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Y6 Leopards
|Mrs Warrington - Teacher
Mrs Stonell - Teaching Assistant
Skern -Monday
Last day - Boo Hoo!
This morning the four groups were split into Tunnels and Assault Course group and Climb & Abseil. Conquering all our fears, the dark, claustrophobia and heights.
My children were awesome and I am so proud!
We had some tired children on the coach home; the result of a busy weekend.
Skern - Sunday
Awesome day, thought it couldn't get any better but it has!
This morning was spent in the Atlantic Ocean (quite warm) catching waves, falling off boards (Mrs Warrington) and generally having the time of our lives.
The smiles were amazing.
This afternoon, Groups One and Two were on the high ropes and Groups Three and Four were in the tunnels and on the assault course.
Take a look at the slide show.
Skern - Saturday
Fabulous day, the groups enjoyed the High Ropes, Archery and the Zip line in the morning and we all went rafting in the afternoon on the River Torridge in Bideford.
Skern - Friday
Long journey down to North Devon, Groups One and Two did Climb and Abseil whilst Groups Three and Four did Zip Line and Archery.
Year 6 have been researching board games and designing their own with electrical components. Please have a look at our animoto.
Our next Learning Challenge is to learn about the Mayan Civilisation. For homework over the holidays could you choose one of the following questions to complete for the display board using your writing skills and illustrations (no print outs from the internet).
|Prime Learning Challenge Question
|Who were the Mayans and what have we learnt from them?
|Subsidiary Learning Challenge Questions:
|Who were the Mayans and where did they live?
|What evidence do we have that the Mayans were an advanced civilisation?
|What have the Mayan civilisation in common with space travel?
|What can we learn from the way they built their pyramids ?
|What do we know of the rituals carried out by the Mayans?
|Why was the sun an important feature in Mayan life?
|What caused the Mayan civilisation to disappear?
Spring Term 2015 - Learning Challenge 3
|Prime Learning Challenge Question
|I'm a Year 6 pupil, can you get me out of here?
|Subsidiary Learning Challenge Questions:
|Can you find your school on an OS map and a birds eye view?
|What would a birds eye view of your school look like?
|Can you put together a map of the immediate area around your school?
|If you get stuck in Skern, how would you go about finding your way home?
|How would you go about planning a trip to a European city to include cost and time?
|Can you use a map including the 8 compass point directions to plan an orienteering course for Year 5?
This is our third Learning Challenge. It is a geography based project to develop our skills and understanding of our country, Europe and mapping. Children will be learning how to read OS maps and understanding how to read a range of scales. They will make careful use of measurements and using data and learn how to correctly describe physical environments.
Useful books to read:
The once upon a time map book by B.G. Hennessy
Six comprehensive maps lead children on a tantalizing tour of their favorite magical kingdoms and introduce them to the way maps work.
The Blurb: Once upon a time, fairy-tale kingdoms existed only in the realm of theimagination. But now, this mesmerizing book of maps brings lands like Neverland, Oz, and Aladdin's kingdom as close as kids' fingertips. Want to retrace Alice's steps through Wonderland? Start at the rabbit hole and follow the map past the Duchess's house to the croquet ground (just remember not to eat anything along the way!). With maps of six different lands to explore, each offering special points of interest, hidden objects to find, and dangers to avoid, young readers will be spending a lot of time in ONCE UPON A TIME — and learning valuable map-reading skills along the way.
The Scary Places Map Book: Seven Terrifying Tours by B.G. Hennessy
Grab a flashlight for an after-dark exploration of seven very scary places. Giggles and goose bumps are in store!
Take a tour of seven spooky places, among them the Wicked Woods, a Ghostly Galleon, and the Western Terror-tories. Along the way, avoid booby traps, search for hidden objects, and learn basic map reading skills! A map key, items to look for, and points of interest, such as Dracula's Castle and Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory, are included for each eerie region
Helpful websites to support this learning challenge:
http://www.wikihow.com/Read-a-Map this website tells you how to read maps, how to choose a map, what orientating maps means, contour lines and much much more.
http://www.magazine.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/magazine/index.html This is the Ordnance Survey magazine which has a tab on how to read maps with your child.
Autumn Term 2014 - Learning Challenge 2
|Prime Learning Challenge Question
|Were the dark days of London really that dark?
|Subsidiary Learning Challenge Questions:
|Who were the Roundheads and the Cavaliers?
|Was Oliver Cromwell right to stop the monarchy?
|Why was the execution of Charles 1 a major event in British history?
|Why do you think the monarchy was restored after a short while?
|Set up a Parliamentary debate for and against Cromwell, film it and then show it.
|Why do some people think that the Great Fire was one of the best things that happened to London?
|Who was Samuel Pepys and would he have been a modern day blogger?
|Recreate the Great Fire of London in an artistic way.
This is our second learning challenge in Year 6. This historical based study of British history will extend the children's understanding of the beheading of Charles 1st, the Civil War and the Great Fire of London.
To help them to gain a better understanding of these times they could research the life and times of Stuart Britain, the British Civil War and the beginnings of Parliament and the Politicians and politics of this era.
Children will be drawing timelines of the events thinking about, famous people, weaponry, transport and health care during this era.
They will research a person from this time period thinking about what influences they had on the country we live in today.
Useful books to read:
Tudors and Stuarts
- From battles and beheadings, to plots and plague, this book tells the story of life in Britain under the Tudors and Stuarts.
- Full of intriguing facts, illustrations, detailed reconstructions, paintings and maps.
- Includes links to websites to find out more information via the Usborne Quicklinks Website.
The Slimy Stuarts
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the SLIMY STUARTS, including why some slimy Stuarts ate toads, snails and fleas, which king picked his nose and never washed his hands and why people wore fish on their feet (bleeugh!). With a bold new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans. Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make HORRIBLE HISTORIES more accessible to young readers. www.horrible-histories.co.uk
Here are some examples of our Stuart Timelines we made for homework
Helpful websites to support this learning challenge:
Timeline of the Kings and Queens of Britain – the Stuarts
Stuart England - links to lots of information on people, places, themes and topics from the period such as: medicine, the Gun Powder Plot, the Plague, Oliver Cromwell.
Evidence of Learning Challenge 1 – Making and sailing our boats:
A fantastic afternoon was had by all. In Year 6 we have been learning about boat building and following this lesson the children had to design their own boats and make them.
Today was the maiden voyage and enjoyed by all. We timed the voyage to see which boat moved the faster and evaluated our designs, making choices on what changes we could make to improve our time.
