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New Delhi: Indian Medical Association (IMA) today demanded a "blanket" ban on smoking scenes in films, saying the caption cautioning viewers about the effect of smoking on the health below a scene has "failed" to deter people from taking to smoking.
"We demand a complete ban on smoking scenes in films. The caption below the scene that 'smoking is injurious to health' does not stop people emulating the smoking character depicted in the film," said IMA Secretary General, Dr KK Aggarwal.
According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-India 2010), about 35 per cent of adults in India consume tobacco in some form or the other. The estimated number of tobacco users in India is 27.5 crore, with 16.37 crore users of smokeless tobacco, 6.9 crore only smokers and 4.23 crore users of both smoking and smokeless tobacco.
A study by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has recently revealed that cancer of the mouth has emerged as the most common among men, followed by lung cancer, he said, adding both of these are directly linked to tobacco consumption in a direct or indirect form. "The number of women smokers is also on the rise, which has a hazardous effect on not only their own health but also of their future offspring. Tobacco consumption is also a leading cause of impotency, early ageing, and heart disease.
Dr S S Agarwal, IMA National President said with the stress levels rising, resorting to cigarette smoking seems like the easy way out. "However, people must be made to realise that they are signing up for life-long health complications, high hospital bills and unhappiness. Awareness also needs to be raised about the dangers of hookah and e-cigarette consumption, which are seen as good alternatives," he said.
The Heart Care Foundation of India and IMA will be rolling out several public sensitisation activities in the course of the next one year. IMA has also sent communication to all its 1,700 branches and 2.5 lakh members not to allow smoking in their organizational meetings and their clinics and hospitals should be strictly no smoking zones. No doctor shall smoke in public place and in public view.
IMA also said it will extend its expertise in training all general practitioners in tobacco cessation so that tobacco quit facilities are available to those who want to give up. "IMA will be training all general practitioners in tobacco cessation so that facilities are available to those who want to quit tobacco.


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2 Corinthians 2:12-17 New International Version (NIV)
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12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ's triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
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|Known personal history of epilepsy
|The aetiology is usually idiopathic while rarely a secondary aetiology predisposing seizure development may exist. Epilepsy affects about 0.5% of pregnant women.[1]
|A diagnosed patient with epilepsy may present with a seizure episode.
|During the antenatal period the seizure frequency may increase/decrease or remain unchanged.[2] The patient may experience an alteration in the seizure frequency due to the physiological changes associated with pregnancy. Reduced drug absorption (due to nausea & vomiting), increase in plasma volume, changes in renal & hepatic metabolism may precipitate seizure attacks.
|Newly diagnosed with epilepsy during pregnancy
|Majority of women have being diagnosed prior to conception. A wide differential diagnosis including Eclampsia, central nervous system infection, metabolic disturbances, epilepsy, stroke etc needs to be considered if the first seizure episode develops during pregnancy.[3]
|Usually unremarkable.
|Examination is usually normal in patients with idiopathic epilepsy. Patients with secondary epilepsy may exhibit neurological signs in accordance to the underlying aetiology.[1]
|Eclampsia is defined as the occurrence of a tonic clonic seizure in association with a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia.[1] This is an obstetric emergency. Eclampsia can occur in the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum period. The patient usually has severe hypertension with significant proteinuria. The patient may also develop other associated complications such as renal failure, placental abruption, HELLP syndrome etc.
|Syncope is the result of generalized reduced cerebral perfusion. The patient experiences blackening of the environment accompanied with sweating and paleness. Loss of consciousness is limited to a few seconds from which the patient rapidly recovers. Syncope is usually not associated with clonic limb movements & urine/fecal incontinence.[2] There is no amnesia for the event. Syncope is often triggered by events the subject fears, emotional stress etc. Differentiation from seizures depends on the clinical history.
|Organic non-epileptic seizures
|Non-epileptic seizures (NES) are seizures that develop in the absence of excessive brain electrical activity.[3] Organic NES develop due to the presence of a physical cause such as metabolic imbalances (Renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis), electrolyte imbalances (hypocalcaemia, hyponatriaemia), cerebrovasular disorders, CNS infection etc.
|Psychogenic non Epileptic Seizures
|Psychogenic seizures include dissociative seizures, panic attacks & fastidious seizures. Dissociative seizures happen unconsciously without awareness of the patient. Panic attacks are episodes of extreme anxiety accompanied with sweating, palpitations,dyspnea which may progress to seizures. Features that support a diagnosis of factitious seizures include very prolonged seizures, very high frequency of seizures and occurrence of seizures only in public. Features such as incontinence, injuries are usually absent.[4] Clinical history is used to differentiate epileptic seizures from psycogenic non-epileptic seizures.[5]
|The diagnosis of epilepsy is primarily based on history & an account of an eye witness.
|Patients presenting with their first seizure during pregnancy need to be evaluated with a thorough history. An eye witness account is essential to exclude other differential diagnoses. To exclude a secondary aetiology, brain imaging with CT scan, MRI etc may be required.[1]
|Urine protein assessment
|Significant proteinuria (>300mg protein/ 24 hours) is seen in severe pre-eclampsia.[2]
|Full blood count
|A full blood count is performed to help exclude eclampsia. Haemoconcentration, thrombocytopenia, haemolytic anemia may be seen in the presence of severe pre-eclampsia.[2]
|Coagulation profile ( Prothrombin time test, APTT)
|Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy is a complication of severe pre-eclampsia.[2]
|Full blood count
|Anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine, sodium valproate may lead to blood disorders. [1]
|Liver function tests
|Anticonvulsants such as sodium valproate, carbamazepine etc have hepatotoxic properties & need periodical liver function assessment.[1]
|Serum anticonvulsant levels[1]
|Monitoring of drug levels is not recommended routinely and is performed in circumstances such as increased seizure frequency, polypharmacy, concern over drug side effects etc.
