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I've been using a Kindle since the second version came out about a year and a half ago. I also work on an iPad and use the Kindle app there.
When eBooks first came out, I was hesitant. I like having the physical copy. Over time I've come around. I love having any book I want to read with me at any time. I love being able to skim my highlights. It's great to be able to pick up where I left off and keep reading on my phone, computer, iPad or Kindle.
I also love how e-readers force you to focus on one page at a time. With thicker books, I'd often find myself flipping through what I had remaining to see how much I had left in a chapter or what was coming up next. But with the Kindle, I just read a page, push a button, read the next page, push the button. Before I know it, the book is gone. After reading Good Calories, Bad Calories a year and a half ago, I was shocked to pick it up in the store and see how thick it was. If I had purchased the hard copy, I might have never gotten around to reading it due to sheer intimidation.
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Since the new TV show based on Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shephard is premiering tonight on ABC Family, I thought I would post my review of the book today. The TV show looks pretty good, and I'm excited to see how they interpret the book!
Everyone has something to hide—especially high school juniors Spencer, Aria, Emily, and Hanna.
Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful.
But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished.
How do I know? Because I know everything about the bad girls they were, the naughty girls they are, and all the dirty secrets they've kept. And guess what? I'm telling (Source:Goodreads).
Most of my thoughts about the books are about the characters themselves…so I thought I'd try something a little different for this review and just talk about each of the four girls.
I feel sorry for Hanna. Her character goes through what a lot of YA characters do. She is insecure when the book starts off and the girls are just finishing seventh grade. She is overweight, and her friends and family aren't very supportive. In fact, her dad is dating someone new with a daughter her age that is beautiful and he clearly favors her over Hanna! I'm not at all surprised that, because of these factors (as well as the stress caused by Alison's disappearance) she ends up with an eating disorder. She does turn out to be one of the most popular and beautiful girls in high school, but she is still miserable. I hope she grows to love herself as the series goes on, but I have my doubts that it will happen anytime soon.
This poor girl…she is confused. She has a boyfriend, but are he and the swim team enough to keep her distracted from thoughts of the new girl at school, Mia? The fact that Mia moves into Alison's old house -and her old room-probably don't help her confusion. Will the threats from the mysterious "A" be enough to keep her from finding out what she really wants?
Fresh off the plane from Iceland, she wastes no time in falling for a man she meets in a bar. When he turns out to be her English teacher…many complications and devious maneuvers come into play. Will she convince him that they should still see each other, even though she fibbed just a bit about her age and he is her teacher? Will the weird messages from "A" ruin things before she even has a chance?
Of all four girls, I relate to Spencer the most and I also feel the sorriest for her. I relate to her over-achiever side. She works so hard to live up to her older sister, but still always feels like she is falling short. When she does finally accomplish something she and her whole family can be proud of, they all turn against her. Her parents actually tell her they can't stand the sight of her. That was hard to read. I would feel so horrible in that situation, it would be a nightmare.

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Written on November 6, 2015 at 8:55 am, by Megan
Today I'm sharing a handmade gift tutorial (and a bonus idea) using rukristin stamps to make your own fabric patterns.
I use rukristin stamps in my paper crafting all of the time, so I thought it would be fun to show you a gift that steps away from the paper! … Continue
Written on December 13, 2013 at 10:48 am, by Megan
When we bought our Christmas tree this year, the nice guy at the hardware store sawed off the bottom layer of branches for us so I wouldn't scratch my eyes out trying to water the darn thing. Also, cutting away that layer leaves room for presents. Presents! Instead of leaving … Continue
Written on October 9, 2013 at 9:41 am, by Megan
Last weekend, we decided to add a little color and music to our herb garden with a windchime basket planter! This is a project we could all work on as a family, because there are kid friendly aspects to this project (adding beads) and grown-up parts (tying knots). We cranked … Continue
Written on August 13, 2013 at 5:23 pm, by Megan
I love documenting vacations, and I almost almost always make small books in some form or another to house vacation memories. My favorite vacations have been to beaches (though that hasn't happened for a depressingly long time). I like reliving those beach memories through scrapbooking until I can get … Continue
Written on April 26, 2013 at 10:20 am, by Megan
Sometimes experiments go a little wrong and a cover-up operation is in order. I decided to use a vintage ledger book I found at an estate sale for a gardening journal project, using handmade stamp I created as an example for a tip for transferring images over at Document Life … Continue
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The February assignment for Ali Edward's One Little Word workshop was all about creating a vision board. I've created quite a few collages in my day, but this prompt came right after I sold all of our extra magazines. And I'm not about to cut into our vast Wired or … Continue
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I'm over on Punk Projects today sharing a Hand Painted Word Mug DIY! Go check it out to learn how you can make a statement with your morning cup.… Continue
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I finally finished my base for December Daily today! Yes, I know it's December 3. It took a lot longer than I expected. And I'm not done with my December 1 & 2 pages yet (I should be posting them tomorrow with the 3rd… as long as I don't run … Continue
Written on October 11, 2012 at 1:57 pm, by Megan
To celebrate our October Project Challenge to make something seasonal, we're showing you how to make our Halloween headbands! We sold these as limited editions in 2009 in our shop and they were super popular.
That pumpkin one up there even made it to Etsy's front page!
We're not making … Continue
Written on October 3, 2012 at 1:42 pm, by Megan
I got a few questions about how I knitted a cover for the art journal I used in my Living my Length and Width post (also featured in the Document Life Workshop challenge to Use Your Mail), so I thought I'd tell you how I did it! This isn't … Continue


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2011 World 1500m champion Jenny Simpson released the following statement on her website, http://www.trackjenny.com/, about leaving coach Juli Benson and switching back to her college coach Mark Wetmore :
"I have enjoyed and will forever appreciate the past three years that I have spent training under the coaching of Juli Benson with her team at the Air Force Academy. I am enormously appreciative of the generosity of both Juli and the Air Force Academy. Their support saw me through a difficult injury in 2010, raised me to the pinnacle of the sport in 2011, and facilitated my second berth on the United States Olympic Team in 2012.
As I continue in my pursuit to be the best athlete I can be I will be moving back to Boulder and continue my career under the coaching of Mark Wetmore and Heather Burroughs. I'm excited about the coming months of training and for my friendships both in Boulder and Colorado Springs." - Jenny Simpson


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Today is a beautiful day and would perfect for a sailboat ride. Today I used the Joset Design Boat, Lighthouse and Rainbow Sky die sets to create this card.
Using the wave die from the Boat die set, three sets of waves were die cut. Using a white opaque pen, white caps were created on each wave. The there sets of waves were attached to another piece of blue card stock that was cut slightly uneven for the far edge of the ocean. The waves were attached to a piece of light blue card stock. A piece of brown card stock, was cut with scissors, to resemble a shore line and glued to the bottom of the card.
All the pieces for the sailboat were die cut using Joset's Boat die set. To decorate the sails, one of the Bead Strings 2 dies was used to create blue strips. The boat was tucked down in the bottom row of waves.
Joset Design Lighthouse was die cut using two shades of tan card stock. It was glued to the left edge of the card, leaving part of it off. Scissors were used to trim along the edge.
The clouds and sun were die cut using dies from Joset's Rainbow Sky die set. To finish the card, one of the sentiments in the Joset Designs Ahoy Sentiments clear rubber stamps was stamped on the bottom of the card.