Autumn Term 2014 - Learning Challenge 1
|Prime Learning Challenge Question
|Will you ever see the water you drink again?
|Subsidiary Learning Challenge Questions
|Why is water a major necessity in any town, village or city?
|How does rain water form in the first place?
|Why do some places go for a long time without rain and others have too much rain?
|How is water used to help provide energy to many places?
|Can you create a boat that requires water to power it?
|What happens to the water in our home once it disappears down the sink?
|Can you recreate a famous waterscape?
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Free Will vs. Determinism: A Rinkside Discussion
Philosophy on Ice
In an act of God, four men received free tickets to a professional hockey contest.
The first period ended and each man had grown increasingly concerned with their surroundings, indifferent towards the game itself.
Yearning for more cotton candy, the group rose up, got more cotton candy, and proceeded to walk and converse for the duration of the intermission.
The Culpability of a Drunken Man
One of the gentlemen wore a fine wool suit and matching hat, coinciding with circular, tortoise-shelled eyeglasses. Another man fashioned a shaved head, wearing an orange cloak. The third gentleman had a black trench coat on with a "God is dead" t-shirt underneath it, wearing eyeglasses like those of a 60's teenager; he was chewing on an unpacked tobacco pipe, seeing that there was no smoking within the confines of the arena. The fourth gentleman was wearing an elaborate suit with gold cufflinks, tailored pants and sported quite a haggard-looking beard.
Sigmund Freud, Johnny Zen, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Charles Darwin seemed to enjoy the presence of one another, but a sense of uneasiness had pervaded them during the intermission of the game.
The tipping point was when an inebriated fan was escorted out of the game for his belligerence; he had been complaining about how he had gotten laid of at the local gas station.
Johnny: Troubled soul back in the crowd a little earlier, yes?
Darwin: Just a victim of his surroundings.
Johnny: What do you mean by that?
Darwin: That unfortunate man had little to no control over what he did and what happened to him in return. He was a victim of nature, but we all are.
Johnny: So nature controls our thoughts and actions?
Darwin: Precisely. You see, the idea of evolution is the notion that living things change gradually over the course of time. In the case of the departed fan, nature had already played its role in him losing his job; a better more fit employee had taken him off his throne.
Johnny: Throne?
Darwin: Yeah, like a job.
Johnny: Allright. It can also be implied that he had a drinking problem, stemming from a series of unfortunate events he had dealt with throughout the course of his life. So, he definitely could have benefitted from putting his liquor away. In Buddhism, life is characterized by suffering. A person's stay on earth may feature some happy moments, but they are short lived. The alcohol that man drank enhances this concept tremendously. Sure, he might have been enjoying himself for a short while, but as you can see, that came to an abrupt end in the form of the security guard hauling him out of the arena and him being humiliated in front of thousands of people.
Sartre: I fail to see your reasoning. The responsibility for his actions lie directly on his shoulders. No other person of thing has the power to control what he has done.
Darwin: Well, he obviously did something wrong to lose his job, and to be as angry as he was, he should have known that it was his fault. But at the same time, he should have had a better appreciation of his natural surroundings.
Sartre: Easy on the sweeping comments there, Chuck. The concept of Free Will sees neither the good nor bad in decisions, just the decisions themselves.
Johnny: I agree with you Jean-Paul in one aspect, but I think I might be reaching here, so stay with me. The decisions we make cannot be criticized without a polar opposite to counter it. For example, you cannot determine if the moon actually exists without its reflection onto a body of water. To be and not to be arise mutually, but should not be used in determining the world's situations. The purest soul is an empty soul.
Sartre: I can respect what you say, Johnny, but cannot fully agree with it. You should adapt a better appreciation of life in the immediate form. That man earlier was drenched in anguish. You saw him kicking and screaming, right?
Johnny: To the best of my knowledge.
Sartre: Well, anguish, is a normal condition of those who have become aware of their liberty. I won't accept that the man, or all humans for that matter, enjoy fleeting moments of life.
Freud remained quiet throughout this, paying distinct attention to Sartre's pipe he kept chewing on.
Johnny: I fail to see where you guys are coming from. The lush and all of us are in this together.
Darwin: Listen to yourself. Is something bothering you?
Johnny: Life bothers me. The actual life experience can be broken down into four different phases: birth, sickness, old age and death. I just don't understand why you frown upon this man, Mr. Darwin. What happened to him was a result of his conscious- the most unstable and fleeting aspect of one's self. And who is to say that what he did was necessarily wrong? You see gentlemen, I have learned to blur the line between good and evil and their respective connotations. There is another attainable state of mind that we are all capable of achieving.
Sartre: And that would be?
Johnny: To go from Sanara (the world of impermanence) to Nirvana- The perfect state of peace and clarity of thought. The first step in achieving this is to disregard all rational life experiences.
Sartre: I can't afford to do that Johnny. I hold a far too great appreciation of my immediate life.
Johnny: Not to sound strange, but it is one of my concerns to assimilate to world culture to the best of my ability, and not stir up opinions in any facet. The name "Johnny" is one of the most common names in the world. Since nothing during the life existence has definition built into it, who am I to have an elaborate, eye-grabbing name?
Sexual Repression?
The quartet pauses for a moment to absorb each other's comments.
Freud: Why do you chew on your pipe so much, Sartre? I fail to believe you have a chemical dependency for it.
Sartre: It's not as much that as it is a habit of keeping something in my mouth to chew on, albeit a pen, a cigar...
Freud: (Interrupting) A Breast?
Sartre: I beg your pardon?
Freud: A breast- It is an aspect of the Oedipus Complex that all humans must face.
Sartre: Do you care to elaborate?
Freud: At a young age, a child develops a sexual liking toward the opposite sex and grows jealous of its' counterpart. I trust you were breast fed?
Sartre: (Assertively) I choose not to answer that.
Freud: No need to- It was a rhetorical question. From being breast-fed, a child. as he or she grows up, must fill the void of being breast-fed, so they substitute that for a pen, a cigar and so on.
Johnny: So you believe a person's life is predestined from an early age?
Freud: To the best of my knowledge.
Johnny: I can't agree with you in that regard. As I said, the conscious is the most fleeting aspect of a person. So at the same time, it should be our duty to rid ourselves of immediate concerns and stressful situations.
Freud: (Forcefully) The Brain has already taken care of how we behave.
Johnny: In what regards?
Freud: The brain can be broken down into three separate parts: The Id, Ego, and Superego. The Id is that part of the brain that facilitates our immediate needs. It knows no morality, no values, no good or evil. When you wake up everyday, I trust that you do?
Johnny: Of Course.
Freud: That is you Id working. There are no other determining factors in this, other than if you fall asleep and don't wake up; then there is a problem. What time or where you wake up are completely different aspects of the mind. The Ego facilitates this.
Johnny: The Ego?
