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OPINION: Rugby's an unforgiving sport on the old. And by old I mean anyone over 30.
Reach a certain age and there's always some young guy breathing down your neck who's just as big, just as strong, and just as fast who hasn't slogged through a mind-numbing decade of training runs, gym sessions, and team talks.
So even if a youngster in Beauden Barrett saved New Zealand blushes late in the game and sent Naki followers into ecstasy, let's applaud the men at the heart of the All Blacks backline last night in New Plymouth, the trio of 31-year-olds, Dan Carter, Ma'a Nonu, and Conrad Smith, for the spring that's still in their steps.
Nonu's written off every year, Carter seems to begin every big game by offering an obligatory charge-down, and Smith is that rare beast, a professional player with genuine academic qualifications, not a degree in sport hydration marketing. Here's the trick.
Carter has a spooky ability to keep on playing as if nothing bad has ever happened. Nonu always finds his mojo, and behind that law degree of Smith's lurks a kid who loves rough and tumble to get rougher and rougher.
Talking about young guys at your shoulder, the All Blacks were playing a French team so fresh faced there were hints of the 1986 Baby Blacks.
If you can recall that side, against all expectations, tipped over the French.
And despite the nickname, the Baby Blacks didn't just have players barely out of school. They introduced, amongst others, a veteran like Joe Stanley, who went on to a fantastic test career. As a prime example of a similar situation in the French team, please step forward Antonie Claassen, 28 years old, but playing just his fifth test for France. If he looks like an identikit South African No 8, that's because by birth and upbringing, he is. His father, Wynand, was the South African captain on the infamous 1981 tour of New Zealand and Antonie is a bigger, more bruising version of his old man. In most respects, as demonstrated by Claassen, last night's French side had more grit than the team that played last week.
In response to a true challenge, that had All Blacks selector Grant Fox muttering, "we're in a dogfight" at halftime, the vets played a game designed to frustrate and disarm the French.
Playing shrewdly for position is second nature to Carter, and he was the person doing most of the steering of the All Blacks around the field.
So why did it take 35 minutes for the tactics to pay off with Ben Smith's try? Why did the game stay for so very long largely in the balance?
Because while this isn't a French team laden with legends of the game, they are a way better side on the field than on paper.
The end of the world tries the All Blacks scored in Christchurch didn't come without a swag of gritty effort before the passes stuck, the angles clicked, and the blistering speed players like Ben Smith offered shot them into open spaces.
If Conrad Smith had scored just before halftime the try deluge from last weekend might have revisited the game last night.
But this time, the dramatic breakthrough never really came. Would younger, fresher players have done better? I don't think so. If younger muscles and sinews have the edge over creakier versions, older guys have the huge benefit of having stared down a lot of sporting barrels before.
So it's no coincidence that, when the French discipline cracked in the last 10 minutes, and Yoann Maestri was binned, it was Carter, in his 95th All Blacks test, who nailed his toughest penalty of the night.
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Vayne has always been one of those characters that i absolutely adore concept wise, but completely blow at in practice(i tend to stay away from ranged ad in generalXD). I've gotten to the point that me playing bots with her gleams no useful practice or information but im more or less "Scared" to play her, even in normal due to the backlash i've seen ad carries who arent stellar receive?XD Some of the basic things i have picked up supporting/playing vayne is 1.) Dont use tumble to throw yourself into melee range of people, its painful 2.) Dont condemn things you are chasing unless you want to help them get away 3.) Aggression with vayne pre level 6 rarely works out (unless you have a super aggressive support) 4.) cleanse if your friend and so is attack speed(more so than some champs) Any other general tips
My general tip is: Don't play vayne
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If you got a Taric, Sona, or Nunu, always try to tumble to the side of your opponent when your support stuns/slows them so you can land a condemn. Don't forget condemn stuns the opponent if it they land on a wall. She is pretty risky to play because she doesn't have an escape but I find her easy to kite with if you know how to use tumble.
