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Published on Saturday, November 8, 2003 by the Guardian / UK
Look Away, Dixieland
US Democrats Won't Win in the South While They Keep Quiet on Race
by Sidney Blumenthal
Everything seemed to be going so well for Howard Dean, the frontrunner in America's contest for the Democratic presidential nomination. Then he made a throwaway remark that changed everything: he wanted, he said, "to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks". Dean's error was to evoke the divisive Confederate symbol, hated by black Americans as standing for slavery and still upheld by many Southern conservatives as representing their "heritage". Because he was the frontrunner, other Democratic candidates seized on the opportunity to create a controversy, implying that Dean is racist.
The immediate effect was to slow his momentum.
But, as with many so-called gaffes, his comment alluded to a fundamental political truth: the Democratic and Republican parties have traded places after decades of struggle over civil rights. The solid South of the old Confederacy, which once voted uniformly for the Democrats, is now the bastion of the Republicans.
From the beginning of the Democratic party, through the civil war and the New Deal, the South was the foundation stone of the party's national strength. With the coming of the civil-rights revolution, Democratic presidents Kennedy and Johnson deployed the federal government to support social equality. In reaction, Republicans - from Goldwater to Nixon to Reagan - developed a Southern strategy to win over white voters in the region who felt betrayed. That strategy involved using widely understood code going back to the civil war - phrases like "states' rights", used to justify slavery - in an updating of the well-worn strategy of invoking race to keep poor white and black Americans divided on issues of common interest. Thus the party of Lincoln became the party of Reagan.
Dean, the former Vermont governor, raised in New York City, is the most distinctly old-line Yankee to emerge to prominence within the Democratic party in living memory. Despite his New England pedigree, George Bush is a man of the Republican South. If selected, Dean will challenge the first conservative Southern president in modern US history. The possible confrontation reflects the deeper polarisations of race, class and society that are driving the country apart.
In March, Dean described the thinking behind his controversial remark more fully: "I think the Republicans, ever since 1968, with Richard Nixon's Southern strategy, have divided us on race issues. Look, when I go to the South, I talk about race deliberately... If we're going to have elections about race, we might as well talk about it openly. I want white males, particularly in the South, to come back to the Democratic party. And the case that FDR made was, look, when was the last time you all got a raise? When was the last time your kids got decent health insurance? What kind of schools do your kids go to if you can't afford a private academy?"
His problem is that, this time, he left off the filigree of Nixon and Roosevelt. And so, for days after his gaffe, Dean engaged in the etiquette of fulsome apologies. He began by condemning the Confederate flag as "a painful symbol", then asked for forgiveness from "any people in the South who thought they were being stereotyped". A day later he called his language "clumsy", and added: "I deeply regret the pain that I may have caused." An overdue discussion of the Republicans' Southern strategy was replaced by bowing and scraping.
Dean's Confederate flag problem coincided with another, seemingly unrelated, difficulty - over a mini-series, The Reagans, commissioned by the television network CBS. The intersection was less odd than it appears; Reagan and the Confederate flag, after all, have long been for the Southern Republican party the equivalent of apple pie and motherhood.
The Reagans mini-series is the latest in a long line of cheesy TV productions mangling the lives of the presidents, though no one has chosen to politicise these tabloid productions until now. This time, a Republican mole filched a copy of the script, and the Republican party chairman, Ed Gillespie, assumed the pose of historian. The script put words into the mouth of Reagan - like these about Aids sufferers: "They that live in sin shall die in sin" (what he actually said was: "Maybe the Lord brought down this plague", because "illicit sex is against the Ten Commandments"). Gillespie called on CBS to pull the series or flash a warning on screen every 10 minutes that it was make-believe. CBS promptly crumpled, pulling the show from the network schedule. Leslie Moonves, the CBS president, abased himself with abject apologies.
The Reagans, judging from leaked excerpts of the script, features a distracted Ronnie and harridan Nancy, a melding of 1950s situation comedy and Mommy Dearest. Policy and politics are not its centrepieces. Certain crucial events in the rise of Reagan are noticeably missing. The actual words on race and civil rights, essential to his political success, are absent, though the Republicans haven't complained.
