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By Violet Gonda
12 January 2010
The terrorism trial of MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett took a new twist
when it re-opened in the High Court on Tuesday. The State's key witness,
Peter Michael Hitschmann, distanced himself from a statement he made when he
was arrested in 2006 that implicated the MDC official. This resulted in the
State, represented by Attorney General Johannes Tomana, asking the court to
impeach its own witness for making contradicting statements.
Leading the defence team, lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa objected, saying the way
the State presented its evidence was un-procedural and that in the first
instance Hitschmann's statement was obtained "under traumatic and
unfriendly" circumstances when he was in the custody of the army, at Adams
Barracks in Mutare.
Hitschmann, a former police officer and firearms dealer, has said on record
that he was tortured by military personnel into making a statement
implicating Bennett. But he was still summoned to testify against the MDC
official, even though he had denied conniving with him to destabilise the
former ZANU PF government.
Our correspondent Simon Muchemwa said the firearms dealer denied ownership
of some of the weapons that were used as exhibits by the State in court.
Hitschmann said most of the weapons found in his possession when he was
initially arrested were left by former white commercial farmers who were
leaving the country at short notice (after losing their farms), which he
then passed on to the police armoury. He disowned most of the weapons
presented by the State in court saying they had military serial numbers and
not normal numbers.
Hitschmann was convicted in 2006 for possession of dangerous weapons,
although the court found that he had licences for most of the weapons he
kept. Ironically he was acquitted on the more serious charge of terrorism,
facing Bennett.
The State had also accused Hitschmann of communicating with Bennett via
email about the alleged plot, but he also disowned this.
Our correspondent said: "Hitschmann himself indicated that by the time he
came to know of the emails and the intention of the State to produce the
emails, it was at a police station in Mutare where he was surrounded by
about 30 police officers, CIOs and army personnel and they were forcing him
to own up to some of the emails that were purportedly taken from his
"He also indicated that he could not even say the laptop in court today was
his, because he only could tell after it had been switched on, but the State
refused to switch it on," added Muchemwa.
High Court Judge Justice Chinembiri Bhunu deferred his ruling on the
impeachment to Wednesday.
The State's case has always hinged on Hitschmann's statement and some legal
experts say if Hitschmann is impeached it would mean his evidence is
discredited and will be seen as hostile to the State, while favouring the
Rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama believes the State's case is 'crumbling like
a deck of cards'.
Some observers say that in a situation like this, whether Hitschmann is
impeached or not, the State case is discredited and in a fair trial Bennett
should go free, but as we know in Zimbabwe nothing is ever that
The MDC say ZANU PF has been on a relentless campaign to get rid of Bennett,
who Robert Mugabe still refuses to swear in as the Deputy Minister of
Agriculture. It remains to be seen what game the State decides to play now.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Farming family attacked in Rusape
More farmers in Rusape handed eviction notices
Zanu-PF politburo member faces arrest
Another MDC pull-out looms
AN shortage hits farmers hard .. yields will be affected say experts
Power struggle threatens split in war veterans' body
Fort Hare University slammed for giving in to ZANU PF
Mugabe buys the world's most powerful helicopter
Political types in suits with stripes
A Kubatana subscriber recently emailed us his Letter to Zimbabwe. Our mailing list is pretty big, but not That Big. But Mathias Makozhombwe makes an awful lot of sense. It makes me think of that quote that suggests that the people who should be running the country are driving taxis and cutting hair. Here's Mathias on what he wants for Zimbabwe.
Moyo offers 'alibi' amid political bluster
Dirty Dozen: The 2010 Land Audit Must Start with Mugabe's Gushungo Farms


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I want the book phantom of the auditorium to be read
"I'm a big goosebumps fan"
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Normans brought with them when they conquered England in 1066. The Bogess family lived in Sussex. The name is derived from the Middle English word burge(i)s, or the Old French word burgeis which both mean "inhabitant and freeman of a fortified town." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8) This line are believed to be descended from the Barons Burghersh, which later became Burwash, a parish in that county. A line of the family also remained in Normandy, as Simon de Borgeis was noted there in 1195. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X) But originally the family was from Bourgeois in Picardy, France. This line of barons became extinct in 1369.
Early Origins of the Bogess family
Sussex where one of the first records of the name was Ralph de Burgeis, who was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Sussex in 1195. Philip Burgis was listed in Leicestershire in 1199 and Philip Burges, Burgeis was listed in Oxfordshire in 1220, 1234. The Subsidy Rolls of Sussex listed Walter le Borgeys in 1296. [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X) The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list: Hawise Burgeys in Bedfordshire; Philip Burgeis on Oxfordshire; John le Burges in Southampton; and Thomas Burgeys in Norfolk. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 179 list: Adam Burgeys and Johannes Burges. [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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Cropped up in another thread... what do you prefer; are you right handed or left handed?
i was just wondering what hand us keeps have a tendancy to use. I am left handed, but in cricket i bat right handed and i use the mouse right handed with my right hand.
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"You want to eat a dead chicken?"
Uh, they aren't all dead when you eat them?
"Soup better if you make with chicken just killed. I need a bit more time at the market so (the chicken seller) can kill it for you." <chopping motion that could also vaguely pass for brandishing of samurai-sword>
Oh Yummy. "Just get a dead one."
<incredulous> "You want to eat a cold dead chicken?!"
"Yes I want to eat 'a cold dead chicken'. In fact even better if you tell me the chicken was never alive. Or if it died of old age in its sleep."
You know, the ones in Park n Shop don't have this problem. Nicely cling-film-wrapped wings. Drumlets. Whatever. Packed in neat little rows. It's almost as easy, picturing cling-filmed styrofoam packets of chicken fillet growing from big shady trees. You look at those and it's that much harder to imagine they were ever something bok-bok-bok-ing in a yard. Like my cousin's super-territorial cockerel that used to chase me around his yard as a little girl. "Oui oui" was not an agreeable bird. Hated the damned thing, but still...
I will forgo some taste for a more humane way of killing the creature. Another reason I could never be an RM, especially in Northasia - I keep thinking at some point there are always clients who want to eat something that involves a semi-alive creature of some sort because it's a "delicacy". (You know, like when they eat the live, scrabbling lobsters on hot plate in Central.) One of my ex-RMs even told me lobsters feel little pain... I'm still on Did You Ask It?
Anyway. As always, my confinement nanny has this look as she wanders off. I get The Look a lot. When I tell her I don't want Chinese medicines in our soups - The Look. When I insist I don't want the baby in mittens (because I want the baby to be able to touch and feel things with her fingers - I have friends who get massages for their babies that 'awaken' their senses by touching them, rubbing them, making them more aware of their surroundings) - The Look.
Ling Jie came highly recommended by a former RM. As a young woman, she started as an office cleaner for DHL. Obviously, nanny-ing pays a lot more, especially here - she's been a confinement nanny for decades, often booked solid 6 months or more in advance. She picks her holidays, where she goes to China for long massages in between jobs. She wears a face mask when she travels and at her massages so she doesn't get sick - it's bad for business.
As age catches up, Ling Jie hopes to quit confinement nanny-ing (back problems) and open a Chinese medicine shop. I'm not sure how much formal education she's had in Chinese - in English she's completely illiterate - but she is super sharp. She looks for tips on Hongkie stocks to tell her next employer. She still remembers, from when she cared for Rockstar, that I like to invest in paper gold. That was freaking 4.5 years ago. 4.5 years of screaming babies and night feedings and she can remember that - I would forget my own name if I did my confinement period of night feedings etc by myself.
