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Online Casino Games: The Fun It Brings
The digital space is not limited to opportunities and employment. It has created an unprecedented opportunity for millions of individuals in the world due to the ease of accessing a digital gadget these days. The unprecedented growth of online platforms can be credited to the exponential development of digital devices. New and more developed digital devices like desktops and mobile phones are being created and launched every day. This flooding of the markets with advanced gadgets has increased the accessibility of the online space for every individual. In this age, sophisticated and unsophisticated gadgets are specially manufactured with the aim of easing access to any digital platform for an unparalleled experience.
Constant advance in technology has carved a niche for online aficionados to earn while enjoying themselves with the skills they have accumulated in their undertakings in the digital space. An excellent example of how people earn is captured by the employment opportunities created by online gaming platforms. Online casino games provide a platform for its user to exercise their fetishes while generating an income by continuously engaging other online casino enthusiasts. The games are easy to access because they are supported by the majority of digital devices in the market. The traction of these devices has seen an increase of subscriptions in online casino games.
Online gaming is meant to help us navigate the boredom of daily life by providing an escape from your daily routine to relax. Online casino games are making your rest profitable while giving you a platform to enjoy yourself. The flexibility is due to the variety of staking choices present to fit the needs of any gambling enthusiast. Online casino games are not cash cows for gamblers, but their operations are guided by applicable rules and regulations. The standardization helps in the capping of gambling activities to ensure responsible relaxation. Thus, the article will highlight how responsible gambling in online casino games can be the most fun thing you have ever done.
Elements of Online Casino That Makes It Desirable
Limiting the scope of your online casino gaming will certainly jeopardise any preconceived idea you had of enjoying yourself. Online casinos are fun, and it is highlighted by the mushrooming of new online casino platforms. The pull of online casino games is credited to specific components of online casino gaming.
These factors are:
Live Gaming
Live gaming is a feature not associated with many online casinos because it is a service that is set aside to premium users. Its competitiveness and the experience offered there are makes it a coveted platform for any online gambler. The experience is reinforced by its distinct features such as the instant streaming of happenings on the platform. The real-time display of activities makes it a real rest and money-making venture because individuals can monitor their investment. The live displays help you enjoy yourself optimally with your eyes trained on your cash minting on the online casino.
Live gaming has cut the lead time on reaching a physical casino with gaming brought your hand thanks to advancement in technology. You do not have to visit Monaco or the Las Vegas Strip to experience the ultimate gaming experience. The trick to enjoy this new trend is to log-in into the website of your choice, and you are ready to go.
Competitive Tournaments
Competition is the basis for joining any casino be it online or offline casino gaming in the form of brick and mortar. Competition allows us to gauge our aptitude and which better platforms to realise dreams like joining a competitive. Online casino gives you the opportunity to measure yourself against other gamers in the several casino disciplines like slots, poker, roulette. The excitement of distinguishing yourself among your peers in gaming is the ultimate goal of online gambling. The competition is cut-neck because the participation list constitutes the best players in the world, gathered in one platform to do what they love. Another aspect that makes them a craze is their scheduling of the tournaments which in many cases are held annually or biannually. The scheduling and exclusiveness of the matches make them one of the most awaited proceedings in the gaming calendar year.
Take Part in Promotions
Online casino games allow you to enjoy yourself with high possibilities of winning a lot of bonuses or cash prizes while you are at it. To surprise you, this is not the best part of online gaming. Imagine a situation whereby you are investing, but you are guaranteed a certain percentage of funds regardless of whether you lose or profit in your venture. Virtual casino games allow increasing your revenue streams by providing incentives in the form of bonuses to motivate you in your gambling.
Apart from the proceeds, you are sure to get; the bonuses help the gaming platforms hold onto their enthusiastic fans while giving the gamer a new cash-cow to milk.
Huge Prizes
Winning is the sole motivation of gaming and to be precise, online gambling. In recent times, the most rewarding competitions have been virtually base. Online gaming is growing so are the prizes they are rewarding their customers. Jackpot prizes for online casinos and other online games are making people millionaires and billionaires overnight. Online gaming has become a lucrative venture that it has become a profession for some people who have become proficient with the art of online casino gaming.
If you can rake in thousands or millions in an instant on a regular basis, what is the essence of holding onto a job that is taxing to your schedule with meagre returns? The rewarding nature of online casino gaming has made it an avenue for people especially the youth to earn that extra fast. All you need is a digital gadget with an Internet connection to make the gaming a venture worth your while.
Indulge Your Desires While Maintaining Your Budget
Casinos are associated with a particular misconception that it is a luxury meant exclusively for the affluent. The optics are misleading because online casino games allow you to engage in any gaming activity you want without having to stress yourself with large stakes associated with physical casinos. Online casino games have enabled gamblers to indulge their obsessions within a small budget. Visiting a brick and mortar requires certain expenses such as transport which comes with its costs such as fare and gas money. Online casinos need basic equipment in the name of a phone and internet connection to enjoy any casino game of your choice with incurring additional costs.
An excellent example of a different online casino gaming is 918kiss. An online casino gaming platform with a variety of games such as poker, slots, and arcades that do not include the amount to the stake. The no-capping policy on virtual casino games stakes allows all cadres of individuals to bet on their favourite games in the same virtual tables as the rich.
Variety of Participants
The digital space constitutes of people of all walks of life because it accommodates the entire globe. Online casino owners have taken advantage of the virtual space to diversify and broaden the scope of their customer base. Gone are the days when casinos were associated with suited and glamorous ladies. In this day and age, casinos services are offered on the internet allowing every person regardless of status to interact and have fun without anybody passing judgement on someone's spending power or the manner they dress. It is impossible to have these metrics to judge your opponents.
Virtual casino platforms, therefore, find that balance of the rich and poor that has eluded physical casino venue for years. The balance has enabled online casinos to take more cash than their counterparts in mainstream gaming.
There is a mistaken belief that gaming or commonly known as gambling is a sin or an addiction. In Islam and the Holy Book of Quran states that any game of chance is considered immortal sin and disgraceful doings of Satan's hand. In Christianity too, God warns against its temptations which are conceived from the love for money and material wealth. The strong terms describing gambling makes it an unappealing hobby or revenue stream to associate yourself in public.
Online casino gaming platforms make your privacy their paramount goal to ensure your gaming experience is fun-filled without the stress of being recognised by someone who knows you. They provide this by allowing to use aliases to conceal your real identity to the people you are interacting with the virtual casinos. Your account is further fortified with a password only known to you to enhance your privacy and security of your information. The fortitude awarded to you in virtual casinos allows you to engage in an activity that you love without concerning yourself with opinions of other people.
The flexible and independence afforded by online accords with the opportunity to gamble on your terms. It includes gaming in the comfort of your home, workplace, public transport. Virtual casinos are accessible at all times and locations. The flexibility of these virtual casinos allows you to play even in the comfort of your home. The virtual nature of these online casinos help you minimise on the costs you require to access a physical casino venue. The charges are regarding fuel cost, transport cost, and refreshment cost. The money you save on these costs provides you with an opportunity to reinvest in the online casino for more cash or to channel to other investments.
Virtual casinos also help gamers avoid the full nature of the casino. Physical casinos venues are synonymous with overcrowding due to the many gaming equipments in that establishment and the high number of gamblers who frequent them. Majority of gamblers do not enjoy the congestion in these places hence, virtual casino games is a godsend to them.
International Reach
Virtual casinos gaming allows a gambler to interact with fellow gamers in an environment that they are comfortable. The interactions are regarding gaming with others or discussing real issues with other players. Thus, it is an excellent platform for comparing cultures and meeting new people from everywhere on the globe.
All this you can accomplish at the comfort of home. Online casino games have formed an unprecedented social and economical tool that boasts a wide range of benefits that are fun. But it is essential not to forget that fun comes with responsibility. The digital space is the highest-ranking place that a lot of offences are executed.
The internet should be used responsibly so that all users enjoy the opportunity present in the virtual space equally. So be your brother's keeper by enjoying yourself responsibly.
Your responsibility to experience the ultimate fun include:
Avoid cyberbullying
The internet is rife with cases of cyberbullying that has had negative consequences. Instances of suicides have become rampant because many people are suffering from serious cyber-shaming, cyberstalking, and trolling. The bullying is always severe, hence the dangerous actions the victims take.
Protect yourself
The internet constitutes of all people; with good or bad motives. Therefore, it is essential to secure your online casino accounts with strong passwords to deter hackers and other digital intruders from accessing your account to use for their evil deeds.
Use antivirus
To ensure that your experience on the internet is memorable, ensure that your computer is protected against malware that invaded devices for data. It acts as the immediate defence mechanism for anyone seeking to have unauthorised access into your device. An ideal antivirus allows you to sprawl the internet without fear of being attacked.
To conclude the online casino sphere is only broadening with every passing day. It also means that new and better casino gaming platforms are being created. It is a growing market whose evolution is unparalleled both in the present and future. Therefore, individuals need to adopt this reliable revenue stream because it is the future of gaming. Grow rich while enjoying yourself with online casino games.