Some true-life scenes: Reagan opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (calling it "humiliating to the South"), and ran for governor of California in 1966 promising to wipe the Fair Housing Act off the books. "If an individual wants to discriminate against Negroes or others in selling or renting his house," he said, "he has a right to do so." After the Republican convention in 1980, Reagan travelled to the county fair in Neshoba, Mississippi, where, in 1964, three Freedom Riders had been slain by the Ku Klux Klan. Before an all-white crowd of tens of thousands, Reagan declared: "I believe in states' rights".
As president, Reagan aligned his justice department on the side of segregation, supporting the fundamentalist Bob Jones University in its case seeking federal funds for institutions that discriminate on the basis of race. In 1983, when the supreme court decided against Bob Jones, Reagan, under fire from his right in the aftermath, gutted the Civil Rights Commission.
Reagan consolidated the Southern strategy that Nixon formulated in response to the civil rights movement. It is this Republican party that has created the radically conservative Southern presidency of Bush. When Bush's candidacy was threatened in the Republican primaries of 2000, he rescued himself by appearing at Bob Jones University and wrapping himself in support of the preservation of the Confederate emblem on the South Carolina state flag.
Dean's remarks were awkward, but his challenge to the Republican party's basic character and the need for a strategy for defeating it will inevitably be revisited by whoever becomes the Democratic nominee, if that nominee cares about winning.
On the day before Dean's last apology, Haley Barbour, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee and the third-biggest lobbyist in Washington, was elected governor of Mississippi. He had campaigned at an event sponsored by the Council of Concerned Conservatives, an overtly racist group and successor organisation to the White Citizens' Council, which led opposition to civil rights in the 1960s. In his lapel, Barbour wore a pin of the Mississippi state flag, a matter of controversy because of its incorporation of the Confederate flag. On election night, even before he was announced as the winner, Barbour received a congratulatory telephone call from Bush. Look away, Dixieland.
As the great novelist William Faulkner, of Mississippi, wrote: "The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past."
· Sidney Blumenthal is a former assistant and senior adviser to President Clinton and author of 'The Clinton Wars'.


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The rapper's single "Lollipop" managed to re-claim its #1 position on the U.S. music chart again this week, replacing Rihanna's "Take A Bow".
Lil Wayne's hit single "Lollipop" still hasn't lost its charm on the U.S. music charts as it managed to take the top spot again on the Billboard Top 100 chart. The song regained its #1 spot after topping it three-weeks ago.
On this week's edition, Wayne's single climbs from 3-1 switching places with last week's chart topper Rihanna' "Take a Bow". Meanwhile, the #2 position is still being kept by Leona Lewis with her "Bleeding Love" track.
Following the top three places, at #4 this week climbing one step from its previous position is Usher's "Love In This Club" featuring Young Jeezy. Jordin Sparks' "No Air" featuring Chris Brown dropped from #4 to #5. At #6 Ray J featuring Yung Berg's "Sexy Can I" still holds that position, while Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake also keeps last week's spot at #7.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Knopf Publishing Group, Hardcover, 9780307269997, 576pp.
Publication Date: May 25, 2010
"A thoroughly gripping read . . . Lisbeth Salander, Stieg Larsson's fierce pixie of a heroine, is one of the most original characters in a thriller to come along in a while—a gamin, Audrey Hepburn look-alike but with tattoos and piercings, the take-no-prisoners attitude of Lara Croft and the cool, unsentimental intellect of Mr. Spock . . . Owes less to the Silence of the Lambs horror genre than to something by John le Carré."
—Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"The literary equivalent of a caffeine rush . . . Larsson was one of those rare writers who could keep you up until 3 a.m. and then make you want to rush home the next night to do it again . . . Larsson is something like John Grisham [but] Larsson held an extra ace: the creation of Salander."
