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Sleep Apnea and Brain Damage
Posted by: cpapandmore on: March 31, 2009
Studies show that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects much more than just your sleep. It can even damage your brain.
A recent brain imaging study from France involved 16 adults. Each of them had just been diagnosed with sleep apnea.
In numerous brain regions the study found a loss of "gray matter." This is brain tissue that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies. There also was a decrease in brain metabolism.
The authors suggest that these changes may explain some of the impairments that often occur in people with sleep apnea. Examples include attention lapses and memory loss. The study was published in March 2009 issue of the Journal of Sleep Research.
The results are similar to those found by a research team from UCLA. Their study was published in Neuroscience Letters in June 2008. They reported that people with sleep apnea have tissue loss in the "mammillary bodies." These are brain regions that help store memory.
In July 2008 the UCLA team published another brain imaging study in the journal Sleep.It involved 41 people with moderate to severe sleep apnea. It also included 69 control subjects matched by age.
Results show that people with sleep apnea have extensive alterations in "white matter." This is nerve tissue in the brain. It contains fibers that are insulated with myelin -a white, fatty sheath. The structural changes appear in brain regions that help control mood and memory. These regions also play a role in adjusting your blood pressure. Damage also was found in fiber pathways that connect these brain regions.
What causes the brain damage? The authors suggest that oxygen, blood flow and blood pressure may be involved. Sleep apnea involves breathing pauses that can occur hundreds of times a night of sleep. These pauses can produce drastic changes in oxygen levels.
These breathing pauses also reduce blood flow in the brain. People with sleep apnea also are at risk for high blood pressure. Both of these conditions create a potential for brain tissue damage.
Dr. Ronald Harper of UCLA said that the studies show how important it is for sleep apnea to be treated. CPAP is the most common treatment for sleep apnea. The findings make it all the more imperative that OSA be treated as soon as possible to prevent further injury. The long-term effects of OSA are terribly damaging to memory and thinking processes.
Can treatment reverse the brain damage caused by sleep apnea? The authors are uncertain if the changes are permanent.
But studies show that CPAP does help your heart, it may even save your life.
Is your mind on a racetrack?
Posted by: cpapandmore on: March 30, 2009
Insomnia can make you feel like your mind is racing out of control. A revealing new study explains why your brain may be unable to put the brakes on your thoughts. It links the problem to low levels of a brain chemical.
A new study shows that GABA levels are reduced by 30 percent in adults with chronic primary insomnia. The study was published in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal Sleep.
GABA is reduced in the brain of individuals with insomnia, suggesting over activity is present. It was explained that low GABA levels create an imbalance of brain activity. This may lead to an inability to shut down waking signals in the brain.
If your GABA levels are low, then your mind can't slow down. It may race forward at full speed even when it is time to sleep. An over active mind is a key feature of psychophsicological insomnia. At bedtime you are unable to stop thinking and worrying. Your body may be ready for sleep, but your mind remains alert. This state of "hyperarousal" can make it hard for you to fall asleep.
Most with insomnia have "secondary" insomnia. It occurs along with another medical problem, mental illness or sleep disorder. It also may result from the use of a medication or substance. In contrast primary insomnia is unrelated to another health problem. Estimates that about 25 percent of people with insomnia have primary insomnia. The study only links low GABA levels to long lasting, primary insomnia.
All participants in the study had been suffering from primary insomnia for mor than six months. The average duration of their symptoms was about 10 years. The GABA connection affirms that primary insomnia is a legitimate disorder.
Recognition that insomnia has manifestations in the brain may increase the legitimacy of those who have insomnia and report substantial daytime consequences. It was also explained that insomnia can affect your energy, concentration and mood. It also increases your risk of depression.
One solution for the problem of primary insomnia is the use of hypnotic medication. The short-term use of a sleeping pill can help break the cycle of sleepless nights. The study notes that many of the most effective sleeping pills increase activity at the GABA neurons.
Another treatment option is cognitive behavioral therapy. CBT helps you learn how to correct attitudes and habits that hinder your sleep. Many of these bad habits develop as people try to cope with chronic insomnia.
A Sleep Study may be Your Best Investment for Long-Term Health
Posted by: cpapandmore on: March 2, 2009
Current economic conditions in the U.S. are forcing many consumers to cut back on health care expenses. Yet sleep experts advise that the cost of a sleep study is a sound investment for millions of people who suffer from a sleep disorder.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 15 million adults in the U.S. did not receive needed medical care in 2005 because they could not afford it. In July, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners conduted a national survey. Results show that 22 percent of people have reduced the number of times they visit the doctor because to current economic conditions.
In such a challenging economy, should your sleep needs be a priority?
Sleep is one of the cornerstones of good health. It affects everything from your weight and blood pressure to your energy and mood. If you have been struggling with an ongoing sleep problem, then a sleep study may be just what you need. It could be the key that unlocks the door to a dramatic improvement in your health and a better quality of life for you.
Losing sleep over the economy, but losing sleep over an undiagnosed problem is no fun.
People are notorious for underestimating how sleepy they are. People assume that thier disrupted sleep and level of sleepiness when awake is normal for their age. Symptoms of some sleep disorders also can go unnoticed. For example loud snoring and gasping for breath durning sleep are two warning signs for sleep apnea. But you may be unaware of these sym if you live or sleep alone. As a result, millions of people go through each day wondering why they can't stay awake. Others go to bed each night wondering why they can't sleep. The answers to these questions often can be found by a sleep study…
Here are some benefits to think about:
Research shows that there are numerous benefits to detecing a sleep disorder with a sleep study. The study pinpoints the nature and cause of your sleep problem. This provides the foundation for an effective treatment plan. Treating a sleep disorder promotes heath, productivity and well-being. In the long run it also can save you money!
- Improved Health
Research has linked sleep disorders to many other health problems. These include heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and obesity. A study in the journal Sleep even shows that people with severe, untreated sleep apnea have five times the risk of dying from a heart problem. Effective treatment of a sleep disorder can reduce the risk and severity of other related health challenges.
- Reduced Spending
Studies have linked undetected and untreated sleep disorders to an increase in health-care utilization and spending. You are likely to make more visits to the doctor's office each year. You are also likely to spend more money on your health care. Expenses may include testing, medications and hospitalization. Research shows that effective treatment of a sleep disorder can reduce your health-care spending. Compared to the high cost of remaining untreated, treating most sleep disorders is relative inexpensive.
- Greater Productivity
Studies have linked sleep disorders to lower productivity and more absences at work. A severe sleep disorder may even prevent you from being able to stay employed. Effective treatments of a sleep disorder can enable you to improve your job performance.
- Better Safety
Research has linked sleep disorders to an increased risk of work-related injuries and motor-vehicle accidents. Effective treatments promotes your safety at work on the roads.
- Improved Quality of Life
Sleep disorders can take a severe tool on your personal well-being. Taking care of yourself leads to improvements in your mood, attitude, energy, memory and overall outlook on life. Sleep disturbances can put strain on your relationships.
