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Each time I write the phrase "garage-punk" I like it less and less. Still, how else to describe a band that blends pop-punk and garage so well? Actually, in recent reviews I've taken to simply comparing bands to the Marked Men, which takes us directly to Radioactivity.
Radioactivity is Jeff Burke and Mark Ryan, half of Marked Men, joined by Gregory Rutherford (Bad Sports on drums and a second guitarist. While the namedrops are heavy, it is Burke's project, a continuation of The Novice, a band he played with while living in Japan. He moved back to Texas and kept some of the songs, changing the band name and his surrounding cast in the process.
Right when the record starts it has that familiar feel. Maybe it's a touch slower (maybe) and the group harmonies aren't as pronounced, but it's immediately powerful and standout. This matches Burke's discography and continues to explore those punchy melodies and big, hyper rhythms. His songwriting voice has always been strong, but it continues to grow. Starter "Sickness" sets the tone but, when the record hits the third song, "World of Pleasure," the ball drops. The volcanoes erupt. The world may have ended; I'm not sure. I'm just bouncing my foot and rolling in joyous harmony along with Burke and co. "Get Straight" is another wonderful song, grabbing more of a pop-tone in Ryan's vocals while the lead guitars play at rapid speed, met by a calmer rhythm.
If there are faults, which isn't certain, Ryan's vocals can get a bit same-y and the tone is pretty similar in each song. There is some variation, though, even if it's a bit limited. "Alright," a slower song, is a bit forgettable but it proves the band can change from that super fast tempo to catch their breath and avoid monotony in sequencing. "Trusted You" similarly slows it down a peg, with better results, as does the refrain of "Alone." On a smaller level, each song sees some variation, though more subtle, with breakdowns and shifts in song, generally following a chorus. The switch-ups keep it interesting as that frantic beat keeps pounding forward. The vibe of the record is an ever-present forward-driving motion. It's like running in circles continuously, gaining speed each round, only when it peaks it doesn't go off course and crash into a wall, it just shifts a gear and resets. This is to be the first of two new records for the new band, and it's setting the bar high.
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Midnight. They always came at midnight. The chimes from the old grandfather clock in the den jolted Daniel out of his restless dreams. It wasn't the chimes that woke him so much as the knowledge that They were coming. It was the same horrifying ritual, every single night.
The room was illuminated by an eerie pale green glow. Three figures in haz-mat suits stood around his bed. One of them held a large briefcase, another held a gun, and the third--the apparent leader, from the way he acted--was making entries into a large handheld computer. Daniel tried to escape, to run, to even move, but some unseen force held him in place, as immobile as the bed itself. The leader looked up from his computer and signaled to the one holding the briefcase, who set the case down and began to open it. Daniel strained to see its contents, but couldn't from his position. If only he could move...
The leader reached forward, grabbed the bedcovers and--
The shrill blast of Daniel's alarm clock filled the room. He'd had that dream again, the same one he'd been having every night for nearly a month. Except that it didn't feel like a normal dream. It felt more like a memory, but one that had been partially forgotten. Anyway, Dan had more important things to worry about, so he pushed whatever it was aside for the moment. Today was the last day of school, finally. All he had to do was survive his last few final exams, and he'd be home free. He wasn't about to let a creepy dream get him down.
Dr. DiCaoz glanced over his biology classroom. "Is anybody still working on the final?" he asked tiredly. He paused for a moment, then said, "If everybody is finished, you may talk quietly amongst yourselves for the remainder of the period." As the class erupted in chatter, he went back to nursing his hangover.
Daniel loved his biology class. It wasn't just that he was good at it, or that it was the last class of the day. By some bit of luck or fate, he happened to be in the same class as his four closest friends, Gassan, David, Pammy, and Jake. Gassan, David, and Pammy had become absurdly popular since coming to high school. Gassan was Lebanese and therefore "exotic," David was a star swimmer, and Pammy was a cheerleader. In retrospect, popularity was an inevitability. To the other popular kids, Jake an avid follower of the Furry subculture (he called it a craze, but nobody else did) and Daniel, the introspective writer, were social liabilities. Still, Gassan, David, and Pam never let their newfound "friends" keep them away from Jake and Dan. Privately, Daniel was grateful that he had managed to befriend the four people who appeared to be immune to high school drama.
"So, what'd you guys think?" Pammy whispered.
"I'm pretty sure Dr. Di is a nutcase," Gassan answered quickly. He was met with a chorus of approval from his companions.
"Anyway," Pam continued, "are we having our annual Thank-God-The-Schoolyear's-Over party tonight?"
"I can't go," Jake said, "I've got a convention."
"I can't go either," said David, "My dad's taking me camping. He's on a back-to-nature kick."
"I'm visiting my grandma," Gassan said. Pammy rolled her eyes.
"Alright," she sighed, "when do you guys get back?"
"Sunday evening"
"Sunday, but it'll be late."
"So," Pammy continued, "is Monday night alright with everyone?"
The days passed quickly. By the time Monday arrived, he had gone an entire weekend without his mysterious dreams. He was mostly relieved, but part of him wished the visitors would come back so he could find out what they were up to.
The streets were charged with an eerie calm. A summer storm was coming. As Daniel reached Pam's door, he couldn't help but feel a strange foreboding. Something was decidedly wrong. He rang the bell.
"Come in," called Pammy. Dan opened the door and found friend sitting on the floor in a tidy circle. They were all staring at him, an unsettling hunger in their eyes. "We are playing Truth or Dare," Pammy intoned mechanically. "Please, join us. Truth or Dare?"
"Please choose Dare," Gassan said, in the same unearthly voice.
"The Truth is never any fun," agreed David, still in the same tone. Throughout the exchange, none of the four took their eyes off of Daniel.
"Is everything alright?" he asked. "You all seem...different."
Pammy answered in the same monotone as before: "We are collectively unnerved at a series of recurring dreams we have been having. Perhaps you too are experiencing these visions?"
"Yeah," Dan said, "but I'm not acting that weird about it."
"Perhaps," Pammy said, "All will be made more clear if you answer this simple question: Truth...or Dare?"
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Truth and Dare
Daniel looked around his friends. The eerie feeling was hanging in the air and he started getting nervous. His friends were acting strangely and he didn´t know how to react to the sudden change. He slowly walked forward and stood at the edge of the circle made by his sitting friends. All of them blankly stared at him, waiting on his answer.
"Do we have to play it now?" Daniel asked worriedly. "You are all acting weird."
"Chose, Dan," Pammy repeated in monotonous voice.
"Truth, or Dare?" they all said in unison and a shiver ran down Daniel´s back.
Whatever was happening, it had to have something to do with his strange dreams and the midnight visitors and all his friends being away during the weekend. But how much can a person change during one weekend? Daniel looked at the unblinking eyes fixed at him. Apparently, a lot.
"Truth," he said slowly. He didn´t know what was wrong, but he didn´t want to risk a Dare with all his friends acting so unsettling.
"Wrong choice," David said.
Daniel made a step backwards, suddenly scared by the void in his friends´ eyes.
"Dare?" he said quickly, trying to buy himself some time to think up what to do. The word worked like a spell, all his friends relaxed and some of the tension seemed to disappear from the room.
"Sit down, Daniel," Pammy told him and she almost sounded like her usual cheerful self. She even smiled at him, but Daniel could see her smile being a tad too wide to be real.
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The Dare
Daniel's friends had become incredible busy with their new high-school lives. He was excited to have the five of them altogether for their traditional weekend hangout. Daniel was determined to make it a good one. Of course. All this drive was hidden under a mostly calm and dopey face of his. He didn't want to act like a preschooler, now, did he? Pam's dare had stolen all his pep, what made it crueler was her being a cheerleader, wasn't she suppose to inspire the opposite in him. Daniel awkwardly laughed while avoided his friends eyes.