"It's over! And I feel the same sense of pleasure and loss that I did when I watched the finale of 'The Sopranos' and the last episodes of 'Battlestar Galactica' . . . Salander is, I promise, someone you will never forget . . . Anyone who enjoys grounding their imaginations in hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of exciting pages about the way we live now ought to take advantage of this trilogy."
—Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune
"Larsson has produced a coup de foudre, a novel that is complex, satisfying, clever, moral . . . This is a grown-up novel for grown-up readers, who want something more than a quick fix and a car chase. And it's why the Millennium trilogy is rightly a publishing phenomenon all over the world."
"A heart-stopping showdown showcases one of crime fiction's most unforgettable characters—and cements Larsson's rep as one of its most passionate and original voices."
"Confirms Larsson as one of the great talents of contemporary crime fiction."
—Sunday Times (UK)
"Exhilarating . . . Larsson's was an undeniably powerful voice in crime fiction that will be sorely missed."
—Publishers Weekly
"Fast-paced enough to make those Jason Bourne films seem like Regency dramas."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Larsson's vivid characters, the depth of the detail across the three books, the powerfully imaginative plot, and the sheer verve of the writing make the trilogy a masterpiece of its genre."
—The Economist
"There are few characters as formidable as Lisbeth Salander in contemporary fiction of any kind . . . She dominates the stage like Lear . . . She will be sorely missed."
"Larsson's work is original, inventive, shocking, disturbing, and challenging . . . His novels have brought a much needed freshness into the world of crime fiction."
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"Fans will not be disappointed: this is another roller-coaster ride that keeps you reading far too late into the night."
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Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson was on the verge of international fame and fortune when he died in 2004, right before the publication of his bestselling Millennium trilogy. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Larsson's publisher about what made the trilogy a runaway success. More at NPR.org
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By Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
Baby boomers have long been the most important generation to marketers because there are so many and they have so much money. Now, new research shows Generation Y — those born from 1982 to 2000 — are showing clout with car, clothing and other retail sales that surpass all previous generations.
Online marketing expert Kelly Mooney will release findings at a National Retail Federation conference Wednesday showing the 13- to 21-year-olds in the group influence 81% of their families' apparel purchases and 52% of car choices.
Mooney says that at 82 million people, Gen Y is the most influential generation for retailers because it is bigger than the baby boomers and its members have spending power and strong opinions at an earlier age.
Mooney's research into the habits of the teens and young adults, which included interviews and video diaries, shows slow websites, dismissive sales staff and free shipping that takes more than two days will turn them off to a brand.
These young people also either want merchandise that's cheap or elite, and retailers in the middle can get lost, Mooney says.
"They are more demanding and more savvy than they feel they're given credit for," says Mooney, who is speaking at the Shop.org conference in New York. "In some instances, they think they know more than the person selling them something."
Retail and apparel stock analyst Jennifer Black says the research tracks closely with the success of higher-end retailers such as Abercrombie & Fitch and J. Crew and lower-end ones such as Forever 21, which are all popular with young people.
"The moderate segment is getting more squeezed," says Black, president of Jennifer Black & Associates. "Girls want to buy something that's special vs. something that's kind of in the middle."
Black says her 18-year-old son, like a lot of kids his age, will occasionally shop at thrift stores, even though he doesn't have to.
"It's not because they don't have they money but because they want to save the money," Black says.
Mooney, co-author of the book The Ten Demandments: Rules to Live By in the Age of the Demanding Customer, studied 14- to 24-year-olds — the subset of Gen Y with the most money — and found a strong need for "instant gratification and immediacy."
These consumers will wait just three seconds for a page to download before they click away, Mooney says. They also process website information five times faster than older generations.
"They don't distinguish between 'this is the store' and 'this is the website,' " Mooney says. "They don't have forgiveness that it's just the website."
Consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow says it shouldn't be surprising these young consumers have an "equal vote in the look and style of the family."
"Gen Y parents tend to be non-authoritarian and value their friendships with their kids," says Yarrow, a professor at San Francisco's Golden Gate University. "These parents also prize their own youthful, 'kid-like' qualities."