|Ultrasound scan
|A detailed anomaly scan needs to be performed since a majority of anticonvulsants are teratogenic. Common congenital anomalies seen are neural tube defects, facial clefts, cardiac anomalies & genitourinary anomalies.[1]
|Fetal echocardiography
|Fetal echocardiography is considered at 22-24 weeks.[2] Use of sodium valproate, carbamazepine and phenytoin during pregnancy has being linked with fetal cardiac anomalies.
|α fetoprotein
|Prenatal screening for neural tube defects.[1]
|Patient education & counseling
|Patient education is paramount and should cover the following aspects : About the disease process, importance of compliance to treatment, drugs & their side effects, implications to the fetus, first aid measures in a seizure & about high risk situations such as bathing, driving etc. She should be advised to avoid seizure provoking factors such as sleep deprivation, extreme exhaustion, hypoglyceamia etc. The pregnant women should be counseled about fetal implications due to the disease itself and the anticonvulsant therapy. There is a higher risk of congenital anomalies even without anticonvulsant treatment which is further aggravated with the use of teratogenic drugs.[1][2] Sodium valproate is considered the most teratogenic anticonvulsant but is the most effective drug for seizure control.[3] Valproate use can lead to development of neural tube defects, genitourinary anomalies etc. There is a 4% risk of epilepsy in the child if one parent is affected & 15% if both parents are affected.
|Involvement of the general practitioners in the management plan
|Care for the pregnant women with epilepsy should start pre-conceptually. General practitioners should optimize the drug regime and refer the patient for specialist assessment.[4]
|Pre-pregnancy management
|The main objectives during the preconceptual period are to optimization the treatment, achieve good seizure control and patient education.[1] The obstetrician should liaise with a neurologist for optimal care.[2] Efforts should be made to maximize seizure control on the least tetatogenic monotherapy.[3] The lowest effective drug doses should be used in divided doses. Consider stopping the anticonvulsant therapy if the patient was seizure free for more than two years. All women should be advised to take folic acid 5mg daily for at least 12 weeks prior to conception and continue to do so until delivery.[4][5]
|Antenatal management
|The patient's drug regime is continued if epilepsy is well controlled. The patient should be stressed about the importance of compliance to treatment during the antenatal period. If epilepsy is diagnosed during pregnancy lamotrigine and carbamazepine are the drugs of choice.[6] To avoid neonatal coagulopathy due to administration of enzyme inducing drugs, vitamin K 10mg/day is administered for the last 4 weeks of pregnancy.
|Intrapartum care
|A diagnosis of epilepsy alone is not a contraindication for vaginal delivery. Vaginal delivery may precipitate seizure attacks due to maternal dehydraion, electrolyte changes, hypoglycaemia, exhaustion and pain.[7] Caesarian section is reserved for usual obstetric indications and in the circumstance of status epilepticus. Anticonvulsant treatment should be continued during the intrapartum period. Labor may precipitate seizure episodes due to sleep deprivation, poor drug absorption etc which should be controlled with benzodiazepines (diazepam/lorazepam). Monitor fetal parameters to identify fetal compromise.
|Postpartum management
|The neonate should receive intramuscular vitamin K to reduce the risk of neonatal coagulopathy. Breast feeding is not contraindicated since the dose passed over to the fetus is low.[8] Drug dose changes made during the antenatal period are converted back to pre-pregnancy levels gradually. The women should be educated on an appropriate contraceptive method.


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How Do You Study ChinesePod?
Posted by jjcarson August 28, 2008 in the Group General Discussion .
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I've started ChinesePod almost a month and a half ago. I'm still trying to figure out the best to study this material for me. However, it's almost always easier to take an idea from someone else and build off that instead of blinding trying things until it works.
What have you guys found to be effective ways to study Chinese using ChinesePod? What have you found to not work very well? What would you recommend to a Newbie like me? 谢谢 in advance.
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The mission of the Research Council at Auburn University at Montgomery is to nurture, support, and advance excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activities across all disciplines on the Auburn Montgomery campus. The primary goal is to coordinate internal awards supported by competitive grant programs that promote research and creative faculty scholarship in all disciplines.
These awards are intended to provide funding that will eventually lead to external support. Once the submission deadline has closed, proposals undergo a thorough review by the Research Council members. For additional information please contact Ms. Fariba Deravi, Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (email@example.com).
Research Council Funding Important Dates:
- Regular Faculty Grant-in-Aid: Submission deadline: August 28, 2017 NEW
- Equipment Grant-in-Aid: Temporarily on Hold
- Ida Belle Young Grant-in-Aid: Temporarily on Hold
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Champion Christian School offered summer camps open to the public.
Included is fly fishing for ages 13 and up, but adults are welcome. July 5-9 from 8 a.m. to noon. Items to bring: Pa fishing license (if over 16), fly rod if you have one, shoes for wading, comfortable clothes, sunscreen and sunglasses. Meet at Champion Christian School North Campus in Donegal.
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Hence, he train's symbol of comfort, class, elegance and the melting pot of cultures is what inspired the brand's logo.
SPINNERS successfully created intriguing designs that not only enhances the brand's identity but also reflects the rich heritage and cultures the restaurant originated from.