Id practice with other ads and then move on to vayne so you can understand bottom lane and its match ups. Vayne likes lanes where she can farm up easy to 6 and preferably beyond that so kog is generally a good one to go up against even though she will lose this lane, along with any other lane its just kog isnt aggressive starting at level 1. Basically you just want to not fall behind TOO FAR and be able to get a blood thirster relatively on time. When trading in lane you might as well get the third proc on your silver bolts because in most cases you will win the trade. Too many vaynes hit once or twice and then leave and lose when they dont realize how strong that third hit would mean. Otherwise know your condemn range and when to ult and how to kite. Shes really fun shes my favorite champ so i hope you can learn her to enjoy her more
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Vayne is much more of a niche champion than she ever was before. Play her in solo queue ONLY if the enemy AD carry has already picked and you're sure she counters them. Build bloodthirster more often than IE as the sustain and stacks synergize much better with her. That's not to say that you shouldn't build IE! I'm just saying that with Vayne as my main, I have much more success with an early BT than an early IE. If you aren't sure if it's safe to play Vayne, This website and this guide can help.
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Vayne. High early Attack Speed allows her to unleash hell with every third hit on a target when you have a point in her W. When she reaches Level 6, with the AD buff she is given she can beat most likely nearly anyone in a fight, Late game if she is able to reach at least 2.00 Attack Speed the amount of True Damage she can dish out is amazing. Overall, I have played and owned Vayne since she came out and I think she is an amazing ADC.
You generally don't play aggressive as a Vayne in early game. She is so squishy and her base health is so much lower than other AD carries. I usually call for a Nunu support whenever I use Vayne as the MS and AS buff really helps me in chasing and running away as well as faster procs with silver bolt. Basically, just play safe and farm until you get a BT, and keep on farming until you have max stacks. You are now basically ready for team fights.
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Why does AB say "dry hopped for a full bodied flavor..." in their tv commercial? What do they take us for?
"Real men drink their freakin' yeast starters...."
Answer: the ordinary consumer watching TV commercials. Remember, nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste and/or intelligence of the American people.
Malt does more than Milton can / To justify Gods ways to man -A. E. Housman (18591936). A Shropshire Lad , 1896.
Have not tried it yet. I actually want to try one just to see what it actually taste like but im scared my friends will see me walking out of the store with one and they will either stone me or beat me
Its actually funny that Bud took all this long to make an ale. I believe what will happen from them doing this is that people will go out and try this, if they like it they may say to themselves..."Wow...this ale is good, maybe I should try other ales". I believe this will back fire on Bud, they will sell it and make money but if this beer is ok and does have a taste that BMC drinkers like they may start to look into other ales out there which is great.
It's really not that bad. Give it a shot. I think that most of the people giving it such a bad rap are doing so out of a distaste for the brewer rather than the beer itself.
It might be a fairly decent beer, but in my opinion I can buy several other better beers for a buck or two more a six pack. I have absolutely no desire to try it.
Make Beer, Not War.
I tried it, and it sucks. They have a long way to go.
I think a lot of people that have come out bashing it would be singing its praises if it was poured out of a Russian River bottle
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If you enjoy what you are doing, it will seem to take no time at all. If you are looking at it as a grind, well then it will be. This. And you really shouldn't be looking at it as a grind, because if it is a grind then that means you don't like PvP and you are just trying to gear up. But this gear sucks for PvE so just do heroics instead... |
This. And you really shouldn't be looking at it as a grind, because if it is a grind then that means you don't like PvP and you are just trying to gear up. But this gear sucks for PvE so just do heroics instead... Exactly. I PvP because I love to PvP. Honor is a side effect of that. Good luck OP. |
You get much more honor when you queue for a RANDOM battleground than if you pick from the list.
But who cares about honor? Grind conquest points. You can earn them stupid fast if you find a stranger and do 2v2 random arenas... you get 180 points for a fight that can be as short as two minutes (assuming you win). You can hit cap in 30 minutes. |
1) Queue for TB every chance you get. If the defending faction looses a lot on defense, just queue for offense.
2) Run random BG's or the Call to Arms (if you have a preference). 2a) Run BG's with friends! Especially if you have a healer friend. Even if your team does poorly, you're playing with friends and don't mind the loss so much. 3) Farm heroics if you are a tank or have a tank friend and convert JP to HP. Waiting in queue as DPS will probably get you less honor than if you run random bgs. 4) If you're serious and just want to grind honor, get a 5-man premade going. 5 geared people on vent can seriously turn the tide in almost all the bgs. It really, really helps if you like to PVP and view the gear as a bonus instead of the other way around. |
Do the Grizzly Hills PVP quests. It's 200 honor for a few minutes of work. Then run random BGs or Call to Arms.