Mooney and her husband know firsthand what enterprising consumers kids can be. Their 7-year-old daughter tried to persuade her father to buy a Toyota Scion after seeing the car and then Googling it. After he told her it wasn't his first choice, she suggested a Porsche.
Gen Y's retail favorites can differ markedly from those of their elders. Jupiter Research surveyed consumers who bought products or services online in the past 12 months and found people ages 18 to 24 favored the websites for Best Buy, Circuit City and eBay more than consumers as a whole. And they were less likely to shop at the Macy's or J.C. Penney websites than other consumers.
They also like products that let them show some individuality.
Kenny Warren, a 20-year-old student at Southern Adventist University in Tennessee and a participant in Mooney's survey, says he got his 1993 Honda Accord in part because the brand had "credibility" but also because Honda makes it easy to accessorize cars. He's lowered the car, put on new rims and wheels and changed the exhaust, among other things. And though he has three computers and a webcam, Warren says he'll shop at thrift stores as long as it "makes me look good."
Not Micky Osterman, a 16-year-old high school student from Columbus, Ohio, and a survey participant. She likes high-end brands. "I want a ... midnight blue Mustang convertible. I want to buy all my underwear at Victoria's Secret. I want to shop at Polo (and) The Limited. ... I would love a pair of Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses. And a Coach purse."


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This is a recipe my DH makes. He got it from Nana (his mother) who got it from someone in New Orleans. It is so very good. I could eat the whole batch! Eat with herb crackers, butter crackers, celery, etc. The optional ingredients are courtesy of my first reviewer.
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Mmmmmm this was super good! I've been looking for a good cold shrimp & crab dip recipe (most are served hot) and this one is awesome! I took it to a superbowl party and all my friends (all culinary & restaurant employees in our twenties) loved it. Next time I think I will add some chopped celery or onions for texture.
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- 1 (6 ounce) can lump crabmeat, drained and picked over to remove bones
- 2 (6 ounce) cans baby shrimp, drained
- 4 tablespoons light mayonnaise (or more to taste)
- 1 (8 ounce) package low-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened (not margarine)
- garlic powder (to taste)
- onion powder (to taste)
- 1 tablespoon of finely minced water chestnut
- 1 -2 tablespoon finely minced and lightly sauteed onion
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CSUB's Apr. 17 baseball game against UC Davis at Robbins Field in Davis, Calif. has been postponed following a tragic accident involving a member of the UC Davis baseball family on Saturday night. No makeup date has been determined.
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They spent many months planning and designing the physical parameters for the business in Leona's home, setting up the office, workshop, and storage areas. As Leona is still working full-time, she became the financial manager for the company (a job that can be done evenings and weekends). They knew that another person available on a day-to-day basis, in addition to Jeanne, would be needed to run the business. Their sister Lynne became their full-time employee in October 2006.
As part of their research, they discovered a software company that provided a complete solution for the gift-basket industry (who knew?). "Baskware" provides a package that creates orders, tracks inventory, calculates shipping, and is integrated with their online ordering system. They also get web hosting and an online store. "We get about 25% of our business from internet sales," says Jeanne.
But it's the quality of the baskets, and the personal attention to customers that is responsible for their success. The first six months of 2008 showed a 900% increase over the same period last year!
Last May they acquired another gift-basket company, Creative Northwest, when the owner decided to sell her business due to medical problems. "The most important assets were her phone number and website, which we integrated with our own, as well as her corporate client list," says Jeanne.
Their best clients are corporations who order baskets for customers and employees. Port of Portland, PGE, US Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, and the new downtown Hotel Modera are some of their notable corporate customers. Gift baskets for these customers are often custom-designed and may include ribbons with corporate logos or branded gift items. They are happy to make presentations to potential corporate clients including samples of some of their gourmet food products.
They find their gourmet and specialty food products from many sources around the country. "We want to offer items you can't buy in a store," says Leona. "That's what makes the baskets special." They also have Northwest specialty baskets that include such yummy-sounding treats as Rainy Day Chocolate rain drops, Oregon Berries jelly candies, and Huckleberry Old-fashioned Salt-water taffy.
