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Bringing the Clone to Life: Todd Nauck on The Clone Saga
Last week, we spoke with Tom Defalco and Howard Mackie about Marvel's upcoming Spider-Man: The Clone Saga - a "writer's cut" of the famous or infamous Spider-Man story.
The six issue miniseries will re-tell the story of Peter Parker, Ben Reilly, and the rest of the large cast from the original story that was seen by many as an example of the excesses of the '90s – or a classic Spider-Man story, depending on your take.
While Defalco and Mackie gave us the scoop last week, today, we talk to the miniseries artist Todd Nauck for more.
Newsarama: Todd - you were just getting started in comics when the original Clone Saga started in the Spider-Man books at Marvel - did you read it then or since?
Todd Nauck: I was reading Amazing Spider-Man back then. I had been collecting the title faithfully since Todd McFarlane's run. So I think I read about half of the Clone Saga, at least. I remember all the controversy as to which one was the clone or not.
But I had also just moved to California to work at Image Comics' Extreme Studios and I was so focused on getting started in my career, so really didn't keep up with every chapter of the Clone Saga.
NRAMA: It seems that everyone has an opinion of the original Clone Saga - where do you fall on the issue?
TN: At the time when it first came out, I was pretty against it. I had been a Spider-Man fan since I was a little kid. Then to find out he could have been a clone all that time? It felt a little disheartening. That was probably another reason I didn't read the entire saga at the time. I was afraid of finding out the truth. But towards the end, I really kinda liked Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider. The clone aspect did bring a new element to the Spider-Man stories.
NRAMA: So how did you wind up on this new iteration of The Clone Saga? You've obviously done some Spider-Man work lately, what with that storyline that guest-starred...what's his name...that guy...
TN: Do you mean Amazing Spider-Man #583: The Spider-Man/Obama Team-Up? That story brought a lot of attention to my work!
NRAMA: That would be the one (laughs).
TN: Of course, even before that issue, I had also been working on a number of different Spider-Man projects for the past three years like Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man Family.
I had also drawn the American Dream mini-series and the Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man stories for Amazing Spider-Man Family written by Tom Defalco. We have a great working relationship.
So I wouldn't be surprised if all these factors came into play when editorial chose me to draw this Clone Saga mini-series.
NRAMA: What was your reaction when you were asked?
TN: I was a little surprised at first. I know the Clone Saga has been a pretty controversial point amongst Spider-Man fans. But when I learned the story was to be approached the way it was originally intended to be told, that had me really intrigued. And it sounded like a lot of fun to do. I really enjoy working off of Tom Defalco's plots. And this is my first time to work with Howard Mackie. It's an honor to associated with these legendary writers!
NRAMA: Why do you think this story, or rather, these elements keep cropping up with Spider-Man? After all, it's appeared in the animated series, the Ultimate series, Tom used it in Spider-Girl, and pieces of it are responsible for how things are today in the Marvel Universe - like Norman Osborn being alive. Why do you think people hate to love the Clone Saga and love to hate it at the same time?
TN: Whether fans liked it or not, the Clone Saga was a three year storyline that had significant ramifications on Spider-Man's life. It challenged everything we knew about Spider-Man. That kind of shake up makes things interesting. It brought about mystery and questions. I think that kind of tension brings about the love/hate feelings. If it didn't elicit that kind of response (positive or negative), it would have been forgettable. But these elements have spawned new stories and sub-plots. That's got to say something towards its impact on the Spider-Man mythos.
NRAMA: Obviously, as evidenced by your WildGuard work, you've got a jones for designing characters. Is this story allowing you to tweak any of the characters from the Clone Saga?
TN: You've got me… I do enjoy designing characters! Since I just started drawing issue #1, I'm keeping the characters as they were originally designed. I think it's important to keep the characters recognizable for the most part.
But I know Tom is very open to discussing ideas on how to approach characters and storytelling. So if I come up with an idea for tweaking a character, I'm sure I could run it by Tom, Howard, and the editors, Ralph Macchio and Michael Horwitz.
NRAMA: And just so we're clear on the setting of this, this is the "writer's cut" of the original, right? So you're getting to play with mid '90s era Spider-Man? Is anything different, from your eye between Spider-Man from that era and now?
TN: The plot references certain key moments in certain issues of the original Clone Saga. I'm bringing those into this mini-series. It's almost like an anchor to the past. But I'm also approaching aspects of this comic with the present in mind.
NRAMA: What do you look to for inspiration when you draw Spider-Man? Is there a particular artist or style you use as a foundation of sorts that you build on?
TN: A lot of great artists have drawn Spider-Man. They all inspire me. But as I approach the art to this story, I'm hoping to try some new things, new ways of telling the story and posing Spider-Man. At the very least, I want to put my style and flavor on the Spider-Man universe.
I have a bunch of the original Clone Saga comics for reference for the different story elements we're playing off of. This have been giving me a guide as to what was done before and allows me to take things in new directions visually.
And I have just begun to see Victor Olazaba's inks over my pencils. They are so gorgeous. That is what really is inspiring me nowadays!
NRAMA: We've talked to Tom and Howard about their goals for this miniseries, but for you - what do you want this miniseries to accomplish?
TN: I want to this to be fun. I want to have fun drawing it (which I am so far!) and I want fans to have fun reading it! As Tom and I have discussed, this is why we make comics: Pure enjoyment.
NRAMA: End of the day - do you think this will bring peace to the world of Spider-fans still divided over the Clone Saga? Will there be spider-peace in our time?
TN: I don't know if it will bring peace to the Spider-Fans. But it will bring them a new recounting of the Clone Saga… The way it was intended. I guess we'll find out at the end of this mini-series if it brings peace or riots in the streets.
Of course I like what Tom has said that this series could appeal to those who loved the Clone Saga, and make true believers of those who hated it. What I have read of the plot so far, I am very excited about this project.
Maybe there is hope for peace for the Spider-Fans after all.

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New York Times: First Up if Democrats Win: Campaign and Ethics Changes, Infrastructure and Drug Prices
WASHINGTON — Democrats would use their first month in the House majority to advance sweeping changes to future campaign and ethics laws, requiring the disclosure of shadowy political donors, outlawing the gerrymandering of congressional districts and restoring key enforcement provisions to the Voting Rights Act, top Democratic leaders said on Tuesday.
South Florida Sun Sentinel: Pelosi promises Stoneman Douglas survivors: Universal background checks will be top priority if Democrats win the House
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi promised South Florida gun-control activists that universal background checks would be among Democrats' top priorities if the party wins control of the House in the midterm elections.
July 30, 2018 Articles
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi pledged on Friday to help speed up the hurricane recovery process in Puerto Rico after a two-day visit to the U.S. territory with 15 other federal and local legislators.
The Hill: Let Flint serve as a warning: Congress must to do more to improve the nation's infrastructure
It is completely unacceptable that an American city—Flint, Mich.—still does not trust the drinking water coming out of the tap.
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Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, celebrated his 83rd birthday last week. What a wonderful gift it would be if China would treat the Tibetan people with the dignity and respect they deserve, and let the Dalai Lama go home to Tibet, whether to visit or to stay.
USA Today Op-Ed: Democrats have a better deal for teachers and our kids, too: Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi
Democrats would invest in teacher pay, modern classrooms, special ed and low-income schools, and pay for it all. We'd also protect collective bargaining.
May 21, 2018 Articles
Democrats are preparing to highlight allegations of corruption surrounding the Trump administration — and a legislative agenda to prevent future abuses — as they continue rolling out their party platform ahead of November's midterm elections.
April 2, 2018 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will lead a delegation of Democrats to the Middle East beginning Saturday with stops in Israel and Jordan.
Ten House Democrats will accompany Pelosi on the trip, which will focus on "global and regional security and cooperation issues," according to her office.
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This wasn't your average dry-cleaning drop-off: On Wednesday morning, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi handed over a burgundy skirt-suit to the Smithsonian Institution — not for a steam-and-press but to become, along with the gavel she wielded as the first female speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, part of the collection of artifacts documenting women in U.S. history.
USA TODAY: Nancy Pelosi's all-day marathon speech sets record as longest continuous speech since at least 1909
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's all-day speech broke a record for longest-continuous speech in House history. The California Democrat spoke for more than 8 hours before yielding the floor. It was the longest continuous speech since at least 1909.


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Proposed by the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God Brothers working in the Diocese of Makeni.