Pam's dare was an easy one, go visit the abandon military base at the end of town. No big deal, normally, but with the shadow of the past few nights recurring nightmare hanging over him. He just couldn't work up the nerve to agree to it right away.
"Well are you chickening out or going?" Pam asked impatiently tapping her perfect red nails on the carpeted floor of her bedroom.
"It's just so far." Daniel rubbed his head and groaned. It was the sweat drenching nights he woke up screaming. Or the burning terror he felt in his gut, as his mind wandered to the thoughts of that base. "Sounds like chicken talk to me," David teased Daniel while tossing popcorn into his hair.
"How would I even prove I was there?" Daniel desperately grasped at some excuse, swiping the popcorn out of his hair with both his hands.
"Someone should go with him, prove he's gone inside." Pam was quick to come up with a plan. "Should you go, and cheer him on?" Jake said raising his eyebrows dramatically for people to catch his bad joke.
"Should we all go?" Gassen suggested with a raise of his hand. "Personally I've always been curious about the place."
"A night of courage. I like it!" David said getting on board quickly. "Maybe they have some old military uniforms left over? I could use them for one of my fursona's!" Jake jumped up and was already gathering his backpack.
"Why not?" Pam shrugged, getting off the floor. "Let's get our bikes chicken boy!" Pan shot at him as she left the room.
"Ye-yeah!" Daniel struggled out. His thoughts turned in, flashing back to bright lights, pain and the blood soaked horror of awakening and not being himself.
"Daniel. We could stay behind. You and me, we'll watch some movies." Gassen placed a hand on his shoulder. His eyes filled with concern. Gassen was a good friend, taking a deep breath Daniel shook off his nightmares and Gassen's hand.
"No." He let out a shaky breath, feeling calmer he continued with a stronger voice. "No, you want to go, and we'll all be together. What can go wrong?"
Written by Psto1464 on 17 March 2019
Everything. That is what could go wrong. Daniel was panting heavily in a secluded room even his nightmare's couldn't come up with it. It was cold, dark, and the only sound he could hear was the hard ting of water drops hitting the metal of his room. Shaking, curled up in his own vomit he wondered how he got here? Was his friends doing okay?
"Gassen," Daniel moaned as his body bent back with more pain. Gassen was with him when they got separated in the dark corridors of the old military base. They thought the other's were trying to scare them, instead it was them, it was him. The people from his dreams. The doctor that experimented Daniel in his night terrors. They were real and they got him. His memories were foggy but, he knew at least Gassen got away. Daniel could still see his retreating back and feel the relief of knowing one of them make it. Gassen had to have made it home, away from the taser's, the guns and the man in the white coat.
When he could scream, he called out for others. No one answered. When Daniel could abide the pain of the shots given to him, he knew a week had gone by. Now he knew nothing, but the hollow truth that no help was coming. When the pain stopped, his mind shut down carrying Daniel gratefully into the darkness of his unconscious.
Daniel woke up, his eyelids pinning open, as a wave of alertness washed over him. His mind was surprisingly clear. There was no pain, fear or despair. His heart was light, he sat up nose curly at the sight of dried blood and vomit on his tattered clothes. Acids, and chemicals smells burned his nose. Sounds of foot steps walking along the metal corridors echoed clearer than ever before. They were coming. What should he do?
Written by Psto1464 on 20 March 2019
Play dead and sneak attack
Daniel laid there waiting. Patience's, he needed to lay there and access what was going on. He knew from experience what they were coming for. They came to laugh, and they came to drag him of to him. Daniel didn't even rate a hospital or lap table, they would simply grab him by his hair or foot and drag him away. He tried grabbing the door once, to fight back; all that earned him was a four-inch needle stab into the neck. Today was different. Not for them, their off-tune whistle and husky smokers laugh could be heard banging in time; with their thick militant boots off the metal lined halls.
He felt different. He knew he was different, but he dare not open his eyes to look. They were close. Instead, he laid in his own vomit, face slack and body limp on the floor. Taking in the smells of rusty metal and his own dirty sweat. Which, Daniel flared his nose taking in the vague scent of citrus in the air, it seemed like it was coming off of him? The scent was feminine and Daniel didn't think any of the mad doctors nurses would touch him, let alone use a scented hand cream. Pushing that aside, he heard the sound of a metal bar lifting from the outside of his room. They were here.
"Holy shit," whistled a gruff voice. It sounded like the older man who had taking the initiative to needle Daniel that first night.
"You owe me fifty bucks old man." sneered his younger partner. Daniel could picture him as clearly as he could smell his brand of cherry flavour cigarettes. Tall, skinny, plain but an attitude that would put even the cockiest of football players to shame.
"Didn't think that crazy bastard would succeed." Old man cleared his throat and spat on the ground, Daniel felt the spit hit his legs. Heat flushed through him. Daniel's mind was clear enough that he could be angry again, fighting against the huge to stand up and fight a useless battle. "Shit! It moved!" The old man shuffled back, metal clanging under his weight.
"Chill out old-timer. Doc said he would have some involuntary movement until the body gain control of the tail." Daniel's hair was pulled and his head forced into the air. Tail! He didn't care about the pain, he was just shocked he managed to keep his eyes close. He didn't have a tail, did he? "He, or should I say she; is out cold!" A cold hand squeezed his chest, a growl slipped from his lips, how dare this scum touch his chest! Daniel's mind froze as his thoughts fell into a panic. His chest, he could clearly feel his chest, no; his boob in the hand of that man!
"Don't like it, huh?" Laughed the young man. "To bad those drugs the Doc gave you last time will keep you out cold for the next few days!" He laughed again.
"Stop playing around! Let's just get this done and over with it." The old man grumbled but Daniel didn't hear him come any closer, he didn't really care; his mind, disgusted, not with the thought of having a chest. It was that he touched by one of them.
"Come one old man, live a little!" His voice echoing has the angry from earlier came to the crawling back to the front. "Even filthy this is every guys fantasy right? A pretty humanoid dragon." Daniel's head tilted back, raising his body off the floor more. Daniel was torn between getting more information out of the spewing man by playing dead or tearing his throat out with his teeth. "Just touch this pretty pink mane." Another growl came from Daniel. This stop being a battle of want and a became a battle of choices. Was Daniel a man or beast, would a man even take this?
"It's waking up! Let's just go!" The young guy laughed off his partners fears.
"Who knew that skinny nerd, would turn into such a cute young dragoness?" That did it. Daniel's eyes popped open, his vision perfect despite the dark. He could see every pimple scare on the face of that skinny dark-haired bastard.
"What wanna play too?" The idiot asked in a husky voice. He didn't even know enough to fear him, if he could since the heat of violence spreading through him, but then he would have been too late. He was angry and disgusted with the thing in front of him. Lifting an arm with a speed unknown to Daniel before, he pulled himself up with the help of the man's shirt. Dragging him down in the progress. The young military man pulled him closer to embrace, as Daniel sunk his new fangs mouth into his neck, after the primal instinct that had awaking.
Blood seeped into Daniel's mouth tasting like an old dirty penny and a bit like smoke. He let it drip from his muzzle, ignoring the screams and the pounding as the man tried to break loose. Daniel found his new claws and strength kept him easily pinned. He didn't let go, until he had stopped struggling. Letting the body drop to the floor. "Hands off, you creepy pervert." He growled at the blood soaked corpse at his feet. Daniel turned to find the old man gone. That was a problem, he probably went for help.
