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The American K-12 system needs a complete makeover but the cultural barrier mentioned by Lexington is real. I was flabbergasted being in Parents School meeting when some parents were complaining that their Children are burdened with too much home work. I was surprisingly on the minority arguing that the school needs to maintain the status quo or even increase the school work. The other common say that I find personally find disappointing is that when a kid heads off to school, the parents typically say to them 'have fun.' In my opinion it should be 'work hard' or something like that. For these and more reasons, I agree that change is due but will be slow to come unfortunately.
I'm reminded of two observations from Malcom Gladwell's book, "Outliers":
1) Individuals require 10,000 hours of formal training to master a skill (whether it's gymnastics or mathematics). The conclusion is that the hours matter, presuming that the quality of instruction is good. I think American students would benefit from increased hours at school, and either a shortened summer, or a mid-summer "refresher".
Extending school hours would have the side-effect of allowing parents to work a full day without having to pay for after-hours "recreation" programs. This is a win-win.
2) Hours aside, cultural differences affect the quality of education. For example, Gladwell points out that numbers and arithmetic may be expressed and processed significantly more efficiently in Chinese and Japanese than in English. This gives Asians an edge in math.
I think it's unquestionably true that the US education system could stand a few improvements. The KIPP schools sound interesting. Too bad there are so few in the Midwest.
Lexington barely scratched the surface with this assessment of the American education system. It is safe to say that the serious problems go beyond tallying up how many hours students around the world spend at a desk.
For many states, the primary job function for teachers is to "get" as many students as possible to pass standardized tests. Educating is a philosophical notion that does not belong in a classroom. Unfortunately, these exams offer the same assessment of the system as Lexington has with the counting.
Politicians shiver in their boots at the vaunted summer-camp industry. I believe the teacher unions have more to lose by extending the school year. I know if I had a 3-month vacation I would be loth to give it up.
By the way, in Colorado at least, there are some year-round elementary schools. The vacations are cut and distributed throughout the year. There is no summer vacation the way it is in this article, but the children still get breaks. So there is a model for reorganizing the school year, but who knows how long it will be before anything is implemented. Our competitive edge erodes meanwhile.
This article is what's WRONG with America's education. It's completely BACKWARDS and draws the WRONG conclusion. BEFORE trying to improve America's schools, America led the world in almost every domain: economy, science, health, freedom, technology, inventiveness, military, space exploration, ...
America's decline began when they started trying to make the schools like the rest of the world's, where all the kids memorize useless facts and test answers.
When all people know how to do is regurgitate solutions to known problems, then they're not going to be inventing creative solutions to new problems. People--children especially--need leisure mental time to develop creative abilities. Hours of spectator sports and non-participant entertainment don't help either.
Read Ray Bradury's Fahrenheit 451. Don't watch the movies--they're just Hollywood style adventure movies. READ the book. It's NOT science fiction. It's a prophetic description of what our society is becoming!!!
I won't attempt to defend the American system with its many inequities and failures. I would note, however, that there's a missing piece in this and other commentaries that simply place side-by-side the hours worked by Asian, European and North American students. I can't speak for the European system which I know almost nothing about (except that in a lot of places, they study additional _years_ as well). But in Asia, while it's true that students are far more diligent and serious about their studies, the point made here about homework, to take one example, is simply incorrect.
I teach a number of South Korean students who either study in America during the year or are preparing to. All of them find dealing with the homework load given by foreign teachers and in the US itself shocking. There are several reasons for this:
1) While Korean teachers assign reams of busy work (especially math) to complete outside of class, schools also provide time for students to do the work (hence the long school days). Some of this time comes from a lack of, for example...
2) Athletics. An often overlooked aspect of the American educational experience, such as it is, is the huge emphasis on sports. While this no doubt needs to be scaled back a bit (a lot in some places), we probably also don't want to end up where most Asian students are, with no daily physical activity whatsoever.
3) In addition, no Korean parent with a cent to his/her name would think of not sending the kid to extra tutors for 'help' completing that work. Academies in Korea open after school ends and--by law--are required to close before the wee hours of the night. The best of these academies and tutors do, in fact, help. It's a well known fact that a lot of them simply complete the work for the students.
4) Finally, the best US and European schools generally operate on the 'learn to manage your time' ethos wherein more work is given than a student is expected to be able to complete. Never having experienced this time-management crush is something that really comes back to haunt the average Korean later in life. Within Korea, offices will accommodate and even encourage people to work as long as is necessary to accomplish a goal. In the outside world, though, the keyword is 'efficiency.' Websites in Korea abound with examples of Koreans going to work for foreign companies and being simply unable to complete the work in the time given (when overtime isn't allowed). The root of this problem is the education system which continues to emphasize rote and perfection over doing the best with what is available in a given time.
