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It's that time again! Time for me to spend a couple of hours making some breakfast foods that my family can grab and heat up on those upcoming busy school mornings! I try to do this every year just before school starts because I know how hectic our mornings will be. I can't make these any earlier or my kids will sneak in and eat some of them as snacks and then my plan is shot!
These are tried and true recipes that my whole family loves. They are great because I can heat them up in the morning and look like a rock star mama even when I'm pressed for time.
The title of this post title started out as "A Week of Make-Ahead Breakfasts," but these will likely last us a month or more. The recipes make 24 baked oatmeal muffins, 25 breakfast burritos, 12 frittatas (6 bacon and cheese and 6 broccoli and cheese), and a large casserole that can be cut into 12 individual servings. They can all be frozen and then reheated when needed. There's also an awesome granola recipe that you can use as cereal, with yogurt, or for on-the-go breakfast munching!
Here are the recipes:
Mini Frittatas:
- 10 large eggs
- 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
- 1 bag of bacon pieces (or about a cup of chopped, cooked bacon)
- 1 1/2 cups of thawed, chopped broccoli (cut a little smaller)
- 2 cups of shredded cheddar
- Salt & pepper
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a muffin tin with baking spray. Evenly divide the bacon into 6 of the muffin cups. Do the same with the broccoli. (I made half bacon and half broccoli. If you only want one kind, just double the amount of broccoli or bacon)
Place the cheese on top.
In a large bowl, beat together the eggs and whipping cream. Salt and pepper as if you were making scrambled eggs. I used about a teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Use a ladle to divide the eggs equally among the cups.
Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. The frittatas will pop up like crazy, but they will settle back down after a few minutes.
May be eaten immediately or frozen in a large zipper bag. When ready to eat, just microwave for 2 minutes – or until warmed through.
Breakfast Burritos
- 2 pounds of ground breakfast sausage (2 tubes of most kinds)
- 1 bag of frozen seasoning blend (or 1 medium onion, 1-2 stalks of celery, and 1/2 bell pepper, diced)
- 18 eggs
- 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream (or 1/2 cup of milk – even skim will work!)
- 2 cups of shredded Colby Jack
- 25-30 10-inch flour tortillas
In a large skillet, brown the sausage, using a spatula or wooden spoon to break up the clumps. When sausage is mostly done, add the seasoning blend. Continue to cook on high heat until vegetables are tender – about 5-10 minutes. Pour mixture into a colander to drain.
In a large bowl, whisk eggs and cream and add a teaspoon of salt and a 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. Using the same skillet, melt 3-4 tablespoons of butter, add the eggs, and scramble. When eggs start to come together, add the cheese, continuing to stir until the eggs are done, but not dry. Add the sausage mixture to the eggs and stir to combine.
Spoon some of the mixture onto a tortilla and roll up. I don't fold the ends in because the cheese makes everything stick together. Continue until all of the egg mixture is gone. Depending on how much filling you use in each burrito, you should get somewhere between 25-30 burritos. Roll each one in a sheet of waxed paper.
Place wrapped burritos into a gallon-sized zippered bag (or two) and store in the freezer. The night before you plan to eat burritos, take out as many as you'd like and place in the refrigerator. The next morning, microwave them until warmed through. I usually leave them in the waxed paper for this to prevent drying.
Baked Oatmeal Muffins:
- 5 cups of dry oatmeal
- 2 1/2 cups of over-ripe bananas, mashed (I used about 6 bananas. Measure after mashing!)
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of Splenda
- 2/3 cup of mini chocolate chips
- 2 2/3 cups of water
- 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
- 2 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin tins with 24 liners. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and stir very well. In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients, including the banana). Mix wet into dry and then pour into the cupcake liners (I use an ice cream scoop for this). Bake for 25 minutes. After baking, I like to broil them for 3-4 minutes to brown the tops a little. After cooling, they will not stick to the liners.
Freeze in gallon-sized zippered bags. When ready to eat, remove a couple from the bag and microwave for 1-2 minutes until warmed through.
These are a great portable meal! I have a microwave in my classroom and I just take a couple to school and toss them in the microwave to warm them.
*These are NOT muffins! They are baked oatmeal! Expect a very dense texture.
The Best Breakfast Casserole EVER!
- 1 30-ounce bag of shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
- 1 tube of breakfast sausage (I used turkey this time)
- 1 bag of seasoning blend (or 1 medium onion, 1-2 stalks of celery, and 1/2 a bell pepper, diced)
- 10 large eggs
- 1 pint of heavy whipping cream
- 4 cups of shredded mozzarella
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown the sausage with the seasoning blend until sausage is done. Be sure to use a spatula or wooden spoon to break the sausage into small pieces. Drain and set aside. In a large bowl, pour the hash browns and season with salt and pepper OR 2 teaspoons of Cajun seasoning. Mix together and then stir in the cheese, then the slightly-cooled sausage mixture. Pour evenly into an 11X13 baking dish that you have sprayed with baking spray. Using the same bowl, whisk together the eggs and whipping cream, adding salt and pepper OR Cajun seasoning. Pour the egg mixture evenly over the potato mixture. Bake for 1 hour – or until the middle is completely set. You will need to cook a little longer if the egg is still raw in the middle. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10-15 minutes before cutting into squares.
To freeze, allow the casserole to cool and then store squares in small zippered bags in the freezer. To warm, remove from the bag and place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave for 1-2 minutes – or until warmed through.
*You can also make this casserole the night before and place in the refrigerator, waiting until morning to cook it. Add 10-15 minutes of cooking time.
Chunky Monkey Granola
- 1/3 cup of maple syrup
- 1/3 cup of packed brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons of vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 cup of coconut oil
- 1 egg white, slightly beaten
- 5 cups of old-fashioned rolled oats
- 1 cup of cashews, roughly chopped
- 1 cup of smoked almonds, roughly chopped
- 1 cup of macadamia nuts, roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup of craisins
- 1 cup of banana chips
- 1 cup of big sweetened coconut flakes, roughly chopped
- 1 box of chopped dates
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Please don't skip this step!
In a really big bowl, mix together syrup, sugar, vanilla, salt, oil, and egg white. Add the oats and nuts, stirring after each addition. Make sure EVERYTHING is coated with the syrup mixture.
Pour out onto the parchment-lined pan and use a spoon or your hands to spread the mixture out to the edges of the pan. Use a ramekin or other small round bowl to firmly press the mixture into the pan until it is really packed.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, turning the pan halfway through.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool for at least one hour.
Break granola into chunks mix in the fruits.
Store in zippered bags or an airtight container.
And there you have it! Cook all of these on a Saturday and you'll have breakfast for a month! Or cook each one separately as you crave them!
Hope these recipes can help make your mornings a little less hectic. Happy Back to School!