She keeps a log of baby feedings and wakings, which is immensely useful for pediatric visits. Mildly peeved I bring the baby for pediatric checkups on my own if Kings' is tied up, she grills me for information when I return. What shots has the baby had? Second month checkup will involve two shots, right? That's the one where the baby may run a low grade fever? You can get a lot of information comparing babies, from her. Of course I'm not sure how much is embellished, but there' no way around the fact she's real smart...
The reason however Ling Jie was not my original first choice is because she's also a shark. Aggressively opportunistic, she doesn't miss a chance to "sell" her nanny-ing abilities. Or really any abilities. That includes ingratiating herself to certain members of your family. It gets in the way of us noticing how good she really is because I don't like "politicking" in my household, I believe it "pollutes" the environment I raise my kids in a bit <sheepish>. Rockstar may eventually learn about politicking and fibbing on the playground, but he is also going to learn that it's not the only way to be, you can choose not to be that way and still be happy, do well in life, whatever (though I guess you still have to be aware it exists in the world - more in part 2).
Ps: I rewrote my confinement post quite a few times, because I couldn't figure what to do with the nanny - I swing between almost firing her on the spot and wanting to contract her semi-long term for couple hours' nannying several times a week because I hope to also volunteer at Rockstar's new school, or even have a date night; our helper is daft (but relatively honest and sincere which is why I'm trying to keep her) and can't be left alone with a small baby. (The daftness means I will also severely limit her contact with Rockstar, but then he'll be going to school for much longer hours in a couple months anyway and I may as well turn that into a "plus" by teaching him to be more aware of which school bus he is put on (Kings once almost put him on the wrong ESF bus except he refused to get on), dosage and what medicine he may be given etc......).Every challenge in life might be used to get better at something or other, I think... Pps: Rockstar's reading National Geographic Kids' Weird But True Facts... Not sure if my mum brought them from Penang or bought them in HK, but we recently found them really useful - the facts are pretty bizarre (Octopus have 3 hearts) and Rockstar doesn't feel like he has to read a whole book each time we pick up something for him to read - he still gets a kind of "sense of accomplishment" and our "impressed faces" from a couple facts on a page...


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Hearing Voices
(Critical Survey of Contemporary Fiction)
A. N. Wilson is a prolific novelist and biographer. In addition to the Lampitt saga, he has published eleven other works of fiction and seven biographies, including lives of C. S. Lewis and Jesus. Wilson's concern with Catholic issues is pronounced in nearly all of his writing. The title of his latest novel may be a sly reference to both religion and biography, for both the biographer and the believer claim, in some sense, to hear voices. The trouble is, of course, whether or not the voices are genuine. Fallible, sinful human beings can see only part of the truth.
The novel's narrator, Julian Ramsey, is a biographer of the Lampitt family. He comes to New York City to examine the Lampitt papers that have been sold to the American millionaire, Virgil D. Everett. This businessman has been evidently guided by another biographer, Raphael Hunter, who has made a career out of the Lampitts, even though the family shuns him. Julian Ramsey discovers that Hunter has made up much of the "evidence" in his biography of James "Jimbo" Petworth.
Before Julian can speak with Everett about his archive, he is called away to England to attend the funeral of his grandmother. Then his own personal crises get the better of him, Everett falls from the balcony of his penthouse, and Hunter publishes the second volume of his acclaimed biography. Ramsey speculates that Hunter has murdered Everett, who has found out that his papers are largely bogus.
The novel does not resolve all the mysteries. Ramsey has not written his own book, and he is still trying to fathom the true history of the Lampitts. What to believe—in both the biographical and religious sense—is really the subject of this novel.
Sources for Further Study
Booklist. XCII, February 15, 1996, p. 992.
Chicago Tribune. March 31, 1996, XIV, p. 6.
Kirkus Reviews. LXIII, December 15, 1995, p. 1729.
Library Journal. CXXI, February 15, 1996, p. 177.
The New York Times Book Review. CI, March 3, 1996, p. 30.
The Observer. December 24, 1995, p. 12.
Publishers Weekly. CCXLIII, January 8, 1996, p. 58.
The Spectator. CCLXXV, November 11, 1995, p. 47.
The Times Literary Supplement. November 10, 1995, p. 23.


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I love to wear girl undies or as i like to call them panties. I like the way they feel when you slide them up your legs and how they fit so snuggly against your bottom. They are so much more prettier than boy's undies. I believe it should be against the law in every country to even sell boys undies. Girls panties are just much more comfy, special and pretty.
I also like how they come in all different styles and materials. They just make you feel like nothing else matters if you have a pair of pretty panties on and the whole day will be a better one. They also make me feel nice and girly when wearing them and I love feeling like the girl that I am.
I like to ware pantys makes me feel gokd
Nothing better than nice silky panties and silk hold up stockings, under male clothes, so smooth next to the skin.
I love wearing panties...and stockings and short skirts too...and skimpy little camisole tops...and sexy makeuo...ooooh I feel so girly!
im a guy but i love wearing girls panties and plastic bag panties to
I totally agree, that feeling as you slide the panties up your legs, that taboo feeling of wearing panties is fantastic. But the real pleasure is interacting with the public - at work or with friends whilst wearing it is great. I also love to shop for panties when wearing panties - am I strange
Not strange at all. If you are shopping for panties you should be wearing panties while shopping. Absolutely.
I wish I could see you in your panties! Will you add me please, and then we can chat back and fourth! Tiffy!
very nice big bird firstname.lastname@example.com
very nice big bird email@example.com
i dont own any male underwear. i love wearing panties all the time . my faves are white lace boyshorts i just love them they fit so tight against me.
That's a beautiful story
I don't own any male undies. I wear panties everyday, my favorite ones are

hipsters for Tweens. My genitals are tucked away all the time. It is just a normal

thing for me.
im wearing my older sisters right now
Me too...I only have a few pair of boxers just in case...
Against the law in every country??


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Kerswell was 5th in qualifying, in yet another rain affected race in the UK.
In the finals Kerswell could take 2nd place with Serpent 411 in BRCA Nats.
Team Serpent UK
The final round of the 2011 BRCA national championship took place at Mendip.
As with most of the UK nationals this year, rain would play a big part of
the meeting!
The first round of qualifying was a mainly dry affair with Chris Kerswell
continuing to show the pace of the Serpent S411, qualifying 2nd in round
despite a mistake which cost him the TQ. After this the rain came and the
qualifying order was shaken up with the top heat getting the slowest track
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which, considering that the current and previous national champions were in
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Rounds 4 and 5 were once again wet and some more top 10 times secured Chris
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was once again class of the field and Chris battled through to win the leg
comfortably with some very close action as he made his way to the front.
This left him tied on points with Matt White who won the final on tie break.
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Looks good!
Very nice man and congrats. Anything you would do different next time?
In the second picture it looks like you could use it as a hammock sock or pod. Looks great and I'll have to try the "inside out" method for the edges.
I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh, yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into the corners very well."
We all know of the original "Walk off the war" thru-hike - but, check out these guys, they're helping folks 'walk off the war' today -
Donate to help fund gear for the warriors who are coming back home and need help walking off the war!
very nice! Now i am thinking.... bad for bank account! ;-)
Looks really good!
Thru-Hiker and Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics (scroll down and hit the "Insulations" button; their website set-up is a little odd) carry it. OWFINC has more options in weight and type (the APEX is better for the weight, but more pricey).
Hope it helps!
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Everywhere that I've lived, there has been at least one insect that I find especially annoying. In Marin and Sonoma Counties I despised the yellow jacket, often called "meat bees". Those little monsters, similar in appearance to the sweet honeybee, would spoil every picnic we had and sting us for no apparent reason. Yellow jackets, a member of the wasp family, are beneficial in that are scavengers, eating rotting meat and decaying fruit but humans beware! They can ruin and bar-b-que in minutes.