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Jean Zimmerman
Photo: © Maud Reavill
About the Author
Jean Zimmerman collaborated with Felice Schwartz on Breaking with Tradition: Women and Work, the New Facts of Life and was the author of Tailspin: Women at War in the Wake of Tailhook. Her husband, Gil Reavill, is a freelance journalist. They live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, with their daughter.

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Alan Campbell Fly Fishing Guide
New Zealand Professional Flyfishing Guide Alan Campbell, welcomes you to the Mount Cook region in the Mackenzie Country of the Central South Island of New Zealand.
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I pride myself on providing a friendly and relaxed fly fishing experience that will make your fishing trip to New Zealand one to remember. This means that no matter your level of skill with the fly rod, as a patient guide and tutor I can help you get the most from yourself.
As well as the opportunity to catch a beautiful NZ trout, you can also learn more about fly fishing from me by using practical fly patterns (all of mine are self tied), and the time and special care spent with the knots where I pay full attention to detail.
There are over 30 streams and lakes all within 1 hour's drive from my base in Twizel including the Tekapo and Ahuriri rivers.
If you are seeking that special angling experience then you should see me!
Dirección física
Alan Campbell Fly Fishing Guide, 33 Pukaki Place, Twizel, Christchurch - Canterbury, 7901, New Zealand.
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General Teacher Interview Questions
Assessment Questions
1. Give me an example of a performance assessment.
2. Explain how you use assessments as a way to improve student learning (click here to read a possible response).
3. What methods have you used or would you use to assess student learning?
4. What standards of measure will you use to access your students? Will you use state, national, or local standards?
5. Other than tests, how do you assess student learning?
6. How do you prepare your students for standardized tests?
7. If students could describe you using one word, what would that word be?
Background Questions
1. Why did you become a teacher?
2. Are you a risk taker? (Give an example.)
3. Are you a positive and energetic person? (Give an example to back up your answer.)
4. Tell me about yourself. (Click here to read a possible response)
5. Are you an empathetic person? Give an example.
6. How can you tell that a person is a good listener?
7. Are you an objective person? Give an example.
8. What motivates you?
9. What do you want to do with your life?
10. What was the most frustrating thing that happened to you as a student teacher?
11. What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses?
12. What is the role of the principal? Does a conflict exist between your perception of a principal's role and his/her role as your evaluator?
13. Describe your student teaching experience.
14. During your student teaching, were you ever involved with a situation at school involving racial tension? If so, how did you handle it?
15. What subjects have you taught?
16. Are you patient? Give an example.
17. Do you ever feel angry towards your students?
18. What is your educational philosophy? (click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
19. If you could create the ideal school, what would it be like?
20. Do you like to be challenged? (Give an example to back up your answer.)
21. What do you like most/dislike most about teaching?
22. How do your life experiences prepare you for teaching?
23. What teams and/or clubs did you belong to as a student?
24. What activities would you coach or advise as a member of this staff?
25. Why did you choose to be a teacher? (Click here to read a possible response)
26. What do you like most about a teaching career?
27. Describe "professionalism." What does it mean to you?
28. Why should you be hired for this position?
29. Tell us/me about your planning habits. If there a particular format that you use? Do you plan on a weekly basis?
30. Scheduling is tricky and difficult at times. How do you approach conflicts that arise in regard to scheduling with your colleagues?
31. State your educational philosophy. How do you incorporate it into your daily instruction?
32. What are the three most important characteristics of an effective educator/teacher?
33. Why do you feel you are qualified for the position for which you are applying?
34. How would you handle difficult parents?
35. What three words would your students use to describe you?
36. If a student comes into school with a bruise on their face that you did not notice the day before and that student comes up to you and says I need to tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone. What do you do? (Click here to read a possible response)
37. What does it mean to be a teacher?
38. What is the ideal relationship between a teacher and student?
39. What motivates you to achieve your goals to be successful?
40. How would you describe yourself as a team member?
41. How would others describe you as a team member?
42. Why are you leaving your current position? (Click here to read a possible response)
43. Why do you want to teach in this district? (Click here to read a possible response)
44. What are some characteristics that you would find favorable when dealing with administration?
45. What is a challenge that you feel you recently overcame (in your teaching career)? How did you search out resources to help you do so?
46. Describe an extraordinary teacher. (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
47. How do you manage stress?
48. Are you fluent in any language other than English?
49. What else would you like to share about yourself?
50. What experience have you had working with at-risk students?
51. How would you deal with an uncooperative colleague?
52. What would you expect your students to have gained after having you as a teacher?
53. How would you handle a parent that disagrees with your grading method or an assignment?
54. How do you keep parents informed of student progress?
55. How would you describe a gifted student?
56. Have you earned an honor or an award anytime in your life? If so, what was it?
57. What part of teaching do you look forward to most?
58. What part of teaching do you look forward to least?
59. What are your endorsements in?
60. How would contribute to building and improving staff morale?
61. How do you manage (cope with) stress?
62. Describe a motivating teacher. (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
63. Why should we hire you over other applicants? (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
64. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
65. What do you know about AVID and would be interested in doing it?
66. Does a student being at risk have to do with his/her intelligence level?
67. What are your experiences working with a Professional Learning Community?
68. Describe your education, experience, and interest in the ___ School District that will make you a viable candidate for this position.
Classroom Management Questions
1. If a student said she thought you were the worst teacher she ever had, what would you say?
2. If a student came to you and said, "None of the other students like me," what would you tell him/her?
3. How do you feel if a student does not meet a deadline?
4. Do you believe you should build rapport with students? If yes, how?
5. How do you feel about noise in the classroom? How do you handle noise in the classroom?
6. How do you organize your classroom?
7. Describe the first five minutes of your class.
8. Give me an example of a rule or procedure in your classroom?
9. You have a child with autism in your classroom who has a hard time with transitions. How do you accommodate this child?
10. Provide an example of how you handled a peer conflict.
11. What is your approach to classroom management? (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
12. What do you do with a "trouble-maker"?
13. What do you do when a student refuses to do his or her assignments?
14. What do you know about PBIS and how is it used in your classroom?
Discipline Questions
1. Some people say you should demand respect. Do you agree or disagree?
2. It is the first day of class, you are writing something on the board and a paper wad hits you in the back, what would you do? Later the same day, if all the students drop their pencils, what do you do?
3. How do you handle a child who seems gifted, but is a discipline problem?
4. Describe your discipline plan.
5. How do you curb student misbehavior? (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
6. Describe a troubled student and how you helped him/her.
7. How would you handle a student that constantly disrupted the learning environment?
8. How would you handle a student that was caught cheating on a test? (Click here to read a possible response)
9. You witness a student bullying another student in the hallway. How would you respond?
10. A student throws a book at another student during class. How would you respond?
11. A student swears in class. How do you respond?
Pedagogy Questions
1. What will you do to engage parents? How will you get them actively involved in their child's education?
2. How do you give your students recognition? Do you think a student can have too much recognition?
3. What are various reading strategies you use?
4. How would you incorporate math into your curriculum (for non-math teachers)?
5. What strategies would you use to enhance students' writing skills?
6. What are various vocabulary strategies you use? (Click here for a quick, enacted-on-the-spot engagement strategy)
7. What's the difference between a good and a great teacher?
8. How would you handle making a difficult phone call to a parent?
9. Explain how you use differentiated instruction in the classroom?
10. Describe two to three instructional tools you need in the classroom?
11. What role do standards play in your classroom?
12. Describe your teaching style.
13. Describe your ideal lesson.
14. Have you team-taught? What's your opinion on it?
15. Describe a teaching strategy you used to maximize the learning potential of all students.
16. How would you decide what should be taught in your classroom?
17. Describe any multicultural, gender fair classroom practices you have used in the past and how you would ensure equality among your students.
18. What is your philosophy on homework? (Food for thought)
19. Describe your use of auditory, visual, and hands-on teaching techniques.
20. Provide an example of a successful lesson that you created and used.
21. How do you keep your students engaged 90-100% of the time? (Click here for a quick, enacted-on-the-spot engagement strategy)
22. Describe adaptations have you used with students with special needs.
23. Full inclusion is part of the educational environment. How would you meet the needs of a full inclusion child and design a program?
24. How do you inspire creativity in your classroom?
25. A student continually fails to turn in their homework. How do you respond to this?
26. How would you meet the needs of English Language Learners in your classroom?
27. Describe how you plan your lessons. (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
28. How will you ensure students understand your lesson's learning objectives? (Click here to read a recent post from Road to Teaching's blog)
29. How does your philosophy translate to the types of lessons you actually have students complete in your classroom?
30. What are some of your strategies for differentiating lessons?
31. Scenario: There are students from four different ethnic groups in middle school the principal added a student with pretty severe emotional/behavior problems and a student with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair. Students from the ethnic groups stick together ,never making friends with outsiders. Many of the subgroups communicate in their native language. The emotionally disturbed student is making matters worst by telling ethnic jokes to anyone who is listening. There are rumors of an ambush after school to teach the emotionally disturbed student a lesson. You agree that the whole class for that matter needs a lesson, but not this kind. Critically think how you could handle this situation? How would you teach the class to feel more comfortable together? What is your first goals in working on this problem? And how could these issues affect the grade level you teach?