Perhaps the real value Americans see in Huck Finn is not that he's unapologetically anti-intellectual, but what a good job he does making do with what's at hand. While there's no doubt the American education system could use a serious kick in the pants, simply extending the hours (as has already caused a backlash among the private-school-attending elite) will not necessarily result in a smarter public. Attention should also be paid to the quality of the education and the kinds of skills we hope to pass along.
American children are not the exception. The article convienently leaves out all the extra-curricular activities and social/acamdemic/sports commitments that children are a part of in the school year. In addition, preparation for tournaments and competitions, which carry rewards such as college scholarships and such, requires commitment during the regular school year before-and-after school and the summer as well. To name a few, there are debate camps, football camps, mathematics camp, computer camp, and language camps. Especially during high school, participation in extra-curricular is needed to adequately apply for college admissions, where colleges are looking for the "well-rounded" candidate. Schools in Europe do not offer nearly as much extra-curricular activities and give students a platform to apply what they've learned in school. My husband, who is from Germany, still gets annoyed whenever he thinks about all the memory work that he had to do in school and the extra time committed to doing such memory work. As he says, "What sense does it make to memorize all the classifications for flowers and plant seeds? It's not like I'm going to be a botanist!"
Grammatical correction:
"....but the real benefits of it [is] in training students to concentrate and to self-discipline..."
[is] should be [are].
KACEY 1 has raised many interesting points. Thanks.
If you talk to people on the ground in American K-12 (i.e. teachers, cousellors, administrators) as well as academic researchers who study American K-12 education, they all acknowledge the problems that American students have in terms of getting the basics (reading, writing and mathematics and especially mathematics) compared to other OECD countries and some Asian countries. They differ in identifying the causes and the solutions. These problems are further identified by professors at higher education institutions because they are at the receiving end of graduates of the K-12 system.
KACEY 1 is correct that one third of the US doctoral degrees are earned by foreign students and in the hard sciences such as engineering, physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science, it's actually close to 40% and in some cases 50%. In one top tier university (I don't want to mention name), 90% of the PhD candidates in biostatistics are foerign born who completed their undergrad education outside the US. Ironically, many of these bright foreign students come from the very K-12 systems that Americans look down on - saying that their pedagogy is rote learning. Further, if you look at professorial appointments at top tier research intensive American universities in the past 20 years, the percentage of these appointments going to foreign born nationals is increasing by leaps and bounds, again and especially in areas of hard sciences.
Learning hard sciences requires a high level of discipline, concentration and a rock solid grounding in mathematics and rote learning helps facilitate that. The K-12 subjects one tries to rote learn may offer very little to no practical value, but the real benefits of it is in training students to concentrate and to self-discipline. Rote learning is neither good nor bad because it all depends on how you want to use this tool for.
In hard sciences, you must be well grounded in the basics before you can become creative. This perhaps explains why foreign born students are so successful at top tier American universities where the institution provides the abundance of resources and freedom to explore and foreign students provide their well practised self-discipline, concentration and rock solid grounding in mathematics - thanks to rote learning. Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocatng for rote learning per se. I'm simply saying that rote learning has its benefits if we know where and how to put it to good use.
"For some reason conservatives always want to cut education in America. With realities like this, why do they"
Well, since it seems that your American education didn't help you explain this, let me help. Conservatives want local control. Progressives want centralized control. Everything else is tangential. Some conservatives do not want the DOE to exist.
My opinion is that it should be 'recreated' so that it focuses more on creating national standards and less on the distribution of money.
Conservatives have no qualms paying for education for their local community or their own children. Conservative school districts in the suburbs tend always to have better scores. This generally has nothing to do with funding. It is mostly that the parents are involved in their children's education.
It is an unfortunate part of urban and rural life that parents do not value education. The government cannot pour in any amount of money to help these folks value education if they don't want to.
In other parts of the world education is the only way to make something of yourself. In the USA that isn't true. It only takes one example of a recording "artist" making millions for many kids to think that it is a good career path and neglect studies.
Face it. Americans are spoiled and lazy. Even the poor in America expect a standard of living that many in the world would envy.
The baby boomer generation is bankrupting the USA and leaving it in shambles. Obama promises change, but does more of the same. Claims he will save money with health care (just like Bush thought Oil would fund the Iraq invasion). It's all smoke and mirrors. The culture the baby boomers created of mass consumerism is imploding on itself.
The only thing that saves the USA is the University system's Business, Science and Engineering programs. Liberal Arts are important, no doubt because they foster creativity, but they are not what sets the USA apart.
As the article states only 2/3 of PhD students are from the USA. I bet the number is even less in Math, Science, Business and Engineering. Again, what saves us is that newly minted PhDs often stay around when they are done.
