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This invention relates to a card game comprised of at least one warrior card, at least one technique card, at least one power card, and at least one field card. This invention also includes a method of playing said card game, which involves the use of a battle binder.
1. A card game wherein all of the cards have a uniform back side, making said cards indistinguishable from one another on said back side and a face side comprised of the following:
at least one warrior card wherein said warrior cards contain the following information:
a card level feature, which is used to identify whether a warrior can battle for a particular field card;
a warrior class feature, used to identify the warrior class of a warrior card;
a card name feature;
a warrior power feature, indicating the amount of power the warrior can attack or defend with;
an offense effect feature, indicating the effect a warrior card has when it is used for offense;
a defense effect feature, indicating the effect a warrior card has when used for defense;
at least one technique card wherein said technique cards contain the following information:
a card name feature;
a power meter feature indicating how much additional power can be added to a warrior card, and a cost that must be paid for each power increase;
a card user feature, indicating which warrior can use the technique card;
an offense effect feature, indicating the effect a technique card has when used for offense;
a defense effect feature, indicating the effect a technique card has when used for defense;
at least one power card with said power cards containing the following information:
an energy cost feature, which is the number of cards that must be moved from a player's energy area to said player's discard pile to bring the card into play and activate its effects;
a card effect feature, which is the effect the card has when it is played;
a phase feature indicating a phase the card must be played in;
a card name feature;
at least one field card, whereby said field cards contain the following information:
a limit value that a player's warrior level cannot exceed;
a card name feature;
an effect feature indicating the effect a field card has on a warrior involved in a battle over said field card, or its effect on the results of said battle.
2. The card game of
a field area, a deck area, a discard pile area, a realm of warriors area, an energy area and a point area.
3. A method of play of a card game played between two players, using the cards described in
a. One of said players flips a coin or uses any other method agreed upon between said two players to determine which of said players will be an offensive player and which will be a defensive player;
b. Each of said players possesses a deck of said cards and the playmat described in
c. Once the offensive player is determined, said offensive player removes all field cards from his deck and does not play them;
d. Said defensive player also removes all field cards from his deck but places them face down in the field card area of his playmat;
e. Said players shuffle and cut their deck of cards, placing them face down on a deck area of their playmat and said players draw 5 cards from their deck to form a playing hand;
f. Next said players play as many cards from said hand as each player desires in said energy area of their playmat;
g. Afterwards, each player may select a warrior card, from said hand, for battle by placing it face down in said realm of warriors area of his playmat; a maximum of 5 warriors per player may be placed in said player's realm of warriors area at any one time;
h. with said offensive player moving first, each of said players may choose to move a warrior card from said realm of warriors region of their playmat to one of said field cards on said defensive player's playmat;
i. each of said players simultaneously turns over their cards that they intend to involve in a battle; a card level indicated on said offensive player's warrior card is compared to a limit value indicated on a field card where said battle is taking place; if said card level of said offensive player's warrior card exceeds said limit value of said field card, the battle does not take place; if a card level of said defensive player's warrior card exceeds said field card's limit value, the defensive player's warrior card(s) are placed in the discard pile of the defensive player's playmat and the field card is gained by the offensive player and added to the offensive player's point total;
j. if said card level of said offensive player and said defensive player does not exceed said limit value of said field card, battle will take place and a power feature of said players' warrior cards are compared, as well as an offense effect and a defense effect written on said players' warrior cards;
k. a technique card or a power card may be played by said players to affect the outcome of the battle if said players have any of said cards in their hands; a cost or requirement must be met in order to play said technique cards and said power cards, said costs and said requirements are indicated on said cards and must be met in order to play said cards;
l. after any of said power cards and said technique cards are played, a final power level of said warrior cards in said battle are compared and a winner is determined; the player with the highest power level wins said battle;
m. a winner of said battle receives points equal to said defeated warrior's card level;
n. battles are repeated as set forth in steps a through m above until a player obtains the number of points required for winning.
4. A method of play for said card game of
a. each player receives a battle binder;
b. said players load their battle binder in the order in which they intend to play their cards, being careful not to let their opponent see the order;
c. once each player loads his battle binder, 5 cards are drawn from said battle binder prior to beginning play;
d. the game is completed when the last page of the battle binder is reached.
The invention relates to a card game and methods of playing a card game. The game simulates battle between warriors that have different abilities and powers. All of the cards have a uniform back side, making said cards indistinguishable from one another on said back side and a face side comprised of the following: warrior cards, technique cards, power cards, and field cards.
The card game can be played with or without a battle binder. The battle binder allows the player to create his strategy before play has begun and the player loads his battle binder according to his intended strategy. The battle binder can also be played with other games such as the game War or other card games where cards are shuffled and played. The battle binder eliminates the step of shuffling playing cards because with the battle binder the player knows the identity of all of his playing cards beforehand, and loads his battle binder based on his predication of how his opponent will play his cards.
This invention includes a card game and methods of play simulating a battle between warriors having various powers and weapons. The game includes a deck of preferably 45 cards, a playmat, and a game manual. The game can be played either with or without a battle binder, which will be discussed further below. There are four card types used in the collectable card system. The back side of the cards are uniform and identical to one another. In a preferred embodiment of the game, the face side of the cards are comprised of the following four types: 1) warrior cards 2) technique cards 3) power cards and 4) field cards. The four card types have the following features:
I. Card Types
A. Warrior Cards
Warrior cards are the cards that the players use to battle one another and gain control over field cards. As shown in
B. Technique Cards
Technique cards are played in battle to gain a tactical advantage over an opponent. Technique cards can sometimes alter the outcome of a battle because they can increase a warrior's power level. To play technique cards, an energy cost does not have to be paid but may be paid to further increase the warrior's power level. The energy costs are paid in terms of cards, and payment of one energy cost is made by submitting one card from the player's energy area of his playmat. As shown in
C. Power Cards
Power cards are played in battle to gain a tactical advantage over an opponent. An energy cost must be paid in order to play power cards. As shown in
D. Field Cards
Field cards represent the place where battles take place. A player's movement of a card to a field card indicates the location where a player intends to battle. As shown in
Each Player participating in the game has his own playmate 23 and deck of cards. As shown in
There are two players in the game, an offensive player and a defensive player. The first player to win the agreed upon number of points wins a contest and the first player to win an agreed upon number of contests wins the game. Before beginning play, one of the players flips a coin or uses some other method agreed upon between the players to determine who will be the offensive player first. The player who is on Offense for the first Contest will then be on Defense in the following Contest. Players continue to alternate between Offense and Defense each Contest until a Game winner is determined.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, there are 45 cards in a deck, with 5 of them being field cards. The offensive player removes all field cards from his deck and does not play them. The defensive player removes the five field cards from his deck and places them face down in the field card area of his playmat. Only the defensive player knows the identity of the field cards placed face down in the field card area. Decks should be shuffled. The Decks are then placed face down in the Deck area of each player's playmat.