Stopping just a moment to looked down at his own body, if the claws and teeth he had used to kill that man just now, wasn't a clue that what the guy rambled about was true. Looking down at the nasty hospital gown did the trick. Tearing it of with one of his hands, revealed a body covered in tiny heart-shaped scales, all in pale pinks and rich purples. His skinny stick body was gone, Daniel took the moment to trail his black tip claws down his body, confirming to himself, once again how real it was.
He had full breast, ones he briefly thought; would make Pam envious. A long trim waist that lead to round hips and a swinging tail. It was all so strange. He was a she, a she who wasn't even human but for the first time in his life. He felt powerful, and stronger than he ever would be before. Killing a man should have left him a blubbering mess on the floor. He was standing proud, and naked above his corpse. Did a dragon, no, Daniel corrected himself; dragoness need clothes. Shouts and the thunder of pounding feet, released Daniel from his in turned thoughts.
No caring a wit for clothing, his skin was all scales anyway, and he could name a certain character who made it work; so why not him? Prowling forward Daniel went into the hall. Finding it has he had thought, filled with men pointing guns with tiny red lasers at him. He stopped cold, heat blowing though his nose, steam coming out and swirling around him. Daniel hadn't excepted this. In the front was him.
Written by Psto1464 on 28 March 2019
Listen to what he has to say
"Hello Daniel." His voice sent chills down Daniels spine. Confidence turned to weariness, as he eyes the gunmen staring at him pass their round metal hats and padded with their armoured black jumpsuits.
"I want to go home." Daniel said quietly. He had wanted to state it with an arrogance, like a real dragon would do. His true self emerged, and he politely stated quietly like meek high-school student he was inside.
"I can arrange that." His voice said slowly, bringing on another wave of chills. Daniel hugged his arms under his chest, maybe he should have kept the beat up gown on.
"Really?" Daniel glared at the doctor, his tail spikes clanging in a soothing rhythm against the floor. The noise helped Daniel keep his cool, human logic. No way would it be so easy to get home.
"There will, of course, be some requirements." He tilted his head, closing his blue eyes with a smile. The girls at his school, surly would have pasted out from the handsome young doctor vibe rolling of the creep in waves. Daniel wasn't fool for a second, inside him beat the heart of a young make! All it did was cause him to shiver more violently.
"Hiss!" Daniel raised his lips over his teeth and let loose the angry sound. He quickly slammed a hand over his own mouth. Muzzle, in shock. A quick burst of air and a sharp pop flew by Daniel's face hitting the floor in front of him. Daniel quickly turned behind him and saw a smaller man, maybe close to his age; shaking holder the gun. Unlike the other he was without armour.
Daniel's mind clouded over seeing the blonde shake and stare at him with wide eyes. Inside his mind was a new urge, a strong instinct? He didn't know what to call it, but to Daniel it was a voice. The same voice that told him he was powerful, strong; the voice that let him kill that solider earlier. This time it told him. That this man was weak. He was weak and attacked us. A growl came out low and rumbling. To Daniel's ears it sounded like the purr of a cat, Daniel knew it wasn't a happy sound. It was a threat, to back off or die.
"It-it-its a monster!" The man no boy yelled, with shaking arms he raised his pistol.
"Matthew." He said from behind him. Daniel snorted, the boy; Matthew; was too far gone to listen. Quickly moving his arms, claws raised, he was ready to defend and attack. A different logic ruled over Daniel now. When the trigger was pulled with sweaty hands, it made the aim go off somewhere behind Daniel. It was an easy dodge, the room was quiet to him now. Hos moves were lightening quick. Within seconds his claws poised at the weak boys neck, ready to plunge and rid him of the threat.
Written by Psto1464 on 13 April 2019
Daniel's claws were stopped and his feet lifted from the floor from behind. His hand disappeared into a much large one, it wasn't human. It was deep, read diamond-shaped scales. The claws were the size of one of Daniel's fingers. It curved his arm in as Daniel struggled against it. Soon, his arm was tuck under his breast where the other large arm had already picked him up and pinned him.
Not willing to give up yet, Daniel brought his tail around the guy's ankle, sending them both to the floor. The arms still wouldn't let him go. Daniel turned his head mouth open to snap at him and saw a dragon. Shocked Daniel stopped his struggle. The red dragon quickly took advantage and used his own thicker and longer tail to trap Daniel's tail and legs in a coil like a snake. One arm pined under his chest kept Daniel's arm pinned to his sides.
"Good thing you're so tiny," The red dragon spoke his voice rolling with a thick Australian drawl.
"You should have been here first Matthew." He snapped. The dragon was Matthew, not the boy?! Daniel was to stunned to voice anything. Unlike his own narrow frame, the one he pressed up against was larger, broader and his rough edges were differently male, and more of a western style dragon, but more importantly male!
"Why are you a guy!" Daniel blurted out while squirming about. He was uncomfortable being this close to him, and the musky scent of his was just plan weird. Daniel sneezed as the dragon coiled around him tighter, stopping even the smallest of movements.
"Happy accident." He, the doctor shrugged.
"You were once male, I think you should know what will happen if you don't stop your squirming." Daniel immediately stopped, as Matthew whispered those words in a low vibrating sound at the base of his throat. Now that it was brought to his attention, Daniel noted that under his ass was an another enlarge part of Matthew, that his male part was jealous of and the now female part- Daniel cut of his own thoughts with a turn of his head, facing away from Matthew and look at the Doctor and the suddenly empty hallway. "Good girl," Matthew leaned back into the hallway wall.
"Simply put I called you here. The dreams were to scare and incite you here." The Doctor explained.
"Bu-" Daniel voice stopped with a soft 'sh' in his left ear where for whatever reason Matthew leaned his scaled head on, lucky for him; he didn't have horn like Daniel.
"You felt the call. With it the operation was a guaranteed success. I acknowledge it was a painful one." Daniel glared him down, not wanting Matthew to talk in his ear again. "Now you have a choice. Die-" A large claw lightly made its way around Daniel's neck, causing him to gulp. "Or stay and train with Matthew."
"Pleasure." Matthew blew smoke out his nose, causing Daniel to cough; and Matthew to burst into a hissing laugh into the side of his neck.
"We'll even make arrangements to talk to your family and friends." He shrugged, "Deal?" Like he had a choice, Daniel sighed; going limp in Matthew's arms suddenly tired. It was all too much, and he was done.
"Fine." Daniel yawned, shaking his head to stay awake and only succeed in hitting Matthew in the nose.
"You'll run on instincts for a while. Sleep. Eat. Kill." Matthews voice faded out has Daniel's eyes closed, listening to the calming drawl. " When you wake we'll contact your family and start training. Prepare for hell." Hell, Daniel thought as his mind simply shut down; didn't he just leave that room? What could be worse?
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In recent years, Pilates exercise has rivaled yoga as one of the best forms of exercise for women, and while no one can argue that point, what is known is that, because the activities involved are slow and controlled, the amount of calories burned might not be enough to consider using this form of exercise alone.
Pilates exercise leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to cardiovascular improvements and weight loss, so before you jump into the "Electric Chair," find out what Pilates exercise is all about and whether or not it's a sound class for you.
What is Pilates exercise?
Born in 1880, Josef Huberus Pilates was a German athlete who was a pioneer in the physical therapy industry. After arriving in New York in the 1920s, Josef set up a studio in the same building as a ballet class.
By the '40s, Josef had become renowned in dance circles as the man who could teach people how to do a sequence of slow and controlled movements that transform the body and lead to the development of strong, flexible muscles without producing any bulk.
As well as muscle development, Pilates' exercise helped improve posture and flexibility, and students weren't required to commit to a high amount of repetitions.