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Tanya's mom is having quadruplets! At 9 years old, Tanya was satisfied with the status quo and says so when she writes her innermost thoughts to her diary. Everything from dirty diapers, spit-up, and problems with classmates becomes recorded history she shares with its pages. Theater-trained reader Eve Karpf, sounding like a child, does well adding dramatic pauses for emphasis. You can almost hear Tanya roll her eyes heavenward when Mom and Dad are too tired for her after the babies arrive. This rendition of life with quadruplets is believably hilarious and frustrating. Tanya eventually grows to love the babies and sees the joy they add to her family. Anyone who loves infants will enjoy this delightful and timeless tale. A.G.H. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 01]
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BANGKOK – (AFP) – The United States has shelved plans for a climate research project based out of Thailand, its embassy said Thursday, after political bickering within the kingdom delayed approval for the scheme.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had planned to use the U-Tapao air base, 190 kilometres (120 miles) southeast of Bangkok, for its study of monsoon weather patterns in August and September.
But Thailand's government missed a deadline to approve the scheme leaving NASA short of the necessary "lead time" to transport equipment, hire staff and build laboratories for the study, an embassy spokesman in Bangkok said.
"It is unfortunate to lose this important opportunity for NASA and Thai scientists to collaborate to collect data of scientific importance to not only our two countries but others in the region as well," said spokesman Walter Braunohler.
"It is too early to say at this time whether resources will be available to revisit the project next year."
The issue is the latest in a series of bitter rows between the Pheu Thai ruling party of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra — the sister of ousted premier Thaksin — and the main opposition Democrat Party, who respectively represent the nation's "Red" and "Yellow" shirt factions.
Yingluck had endorsed the project, but retreated from approving it amid fierce criticism from the opposition, which claimed a deal had been struck allowing the NASA study in exchange for granting a US visa to Thaksin — who lives in self-imposed exile.
The Democrats also raised fears the study could compromise Thai sovereignty and impact on the country's relations with China, which is carefully watching US moves to establish further footholds in Southeast Asia.
Democrat leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was succeeded as prime minister by Yingluck in 2010, said the government had failed to sell the benefits of the project.
"It's the government's responsibility to use the half year they had but they did not explain the project to the public," he told AFP.
"During this time the government should have talked with friendly neighbours to make them comfortable (with the project)," he said, without saying which nations he was referring to.
A senior Science Ministry official said it was "pity" for flood-prone Thailand to miss the chance to "fully understand global climate" on account of a political wrangle.
"Thailand may appear a bit strange in the eyes of international scientific community because this is pure science, but we have unnecessarily tied the issue to politics," Anond Snidvongs, director Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency said.
The US has a long association with U-Tapao, using it as an airbase for its B-52 bombers during the Vietnam War.


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Throughout summer 2016 a number of staff and students from HiPEDS took part in various College-wide outreach activities. Dr Alastair Donaldson, Senior Lecturer in Computing and Leader of the Multicore Programming research group, gave a new lecture 'What Makes Software Go Wrong' to the following audiences: IET Children's Engineering Lecture: What Makes Software Go Wrong? Y11… Read more »
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HiPEDS Staff Engagement with Teachers
As part of ongoing work with teachers to assist and develop Maths, Computing and Engineering in schools the Outreach Team have recently begun running a series of Teacher Focus Groups to collaborate and gain feedback on new programme ideas. Luke Bacon, Physical Sciences and Engineering Outreach Programmes Manager and Faculty Outreach Champion, Prof George Constantinides, speaking… Read more »
Creativity Sandpit with Edinburgh and Oxford
Imperial HiPEDS, Edinburgh PPAR, Oxford AIMS April 26th – 28th 2016 Eastpark Conference Centre, Bracknell At the end of April 27 PhD students from three CDTS based at Imperial, Edinburgh and Oxford participated in a two-day creativity sandpit. We were very fortunate to welcome to the event three industry engineers, Walt Aldred, Research Director… Read more »
HiPEDS Students at #impfest
A number of HiPEDS Students took part in the Imperial Festival on 7-8 May, sharing their research with the local community and members of the public. Bulat Khusainov is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering under the supervision of Dr Eric Kerrigan and Prof. George Constantinides. His research is concerned… Read more »
Primary Teaching Resources (Pilot Project)
A pilot project is underway that will see the creation of teaching resources focused on the needs of schools and teachers. HiPEDS and The Faculty of Engineering are working with Colchester Royal Grammar School and linked primary schools to develop teaching resources for classroom practitioners and strengthen passion for engineering among young children. For more information… Read more »
NXP Freescale Cup UK Qualifier at Imperial
Imperial Outreach hosted the NXP Freescale Cup UK Qualifier event in conjunction with HiPEDS. Having worked on the cars as part of their group project earlier this academic year, our CDT students were able to share their own experiences with the participants over lunch. The NXP Cup is a robotics competition based around an autonomous… Read more »
HPCC Student Competition
The Data Science Institute at Imperial College London in partnership with HPCC Systems® announces a new competition for integrating Google's recently open-sourced TensorFlow™ library with HPCC's open source big data platform HPCC Systems®. For more details on the competition (for which the prize includes PhD scholarship in the HiPEDS CDT), visit this website.


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I was interested to read in DWM's tribute to Deborah Watling that she'd disliked this outfit thinking it made her look ugly. I always liked it. It's considerably more practical than other costumes she got, and hints at the character's victorian background. It's also quite feminine so feels like the sort of clothes Victoria would have chosen to wear
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After cutting trees, the Pg-Poszwald is diluted in water (see instruction on the package) and applied on the remaining stump. To avoid the mycellium of dehydration it is advised to cover the preparate with ca. 5 cm forrest litter or covering in with perforated foil (only advisable for private gardens, parcs). Applications can be done throughout the year taking into consideration that during application temperatures should not be over 25 degrees celsius and not under minus degrees celsius which could disturb the maximum effect. Depending on climate the tree stump will destroy (deteriorate) in a half to three years.
As Pg-Poszwald is 100% biological product there are absolutely no undesirable effects on the environment. Not harmfull to peaple und animals. Absolutely safe for stone and wooden buildings.
One package of Pg-Poszwald is sufficient for treating 5 stumps with a diameter of 30 cm each. By storing the package in cool place it has a shelf live of one year.


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One of the UK's largest housing associations has entered into a partnership with the West Midlands Fire Service to ensure the highest level of customer safety throughout its 40,000 properties.
Known as a Primary Authority Scheme (PAS), Orbit is the first housing association to enter into such a partnership with the West Midlands Fire Service. Orbit will receive assured and tailored advice on all of the latest fire safety guidance and regulations. Before the partnership was agreed, Orbit was required to undergo a vetting process to show the West Midlands Fire Service that Orbit already had strong fire safety measures in place.