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Stationary battery OpzS
OpzS batteries are standby batteries with tubular plates, especially designed as battery backup power for all industrial applications which demand low-maintenance as well as average and long discharges. The
• Refilling of the water only every 3 to 5 years in float charge use,
under normal conditions
• Longer battery life: 15 years in fl oat at 20°, even in cyclical use
• Flexible screwed connectors:
- simple and easy connection
- less accessories demanded
- less time for maintenance & control
- reduction of the tension is smaller in the connections
- better protection against short-circuits
• Self-discharge less than 3 %
• Very low floating current
Thanks to the OpzS stationary battery series, we can offer a reliable
and environment-friendly energy source for back-up systems for
innumerable applications, such as: telecom business, the railways,
electricity cabins, uninterruptible power supplies, ups, electricity and
nuclear power plants, wind and solar energy etc.
• Type and reference of the battery
• Voltage & AH of the battery
• Size of the outerbox of the battery
• Lead-acid / AGM or GEL
If this data isn't available, we need the following information:
Dimensioning of the battery:
1. Which capacity in (K)watt or which constant current
2. Nominal tension of the battery (12V, 24V,...)
3. Autonomy
4. Minimal final tension
5. Ambient temperature (if possible).
Use the discharge tables (constant capacity per cell, or constant
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When you take 1,75V/cell as final tension for 60 minutes
Choice: DAS12-33: 40,3 watt or DAS 12-44: 53,3 watt.


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The nurses in my family and among my close friends have advised, encouraged and supported me so often I lost count. I believe in nurses and their ability to provide so much for the people with which they come in contact. So this is a tribute to all of you, especially Kathy, and Lyn of whom I am so proud as she heads for the stars and Carol G. who knows who she is.
Today my daughter Lyn carries on the tradition but in a way I could never have dreamed. I live nursing vicariously again through her as she shares her experiences in a whole new world of caring.
The late 50's and early 60's, my days were the days of starchy caps that constantly were pulled off by bed curtains, an errant child, or fell askew in an emergency. No heart monitors, or staffing standards per se. As students you were often all alone on night duty with 40 patients. Doctors were not to be contradicted or questioned, you rose from the desk when they came in, and carried all their charts on rounds. You kept silent. Thank the Lord that has changed. Many patients back then and even today do not realize it may have been a nurse that saved their lives.
There was a lot of intuitive caring as abilities were honed. There was constant vigilance since equipment did not yet do all that. There was teamwork. There were tears, heartbreaking moments, and moments of joy. There was never boredom, I can tell you that.
St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, MA
Nursing has come a far way. But, roots always demand restudy and a keeping of the good.
Here is a photographic journey of nursing's roots to remind us
of the courage and commitment, of risk taking and challenge, of
what made us love it, no matter what....
1931 video on frontier nursing in the mountains of Kentucky
I thoroughly loved this. I did not ride horseback
but I recall my own harrowing moments.
bless you in the name of everyone
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Today's REI Classroom Lesson
Today, Darrell Kucan talks to us about analyzing your vision for real estate investing, including goals you have for yourself.
REI Classroom Summary
Darrell Kucan elaborates on how creating a detailed business plan can help you succeed within real estate investing. By noting strategies in marketing, acquisitions, rehabbing, etc., you can set yourself up for success.
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Real Estate Investing Classroom Show Transcripts:
Darrell: Hi and welcome. My name is Darrell Kucan and I'm your host today for the REI Classroom. Today we're going to actually talk about your business vision.
Mike: This REI classroom real estate lesson is sponsored by AceBusinessFunding.com.
Darrell: What does that mean? Actually simply put, it's what your vision is of your business. When figuring out what you want to do in your business, in your entrepreneurial endeavor, whether it's wholesaling, fix and flips, anything to do with real estate, a real estate agent, a broker, whether you want to be a land developer, commercial developer, this really applies to everybody. I really have to stress the number one question you really need to be asking yourself is why?
Tonight I want you to go home, you may have done this before, but do it again. Why are you doing this business? It needs to be something you're really, really passionate about. When you come up with answers like, "because I want to make a million dollars," okay, that's fantastic. Dive deeper. Ask again, why do I want to make a million dollars? Is it because you want to spend time with your family or is it because you're sick and tired of your boss and you want to get out of there? But that has to be something that you need to figure out.
So really dive into this and visualize. That's so important in being an entrepreneur, is visualizing the end product. What do you want to see happen in a year or five years down the road? When do you want to retire? What do you want to do in retirement? And really have those big giant visions in your head. That's what's going to drive you to be successful in this business, is chasing that dream and chasing that why.
So like I said, sit down tonight, ask yourself why and write down a list of reasons why you're doing this. And it could be several reasons and that's great. It should be more than one reason.
Your goal in creating your business vision is, again, the end product, right? What will your business look like when you've achieved these goals? So start out.
One of the things that we like to do is write a business plan. And actually there's two things that you should start out with, is write a business plan and have an executive summary. And there's two good reasons for doing this.
The first reason of writing a business plan is basically it's your road map. It's going to help guide you and direct you towards the end. It's really hard without your new cell phones and Google Maps to get from one direction to another, especially nowadays. Before we literally had a paper map we'd have to open up an follow, but if you didn't have a map, if you didn't have your phone, how would you get from here to New York? Sure, there's some directions to follow, but if you have a certain guide and a certain place to go, you can map that out. What are going to be the stops along the way? What needs to happen in order to get from point A to point B?