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Here is a unique guide devoted exclusively to a new and innovative area of mathematical study. The volume, prepared by internationally known experts in computational group theory, provides a systematic source of examples of finite perfect groups. Approaching the subject from both a theoretical and practical standpoint, this book includes discussion of the classification of finite perfect groups of small order and the use of infinite perfect groups to construct infinite sequences of finite perfect groups. These discussions will also provide informative material on subgraphs and asymptotic behavior. The second part of this valuable reference, which can be utilized independently or as part of a unified whole, gives the reader two sets of tables which provide fast access to most perfect groups of order up to one million, as well as low-dimensional perfect (crystallographic) space groups.
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Limited edition art print of the fast fiesta, the Ford Fiesta ST 2014-17.
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Nix, Gleason and Prince return to defend championship
Nix was a member of the Sugar Land Skeeters in the inaugural season (2012) and will become the first Skeeter to play in all six seasons. The 33-year-old right-hander was first drafted in 2005 by the Atlanta Braves (11th round) out of Auburn University where he played with 2015 MVP Josh Donaldson (TOR) during the 2005 season. Nix spent four seasons in the Atlanta Braves system, advancing as high as Triple-A in 2008 with the Richmond Braves. He was signed twice out of Sugar Land, by the Chicago White Sox in 2013 and by the San Diego Padres the following year.
Nix began last season with Triple-A Saltillo (MEX) and Triple-A Aguascalientes (MEX), going 7-8 with 65 strikeouts in 107.0 innings pitched before returning to Sugar Land in August. Last season with the Skeeters he posted a 3.12 ERA and went 2-1 with six starts and 30 strikeouts after going 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA with the club in 2015. Nix made one start in the playoffs with the Skeeters and picked up the win tossing six shutout innings in a 2-0 victory over the Long island Ducks, giving Sugar Land a 2-0 lead in the best of five series for the 2016 Atlantic League Championship. As a Skeeter, Michael has a career record of 20-15 (3.32 ERA) and an overall minor league career record of 83-57 (3.89 ERA).
Eight-year professional baseball veteran Josh Prince returns to the Skeeters after playing his first full season with the club last year. The Lake Charles, Louisiana native began his college career at the University of Texas where he hit .371 and was a freshman All-American before finishing his career back home at Tulane University. While at Tulane he led the nation in stolen bases (48) and hit .353, which helped him to his eventual draft by the Milwaukee Brewers (3rd round) in 2009. Prince spent five seasons in the Brewers system, making his major league debut with the team in 2013.
After splitting time with Double-A Erie in the Detroit Tigers system in 2015, he finished the last two months of the season in the Atlantic League with the Bridgeport Bluefish before joining the Skeeters last year. Prince was a catalyst for the Skeeters as the leadoff hitter last season, owning 24 stolen bases with a career total of 274. He was also an integral part of Sugar Land's championship, leading the team with nine RBI in six playoff games including a grand slam in Game 3 of the Freedom Division Championship. The 8-6 extra innings win in this game would solidify a three-game sweep against York to put the Skeeters in the championship round for the second time in franchise history. The Skeeters would continue on to sweep the Long Island Ducks and win their first ever ALPB Championship title.
Gleason, 31, returns to the Skeeters after joining the team late in the season last year. The right-hander was originally drafted by the Boston Red Sox (25th round) in 2006 out of Lamar Community College (Lamar, CO) and by the Baltimore Orioles (20th round) the following year, advancing as high as Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides in 2012. In his first full season of professional baseball in 2008, he was 12-2 posting a 2.63 ERA with the Delmarva Shorebirds of the South Atlantic League (BAL). While with the Frederick Keys of the Carolina League (BAL) in 2011, Gleason had a career-high 32 saves in 50 games.
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L'AIGUILLON-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy promised on Monday to investigate how sea levees broke during heavy storms at the weekend, unleashing floods that killed at least 51 people.
Sarkozy visited the coastal town of L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer, the hardest hit area of France where 25 bodies have been recovered after a dike collapsed, causing sudden overnight flooding that trapped many victims in their beds.
"We have to find out how families in France in the 21st century can be surprised in their sleep and drowned in their own houses," Sarkozy said afterwards at a meeting with local authorities in the western city of La Rochelle.
"We have to shed light as urgently as possible on this unacceptable and incomprehensible drama," he said.
The government has declared a natural disaster, which will enable victims to claim compensation and free up insurance flooding claims and it has also announced it will seek European Union aid for the region.
Sarkozy, who pledged 3 million euros (2.7 million pounds) to help victims, said there would be a detailed examination of the causes of the disaster, a plan to strengthen sea levees and emergency help for farmers.
He said he wanted to avoid hasty conclusions but he added it was important to draw lessons from the disaster which has already prompted questions about building rules on the coast and the safety of sea levees.
"It shouldn't stop us analysing the levees, their solidity, their adaptability to current conditions and there is urban planning as well. You can't just build anywhere," he said.
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I just realized I haven't posted a recipe for chicken broth. Blasphemy I tell you! There is no other staple more important in a properly stocked kitchen then homemade broth or stock. It is the quintessential base for any good dish. Look into any proper restaurant kitchen in the world and there will be a huge pot of broth or stock brewing. What's the difference between broth and stock? Most chefs use the terms interchangeably but apparently broth contains meaty portions whereas stock does not. Also from my understanding broth is more flavorful and contains spices and seasoning. So I guess what I am talking about here will be broth!
If you have never made homemade broth or stock, don't despair. It is quite easily one of the simplest things to prepare. All it takes is a little bit of planning and lots of time to let it simmer. You can easily put a pot on at night and let it simmer while you sleep. I make broth every couple of weeks and rotate between chicken, beef, and vegetable. The only type I haven't made yet is fish broth. You can freeze broth in individual containers and pull out as much as you need when you need it. If you've never made broth before, I HIGHLY recommend you give it a try this weekend.
With all the commercial broths that are readily available in the grocer, it seems like there is no need to make your own. But buyer beware, those broths are not what they seem. Most of them are loaded with monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is a powerful excitotoxin that can make you fat and cause brain damage. Dr. Russell Blaylock wrote about the damaging effects of MSG in Excitotoxins; The Taste That Kills. MSG has even been used by drug companies to study their drugs on mice. They induce the mice with MSG which makes them fat. Unfortunately it also causes a world of other damaging effects so I can't imagine that the drug companies are getting proper research feedback from these mice. Another reason so many studies are foul.
So what about the broths out there that contain no MSG? Well, those are more or less flavored water with quite a bit of sodium added. They don't come close to containing the essential nutrients that homemade broth contains nor the gelatin and antioxidants. So if you are simply looking for flavor, yes those will do (although I still don't think the flavor comes close to homemade). But if what you really want is the nutrient value of homemade broth, there is no second choice.
Benefits Of Homemade Broth:
- Contains and array of minerals to promote strong healthy bones. Most of us are lacking in the mineral department and could use some added help in this arena. Stocks and broths that are properly prepared contain the minerals of bone, cartilage, marrow, and vegetables as electrolytes, a form that is easy to assimilate.
- Aids in digestion. The gelatin attracts water in the digestive system to aid in gut healing and digestion.
- Contains numerous nutrients. Broth is more than simply flavored liquid. It contains vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids in an easily digested form.