They hand-deliver orders in the Portland area, and ship baskets to destinations all over the US. Leona says, "Last year, we received a call from a lady in Indiana wanting one of our on-line baskets to be shipped to Denver. We know there are gift basket companies in Denver, so we asked this lady why she decided to order from us instead of a local company in Denver. She said that our baskets were so much nicer than anything else she had seen on the web that she was willing to pay the additional shipping costs from Portland to Denver." They've also received several international orders for delivery in the US.
|When they create a new basket design, they take photos for their website
They advertise in local phone books, and belong to a number of networking groups to get the word out about their products. Their website gets good exposure, and they're also part of the Telegift Network (the FTD of gift basket companies). "We're always looking for new customers and corporate clients," says Jeanne.
The sisters grew up in southern California. Leona joined the Air Force in 1973 and was away from the family most of her adult life, except for visits. She became disabled, left the Air Force, and moved to her current home in 1990. In 2003 Jeanne retired from a Court Reporting career and moved to Beaverton. In 2004, sisters Lynne and Joanne also moved to Beaverton. Jeanne says, "I don't think we would have started a home business if it wasn't with family members. We know each other's strengths and weaknesses and we each care deeply about making this business a success." One of their business goals is to allow Leona to retire from her full-time job within five years.
The company slogan is "Affordably Elegant Gift Baskets," so they try to accommodate everyone's budget. Their on-line baskets range from $16.50 to $95.00. Some of the custom baskets they have done for corporate clients have ranged from $50.00 to $200.00.
Visit their website at giftiqueoregon.com, or reach them by phone at 503-643-2153. You can see some of their baskets when they're at the CMBA booth at the Cedar Mill Farmers' Market this summer. They will also be providing baskets as prizes for the Kids' Passport contest at the Cedar Mill Park Concert in August (see CMBA Meeting Notes)
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Public Health Services and Systems Research Coordination Center, 2011-2012
The Foundation's National Program for Public Health Research was designed to further the growth and impact of the field of public health services and systems research (PHSSR) by coordinating current PHSSR investments, supporting real-world applications of research, strengthening the capacity of researchers and practitioners, catalyzing the translation and application of findings into practice, increasing visibility and champions for the work, and attracting other funders to the field.The purpose of this project is to support the University of Kentucky's College of Public Health and its existing Center for Public Health Services and Systems Research (PHSSR) in leading efforts to further enhance the development and sustainability of efforts to assure that the organization, administration and financing of public health is evidence based and uses knowledge generated by research to accomplish this task. Key program components include developing and administering up to four calls for proposals; building the evidence of what works driven by the public health practice community; increasing researcher capacity in conducting PHSSR; catalyzing the application of research; and expanding funding for PHSSR.
Grant Details
Amount Awarded $1,539,425.00
Awarded on: 9/2/2011
Time frame: 9/1/2011 - 8/31/2012
Grant Number: 69181
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Samsung Smart Phone like Samsung Galaxy Android phone is becoming the most popular mobile phone all over the world. These Samsung smart phones can be used to take pictures, watch movies and play music. These smart phones are becoming more and more complex. At the same time, they are more prone to errors such as system corruption, accidental deletion of pictures, memory card error. Sometimes, Samsung users lost their images or movies due to human errors. All these cases could cause Samsung Phone users lost their precious memories, meaningful moments, nice movies or good music. When such situations arise, is there any thing that Samsung users could do to rescue their multimedia files from the Samsung smart phone? Definitely Yes! In order to recover your lost multimedia files from the Samsung smart phone, we suggest you download a Samsung Phone Recovery program. Please download the proper software version according to the operation system of your computer.
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Gums moving after upper front teeth crowning. Is this normal?
