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Free and Fun Elementary Reading Websites for Kids
10 Outstanding Reading Websites for Elementary Readers
Children become fluent in reading with practice, practice, practice. I've used these free, engaging reading games to hold their attention and keep them motivated. They are among the best methods for turning the hard work of learning to read into play.
These 10 excellent sites for preK and elementary children are backed by a tremendous amount of research into how kids learn to read and how they become fluent readers.
Between the Lions
for K-3rd grade
PBS Kids hosts some terrific educational material for children and their Between the Lions reading games and interactives are among the best. There are read-along folktales and fables with a twist, clever song videos of letter sounds, and amusing games.
Another invaluable resource here is the Between the Lions Curriculum Guide. It shows teachers and homeschooling parents how they can incorporate the games and interactives into their reading lessons. And it provides an excellent background on the basic building blocks of reading skills using phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension.
(My teenage daughter has fond memories of Between the Lions and I had to tear her away from this website so I could finish this review!)
Starfall Learn to Read with Phonics
reading games for preK to 2nd grade children
Starfall Education has created an engaging group of games and activities that range from the ABCs to fables. The stories and poems can be read by the narrator, the child, or by your child with assistance. Your child can read it and click on a word they need help with.
Reading material includes simple sentences, short stories, poems, plays, fiction, nonfiction, comics, folk tales, Greek myths, Chinese fables. The phonics section includes videos to illustrate letter sounds and patterns
Literacy Games from BBC Schools
for 1st-3rd grade children
BBC Schools Literacy Games has a wealth of games and interactives for beginning readers. Because the site is based in the UK, pronunciations and a few of the spelling and vocabulary words will not be as familiar to American children. Also, videos on this site are only available to UK users. Nevertheless, BBC Schools educational games are favorites among most of the American students I've taught. Below are links to some of the most useful reading activities for Americans.
KS1 Bitesize Literacy Games, for children ages 7-9, has games for phonics, rhyming words, alphabetical order, spelling, pronouns, conjunctions, synonyms, punctuation and sentence construction. Kids choose from among medium, hard and really hard games. A printable worksheet accompanies each activity.
KS2 Bitesize Literacy Games, for children ages 7-11, has games for deductive reasoning, using dictionaries, finding information, and poetry.
Starship English, for children ages 7-9, lets kids build a story and play with syllables, homonyms, punctuation, describing words, verb tenses and synonyms.
Strivney Teach Your Child to Read
for K-1st grade and ELL/ESL students
Strivney Teach Your Child to Read is a series of phonics lessons that begin with letter sounds and combinations and include essential English vocabulary words. Basic grammar lessons accompany them.
An excellent feature allows you to monitor your child's progress and performance as she continues through each lesson. As of this writing, Strivney has more than 1000 activities, interactives and animated learning games for beginning readers.
Deborah Delin, a British teacher with more than 20 years of experience in the UK and Israel, started the Strivney program.
Free registration is required.
Storyline Online
for K-3rd grade students
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation has a wonderful story read along website, Storyline Online. Well-known SAG actors of all ages read 24 popular children's picture books. The narration is accompanied by illustrations from the book. Some of the stories use storybook cutout animation.
Each book has accompanying lesson plan ideas and activities. My kids love to hear the actors read the stories, as they're very expressive. I've heard many of them copy the tone and pitch of the readers when the children read the books aloud themselves.
ReadWriteThink Student Interactives
for K-2nd grade kids
ReadWriteThink Student Interactives, from the International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers of English, are jam-packed with lessons and interactive games for students of all ages learning reading and writing skills. For children learning to read English, they have six interactive games listed below. Each student interactive is accompanied by lesson plans for use in the classroom or by homeschoolers.
ABC Match - Match initial letters and letter sounds with pictures.
Construct-a-Word - Kids choose a word ending, then add beginning letters and letter blends to create a word bank.
Picture Match - Match a picture to a beginning-letter or short- or long-vowel sounds.
What's in the Bag? - Develop vocabulary skills by listening to descriptive words to identify objects.
Word Family Sort - Helps beginning and struggling readers recognize word patterns using onset and rime.
Word Wizards - Helps kids develop reading comprehension and spelling skills, using clues and scrambled letters from popular children's books.
PBS Reading Games
for kids in preK-3rd grade
PBS Kids has more than 60 Reading Games, connected to characters from their television series such as Sesame Street, Clifford, Martha Speaks, and Cailou. When your child successfully completes them, many of the games provide instant rewards, such as video clips or more fun games.
Make a book with Elmo by choosing characters and decorating the pages. Then Elmo reads a story designed by your child to your child. The completed story in printable. Play Rhyme Time Bingo with Wonder Red. Print the completed picture or choose from other instant prizes. Learn vocabulary by helping Martha add captions to her scrapbook pictures. When you correctly caption all the pictures, you get to watch a brief video clip from Martha Speaks.
The PBS characters are captivating and much loved by generations of kids, so their games easily hold the interest of young children as they learn basic reading and math skills.
Game Goo
for K-2nd grade kids
Game Goo's reading games are hosted by Houghton Mifflin Company, a major publisher of literacy textbooks for children. The games increase in difficulty as you go up the grid, but all the games are designed for reading readiness and beginning readers.
Your children play games to develop skills in letter-sound correspondence, recognition, alphabetic order, recognizing fact vs. fantasy, sentence word order, poetry and spelling.
The Fearless Frieda games are particular favorites among the children I've taught. She performs tricks on the skating ramp, but takes a fall when your child makes a mistake.
preK-1st grade children
In WordWorld, words morph into the objects they name. That creates a powerful connection between the letters and the words they represent. Children are captivated by the vibrant colors and graphics, and it's an excellent vocabulary building site for beginning readers.
All of the words your child acquires in a game are added to their Word Space. Kids can use their collection of words to create pictures to print or send to friends and family.
for K-2nd grade children
MeeGenius has a collection of eight free read-along classic children's books. A good electronic read-along book for beginning readers has attention-grabbing illustrations that mimic the story line, and it highlights the words being read as they are spoken to make it easier for the child to follow along. MeeGenius! succeeds on both counts.