Your business plan should entail the marketing aspects of it, how you're going to, if you're a fix and flipper, how you're going to acquire the properties, at what price are you going to acquire these properties and that? What are you going to be doing to these products to add value to them, so you can exit the property? What is your exit strategy going to be? Is it going to be the whole property? Is it going to be to develop a piece of land and get it entitled and ready to build and then sell that product over to somebody who's going to construct it?
The executive summary side of it is pretty interesting. It's really just a synopsis of who you are, where you came from, what you've done, and it's an introduction so people can understand who you are. There's another reason why you need to write an executive summary. Because if you're not there yet but you say, "I'm a CEO of a corporation that does fix and flips, that makes . . . and come up a million dollars a year," and if you're not there yet, you don't need to still lie about it, but if you're not there yet, what that's going to do is in your head.
It's about a mindset. It's in your head. You're going to become that person. Even if you're sitting at your desk and you haven't made million dollars yet, that executive summary is going to be there in your head and I am a CEO, I am good at what I do and I am going to be able to provide value to the people that I work with.
I really like the show . . . I can't think of it right now – The Profit. It's about people, it's about process and it's about product. This business has really nothing to do other than people. You're dealing with people. So get really good at dealing with people.
If you're not good at dealing with people, find somebody who is and partner up with them and team up with them. The product that you're doing, it depends on what aspect of the game you're in. You could be on development, so that's part of the product that you're going to have in your business plan. The process, basically the systems that need to go in place of how it's going to be done.
Don't wait to start your business plan. Just write your business plan out now and then you can fine-tune it later. But a business plan is really a synopsis in a real short way to let other people know in a brief amount of time what your business is about, the outcome of the business plan, what's going to happen at the end and how the people working with you are going to benefit from it.
A lot of things to get to where you need to be. You need to set attainable goals. Go ahead and set daily goals and weekly goals and monthly goals and yearly goals. And what do those look like? What does a daily goal look like?
Well, a daily goal could be as simple as, "I'm making 10 phone calls a day, I need to make 100 phone calls a day." But set them attainable, don't say, "I'm going to make 1,000 phone calls a day," because what happens when you don't? You get kind of, you get down on yourself, like, "I'm a failure, I didn't make it."
Success breeds success. So, the point here is make very attainable goals, because when you start checking off these boxes that say, "I've finished that, I'm done with that, I hit that goal," you're going to feel good about yourself, you're going to be more productive, you're going to be able to take even more action to be able to attain more goals.
A weekly goal could be something as simple as, "I need to meet with two homeowners this week." Well, going back to the weekly goal, if you set your goal of 100 calls a day, more likely than not you're going to be able to set at least two appointments.
Then your monthly goal. Your monthly goal might be to close on a rehab or maybe even acquired a property and my goal is to finish this product in a month. Make these goals attainable.
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The hotel says driver will come pick me up at 7:45 for 8:00 flight. That's not how we do it at home, but when in Rome. And at 7:45 the taxi is there. Airport is 10 minutes away, so I'm there 5 minutes before flight. Tiny airstrip, it's the local Stanley airport. I have to put all my luggage on scale, and then stand on scale so they can get my weight. The planes are Briton Norman Islander and have 8 seats, counting the pilot. There's a family of Kelpers (Falkland Islanders are called Kelpers, because the surrounding seas are full of kelp). Their 10 year old daughter sees one of the pilots and says, "oh don't tell me you're flying the plane today." 'No" he replies, "we've got a real pilot for your plane." So they get on one plane, and I get on the other, with the fake pilot. He's named Paul, and they seat me next to him. Am I the co-pilot?
Its like being in a car, with the big window and small seats. There is needless to say, no in flight meal, but lots of in flight entertainment as Paul and I have a conversation about life in the Falklands and his career as pilot. FIGAS is not a money maker, but an essential service to get people around the islands. This is how doctors see patients, and how those in remote settlements get around the islands. The wind is blowing so fiercely that it would likely ground a jet in the USA, but Paul takes off, and the 40 minute flight is calm, and the views great as we fly so close to the ground. I'm a pretty calm flier, and this flight gives me no cause for the jitters.
We land at the airstrip on Sea Lion, and Jenny the lodge manager is there to greet me. I walk to the lodge from the strip, wind howling, and enter into a summer cabin type building. It's the only building on the entire island. Sea Lion once was a giant sheep ranch, and the family that owned it sold it and now a lodge operates there, the only inhabited building on the island, 2 miles across and 5 miles long. No more sheep, just a handful of guests and a 200,000 penguins, plus other cool birds (you really have to be into this stuff; wildlife to want to come here). And sea lions, but more impressive, elephant seals. Jenny has 8 other guests, and they are all fine and interesting people, from all over. One has to be a bit well, is obsessive the word, about wildlife and out of the way places to come all this way, so the other guests and I really hit it off. I'm with my people.
Sea Lion Lodge does not skimp on the food, They've a Chilean chef to cook it all and he even grows some of it in a garden surround by a hedge of Monterrey cypress.
A day late and a dollar short, the past few days the weather was perfect they tell me, but now its gale force winds blowing. There's a gentoo penguin colony that can be seen from the dining room, but it seems like cheating to watch penguins from the dinner table, out of the ordinary as it is. So I bundle up, and go outside. This is how the Flying Nun or Mary Poppins must have felt, like any second they'd be airborne. It's not so cold, about 55, but the infamous wind chill makes it miserable. However the amazing penguins and other fearless birds (upland geese, ruddy headed geese, giant petrels, turkey vultures, Johnny Rook caracaras, and tussock birds), all dancing around your feet, as though they were cats or dogs begging for attention negates the discomfort of it all. On the beach like giant 12 foot sausages are the male elephant seals, big tubes of blubber, and their harems of equally rotund females, and then the young, only 5' long, and again like tubes of fat. But then, it you lived in water that never got above 40 degrees you'd need the blubber. There's not a svelte penguin to be seen either. The elephant seals hardly move a muscle, and one can approach within inches of them. Jenny says to keep my distance, she thinks 10 feet is enough. I disregard her advice, and get within 5 feet. They seem to ignore me. Later she tells me a photographer from National Geographic last year had his camera ruined by a too close encounter, and another tourist got bitten in the butt by an elephant seal. Maybe I was just plain dumb lucky. Dumb luck has worked for me in the past.