32. How do you approach a mixed-ability class?
33. Please describe how you use assessments to increase influence the instruction of your students.
Professional Development Questions
1. What are your goals for next year?
2. What is the last book you read or conference you attended that benefited you professionally?
3. How do you keep abreast of your field?
4. What will you be doing in five years?
5. What is the most significant professional development you have received?
6. How do you evaluate your own teaching?
7. What professional development workshops would you like to attend?
8. What will make you a great teacher in 5-10 years? (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
Student Learning Questions
1. How do you use technology to enhance student learning?
2. How would you rank these in importance and why? Planning, discipline, methods, evaluation.
3. How do you encourage students to learn? Can a student be forced to learn?
4. Do you make learning fun? Give an example.
5. How do you encourage students to be active in learning?
6. How do you communicate your student learning expectations?
7. How do you know that your students are learning?
8. How do you support 501 students' and special services students' learning?
9. What is the number one factor that contributes to student learning?
10. How do you motivate your students? (Click here to read a possible response, an excerpt from Road to Teaching)
Behavior-Based Interview Questions
Read more about behavior-based interview questions and how to answer by clicking here.
1. Describe the experiences you have had in implementing a standard-based curriculum.
2. Describe a unit of curriculum that you have taught.
3. Tell me about an individual lesson that went well.
Methods and Planning
1. How have you divided large amounts of material to be covered? (Hint: Show a sample curriculum or discuss how you would use a curriculum map that includes learning objectives, assessments, activities, and standards)
2. How would you write a plan and what is included in each plan?
Classroom Management
1. Describe classroom management plans that you have used.
2. How have you motivated your students?
Homework and Grading
1. Describe a grading system that has worked well for you in the past?
2. How have you dealt with students who do not complete their homework?
Communication and Professionalism
1. Describe how you conduct a parent/guardian conference?
2. Share an example of a communication with a parent that helped you in dealing with the child.
3. What have you read/studied recently that led to a change in your classroom?
4. What parts of your teacher training do you use the most? (Hint: Avoid saying anything negative. Anything like you were bored or not engaged will lead the interviewer to believe you will act the same in staff meetings, etc. Rather, describe 1-2 positive areas of your training, how you used it, and it's impact)
1. What are the most important things a child should be learning in kindergarten?
2. What type of reading program did you use in student teaching?
3. If I walked into your classroom during reading time, what would I see?
4. Tell me what you know about the 4-block Literacy Model.
5. How would you handle difficult parents?
6. Tell me what you know of the reading first grant?
7. List 3 to 5 current best practices in education which have direct impact on student achievement. Choose one of the practices you listed and describe how you would implement it into your instruction.
8. How would you help a child who is unable to read or comprehend? (answer varies based on grade level) (Click here to read a possible response)
9. What math programs do you use (or plan to use) in your classroom?
10. How do you teach writing?
11. What are educational issues or trends affecting elementary teaching?
12. How would you teach the alphabet? Give examples. (Click here to read a possible response)
13. How would you teach your class that a nickel is worth five cents? (Click here to read a possible response)
14. What are the list and describe the 5 reading components?
15. All of your teaching experience so far is in lower elementary grades, do you feel you are capable to teach the upper elementary grades (3,4,5) and why?
16. Please tell us about your background, your personal characteristics, and attributes that contribute to you being prepared to be a X grade teacher.
17. Why are you choosing to work for X Elementary School?
18. What are the components that would be involved in the creation of a balanced literacy program in your classroom?
Middle School
1. You teach middle school Reading. The class has to read a required class reading book. How do you get the student who says that they hate this book and refuse to read it to read this book? (Click here to read a possible response)
2. If you had to choose two required reading books for middle school, what two would they be?
3. How will keep middle school students engaged 90-100% of the time?
4. Why do you want to teach at middle school?
5. What are the benefits and challenges to working at the middle school level?
6. How would you respond if you saw a student being bullied in the hallway?
7. How would you describe middle school students?
8. What makes you well-suited to teach middle school students?
9. What activities have you have implemented that reflect your philosophy of education as it relates to middle school students?
Secondary – Career and Technical Education
1. How do you keep abreast of current business trends?
2. Give an example of a lesson or unit that teaches one or more employability skills.
3. How would you incorporate leadership into your classroom?
4. What are the most desired skills employers want to see in their new hires? How do you as a teacher address this?
5. How will you connect your curriculum to the real-world?
6. How will you build partnerships within the local and business community?
8. How important are soft skills compared to hard skills? How will you teach soft skills?
9. Career exploration is important. How will you incorporate this into your class?
10. Describe your technical expertise.
Secondary – Foreign Language
General Questions
1. With what frequency do you foresee using the various components of learning a language into your lessons? (listening, reading, writing, speaking and culture)
2. In foreign language classes, when students begin to fall behind it can be detrimental to their performance because so much learning is built on previous knowledge. What interventions will you use to help the students who are not achieving academically in your classroom?
3. If you HAD to pick one out of the five (speaking, writing, listening, reading, culture), which do you think is the MOST important? Why?
4. Going on your response to #3, what do you do to help students with that everyday in your room? What activities force students to do that "thing" (speak, write, etc.)?
5. What is your belief on the best way to learn a language? Which do you think is ideal following a book, taking a grammatical/translation approach, utilizing TPRS, or having a mix? (Be aware of what that school district uses here!)
Spanish Questions
1. Que libro leíste el ano pasado que de que era?
2. Como puedes apoyar los alumnos en sus vidas personales sin ser sus amigos?
3. If you are teaching a lesson and a native Spanish speaking
student kept blurting out the answers what would you do? Or
how would you handle it?
4. How would you increase students learning experience if they
have a negative attitude towards the class?
5. Describe a situation where you had to put a team of students
together (mixed, with both native and non-native
Spanish-speaking students) to work on a Spanish project
successfully. Or if Spanish has never been taught before
describe how you think it could/would be done.
6. The person in this position needs to be innovative and
proactive. Can you describe some things you have done or
that could be done to demonstrate these qualities to create
enthusiasm and motivation towards learning Spanish?
7. ¿Cómo aprendió Ud. su español?
Secondary – English Language Learners
1. How would you welcome a student who is new to the country into the school?
2. How do you incorporate cultural awareness and sensitivity into the curriculum?
3. How do you communicate classroom expectations to a group with varying language abilities?
Secondary – Language Arts / English
1. What strategies would you use to help struggling readers in the Language Arts classroom?
2. What strategies will you use to teach grammar?
3. Give us an example of a unit designed to teach the elements of fiction?
4. Describe a unit you designed for the classroom and focus on the process of designing the unit from beginning to end.
5. How will you incorporate culturally diverse literature in your class?
6. Discuss the last author/book you have read?
7. How do address plagiarism in your classroom?
8. What is your approach to teaching literature and/or language arts?
9. If you could only teach 5 novels, which would you pick and why?
Secondary – Mathematics
1. What manipulatives do you use? How effective are they?
2. Give an example of a topic (i.e. fractions) that students tend to have conceptual difficulties with. Now teach me this topic (and show me how you would handle dealing with the conceptual problems).
3. How will you make math relevant to the students?
4. What is your opinion on using calculators?
Secondary – Science
1. What is your philosophy on teaching science to elementary kids? Teenagers? Economically disadvantaged kids?
2. Why do you want to be a science teacher?
3. What Science organizations are you involved with (as a member or other)?
4. Tell me about a current science event that you have read about this week? How would you use this in the classroom?
5. In which field of science do you feel particularly strong? Explain.
6. In which field of science do you feel the least knowledgeable/competent in? Explain.
7. If you were hired to teach starting this September, how would you go about setting up your science program?
8. What science curriculum do you have experience with? What do you like or dislike about them?
9. What role do you believe that the adopted Science book should serve in your classroom?
10 Where do you find resources other than the Science book in order to keep your students current on the constantly evolving knowledge of science?
11. What do you understand the inquiry method to be in science?
12. Why would or would not you use lab groups or lab partners in your class? How would your establish lab groups/lab partners (what criteria would you use)?
13. How would you evaluate lab groups/partners to be to know that each student is learning and participating?
14. How would you integrate technology into your science teaching? How would you integrate math? Reading? Writing? Social Studies?
15. How will you make your subject(s) relevant to the students?
16. How important is hands-on lab and inquiry lessons?
17. What lab safety methods do you implement in your program?
18. What is your type of assessment for lab groups?
Secondary – Special Education
1. What do you believe are the three major challenges facing special education today?
2. A special education teacher must be both organized and flexible. Give examples of ways that you have demonstrated both of these characteristics.
3. What does "teamwork" mean to you as a special education teacher?
4. How would you communicate with the parents of your students? What issues would prompt you to contact them?
5. How would you delegate responsibilities to a paraprofessional and monitor his/her performance?
6. How do you evaluate your own teaching skills to insure continual growth and refinement?
7. Paperwork/documentation is a strong concern in the area of special education. How will you manage those demands, in addition to your teaching responsibilities?