In San Luis County, the most annoying of pests to local gardeners is the innocent looking spotted beetle but that looks like a green ladybug. The Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) is often mistaken for our beloved "ladybug" or "lady beetle" (Coccinella septempunctata). The two bugs are not related although they are the same size and shape. The ladybug is red with black spots. It is considered a "beneficial insect" because it eats aphids and other unwelcome soft-bodied sucking insects. Ladybugs lay eggs on the underside of leaves. Their larvae (a black and orange fuzzy creature) has an even greater appetite for "bad" bugs. Be sure you are careful with spraying and "let these critters do their job".
The dreaded spotted cucumber beetle is green, or greenish-yellow, with black spots. Unlike its "lady" look-alike, the cucumber beetle has no redeeming qualities. Instead of eating the aphids on roses, the cucumber beetle eats the rose blossom itself. It can devour an African daisy, a poppy, or a lily in a day. It loves anything yellow like squash blossoms, calendula, coreopsis, and most things green. The cucumber beetle has no predators except birds.
There are a few things you can do to "lessen" the impact that these little insect have in your garden. Understanding their life cycle will help you to do this. Unlike the ladybug, the cucumber beetle can overwinter in the soil under plants. Cleaning up in the fall and cultivating the soil around trees and shrubs will help rid your garden of the hibernating beetles and their eggs. In the larvae stage they chew on the underground roots of plants. When they hatch in early spring, you must go into full attack. In our climate, the adult beetles can create several generations during a season. Reducing the number of beetles early will help control the population.
Some organic methods of beetle control are:
- Patrol the garden in the early morning. Carry a small container of soapy water and knock bugs into the bucket.
- Spread onion or garlic skins on the soil around planted areas.
- Make a basin 3″ deep around plants. Fill with wood ashes and moisten.
- Heavy mulching deters cucumber beetles from laying eggs in the ground.
- Cultivate the ground in the fall to expose the eggs.
- Poison sprays will affect beneficial insects like bees and ladybugs so I don't recommend them.
I have seen damage decrease if I patrol with my trusty soapy bucket a few times a week. When I see a cucumber beetle, I tap the flower or leaf it is sitting on and it falls into the soapy water below. It gives me, ordinarily a lover of all living things, great satisfaction in knocking those annoying critters off my beautiful flowers and into their sudsy doom.


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New NCES Study Examines Student Loan Debt Burden of Noncompleters
April 16, 2013
Most recent reports on federal student loan debt have focused on the borrowing patterns of students who graduated from their institutions. But according to "Federal Student Loan Debt Burden of Noncompleters," an issue brief from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a substantial share of students leave higher education without a degree or certificate, and the loan debts and debt repayment burdens for these noncompleters are often substantially higher than those carried by people who complete their educational programs.
Overall, 36 percent of all undergraduates who entered postsecondary institutions in 2003-04 left without a degree or certificate by 2009. The share of noncompleting students varied considerably by institution type, ranging from 19 percent at four-year private nonprofit colleges and universities to 46 percent at both two-year public (community) colleges and private for-profit (proprietary) institutions (four-year and less than four-year combined).
Completers Compared with Noncompleters
Generally speaking, the completers and noncompleters borrowed federal student loans at roughly the same rate at the same type of institution. For example, roughly 86 percent of noncompleters who began their higher education programs at proprietary institutions had received at least one federal student loan while they were in school, as had 88 percent of completers. At four-year private nonprofit institutions, a slightly higher share of noncompleters received loans (66 percent) compared with completers (64 percent), but this difference was not statistically significant.
But on a per-credit basis, noncompleters borrowed significantly more on average than those who received certificates or associate's or bachelor's degrees. Among students who entered proprietary institutions, noncompleters had borrowed an average of $350 per academic credit earned, compared with $220 for their counterparts who completed their educational programs. Among undergraduates who began their educational programs at four-year private nonprofit colleges and universities, noncompleters borrowed $190 per credit, versus $120 per credit for completers. Noncompleters also borrowed more than the degree or certificate earners at community colleges ($80 versus $70), but this difference was not significant.
Trends in Student Loan Debt Burden
In addition, the median debt burden (defined by NCES as the ratio of borrowers' cumulative federal student loan debt to their annual income) among noncompleters in 2009 was 35 percent for all noncompleters, and ranged from 26 percent for those who started at community colleges to 51 percent for those who first attended four-year proprietary institutions. Similar data for completers is not provided by NCES, but it is likely that these students' debt burdens was lower because noncompleters in 2009 had lower incomes when they left postsecondary education than did degree or certificate recipients at all four institution sectors.
The debt burdens of noncompleters also appear to have increased considerably over the past decade. From 2001 (based on students who began their educational programs in 1995-96) to 2009, the debt-to-income ratio of noncompleters rose from 24 percent to 35 percent. Among nondegree recipients at for-profit institutions, the debt burden of those who did not finish their higher education studies jumped from 20 percent to 43 percent, while at four-year private nonprofit schools the debt burden among noncompleters rose from 35 percent to 51 percent.
There was also a noticeable share of noncompleters who had student loan debts that exceeded their annual incomes. In 2009, 31 percent of those who attended proprietary institutions but did not finish their educational programs had debt burdens that exceeded 100 percent. About 21 percent of noncompleters from four-year private nonprofit institutions and 7 percent of those who first attended community colleges had debt burdens of more than 100 percent.
The full NCES issue brief is available at no charge from the NCES Web site.
Ken Redd
Director, Research and Policy Analysis
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OK, reverted and placed back in "Needs Review" status. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > I wrote: > > It wasn't marked Ready For Committer, so presumably the reviewer > > wasn't done with it. I know I hadn't looked at it at all, because > > I was waiting for the commitfest review process to finish. > > ... and now that I have, I find at least four highly questionable > things about it: > > 1. The placement of the hook. Why is it three lines down in > ProcessUtility? It's probably reasonable to have the Assert first, > but I don't see why the hook function should have the ability to > editorialize on the behavior of everything about ProcessUtility > *except* the read-only-xact check. > > 2. The naming and documentation of the added GUC setting for > pg_stat_statements. "track_ddl" seems pretty bizarre to me because > there are many utility statements that no one would call DDL. COPY, > for example, is certainly not DDL. Why not call it "track_utility"? > > 3. The enable-condition test in pgss_ProcessUtility. Is it really > appropriate to be gating this by isTopLevel? I should think that > the nested_level check in pgss_enabled would be sufficient and > more likely to do what's expected. > > 4. The special case for CopyStmt. That's just weird, and it adds > a maintenance requirement we don't need. I don't see a really good > argument why COPY (alone among utility statements) deserves to have > a rowcount tracked by pg_stat_statements, but even if you want that > it'd be better to rely on examining the completionTag after the fact. > The fact that the tag is "COPY nnnn" is part of the user-visible API > for COPY and won't change lightly. The division of labor between > ProcessUtility and copy.c is far more volatile, but this patch has > injected itself into that. > > regards, tom lane -- Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
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The holidays are a time for giving, receiving and being thankful.
This holiday season I am THANKFUL for this blog, which is my creative outlet and has helped me become a better speech therapist. I am happy to RECEIVE feedback, comments and (especially) facebook "likes" from my blog followers and I am excited to GIVE away an incredible, new app thanks to the generous people at Smarty Ears—Social Quest!!! (see Rafflecopter Giveaway at the end of this post)
During this time of giving and receiving, it is important to be mindful of our own social skills and manners by remembering to use words like "please" and "thank you" with sincerity and frequency! As the author of a food-themed speech/language weblog, I found it fitting to address social skills related to eating (a.k.a good table manners!) I decided that a post on proper table etiquette while dining at a guests home would be a great way to review these important social skills with our children and our students. ( and not a bad idea for us grown ups to be reminded of as well!) And if you want another great way to address other social situations that are related to the holidays, checkout the great post (and free downloads) from Speech2Me. You will find 16 cards with problem solving tasks appropriate for kids of all ages.