It's interesting, because here in Austria the discussion is about catching up to America. Austrian teachers spend half as much time in the classroom as American teachers do. The school day here is also much shorter than in America. This is true for Germany as well. Look back at the article and you see that the economist selected the information it chose to show. It would be more interesting to compare the number of HOURS spent, rather than talking about days and half days separate from each other. I'm not sure who spends more time in the classroom, and I don't know if the writers of the economist know this, either! Find out about the total hours, then maybe we can start a sensible comparison including teaching methods (I think they're more innovative in America. French students have to memorize a lot of facts -- not something that stimulates independent thinking very much).
In the end, the Economist is probably right, but only partly. This article seems to be fairly poorly researched. Disappointing considering the newspaper's general quality (I've been a subscriber for a couple years now).
American education system should be divided into K-12, and University/Graduate school.
I myself went thru the graduate schools and my three sons went thru the complete American education system from Kindergarten to graduate schools. All my sons and I have attended one or more of the best American Universities, such as: Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Yale, etc.
Why American higher education excel? If you are looking at the leading gradate schools, such as Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and UC Berkeley. The main reason is 'money', they have the money to hire the best professors, best laboratory equipments, give the best graduate students around the world full scholarships. The American University gives you plenty of opportunities to motivate yourself, to shine, to achieve something extreme, to go to uncharted territory. The professors challenge you, lead you, guide you, etc.
The problem in K-12 education is also 'money'. The drop out rate in the city of LA is almost 50% and the education is almost 50% of budget, the teachers' unions go to strike for more pay, educating children is secondary goal. That is why there are only 180 school days per year, 6 periods per day, and 45minutes per period. Sometimes, there is no teaching at all; it is called self study, silent hour. There are more staff members than teachers in the school, more people in the school district office than school. It is a complete chaos.
The K-12 teachers in China are really teaching students' Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Languages, etc. to have a strong basic background/knowledge. Also, the parents in China are pushing their kids to study harder than the American parents. The society values education more in China too.
The problem is greed in the American education system, just like the overall society - the almighty dollar. Teachers' Union cares more about money than students? The professors in the leading Universities make hundreds of thousands of grants, research funds; they pay more attention to his students under him. Graduate students are cheap labor anyhow?
Two Chinese universities, TsingHua University and Peking University, have moved ahead of the University of California at Berkeley as the top sources of students who go on to earn doctorates at American institutions. Fully one third of all doctoral students in science or engineering are foreign students.
Here is another example; if an auto worker in US makes anywhere between USD $95,000 to $154,000 per year. But, the same auto worker makes USD $2,000 per year in China. How long can the auto industry last? If a teacher makes USD $1,000 per year in China, doing a better job than their American counterpart, how long can the American education system last? So, China is providing not only manufacture goods as well as cheap labor, as doctorates students, for American Universities?
I also see other major problems in USA. US government budget is 3.6 trillion dollar, but the deficit is 1.86 trillion, that means 50% of every dollar is borrowed. How long can it last? On top of that, Federal Reserve Bank is buying treasure bills, which are no different than using your right hand to buy things from left hand and paying funny money. In addition, there are billions after billions of bailouts and trillions after trillions FDIC, and loan guarantees, etc....
Bernie Madoff, the chairperson of NASDAQ, operated a Ponzi games for more than 20 years, in the amount of more than 65 billion dollar. Where is Federal Exchange Commission? Where are hundreds after hundreds of Bank Examiners from Federal Reserve Bank? Where are the government regulatory agencies?
Is US government operating a bigger Ponzi game? Is this another bubble? How long can that last?
Just a couple of stats your way:
36% of NASA's scientists are Indians.
One of the highest number of patent applications for GE comes from their India branch.
These are just a few examples, I'm sure you can google the rest.
Of course, India and China will produce some junk but it's all on the way to technology learning and leapfrogging. The US did that too before it became a superpower. The country did not get hit by some bolt of technology lightning and become a developed country overnight (you may want to check up on economics and history).
What the article is saying is to recognize competition and deal with it. Not live in denial.
The article does touch on an interesting subject wnd debates we have here in Kenya where we as parents feel our children are over burdened ( nthey really do admire the americans cousins). As I write my kids cousins are here on hloliday from the states until august while our kids close in august for 4 weeks. Despite the long hours children here are no more competitive than their americans cousins. I think what really matters is the QUALITY not QUANTITY. This means aligning the education the kids get to what the world needs. This is hard work ethic and innovation. Long hours in school can be counter productive as the kids burn out and once out of schhol never read again. Also it denies the pupils time to experiment. (This is what brings about innovation) What is important is to ensure that childern are fully occupied enven during holidays with sports and other activities that add value to their future. Increasing the hours alone will not solve the problem of competitiveness.
It's distinctly possible that the comparatively short American school year, and corresponding lax academic standards, is what keeps American workers competitive. One learns several things in school besides math and English: citizenship, group dynamics, and personal relationships.
