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The Titans' defense, through four games, has been nothing short of horrible, ranking last or near last in the major statistical categories — points allowed, total yards allowed, passing yards, and rushing yards. Statistics aside, they can't seem to defend the middle of the field on a consistent basis, drawing the ire of coordinator Jerry Gray. Heading into their Week 5 matchup against the suddenly pass-happy Vikings, Gray attempted to put an end to the struggles, urging his bunch to 'blow up' the opposition, regardless of fines or injuries. "If you are worrying about that, you are not going to go out and try and blow the guy up," Gray said, via The Tennessean. "Great football players have to put that out of their mind. You have to say, 'This is my territory between the numbers, and if you throw the football you better bring the Gator truck.' And that's how you have to play. You can't play timid in the NFL." The Gator refers to the cart teams use to remove severely injured pla
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I wanted to upgrade my HDD in my laptop so thought a clean install on Windows would be a good idea too. I completed the install of Windows 8 with no issues. When trying to activate it, it came back with an error message stating that a previous version of Windows could not be found and a clean install wasn't allowed. What I hadn't realised was that I purchase an upgrade version of 8.
I have a purchased copy of Windows 7 that I'm able to install but not sure if I'll be able to activate it because after purchasing 8 I installed (and activated) 7 on another machine.
Can I install Windows 7, not activate it and install 8 with no issues?
Best Answer Tomo , 11 August 2014 - 10:30
- Press the Windows key and type regedit. Press enter to open the Registry Editor.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Setup/OOBE/and double-click on the MediabootInstall key in the right pane.
- Change the key's value from 1 to 0.
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I woke up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. I lied back down on my back because my dog decided he wanted to lay down on me haha I feel asleep on my back. I woke up this morning and got this numbing tingling sensation in my left calf. I am just associating it with sleeping on my back but is there another reason for this?
Has anyone experienced this?
It really comes and goes. Is baby OK? It's not like my leg is numb I can still walk around but I can feel it, anything I should do?
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Veterans returning from service in Iraq and Afghanistan could increase demand for affordable rental housing. Households with low incomes (80 percent or less of the area median income) generally are eligible to receive rental assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) housing choice voucher, public housing, and project-based programs. However, because rental assistance is not an entitlement, not all who are eligible receive assistance. This testimony, based on a 2007 report, discusses (1) the income status and demographic and housing characteristics of veteran renter households, (2) how HUD's rental assistance programs treat veteran status (whether a person is a veteran or not) and whether they use a veteran's preference, and (3) the extent to which HUD's rental assistance programs served veterans in fiscal year 2005. The 2007 report discussed in this testimony made no recommendations.
In 2005, an estimated 2.3 million veteran renter households had low incomes. The proportion of veteran renter households that were low income varied by state but did not fall below 41 percent. Further, an estimated 1.3 million, or about 56 percent of these low-income veteran households nationwide, had housing affordability problems--that is, rental costs exceeding 30 percent of household income (see map for state percentages). Compared with other (nonveteran) renter households, however, veterans were somewhat less likely to be low income or have housing affordability problems. HUD's major rental assistance programs are not required to take a household's veteran status into account when determining eligibility and calculating subsidy amounts, but eligible veterans can receive assistance. The majority of the 41 largest public housing agencies that administer the housing choice voucher or public housing programs had no veterans' preference for admission. The 13 largest performance-based contract administrators that oversaw most properties under project-based programs reported that owners generally did not adopt a veterans' preference. In fiscal year 2005, an estimated 11 percent of all eligible low-income veteran households (at least 250,000) received assistance, compared with 19 percent of nonveteran households. Although the reasons for the difference are unclear, factors such as differing levels of need for affordable housing among veteran and other households could influence the percentages.
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The former flames have rekindled their romance and gotten married once again
Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon have not only decided to get back together since the 2008 annulment of their first marriage, but the two have taken the plunge and married for a second time. The former Baywatch actress and Salomon had managed to keep it quiet regarding the seriousness of their reconciliation until now, and she has so far kept the details of her marriage a secret too.
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During Sean Penn's Help Haiti Gala in Los Angeles this Saturday (11 Jan.) Pammy was spotted negotiating herself through the aisles of famous faces at the celebrity bash whilst wearing a great big diamond on her wedding ring. When asked by an E! News representative whether the ring was from Salomon and if they had remarried, she said "yes," and that she and her new husband are "very happy" together. She added. "Our families are very happy and that's all that matters."
Their reconciliation was a complete secret, with Pammy admitting back in 2013 that she and Rick had gotten back together as "best friends… with benefits" whilst appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October last year. The animal rights activist went on to say that she did not "want to meet anyone else" at that time, but still gave no real indication that she and Rick might be ready to tie the knot again.
Pam and Salomon have quite a history together already
With a tendency to go back to her former flames time after time, the three-time married star has twice reconciled with rocker Tommy Lee since their initial 1998 divorce and married Kid Rock in 2006 following the end of a two year relationship in 2003.
Pam and Rick were first married in a quickie Las Vegas ceremony on October 6, 2007, separating less than ten weeks later and with Anderson filing for divorce on 14 December. Two days following this, the pair were spotted hand in hand shopping together, however the marriage still officially came to an end when it was annulled in March 2008. The pair are believed to have stayed close throughout the time between their first divorce and their re-marriage.