I created a freebie table manners matching game, using my Custom Boards app, as a way to discuss table manners in an interactive and fun way. Make copies of this visual and have your kiddos hang it on their refrigerators at home–or cut apart, mix up and then match up the pictures and phrases that go together.
Why are Table Manner so Important?
Table manners teach some life lessons like being kind and considerate of others. Remember that ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS and social skills can be expressed verbally as well as non-verbally through our mannerisms and gestures. Here are a few rules to review with your children regarding table manners. The following pointers coincide with the printable I have included.
Good Table Manners TEMPLATE #1
Teach your child to eat with a fork unless the food is meant to be eaten with fingers….and eating with a fork is good to teach kids at a very young age because it helps them build dexterity in the hands and fingers.
Teach your kids how to to ask for food rather than just blurting out what they want. The proper way to ask for food to be passed is "May I have some bread, please"?
I am sure you can will agree that no one likes to look over at someone and see that person chewing their food with their mouth open (aka. chewing like a cow!) Remind kids to also not talk with their mouth full. (I can guarantee that plenty of adults breaking both of these table manners!) If you are going to break this rule—make sure to cover your mouth so no one can see the food inside.
Teach your child to breath through their nose and chew with their mouth closed. And remind them to wait and speak only when their mouth is not full of food.
Remember to wipe your mouth only—-don't wipe your face or blow your nose with a napkin. Excuse yourself from the table and go the restroom to do that!
Good Table Manners TEMPLATE #2
Always say thank you when served something—it shows appreciation.
When eating at someone's home or a guest of someone at a restaurant, always thank the host and tell them how much you enjoyed it. Mention a specific item that was particularly tasty, (i.e. the dessert was great.) Remember, someone took time, energy, and expense to prepare the food, so show your appreciation.
Do not pick anything out of your teeth— excuse yourself and go to the restroom to pick.
Someone took a long time to prepare the food so enjoy it slowly. Wait several seconds after swallowing before getting another forkful.
Don't stuff your mouth full of food—not only does it look unappealing, you could choke!!!
Someone took time and financial expense to create a meal for you to share with them. If you don't like the way it tastes, don't express your negative feelings in front of them. You can politely say "no thank you" if they offer you something you don't like or, give it a try—you just may discover that you actually like it!
Good Table Manners TEMPLATE #3
Don't reach over someone's plate for something. Politely ask that the item to be passed to you. Show consideration.
Ask to be excused when you are done eating instead of leaving the table without saying anything. You can say: "I'm done eating. Can I be excused?"
Sit up—don't hunch over your plate. Good posture is good for digestion!
Teach your child to place the napkin on their lap right after being seated. The napkin should be used to wipe the mouth. Teach your child to wipe their mouth before drinking from a glass. No one want to see spaghetti sauce on the rim of their glass—my son is guilty of this one, I admit!!
Kids (mine included!) have a habit of wiping their hands on their pants. By keeping a napkin on the lap, they wipe the napkin instead of their pants—and it keeps any stains off their pants.
I have this one listed with different wording in template #1, but it can't hurt to repeat it again in a different way! Use a fork and knife to cut and eat solid foods, and a spoon to sip soup—no slurping!! When you are done eating at a guests house, offer to pick up your plate, utensils and glass and put them in the sink.
…and now for the giveaway!!!!
My gift to one of my lucky readers this holiday season is a copy of Social Quest—-the recently release app by Smarty Ears (currently $19.99 in the itunes store). Yet again they have found a way to address communication skills in an exciting, effective way that will captivate your kiddos while enhancing their ability to practice good social language. This app specifically targets the social skills of older student on your caseload (upper elementary, middle and high school age). In this app, students are taken to various real-life locations and asked to finish sentences or asked questions about what they would do or say in various social situations. Social Quest is presented as a sci-fi meets medieval adventure…..so let's explore this awesome app!
SETTINGS—- Settings can be customized. When wrong you can remove items, sound a buzzer, or simply keep going. You can also have audio on or off for reading questions.
SELECT STUDENTS—-Select a photo, an avatar or a blank space (the kids love the knight/gladiator themed avatar!) Then decide if you will address expressive or receptive language tasks.
RECEPTIVE MODE—-In this setting, you can decide to have students pick one or two correct choices from the three choices given. They will have to pick two correct choices to get credit, if you choose that mode. I like that they give this option since we all know that there is never just one right answer when it comes to making choices and solving problems. It also makes the student have to read through all the choices and not impulsively choose the first one they think is correct without reading on .
EXPRESSIVE MODE—This level is much more open ended. Students must respond without any choices or cues other than the picture and scenario presented. This level requires the therapist/user to be subjective in deciding whether the answer was on target. The player is presented with three bowls and the therapist must drop a "coin" in the "missed"," almost" or "got it" bowl depending on the response given. (page down to view a screen shot of this feature)
LOCATIONS—-This app addresses social situations that take place in the following locations: home (kitchen, bedroom, living room, bathroom, garage/yard); School (classroom, auditorium/library, cafeteria, hallway/office, yard/gymnasium; Community (grocery store, mall, restaurant, neighborhood, movies, doctor/dentist office). Drag your individual player or multiple players into as many locations as you would like. Then slide the transporter machine lever to the right and let the fun begin!!!!!!! The kiddos loved the cool sci-fi sound effects of their player being zapped into the next dimension….ok maybe not quite that extreme, but they were taken to a new location based on their choices.
I was so impressed by the real life situations and images used to make this app so visually appealing. And the scenarios were so true to what many tweens and teens are likely to be confronted with on a daily basis!! Keep in mind that the scenarios can also be used as a platform for eliciting/expanding additional conversational exchanges.
SCREEN SHOT OF EXPRESSIVE MODE SAMPLE SCENARIO: (take note of the bowls/coins used for judging appropriateness of responses)
REWARDS—–This is my favorite feature of this app!!! Students earn various rewards in each location. (There are approximately 70 possible rewards that can be earned throughout the game) The rewards are automatically collected in the "Hall of Rewards" for later viewing. Each reward has an icon which symbolically represents a social strategy. (i.e. the "gift" symbol represents "Will help you give to others in reciprocating conversation, interest and complements". I love these strategies and the great messages they contain. The Hall of Rewards could serve as a lesson in itself for reviewing coping strategies kids should use in different problem solving situations. Many good lessons can be learned here—- and collecting rewards is very motivating for students!!
REPORT CARDS—In addition to the Hall of Rewards, you can view your students performance by tapping on the report card. Since there is no specific end point to this app, you can click "done" at any point that you choose. You will then be directed to student profiles. Here you can click to view "Hall of Rewards" or Report cards to access scores.
The report card displays the date, locations played, activity level (receptive/expressive), number of items completed and accuracy (percentage).
You can email results and print them out.
I was very pleased with the content and features of this app. It contains a great representation of real-life situations and provides opportunities for students to practice strategies that will help them become better social communicators!! I found it motivating, easy to use and navigate and had a great data collection page (reports). The Hall of Rewards gave great strategies for improving social/pragmatic skills.
If you haven't done so already, put this app on your wish list to Santa this holiday season!!


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Currently on submission: OPIUM CIRCUS, YA Fantasy:
Maggie Darling lost everything when Republic soldiers, led by a man named Red Richter, decimated her town ten years ago: her twin sister, her famous explorer parents, her beautiful village. All because her parents helped the Republic find Black Diamond, a mineral that had the potential to fuel the entire continent. But when Black Diamond proved more dangerous than anyone could have imagined, the Darlings fled, and the Republic came looking.