Sea Lion Lodge does not skimp on the food, They've a Chilean chef to cook it all and he even grows some of it in a garden surround by a hedge of Monterrey cypress. The only trees on the island, all leaning precariously due to constant wind, but apparently affording enough protection to grow a few vegetables. After lunch Jenny takes me out in the jeep with the 3 Dutch film makers who are here to film their travel show. The woman Flor, the star of the show is friendly enough, perhaps a bit too impressed with her star status in Holland. The 2 guys, camera man and producer a bit friendlier. I'm not sure if they want me with them but I've been invited by Jenny and as the day progresses, I see they are pleasant company, my reservations evaporate. They have to get out into the wind and angle for shots, leaving me to converse with Jenny. You all get to read about my stay here, and not wait months for it to come out on TV as you would for the Dutch version.
The day progresses like this: look at wildlife, eat, look at more wildlife, eat, sleep, wake up for breakfast and start all over. The next day the wind still howls, and the penguins are as fascinating as the previous day, so I'm out in the elements again to commune with penguins and elephant seals. There are 3 species of penguin. Those seen from the dining room are gentoo penguins. About 2.5 feet tall, white below and black on top. Though as they sand erect, better to say white in front, black on the back sides. One of the pair sits on the egg, while the other goes to sea to fish. As not all have yet laid eggs, there are many idle penguins. No fear of humans, as we're not traditional predators. Scattered all around are the 2 foot Magellanic penguins, again white in front, black on the back, with a band of black under the throat. They make their nest in underground burrows, and stand at the entrance, one of the pair guarding. Get too close, (about 3 feet) and the guard bird descends into the burrow, and peers out, cocking his/her head to and fro. The advice is to not put your hand in a burrow if you want to get it back in its usable and recognizable form. Rock hopper penguins are the other species. Jenny takes us to their colonies. Smaller than the others, about 18 inches tall, you guessed right, white below and black on the back, with the double Mohawk of yellow feathers sticking up from from either side of the head. True to their name, they hop vertically up the rocks from ocean to their nests. Maybe the cutest of all penguins, but its a tough call. They are all, at the risk of anthropomorphizing, adorable.


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2.5 stars rounded up to 3I've seen 13 Little Blue Envelopes a few times around the blogosphere, so when I was browsing my library and saw it, I decided to pick it up. Of course, I then proceeded to procrastinate on reading it for a while, but I did finally pick it up.I felt like 13 Little Blue Envelopes really started off at a good pace. Ginny receives a letter from her dead aunt telling her to pack one backpack, travel to New York to pick up a package, and to fly to London. From there, she is to open one envelope at a time, and only when she is instructed to by the previous note.As interesting as this concept seemed, it also kind of lost me as a parent. Ginny is 17 and instructed to leave the country by herself with no extra money and no means of electronic communication with anyone in the states. No cell phone, email, IM, nothing. She can write letters however. But as a parent, I cannot imagine EVER letting my teenage daughter travel internationally by herself with no way to contact me if she needed help. I just found this to be extremely far-fetched, especially since Ginny's mom found her sister to be a little crazy (not the exact words used, but close enough sentiment) and encouraged Ginny while she was growing up to NOT be like her aunt. This whole scene is glossed over in the book, though. She says "…she had to convince her parents of the same thing. Major international treaties had been negotiated in less time." Seriously, this is a conversation I would have liked to see. How on earth did Ginny convince her parents to let her go?After she opens envelope #3, I felt like the story slowed down a bit. Honestly, I found myself not even caring that much about Ginny or her adventures. I kept reading only because I was curious more about what the letters said than how Ginny fulfilled them. I just never really connected to Ginny, so I just didn't really care that much about her story. However, after a few twists at the end, I'm dying to know what the last envelope said, so I will probably be reading the sequel anyway.Overall, I thought that 13 Little Blue Envelopes was an okay story, but I've seen several people love it. So if you like art, nerdy, insecure girls, and travel, you'll probably like this book. It just wasn't really for me. (I'm giving it an extra half a star only because it made me want to read the sequel.)This review is also posted on my blog, Mommy's Reading Break
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On Saturday night we had a special treat of Jack's Birthday party. At the party was Teddy who is almost a year old and decided to take his first steps from his mommy to his Grandpa. It was so exciting, but scary to think that Gray is close to being that little boy! I don't need him walking so soon!
Yesterday Gray decided it was time to learn to walk around the furniture, and boy has he accomplished that quickly! He has been so mischievous this weekend. He knows that he needs to stay away from the radio and gate, but I don't know if he loves us yelling "Gray, NO" or he loves us coming and picking him up to move him. Regardless of what we do, he smiles & giggles the whole time. It's really hard not to smile back at him he is so cute.