Josef developed over 500 individual exercises that were performed on the floor or on odd-looking machines, and each exercise targeted the ab muscles
Heart improvement lacking
While it's true that Pilates exercises do improve the stabilizer muscles and may even leave you with a six-pack (you must be thin to begin with, however), it's also true that the series of exercises you're doing in the class aren't doing much in the way of improving your cardio health or eliminating fat.
In a recent study conducted by Auburn University Montgomery in Alabama, results proved that the calories burned during a Pilates class equated what one would burn after mild stretching.
Of course, it isn't all bad. The more advanced Pilates students managed to burn nearly 500 calories (based on a 165-pound person), while the beginners burned only 276 calories.
The point is that doing Pilates exercise every day of the week may work wonders for your core muscles, but it won't benefit your heart very much. For that, you will need to perform cardiovascular exercise
Cardio Pilates
Believe it or not, Pilates trainers have picked up on the fact that their classes do not offer the heart-pumping challenges that traditional cardiovascular exercise do. They have therefore begun to offer Cardio Pilates, or Cardiolates, exercises.
In the midst of strengthening your core, trainers will get you up and moving to elevate your heart rate, thus resulting in the best of the worlds. Of course, dedicated Pilates trainers may not enjoy these classes as much, especially if they've become accustomed to the serene, controlled traditional classes.
But if you want to kill two birds with one stone, Cardio Pilates may be the best alternative to help you get your heart rate up, increase your core strength and save time.
Keep up your Pilates exercise
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Reflection 1: "Carpe Diem"
"Carpe Diem" is the phrase that keeps coming to mind when I reflect on the Visitation House Challenge #OneMinuteOneLife. But "seizing the day" was not something I wanted to do when I woke up this morning. I woke up feeling exhausted, as if had just ran a marathon and to top it off it was raining and the cold I had been fighting finally made its debut in the form of a very sore throat. As I prepared for my day, I reflected a little more on the two phrases and how they differed from each other.
Reflection 2: "Free Will"
"I eat cake because it is somebody's birthday somewhere."
I saw this quote on a t-shirt and it reminded me of my life. I will be celebrating 6 birthdays within a 6 week span, 2 in my immediate family, and 4 with my extended Visitation House family. Between the two homes there will be cake …and lots of it. Although the circumstances aren't ideal for my diet- I am thankful I get the opportunity to celebrate each of these lives – unique from the next. Cherished. Chosen. Sent. New and not so New. I am also grateful that cake is my favorite dessert and that I have the free will to decline when necessary. (Side note: I will also be celebrating thanksgiving in 3 homes.)
Free will is something we often take for granted. A baby in the womb relies on the mother's choice- weather or not he or she – will live or die.
Today, I am grateful my mother chose life for me. I am grateful that she pushed past any fears and doubts that may have arose throughout her pregnancy. I am thankful my father supported her. I am thankful that she never had to say "It's too difficult; I can't do it."
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What is a tiger?
A tiger is a solitary big cat with a distinctive orange and black striped coat.
How many tigers are left in the wild?
There are only around 3,800 tigers left in the wild.
How many species of tiger exist?
There are nine subspecies of tiger, three of which are extinct, one is extinct in the wild. The subspecies are:
Bengal tiger
Area of origin: India
Estimated remaining population: less than 2,000
Indochinese tiger
Area of origin: Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia, Southwestern China)
Estimated remaining population: 750-1,300
Amur (Siberian) tiger
Area of origin: Russia & China
Estimated remaining population: 450
Sumatran tiger
Area of origin: Sumatra
Estimated remaining population: 400-500
Malayan tiger
Area of origin: Malaysia
Estimated remaining population: 600-800
South Chinese tiger
Area of origin: South China
Estimated remaining population: Extinct in the wild
Caspian tiger
Area of origin: Middle East and Central Asia
Estimated remaining population: Extinct
Javan tiger
Area of origin: Indonesian Island of Java
Estimated remaining population: Extinct
Bali tiger
Area of origin: Bali
Estimated remaining population: Extinct
How do scientists tell different tigers apart?
Tiger stripes are like human fingerprints – the stripes are unique to each individual. Scientists can set up camera traps to take pictures of the side of a tiger, so that they can count the population in an area.
Where do tigers live?
The big species of tiger such as the Amur (Siberian tiger) live in colder places like eastern Russia and north-eastern China, and smaller subspecies live in warmer climates in south east Asia, such as India, Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam. See where each tiger subspecies comes from.
What is a tiger's habitat?
Tigers can live in lots of different environments, from savannah and grasslands to woodlands and swamps, tropical and rainforests.
How do tigers behave?
Tigers are solitary animals, apart from when they are mating and raising their cubs. They are also mostly nocturnal animals, with very good night vision which they use to hunt in the dark. They are strong swimmers and like water, and have been seen to hunt while swimming, too.
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What do tigers eat?
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The game of golf has interested many people around the world who could potentially play the game brilliantly, but avoid the sport because they don't understand how it works for fear they may not be good at it. Golf is one of the easier games understand as the points system is straightforward, the objective is simple and game rules are not complicated. There is only one way to know if you are good at golf and that's by actually playing the game. For many first time players would go to a driving range, which is where you can practice your strokes, get professional help of figure out what is required to hit the ball perfect straight in the direction you want it.
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UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands, and its partners Makerere University in Uganda, KNUST in Ghana, AIT in Thailand, 2iE in Burkina Faso, ITB in Indonesia, UCT in South Africa, UFMG in Brazil, and Univalle in Colombia were awarded a US$ 8 million grant from the Gates Foundation to finance the 5-year capacity building and research project.
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Deadline for application: 15 December 2011
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Gifted People: Characteristics & Your Career Choices
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Gifted People: Characteristics & Your Career Choices
Have you ever wondered if you are gifted? What does it mean and what are the tell-tale signs of Gifted Adults. Before making career decisions, regardless of who you are, it's a question worth considering.
There are many gifted adults working in corporations, institutions and small business that don't even know that their gifted and have never been identified as such. The result can be unlocked potential and dissatisfied careers because of this lack of vital self- knowledge. It is only in the last 10 years that I have seen the identification of giftedness gather pace in Australian schools. Mind you not all schools are doing their part. To know any information about yourself can be almighty powerful but to a gifted person this self-knowledge can be priceless when it comes to leaving the school gate and making career choices over your lifetime.
Giftedness is not a new concept, it has been around for thousands of years. Because of this history, it too inherits some typical stereotyping which doesn't reflect current research. All gifted persons are normally thought to be geniuses, academically brilliant, able to solve all their own problems and they supposedly can choose any career pathway they want. Yes, some are geniuses and yes, some are academically brilliant but you don't need to be either one if you are gifted in other areas. As to solving your own problems and you can have any career you want, nothing could be further from the truth.
Gifted adults and gifted children can be one of the most misunderstood group in our society. For those who have been identified as gifted, the extreme pressure and career expectations placed on them can be suffocating. Take our gifted sportsmen & women competing in the Winter Olympics as an example. The flip side to this, is that if you have no knowledge of being gifted, you can lead a turbulent meaningless career life, never understanding why.
Related: Career Change after the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games for a Gifted Elite Athlete
So let me give you an insight into what it's like to be amongst gifted adults or gifted children. To be gifted, you have to have the potential and natural ability in at least one domain where it places you among the top 10% of your age peers according to Canadian psychologist Gagne. Those domains can either be:
Intellectual – examples include high levels of reasoning and problem solving with words, general intelligence or visual spatial reasoning where you think and reason in 3D pictures,
Creative – examples include solving problems with inventions and new ideas, vivid imaginations to think outside or beyond the box and production of original arts,
Social– examples include highly developed empathy for other people, well developed leadership skills and a keen sense of justice,
Perceptual – examples include being able to distinguish subtle changes in sound, in taste, in sight, smell and touch,
Physical- examples include having powerful muscular strength, power, speed and endurance. Also you can have great coordination and agility than the norm.