Mysleepapnea.com can help you with obtaining a Home Sleep Test.
Bad Habits are Hard to Break: Whats Your Sleep Hygiene?
Posted by: cpapandmore on: February 18, 2009
Bad Sleep Habits: it involves the things that you do normally everyday. Although, these habits keep your sleep from being refreshing. They can also keep you from feeling alert during the day. These activities are all the things that you should be able to control. These specific behaviors fall into the follow two general categories:
1. Practices that keep you awake.
2. Practices that bring disorder to your sleep schedule
Many common factors may keep you awake at night. At first, alcohol may make you sleepy; but it is also more likely to wake you up during the night. Drinking coffee or colas that contain caffeine can make you more alert. The nicotine ina cigarette can have the same effect. People often use these substances to "keep their edge" during the day. This "edge" is not always gone by the time they try to go to sleep.
Other factors that cause you to stay awake when they occure too close to bedtime include the following:
- Worry
- Excitement
- Mental stress
- Physical exercise
Many other practices can keep you from having a regular pattern of sleeping and waking up. Perhaps you are unable to fall asleep because you spend too much time in bed. Maybe you don't go to bed and wake up at the same times everyday. Or maybe you nap too often, too long, or too close to your bedtime. These bad habits can confuse your body. This will cause you to stay awake when you should really be asleep.
You can be affected in the followig negative ways:
- Mood changes
- Depression
- Short attention span
- Poor concentration
- Daytime sleepiness
- Frustration with sleeping
- Caffeine dependence
- Alcohol abuse or dependence
It may often be obvious to other people around you that the things your are doing are hurting your sleep. You, however, may be completely unaware of it. You may also find that your sleep problems tend to come and go. This is because you are likely to change your sleep habits over time.
Who gets it?
It is typically not found in younge children. It may develop though, as early as the teen years.
It may also begin at anytime throughout adulthood. The timing of when it begins depends on when the habits that distrurb sleep are developed. The rate at which it affects males and females differently is not known.
How do I know if I have it?
First, you need to determine if you have insomnia:
- Do you have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up too early, or not feeling refreshed after sleeping?
- For a child, does the child resist going to sleep or sleeping alone?
- Does this problem occur even though you have the opportunity and the time to get a good night's sleep?
- Dout have at least one of the following problems? You have:
- Low energy
- Lack of motivation
- Attention, concentration or memory problems
- Poor performances at school or work
- Extreme mood changes
- Daytime sleepiness
- Trouble making errors at work or while driving
- Tension, headaches or stomach aches
- Frustration or worry about your sleep
If your answer to each of these questions is yes, then you might have insomnia. Now continue to see if you might have inadequate sleep hygiene"
- Have you had these problems for at least one month?
- Do you you have at least one of the following bad habits?
- You have a bad sleep schedule. You nap a lot, go to bed and wake up at different times everyday, or spend too much time in bed.
- You often use products with alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine near bedtime
- You actively do things that excite your mind, body, or emotions near bedtime.
- You often use the bed to do things other than sleep. This includes paying bills, talking on the phone and eating.
- You do not keep a comfortable sleeping environment. Research shows that having your bedroom slightly cooler ( via a cieling fan and the slight noise of the fan) are helpful. Low dim lighting such as nightlights are requested, and lavender sented candles can help soothe you into a good sleep regimen.
If you also answered yes to these questions, then you may have inadequate sleep hygiene.
It is also important to know if there is something else that is causing your sleep problems. They may be a result of one of the following:
- Another sleep disorder
- A medical condition
- Medication use
- A mental health disorder
- Substance abuse
Do I need to see a sleep specialist?
Talk with a family doctor about your difficulty sleeping. See if you are able to correct the bad sleep habits that are affecting your sleep. Are you having a hard time improving your habits? Or are you still having a sleep problem even after making these changes? If so, then you made need to see a sleep specialist.
What will the doctor need to know?
First, the doctor will need to know when your insomnia started. He or she will also want to know what else has been going on in your life. The doctor will need to know about any other medical problems you have today or had in the past. Be sure to tell the doctor if you are taking any medications.
Keep a sleep dieary for two weeks. The sleep diary will help the doctor see your sleeping patterns. The sleep diary information gives the doctor clues about what is causing your problem and how to correct it.
Will I need to take any test?
Doctors do not need any tests to treat most insomnia patients. A sleep specialists may give you a written test to analyze your mental and emotional well-being. The specialist may need to test your blood in the lab if he or she thinks that you have a related medical problem.
How is it treated?
Many cases of insomnia will respond to changes that you can make on your own. You can often sleep better by simply following the practices of good sleep hygiene.
Sleep hygiene consists of basic habits and tips that help you develop a pattern of healthy sleep. There are also easy ways to make your bed and bedroom more comfortable.
You need to seek help from a therapist if stress or depression is the cause of your sleep problems.
When self-treatment does not work, a doctor can provide help. Doctors can teach you different ways to improve your sleep. An example of this is to use relaxation exercises when you go to bed. They can also help you find ways to take your mind off of sleep. Staying out of bed until you are tired is a good way to start off slowly. These methods are a part of what is known as behavioral therapy. With slow changes, you will see the biggest change at the end, feeling refreshed and happy.
Sleep Apnea's Stand Alone Mortality Risk
Posted by: cpapandmore on: August 18, 2008
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An independent link between sleep apnea and mortality was discovered by a group of Australian researchers, suggesting the prevention and treatment of this condition should be a higher priority for government bodies working to improve community health.
The study conducted by the Woolocock institute of Medical Research in Sydney found moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was associated with 33% mortality over 14 years in people with no sleep apnea.
This is the first report to demonstrate an independent association between all-cause mortality and obstructive sleep apnea in a population-based cohort. The community based sample of 380 people comprised men and women from Western Australia who underwent investigation with a home sleep apnea monitoring device in 1990.
The study results confirm the pattern seen in clinic or hospital-based studies where people more severely afflicted by the disease may have potentially biased results.
Findings of the study have important implications for the direction of health policy in Australia.
Because sleep apnea is strongly associated with obesity, and its related diseases, it has been difficult in the past to produce clear evidence that increased mortality is a result of OSA and not because of other established causes.
The evidence is now available and shows the moderate to severe sleep apnea is associated with about five times the risk of dying after you control for the other factors that are already know to cause premature death.
The study results highlighted a need to increase research funding to investigate whether treatment of sleep apnea can decrease heart attacks, strokes and premature deaths.
Obstructive sleep apnea is a deadly disease and it is now time for public health and medical practitioners as well as the general public to take it seriously.
What are your daytime symptoms: Using words "Sleepy" & "Tired"…
Posted by: cpapandmore on: August 8, 2008
It may not seem this way on the surface, but to a sleep doctor there's a big difference between someone feeling "tired" and someone feeling "sleepy".