8. Describe the components of a reevaluation report.
9. Describe the main components of an IEP and what should go into each section.
10. One of the challenges for a special education teacher is documentation. How would you collect and record necessary data for the students' ERs, IEPs, and NOREPs?
11. Describe how you would determine and deliver appropriate individualized instruction to the students.
12. What types of assessment have you used? What assessments would you use to document student learning and plan for future instruction? How would you use assessment to develop and modify IEP goals?
13. Unfortunately, there are some negative elements that you will encounter within the profession. How will you interact with those individuals so they will not alter focus?
14. To what specific area of special education are you most attracted and why?
15. Aside from your coursework, what additional reading have you done that is pertinent to your field?
16. The US Department of Education now recommends that schools use the RTI ("Response to Intervention" or "Response to Instruction") Model rather than the Discrepancy Model to identify children with specific learning disabilities. Tell us what you know about this model.
17. How do you integrate technology into your teaching? Have you had any experience with specific technology to support the needs of special education students?
18. Given a wide range of ability levels in a classroom, how do you assure compliance with each child's IEP?
19. Have you had any experience supporting students with IEPs in the regular classroom? How have you or would you do this?
20. What are your views on inclusion versus self-containment of special education students?
21. What would you do to address inclusionary support with the general education staff? How would you deal with a general education teacher who refused to honor IEP modifications for the special education students in their classrooms?
22. A general education teacher is concerned that a child with an IEP does not belong in her classroom due to behavior problems. How do you respond?
23. What do you feel is the best service delivery model for special education students?
24. How familiar are you with the IDEA guidelines for special education? What are some of the timelines related to IEPs?
25. Explain the impact of the Gaskins' settlement on special education in the public school setting.
26. Describe both a successful and a challenging collaboration experience with a general education teacher.
27. How will you coordinate/facilitate instruction to meet Adequate Yearly Progress goals?
28. Why do you want to work in this district/IU? Why should we hire you? What distinguishes you from the other candidates who applied for this position?
Secondary – Social Studies
1. Have you collaborated with another teacher in the same grade-level, but a different subject, e.g. Language Arts? If so, please describe this.
2. Do you make it a habit of watching the news or reading newspapers or news magazines? Do you watch local or national news programs?
3. Do you consider yourself well aware of current world issues and politics?
4. How would you integrate a school wide curriculum on a social issue such as gay rights into your classroom?
5. How do you relate social studies skills to jobs and careers?
6. Give an example of a history lesson you have done with your students.
7. How do you use primary source documents in your lesson planning?
8. How do you get kids to "think like a historian?"


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Tom Everett Scott
Daily Forecast for October 20th 2019
Tom Everett Scott is an Actor.
He was born on Monday September 7th 1970, in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA,.
Loaded with details to be handled and routine affairs, October 20th 2019 is a demanding and frustrating day for Tom Everett Scott.
However, Scott should view today as one that is dedicated to organization. He better invest his time and resources in long-term endeavors, and not miss on the opportunity that this day brings him as well.
Tom might experience disagreements with loved one on money-matters.
While studying the color and flavor of the day, it is a good practice to keep in mind the greater meaning of October and the master plan of 2019 in Tom's life.
You and Tom
About Tom's Numerological Forecast & Personal Day Cycle
Just as Tom Everett Scott evolves through a nine-year cycle and experiences the nine-month cycle, he is also subjected to nine-day cycles, even though their impact is subtle compared to the Personal Year and even Personal Month cycles. The Personal Day cycles proceed according to the same pattern - 1 through 9 - that the Personal Year and Personal Month cycles do. The numbers within the daily cycles have a similar impact on Tom to the yearly and monthly cycles - though less pronounced.
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Bethany Christian Schools (Goshen, Indiana, USA)
Bethany Christian Schools (originally Bethany Christian High School (Mennonite Church), founded in 1954, is owned and operated by a board of directors appointed by the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. It has a campus of 12 acres located at 2904 South Main Street, Goshen, Indiana, one mile south of Goshen College. In 1959 it had a new building containing classrooms, library, chapel, and gymnasium, and a remodeled building with classrooms and cafeteria. John S. Steiner was the founding principal. In 1958-59 the enrollment was 235, with a faculty of 12 teachers.
The program was expanded to include a middle school in 1996, resulting in the change to the later name.
"About Bethany." Bethany Christian Schools. Accessed 15 January 2011. http://www.bethanycs.net/about/
Additional Information
Address: 2904 South Main Street, Goshen, Indiana 46526
Phone: 574-534-2567
Website: Bethany Christian Schools
Map:Bethany Christian Schools (Goshen, Indiana)
|Harold S Bender
|Date Published
Cite This Article
MLA style
Bender, Harold S. "Bethany Christian Schools (Goshen, Indiana, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 14 Oct 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethany_Christian_Schools_(Goshen,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=139792.
APA style
Bender, Harold S. (1959). Bethany Christian Schools (Goshen, Indiana, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 October 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bethany_Christian_Schools_(Goshen,_Indiana,_USA)&oldid=139792.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1064. All rights reserved.
©1996-2019 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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Marriage in the Electronic Age
Classic Dr. Phil
Are you a slave to your cell phone? Does your husband spend more one-on-one time with the TV than he does with you or your children? Dr. Phil talks to men who have traded quality time with their wives for time with their gadgets, stepping in just in time with advice that can save their relationships.
Kelly is fed up with her husband, Todd's, attachment to his cell phone. He spends more time on his phone than he does with Kelly and their two kids. Can this cell phone-aholic let go of his favorite activity?
See the advice Dr. Phil gives Todd and Kelly.
Update: See how they're doing today.
Lisa's husband Gregg watches TV in the morning, during dinner and throughout the night! She is sick of his obsession and is worried about their two kids who can't fall asleep without the TV.
Dr. Phil helps this family become TV-free.


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The co-pay program for Atripla now eliminates the requirement that people first pay $50 out-of-pocket before financial assistance begins. The same is true for the drugs that make up Atripla (Sustiva and Truvada), as well as the medications that make up Truvada (Emtriva and Viread).
According to a spokesperson for Gilead Sciences, "Going forward, the Atripla Co-Pay Assistance Program will pay up to $200 per month (or $2,400 per year) toward out-of-pocket expenses for Atripla beginning with the first dollar of co-payment required by a patient's insurance plan. Bristol-Myers Squibb and Gilead Sciences, LLC [the makers of Atripla], are working as quickly as possible to implement this change [at the time of this announcement in June]."
The program is not available to patients in Massachusetts or to those whose prescriptions are eligible to be reimbursed, in whole or part, by Medicare, Medicaid, any other federal- or state-funded health care benefit program, or by private plans or other health or pharmacy benefit programs which reimburse patients for the entire cost of their prescription drugs.
To enroll, people taking Atripla must get a co-pay assistance card from their health care provider, or call the toll-free number 1-866-784-3431. The card must be activated before first use by calling this number.
People who do not have insurance, are underinsured, or who otherwise need assistance may call the Atripla Patient Assistance Program (PAP) toll-free at 1-866-290-4767.
For updates on all HIV drug co-pay assistance programs, see the 14th Annual HIV Drug Guide article "Pick a Card, Pick a Plan," or go to www.positivelyaware.com and search the e-updates for patient assistance programs. You can also get the latest information by searching the website of the drugs you are taking, such as www.atripla.com.
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Strange Moments in Cultural History SMiCH9: The Doomed Magic Acts
Strange Moments in Cultural History is the class you never took in high school. Grab a seat up front and turn off your brain as we fill your head with tales of oddballs, villains, outcasts, flops and other lesser-known events in this thing we call human existence.
Also listen to our primary podcast, The Accusation Party: Your guide to the third side, representing critical thought and analysis with a complete disregard for mainstream censure. It is total free speech -- no trigger warnings, no political correctness, no privilege checking, no cultural inclusiveness. Nothing is sacred. None will be spared. - www.accusationnetwork.com
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Avalanche players thriving on ice in lockout
As far as I can discern, there are still only three Avalanche players playing overseas during the lockout: Matt Duchene, Semyon Varlamov and Gabriel "Country Forest" Landeskog.
How are they doing? Quite well, thank you.
Matt Duchene's stats through the first three games: 8 games, 1 goal, six assists, seven points, +6 for Frolunda of the Swedish Elite League.
Semyon Varlamov, for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: 4-2 won-loss record, 1.94 goals-against average, .942 saves percentage, one shutout.
Country Forest: Well, I don't have the exact stats. It's almost IMPOSSIBLE to find the stats of the Djuargarden team he plays for, possibly because it's in the "second" division of the Swedish League. But I know he's scored a couple goals and got in a fight. That's good enough.


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Helping Your Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Heal
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a ball-and-socket joint located where the upper and lower jaws meet. When the TMJ and related muscles are injured, they need time to heal. Self-care is very important. You can take steps to reduce pressure on the TMJ and speed healing.
Eating with Care
Chewing strains the TMJ. When symptoms are bad, you may not be able to chew at all. To get you through times when your symptoms are worst, try these tips:
Choose soft foods such as scrambled eggs, oatmeal, yogurt, quiche, tofu, soup, smoothies, pasta, fish, mashed potatoes, milkshakes, bananas, applesauce, gelatin, or ice cream.