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1998, the results of Emily Rosa's Therapeutic
Touch study appeared in JAMA (Journal of the American
Medical Association), making her the Guiness World's
record holder for youngest person to publish serious
medical research in a major medical journal. Since
then, she has won her division at the Colorado
state science fair for an ambitious experiment
that attempted to measure the circumference of
the earth with measuring units and instruments
of her own design. Emily, now 15 years old, lives
in, Colorado, where she likes to go to movies
and hang out with her friends. She is thinking
about becoming a primatologist, or pathologist
because she likes to solve medical mysteries.
links to Emily Rosa's home page and other related infomation
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work on the TT experiment. I want to know whether
you performed similar experiments (revised version?)
since then? Also, have you tried to reverse the
situation so that the test subjects are normal
people detecting the energy "feelings like tingling,
warmth, etc." from the TT practitioners?
Thanks! I regret to say that now living a
life of a busy bee teeny-bopper, I have not performed
a revised test of my original experiment. I may
in the future, but right now I haven't given much
thought to it. I never tried a reverse study of
my experiment, yet I have received TT before and
never felt any sort of sensations along with them
or any change in health.
exactly is a "double-blind" experiment? What other
double-blind experiments could one devise to prove
or disprove TT? Is it the placebo affect that
accounts for people's belief in it?
A double-blind experiment is when, in an experiment,
the patient and the researcher both do not know
who is getting the placebo and the test treatment.
It is hard to say what experiment could prove
TT. I think if my experiment was repeated over
and over again and came out with the same results
that would show even more reliable evidence against
the practice. Your last question is a difficult
one, but yet I think that, yes, you are dead-on
on your one point that an account for beneficial
results from TT is the belief people have that
the remedy will help them. Close contact can also
help a person feel better. Placebo along with
the direct attention that is given when one receives
TT is why I think the practice has come so far.
on your work, Emily. What other sorts of pseudo-science
would you like to subject to such a simple and
elegant experiment? Why, in the face of hard evidence,
do people still flock to therapies like this?
Thank you very much. It is nice to be appreciated!
I would like to eventually conduct an experiment
on the effects of "healing magnets" on the human
body. This is also another remedy for various
aches and pains that has not been clinically proven.
I do not consider my TT experiment to be proof
against the therapy but only good evidence that
TT practitioners can't do what they claim. Some
do not take my experiment seriously, and yes,
they still go to their local TT practitioner or
a related "energy medicine" therapist. People
still visit these types of practitioners because
of the personal attention that the patient receives,
i.e. a long visit and the chance for the patient
to talk at length about what's bothering them.
Some patients complain that medical doctors are
not as caring as they should be and turn to others
who seem more sympathetic. Then there are people
who do not get results from basic medical help
and they turn to these other possible remedies
for help. Others are desperate for a cure. If
a little girl did a science experiment debunking
TT, it hardly would effect the dozens of other
"energy medicine" practices around. But it should,
because they are based on similar theory.
I think it is wonderful that you are investigating
scientific vs. alternative medicines so early
in your "career", and the "touch" method is a
very interesting subject to start with. Have you
begun investigating the healing capabilities of
certified hands-on methods such as certified therapeutic
massage therapists?
want to offer this experience to your information:
I've been treated by a massage therapist for over
a year who combines therapeutic massage with acupuncture,
and sometimes herbal medicine. He is licensed
and certified in all three fields. He was recommended
to me by a highly qualified spinal physical therapist
(PT) who also is treated by him periodically.
This massage therapist is very disciplined and
knowledgeable about our anatomy and uniquely connected
physiological/ psychological systems. He spends
+/- 2 hours per patient session. This therapist
has delivered amazing results for me and many
friends and suffering acquaintances I have referred
to him. Most patients (he calls us 'clients')
begin going for chronic and debilitating pain
conditions caused by older nerve injuries (mostly
spinal) which conventional doctors (orthopedic
and neurological surgeons, physiatrists) or physical
therapists could not help or even made worse.
Once he relieves the patients' conditions to very
acceptable levels (usually over several weeks
or months) we have found that he continues to
bring results for many other physical problems.
This therapist is highly educated (post graduate)
and passionate about the work he does. His clients
know it. Yet he is not expensive.
kind of quality is what patients deserve from
our conventional medical and scientific community
but are not getting. As with all practitioners,
there will be bad, good, and even the fraudulent,
including the subjects you wrote about. Possibly
the reason so many patients and MD's are fleeing
the traditional Medical Doctor approach to "healing"
is a growing perception by patients (and MD's)
that the "western/conventional health community"
is more and more impersonal, arrogant, and hard
to communicate with, in a highly personal situation
for the patient.
reason people are fleeing conventional medicine
is that the side-effects of western medicine "cures"
i.e. drugs and surgery, is often no better than
the original problem. The scientific (i.e. western)
world of medicine needs new doctors and insurers
who will pay MUCH more attention to optimum nutrition
and healthy/ appropriate exercise for strong immune
systems and bodies, rather than pharmaceutical
drugs, sedentary lifestyles, and toxic environments
that destroy our natural immune systems. Allowing
and maintaining an active quality of life to the
end can be done without major intervention in
the vast majority of cases. Many educated people
now believe that the medical community as a whole
has become highly commercialized and has totally
lost sight of its subjects' well being.
the tide of growing skepticism and convincing
the public that the scientific and medical community
cares about the well-being of individuals, will
be a major challenge for western (scientific)
medicine in the near future. Best wishes for your
future endeavors in these and related fields.
Thank you and I have not done any experiments
relating to hands-on methods. I have not investigated
this, but I do believe that these fields are very
similar. My experiments objective was to see if
the practitioners could feel my "human energy
field." Since the two therapies are so similar
I find that now after having completed my experiment,
that therapeutic massage therapy may not be everything
it's cracked up to be. Perhaps what you may be
experiencing is the "placebo" effect. This is
in which a practice, that may have no evidence
to prove its positive effects, gives a patient
a feeling of relief either physically or emotionally
and is caused by the patient having extreme faith
in its benefits. I am glad if these therapies
have helped you but you may also want to consider
remedies that have been scientifically proven
to help. I think that the scientific medicine
today doesn't want you to pay them for attention
and caring words. When you go into the doctor's
office, you should expect a diagnosis and possible
treatment/medication. If you want to be touched,
go to a salon to get a massage. If you want someone
to talk to, you should call a friend or get a
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I am already starting to plan next year.