A decade later, her parents have never resurfaced, and Maggie has been in hiding, left to stew in the memory of what happened that night. She is determined to avenge her family, but she's bound where she is by one problem: she possesses a notebook penned by the Darlings, a guide to finding the location of Black Diamond. The Republic would do anything to get their hands on it. Maggie must protect what her village burned to keep secret.
But when the circus comes to town, everything changes.
OPIUM CIRCUS follows Maggie as she joins Rialdo's Wishing Circus, using a knife-throwing act to hide in plain sight while the circus travels North, toward the capital. It seems like Maggie's revenge might be imminent when she learns the circus has been asked to perform for the birthday party of Red Richter's daughter. But Maggie's plan for vengeance faces complications—the mysterious tattooed boy who also lost his family in the Terrebonne massacre, the beautiful girl Maggie is falling for but may be unable to trust, and the fact that it seems someone on the circus train knows who she is, what she wants, and all about the item she's been protecting for ten years.
Also Available: LIGHTNING IN WINTER, YA Fantasy
Oliver Gylden only wants one thing: to become a Tinker's apprentice so he can invent revolutionary devices. His dreams do not include being embroiled in a war between two nations whose opposing beliefs have caused decades of bloodshed. But when dragon-like creatures, created by magic and pieced together with reanimated flesh, destroy his village in a brutal attack, that's exactly what he gets. Oliver barely escapes the assault, even with the help of Grif, his high-spirited best friend, and Marya, the girl he has secretly loved for years. But Marya has been keeping secrets of her own, secrets that could explain the attacks and shape the outcome of the war. And now that they're on the run, someone is after them. Someone who knows the truth. Rooted in Russian history and folklore, LIGHTNING IN WINTER is a YA fantasy set in a richly realized world on the brink of complete devastation. Marya, Oliver, and the spy who follows them must battle each other, the elements, and their own fates in a world where the line between right and wrong is increasingly blurry.
For inquiries about my writing, please contact Jim McCarthy at Dystel and Goderich Literary Management.


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but Human was the most Sucessful in terms of sales. but im not sure wich fans consider the best
Ive Been realy getting into Primordal lately, The Coffin Ships is such an Amazing song. but when i first heard them i wasnt so struck, but its realy grown on me lately


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Ed Brown, Jr Wins 2015 Ronnie Coleman Classic Heavyweight Open and Masters!
Ed Brown, Jr continues his winning ways! Ed won both the Open and Masters divisions of the 2015 Ronnie Coleman Classic! Yeah, buddy!
Ed was Lee Priest's training partner in 2007 while Lee was still in the United States and competing in the PDI. One of the things that Ed remembers Lee telling him as he dialed into contest condition was "You gotta get harder, douchebag." and "Stop saucing your foods". Of course it helps to have one of the best bodybuilders in the world as your training partner.
There is already a ton of videos and articles on Ed's training on this site and we'll have more in the near future. In the meantime, here's the latest video with Ed! Congrats to Ed Brown, Jr and his lovely wife!
– Scott
P.S. This is another reminder that if you want to be YOUR best, surround yourself with THE BEST. Don't settle for less! I wrote an article about this on my Scott York Fitness site here.
Bodybuilders Have Been Right All Along!
"If I have seen further than most, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants"
~ Newton
Every so often you have people who come along that completely transform the traditional paradigm…
It is truly a remarkable feat of genius and imagination. These are just a few examples:
~ Copernicus…The Origins of the Universe
~ Newton…Calculus and the Button Hook Theory
~ Darwin…Origins of the Species
~ Steve Jobs…Apple
~ Mark Zuckerberg….Facebook
These true giants transformed the world as we knew it through creativity and genius. On a much smaller (but very important) scale, the fitness industry has seen its own set of giants including:
~ Eugen Sandow (April 2, 1867- October 14, 1925)
~ Angelo Siciliano (Charles Atlas… October 30, 1883 – December 23, 1949)
~ Bob Hoffman (York Barbell…1898 -1985)
~ Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011)
~ Joe Weider (November 29, 1920 – March 23, 2013)
And last but not least for his significant impact in the world of bodybuilding…
~ Arnold Schwarzenegger (July 30, 1947 to present)
When it comes to health and wellness, these giants are the true forefathers in the world of fitness.
In the early days of bodybuilding, exercise physiology and sports nutrition were in their infancy. How much protein to eat or the specificity of training wasn't as much the main concern. This is where our forefathers come in. These giants had a vision… and their vision was based on experiments, observations, analysis, and conclusions. The gym was the test tube… the experiment was the pump… the observation was the reflection in the mirror… and the analysis was on note pads.
Who could have known that years down the road the conclusion would agree with the hypothesis?
Lift Big…Stress = adaptation
Eat Big… Nutrition = replenishment and repair
Rest… = Recovery and growth
Throughout the years the giants would refine their methods of training:
Pyramid training…fast twitch type 2 fibers for strength
Forced reps…creating greater damage
Drop sets…going beyond failure
Super sets…pre-exhaust
Negatives…equals greater damage… equals greater adaptation
When it came to food:
Increased protein
Carb load
Minimize fat
Fruits and vegetables
Water….plenty of water
Each principle built on the next, creating the next generation of bigger and leaner bodybuilders. The word (and the looks) spread fast and began to permeate into other areas of sports…football, basketball,track, soccer, and in modern times, golf.
It's not that science hadn't studied human motion (kinesiology) or food (sports nutrition)…they just hadn't explored it to the extremes/specifics that our forefathers had. What that meant for the average bodybuilder (outside of the California, New York area) was that your knowledge was limited to hearsay and opinions within your local gym – this is still problematic.
I found this out first hand in my early days of bodybuilding. Everyone had an opinion to give when they found out you were getting ready to compete – especially the out of shape people.
Fortunately I stuck with the giants and fruits of my work paid off by winning the 1990 Mr. Texas and 1991 Mr. USA. Those were the good old days. A lot has happened since then. I had the opportunity to go back to school. I enrolled in a kinesiology and nutrition class at The University of Texas at Tyler. As Doctor Phil would say…going back to school would provide many "Aha moments".
The kinesiology teacher went through the Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID Principle). He continued with muscle fiber types, rest, recovery, muscle fiber tears, aerobic, anaerobic, and anaerobic glycolysis. The terms were like muscle memory for my brain…I knew these things…I didn't know the science behind them – remember…my knowledge came from the gym.
The nutrition class was just the same…lean proteins, complex carbohydrates, fruits, vegetables and unsaturated fats. I never knew that the reason I ate protein and carbs together every 3 hours was because it is the optimal way to stabilize blood sugar and burn fat…I just knew it worked! Again…at the time, my guide was the pump, the reflection, and the notes from prior years.
Sports training has really changed over the past 30 years. We now have information that can allow for one to reach his or her goals with specifics that have only been available in recent times. The thing that I am the most proud of is the creativity and ingenuity that came about from a few "muscle heads" that had
the vision, perseverance, and dedication to see their dreams come to fruition.
Who would have known…. We were right all along?
– Kelly Hitchcock
As the owner of K H Fitness in Tyler, Texas, Kelly brings tremendous knowledge of diet and exercise. Kelly has won multiple titles in bodybuilding including Mr. Texas and Mr. USA. Kelly is married and has 2 children who are both active in athletics. Kelly trains high school, college and pro athletes including football players from the University of Houston, Mississippi State, the Dallas Cowboys and others.
note- Kelly was my bodybuilding training partner in the early 1990's.
Interview With Lee Priest – International Iron Episode 6
Here's the latest talk show featuring Lee Priest!