Avoid biting into hard foods such as whole apples, carrots, and corn on the cob. Instead, cut foods into bite-sized pieces.
Grind or finely chop meats and other tough foods. Try hamburger meat instead of steak.
Using Ice and Heat
Your healthcare provider may suggest using ice and heat. Ice helps reduce swelling and pain. Heat helps relax muscles, increasing blood flow.
Use a gel pack or ice wrapped in a towel for severe pain. Apply for 10-20 minutes or until the site becomes numb. Repeat as needed.
Use moist heat for mild to moderate muscle pain. Apply a moist, warm towel to the muscles for 10-20 minutes. Repeat as needed.
Avoiding Triggers
Certain activities (called triggers) strain the TMJ, making symptoms worse. The tips below can help you avoid common triggers and limit strain.
Avoid hard or chewy foods, such as nuts, pretzels, popcorn, chips, gum, caramel, gummy candies, carrots, whole apples, hard breads, and even ice.
Reschedule routine dental visits, such as cleanings, if your jaw aches. If you have severe pain, call your healthcare provider.
Support your jaw when yawning. When you feel a yawn coming on, put a fist under your jaw. Apply gentle pressure. This helps prevent wide, painful yawns.
Avoid any activity that hurts, such as nail biting, yelling, and singing.
Maintaining Good Posture
Work at improving your posture during the day and when you sleep. Good posture can help your body heal. Try these tips:
Use a headset when on the telephone. Don't cradle the phone with your shoulder.
Keep ergonomics in mind. This includes making sure your workstation fits your body. Support your lower back. Take frequent breaks to stretch and rest. If you use a computer, keep the monitor at eye level.
Keep your head in a neutral position, with your ears in line with your shoulders. Don't slouch or crane your head forward.
Use an orthopaedic pillow to support your head and neck during sleep.


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UPDATED: An NFL Network spokesman was relayed Reid's comments from earlier today and issued the following statement: "The broadcast team commented on what they saw on the field last night, as they do for all game telecasts."
Eagles coach Andy Reid said he was "very, very disappointed" with the NFL Network for its portrayal of DeSean Jackson on the sideline during last night's loss to Seattle.
"You can take a camera and make it alook any way you want to make it look." Reid said at his day after news conference. "I am telling you, that kid was all in last night and wanted to win that game as much as anybody."
At one point, NFL Network cameras showed quarterback Vince Young talking to Jackson and Jackson seemingly not paying much attention. At another point, the NFL Network reported that Jackson was not talking to his teammates on the sideline.
"There was nothing on the sidelines, no commotion with him and Vince," Reid said. "There is nothing there. Nothing."
"I am not sure they know who's talking to who and so on and what the conversation is about," Reid said. "Not knowing the language, I don't know how you are able to go into that stuff ... This is petty stuff."
Before the game, Jackson was seen hanging out with the defensive linemen instead of with the wide receivers, as is customary.
"I don't care about all that," Reid said. "I just care the kid goes out and plays."
Reid said of Jackson, "That kid was all in and I was very proud of him."
Asked why Jackson has been unable to put up big games as he has in the past (he has one 100-yard receiving game this season), Reid said teams are making an effort to stop him. "He has people's attention, particularly on the deep balls."
On the injury front,
* Reid said wide receiver Jeremy Maclin (hamstring) is expected to practice Monday. "He's doing better," Reid said.
* On quarterback Michael Vick's return to practice Reid said "there is a pretty good chance" he would practice Monday, but he was not sure yet in what role. As to whether Vick could return against Miami, Reid said, "I think so for next week. I want to see him throw the ball and really torque on it for at least a handful of throws or more than a handful of throws."
* Reid said Colt Anderson will have surgery next week for a torn ACL, ending his season, as was reported last night.
* Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha has a concussion and will go through the protocols required to be cleared.
* He said the other injured players who did not make the trip last night are all progressing.
UPDATE (2:15 p.m.): The Eagles announced that they have signed CD D.J. Johnson to the practice squad. Johnson (6' 1", 191 lbs.) appeared in 10 regular season games with the Giants from 2009-2010.
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Padres, reliever Benoit agree to two-year deal
SAN DIEGO -- As of late Tuesday, Padres; general manager Josh Byrnes was hopeful the team could land a "difference-maker" to cover late innings in the bullpen.
Today, that search is over.
SAN DIEGO -- As of late Tuesday, Padres; general manager Josh Byrnes was hopeful the team could land a "difference-maker" to cover late innings in the bullpen.
Today, that search is over.
According to a source, the Padres have reached an agreement on a two-year contract with 36-year-old reliever Joaquin Benoit, pending a physical. The club has not yet confirmed the deal.
The Padres, who to date have added a free-agent starting pitcher and traded for an outfielder to help fill their offseason needs, will give Benoit a $15.5 million deal. He'll make $6 million in 2014, $8 million in '15 with a $1.5 million buyout for '16.
The Padres had a spot to fill in the back end of their bullpen after dealing reliever Luke Gregerson to the A's for outfielder Seth Smith recently.
Byrnes said Tuesday that if the team didn't land a prominent arm for the bullpen, he could envision the Padres using several young relievers to fill out the rest of the bullpen.
That won't be needed now with the addition of Benoit, who continued to defy the laws of regression.
Benoit spent the last three seasons with the Tigers, compiling a 2.89 ERA over 205 games. He had a 2.01 ERA in 66 games last season with 24 saves. Since missing the 2009 season after having surgery on his rotator cuff, Benoit has a 2.53 ERA and a 164 ERA+ over that time.
The Padres will likely have Benoit handle the eighth inning before handing the ball over to closer Huston Street. But this deal also gives the team coverage in the ninth inning, especially since Street has landed on the disabled list three times in the past two seasons.
Earlier this offseason, the Padres signed free-agent starting pitcher Josh Johnson to a one-year deal worth $8 million. That came before the deal to land Smith, which, the team hopes, will address their offensive woes against right-handed pitching a year ago.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter.


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It's not every day that I get T-Shirt blog posting material from YouTube. In fact, this might be a first! I spotted this RadIsRad (short for Random Artistic Design) tee on one of Chris Cendana's YouTube music videos. He posted a video of himself singing a cover of The Fray's Never Say Never and at the beginning of the video he gives a shout out to RadIsRad while he sings the song in the RadIsRad Elliot shirt. Neato! Too bad I have absolutely zero singing ability or else I'd do the same. You can pick up Elliot from RadIsRad for $19.95.
If you  haven't heard of Chris Cendana be sure to check out his YouTube profile. He's a filipino singer/songwriter and is one of those people that have become semi-famous via YouTube. He even released an album of original songs titled Waiting, that is available now on iTunes!


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There's a lot of upside down politics in the Solid Energy saga, but at the end of the tunnel it's all about the next election
"Show me the money", John Key hooted at Phil Goff in the 2011 election campaign, painting Labour as a party of loose financial discipline. Can you trust a party that doesn't know how to get out of deficit, wants to tinker with vege taxes and create tax-free zones, he asked voters. And they said no.
While some in and around Labour don't think the leaders of that woeful campaign have taken sufficient accountability or looked hard enough at its failings, as Charles Chauvel said in his valedictory speech, Labour at least understands that a lack of economic credibility has hurt its electoral hopes. The tax-free zone was quickly jettisoned and restoring payments to the Super Fund became a lot less urgent, for example.
And economic credibility is what the battle over Sold Energy is now all about. Labour is running this hard because it sees a chance to place a seed of doubt in voters' minds about National's economic cred.
After the appearance before the select committee by Don Elder and John Palmer, it's clear that the company was ambitious and focused on growth. However to achieve that growth it took on more debt than it felt comfortable with, due to government urging. The record is clear that National was happy with SOEs borrowing more and that they were especially big fans of its plans for lignite development in Southland.
Now that debt which National was so keen on has left Solid Energy horribly exposed as the price of coal has dived in the past year. Labour's message to voters: National's so called economic cred isn't worth the paper it's written on. The hope is that if it can't reach surplus in the next 18 months it has a couple of very big sticks to whack National with come the 2014 election campaign.
Of course this story is rich in political hypocrisy. Through the prism of Solid Energy, you can see National encouraging SOEs to take on more debt, while being incredibly conservative towards and protective of its own balance sheet. Debt? Bill English and others in government have warned repeatedly of its dangers and spoken in almost religious tones of the importance of returning to surplus, all the while nudging SOEs in the opposite direction.
Debt? Why not? It was classic 'do as I say, not as I do'. Now, with not a rain cloud in sight, National is left with the challenge of making those losses up somehow in the next year or so if it wants to achieve its holy grail of surplus.
But it goes both ways. Labour's criticism of National in this case is essentially that it was too 'hands on' and too relaxed about debt. This from the party that is usually saying National isn't hands on enough and is happy to carry a bit more debt on its own books.