This year I really liked the MCT series for English, but I wish I would have only bought the teacher's manuals instead of all of them. I am not sure if we will be ready for the next batch of everything next year or not. But, I think I will continue to use them. I use all of it for my fifth grader, but use the poetry and part of the others with my second grader as well. However, I will be also ordering Easy Grammar grade 3 for next year. I like the foundation it plants for identifying the parts of speech.
I really wish that I wouldn't have purchased Language Smarts by the Critical Thinking Company.
I did like the Brain Builders book from Critical Thinking Co. as well as Building Visual Perception Skills and Balance Benders.
I love how I do science but wish I was more organized about it. I use BFSU as well as spontaneous experiments. My older dd needs something more. I will get the sequel to BFSU to use with her, but if I could find a cool co-op science class with lots of hands on stuff. . . that would be wonderful.
I also like how we hit history/social studies (library and connecting activities) but as with science I need to be more organized with it. I want to have structured plan for myself for next year. The past two years we have focused on US history and our state's history. Next year, we will start world history. My 2nd grader got the kits from "Little Passports". She liked them, but we won't be doing it again. It was nice though because we used it's topic of the month to expand on from a social studies/culture perspective.
Math is fine. We use Singapore with 2nd grader and a combo of Singapore and LoF for 5th grader. 5th grader recently did a free trial of ALEKS math and really likes it. I think she might go with that next year and I might supplement with math mammoth or whatever.
We are using Meet the Masters and it meets our needs. I will also be buying some clay from the local pottery place (my kids love pottery) and we will rent kiln space.
Mom to three very active girls Anna (14), Kayla (12), Maya (8).
I'm so much newer at this, and therefore waaaay less experienced! I do have preferences and such, and curriculum and workbooks we're using and will for quite a while. However, how do you plan? Do you plan your lessons day by day, for weeks at a time, or do you just roll with it as you accomplish one task moving onto the next?
I'm really interested in how people plan homeschool, because I haven't really set up a succesful system for this yet.
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We really loved using CHC {Catholic Heritage Curricula} this year - the lesson plans were just what we needed for K, and the books worked well for us mostly.
We liked:
Little Stories for Little Folks - just the right thing for a beginning reader to practice without being distracted by bright colors and artwork.
MCP Math - couldn't be simpler!
CHC Handwriting K - not too much practice, but more than enough to do the job.
Who Am I Religion program - babyish and didn't interest dd at all.
We'll be using CHC again for 1st grade next year.
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Sonlights books were good though and so was oak meadow and ALGF. Next year I'm plotting lots of books and maybe some fun science/math munipultives
Ak Hippie mama Yamia DSD '03 DS '07 DS2 '09 & DS3 '12
Can you explain what MCT series is? Thanks!
We will be homeschooling for the first time next year! Yeah! I will have a 1st and 2nd grader technically. They currently got to a private school so we are excited to be home more next year. We will be using Sonlight literature, trying to decide between Horizons/Signapore math, SOTW (Story of the World) for history/geography (my kids love the audio CDs so I just need to get activity books-we are on the 3rd one but plan to start at beginning), A Reason for Handwriting, and we will use First Language Lessons some. I would love a very cool pro-evolution science program and I need to get a spelling program. We plan to use the classical homeschooling model similar to The Well Trained Mind.
Any good science suggestions? We will do Math, Reading, Handwriting seperate but everything else together. I am excited!
Homeschooling Momma to DD, DS, DD and DS two furry labs. Wife to my wonderful husband.
Oh my gosh. This has been our first year homeschooling and we are completely retooling for next year. Being an educated person who values academics I thought that a classical approach sounded wonderful. Well, in theory it does, but in practice it has been horrible. My son doesn't like to learn that way and I certainly don't like teaching that way. I wish I had never bought Saxon Math. I can acknowledge that it is a quality math program, but it is so repeatative and some of the lessons take so long to get through especially when you add on the "math meeting" that I end up dreading it.
I also wish I had never bought the Nancy Larson Science curriculum. We bought Science 1 and it is horrible. It was really expensive which I didn't mind because it is totally open and go which meant less prep time gathering obscure supplies for me. Well, it is also COMPLETELY scripted and the material is very very simple and dry. I think we did 3 lessons before calling it quits on this one.
Moving on down the regrets list is the phonics program we have been using by Bonnie Dettmer. I am sure that if anyone manages to get through the whole curriculum, they emerge a fantastic reader and speller, but it is so thorough and dry that I am surprised we haven't keeled-over from boredom yet.
The one thing that we have been doing that we both really like is Story of the Wold Vol. 1. I love that you can do as much with each lesson as you like. We always do the map and the coloring/activity page and I try to get some of the suggested books from the library about each subject. The arts and crafts are also really fun to throw in occasionally.
Oh and we both have been enjoying the BOB books for our beginning readers.
So, as I said we are totally retooling and taking a more relaxed approach from here on out. I will be buying our new curriculum sometime in the next couple of weeks. So far I think we are going to get Explode the Code online for phonics, either ETC workbooks or HWT for handwriting, Math Mammoth, continue with BOB books, I really want to try Oak Meadow to use primarily for social studies and science. My son is very high energy and very fascinated by nature so, I think that OM might be a good fit for him. I am unsure if we will continue with SOTW. We have both really enjoyed it, but I don't know if it will really fit in with the other things we are doing/ if we will have time for it.