Following the successful completion of this vetting process, Caroline Davies, Director of Property Services at Orbit said: "The safety and security of the people living in our homes is of paramount importance. Through the partnership we will have access to the latest expert advice and guidance, providing reassurance to our customers across the country."
Orbit has a dedicated team, fully trained and qualified in all areas of customer safety including experts in reducing fire risks. The partnership will help reduce the risk to customers even further so that customers can continue to feel safe in their homes.
Jonathan Herrick, Fire Engineering and Partnerships Manager at West Midlands Fire Service said: "The West Midlands Fire Service is delighted to be acting as Primary Authority to Orbit. Through our work with Orbit and the visits we have made to various premises around the country, we understand the high importance Orbit puts on the safety of people.
"This drive for safety fits well with our aims as a fire and rescue service and we look forward to acting as the single point of contact for compliance with fire safety law and to helping Orbit to maintain the highest standards of fire safety in all their buildings. We are also pleased that the costs we recover for providing this service will be invested in securing the safety of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities which, in turn, supports the aims of Orbit."
Photo (L to R): Tom Franklin, Property Compliance Manager, Jonathan Herrick, Fire Engineering and Partnerships Manager at West Midlands Fire Service, Laura Dixon, Senior Compliance Officer.


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When I was little my mom used to draw my art class homework so that the children in school would not make fun of my lack of talent. Calling me an artistic fiasco would be an understatement and my mom would not allow my heart to break over such insignificant matters. Continue reading "Capture your Grief – Day 18. Healing Therapies"
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Capture your Grief – Day 17. Sacred Space
There are a gazillion sacred spaces I keep just for her. One little sacred space in each and every one of the pieces of my broken heart. I know I will never be able to bring them all back together and see the big picture but I can let them shine one by one like the stars on a summer night.
At home, this is our sacred space, it might not look glamorous or shiny but I see it with my minds eye and it is beautiful 🙂
Capture your Grief – Day 9. Surrender + Embrace
Grief is like being shipwrecked on a stormy night.
In the darkness of the night you say good-bye to the ship that was your life as you watch it go down together with most of your friends. You find yourself alone and scared slowly drowning in a sea of pain. The waves keep taking you under as you fight with everything you have to survive and as you feel your power to fight give up you surrender to this grief and let the sea embrace you.
Some days the sea is calm and other times giant waves of pain will still hit you and take you under even after you think you have mastered your survival skills but as long as you know that love is more powerful than pain you can do this.
Capture your Grief – Day 8. Beautiful mysteries
Every time I see or hear the word beautiful, her name comes to mind, I paint every letter in my head in pink watercolor and read it out loud so that the world can hear it and not forget that she was here. But today is not about her, today is about mysteries and she is not one at all, for I carry her in my heart always and I know who she is every second of every day.
She is the hope I cling on to as I step into this beautiful mystery that is our future. She is the reason for which I believe this world deserves all the love we can give it and the reason for which I choose to believe that no matter what this mysterious future holds it will be BEAUTIFUL … like her… Francesca…
Capture your Grief – Day 6. Empathy
Empathy: noun, "the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation"
Now, empathy or better yet the lack of it in my life after loss looked a bit different.
Empathy was NOT the silence of the phone that only rang once a day.
Empathy was NOT the "i'm sorry for your loss" cards that i never got or the silence that took over a room whenever I walked in.
Capture your Grief – Day 5. The Unspoken
"Words are an incredible thing. They can say so much or so little. They can ruin friendships but they can also mend broken hearts. Words are precious, for even when they are not enough they are the only thing we have that comes close to expressing the way we feel. There are times, hell most of the times, when words are not enough, they cannot fully express how deeply you love one person or how you feel that your heart and soul are broken in millions of tiny pieces that you think you will never find again.
Sometimes words need to be heard and there are times when they only need to be spoken. Continue reading "Capture your Grief – Day 5. The Unspoken"
Capture your Grief – Day 4. Support Circles
There are many things that I have learned on this grief journey and one of them is the meaning of support.
Support is the husband that holds you in his arms and rubs your back while you cry your eyes out even when others think you should have "gotten over it by now".
Support is the teddy you carried out of the hospital when you were unable to take your baby home like everyone else.
Continue reading "Capture your Grief – Day 4. Support Circles"
Six months ago…
This is life in color
Before my daughter's existence split our life in two I used to see the world in pastel colors. The colors were muted and sometimes lifeless, a beautiful pale girly pink, like the one for ballerinas … my ballerina. I didn't realize that life's colors are not just pink and pastels but that it lies in front of us in thousand of colors unseen before.
Once we had Francesca I learned that the intensity of a color can even hurt your soul, that sometimes love's red can shatter your entire heart and that the longing is the same color as the sea that drowns you. Other times life can be a non-color, it can be black and white or seventy thousand shades of grey, but somehow the colors always come back and intertwine with our heart revealing unsuspected feelings.
After Francesca was born I started noticing all these things and now the world lies in front of my eyes in colors that are much more intense. Now I realize what is important and I'm learning to appreciate every color that life gives me. I have learned that the intensity of a feeling can determine the intensity of the color that surrounds it. Continue reading "This is life in color"


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I just finished story 165 of the One-Thousand, I Was Meant to Live Another Thousand Years, and sent it out the door. Don't ever quit, folks.
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Jerry D. Hall, New Hebron, MS
Jerry D. Hall, 73, of New Hebron, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at the VA Hospital in Jackson, MS. He was born on March 3, 1942 to George and Gladys (Herrington) Hall.
Jerry served 23 years in the United States Air Force. He was a Master Sergeant.
He is survived by his companion, Mary Riley Killingsworth; son, Jeffery Hall; daughters, Angie Hall, Rhonda Hall; brother, G.W. (George) Hall (Betty); sisters, Verlene Gillon (Bobby), Vernette Reedy (Leslie); seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Harold Hall and Vyron Hall; sister, Vertie Lee Ashcraft.
Tutor Funeral Home of Magee is entrusted with arrangements. Visitation will be held Thursday, April 9, 2015, at Corinth Baptist Church in Magee, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, with the funeral service immediately following at 3:00 pm. Bro. Charles Burnham and Bro. Jay Wesbrooks will be officiating. Interment will follow in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.tutorfuneralhome.com


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Never forget that everyone with whom you have dealings, every day and everywhere, is someone else's son or daughter, father or mother, husband or wife, best friend or rock.
That means that whenever you respect or disrespect that person, you not only help or hurt them, you help or hurt, others. Others you may, or may not, ever meet or know.
Never forget this: the consequences of your actions and words, be they big or ever so small, ripple across this whole world. So determine to send out only ripples of good.