I had my 2 upper front teeth crowned 5 days ago. The middle of my gums that goes over the centre of 2 upper front teeth (that looks like a triangle) seems to move up on certain lip movements (particularly when I twist my upper lip inwards). the gums between 2 front teeth flips up, like it is being pulled by the small piece of the tissue that connects the lip and the gums. Is this normal, and will be resolved as gums heal and tighten, or is this something that needs to be checked by a dentist?
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I would encourage you to go back to your dentist and have him/her take a look. Your dentist will be able to tell you whether this is within the "range of normal" . Often after dental work, we are much more aware of conditions that we always had. Only now we are paying attention to them more!
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5 Best Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix
The meat fell off the bone of the Greek-seasoned lamb shank, served with green beans, rice pilaf and a salad at th Chandler Greek Festival.
Evie Carpenter
Chandler Greek Festival Friday, May 2
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Chandler will host the spring Taste of Greece Festival with three days of food, dance, and fun. The event will feature live entertainment on all three days and plenty of Greek food including stuffed grape leaves and the sweet, flaky baklava. Check out our coverage and slideshow from last year's event for an idea of the food that will be available. The doors will open at 5 p.m. on Friday night and will close at 10 p.m. On both Saturday and Sunday the festivities will start at 11 a.m. Saturday the fest will end at 10 p.m. and at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The event will be held at the St. Katherine Greek Orthodox Church. You can download two free admissions on the Taste of Greece Festival Facebook page.
See also: 10 Best Places to Eat and Drink on Cinco de Mayo in Metro Phoenix
Kentucky Derby Party Saturday, May 3
We may be a long way from Kentucky but the Second Story Liquor Bar in Scottsdale will be going all out on Saturday in honor of the occasion. The bar and restaurant's Kentucky Derby Party will begin at 11 a.m. and will include brunch (served all day) and derby-themed food. There will also be a mint and fresh peach juleps from Schnepf Farms, as well as Best Hat and Best Dressed contests so be sure to come prepared. Prizes will include private chef dinners, bar credit, Second Story gift cards, and T-shirts. For more information, visit the Second Story Liquor Bar website.
Crispy crepes (banh xeo) from The Great Pho King food truck.
Lauren Saria
Food Truck Olivepalooza Sunday, May 4
This Sunday, head to the Queen Creek Olive Mill for a Food Truck Olivepalooza event. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m local food trucks Spice It Up, The Grilled Cheese Truck, Burgers Amore, Roasted Shallot, and The Great Pho King will be serving food in the front olive grove. There will also be live music, complementary wine tastings, bocce ball, an outdoor bar, and an Olive Oil 102 class and mill tour. Admission is free. For the complete schedule of events, visit the Queen Creek Olive Mill website.
Catch Little Miss BBQ this weekend at The Gladly.
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Patio Party at The Gladly Sunday, May 4
If you haven't made it down to Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix, then this weekend will bring a good excuse to finally try their impressive 'cue. The new restaurant has teamed up with The Gladly and Noble Bread for a one-day Patio Party with barbecue and pizza. Little Miss BBQ will be serving a Trinity Plate with spare ribs, brisket, sausage, and grits for $17 while Noble Bread will be offering margherita or sausage and rapini specialty pizzas for $14. A dollar from every food item sold will go toward Culinary Works, a local organization dedicated to helping autistic adults achieve personal and professional success within the food industry. The party starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. For more information visit the Patio Party Facebook event page.
Farmstead goat's milk caramels from The Simple Farm.
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Pop Up Market at West Elm Sunday, May 4
If you're a fan of The Simple Farm's goat milk caramels but have a hard time making it to the Thursday morning markets, then you're in luck because this Sunday you can catch them at West Elm in Scottsdale. The Simple Farm will be joined by Pistol Whipped Pastry (baker Rachel Miller is a Chow Bella contributor), who will be selling items from the regular pastry line as well as some specialty items. The Pop Up Market will be open from noon to 3 p.m. at West Elm at the Scottsdale Quarter.
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He's so familiar to us, like a grandfather. He has graced book covers, beamed at us from television screens, displayed endearing, child-like enthusiasm on finding a rare mushroom and spread infectious joy bu cooking it with love and respect.