IV. Phases of Play
There are 5 Phases of gameplay.
1. Draw Phase
On the first turn, both players draw 5 cards. In every subsequent turn, the player whose turn it currently is draws cards into his hand until it consists of 5 cards.
2. Energy Phase
Each player, with offense going first, can play as many cards as they'd like, of any type, from their hand to the energy area of the playmat. These cards make up the energy a player will have stored when the battle between the warriors takes place. The cards are placed face down in the energy area. The importance of these cards will be discussed further when the battle phase is explained.
3. Deploy Warriors Phase
Each player (Offense first) can choose to prepare a warrior for battle by placing their warrior card
A maximum of five warrior cards are allowed to be in each player's realm of warriors area at the end of the Move Phase.
4. Move Phase
Each player (offense first) may choose to move any number of their warriors from the realm of warriors area 27 to a field card
Warriors that are moved to a field card are preparing to do battle over that card. Warriors that are moved to the realm of warriors area are pulling back from an upcoming battle, or are being prepared to move to a new field card on a subsequent turn.
Warrior cards can be moved onto a field card that is already occupied by another of the same player's warriors, provided that the sum of the warriors' levels does not exceed the field card's limit value indicated on the cards.
Warrior cards don't have to be moved at all during this phase. For example, a player may choose to leave a warrior that has won a previous battle on a particular field card in order to achieve yet another battle victory later.
5. Battle Phase
Each player simultaneously turns over all face down cards, both warrior cards and field cards, that will be involved in the Battle Phase. Face down field cards not involved in a battle, warrior cards in the realm of warriors area, and cards in the Energy area 28 remain face down.
If more than one field card will be involved in a battle this turn the offensive player chooses the order of the battles. Each battle is contested in the following steps:
a) Level Check
Each player compares the level of the warrior involved in the battle (or the sum of their warriors' levels, if one player has multiple warriors contesting a battle) to the limit value printed on the field card.
If the level of the offensive player's warrior(s) exceeds the limit 22 printed on the field card, the battle does not take place. Instead, the warrior(s) are pulled back to the realm of warriors' area. If the Defensive player's warrior(s) level 1 exceed the Field Card limit, the defensive player's warrior card(s) are placed in the discard pile of the defensive player's playmat and the field card is gained by the offensive player and added to the offensive player's point total.
b) Check for Card Effects
Both warrior cards and field cards have card effects 5, 6, 20 which may alter the outcome of a battle. Both players should check the card effects of their own cards, and communicate any relevant card effects to their opponent. Card effects vary widely, and some may only be able to be applied after a specified battle outcome.
Regarding the card effects of the warrior cards, only the "Offense" effect 5 can be applied to the Offensive player, and the "Defense" effect 6 may be applied to the Defensive player.
c) Compare Warrior Power
Both players compare the warrior power 4 of their warrior against the warrior power of their Opponent's Warrior. Remember to apply any card effects from the previous Step that alter the power of the warriors. The warrior card with the highest power at the end of the battle will be the winner of that battle.
If a player is using more that one warrior in a battle, the sum of the warriors' power equals the total power.
d) Play Technique or Power Cards
Both players may choose to play technique or power cards at this point to try to alter the outcome of the battle in their own favor. Each player (Offense first) places as many power cards or technique cards as they wish face down in the Realm of Warriors area, directly below where the battle that is taking place. Once both players have finished placing these cards in the realm of warriors area, they are simultaneously turned face up. Both players must pay the required energy costs (if any), indicated on the power and/or technique cards in order to play them.
In addition, many technique or power cards specifically designate which warriors can use them. Power cards also designate the Phase 18 of the turn in which they must be played.
Power cards have a set energy cost and effect. Technique Cards do not. However, the power increased by a technique card can be greatly increased by paying energy costs. Each player (Offense first) can choose to pay energy costs to play technique cards to further increase their power. The chart on the side of the technique card indicates the energy costs required to increase the power level of a warrior by various amounts.
If a player is attacking or defending with multiple warriors, general card effects that do not specifically designate the warriors they affect, are applied to each warrior. Also, a player using multiple warriors who loses a battle loses ALL the warriors involved in that battle.
e) Determine Battle Outcome
Once Step d is completed, players compare the final power of the warriors involved in the battle. The player whose warrior or warriors have the highest power wins the battle.
If the battle is a tie, nothing happens. All cards involved in that battle remain where they are; and Step f is skipped.
f) Apply Battle Outcome
The winner of the battle receives points equal to the level value of the warrior(s) he has defeated. The winner takes his opponent's defeated warrior(s) and places them in a point area that may be made to the left of the playmat (the cards are returned to their owner at the end of each Contest).
The losing defensive player also takes a face down card from the top of his deck and puts it underneath and perpendicular to the field card where the battle has just taken place. This is known as field damage.
When the field damage (ie, the number of cards below the field card) equals the limit value 22 of a particular field card, the face down field damage cards are discarded, and the winning offensive player takes the field card and places it in his point area, where its limit counts towards points needed to win a contest, just as the warrior cards do.
If the offensive player's warrior card is uncontested in a battle over a field card, the defensive player places a field damage card under the field card. No points are gained by either player, unless the field damage equals the limit of the particular field card.
If a field card has only a defending warrior card and no offensive warrior card, no battle takes place there.
Finally, any technique and/or power of cards that have been used in this battle are sent to the Discard Pile.
The above steps are repeated until all of the battles are resolved, and then the phases are repeated, with each of the players drawing five cards. The first player to gain the set number of points agreed upon between the players wins the Contest. The following two ways are how points are gained: (1) Defeating an opponent's warrior card in battle. (2) Gaining control of a field card by inflicting field damage equal to the limit value of a field card.