Even better, when you register (for free), your child has additional options to customize the book. You can save your custom creations on your website "bookshelf" so that you can read them again.
MeeGenius! Kids Books are now available with the eight classic books free as an iTunes app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Additional books, such as Jack and the Beanstalk, are available for about $2.
Reading Help for Parents from Reading Rockets
I love this interactive Kindle version of one of my students' all-time favorite stories.
All the Dr. Seuss stories are excellent because of their rhyming and sound repetition. Kids that master these kinds of sounds are well on their way to becoming excellent readers.
Using this interactive version, kids can read alone, read along, and touch words to learn new vocabulary.
Although it's not free, for just a few bucks, this version of The Cat in the Hat adds a whole new dimension for beginning readers.
More Reading Resources from Parents
Literacy Resources For Parents | Reading Rockets
Offers effective teaching strategies, activities, lessons, lesson plans, worksheets, exercises, skills, tests, assessments for reading comprehension, language arts, literacy, fluency, phonics and phonemic awareness for children, especially those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.
Project Gutenberg - free ebooks
Project Gutenberg has 36,000 free ebooks for Kindle, Android, iPad, iPhone.
Reading Games To Motivate Your Child
Motivate your child through play. Find some great ideas for Reading Games which both you and your child will enjoy.
Free children's ebooks for ages 3-11 | Oxford Owl
Discover a range of children's ebooks and activities online in the Oxford Owl Library. Books include Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy, plus Project X and Winnie the Witch.
Professor Garfield Toon Book Reader
More than 10 free online ebooks for beginning readers, with read-along audio option in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese.
What elementary reading activities do your kids play?
im from philippines ..needed this for my kid..eureka!
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Lots of help for my classes
I love this website it helps kids learn
Such interesting stuff here on your pages! I simply love between the lions, sure makes great fun reading for a child. A kid usually gets to learn more when there is fun involved in the lessons. Thanks for the lovely ideas. educationalplay.info
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I love this website. I look forward to putting you suggestions to good use!
Thanks for the very enjoyable and helpful lens. Anything we can do to get our kids to learn and have fun doing it has got to be good. Sue
That is a great list of websites, and definitely a good resource for parents wanting to teach their children to read or give their kids the resources to learn to read better. Thanks
Our kids love ReadingEggs. we were originially turned on to it by our daycare, but it has done wonders for their reading comprehension. It's definitely worth checking out if you haven't done so yet. You can get a free trial at kidslearntoread.net
I got my kids started early to readâ¦before they ever entered kindergarten. I canât overstate how much it helped their overall confidence level in all subjects. My boy started reading at age 3. As he entered first grade and they told me he was reading on the 5th grade level. Kids love reading when they can learn with no pressure.
Don't have any, but saw this for a friend. Sending her this link. Good collection of sites.
Very nice selection of reading sites for kids. I came here looking for help to teach my little on to read, and found it!
These sites are terrific, and will encourage participation from young 2nd language speakers. Thank you so much - I have sent this lens to Primary (elementary) teachers and heads of my acquaintance.
nice resource but i had to comment on the cute bookworm that called me over to this lens!
Like your "book worm" image.
I have introduced my children to Starfall. I am trying to get my older daughter to read more to improve her development. This lens is an excellent resource for parents like me.
My grandkids love Starfall. Great bunch of resources!
GameGoo looks like a fun site!
Love your lens, good and useful info. on the websites. check out my lens on how important it is to learn to read & enjoy reading in the early years of life. If not, you will have low performing schools in your school district.
Practice, practice, practice....and have fun, what a great approach for developing reading skills.
Looks like a good set of resources, and well annotated. SquidAngel blessings from the preschool and elementary neighborhood SquidAngel.


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Reviewed: 05-02-07
I enjoyed this very much. The interviews were good (although a few were poor audio quality). It is always easier to like a book when the general position is in agreement with your own. His observations on history are informative although not always the way I look at them. Durrant has a very materialistic (non-spiritual) prism he looks though, but the interesting thing is that it leads him to many of the same conclusions that a more spiritual person would draw. I think the most fascinating aspect is his obvious conversion from a socialistic perspective to a more devine perspective (although not necessarily supporting or believing in God, he supports man's needs for such a concept). A good listen - even the second time through.
Reviewed: 05-02-07
If your are looking for something thought provoking that will stir your mind and create new resolve, you can do a lot better with other books (Jim Rohn comes to mind). This book is short and is mostly rah rah cheerleading to try to get you motivated. He continuosly asks the audience to say things out loud or to the person sitting next to them - I suppose trying to create positive energy by verbalizing concepts. If you need a little push this book is fine. If you are looking for answers or insights this isn't going to do it.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 10-05-05
WIll leave a lasting impact
I had never read this book before, nor much of Dickens writings so I didn't know what to expect. The story line is a little hard to follow since the book is so verbose, and sometimes the long dialogs are very delicate and subtle, leaving me to wonder if I really understood what the author intended. I normally rewind 30 seconds to 1 minute to catch something I missed, but with this book you have to rewind about 5 minutes-worth to find the beginning of the thought, so I found that I just let it go and moved on.
The narrator is amazing and nearly acts out the parts. He has unique accents for each character. It was his accents that helped me keep the characters straight in my mind. 5 stars for the narrator.
The highlight of this book for me is that this is a literary work of art. Dickens is a master craftsman of the language. It is like sitting back listening to a symphony, bathing yourself in the rich full sound of the music. Even if you can't follow the melody, the sound still envelops you and carries you away.
The book certainly gets 5 stars, but for me, the audio format, even with a great narration, makes it hard to capture the full impact of this book. If you want the full impact, you should probably go with the print version.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 10-05-05
Not high on my list of history books
I had high hopes for this book. Grant was a major figure in US history. I listened to both part 1 and part 2 and it never developed into anything interesting. Both parts were just a travelogue of daily activity. The books were almost completely devoid of personal insight and reflection that would give me a deeper understanding of what made the man tick. There were several funny and interesting stories, but 90% of the book was about troop movements and small skirmishes. My opinion is that unless you are really into military history, you will find this book rather uneventful. Check out "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt" if you have not already read it - far more interesting and entertaining.