He's the jolly chef who made millions through Carluccio's, his spectacularly successful restaurant franchise, and is commonly referred to as the godfather of Italian cooking.
As he readies himself for yet another trip to Australia next month – "the Italians in Australia are more Italian than those in Italy!" he laughs – as the patron of The Truffle Festival, the 77-year-old chef and author admits the pressure of performing as Brand Carluccio took its toll.
"I had a very big depression," he tells me from his London home. "Because of Carluccio's, I found myself just as a brand. And not having a precise identity," he says. "There was a period when I had to write books, had to do television and I was very depressed . . . I am very well known for telling jokes, so the only way to tell people that I was OK was to be jolly and to tell jokes. Everybody was like, 'Oh yeah, he's all right' . . . But I knew inside that I wasn't."
Treatment his best decision
Carluccio's youngest brother died in a freak accident, his three marriages broke down, he sold the restaurant empire that bears his name. Six suicide attempts later, Carluccio checked into London's The Priory clinic in 2008 and says it was the best decision. "So many people have depression, mine was a little bit deeper," he recalls. "I couldn't recognise it immediately but people helped me."
Carluccio was born in 1937, in Salerno, Italy, and would spend many hours foraging for mushrooms with his father, fostering his love of food and nature. After his brother drowned, Carluccio moved to Vienna, then to Germany and finally to Britain. He worked as a wine merchant, importing Italian wines.
He managed Terence Conran's famed Neal Street Restaurant in London's Covent Garden from 1981, bought it in 1989, and started his eponymous restaurant business in 1991 with his then wife Priscilla.
Carluccio says his philosophy then and now is the same. "You need four things to make a successful restaurant," he advises.
"First, you need very good food, but very simple. It has to be as original to the culture as possible. Second, you need good service. Not somebody who slaps the plate on the table, but also not someone who's greasy or rubbing your hand.
"Third, the premises must be always completely normal, not over the top or with chianti wine flasks on the walls. Modern, but pleasant. And finally, the prices must be good."
Open for profit
Carluccio says his first eponymous London restaurant was making a profit within the second month of operation.
In 2005 he sold the group for £10 million ($18 million). He is now a consultant to the group.
"My task now is to maintain the philosophy of the company, with food, with checking the recipes," he says. The chain has close to 100 restaurants, including in Britain and the Middle East.
His coming Australian visit will be to discover, taste and encourage others to enjoy and cook with Australian black Perigold truffles. Now in its sixth year, The Truffle Festival in the Canberra and capital region, sees more than 50 restaurants, wineries, hotels and truffle farms showcase the local product, the quality of which took even Carluccio by surprise.
"Yes I was surprised years ago when they told me they were trying inoculating at the roots of trees," he recalls. "I thought, 'Oh good luck', but now it's wonderful.
"I love the white truffle, but I do like the black one as well, as it adds substance. It's a new item for Australia which will delight quite a lot of people, and of course, I have plenty of recipes for them too."
Delighting people has become not just Carluccio's profession but also his passion. The memory of one famous regular patron at his London restaurant remains firmly imprinted in his memory. "[Luciano]
"He was eating too much, of course," Carluccio chuckles.
Even at 77, Carluccio says food is still his ultimate happiness, and cooking is his perfect act of love. "Like Pellegrino Artusi, the famous food writer, said: 'Food and sex are the most important things.' One without the other is impossible.
"So might as well you pay attention to the food, too."
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June> Special ANNUAL ENROLLMENT Edition for UT System Retirees >2012-2013 AE Benefits Overview
2012-2013 Annual Enrollment Benefits Overview
The 2012-2013 Annual Enrollment Benefits Overview table allows you to quickly view your insurance plan options and to easily see if there are changes to the premium rates and learn what is new within each of the plans. Additional information is included in the last column to highlight details such as evidence of insurability requirements and a brief description of the tobacco premium program.
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Jennifer Hall is a psychic, clairvoyant, medium, empath, and channel. She is spiritual counselor and healer, life coach and advisor. Jennifer offers individual, group, & phone readings to the general public, as well as, other psychics seeking to further understand their own spiritual gifts. She also offers blessings & cleansing of homes & businesses.