The 'time off', leaving the primary school student free to do their own thing, may well acclimatize them to pursuing 'their' individual interests, rather than those mandated by authorities. Some of this will be hanging out with friends, some text messaging, some building model airplanes, and some playing football. In high school, some of these kids might even hold down a job. In any case, they find themselves free to choose their own path, a cultural trait they don't lose as adults.
The rigidity of the European and Asian workforces may exist in part because of long, confining educational regimens. Their math is better, so is their deference to their elders and superiors. There may be a good reason why Americans don't go to too much trouble to defend their jobs: they simply may not care. They'll find another thing to do, just as they did on that lazy summer afternoon when they had not a care in the world.
"To me the amount of time studying is irrelevant - it is the results that matter."
This opinion of yours is one sadly shared by many Americans.
Studying is a tool for learning how to absorb and retain information, which is a skill that is extremely useful in almost any job; studying teaches the mind how to organize its contents, and so gives the studier a more comprehensive and therefore useful grasp of the material. Tests for the most part consist of pressure-filled windows of time in which students are forced to regurgitate as much information as they can for no tangible purpose or use.
Despite the provocative title and the cartoon, your article raises the most important question on this subject: is the quantity and quality of work done by the American school children, at school and home, adequately prepare them to compete for bright and prosperous careers in the 21st century global economy? Based on the length of American school year, school day, summer vacation and the homework activity and the evidence of poor performance you argue that the American school children are "ill equipped to compete". This begs the question: is there any evidence that supports an urgent need for a radical and major change, qualitatively and quantitatively, in the way American school children are educated?
The most compelling evidence that supports the case for a radical change is the explosive growth of new knowledge in almost all branches of science that has taken place over the past several decades. This change, in combination with technological innovations that have helped to speed up the diffusion of new knowledge, has brought about accelerated pace of change in the global economy in addition to leveling the playing field.
Understanding, assimilating and applying some of this new and changing knowledge during the school years is a formidable challenge that requires more time for learning and practice. More time for learning, both at school and home, is not only dictated by the trend of expanding knowledge and its impact on school curriculum, but also by an another important finding from the cognitive sciences. Over the last three decades investigators in the field of cognitive sciences have learned that world-class, expert performance in most fields of human endeavours require focused, sustained hard work and practice. Learning during school years is no exception to this very important finding. Your readers may find the following resources very helpful in understanding this subject:
Colvin, G: Talent is Overrated – Portfolio, Penguin Group
Coyle, D – The Talent Code – Bantam
Gallagher, W – Rapt – The Penguin Press
Ericsson KA -- The Road To Excellence: the Acquisition of Expert Performance in the Arts and Sciences, Sports, and Games -- Lawrence Erlbaum
Ericsson KA -- The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance – Cambridge University Press.
The title of the documentary film you mention in passing in your article is Two Million Minutes. It is produced by the venture capitalist Robert A. Compton (www.2mminutes.com). This film addresses some of the important questions related the issue of time allocation by American school children and their family. The evidence stated above strongly supports the case for change made by Mr. Compton and your provocative article.
As an Indian seeing my kids study in US I see for myself the difference. US education though pretty diverse and localized, in general is geared towards social development and creativity. Academic options are also available. I find these aspect far more important than putting the kids through the torture of rote learning. After all if you ask grown up Indians/Korean/Chinese what exactly they are doing with things learnt in school, there isn't much to answer. There was never any real interest in subjects itself. It is just the competetion driving to work like crazy. Whereas social skills last for life. On other hand the education that lasts is the one received in family.
Latter is the one that US teachers have tried to hard compensate for and can't do more. System is as good as it can be. Increasing school hours will not fix the problem of society. Parents have to contribute and then we enter into realms of other problem.
There is rich debate on what is the purpose of education. I say it's aim to promote healthy democracy where intellifgent debates can be undertaken and where we can take politicians who tell us the truth. More important than education is attitude to education. Revering education is most important aspect of education. Unfortunately that's a bit lost in US. There is no law that can be promulgated to fix that. Hopefully it's not lost in US that the reason some other countries do well is not because of system but because there is collective wish in those countries to do well in education. System will not compensate for desire and wishes.
To me the amount of time studying is irrelevant - it is the results that matter. I do worry about the quality of American education though as the American students I encounter at the university I work in have reading skills well below that of the local students.
I could be wrong - this is just what I have encountered.
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I must have over watered my seeds cause now the top of the soil is green. what should I do? will this kill the seedlings? My husband thinks I should spray with very diluted bleach???
Sometimes green on the soil is an indication that the soil is too acidic, but if yours seems slimy and you think you over watered it is probably a mold.
DO NOT spray with bleach. If you have a humidity cover on them, remove it. Get a fan blowing on them and sprinkle the top with cinnamon.