6. Decking Penalty
The term "decking" refers to a player's deck being completely used up before a contest has been completed. In this battle card game, the player who has been decked is allowed to reshuffle his discard pile to form a new deck. However, a decking penalty is incurred. Before the discard pile is reshuffled, the decked player must choose 3 cards randomly from the energy area of his playmat and add them to the discards.
If a player that has been decked cannot pay the 3 card decking penalty, play continues. However, that player must skip the draw phase of his turn for the remainder of the Contest.
V. Play with Battle Binder
The battle card game can also be played using a battle binder 29. A battle binder is comprised of a book containing multiple transparent sleeves 30 into which playing cards 31 can be inserted. Once the defensive player is determined in the same manner as described above, the field cards are removed from each of the players decks and the defensive player places the field cards face down on his playmat. Then the players each load their battle binder with their playing cards in the strategic order in which they intend to play the game. Once the battle binders are loaded, each player must play his cards in the exact order in which they are loaded in his book. The game is played until the last page of the battle binder is reached.
The battle binder can also be played for other card games. For example, the battle binder can be used to play the game War. War, played in the conventional manner, entails shuffling a deck of cards, dealing a hand to each player, and each player playing which ever card he thinks will be higher than his opponents. Whoever has the highest card wins. Playing War with the battle binder, eliminates the step of shuffling and dealing cards, but rather each player receives a set of cards, and loads his battle binder in the strategic order in which he predicts play will take place. Once each player has loaded his book, cards are withdrawn from each players book in the exact order in which they are placed. Play can also proceed with each page of the book being turned and the corresponding page of the opponent's battle binder being compared. The player who's page is higher than the corresponding page of his opponent's battle binder wins.
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Bengal Chicken Salad
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|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Pineapple chunks
|1 Can (10 oz)
|Water chestnuts
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs), sliced
|Pine nuts
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Sliced green onions
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Sliced celery
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|White raisins
|2 Tablespoon
|2 Teaspoon (Major Gray's Or Trader Vics)
Drain pineapple well and dry on paper towels.
Mix all ingredients with dressing, except water chestnuts and pine nuts.
Add these just before serving.
Serve on lettuce cups.
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Carrot & cream cheese cupcakes
By Sarah Cook
Cooking timePrep: 30 mins Cook: 22 mins
Skill levelEasy
ServingsMakes 12
This crowd-pleasing recipe turns the ultimate afternoon-tea favourite into delightful cupcakes
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Can be frozen un-iced
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 442
- protein
- 4g
- carbs
- 38g
- fat
- 32g
- saturates
- 14g
- fibre
- 2g
- sugar
- 26g
- salt
- 0.7g
- 175g light muscovado sugar
- 100g wholemeal self-raising flour
- 100g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp mixed spice
- zest 1 orange
- 2 eggs
- 150ml sunflower oil
- 200g carrots, grated
- orange coloured sprinkles, to decorate
For the icing
- 100g butter, softened
- 300g soft cheese
- 100g icing sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
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- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases. In a large mixing bowl, mix the sugar, flours, bicarbonate of soda, mixed spice and orange zest. Whisk together the eggs and oil, then stir into the dry ingredients with the grated carrot. Divide the mixture between cases and bake for 20-22 mins until a skewer poked in comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before icing.
- For the icing, beat the butter until really soft, then beat in the soft cheese, icing sugar and vanilla. Use a palette or cutlery knife to swirl the icing on top of the cakes, then sprinkle with decorations.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2010
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im 11 and i bake ALOT, and this is one of the nicest cakes EVER!! I follewed the OJ recipie, but used a really big orange and it made it very orangey, but even more delicious. I really didnt like the topping and it was really runny, so i eat it without the icing. Next time ill just do normal butter icing!!
I can honestly say these are delicious ! my children loved them, and they kept well in the fridge. I added the juice of the orange as suggested just so as not to waste it really, but the mixture was moist enough without it.. I made these without hassle and I really am just an occasional baker, so a definite winner in our house !!
Hi, my first attempt I ended up with a very runny icing - I chose low quality soft cheese. My second attempt (after a trip to the shops for some good quality philly) and the icing was perfect. I also added the seeds of a vanilla pod, which looks and tastes nice. For an extra fruity flavour and moisture in the cake, I added a mashed very ripe banana... Enjoy!


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April 11th, 2004 #1
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What do you think of this? I need a restart so please tell me anything that comes to mind.
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Hide this ad by registering as a memberApril 11th, 2004 #2
Great piece Carnalizer!!! Great characters and lighting going on here! I love it... Hey Where in Sweden are you located? Im living in Uppsala Sweden atm... Well one crit, his left hand is alittle off, maybe its too big I think its been forshorted incorectly!!! But other than that it looks great! By restart do you mean you are gonna do a totally new piece?
Last edited by Spacemanchuck; April 11th, 2004 at 09:14 PM.
April 11th, 2004 #3
Thanks Spacemanchuck!
I live in Stockholm, Råsunda to be specific. You are right about the arm. To little foreshortening. Man, was I hoping to get away with that. Hate foreshortening. Who doesn't?
By restart I mean that I need my head rattled. I feel uncertain about what to do next and a comment or two is always helpful. The wife ain't much help there. She mostly says stuff like "Why don't you do more princesses (sp?) and horses?"
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an image for a 40k magazine? something about the lighting is nagging at me but I dont quite know how to express.
good stuff though
[:middle class:]
April 11th, 2004 #5
Nah it's for my personal enjoyment and betterment. But there's no hiding what I've been looking at is there? The lightning is perhaps to strong and not moody enough? Suggestion on how to take it beyond 40K/Inqusitor look?
April 11th, 2004 #6
Well the wife is always the boss, am I right? Well, maybe not, but sometimes women know best right? Not sure about that either... Follow your hart my friend, drawing princesses never hurt anyone! Maybe a wicked Princess with a gafeltronic lazer hand batteling some smelly monster would make the misses happy! Why not!
April 12th, 2004 #7
The last time she talked about such things i drew her a sewer princess draped in rags surrounded by slimy pet lizard deamons. The next time i'll do the gafeltronic lazer thing!
April 12th, 2004 #8
This is really nice. I wouldn't want to mess with your style, but my first reaction was it was a little difficult to make things out, and it was a little unclear to me what you wanted me, the viewer, to look at. You might try focusing the viewer's attention a little more on (what I think is) the main figure of the scene, the guy in the middle. Maybe that means brightening and lightening him (it) a bit.