- Aids in the treatment of cancer and bone disorders.The cartilage in broths have been used with remarkable results in the treatment of cancer and bone disorders as well as treating rheumatoid arthritis and other ailments.
- Helps prevent and mitigate infectious disease.The high amount of quality nutrients and help battle infections and aid in healing.
- Reduces joint pain and inflammation.Again, this has to do with the cartilage which supplies chondroitin sulfates, glucosamine, and other compounds.
- Promotes healthy hair and nail growth.
- Chicken (Include 1 whole free-range raw chicken in your broth and any leftovers to include carcasses, wings, etc. When I bake a chicken I will take the innards and leftover carcass and freeze it to use for my next batch of broth.)
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 4-5 carrots
- 2 large onions
- 4-5 celery stalks
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 Kombu Stalk, optional (Seaweed that is high in iron, calcium, vitamin A and C)
- 4-5 quarts filtered water
- Cut Chicken into several pieces, separating the wings and legs.
- Scrub celery and carrots and cut celery, carrots and onions into large chunks.
- Place everything in a stock pot, except parsley, and let stand for 30 minutes to an hour.
- Bring ot a boil and remove sum that rises to the top by continuously skimming.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 6 to 24 hours. The longer you cook the stock, the richer, more nutritious and flavorful it will be.
- About 10 minutes before you finish the stock, add the parsley. This adds additional mineral ions to the broth.
- Now the fun part! Let partially cool then start removing everything in the stock. Pull the chicken out and separate the meat from the bone. Use the meat for salads or other dishes or for chicken soup. Discard the onions and feed the celery and carrots to your dogs… Or compost. Strain the stock before it completely cools. Once cooled, the stock will set as a gelatin. This is how you know you did a good job.
- You can store stock or broth in your fridge for 5 days.
- It will freeze for several months.
- Freeze in ice cube trays or jars and be sure to label.
Hints, Tips, and Tricks
- If you have produce that is going bad, simply freeze it and label it and use it for your next batch of stock.
- You can add any root into stock for added nutrients and flavor. Think of using things like potatoes or daikon radishes. Just remember, if something has a strong flavor, it is going to flavor your stock.
- Add spices such as green pepper, bay leaves (but only use one) and salt. Don't salt until near the end though.
- Don't have much freezer space. After you strain off your stock, bring to a simmer again and simmer down until syrupy (a demi-glaze). Then all you have to do is add water to bring it back. Takes up much less space in your freezer.


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Her husband Stefan was at the finish line when his wife crossed -- just ten minutes before the explosions.
"I mean it's surreal in the sense of processing the images of the day -- thinking of the people we saw -- hoping and praying they're o.k. My wife was really shaken up. She had just been in that area and hearing what happened and the persepctive of seeing those faces of people who had rooted her on."
It was a local community effort to help raise the funds so Jen could run in the marathon.
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Ardnamurchan Point
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There's a saying amongst outdoor enthusiasts in Scotland that goes "west is best", and if you believe that then Ardnamurchan Point should be at the top of your travel shortlist. The isolated headland is the westernmost spot accessible by road in Great Britain, i.e. not counting the islands, and excluding roadless Corrachadh Mòr a mile to the south which juts out just a few metres further. Getting here from the rest of Scotland involves a remarkable journey through very remote terrain indeed. Negotiating the compulsory hour or more of tortuous single track roads takes you past wonderful coastal vistas and through some of the country's last surviving oakwoods - this is a region richer in wildlife than almost anywhere else in the country. So the relative metropolis of a lighthouse, visitor centre, large car park and coffee shop might come as bit of a surprise. Come here for the journey, the views out to sea, and just to say you've done it. The exhibition is interesting but touring the lighthouse itself mostly consists of climbing lots of stairs (shouldn't that have been obvious?): although the views are good at the top, they're not bad down below either.
|[Looking north from the foghorn towards the Small Isles]
📌 Ardnamurchan Point ★★★☆☆
Location: Minor road end 5 miles west of Kilchoan, G.R.: NM 415675 ///overheat.into.weeks
📌 Ardnamurchan Lighthouse ★★★☆☆
Description: Far-flung lighthouse and visitor centre with interesting exhibition and cafe.
Location: Ardnamurchan Point, G.R.: NM 416675 ///test.bookshelf.rested
Open (2019): Daily, April to October. The website recommends booking the lighthouse tour in advance.
Cost (2019): Lighthouse tour & exhibition: £7.50 (adults), £5.50 (children)
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Well! I had a fine surprise today when I tried to set up a Countdown event for Charlotte Kills. Before doing so with any book, the price must have been unchanged for at least thirty days. I decided to publish CK at the $3.99 price rather than run an introductory special, further delaying the Countdown.
Sorry for the confusion. I'll list the dates of the sliding price scale before the Countdown in August. Till then, I'll make lemonade by using this month to try to gain some first reviews and generate some word of mouth.
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At Paul Masons Fitness we believe that the foods we choose to eat shape our lives. This is why optimal nutrition underpins everythin we do.
You will not find your self on a calorie restricted diet leaving your body feeling stressed (and you tired and hungry) fighting to get back to where it was before; but we will introduce you to a method of eating that is based on knowing how and why to make the right choices.
What we do
We assess your current nutrition intake and eating habits via a questionnaire and by asking you to complete a comprehensive Food Diary. We then utilise structured goal setting to understand what you want to achieve, and develop a personalised food programme that works for you. We continually refine your programme to ensure you remain motivated, happy and energised.
You will also learn moderation and gain an understanding how you can enjoy the occasional indulgence without it affecting your overall goals or feeling guilty.
Nutritional Guidance and support comes as part of a Personal Training programme purely focused on helping you to develop life-long healthy eating habits, that you can in turn use to positively influence family and friends.
Facts about Nutrition
The answers to most health concerns are often found in the diet and subsequently how the body reacts to these foods. However, in todays world of fast food and fad diets and conflicting messages it is not always ease to make the right food choices. This is where we can help.
Look and feel better than ever.
A sensible and sustainable healthy eating & supplementation plan can assist with a wide range of health issues. To help with this, we will evaluate your nutrition profile and provide you with a tailor made programme to help you look and feel better than ever. Find out more… For further information on our dietary and nutrition service,.
You are what you eat
This article covers an optimal approach to nutrition for anybody who trains, works out, engages in sports or has athletic hobbies, wants to live healthier and just plain wants to have a better looking (and working) body. This information and example plans is not aimed at any specific bodybuilding or strength discipline (although it certainly applies to you as well) but offers a foundation for overall physique improvement.
Very few of us think about it as we grow up, seeing food as either simple sustenance or something enjoyable; but everything we eat and drink has a fundamental effect on how we look and feel. Without food and drink we die but too much of the wrong foods and drinks and we can kill ourselves with disease and dysfunction. And what of those of us who not only wish to survive but want an optimal body and mind? You need an optimal nutrition plan.
Our blood and many of the tissues in our body are gradually replaced every six months of our life due to cellular turnover. Our entire skeleton is impressively rebuilt over about two years using the materials we provide our complex systems with. What is this raw material we are built from? Food and drink. Our bodies are complex survival machines and they can certainly scavenge and try their best with sub-optimal materials but for a body that operates at peak efficiency, for hormone levels that regulate us to maximum performance, for focus, drive and energy to complete and compete at the highest level, for the ability to fight chronic damage and disease before it affects our integral health – we need to give our body optimal materials to work with.
Does this apply to me?