If it's just green from acidity then you can sweeten the soil a bit with crushed egg shell. It will take a while to work because the shell material has to wash down into the soil with watering.
When watering, wait until the soil is dry at LEAST half way down the pot, and then set your pots in a shallow container with water and then wait until the soil darkens on top a bit and remove it from the water. Now you know the soil is wet right through and it can be a week or more before you have to do it again.
I had a bit of green 'stuff' on my soil line. It was not slimy, looked more like really bright moss. This was showing when teh plants were very young still. I can't say if we have the same green 'stuff' but mine was harmless. I did do what oilpainter suggested with increasing airflow but it did not go away. It dissapeared when my petunias got larger and blocked the light to the top of the soil line.
This had no effect on my petunias, they are now about 8" tall and 24" across.
It's likely algae and shouldn't hurt your seedlings. Do not spray with bleach, the ph of household bleach is somewhere around 11 and would be fatal to plants. Water less, increase air circulation around your trays. You must be close to being able to put your seedlings outdoors to begin to harden them off, just that step alone should resolve the problem.


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For tea lovers, remember to buy back some tea leaves from Aswan, if you happen to be at the bazaar that was mentioned in my shopping tip.
The peppermint and hibiscus tea leaves i brought back are fantastic! The flavour is very strong and it's simple the best! My mum love it and is lamenting that how could i buy so few!!!
It cost me 15 EP for one big bag of peppermint tea leaves, but i paid more for hibiscus at 45 EP. A big Bag too.
A tip though, for peppermint tea leaves, try to ask the shop owner not to give you those with too many stems.
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The market is quite large and is full of tourist souvenirs, spices and clothes. A great place to do some haggling or pick up some gifts for friends and family.
Be aware that they will go very low compared with the starting price. If you walk away they will often chase you prepared to accept what ever you offered, providing it is reasonable.
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For shopping I like to stroll in the souqs.
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When Stephen King's low, left-footed shot skipped into the back of the net Saturday, the D.C. United midfielder celebrated his goal with a reserved fist pump — seemingly a gesture of relief more than anything else.
The 81st-minute tally capped off United's 4-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps at RFK Stadium. But it also gave King his first strike in 30 appearances for D.C. after a slew of painful near-misses.
"He's had some close calls," midfielder Clyde Simms said. "To see him get that first one was definitely exciting."
For King, the goal was a fair reward for an industrious player whose contributions have been particularly positive of late. After sitting out United's first seven matches of the season while buried on the depth chart, he has seen action in 10 of the club's 15 contests since, including five starts, serving as a dependable role player for coach Ben Olsen's squad.
The 25-year-old provides the kind of depth that could be valuable as United (7-6-9) embark on a quick two-game road swing to face the Chicago Fire (2-7-14) on Thursday and Sporting Kansas City (7-7-9) on Sunday.
"In this business, a lot of times, it's kind of a roller coaster emotionally," King said. "Sometimes you're in the lineup, sometimes you're not. I think the biggest thing is just to stay positive."
The 5-foot-8 University of Maryland product is a fairly unassuming piece of the United roster puzzle. He seems to like it that way. In the D.C. locker room, however, his actions speak loudly. Ask about King, who came to United via an April 2010 trade with the Seattle Sounders, and you'll repeatedly hear the same sentiment: No one works harder.
Early on this season, though, King found himself firmly planted on the bench, behind fellow central midfielders Simms, Branko Boskovic, Dax McCarty and Kurt Morsink in the pecking order.
"It's always hard because every one of the players on the team wants to be on the field when the lights are on Saturday night," King said. "At the same time, we're all very fortunate to be able to play soccer every day and to do what we do. So I just try to stay focused and keep plugging away, just knowing that it's a long season and things can change pretty quickly."
That they can. In April, Boskovic tore his ACL. Two months later, McCarty was traded for midfielder-forward Dwayne De Rosario. Morsink has fallen victim to various nagging injuries. Even Simms, the iron man that he is, has needed a breather from time to time.
When called on to step in, King has been ready.
"King's just an unbelievable kid," Olsen said. "He comes to work every day and does his part, whether he's starting or whether he's a reserve. ... He's just the type of guy you really like to have on your team."
When deployed in his preferred advanced midfield role, King prides himself in offering clean distribution, as well as a solid defensive work rate and some well-timed runs forward. He also has developed versatility for D.C., occasionally filling in at right back and wide midfield.
To open United's road trip, King will face the Chicago organization that selected him in the third round of the 2008 SuperDraft. He spent only one season with the Fire before Seattle plucked him in the expansion draft, but he still looks back fondly on the time he did spend in the Windy City, noting he has "a lot of great memories there."
Come Thursday night, he'll hope to add one more by helping his side pick up an important result away from home amid the crowded race for an Eastern Conference playoff slot.