3 of 7 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 10-01-04
Required listening
This was a fantastic book and has become my favorite in its category. Ann Coulter wishes she could write a book this powerful. It is done in an even handed presentation of European positions that fanatically attack the USA unfairly. Like most books, I'm sure there are generalizations to help make certain points, but there are so many anti-US contradictions presented that you just have to shake your head at the ignorance and blindness of the European media and leadership. There is a lot of truth in this book that hits you right in the face. Quite entertaining, although the generous vocabulary used in a concise format makes the audible version hard to grasp at times. I found myself rewinding many times because the pace of the information was at times too rapid to savor some of the stinging truths.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 03-21-04
Challenged my way of thinking
This was a very interesting book. I'm kind of anti-news media, since they always seem to leave you with the impression that the world is a terrible place and that everything is getting worse. This book is filled with facts that make you realize that most things are much better than they have been at any previous time in world history. It was refreshing in that regard.
However, in the middle of the book he launches a tirade against SUV's and how wasteful and horrible they are. I was thinking, huh? Where did that come from? Most cars are more economical these days, why is he focusing on the exceptions now? It was just the beginning... He goes on to plug universal healthcare, ending poverty, class envy, and protecting the environment. All classic liberal causes. I could spend time picking apart the biased way he uses statistics to make some of his points, but I'll leave that to you.
It dawned on me that he was using our unprecedented prosperity to shame people into solving these problems. At the same time I was objecting to where he was going, I was also asking myself, is he wrong? Well, no, these problems need solving (ignoring the hysteria around the causes). The dangerous aspect of the book is that it does not address what method should be used to solve these problems. Many people will look to government to solve the issues, which I think the dangerous aspect of this book. He makes clear points for market economics and interfering with these principles would be detrimental. In my philosophy, charity is a principle of the heart, not a government program.
Overall this is a good read and will challenge both conservatives and liberals alike, not to mention those "glass half empty" folks.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 02-04-04
History that reads like a novel
After hearing the first few chapters, I realized I was in for more than I wanted. I thought the book would start back in ancient times and cover the big picture historically. I realized that this book was starting in the 1940's for the most part. 23.5 hours of modern history!? The first few days of listening on my commute, I kept thinking, who cares about all these details? The amount of detail is amazing, but who could remember all these names and places? After a few days, I realized how hooked I was. The narrator does a great job and gives you the feeling he was there watching it all happen. You'll get pulled into the story (although it is hard to keep track of all the names).
The book is very engrossing and I find myself wondering why the author would write such tragic outcomes. Where is the hero with guns blazing comming to save the day? I have to keep reminding myself that this was all real, not fiction.
This also seems very unbiased, as hard as that is to do. At times you think the author is on the side of the Jews, and then later it seems that he is pulling for the Arabs. The author presents both side as very human, with real emotions. You'll feel the loss of people on both sides, and wonder at the stupidity of both sides.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 10-06-03
Very enjoyable
This was a very informative and enjoyable book to listen to. Very well narrated. I didn't want it to end (lucky there is a part 2)! The perspective seems fairly balanced in presenting who he was. This is highly recommended for anyone intersted in American History or even U.S. natural history.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 08-23-03
Worth a listen
This was not easy to listen to. I found myself tuning out frequently and had to rewind many times to grasp what was being said. The writing style is a far cry from John Adams which really draws you in. I was very interested to find out more about Ben Franklin which made the book enjoyable. However if you don't have some true determination to lean about Benjamin, you'll find this book less than satisfying. The 3 stars are for the content and research. Writing style gets about 1 1/2 stars.
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In the quiet and exclusive district of Pedralbes, near international schools, you will find this peaceful luminous home with great terrace.
Welcomes us an entrance which clearly distributes the day and night areas ensuring the privacy and comfort of this home.
Orientated on south, the diurnal part is distributed in a wide and luminous lounge, with independent dining room, and with exit to a nice and agreeable terrace of some 34m2 with a view to the landscaped zone. Also we will find close to the dining room a room that nowadays is an office / library which could be easely converted in a bedroom with access from the night area.
On the other hand, also having service entrance, there is a practice kitchen-office which gives access to both laundry area and the service room with bathroom.
The zone by night is composed by two suites (one with dressing room) and one bed rooms with built-in wardrobes.
A community garden area, two parking places and one storage room complete this wonderful property. There is also a Concierge service weekends included.
We have here a proposal which should need some renovations, but is ideal to decorate your way. This property is great for families who seek comfort and functionality in a great neighborhood.
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Dipping again into my 'Speciality Giftset' from the kind people at Monty's I today sampled their "Spice it up" bar. The back of the cardboard box wrapped told me that this was infact the most popular of the 'speciality bar range'..and also that 'this was the bar NASA wanted to take to the moon instead of Buzz Aldrin'.....right :S .... lets just taste it shall we!?
Again in a 45g serving, the bar encorporated 'organic dark chocolate & dragon ginger'. The 'dragon ginger' refers to the origin which you may be able to guess - of course China. As with most of the Montzuma's bars the ingredients list read very cleanly with this bar containing only the two main ingredients Oragnic Dark Chocolate 90% (Cocoa Solids, Sugar & Vanilla) & Organic Ginger 10%. The Cocoa solids composition was a very high 73% - as you can imgaine this made for quite a rich bar.
The "Spice it up" name suggested to me that this bar was going to have quite an edge to it - a real ginger kick - after unwrapping the bar this apparently wasnt to be the case and the strong ginger spice aroma I was expecting never really materialised to anything more than a slight scent.
Looking at Terry's review of this bar over at http://www.thechocolatereview.net/ he was disappointed by the lack of ginger in the bar he sampled....I didnt quite have the same problem here but as you can see above from my picture there was an evident proportioning problem; not only was this at detriment to the asthetic appeal of the bar, but unfortunately as you will learn to the overall taste.