Today we had a play date with Grace (& her mommy Angie). We had lots of fun playing with her toys. Gray really loved her drums and her exersaucer with all her different toys on it. They are so cute together as you can see in the photo. (Gray in yellow is Dec, Gray in Gray is today)
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Children Of Bodom
Children Of Bodom are a Metal Band from Espoo, Finland, that was formed in 1993 by guitarist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen. The band plays Melodic Death Metal with influences of Power Metal, Punk, Hardcore and Thrash Metal. The band's name is taken from a unsolved murder scene at a finnish lake called Bodom.
1993-1997: The Early Years
The childhood friends Alexi Laiho and Jaska Raatikainen started their own band IneartheD in 1993 in order to cover their favourite Death Metal and hardcore songs. Together with Bassist Samuli Miettinen the band recorded the first EP with selfwritten music called Implosion of Heaven. Samuli, who was also the bands' vocalist, had to move to the United States in 1995 and Alexi took part on the vocals. He also recruited new members from his school like bassist Henkka Seppälä or guitarist Alexander Kuoppala. In this lineup the second Demo was recorded and called Ubiquitous Absence of Remission. The band got to play local gigs but was not recognized by the record companies, not even after the third Demo Shining which featured keyboards for the first time arround. Together with the new pianist Janne Wirman the band decided to record their debut LP on their own without a record company backing them up.
1997-1998: Something Wild
The record Something Wild was recorded at the bands' own costs and was released by a small label with only a few hundred copies, still under the name Inearthed. The recor was heard by someone from Spinefarm records who offered the band a europe-wide deal. The band was forced to change their name due to contract issues with their former label, so they named themselves Children Of Bodom after a series of unsolved murdercases from a local lake called Bodom. These murders are still inspiring the band and on every album there is at least one song with the word Bodom in it.
The album release in 1997 allowed the band to tour Finland for the first time as opening act for Dimmu Borgir and the first european Tour with Hypocrisy in 1998. The record features all the Bodom trademarks of later records but it also has a lot of Punk influences on one side and technical soloing on the other. The success got the band signed to Nuclear Blast Records and they were also able to do a (low budget) video for Deadnight Warrior.
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2. In The Shadows
3. Red Light In My Eyes,Pt. 1
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7. Touch Like Angel Of Death
1998-2000: Hatebreeder
In 1998 the band recorded their second LP called Hatebreeder and released the Track Downfall as a single. The quality of the record and single was astonishing for a newcomer band and they entered the charts of several European countries. COB were able to do their first Japan tour with In Flames in 1999 on which they also recorded the Live record Tokio Warhearts. Hatebreeder features Heavy riffs with keyboard melodies and growling vocals and the Guitar/Keyboard Solo duel between Janne Wirman and Alexi Laiho was invented on this record.
1. Warheart
2. Silent night, bodom night
3. Hatebreeder
4. Bed of razors
5. Cowards dead end
6. Black widow
7. Wrath within
8. Children of Bodom
9. Downfall
2000-2002: Follow The Reaper
The band finally made enough money to afford a high class production studio for their third record Follow The Reaper in 2000. The band toured while recording this record so it was delayed and released in 2001. The record's lyrics are based on the bands' mascot the grim reaper, who also appears with a scythe on every Children of Bodom Album Cover.
1. Follow the reaper
2. Bodom after midnight
3. Children of decadence
4. Everytime I die
5. Mask of sanity
6. Tast of my scythe
7. Hate me!
8. Northern comfort
9. Kissing the shadows
2002-2004: Hate Crew Deathroll
In 2002 the band began writing their fourth record Hate Crew Deathroll which was released in early 2003. Their critics say that it is Children Of Bodoms so far best album while old school fans dislike this record because of a slight style change. Lead guitar and keyboard took a small step into the background and the songs were stronger focused on more rockish and thrash metal riffs. The name of the album was taken from the band's nickname Hate Crew. Hate Crew Deathroll entered the finish charts on number one and became a gold record in several other european states, allowing the band to do their first World Tour. During that tour guitarist Alexander Kuoppala quit the band and he was replaced by legendary finish guitaris Roope Latvala.
1. Needled 24/7
2. Sixpounder
3. Chokehold (Cocked'n'Loaded)
4. Bodom Beach Terror
5. Angels Don't Kill
6. Triple Corpse Hammerblow
7. You're Better Off Dead
8. Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood
9. Hate Crew Deathroll
2004-2008: Are You Dead Yet?
Are You Dead Yet is the bands most controverse record because it involved the first big style change. The guitars were tuned down from D standard to drop C and the riffs became extremely simple because the band was influenced by hardcore punk. The record was released in 2005 after the preview EP Trashed, Lost and Strungout from 2004. Are you dead yet did not satisfy the old fans but it still became the band's commercially most successfull record. The band toured for the upcoming years and took a few months breack between the tours. In 2006 they recorded a live DVD in their capital called Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live.
1. Living Dead Beat
2. Are You Dead Yet
3. If You Want Peace... Prepare For War
4. Punch Me I Bleed
5. In Your Face
6. Next In Line
7. Bastards Of Bodom
8. Trashed, Lost And Strungout
9. We're Not Gonna Fall
2008: Blooddrunk
After four years the band's latest record Blooddrunk was released in 2008. Blooddrunk is the bands fastest record with riffs taken from the Thrash Metal genre and the more frequent use of doublebass drums. For the first time arround Alexi's vocals involved personal experiences like the title track Blooddrunk in which Laiho deals with his self-injury during his teenage years. The band is currently Touring and also headlining 2008's Wacken Festival.