"To be back in that city, where I spent a year of my life, it's going to be really cool," King said. "And it's going to be a nationally televised game and a crucial part of our season right now where we need the three points, so I think we're all pretty pumped for it."
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Erica Jong
After the Earthquake Poem by Erica Jong
After the first astounding rush,
after the weeks at the lake,
the crystal, the clouds, the water lapping the rocks,
the snow breaking under our boots like skin,
& the long mornings in bed. . .
After the tangos in the kitchen,
& our eyes fixed on each other at dinner,
as if we would eat with our lids,
as if we would swallow each other. . .
I find you still
here beside me in bed,
(while my pen scratches the pad
& your skin glows as you read)
& my whole life so mellowed & changed
that at times I cannot remember
the crimp in my heart that brought me to you,
the pain of a marriage like an old ache,
a husband like an arthritic knuckle.
Here, living with you,
love is still the only subject that matters.
I open to you like a flowering wound,
or a trough in the sea filled with dreaming fish,
or a steaming chasm of earth
split by a major quake.
You changed the topography.
Where valleys were,
there are now mountains.
Where deserts were,
there now are seas.
We rub each other,
but we do not wear away.
The sand gets finer
& our skins turn silk.
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Family poetry is really great. The ups and downs on love and understanding can be greatly depicted from our experiences.
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St. John Ambulance will train parents and caregivers of 1,000 children; programme for tribal regions in the pipeline too
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"Doctors trained in first aid and our volunteers will teach them to care for the child. It is often difficult to care for special children. We will teach the parents and caregivers to provide an uncluttered living space for the child and what they should do if the child causes self-injury with a stone or some sharp instrument," said D. Vadivel Mugundhan, chairman of St. John.
The organisation has already run a trial project and will formally launch the programme on September 5.
As part of the project, it has also facilitated industries to adopt children whose parents are financially unsound.
The children adopted by the companies through their social responsibility effort will be in the care of a few persons identified by the companies themselves.
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St. John has also planned a project for tribal regions following the success of a training programme in rescue and transport of the injured, organised in Ayyanar Hills near Rajapalayam.
In hilly, remote areas, where accidents including falls from trees are common, often help is not available immediately. The injured are carried in a cloth sling, compromising their recovery after treatment.
"In the area, we found nine people with spinal cord injuries who were bedridden for life. The tribal people had transported them in a thuli (cloth sling). The injured were transported to a hospital but the damage to the spine was caused because of the way they were transported. We have taught them to always use portable stretchers and administer first aid. This would prevent the injury from worsening," Dr. Vadivel said.
He added that every house should have one person who is trained in administering first aid. "The aim is to have one trained hand in every household. Only this will prevent deaths," he said.
The project aims at reaching out to the tribal population in 25 hills across the State.
At present, St. John is running programmes in 100 villages where three persons are chosen from each village across the 32 districts and trained in handling natural calamities and disasters.
'The trained persons will be provided with emergency kits, and they will in turn be monitored by St. John volunteers. By the end of 2013, we will have 3,000 trained persons in each district," Dr. Vadivel said.


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Hollister Hills SVRA (Hollister, California)Hollister Hills SVRA (State Vehicular Recreation Area) has 24 miles of trails, including a man-made obstacle course that features a mud bog, which attracts big crowds on the weekends. Located in the mountains dividing the city of Hollister from the Salinas Valley, many of the routes at this off-road course are impassable when wet -- and always a challenge. 960 1280
Moab, UtahMoab in Southeastern Utah, is an iconic off-roading destination in the US. The terrain has been a battleground for off-roaders, mountain bikers, hikers and rafters -- so much so that some trails have been fully or partially closed to off-road vehicles. However, there's plenty of space for 4x4 trucks and other modified off-road rigs. Guided trail tours and Jeep rentals are available in the area. State resident or non-resident Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) permits are required. 960 1280
The Cliffs Insane Terrain Off-Road Park (Marseilles, Illinois)Looking for muddy fun? Head to Marseilles, IL, where off-road enthusiasts converge on The Cliffs Insane Terrain Off-Road Park. This heavily wooded park features large fields, creeks and 1 treacherous mud hole -- you'll have to ask park personnel where it is. Just a few words of wisdom: Watch out for deep holes disguised as easy mud puddles. 960 1280