The examples I have given above are by no means comprehensive, but you can start to get the picture that the concept is quite broad. It can cover a number of individuals across many cultures and across many socio-economic groups. Some individuals may be gifted in more than one domain, for example, you may have an exceptional ability to play basketball as well as exceptional ability in learning languages and creatively writing fantasy short stories. The combinations can be quite extraordinary.
While individuals can have a wealth of raw natural abilities in many domains, many gifts are never turned into talents. Talent can appear in the career fields of academia, science and technology, the arts, social service, sales and administration, business operations, games, sports and athletics. What stands between the gift and the talent will be the persons environmental circumstances, developmental learning, fixed or growth mindset, personality traits, goal management and the roll of the dice-chance.
Related: Fixed Mindset vs Growth Mindset-How it can influence your Career Life?
To put names and faces to the concept, the following is a list of gifted people from our history and contemporary names that will get you thinking:
Gifted Adults in History
Aristotle (384-322 BC)- philosopher, scientist and rhetorician
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)- master artist, architect, engineer, inventor, mathematician, musician and writer
Thomas Edison (1847-1931)-inventor and businessman
Fred Astaire (1899-1987)- film and broad way stage dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor
Walt Disney (1901-1966)- entrepreneur, animator, cartoonist, producer and director
Contemporary Gifted Adults
Michael Jackson (1958-2009)-singer, dancer, song writer, businessman and philanthropist
Elvis Presley (1935-1977)- singer, musician and actor
Steve Jobs (1955-2011)- entrepreneur, marketer and inventor
Muhammad Ali (1942-2016)- greatest heavyweight boxer
J K Rowling- award winning novelist, researcher and philanthropist
Tiger Woods- champion professional golfer, golf course designer and philanthropist
Ian Thorpe- champion swimmer, actor and philanthropist
Heston Blumenthal- Michelin starred self- taught chef
Matt Groening- creator of the Simpsons, cartoonist, screenwriter, producer, animator and comedian
While these gifted adults have excelled in their particular domains, being gifted makes their quest for career fulfilment more intense than the norm.
Typical Gifted Characteristics
Some typical characteristics that gifted adults and children have include:
- Vivid imagination
- Can get bored quickly and need to be challenged daily
- Can be very driven
- Fear of failure
- Rapid learning rate, grasp concepts quickly
- Extremely curious, always ask lots of questions
- Can feel very intense emotions
- High levels of sensitivity
- Oversensitive to criticism
- Can feel the odd one out
- Prone to perfectionism and can be self-critical
- Advanced sense of humour
- Dislike of authority and rules, are quite independent
- Early social and moral concern
- A constant need to be mentally stimulated or stimulated by their area of interest.
- Can be easily misunderstood by others
You don't need to have all characteristics but one or two may indeed show that you too may be gifted.
Gifted people always feel the need to fit within a system whether it is school, institutions or organisations. When choosing careers, gifted adults often compromise their own self-identity and choose work environments that are clearly not suited to their characteristics and behaviours. I've seen individuals burning out, losing a sense of who they are and the development of depression.
Related: How Gifted Adults Think
If you are serious about finding the fulfilment and satisfaction from the work direction you choose, the question "Am I gifted?" may be another one of those keys that can unlock your potential and steer you onwards and upwards. Imagine the possibilities!
If you are struggling with career choices or career change and relate to the above, reach out and contact me so I can move you forward. Finally, you will have somebody who understands you and can provide you with career guidance and career advice at any stage of your career life.
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8 comments on "Gifted People: Characteristics & Your Career Choices"
is this worth a tear? could this really be the answer to everything? how can i tell my wife, i think ill just show her. if only id seen this years ago.
You are very welcome. Happy that you can finally be understood!
Thank you so much for your post. I had two kids who are gifted, and by me learning more about what gifted was I started to see myself in some of those descriptions. Growing up I was never acknowledged as being gifted but I always knew that some how I was different.
It's my absolute pleasure. Yes, they say the apple does not fall far from the tree. Gifted children often have Gifted parents. I am pleased this has given you more self awareness. Being different is fantastic particularly in these times that require us to be innovative, creative and thinking outside the box.
Hi there,
Thank you for posting an informative and interesting article.
I recently realised I'm gifted. I've always thought to be a mixture of both- creative and artistic. However, in this article I guess I would be creative and perceptual.
I liked the entire article.
Thank you.
Wonderful Sherna, pleased you received value from the article. I appreciate your feedback, Gina
Thanks so much for this informative article. I have been trying to find out more about the signs of giftedness in adults and the neurological differences between said and typical adults. After a lot of research, I think that I am gifted (and quite likely have a gifted child); but to can be hard to explore the idea with peers etc.
I am pleased you found this article informative. It's true that gifted parents have gifted children, they do say the apple does not fall far from the tree! Today, often parents are finding out their gifted because their children are being identified as gifted in the education system. This is wonderful for the parent because often they have felt misunderstood all their lives and finally they can have another part of the puzzle put in place.
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text: By | Kathy Dyer | October 18, 2013 Category | Formative Assessment, Assessment Basics Formative Assessment Works – Two Research-Based Proof Points Make the Case As the Common Core State Standards are implemented in the classroom, the shift to higher-order thinking is on! One way that teachers themselves can adjust their teaching to accommodate new standards of learning is through the use of formative assessment. Formative assessment use by teachers can help them determine what their students are not learning, giving them the ability to adjust their teaching – in the moment – to move all learners forward. Embedding formative assessment in everyday teaching is a proven way to improve classroom learning. We've blogged consistently about strategies and techniques and have generally sung its praises, but here are two research experiments that prove its success: 1. Informal and formal methods of collecting evidence of student understanding have been shown to enable teachers to make positive instructional changes. In 1989, Thomas Carpenter, Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin's School of Education, and some fellow researchers examined one informal method by randomly assigning 20 first-grade teachers to participate in a month-long workshop. During this workshop, teachers focused on posing problems, questioning students regarding their problem-solving strategies, and listening to those strategies. (Using knowledge of children's mathematics thinking in classroom teaching: An experimental study. American Educational Research Journal, 26(4), 499–531.) When compared to teachers in the control groups, these teachers had a better understanding of their students' abilities and were better able to predict performance. In addition, students in these classes outperformed their peers on a mathematics achievement test. The researchers hypothesized that the teachers' ability to understand the processes that students were using may have helped them to adapt instruction; they would try different activities, resulting in higher achievement. 2. In 1991, Douglas Fuchs, Head of Special Education at Vanderbilt University, and some of his research colleagues investigated a more formal method of collecting information of student learning. These researchers trained teachers to use a set of curriculum-based formative assessments to systematically collect and use evidence of student proficiency. The researchers randomly assigned 33 teachers to a treatment and control group and found that teachers using the program made more instructional adjustments than those teachers who relied on informal classroom observations. (Effects of curriculum-based measurement and consultation on teacher planning and student achievement in mathematics operations. American Educational Research Journal, 28(3), 617–641.) Systematically eliciting evidence of student learning day-by-day and minute-by-minute can provide invaluable information to teachers. By highlighting student thinking and misconceptions, and eliciting information from all students, teachers can collect representative evidence and therefore better plan instruction based on the current understanding of the entire class. Related Posts The 12 not-to-be-missed Teach. Learn. Grow. posts of 20196 steps for building science trajectory-based performance tasksHow phenomena can change how you teach science


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Wednesday, March 29th, 2017 by Joy Padgett
I don't believe there are too many Americans out there who haven't heard the name Man O War. An American horse racing legend, Man O War was foaled in Lexington and rose to fame in the 1920's with his 28 foot stride and indomitable spirit. He was known also for his fiery attitude....ask any of the exercie riders he dumped regularly.