None of that really matters much to voters, however. Despite protestations to the contrary by Palmer and Elder, the public sees a company that hadn't covered its backside or prepared itself for a stormy day. They see millions of taxpayers' dollars gone and the need to blame someone. And they see a government that's preached the evils of debt caught out by that very evil.
It will take more than this to dent the personal credibility of John Key in the eyes of middle New Zealand. Many will accpet that there's only so much a government can do when commodity prices fall. But it's certainly a chink and a risk to the public view of Bill English and the party as a whole as sound economic managers.
That's why this isn't the last we've heard of Solid Energy. And that's why Labour will keep asking John Key and Bill English about the hole Solid Energy has dug itself, hundreds of millions of dollars deep. They might even ask National to show them where the money went.


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Immunotherapy is an asthma treatment consideration for those whose asthma is exacerbated by allergens (like animal dander), rather than other triggers like viral respiratory infections. It may also be useful for people with nasal symptoms (such as sneezing, stuffy nose).
It is often recommended for people who have developed severe side effects from medication, or when symptoms do not respond well to medication. Immunotherapy may also be helpful for people who have frequent, unavoidable exposure to allergens.
Immunotherapy increases your resistance to allergens and reduces the need for medications. Initially, you will be given shots of weakened solutions of purified allergen extracts 1-2 times per week. As you continue with the shots, the doses will be made progressively stronger. In approximately 3-6 months, your doses will be at the most concentrated, or maintenance, level.
When your injections are at maintenance level, the frequency of injections will be reduced to every 2-4 weeks. Your immune response will be monitored periodically by skin testing. Treatment will continue for about 3-5 years until your allergic response has been significantly reduced or eliminated.
Sublingual immunotherapy may also be used. This type of treatment involves putting the allergic substances under the tongue, rather than using allergy shots.
Special Considerations
Immunotherapy is a treatment program that may take 3-5 years to complete. If you are considering this form of treatment, you will need to receive these injections or treatments on a regular schedule. If you miss one or more treatments, there is a risk that your allergen immunity will be compromised, and you may need to begin the process again.
On occasion, some people experience a localized reaction to the shot. This may include itching, redness, or a small swelling in the injection area. These symptoms usually disappear within 1-2 hours.
In very rare instances, a systemic reaction may occur. This might produce symptoms such as sneezing, itching of the eyes, throat, hands, feet, or asthma. This type of reaction usually occurs within 20 minutes of the shot. Your doctor will have you wait at least 20 minutes after receiving an injection to assure that there is no reaction.
Immunotherapy is not recommended for people who are taking beta-blocker medications. Beta-blocker medications may be prescribed for people who have high blood pressure, heart rhythm problems, or other conditions.
It has not been conclusively determined whether starting immunotherapy is safe during pregnancy. However, it is usually considered safe to continue immunotherapy maintenance treatments during pregnancy as long as it's approved by your doctor. Immunotherapy is also not recommended for people with weakened immune systems.
When to Contact Your Doctor
Notify your doctor immediately if you notice:
- Any changes in your allergy reaction—either after an allergy shot or in general
- Any adverse reactions to the injection
- Any changes in medications prescribed by another doctor
Breathing Exercises
Some breathing techniques may reduce asthma exacerbations in adults, such as:
- Buteyko breathing technique
- Pranayama breathing exercises
- Papworth Method of integrated breathing and relaxation techniques
- Yoga and yoga breathing
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
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The story of JUL ET MAD is really a love story told in three chapters based on geographical locations. Can you please tell us the story? And, why did you feel your story needed to be told through fragrances?
The story of JUL ET MAD is a true love story between Julien and Madalina, which is depicted in the three first Perfumes of our collection: Stilettos on Lex, Terrasse à St Germain and Amour de Palazzo.
To summarize, JUL ET MAD's story begins with the portrayal of a young woman who lives on Lexington Avenue and enjoys every moment in New York City. The "Stilettos on Lex" chapter of the JUL ET MAD story is the exact description of whom I was at the time, and I like to think that this portrait is no different from all young women living life at its fullest.
At some point in my career I had to go to France and, before I realized what's happening, I fell in love with a young, very handsome Parisian. It was love at first sight at this famous café terrace in St. Germain-des-Près. This amazing and fortunate encounter completely changed our lives, as only few weeks later I decided to leave everything behind and move to France. The perfume "Terrasse à St-Germain" evokes exactly what we felt at the time, is the essence itself of our "coup de foudre".
After my arrival in Paris, to celebrate the beginning of our life as a couple, Julien brought me to Venice … It was one of the most amazing experiences, we enjoyed every moment spent here, and everything seemed like a dream. Every emotion we felt, the magic of the place with its beauty and history, we illustrated in "Amour de Palazzo", the third chapter of our Perfume Collection.
As for the "destination", it simply happens that these first three episodes took place in different locations. The real purpose of JUL ET MAD is to describe the most important and memorable moments of our love story, no matter where situated.
And the idea of telling our story through fragrances came very naturally, as the brand JUL ET MAD itself is all about passion and celebration of life. We feel so lucky our two souls succeeded in meeting and recognizing each other, regardless the distance, the culture, the language, and we are amazed to see how our romance gives strength and belief to people around us. Moreover, every time we were asked how we met and after telling our story, the reaction was the same: "This is so beautiful, you should write a book!" So, what better way to tell our story, than by simply replacing the words with fragrant notes?
As creative directors, what was it about Robertet (Grasse) perfumer Dorothée Piot that made you and Julien feel that she was the one to bring your vision to life?
It's a bit by chance, as it is with love. We didn't plan on collaborating only with Dorothée, as different perfumers from Robertet were working on the first three JUL ET MAD compositions. They had for general direction only our feelings and our story, but absolute freedom in terms of raw materials and complexity. The task for the perfumers was even more difficult as this was a personal story. It just happens that, when presented with their first propositions, without knowing, the three fragrances chosen were imagined by Dorothée Piot. Afterwards, we worked together for several months in order to perfect them. Her sensibility and talent made the rest.
I noticed that the photographic image on your website for Stilettos On Lex contains a few mysteries of its own… the woman whose long legs and black patent stilettos we gaze at seems to have a tattoo on her ankle- the JUL ET MAD logo. Could this be meant to represent how perfume can imprint itself on us and become part of who we are? What is the idea behind the design of the logo?
About Stilettos On Lex, you are perfectly right! The JUL ET MAD logo tattooed on the ankle, means how personal and what a real part of you a perfume should be. You cannot simply remove it; Julien likes to think that a perfume is the only thing that remains on a woman even when nude. It is the first thing that precedes and introduces you, as well as the last thing that envelopes and protects you.
Our visuals are a very personal interpretation of places and emotions that marked us at a precise moment, the very source of inspiration for our perfumes … the striking beauty of a mysterious woman on Lexington, a café terrace in Paris, or a Murano glass chandelier in a Palazzo in Venice… That's why the JUL ET MAD symbol or the bottle were introduced discreetly in every visual, as they are a distinctive part of the scene where the perfumes were born.
Regarding the design of our logo, it's been a long work process with our graphic and design team. They presented us with a series of very personal questions to which Julien and I had to answer separately and together. They came to our house and took pictures of almost everything (paintings, sculptures, books, personal objects, as well as small design details). Few weeks after, they showed us different drawings, and this symbol just stood out, as we instantly recognized ourselves in it (there is a photo of a first draft of it on our website). We love these two shapes that are so different, but so complementary at the same time. Together, they form a new figure, but not through a total fusion and mix, more like an unbreakable bound, managing to keep their own original properties. As with our couple, we didn't become a new entity; we kept our individual personalities which, combined, just became much stronger and solid.
At the heart of each of the three perfumes in this collection lie three very different vibes, almost as if each one is a distinct color or style of music. With this collection, was it your intention to see that each fragrance could stand on its own?
The idea was, indeed, to make three different compositions, as every perfume represents a different stage in our lives, influenced by different circumstances, different places, different people, and so on. This explains why we wanted in the beginning to work with different perfumers for each and every fragrance. And, we cannot say it often enough, Dorothée Piot showed a fantastic talent and sensibility, composing every perfume so differently, but still managing to keep the "lifeline" that animates the entire concept behind JUL ET MAD.
As anyone interested in perfume knows, there is an ever-increasing influx of new launches each year. Can you please explain what JUL ET MAD's unique point of view is?
Yes, it is true that more and more new fragrance launches happen every year. It is a chance that people who are fond of fragrances can still find new and rare perfumes. Regarding JUL ET MAD, we developed our collection with a maximum of respect for the traditional French "savoir-faire" in perfumery, trying to transpose it in every details of our offer, which is entirely hand-made. We kept the highest concentration we could in our compositions, each fragrance of the collection being a veritable "Parfum". We work in tight partnership with French companies specialized in the traditional perfumery and always tried to come back where the perfume should have stayed, a work of art in every aspect…
What are yours and Julien's favorite raw materials, notes or accords, and why?