You don't have to be a competitive athlete to benefit from improved nutrition. Whatever your goals we can all benefit from lower body fat, more lean muscle, more energy, more focus and less disease and injury. Whether you are a professional athlete looking to raise your game or just looking to tone up at the gym you will make virtually no progress without optimal nutrition on your side. No matter how hard you work out, how many hours you spend pushing yourself, you are missing a huge part of the puzzle without understanding proper nutrition.
Eating like an Athlete
There are a number of principles that an athletic diet considers. It's difficult to judge exactly what percentage of your performance and physique owe to nutrition but somewhere in the region of 50% – 80% of all your health, fitness and athletic goals will require a fundamentally athletic approach to eating and drinking.
Optimal Nutrition covers all the bases. It improves health and longevity, avoiding poor nutritional related disease and deficiency, it aids sporting activity with increased focus and energy and it can completely alter your physique by forcing your body to eat body fat for fuel and add healthy metabolically active lean muscle.
Lean gain nutrition
The general principles of this plan do not apply to massive weight gain or loss. In fact on most optimal programmes your weight on the scales may not alter significantly at all unless you are carrying extreme amounts of fat. Generally you will be reducing unnecessary body fat and adding lean muscle tissue in its place. By gaining 10 pounds of lean tissue and dropping 10 pounds of excess stored fat you will notice no scale change at all but your body will be leaner, harder, more fit and athletic looking and vastly healthier overall. Remember the scales can be a useful tool in certain circumstances but judgement in the mirror or on before and after photographs is much more direct.
This is the difference between losing 'weight' and losing 'fat'. Starve yourself and you'll rapidly lose weight, but a lot of this weight is really stored glycogen and lean muscle tissue and you can expect crashing energy levels, sickness and a less than improved body shape. Build a body that is powerful, fit and energetic and it will rapidly shed excess fat and keep it off and you'll live each day with ample energy and a body that looks great in the mirror.
These principles apply equally to both men and women. Although men will generally be concerned with more muscle gain than women the essential outlines for optimal nutrition do not vary much except in individual calorie amounts which will be different for everybody and their eventual goals.
Calories and Hormones
The food and drink you consume contain a variety of measurable components. The simplest is calories. This is simply a measure of the raw energy food types and portions provide when digested in our bodies. The four macronutrients (Protein/Carbohydrates/Fats/Water) also have different profiles and effects in our bodies often by their cascade effect on the hormones in our bodies. These are huge in number but some of the common ones are the sex hormones – Testosterone and Estrogen which have a huge variety of effects in both male and female bodies and can be directly affected by our diets. Insulin and Leptin are the 'blood sugar' and 'Hunger' hormones and often considered the master hormones of the body. Different foods and food timings affect the release of Insulin and Leptin and their cascade affects on many of our biological pathways can make the difference between peak health and chronic disease, between a lean athletic body and an over fat one, between abundant energy and mental focus and continual exhaustion and poor mental ability.
The Optimal Nutrition plans help you manage and focus these hormones to take advantage of their useful central roles whilst avoiding the pit falls. By controlling the hormonal effect of nutrition you can improve recovery from exercise, ensure your body uses all the nutrients you provide it fully, reduce hunger and 'cravings' and improve your overall body composition.
Grazing not Gorging
Eating like an athlete requires a blend of the very old and the very new. The Optimal Nutrition Plan for Athletes will help you combine some of the latest advances in the science of sports nutrition whilst acknowledging the proper ancient dietary requirements humans have evolved with. In Western society today with our unusual abundance of processed and distorted foods all readily available, altered for look and taste and stuffed with simple refined sugars and synthetic chemical preservatives we have strayed a long way from the diet that our genes have literally designed us for.
The human body is more or less capable of adapting to most stresses by altering its body to achieve survival for the continuation of those genes. If we need to hunt fast moving prey we build stronger, faster muscles and we reward that metabolically expensive hunting with rich protein meat. We scavenged for fresh fruits, berries and wild vegetables and our bodies rapidly learnt to make use of all the nutrients contained in these. Our bodies also come equipped with virtually unlimited fat storage capability. In times of plenty we could store excess energy as fat and then use this when food became scarcer. Unfortunately today the vast availability of cheap, calorie dense and nutrient low junk foods means we can remain constantly full but with expanding fat storage and still be deprived of essential quality nutrients. We may rarely starve but we are often starving for essential vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients which result in chronic disease and malfunctioning bodies.
One of the chief ways to ensure we mimic the way our bodies were designed to best eat and process our food is to 'graze not gorge'. Gorging is only really of benefit when starvation is in prospect but to maintain a balance between avoiding hunger and getting enough essential food without overloading our hormones and causing excess fat storage we need to follow the example of our natural baby born instincts. This means eating approximately 6 meals a day. There is no magic reason for the number 6 for some people 5 or even 7 or 8 meals may be more beneficial but 6 is a good standard for those of us awake and working a normal day.
Eating 6 meals a day essentially means 'snacking' every 2 to 3 hours throughout the day. This has numerous benefits for our physique and athletic goals as well as our overall health. First and most simply we are never allowed to get overly hungry and begin to crave unhealthy sugars and fats simply to stop us feeling faint or ill. This helps maintain food discipline and make better food choices. When you eat regularly and at set times your body never enters the panic mode which causes it to crave emergency sugar for energy. Regular grazing also ensures we maintain a smooth insulin response to our meals. Insulin is released in response to food broken down in our digestive tract. Insulin is a double edged sword. It is the 'taxi' hormone shuttling toxic sugar out of our blood, pushing nutrients into damaged muscles, improving recovery and anabolic size gains by increasing growth factors and testosterone. Unfortunately too much insulin released at the wrong time, or when insulin becomes insensitive to healthy muscle tissues and we experience pre-diabetic conditions and sugars are rapidly stored as body fat. Eating small meals regularly ensures a healthy release of insulin which benefits our body but avoids the overloaded hormone response of eating a huge meal after hours of starvation.
Also as athletes or those aiming to have an improved physique or performance we are going to need lots of quality protein to repair and rebuild muscles, clean energy to power performance and access to the healthy fats that make up most of our joints, ligaments, brain matter, hormones and regulate virtually every cellular process in our bodies. Imagine eating all these in only two or three big meals. When our bodies are overloaded this way not only do we automatically put the body into fat storage mode and become sluggish and tired but we are also overloading our digestion and ensuring that much of the useful nutrients will simply be dumped from the body as waste products. Now, spread the exact same foods out over six smaller meals throughout your day and instantly your digestion never becomes overwhelmed and can sort these nutrients at a clear pace, using what is needed, wasting nothing and never leaving us bloated or with the post-meal 'crash' of tiredness and inability to concentrate.
Example Schedule:
7AM – Wake up, consume any pre cardio or morning workout supplements on an empty stomach.
7:30 AM – Breakfast. Whole food Protein and carbohydrate meal.
10:00 AM – Mid morning snack. Meal replacement shake.
12:30 PM – Lunch. Whole food Protein and carbohydrate meal.
3:30 PM – Mid afternoon snack. Meal replacement shake.
6:30 PM – Evening meal or post workout meal.
9:00 PM – Evening snack meal or slow digesting protein shake.
9:30 PM – Pre-bed hormone boosting supplements such as ZMA blends etc
10:00 PM – Sleep.