Wifey to DH , Mama to DS 8, DS 6, DD 1
I LOVE reading reviews of what worked for others. It is very helpful to me.
There is nothing I really regret buying - I think often the only way to find out how well something will work is to get the materials and try it on. I can always sell it and recoup some of what I spent.
I am definitely in the mode of planning for fall, and also planning to begin academics with our second child, and making adjustments based on what I tried with our first.
Some things I am giving up on/unloading/deciding not to use again for our 5 yo:
The Reading Lesson - I didn't like the sentences with periods but no capitals, or some of the nonsense words. The format of the pages was also not interesting to my children.
Singapore Math - I tried the 2A and 2B. I do not like having a separate textbook that should not be written in. I also have a strong distaste for horizontal problems that have to be rewritten vertically. I felt the textbook pages were cluttered. I prefer the format of the Spectrum or MCP Math workbooks - teaching and problems to work, all in one book you can write in.
Frog and Toad books (I just do not like them at all and there are so many other books to read instead)
Putting to the side for later:
Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding 1 - this is great but takes a lot of planning and putting together. I just can't make that happen right now with the 5 yo being 5.
My Pals Are Here science - I have the texts and the homework. Our son wants more specific information and to cover more of it, faster.
New things I am recently using with success or planning to begin:
Explode the Code "pre" series (5 yo)
Spectrum Math workbooks (loving these !)
Story of the World volume 1 (using as a read aloud)
Knowledge Quest maps
Real Science 4 Kids level 1 student texts (I love the way they are formatted and present meaty science information to young kids. Our son does not want to wait any longer.)
Usborne Internet Linked Science Encyclopedia (we will probably just read this cover to cover)
various Remedia workbooks for geography
adding poetry and art studies (still working on resources)
Type to Learn Agents of Information (this is more than just typing - it also includes dictation/spelling and you can add your own content as well !)
Singapore Math Challenging Word Problems
First Strokes Handwriting (I used this for dysgraphia intervention but it's a good program that could work for any child, and the workbooks are really affordable)
I am continuing with Click'n Spell, Spelling Workout, Spelling Plus Dictation, Evan Moor Language Fundamentals, Vocabulary Fundamentals, and Basic Phonics series, Scholastic Daily Word Ladders, Spectrum Writing, various Remedia workbooks for language arts, Flash Forward Reading, Magic School Bus books, Bill Nye DVDs, and Schlessinger DVDs
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Can you explain what MCT series is? Thanks!
We will be homeschooling for the first time next year! Yeah! I will have a 1st and 2nd grader technically. They currently got to a private school so we are excited to be home more next year. We will be using Sonlight literature, trying to decide between Horizons/Signapore math, SOTW (Story of the World) for history/geography (my kids love the audio CDs so I just need to get activity books-we are on the 3rd one but plan to start at beginning), A Reason for Handwriting, and we will use First Language Lessons some. I would love a very cool pro-evolution science program and I need to get a spelling program. We plan to use the classical homeschooling model similar to The Well Trained Mind.
Any good science suggestions? We will do Math, Reading, Handwriting seperate but everything else together. I am excited!
I have not found any science programs for this age that are specifically pro-evolution. However I know of a few that are secular and do not mention anything of a religious nature or oppose evolution. These include the science materials from Singaporemath.com, Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, and REAL Science Odyssey. There is a chart here that might help you:
I also have an Amazon listmania list of books that include evolution, the origins of the planet, early humans, etc. (this is not an affiliate list). I think I need to add a few more to it, but here is a link to the list:
I have worked these into our reading.
and 3 , in our happy secular
For a secular Science, I can recommend R.E.A.L Science Odyssey. We have used it 2 years now and will continue to use it next year for Chemistry. We love this Science. It is very open ended and there is enough room to go deeper into some areas on your own and still finish up the course at the end of the year.
Next year we are going with:
History - Winter Promise American Story 2
Language Arts - Winter Promise LA 2 - Wordly Wise 3000 - Bk. 2, SpellWell Book A, AA, Success with Grammar 2, and I'm switching out their recommended Adventures in Phonics C for ETC 7 & 8. Also we might do some cursive next year but I'm not sure.
Science - R.E.A.L Science Odyssey Chemistry (we have done Life and Earth & Space and loved it! This is a secular science program.)
Math - Continue with Miquon Math and we are going to try Teaching Textbook Level 3, and might supplement with Math Mammoth because I got a package deal up to grade 3
Japanese Language - Continue with speaking, learning words, and writing. Simple easy stuff! No curriculum, haven't found one that will work with this age at all, so just winging this one. I am learning at the sametime and/or weeks ahead and just reteaching DD.
Art - Continue I Can Do Anything (Art) and also books on various artist throughout the year
Music - Piano (hopefully practice more!)
Sarah :c) ~ Emily (8) Toby (5) Bean (7/2012)
My kids are in 2nd-3rd grade, and somewhere between K-2nd (he's advanced, but asynchronous). We are liking and continuing with:
RightStart Math (will be continuing on, currently in levels B and C)
All About Spelling (is good for reading instruction, too, supposedly--but we haven't used it this way)
Writing With Ease, level 2 (frustrating, but it's helping DD, we waited until halfway through the school year to start it, it overwhelmed her before that)
First Language Lessons
Crossroads American History (DD LOVES this, and I do, too!)
Handwriting Without Tears
Sonlight reading books for both kids--(for them to read aloud)
Time4Learning (as a time-filler while I'm doing one-on-one with the other kid, and my DS LOVES computer time, he will "play" on there happily)
We have tried and discarded (for now!):
Enki Kindergarten
Saxon Math
Sonlight Language Arts
Sonlight Science
Sonlight read-alouds (we do use many of them still, but there were many that just did not capture our attention and excitement--so many other books that do!)