Whipsaw Trail (South-Central British Columbia)Close to Coalmont, Princeton, in British Columbia, the Whipsaw Trail should be on your list to visit between July and August, when the rainfall is lowest. Winner of the BFGoodrich Outstanding Trails award, this trail is an active mining and logging road, so watch out for traffic! Some areas of the trail are challenging and may require a winch and tow strap if your 4x4 or rig gets stuck. 960 1280
Redneck Yacht Club (Punta Gorda, Florida)Welcome to the Redneck Yacht Club Mud Park in Punta Gorda, FL. This is the ultimate destination for mudding and off-roading enthusiasts. The 800-acre park has 3 mud holes, a mud track, drive-thru buggy/ATV wash, camping, food vendors and much more. The Redneck Yacht Club has 4 mud holes to choose from depending on your riding preferences, including Hog Waller and Gator Slough. 960 1280
Shiloh Ridge (Alto, Texas)It's known as the first and original off-road park in Texas. Shiloh Ridge is home to the Texas Redneck Games, a 4-day event that includes mudding, camping, live entertainment, wet T-shirt contests and more! Located north of Alto, TX, this park -- open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -- welcomes owners of ORV (off-road vehicles), ATVs and motorcycles. 960 1280
Azusa Canyon (Azusa, California)This is the only state-owned-and-operated mud mecca in Southern California. Fed by the San Gabriel River, the bogs here are deep with silt from the surrounding San Gabriel Mountains, making it a perfect spot for mudding. In order to get in, your rig should be legal to drive on the street. 960 1280
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Truck Night at Yankee Lake (Brookfield, Ohio)Prepare to go off-roading in some of the most challenging bogs in the US. In Brookfield, OH, Truck Night at Yankee Lake attracts huge crowds who want to watch high-horsepower trucks compete in gritty mud pits with fun activities like the rock crawl, log climb, car crush and tug o' war. Truck Night is on Friday nights from May through September. We recommend off-roading fans check out the season opener event, Trucks Gone Wild. 960 1280
Pacific Northwest TrailThe Pacific Northwest Trail spans 1,200 miles -- including 3 national parks and 7 national forests. To tackle this route, which runs through Montana, Idaho and Washington, you'll have to keep a pace of 20 miles per day. That'll get you to the trail's end in about 60 days.
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Sierra High RouteThe Sierra High Route is one of pro hiker Andrew Skurka's favorite trails. The 195-mile trail in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains offers amazing views of meadowlands, lake basins and mountain peaks. Keep a pace of roughly 20 miles per day, and you'll complete the trail in a little over a week. Also, keep in mind logistical considerations.
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Arizona TrailThe 800-mile Arizona Trail runs north and south through the state, and showcases some of the region's most unspoiled terrain: ridges, mountains and wilderness areas that have remained untouched since Arizona became a territory in 1863. That remoteness also means hikers must stay current on Arizona Trail conditions.
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Continental Divide TrailAt 3,100 miles, the Continental Divide Trail is not for the faint of heart: Only about 25 people a year attempt to hike the entire trail, which runs between Mexico and Canada. Some areas can only be traveled by bushwacking, aka make-your-own-trails, and roadwalking.
Best times to hike: April to October. 960 1280
Superior Hiking TrailEveryone loves Superior: Hiker Andrew Skurka ranks the trail among his 10 favorite US hikes, Readers Digest ranks it among its top 5. The 275-mile footpath showcases scenic views -- boreal forests, rushing waterfalls and the 30-mile-long Sawtooth Mountains are among the attractions -- as well as 81 campsites for a little R&R.
Best times to hike: Late spring to early fall. 960 1280
Florida TrailAlligators are among the wild critters that hikers can encounter along the Florida Trail. The 1,400-mile trail starts at Big Cypress National Preserve (about 45 miles west of Miami) and ends in the Pensacola, FL, area. And if you see a gator along the way? Give it space, circling around its tail end so it doesn't feel threatened.
Best times to hike: Year-round. 960 1280
Colorado TrailHikers, horse riders and bicyclists, the Colorado Trail is calling your name. The 486-mile trail runs from the Denver area to Durango, CO, with some of Colorado's most beautiful scenery in between: wildlife (marmots, deer, sheep and more), as well as wildflowers, forests, lakes and streams ideal for fishing. A thru-hike generally takes 4 to 6 weeks to complete -- a feat accomplished by roughly 150 people per year.
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Cabrillo National Monument,
Gray whales make the longest migration of any mammal on the planet -- and the western overlooks of Cabrillo National Monument are one of their pit stops. The peak time to see these massive 44-foot-long, 33-ton creatures is mid-January; they're also visible from mid- to late December through March.