Macro (major) Nutrients is essentially talking about the big food type groupings, as opposed to micronutrients which refers to the tiny vitamins, minerals and other co-factors we need to ensure proper metabolic functioning and repair.
Macronutrients are divided into Proteins, Carbohydrates, Fats and Water.
Water: Approximately 70% of the human body is compromised of water. It is a part of every single cell and process that occurs inside us. Even with a loss of 2% of our water content can lead to drastic dehydration which causes mental disruption, fat gain, muscle loss, cramping, nerve damage and unless corrected rapidly, death. You simply cannot live without water first and foremost. Having established that our bodies are very good at making the best of a bad situation and will survive in a state of mild dehydration without much obvious complaint other than sub-optimal performance but rather than worrying about absolute minimal function let us concern ourselves with Optimised function.
It is extremely difficult to burn body fat in a dehydrated state. A body deprived of regular water will also learn to hold onto water as bloated water retention beneath the skin, giving a puffy look that obscures a hard physique. It may sound illogical at first but a body given regular water finds no need to hold onto water bloat and will be leaner and healthier than a body deprived of water.
Athletes and those engaged in sports and other physical activities will also use up a lot more water than sedentary individuals who do little physical work. The more exercise you do (and the warmer the surroundings or conditions) the more water you will need.
It is very difficult to overdose on water. It is technically possible to dilute the blood so much that major problems can occur but generally this requires such an acute over imbibing of water that it is virtually unheard of.
Do not rely on thirst to indicate proper water intake. Thirst only really activates when we are already dehydrated. If you sweat during exercise you need more water. There is no exact amount for everyone but for most people an extra two litres a day is a good starting point. You can count fruit juices and the water used to mix protein shakes however alcohol, teas and coffees can cause dehydration so do not count these liquids as part of your intake. On hot days or in warmer environments or when performing more demanding exercise you may need up to 2 extra litres above even this level.
If you have been chronically used to drinking less water you may find for the first few weeks on this Optimal Nutrition Plan you may need to urinate a lot more frequently however your body will eventually adjust to the intake and need less trips to the toilet. However a good indicator of water intake is fairly regular urination. If you don't urinate at least three times a day it's usually a good sign that you need more water urgently!
Water is the primary nutrient in your system. It may not be exciting or come in a flashy packet with promises of shredded abs and huge muscle gains but without a good supply of it you are sabotaging all of your efforts in both training and nutrition elsewhere. You cannot grow muscle tissue without water. You cannot burn body fat without water. You cannot perform physically or mentally at anywhere near peak levels without water.
It is a relatively easy change to your nutrition plans to have access to mineral water throughout your day. Plan ahead and never miss out. It's also perfectly acceptable to drink much of your extra water in between meals if you find that consuming a lot of water with food fills you up too quickly or causes digestive discomfort. You can add lemon or lime slices or other low sugar items to glasses of water for extra taste and pH balance if preferred.
A note about vitamin and herbal supplements and water intake- Many health professionals often remind us that urine should be clear to ensure we are properly hydrated and this is usually a sound point however if you are using certain high dose vitamin or mineral blends or supplements with certain food colourings you may find urine is discoloured even when proper water intake is used. For this reason if you are regularly using supplements it may be best to stick to frequency of urination and ensuring low water retention (puffiness) on the face and other problem areas to check your intake is on target.
Containing 4 calories per gram consumed protein is the complex formation of amino acids that are the fundamental building blocks of all organisms. Essentially protein is what your muscle tissue is made from. Virtually all people require a higher protein intake than is usual in a typical Western diet and with athletes, particularly those wanting muscular development, an even greater emphasis on protein is essential. There is some debate as to the optimal level of protein and it likely depends on both your individual metabolism and your particular activities and goals. Some people seem to function better on a very high protein intake, while others require a still higher than average but much less extreme intake. Generally 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight is a good initial starting point for virtually all athletic individuals – although expect to fine tune this as you go along.
Protein is present in meat, eggs, milk and yoghurts, cheeses and to a lesser extent beans, legumes and vegetables (although these tend to be incomplete proteins). There are also a large number of supplemental protein drinks, mixes and snacks that tend to be based around whey and casein (milk derived) proteins. Soy is also a controversial source of protein. Protein shakes are often the purest and most biologically active forms of protein however this does not mean you should neglect a foundation of good clean whole foods. Just remember that most whole food proteins tend to contain fats as well when working out your calorie and macronutrient ratios.
Although it is by no means impossible for protein to be turned into body fat it requires a lot of processes in the body and for this reason it is generally agreed that a higher protein diet usually results in less body fat storage.
You should eat protein with every meal, in whatever form you choose but there should never really be a call for any meal that is protein free in an Athletic Optimal Nutrition Plan.
Carbohydrates: Containing 4 calories per gram consumed Carbohydrates (Carbs) are the raw energy sources for the body. Carbohydrates are the double edged sword of food groups. They offer pure simple energy which burns cleanly in the body allowing general activity and sporting power and endurance. They can cause a powerful insulin response when eaten which helps drive nutrients and other essentials into hungry muscle tissue. They make us feel strong and full. Many carbs contain fibre which is an essential part of our digestion and overall health. Unfortunately carbohydrates that are unused, eaten at the wrong times or refined into simple sugars are rapidly turned into body fat as well as causing roller-coaster insulin spikes and elevated blood sugar levels – a dire spiral which brings fat burning to a halt, reduces efficiency and can eventually be implicated in diabetic conditions.
When manipulating carbohydrate levels it is often best to ensure that you have a specific goal in mind. For bulking diets or rapid fat loss diets please see the specific plans on this website. In terms of Optimal Nutrition carbohydrates are never ignored or minimized but we choose the best sources and ensure they are timed to coincide with our bodies responses for maximum energy and recovery without hindering fat loss.
Essential choice: Fruit and Veg: In terms of carbs our absolute best options will always be fruit and vegetables. These contain a large amount of water, are the primary sources of healthy fibre and are generally low in calories while containing a huge range of micronutrient vitamins, minerals and other co-factors which keep our bodies in top shape. With their high fibre and water content much of the calories contained in fruit and vegetables (in their whole state) is virtually negligible and especially in terms of green vegetables and small berries an almost unlimited amount can be eaten without causing much in the way of insulin spikes yet still filling us up and improving our health and digestion and resistance to disease and injury. Many people today recommend the 'eat a rainbow' guide to fruits and veg. The various distinct colours usually indicate almost unique anti oxidants and other powerful health protecting properties. By eating at least 5 portions a day of fruit and veg and by mixing up colours and varieties you will ensure you are giving your body the widest range of protection and nutrients.
Useful choice – Starchy foods: This would include starches like sweet potatoes and white potatoes, rice and to a lesser extent breads and pastas. Generally wholemeal and unprocessed versions are the best as they have less added sugars and other unnecessary ingredients. Many of these foods, at least the wholemeal varieties contain a lot of healthy fibre and various nutrients although they are substantially less rich than fruit and vegetables.
Starchy foods offer a rich supply of clean energy to power through workouts and sports as well as being protein sparing to ensure lean tissue growth. Generally the most important factor with starchy carbohydrates is timing. The body is better primed to utilise these foods earlier in the day and for several hours following intense training. For these reasons meals featuring starchy carbs should generally be contained to the first three of the day (assuming a 6 meal a day strategy is being used) On training days the large meal an hour or two following resistance training or heavy endurance work could also feature starchy carbs.