As a congregation and with a mandate and contract with the Public to run a General Hospital in the Marampa Chiefdom, we resolved during the period of quarantine of the hospital to initiate a plan of activities to be carried out in the Chiefdom in order to break the chain of exponential transmission of the EBV disease, which at this time of September and October, 2014, the rate of new infections was extremely high in the Chiefdom. This forced our hospital to hesitate to re-open especially after when one of the Brothers, Dr. Manuel Garcia Viejo got himself infected on 11 September, and passed on 25th September, 2014 in Spain. Sigue leyendo


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Welcome to my blog! I hope you find it enjoyable and engaging. We are all life long learners!
A look at literacy from a lifelong learner
Welcome to my blog! I hope you find it enjoyable and engaging. We are all life long learners!
As I continue to learn more about literacy and becoming a literacy leader I find that my learning will be never ending. I also realize that I need to start looking inside myself as a person and a leader as well. As much as I enjoy endlessly reading books about teaching literacy and becoming a coach I also realize that I need a brain break from it at times. In order to satisfy my current brain break, I recently started reading The 7 Mindsets To Live Your Ultimate Life: An unexpected blueprint for an extraordinary life by Scott Shickler & Jeff Waller. I'm only a few chapters in but I'm enjoying it so far. The first thing I like about it is that it's a quick read. It's not a 500 page self help book. It's a focused 100 some page book that doesn't waste time on the fuzzy stuff.
I know there are probably some critics out there but keep in mind that I have no false visions that this is the book that will turn my life around forever. I'm going about it with the attitude that if I can take one or two good things from it that will help change how I think and make me a better person/leader, I would be satisfied with the 100 page read. It would be even better if I can use some of it to help the students in my classroom as well. The authors claim that what they talk about can be used in any setting, including students in a classroom. I can say that they did their research. They had live interviews from many different successful people which ultimately led them to the seven commonalities that each of them had.
The 7 Mindsets are as follows:
-Everything is possible
-Passion first
-We are connected
-100% Accountable
-Attitude of gratitude
-Live to give
-The time is now
The authors warn that each mindset goes much deeper than what is on the surface, but this gives you an idea of what you will read about. With that said, I'll be getting back to my much needed brain break.
What is your best brain break read?
I've started exploring a writer's workshop model in my classroom. I find that Lucy Calkins has been a pioneer in writer's workshop. In this 7 part series you hear right from the mouth of Lucy Calkins about reading and writing and why it's important to give students a choice in their reading, teacher education, curriculum, implementation, and more. I like that we hear her voice and words that back up her work. I think her ideas are great if they can be properly supported by administration and professional development. Check it out for yourself.
I have included a previous post that has other websites as well. Please scroll down further to see those.
Jan Richardson Guided Reading
Jan Richardson is most famous for her knowledge of guided reading in classrooms. Her website gives resources, PD opportunities, literacy tips, videos, among other things. Jan Richardson, Ph.D., a leading expert in guided reading, is a former K-12 teacher, reading specialist, Reading Recovery teacher leader, and staff developer. She currently is an educational consultant, providing presentations and classroom demonstrations across the U.S. and Canada.
The Daily 5
This has information related to the Daily 5 and CAFE books by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (the 2 sisters). Even if you don't follow the Daily 5 or CAFE, you will find great resources on this site. For a small fee you can print their templates and letters. There is current research, blogs, workshops, and even a section on math.
Fountas and Pinnell Website
These are two of the leading ladies in the literacy world. You can join onto their site for free and receive updates on the latest in literacy. It gives you resources for assessments, resources, interventions, PD, and many other things.
Fountas and Pinnell Leveled books
If your school goes by the F & P leveling, this is the place for you! This site is the only official source for books leveled by Fountas and Pinnell using their F&P Text Level Gradient™. This frequently updated, subscription-based, online list contains 57,380 books submitted by over 300 publishers. Every book is meticulously reviewed and leveled by Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell in conjunction with their team of hand-selected levelers using the F&P Text Level Gradient™.
ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
ASCD is a global community of educators dedicated to excellence in learning, teaching, and leading. Our innovative solutions empower educators to promote the success of each child. It has an endless list of books and publications that have up to date research on everything related to teaching and learning. It has numerous resources and workshops for teachers as well.
ERIC Files
You are able to search all types of articles relating to education. It gives you the latest research on whatever you are looking for.
This seems like an obvious one, but I have to put it in here. You can find some nicely discounted books for your classroom and personal use. They will even have teacher specials from time to time. If you pay a yearly fee you also get free shipping (which is sometimes also discounted). If you are looking for books, this site is worth a shot to get the best bang for your buck.
Scholastic Teacher Store
This is also a great resource for books, but also includes other resources, programs, classroom materials, blogs, lesson ideas etc.
Lucy Calkins
At this site you will find units of study created by Lucy Calkins. If you search her by name you will find numerous resources and information about her and her work.
U.S. Department of Education
This site is important in order to keep up to date on the regulations and changes that go on within education. To see what is updated regarding ESSA you can go to https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn.
Reading With Meaning
By: Debbie S. Miller
In the second edition of Reading with Meaning, Debbie Miller shares her new thinking about comprehension strategy instruction, the gradual release of responsibility instructional model, and planning for student engagement and independence. She does a great job of describing exactly how her classroom works as well as having a great progression through the year that builds on each other.
The Reading Strategies Book
By: Jennifer Serravallo
Jen collects 300 strategies in support of thirteen reading goals with each strategy cross-linked to skills, genres, and reading levels. Ideal for use with reading workshop, Daily 5/CAFE, guided reading, balanced reading, a core reading program, or any other approach. This is a great go-to book for lessons on specific skills that you are wanting to teach. I enjoy the simplicity of it and the layout makes sense.
The Writing Strategies Book
By: Jennifer Serravallo
Whether you use Writing Workshop, 6+1 Traits, Daily 5's "Work on Writing," a scripted writing program, the writing exercises in your basal, or any other approach, you'll discover a treasure chest of ways to work with whole classes, small groups, or individual writers.
The Daily Five
By: Gail Boushey & Joan Moser
The Daily 5™ is a framework for structuring literacy time so students develop lifelong habits of reading, writing, and working independently. Students select from five authentic reading and writing choices, working independently toward personalized goals, while the teacher meets individual needs through whole-group and small-group instruction, as well as one-on-one conferring. These choices include: Read to Self, Work on Writing, Read to Someone, Listen to Reading, and Word Work.
The First Six Weeks Of School
By: Center For Responsive Schools
Watch children's learning blossom all year long when you lay the groundwork with the help of this classic, comprehensive guidebook for K–6 teachers. Day by day and week by week, The First Six Weeks of School shows you how to set students up for a year of engaged and productive learning by: Using positive teacher language to establish high academic and behavioral expectations, Getting students excited about schoolwork by offering engaging academics, and Teaching the classroom and academic routines that enable a collaborative learning community to thrive. This is an important one for literacy leaders to be able to establish a community of learners in a classroom and school.
By: Chip Wood
This is a great book for understanding the development of children. We need to understand how they develop in order to help them learn the best way that we can. Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference helps teachers and administrators use knowledge of child development to shape classrooms and schools where all children can succeed.
The Book Whisperer
By: Donalyn Miller
"Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick out themselves. Her love of books and teaching is both infectious and inspiring. The book includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read."
Reading In The Wild
By: Donalyn Miller
"A companion to the bestselling The Book Whisperer, Reading in the Wild explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching "wild" reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, Reading in the Wild offers solid advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for future reading, and defining oneself as a reader.
Word Matters
By: Gay Su Pinnell & Irene C. Fountas
Word Matters presents essential information on designing and implementing a high-quality, systematic literacy program to help children learn about letters, sounds, and words. The central goal is to teach children to become "word solvers": readers who can take words apart while reading for meaning, and writers who can construct words while writing to communicate.
The Art of Teaching Writing
By: Lucy Calkins
When Lucy Calkins wrote the first edition of The Art of Teaching Writing, the writing workshop was a fledgling idea, piloted by a few brave innovators. Now, as she brings us this new edition, the writing workshop is at the foundation of language arts education throughout the English-speaking world. This new edition, then, could easily have been a restatement, in grander, more confident tones, of the original classic.
It's important to have some go-to resources as we move along in our careers. I have listed some of mine along with a description. In my search I found new ones as well. What do you use?
International Reading Association (IRA) – www.reading.org
The focus of the IRA (now the ILA – International Literacy Association) is to assist teachers with literacy instruction. They have a strong belief that literacy is the future and it needs to be taught well. They have publications, lesson plans, and literacy projects in place that are utilized by teachers all over the world. They aim to create a community of educators working towards the goal of literacy.