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Kodiak Island, AlaskaIn addition to these cute sea otters, Alaska's Kodiak Island sees gray whales, in April. In June, minke, sei, fin and humpback whales also visit these waters -- with fins and humpbacks a common sight from June to November. Another great time to visit is April: That's when the annual Whale Fest Kodiak, a 10-day-long festival, celebrates the return of Eastern Pacific gray whales to Alaskan waters. 960 1280
San Juan Islands, WashingtonOrcas love the San Juan Islands, off Washington State. Three pods, known as the "Southern Residents," usually make their appearance from mid-April to early October. Gray, minke and humpback whales also visit these waters, as do seals, porpoises, sea lions and otters. 960 1280
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Can I ask why you don't want your mom's family in your child's life? You and your baby are an everlasting connection to the person they lost, too, so cutting them out seems harsh (unless of course there is some crazy backstory). It seems to me they are making an effort to still be a part of your family even though your mom isn't here. I don't think it's greedy at all to have multiple baby showers (okay, two or three are fine - ten is greedy :) )
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Chianti Wine Tasting and San Gimignano Day Trip from Siena
- Half-day San Gimignano and Castellina in Chianti tour from Siena
- Hear tales of San Gimignano's medieval history from an expert guide
- Explore the hilltop town at your own pace, seeing sights like Via Francigena and the Collegiata
- Visit the charming village of Castellina in Chianti and take a tour of a Tuscan winery
- Learn about wine production in Chianti and discover the difference between Super Tuscan and Gallo Nero wines
- Sample red and white Tuscan wine during a tasting session, and enjoy a plate of antipasto
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What You Can Expect
Learn all about the town from your guide as you travel, and then enjoy roughly 1.5 hours of free time in San Gimignano to explore at your own pace. Admire the stunning architecture around Piazza della Cisterna and Piazza del Duomo, and have your camera ready for photos by the Collegiata – San Gimignano's Romanesque cathedral. Perhaps take a stroll along the Via Francigena strip – an ancient pilgrimage road – or visit the shops to browse the locally made handicrafts and beautiful Santa Fina pottery.
Meet your guide at the pre-arranged time and travel deep into the heart of Tuscany, to the famous Chianti region. Gaze out at the emerald green hills, laden with grape vines and olive groves, and stop in the postcard-perfect village of Castellina in Chianti. Visit a renowned winery here for a tour, exploring the cellars, vineyards and bottling rooms of an impressive Tuscan wine estate.
Hear about wine production in the Chianti area – the grapes used, the terrain and the climate – and learn about the different classifications of Tuscan wines, such as Super Tuscans and the prestigious Gallo Nero label. After your tour of the estate, sit down to sample a selection of the best!
Sip on different reds and whites, noting the characteristics that set them apart from other Italian wines. While sampling and discussing the wines, tuck into a selection of typical Tuscan snacks. The dishes vary according to what's available on the day of your tour, but you can expect delights like garlicky bruschetta, mild cheeses and Tuscan salami or ham; you won't be disappointed!
After relaxing at the winery, return to your coach for the journey back to Siena. Finish your tour in the early evening back at the start point.
Please note: occasionally this tour may run in reverse order, meaning your visit to Chianti will take place before San Gimignano.
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March 2015
Great tour! Knowledgable tour guide and the best part was I traveled in the off season and was the only one so I recieved a private tour. My tour guide was flexible and gave me plenty of time to take pictures, shop and explore the areas. Highly recommend this tour. I was in italy for three weeks and this was my best tour!
December 2014
Love this tour for the reason which it gives flexibility for your to explore San Gimignano together with a winery visit. As it's a half day tour, it best fits my tight schedule at siena, which let me to do some sightseeing in the morning. Like the winery visit!


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Just a heads up... Just because a house is HomePath approved, doesn't mean you MUST get a HomePath loan. We had better luck with our credit union. I didn't like that only certain banks (a very limited number, imo) would work with HomePath, although there are advantages to it. Whatever fits your needs best. Best of luck to you!
I'm familiar with the Homepath Loan, as a consumer (no expert), but not familiar with the Homepath renovation loan, which is a little tricker. WIth the Homepath financing there aren't a whole lot of catches, I think the interest rate might have been a very tiny bit higher than we could have gotten on a conventional loan, and I think you might need a pretty good credit score to qualify because of the low down payment, but there are a lot of benefits, including needing only 3% down (owner occuppied, or 10% for an investment), and no PMI, low closing costs due to Homepath not requiring an appraisal and maybe a couple other costs. Plus you can get (or we could last year) cash back at closing (request it with your offer if the ad doesn't offer it upfront -- our realtor told us to and they agreed to it). Seems lenders are unfamiliar with the process, too, the first lender we called (a major lender that starts with a "Q" and rhymes with "thicken"), didn't have a clue and would't read up on them so kept processing the GFE incorrectly, charging us fees that shouldn't have been on there -- so we switched and went with a Wells Fargo lender who was also unfamiliar with the Homepath loan but was at least willing to learn about it, and processed it correctly (and enthusiastically, he thought it was a great deal). If you happen to be in the greater Boston area, e-mail me and I can give you his name. All in all it was a great deal for us, would do it again without hesitation.
Thanks for the info. They sell the house "as is" so I am not sure how they come up with a selling price. Seems it is under market value. 3% dn is correct. The renovation feature means they will include enough on the loan to get it up to speed. I think it was a 2nd home in the mountains for someone who couldn't finish it. Kitchen cabinets, garage...etc. I go look at it Saturday.
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