There are so many notes and accords I love!!! Living in different countries and cultures, I got attached to so many different raw materials specific to every place. But, if I really have to choose one in particular, I should say the ambergris. During my courses of Fragrance Knowledge at FIT, I fell in love with this magical, intriguing, exquisite, rare raw material… I remember how amazed I was by the fact that, when mixed and combined with other ingredients, this matter of dull grayish color and not extremely pleasant smell can magically alter and enhance the quality of the existing notes, making them greater, deeper and vaster than they can ever be on their own. It's a little bit like in real life, when a person gets stronger and more confident thanks to the love and support shown by the people they cherish.
As for Julien? He told me the story of one of his numerous travels in Asia, where an Indian old man offered him as a welcome gift a beautifully hand-carved wooden box filled with musk-scented beads. He is since very attached to the smell of musk, which he identifies as specific to this mystical part of the world he so cherishes.
Have there been any particular perfumers, houses or perfumery styles that have influenced your aesthetic as a creator?
Inspiration is all around us! The industry of fragrance has such resources!! We are deeply attached to the French Traditional Perfumery era, where every perfume was presented as a unique, rare work of art… Whatever the inspiration may be, our goal was to create a Perfume Collection that will simply last over the years, elegant and extemporal, classic and modern at a time, as Love. Love and its beauty is not a question of fashion or trend, it's simply intemporal.
I must admit that I'm enamored with the bottle design, the Nomad travel atomizers and even the outer packaging. Can you explain the concept behind the designs?
Thank you, Carrie! From the beginning, the idea was to develop a design based on the image of our love, preserving the purity of every matter. To reflect the complexity of the couple, we played with different aspects and textures. The flacon shows all this perfectly. The front, transparent, is delicately engraved with the brand and perfume names in pure platinum letters, in order to keep a feeling of purity and quiet elegance. The back, in perfect symmetry with the front, is entirely frosted, with the exception of the logo symbol, thus responding to its other half. The couple's entire duality is expressed in this perfume bottle, the logo recomposing itself through the transparency of the glass, as we look at the front of bottle.
A heavy cap in zamak designed by Julien crowns the bottle, its shape reinterpreting the logo symbol. It starts as a circle at the base, and gradually "blooms" to become a square at the top.
We also developed the Nomad Spray for every flacon specifically. They come already filled, as we think a perfume should naturally follow you everywhere, anytime. As an echo to the glass flacon decoration, the concept of duality is also found here, evoked by the textures and the effects on the bright and matte silver metal.
And last, but not least, we wanted our outer packaging to represent not only a simple perfume box, but the "home" of our unconditioned love, the chest of our passion, revealing the beauty of our perfumes, with nothing to hide. We developed this elegant leather case in light grey color and silver, with an interior draped in white velvet. The perfume hold was designed to be removable, allowing the reuse of this precious box for personal treasures, if desired.
With Julien's design background and your knowledge of and passion for perfume, it seems natural to me that your first collection would feel as concise and polished as it does. What can we expect from JUL ET MAD moving forward? Do you already have new fragrances in the works?
Well, yes indeed! The JUL ET MAD story just began and we have so many moments we would like to share! Since we've met, we already lived so many fantastic things, discovering new amazing places, meeting such beautiful people! Although I cannot get into details at this stage, I can tell that the future will reserve many nice surprises, as our collection is just at its very beginning!
I know that you spent your childhood in Romania, moved to New York at a young age and eventually settled in Paris. What is it about France (besides Julien!) that managed to snatch your heart for good?
I don't know if there is an answer for this… There are so many things I love in France! The history, the people, the culture, the language… If I really think about it, maybe I found here a similarity to my birth country - which I greatly cherish - as Romanian history and culture are very close and historically related to the French… Did you know that Bucharest was called "Little Paris" between the two WW? Yes, this could be one of the reasons if I really think about it. It could also be the beauty of this country, and this not only from an architectural point of view… And the food, oh yes, the land of fine cuisine which I so very much enjoy, especially when accompanied by a glass of a perfect wine… And the perfumes, of course!! Being able to live my passion for the industry fully, being able to learn and work at the "source" of the perfumery, and finally being able to create and to see my dream come true…
And I think it is nearly impossible not to get caught up in Madalina's sweeping passions and her intellectual and creative musings. Behind JUL ET MAD is a story that you must sniff to believe.
[JUL ET MAD perfumes can be found at MiN New York and Aedes de Venustas. They are well worth the attention I'm lavishing upon them-- trust me, you'll want to try these]


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That means that if you're a Cablevision customer and are in an area where Time Warner has a hotspot, you can jump on it. And the authentication for this deal already kicked in today, so if you're out and about, you can take advantage right now.
Man, I almost don't even know how to write a post about cable providers actually doing something that is 100% beneficial for their customers and doesn't somehow screw them over, let alone three of the big guys at the same time. I'm...scared. Somebody hold me. [Boy Genius]


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mookalovesgloop wrote:of course i'm aware that there are instances in nature where the circumstances demand that accommodations be made so that life can go on. however i'm sure that we can both agree that humans, as a norm do NOT reproduce via parthenogenesis or any of the other methods that you enumerated...so i think that's comparing apples and oranges. furthermore sexual action and attraction between human partners is accompanied with emotional and social complexities that make a comparison of the two even more far-fetched.
mookalovesgloop wrote:even in countries like say india or china where the male to female ratio is grossly disproportionate, we don't see women sprouting penises and compensating for the inequality...considering that there ARE species even lower than ours in the scale of evolution that can do just that, i can't believe that's by accident or because of any deficiency in our species!weekend hacker wrote: And isn't that...the point of creating life, to have it somehow be like you.. only better?
no! the idea that our children are "ours" is an egoistic one and an illusion...each person has their own purpose and destiny, their parents are simply the vehicles through which they are manifested in their physical form and our job is to care for and nurture our offspring so that they will successfully function to give back to the whole when they are adults...
mookalovesgloop wrote:weekend hacker wrote: a virus or worse a baby is something you're stuck with for life
wow, really? i swear i mean no offense, but this remark makes me question how your values are lined up....
nigelpurc wrote:Gay is not "normal" in the sense that most people aren't gay, but is perfectly acceptable and there are biological bases for it is all I am saying. There are less gay people than straight people fact. It is natural for some people to be gay fact, but controversial. Gay people should not be discriminated against since it is not their choice to be the way they were born.
Gay is not a disease like having O- blood type isn't a disease you can't see it, but is part of who you are.
Also i regret typing the psychological argument. bad point but it happens
Yep to each his own.
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Where's the line between error and crime? If you want to be lenient towards the Lombard Four because they made a simple mistake, then hardly anyone deserves to be locked up
Just a mistake. A misjudgment. Surely not criminal. So says Stephen Franks, and I'm sure others, in response to the sentencing of the four Lombard directors this past week. The line goes that the shame, and perhaps civil damages, are as far as society should go in punishing these otherwise decent men. I'm not buying.
Former justice ministers Sir Doug Graham and Bill Jefferies, plus Lawrence Bryant and Michael Reeves, were sentenced on Thursday to community service; Graham and Bryant were also ordered to pay $100,000 each in reparations.
Justice Robert Dobson said in his summation that unlike some other finance company directors, these four were not guilty of intending to mislead investors, but had simply failed to act quickly enough to alert investors to the company's "deteriorating liquidity" - aka the fact it was losing money hand over fist.
For more than three months they knew of the problems, but didn't declare them, so investors were flying blind.
So is that just an accident? No, these men chose to act contrary to the law. They didn't slip on a banana peel and accidentally harm someone. They weren't tricked into defrauding someone by a prince from Nigeria. They made a decision, one that was against the law.
How is that different from any other crime? Isn't that "conscious wrongdoing"? Why should these men be treated any differently from our stereotypical unemployed man from Otara who got into a fight or drove a car drunk or based his wife?
As Financial Markets Authority CEO Sean Hughes said on Q+A:
"[Investors] were entitled to believe and trust in the names that encouraged them to invest in those ventures. We would say that perhaps the sentences did not reflect what we think… was the sort of outcome we were looking for, but at the end of the day, that's the decision of the court, and we respect it"
Franks told Morning Report this week:
"I think the criminal law should deal with bad people. But the problem is it's got involved in an area, where as the judge clearly said, this was just a mis-judgement…"
Except that most crime is the result of a series of mistakes and errors of judgment. Even bad luck. Heck, over 50 percent of all crime in New Zealand is committed by someone who's drunk or high.
You only have to sit in court for a few hours and hear the pitiful stories to start thinking, 'if only he hadn't chosen to have those extra couple of cans... If only he'd chosen to walk home... If only the punch had missed or he'd swerved left instead of right'.
No-one is just simply "bad" and anyway, that's not the test in law. The question is if, for whatever reason, they broke the law. Whether via ill judgment or some inherent genetic badness is irrelevant.
The only convicted murderer I've met was a guy who drank too much as a 16 year-old, trying to impress. People started getting lippy, the pushing and shoving got out of hand, he picked up a knife... next thing you know you can hardly remember the details but you're in Paremoremo until you're 30.
What's that story but a series of misjudgments?
My point is not whether that's deserved or meant to disrespect victims; my point is that the court must be consistent and 'I didn't mean it' or 'I've been good all the other times' has never been a reason to avoid a conviction.