Freud: (Sarcastically) Very Good! If the Id were in complete control of the entire mind, we would not be able to function in normal society. People would be running around killing people for no reason, stealing from others without a second of remorse. The Ego is influenced by life experiences and the Id is checked by it. The Ego has taken over the task of representing the external world for the Id. The Superego serves as a bridge between the Id to the outside world and the Ego. For example, Jean-Paul is really yearning for his mother and...
Sartre: (Interrupting) have you no tact?!?
Freud: Please just hear me out. You want to smoke in your pipe. The Ego will say, "Yes, it's about time you smoked one up!". But at the same time, that is your Id telling you what to do. Still with me?
The Other Three: Yes.
Darwin: Yes and no.
Freud: Why is that?
Darwin: I can respect what you say in that all humans have immediate needs that must be met. But to say that our mind has three different aspects to it is to say that we all have split personalities.
Freud: Please, bear with me. The third aspect, the Superego will then tell you that you should not smoke because no smoking is allowed in the building. The three aspects are woven into one coherent train of thought. To make it short and ugly, we are predestined, but we make subconscious decisions at the same time.
Sartre: (Packs up his pipe and lights up) Continue, please.
Darwin: You Idiot! you did not listen to a word I said!
Sartre: Sure I did, I just don't agree with you. I aimed not to be unruly at all, I just felt the need to enjoy a pipe right now.
Exit Stage Left
Determined to give a better interpretation of what Freud's concept of the brain is, he proceeds to draw it on a cocktail napkin.
Sartre continues to get a lot of nasty looks from people passing by, but continues to puff on his pipe, filled with content.
He notices a child sitting at the table next to him in the lobby of the arena, who has been coughing, as a result of Sartre's pipe smoking. He immediately puts it out. The four soon leave the game after, seeing no relevance to their presence there in the first place.
Freud: Why did you put that pipe out back there? You obviously had disregarded the rules anyway.
Sartre: The child was coughing profusely.
Freud: I knew that but what subconscious decision did you make?
Sartre: I knew with myself that what I did was wrong, so I put it out.
Freud: Fair enough, my friend.
I can only take bits and pieces of what each of these four philosophers said.
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The Watch List
I was looking at the weather forecast (rain again) and popping online to go buy tickets to the Penis Movie (PEANUTS) when it occurred to me that we haven't even gotten a chance to go see Hotel Transylvania 2 or Goosebumps or Pan or Monkey Kingdom and somehow we missed Tomorrowland entirely, though I thought that it looked not terrible? And I realized that pretty much unless we go to see a movie every single weekend, there's no way we are ever going to catch up with the neverending stream of kids movies the studios are churning out these days.
When did this happen? I mean, when I was a kid, it seems like there was maybe a kid movie like two or three a year. Am I imagining this? Hello, old friend Wikipedia. So, I looked up how many movies marketed to children that were released the year I was Rowans age: THREE: The Apple Dumpling Gang, Escape to Witch Mountain and a movie I have never ever heard of (The Strongest Man in the World). And the year I was Hopper's age there were actually 11, but only because they are including Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (WUT) and Star Wars Episode IV.
Do you know how many kid movies were released last year alone? 34. And something like 29 already this year and it's not even holiday season. I'm sure one can make an argument of quality over quantity, but no. Upon a repeat viewing, I can tell you that I still have no f*#&ing clue what Bedknobs and Broomsticks is even about. Like, I know Angela Lansbury is involved and I think there are Nazis? But yeah, I got nuthin' else. But looking at the list, there are some really, really awesome kid movies over the years that I love and would watch over and over. Maybe not as many times as I've seen Iron Giant, but definitely more than once. I'm compiling a list of my faves to share with the boys, and if El Nino is coming like they say its coming and it rains every weekend from now until May, we might just catch up. Feel free to add yours
The Watch List (in no particular order)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original, not the Johnny Depp. Sorry, Johnny, you were creepy)
Charlottes Web (if my heart can take it)
The Hobbit (original, because though I love the Peter Jackson trilogy: 12 hours is more than my children will submit to)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (my 6 year old self dug it)
Clash of the Titans
Fox and the Hound (maybe a triple feature with Charlotte's Web and Dumbo where we just remove my heart entirely and set it on the coffee table)
The Dark Crystal
The Last Unicorn
Secret of NIMH
Neverending Story
Princess Bride
My Neighbor Totoro
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Spirited Away
James and the Giant Peach
Lady and the Tramp (I KNOW, I'm not sure how we've not seen this one together yet considering it's MY LIFE)
Howl's Moving Castle
Nacho Libre
Fantastic Mr. Fox (funny story: we actually own this movie due to having "Lost it" from Netflix like 5 years ago—found it when we got a new couch. But haven't watched it yet—all you need to remember about this story is that if you want to hide something for several years, under our couch is a pretty safe bet)
Hotel for Dogs
Hop (weird we haven't seen this one either, I know)
Book of Life
*I'm only including those the boys HAVEN'T seen, so of course there are some good ones not listed here! But if you have any warnings… I'll take those too.


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Lets say she is thin with a young face.
Can she wear high waist shorts, tank tops, maxi skirts, maxi dresses, tights, leotards?
Can she still dress youthful or is that more for early twenties or teens?
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You can dress however you like. People complain about high waisted shorts but those can look good even with the right fit and styling. I would say that anything too young would be neons. If you can pull it off, by all means do it, but I can't imagine neons on anyone older than 25. Neon nail polish is a different matter. But you're still young! You can dress youthful with maxi skirts, tank tops, tights, whatever. It's no big deal. But you also get to play it up with being able to dress older such as pencil skirts and more structured blazers with classy necklaces (pearls, etc). You get to do whatever so long as you do it with confidence!
Those high waisted cut off shorts girls are wearing right now aren't flattering in anyone. Even the best butts look like flat droopy mom butts. I'll be glad when that trend is over!
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Oh okay cause I wear everything tight. I hate the ones that are loose.
You sound perfectly stylish, no worries about your age. I think the only time that you have to worry about your age and looking too young is when you go to work. Otherwise, street clothes are for everyone. :).


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When I dressed myself this morning my outfit was going toward the more funky side. [ Electric blue blazer/jacket, leopard maxi dress, awesome crop tee, and my Aldo boots. ] When it came to jewelry, I was kind of bummed because the normal thing would be to layer necklaces, add a lot of giant rings/bracelets - whatever. For a strange reason, I was feeling a little different and it lead me to mixing with more simple jewelry, like these beautiful teardrop earrings. Fancying your funk? Coolness.
P.S. - if your a fashion lover, a blogger, and love your cell phone ( and its camera) - download the app Pose. I've mentioned it once before but its a great way to find inspiration, post your own outfits, and easy to follow fashion bloggers like myself! Find me on Pose/Twitter/Instagram @colbymilano and start your own pose profile! It's a lot of fun!!