Story of the World
Explode the Code
Explode the Code Online
MCT= Michael Clay Thompson http://www.rfwp.com/mct.php
Mom to three very active girls Anna (14), Kayla (12), Maya (8).
For DS 12 --
Wish I'd never bought The Easy French. There are actually incorrect pronunciations with some of the phonemes -- I don't just mean regional accent variations, I mean it says you pronounce the 'm' in '-aim'. Um, no. It's also really poorly laid out, and even though we got the level that's supposed to be for older beginners, it starts in right away with reflexive verbs and complex vocabulary. Um, no. Maybe the regular young beginner levels are better, but this wasn't just "not the greatest", it wasn't just "not the right fit for our family", it was really terrible. Probably the only time I've really thought that about any curriculum.
Looking into our past history, I sort of wish I'd never got Saxon math 5/4 for him... Great program, horrible for my son though. In hindsight, I think it's more that I wish I'd never tried to force him through it... and I wish I'd known more about the other great math options that are out there instead! Never know, my daughter might end up loving it when she's at that level.
There was a time when I wished I hadn't bought Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra, because when we tried it a couple years ago it was WAY too dry for him and too much too quickly. But, he's older now, ready for it developmentally, and while it's not his favourite he does mostly enjoy it. However, if I hadn't bought it and we weren't already halfway through it, I might have signed him up for Live!Online Math instead, which he's tried and really enjoyed... We'll probably do that for Algebra though.
What we're really enjoying and will continue to use:
Life of Fred (all of them)
KidCoder Computer Programming
Intellego unit studies (all kinds of them)
Right Start Intermediate Geometry (fantastic, so glad we switched to RS a few years ago)
L'art de lire (not a perfect program but best I've come across)
Ecoutez parlez
Sequential Spelling
Meet the Masters
Ancient Art and the Orchestra
Boomerang literature units
Make it Real math
Various internet math sites
Various early french readers, worksheets, etc
Ellen J McHenry's The Elements
Philosophy for Kids
The Geography Colouring Book
What we're not currently using but enjoyed in the past and will likely use again:
NOEO Science
History Odyssey
Various crafts/handwork guides
Science Jim classes
Teacher's Book Bags grade 4+ unit studies
Thinking Company logic puzzle books
Mosaic Introduction to World History (and resources needed to go along with it)
What we've "finished" and really enjoyed/got a lot out of:
Italics: Beautiful Handwriting for Children
History Pockets
Hands of a Child lapbooks
Easy Grammar
Still not sure whether it was a good purchase or not:
Hands-on History Artists, also the Composers
Learning Geography through Art
Earth Logic: Our Dynamic Earth
Excavating English
All the upper-level Waldorf guides from Christopherus
Whew... and if I looked on our shelf I'd probably find more stuff that's "in reserve" for later lol...
Okay that was stuff for my son... now for my 4yo daughter.
The only stuff I wish I hadn't got was some PK e-book workbooks that got too easy for her by the time she was interested in doing them.
Currently using and enjoying:
RightStart A
ABeka Cursive Handwriting, age 4
Progressive Phonics
Funnix reading (100 Easy Lessons but in software)
BOB books
Seasons of Joy Winter, then Spring
Cuisenaire rod activities
Teacher's Book Bag PK-K unit studies
Meet the Masters
Previously used and loved:
All our Montessori stuff ;)
In store for when she's ready for them:
Bunch of Intellego K-2 unit studies
Various Homeschool Bits unit studies
Starting to plan and think about next year, as my pre-K kiddo is blowing through K skills like crazy - so I am trying to figure out where she's gonna land for curriculum in the fall. Wondering if we will do curriculum or continue with out unschooling type of thing we have going on right now.
Adina mama to B 4/06 and E 8/13/12 (on her due date!)
Starting to plan and think about next year, as my pre-K kiddo is blowing through K skills like crazy - so I am trying to figure out where she's gonna land for curriculum in the fall. Wondering if we will do curriculum or continue with out unschooling type of thing we have going on right now.
ds1 is doing oak meadow k this year and with the exception of the writing/drawing has just done above and beyond with it. i could easily do OM 1st next year but i worry about jumping his head too much. i figure it would be easier to 'repeat' k this year then have to 'repeat a grade later on kwim? just going to add to our re-do of k and work on those skills that change over the coming year.
Ak Hippie mama Yamia DSD '03 DS '07 DS2 '09 & DS3 '12
ds1 is doing oak meadow k this year and with the exception of the writing/drawing has just done above and beyond with it. i could easily do OM 1st next year but i worry about jumping his head too much. i figure it would be easier to 'repeat' k this year then have to 'repeat a grade later on kwim? just going to add to our re-do of k and work on those skills that change over the coming year.
Re-doing might get boring. You could get OM 1 and just go intentionally slower. Or, don't worry about any year being labled, and just move at the child's pace. He might slow down in 3rd, 8th, or never. ;)
Mom to three very active girls Anna (14), Kayla (12), Maya (8).
Oh, I forgot. . .
Although many people seem to love it, I really wish I never bought Sequential Spelling. Maybe if we went further with it then it would get better. The whole thing was not good for us though. My dd had problems with parts of the words that WEREN'T part of the "pattern" they were on. So, when we would get to the "test" and the book had the first part of the word filled in, and my dd just had to supply the "patterned" part, she did well. But, she was not learning anything about spelling!
Now, both my kids do AAS.
Mom to three very active girls Anna (14), Kayla (12), Maya (8).
Planning for next year?