1. Hellhounds on My Trail
2. Blooddrunk
3. Lobodomy
4. One Day You Will Cry
5. Smile Pretty for the Devil
6. Tie My Rope
7. Done with Everything, Die for Nothing
8. Banned from Heaven
9. Roadkill Morning
10. Ghostriders In The Sky
Bodom Covers
Unlike many other bands Children Of Bodom are not afraid to do cover tracks of aother famous artists. Most of them are serious transcriptions of song into their own style bu sometimes the covers are just a joke like the infamous Oops I did it again by Britney Spears cover.
Here's a list of Children of Bodom cover songs:
* Mass Hypnosis - Sepultura cover * No Commands - Stone cover * Don't Stop At The Top - Scorpions cover * Shot In The Dark - Ozzy Osbourne cover * Hellion - W.A.S.P. cover * Aces High - Iron Maiden cover * Silent Scream - Slayer cover * Latomeri - Klamydia cover * Bed of Nails - Alice Cooper cover * She Is Beautiful - Andrew W.K. cover * Oops!... I Did It Again - Britney Spears cover * Talk Dirty To Me - Poison cover * Somebody Put Something In My Drink - Ramones cover * Rebel Yell - Billy Idol cover * Ghostriders in the Sky - Stan Jones cover * Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival cover * Just Dropped In - Kenny Rogers cover * War Inside My Head - Suicidal Tendencies cover
Musical Style
Children of Bodom are difficult to characterize by just one style, The band calls their own music simply Metal. They are known for heavy riffs, fast lead guitar runs, short melodies and growling vocals. They use a keyboard like some Power Metal bands but as a second lead instrument and not for the background. The music switches betwen melody parts and heavy rythm parts in a rapid manner which is a trademark of COB. Drums and bass are typical for Heavy Metal with fast drum kicks and a pounding bass. The vocals lead to think of a Death metal band because frontman Laiho screams and growls with a voice similiar to Chuck Shuldiner of Death. The band used Punk and Neoclassical trademarks on Something Wild, Hardcore elemnts on Are You Dead Yet? and Thrash Riffs on Blooddrunk. In general they can be counted as Melodic Death Metal.
Demos as Inearthed
* 1994: Implosion of Heaven * 1995: Ubiquitos Absence of Remission * 1996: Shining
Studio Records
* 1997: Something Wild * 1999: Hatebreeder * 2000: Follow the Reaper * 2003: Hate Crew Deathroll * 2005: Are You Dead Yet? * 2008: Blooddrunk
Liverecords & Compilations
* 1999: Tokyo Warhearts (Live) * 2003: Bestbreeder (Best Of, Japan only) * 2006: Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout (Live)
Singles & EPs
* 1997: The Carpenter * 1998: Children of Bodom * 1999: Downfall * 2000: Hate Me! * 2002: You're Better Off Dead * 2004: Trashed, Lost & Strungout * 2005: In Your Face * 2008: Blooddrunk
* 2004: Trashed, Lost & Strungout * 2005: In Your Face * 2006: Chaos Ridden Years - Stockholm Knockout Live
--ZakkWylde 03:08, 24 June 2008 (CEST)


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Elizabeth Nicholls
Liz has completed the City and Guild's, Creative Embroidery Parts 1 and 2. She is a founder member of 02 Textiles (OTT).
For many years she owned the embroidery supplier 'Threads 'n' Things@ and also taught Book Structures undertaking commissions to make books for special occasions. But in 2010 shedecided to sell the business and to concentrate on her own work. In that same year, to help her develop and push her creativity, she started the Julia Caprara 'Embroidered Textiles' degree course but unfortunately the company went into liquidation in 2011 and she was unable to complete the course.
Despite this setback Liz has decided to develop her interest in mixed media. At present she is layering fabric, paper, paint, writing and stitch but she also has an interest in hand printing techniques which she wants to develop further and hopefully include in future work.
Liz also has work included in Gwen Hedley's book 'Drawn to Stitch'.
Please click on the Photo of one of Liz's pieces below to see images of her work
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I'm a person that values reflection in every aspect of my life. I reflect on myself in terms of my day to day life. I reflect on my goals and I reflect on my effectiveness as an educator. It is through the reflective process that I am able to not only make changes and improvements to my teaching methods, but it also helps me evaluate the reasons of why I do things the way I do things. Without reflection, we merely run through the motion without having thought about why we do things. I believe reflection is an essential part of the learning process which everyone should be involved, including our students.
There are two kinds of reflections that I get my students to do.
1) Reflecting on their performance and their classroom learning process.
1) Reflecting on their performance and their classroom learning process.
a) At the end of each quarter and semester, I give them a prompt questions in order to help them reflect on how things went for them. I use this opportunity to also get feedback from students about my innovative class structures. (Go to my previous blog posts to see how I structure my flipped classroom and Student Led Project Based Learning class.)
Following questions were given last week to my students.
1. How did you feel about the way the math class was structured for you this year?
2. What were some of the things you enjoyed about your math class this semester?
3. What were some of the challenges you faced in your math class this semester?
4. Share one major growth you went through as a student due to your math class.
5. How do you plan to approach the finals and the second semester for math?
I made the questions very specific because whenever I am not, they tend to just talk about their high school life in general, and I was more interested in getting some feedback on what was going on with them in my classes.
b) Whenever there has been a project or activities that were more "hands on" or "real life application simulation", reflection of the learning process is always part of the requirement and it is stated clearly in the assessment rubric. (See my blog post about Assessing Student Created iBooks for examples.) When students do hands on activities, they would be making certain choices of how they would go about doing so. Reflection is important to make them think about the choices they made in terms of how things worked out, and how they would go about it in the future when similar choices were given.
2) Reflecting on their philosophies in life and their character as a person.