In this episode (March 2015), Lee talks about moving and how much he "loves" it. He also answers tons of questions from his fans about:
- How to get bigger triceps
- Flashback to Venice, California 1997 – hanging out with Joe Gold, Arnold, Eddie Giuliani, and others
- Last book Lee read
- How to stay on track with your diet and training
- Favorite flavor birthday cake, ice cream
- The person that Lee would least want spotting him in the gym
- Favorite training partner (hint – Ed Brown, Jr is one of them)
- What lies ahead in 2015 for Lee and much more
Click here -> http://www.ironmagazine.com/2015/international-iron-episode-6/
– Scott
P.S. If you haven't seen it yet, you must watch the video below of Arnold calling out modern bodybuilding. This video was filmed over the weekend of The Arnold Classic 2015
Build Your Mind, Then Build Your Body
The Russians dominated the 1976 Winter Olympics.
In 1979 at a sports psychology and performance gathering in Milan, Italy, American Scientist Charles Garfield, PhD. found out why. After a late night party in Milan with the city's founding fathers and other dignitaries, a group of Russian Scientists told Charles that the reason they dominated that year was because of a secret mental approach. They had been implementing visualization, relaxation and concentration drills on their athletes which helped them DESTROY the competition.
Charles Garfield had been a bodybuilder, weight lifter and powerlifter for most of his years and simply couldn't believe what he was hearing. He called B.S.
The Russians and Charles went back and forth until one of the Russians said "Let's go find a gym right now and we'll prove it to you!" So at 1am in Milan, Italy they went looking for a gym.
Once they found a gym, the Russians asked Charles what was the most he had ever bench pressed. Charles said that about 8 years earlier he had been in hard training and had benched 365lbs. They then asked him how much did he think he could bench press right now as an absolute maximum. Charles thought for a moment and then told them 300lbs maybe.
As he warmed up, the Russians began using their mental toughness techniques on him – concentration, relaxation, visualization. I should mention that Charles WAS NOT warming up with any weight or with a barbell. At this point, it was all verbal. Coaching him, prepping him mentally. They walked him through 225lbs, 300lbs, 335lbs but only mentally. They loaded the barbell with 365lbs and told him to go ahead and physically perform the bench press for 1 rep.
To his amazement, he did it! Charles lifted 365lbs whereas just 45 minutes earlier he was sure that his one rep max was only 300lbs. That's a 20% increase!
Dr. Richard Restak, a neuroscientist and author of 12 books about the human brain:
"The process of imagining yourself going through the motions of a complex musical or athletic performance activates brain areas that improve your performance. Brain scans have placed such intuitions on a firm neurological basis. Positron emission tomography (PET) scans reveal that the mental rehearsal of an action activates the pre-frontal areas of the brain responsible for the formulation of the appropriate motor programs. In practical terms, this means you can benefit from the use of mental imagery."
At any time, whether you are an elite world class athlete or not, you are only using 25-30% of your muscle power.
Think of it. Your muscle fibers are only giving you 25-30% of their total ability. Wow! JUST KNOWING that should cause your face to break into a big grin. The question is, how do you bridge the gap? How do you go from 25-30% to 31% or more?
You use your mind.
If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. – Bruce Lee
You work on the same techniques that the Russians used on Charles Garfield. These techniques are those of:
- relaxation
- concentration
- visualization
By the way, this is NOT foo-foo Austin, Texas hippie drill where you eat magic mushrooms and go into a trance.
This method is used on elite world class athletes who lift tons of weight, sprint like a cheetah and jump like a red kangaroo.
Prior to the 1976 Olympics, the Russians divided their high level elite athletes into 4 equal groups. They wanted to conduct an experiment with the mental training techniques that they had been developing.
- Group 1 performed just physical training during the several week experiment
- Group 2 performed 75% physical training and 25% mental training
- Group 3 performed 50% physical training and 50% mental training
- Group 4 performed just 25% physical training and 75% mental training
*At the conclusion of the experiment, Group 4 made the most improvement in terms of their physical capabilities. BY FAR. Group 3 made the second most improvement, group 2 made the third most improvement and group 1 made the least improvement. * Peak Performance by Charles Garfield, PhD
The mental training obviously paid off
More than ever, we as a society are distracted. Even if you're NOT an athlete nor want to be one, these techniques will help. I saw a story about Arnold Schwarzenegger recently in which he talked about his need to become more focused in the mid -seventies. He was just starting to realize some success by way of his movie career, real estate, books and seminars. He felt distracted and unfocused. A friend told him about transcendental meditation. He started using it 2 X a day for 20 minutes each session. *The TM technique involves the use of a sound or mantra and is practiced for 15–20 minutes twice per day.
Arnold said that it completely fixed his distraction problem and that he learned how to focus and go on to do some big things in life (mild understatement).
Spend 5 minutes in a quiet, dark room with a timer and a pen light, flash light, etc. Turn the pen light on, turn the lights in the room off so that it's dark, start the timer which should be set for 5 minutes (more if you want). Your goal is to focus on the light which should be shining on a wall. As thoughts come in and out of your mind, continue to gaze at the light. Keep your mind clear. Focus on your breathing to relax. Once the timer goes off at the 5 minute mark, you're done.
Repeat this drill every day for 7 days. I've found that right after a workout but before I eat is a good time for me. Find the time that works for you. By doing this drill, you are working your mental muscle, building your focus capabilities and drowning out the noise.
But, in the first place, you must learn to exercise your mind
– Eugen Sandow
The above sentence is the third sentence of the classic 1897 book, Strength and How To Obtain It
The toys could be anything that you desire – a car, a vacation, a house, win an adventure race, etc. YOU decide what the toys are. That's the fun part. They're is no trophy or award for how many facebook posts you make or how many likes your post gets although I know that facebook is a necessary evil in today's business world.
Next is the put your plan into motion part. Get going, it only takes 5 minutes.
I'm doing this step (step 1) of the 3 steps this week. Stay tuned because I'll be writing about step 2 next.
Stay tuned and stay focused!
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When Media Gallery is enabled, it replaces the
taxonomy_term_page callback on the
taxonomy/term/% path so it can present a better page for galleries. This prevents any module from overriding this callback, and it's a common thing to do with Views or Panels.
This patch adds a dependency on page_manager so that media gallery's callback is replaced only when nothing else will. If you use Panels to override your taxonomy term pages (the term_view task), you'll want to add selection criteria so that the media gallery collection list can run when the term is in the gallery collections vocabulary.
I am not expecting this patch to get in, but the way this feature is implemented now required me to build a work around.
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Comment #1funana CreditAttribution: funana commented
Thank you very much for that patch!
I am still hustling with that module. I try to make it work in a bootstrap theme views panels invironment and it's so lame... it's a shame. Messing with taxonomy terms, terrible CSS etc...
Does anybody here know an alternative to Media Gallery?
Comment #2DamienMcKenna CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna commented
I'd say to take it one step further and get rid of the custom vocabulary altogether.
Comment #3mrfelton CreditAttribution: mrfelton commented
Comment #4zipymonkey CreditAttribution: zipymonkey commented
There was a similar issue in Drupal Commons distro and I took this fix from there. I have a number of sites that use this and don't want to have to fix each one... just the one that page_manager will be overriding.
Comment #5zipymonkey CreditAttribution: zipymonkey commented
Realized that I need to able to display the galleries list when page manager is overriding /taxonomy/term/% so I added a simple ctools plugin.
Comment #6fox mulder CreditAttribution: fox mulder commented
Hi zipymonkey!
Your patch (#5 ) solved the problem for me, thanks!
( the problem was: Panels taxonomy/term/%TID could not be enabled )
Comment #7TiMESPLiNTER CreditAttribution: TiMESPLiNTER as a volunteer commented
I applied the patch in #5 to my media_gallery module and nothing changes. Still the same huge gallery collection thumbnail. Still the function
media_gallery_list_galleries does not get called. The single gallery view itselfs works fine. It's just the overview over all gallery collections which is broken.