I have everything bought for next fall (we home school year round so we are using most of the material now, just the levels will change):
Singapore Math with CWP and IP books (currently using)
BJU Bible Truths (starting soon)
Noeo Chemistry I (currently using) then Noeo Physics I
BJU English/Phonics (currently using)
BJU Spelling (currently using)
Modified Sonlight for American History (currently using)
FlashKids Reading and Writing book
What did you love this year?
Singapore Math
Sonlight Science K
Noeo Chemistry I
BJU Phonics/English
BJU Spelling
What did you wish you never bought?
BJU Math
This program is more of a how to draw, paint, color theory, markers, and colored pencil type of a course. It is not artsy fartsy -- we get plenty of that doing our other subjects and in general, because my daughter loves art and is always creating something . I got this to help her with her drawing/painting technique. It comes with a big workbook with directions/lessons that speak to the student and you can also get a separate DVD that has all of the lessons on it as well, with the author of the book explaining the lessons, drawing/painting himself, and showing some examples. He has a lot of tidbits too! You can see samples at howgreatthouart.com.
This art program is not secular. So I would do previews before you buy if this is a concern for you. Mostly it has a quoted verse about every 3 pages at the top or bottom of the workbook. Instruction part is secular. Some of the versus are good advice and some were a little to preachy for me -- so I did recopy those pages without the verses. DVDs have been secular so far.
For more artsy fartsy stuff, try some of these:
Meet The Masters http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org usually has group buys for this product
Artistic Pursuits We used this K year and we generally liked it. Good for those that want something quick & easy.
Sarah :c) ~ Emily (8) Toby (5) Bean (7/2012)
What we'll use this year:
Little Acorn Learning
Handwriting without tears: possibly, we'll see how it goes first
What I wish we'd have never bought:
Oak Meadow: Too much, too soon for dd. Plus way too many Beatrix Potter stories, even for this fan of hers.
Earthschooling: Again, too much, too soon.
Brainquest workbooks: Below grade level, and didn't hold interest at all here.
On the fence:
FIAR: Great curriculum, though definitely not "complete" like quite a few claim it to be. A little too heavy on the Christian side for us. Again, introduction of academics way too early, and my kid's couldn't hold interest.
This is what we liked this year and will use again:
Horizon's Math
Story of the World (Social Studies/History)
Apologia Science
Handwriting Without Tears
Using Ambleside Online reading list for literature along with a Nook
Still looking for a good grammar curriclum.
Ooooh thanks for the reminder... I bought some FIAR e-books last fall planning to use them later with DD and totally forgot about them! Time for a 'search' lol....
I have already planned for next year - First Grade. After trying to source as much as possible through the library and then the whole juggling thing I've decided to buy what we need which means I need to start saving my pennies. We'll take about a month and a half off this summer for kind of a modified year-round schedule before we pick up with:
ETC online - This will be a carryover as Ds loves it.
Getty-Dubay Book B
Singapore/Miquon - Another carryover as it's been a perfect fit.
SOTW 1 through the Mosaic Curriculum
Spelling Workout A
Harmony Fine Arts?
What we loved this year...ETC online. Ds struggled with phonics which included the ETC workbooks. Switching to this program was literally magic. Ds is about 3/4 of the way through with book 3 and looking ahead I have a feeling he'll finish the ETC series by the end of First Grade.
Singapore/Miquon Combo - Love it, love it, love it. Ds loves the workbook/textbook from Singapore. The switching between Singapore and Miquon and the variety of manipulatives have kept things interesting. We're in 1A right now, I think we'll probably start First Grade in 1B.
Magic School Bus - Love the books, love the videos, love the teacher's guides.
Draw Write Now - For a boy who wasn't the slightest bit interested in drawing *anything* and would dissolve into tears when asked, this book was literally magic. There have been many times that I found both my 6yo and 3yo sitting on the couch, colored pencils and sketch books in hand, while in their pajamas and drawing pictures out of the book. Ds is now enthralled with drawing vehicles and buildings. He'll even bring his lego vehicles over to the kitchen table and draw pictures of them. I always find this amazing. The little bit of handwriting practice he gets when we sit together to work on something formally is also greatly appreciated.
BOB Books - How do I love you? It's hard to count the ways. Ds loves the little books and is very enamored that the come in a box. Only he is allowed to remove the books from the box and put them back in.
What I wish I'd never bought...Alpha Phonics after the suggestion of one of the curriculum advisors at Rainbow Resources. Ugh, it was not pretty.
ETC workbooks - It was too overwhelming and just didn't appeal to ds at all.
What I'm neutral over...I know this wasn't specifically included, but I'm finding myself kind of neutral over HWOT. On the one hand it really was the perfect way to approach the subject. I can't complain too much as ds has very legible handwriting, knows all of his letters (upper and lowercase) and numbers, and is very comfortable writing. On the other hand, I just didn't feel like there was enough to the program. It's probably a really good fit for the classroom and maybe a good place to start, just not that sure we'd continue on with it after that. I'm actually a little bit surprised by this because I loved it at the beginning of this year.
What I still wish I could buy and am annoyed that I can't...Food Renegade's Nutrition & Health Curriculum for ages 6-11. It was supposed to be ready at the beginning of the year and then in November...and then in February. It's March and I get that she's a wahm, but this is disappointing. *sigh* I suppose I should just come up with my own.
I have not found any science programs for this age that are specifically pro-evolution. However I know of a few that are secular and do not mention anything of a religious nature or oppose evolution. These include the science materials from Singaporemath.com, Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, and REAL Science Odyssey. There is a chart here that might help you:
I also have an Amazon listmania list of books that include evolution, the origins of the planet, early humans, etc. (this is not an affiliate list). I think I need to add a few more to it, but here is a link to the list:
I have worked these into our reading.