Do this by giving great care to everyone you encounter, for in doing so, you give a care for many others, totally unknown to you, but no less affected by you.
Don't make the burdens of those "who feel the ripple next" needlessly greater through your disrespect to the one standing in front of you.
For it is surely often the case that the one who receives the greatest impact and experiences the greatest consequences from your words and ways is not the person in front of you, but the one who is standing behind or beside them, and you do not know what burdens them already bear.
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With an interest in true crime and Michigan history, journalist Tom Carr set out across the state to research some of the most gruesome and memorable murders he could find. He compiled more than 50 of them into Blood on the Mitten: Infamous Michigan Murders, 1700's to Present (Mission Point Press/Chandler Lake Books, 2016).
"I had covered police reports in court when I was a reporter," says Carr, who worked for several newspapers, including the Traverse City Record-Eagle, for about 25 years. "And I've always liked reading about true crime as well as history. I want to emphasize the history aspect of this book as well as the crime story as I want the reader to get the whole picture: what it was like in Michigan in those days."
Carr collected murder stories from every corner of the state. There are cases from Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Traverse City, Calumet, Alpena, Menominee, and many other Michigan towns and cities. Some of the stories are relatively well known, like the still unsolved disappearance of Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa and General George Armstrong of Little Bighorn fame, as well as Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols and their involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Others stories are less known. There's Leo Kwaske, who decided one day to destroy the "negative energy" of a neighbor. He broke into her apartment and killed with her hammer, but stored her severed head in his own apartment. Then there was Martha Haney, who lost her temper with her mother-in-law and served her head on a silver platter with knife and fork set neatly to each side. Or, take Mary McKnight, who had no particular motive for the murders she committed. She just liked having company and funerals were the perfect social event.
Carr says murder has been with us since human history began and probably always will be. "I think murder is probably with us as a species," he says. "It's been with us from the start. In Genesis in the Bible, there's Cain and Abel. But that may also give people hope. Yes, there are horrible things that happen nowadays, but there have always been horrible people. There have always been horrible things that people have done to one another. We can try to do what we can to solve that and lessen that, as we should. But most of us go through our lives and these are the exceptions. These are not the rule. These are unusual occurrences."
Carr includes many historic photographs, maps, and sidebars throughout his book. If Michigan arguably has more than its share of murders, he says, it may because Michigan has many resources that attract people.
"It's just speculation on my part," he says, "but there's been a race for the great resources in this state. And then there's been desperation (when the resources run out), and desperation breeds crime. But this is a book not so much about rates as narratives, things that make a good story."
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- All breakfasts are included. For breakfast you can expect a continental style buffet with cold meat, cheeses, bread, eggs, jams and pastries as well as tea and coffee. Throughout the trip you can expect really good food with strong influences from Spain and France. Lunches and dinners are not included in the trip price to allow you to take advantage of the local restaurants and cafes along the route and give you freedom over what you eat. Our guide will be able to recommend the best local restaurants and will have planned some stops at good coffee shops to break up the days rides.
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Start Hendaye. If there is time we can go for a short ride along the sea front towards Pointe de Ste Barbe. In the evening the guide will talk through the itinerary for the weeks cycling. *Standard Hotel*
Ride over the Col du St Ignace and the Col d'Osquich.
Our journey starts by climbing the Col de St Ignace at 169m, gaining altitude progressively to join the mountains before cycling through St Jean Pied de Port, the renowned medieval city on the Compostelle way. From here the route climbs the Col d'Osquich, officially at 392m of altitude but the road culminates at 500m. After this, we enjoy a nice ride down to the village of Montory where we spend the night. *Standard Hotel*
Ride through the Basque hills before taking on the Hors category Col d'Aubisque and the Col de Soulor.
In the morning, we cycle through the Basque hills as we make our way to the west starting point of the mythic Col d'Aubisque, here we take on the challenging Hors Category pass, a 17km climb at 8% average gradient with sections at 10%. The summit is at 1709m of altitude, then after a short descent we start the second climb up to the Col du Soulor 1474m, this is the last summit before a superb descent to our hotel in Agos-Vidalos. *Standard Hotel*
Today we ride the mighty Hors category Col du Tourmalet followed by the first category Col d'Aspin.
Today we take on the Col du Tourmalet, one of the most legendary climbs in the Pyrenees, at 2115m of altitude and climbed 52 times by the TDF since 1947 making it the most climbed col of the Tour de France. the Col du Tourmalet is a Hors Category pass, it is 18km long with an average gradient of 8% with some sections at 10%. From the summit there is a nice twisty descent to Saint Marie de Campan. Straight after the descent the second challenge of the day starts with the climb of Col d'Aspin, a first category climb with 12km of ascent from Saint Marie de Campan at 5,2% average gradient. *Standard Hotel*
Cycle over the Col de Peyresourde, Col des Ares and the Col de Portet d'Aspet.
Three passes are waiting for us today. First up is the Col de Peyresourde, a first category climb with 20km of ascent at 4.5% average gradient with sections at 8%. Then we ride down to the Bagnères-de-Luchon valley where the Tour de France stops regularly. Here we ride over the Col des Ares to join the Col de Portet d'Aspet, a third category pass (4.3 km at 9.7%) that has been ridden 30 times since 1947 by the Tour de France. * Standard Hotel*
Ride the Col du Port with amazing views over the Ariege Valley before climbing the Col de Chioula.
From St Girons, we will cycle towards the Col de Port another classic of the Tour de France, starting the climb from Massat the ascent is constant and doesn't go over 6%. We then descend to Bompas where we join the "route des corniches", a road that overlooks the Ariège valley with great views. We will then climb the Col de Chioula up to 1431m of altitude. From the summit we will descend towards Ax les Thermes where we spend the night. *Standard Hotel*
We follow the river that flows through the Gorges de l'Aude all the way to the Mediterranean sea at St Cyprien.
Today is the last day of cycling, which means at the end of the ride we can jump into the Mediterranean Sea! Leaving the mountains we follow the rivers that come from the high peaks to join the sea; carving among the rocks we follow the fabulous gorges de l'Aude. Passing beautiful views over the Corbières vineyards we make our way towards the end of the route in St Cyprian by the sea. Here we will have time to celebrate the week's achievements with a swim in the med and some well-earned drinks. *Standard Hotel*
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I was lucky enough to find a fairly fresh example of Found Footage last night from directors David McCracken and Joel Townsend.
At first it seemed nothing more than yet another demonic possession rise, but as the film progressed it got more and more memorable…
A Worthwhile Build
I have to be honest here – at first I was not really that impressed! I thought I was in for another 90 minutes of exorcisms and poorly acted priest scenes.
The film seemed to be yet another take on a possessed kid and it wasn't really THAT interesting.