I've found that even making a 5 man grp can have a big impact if you are using vent or skype. (Control a node, backcap in av)
It's also a lot easier than trying to organize a 10 man premade. Maybe you win every time but you will do better than a random pug. |
I'm trying to heirlooms how can i get the quickest honor points to get justice points
Heroics are good but if you get a horrible group it can take a long time to complete the dungeon. Random bg on ALLIANCE side cause horde sucks. For the haters I have an 85 DK on horde so I can put in my two cents. Horde sucks at bg's!
Fastest way to get PvP gear? Dungeons. Justice Points/Valor points converted are far easier to get pvp gear than running random bgs, rated bgs, etc. Just run dungeons..that way you gear up your toon for PvE and can still get PvP gear.
Here's what I do:
1. Get a buddy or 2. Or you can do a pre made. Whichever. Either way. You will not he alone an have some you can stick with and fight and talk with. 2. Do random BG's. But along with that say you get AB or another base gathering BG. Playing Defense will give you that passive buff that will give you 50% honor while defending along With that you have the 10% passive from the guild level. If you defend well then you will get that win that will give you the bonus for the win. |
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Win or lose, you get crazy fast honor since both sides just zerg, kill captains, burn a few towers, and the game usually ends quickly. You will almost never have games where you get nothing, and you might get the occasional turtle game. But on average if you PUG randoms, this will be the fastest honor possible. |
win battlegrounds. :p
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I would like to say thank you publicly - 6 replies They did not want their name mentioned During Vet day and individual contacted me and donated $100 gift cert. from Penn State Ind. to help me help them. So thank you LJ for your kindness. Arlin |
This will be a bench work along - 19 replies I went from a 2 1/2 car garage at my old house and moved into my father in laws house to help him and he passed away last October.His garage is 1 car and with all my stuff it is very stuffed for sure. I need a work bench in the worst way, however, I did not need one to take up more floor space. So I came up with an Idea. This is the under... |
A two tone bowl with lid - 19 replies This is a piece of Curly Maple bottom and figured Black Walnut top with knob. And with them seperated. I forgot one other turning I made and it is a piece for Jewery. In the center the wedding rings and the outside the rest of her or his jewery Made of Marble wood Bottom Please give me your honost opinion on what you thin... |
A new turning with color - 16 replies I finally found my camara cord so I can download my pictures to the computer of work I have done in the past. Here is the niceist one I made yet. I call it "The Light and Dark side of the Moon" The Dark Side I glued together figured Black Walnut and Tiger Maple of equll halfs The bottom is Quilted Maple and I put food dye... |
I did a project for a woodworker - 20 replies About a year ago Rob Wong asked if anyone did miniture turnings and I volunteered. Well I did and had a very hard time of making an ebony turning so small. Ebony is very very chippy and even worse as you go small. and here I went through 6 ebony pen blanks and some he sent me. I finally made 2 jigs which I forgot to take picture... |
Cherry Salad Bowl for my daughter - 28 replies Here is a 12" x 4 1/2" with the walls 3/16" thick Cherry salad bowl that was requested by my oldest daughter. Top of bowl Bottom of bowl. This also lets you see the rings I put around the top for decoration and to help strengthen it. The finish is first to cellouse sanding sealer then 12 coats of Wipe on Poly.... |
A Few more turnings I have done. - 24 replies Just remember I do all my turning from a chair and want to encoruage anyone who might me disabled to say'Yes I can turn too. This is a piece of curly maple. I added regular food dye of Blue and Yellow to the top and left the bottom natural. In the small bowl I painted it Gold metalflake. The next one I made for dried flower... |
Here are alot more turnings I have done in the last 3 weeks - 21 replies The first 2 are a spalted maple bowl and saucer that were very very punky. I use about 1oz of CA glue to start off with and as I went down I added more to keep it hardened. Next is a lidded box about 3 1/2 tall and 4" wide and made from Red Palm and White Oak Next one is another lidded box made from Chocka Viga (... |
It has been along time between turnings and here are some old ones I just finished - 13 replies Some of these I started over a year ago and have finally got back out in the shop to finish them and do some more. Here is the first one It is a Urn I started making for my Father in Law that passed away in October and I was just to sick to finish. It is made from wood from our 100 acres. Black walnut, Red Ceder, and Cherry on top. 4... |