Today marks the 100th anniversary of his birth and Kentucky is celebrating! The Kentucky Horse Park will continue this celebration throughout its season. Man O War, also known as "Big Red" is the only non-human to be listed as one of the 50 all time great athletes! His bloodline continues coursing through racing history as such great racehorses as Secretariat, John Henry and Cigar can all trace their heritage back to him. Man O War did one thing great....racing!
Likewise, Weatherization Plus does one thing and does it with greatness...We Fix Uncomfortable Homes!
If you are in the Central Kentucky area (Lexington, Danville, Winchester, Shelbyville, Bardstown....give us a call!


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Following the capture of New Orleans, Adm Farragut planned to attack the port of Mobile on die Gulf Coast of Alabama, but events conspired against this. Forts Morgan and Gaines, guarding the narrow entrance to Mobile Bay, were protected by obstrucdons in the channel which prevented warships from getting close enough .to reduce them; the Army had to be involved, but insufficient troops were available. Farragut therefore turned his attention back to the Mississippi, and the capture of Port Hudson and the other Confederate positions south of Vicksburg.
Preparations for the assault on Mobile were finally renewed during July 1864, with support from troops supplied by MajGen Edward R.S.Canby, commanding the Division of West Mississippi. The need to take the Confederate port was heightened by news that the newly built ironclad ram CSS Tennessee was operational in Mobile Bay; although a champion of the "wooden navy," Farragut responded by supplementing his fleet with the monitors Tecumseh, Chickasaw, Manhattan, and Winnebago. By August 4 all was in readiness for the assault. A member of the Marine Guard aboard Farragut's flagship USS Hartford, Pte Charles Brother, recorded in his journal, "The report is that we are going to fight tomorrow morning, Guess we are. God grant that we may have good luck."
The attack was launched at dawn the next day, with 14 warships tied in pairs and led by the screw sloop Brooklyn, which was lashed to the side-wheel steamer Octorara. Aware of the danger near Fort Morgan, Farragut ordered his captains to stay within the channel marked by buoys, as the water to either side was infested with "torpedoes" (mines) but the Tecumseh, commanded by Gapt Tunis Craven, veered outside the channel and struck a mine, sinking within 20 seconds and taking 92 officers and men with her. Shocked by the loss and anxious that the Brooklyn should
The USS Hartford in collision with the Tennessee during the battle of Mobile Bay. (Bart/es & Leaders)
The USS Hartford in collision with the Tennessee during the battle of Mobile Bay. (Bart/es & Leaders)
A battalion of US Marines photographed on the parade deck in front of the Commandant's house at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, in April 1864. The officer second from the right is Lt John W.Haverstick; the officer commanding the battalion is Capt Lucien L.Dawson, while standing in front of the band is Drum Major John Roach, (Library of Congress)
not meet the same fate, Capt James Alden ordered his engines into reverse. As a result the rest of the Federal line of battle was halted, under a brisk fire from Fort Morgan and the nearby floating batteries.
Lashed securely to the rigging of his flagship, Farragut ordered the Hartford to take the lead with the immortal words, "Damn the torpedoes! Full steam ahead!" The other vessels followed; and Pte Enoch Jones, part of the small Marine Guard aboard the screw sloop USS Lackawanna, recorded that his ship "received a shot from the water battery witch [sic] passed through our bullworks just forward of our fore rigging 8c about 15 inches above the spar deck at No 2 gun a 150 pd. Rifle killing the captain of the gun & wounding most all of her crew 8c officers of the division so that the gun was silenced."
As the fleet forced its way past Fort Morgan the enemy flotilla waiting in the Bay went into action. Commanded by Adm Franklin Buchanan, this consisted of the ironclad ram Tennessee plus the gunboats Selma, Morgan and Gaines. Dodging the attention of the former vessel, the Hartford and Metacomet next came under fire from the gunboats, but their return fire caused much damage to the smaller Confederate vessels. Meanwhile, the Brooklyn and Octorara also passed into the bay, as did the USS Richmond, which had the side-wheel steamer Port Royal lashed to her side. Commanded by Lt Charles Sherman, the Marine Guard aboard the Richmond manned three of the quarterdeck guns, while the remainder formed at the ship's rail with their muskets, tiring into the gunports of the Tennessee until the ram was out of range.
The Tennessee turned her attention next to the Lackawanna, which was tied to the steamer Seminole. Private Jones recalled that the ram was steaming for his vessel with "the intention of running her prow into us
A battalion of US Marines photographed on the parade deck in front of the Commandant's house at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, in April 1864. The officer second from the right is Lt John W.Haverstick; the officer commanding the battalion is Capt Lucien L.Dawson, while standing in front of the band is Drum Major John Roach, (Library of Congress)
but fortunately we was too fast for her as she passed our stern." T ast in line was the screw sloop USS Oneida, lashed to the converted screw sloop Galena. The Oneida offered a tempting target as she was limping along, having received a shot through her starboard boiler; but three of the four primers in the Tennessee s broadside failed to ignite, and the Galena managed to tew the Oneida out of harm's way. There now followed a lull in the battle, as the Tennessee pulled away towards Fort Morgan, and the Federal fleet dropped anchor about four miles inside Mobile Bay.
The second phase of the battle commenced with the Tennessee steaming straight at the Hartford: Farragut responded by ordering his ship to meet the ram bows on, at full speed. Meanwhile the Monongahela, which had an iron casing fastened to her bows, smashed into the starboard side of the Tennessee. The impact wrenched the improvised ram device off the Federal sloop; she ran aground, and her broadside merely bounced off the ram's sloping sides. Aboard the Lackawanna, Pte [ones recalled: "The ram then steamed on past the Hartford & one or two others giving broadside for broadside then headed on for us. Our Captain seeing her intention ordered our engineer to go ahead at full steam... we struck her just a foot of her smokestack... the shock was so great that it caused both vessels to remain motionless for a time." Quickly recovering from the shock of impact, the sailors and Marines of the Lackawanna ran to the rail with muskets and revolvers, and fired into the open gunports of the Tennessee, which momentarily prevented the Confederate gunners from reloading.
With the port of her vital after pivot gun jammed shut, the Tennessee continued on her collision course with Hartford. The USS Brooklyn next made a run at her as she steamed slowly past, but the ironclad altered course and avoided collision; as the two vessels passed within 30 yards of one another the Tennessee loosed off a broadside from two of her 6.4in rifled guns, and a ricochet plunged into the Brooklyn's poop deck, killing two privates of the 49-man Marine Guard and seriously wounding another. In the confusion that followed discipline was maintained at the guns manned by the Marines aboard the Brooklyn. Corporals Miles Oviatt and Willard Smith calmed their men while awaiting ail opportunity for a clear shot at the ironclad. "Stand fast, men! Steady," shouted Oviatt, as the smoke began to
clear; the Brooklyn delivered her broadside, but only one shot took effect, destroying the Tennessee's smokestack, while the rest bounced harmlessly off the ram's casemate.