Intellego Unit Studies is the only one that I'm aware of. They're supposed to have a unit study on Evolution for the K-2 set sometime this year.
tankgirl73: If you, or anyone else, is interested I would be willing to sell/trade(possibly) my FIAR Superbook +Christian Character Supplement. PM me if interested.
Another for the wish I'd never bought section:
*New Child Montessori: Way too teacher intensive, and too much stuff to put together; I was burned out within the first few weeks!
What I have loved:
1. Explode the code online, my son can do it himself. He has a certain number of of units to do each day. He can't argue with the computer, so it can't devolve into a power struggle.
2. Non fiction easy readers from the library, my son loves nonfiction and willingly reads 2-3 books in one sitting.
3. Reading fiction is bigger struggle, I bought something called 2nd grade reading comprehension from B&N, it's basically a short story with no pictures, there 5 different categories to chose from (mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, fairy tales) and some questions to answer at the end. My son will pick two of them and read them, he really likes them. It's really 'schooly" to me, but he likes it.
4. "Cool math for kids online" web site, my son likes the visual explanations of problems and links to math games. I use it to supplement what we are doing.
5. Flash cards for math, for whatever reason my son loves them
6. The "You wouldn't want to be......." series to supplement more serious history books.
7. His piano teacher who is an angel and incredibly patient.
8. Rosetta Stone, Spanish version, a friend lent us theirs and we started playing around with it last week.
What I have hated;
1. Hooked on Phonics, someone gave us HOP for grade one and two. We've tried to use it several times. The books are boring, the CDs annoying, and flash cards are always falling off the rings and getting lost.
What I didn't care for;
1. ETC books, I liked them at first, but they got repetitive and annoying after a while. My son spent his limited writing energy copying words instead of writing something he enjoyed. We've switched to ETC online and he's much happier about writing letters to family or writing fiction.
2. Singapore math, I loved it last year, this year I've used it more as a guide and found other sources to actually teach him.
What I want:
1. A good language arts curriculum that includes writing ideas.
2. A good math curriculum, Singapore Math isn't really working any more. I'm not sure what I want.
3. The money to buy all the cool stuff and pay for lessons.
Have you tried the book Creative Communications for writing ideas? I think it might be what you are looking for. It's only $30 on Amazon, but if you buy from CHCweb {a homeschooling program who helped publish it} it's only $15 for the newer edition. You can preview it here and look inside the book. It's for all grades, so $15 once is pretty good IMO.
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Fruity gelatin helps create the rainbow effect for this pretty cake. Lemon frosting is a nice and springy finishing touch. —Dawn Shackelford, Fort Worth, Texas
- 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
- 3 eggs
- 3 tablespoons each lemon, strawberry and orange gelatin powder
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) lemon frosting
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of three greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment paper; grease paper.
- Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions, substituting three whole eggs for egg whites. Divide evenly among three bowls. Stir one flavor of gelatin into each bowl until blended. Pour each into a prepared pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake.
Freeze option: Wrap cooled cake layers in plastic wrap, then cover securely in foil; freeze. To use, thaw cakes before unwrapping. Assemble as directed. Yield: 12 servings.
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A day after an abysmal start to a ballgame from the Seattle Mariners (four strikeouts in first four plate appearances), Michael Saunders took the first pitch of the game to the opposite field and Kyle Seager hit a single through the hole into right. This just in! The Mariners Michael Morse hates to lose www.nwsportsbeat.com NWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners blogger Jeff Budke reports on the second game of the season versus the Oakland Athletics. Jeff points out that leadoff hits and two-out rallies were key in the 7-1 victory. Hisashi Iwakuma also had a great showing, along with Michael Saunders and Kyle Seager. If the... More...
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La Quinta Inn Sandusky
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Hotel Guest Rating: 7.3/10
3304 Milan Road
Sandusky, OH 44870
Welcome to the La Quinta Inn Sandusky
The free Wi-Fi and breakfast, outdoor pool and nearby family entertainment top the list of amenities at the La Quinta Inn Sandusky.
Hotel Features
This two-story La Quinta Inn offers a choice of 62 smoking and non-smoking rooms with free Wi-Fi, premium channels, coffeemakers, hairdryers and irons. Complimentary perks include a breakfast buffet and coffee in the lobby. Take a dip in the heated, outdoor pool, open until the wee hours. The hotel has a business center and complimentary parking. Pets are welcome for an additional fee.
Hotel Location
La Quinta Inn is eight miles north of I-80/90 and within three miles of downtown Sandusky attractions such as the Follet House Museum. A five-mile drive across Lake Erie leads to Cedar Point Amusement Park. More family fun abounds nearby with Kalahari Waterpark four miles away and Ghostly Manor, less than one block south. Shoppers get their fix less than one mile away at Sandusky Mall. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport is 52 miles east.
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Priceline guests at La Quinta Inn Sandusky feast praise its value-friendly "abundant and delicious continental breakfast" and stellar locale "very close to Cedar Point" and downtown.
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceremed, Inc. was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, the company's third in a series of grants from the National Institutes of Health to develop a versatile soluble carrier with bone hemostatic properties for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents directly to surgical sites. The recently awarded grant will aid Ceremed in its effort to develop a soluble carrier to topically deliver the antibiotic Vancomycin.
Topical delivery of therapeutics is a valuable tool in securing better patient outcomes, particularly in many common cardiac, orthopedic, spinal, and neurosurgical procedures. Ceremed's anhydrous, soluble, and highly malleable carrier is made of proprietary AOC® material. Applied to cut bone, the AOC® carrier will control bleeding and release therapeutic agents as it dissolves without compromising the healing process.