What is the woodworking shop you have always dreamed of - 147 replies I always wanted a woodworking shop that was attached or not attached to the house. A 45" x 65' shop would be just awesome to have. I would like it build out of 2×6s with an upstairs only 2/3 of the bottom area. With raident heating and Air Conditioning or fire burning under the floor tubing to heat the inside. It would b... |
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Up date from Arlin Eastman - 18 replies I am now getting around to posting on the few forums I am apart of and I deffently do not want to miss my LJ buddies and friends. I was in and out of the hospital and then back in for 9 days. All the Drs thought I had a brain tumor and could no see what else it could be. So for the last 9 months I have been a struggle. So here is a copy of w... |
For all my friends that were worried about me and wondering where I was - 5 replies I was in the hospital for many weeks and the Dr's thought they found a brain tumor and from there I had surgery and this is what I posted on the WoodNet This is what I wrote at Woodnet I am still here. I had my surgery at 6am and I am feeling pretty tird. They said it was not a tumor but a piece of Bone from the bombing I was i... |
Loving Hands Memory Boxs and how Andy helped - 22 replies I just wanted to show off the boxes that were made and I only did 2 of them and Andy did 3 and another guy Joe did another 2 of them Here are the pictures. Joes and Mine are the small ones in front which there are 2 of each made By the way the website is now up and running since I have been in the hospital since Dec... |
What do you assymble you projects on - 38 replies I was just wondering what do you assymble you projects on and if you keep it flat. I have seen several benches individuals have taken pictures of with projects on them. It seems lots of them are not flat or have some damage to them. How could someone assymble a project on a uneven surface and have anything come out square or straight. ... |
Just turned 2 Twig/Weed Pots - 10 replies The weed pots are made from an old red ceder post my father brought me from WI. It had lots and lots of Lead from bullets. The little one still has a small piece in the white spot. It was getting rotten in the center and that is why you see the missing wood. I added thin CA glue to hold most of it together and the finish is Tung oil added ... |
Made a chatter tool for Wood Turning - 17 replies Today I made a chatter tool for woodturning. I used an old cutting tool and ground off the front, than drilled a 10/32 Fine thread hold with the same size tap and die. The thin piece of metal is from a metal band strap from a cargo pallet. To get the holes into the metal strap, I chain drilled 7 holes and then used a small file ... |
My first completed box for a couple that lost a child - 14 replies This is the first box I have made for Loving Hands Memory Boxes. It was sent to a couple on Woodnet that needed one. I tried 9 times to make boxes out of Pine before I finally got the last one the way I wanted. It is made from Rosewood that someone gave me. I did have the middle of the lid made from a nice piece of Curly Maple, however, I ... |


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What's it take for good teaching to happen?
Filed Under "At-risk" students, Behaviour Management, Engaging Assignments and Activities for Students, establishing a respectful classroom, motivating students, positive climate, special needs students, underachieving students | Leave a Comment
What's it take for good teaching to happen? I think good teaching happens when teachers connect to their students and when teachers get their students to connect to the subject matter (Parker J. Palmer, 2007). For me my best teaching moments happen when my students and I connect on a person to person level. Let me explain what I mean.
As some of you might know, I've been a special ed teacher for a long, long, long time- some days it seems longer than others. Quite a few semesters ago I had these two young lads (I'll call them Sam and Dwayne) in my grade nine learning strategies class who were extremely proud of their reputation for being bad. The first few days of the semester, as we were getting to know one another, Sam and Dwayne told me they had been the best of friends since kindergarten and that they were proud of their reputation for were really bad. They enthusiastically shared all kinds of stories of what they had done to teachers in the past. Scary, to say the least. Oh, did I mention they told me hated teachers and school?
The first three weeks of the semester did not go well. I realized Sam and Dwayne could make this class this semester a living hell for me if I didn't do something fast. They were a very dynamic duo, let me tell you. I figured although they hated teachers maybe if they got to know me as a person who is a teacher (emphasis on person), things might not go so badly. I often tell my students that teachers are just people who teach. I don't want them to lose track of the person in the teacher, and I try not to lose track of the person in the student. I knew I needed to connect to Sam and Dwayne on a person to person level fast.