- Tired means you lack energy, have trouble focusing, and feel "out of it" all the time.
- Sleepy means you're yawing, nodding off, and can't keep your eyes open.
How you feel during the day is a key piece of information for doctors because different sleep disorders have differet symptoms. Insomnia patients are constantly tired but rarely feel the urge to sleep during the day. Sleep apnea and narcolepsy patients are tired too, but they are constantly fighting off sleep.
The clearer you are in describing your symptoms, the quicker your doctor can get you the help you need. Insomnia isn't immediately life-threaterning, but sleep apnea, with often goes undiagnosed for years, can raise the risk of heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure.
The risk of people with sleep apnea falling asleep at the wheel is also very real. People with the disorder are twice as likely to have a car crash, and three to five times as likely to have a serious accident involving personal injury, according to a 2007 study conducted in Vancouver.
While sleep apnea patients often omit the critical word "sleepy" when describing their daytime symptoms, insomniacs rately make the mistake of including it -probably because they just don't feel they can sleep. They are well aware, instead of being up half the night and feeling exhausted and unfocused during the day.
Saying that you are so sleepy that you have to nap in your office during the day hopefully will sound the alarm to your doctor. Just saying that you're tired or run down might leave you with the wrong diagnosis -or none at all.
*Try to write down all the feelings you have on a day when you feel your symptoms the most. That way it's in writing, and you can be more specific when you see your doctor.
Some sleep disorders can be diagnosed during a routine exam and a conversation with a sleep specialist. But if you or your doctor suspects you have sleep apnea a further examination may be requested.
It use to be that you had to travel to an actual 'lab'/hospital. Most of the time they are hours away, booked for months at a time, and a big inconenience. Some people may have a disability, or dependents, or a job that makes a night in a lab too difficult. Now, finally with our latest technology, cases like these have been answered with: The Home Sleep Test (HST).
There are many home test kits available on the market today. But, none of them record all of the full vital signs that a complete in-lab study would, for other sleep disorders -eye and limb movements that might be related with a neurological disorder, for example. The increasing evidence, however, shows they are highly effective in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea. A home sleep test will collect this kind of information though to be symptoms of OSA:
- Airflow
- Breathing efforts
- Blood oxygen
- Snoring vibrations/density
- Head and neck movements
- Calculated cessations/stops in breathing
With the new acceptance of home testing growing in the sleep community: in 2007 the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) revised their policy and now endorses the use of portable monitoring for a specific group of people. Now, many insurance plans are starting to cover home tests for eligible patients. Many providers of home sleep testing, have an on-site doctor or therapist who will help you with obtaining a home sleep test, if you have difficulties with your insurance plan (we do 😉 )
So…who's eligible?
The following points are taken into consideration when determining eligibility:
- You are between 18 and 65 years of age. Home sleep test haven't been recommended for children or older adults.
- You have no other major medical problens; such as pulmonary disease (ALS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease)
- Patients suspected of having no co-morbid sleep disorder other than OSA.
- To monitor response to non-CPAP treatments after the dianosis has already been made.
Other medical problems can affect your results, including lung disease, neuromuscular disease, and congestive heart failure, be sure to talk to your doctor to rule out any possible infracions that may effect your testing.
You also maybe eligible for a Home Sleep test if health or safety concerns prevent you from being able to leave home for a night. The Home Sleep test may be used to evaluate your response to some sleep apnea treatments, such a titration pressure, and weather you're a nasal breather or a mouth breather.
A Home Sleep test can and will make things much more clear if you feel that your just not getting a good nights sleep, or if your partner complains about your snoring and even if you've ever nodded off while driving. Give yourself and your loved ones the peace and ease of knowing that you'll be save and yourself a complete and whole night of sleep, waking feeling refreshed! 🙂


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Hiring a reliable professional to put in place an air conditioning system is vital. It can help you spare some cash during the process and provide the systems remains durable. Many companies are offering such services, but an individual has to focus on hiring top professionals. The following are points to consider when looking forward to hiring competent professionals.
Consult your peers
One should start by asking help from their friends. Your peers are in a better position to introduce you to a quality company. You should ask them to narrate their encounter regarding costs, experience, and other factors. One can take time and have a chat with technicians from other areas. For instance, one can ask for help from an electrician. They have colleagues, and they can efficiently refer them to you.
Use Online Websites
There are quite many websites offering impartial information regarding different companies. One should make an effort of reading through comments on such platforms for a better understanding. Make a list of the most suitable enterprises and research on them later. The study should entail testimonials and comments on social media.
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I guess a lot of indie writers who also blog play this game where they tag each other in this little questionare about your "Next Big Thing." I was tagged by Autumn Christian, whose "Next Big Thing" is the novel We Are Wormwood, and whose books are here (and whose novel The Crooked God Machine is excellent, by the way). I don't think I have anybody to tag, but I would at least like to answer the questions.
So here's a bit of info (including a rather long story about my personal life) on my fourth novel, which I'm currently working on the second draft of, and which I would guess will be released around three months from now.
1: What is the working title of your book?
The title is Gunslinger, P.I.
2: Where did the idea come from for the book?
Okay. I'm going to tell a long story, but there's a car crash in it so hopefully it's not too boring.
Let's jump way back. When I was 17 years old I wanted to be a filmmaker (still do; and am) but I didn't really know what I was doing and I wanted to teach myself. I wrote a goofy movie about a time-traveling cowboy detective with a talking car. It was about 60 pages long and pretty silly, lighthearted, and family friendly. Something I could watch with my mom and have her say, "That was so good. I'm so proud of you." In those days, that was one of the big things I thought about with my creative work: What will my family think of the fact that I made this?
Then I was in a car that my friend crashed off a cliff over a bunch of jagged boulders and landed upside down in a frozen over river fifty miles from the nearest hospital. Paramedics had to cut my clothes off because they were freezing to me. They had me on oxygen in the ambulance and they were afraid of my low body temperature. Somehow neither I nor the two other passengers suffered serious injuries.
In the rather religious area where I grew up, everyone told me I had a greater purpose. That God spared me. That there was an angel in the car. Yeah, I don't buy it either. God didn't spare the little girl who got hit by a drunk driver that day, and I'm sure she would've had a purpose if He had.
But it got me thinking about the idea of fate as well as my own mortality, and the idea that everything in life can happen for a reason as long as you make one up. So I made my brush with mortality have meaning. And a funny thing happened. I stopped giving an effing fuck whether anybody but me liked my writing. I suddenly realized I wasn't making the kind of movie I would rush out to go see if it came out at the multiplex down the street. I was just making the stupid thing I could watch with my family and get easy praise heaped on me by loved ones. So the second draft, more than double the length, was packed with profanity, full of anger and emotion that would have embarrassed me a few months prior, it attempted to say something, and—most importantly—it was fucking mine.