As the above shows you two out of the six blocks were crammed full of ginger - these had a relatively strong taste of ginger but even then it didnt really have the 'kick' factor that you would expect with the spice...not like the ginger found in the bars like Duncan's that I have previously reviewed anyway. These two blocks aside the taste of ginger was all but absent, and of course this was down to the other four remaining blocks not actually containing their fair share of the ingredient.
Luckily for this the bar the dark chocolate is absolutely glorious. Like the other dark chocolate bars I have tried in the range it balances a slightly bitter initial taste with one that tansforms into a slightly smooth vanilla routed one. Despite its rather high solids content it is actually quite smooth and this pleasent texture combined with the taste makes for an incredibly moreish chocolate.
Overall this is another bar from Montezuma's that has all the right ingredients yet dosent quite manage to pull off the effect of being an amazing bar of chocolate. The chocolate is again the highlight of the bar and is extremely tasty - some of the best dark chocolate out there. Unfortunately the ginger flavour is what holds this bar back from being great. Its ill proportioned and not quite as strong flavoured as it probably should be. Again I suggest that with a little tweaking from Monty' this could really be regarded as a great chocolate bar - until then I sugget you leave it be unless your a really big fan of ginger flavoured bars.
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"Top 10 Tests for ME & CFS Labeled Patients"
Drs. Lapp & Black's Hunter Hopkins Center Facebook site suggested, "If you are in a disabled state and need to win your disability case [many of you] will find this list helpful. Give it to your doctor who is helping you with your disability case."
The list, put together by Steven Du Pre, shares information that many doctors who don't specialize in ME/CFS probably wouldn't be familiar with. It contradicts the notion that there aren't any tests for ME/CFS.
Find it at the National Alliance for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis website (www.name-us.org) – www.name-us.org/MECFSExplainPages/Top%2010%20Tests%20for%20M.%20E.%202008.pdf – J
Wish the Commercials Would Clarify How Serious FM Is
I just saw a new fibro commercial… at least new to me. I kinda wish they'd make one that shows that most people don't get to feeling so well, that shows how serious it is… and give tips that educate families. – B
Five Kinds of Bad 'Helpful Advice'
This is National Invisible Chronic Illness Week (Sep 12-18), so visit http://invisibleillnessweek.com to see what's going on, connect with others, and read some of the interesting articles featured there. (The event and website are sponsored by Rest Ministries, a charitable organization that specifically serves those with chronic illness, founded by Lisa Copen.)
We liked Lisa's post of September 6 – "Is Living With Illness Choosing to Give In?" – which explores her philosophy regarding coping, and the maddening, ill-informed types of advice that many people offer those with chronic illnesses. For example, she observes, "well known magazines written specifically for those with certain illnesses, even those, are guilty of featuring people who have the disease but are still able to do extreme physical activities. A person with rheumatoid arthritis may run a 25-mile marathon and is quoted saying, 'I chose to never give up.' I have chosen to never give up either, but I am blessed to get my feet into extra-wide diabetic shoes and walk around the grocery store."
– ProHealth
September, Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Month
IC patients struggle with symptoms very similar to those of a bladder infection including urinary frequency, a constant sensation of urgency, pressure and/or pain as their bladder fills…yet their urine cultures are negative. You can just imagine the frustration and the profound effect this condition has upon the patients' ability to function at work, their ability to socialize, travel, and even upon their sexual function. It can be a devastating blow to their quality of life!"
The cause of IC is unknown though research released earlier this year from Northwestern University suggests that one strain of e-coli (UPEC) may trigger a "pain response" that persists after the infection has been treated and bacteria is no longer found in the urinary tract. Other patients report that their symptoms began after a pelvic trauma or surgery. Genetics may also play a role for some patients. Tragically, a growing number of young adults around the world have developed IC like symptoms after using ketamine, a drug popular at raves and parties.
Our website (www.icawareness.org) provides tools and resources that patients can to make a positive change in their community, including various educational resources, posters, sample proclamations and the creation of CME training events. Patients are encouraged to start local support groups and to reach out to patients in need in their community. Patients without health care coverage can find a searchable database to locate free or affordable medical clinics and drug assistance programs. Additional media materials, backgrounders, expert interview opportunities, and IC fact sheets are also available.