I have the Taxonomy Display module active. Page manager module is disabled.
If I use the original patch I can switch between:
- Nice gallery collection overview but no Taxonomy display functionallity
- Bad gallery collection overview but working Taxonomy display functionallity
By enabling or disabling the term view in page manager. So this is also not the solution.
Comment #8loudpixels CreditAttribution: loudpixels as a volunteer commented
I have the same issue as timesplinter ... did anyone find a solution? Thanks!
Comment #9Christopher Riley CreditAttribution: Christopher Riley commented
Anyone have any insite into this I have a customer that is irked and haven't had time to sit down and look at it.
Comment #10lmakarov CreditAttribution: lmakarov commented
#5 does allow the "Taxonomy term template" (term_view) in Page Manager to be enabled.
We use that to render all term listing pages, so that fixes it for us.


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In my last post, I suggested a way to build on what students already know to introduce the equal sign.
Let's say you followed that plan and your students are now proficient in using symbols to describe a quantity as equal to, greater than or less than another quantity.
What do you do next?
Use numbers. Instead of writing "length of line A=length of line B," have them measure the quantities and then write number sentences like 8=8 or 7<8.
After enough practice using numbers, give them tasks that invite them to use different operations to create equal quantities.
What might this look like?
Let's start with addition.
Give students Unifix cubes and ask them to complete the following tasks:
- If you have a bar that is 5 units long and you join it to a bar that is 10 units long, is it more than, less than or the same as a bar that is 15 units long? Show with the cubes how you know.
- Is a 13 unit long bar more than, less than or the same as a 6 unit long bar joined to 7 unit long bar? How do you know?
- Is a 2 unit long bar joined to a 6 unit long bar, more than, less than or the same as a 3 unit bar joined to a 5 unit bar? How do you know?
In order to solve the tasks, students can join the bars, determine how large the new bar they created is and compare it to the other bar. Also include tasks where the quantities aren't equal.
You can then introduce notation to help students record these relationships in various ways:
- 5 +10=15
- 13=6+7
- 2 +6 =3+5.
Eventually you can move to doing these tasks without the cubes and using larger numbers.
Can you see how this plan could be adapted for other operations?
The key is providing situations that allow students to create different quantities, explore what is the same about them and then record this relationship using mathematical notations. It builds on what students know and formalizes it using symbols.
I'd love to hear what happens when you try it with students.
This plan was based on the Measure Up research that Barb Dougherty and her colleagues conducted in Hawaii. It's a really interesting project and I'll write more about it some other time, but if you want to know more now, check out the research:
Dougherty, B. (2007). Measure up: A quantitative view of early algebra. Algebra in the early grades, 389-412.
Dougherty, B. J., & Venenciano, L. C. (2007). Measure Up for Understanding: Reflect and Discuss. Teaching Children Mathematics, 13(9), 452-456.


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French Wheel Motor Arbor
This shaft originally took life as a means for me to be able to reap the benefits of having a French wheel for shaping and sanding pipe stummels. Over the next year, I refined the design and tweeaked it slightly to what you see here. Using a wheel like this makes creating complex shapes with dynamic grain-following interplay very easy. IT works so well, that I decided other folks might find it useful. I've actually used this when putting finishing touches on tampers, pens, and even knife handles.
The arbor comes with either a 1/2-inch or 5/8-inch mounting hole allowing it to slide right onto the shaft of your motor, and is secured with a set screw ensuring it stays put while you're sanding. The other side is threaded to accept a standard 5/16"-24 shaft from dual-action sander pads. The arbor is made from 6061 aluminum, a strong alloy ensuring years of service.
I have adapted this design to be capable of mounting on a Delta 1x42 sander/grinder with the sanding disk attached to the side. The model this has been tested on is the SA-180, which is the current model from Delta. It may also fit other 1x42 sanders with a sanding disk and table onthe side, but please contact me to confirm your model. The 4th and 5th pictures below show the new model of arbor next to the standard arbor. The SA-180 model is the smaller one, sized to clear the sander's frame casting.
I do not include the sanding pad, sandpaper, or motor. However, if you're having problems finding good sanding pads and would like me to supply you with one in the order,
email me
and I'll quote you a price. If you're going to go out and find your own, I suggest you skip the big-box hardware stores and go direct to an automotive finishing supply company. They'll have the best quality DA pads for this application.
Part of the beauty of this little tool is the ability to have a single motor as your sanding station. Some French Wheel setups that I've seen require you have a motor dedicated to each grit of sandpaper you use. With this setup, all you have to do is spin one DA pad off the arbor, leaving the arbor attached to your motor, and spin the next grit on. It brings changing grits down from several minutes to a matter of seconds. I have seven DA pads and a single motor at my sanding station, each pad a different grit for different purposes.
One final note: these are an in-stock item. I try to keep a good collection of these ready to ship out so they'll never sell out. Also, if you have a motor with another size, like 3/4-inch, 20mm, 16mm, or would like these with different threads for different backup pads,
shoot me an email
. I can pretty much make them with whatever you need.
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Time Travelers By Moses Kofi
Analog Portraits of the Last Analogue Generation is a sculptural exercise in portraiture.
To put it in the artist' s own words:
"It's an exploration at this point. To put it simply: We are the only analog/digital generation. We are the time travelers. If we look at time not as linear, but as spatial, our generation is the only one to live through the advent of the beginning of the web. An organism we have yet to fully understand, if ever. Yet one we have inadvertently created. This is comparable to the transition to the written word or the printing press. Only on a much larger and broader scale. Because it is not just limited to verbal information it's all information."
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Buffalo 7, Columbus 1
By Andrew O'Brien
Days after Buffalo Bisons manager Wally Backman had a heart-to-heart with Jordany Valdepsin, the 24-year-old responded.
Valdespin launched a three-run homer Monday afternoon, leading the Bisons to a 7-1 win over the Columbus Clippers on Memorial Day.
Dylan Owen (3-2) made the spot start for the Bisons and allowed just two hits and one run over six innings while striking out four and walking one. His Triple-A ERA stands at 2.95.
Elvin Ramirez pitched a scoreless seventh inning in which he struck out the side. Since Ramirez's promotion to Triple-A, he's thrown 12.2 scoreless innings — something that might get a look from the New York Mets as their bullpen continues to struggle.
The Bisons (29-22) scored a run in the first inning after Corey Wimberly walked to lead off the inning and later scored on a Valentino Pascucci groundout. After two scoreless innings, the Bisons went back to work in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Fred Lewis led the inning off with a single then stole second base with one out. Matt Tuiasosopo belted a double that scored Lewis. Tuiasosopo later scored on a Valdespin groundout.
Valdespin, who was playing second base, finished the day 1-for-3 with three RBIs. Lewis went 2-for-4. Omar Quintanilla, who will be brought up to the Mets on Tuesday, played shortstop and went 1-for-3 with a strikeout. He's hitting .282 in Triple-A.
Herd Rumblings: This was the first meeting of the year between the Bisons and Clippers. Columbus is the two-time defending Triple-A World Series champion. Elvin Ramirez has now seen 12.2 innings of work in his Bisons career, in which he has still not allowed a run. Zach McAllister suffered the loss for Columbus in his first start since being sent back down from Cleveland. Buffalo continues its four-game series with Columbus 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Binghamton 6, New Hampshire 2
By Tim Burns
The holiday weekend almost ended with a bang for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in Binghamton on Monday afternoon, as their starting pitcher Deck McGuire had a perfect game through five innings. It all fell apart for McGuire in the bottom of the sixth though, and instead of a baseball rarity, he was issued his sixth loss of the season, and remains winless against the Binghamton Mets.