As far as I'm concerned, the second draft of the screenplay for Gunslinger, P.I. was the first real piece of writing I ever did.
I produced and directed that movie on a few grand I saved up at age 18 and you can see it for free HERE. It's okay. It's flawed, because I had no idea what I was doing, but it has its moments. Every year or so, I start wishing I had it to do over again knowing what I know now. I probably never will. But as a book, I can update it a little bit. It's an important piece to me since in some way I feel it marks my birth as a writer. I'd like to take a crack at cleaning up the 'young writer' problems in it, and I'd like to get it out to a few more people, and a novel makes a nice way to do both of those things.
3: What genre does your book come under?
No idea. Humorous thriller/mystery/present-day-western/fantasy with a twist of romantic sci-fi/neo-noir. And also there's a talking car.
4: Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
I did make it once. I played Gunslinger. If I had it to do over on a large scale budget… pff… I don't know. I like that Michael Shannon guy. Fucker's got serious intensity and makes it look easy. He might be good.
5: What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
After getting warped into the twenty-first century by a meteor and falling in love with a talking car, a notorious cowboy-turned-private-eye struggles with a nihilistic worldview as he tries to solve a murder for an Irish mob boss.
6: Is your book self-published, published by an independent publisher, or represented by an agency?
It will be self-published. A big part of why I turned so much focus to novels at this point in my life was the constant approval filmmakers have to seek from distributors and venues in order to make back the money they spend. With a novel, the fact that nobody has to tell me it's okay is enormously freeing for me.
7: How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
The original screenplay I sweated over for the better part of a year when I was 17. The first draft of the novel, using the screenplay as a roadmap, took one week. But the first draft needed a lot of work. It'll be a couple months all-in, I think. It's been a cake-walk considering I had my own work to use as source material. It was the same thing with One-Night Stan's. I've decided writing a screenplay first and using it for reference to write the novel will probably be what I do from now on. It works wonders for me.
8: What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
I honestly have no idea. The influences for it were in film, and I remember at the time that Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson were the two guys I wanted to emulate, though I don't feel it's too much like anything they've done. When the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang came out (an underrated masterpiece, by the way, and I recommend you watch it immediately) I felt like Shane Black did a lot of what I wanted to do except without the more fantastical elements.
9: Who or what inspired you to write this book?
See the answer to question #2.
10: What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
It's a pitch black comedy about a cowboy from the past with a talking car for a girlfriend rambling about philosophy as he solves a brutal murder for an Irish gangster who is pretending to be Irish. If that doesn't sound appealing, there's probably nothing I can say that's going to change your mind.


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This is Johanna Stirling's blog about English spelling. How it works, how to learn it, how to teach it, and how to love it!
Do Spelling Mistakes Matter? - Stephen Fry on Language Nazis
People assume that I do because I'm interested in spelling, but I don't. Really, I don't! True, it makes me angry if I receive a sloppy letter from someone who is meant to be providing a service for me - like an estate agent or bank - because it makes me think they may be sloppy in other ways too. Oh, and I do think teachers should edit their writing carefully too.
We all make mistakes sometimes and we don't always see them when editing. Yes, yes, we should use a spell-check but, hey, sometimes life's a bit short for that. And, really, there are worse crimes in the world than misspelling a word that seem to get a lot less aggressive criticism. It really is pitiful to read vicious attacks on other people's spelling - attacks so badly written that they are full of spelling mistakes of the aggressor's own.
Anyway, this is a preamble to this wonderful video I have just come across of Stephen Fry agreeing with me! And it's a beautiful example of 'kinetic typography' by Matthew Rogers.
As Fry says, sometimes people DO need to spell and grammar (there, I've verbified a noun!) properly and that's why I do what I do. If you lack spelling knowledge or strategies and this creates an obstacle in job applications or exams then something needs to be done.
So watch, enjoy and comment below! Do you agree with Stephen Fry? And me?
Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language from Matthew Rogers on Vimeo.
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Very nice video Johanna. I'm with you both.ReplyDelete
- clairewoodSunday, October 31, 2010
I've only just found your blog. So sorry I missed your session in October. I'm teaching an adult Arab who has to get 6.5 IELTS, who struggles with writing but could get a really good listening score except for the spelling. We need all the help we can get! Will follow your blog with interest.ReplyDelete
Hi clairewoodReplyDelete
It was situations just like yours that got me into this spelling lark. Penalising spelling errors in IELTS Listening is so unfair ,isn't it? Anyway I do find that visual methods work well with a lot of my Arab learners. I'm hoping to do the spelling session that I did at The Language Show at IATEFL next April - so if you're coming to Brighton...
Good luck.
Hmmm. I was worried that I might be a grammar Nazi but, on reflection, I am in the same camp as you and Mr Fry. I do like spotting badly worded signs but, aside from possibly taking a photo, I leave it at that. I don't write to Anne Robinson.ReplyDelete
Incidentally I have just been teaching Arabs in Riyadh, and they do seem to appreciate visual methods.
- AnonymousSunday, March 06, 2011
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Motivating students to read during summer can be a tricky task especially as the teacher. And so I made some free summer reading logs to share with you and have some ideas for you to set up your students to be successful during the summer.
- Sign your students up for your local library's reading program if they have one. Literally go there and get the entry forms, bring them to class, and have the students write their names on them. I have even gone as far as to fill read the first set of books and taking the entire class to the library myself to get the first prize.
- Let kids pick a book from your classroom library to have. We all have books in our classroom library that have been read so many times and are just not our favorites. Have a day when you take all of those books you can part with and let your students pick one to take home.
- Use your scholastic points and order your students a book and give it to them on the last day of school. Nothing like saying "remember to read" like literally giving them a new book when they walk out the door.
- Set reading goals with your students. Talk about how many books they should read over the summer or how they should read every day. You can use this free download to set your reading goal.
- Send home a list of books you read to the students so parents can look for them over the summer. This does not need to be anything fancy, just a note with the titles of books the kids may enjoy rereading.
- Send your students home with a fun summer reading logs. This will help your students and parents remember that they need to read each and every day. So I made you a free printable so your students can color in one summer object for every day they read.
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Lets hope that it ends there. Over the past several weeks I've had to deal with a lost-in-the-mail camera lens, a double charged iPhone + applecare plan, and now today a sickly computer. I would very much like this to be the last of these events.
Today Liz was playing LOTRO and the computer started crashing. I assumed it was a driver issue so I updated them. No good. Looking inside the case to make sure that the connections were solid I noticed a dust issue. Maybe the CPU was overheating. We went and got some canned air at Best Buy and I blew out the inside of the case. According to CoreTemp that dropped the CPU temp by about 7 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately it didn't fix anything. I uninstalled the drivers in safe mode and let it reinstall them on its own. It seemed to work, but a few hours later when she went to play it flipped out again eventually crashing to a blue screen. Even after restarting the computer was flashing green and pink and showing hundreds of flashing squares ( had to reinstall the drivers again to get it to stop). I ordered a cheap new nvidia video card (which will probably still be more powerful than my now 4 year old 8800 GTX). If this solves the problem awesome, if not… maybe its the RAM? Whatever, that's cheap too. Past that though… They say that bad things happen in threes.