– Interstitial Cystitis Network (www.icawareness.org)
Research on Flu Shot Effects for People with Autoimmune Disorders
Studies show people with autoimmune conditions benefit. Read on to learn how. You may be basking in the sun right now, but before you know it fall will be here, with flu season right at its heels. That means it's time to start thinking about whether to get vaccinated against the influenza virus. Two new studies may help with that decision. Each takes a closer look at the effect of flu vaccines on patients with autoimmune diseases. Read more HERE
– Arthritis Today (www.arthritistoday.org)
Genetically Altered T Cells that Kill Cancer Cells (Only)
Re: "Cancer Breakthrough: Genetically weaponized T cells kill leukemia, provide 'road map' for attacking other cancers"
…I pray this will lead to something good, we so much need to hear "WE FOUND IT.' Crying seems to be a way of life for me now; life would be wonderful for so many of us whose family is touched by this demon cancer! – K
Dr. Bell on ME/CFS with Pain: A Few Reader Comments
Re: "Andrea's Revolver": When ME/CFS Includes Pain (by Dr. Bell)
• Finally someone who makes sense. Andrea sounds just like me (except for the revolver). I have the same symptoms but never connected them to CFS until I read this article. Wow finally, someone who "get's it" or "gets us." Now if you can convince the rest of the medical community. I have the migranes, racing pulse rate, pain all over, fatigue doesn't begin to describe how exhausted I am. The pain, I am so thankful finally someone mentioned CFS's patients are not drug seekers, and do have PAIN! I wish I could get a Dr. in my area to understand the "pain" and do something about it. No luck so far, don't know what to do. One thing that does work is crying, haven't run out of tears yet. – K
• Bless Dr. Bell Again for his persistence. I'm the mom of a 33 yr. old young woman who has had CFIDS most of her life, but not diagnosed till 16. Dr. Bell was the voice of reason that vindicated us after all the problems that our daughter had and no doctor could explain. Reading Andrea's heart-wrenching story was another helpful light in the tunnel. She's been living with orthostatic hypotension since around 13 yrs. old, diagnosed by Dr. Lapp at 18 (tilt-table test) and has dealt with the same issues caused by not enough blood traveling through the system, and esp. not enough to the brain unless she's prone! You can't live your life that way. At 31 she has developed left temporal lobe epilepsy, with seizures that follow the blackouts from the orthostatic hypotension. Has anyone else run into this problem? We live in Pittsburgh with a huge award-winning medical community and we haven't found anyone that knows what to do with this condition. One huge blessing is we found a doc willing to prescribe LDN (low dose naltrexone) and it has lowered her pain levels, and withdrawal type of symptoms to a certain degree. A grateful and praying mom… – S
• This article brought tears to my eyes, just to think that there are caring medical professionals who do more than poke another useless NSAID toward us, or make another appointment in 3 months after accomplishing nothing. I realized a long time ago that no matter how badly I hurt, no one else felt a thing. Finally, Dr. Bell seems to feel our pain, or at least acknowledge it. God bless him and lead him to a cure, breakthrough, or palliative. – K
Tips to Help Doctors & Their MCS Patients Ease Office Visits
The September issue of MCS America's newsletter, MCSA News, published an article titled "Accommodating chemical sensitivity in the Doctor's Office." It includes helpful guidelines for doctors to make their patients with chemical sensitivities in their offices. Quite a few simple but good tips, like scheduling chemically sensitive patients as the first appointment of the day so they won't have to wait in a room filled with perfumed patients, for example. And not responding to sensitivities by telling the patient "try not to think about it," or "just relax." – U
On the Relationship Between ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
Re: "Dr. Lapp on CFS versus FM: Twins, Cousins, or Just Acquaintances?"
As you know, no one knows for sure what causes either of these conditions but we do know that FMS often travels with lots of other conditions, including, but not limited to, RA, Lupus, MS, and CFIDS/ME. I can look back into childhood and see omens of things to come, but it wasn't until 1990 that a mycoplasma triggered my CFIDS/ME full blown. In 1999, I was in an auto accident and it appeared to trigger my FMS full blown. I do not believe these "caused" my illnesses but rather triggered them in a genetically-predisposed person. My Mom had FMS; I have CFIDS/ME, FMS and, apparently, Sjogren's Syndrome and interstitial cystitis; and both my daughters have FMS and IC. In other words, it runs in our family. Some cousins have had other strange immune conditions too….
My specialist draws a Venn diagram of three intersecting circles, one labeled, FMS, another labeled, CFIDS, and one labeled, IBS. A person can suffer only one, two or all three but there are overlapping symptoms where the circles intersect. Of course, all this overlapping can make diagnosing a nightmare. As I get older, I seem to pick up more "travelers" in the form of what appear to be related conditions. – M
Why Aren't Foot & Leg 'Tender Points' in the Chart?
Q: I've been meaning to ask this question for a long time, but I am wondering why the legs and feet are not included in the FM Tender Points Diagram. When I was first diagnosed, they were. Even Dr. St. Amand shows the tenderness in the thighs as being the first to heal with the Guaifenesin Protocol. Thighs, calves and feet are three of my main tender points. – L
A: We don't know, and when we asked NFA co-founder Karen Lee Richards about this, she said she doesn't remember ever seeing a chart indicating tender points in these areas (though she observes that her FM pain began in her feet and legs, and believes many people think their pain may be most severe there). But we wonder if you may be thinking of myofascial trigger points, which are described as a nodule or knot in a tight or spasming muscle that can cause pain to shoot out to a broader area or can cause a twitch. Theoretically the pain of 'tender points' does not radiate. There are many potential trigger points in the feet, calves and legs. (See video.)
One Way Counseling Might Truly Help
I've figured out what all the insistence on counseling is for. It came to me, not through counseling, but one of those AHA! moments we have. The only way to live comfortably with CFS/FM/ME…whatever, is acceptance. I quickly assure you this is not instead of hoping/praying for a cure or better days, but, for me, to STOP COMPARING what I can do with what others my age can do – or older. It's like any budget. We must live within our financial means and we MUST live within our physical means. Not as we were, but as we are.
When I take it day by day, accepting that I may never be as I was (OH, that's hard!), I do better. I still hope, I still try (gently), but I spend more time sitting, watching clouds, smelling flowers these days. I ask myself "If I do that today, can I do that tomorrow?"
My house isn't nearly as clean as it used to be. My cooking skills have been exchanged for Right Eating, for a Candida diet right now. My friends now are mostly online. My family is somewhat tolerant, sometimes. It's hard, especially when you live alone. Almost anything that gets done must be done by us. That takes almost all I have, and more than some have right now. So I accept. Someday I hope to be more able but right now I am what I am. And that's not all bad. – M
Note: This information has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is generic and anecdotal and is not meant to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any illness, condition or disease. It is very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team.


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Who doesn't like to eat chocolates? Be it a small kid or an elder man, everyone loves chocolates. There are a lot of different varieties of chocolates that are available in the market. The Chocolates were invented in the early 1900 BC in Mesoamerica. Since, then there is no one stopping the manufacturing of chocolates. There are various kinds of chocolates that are available in the market that comes in various brands. There are very few brands, which are preferred by a lot of people and are loved by them. The Chocolates comes in various flavors and they have succeeded in making something or the other for everyone. The Chocolates are treated as deserts as when there is nothing sweet to eat after your dinner a single piece of chocolate will work wonder and will satisfy yourself. There are so many brands that are available in the market.