April 12th, 2004 #9
First thought ooh better than 40k stuff second thought lengthen his sword a tad and darken the guys behind him but leave their eyes, oh yeah and it looks like the pipe upper left is lit on the wrong side, it should be more straight on I think.
April 13th, 2004 #10
Chris: I don't bother that much with style, just trying to get better. I wanted to do a scene really. With the center guy pointing to the foreground guy, who is pointing to the background guys, who is pointing to center guy, who is poi.. But maybe the center guy is to much in the center and gives that pinup feeling to pull it off. I've been thinking about redoing the foreground guy to try to improve the storytelling. Now he's just standing there with a blank stare. You are the second to point out the focus problem so I will probably do more of a pinup with foreground guy turned away from viewer.
young paddy1: Good points! I wanted a more cleaver look on the sword but it actually looks mostly weird.
Thanks for the input guys! Now I have the restart that was needed. As soon as i've done some real work and my newborn takes a long nap i will try to finish it off.
April 13th, 2004 #11
hmm. . .
ya.. this is good.. I'd suggest a little variation in color.. instead of a wall behind him paint in a horizon wit orange or a burning landscape.. I think it's a little too purple and maybe putting some depth in the environment might help it out... I also don't like the guns popping outta his back but that might just be my taste... nice work!
April 14th, 2004 #12
A complete change of scenery would be too much work for me. Being lazy and all... But the purple will be worked on. The guns on the back; well thats you.. I think i'll put in two more!


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Novobërdë/Novo Brdo Fortress revitalization initiative
Following through on commitments made at its first international conference to "Safeguard the cultural heritage in Kosovo[1]" in 2005, UNESCO is zooming in on the antique settlement of Novobërdë/Novo Brdo in cooperation with and funding by the European Union. Dating back to the IV the century BC and as the economic and trade center of the medieval Serbian state, this site is of significant historical and archeological value. Novobërdë/Novo Brdo was one of the most important late medieval cities in the central Balkans. Its growth was predicated on the rich lead, silver and gold mines in the vicinity whose extensive exploitation began in the first decades of the fourteenth century.
Situated on a hill in the southeast region of Pristina, the municipality and its invaluable cultural heritage underwent significant damage during, and especially following, the armed conflict in the region. Once thriving from its mining exploitations and duly inhabited, Novobërdë/Novo Brdo included a large valley settlement, a fortified hill and citadel. Today, the fortifications survive in a ruinous state, growing increasingly vulnerable to further and rapid decay. As such, the complex requires an extensive assessment in regards to conservation needs and archeological exploration.
Further, UNESCO considers the protection of cultural heritage as a valuable multi-purpose framework, capable of creating reconciliation opportunities, fostering peaceful relations within once torn communities and developing a positive ripple across neighboring regions. Consequently, the European Union has partnered with UNESCO in a joint management project aimed at (a) revitalizing the Novobërdë /Novo Brdo Castle through conservation and restoration efforts and (b) managing and valorizing the municipality's cultural heritage asset through socio-economic development initiatives.
This project is developed in line with, and as part of, the European Union umbrella mission "Balanced Regional Development." Expected results of this project partnership are:
- the preservation and revitalization of cultural heritage asset and archeological explorations yielding in key insights on medieval Balkans;
- local sustainable development through the strategic management of cultural heritage asset, yielding enhanced tourism capacities and socio-economic conditions;
- public (regional/global) and educational (local) awareness of the value of cultural heritage preservation.
[1] As defined by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 from 1999


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I awoke at four I could not keep
The promise to lie in torpid sleep
But chose to face the day in a different way
Rising from my turmoiled bed
Remnants of night battles in my head
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Many a cloud had passed it by
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But an imposter's who God's power stole.
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More BMW M2 artists' renderings have been posted.
An imaginative look at the BMW M2 Coupe, M235i in different colors and with different wheels, as well as the M235i with M Performance Parts.
It's not yet known what engine will power the upcoming BMW M2, but it's been speculated to be either an inline 4 turbo turbo or inline 6 cylinder turbo.
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Per BMW insider Scott26, rumor comes of the 2 Series Gran Coupe now being 'fast tracked' for a 2015 release:
Yes the 2 Series might be behind the CLA and the A3 Sedan. But as the 6 Series Gran Coupe showed that it can be worth the wait. The 4 Series and 2 Series Gran Coupe will not be any different. With the 2 Series Gran Coupe now fast tracked for 2015 , BMW intend to make the gran entrance in this segment, the appearance will … CONTINUED
The 2 Series coupe and convertible are on their way, having already been spied in testing for months now. So what's next to come in the 2 Series lineup? Possibly the 2 Series Gran Coupe, which Autobild has taken a crack at rendering. Although no prototypes have yet been spotted, it's been previously rumored by BMW insider Scott26 to be on the way.
Here are the models that may round out the 2 Series lineup (some more likely than others), per Scott26:
BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe … CONTINUED
Another resident artist, Harold Wood, renders a potential future BMW M2 Coupe. The M2 has not yet been officially confirmed nor denied by BMW, but if the 1M coupe's success and its following is any barometer, we bet on yes for a future M2 coupe.
Car and Driver reports on some BMW M2 rumors. As reported by Jens Meiners:
The M version of the upcoming BMW 2-series coupe and thus the successor of the immensely good 1-series M coupe. Unlike its predecessor—which was rushed through development in record time, known internally as Project Pyrat—the 2015 M2 will undergo a longer gestation, allowing BMW to come up with a more polished package. Look for aggressive restyling, strongly differentiated from the M135i that's available in overseas markets. The M2 will feature a … CONTINUED
BMW inside Scott26 has posted the following summary of the upcoming 1 series, 2 series, M2, Z1, Z2, and X2 lineup, as plans stand now.
By 2020. BMW hope to have projected sales of over two million units.
The larger majority of this level of sales will be combined MINI/BMW based upon the UKL architecture of around 600,000 units , then you can factor in another large number of dedicated SAV sales before we get to the regular series models. As I have said before welcome to … CONTINUED
Chris Harris drives and compares the BMW M135i F20/F21 hatchback against Audi's hot hatch, the RS3. He takes it on the road, track, and finally to the dragstrip for a showdown.
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We're coming to you live from the 2012 Paris motor show and our first car covered is the BMW M135i 3-door hatchback. This model had its world public debut at the 2012 AMI show in May, but its showing here at the 2012 Paris motor show represents its biggest audience yet.