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'Mankatha, Mankatha, Mankatha…..' this is the mantra that 'Thala' Ajith fans had been chanting these days. And, the D-day had finally arrived. The curtain goes up, whistle sound tears your ear apart, "Thala" chanting gets intense and…the wait is over, Mankatha is unveiled! Mankatha, is the biggest ever multi-starrer movie in Tamil Cinema till date. Plot : 'Vinayak Mahadevan' (Ajith Kumar), a police officer, is suspended for his links with smugglers. He takes the path of a new life. He shows his love interests in Sanjana (Trisha), daughter of a hoodlum and a big shot Arumugha Chettiar (Jayaprakash), who gets involved in a cricket booking deal of Rs. 500/- Crore during the IPL matches in Mumbai. The ex-police officer Vinayak, and the men of Chettiar come together to defraud the big money from Chettiar. Vinayak and the four men, Sumanth (Vaibhav), Ganesh (Ashwin), Mahath (Mahath) and Prem (Premji Amaren) have their own secret plans of swindling the money from cheating and defeating each other. Prithvi (Arjun), an honest police officer is assigned the task of nabbing these men, gets in the job, here. Who wins the Cat and Mouse Game is the movie 'Mankatha'! Performance : Action King Arjun as Special Officer Prithvi is back in action. Arjun is prefect for the role and has done exceptionally well. His role is meaty as Ajith's. Vaibhav has grabbed a meaty role as well and emotes well in the role. Jayaprakash, Subbu Panchu, Premji, Mahat, Arvind Akash, Ashwin, Anjali and Lakshmi Rai are also present. Trisha, the lead lady is pretty and does her role well though the character does not offer her much. Yuvan Shankar Raja's tunes were already topping the charts and he contributed the most for the recent big hype of the movie. Songs and background score are mind boggling. On the direction front, Hats off to Venkat Prabhu for keeping the audience guessing all the way and scripting an absolute cracker of a climax! The chess board sequence just before the interval block is unique and intelligent. However it is Ajith who steals the thunder and plays the emotionless bad man, to perfection. He looks smashing and his scorching screen presence is unmatchable. Ajith simply has a blast as the guy whose character sports negative shades. He utters four-letter cuss words with the ease of long practice, sleeps with random women, drinks & smokes like there's no tomorrow and lusts after money with a passion that sweeps us all away. And you wonder why no one ever gave him a role like this after Vaali. Overall - Seems like Venkat Prabhu as a fan of Ajith has understood the pulse of the audience and fans of Ajith that he has given such an entertainer, where Ajith rules the game of action. Mankatha – Ultimate Star's Ultimate Game! Thala 50 is a jackpot!!!
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As a teenager, I was convinced I could finish university in three years. It felt like something I had to endure before I started the rest of my adult life, which I was much more excited about.
Well, flash forward a decade. I'm now in my fifth year of my undergrad (or "victory lap" as it's often known) after realizing that it's difficult enough to finish a degree in four years, let alone three. Not only that, but I'm actually going to miss university. Fifteen-year-old me would be shocked.
These past five years have ended up being some of the most important in my life. Unlike the slog I thought it would be when I arrived, university has been a time of discovery. I challenged a lot of my notions about how the world should work, as well as who I am, and I'm a much better person because of it.
That being said, I've found my fifth year a difficult one in some ways.
Managing fifth-year guilt
I usually roll my eyes when I tell people I'm taking extra time to finish my degree, and feel obligated to justify why I'm still here.
"I went on exchange last year! For the whole academic year! That's, like, ten months," I'll splutter. I feel most insecure about my fifth year when speaking with adults who have been out of university for a while, but a few have given me pretty good advice.
"You have your whole life to work full time," they say, "Enjoy university while you can."
I've realized that they're right. I can't say I've had a single fellow student bat an eye when I told them I'm in my fifth year. It's almost…normal?
All the American movies I watched growing up made me expect that I had to finish university in four years maximum, but things don't quite work that way at UBC. We have so many opportunities to enrich our time here that it's very common to take five, or even six, years to graduate.
Many of my friends have gone on exchange, or completed a Co-op program, or worked part time. Some people are double majoring, or pursuing lots of different interests in a wide variety of courses and activities, or some combination of all of these, like me.
The point is, it doesn't really matter why you've taken an "extra" year of university. What matters is that you use that time as best you can.
Finding purpose in your victory lap
There are a lot of advantages to taking a fifth or sixth year. It's given me the opportunity to transition from being in school to working, as I have a smaller course load this year and was able to take on some rewarding part-time jobs. Additionally, I still get to benefit from the environment of learning on campus, where passionate people inspire me every day.
Taking a fifth year has also let me reflect on who I was when I came to university and who I am now. In first year, I tended to think about life as a race, and I always felt like I was behind in the sprint. Taking extra time in university has forced me to slow down and breathe a little. Now, I find it a bit easier to live in the present and enjoy moments as they happen, and my life is better because of it.
I've also realized that taking time to learn is always valuable.
It can be easy to lose sight of the learning process in the frenzy to get good grades and churn out a degree as fast as possible. However, university is all about learning, both in academics and outside of it.
This year, much more so than others, I've really tried to make sure I learn new skills and expand areas of my knowledge that I wasn't able to before. I'm focusing on enjoying all the opportunities to learn new things, rather than fretting about the end of my degree and the uncertainty after, because that's coming regardless of how much I worry about it.
Because of this, I feel like my fifth year is making me better equipped to handle whatever comes after university—I'm (almost) ready to venture out into the post-graduation great unknown.
You decide what "victorious" means
I'm still working on it, but my victory lap is finally starting to seem just as rewarding as my other years of university. Our fifth (or sixth) years are what we make of them. We shouldn't measure our undergrads by the amount of time it took us to complete them, but by the amount of experiences we were able to have during that time.


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I'm pretty sure Ed Wade is going to be fired once the new ownership takes over. It's not that he has done a bad job. It's that the new guys may want a different way of evaluating players and rosters. That's their right. It's their team. But if Ed is allowed to make a case for himself, things could get interesting.
When you consider he has slashed the payroll by $40 million and that he had little in the minor league system, it's tough to imagine anyone stopping this disaster. Again, though, if the new ownership wants a data-driven front office, they'll get no argument from me.
I've made about eight lists of Ed's hits and misses. I'm trying hard to come up with a reason he shouldn't be fired, and it's actually easier than you might think. The Astros are 38 games under .500 these last three seasons, and while that's a good number, it's a function of more than Ed Wade screwing things up.
First, his primary mandate seems to have been cutting payroll. That he has done, from around $108 million his first season to $72 million this season (with Roy Oswalt collecting another $10 million of Drayton McLane's hard-earned cash).