But the more the story unfolded the more I got caught up in the build – I knew something was coming and I wanted to find out what it was…
The Plot
Daylight begins with a rather unbelievable character introducing a documentary on a group of horrific murders and disappearances ( we've been here before right? ).
Two camcorder tapes were found near the scene of the tragedy that offer us an insight into what actually happened to the victims. The remainder of the documentary is made up of the clips found on these two tapes.
It turns out that the main tape was filmed by a group of CPS workers who are following up on a child abuse case. This doomed group are in the process of interviewing local teenagers in a bid to find out what is really going on in the area.
A young girl named Sydney Irons seems to be the center of the group's attention due to a suspicious priest's fascination with her.
Sydney keeps on displaying strange bruises and scratches that miraculously disappear within hours of showing up. Is Father Patrick Andersen to blame for these signs of abuse or is something more sinister at work here?
Demonic Possession Rise
This film could very easily of fallen by the wayside due to the overused subject matter it was based upon. Instead it evolved at a decent pace and became more and more complex by the minute.
Just when I thought I was in for a 'typical' Found Footage climax I was confronted with a unique and gripping final twenty minutes.
There was something a little more believable about this horror offering – something a little darker and slick.
There's no getting away from the fact that this was a relatively low budget indie horror but it didn't seem to effect the overall experience of the film.
The writers, David McCracken and Joel Townsend also star in lead roles and they don't really look out of place in the film. They are backed up by a good performance from Jennifer Bacon and the three characters seem to fit well together.
My only complaint on the film is the casting of Father Patrick Andersen – I don't know the name of the actor who played him but I'm pretty sure he won't be heading to the Oscars ceremony any time soon!
There was no real need for special effects during the first hour of the film but when they were finally called upon they were very impressive.
The story twist and turned until it reached a truly thrilling climax that I won't forget in a hurry. It's nice to see Found Footage directors trying something unique for a change.
Wasn't sure about it at first but it certainly turned out to be worthwhile – a must see for Found Footage fanatics!


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Heal oil in two sauté pans until just smoking. Season Chilean sea bass, dredge in flour, pat off excess and add Chilean sea bass to each pan. Cook Chilean sea bass on each side until golden brown. Divide leeks into pans and add a pinch of salt.
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By the 1960s, Asian-Americans were already being portrayed as a U.S. "model minority" ― a group whose diligent work, personal responsibility and success proved that the American dream was attainable to all. It turns out, the label didn't tell the full story.
As a new exhibition at the Los Angeles Chinese American Museum argues, young Asian Americans of the time were busy writing their own narrative and protesting just like their Black and Chicano counterparts. Through protest and art, they denounced the Vietnam War and refused to be pigeonholed as model minorities who could easily overcome systemic barriers.
"Beginning in the late 1960s, Asian-Americans nationwide were building social service institutions and feminist collectives, marching against the war, critiquing and sometimes even trying to overthrow the U.S. government," said Ryan Wong, one of the curators of the exhibition "Roots: Asian American Movements in Los Angeles 1968–80s."
According to Wong, it's no coincidence that the term "model minority" was being coined around the same time the Asian-American movement was radicalizing a generation of young people. Groups of Asians protesting for their rights wasn't the story most media outlets or social theorists wanted to acknowledge.
"The 'model minority' idea was used as a weapon against the social movements of the civil rights era, suggesting that activism wasn't necessary if a group could only 'work harder,'" he said.
The Asian-American movement chronicled in the exhibition shatters that myth, he added.


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The heavily perpetuated myth is that women lack the upper body strength to pull themselves over a bar—that pull-ups are a feat of strength available only to those who possess testosterone in droves, namely men.
Chances are you've heard some variation of this myth at some point in your life, and it's possible that it's even deterred you from the pursuit of pull-ups.
Many women won't even attempt to get pull-ups, simply because we've been told we're not strong enough, so why bother? In fact, I've worked with several women who say they want to do a pull-up, but are too intimidated to try because we've been led to believe that it's too hard and too far out of our reach.
Can we go ahead and collectively call bullshit on this?
The idea that pull-ups are only available to men is a cultural limitation that seeks to keep us small. It's just one more way that societal norms and boundaries limit our progress and steal from our power.
This societal belief is simply a construct that keeps a myriad women from experiencing the immense self sufficiency and deep fulfillment that come from pulling ourselves up over that bar.
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Investigators from the University of Colorado Cancer Center (CO, USA) have discovered that alterations in the expression of the genes PIK3R3 and PTEN, usually found in adult tumors, are also found in Ewing sarcoma, a rare bone cancer found most commonly in young adults.
PTEN is a tumor suppressor gene that regulates a cell growth and survival pathway. Loss of PTEN can promote growth and survival of cells and thus this genetic alteration has been implicated in several cancers. In Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer caused by the fusion of a gene on chromosome 11 with one on chromosome 22, very few alterations in oncogenes and tumor suppressors have previously been identified.
"Since this cancer is rare, there hasn't been much financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs to treat it. Identification of alterations common to adult tumors, in our case upregulation of PIK3R3 and loss of PTEN, could potentially allow us to adapt therapeutic strategies for adult cancers to treat Ewing Sarcoma," commented Paul Jedlicka (University of Colorado Cancer Center).
Jedlicka's team was originally investigating targets of miRNAs in Ewing Sarcoma until a graduate student realized that some cells had lost PTEN expression completely, and that most cell lines were also displaying varying expression levels of PIK3R3. The researchers then obtained real patient tumor sample and were able to confirm that these cells had a loss of PTEN.
"Another surprise was that when we tested the PTEN-positive and PTEN-negative cells against chemotherapies that are commonly used in Ewing sarcoma, we found cells that had lost PTEN were more resistant to vincristine," Jedlicka continued. More studies will be required to look into this further, but using PTEN expression status as a biomarker could be an excellent tool for predicting vincristine response in Ewing sarcoma.
The other gene that was investigated in the studies was PIK3R3, which acts as a tumor promoter. This could be a therapeutic target in Ewing sarcomas that have elevated levels, to prevent excess growth. There are currently no drugs that can target this gene, but it has also been found to be present in some ovarian and colorectal cancers, as well as glioblastoma.
"Maybe if some pharma company develops a PIK3R3 drug for ovarian cancer or glioblastoma, it could be worth exploring its efficacy in Ewing's as well," Jedlicka suggested.
Source: Niemeyer BF, Parrish JK, Spoelstra NS, Joyal T, Richer JK, Jedlicka P. Variable expression of PIK3R3 and PTEN in Ewing sarcoma impacts oncogenic phenotypes. PLoS One 10(1), e0116895 (2015); University of Colorado Cancer Center press release
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The Platypod Pro Deluxe Kit Camera Support allows you to support a tripod head, camera, and lens weighing up to 90 lb on both horizontal and vertical surfaces. Three included rubber-tipped stainless steel spikes can be adjusted to level the base on uneven surfaces, and four unthreaded holes can accommodate zip ties to attach the base to a support like a pipe or railing. The base can also act as a light support by attaching the included spigot for mounting an umbrella adapter.