The AOC® formulation with Vancomycin, in combination with a carrier for the antibiotic Gentamicin, under development thanks to an earlier NIH grant, will target both susceptible and methycillin-resistant (MRSA) organisms to help prevent post operative infections, reduce the cost of potentially preventable complications, and improve patient outcomes across surgical fields. The third grant in the series was awarded for the development of an AOC® carrier for DBM. AOC® with DBM allows for stable delivery of bone growth factors directly to the bone, strengthens bone fusion, and promotes significantly earlier onset of healing and postoperative recovery without increased risk of complications.
"Utilizing the AOC® material for delivery of therapeutics has great potential to continue improving patient outcomes across surgical fields," said Ceremed's Chairman Tadeusz Wellisz, MD. "Ceremed has experienced success in developing soluble carriers for DBM and Gentamicin, and we look forward to continued success in the development of AOC® Vanco
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Whitewood can be:
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Continuing down the 101 and the terrain gradually becomes less spectacular but still beautiful.
Arriving in Eureka, as I have in many other coastal towns, I head straight to the marina to ogle the boats. This abandoned-looking relic is a Folkboat. These boats have a long and colorful history of long voyages and many adventures. It's sad to see this one decaying at its mooring.
I contacted fellow inmate Summerinmaine, who summers in Eureka, and we spent a few pleasant hours chatting about cars and bikes and life.
When traveling solo there can be times of feeling isolated and encounters such as this one are a relief. There were other inmates who offered company and shelter but my travel plans changed almost daily and I didn't want to commit to being anywhere at any particular time.
Not far south of Eureka I pick up Hwy #1. This road twists and turns through forests like a snake on a hotplate and it's a lot of work to pilot my loaded bike through the tight turns. Rain arrives to add another element of excitement.
My GPS is warm to the touch as it works to map the route.
After an overnight in Legget it's back to another day of spectacular riding. It's begun to rain every afternoon, a cold rain with high winds, so I try to make time in the morning and then poke along in the afternoons on the wet roads.
I rode down the coast and a little inland to Santa Rosa, CA and that night my eternally faithful laptop died. That day's photos are on the hard drive and I may be able to retrieve them using a device I ordered. Time will tell.
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Teriyaki Steak is a unique and winning steak dish that is perfect for your dinner parties. Surprise your guests with this filling and tasty dish. I am sure they will love the Teriyaki Steak.
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Diagonally slash outer edge of fat on steak at 1 inch intervals to prevent curling (do not cut into lean).
Score meat (cut lightly in a crisscross pattern) and place in shallow glass dish.
Heat remaining ingredients to boiling, stirring occasionally; pour on meat.
Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours, turning meat occasionally.
Set oven control at broil and/or 550°.
Remove meat from marinade.
Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat about 10 minutes on each side for rare, about 12 minutes for medium.
Cut meat across grain at a slanted angle into 1/4 inch slices.
Play up the Oriental origin and serve with Snow Peas and Carrot Nuggets (page 62), buttered rice and, as dessert, lemon sherbet and Polynesian Cookies
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In a brilliant stroke of genius that is sure to not only give the team a healthy dose of publicity but will also give fans a sense of inclusion in the decision-making process and future direction of the franchise unheard of in American professional sports, the Seattle Sounders are providing its fans the opportunity to [...]
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Q: I need to re-negotiate a contract with a vendor. Any words of wisdom? Should I hire a lawyer? — Allie
A: Good negotiation skills are vital to small business people because it is something we use every day. Whether it is asking a vendor to lower a price or getting a potential customer to sign on the 'ol dotted line, negotiations are part and parcel of small business life.
Indeed, as my brother Larry is wont to say, "Everything is negotiable."
No, I doubt you need a lawyer to do your negotiating; not only might that be cost-prohibitive, but it would take some of the fun out of the game. If you do not see negotiating as a game, then pull up a chair for Lesson One: Don't take it too seriously, and most certainly, don't take it personally. It is just a game.
The first step then in any negotiation occurs ahead of the game: Decide what tack you will want to take. It is conventional wisdom that one should strive for a win-win outcome. In a win-win, you try and get as much of what you want while also trying to help the other guy get what he wants (or at least needs).
But as is often is the case with the conventional wisdom, it is not always right. Now, I am not saying that win-win negotiations and results are not good things; in the right circumstances, they are great. But not always.
If you have extra leverage, if you are über-competitive, if singing Kumbaya together is not your style, then don't worry about the win-win — go for it. Just know that tough win-lose negotiations often leave a bad taste in people's mouths that does not go away quickly.
OK, so once you have decided upon your strategy, then it is time to think about your tactics:
Use questions to obtain undisclosed information:When you wander onto a car lot, what is the first thing the car salesman does? He asks a series of seemingly mundane questions such as: What are you looking for and how much would you like to spend? Far from being humdrum, questions actually help the salesman craft his pitch to you.
It's a tactic any of us can use. Not only does it make you seem interested and cooperative, but it also often fosters the disclosure of useful information.
Try to avoid making the first offer:While this is negotiating 101, it is still worth remembering. And if forced to make the first offer, be outrageous: "Well, if you really want me to tell you how much I want to make, I guess $50 an hour would be great!"
Don't fall in love:When it becomes clear to the other side that you have to have something (whether it be a price, issue, or thing), you've tipped your hand and your opponent will use it against you.
Have a red herring:Having something you do not really care about and are secretly willing to give up can creates goodwill by making you seem reasonable when you do give it up.
Make unilateral concessions:As an adjunct to the rule above, a carefully crafted unilateral concession, even of a red herring, get you something in return.
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The calculated blowup:Sometimes it behooves you to have people dislike you a bit, or, even better, fear you somewhat. Say that you bought a new computer system and you have had the company that installed it out to fix it two or three times. If the system malfunctions yet again, then it is time for the calculated blow up.