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) – www.ncte.org
The NCTE is best described by their core values: writing, literature, integrated language arts, diversity, knowledgeable, caring teachers, advocacy, and and public education. They want literacy promoted as they are integrated within other content areas and in a diverse way. Their goal is to make sure that everyone is able to participate in our society with these literacy and speaking skills.
Minnesota Reading Association (MRA) – www.mnreading.org
The MRA is a Minnesota based association that supports what the ILA (International Literacy Association) does. They promote networking and collaboration, provide resources and opportunities for professional growth and leadership development, and they support literacy efforts across the state. They are a diverse group of more than 500 people in different parts of education as well as teachers and students.
Minnesota Council of Teachers of English (MCTE) – www.mcte.org
This organization is associated with the NCTE. It is a way for English and Language Arts teachers to collaborate and learn together. It has Minnesota based workshops available. It has what they call MEJ Online where there are articles and discussions that go on regarding education.
American Association of School Librarians – http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/bestwebsiteslandmark
This association supports librarians by empowering them to help students learn. Their goal is to ensure that librarians are seen as an important part of a child's education. It provides journals, research, conferences available, among other things. It seems to focus a lot on current technologies for librarians to utilize and keep up to date with the changes in education.
Florida Center for Reading Research – www.fcrr.org
This provides you with research based literacy skills for teachers to use with their readers. It's directed towards the state of Florida, but has great research that any teacher can utilize. It provides information on different projects that they are doing as well as current research in literacy. They have a large list of articles that you can refer to depending on what you are looking for. I also noticed it has a couple of assessments that you can give students in order to know which way to go with their learning. This site would be great for any teacher of literacy, but especially valuable to a literacy coach who has the job to stay current on research.
University of Oregon Center on Teaching and Learning – http://reading.uoregon.edu/
It looks like this site is no longer being updated, but is available as a resource. It's focus is that students are able to read at grade level by third grade. It refers to the information that the National Reading Panel came up with back in 1997. It would be good for a literacy coach to use this site as well as a curriculum director. It has some great tips on how to choose a reading curriculum and assessments as well.
Reading Rockets – http://www.readingrockets.org/
This is a site that I've heard of many times but haven't had the time to browse. It is technologically savvy with the apps and podcasts that are available to teachers and students. The target audience for this site would be teachers, parents, principals, librarians, and school counselors. It addresses teaching literacy and assisting struggling readers. It has a huge list of literature for kids and many different ways of listing them to assist anyone interested.
Newsela – https://newsela.com/
My school has used newsela. I know that the third and fourth grade teachers utilize it much more than we do in the younger grades. It puts news in kid friendly language so that current events are easily read and understood by students. This is a great site for parents and teachers. As a parent I would enjoy it as current events come up and I might be looking for a way for my fourth grade son to comprehend the ideas in an age appropriate way.
Jan Brett – http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
I do a unit that is focused on Jan Brett's books and this looks like it has some great resources that I could use during that unit. It looks like you can contact the author as well. Using it would make it interactive and real-world like.
Ohio State University: Literacy Collaborative http://www.lcosu.org
Our district has committed to doing the Literacy Collaborative with Ohio State and will begin the process next year. The Literacy Collaborative is a comprehensive literacy program that was created from Dr. Irene Fountas and Dr. Gay Su Pinnell's work. It has great resources and thoughts for all teachers along with other links and research.
National Reading Panel https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/Pages/nrp.aspx
The National Reading Panel was put together in order to create quality research in reading instruction. It specifically states that the site is not being updated, but the information that you are able to gather from it is helpful. This is a site that I continue to go back to because of the great research that it has. I've used it for every one of my graduate classes and refer back to it often for my own gain.
The image above is something that I ran across while scrolling through Facebook one day. As I read it I could relate to all 10 points that were present. This would probably cover most of what teachers want from their professional development (PD). I would have some things to add as I continue to learn more about literacy and coaching adults.
Lyons & Pinnell (2001) mention some of the characteristics of adults as learners. Some things to consider when planning and implementing PD would be:
What do they already know?
What are their past experiences (successes, failures)?
Do you have a group of newer or veteran teachers?
Will the things you are teaching them be helpful in their classrooms NOW?
Are you meeting the expectations of the group?
Is what you are doing worth their time?
Despite having many different learning styles, teachers do have things in common when your goal is effective PD. Lyons & Pinnell discuss these Constructivist Principles of Teaching (2001, p. 4)
I didn't feel like any of the above were worth summarizing. They are all so important to keep in the front of our minds in order to ensure that our PD is effective for everyone involved. As the facilitator you want to accommodate the expectations of both administration, parents, and teachers while also keeping in mind that the purpose is for the success of your students.
Lyons, C. A., & Pinnell, G. S. (2001). Systems for change in literacy education: a guideto professional development. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
I am in the midst of my second looping class. A few years ago a colleague and I were discussing how we would like to try a looping classroom. Looping is "when a teacher is promoted with his/her students to the next grade level and stays with the same group of children for two or three years" (Rasmussen, 1998). We both went to our principal to discuss the possibility and he was on board right away. My colleague had her first grade class and moved with them to second grade while I started with a new group of first graders. We kept in close contact and right away she noticed how different the beginning of the year was for her. Everyone was more comfortable with each other, she was able to continue where she left off both academically and socially.
When I took my first group of first graders on to second grade with me I noticed the same things that she did. It was amazing how easy the beginning of the year was. We all knew each other, we were comfortable, and expectations were clear and consistent. I assessed each one of my students at the beginning of the year but the assessments were much smoother and I had a lot of knowledge of my students as readers already. We really just picked up where we left off. It was great for all of us.
"Another benefit of looping cited by teachers is the opportunity to get to know students over two years" (Rasmussen, 1998, p.1). I can say that after having my students in my class for 9 months, I feel like at about month 7 or 8 is when I really know them as a person and a learner. It's a gift to be able to further our teacher/student relationship beyond that and dig deeper so that I can help them become even more successful in not only their reading, but every aspect of their learning.
Here are some links that I found helpful if you are looking for more information:
www.edweek.org and then search "looping"
www.ascd.org and search "looping"
https://eric.ed.gov/ and search "looping"
Rasmussen, K. (1998). Looping Discovering the Benefits of Multiyear Teaching. Education Update, 40(2). Retrieved June 28, 2017, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/education-update/mar98/vol40/num02/Looping.aspx


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Fèis Inbhir Narainn (FIN) is a community based charity promoting traditional Scottish music and song to all from the age of eight to adult through the provision of high quality teaching.
FIN runs both a main annual fèis and weekly classes for children and adults alongside school term-time.
Main Fèis
Saturday 3 February 2018, Nairn Community Centre.
Ongoing Classes
FIN is pleased to offer a wide variety of classes each week alongside the school term in the following subjects:
Accordion: Monday
Chanter: Thursday
Fiddle for kids: Monday
Fiddle for adults: Wednesday
Tin Whistle: Wednesday
Guitar: Wednesday
Keyboard: Wednesday
Classes are split to suit all abilities. Please contact Rhona on the details below for more information.
Rhona 01667 462 681
You can also find FIN online on Facebook, Twitter and at the website
Fèis Inbhir Narainn


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McPhail & Perkins Funeral Home
85 Munroe Avenue East
Renfrew, ON CA
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In the year 1868 Thomas Hynes and his brother arrived in Renfrew to establish themselves in business. In 1895 they built the Hynes Block on Raglan St., which housed Thomas Hynes Furniture and Undertaking, as well as his brother's dentist office. Mr. Hynes also contributed to the community by serving on Town Council.
In 1912 the business was taken over by Donald M. McPhail, who continued the tradition of dependable service and quality goods. By the mid forties two significant changes took place. Mr. McPhail purchased the McGarry house on Munro Ave. from Canon Quartermaine in order to provide is families with a place for wakes and funeral services. At approximately the same time he began the first ambulance service in Renfrew, operated from the garages in the rear of the funeral home.
In 1950 the business was taken over by Boyd Perkins, who had moved from Perth with his young family. Mr. Perkins soon gained a reputation as a caring and dependable professional, and the furniture store was enhanced by a move down Raglan St. to the former Stewart Brothers Ltd. Building, where it continues to this day. The funeral home on Munro Ave. was expanded to meet the changing needs of the community.
The ambulance service was discontinued shortly after Mr. Perkins sold the business to Harry T. McKibbon in 1964. Mr.McKibbon was admired for his solid and trustworthy personality, and down-to-earth nature. Under his direction, the firm's reputation of integrity and dependability was further enforced.