Specialised choice – Refined sugars – For most of the time simple refined sugars have no real place in an optimal diet. They are not essential by any means and are almost always rapidly converted into excess body fat while causing havoc with insulin levels and disrupting other hormones as well as sleep. However, like a smart bomb delivered direct to target there are times when refined sugars can be cleverly used. The two times we may want to utilise simple sugars would be just before or during endurance work and just after training. With exercise our body alters its hormonal profile, the body becomes primed to utilise energy rapidly to repair muscle tissue and a spike of insulin is actually useful to drive glycogen, protein, creatine, glutamine etc into muscle tissue. In this mode the body will continue to burn fat even in the presence of high glycemic carbohydrates. For this reason you will find specialised recovery drinks which contain a blend of fast absorbing proteins along with glucose style refined sugars. These would be an extremely poor food choice for most of our meals but during this hyper-sensitive insulin period we can dramatically improve muscle gain and cut recovery times drastically with just one well timed meal 'smart bomb'.
FATS – Containing 9 calories per gram consumed fats are the misunderstood sibling of the food groups. Perhaps because we hear the word 'fat' to mean unsightly and unhealthy body fat and then imagine the food will have the same effect on us. As it happens this is far from the actual picture. Fats are a highly complex set of substances that come in various forms and from both animal and vegetable sources. Some are liquid oils and some are solid fats, some are simple concentrated energy sources and some are absolutely essential to life itself.
For year's people decided that low fat diets were the answer to low fat bodies. The reasoning apparently being that all those extra calories concentrated in a small amount of food was going to push us into calorie overload. There were only two problems with this thinking – one – everybody just replaced fats with extra carbohydrates to hide the poor taste of low fat foods and ended up with insulin problems and even fatter bodies and – two – depriving the body of fats deprived us of many of the most healthful foods on the planet and robbed the body of nutrients that are literally essential to proper functioning of the whole body.
Fats regulate our hormone levels, extreme low fat diets cause a drastic and catastrophic crash in sex hormones like testosterone meaning athletic performance, not to mention sex drive and overall health plummets rapidly. Fats make up the prostaglandins that prevent allergies and promote healing. Fats are actually the primary ingredient in our joints, ligaments, eyes, membranes, blood profiles, nervous system and most importantly our brains! Our brains are actually almost entirely made of fats and reducing the high quality oils we need means our body has to make do with what it can. It's no surprise that depression, mood swings, inability to focus or pay attention, sudden aggression and lower IQ scores are all linked to poor intake of essential fats.
Fats are a vast subject by themselves but what follows is a brief guide to some of the types you need, can use and might want to avoid.
EFA – Essential Fatty Acids – The EFAs are commonly known by their old names of Omega 3 and Omega 6 oils. These fats are called essential because the body simply cannot make them from anything else. If you don't consume them the body becomes deficient very rapidly and suffers a host of problems. These oils are quite delicate and generally should never be cooked or heated as this will damage the structure beyond repair. These oils will remain liquids and do not solidify. You can find excellent sources in oily fish like Salmon, Mackerel or Sardines, they can also be found in Cod Liver Oil and other fish oil supplements. Vegetarian sources include flax seed oil, borage oil and can be found whole in Chia seeds. There are also cold pressed oil EFA blends that can be poured over food or into shakes.
Coconut, Olive oils and CLA – These specialised fats are not essential in the same way as the two EFA types however they do offer a host of health benefits and good clean sources of energy that oddly tend to increase fat burning rather than inhibit it. Coconut has a host of anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti oxidant functions and also offers a type of specialised oils known as MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) essentially these are fats that can be burnt like carbohydrates for energy but also speed up the metabolism meaning more body fat is utilised. Coconut also prevents wrinkles and improves skin. Olive oil is a well known cardiovascular protector with a host of anti-cancer benefits and helps boost the immune system. CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) is a type of fat found in unprocessed milk amongst other places. This particular fatty acid is increasingly known as 'the fat that burns fat' as it has been shown to improve the bodies use of its own stored body fat as fuel source. All these are not essential fats but can be used in meals or as supplements for extra benefits.
Saturated fats – Generally saturated fats such as butter or much of the fat found in meats and eggs is neither wonderful nor deadly. Excess consumption of saturated fats could lead susceptible individuals towards clogged arteries according to some studies although generally this has been shown to be more directly linked to hydrogenated fats and sugar consumption. Saturated fat is almost simply pure stored energy. Your body finds it harder to burn than carbohydrates but this means less is likely to be stored as body fat. Saturated fat can be eaten in moderation and along with coconut is one of the only fats safe to cook with.
Fats to avoid – Fats being the delicate and complex substances they are can easily turn nasty when processed or heated or exposed to light for long durations. Extra Virgin Olive Oil for instance is a wonderfully healthy part of a diet but heat it and its structure rapidly changes into that of a dangerous hydrogenated fat, implicated in cancers, heart disease and a host of other chronic conditions. Most processed and fried foods contain these dangerous fats. Where possible always try to avoid fried junk food and any cookie, cake or biscuit products that contain hydrogenated fats. Not only are these damaging to your health but they compete for space in the body and push out healthy oils thus placing your entire body in even more jeopardy. An unhealthy body will rarely look good on the outside for long and performance will drop rapidly. If you need to use oils for cooking choose coconut oils or saturated solid fats like organic butter. These are stable at high temperatures and do not alter when cooked into dangerous trans-fats.
Putting them together
Although there are lots of different opinions on the ideal diet there are a few clear principles we can almost always agree upon.
Optimal Supplementation
Eating like an athlete is quite different to the diet followed by most people in modern Western society. Organising your diet to follow the principles of an Optimised Nutrition strategy may require some extra planning and preparation. Supplementation is not absolutely necessary by any means and many people have built strong, agile and healthy bodies without the aid of modern breakthroughs but they do offer a blend of convenience, cost and effectiveness for rapid results.
The most fundamental supplementation is the protein shake or the MRP (Meal Replacement Powder). These are powders that contain ultra high quality protein often alongside extra nutrients that aid the body of a hard working athlete with none of the excess calories and processed junk found in many other convenience foods.
Liquid meals also tend to be more easily digested than whole food ones and do not require extra water since they contain so much. It can often be difficult to cook and prepare enough quality meals day in and day out nor can some people stomach the required amount of meat, eggs or fish to accomplish their protein intake. Protein powders also tend to be of a much higher biological value than most whole foods meaning more is used gram per gram for building and repairing muscle tissue.
A common strategy employed by many people is to make three of their meals whole food ones and three as liquid shakes. This enables you to plan meals easily and meet your nutrition goals on a regular basis. Some diets may call for an even higher percentage of meals to be made from supplements but these tend to be short term solutions to a specific challenge. Most shakes do not tend to contain lots of fibre (although some do) and there are still quality nutrients in various whole foods not found in protein shakes but they can still be a quality part of your nutrition.
Protein shakes and MRP products are a foundation supplement and can be considered as 'perfected food' rather than as extras. Treat them as actual meals when used.
This Optimal Nutrition plan does not automatically call for any further supplements at all but you can begin to add those in that you feel may benefit your particular goals or help you overcome individual weaknesses or break through plateaus. Creatine, Glutamine, BCAAs etc are all simple and powerful additions that improve athletic performance and health but they are an addition rather than essential. Generally these could be considered level 2 or 'long term supplementation'. Not essential like food but something to be used long term for ongoing benefit.