Wouldn't the family of most convicted criminals be able to give examples of how their men where otherwise decent and honourable. Isn't he a stalwart of the local league club? Hasn't he produced a couple of fine boys? Wasn't he there for his mate when his mum died?
The court can always consider such things as mitigating circumstances, but it's a matter of consistency. The court should only give as much weight to the contribution these finance company directors have made to business as they do to the contribution 'everyday' defendants make to their communities of interest.
Sympathy for these men reeks of a different standard for people who are like us - people who make the sort of mistakes others in the middle and upper classes could imagine making.
'Getting falling-down drunk and stabbing someone in the street is beyond my ken - lock 'em up! But not telling potential investors my company's leaking money like a sieve? That's a mistake I could have made - be gentle!'
This is a vital principle, surely. I've got nothing against the Lombard Four. I've met Sir Doug several times and enjoyed his company, his intelligence and wit. He had a stand-out - even brilliant - political career. Recognising the political truth that Nats can get away with more left-looking policies than a Labour government can (and vice versa), he made historic progress on treaty claims and delivered much-delayed justice for many thousands of Maori. His bravery cost him within his own party, but he did what was honourable.
So no, I don't think he should be stripped of his knighthood. Not unless you're also going to take Sir Michael Fay's and any number of other honourees who have been less than perfect in some way.
But the quality of the man doesn't undermine the validity of the principle. From what I know of him, Sir Douglas is the sort of man who would probably argue that himself (even if he believes it doesn't apply to him in this case).
We don't get to pick and choose under the rule of law. If you break a law, you are punished proportionately, no matter who you are or what others might think of your offending. Protecting that principle is surely the best way to protect the law.


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NASA's Kepler space telescope has resumed its search for alien planets after resting for 10 days to work out kinks in its attitude control system, mission officials announced Tuesday.
Kepler went into a protective "safe mode" on Jan. 17 after engineers detected elevated friction levels in one of its reaction wheels — devices that maintain the observatory's position in space. Engineers spun the wheels down to zero speed, hoping the break would redistribute lubricant and bring the friction back down to normal.
That phase is now over and Kepler is back in action, though it will take time to determine if the problem is solved.
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Kepler began coming out of safe mode at 2:30 p.m. EST Sunday and started collecting science data again at 8 p.m. EST Monday, officials wrote in a mission update today. [ Gallery: A World of Kepler Planets ]
"The spacecraft responded well to commands and transitioned from thruster control to reaction wheel control as planned," Kepler mission manager Roger Hunter wrote in the update. "During the 10-day resting safe mode, daily health and status checks with the spacecraft using NASA's Deep Space Network were normal."
Kepler flags exoplanets by detecting the telltale brightness dips caused when they pass in front of their parent stars from the instrument's perspective. The telescope requires three functioning reaction wheels to stay locked onto its roughly 150,000 target stars.
When Kepler launched in March 2009, it had four reaction wheels — three for immediate use, and one spare. But one wheel (known as number two) failed in July 2012, so a major problem with the currently glitchy wheel (called number four) could spell the end of the $600 million Kepler mission.
It's unknown at the moment if the 10-day rest period will bring wheel number four back into line.
"Over the next month, the engineering team will review the performance of reaction wheel #4 before, during and after the safe mode to determine the efficacy of the rest operation," Hunter wrote.
The wheel has acted up before without causing serious problems.
"Reaction wheel #4 has been something of a free spirit since launch, with a variety of friction signatures, none of which look like reaction wheel #2, and all of which disappeared on their own after a time," Hunter wrote.
To date, Kepler has discovered more than 2,700 exoplanet candidates. While just 105 of them have been confirmed by follow-up observations so far, mission scientists estimate that more than 90 percent of them will end up being the real deal.
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I'm not faulting Paul Dano for being one of the less (to put it nicely) screen-friendly presences in Hollywood. I am faulting "Being Flynn" for shoving Denise (Olivia Thirlby, excellent), a cute and extremely stable employee of a homeless shelter, into bed with Nick (Dano), an aimless, odd-looking bummer.
Otherwise, the movie, written and directed by Paul Weitz ("About a Boy") and adapted from Nick Flynn's memoir "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City," seeks little sympathy. No review of "Being Flynn" can do without the word bleak, as Nick's already fragile state—his mom (Julianne Moore) committed suicide and he hasn't seen his father Jonathan (Robert De Niro) in 18 years—wobbles even further when Nick takes a job at the homeless shelter and Jonathan turns up as a guest.
Jonathan's been delusional for a long time; as the film opens he claims, "Everything I write is a masterpiece," putting himself in the company of Twain and Salinger and focusing only on the thin compliments written at the beginning of publishers' rejection letters. Nick wants to be a writer but fears becoming his father, a man who returns no more stable than he was when he left.
In parts, "Being Flynn" aches with the tragedy of a family doomed to repeat its mistakes. Weitz presents Nick's rotating roster of men to play catch with as a kid, all weak substitutes for a dad that never taught him anything productive. Dano's not as subtly expressive as Anton Yelchin, who better demonstrated the goal of distancing his behavior from an unsatisfactory parent in "The Beaver." And De Niro's most substantial character in a while still doesn't feel fully processed. Clearly Jonathan suffers from some sort of mental illness, but "Being Flynn" stops short of examining Jonathan's condition and treatment while skipping through Nick's downward spiral.
It makes this personal story of two self-indulgent men and their hiccupping attempts to escape themselves function decently as "About a Family," but without properly exploring the dad and son individually.
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Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born July 23, 1981 in Masku, Finland) is a professional tennis player from Finland.
His highest ranking is 13th which was archived on July 10, 2006. He has won one ATP singles title and two doubles titles in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 U.S. Open, 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open.
Arguably Finland's best ever player, Nieminen is the highest ranked Finn ever, and is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event.


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Get a closer look at the continuing adventures of Karl, your favorite Idiot Abroad, in this clip from Discovery.
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Located inside the Navajo Nation, this site has some amazing rock formations. How did Mummy Cave Overlook get its name? WhatIs the legend behind Spider Rock Overlook? Join Kathryn and Sarah as they explore this unique national monument.
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National Parks: Charismatic Carnivore
A one-hundred mile stretch of grass located in Southern Florida plays host to all sorts of wildlife, including alligators and American crocodiles.
Robben Island Revisited
We touched on Robben Island during our visit to Cape Town but there is so much more to cover. The island has been a leper colony, a prison, an insane asylum and is now a World Heritage Site and museum. ItOs also full of wildlife, like seals and penguins.
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Cleveland Rocks
This week, we visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Where else can you see The BeatlesO drum set and Katy PerryOs candy coated dress? Find out what else you can see at this museum, plus learn how it came to Cleveland in the first place.
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Cumberland Island, Georgia
Cumberland Island is about the size of Manhattan but has hardly any residents. How did it manage to retain its natural beauty? How did the wild horses get there? What is its connection to the family of Thomas Carnegie and to John F. Kennedy, Jr.?
South Beach Beyond the Bacchanal
Miami's South Beach is a great place to catch some rays and party to the max. But did you also know there are lots of museums, memorials and cultural activities going on? South Beach is home to the largest collection of art deco buildings in the world.
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With July 4 on a Wednesday this year, youOll probably have a staycation. But that's no reason to be bored! WeOve got lots of fun activities you can do with your family and friends right in your own backyard.
Nashville: Beyond Country Music
Everyone knows Nashville is famous for country music. But did you know it has a thriving music scene in other genres too? What are some of the hottest clubs? Which famous musicians own record stores there? A local musician gives us an insiderOs guide.
Meet me in Monaco
Why are we so fascinated with this country that is smaller than Central Park, in New York? How did it become an independent nation? What happens at 11:55 every day there?
The British Charm of Victoria, B.C.
WhatOs up with tea and double decker buses? Why is Victoria the biking capital of British Columbia? Where is the narrowest street in Canada? Listen in as Kathryn and Sarah tour Victoria, B.C.
Cruising through Curacao
Where is Curacao and does it have any connection to that bright blue liqueur? Why does the average citizen know 4 languages? What is the Museum Kur Hulanda? Listen in to learn more.
Mooving through Vermont
Join us on a dairy-themed tour of the Green Mountain State; weOll stop for Ben & JerryOs ice cream, Cabot Cheese and other creamy delights. Listen in to learn more about Vermont.
National Parks: Black Bears Up Close
Beyond their scenic splendors, America's national parks are game preserves for some of the largest mammals, including the black bear.
St. Michaels on the Chesapeake Bay
How did this 400 year old shipbuilding and fishing town reinvent itself as a tourist haven? How can you stay overnight in a lighthouse? What's the connection with Frederick Douglass?
Beautiful Banff (and Jasper)
Our summer tour of North America makes its first stop in Canada: Banff and Jasper are two of the Canadian Rocky Mountain parks that form a UNESCO heritage site. Why are they on the list? WhatIs so special about the Icefields Parkway? Tune in to find out.
Ghost Towns of the American West
Mining towns thrived at the height of the gold rush in the American West. But as the mines dried up, the towns soon followed. Today these ghost towns are scattered all across the West.