In 1986 the ownership of the firm went full circle when Mr. Perkins` grandson John Steele purchased it. Under his capable direction, the funeral home underwent a dramatic expansion, with new handicapped-accessible facilities, a well-appointed chapel complete with cushioned pews and a sound system, ample parking, and a reception room for post service gatherings.
In June, 2009 ownership of the firm was passed from Steele to Brydges. Matthew Brydges, managing funeral director, was born and raised in Renfrew, son of Marie and the late Bob Brydges, and began his career in funeral service at McPhail & Perkins as a student in 1995. Matthew is a graduate of Humber College, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with minors in law and business from Carleton University.
Aside from his time at the funeral home, Matthew is active in the Renfrew community. He can be seen most weekends donating his time and talents as a musician to entertain for many local fundraisers and community events, as well as working with local schools and community groups involved in the arts. He is past president of the Ottawa District Funeral Service Association, and serves on the board of directors at Hillcrest Cemetery, the Renfrew & District Christian School Society and pandemic planning committees. Matthew's mother, Marie is a well known music teacher and musician, as well as a Licensed Lay Preacher with the United Church of Canada. She is actively involved in the business, serving as our chapel organist and pianist, greeting visitors and assisting them with memorial donations. She also makes herself available to preside over non-denominational funeral services.
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Okay, idk why I always start my posts with 'Okay', leggo.
So, in the past week, I've prettied up my website here quite a bit, so you can go explore around and give me some feedback on how I can improve it. To make things even weirder, I'm writing this in HTML instead of the standard 'Visual Aid' UI that WordPress has. It's a less stylistic way of doing things, but it gives me a ridiculous amount of control (at least it seems to, to this tech-idiot that has been forcing himself to IT upgrade)… so meh.
Either way, when redesigning the website, I remembered a concept that I've heard in every episode of Evan Carmichael's YouTube Channel, finding your ONE WORD. If I'm gonna brand myself and my writing, then I need to know exactly what my message is, down to the one word. So today, I'm going to talk about how I found my personal one word and how you can find yours, so that you can both live a meaningful life, and have people understand you, at the same time.
Part 1: Togetherness
I was talking to Pastor Andre, from The City Singapore, about my own life issues and seeking guidance and clarity on my own chaotic mess of a life, and one thing I remembered most was him asking "Okay, if you we're to sum up 'Ecumenism' in one line, what would it be?". Now, if you all have know me for longer than 2 days, you should know that I talk about 'Unity' like a beaver talks about wood; I would literally have nothing better to do with my life without it.
Of course, my idea of unity starts with The Church, a topic of discussion known as 'Ecumenism'. I started my personal faith journey through watching videos by Pastor Doug Perry on YouTube, and he talks a lot on how "The last prayer that Jesus prayed before he went to the Cross, was that we would be One, as He and the Father are One, so that the world will know that the Father sent him". Here's the reference:
"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me." – John 17:20-23
Now, the older I get, the more I understand how true this is. We face so many challenges, as a faith community, everyday; even down to the individual decisions we make everyday. Think of how many of those challenges would instantly disappear if we just learnt to "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." (Galatians 6:2). What is easy for you may be hella difficult for me, and what is easy to me could be so easy for me; which means, in all these cases, we should be tanking these things for each other. Now, in the case of Church, whether in Teaching, Prophecy, Evangelism or Pastoring, we could all use a little bit of help here and there. The sheer blindness to the day to day struggles in the Church just across the road, is what I think the major problem in this country is. More events and more outreach will not bring people to Christ, unity will.
So back to my talk with Pastor Andre, my answer to his question was "Communication!". This is something I have to really really overemphasise when talking about ecumenism, because effective unity is not in all doing and thinking the same things, that is tyranny; unity is in watching and paying attention each other, and as a result, acting from a place of both self awareness and goodwill. I am fully fully against the idea of a 'One World Church Government' or even a 'State Church' where a central authority governs the local faith community. What I think would work best, is a Christian Institution that provides a platform for both clergy and laypeople to systematically interact with their counterparts in the other Churches around them, regardless of branch or affiliation. You might as why is communication so important then? It doesn't guarentee that people will move in the same direction, in fact, if unity is just communication, then it expects people to disagree and make contrary decisions. Well, that is true, and that is why communication alone, is not very useful.
Part 2: Humility
The other day, I was having dinner with my brother and cousins, just the kids alone and I brought up the topic of understanding what each of us values. Now that is a bit of a hard thing to determine from scratch, but I remembered a video I saw on YouTube (I think it was of Tony Robbins or Simon Sinek, but I can't remember) on finding your life's purpose; and the key take away was to start with what irks you. If you want to know what you value, you must first know what you hate. One of my cousins hated when people lie and another hated when people excluded the weak; and what I realised was that, above all else, they valued truth and inclusiveness respectively. For me, the thing I hate to see most, is when people don't see the greater value in others as compared to themselves, not recognising the strength in the poor person's suffering and the weakness of their own riches, not recognising that everyone has attributes that make them better than you in some way. In one word, I hate 'HUBRIS'
I quoted Galatians 6:2 earlier, and literally the next verse says:
"For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself."
– Galatians 6:3
That is exactly why we should choose to "bear each other's burdens"(Galatians 6:2), because we recognise that, in interacting with other people, we are not as good of people as we think we are. In one word, above all else, I value 'Humility'.
Part 3: Achievement
Now, that is a really strange thing to value, because Humility seems like a hilariously passive core value; and I am a decidedly not passive kind of a person, so what the heck, bro? Yeap, that's the awkward part of living a life with that aim, it's borderline impossible to explain to every mother-father-son why 'Humility'is not as simple as 'Oh, I say myself bad lor'. No, the kind of life I lead is the kind where I always always always live with accepting the possibility that I am critically and fatally wrong about one thing or another, and that overlooked part of my decision making in everyday life is causing great suffering to myself and others. So 'Humility' to me is the "I can do better" attitude in every situation, it means aggressively correcting my perspective, until I can live a truly good life. 'Humility' is the result of a lifetime of disciplined adventure.
So, all in all, I decided on the motto "Achieving Humility Together" for my website, because it explains, most concisely, what my life is for. The universal message of Christianity has always been Sacrifice, regardless of branch or affiliation, and I'm not trying to replace that cornerstone of the Christian faith. It's just that I think this aspect of 'Sacrifice', the humility brought about by people coming together to answer the divine call to adventure, is what we lack most in this day and age, and that my life should be about spreading that message.
So what is your One Word? I know this website is practically private, so like not more than 30 people will see this, for now, but let me know in the comments below, and maybe we can all help each other manifest our words together.


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According to Ettienne Reinecke, group chief technology officer at global technology integrator and managed services provider Dimension Data, 2019 will finally see digital transformation become a reality, and he predicts a spate of industry-wide disruption as innovative companies see long-term projects bear fruit.
Reinecke says the "often referenced but rarely accomplished transformation projects" will start coming to life thanks to the maturity of game-changing technologies like AI, machine learning and robotic process automation".
"Until now, our industry has spoken about innovative technologies somewhat theoretically, without providing a clear picture of how these powerful new innovations will be used.Think analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and containers, just to name a few.
"We'll see the most innovative companies showing off truly impactful examples of digital transformation in action in 2019 with many more coming to the market over the next three years. They will then become so firmly embedded in the core processes and technologies we use that we'll consider them commonplace. The year 2019 is the one when trailblazers will pull-away from fast-followers and we start to see significant power shifts across industries."
The whitepaper — Tech Trends 2019 — has been developed by Dimension Data and also identifies five further trends that will come to define the business technology landscape in 2019, includIing:
- Robotic process automation will reshape customer experience: The: The exponential growth in robotic process automation — such as machine learning, AI, and heuristic neural networks — will give companies the ability to combine scenarios, increase understanding, and make real-time predictive decisions about their customers' needs and behaviours.
- Organisations will focus on cloud-based cyber security platforms: Regular high-profile cyber security breaches in 2018 will cause cloud-based security providers to gain traction in 2019. Cloud-based security systems are built with open APIs, meaning security teams can integrate new technologies into the platform quickly and with relative ease. This will ensure clients can keep up with the rapidly evolving threat landscape.
- Infrastructure will become programmable from end to end: Companies will start subscribing to multiple cloud platforms and increasing their use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). End-to-end programmability means organisations will be able to quickly adapt to changing business landscape and demand more from their applications and data.
- Applications will become more intelligent and customised: In the coming year, we'll see applications gathering input from users and making changes to their own functionality to improve the user experience. Artificial intelligence and machine learning will play a significant role in helping employees work more productively.