When I was thinking about strategies I could use to help make that person to person connection between Sam and Dwayne and myself, the word Scrabble popped into my head. So I took out the Scrabble game, and I sat down at a table between the two of them and started to set up the Scrabble game. Sam told me he didn't play any games with teachers. Oh, great ! Now what. I just ignored what Sam said, mainly because I didn't know what else to do. Pretending not to hear what Sam had said, I continued to set up the Scrabble game and surprisingly, to me at least, both boys proceeded to play Scrabble with me. I think I told them that day any words they made that were verbs got double points, another day the bonus words might be adjectives or adverbs. I liked using Scrabble to help my student improve their vocabulary and grammar skills. We played Scrabble together for part of each class for about eight days and got to know one another as people as we talked about "whatever" during the games. To my relief, Sam and Dwayne became more and more cooperative in class and d hardly disruptwd the class. We continued to play Scrabble from time to time throughout the semester because, as it turned out, they did like to play Scrabble with a teacher.
Although, I used playing Scrabble to help me make a positive connection with Sam and Dwayne, there are countless other ways to make positive connections with students. It all depends on the teacher and the students. I like playing Scrabble, so I used playing Scrabble. I was able to play Scrabble in my learning strategies class because the learning strategy class it isn't really content driven like my math classes are. If Sam and Dwayne had been in my math class, I would have had to come up with another strategy to use to help me make a positive connection with them. Making that the positive connection is the important thing. There isn't just one way to create that positive connection.
From time to time, Sam and Dwayne came back to visit me after graduation to tell me about the positive things that were going on in their lives now. I had to chuckle when Dwayne told me during one of these visits "Miss, I remember one day in grade nine you just changed and everything was better after that". That day was the Day of Scrabble. That day was the day I made a positive connection with Sam and Dwayne.
I've found Parker J. Palmer's book The Courage to Teach (1998) very useful in helping me to continue to refine my philosophy of teaching.
One way of creating a positive classroom climate
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I think it's crucial to have a positive classroom climate so that I can do my best as a teacher and my students can do their best as students. For the moment, I'm going to set aside the question of what is it that teachers and students are supposed to do in the classroom. I'll explore those questions another time in another post.
I have seen many different types of positive classroom environments. I've come to the conclusion after all these years a positive classroom environment is a function of the teacher's personality and the students' personalities; consequently, there are different types of positive classroom environments.
What do I think is a positive classroom environment? Well, for one thing I think it is a classroom environment that enables me to teach in an authentic manner so that I can be myself and not try to be someone I'm not. Consequently, one of the first things I need to do is to really know myself as a person. If you'll like me you've probably taken some type of personality test during your undergrad or grad courses so you might already have a good idea what makes you tick. If not, you can always go online and find some tests that will help y6ou do that.
Over the years, I've taken oddles and oddles of professional development sessions and have found that I like having a classroom where students help create the positive environment. The Tribes training I took was especially helpful.
I'd like to share my way of helping to set a positive environment where I can teach in an authentic way. In a future post, I'll talk about what I mean by being able to teach in an authentic way.
I begin by having the class create classroom agreements. I used to call the classroom agreements rules, but rules seem so top down, and I don't want that. Some kids see red when they see the word "rule". I want them to see green instead. I want students to buy into the classroom code of conduct, not rebel against it.
At the beginning of the semester we establish our behaviour agreements. Basically it boils down to attentive listening, appreciation, mutual respect and right to pass. You can view my PowerPoint for elaboration. I have written about my classroom agreements in an earlier post, but I'll include it here for you.
I want the classroom agreements to be a result of collaboration so that the students will be more likely to buy into the code of conduct.
This is what I do
1. Tell students that since they are in grade 9, 10 or whatever, I know they're experts at knowing what makes a classroom work because they've been in many so classrooms
2. Set up a placemat group activity that will ellict the students' expertise
3. Ask students to take a few minutes to think about what makes a classroom work and then jot those things down on their section of the placemat.
4 Have students share their thoughts with group members.
5. Place four pieces of chart paper on the wall labeled mutual respect, attentive listening, appreciation, and right to pass. It's amazing , everything seems to fall into these four categories.