Here is a list of Top Ten Chocolate Brands in India:
10. Candyman
This was founded in the year 1910, and it is based in Kolkata. They have a wide range of chocolates and this brand is preferred by a lot of people. Their best selling products includes éclairs, toffichoo, cofitino, crème lacto and choco double éclairs.
9. Lotus
This brand was founded in the year 1992 and it is one of the leading markets that produce chocolates. They have their business expanded and they sell their cocoa and other chocolate products to a lot of bakeries. Their main products include chuckles, milky punch, kajoos and éclairs.
8. Parle
This was founded in the year 1929 and their biscuit Parle-G is one of the best biscuits in the country. They have some amazing chocolates such as Kismi bar, kismi toffee, 2 in 1 éclairs, fruit drops and many more.
7. ChocOn India
This brand was founded in the year 1994 and they started making chocolates in the year 1998 and their first product was Milk n nut, since then they have been making some amazing and tasty chocolates.
6. Campco
It is an Indian brand, which was founded in the year 1973 in Mangalore. They make some amazing chocolates and their best products are bar, krust, melto, snack bar, treat, dairy cream and many more.
5. Mars India International
It is an International brand, and it was founded in the year 1911. They have some amazing products that are loved and preferred by a lot of people such as snickers, galaxy, mars, skittles, twix, milky way and M and M's.
4. Amul
Founded by Dr. Verghese Kurien in the year 1946, Amul is one of the best and leading brands in the country that manufactures milk and other dairy products along with chocolates. Their best chocolates include Milk chocolates, fruit and nut, dark chocolates, almond bar and tropical orange bar.
3. Ferrero
It is an Itlaian brand and it was founded in the year 1946 by Michele Ferrero. This is one of the best chocolate brands in the country and they make some amzing chocolates, of which their ferroro Rocher is their best product. The other best products includes Nutella, kinder, raffaello, and mon cheri.
2. Nestle
It is a Multinational Company and was founded in the year 1866. This is one of the leading brands in chocolates and also one of the best. They have some amazing products like Kit kat, alpino, kit kat dark senses, extra smooth, munch and bar-one.
1. Cadbury
It is British Multinational Company ad was founded by John Cadbury in the year 1824. Today Cadbury is the most loved and the most preferred chocolate brand in the country. They have some brilliant chocolate products like Dairy milk, 5 star, gems, perk, silk and many more such products.


text: Let these Lenormand Dog combinations guide you in your Lenormand studies. While this isn't an exhaustive list of Lenormand card combinations, it can help you learn how to read spreads and make your own card combinations. In time, you'll soon see that the number of possible card combinations is endless. For now, let these Lenormand Dog card combinations be a guide in your studies.


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Your children have questions.
Will they go to you for the answers?
Lily offers the most wonderful forum for parents and community to get down to the nitty gritty, awkward, most-often-avoided subject of sex, gender, intimacy and relationships and how to engage in meaningful, ongoing conversations with our children as they mature.
With thoroughly researched material, skilful sensitivity and a healthy sense of humour, she creates a safe respectful arena in which to ask any and all questions you might have.
She empowers the participants to be self-referenced, authentic, honest and appropriate to the moment. She addresses the increasing challenges of inappropriate early exposure to sexuality through social media, a hyper-sexualised image-conscious culture and the influence of alcohol, drugs and the pressure of peers to 'belong'.
This kind of forum is so desperately needed to create a healthy culture of openness, trust, curiosity and informed consent and I highly recommend Lily's work to any parents and educators looking for practical platform to begin.Nirado Griffin
Our teenagers are struggling in a hyper-sexualisied,
bewildering, digitally enhanced relationship landscape like never before.
In an age where information is so readily accessible,
our young people have more questions, and less trusted places to go to for answers.
As a parent it is very easy to feel overwhelmed
by the number of issues facing our young people
as they navigate their way in relationships, love & sex.
As a parent It is easy to feel powerless in the face of
porn, social media & peer pressure.
But now, more than ever, we need to be there for them
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A large part of my thesis was concerned with a very recent technique to analyze solar oscillations. Helioseismology investigates the internal structure of the Sun by studying the oscillations of the solar surface. A particularly interesting example is the study of waves that travel from the front side (the side facing the Earth) of the Sun to the back side, where they are reflected and return to the front side. When the waves reflect off a sunspot they suffer a time delay. In my thesis research I have developed a technique which could reveal active regions on the back side of the Sun that are not directly observable. A discovery of antipodal activity by seismic methods would be an exciting advance of the power of helioseismology and would have important applications, for instance, in space weather forecasts.
Other parts of my thesis dealt with atomic physics in the solar interior and with the interaction between sound waves in the Sun and convection.
After my PhD I went on to a postdoctoral position at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Astrophysik in Munich, Germany.
My current research revolves around issues in astrophysical and computational fluid mechanics. I am concerned with problems on a wide range of scales - from the propagation of waves in the Sun to the dynamics of flows in galaxies and clusters of galaxies.
My main fields of research are:
1. Mixing in stars and hydrodynamical simulations of fluid instabilities2. MHD simulations of radio galaxies3. Simulations of turbulent flames in supernovae4. Propagation of sound waves in the Sun and other stars
Most of these problems are attacked using hydrodynamical simulations which have only become feasible with recent advances in computer technology.
In many areas of the world, the continental lithospheric upper mantle contains bright, continuous regionally extensive, seismic reflectors. Despite the increasingly common observation of such mantle reflectors on deep seismic profiles, their geologic significance and origin remain obscure. During my PhD research at Imperial College in London I obtained results from a series of seismic experiments acquired across two of the brightest of these reflectors the so-called Flannan and W-reflectors near the Orkney Isles of Scotland. The primary objective was to constrain the thickness and composition of the reflectors; ultimately the data revealed regionally extensive dipping and sub-horizontal slabs of high velocity (> 8.4 km/s), high density (>3500 kg/m3) and of several kilometres thickness (> 3km) entrained within otherwise unremarkable mantle. A new technique for determining the polarity of the mantle reflectors was developed during my research, which provided independent evidence to infer a positive acoustic impedance contrast for the reflectors. Further insights were gained from studying another deep mantle reflector in the Bothnian Bay and the Aleutian islands active subduction zone. In conclusion the geometry, physical properties and geological setting of the Flannan and W-reflectors suggest they represent fragments of eclogitic oceanic crust - a relict of subduction now preserved within the lower continental lithosphere. There is an intriguing possibility that diligent mapping of relict subduction zones such as the Flannan and W-reflector may improve our understanding of past continental dynamics.