- The value of data will become the centre of the value universe: In the coming period, the focus will increasingly shift to the true value of data, driving a renewed quest to embed telemetry, collect and enrich data. It is data that will form the core of true digital transformation and become the source of new revenue streams that will surpass traditional revenue streams. This will lead to a change in information architectures, with the need to establish rich data starting to drive IT investments.


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Here is my video from Rockaway today, featuring Team Rubicon.
Hurricane Sandy – Report from Rockaway
Here is my brief report after two days in Rockaway. It includes a short interview with Brian Lydon, who is running a storm relief center at St. Francis de Sales church in Belle Harbor.
Worth Watching
Nixonian tactics by a powerful state agency conducting improper tax audits of its own staff? A rogue unit of state tax investigators stealing seized funds? It's not immediately clear whether either of these is accurate, but according to James Odato's very interesting story in today's Times Union at least one of them may be true.
Police Officer Ivan Marcano
He is a true New York hero. Some of his remarkable actions were captured on video and it's well worth watching. The video is on the NY Post website here.
Romney Strategy
Today's Politico story clearly captures Mitt Romney's basic campaign strategy:
"Romney's repeated promise to "repeal Obamacare" is sure to be curtailed, even with a Republican Senate, his advisers admit. One official said that under a Democratic Senate, "we would just have to try to grind out changes by starving Obamacare through regulations."
Already, Romney aides know they have promised more than they can pull off. Talk of immigration reform in the first year — a Romney promise from the second presidential debate — caused aides to roll their eyes."
Strategy summary: Say anything.
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Christine Quinn's Biggest Opponent?
David Dinkins, or at least his political ghost. As Christine Quinn attempts to become the first Democratic mayor in 20 years, the political shadow of the last Democratic mayor lurks as a danger zone.
In broad stroke, David Dinkins and Christine Quinn have some meaningful similarities: adept career politicians, successful one step below the mayor's office, from Manhattan and powerful symbols of the political progress of their respective communities. Dinkins, a smart, steady politician and decent person, was ultimately overwhelmed by the City's challenges and perpetually played political defense. "Dave, Do Something" still echoes hauntingly.
Romney & Saul Alinsky
George Romney, that is. For today's fun fact, we've brought you a brief reminder of George Romney's time with Saul Alinsky. (Courtesy of Buzzfeed.com).
Some background here.
Anonymous Free Speech: Bankers & Actual People
Today Jacob Gershman reports in the Wall Street Journal that "Wall Street and insurance groups are organizing an effort to overturn a New York ethics regulation requiring trade associations that lobby state government to publicly disclose their sources of funding." Part of the New York Bankers Association's argument against such disclosure is that it chills their right to free speech. They essentially argue that the right to free speech is really a right to anonymous free speech.
Continue reading Anonymous Free Speech: Bankers & Actual People
Andrew Cuomo & Campaign Finance Reform
According to recent news reports, Governor Cuomo is considering seeking changes in New York's campaign finance laws. In anticipation of the governor's proposal, which has not yet been publicly revealed, here are a few observations on Andrew Cuomo 2014, Inc.'s most recent campaign finance disclosure statement and the campaign finance reform issues which it frames. Continue reading Andrew Cuomo & Campaign Finance Reform
Romney Roundup
The "when it rains it pours" edition …
60 Minutes
In his 60 Minutes interview broadcast Sunday, Mitt Romney gave many interesting answers. Here are a few:
Self awareness: Scott Pelley, with a reference to David McCullough, asked Mitt Romney about what he has "learned from the history of presidents in the White House". Romney spoke a bit about McCullough's biography of John Adams and approvingly described Adams as "an individual who was less concerned about public opinion than he was about doing what he thought was right for the country" and who "did what he thought was right for America" even though it cost him reelection. Presumably Romney sees himself in that mold, or at the very least aspires to it. If the American people saw him that way, he would be coasting to victory. They don't, and that's why he isn't.
Mounting Fears Shake World Markets As Banking Giants Rush to Raise Capital
That was the Wall Street Journal's A1 headline exactly four years ago, with the lede; "Fear coursed through the U.S. financial system on Wednesday, as hope for a resolution to the year-old credit crisis faded." A true financial panic, with the proverbial chickens hatched during the Bush administration coming home to roost.
The Romney campaign has tried to recycle the question that helped propel Ronald Reagan to the White House: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
Mitt should ask that question at his fundraisers. The financial services executives in attendance should be the first to answer.
~ John Kenny
Mitt: The 3:00 a.m. call
Is Mitt ready? It's a pretty simple analysis. Here is what Al Gore said in September 2001: "George W. Bush is my commander in chief. … We are united behind our president, George W. Bush, behind the effort to seek justice, not revenge, to make sure this will never, ever happen again. And to make sure we have the strongest unity in America that we have ever had. … We come together tonight not as partisans but as patriots. We come together not only first and foremost, but solely as Americans at a time our county has been attacked." (NY Times 9/30/01 "Bush 'Is My Commander,' Gore Declares in Call for Unity").
Is Mitt Romney ready? Seriously?
~ John Kenny
The Party of War & A Non-Warrior
In Mitt Romney, the Republican party has it's first presidential candidate since Tom Dewey without any military experience. What will this mean for the Republicans and their narrative as the Party of War?
Every Republican presidential nominee from Dwight Eisenhower to John McCain served in the military. Eisenhower, of course, had the ultimate military background as a West Point graduate who rose to five-star general and Supreme Allied Commander. Bob Dole and John McCain suffered grievous wounds in combat, with McCain additionally suffering wounds from torture at the hands of his North Vietnamese captors. For both of them, their military service was a modest amount of time in their professional lives yet had a profound impact on them personally and in forming their professional identities. For others, such as Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, serving in a supply unit and a film unit respectively, their World War II military service was a minor part of their professional identity, but a part nonetheless.
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Audio Technica AT440MLa – VM Phono Cartridge
The AT440MLa dual magnet cartridge features a MicroLine shaped, diamond tip for improved high frequency response with less wear and distortion than conventional linear or elliptical styli.
The MicroLine stylus almost exactly duplicates the shape of the cutting stylus used to produce the original master disc. This enables it to track portions of the groove other styli cannot reach, resulting in extremely accurate tracing of high frequency passages and ruler-flat frequency response within the audible range..
The AT440MLa also features Audio-Technica's unique Paratoroidal Signal Generator. This unique signal generating system is composed of a unified, laminated coil core wound with a single piece of wire. Internal mechanical and electrical connections are eliminated, minimising magnetic losses and ensuring better signal transfer..
A gold plated beryllium cantilever improves stability whilst the dual magnet system offers excellent channel separation.
- Frequency Response – 20-20,000 Hz
- Channel Separation – 27 dB at 1kHz
- Channel Balance – 0.8 dB
- Tracking Force – 1.0-1.8 grams
- Vertical Tracking Angle – 20°
- Recommended Load Impedance – 47,000 ohms
- Output Voltage – 4.0 (mV at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec)
- Stylus Shape – Microline
- Stylus Construction – Nude square
- Mount – Half-inch
- Weight – 6.5g
- Replacement Stylus – ATN440MLa


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What is it?
The Mercedes-Benz GLS is a facelifted version of the second-generation GL that has been on sale in the UK since 2012. First revealed at the Los Angeles show, it is planned to reach UK showrooms in March 2016, with prices starting at £69,100 for the entry-level GLS 350 d 4Matic driven here and rising to £102,330 for the range-topping GLS 63 4Matic.
The new GLS name aims to provide the big seven-seat SUV with some of the upmarket cachet already associated with the S-Class. It rounds out the renaming of Mercedes-Benz's SUV line-up, in which the GLK has become the GLC and the ML is now known as the GLE. Key among the rivals for the new model is the recently introduced second-generation Audi Q7 and the three-year-old Range Rover.
Along with the new name, the GLS receives a series of subtle exterior styling changes, most prominent among them being a new grille featuring an oversized three-pointed star and twin-blade adornment. There's also a new front bumper, altered headlight graphics, new tail-light lenses, a revised rear bumper and new wheels – those on the GLS 350 d being 18in in diameter and shod with 265/60 tyres.
The mild styling revisions continue inside, where the GLS adopts an upgraded dashboard featuring a free-standing 7in infotainment monitor, altered instrument graphics and a new multi-function steering wheel. As with the GL, the GLS comes with seven seats as standard.


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Enrico Franceschini
Italian journalist Enrico Franceschini (b. 1956) is the London correspondent for La Repubblica. He has also worked as a foreign correspondent in Moscow, New York, Washington and Jerusalem. In 1994, he received the Europa Prize for his coverage of the 1993 failed coup in Moscow.