6. Have each student choose two or three things that they think are the most important and write each one onto a separate sticky note.
7. Ask students to place their sticky notes onto one of the four pieces of chart paper according to where they think it belongs.
8. Discuss the results of the activity with the class noting how everything falls into one of the four categories.
9. Add my own stickies if I see that something has been omitted. I'm part of the class too.
10. Thank the students for their expert input and tell them that I think that what we have here will make our classroom work and ask them if they agree. Most will say they agree and that's what I want.
11. Have students create posters illustrating the classroom agreements.
12. Review the agreements next day using the powerpoint presentation I made. That's when I make sure everyone understands what kinds of behaviors each agreement includes.
13. Ask students if anyone would like to display their posters. I let them choose where, but ask that they make sure that each wall has some posters on it.
It's interesting to see and hear what happens. Students will start to remind each other of our classroom agreements by saying things like no put downs, attentive listening , mutual respect and right to pass when someone is behaving inappropriately. It's much more effective to cite the classroom agreements than to say stop talking while I'm teaching or stop calling him names etc. I even hear my students cite the agreements outside of the classroom when they're walking in the halls . I love that because I want them to be proactive and advocate for themselves in and out of the classroom.
Sight Word Songs: Differentiating Using Students' Strengths to Help Them Learn
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Hi everyone! Elona invited me to be a guest blogger, and I jumped at the chance! My name is Heather Rice, and I write sight word songs. What's a sight word song? It's a song that spells out a sight word. I began writing sight word songs to help my daughter Sarah, who has Autism and moderate mental impairment.
Sarah was really struggling to learn her sight words. She was so frustrated that she began to pick at her skin with anxiety the minute the sight word cards came out. I knew I needed a different approach. But what else could I try? When I thought about it, it occurred to me that the one thing she was good at remembering were the words to songs! That's when I began writing songs to spell out sight words.
I write my songs to the tunes of well known children's songs, like "Row, row, row, your boat." I keep each song short, and I repeat the spelling of the sight word. Also, all of songs have a "hook." Either the song is funny, or it tells a story. (Actually, most of my songs do both).
To help Sarah learn the song, I began making Power Point slides and worksheets to go with each song. Each song uses clipart to illustrate the song, and a great deal of the clipart was ordered especially to fit the song. Each song comes with 3-5 worksheets. Every CD also comes with a Power Point presentation that includes a slide for each song. I don't charge extra for either the worksheets or the power point presentation that comes with each CD.
I hope you'll listen to the sample Sight Word Songs. I have three different CD's available. One for pre-k. One for kindergarten, and one for Ist grade. Each CD is $15.00, and has between 20-23 songs on it. You can purchase a sight word CD at: http://www.
Thanks for listening!
Heather Rice
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Thanks for agreeing to be a guest writer on my blog.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Heather was inspired by necessity to create her sight word songs, Power Point presentations, and the work sheets. I'm delighted that Heather wrote me to tell me about her experience trying to teach her daughter sight words. the sight word songs she wrote, and the fact she is making her sight word songs and supporting materials available to us at the teachers- pay- teachers site. I believe in differentiating instruction to honour students' interests and strengths and that Heather's CD's and accompanying materials would be a valuable teaching tool to this end.
I find Heather's Sight Word Songs very engaging. Just today, I heard an interview on the radio that talked about what a powerful teaching and learning tool songs can be for students of all ages. Using songs as an instructional tool is an excellent way to differentiate instruction and honour a student' s strengths. In Sarah's case, Heather honoured her daughter's strength of remembering words to songs to help Sarah learn to read sight words. I'm glad Heather has made her CD's and support materials available to us at the teachers-pay-teachers online store. Teachers need to support one another.
Steps to take to prepare for the first day of school
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I used to feel quite anxious about starting to teach classes in the new school year. I learned to prepare for the new school year by taking certain steps. I'd like to share a post I wrote earlier about what I do to help me prepare for that first week of classes.
The first day of school is fast approaching, and I really need to start to think about getting ready for it. I've been teaching for a while so there have been many first days, and I'm pleased to say ( actually I'm quite relieved to say ) that I've found steps to take that make that first day and that first week a success. That first week is so important because it sets the tone for the rest of the semester.
I'm going to remind myself of what to do to have a successful first day and first week by reviewing the strategies I use for each step. I invite you to review each step with me, so just click on the link I've provided in each step.