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Hot Toys Unveils the Star Wars: Episode IV Luke Skywalker Sixth Scale FigureJune 2, 2015
Recently shown and set for release next year is Hot Toys all-new Star Wars: Episode IV Luke Skywalker Sixth Scale Figure. With Hot Toys already set to deliver sixth scale versions of key characters from A New Hope like , , and , it was only a matter of time before the company's portrayal of the fresh-faced Jedi-to-be joined the impressive line-up of collectibles inspired by the monumental sci-fi epic.
As an addition to Hot Toys fan-favorite Movie Masterpiece Series, the 11-inch, Episode IV Luke Skywalker Figure comes packing an impressive complement of authentic features and accessories. Along with a portrait that bears the faithful likeness of actor, Mark Hamill, the figure boasts over 30 points of articulation, 8 interchangeable hands, and comes decked out in the young moisture farmer's familiar Tatooine garb. Other trappings include an LED-lit lightsaber and hilt, poncho, rifle, binoculars, goggles, training helmet, remote, droid caller, and figure stand. A special edition version of the Luke Skywalker figure that adds a white Stormtrooper belt, grappling hook, communicator, and blaster rifle will also be available.
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An Orlando, FL-based company, doing business as Advanced Consumer Services (ACS), caught up in the Federal Trade Commission's 2000 "Operation Protection Deception" law enforcement sweep will pay approximately $700,000 to settle charges that they made misrepresentations when telemarketing worthless credit card protection packages to consumers.
The payment is the largest redress settlement to date obtained by the Commission in a credit card protection fraud case. In addition, the company' s principals Anthony and Tracy Andrews will be permanently banned from selling credit card protection or any credit-related goods or services.
According to the FTC, ACS used telemarketers to contact consumers, falsely claiming they were calling on behalf of the consumers' credit card issuers or a government agency. They would then claim criminals were using the Internet to steal consumers' credit card numbers, and consumers would be held fully liable for any unsubstantiated charges made by such online thieves. The defendants claimed consumers would be covered in case of such theft if they purchased the defendants' credit card protection. They offered the protection on an unconditional basis, with an unconditional money-back guarantee. In truth, all of these claims were misrepresentations, the FTC stated.
Additionally, the Commission charged, ACS occasionally obtained the consumers' credit card numbers and charged them for the protection package whether they wanted it or not. Under federal law, consumers are covered for all but $50 of any unauthorized charges made to a credit card account and $500 for unauthorized debits to a debit card account.
The stipulated judgment and order for permanent injunction announced April 24, 2002, were reached with the individual defendants and corporate defendants TNT Talks Inc. and Least Cost Utilities Inc., all of which were doing business as Advanced Consumer Services.
Through the order, which requires approval of the federal district court, the individual and corporate defendants have settled allegations their actions violated the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR).
Under the terms of the stipulated final order, the defendants will be required to post a $300,000 performance bond before conducting any telemarketing activities. This bond requirement is designed to ensure that consumers are protected from misleading practices if the defendants decide to telemarket any other products or services in the future.
Next, the order contains terms specifically designed to stop the defendants from making similar misrepresentations or violating the law in the future. The order also contains language prohibiting the defendants from misrepresenting any fact material to a consumer's purchasing decision, and from violating the TSR.
Further, the order provides that the defendants will pay consumer redress totaling approximately $700,000, including more than $630,000 in currently frozen assets and between $60,000 and $80,000 from the sale of a condominium in Orlando, Florida. The order also contains a $2 million suspended judgment against the defendants, which would be due if they are found to have misrepresented their financial condition.
Finally, the order lifts the freeze on the individuals' and the company's assets, prohibits them from transferring their customer lists and contains standard monitoring, compliance and record-keeping provisions.
The Central Florida Better Business Bureau and the Florida Attorney General's Office assisted the FTC in the investigation and resolution of this matter.


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Tomorrow sees the start of an amazing nine days in the capital if you are a foodie fan like we are. For starters we have the Edinburgh Christmas Foodies Festival , running on the 25th, 26th and 27th of November at the EICC.
This festive season the Chefs Theatre boasts a stellar line up, including Masterchef 2016 Winner Jane Devonshire, who'll be cooking up her favourite family Christmas recipes for the audience in our Chef's Theatre. Plus, Great British Menu star Michael Bremner will prepare his beautifully executed mackerel dish, 'A Message to the Lode Star', which earned him an unequivocal 10/10 on the show and left veteran judge and two Michelin-starred chef Daniel Clifford in tears.
Acclaimed chefs sharing their top tips for a delicious festive feast include:
Michael Bremner - Scottish Regional Champion Great British Menu 2016
Jane Devonshire - MasterChef Winner 2016
Marcello Tully – Michelin-starred Chef at Kinloch Lodge in Skye
Gordon Craig - Taisteal
Brian Grigor – Michelin-starred Chef at Number One at The Balmoral
Jamie Scott – MasterChef: The Professionals Winner & The Newport
Adam Newth - Scottish Young Chef of the Year Winner & The Tayberry
Mark Greenaway - Restaurant Mark Greenaway
Stuart Ralston - Aizle
Jack Layer – MasterChef Finalist 2016
Neil Forbes - Cafe Marlayne
Three Sisters Bake - Authors, Bakers & Chefs
Paul Wedgwood - Wedgwood Restaurant
Fraser Allen – The Pompadour by Galvin
In the Cake & Bake Theatre, Burlesque Baker Charlotte White will create a modern showstopper of a Contemporary Christmas Cake in just 30 minutes (with not a plastic Santa in sight!), while master chocolatier Fiona Sciolti showcases a new selection of chocolate desserts and treats, as well as introducing her newest seasonal delights including Churros with delicious festive toppings.
In the Drinks Theatre, Champagne expert Neil Philips and wine experts Charles Metcalfe and Brian Elliot introduce their favourite tipples for Christmas, while Melissa Cole gives guided craft beer tastings. There's also gin, whisky and Christmas Cocktail masterclasses on offer, so there's a workshop to suit every taste!
To get in the festive spirit, visitors can also attend one of the brand new series of 12 Christmas Top Tip practical masterclasses which cover a range of activities, from learning the perfect way to curate a festive cheeseboard, to whipping up a Christmas spiced ice cream, and mastering the best techniques for curing salmon.
An Artisan Christmas Market introduces top producers selling a whole host of locally made delights, including cheeses, chutneys, oils, Christmas hampers and gifts, while the Pudding Hall offers up artisan macaroons, cupcakes and sweet seasonal treats.