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Helper Voice
|The card's front face
|The card's back face
|Conveying guidance through the voice of disembodied or remote entities.
Awareness .
May relate to:
Narrative , Recordings , Radio .
Differs from:
Narrator .
Makes use of:
Dialogue .
One way to provide the player with aid while playing, regarding the gameplay but also dynamic notifications (Awareness for a critical state, for instance), is to design a Helper Voice who provides such information through Dialogue in a diegetic way.
Helper Voice may indirectly contribute with pieces of Narrative but it is different from Narrator. While Helper Voice provides information about the gameplay, i.e. about what to do or how to do it, the Narrator tells the story of the game.
The Helper Voice is sometimes "a voice from above", frequently conveyed by a reverberated Dialogue and possibly some additional Sound Effects that approximate it from the archetype of the voice of fantastic or divine entities.
Yet, perhaps the most commonly designed solution for the Helper Voice is to have a NPC in a remote location providing information over a communicator. The same channel and character is often used to provide Narrative (in which case such character also behaves as Narrator).


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Why is diversity so important? As we see in permaculture diversity is necessary to use all the energy in a closed ecosystem. Diversity produces resiliency, beauty, variety, and multiple resources that serve many functions.
The Principles of Permaculture focus on the mantra that nature produces no waste. Everything has purpose and value in more ways than one! Energy is never destroyed it is only transferred from one form to another. In a closed ecosystem, energy is shared transferred and transformed from lifeform to lifeform. We all "feed" off each other. But when we take more than our fair share we create imbalance and become parasitic.
Produce no waste, value diversity and obtain a yield are principles that are applicable in every part of our lives and lifestyles.
Check out this great video on these Permaculture Principles!


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Hanger Down House Bed and Breakfast
- Owner: Alison Ayling
- Address: Priory Lane, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 0BG
- Telephone: 01903 882904
- Fax: N/A
- Mobile: 07753595191
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://www.hangerdownhouse.co.uk
- Tariff: £95 prpn
- Type: Bed and Breakfast
- Open: All Year
- Rating: AA 4 Star Gold
Hanger Down House is a family run, AA 4 Gold star, Bed and Breakfast accommodation, with three stylishly furnished, king size bedded rooms with luxury en-suites, set within an acre of mature grounds, ideal for relaxation.
The Duke, Duchess and Coach rooms at Hanger Down House, all have leather king size beds with chunky rustic furniture and hand-crafted built-in wardrobes, tea and coffee facilities, fridges with icebox, wall mounted freeview LCD TVs, iron and boards, hairdryers, Wi-fi and comfortable leather sofas (Duke/Coach). The Duke and Coach rooms, being the larger rooms, comfortably accommodate a family of four, with their pull out double beds. Each room also benefits from dual aspect views of the far-reaching picturesque fields & woodland, with regular morning sightings of young deer.
The en-suite facilities for all three rooms are generously proportioned and have powerful pump showers, large Victorian style sinks, toilets, electric shaver points and traditional Victorian heated towel rails, adorned by quality white bath towels.
Traditional cooked English breakfast and Continental breakfast, are served with freshly baked hot rolls and homemade marmalade/preserves, in our light and spacious breakfast room. The patio, with outside seating and the garden are accessed from here. There is an inside pool table and a table tennis table in the garden for those with a few moments to spare!
The bed and breakfast area is an adjoining wing of the main house and has a separate private entrance door leading to the breakfast room, thus providing peace and privacy for guests during their stay. We also have a large parking area on our private drive, enough for five cars.
It is situated in what was formerly the gardens of an Augustinian Priory, with part of the original building dating back to 1760. We are in a quiet picturesque location surrounded by the glorious West Sussex countryside, with a spectacular view of Arundel Castle from our lane. Only 3 minutes drive from the centre of Arundel or 15 minutes walk along one of the many beautiful scenic footpaths. A superb Arundel B&B in a great location!
Arundel boasts a magnificent castle (The ancestral home of the Dukes of Norfolk) with the renowned 'Collector Earl's Garden' and the breathtaking Arundel cathedral; both tower over Arundel town which contains an abundance of Architectural styles from the Tudor through to Georgian and Modernism. Arundel is full of quaint tea rooms, antique shops and restaurants, we even have our own Lido! Amenities include tennis, putting, boating on both Swanbourne lake and the river Arun and the world renowned Wildlife and Wetlands Centre. Goodwood, near Chichester, is only 15 minutes drive from Arundel, where Glorious Goodwood horse racing, Goodwood Revival and Goodwood Festival Of Speed take place. The seaside is also only 3 miles from our Bed & Breakfast and has sandy beaches and chartered fishing trips.
You can contact this Bed and Breakfast, Hotel or Guest House directly using the e-mail form below.


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Choreography And Free Aerobics
Aerobic overload can be delivered using free aerobics. This method sees the exercise leader perform the exercise with the class following the demonstration and cueing of the exercises. The leader should provide alternatives, giving easy and harder options for each exercise. This style of aerobics within the overload section may not be appropriate early in phase III CR until patients have mastered self-monitoring. In free aerobics (exercise to music), where the leader is introducing different combinations and moves with music, the leader is required to link and combine exercises with an element of choreography. Free aerobics is often the method used in the warm-up section. Free aerobics (FA) has some disadvantages
Aerobic Exercise
Aerobic exercise helps increase the ability of the body to process and use oxygen, which is important for you and your baby. Aerobic exercise also has the following benefits An aerobics class provides a consistent time slot when you know you will exercise. If you sign up for a class specifically designed for pregnant women, you will also enjoy the camaraderie of other women. Many community recreation centers offer prenatal exercise classes. If you already attend a regular aerobics class, let your instructor know that you are pregnant. The instructor will suggest ways to modify any movements that may be unsafe or too strenuous. An aerobic exercise video may be helpful if you prefer to exercise at home. Aerobic exercise strengthens the heart and lungs, and helps maintain muscle tone. As long as you choose exercises that are low-impact and keep one foot on the ground at all times to minimize stress on your joints you should be able to continue exercising throughout your pregnancy.
Progression of exercise intensity and heart rate
One of the two main training adaptations to regular aerobic exercise an increase in VO2max. The other physiological adaptation, as shown clearly in three studies involving cardiac patients, is that with training, individuals can sustain exercise at a higher proportion (percentage) of their VO2max (Sullivan, et al., 1989 Meyer, et al., 1990 Goodman, et al., 1999). In these three studies, this phenomenon was closely allied to the amount of lactic acid produced at a given VO2, a phenomenon which has been known for many years (Edwards, et al., 1939 Ekblom, et al., 1968). The importance of this is that improvements in aerobic power (VO2max) and endurance capacity (the intensity at the lactate threshold) in cardiac patients, compared to healthy individuals, is mostly due to the adaptations of skeletal muscle and not of the myocardium (Hiatt, 1991). Because the key agent in increasing VO2max in cardiac patients is skeletal muscle, it is important to ensure that this tissue is challenged as...
Other Considerations For Heart Rate Monitoring Associated With Changes In Myocardial Performance
The rate pressure product turn point identified by Omiya, et al. (2004) is also correlated with both the ventilatory and lactate thresholds (the upper limit recommended for continuous aerobic exercise at which a training benefit is optimised). This finding corresponds with the original concept of the heart rate turn-point reported by Conconi, et al. (1982) (Figure 3.2). However, some debate exists over its merits as a means of estimating the lactate threshold because the relationship may be strongly dependent on the exercise testing protocol used (Bodner and Rhodes, 2000). Nevertheless, from a myocardial perspective, there is no doubt in all these reports that at higher intensities, HR does not continue to rise in a linear fashion, which provides the evidence of a decreased myocardial performance. For the practitioner this means that encouraging patients to work at high HR is not prudent in the early stages of CR. Although Ehsani, et al. (1982) did show that myocardial contractile...
Influence of Physical Activity on Energy Balance
It is often recommended that 20-30 min of moderate intensity exercise three times per week is sufficient exercise to confer some protection against cardiovascular disease if this exercise is in the form of jogging, aerobics, or similar activities, the energy expenditure will be about 4MJ (1000 kcal) per week for the average 70-kg individual, or an average of only about 150 kcal day-1 (Table 1). However, even a small daily contribution from exercise to total daily energy expenditure will have a cumulative effect on a long-term basis. For obese individuals, whose exercise capacity is low, the role of physical activity in raising energy expenditure is necessarily limited, but this effect is offset to some degree by the increased energy cost of weight-bearing activity.