Since completing my PhD studies in 1998 I have been working for Shell International Ltd. After a period of basic training in the Hague I was posted to the Dutch operating company NAM in the N.E. Netherlands. The Netherlands boasts prolific reserves of natural gas both on and off-shore and NAM is the largest operating company exploiting these reserves. I work as a reservoir geophysicist to provide quantitative interpretation services to the asset teams. My role is to reduce prospect risk and increase field productivity through the quantitative assessment of seismic data. In particular the use of AVO, seismic attributes and seismic inversion are key techniques used to predict rock properties and better define reservoir volumetrics and ultimate recovery of reserves.
Anna Vickery undertook research at the University of Edinburgh for her doctorate on the development of geophysical methods for the investigation of contaminated land. Electrical and electromagnetic surveys were designed to locate contaminant sources, pathways and discharge zones at two ex-oil distribution terminals in West Granton, Edinburgh. Anna's thesis focussed on innovative methods of processing geophysical data to ease interpretation by geophysicists and non-geophysicists alike. The data processing methods include techniques for refining maps of electromagnetic data, locating and removing the dominating effect of subsurface linear conductors (e.g. pipes) from apparent resistivity pseudosections, and the construction of pseudo three-dimensional resistivity models that at the Granton site aided the understanding of geological and hydrological controls on contaminant migration.
The research was carried out during the tenure of a Natural Environment Research Council studentship and the field work was conducted under contract to Edinburgh City Council and Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited.
Subsequent to completing her PhD, Anna began employment as a member of the technical staff at Reynolds Geo-Sciences Ltd (RGSL), located near Mold in North Wales. RGSL is a geological consultancy specialising in natural hazards and in geophysical investigations of the shallow subsurface. Anna undertakes numerous duties within the Geophysics division of the company including the design and supervision of geophysical surveys and subsequent data analysis and interpretation of the resulting data. She is also becoming increasingly involved in the design of technical training seminars and geophysics awareness courses offered by RGSL to a variety of audiences ranging from geophysical contractors to engineering and environmental consultants and local authorities.
The main area I developed through my doctoral research was the application of covariant methods in cosmic microwave background (CMB) physics. The CMB is thermal relic radiation of the hot big bang, and has an almost uniform temperature of 2.7K in all directions. The departures from exact isotropy are at the level of one part in one-hundred thousand, but provide arguably the cleanest probe of conditions in the early universe available to cosmologists. The physical processes responsible for the CMB anisotropies --- general relativistic hydrodynamics and radiative transport theory --- have been understood for many years, although there have been bouts of confusion due to gauge issues associated with the relativistic, perturbative description of a universe which is close to being homogeneous and isotropic. In my research I developed covariant tools for CMB research, which avoid these gauge issues, and which give a physically transparent, but still exact, description of CMB physics. Applying these tools to universes which are only linearly perturbed from homogeneous and isotropic models, I provided a streamlined perturbation theory which allows seamless calculation of the anisotropies for all types of perturbation (i.e. from density perturbations, vortical motions, and gravitational waves) about backgrounds with open, flat, or closed spatial geometries. The methods I worked on also provide an ideal starting point for the qualitative description of non-linear effects in the CMB.
In related work, I derived the first analytic results for the spectral distortions induced in the CMB by photons Compton scattering off relativistically moving electrons in galaxy clusters. These results now allow observers to take into account the effects of high electron temperatures and large bulk motions in a routine manner, without recourse to numerical techniques.
My doctoral research was carried out in the Astrophysics Group of the Department of Physics in the University of Cambridge, under the supervision of Dr Anthony Lasenby.
For my postdoctoral work I have stayed in the Astrophysics Group of the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge since completing my doctorate. I was awarded a three-year Research Fellowship from Queens' College, Cambridge starting in October 1998. In October 1999, I was appointed a lecturer on a fixed-term one year contract to cover the absence of Dr Anthony Lasenby who was awarded a Royal Society/Leverhulme Senior Fellowship. In October 2000 I was awarded a PPARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for three years. As well as conducting my own research and teaching, I supervised an M.Phil. student last year, and took on my first Ph.D. student this autumn.
My postdoctoral work has concentrated on the polarization of the CMB. The CMB is expected to be linearly polarized at the level of one part in one billion, but this is too small to have been detected to date (only upper limits exist). CMB polarization contains a wealth of additional cosmological information which is complementary to that contained in the temperature anisotropies. I have extended the methods developed in my doctoral thesis to provide a very convenient, covariant description of CMB polarization, and more generally of the transfer of polarized radiation in arbitrary spacetime geometries. In collaboration with Antony Lewis, then a graduate student in the Astrophysics Group, Cambridge, we implemented the formalism at the level of linear perturbation theory in an efficient, publicly available code, based on the widely-used CMBFAST code of Seljak and Zaldarriaga. Our code was the first to compute efficiently the temperature and polarization anisotropies in all possible almost-homogeneous and isotropic cosmological models. The code was downloaded by many groups, and has since been used in the headline-making analyses of the BOOMERanG and MAXIMA-1 balloon experiments.
As an outgrowth of the work on CMB polarization, I applied the exact, covariant methods to compute the polarization induced in the CMB by scattering of photons off electrons in galaxy clusters. The analytic expressions I derived were the first to allow for relativistic thermal and bulk motions, and to fully include the effects of the (primordial) temperature anisotropy of the CMB radiation incident on the cluster.