F21 Electric Blue Blazer
John Galt "Always and Forevs, Down With Whatevs" T-shirt
Leopard Maxi Dress [ similar here ]
Aldo Biker Boots [ similar here ]


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Swing Into Spring a Rollicking Success
Spring's arrival may have seemed a little late this year, but you never would have known it by the outpouring of smiles, sunshine, and warmth at the Swing Into Spring benefit for the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center held April 3 at the Atlantic Beach Club.
The event was jumping as the capacity crowd ate, drank, danced, and bid to their hearts' content – all to raise funds to support the center's outreach efforts.
Final amounts have yet to be tallied, but Director of Development Alyson Novick says they were thrilled by the overwhelming community response and the generosity of more than 200 local merchants in support of the silent and live auctions. The event, chaired by Wendy Kagan and Rosalind Vaz-MacLean, is the largest fundraiser for the center, furthering educational and community programming. At the MLK center families receive not only emergency food, but workshops on how to cook healthy meals and other hunger services.
A highlight of the evening was a violin performance by students enrolled in the center's afterschool program.


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Chaffing Sentence Examples
- "Oh, undoubtedly!" said Prince Andrew, and with sudden and unnatural liveliness he began chaffing Pierre about the need to be very careful with his fifty-year-old Moscow cousins, and in the midst of these jesting remarks he rose, taking Pierre by the arm, and drew him aside.
- "Are you bowing to a friend, eh?" remarked another, chaffing a peasant who ducked low as a cannon ball flew over.
- "Oh, she nearly knocked our gentleman's hat off!" cried the red-faced humorist, showing his teeth chaffing Pierre.
- You'd look fine, said a corporal, chaffing a thin little soldier who bent under the weight of his knapsack.


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British man breaks `heart transplant survival world record` of 30 years
London – A British man has become world's longest-surviving heart transplant patient, thus registering his name in Guinness book of world records.
John McCafferty, broke the previous world record of 30 years, 11 months and 10 days set by an American man who died in 2009, the BBC reported.
The 71-year-old, from Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire, told the publication that he wants this world record to be an inspiration to anyone awaiting a heart transplant and to those who, like him, have been fortunate enough to have had one.
After McCafferty underwent the life-saving operation at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex 31 years ago he was told he had five years to live.


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Saturday, 23 August 2014
Ice Cream Nail Art
The formula on this is amazing, I used two easy coats for the application and no top coat. It's so glossy!
I used some beautiful fake diamonds to add a little extra cute-ness to the design! These are from Paperchase (of all places!) and I received them as a gift so I have no idea how much they cost.
What do you think of these ice cream nails? Have you tried any colours from the Coca Cola collection?
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Neither Coke nor Water
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure I use the wrong words, the wrong tones, the wrong facial expressions a lot of the time. But still, if you don't understand a person, don't you sit there trying to work out what they might have meant?
Of course, it's not just with Chinese - this is an English problem too. Let me start with an example that happened in Boston USA about a year ago. A small group of us were sitting in a restaurant (including my cousin, who had been living in Boston for 10 years).
The waitress asks us what we'd like to drink, my cousin orders a coffee, I order a "Sam Adams" (the beer is actually called "Samuel Adams", but this waitress is so smart, so she managed to work out what I wanted), and Charlie orders a water. She orders water using her English accent, saying "water" very clearly.
"Sorry, what?"
The waitress is really struggling to understand the word "water", in spite of the fact that she just asked us what we'd like to drink. "Wheelbarrow" would not have made sense, but "water" seems quite obvious.
My cousin interrupts: "She wants water." Lynn says this with a Boston accent, which sounds more like "wadder" than "waw-tuh".
"Oh wadder? Sure, no problem," and off the waitress goes.
Seriously. This really happened.
And so to Chinese.
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Shenzhen. I'm in a restaurant, and wanting to order a Diet Coke. Dammit! I can't remember the Chinese word for diet Coke - so I say kělè (可乐)(可樂)('cola'). This part she understands.
I remember that the word for "lose weight" is jiǎnféi (减肥), which kinda rings bells. I know it's not quite right, but it's close ... so I take a guess by asking for "jiǎn kělè".
She doesn't get it. I clarify by saying "méiyǒu táng" (no sugar), then I repeat "jiǎn kělè". This is not going anywhere, and after another minute of trying, I give up and just order a normal coke.
Now the truly frustrating part is that the word I was looking for was "jiànyí kělè" (健怡可乐)(健怡可樂). When I looked that up back in HK, I was dumbfounded - because she knew I was looking for a type of cola, it doesn't contain sugar, and it sounds like "jiǎn kělè".
Wouldn't "jiànyí kělè" be an obvious guess? I guess not.
tom-A-to is different to tom-ah-to, but people can work that out.
water is almost the same as wadder, but people can't work that one out.
And I know that what I speak is is waaaaay different to proper Chinese, but still ....
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My problem is that if I want water in China, I'm not sure which word to use. When I say 水 shui, they say "Is coke okey?" Now I looked the dictionary and found 清水 qingshui, maybe I should try that next time.ReplyDelete
Hey Sara. Good observation - that happened in Shenzhen too.ReplyDelete
Surreal actually, because my colleagues was ordering water (shuǐ, 水) and the waitress didn't get it. (To be fair, he's new to Chinese, and his tones were wrong - but we're ordering drinks, can't be too bad, right?) Anyway, I interrupted by saying "bīng shuǐ" (冰水, ice-water), and she got it.
Let me know how that works for you.
How do you say "No tip for you, you misunderstanding servant" in Chinese and Bostonian?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOct 28, 2010, 12:49:00 PM
Might work better if tipping was a concept the waitstaff were familiar with here in China :)ReplyDelete
I've had the ordering shuǐ, 水 problem at xiaomaibu, they responded with "what kind of shuǐ? And pointed to a Coke, a Fanta, a sports drink...
I was so confused, didn't I say WATER? But apparently all those drinks are kinds of shuǐ (liquid really) in Chinese.
I've found saying 矿泉水 kuàngquánshuǐ helps a lot. When I can remember how to say it.
OMG GREEEG. This has happened to me SOOOOOOOOOO much.ReplyDelete
I remember one time like three years ago I went to a Chinese store, and my mom knew the owner and TOLD me that she speaks Mandarin, so I picked up a pair of shoes that did not have a tag on it and was like:
me: 多少钱?
her: UH?!
me: How much is it?
her: it's seven dollars.
Um . . . duh. Really? I completely know how you feel. D:
I think it just depends on who you're talking to, because my Chinese teacher from 12th grade didn't understand when I would stumble on a word, but my CHEMISTRY teacher did (and she speaks Mandarin, Canto, and English). What are the odds?