Aboard Hartford, Marine Pte Brother recalled the moment when the ram hit his ship. "The Admiral gave the order for us to run at her... We made for her but did not strike her fairly. She swung round against us & fired a shell into us that killed & wounded eight men. Lucidly her other guns did not go off or she must have swept our berth deck clean." Haying cleared the Hartford, the Tennessee became the target of the entire Federal squadron, and at this point her exposed steering chains were severed. With the loss of rudder control and reduced engine power due to the destruction of her smokestack, the ironclad struggled to gain momentum. Realizing her plight, Farragut signaled to his vessels to finish her off.
The Lackawanna attempted to ram the Tennessee, but misjudged her speed and ploughed into the Hartford, instead. According to Pte Brother, "She struck us just abaft the main rigging, crushing in our bulwarks, dismounting 2 guns and raising the d—1 generally [sic]. I thought sure she would sink us but she did no damage below the water line. As soon as we got clear of her, disabled as we were we started for the ram again." As the rest of the squadron continued an incessant bombardment of the ironclad, a boarding pike with a white rag attached was waved from one of the Tennessee's ports: the battle was over. Eight US Marines, including Gpls Oviatt and Smith, were cited for gallantry in action during this battle, and were subsequently awarded the Medal of Honor on December 31, 1864.
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Breaking: Arsenal £50m fee for Aaron Ramsey transfer
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Arsenal boss Emery wants Ramsey to stay, with the Wales international's contract at the Emirates expiring next summer.
The player is yet to sign a new contract with the club and, as a result, fears are beginning to rise that he may quit for a new challenge elsewhere.
Arsenal have already spent big to lure Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi to north London.
However, they may now need to sell before they buy.
And Football London suggest Arsenal have put a price on Ramsey in case he chooses to quit the club.
The Wales international will reportedly cost suitors a big £50million, despite his deal nearing the end.
Football London say that, though negotiations between the player and Arsenal are proving tricky, the Gunners are confident he will stay.
However, top clubs across Europe are monitoring the situation and will likely pounce if given any encouragement.
Speaking recently, meanwhile, Emery addressed Ramsey's situation.
"I'm very happy with him," said Emery.
"For me, every day, every training session, he has the ambition I want.
"He's working with a quality, the type of ability that I want. I want to work with him.
"[His new contract] is a question for the player and for the club.
"In my opinion, I've said to Ivan, Raul and Sven that I think he's an important player for me."


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#28 It's Not Enough to Be Right. You Also Have to Be Kind
|Source: This quote, illustrated by Valesca van Waveren, can be found in Issue 22.
From today's AM reading:
Reason is easy. Being clever is easy. Humiliating someone in the wrong is easy too. But putting yourself in their shoes, kindly nudging them to where they need to be, understanding that they have emotional and irrational beliefs just like you have emotional and irrational beliefs—that's all much harder. So is not writing off other people. So is spending time working on the plank in your own eye than the splinter in theirs. We know we wouldn't respond to someone talking to us that way, but we seem to think it's okay to do it to other people.
Reading this article by Ryan Holiday on Medium.com reminds me to be mindful when I'm on the verge of sounding like a smart-ass. I'm known to be kind, patient and supportive, but it takes me great effort to stay that way. Sometimes people really drive us up the wall but here's where kindness and calmness are important, because we drive people up the wall too (whether or not we care to admit).
P/S: Yep, I'm a big fan of Ryan Holiday too...


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Associate Professor Adam Sutton
Associate Professor Adam Sutton, ACPC's National Vice President (Criminology) an engaging and passionate criminologist and a pioneer of government-initiated crime prevention strategies, died on 6 September 2010 at the age of 60 years.
In 1982 Adam was appointed Director of the South Australian Office of Crime Statistics; a position he held until 1989. He was appointed Director of the South Australian Crime Prevention and Policy Unit in 1990 In his pioneering work in this area of government service, Adam collaborated with ACPC and other NGOs. In 1992 he went into academia. His first position was as Principal Research Felllow and VicSafe Fellow within the Department of Criminology at the University of Melbourne and in 1994 he became a senior Lecturer in the same department. In 2005 he was promoted to Associate Professor,a position he held until a serious illness forced his early retirement in 2008.
In his life as a public servant, as a lecturer and as a researcher Adam pursued as central the importance of translating research into effective policy. He was the consummate educator with students at the University of Melbourne (and from across the country) appreciate beneficiaries His broad experience as both public servant and academic together with his pursuit of policy-relevant research saw him in high demand to serve on diverse policy-related committees including as Chair of the State Government on Victims of Crime, as a committee member of the Victorian Community Council against Violence and the Capital City Lord Mayors Advisory Committee on Drugs. In addition, Adam provided expert advice on a wide range of state Government agencies.
Adam's policy work was characterised by both vision and pragmatism He argued that the major thrust of crime policy must be effective prevention of and reduction in the harms associated with crime. For him, academic research should work towards enshrining a tolerant society; research was never as end in and to itself. His research interests spanned drug law enforcement, crime prevention; white collar crime; criminological theory and crime policy. He wrote or contributed to many important publications including Crime Prevention: Principles Perspectives and Practices (co authored by Adrian Cherney and fellow ACPC Executive member Rob White, 2008)
Adam's vision of establishing a working partnership between government agencies academia and non government organizations led to him accepting an appointment as Vice President (Criminology) of ACPC, a position he held until the date of his death.
[Edited and reprinted from PacifiCrim, the Newsletter of the ANZ Society of Criminology, Volume 8 issue 1, 1 April 2011, Fiona Haines, University of Melbourne and Andrew Wilson of ACPC]


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Gurglefin is a green Gillman in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure who transports the Skylanders using his ship to Oilspill Island, Leviathan Lagoon and Dark Water Cove.
Gurlgefin usually isn't eager to go to areas that are infested with danger, but in spite of that, he is willing to help the Skylanders on their quest to save Skylands, even if the gillman complains at any opportunity he gets. He is also offended by fish puns, as he seems to have taken a dislike towards Hugo after the Mabu made a fish pun regarding the captive Gillmen on Oilspill Island, and Gurglefin has since called Hugo by the name of 'Molebutt'.
Skylanders: Terrafin Battles the Boom Brothers
Gurglefin was one of the many visitors of the traveling Fantastic Fairy Fair until he became a victim of the Floss-O-Tron 3000's sticky candyfloss. He was eventually freed by the Skylanders, Terrafin, Hot Dog, and Sonic Boom, and later accompanied them through their stay at the fair.
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Gurglefin first appeared on the docks of the Ruins, having been locked up behind bars by a Lockmaster Imp after fleeing from his home, Oilspill Island, to look for the Skylanders for help. Gurglefin was soon freed, and took the Skylanders to his home island where the Trolls took over the island and imprisoned the Gillmen living there.
After the Skylanders saved Oilspill Island, Gurglefin built an Oil Donkey (he didn't name it) at the Ruins' docks on behalf his people to provide oil, which was soon needed for the Far Viewer. After that, the Oil Donkey can also be used to oil the Clam-tron 4000, a gate robot, and the train. In Dark Water Cove, Gurglefin wore a large tri-corn pirate hat and followed the Skylander, assisting them in parts of the chapter. He appeared later at the party being held at the end of the game.
Skylanders: Giants
Gurglefin reappeared in Skylanders: Giants in the Troll Home Security water elemental area, where you play Skystones with him. If you beat him, he reveals the Legendary Treasure. He was later captured by the Ghost Pirates of the Spectral Dreadnaught and imprisoned below deck.
- Gurglefin offhandedly mentions he's hypochondriac if talked to at certain points in Spyro's Adventure.
- In the entire game of Spyro's Adventure, Gurglefin has only referred to Hugo by his actual name once; when you talk to Gurglefin after tasked with using the Oil Can on the Far Viewer.