To keep you satisfied while you explore, there will be range of international and award-winning Street Food stalls showcasing tasty snacks including calamari, steamed pork buns, macaroni cheese and Creole delights.
For younger foodies, the Elves Cookery School offers tutorials in Gingerbread man baking and Christmas Cookie decorating to keep everyone entertained.
The party spirit will be kept up all day long with vintage-style singers and Christmas Carollers providing entertainment on the Live Music Stage. Plus, to add to the fun, daring visitors can take part in daily events like the Chilli Eating Competition and test their sweet tooth with the Mince Pie Eating Contest, as well as team up to compete in the Christmas Quiz and Charades Relays.
So what to do after a busy day going around the festival? Well head down the Grassmarket and enjoy the Greater Grassmarket's Food and Drink Week, of course!
The Greater Grassmarket Business Improvement District (BID) is launching its first Food and Drink Week from Friday 25th November – Saturday 3rd December to showcase the diverse range of food and drink options available in the Grassmarket.
There will be a range of dining offers for visitors and events taking place throughout the week for all the family. Restaurant offers include two-for-one on starters or desserts from El Toro Loco, Mamma's Pizza and O'Oliviero, free dessert from Pizza Express, a special lunch and kid's dining deal from Vittoria Restaurant, 10% off Petit Paris and express lunch for £9 at Tony Singh's Restaurant in Apex Hotel.
Café deals include a free coffee with a roll or cake from Graze, Café Piccolo, Scooby Doo's and Café Jacques. Visitors can also enjoy offers from local bars including free live music and drink deals at George IV Bar, a 'dram and scram' deal from the Wee Pub and haggis meal with dram of the month from The White Hart Inn.
There will also be a range of family-friendly, children and adult events taking place throughout Food and Drink Week including a tequila tasting and Mezcal masterclass at Mariachi, a children's pizza making class at Mamma's Pizza, pie and cheese tasting event at Auld Jock's Pie Shoppe and Mellis Cheese, and a whisky tasting event at The Whisky Shop.
So make a day of it this weekend and enjoy the great Foodie festival and then go and sample the delights of the Grassmarket, or one evening next week remind yourself just how awesome the Grassamrket is!
Tickets are on sale now at foodiesfestival.com or by calling 0844 995 1111
All children aged 12 and under go free to all Foodies Festivals when accompanied by an adult.
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Friday Nov 25th, 5pm - 9pm
Saturday Nov 26th, 10am - 6pm
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Wednesday-Saturday, April 22-25
American Quilters Society Quilt Week
Wed.-Fri. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Paducah Expo Center, 414 Park Street, Paducah, Ky.
The Quilt Show is one of the premier events in the Midwest. Each Spring, nearly 35,000 quilts, both domestic and international, will be on display. In addition to the exhibits of the most exquisite quilts being created today, AQS hosts a variety of special events, a vendor mall with nearly 400 vendor booths and a series of workshops and lectures.
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This research work was designed to examine Teachers Qualification and Students Achievement in Social Studies in Secondary Schools in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Four research questions were posed to guide the study. The researcher adopted a descriptive survey research design in carrying out this study. The population of the study comprised of 2,793 teachers and students in the seventeen (17) junior secondary schools in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The sample consists of 300 respondents. A purposive random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. A researcher test of objectives base on Junior examination questions was used as an instrument for data collection. Statistical mean (X) and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected. Findings among other things revealed that; Female students performed better than male students taught Social Studies, students taught with bachelor degree in education teachers performed better than those taught with NCE holders, Students majored in Social Studies performed better than those students who did not majored in Social Studies and Urban Social Studies Students performed better then rural Social Studies students.From the findings the reader recommended that; Teachers should academically motivate the male students in order to improve their performance on Social Studies, Teachers with NCE should strive to improve their knowledge in Social Studies by acquiring additional qualification through in-service training or part-time or sandwich degree programme in the Universities around their place of working and Students that is not majored in Social studies should endeavour to proceed on Social Studies classes to enhance their academic performance at Junior Secondary Schools level. Finally, suggestions for further studies were made.
Background to the Study
The mastery of a subject is determined by the performance of the students in such a subject at a prescribed examination. Any interactive activity between a teacher and the students is expected to produce learning outcomes in the learners. When such an activity failed to produce a change in behaviour (learning) in the learners, then, there is a problem. The performance of students in Social Studies generally is a major concern toSocial Studies professional teachers.
Aghyeneku in Sakiyo and Sofeme (2008) noted that students' performance in Social Studies is low in both national and state examinations. A number of reasons has been identified to be accountable for the poor performance of students in Social Studies. For instance, Ahiakwo (2013) attributed it to curriculum overloaded, poor teachers' qualifications, methods of teaching, parents, government and lack of facilities employ in teaching Social Studies Survey study carried out by Ajayi(2007) revealed that inadequacy of good instructional materials, equipment and laboratory facilities in the schools also affect negatively the effective learning of Social Studies.
Notwithstanding, the aspect inadequate facilities instructional materials,students' poor performance in Social Studies globally is basically due to lack of involvement of students in the teaching learning activities right from the beginning of any new concept to be taught. Most teachers who involved isolate students from teaching learning activities are as a result inexperience nature of the teachers.
Ntasiobi, Ogba and Iheanyi (2014) opine that lack of qualified teachers as well as in experiences in teaching and unavailability of materials in the teaching Social Studies causes a lot of students poor performance in the examination, the above statement was recommended. The impact of the teachers in the performance of the students is vehemently clear in educational sector. The teachers are the facilitators who are to impact into the students the concepts expected to be learnt.
However, Nwagbo (2008) were of the opinion that ignorant of the teachers or neglect of activity- oriented methods by the teachers grossly contribute to students' low performance in Social Studies. Preston in Dania (2012), noted that Social Studies are those portions of the Social Sciences that are selected for use in teaching. Michaelis in Dania (2012), writing on the concept of Social Studies, stated that it embraces materials which are related to human relationships drawn from history, geography, political science, economics, anthropology, sociology, science and the arts. Children build competence in basic social processes and skills essential in democratic living.
To this end, Ololobous (2009) posited that Social Studies is anchored on effective citizenry of an organized, integrated study of man and his environment, both physical and social, emphasizing cognition, functional skills and desirable attitudes and actions. The desirable attitudes needed through the discipline came into manifestation through the qualified teacher and availability of instructional materials needed for effective teaching and learning, (Ololobous, 2009).
The teacher is the major manpower saddled with the responsibility of impacting the concepts considered fundamental to behaviour modification through the teaching of these basic concepts in secondary school. This is why Adeniyi (2008) noted that a country's manpower development depends on the quantity of her well-qualified teachers. As stipulated in the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2004), Social Studies teaching at the secondary school is meant to develop essential socialization skills in the learners so as to prepare them for good moral standard in order to stimulate and enhance societal spirit in them.