Anyway, glad to hear that you're almost fluent. I swear, you're probably better than me now :)
My university doesn't provide Chinese so I've been trying to find a good drama, but I'm not a TV person so I've seriously realized how picky I am when I come to that kind of thing. I keep telling myself I'm going to go back to LiveMocha but I never do it. :) One of my latest goals is to read the Bible in Chinese! (ironically, I'm an agnostic, but I figured, that is some feat!) so lolz. Here I am. I might do study abroad in China over the next few years though . . . Hopefully :)
You have no idea how much I miss being in school with Chinese people. It's so weird!
How are you Greg? It's been awhile. You need to post blogs more often. Clearly you can tell that you have some really loyal followers. Please keep it up! We love to hear from you! :)
Cesar, actually tipping is an interesting difference - not expected in China, yet demanded in the US!ReplyDelete
mouseneb, I think I'd also forget "kuàngquánshuǐ", so I'll just stick with "bīng shuǐ". Which reminds me to mention that (and this is my experience only) it depends where in China you are. In some places it seems that "bīng shuǐ" just means cold water, and in others it literally means water with ice. If you're just looking for cold, then the latter places seem to expect you to say "lěng shuǐ".
Kara, hello again. Yeah, it is a bit "duh" isn't it? Fluent? I don't remember claiming that! Even "almost fluent" makes me snicker to myself too. Good luck on the bible - rather a brave venture - you're certainly going to get challenged every step of the way. I don't doubt you can do it though. Bit by bit I'm settling in here, so I should be blogging more regularly again from now-ish!
yikes. maybe it's time to drink tea always ?ReplyDelete
interesting blogReplyDelete
yah, i feel like this happened to me every day in Shanghai as well. i'm still a little angry about it, haha.ReplyDelete
Hey BtM, sadly drinking tea is an art around here, especially if you're talking milk tea. You gotta decide whether to have it hot or cold, if it's cold there is the decision how much ice to get, and you also decide about the sugar content (at the ordering stage). Sigh. So I'm crossing the tea's. (Oh no, that's a terrible joke, sorry!)ReplyDelete
Thanks kungfudonut
Ah jp, but since you moved back to the US, have people been able to understand your English??
once I ordered 百事可乐 (Pepsi) at a chinese restaurant but the waitress thought I said 白色可乐 (white soda) so she brought me Sprite. lolReplyDelete
Don't feel so bad, Andy, I've seen the opposite happen with Chinese friends of mine, at least a couple of times. They will be asking the waiter for 'spirits', and he (just like me) is thinking of whiskey or vodka, but what they're *actually* asking for is "Sprite".ReplyDelete
If you're in China and you don't want bottled water you'll want to order 白开(水) baikai shui, plain boiled water. Some people call it liang baikai, if they want it cold, because some Chinese people like their water really hot (then you know it's been boiled and won't give you 'stomach flu').ReplyDelete
Hi Greg,ReplyDelete
How are things in HK? I'm going on through Heisig. Any word on when Book 2 will be ready?
James, I'm loving HK (although spending a fair amount of time elsewhere in Asia on business).ReplyDelete
In terms of Heisig 2, I'm in a quandry. Because I'm in HK, I should be leading the traditional character set, although I learned simplified. I could either just get Simplified 2, and continue to 'integrate' traditional into my knowledge experientially only. Or I could buy Traditional 1 first, because I'll need to build up new stories right from the beginning.
Decisions decisions ...


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The book launch went well, the people that came along seemed to enjoy themselves. There was a good atmosphere and feel to the place, and I'd like to thank all those who came along. Reading extracts from the book was a bit nervy, but a good time was had by all.
The gig I played with Gary Bushell's Gonads last Friday in Mansfield was a good time, (no money though, so nothing has changed there) long time since I've played the punk drumming though.
Gary turned up at my launch, as did John King, my publisher Martin, along with other good people and my old friends. Thanks for your support, best Pete
Saturday, 15 December 2007
Book Launch and stuff
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Sunday, 9 December 2007
Book launch and playing with The Gonads
There's a launch for my book on Monday 10th Dec; sounds swanky but it will be down to earth. I rehearsed with Gary Bushell and his Gonads this Monday and we're playing in Mansfield on Friday the 7th December (at The Town Mill, or something like that). Haven't drummed for ages ; still I get a head cold and feel like I have flu everytime I drum, the immune system is rubbish - get sweaty - get a cold and feel like shit - I know how to enjoy myself; getting more neurotic by the day.
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Martin McDonagh's Inishmore
By Cristin Kelly
A week of sweeping fogs has passed over and given me a strange sense of exile and desolation. I walk round the island nearly everyday, yet I can see nothing anywhere but a mass of wet rock, a strip of surf, and then a tumult of waves. . . . Wherever I turn there is the same grey obsession twining and wreathing itself among the narrow fields, and the same wail from the wind that shrieks and whistles in the loose rubble of the walls.
J.M. Synge, The Aran Islands
London-born Martin McDonagh first got to know his Irish heritage as a child, spending summers in western Ireland with his parents. These visits made a strong impression on him, shaping his playwriting as an adult. Three of his plays, including The Lieutenant of Inishmore, are set on the Aran Islands, a group of three islands at the mouth of Galyway Bay, which are known for their remoteness and have often been romanticized in literature. In her travelogue, Ireland Revisited, Jill Uris says, "An Aran saying, "Solitude without loneliness" lures a number of visitors to the island to listen to the purest Gaelic spoken and to see, hear, and smell the sea mists roll over the islands as a protective shield from the outside world."
McDonagh's impression of the Aran Islands steers away from the romance of solitude, highlighting instead a bleak picture of modern island life: desolation, isolation, and boredom. Critic Ben Brantley notes, "The Lieutenant of Inishmore takes place, like so much of McDonagh's work, in a drab rustic cottage that seems to have been created with the malicious intention of boring to madness whoever might live there." Of his impressions of the Galway region, McDonagh says, "the remoteness, the wildness, the loneliness" of the land, "always stuck in my mind."
These hard-scrabble characteristics of the land have shaped life on the islands. Playwright J.M. Synge observed, "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult." 17th century Catholic settlers had to adapt themselves to the raw climatic conditions and develop a survival system of total self-sufficiency. They mixed layers of sand and seaweed on top of rocks to create fertile soil, constructed unique boats for fishing, and built thatched cottages from the materials available or through trading with the mainland.