Inside are the the vitals on this newest model to the BMW M Performance Automobiles lineup. The F21 M135i will unfortunately not make it to North America.
Full M135i technical info and official thread @ http://f20.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=690505… CONTINUED
Here's a video summarizing the M135i hatchback [official thread] [reviews].
Although the M135i will not be available in the North American market, it's recently been rumored that a M235i coupe (2 Series coupe version of the M135i) will be the first M Performance Automobile to be introduced to the US market. Keep in mind that a M235i coupe model will not be a replacement for an expected future M2 coupe model – the successor to the E82 1M Coupe. Instead, it's a model which can be viewed … CONTINUED
Ever since the introduction of the first M Performance cars (the new BMW model lineup slotting between the M models and regular series cars) earlier this year, we've been hearing and BMW has been hinting at such cars for the North American market.
Now that the first petrol model, the M135i (official info | reviews), has debuted, Autoweek reports that the M235i coupe will be the first M Performance model to arrive in the U.S. and Canada. The report states that the M235i coupe will start sales … CONTINUED
BMW has been busy trademarking. Below is a list of some recent BMW trademark filings for future potential models. Remember, just because a manufacturer registers a trademark does not mean that the model will necessarily come to fruition. But, it makes for some fun speculation and certainly paints a rough map of what potential future models we may see out of Munich.
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One of the most anticipated BMW models in the next few years will include the BMW 2-series coupe/convertible (which will replace the 1-series coupe/convertible). With the 1M coupe receiving overwhelming praise, its successor, the BMW M2 (based off 2 series coupe) will surely receive even more attention.
Here's the latest of what we've recently learned from a trusty source regarding the upcoming M2 and 2-series:
- The M2 has not yet officially been approved for production (and may not be officially approved until the 2-series commences production)
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Autoexpress comes in with some exciting confirmation from BMW M GmbH's new managing director Dr. Friedrich Nitschke – the M2 is in the works. But that's not all… a 'revolutionary' new M3 is in development and discussions are underway about a possible Lamborghini Aventador rival supercar!
The M2 will be based off BMW's F22 platform (Autoexpress uses 'F21′) and will be based on the upcoming 2-series / 2 series coupe (BMW has plans to rebadge its small coupe model as 2-series beginning the next generation) due in … CONTINUED
From time to time, BMW trademark filings provide clues on future BMW models. Our latest finding could be related to the recent speculation coming from both Autobild and SCOTT26. BMW is said to be considering launching a 2-series line comprising of the 2-series coupe (F22), the 2-series convertible (F23) and M-variants of these cars. These are essentially the next generation 1-series coupe and convertible, but renamed as the 2-series.
As seen in the screenshots from the German patent office below, BMW has filed "M2″ and "BMW M2″ … CONTINUED
Insider SCOTT26 previews the next generation of 1-series, 2-series, M2, and the long rumored Z2 compact roadster. The 1-series coupe and convertible will receive new 2-series badging, while the hatchback and GT models and retain their 1-series designations. An M2 (successor to current 1M coupe) and a Z2 compact roadster is also in the pipeline. Full rundown inside. BMW 2 series coupe


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If I'm in town whenever the gathering is, then you can count me in.
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
They are at my beck and call. :
If Puffy goes, I'll go.
I can only do it on a Saturday or Sunday though, so I'd have to fly in Saturday morning and leave Sunday evening.
Hmmm...to show my face in public, or not to show my face in public...
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Championships Matter.
24 Years and Counting...
So after sending the Reds ticket people a couple emails, I think the Texas series is the way to go.
So the Saturday evening game on 16Jun is it.
I think if we get tickets NLT 15May, we should be okay.
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Will trade this space for a #1 starter.
I'm out, wedding that very day.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
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Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
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a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude.
I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
Ugh - I'll be in Omaha that week visiting family and watching the College World Series. Maybe next year.
I might show up this year. First time.
I'm not sure how well received I will be, but I'll show.
This is the time. The real Reds organization is back.
I'll be in, im pretty sure nothing is going on. Count me in!
Let's make some noise!
I might have to make the journey down. I'll know for sure if I can make it once I get my schedule for school though.
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If that was Sherk's game plan..he was ill-advised. Why would he stand and trade like that , come out on the short end because he never closed the distance enough, and not use his wrestling skills?
I know Penn is good on the ground, but Sherk sure was eating that jab a lot. After a round and a half of that - its time to go for the shoot.
I don't get it.
Actually, Sherk's punches are nice and compact when he throws them properly..he has short power, but when he was winging those weird hook/crosses ..after a while Penn was just getting out of range.
Tough night for Sherk and for Tito...
Well, I'm off to bed. It was a pretty good card though. One of the better one's I have seen in a while." If one wants to have a friend one must also want to wage war for him: and to wage war one must be capable of being an enemy." - Fr. Nietzsche 'On The Friend' Thus Spake Zarathustra
Style: Koryu Budo, Shooto--
While I was kind of hoping for Tito to get a last dig at White (I pick Tito in the battle of the douchebags), the negativity being directed at Lyloto is crazy. He out fought Tito far and square, and was hardly backpedaling with NO fighting like the Starnes incident.
By the by, anybody else read about the after fight press drama?
Oh and Yoshiyuki Yoshida Judo FTW
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Great card, great fights.
I was hoping to see some Judo from the Sokoudjou Nakamura fight though. :( Harai-goshi seems to be gaining popularity... Nice work from Yoshida.
I think this ufc showed how maintaining the proper distance is key. Ortiz and Sherk were really at a loss it seemed. Really smart fights for Penn and for Machida.
And hooray Wandy!
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I was freaking out during the silva fight
The axe murderer is back
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Style: Budo Taijutsu--
Am I the only one who was bored to tears during the Penn/Sherk fight?
It was a subpar boxing match at best, with some of the worst commentating I have heard in quite some time. Ugh.
Silva v Mendes was pretty interesting though and Relvic v Gouveia was a really fun fight to watch.
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Reply+6#52 to #30 - comradewinter (05/06/2013) [-]
They react a little more realistic here. If you saw a woman begging you to spare her child, it would be a bit more sadistic to shoot them rather than gunning down people running in GTA.
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That's not the point. It's what the actions in the video game represent that causes all the controversy. Killing an innocent child in an airport when they are begging for help just because "it's a video game" can affect someone psychologically. That's why there is so much debate about it.