This laudable objective will not be realized when the students are taught by unqualified teachers. Such teachers will not be able to properly and adequately disseminate the concepts to the students. Social Studies, being one of the pivotal subjects in Nigeria school curriculum, its classroom interaction must be handle with all seriousness by effective and qualified teachers, its effective teaching must be handled with all seriousness.
The competence of the Social Studies teachers in this regards would be of immeasurable value. One thing is to be well grounded in the conceptual understanding of a subject; another thing is to be well acquitted with the best method to pass the concepts across to the learners for proper comprehension. A qualified teacher would be desirable in this regard. The issue of qualification in teaching has been on course for quite some decades ago.
Scholars argued to the necessity of skilled teachers for effective learning. Ngada in Fajonyomi (2007) emphasized that the success or failure of any educational programme rests majorly on the adequate availability of qualified (professional), competent and dedicated teachers. Seweje and Jegede (2005) noted that the ability of a teacher to teach is not derived only from one's academic background but it is based upon outstanding the pedagogical skill acquired.
The realization of the national growth and unity as highlighted in the Nigeria national policy on education among others hinges largely on the quality of the Social Studies teachers, (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2008). This view is supported by Nkwodimah's (2003) asserted that the teacher's quality will inevitably be seen in the citizens tomorrow. Okebukola in Ngada (2008), while remarking on teachers' quality, observed that over 80% of respondents in a survey research are of the view that teachers are carriers of weaknesses.
These weaknesses include, among others, inadequate exposure to teaching practice, poor classroom management and control, shallow subject-matter and lack of professionalism. From Ajayi's (2009:21) point of view, the professional qualities of a teacher have to do with the following:
- Mastery of the subject matter
- Sense of organization
- Ability to clarify ideas
- Ability to motivate students
- Good imagination
- Ability to involve the students in meaningful activities throughout the period of teaching.
The availability of qualified teachers in our schools is low (Ngada, 2008). The reasons may not be farfetched. Teaching is seen as a dumping ground for any unemployed school leavers, irrespective of their area of specialization. This group of able bodied young men and women thus handle the job as a bye-pass venture to their desired ends. Consequently, their input on the job would be very low since it lacks the dedication demanded by the job.
The few ones that seem to show little dedication lack the technical knowhow of teaching since they were never trained on the job. The resultant effect on the students' performance is catastrophic. Consequence upon, this is unintelligent students who often perform poorly in their examinations despite students poor performance sex difference in the aspect of teachers count in students academic investment, (Chukwu 2009).
There had been divergent views and reports as to the comparative ability of male and female in human endeavours, especially in education. Ogbonnaya and Okunamiri (2008) revealed that female principals are more effective than their male counterparts in the management of instructional programmes, staff personnel administration, students personnel administration, management of finance and management of physical resources while the male principals are better in school-community relationships.
Fauth (2000) also noted that women have been found to be more concerned than men about the academic achievement of students and participate more in professional growth activities. Adedayo (2006) however observed that regardless of gender, school type, male students did better than female students in Social Studies subject.Despite all the effects devoted to the problem of poor academic performance, their has been little success. This study is therefore aimed at looking into Teachers qualification and students achievement in Social Studies in Secondary Schools in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
Statement of the Problem
Social Studies is one of the major subjects meant to provide the basic concepts needed to enhance the development of economy in the country. Research reports (Adedayo 2008) revealed that the performance of students in Social Studies is very appalling, hence, calls for attention. The consequence of this might result from unqualified teachers handling this subject in the secondary schools.This process of teaching and learning brings the individual in contact with educational process.
In 2007, the performance of student in Social Studies have left much to be desired. Efforts so far made at improving this seemingly bad situation will not seen to be providing the desired result. It would appear from past efforts that the problems have not been either correctly diagnosed, or solution provided have been adequate enough to ameliorate the situation. In the light of the above it is obvious that the teachers and students themselves, who in the past studied separately, would provide the needed solution. The problem that arises from this situation is a decline in the numbers of students enrolling in Social Studies at the secondary school level. This definitely has a negative overall effect on the economy. Now that the country needs to be self sufficient the youth must be encouraged to study Social Studies.
Purpose of the Study
The main purpose of the study was investigated into teachers qualification and students achievement in Social Studies in Secondary Schools in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Specifically: the study sought to:
- Find out the difference mean performance of male and female secondary school students in Social Studies in Onicha Local Government Area.
- Ascertain the difference between mean performances of students taught by the teachers holding Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and Bachelor of Science Education B.Sc Ed in Social Studies.
- Determine the difference between the mean performance of students teachers who majored in Social Studies and none-Social Studies majored.
- Find out if there any difference between the students mean performance in Social Studies based on location.
Significance of the Study
This study would be of immense benefit to the Government, teachers as well as students.
Government is likely, to benefits immensely from his study since the recommendations made in the later part of study would highlight the areas that need to be given more attention in the teaching and learning of Social Studies in junior secondary schools. And when the situation highlighted is tackle academic performance of students will vehemently encouraged.
The result of the research work would undoubtedly enable the Social Studies teachers to improve his teaching method and effective use of teaching aids. As this will enable the students to show more interest in the subject.
This study will help to throw more light on the students poor academic performance in Social Studies so as to be appraise the problems and prospects of the study is significant because Social Studies is the basic antidote for interaction between man and his environment. It is the researcher sincere hope and wish that this little contribution will be of immense benefits to the motivate their interest towards the study of the subject in schools.
Scope of the Study
The study focus mainly on teachers qualification and students achievement in Social Studies. Content covered: teachers' qualification, students' academic achievement and theories. The study will be carryout in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, only junior secondary school teachers and students will be use for the study.
Research Questions
The following research questions were raised to assist the study:
- What is the difference in the mean performance of male and female secondary school students in Social Studies in Onicha Local Government Area?
- What is the difference in the mean performances of students taught by the teachers holding Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and Bachelor of Science Education B.Sc Ed in Social Studies?
- What is the difference in the mean performance of students teachers who majored in Social Studies and none-Social Studies majored?
4. What is the difference in the students difference students mean performance in Social Studies based on locations?
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In the past 20 years, Cathedral City has experienced unparalleled growth. The multiplicities of homes that are now known as Cathedral City dot the landscape across the once barren desert. Housing choices and styles continue to expand as new developments proliferate in the north section of the city. In-fill building is enhancing the character of the city's long established mid-sector, while extensive re-development is making the Cove area a sought-after address.
Cathedral City is a city on the move. There is an eclectic mix of country club estates in gated developments, single-family homes, condominiums and mobile home communities. In a relatively short time, it has evolved from a quiet bedroom community to a progressive, family-oriented urban center, now the 2nd largest in the Coachella Valley.