Today, the Arans are known as a last haven of a traditional Irish lifestyle, but as McDonagh underscores, there exists an awkward balance with modern life. It is only very recently that the islands have had reliable electricity and communications. There has been a decline in Irish speaking among the young, which some blame on the introduction of English television in the 1980s. Many younger islanders leave for the mainland when they come of age. In his plays, McDonagh shows the lack of opportunities that especially plagues the youth of the Aran Islands. This problem is noted by Jill and Leon Uris. "For young people, there is little respite from boredom. . . . Enough tourists and islanders have returned with tall tales of the outside world to evoke curiosity. Many islanders will leave. A lesser number will return to stay."
Inishmore, which is home to the unruly cast of characters in The Lieutenant of Inishmore, is the largest of the islands with a population of just under 900. These characters are products of McDonagh's anti-sentimental view of life on the islands. As Brantley says, "his characters are defined almost exclusively by the restlessness born of boredom or the warped sense of accomplishment of killing."
McDonagh's Irish heritage puts him in the unique perspective of being a cultural insider to the islands, yet his London upbringing provides the lens through which he writes about rural Ireland. Nicholas Hynter, Artistic Director of the National Theatre in London says, "No one who isn't Irish could have caught that world so dead-on right. But there is in Martin also a kind of alert, sarcastic, cocky, South London street voice–the side of him that is ruthless with sentimentality. That's something that is much more Camberwell than Connemara." It is this dual perspective with which McDonagh has created his view of modern life on the Aran Islands.
"The Aran Islands." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_Islands.
O'Toole, Fintan. "A Mind in Connemara." The New Yorker. 6 March 2006.
Synge, J.M. The Aran Islands.
Uris, Jill and Leon. Ireland: A Terrible Beauty. Bantam, 1978.
Uris, Jill. Ireland Revisited. Doubleday, 1982.


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Comair has lawsuits pending against airport employees - including director Michael Gobb - as well as Tetra Tech, the company responsible for a runway construction project, and Jeppesen-Sanderson, the maker of airport maps. A federal judge has ruled Comair can't sue Blue Grass Airport, and it would require a special waiver to sue the Federal Aviation Administration, which runs the airport's control tower.
Tom Halbleib, an attorney for the airport, said the insurer made no new allegations against airport officials and predicted the judge would eventually release them from the case.
In a separate filing Wednesday, the insurance company asked for reimbursement of $94,732 in death benefits it paid for pilot Jeffrey Clay, who was among those killed in the crash. Clay's widow, Amy Clay, confirmed in a phone interview Friday that the family had received worker's compensation after her husband's death but declined to comment further.
Louise Roselle, an attorney who represents some of the victims' family members who are suing Comair for negligence, said the insurance claims are separate from the larger questions about liability. Most of the cases are expected to head to trial next December.
"We don't have a dog in that fight," Roselle said Friday.
The Comair jet crashed in the pre-dawn darkness shortly after trying to take off for Atlanta from a general aviation runway.
The plane clipped trees and a perimeter fence before crashing.
Last summer, the National Transportation Safety Board determined pilot error was the primary cause of the crash.
Care for pilot in crash tops $1M
Lexington, Ky. | An insurance company for Comair says it has paid more than $1.1 million in medical bills for the co-pilot who survived an August 2006 plane crash that killed 49 people.


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Jewelry Box: Georland Fine Jewelry at O.C. Tanner in SLC
Happy Monday!
It's been awhile since we've shared a "Jewelry Box" post, so we're starting the week off with something sparkly and lovely from Salt Lake City's O.C. Tanner.
Last Thursday, I was lucky enough to attend O.C. Tanner's holiday party at their flagship downtown SLC store. It was quite the glamorous affair–a throwback to a more elegant era. Guests enjoyed shrimp cocktails, Champagne, and martinis from a "luge" ice bar. Men dressed in white jackets and bow ties and women draped in fur coats and black cocktail dresses admired glittering baubles from shiny jewelry cases perched throughout the historic three-story building.
While wandering among the assortment of dazzling diamonds and stunning sapphires, a new line of jewelry caught my eye: Georland, a Paris-based collection making its local debut at O.C. Tanner that very evening.
Founded in 1954 by Georges Richard and Roland Bouder ("Geor" + "land" = Georland), the fine jewelry business has been helmed by three generations of the Marteau family.
Georland's unique, sophisticated pieces are ideal for special occasions, and perfectly suited for weddings. Two of Georland's collections in particular stand out for brides-to-be: the Silk Road collection and the Infinity collection.
First, the Silk Road collection features diamond and gemstone rings, cuffs, earrings, and necklaces crafted of gold and white gold in lace-like patterns that "cover the skin like a sparkly lacy veil."
Himalaya bracelet
Lhassa pendant in topaz
Madiva ring in amethyst
Pieces from the Silk Road collection are surprisingly affordable considering their fine craftsmanship and one-of-a-kind look–rings start at just $600.
Second, the Infinity collection features statement-making diamond necklaces, earrings, and rings in white gold and pink gold.
Petillante earrings in pink gold with diamonds
Petillante pendant in white gold with diamonds
Divine ring in pink gold with diamonds
Don't these pieces just take your breath away?
You can view the entire Georland collection in person–and try these stunners on!–at O.C. Tanner: 15 South State Street, SLC, 801-532-3222.


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MJC Community Concert Band presents Fall Concert
MJC Community Concert Band presents Fall Concert
The Modesto Junior College Community Concert Band presents a Fall Concert on Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Auditorium on East Campus, 435 College Avenue, Modesto. The event is open to the public and admission is free, with donations gratefully accepted
The Concert Band, conducted by Director of Bands Erik Maki, will perform The Fairest of the Fair by John Philip Sousa; Take Off by David Weinberger; Carnival Overture by Anton Dvorak/arr. by Leigh Steiger; From Every Horizon (A Tone Poem to New York) by Norman Dello Joio; Oberon Overture by Weber/arr. by Hindsley; El Camino Real by Alfred Reed and Masque by W. Francis McBeth.
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Boise Urban Garden School recently opened a new education center in Comba Park, giving kids a new destination to garden, harvest and even cook with fresh fruits and vegetables—all the more reason to support the annual BUGS Plant Sale. This year's sale on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, will feature locally grown edible plants, pollinator plants and garden veggies for purchase.
Meanwhile, the Idaho Botanical Garden celebrates National Public Gardens Day, Friday, May 8, with free all-day admission.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police have arrested a subject wanted for a July 25 shooting in which two children and two adults were injured.
Law officials say Bernard Murray, 23, was apprehended while at Orleans Parish criminal court for unrelated matters. He faces charges including four counts of attempted second degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm.