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Best Quotes About Honesty
List Criteria: Must be a famous or well-known quote. Vote for the Honesty sayings that strongly resonate with you, and downvote any you didn't like.
A list of the best honesty quotes and sayings, including the names of each speaker or author when available. This list is sorted by popularity, so only the most famous honesty quotes are at the top. The authors of these historic honesty quotes are displayed next to each quote, so if you see one you like be sure to check out other inspirational
This list answers the questions, "What are the best quotes about honesty?" and "What are inspirational honesty quotes?"
This list includes notable honesty quotes by various authors, writers, playwrights, speakers, politicians, athletes, poets, and more. Vote on your favorites so that the greatest honesty quotes rise to the top, as the order of the list changes dynamically based on votes. Don't let your favorite honesty sayings get to the bottom of the list.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. Sophocles
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Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Honest hearts produce honest actions. Brigham Young
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Honesty prospers in every condition of life. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
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If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else. Orison Swett Marden
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Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them. Christian Nevell Bovee
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Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not. Henry Fielding
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A few honest men are better than numbers. Oliver Cromwell
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"I'm just a weapon of the god." Janet Morris, Chris Morris
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If you follow only one rule, let it be this one: Be yourself. The really strong boy-girl relationships are based on what people really are, not on what they pretend to be.
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Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge. Napoleon Hill
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Honesty shines like a light through your eyes.
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To live outside the law, you must be honest. Bob Dylan
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Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself. William Shakespeare
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Be prepared and be honest. John Wooden
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Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.
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You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. -- Leviticus 19:11
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On this mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself. To the executioner: Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thy office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty.
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Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, just be it one that can rule and dare not lie. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
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Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man. Richard Whately
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We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. George Bernard Shaw
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Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. William Shakespeare
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Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. Henry David Thoreau
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Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it. Mark Twain
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To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. John Ruskin
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No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest. Walter Raleigh
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There is no right way to do something wrong.
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A thread will tie an honest man better than a chain a rogue.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. George Washington
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Honesty is a question of right or wrong, not a matter of policy.
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An honest man is the best thing on the sod; but a mother and her babe is the noblest work of God.
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. Mary Kay Ash
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If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow. Janet Morris
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It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.
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Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do. William James
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Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. Plato
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Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit. James Allen
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door. Vernon Howard
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No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him. Billy Graham
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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. Sigmund Freud
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. Robert Burns
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You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made. George Burns
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly. William Jennings Bryan
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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. Josh Billings
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I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. Lee Iacocca
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Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest? Sidney Madwed
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Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity. Don Marquis


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The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a new multi-year contract with restricted free agent forward Thaddeus Young. Sixers president Rod Thorn said last week he'd match any reasonable offer made to Philadelphia's top reserve. But they never let negotiations get that far, signing him on Friday, the first day of training camp, without having to match another team's offer. Young posted on Twitter he had signed a deal. ''Promise to continue to play hard with pride and all my heart. I love Philly.'' The team later announced it. Young averaged 12.5 points over his first four seasons with the Sixers.
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DAY 1 - Boise to Salt Lake City
The morning was a brisk 38 degrees yet sunny so it didnt feel too cold. I wore an REI undershirt, long sleeve pullover shirt, BMW RP2 suit with liner and long underwear. The bike was loaded with my wifes riding gear and helmet (she took the sidecase inner bag with her.) I slabbed it to Hammett and took old highway 30 all the way to Declo, then 77 to Malta and 81 into Snowville, UT. Slab again to Salt Lake City.
Along the Snake River outside Hammett
It was cold enough to freeze the water as it sprinkled the pasture land. I made it just in time before it completed a full circle. Icicles were actually forming upright off the grass.
Another pasture being watered in the cool morning air along the Snake River close to Hagerman.
The snow covered hills outside Albion were nice as I gained altitude. I really like taking the back roads and I try to avoid the interstate whenever I can, even though it can take me miles out of my way.
The snow was starting to disappear as I approached Malta and the temps were coming up around 46 degrees.
I pulled over at the Utah border to make sure my wife got checked in ok at the Boise Airport. About 30 minutes later along the I-15 I felt my cell phone buzzing in my pocket and I thought maybe something was wrong, so I pulled over as far to the right on the interstate as I could without dropping off the shoulder. I stopped the engine, took off my gloves and placed my helmet over the left mirror.
I called back (no problems) and as I leaned a bit to the left to put my phone back in my pocket, a semi flew by and the tailwind forced the bike to lean to the right. By the time I could grab the bars, the bike was too far over and I just couldn't hold it and down we went. My helmet catapulted off the mirror and rolled down the embankment as I lay there on my side thinking, "don't you ever pull off the side of an interstate to make a phone call again!" I hate riding the slab!
I got up and retrieved my helmet (thankfully, no scratches on the shield) and noticed the part connecting the shield to the helmet was missing. After a couple minutes I found it and reattached the part and started to take some of the gear off the bike so I could upright the beast. It wasn't the first time I lifted a partially loaded bike so it was really no problem other than balancing the bike as I walked around to the left side to lower it on the stand. All the while, no one stopped to see if I was ok, just cars and trucks blasting by. I re-loaded, took a deep breath hoping this wasn't an omen, and continued on down I-15 to SLC.
Made it to the airport to pick up my wife. We stayed at a local airport hotel and prepared to start the real photo adventure tomorrow. Stayed tuned. Southern Utah is fantastic!
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What is home education?
Home education or home schooling is a successful, workable, and legal option thousands of parents now choose for their children's learning instead of sending them to school. Parents are able to provide a 'tailor made' education and learning environment which completely suits their individual child and his learning needs. There are many children who are unhappy in school or who are failing to thrive or reach their potential and many parents find through home education these difficulties can be overcome. Increasing numbers of parents are opting to take this route, including those who have children with special needs.
How do parents home educate?