Second, he took over a franchise that had very little at the big league level and even less at the minor league level. If he'd been able to turn this thing into a contender while lopping $40 million off the payroll, he would be up for executive of the decade.
Third, I'm a firm believer that general managers are impossible to evaluate fairly unless you know his work conditions. No one except Ed Wade knows what it's like to work for Drayton McLane. Some of his predecessors have told horror stories. Having said that, Drayton almost certainly didn't tell him to make a single one of those acquistions.
Let's begin with Ed's most expensive pickups. He missed on Miguel Tejada, Kaz Matsui and Brandon Lyon. Unless I'm missing something those are the three multi-year contracts he either gave out or took on. And there's Brett Myers.
He also missed (so far) on J.A. Happ, Bill Hall, Clint Barmes, Matt Lindstrom, Pedro Feliz and Mike Hampton. But none of these six involved big financial investments, and in the case of Hampton, Felix, Hall and Barmes, he went into the acquisitions with his eyes wide open.
Now for his hits. Brett Myers has been gold, Jerry, gold. Michael Bourn and Brett Wallace have been solid. Randy Wolf, Latroy Hawkins and Jose Valverde were great acquisitions. Angel Sanchez was a steal. Jeff Keppinger was a win. Mark Melancon and Jason Bourgeois have been good.
So while he missed on three of his four biggest financial investments, he has found some players, and when you consider he had so little to spend, it's impossible to argue he has done badly. When you factor in the massive changes in player development, he clearly has done more right than wrong. His problem is that the record is terrible, which is more a product of the situation he inherited and ownership-dictated payroll cuts.
New ownership team will be looking for a better way to evaluate players and they may not understand the signings of Barmes, Hall, Matsui, etc. But heck, I've made one or two mistakes in my time. OK, one.
Then again, with the Astros on a pace to lose 107 games, it's pretty tough to make a case for Jim Crane not completely cleaning house and starting over.


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This, currently once weekly, strip follows Jabby, an internet millionaire, Mr. Kip, A political cartooning dullionaire, and Sherman, a stand-up comedy tomato-ionaire as they get along destroying their apartment together after nightly trips to the bar. It also follows Jabby to the gas station as he tries to maintain a three year long streak. Sadly, he hits $10.01, and after three years he has to figure out what went wrong with his perfect pump. That's what she said.
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Our Service Team consists of the Helpdesk Team and the Field Tech Team. Today we would like to introduce to you the three helpdesk guys, and our Support Coordinator who you have been working with as your first line of support.
Our Helpdesk team are level 2 technicians, letting you skip that first level, "Is your computer plugged in and turned on?", basic helpdesk role and get straight to the guys who fix 85% of your day to day problems.Between them have 36 years of IT support experience.
Darren is your Office365 guru and can help with the issues that may arise. Outside the office, Darren is one of those amateur radio guys you might have heard about. Despite this, is a friendly guy ready to help any time.
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Cornerback Terrell Thomas has made an amazing comeback from three ACL surgeries.
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Giants cornerback Terrell Thomas has been perhaps the best feel-good story in the NFL this season.
Thomas, who started in 2009 and 2010, missed the next two seasons after suffering ACL injuries. He also suffered one in college.
This season, Thomas is one of the frontrunners for the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award. He has 62 tackles, one interception, one sack and one forced fumble. He strip/sack in a victory over the Eagles and his 65-yard interception return against Oakland were key plays in those victories.
This week, Thomas talked about his season:
Q: How did you hold up your first year back?
A: I did pretty well. It's been a struggle, it's been a grind but the one thing I've always counted on is just my faith and just being blessed to play this game again. No matter how hard it got, I just said, 'You know what, you could be at home playing Xbox, miserable like I've been the last two years.' This year has been fun. It (stink) that we couldn't get to the playoffs. For me, I'm just happy to play football again.
Q. How much down time will you have after the season to recuperate and rest your knee?
A. Probably a full two weeks of not doing anything. Maybe a little rehab here and there. Then, I'll get back on the horse again. At my age (28) and at this stage of my career, I realize it's better to stay in shape. It won't be full metal to the throttle starting off but I'll definitely be working out throughout the offseason.
Q. What will you work on the most this offseason?
A. My backpedaling. That's my craft. It's truly something I couldn't work on as much. My main focus was always rehabbing and making sure my quad was strong enough to endure a training camp and a season. I think I did a good job of that. Now, it's time to get back to getting ready to be a starter and get back to my old ways.
Q: When you look around do you look at a place that needs some changing or do you think that stability can lead to the next title run?
A: I think a little bit of both. I think we had a little change this year and I think that's why we struggled a little bit. We had a bunch of younger guys and a bunch of injuries so a lot of young guys had to step up. Maybe they weren't ready. I'm pretty sure our front office does a great job. We've got a lot of people coming up for contracts so it's going to be interesting to see what happens this year.


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Also, our new members are invited to our New Parishioner Brunch. We will introduce you to other new members, as well as the many opportunities at the Church of the Resurrection. These worthwhile gatherings take place after the 11:00 A.M. Mass, twice each year. Childcare is provided.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (CNN) – The family of a 13-year-old girl on life support says it will never stop fighting to save her life.
A court order has stopped an Oakland Hospital from taking 13-year-old Jahi McMath off the machines.
She's been on life support since suffering complications from surgery to treat her sleep apnea.
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Jahil was declared brain dead on Dec. 12 but remained connected to life support machines.
However, those machines were scheduled to be disconnected on Monday.
Naliah Winkfield, Jahi's mother, said, "Think about that, if somebody told you on this day at this time your child is going to die. And that's what I've been going through all day, all week, thinking, 'God help me, because I do not want Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. to come."
According to KTVU, that deadline is now Jan. 7.
A judge extended the restraining order by about a week, preventing Jahi from being taken off life support until that time.
An independent review showed that Jahi did not respond to a variety of stimuli but her mother says she does respond to her.
Winkfield said, "How can she be dead if her heart beats, she has blood flowing through her system and she responds to my touch and my voice?"
The hospital says federal law prevents it from commenting directly on Jahi's condition.
Sam Singer, a spokesperson for the hospital, said, "There is such an effect called the 'Lazarus reflex' or 'Lazarus effect' and it is quite common in the deceased for their muscles to move. That is not unusual, shocking nor is it a sign of life in the body of Jahi McMath."


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Justin Timberlake has revealed the tracklisting of his new album 'FutureSex/LoveSounds'.
The former NSync star will release the follow up to 'Justified' on September 11.