Step 1- Reduce Stress
Just thinking about the first day of school itself can be stressful, but it needn't be. Here's why.
Step 2- Think positively
Think positively. If you have a positive attitude you'll believe and act as if all students will be successful in your class. If you have a positive attitude there are no losers in your classroom despite what you've might have heard. Students will live up to your expectations. Think and act as if students are trouble, believe me they won't disappoint you. Here's why.
Step 3- Remember the nine lessons your students taught you about classroom management
Your students will tell you by their behaviour what they like and don't like all you have to do is ask them. Here's what my students told me.
Step 4- Create the class rules or agreements collaboratively
Create the classroom agreements together and students are more likely to buy into them. Here's how I do that and the Slideshare Video I use to review our agreements.
Step 5- Remember respect in the classroom is a two way street
Step 6- Get your students to tell you how they feel about different aspects of school
Remember respect is a two way street going from the teacher to the student and from the student to the teacher. As much as I would like it to be, respect for teachers isn't always automatic. It must be earned. Here's what I do.
Step 6- Get students to tell me how they feel about different aspects of school
It's good to get students to reflect about different aspects of school in and out of the classroom. The information that I get from these questionnaires help me better understand my students and informs my interactions with them. I ask these questions.
Step 7- Realize that a students emotional state will affect a student's learning and behaviour
Realize that the emotional state of a student can thwart learning. Consider this.
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Samsung recently launched the new Windows 8 ATIV Smart PC range, named the reverse of VITA meaning 'Life', creating a completely new category by providing consumers with a device that combines both the power and productivity of a notebook PC, with the convenience and portability of a tablet.
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I would like to see an average poly count you should be aiming for when creating static meshes for all three UT iterations like so
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Stock meshes/levels should give you a good idea what to aim for.
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I post this as a complete newb, not to UT, but to modding it. Will the Titan pack install itself into the campaign map sequence, or do I have to learn how to edit the new maps in? (BTW, I have dialup Internet, so my question pertains to the single-player, offline campaign mode).
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Doug Roble, creative director of software at Digital Domain, celebrated his 20th anniversary with the company. Roble has been writing software and doing research at Digital Domain since 1993, the year it was founded. In 1999, Roble received a Technical Achievement Academy Award for his 3D tracking/scene reconstruction program, Track. In 2007 he was recognized with a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for his work on the fluid simulation system at Digital Domain, FSIM. In 2008 he was invited to become a member of the Visual Effects branch of the Academy. He is a member of the Academy's Scientific & Technical Awards Committee and co-chair of the Academy's Digital Imaging Technology subcommittee.
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Q: The litter along I-78 is absolutely disgusting. As soon as you come over the border from New Jersey into Pennsylvania it's nothing but trash all along the highway. It's bad enough seeing the deer carcasses; at least they decompose. I live along I-78, and some of the litter blows over the wall into my back yard. New Jersey has work-release people cleaning theirs up. Why can't Pennsylvania?
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Q: We have for years traveled back and forth from New York to Pennsylvania and have noticed the increase of trash on roadways starting almost at the border. I am sure that a large part of the problem in Pennsylvania is the lack of a deposit law for beverage bottles and cans. You seldom see roadside cans or bottles in New York as a result of the refundable deposit paid on all of them. It's too bad that our legislature has consistently refused to pass such a law.
— Dick Lampe, Hereford Township
A: Though it's a condition described by quite a few fellow warriors over the years, I've never really seen this dramatic increase in roadside litter the moment I cross from New Jersey into our fair state. Or from New York or Delaware or Maryland, for that matter.
I also get considerable email traffic denigrating the driving skills of Pennsylvania motorists compared with those in the state where the person previously resided. My reaction is, "How could it be that so many bad drivers somehow became concentrated in one place, while mostly skilled, courteous motorists settled elsewhere?" I think this sense arises mostly from anecdotal observations tainted by subjective recollections of how things were back home, so to speak. Not that Pennsylvanians are immune. Ever heard something along the lines of, "Look at that guy, driving like an idiot! (Notices the license plate.) Damn Jersey drivers!"?
I think that stuff's mostly without merit.