Parents provide for their children's education in a whole variety of ways. Some like to adopt a school-style approach where they timetable their day similarly to a classroom day and follow subjects on the National Curriculum. Others use a less scheduled approach and take opportunities that arise in their everyday lives to develop their children's skills and knowledge. Many families find that once you look outside the traditional systematic way of learning we're all familiar with through schooling you discover that there are many different approaches which are equally successful. As they grow in confidence they find there is a more flexible, child led approach where the starting point for learning comes from the child's own interests and their daily lives which helps to keep the children more motivated to learn and avoid them becoming switched off. Some parents use graded work books and schemes of work available through the internet and publishing companies to develop their children's learning, others develop their children's skills through activities that occur in everyday life like play, constructive and creative activities, sports, enjoyment of books, outings, workshops, field trips, television and computer programmes, cooking, etc. And most families participate in learning activities and workshops with their local home schooling groups and are often beyond the home. Many tend to adopt a mix of these approaches based around their child's individual preferences. Some use tutors and other experts to help them in specific areas. Others find their children learn all they need to know with no formal 'lessons' at all. Many home schooling families also find that work which would take a whole hour in a classroom session can be achieved in about twenty minutes on a one-to-one basis leaving much more time for the child's personal hobbies and play. Stimulating play activities enhance a child's learning and development as much as study does, as does physical activity, and home educating families make the most of those opportunities. Families find that they can be flexible in their approaches, changing as the child grows and their needs change. Home education can be completely personal to each family and as structured or as 'tailor made' as each individual family wants to make it.
Who can home educate?
Home education is a legal option open to any family. Any parents who have an open mind, a basic standard of education or an interest in improving, the ability to research, and are prepared to be flexible in their working lives would be able to home school their own children. It is not necessary to be a teacher or have any qualifications yourself. What's important is to have a good relationship with your child and an interest in learning.
What about friends and interaction with others?
The numbers of families choosing to home educate grows all the time as parents become increasingly dissatisfied with schools and the education they provide. Therefore there are growing numbers of home schoolers' networks which offer both learning and social activities, opportunities for interaction and making friends, and computer networking. These groups offer a high adult to child ratio that usually develops a social maturity in children which often exceeds that of their school peers. It also provides a safe and unthreatening environment in which children can overcome shyness, develop their personality, and learn how to interact well with others of all ages. Also, as with all children, home schoolers make friends through other networks and clubs like youth groups, sports clubs, other groups like cubs and scouts, etc. School is not the only place children can make friends and in fact some of the interaction there, both pupil to pupil, and pupil to adult, is not always the best example of a warm, loyal and respectful relationship. Most home schooled children find and enjoy friends as any children would.
What about exams and the future of home schooled children?
Children who are home schooled take exams and go onto higher education just as school children do. Parents usually decide on an exam board which offers the courses they want and use study packs associated with them and find a local centre where they sit the exam. There is information on the internet and the exam board websites. Some home educating families make choices about exams that differ from school in that they prefer their education to focus on a well rounded individual with a multitude of talents, rather than just exam passing, so they take the minimum of exams required for university entrance. Others decide to take other routes and other qualifications like Btec for example and use FE colleges. Some continue to use home study course like OU. Other children opt to go straight into work. Colleges and universities are beginning to recognise that home educated children have an aptitude for learning that exceeds their school peers simply because, having been out of the school environment, they are not dulled or bored, they are more motivated and have a greater variety of life and social skills which equips them better for life beyond school.
More Information:
Click here for the Government Guidelines (For particular interest note para 3.13 Providing a full time education)
Or Listen to someone who knows first hand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eej9PxRw_P0
And to see how it works first hand check out some of the blogs and sites listed in the Home Education Blogs page on this site.
Most questions are answered in detail in my book:
'Learning Without School. Home Education' published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. http://www.jkp.com/search/index.php?s=Learning+Without+School
It describes what home education is and how families go about it, it contains tips and support if you want to home school yourself and how to get started. It illustrates how to suit education to your individual child, how to think beyond traditional boundaries, and to educate for a happy and successful future. And whether you want to home educate or not it contains a philosophy of education which will help you understand your children's education wherever they learn.
You can view the contents list on the My Books page. Below is an extract:
…Making the adjustment from school to Home Education.
Most families require a 'settling in' period whilst they adjust to Home Educating. The majority of LAs are sympathetic to this requirement.
This time for 'settling in' will vary between families and will depend on how you came to Home Educate. For example, if your child has only just reached school age but is continuing to stay at home full time, you may only need to continue what you already do. If your child has been in school it is more of an adjustment. This is particularly true of children who are unwell or who have had bad experiences associated with their education. They will need special care and time to heal.
Apart from the needs of the children, the whole family will need some adjustment time. It is unrealistic to expect too much too soon, both in terms of education and personal management. It is no small change to switch from a school life to Home Educating. The worry about education, your children's friends, leaving mainstream, and taking responsibility can be stressful. Most Home Educators experience this. Most adjust. Most go on to successfully Home Educate.
Here are some tips to get you through this adjustment period:
- Relax! This is the most important one. Education doesn't have to be stressful.
- Give yourself time to explore Home Education, find out what others do, and learn what you can.
- Allow your child time. Work doesn't have to begin immediately or last from nine till four with concentrated focus. This is not how it realistically works in school.
- Get in contact with other Home Educators.
- Some children may need considerable time to get over their school experiences and to become wholly well and wholly themselves.
- If your child is used to going to school and a scheduled approach, to continue with this approach is often a good starting point. Be aware though, that something that may take a whole period in school in a class of thirty with disruptions, may only take ten minutes to achieve at home. Your child will have much more 'free' time that is as valuable as 'work' time. Relax about this!
- Remain flexible. Don't worry if your first approach is not working. Just change it. Home Education is a process of trial and error, with constant changes.
- Keep your child's needs foremost and remind yourself why you're doing this.
- Discuss a way of Home Educating together with your child. Talk about what you think they should do. Talk about what they think they should do. And why.
- Explore some of the educational resource books and workbooks in the major bookshops. Don't be afraid to let your child choose.
- Progress gently rather than intently
- Enjoy yourself! Education is enjoyable. It is as valuable to visit a museum and chat about the exhibits, as it is to study a history book.
- Pay as much attention to your own personal organisation and well being as to that of your child.
- Plan time for yourself, when your child is busy with something, as well as planning your child's time. Ask that your child respects this personal time, as you respect theirs, and does not disturb you. This is a good habit to develop from the outset.
- Remember; there's no rush to do it all straight away.
Education is a rich, stimulating, enjoyable experience. Did you know that? Does your child know that from their experiences in school?
We tend to have developed an attitude that activities have to be gruelling to be educational. Or that if it is enjoyable then it can't be educational. This is not true at all, as many Home Educators discover. But it takes time to adopt a different attitude and to find a different way to make it so. This won't happen over night so keep it light until you find your way. An afternoon in the park observing and discussing what you see can be as educational as studying species in a textbook.