The tracklisting is:
'Another Song'
'What Goes Around Comes Around'
'Crowd Control' (feat. Nelly Furtado)
'Lines' (feat. Timbaland)
'The One You Have Not Seen'
'Help Me Breathe'
'Lose Your Way' (feat. Mario)
'Nocturne' (feat. India Arie)
'I Walk Alone'
'No Connection'
'The Darkest Childe'
'My Love' (feat. T.I)
'Your Tongue Like The Sun In My Mouth'
He has also revealed some US dates for his'Sexyback Club Tour'. It will call at:
Anaheim House of Blues (October 8)
Hollywood House of Blues (11)
Las Vegas House of Blues (12)
San Diego House of Blues (14)
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Cats scratch for three reasons.
a. To condition their front claws. You will notice that they scratch off the old claws which can be seen lying at the bottom of the scratching post. But this is the least of the reasons!
b. To leave a territorial message, which varies from "Cat George was here†to "Look at me. I am scratching.†This is a visual message and also a scent message — from the scent glands on their paws. Other cats can recognise feline friends by the scent from scratching and they may be able to tell if the scratcher is in search of a mate. All this information is conveyed at a distance. The scratch is a kind of Post-It note left for others and also as a reminder to the scratcher, himself.
c. They have a need to top up an existing scent marked scratch area regularly with new scent. Therefore once they have a scratching place, they will continue to use it. This may be a way of updating the information conveyed by the first scratch!
If cats get anxious or stressed, they will scratch more or in new places. Using a water pistol on an already scratching cat will therefore make it even more worried. It may even turn from scratching to spraying. So NEVER punish or frighten a scratching cat.
Cats also use scratching as a way of asserting themselves and will scratch in the presence of another cat.
Finally some cats scratch to get your attention. They often will look at you as they start scratching. Saying No or shouting at it IS attention. If your cat is an attention seeker make sure you don't 'reward' it. Walk out of the room when it scratches.
Buy (or make) a scratching post or a scratching pad large enough for the cat to scratch at full height. If your cat likes catnip, try spraying the post to get the moggy interested. Praise it and give it treats when it scratches the right thing. (Avoid a carpet covered one since the cat may start scratching at carpets in general.) It is said that vertical stripes encourage scratching. Prime the scratching post by scraping a screw up and down the scratching area so that it is roughened up and inviting.
Some cats scratch indoors, because they have failed to learn how to scratch trees out of doors. Spray catnip on tree trunks, in dry weather, if the cat likes catnip. Reward the cat with treats when you see it scratching a tree. Even so, it will probably still need to scratch indoors as its main territory is indoors.
If your cat scratches in more than one room, install a post in each room.
DON'T CHANGE THE SCRATCHING POST
If possible never change the scratching post. The messier and tattier it is, the more it is impregnated with the "Scratch me' message. You may prefer a new scratching post. Your cat won't.
Don't move the post. Cats like things to remain the same. If you MUST move it, move it about two inches every three days, making sure the cat is still using it before the next small move.
Place the post in front of, or over the previous scratching area/item. This old area should be covered with a non-scratchable substance like thick plastic from DIY store, or tinfoil. When the new scratch post is well established, you can remove the plastic cover. If this goes smoothly you can then move the scratching post, a few inches every 3 days, to a better area in the house.
If the cat continues to scratch the old area, this is because it is more attractive than the scratch post. The old area still SMELLS like the place to scratch so the cat keeps topping it up. If you can do so, cover this area with something that can be transferred to the scratching post. Ie. a piece of cloth or newspaper which, impregnated by the scratch scent, is then tacked on to the scratching post. (Not carpet which may encourage scratching on other bits of carpet!).
You can also try putting Repel-all, Pet Behave training spray or oil of citronella on the old unwanted (to you) scratching area. Or rub orange peel on it. Tack cooking foil on the affected area.
Easiest of all is a product called Sticky Paws sometimes found in some mail order catalogues like Scotts of Snow. Check with www.stickypaws.com. Or buy double sided carpet tape from a DIY or online store (www.stikatak.co.uk). This is what I use on furniture and it works. Much cheaper but not as nice looking a sticky paws. The sticky outside deters them.
You can also use self adhesive covering film, the sort sold at stationers for covering books, maps etc. This protects the furniture area though it is a less strong deterrent. It can be carefully adjusted and looks better than double sided carpet tape! IN the UK it is called cover clear and made by www.tenzatech.com. Or Fablon at www.hainteriors.com
There's a spray, Feliway, available from vets that mimics the scent mark made by cats when they rub their chin against something. Where they chin rub, they rarely scratch. 'Feliway may help to stop cats scratching the furniture. Use a single squirt on the affected area each day.' says Professor Daniel Mills, professor of behavioural medicine at Lincoln University, which runs an animal behaviour clinic. 'But they need somewhere else to scratch.' You will need to use Feliway every day for 21 days sprayed on to all unwanted scratch sites. A reader tells me that this works.
I have a list of things that stress cats, which may account for extra scratching, which is one my website. A plug-in device called the Feliway Diffuser from your vet gives off a relaxing (to cats) scent. It lasts about 4 weeks, and covers a 50-70 square foot area. This can help in cases of stress.
It's said that cats are particularly attracted to wallpaper with a vertical pattern — so avoid up and down stripes if possible! There are two methods of stopping cats scratching wallpaper other than simply covering it with netting or plastic. One is to bang in long nails into the wall above the scratches, and hang bits of string down so that the cat have to push their claws through the string. They don't like this but then it's not so good for the wall either!
The second method is to get double sided sticky tape or wire netting or Prickler wall strips and put these on the floor, where the cat's back legs are while it scratches. (You can't really put this on the wall!) Thus the cat won't be able to stand in the place and therefore cannot scratch. You MUST provide an alternative scratching area otherwise it will just scratch on wallpaper elsewhere.
Cats scratch outside doors to get our attention. We then let them in. So scratching outside a door trains humans very well indeed. The only possible way to stop this will be stop rewarding the scratching, ie. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR. It will take two to three weeks minimum for the cat to learn that scratching doesn't pay off. I have to say that I don't think I could manage this, because I would weaken. This is going to take so much human self control that it will be difficult to manage. If it really matters to you, then buy some transparent thick plastic from a DIY store – the kind that covers carpets on heavily used walking areas. Tack this down in front of the door where the cat scratches. Then place double sided sticky tape on top of the plastic. Cats don't like sticky surfaces. And then start your three week programme of never ever responding when the cat scratches to be let in.
A Cats Protection supporter came up with the idea that you attach to the bottom of the door a flap of wood/plastic on a piano hinge which folds upwards and is kept up with some kind of turnbuckle. When the flap is up, you can move the door. But when you are shutting the door, you let down the flap so that it covers the carpet next to the door – ie the cat will not have a carpet area to scratch. A secondary flap from the main flap turns outward to protect the area just at the side of the door, if needed. The Cat Magazine Nov/Dec 2001 p 22.
To stop cats walking on mantlepieces, make seesaws from pencils and cardboard sheet. Boobytrap one end with empty beer cans. The idea is to make the pencil the fulcrum with the cardboard on top of it. Cats dislike unstable surfaces. The beercans are there so that they fall off with a clatter when the cat jumps on the other end of the cardboard. Or try putting aluminium cooking foil along the mantlepiece. Cats dislike walking on it.