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I am always on my children to get up and move around while they are studying.I have also been known to use an app that reminds me to take a break by shutting down my computer for five minutes.
Here are 5 apps your students might find helpful. The only two apps ]that you get on the app store are Sworkit: There is a lite version, but the Pro version is only $2.29. It provides you wilt a variety of work out from yoga, to cardio when you don't have time to go to the gym. And Vocabology: Also $2.29. Helps build vocabulary (it actually looks like a lot of fun…)
Study Buddy and StudyRoom are web-based, but work on the iPad. The former is a free tutoring service fro math and science. The latter is a place where study groups can get organized.
The only one that doesn't work on the iPad is the open source, SelfControl, which you can program to block certain sites or mail serves for a certain period of time while you try to concentrate!
Check out the article though- it gives a way better summary than I just did.
It's not easy for students to stay on task these days. From Facebook to Instagram & Twitter to instant messaging to pop up, there are so many distractions.
Source: www.edudemic.com
See on Scoop.it – ipadyoupad


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Alan Martinovich
Alan Martinovich is a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Business Technology & Digital Transformation Strategies practice and a partner with A.D. Little. Alan has over twenty years of experience advising management on issues related to corporate competitiveness, business strategy, strategic marketing and new product development. He has served both in an external advisory role and as an operating member of senior executive teams and has extensive experience in the industrial, healthcare, insurance and telecommunications sectors.
Alan's work has focused on helping clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to medium-sized firms develop a disciplined approach to managing growth and shareholder value creation. He has also served as an advisor to investment groups, where he led engagements involving due diligence analysis, asset valuation and management turnarounds.
Previously, Alan was Managing Director and co-founder of Treacy & Company, a consultancy specializing in growth and innovation. Before that, Alan led the strategic marketing group at Level 3 Communications, a Fortune 500 telecommunications services company, where he played a leadership role in a number of successful corporate initiatives including the development of Level 3's pricing strategy and related capabilities, the creation of its VOIP strategy and the formation of a business unit focused on serving the needs of large enterprises.
Alan received his MBA from Columbia Business School at Columbia University. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Marketing from the University of Toronto. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The 8 linemen from HOEC who traveled to South Carolina to assist crews from other cooperatives with power restoration after the devastation from Hurricane Florence are returning home.
Our crews worked long hours in flooded conditions to safely restore power to the thousands of members that were without. Our crews are no strangers to working in flooded conditions. HOEC was faced with extreme flooding just one year ago. Crews from other cooperatives were there to assist us in our time of need.
The members, along with Santee Electric Cooperative, were very appreciative of the help from our crews.
Dan Singletary, CEO/General Manager at HOEC, said, "HOEC is always proud to see our crews go to assist others in their time of need, but we're always happy to see them return home safely. Assisting our fellow cooperatives in their time of need is what a cooperative is all about. Cooperation among Cooperatives continues to be one of our guiding principles."
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English 11 >
Assignments (ENG 11)
May 29- June 4
Tues- welcome back. Quick quiz on chapter 9 of PLaR.
Weds- Lab to work on the personal essay. Use Google Sites to see the Power Point again plus rubric for peer eval and final grade rubric are also there.
Thurs- short time for peer eval in class; papers MUST be submitted to turnitin.com. We will review chapter 11; 12 and 13 for Friday (previously announced.) Read 14-15 for MONDAY, June 4!
FRIDAY- ALL PAPERS due! I need to grade them quickly. Also, I am holding to the English dept's policy of 20% off for each day late on this one. No sob stories, please.
HW: READ! chapters 14-15 are really short but full of information and suspense! New things going on fast now...AND remember when you came back in last week...readers were rewarded.:>)
Personal Narrative/College Essay
WARNING! the due dates on the "college essay" document are not correct. These are the due dates:
1. Brainstornming (on paper) due to ME on class this Thurs, 5/24. You must have this to start on a laptop. Feel free to bring your own if you want to do so.
2. On Thurs, 5/24, you should have accomplished quite a bit of the draft which I want to see for points on Friday.
3. On Wednesday, 5/30, you are assigned to work in the media center. You should print your paper if you are finished with it. Final copy is due either on Thurs (5/31) or on Friday (6/1). If you are going to be out on Friday, it MUST be turned in on Thurs, or it will be 20% off for late points. You can do this! It is all about YOU!
Review for final
Here are some helpful guides:
May 14-24 (Plan on reading 100 pages each week)
Review Chapter 2 for today; this was Friday's homework.
Monday- Listen to chapter 3 in class; and read chapter 4 for homework.
Tues- Discuss 4 and read 5&6 for Thurs.
Wed- READ You will have a "quiz" to put in your notebooks, too, on 1-5. Stay up with the class.
Thurs- Discuss 5-6 (and movie on Friday or Monday if reading is moving ahead)HW read 7&8 by Monday, the 21st.This Monday is a college planning day, so read 9-10 for Tues.
Expect a quiz any time.:>)
Tues- we took the quiz on PLaR chapters 1-8. After, I introduced the college essay....see separate Google Site entry for this.
Weds- Movie and popcorn day.
Thurs- Work on laptops in class...I need to see brainstorming before you work on the paper.
Friday- short classes, so a little review on this day and makeups.
We will discuss all of 9 and 10 on Tues. 5/29. Discussion for the rest of book posted below:
May 7-10
Monday- reading day followed by a movie day.
Quiz- TKaM 19-23 quiz
Tues- reading to finish book; review
Weds- Review for test on Thurs
Thurs- TEST on TKaM. Turn in TKaM.
Friday- makeups for test. Hand out new books? This is taking up into our last unit! A great read, too!
April 30- May 4 (structures for map)
Be prepared for a quiz any time on this novel, TKAM.
HW: Monday, read 15-16
HW: Tuesday, read 17-18
HW: Weds, read 19 20 and we will have discussion. There will be a quiz and notebook checks this week.
April 16-20
Finish testing for the state, and start To Kill a Mockingbird.
Introductory PP below. Vocab for chapters 1-8 and I will put on more.
See an example of a class's questions, or comments, or observations...This is a model of the kind of those I want to see in your notes on a daily reading basis. It is essential that you do this so that you get a notebook grade. I will use it for the homework assignment.
For Wed- Chapters 1-3;
For Thurs- 4-6 and see example below. I also gave you a review of vocab.
March 19-23 (3 docs)
We have been reading our Independent Reads since we finished TGG last week. Now I am reviewing grammar in class with infrequent quizzes to check mastery. I am attaching a doc for the comma rules...assuming you understand sentence types. I had this review on the board all week. Also, I am adding a list of subordinating conjunctions, so that you recognize them for a quiz.
We will keep reading and reviewing all week with the exception of Thurs when you will be registering for the SAT. Counselors will assist you in completing this task.
A few students will be presenting on Weds this week. I am open for anyone to present next week. Just make sure that your powerpoint is in Google Classroom prior to class. I will also attach a rubric for this tri-fold assignment.
Feb 27- March 2
Tues- Reading time for TGG- finish by Thurs; HW read chapter 8 by Weds
Weds- Quiz after review and read to finish book for Thurs.
Thurs- Review chapter 9 followed by quiz; go to media center for independent reading books.
Friday- I will go over the requirements for the literary analysis of TGG. Handout- rubric (don't lose it)
Feb 19-22
Monday- "CTRW" and video for TGG
Tues- Handed back 4-6 reviews and gave out 7-9 for TGG; It was a reading day! Quote quiz on Chapter 7 on Weds-quiz on chapter 7 and final review for vocab for quiz on THURS!
We will pick it up after break. No new vocab for a week or two.
Gatsby paper is coming up. Be thinking of themes!
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