I am also actively involved in the construction of analysis and simulation algorithms for the ESA Planck satellite. The Planck mission will measure the CMB temperature and polarization anisotropies with unprecedented precision. I am an Associate of the Planck project and a member of the Cambridge Planck Analysis Centre (CPAC), which will be responsible for producing maps of the various astrophysical components that Planck will be sensitive to. In an international collaboration, I have worked on efficient techniques for computing the instrument response to incident polarized radiation, including the effects of stray-light in the side lobes of the instrument. I have also been actively involved in the development of a fully harmonic model for the analysis of Planck data (with several members of CPAC), which offers significant advantages over existing map-based techniques. Currently, I am working on assessing the impact of instrument systematics on the measurement of CMB polarization with Planck.
Understanding galaxy formation and evolution is one of present-day astronomy's greatest challenges. In my thesis research, carried out at the University of Durham, UK, I explored how observations of both local and very distant galaxies can be used to gain a better understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. In particular, I used optical and near-infrared luminosities in conjunction with state-of-the-art models to constrain the ages and chemical compositions of local spiral galaxies. I find that most of their properties are consistent with the proposition that the star formation rate is regulated primarily by the supply of gas, and is affected little by the mass of the galaxy.
In my subsequent research, carried out at Steward Observatory, in Tucson, Arizona, USA, I have extended this work in two directions. I have used our understanding of spiral galaxy evolution to limit the mass of stars in nearby spiral galaxies. These stellar mass estimates are combined with the observed dynamical mass estimates to place strong constraints on the mass of dark matter in these galaxies, which in turn powerfully constrains theories of galaxy formation. Another aspect of my research is the use of archival data to explore the effects of interstellar dust on indicators of recent star formation. When these data are combined with the optical and near-infrared brightnesses of galaxies as outlined above, this will provide powerful insight into galaxy evolution.
In my Ph.D. thesis I investigated the ages and metal content of early-type galaxies in the nearby Fornax cluster. Using a high precision analysis of carefully selected absorption features in the optical wavelength range I found that: (1) elliptical galaxies were created early on in the history of the universe and their metallicities scale with their mass; (2) galaxies with a disk component show stellar populations with younger ages and a wide range of metallicities.
Following on from my Ph.D. research I stayed at Durham to investigate currently the stellar populations and dynamical make-up of early-type galaxies in different environments. One of my main projects here is the search for isolated elliptical galaxies. The analysis of their properties promises to give tight constraints on the type of cosmological models which are able to describe the general properties of our universe. Another main research interest of mine is focusing on the dynamics of individual galaxies. This type of research will give us insight into the underlying reasons of why galaxies have different shapes.
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Prince's ex-wife Mayte Garcia reportedly struggled with suicidal thoughts following the death of their baby boy.
The dancer married the Purple Rain icon in 1996 and they welcomed their son Amiir Gregory Nelson into the world later that year. The baby was born with rare genetic disorder Pfeiffer syndrome, and despite undergoing numerous medical procedures to save his life, he succumbed to the disorder at just six days old.
"Feeding tubes. Every day something new went wrong," Garcia recalls in her memoir The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince. "After six days, he was struggling to breathe and I said to the doctor, 'He's not leaving here, is he?'"
The doctor recommended Amiir have a tracheotomy, which involved making an incision into the windpipe, to help him breathe, but Mayte grew hysterical and accused the medics of torturing the newborn.
"My husband tried to calm me down," she writes. "We stood there, coming to the same terrible place, 'We have to let him go'."
Prince and Mayte had Amiir's body cremated and when they returned home, she retreated into their room, where she remained with their son's urn, feeling suicidal, according to People magazine.
"I don't know how long I lay in bed with Amiir's ashes," she explains. "The next day - or maybe it was a week later or in another lifetime - my husband came to me and said, 'I can't be here. I have to go.' Days passed in darkness."
The couple divorced in 2000 and in her memoir, Mayte claims she later learned her husband had an assistant burn the infant's ashes along with all memorabilia from their marriage.
"In some sad, painful moment, he had it all burned, as if fire could cauterize this deep wound he couldn't close," she remarks. "I wasn't there to witness it, and I can't bear to think about it now."
Mayte suffered another tough loss last year (16) when Prince died from a prescription drug overdose, aged 57.


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Investigators interested in utilizing Clinical Research Center (CRC) resources may submit an application to the CRC Nurse Director, Mary Peterson, RN. The CRC is available for all qualified clinical research protocols approved by the UTHSC Institutional Review Board.
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The CRC Pre-Review Process is the first review of information submitted for Clinical Research Center resources. Once a request is received for CRC services, a pre-approval process begins. Information may be sent to the CRC Nurse Director for review prior to receiving IRB approval. Also, the Office of Research Administration Route Sheet now includes a " box" to be checked if CRC resources will be requested. The Pre-Review Committee will assess these projects for resources and services needed.
The CRC Director will review the Investigator's request for preliminary costs, then meet with the CRC Nurse Director and Investigator or Coordinator (if needed) for review. The CRC Nurse Director will review the protocol and determine clinical staffing requirements, laboratory needs, and projected costs for the project. The CRC Director and CRC Nurse Director will meet to review and discuss all aspects of the proposed protocol including but not limited to feasibility, nursing or personnel time, equipment needed, space required, timeline of projected project, and determine costs to implement. Once final determination of CRC resources is reached, the information will be relayed to the investigator.
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After agency funding and IRB approval has been obtained, the Investigator will complete the required CRC application and documents and submit this information to the CRC Nurse Director. The CRC Nurse Director will forward the application and documents to the CRC Initial Review Committee. The Initial Review Committee consists of the CRC Director, Business Manager, and the CRC Nurse Director.
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A Study Initiation Meeting is required for each Principal Investigator and Research Coordinator of approved CRC projects prior to study implementation. The Principal Investigator will review the protocol with all CRC staff members for questions or comments. Training and documentation of training of CRC staff of study specific metrics is required before the initiation of the new protocol.
Training documents for each CRC staff member for each study will be kept by the CRC Nurse Director, Mary Peterson, RN who can be contacted at 901.516.7086 to set up the Study Initiation Meeting.
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