Of course there are very specific goal orientated level 3 or 'job-specific' supplements. This would include advanced things like fat burners, testosterone boosting blends, prohormones etc. These can help you achieve new levels of success and help you reach specific goals much faster but they will be relatively useless without the optimal foundations in place first. Think of these as 'turbo-chargers' for your programme. There's no use for a turbo charger without an actual engine! And eating an Optimal Athletic Diet is the real engine to your progress.
To sleep perchance to progress…
Although not directly part of nutrition sleep is often the overlooked factor in an energised, regulated and healthy system. Most people require 8 to 9 hours of sleep for optimal functioning. This does depend on the individual and there are those who cannot only function but actually improve on less than 4 hours a night. Growing teenagers or anybody entering a new and challenging phase of training may discover they need even more sleep than previously as extra demands are placed on your nervous system.
During sleep our body regulates and often peaks many of our anabolic hormones and consequently most of our muscle repair, growth and fat disposal occurs while we are asleep. Skip on sleep and you deprive your body of the time to rebuild and repair itself, adding stresses that will eventually bring your progress to a grinding halt.
It is best not to assume that just because you don't fall asleep at lunchtime that you are getting adequate sleep. You should be able to wake easily without the demands of an alarm clock and should not be nodding off until close to your bed time. If either of these things occurs you are almost certainly mildly sleep deprived
Sleep quality is often as important as duration. Improved sleep can be maintained by sleeping in very dark conditions as light interferes with our circadian rhythms. Try to maintain an even temperature and ensure you do not consume any stimulating foods or supplements within several hours of your sleep time. There are many supplements that can enhance sleep or increase hormone production during sleep and you may wish to investigate these to speed your progress.
What can you expect?
Following an optimised nutrition plan you can expect to aid all of your training goals. You will be consistently teaching your body to utilise fat for fuel, avoiding future fat storage, improving athletic ability, getting stronger and faster, having improved mental focus and day long energy levels and improving overall health.
Once you have attuned yourself to living like an athlete you can begin to investigate supplementation and more advanced programmes to achieve certain goals.
Contact Cheshire personal training by registering your details in the contacts section and we will start to help you, change your life.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
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I decided to move the episode production of final season of the first phase of the "Demon Hunterz" saga to September 21. Something just forced me to go with the episode production at that time; there were just too many personal and lingering issues for me to wait until October. It's already bad enough that I can't get any money to start my personal funding for making the first phase of the "Demon Hunterz" saga worth something. So I'm better off finishing the first phase of that
Updated September 5th, 2018 at 03:41 PM by Christopher H2
Originally Posted by Trubo
This blast from the past.
Originally Posted by Kotonoha
Actually this should be shared.
Originally Posted by Kinoko (the usual)
~A sales meeting one day - in TM~
Marvelous rep T (Italian hunk who'd look good in Prada or something. Super normie)
Type-Moon member T (company president who showed up at the sales meeting)
Kinoko (the usual)
Marv-T: "So I'd like to include an item with the limited edition. But we've already done figures, so I think that would lack impact."
...well, okay, short story as defined by the word count maximum for the Writers of the Future contest. The overall word count is about 12k words, and I have to say, that was actually less than I initially was going to write. Of course, I'm going to put more words in before the end of the calendar month, as part of the editing process.
Oh, wait, you want to know what the story is? Well... I was loosely inspired by The Martian, but I never saw the movie, nor did I read the book. I wanted


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Tubbenden Primary School believes in providing a creative curriculum that inspires everyone at the school to reach their potential. To help us deliver a curriculum that is unique to Tubbenden, we use The International Primary Curriculum. The goal of the IPC is for children to focus on a combination of academic, personal and international learning. We want children to enjoy their learning - develop enquiring minds, develop the personal qualities they need to be good citizens of the world, and develop a sense of their own nationality and culture, and a profound respect for the nationalities and cultures of others. Most of all, we want children to develop all the skills they will need in order to confidently face the world of tomorrow. The IPC is a creative curriculum providing a cross-curricular, thematic, rigorous teaching structure designed to engage children of all abilities in today's world. It combines the foundation subjects, such as Science, History, Geography, Art and Design Technology into topics. The IPC topics cover traditional subjects such as 'Habitats' and 'Myths and Legends' but also newer and more creative ones such as 'Chocolate' and 'The Rainforest'. As well as being unique and inspirational, the topics are designed to meet the aims of the National Curriculum.
At Tubbenden the children make use of a wide range of information and communication technology applications. They learn to apply their skills in word processing, data handling, graphics and controlling devices. Through the use of a variety of programmes, these skills are used to enhance work produced in other areas of the curriculum. The school is linked to a large internal network which gives pupils access to their own files, printers and other multimedia devices and this is also connected to the internet via a 'fire wall' to provide appropriate access and protection. Pupils have access to laptops to encourage them to use their research skills in other areas of the curriculum. The school is developing a virtual learning environment which will allow families to learn alongside their child at home. It will also allow families to see some of the work their child has been doing at school.
Music is a subject that encourages active participation. The requirements of the National Curriculum are met through class based music activities. The school currently runs choirs for both infant and junior children. Both choirs perform in our local community. The Juniors also have a thriving band. Peripatetic music teachers give individual or group tuition on a weekly basis to children in Year 3 to Year 6 and, in special circumstances, to pupils in the infants.
Sex and Relationship Education
It is the policy of the school that Sex and Relationship Education will be specifically taught as part of our Personal, Health and Social Education lessons. Further details are available from the school office.
Religious Education
Religious Education contributes to children's spiritual, moral, social, cultural and intellectual development. Children are encouraged to respect the religious commitment of others and accept that people have the right to hold different religious beliefs. The school teaches RE in line with the legal requirement, by following the agreed syllabus of the London Borough of Bromley. It is felt that all children, whatever their personal beliefs and commitments, can study RE in line with this syllabus.
Assemblies/Collective Worship
We aim to ensure that the broad traditions of Christian belief are reflected in our daily worship and that all our assemblies reflect values which would be acceptable, not only to Christianity, but also to most other religions. Our collective worship will not be narrowly Christian, nor will it be distinctive of any particular denomination and we shall make no assumptions about the children's personal commitment to Christianity or any other religion. We also hold regular Special Mentions Assemblies to celebrate good work or behaviour to which parents are invited.
Right of Withdrawal
Our intention is that Religious Education and Collective Worship, as well as our Sex and Relationship Education, shall be inclusive activities, respecting the integrity of all concerned. Children may be withdrawn from these activities, but we encourage parents to discuss this fully with the Head Teacher before coming to a final decision.


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President Barack Obama won a tactical victory on New Year's weekend by forcing Republicans to raise taxes on the top 1 percent, but he has far bigger challenges to address—and so do progressives.
The economy is still at risk of several more years of hidden depression, with a high level of unemployment and no wage growth. The initial budget deal, thanks to Obama's post-election toughness on tax increases on the rich and pressure by unions and progressive organizations not to cut Social Security and Medicare, was better than it might have been. But still to come are debates over budget cuts, with Republicans having the leverage of an automatic $120 billion "sequester" for this fiscal year now postponed to early March, if Congress fails to legislate its own additional deficit reduction.