The first batter McGuire faced in the home half of the sixth was Reese Havens, who he hit with a pitch. Next batter, B-Mets catcher Kai Gronauer, walked. Pedro Zapata moved Havens and Gronauer up a base each with his sacrifice bunt as the next B-Met up in the inning. With the perfect game gone, McGuire still had his no hitter intact, that is until the following B-Mets batter Sean Kazmar singled to left field ruining the no hitter and shutout for the Fisher Cats starter. Josh Rodriguez's single then scored Gronauer and it was a new ballgame for the home team. Rodriguez would prove to be the last Binghamton batter that McGuire faced on the afternoon, as he was replaced by reliever Aaron Loup at this point in the sixth.
McGuire's final line on the day read 5 1/3 innings pitched, four earned runs on two hits with two strikeouts. The B-Mets have victimized McGuire in his two previous starts against them, where he's allowed 12 runs on 14 hits and only lasted 3 1/3 in those two games.
Aaron Loup's entire day went about as poorly as McGuire's sixth. The B-Mets continued the rally when Loup his Raul Reyes, the first batter he faced, moving Rodriguez to second, loading the bases with Kazmar still standing on third. Next up was Jefry Marte, who's single to center scored Kazmar and kept the bases loaded. After a Travis Ozga strikeout, Juan Lagares was walked scoring Josh Rodriguez from third. Reese Havens made his second plate appearance of the inning, and was issued a walk as well, scoring Raul Reyes from third. This would be the end of the day for Loup, who in just 1/3 of an inning issued two walks, and allowed one earned run on one hit. The Kazmar and Rodriguez runs were charged to New Hampshire starter Deck McGuire.
Fisher Cats reliever Ronald Uviedo was finally able to put out the fire that was the Binghamton Mets in the bottom of the sixth, getting Kai Gronauer to strikeout to end the inning. The damage was already done though, and the five runs the B-Mets scored in the inning were more than enough to take the "W".
On the other side of the diamond, Binghamton Mets starter Collin McHugh pitched another strong game, taking his performance all the way to the ninth inning. The top of the fourth was the only inning the Fisher Cats were able to plate any runs, scoring two in the frame, which would prove to be the only runs allowed in the game. All told, McHugh got the Fisher Cats to go three up, three down in six of the eight innings he pitched on the afternoon. McHugh's final line in earning his team leading fifth win of the season read eight innings pitched, two runs on five hits, eight strikeouts and one walk.
Adrian Rosario was called on in the ninth to finish out the game for McHugh in a non-save situation. In the inning he allowed no runs on no hits while walking two. Rosario's ERA remains at 0.00 in four relief appearances this season for the B-Mets.
Josh Rodriguez was the big hitter for the B-Mets in the game, going 2/4 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. Four other B-Mets, which included Zapata, Gronauer, Marte, and Kazmar, had single hits in the game.
B-Mets Buzz: Matt den Dekker was given the day off on Memorial Day. The holiday weekend combined with some great weather in the Binghamton produced the best series draw of the season so far. The B-Mets averaged over 4,300 fans for the four game set, including their largest crowd of the season on Friday night of 5,416. The B-Mets now travel to Reading, Pennsylvania for their first meeting of the season against the Double A Phillies. The three game set gets underway on Tuesday night, and should feature Zack Wheeler, Gonzalez Germen, and Darin Gorski if the rotation continues on its usual path. The Phillies will send Julio Rodriguez (3-0, 2.64 ERA, rated 15th top prospect in the Philadelphia system), Jonathan Pettibone (4-4, 3.26, ranked 9th top prospect in the Philadelphia system), and Drew Naylor (3-2, 6.04 ERA) to the mound.
Greenville 6, Savannah 2
By Sean Kenny
The Sand Gnats pitching staff took a general beating today on Memorial Day, and the offense couldn't scratch across many runs in the 6-2 loss to the Greenville Drive.
Alex Panteliodis went out today and was obliterated in two and one-third innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out two. Alex couldn't miss any bats, and combine that with a few walks and the game was out of hand before the end of the third inning. Panteliodis has not gone more than four innings in his last four starts, and the bullpen has been forced to pick up the slack. Today, however the bullpen could just not hold the flood gates shut. Randy Fontanez went three and two-thirds innings, allowing one run on three hits with one walk and one strikeout. Jared West went two innings, allowing two runs on three hits, including a home run. It doesn't take much to see, getting to the opposing team's bullpen by the third inning means doom.
The Gnats offense didn't put across a run until the sixth inning, and both of the runs on the day would come off the bat of Travis Taijeron om a two-run homer. Savannah had three different hitters take 0-for's including Gilbert Gomez (.385), Cole Frenzel (.154) and the still struggling Albert Cordero (.170). The Gnats consistently made contact, as evidenced by only three strikeouts on the day, but it was all weak contact.
Gnats Gnotes: Gilbert Gomez went 0 for 5, dropping his average to .385. T.J. Rivera is in the midst of another hitting streak, this time four games. Travis Taijeron is showing much-improved plate discipline, but the strikeouts are still a bit high. He reminds me of Kirk Nieuwenhuis in regards to the ability to put the ball in play, draw some walks but strikeout a lot. There were no errors on the day for the Gnats, which is always a plus – especially with the volume of hits the staff allowed. The Gnats will enter game two of the series against the Drive, sending prospect Domingo Tapia (4-2, 2.49) against (Greenville has a shaky rotation, could not find a pattern). Game time is 7:05 P.M.
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Sunshine Umbrella Girl
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Hey Chris! She is terrific! I can see a few stories popping up just out of the poses and expressions you've posted here. I checked out your original sunshine girl... you really peronalitied her up. NICE!ReplyDelete
what a great character, chris! I love the shape of her head, those super-expressive eyes and great expressions... you make it look so easy!ReplyDelete
Wow man, one of my favorite posts by so so far... her expressions are priceless and flawless! You're really good at this! How do you go about makin such expressions? Do you look for reference? A little inside tip from the man himself would be great! :)ReplyDelete
Very cool stuff Chris.ReplyDelete
Most people would have gone for soft "feminine" curves and smooth angles - but I like the way you've gone for a rectangle construction.
Adds a lot of character. Hope to see her in some of your upcoming work.
Chris she is SUPER AWESOME! I really love the original image too. Can't wait to see some finished artwork of Sunshine Umbrella Girl! (totally rad name too by the way!)ReplyDelete
Thanks guys really nice comments :)ReplyDelete
Abz- Looking at "Art of" books esp Kung Fu Panda are great inspiration. Nico Marlet creates page after page of expressions, every one of them unique. But when I come to do my own I try not to reference expressions too much, otherwise I just end up copying them.
So usually I start off with the head shape and try to tilt and angle it as many ways as I can. Then I do the same with eye line guides. Even just by doing this I find subtle expressions tend to suggest themselves just from playing with the angles.
At that point I try and create a little scenario for the expression, even if its just a little one. It's purely something for the character to react to. Seeing something pretty, getting into trouble, hatching a plan, getting upset with a friend. All these little moments in life we've all experienced create different emotions.
Um..hope that helps in some way. Can't say I've ever tried to explain it before, but there you go.
By the way I don't believe I'm an expert in these things at all, and I'm still constantly learning myself.
Very cute girl. I love the poses and expressions.ReplyDelete
Good sketches!! I like specially the girl who sticks out the tongue. You are, how the people say in my country, "un artista".ReplyDelete
Your work is beautifullll! I love your character designs. This one has such a sweet charming look :) Love it!ReplyDelete
Anyway I created this pose sheet to explore her character a little further. Who knows maybe I'll get a story out of her too.travel umbrellaReplyDelete


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