Summary Of Key Points For The Effective Use Of
Make sure the patient is not just concentrating on singular sensations, known as differentiated ratings (see Figure 3.7). For aerobic exercise they should pool all sensations to give one rating. If there is an overriding sensation, note the differentiated rating for this. Differentiated ratings can be used during muscular strength activity or where exercise is limited more by breathlessness or leg pain, and not cardiac limitations, as in the case pulmonary or peripheral vascular disease, respectively.
Nonpharmacologic therapy
Sleep disturbances, ranging from insomnia to excessive sleep, are common. A structured sleep schedule with consistent sleep and wake times is recommended. Sodium restriction may minimize bloating, fluid retention, and breast swelling and tenderness. Caffeine restriction and aerobic exercise often reduce symptoms.
The physiological rationale for using heart rate
As a marker of the body's general physiological strain during aerobic exercise, heart rate is usually described as a percentage of maximal heart rate ( oHRmax). The HRmax has for many years provided a practical substitute marker of the percentage of maximal aerobic power ( VO2max). This is based on the assumption that HRmax and VO2max coincide (Astrand and Rhyming, 1954 Astrand and Christensen, 1964). For an individual, heart rate for a given VO2max does not change, regardless of training status, fitness level or age (Skinner, et al., 2003). The use of HRmax allows for the relative comparison of exercise intensity of people of differing ages. Correspondingly, the use of VO2max allows for the relative comparison of individuals of different levels of maximal aerobic power (aerobic fitness). In recognising the heterogeneity of cardiac populations, relative to both age and fitness (Lavie and Milani, 2000), the use of these two relative measures ( HRmax and VO2max) allows for the same...
Effect of music on RPE
Thornby, et al. (1995) found that COPD patients exercising with music reported a reduced sense of effort (measured as rate of perceived exertion RPE). Music was found to improve mood during aerobic exercise (Seath and Thow 1995). More recently Murrock (2002) found that playing upbeat music during cardiac rehabilitation exercise sessions did not reduce perceived exertion but significantly enhanced mood (measured on a feelings scale). This chapter has described the practical aspects of design and delivery of group exercise, using both circuits and free aerobics. It is the choice and preference for the exercise leader as to which method they use. Both methods have strengths and weaknesses. The use of music is also at the discretion of the leader, either as background to dictate circuit time, or to use with the free aerobics section.
Homebound with supported outings
In this phase attention and distraction strategies can be reinforced and practiced, so they will become a 'habit' before, but also as, shortness of breath increases. Attention strategies might include monitoring of the symptom, advanced planning of activities, energy conservation and appropriate rests, and the use of a fan. Distraction strategies might include music, TV, the Internet, walks, reading, relaxation, guided imagery, self-talk, acupressure, or massage. This phase may require a change or decrease in the exercise regimen, however, optional exercises can replace walking, such as, daily weights, breaking up the exercise to smaller intervals, or chair aerobics. Support groups either organized or within the community can also help patients to learn strategies to cope with increasing dyspnea. Vicarious learning from peers who have developed ways to manage dyspnea is a potent source of self-efficacy or confidence that will help them to control their dyspnea. In the hypoxic COPD...
Venue equipment and environment
Check that the venue lighting, floor surface and room space are safe and appropriate, allowing adequate space for a free exercise area, safe placement of equipment and patient traffic around the exercise room (Tharrett and Peterson, 1997 AACVPR, 2004). Specifically, there should be floor space for aerobic exercise per patient of 1.8-2.3 m2, and 0.6 m2 of space per individual using equipment.
AHCPR Guidelines for Activity Limitations
AVOIDING DEBILITATION Until the patient returns to normal activity, aerobic (endurance) conditioning exercise such as walking, stationary biking, swimming, and even light jogging may be recommended to help avoid debilitation from inactivity. An incremental, gradually increasing regimen of aerobic exercise (up to 20 to 30 minutes daily) can usually be started within the first 2 weeks of symptoms. Such conditioning activities have been found to stress the back no more than sitting for an equal time period on the side of the bed. Patients should be informed that exercise may increase pain slightly at first. If intolerable, some exercise alteration is usually helpful.15 Conditioning exercises for trunk muscles are more mechanically stressful to the back than aerobic exercise. Such exercises are not recommended during the first few
Pregnancy Weight Gain and Postpartum Risk of Obesity
Especially vitamins, breast feeding women who choose to lose weight can do so by exercising and or reasonable restriction of energy intake. Exercising by jogging, biking, and aerobics for 45 minutes, four or five times per week for 12 weeks did not affect well-nourished mothers' ability to lactate or influence their milk composition. However, it is possible that severe energy deficit in lactation, especially of thinner women, will reduce breast milk volume.
Very Low Calorie Diets and Meal Planning
Unlike the dietary approaches mentioned above, increased attention to exercise has been related not only to enhanced short-term weight loss, but also long-term weight loss. In fact, the benefit of exercise has been particularly effective in the long term. Recent research has focused on type of exercise that may produce the best weight losses. In 1995, R.E. Anderson and colleagues found no differences in treatment programs using aerobic exercise, resistance training (weight lifting), or the combination of aerobic exercise and resistance training (although all yielded significant weight losses). In 1985, Leonard Epstein and colleagues reported that lifestyle exercise (e.g., using stairs instead of an elevator), produced somewhat more weight loss in children than did aerobic exercise, although both of these types of exercise promoted far better weight maintenance than did calisthenics. Similarly, in 1995, these researchers found that children who were taught to decrease sedentary...
Cardiac transplantation
Major complications, such as hypertension, accelerated atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. The detrimental effects of muscle weakness are responsible for a substantial part of the initial functional disturbance, and rehabilitation programmes should include resistance and weight-bearing activities as well as aerobic exercise. Kobashigawa, et al. (1999) found that when initiated early after cardiac transplantation, exercise training increased capacity for physical work in transplant patients.
Leisure Recreation and the Arts
As is the case elsewhere, Hungarian women have less leisure time per day than men, an hour less on average (Toth, 1997). Women also have fewer friends than men, are members of fewer organizations that would allow for socializing outside of the home, and sleep less than men (Lobodzinska, 1995). They spend less time on cultural activities and have more home-based leisure activities, such as hobby cooking, gardening, reading, needlecraft, or listening to the radio (Wolf, 2000). However, some younger women in urban areas do participate in aerobics and other fitness classes. The most significant leisure activity for Hungarian women generally, but particularly working women, is watching television (Toth, 1993). Nonetheless, in 1993, men watched more television per day (159 minutes) than women (139 minutes) (Pongracz & Toth, 1999).
Studies on the Role of Exercise Fitness in the Etiology of Coronary Heart Disease
Pooled data and meta-analyses of the 'better' studies indicate that the risk of death from CHD increases about twofold in individuals who are physically inactive compared with their more active counterparts. Relationships between aerobic fitness and CHD appear to be at least as strong. For example, in a cohort of middle-aged men followed up for an average of 6.2 years, the risk of dying was approximately double in those whose exercise capacity at baseline was 8 METS. For both physical activity and fitness, adjustment for a wide range of other risk factors only slightly weakens these associations, suggesting independent relationships.
Exercise and Physical Activity
The term 'physical activity' refers to bodily movement produced by skeletal muscle that results in energy expenditure it thus includes activities of daily living, as well as leisure activity from sport and exercise. The term 'exercise' refers to planned or structured bodily movements, usually undertaken in leisure time in order to improve fitness (e.g., aerobics), while 'sport' is physical activity usually in structured competitive situations (e.g., football). Physical activity at recommended levels (moderate intensity for 30 min for 5 days each week) is associated with many health benefits these include lower all-cause mortality rates, fewer cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke, and a lower incidence of metabolic disorders including non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and osteoporosis. Levels of activity have been falling in Westernized societies largely because of a decrease in physical activity at work (from increasing mechanization) and increasingly...
Phase III cardiac rehabilitation
In the UK, aerobic circuit interval training for group exercise training is commonly used and is an effective method for delivering aerobic exercise (SIGN, 2002). In addition to the aerobic conditioning phase, resistance training is part of CR exercise. Home-based exercise is also prescribed with self-monitoring skills being used by the patients. Typically an exercise class consists of a warm-up, an aerobic conditioning phase, a cool-down period and a conditioning phase. The exercise programme should be tailored to the needs of the patient.The latter is important to encourage adherence to exercise. Details regarding the exercise component of CR are provided in Chapters 3-5.