I've started doing this last year, and I have continued it this year. I post up "Discussion of the Week" in our class social network group (last year I used Facebook and this year I am using Schoology) which they have to participate by posting a comment. At first I thought it would just be something fun to do, to get students to think about and comment on non academic things. However, they have exceeded my expectation in what deep thinkers they are, often writing a whole paragraph. So I realised how important it is to get students thinking about themselves and not about their scores or learning. Some examples of questions I've posed and student responses in the last semester are:
Discussion of the Week:
"Above all else, never think you're not good enough." - Anthony Trollope
Confidence is often a serious issue for high school students, at this age of self discovery. What are some of the reasons why you would think you're not good enough? Are they external forces, or internal within yourself? What are the standards we are measuring against and why? How can we overcome that feeling not being good enough and build that confidence in ourselves?
"There is a lot of external pressure for high school students, especially in KIS. With hundreds of excellent students, each individual has to fight to make a name for him/herself. The academic level is very competitive, so the pressure is immense. Thus, it is very easy to feel like we are not good enough, that we are not capable of being as good as some of our other fellow students. I think that to overcome this, we need to focus on areas that we are good at. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, so focusing on our strengths can help raise our self-esteem."
"I would think I'm not good enough when there are situations where I feel hopeless or unable to move forward. They are both external and internal forces. External are usually grades or physical elements such as height or stamina. Internals are usually lack of motivation, mental elements such as depression or previous failed experiences. We usually measure ourselves with other people or the society. If we feel like we are worth that the person, or if we think we can not approach what the society expects from us, we usually feel that we don't have enough confidence. Basically speaking, we feel unconfident when we move through extrinsic motivations. However, we can overcome this feeling by moving with more intrinsic factors. Working not to fit into society, not to reach the expectations of others, but to work harder for ourself. When someone feels unconfident, he/she should think about what that person can do to fix their mistakes and earn the things they lack in."
Discussion of the Week:
"The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future." - Stephen Ambrose
What does this quote mean to you? How would you foster such love, hope and faith?
"The past serves as examples of what should be done and what should not be done so that we don't repeat the same mistakes. If you've learned from your past experiences, you're ready to shine in the future. There is a difference between clinging on to the past and embracing it. Those who cling on try to escape the future, but those who embrace are ready to create a better one."
"Personally, I disagree to a portion of the quote. Of course people learn from what happened in the past. Of course there is much to take from one's past for personal development. But, one should not "love" the past, and loving the past definitely does not take one to the next step. Faith in the future only comes with commitment for self-development, brushing off what happened before, and taking a step further. Whether good or bad being swamped by the past drags you down. It becomes a hindrance, through forms of arrogance, over satisfaction, or lack of confidence.Love, hope and faith only seems to come from confidence in yourself. You must be able to accept yourself, for all of the emotions above to follow. I would try to figure what I'm good at and who I really am."
Discussion of the Week:
Mark Twain says "Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can read." Share a story of a time when you were moved by seeing someone's kindness, whether it was a kindness shown to you or you saw it shown to someone else.
"This summer, I went to Philippines to meet the child I have been sponsoring for 6 years. When I went her, I saw a skinny child who was still very short even though she was 11. I felt so bad and gave her a trunk full of presents I have prepared for her. I got to spend one day with her and on that one day I was prepared to give her the best day of her life. I took my sponsored child, her teacher, and her mother to this hamburger shop because she said she really wanted to eat hamburger. She looked really hungry and I wanted her to eat a lot. When I ordered hamburgers for the child, her teacher and her mother, the teacher and the mother both did not even touch the hamburger and put them in their bags. I did not understand why. Also, the child did not even finish half of the burger and fries and put them away. I did not understand why she wasn't eating despite her obvious hunger. Later, I discovered that this was because she knew that the rest of her family members would want a bite of the burger as well and she wanted to save some for her family. This act made me truly look back at myself and I still think about her kindness. She could have been selfish and eaten the whole burger for herself but she did not. She was kind even when kindness was not expected of her... At that time, all the times I could have been kind or kinder popped up into my head and I sincerely realised the definition of kindness. I went to give her the best day of my life but instead, she gave me the best day of my life!"
Discussion of the Week:
"The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he's one who asks the right questions." - Claude Levi-Strauss. Do you agree with this quote? Why/why not? Relate it to your learning approach to Math and Sciences. Do you think you have the right approach? If not, how should it be different?
"I agree with Claude Levi-Strauss' quote about scientists and asking the right questions. So much focus is on finding the right answer that people overlook the tedious and gruesome process. Great scientists and mathematicians did not all find the right answer. Take for instance Ptolemy. Obviously, he did not find the right answer, claiming that the universe is geocentric. However, he had the right question in mind: how does the universe operate? These acute, precise questions are the first step to find the truth. I think that math is similar in that knowing and understanding the concepts and asking the right questions lead to the right answer."
Discussion of the Week :
"Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch, what makes you go beyond the norm." - David L. Boren
What does Boren mean by this quote? How does it apply in your life?
"This quote is saying that taking challenges help us reach out to our full potential. We cannot stretch out our abilities without doing something outside the norm. For example, I'm scared of getting injured, however, I took the challenge of risking my physical health in order to achieve athletic success. I pushed myself to the point of even bruises and sores. Trying new things and putting them into the things we know help us challenge ourselves in a way to think "outside the box" Though we struggle through failure, we wouldn't be where we are without taking challenges."
As I have mentioned, students have exceeded my expectation on how deeply they think about the question and commenting from their heart. High school is a time when students seem to be solely focused on academics, but my hope is to give students the time and opportunity to think about some of these important issues that helps shape who they are.