In principle, Obama has committed to $4 trillion in budget cuts over a decade, a sum that would be a huge drag on the recovery, leaving too little for the public investment necessary to create jobs and for the scale of infrastructure spending needed to mitigate future superstorms like Sandy. Since the election, the president has walked back some of his earlier commitment to spending cuts. But even as he forced major concessions out of the Republicans, he has continued to embrace deficit reductions as a necessary path to recovery, a strategy that makes no economic sense and that only whets the appetites of the right-wing anti-government crusade and its close ally, the corporate-sponsored Fix the Debt campaign.
So where is Obama's running room to pursue a more far-reaching agenda? And where is the running room for progressives to move him?
The president still faces a rigidly conservative Republican House. The Senate, despite a slightly larger Democratic margin of 55 to 45 and the retirement of prominent budget hawks Kent Conrad, Ben Nelson, and Joe Lieberman, has at least six centrist Democrats—enough to deny the president a reliable working majority on some key issues.
But Obama would be wise to pursue a more progressive agenda, for multiple reasons. First, he has his legacy to worry about. Once it sinks in that budget cuts will not produce a robust recovery, Obama will increasingly wish to avoid being remembered as the Democrat who presided over eight years of declining living standards. Second, he is somewhat liberated in that he will not be up for re-election. Third, coming out of his victory, Obama found that progressive stances are good politics. He drew a bright red line on raising taxes on the wealthiest rather than cutting aid to the middle class, and the voters agreed. Finally, progressives are pushing him hard—maybe harder than in his first term.
Both Obama and the progressive community can learn from the missteps of his early years. Soon after the 2008 campaign ended, the new president's political team wound down Organizing for America as an independent grassroots army and rebranded it as Obama for America, under the thumb of the Democratic National Committee. It's understandable why the White House did not want a semi-independent mass movement to the president's left acting in Obama's name, complicating strategy and message. But the move also deprived the president of the kind of popular fervor that might have helped him shift from a candidate of change to a president of change—and offset the voter frustration that was captured by the Tea Party.
In 2009, Obama kept extending olive branches to Republicans who were determined to destroy him. He appointed a centrist economic team. As the recession deepened, he declined to push for a second stimulus package even though congressional Democrats were eager to pass one. (They finally did so in December 2009 with no help from the White House, only to see it die in the Senate.) He did not push the Employee Free Choice Act, despite the prodding of a labor movement that had gone all out to elect him. Even though a massive liberal coalition on health-care reform helped Obama enact the Affordable Care Act, the one provision that progressives most dearly wanted—a Medicare-style "public option"—was watered down and then jettisoned.
In his State of the Union address in January 2010, Obama pivoted to deficit reduction, even though the economy was far from a strong recovery, and the labor-liberal wing of the party seethed. In short, in Obama's first term, progressives found they had little leverage on a president who turned out to be more moderate and conciliatory than they expected. All concerned suffered in the 2010 midterm Democratic congressional defeat that followed.
Will this time be different?


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Jewish World Review December 20, 2013/ 17 Teves, 5774
It's a wonderful life
By Paul Greenberg
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | To many Americans, the season wouldn't be complete without at least a few scenes from "It's a Wonderful Life." The movie wasn't a box-office hit when it was released in the 1940s, but it's become a seasonal favorite since -- and even acquired some critical acclaim along the way.
Years ago I read a brief analysis of "It's a Wonderful Life" by a professor of American studies at
That may be about the only thing the professor and I have in common. I've shed a few tears myself watching "It's a Wonderful Life" over the years. But not for the same reason as the professor. To me, nothing in the movie seems as sad as his analysis of it. The movie makes marrying your high school sweetheart seem any number of things, including comedy, delight, education, vexation and fulfillment -- they all come with married life -- but tragedy? No.
As for the idea that not getting to
To me, the movie's message is that
Can the professor have been making the common mistake of using "tragic" as just a synonym for sad? Only a richly blessed people would confuse everything from a fender-bender to going broke with a tragedy. This is the land of second chances, not to say third and fourth. I know.
On these shores, tragedy in its original, legitimate, classical Greek sense -- that is, the inevitable fall of a noble character because of a fatal flaw, usually hubris -- has an artificial air about it. While in
If there is a moral to
There's a lot more
Equally undiscerning are those who would idealize small towns; they don't see the potential Pottersville inside every
The most unsettling aspect of the popularity of "It's a Wonderful Life" is the realization that nostalgia for certain values tends to set in just as they're disappearing. Happily, nostalgia can bring those values back, too. We're free. We're Americans. We can choose how we live. With cheer and faith or bad temper and worst behavior.
If the professor's view of
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text: As a felicitation of its 10th anniversary, it has brought together 55 artists, some of whom have created work specifically for the show. The aim of the exhibition is to allow the Mumbai audience insight into the talent and trends of Vadodara, while also providing a platform for regional artists. The exhibition will be hosted at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) until Sunday, March 12. Here's a little flavour of what is on display.


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As we reported back in September, the Australian Imigration department was planning to grant longer term tourist visas for parents of Australian migrants.
Last Saturday (24th November) the changes went live. Chris Bowden, minister for Australian Immigration and citizenship said:
The 'more generous tourist visas will enable regular extended family visits for those patiently waiting in the queue for a parent visa,'
'Tourist visas will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will enable parents to spend more time in Australia with their families without needing to apply for a new visa each time they visit.
'I know many Australians are looking forward to spending a longer period of time with their parents and I am pleased the government has been able to facilitate this.'
To be granted a tourist visa, applicants must meet Australia's health and character requirements, have access to adequate funds, have health insurance to cover any healthcare costs during their stay and intend a genuine visit to Australia.
'My department will consider granting five-year tourist visas with a 12-month stay on each entry to parents who are in the parent visa queue outside Australia,' Mr Bowen said.
'The department will also consider granting tourist visas of up to three years with a 12-month stay on each entry for parents not currently in the parent visa queue and who have complied with a previous Australian visa.'
Eligible parents will be able to stay in Australia for a maximum of 12 months in any 18-month period.


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Here we go again.
Movies where the earth rises up to destroy humanity are manifold, from Day After Tomorrow to 2012. Now, one of the writers from a slightly different kind of end-of-the-world movie (Independence Day) is directing his first ever film about environmentally wrought destruction of the entire human race. It's called Geostorm, watch the first trailer below.
The movie has its own modern, conspiracy theory-tinged spin on the genre – it's the future, and humanity has developed weather-controlling technology. Of course, the ability to stop natural disasters is a double-edged sword, and when things go wrong we suddenly have car-sized hail and tidal waves the size os skyscrapers.
Gerard Butler will play a scientist who must band together with government agents and other engineers to try and save the world from self-destruction. It's slated to come out in October, what do you think based on the first trailer?


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White Furniture in a Dirty City
The New York Times looks into the New York City problem of dirty air and white apartments — and they talk to some designers and architects who have battled gritty soot-filled air with their clients AND their own homes...
• Interior designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz ditches his street clothes at the front door of his white apartment! He has special "around the house clothes" that help him keep his apartment clean.
• Architect Marc Kushner designed this cool "wall of molding" in a recent project — but only because the windows don't open!
• Designer Jayne Michaels likes to keep her windows open — so she pays $400 twice a year to have all her carpets and upholstery shampooed.
While we agree that NYC air is dirty, it's nothing compared to Shanghai!
Check out the story and the extremes some people go to for white furniture: Soil and the City.
(Image: ©2009 Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)