When to start resistance exercise
There is some dispute as to when coronary heart disease patients should commence an RE programme. There is general consensus that patients should complete a period of aerobic exercise prior to initiating resistance training. The ACSM (2001) and SIGN (2002) recommend a period of four to six weeks' aerobic acclimatisation. This period allows for patients' haemodynamic responses to exercise to be assessed and for any complications to be ruled out before progression to RE. Additionally, the patient can use this time to become familiar with self-monitoring and to establish the correct training intensity.
The National Weight Control Registry
These long-term changes in diet in registry members are accompanied by long-term changes in physical activity. Women in the registry report 2545 kcal week of physical activity and men report 3293 kcals week. This is equivalent to 1 h per day of brisk activity. Approximately half of registry members engage in walking plus another form of physical activity, including cycling, weight lifting, aerobics, running, or stair climbing. Only 9 of registry members maintain weight loss without physical activity.
Strength training resistance training
Seven studies - four RCTs and three non-randomized studies - have shown that strength training improves skeletal muscle strength and endurance in clinically stable coronary patients.6 In the majority of these studies, weight training was added as a strength training component to the exercise regimens of coronary patients, who had already participated in aerobic exercise training for 3 months or more. Documented benefits occurred with both low and high resistance training. Weight carrying tolerance (time) or
Physical Activity
The effects of exercise on blood glucose levels are complex and sometimes unpredictable. Although moderate, extended aerobic exercise generally causes progressive lowering of blood glucose, intense exercise may transiently increase the blood glucose. We generally recommend modification of diet to accommodate exercise, rather than changing the dose of
Chapter outline
The aim of this chapter is to outline the evidence for and the practicalities of safely and effectively using heart rate, ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and metabolic equivalents (METs) to set and monitor exercise. The chapter will also consider observation as a component of monitoring. The main focus of applying the theory will relate to the intensity monitoring of aerobic exercise, exercise using large muscle groups in a sequential or rhythmical manner. The exercise leader will make frequent use of all four methods, relative to the prescription of aerobic exercise. Many of these methods are found in nationally and internationally recognised guidelines, including
The Safe Heart Rate
Recommended aerobic exercise intensities relative to the percentage of maximal oxygen uptake ( VO2max), maximal heart rate reserve ( HRRmax) and maximal heart rate ( HRmax) Table 3.1. Recommended aerobic exercise intensities relative to the percentage of maximal oxygen uptake ( VO2max), maximal heart rate reserve ( HRRmax) and maximal heart rate ( HRmax)
Motor Functions
Age differences in cognition are inferred from observing a motor (vocal or manual) response to the task stimuli, and age-related changes in the motor system must be taken into account. Although age effects on simple reaction time are mild, aging is accompanied by multiple deficits in planning, control, and execution of movements. Only some of these changes can be attributed to age-related changes in the musculoske-letal system. In vivo PET studies of the dopaminergic system of healthy adults suggest that an age-related decline in availability of dopamine receptors in the caudate nucleus and putamen is linked to impaired fine motor performance. In fMRI measures of activation associated with simple motor tasks, older participants show more sluggish hemodynamic response and lower signal-to-noise ratio than their younger counterparts. Notably, some of the age-related motor deficits may be mediated by differences in aerobic fitness and cardiovascular status. Thus, the results of...
Stage one
Stage one targets adults who are currently inactive or who are not regularly active, and aims to encourage an accumulation of moderate intensity activity on most days of the week. This stage encourages active living, using the stairs instead of the escalator, walking the children to school instead of driving, etc. Despite the intensity being too low to gain significant improvements in aerobic fitness Franklin (1993),ACSM (2001) and Blair and Church (2004) have shown that activity at this lower intensity will offer substantial benefits across a broad range of health outcomes. These benefits include
Besides the thrill of moving through space, dancing is a great way to keep flexible while toning your muscles at the same time. You can get an aerobic workout from jazz or other fast-paced dance, or stretch and maintain muscle tone when you hold positions in ballet. Dance for at least 20 minutes three times a week for maximum benefit, whether it is in your living room or in a class.
Tone and pitch
In Chapter 5 the different modes of delivery were discussed, with aerobic circuits and free aerobics as key methods in delivery. Often free aerobics will also be used in the warm-up. In free aerobics, where the leader is introducing different combinations and moves with music, the leader is required to link and combine exercises with an element of choreography, i.e. moving in time to the music and facilitating participants to do so. This teaching skill can seem very difficult, as the leader is not only demonstrating and instructing, but also exercising along with the class. As exercise leadership is a motor skill combining many elements, it is advisable to practise moves and combinations of steps prior to taking the class, particularly in the early developmental period of class leadership. Leading free aerobics requires practice and skill. As with any skill, the more leaders can practise the more proficient they will become. A good teacher is not born but develops with practice and...
Fatigue will also occur if VO2 is limited, as discussed previously. Similarly, metabolic substrates can limit exercise and cause fatigue. Phosphocreatine is the most important substrate for intense exercise that lasts only a few seconds. For exercise lasting less than 3 minutes, most energy comes from anaerobic glycolysis, so lactate buffering to control muscle and blood pH is also important. During aerobic exercise lasting more than an hour, glycogen stores in the muscle and liver are important. Thermoregulation and maintaining body fluids are also important for preventing fatigue during long-term exercise.
Lcg Hormon Function
In glucose-fatty acid cycle, 662-663 growth hormone regulation, 710 hormone effects, 571f, 666f muscle, 666 problems as fuel, 661 sustained aerobic exercise, 672-673 Free nerve endings, in nociceptors, 794 Free water clearance definition, 406 measurement, 412-414 negative example, 416f positive example, 416f
Carbohydrates and aerobic exercise, have been suggested to reduce the risk of cholelithiasis. Holistic health providers have been prescribing herbal medicines, such as turmeric, Oregon grape, bupleurum, and coin grass, with the belief that they may reduce gall bladder inflammation and relieve liver congestion.
Resistance Training
Resistance exercise (RE) incorporates all types of strength and weight training and will lead to improvements in both muscle strength and endurance. RE has many proven health benefits, including increases in lean muscular mass, and it has been shown to complement aerobic exercise in the maintenance of basal metabolic rate, important for weight management (Pollock, et al., 2000). In addition, RE can reduce the risk of falling by improving muscular strength and balance (ACSM, 2001). Favourable effects on bone density are associated with resistance exercise (Bjarnason-Wehrens, et al., 2004). Many women in CR, if they are older, will be post-menopausal, and for this group prevention and treatment of osteoporosis are added benefits. Many activities of daily living and occupational tasks require an equal amount, if not more, of upper body strength than aerobic fitness (Lindsay and Gaw, 1997). After a cardiac event people are often afraid to lift or to attempt resistance-based activities....
ST-segment depression occurred less frequently during resistance testing than during aerobic exercise testing to the point of fatigue.7-9 These studies therefore provide indirect evidence of the effectiveness of resistance exercise training in selected patients with coronary disease. The lack of cardiovascular and orthopedic complications in the 3 year follow up of strength training was largely attributed to strict preliminary screening and careful supervi-sion.12 It is unclear if safety can be extrapolated to other populations of coronary or cardiac patients (for example, women, older men and women patients with low aerobic conditioning, patients at moderate to high cardiovascular risk) and this requires study. However, regimens designed to increase skeletal muscle strength can safely be included in exercise programs of clinically stable coronary patients when appropriate instruction and surveillance are provided.
The management of weight loss is a controversial area. At present there is inconclusive evidence regarding the relative effectiveness of physical activity combined with diet, versus diet alone or physical activity alone (Mulvihill and Quigley, 2003). As adipose tissue contains about 7000kcal kg, with physical activity alone it is difficult to lose much weight (BHF, 2004). Therefore, management of obese participants should include advice on diet, physical activity and a behavioural modification component in order to be comprehensive and effective. The most favourable alterations in body composition will occur with low-intensity, long duration aerobic exercise and aerobic exercise combined with high repetition resistance training (Mulvihill and Quigley, 2003).
Exercise Training
Few studies have followed the impact of long-term training on the immune systems of elderly people. Given that a number of age-related changes occur in many systems (e.g., neuroendocrine) known to alter immune function both at rest and during exercise, it would be of value to learn the extent to which both acute and chronic exercise influence immune function in the elderly. In older humans, aerobic exercise training lowers the heart rate at rest, reduces levels of the heart rate and plasma catecholamines at the same absolute submaximal workload, and improves left ventricular performance during peak exercise, but it does not reduce, and may even increase, basal sympathetic nerve activity. With age, there is a slow but significant reduction in muscle mass and ability to perform certain physical activities. This may be the result of changes with the age of muscle composition and protein turnover, as well as the decrease of trophic influence in neural control of muscles of the elderly....


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