Linnet, inmates from some state prisons in Pennsylvania do clean up roadside litter — more than 1.2 million inmate hours' worth each year. "Obviously we're very strict on who can be released" for this kind of outside duty, said Corrections Department spokeswoman Susan Bensinger. It's mostly inmates nearing the end of their sentences. Mahanoy State Prison in Schuylkill County is among the participants, according to spokeswoman Jane Hinman.
Lehigh County Corrections Director Ed Sweeney said the county provided this service years ago, but it grew too expensive. "I can have one officer supervise 96 inmates in a housing unit" at the prison in Allentown, he said. "For a crew on the road, even a dozen guys chained together, you need at least three staff people" plus vehicles to transport people, equipment, trash bags and the like, Sweeney said. "The public seems to like the idea, but it's not the least bit cost-effective."
Some states probably do a better job of preventing litter, or of cleaning up litter, than others, and many conditions could affect the degree to which litter is visible: weather, topography, plant growth. Could there happen to be a higher percentage of litterbugs in some states than others? I don't know, but that sounds dubious, too.
I do wonder whether a larger proportion of the litter that seems to roll onto the roadsides this time year is appearing more suddenly because of the brutal winter. The massive snowbanks created by plowing to the roadsides were larger than usual, and were preserved by stubbornly low temperatures, thereby locking more trash and debris within for a longer period. Now that the icy mounds finally have vanished, we're left with the contents. This theory's probably not provable or disprovable, but it seems plausible to me.
I would vote for a deposit law too, Dick, and I'd jack up the stakes: How about $1 per beverage can or bottle? The nickel-and-dime (literally) deposits required by existing state laws amount to, well, nickel-and-dime stuff. A dollar a bottle would create cleaner roads, parks and properties of every kind.
Pennsylvania turned to mandatory recycling beginning in 1988, and that certainly beats the do-nothing option of tossing everything in the trash and dumping it all in a landfill. But hitched to recycling's bumper are fluctuating commodity market values, collection and administration costs, and heavy, diesel-spewing collection trucks wearing weekly on the roadways. With a $1 bounty — OK, even 50 cents if a buck scares off too many legislators — we'd have the tidiest roads in America.
Beverage sellers from Walmart to the local mini-mart will blow head gaskets in protest, complaining of administrative costs and logistical burdens — legitimate concerns, but as astute and talented business people, they'll find ways to adapt, or even benefit: "Warrior Mart pays $1.05 for each returned container! (Small print:) Minimum $25 purchase; 30-container limit; other restrictions apply. See manager for details."
Dollar deposit would create a powerful financial incentive for scarfing up every bit of what now qualifies as litter — except that few containers would be left to qualify. Nobody throws dollar bills out the car window, and suddenly, the same would apply to empty beer bottles.
The challenges would be considerable, but it could be done. It's being done in Massachusetts and some other states, though with the rock-bottom values. Think it's too risky? Impose a three-year sunset provision; if lawmakers aren't satisfied after that time, the program dies on its own.
A so-called bottle bill got serious consideration in Harrisburg as recently as 1997, but even that minimal 5-cent proposal, favored by farmers whose equipment and even livestock can be harmed by litter, faced opposing traffic from bottlers, glass manufacturers and retailers, who warned of job losses and increased costs for consumers.
I'm afraid a Keystone State deposit law of any kind is no more than a tailpipe dream, Dick, at least for now.
Meanwhile, many litter-collection efforts remain in gear. PennDOT still collects roadside litter using its own crews, and supports volunteer programs including its own Adopt-a-Highway, as well as Great American Cleanup Pennsylvania, which is underway.
Great American is held from March through May, with a particular focus on the Saturday following Earth Day, which just happens to be Saturday. The statistics are either impressive or disheartening, depending on the view through your windshield: They speak well of the volunteer spirit, and ill of the propensity for trashing the landscape in the first place.
According to Great American Cleanup Pennsylvania, the nonprofit that runs the statewide cleanup, since 2004 more than 1.5 million volunteers have collected 74 million pounds of litter and debris from 132,000 miles of roads, rivers and creeks, shore lines and trails. There's still time to sign up. For information, steer onto the Internet, or call PennDOT's local office at 610-871-4555 or -4556.
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"Put all the fixings for an omelet in a plastic bag and boil for a fun and easy 'omelet in a baggie' perfect for camping."
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