Police say the victims were riding in a car together when a red pickup truck pulled alongside them. Shots were fired from the pickup truck into the victim's vehicle, and two children and two adults suffered gunshot wounds. Another child in the car escaped injury.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
APRO Membership in 1965
In 1965, I inquired about joining the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), at that time the most famous UFO membership organization after NICAP. APRO was formed in 1952, NICAP in 1956. The letter shown here (Jan. 18, 1965) from Coral Lorenzen is essentially my first contact with Coral, who founded and operated APRO with her husband, Jim.
While NICAP maintained an impressive file of important domestic, and to a lesser extent, foreign UFO cases and was noteworthy especially for lobbying Congress to initiate a Congressional UFO investigation, APRO's concentration involved a wealth of international UFO reports -- and a very sober attitude about UFO occupant cases, the kind that a cautious NICAP wouldn't warm up to for several years, and even then not until the evidence for occupants increased significantly. For NICAP, the Barney and Betty Hill story tipped the balance, as did the Pascagoula (Hickson and Parker) case. APRO, however, had already investigated and documented similar cases for years.
Unfortunately, the far less reputable "contactees" of the world, already holding reign for a long time, had firmly established their absurd stories of visits with residents of Venus and other nearby planets, and their often easily-determined lies had muddied the UFO research waters profoundly, leaving little or no room for credible UFO occupant/abduction/trace evidence reports.
APRO folded with Coral Lorenzen's death in the eighties, a few years after Jim passed on. I'll post more about APRO soon.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Random meme
But then i have seen some mums of toddlers look on point!
I saw this lady the other day at the hospital in Lagos wearing snow boots abi isnt that what these things are called?
I suspect she was just coming in from alaska...... mcheew
On another random note, i still dont have a seat in the office. I cant wait for the three months to elapse and see the kind of seating it takes 3 whole months to provide *rolls eyes*
Yesterday was my 4th year wedding anniversary... i wish i could say its been bliss all through.... Hopefully with time it'll get better.
The boys are doing fine. We are at the Q&A stage with my dear Ayobami and the questions are indeed endless... why did you go to work?, why did you drive like that?, who is that man/woman? Ah ah.... To make matters worse smallie is at the copy copy stage, so he repeats the very question i have just answered and i just have to answer. It's a wonder i still have any flesh on with all the talking i do on a daily basis :D
Which kain yeye post be this sef?
I ran into my teacher from primary 4 the other day.... Amazingly she recognised me and still remembered my name!!! she also remembered a few other people from my class. Such good memories she struck up in me i tell you. I particularly remember one boy Ahmed being asked a question and he responded " no idea" . At the time,Junior challenge(i think that was the name) a game show was being aired on NTA and that as what contestants would say when they didnt know the answer to the question being asked. LOL she almost whacked his head....
i also remembered helping one boy Bisi to do his sums(or maybe it was comprehension sef, who knows) and he gave me money.... I remember refusing!!!! Now i wish i had collected the money LOL
Good old memories people...
Anyway y'all wanted a post so there you have it!!!
11 comments:
- Ema Leecious said...
Lol, wish you had collected the money ke?
Kids..I always wonder how they never get tired.
About the chicks who always have it all together, I don't bother to keep up with them any more. I just try to look nice and end it there.
- 26 June 2012 at 15:03
- 9jaFOODie said...
LMAO... Nigerians will not kill me oo. Winter boots in that heat? o ga ju.
- 26 June 2012 at 17:08
- Toinlicious said...
Afi alaska o lmao
- 26 June 2012 at 23:03
- P.E.T. Projects said...
That chair had better be a water bed.
Please how was the woman walking? Didnt she feel odd?
Keep answering the questions my dear, u'll be glad you did at some point!
- 27 June 2012 at 15:16
- Okeoghene said...
Beautiful randoms
I pity whoever will be near when that woman in the winter shoes takes them off, the smell ehn! will render some organisms homeless.
You still don't have a seat in the office? Maybe it is going to be special or the carpenter to make it is yet to be born.
I am also at the Q & A stage and sometimes the questions are so baffling and things we take for granted. It is a learning process.
- 27 June 2012 at 21:29
- SHE said...
LMAO! Random post. Very funny too!
I'm sure the Ahmed boy thought 'No idea' was a veery smart thing to say at that time!
Nigerians! I can assure you that I've seen similar boots on a Nigerian actress in a Nollywood movie before. I kid you not!
- 27 June 2012 at 22:41
- Atary said...
very funny random post, had a good laugh!
Congrats on your wedding anniversary, may God continue to bless your union.
Abeg allow the Naija babe rock her boobs o, he easy to get am? LOL!
- 28 June 2012 at 09:55
ahahahahaha @ just coming from alaska!....you are funny! Happy 4years wedding anniversary...yes, it gets better just like wine, the older, the sweetest :D
Seat?..since?...after 3 months?.e get as e be shaa...nevertheless, continue to be maintain your patience...one day, breeze go blow abi?..ehehehehehe.
Greetings to your family.
- 28 June 2012 at 13:16
- Che said...
LOL @ the things some ladies wear, esp the color blocking thingy. Oh boi, I see some girls and I wonder if they are clowns let loose from a circus. All na fashion. *smh..Happy wedding anniversary and May your union get sweeter by the day. Kids and their curious growing minds. I enjoyed the randomness of this post.
- 28 June 2012 at 17:54
- doll said...
4 years already! ! ! wow...im an old blogger o!
Cuz i remember your single days
it can only get better jare
NA real Q & A...i was that kinda child too, hopefully my future kids would give me some respite
- 29 June 2012 at 16:19
- Myne Whitman said...
You got me laughing, Alaska for sure :) Congrats on your anniversary, and may it keep getting better.
- 1 July 2012 at 05:21
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Black-eyed children are supposed to be an Urban Legend they are ghostly children with pale skin and black eyes and their age is between 6-16 years.
People come across these Children while hitchhiking or can be confronted by them on their doorstep as they open the front door.
Tales of these black-eyed children date back as far as the late 50's. So could these tales just be an Urban legend or is there some truth to these ghostly children?


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PORTLAND — The South Portland video producer who was caught up in the raid on a Gaza relief flotilla by Israeli troops May 31 will speak about his experience Friday at Sacred Heart Church.
Scott Hamann was aboard one of six ships in the flotilla when the Israeli Navy boarded the ships in international waters. On one of the ships, the Mavi Marmara, nine passengers were killed after a reported confrontation between the Israelis and activists on the ship.
Hamann was on board the Challenger 1. He was briefly detained in an Israeli prison before being sent back to America.
The talk on Friday, June 11, begins at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall of Sacred Heart Church, 80 Sherman St. The event, co-sponsored by Peace Action Maine, is free and open to the public.


