being "on the cusp".
8 July 2013, 5.12 pm : Saturn turns Direct
Refer to entry for 19 February when Saturn turned retrograde. Saturn turns direct showing the way is clear for you to proceed with the knowledge that with the solid foundations in place you can now start to build with confidence that the future is in your hands.
29 September 2013 : NZ Daylight time begins
Clocks forward 1 hour, 2 am NZT (3 AM NZDT). Daylight time ends on 6 April 2014. For more info on NZ Time changes go to NZ standard/summer times
to be continued . . .
last updated 4 January 2013
Part articles, still relevant today . . .
Looking back, looking forward:
Some thoughts on Pluto's transit through Capricorn . . .
Back in 23 February 2009 I had to smile at that morning's headlines in the New Zealand Herald:
"Tight times are here to stay . . . Finance Minister spells
it out for everyone - restraint is forever"
Forever is a very long time; but with the aid of astrology and knowledge of planetary cycles, astrologers can identify the influences reflecting the current times. Much has been said about the planet Pluto moving into Capricorn as the harbinger of the need to tighten our belts, to make do with less — restraint in all areas of life, particularly our finances.
After entering Capricorn in late January 2008, the signs were all there but perhaps not taken as seriously as they should have. After 6 months, Pluto retrograded back into the previous sign of Sagittarius bringing to light the excesses and greed that had taken place for so long. Pluto in Capricorn is now exacting payment, its effect becoming palpable from late November 2008 as it settles in for the long haul throughout its sojourn through the sign.
So how long is forever? Pluto's transit through Capricorn lasts until 2024.
But it doesn't need to be all economic doom and gloom. With this comes a positive side; moderation is not all that bad is it? Getting back to basics — to growing your own food and enjoying the freshness and nourishment that comes from that, has got to be good; the establishment of community gardens, of communities working together. Sustainability is another buzzword of our time, respect for our environment and utilising our natural resources without destroying the ecological balance of an area.
Pluto breaks down and eliminates, destroys but in Capricorn it also rebuilds. More than ever before, we need to work with Pluto not against it. For if we don't change with the current times, the change will be made for us.
© Carol Squires 2011
*Note: Because of earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun, the time and date differs
from year to year.
Would you like to find out more - make a start with my articles:
Born on the Cusp - which star sign am I? and
Star Sign columns - what can they tell us?
Born on the cusp? I am happy to advise you whether you are one sign or the other. All I need is your time, date and place of birth - contact me by phone or email for this free service.
For up to date information on New Zealand daylight savings times click here.
So you want to learn Astrology?
For info on classes, workshops and correspondences courses for all levels of expertise - from beginner to advanced - contact Carol on
021 0833 8130 or go to my workshops, classes or correspondence course pages.
"The Wise Man rules his Stars, the Fool obeys them"
© Carol Squires, 2013
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