Some Home Educators may have a laid back approach, that they've developed through experience, which you may find too unstructured for you. Others may have a rigid structure that you find too restrictive. Stick to the ways you are comfortable working with for now and remain flexible.
The most important thing is your relationship with your child. So make sure you have fun. Schools can sometimes steal fun not only from education but also from the parent/child relationship and create conflict; e.g. 'Do your homework or no telly tonight'! To Home Educate successfully there needs to be a different type of negotiation, always from a positive perspective; e.g. 'Let's get this written work done now then we can go swimming this afternoon'. Keep your relationship sweet and be prepared to compromise. Allow the child to take the lead sometimes.
Remember: progress never happens overnight.
It is the result of a series of steady and gradual steps made over a period of time.
Dealing with objections from others.
Most people respond to the choice to Home Educate with interest and admiration. However, to many, Home Educating is still a fairly unrecognised and alien way of educating your child. And how do people usually respond to aliens? Shock, horror and fear! People who are fearful can sometimes be quite unpleasant.
Home Educators are exercising a choice that is open to all parents. And quite often they make that choice because they are extremely dissatisfied with schools. Many, many, many parents moan about schools. But most are unprepared to instigate change. When they come into contact with people who do, like Home Educators, it threatens their position and this is what causes some people to be both objectionable and unpleasant.
Sadly, some parents experience this from other family members which can make their decision to Home Educate really difficult. This is where becoming involved with the Home Educating community and learning from other Home Educating families can help enormously. It will help you keep faith with what you're doing and strengthen your position. It will give you support.
Most objections are made out of ignorance. This is why it is important that you have your ideas clearly thought out. This will enable you to answer people who may object to your decision to Home Educate.
The usual objections are things like:
– Kids have to go to school in order to learn anything,
– Kids have to go to school to mix,
– You're depriving your child of a normal life,
– Kids need to get used to the hurly-burly of school in order to survive in real life,
– Kids need teachers to get an education,
– Kids need school discipline,
– Your kid will end up as a freak.
– They won' get any qualifications.
None of these objections are accurate or based in truth. Hopefully you will learn why throughout the rest of the book. You will see why from the examples of other Home Educators. Understanding why will help you answer any questions you may have to deal with about your decision to Home Educate and cope with any opposition you may experience about that decision.
Meanwhile it may help you if you also understand that Home Education challenges much of what people always thought was true about children's learning. It challenges a huge, traditional institution. It makes parents look more closely at the education of their own children. So it is no small thing that you do when you Home Educate. It's a brave step that can make others feel threatened. But if no one ever made any brave steps there would be no progress. Thousands of families have already taken that brave step, made the decision to Home Educate and do so successfully.
There's no reason why you can't if you're committed to your child's education, prepared to do the research and put the time in, so have confidence in your convictions about the education of your child – trust your intuition.
You will no doubt be making the decision to Home Educate your child because you care for their education and well being above everything else – never forget that.
Or that school is not the answer to every child's needs. Home Education is not necessarily the answer to every child's needs either. So each one of us needs to remain flexible and accepting, rather than confrontational, towards other people's choices whatever they are. Each one of us has the right to make individual choices.
From a Home Educator.
Once, one of my friends at drama club asked me, "aren't you intelligent enough to go to school, then?" when she found out I was Home Educated. I said, "It depends on your definition of intelligence". "Cor" she said, "you are intelligent!"
Sixteen-year-old student, Home Educated for eight years, now at college.
You are likely to be the one that knows your child best.
That's what you need to have confidence in over and above everything else.
Having confidence in your knowledge of your child.
As parents we do know a lot about our children. Although many of us fail to give ourselves credit for that.
Many of us spend the first five years of our children's lives exclusively with them. After they start school we still spend about fifty percent of their waking hours in charge of them. In doing so we learn a lot about them. We learn to understand them. And we are in a better position than anyone else to recognise what their needs are.
Teachers have learnt how to teach. They've learnt some child psychology. They've learnt about institutionalised education.
They have not learnt about your individual child.
A personal story.
There is no doubt in my mind that most parents know their child best. I doubted it at first, when I was a young arrogant teacher who thought she knew everything. But it didn't take me long to realise that there was far more to children's learning than just teaching classes of them. When you are teaching classes of them you can conveniently lose individuals. When you are answering the external demands that all teachers have put upon them you cannot possibly fulfil each specific need, even if you had time to recognise them. It wasn't until I was a parent that I realised that no teacher can hope to understand each child's specific need like a parent does.
Parents know best.
Unfortunately there are many professionals that don't acknowledge this. After all, we all like to think that we are the best at our own subject. And many parents have been made to feel that their expertise with their own child counts for nothing. Many of us tend to think; 'what do I know? I'm only a parent'.
Parents know lots. Parents who are interested in their children, who have been involved with their children, who have given their time to raising their children, have a far better insight into those children's needs than anyone. Even educational professionals.
Educational professionals, parenting gurus, child psychologists all know their field. They know more about their subject than others. This doesn't mean they automatically know what's best for your child. Neither do family, friends, other parents, or other professionals. Parents know best. Have confidence in what you see to be happening. Don't underestimate your judgement.
Most particularly, don't underestimate:
- The understanding you have developed through time with your child.
- What your experience of living with them has told you.
- What you've observed.
- What your child is telling you.
- Your intuition about your child's needs.
- Your skill and insight into your child's needs as a parent.
- Your gut feeling.
Obviously other people and other professionals have good advice. They will know about things you don't. Their opinions are valid.
So are yours.
Talk to others. Listen to their advice. Get a broader overview. Then, put that advice within the context of what you know about your child.
Education is not an exact science. And every child is an individual with individual needs. Have confidence in what you know about your child's needs and what you think is right for their education. You do not have to make your child fit into what may be appropriate for other children and their education. The best way to fulfil your child's needs is to make an education to fit them – not the other way round.
You're the parent.
You have an understanding that no one else can possibly have.
Trust your judgement.
For an entertaining story about our home educating family life, containing a lot more about education, see A FUNNY KIND OF EDUCATION. A memoir to move heart and mind, get you giggling and possibly even shedding a tear. Guaranteed to change your view of children's learning for ever!
There are also many home education/home schooling websites and organisations to support home schoolers which can be found on the web. See the Home Education Blogs page.7 Comments