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WiDE AWAKE are amongst some of the hottest producers at the moment, with production credits for stars like Stormzy , Pitbull , Will Smith and Jaguar Skills . They also have a growing number of successful releases with the likes of ' Ready ' and ' Love Me ' (feat. Jacob Banks) gaining over 11 million and 7 million views respectfully. Not only this, they also have upcoming releases on the likes of Sony / Columbia , DIM MAK and Lowly Place.
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Onigily Café
Keeping the rice ball rolling in the 21st century, this hip neighbourhood hangout in fashionable Nakameguro serves up delicious onigiri with a variety of fillings like bonito flakes, ume plum, salmon and kombu, all for ¥167 a piece. While the amicable staff will be happy to pack your onigiri in a custom-fit box for when you're on the go, if you're not in a rush, you should settle in on the comfy lounge chairs and thumb through the coffee-table books before sinking your teeth into a warm, made-to-order onigiri.
The breakfast set – a choice of two onigiri, pickled cucumbers, miso soup and a drink – is a bargain at a mere ¥540, while salads from their deli counter, including boiled pumpkin with minced chicken (¥378), sweet and spicy potato (¥324) and spinach seasoned with sesame (¥270), have many devotees among the health-conscious residents of Nakame.
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a condition that causes inflammation in many joints of the body. It is a chronic inflammatory disease where a faulty immune system attacks the tissue that lines and cushions the joints, leaving them swollen, painful and stiff. RA particularly affects the hands, feet, wrists, ankles and knees.
It tends to occur symmetrically, whereby if the right big toe joint is affected, the chances are the left one is too. RA can also affect other organs. In addition to joint pain and stiffness, symptoms include muscle aches, anaemia (a low blood count, leaving you feeling tired) and fever. The stiffness tends to be worse in the morning and after rest.
Women are three times more likely than men to get it and it tends to affect people between the ages of 30 and 50. The severity of the symptoms, vary from person to person. According to the Arthritis Research Campaign, about 1 in every 20 will have RA that becomes progressively worse leading to severe damage in a lot of joints. Around 1 in 5 will have mild RA that causes few problems, beyond a little pain and stiffness.
RA affects the smaller joints such as the fingers and toes first, so feet are often one of the first places to be affected. Symptoms usually strike the toes first and may then affect the back of the feet and the ankles. The joints may enlarge and even freeze in one position, so they can't extend fully.
The metatarsal-phalangeal joints are often affected. This is where the long bones of the feet meet the toes, and can result in Hallux valgus where the big toe is angled excessively towards the second toe and hammer toe deformities, where the toes curl up. Each of these deformities can cause further problems, for example, hammer toes, are likely to develop corns.
If the joints in the middle of the foot are affected, the arch can collapse leading to a flatfoot deformity and spreading of the forefoot. The front section of the foot becomes wider and the fatty pads on the balls of the feet may slip forward, causing pain on the balls of the feet and backs of the toes. If this happens, it can feel as though you are walking on stones.
If the joint where the heel bone meets the ankle (the joint that lets you rotate your ankle) is affected, it can lead to the condition hindfoot valgus. The heel will bend outwards, making it difficult to walk.
Any kind of foot deformity will cause an uneven distribution of pressure as you walk, making you more likely to develop corns, calluses and ulcers.
Rheumatoid nodules, fleshy lumps that usually occur below the elbows but can appear on the hands and feet too, may develop. They form over bony areas such as the heels and occur in 30 to 40 percent of people with RA.
Orthoses are a special type of insole that can be fitted into your shoes. They will help you walk in such a way to minimise the pressure on your affected joints. As well as a moulded insole, your Podiatrist will help you find shoes that are roomy enough to accommodate your foot – and orthoses – without adding unnecessary pressure. If your toes are beginning to stiffen or curl, for example, it's important for you to wear a shoe with an extra deep toe box. Your podiatrist may make a cast of your foot, so a shoe can be tailored to your exact foot shape. Protective shields can also relieve pressure and reduce friction.


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Delma H. "Bunny" O'Donnell, 76, a Resident of St. Barnabas Assisted Living and formerly of Hickory and Canonsburg passed away Tuesday January 30, 2018.
She was born July 15, 1941 in Houston the daughter of Herman and Delma Dove Cutright Hollenbach.
She was a graduate of Chartiers Houston High.
Mrs. O'Donnell was employed as a secretary by US Steel Corp. in Pittsburgh for thirty-five years retiring in 2000. Following retirement she was also employed by Weavertown Environmental for nine years.
She was a very active member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Canonsburg and St. Hilary Roman Catholic Church in Washington. She was a lector, Eucharistic Minister, member of the Christian Mothers, and taught CCD. Mrs. O'Donnell was the secretary of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Holy Name Society for several years.
She enjoyed participating in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
Floral gardening and spending time with her grandchildren brought her the greatest joy in her life.
On November 27, 1976 she married Patrick O'Donnell who passed away August 5, 1986.
Surviving are three children Karen Hamilton of Mount Alto, Colleen (Jeff) Bozic of Midway and Brian (Tara) O'Donnell of Charlotte, NC and seven grandchildren Lindsey Gavazzi, Johnna Campbell, Matthew Campbell, Haley (Rocco) Alati, Shawn O'Donnell, Brooke O'Donnell and Brian O'Donnell II.
Also surviving is a brother Gary (Barbara) Hollenbach of Houston, a sister in law Dolores Hollenbach of Streetsboro, OH, and ssix great grandchildren; Paige, Aayden, Kiliana, Aryana, Jaxson and James Jr. and several nieces.
She was preceded in death by a son Patrick "Shawn" O'Donnell, her brothers and sisters Jacob "Buck" Hollenbach, Sheila Kosem, Dorothy Telesko, a brother Peter Hollenbach during early childhood and a sister Mary Virginia Barringer.
Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday in Dale D. DeAngelo Funeral Home at 1290 Jefferson Ave. in Washington. Departing prayers will be held in the funeral home at 9:15 a.m. Friday followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Friday February 2, 2018 in St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church in Canonsburg. Interment will following in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Hickory.
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Size-dependent rheology of type-I collagen networks - Condensed Matter > Soft Condensed Matter
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Abstract: We investigate the system size dependent rheological response of branchedtype I collagen gels. When subjected to a shear strain, the highlyinterconnected mesh dynamically reorients, resulting in overall stiffening ofthe network. When a continuous shear strain is applied to a collagen network,we observe that the local apparent modulus, in the strain-stiffening regime, isstrongly dependent on the gel thickness. In addition, we demonstrate that theoverall network failure is determined by the ratio of the gel thickness to themesh size. These findings have broad implications for cell-matrix interactions,the interpretation of rheological tissue data, and the engineering ofbiomimetic scaffolds.
Autor: Richard C. Arevalo, Jeffrey S. Urbach, Daniel L. Blair
Fuente: https://arxiv.org/