Consult Scratching or clawing in the house on www.fabcats.org


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Whenever we try to change a behavior, whether it is a dog's or a person's, we are using certain rules that apply to how beings learn. How we use those laws of Learning Theory will determine how successful we are in changing behavior. The laws are in effect, even if unintentional. This workshop will teach you the basics of Learning Theory and how it relates to positively training your dog.
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Birth Control Pills Make You Fatter
This is one that many women undoubtedly fear. "The pill," after all, does cause users to retain more fluid, which can make them feel that their breasts, thighs and hips are expanding [source: Mayo Clinic]. But as the scientific journal Nature reported in 2006, researchers who surveyed data from 44 studies on the subject concluded that there's no evidence that using contraceptives causes an increase in weight.
The studies also found that contraceptives had little effect on boosting appetite − a common explanation for the extra pounds. When the pill was introduced in the 1960s, it had very high levels of estrogen, which does increase appetite and fluid retention. The current version of the oral contraceptive has much lower levels [source: Gaither].
That doesn't mean that women don't sometimes gain weight after starting on the pill. But as David Grimes, one of the researchers, explained to Nature, the reason is most people of both sexes gain weight as they age − about 1 pound (2 kilograms) per year. But that's not a reality that any of us like to face, so we tend to look for other explanations [source: Hopkin].
Author's Note: 10 Causes of Weight Gain That Doctors Have Changed Their Minds About
It was interesting to research this article because I've been listening to friends tout the effectiveness of various exotic diet regimens over the years, even though none of them actually seem to lose that many pounds. I have to confess that I've never tried any of them, myself. Instead, I've just gotten in the habit of eating smaller meals than I did when I was in my 20s, and continued to exercise regularly. I'm more concerned with how I feel and what I can do physically than with numbers on the scale. Managing stress and getting enough sleep are bigger concerns to me.
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Crytek GmbH has today announced today that it has acquired all assets and business of Free Radical Design Limited. The Nottingham based developer is best known for the multi-award winning TimeSplitters series. The studio will now be integrated into Crytek's network.
"We're very excited about this step to expand Crytek into the UK with such an experienced and highly talented team," said Avni Yerli, Managing Director of Crytek. "Free Radical Design is a great fit to Crytek and its culture, given that Free Radical has a proven track record on delivering high quality games. The combination of this team, the Crytek network and our CryENGINE technology will be a foundation for outstanding gaming experiences and a magnet for the best talent in the UK."


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By JASON KING
Leader sportswriter
The Beebe Lady Badgers wrapped up tournament play in the Cabot Pre-Holiday Tournament with a 58-48 victory over Searcy in the fifth-place game on Saturday afternoon.
Junior guard Kalela Miller led the way for the Lady Badgers with 26 points while senior Jamie Jackson added 20 points to make up the bulk of Beebe's scoring. Defensively, the Lady Badgers held Searcy junior post player and former teammate Angelina Williams to six points and also limited the 6-4 college prospect's rebounding. Williams went scoreless for the Lady Lions in the fourth quarter as Beebe added to its margin late.
The defensive job on Williams was just part of an overall defensive push in the second half for Beebe.
"We knew a little bit about her, and I'm sure that helped us a little," Beebe coach Greg Richey said of containing Williams. "But we tightened up defensively on everyone in the second half, and she kind of fell into that. I think it motivated the girls – it really motivated Kalela. Anytime you go up against an old teammate, it brings out your best."
Williams was starting post player for the Lady Badgers last year as a sophomore, and quickly attracted college interest with her large 6-4 frame, but returned to Searcy for her junior season.
Senior Whitney Emison added five points for the Lady Badgers while Sydney Gunter, Annlee Glass and Mackenzie Bingham each finished with two points.
Bingham, a sophomore reserve point guard, has developed into a consistent contributor for the Lady Badgers as a backup to Jackson.
"She's a 10th grader trying to get used to senior-high basketball," Richey said.
"She's a point, and we use her to give Jamie a break, and then sometimes we move Jamie around and try different things with her. She's adjusting to that, and she keeps working hard every day. She could be a big contributor for us before the year is out," the coach added.
The Lady Badgers played at Vilonia last night after Leader deadlines and will host JA Fair on Friday.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
SPORTS STORY >> Defense does job for Beebe
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Hey all! Here's some jams from my current playlist :)
1) Tegan And Sara - Walking With A Ghost
2) FloRida - Whistle
3) Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes
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Saturday 17th September at Horizon Community College
This year will be the 10th Midnight Walk and to celebrate their not only taking you 'Back to the 60's', their also going back to a midnight start.
Walk in memory of a friend or loved one, as a way of keeping fit or simply to do something a little different on a Saturday night – whatever your reasons, please remember that you will of course be generating essential funds for Barnsley Hospice.
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Kaitlyn Molito - 2016 Essay
I take a breath, the spotlights hit, and the music starts. I pour my soul into a routine as I'm up on the stage with friends close enough to consider family. As the lyrics resonate in my mind and I move my body in intricate ways, I am living. In my heart I have always known that the essence of being alive is dancing. Dance is important because it's the segway to another world; a world where the stress is relieved and the pressures of life are whisked away. It's a world that welcomes self-expression and creativity with open arms. Dance gives me a break from reality; it's like a mystical door to an alternate world. Dancing has given me the confidence to conquer obstacles in all aspects of my life. If I'm having a bad day, or feeling as if I'm just not good enough, I remember the empowerment I feel when dancing. I think about how I can grace the stage and display passion through my facials or through a particular way of kicking my foot. When I ponder on all of these things, I realize that I do have a place in this world. My place, as I've come to find out, is on the stage. Performing has taught me that if I can expose my deepest emotions to whole audiences of people, I can surely overcome any hardships life throws at me. Throughout the teenage years, it can be extremely difficult to love yourself. Distorted ideas of perfection stemming from edited photoshoots have allowed a whole generation of young girls to be self-conscious about how they are perceived by society. Dance is the one consistent factor in my life that has ensured me that I'm beautiful in my own way, and that I don't need to fit any certain mold to be extraordinary. When I take that bow and the awe-struck audience cheers, I know that there is nothing in this world I can't do.
Kaitlyn Molito (age 14)
Onstage Theatre
Whitman, MA


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We have had a large amount of fabric arriving for fall (3 skids so far!). Here are a few of the latest!
Beautiful Baby Panel from Riley Blake. This one is 8.99 and comes in three colors. One thing that I love about it is along the selvage there are 9 quilt labels for you to use - one for the panel and 8 extra for other projects! Click here to purchase it online:
Click here to shop for them online: Batik Fabrics
Another fabulous group from Robert Kaufman is Metro living. These dots, rings and medallion prints are fashion forward and inspired for garments, bags and modern quilts.
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