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An Empowered Woman's Guide To Eating Lunch Alone (in GIFs)
Ami and I have both experienced our share of tragically lonely lunches. In 5th grade, Ami had to sit alone at lunch because she was the new kid in school and had no friends; in high school, Winona often ate her PB&J in the chemistry room to escape the stress of the mean, crowded hallways. These were dark days indeed, but when we grew up and learned to love our alone time, we reclaimed the solo lunch and reinvented it as a positive and empowering experience. Nowadays, we both actually prefer to eat alone. Yes, really. It gives us a chance to regroup and steel ourselves to face the second half of our workday. To help other women conquer their fears of eating lunch alone, we compiled a list of dos and don'ts that will help turn your solo lunch from soul-crushing to life-enhancing (and, obviously, we illustrated them in GIFs).
DO: Use that precious half hour to readjust your attitude. Lunch is a time to check in with yourself and make sure your head is in the right place if the first half of your day was a bomb.
DON'T: Spend the entire time staring at your phone/computer; give your food some attention. Your phone/computer shouldn't be a crutch to make you feel less awkward about eating your sandwich by your lonesome. Learn to be OK just being alone.
DO: Sit the fuck down. Don't walk and eat or stuff a hamburger in your face while standing up. That's not lunch, and you will regret it in an hour when your stomach starts gurgling.
DON'T: Feel sorry for yourself and think about how unpopular you are while you eat. You've reclaimed eating lunch solo, remember? Lunch shame is for losers.
DO: Find someone you can eat lunch alone with. Once you're positive you've conquered lunch shame, you are welcome to find a Gchat buddy, a friend to have a casual text convo with or a person who likes to sit in the park and not talk over salad to spend your lunch hour (or 20 minutes) with.
DON'T: Say yes to any old lunch invitation that comes your way. This is your reboot time; don't give it up so easily.
DO: Try to step away from your desk if you can. Because desk salad is depressing and computer crumbs are the worst, but if you can't, you must use your computer for non-work things only. Read some celeb gossip or watch a funny YouTube video.
DO: Connect with the outside world even though you are alone. Smile at a stranger or take a picture for your Instagram. Subtext: Enjoy your damn alone time.
DON'T skimp on good food just because you're eating alone. Do it up nice. No 7-11 burrito sticks. Eat something you actually want. You deserve it.


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The Daily Dish
Former 'Scandal' star arrested
Former "Scandal" actor Columbus Short has been arrested in Dallas on suspicion of public intoxication.
Dallas police said the 31-year-old Short was arrested at 2 a.m. Saturday at the Katy Trail Ice House, a popular beer garden and restaurant. A message left at the restaurant on Saturday was not immediately returned.
It is not the first time Short has had trouble with the law. In May, he pleaded not guilty to felony battery for a fight that seriously injured a man at a West Hollywood restaurant. And he faced a misdemeanor spousal battery case.
Short announced in April that he wasn't returning to the hit series "Scandal" for its fourth season.
Mel B buys Hollywood home
Melanie Brown — also known as Mel B or Scary Spice from her days with the British pop group Spice Girls — and her husband, producer Stephen Belafonte, have bought a house in Hollywood Hills West for $4.34 million, public records show.
Built in 1928, the multi-level hillside house has been updated to a contemporary style with walls of glass that take in city views.
The home features a media room, a gym, two fireplaces, four bedrooms and six bathrooms in more than 4,600 square feet of living space. There's a swimming pool with a spa and a pool house.
Brown, 39, started with the Spice Girls in 1994 and six years later released her first solo album, "Hot."
Box office weakest in 10 years
The Fourth of July went off like a dud at the box office, as the Michael Bay sequel "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and the Melissa McCarthy comedy "Tammy" led the weakest summer holiday weekend in at least a decade.
The holdover "Transformers" led all films with an estimated $36.4 million, while "Tammy" had a below expectations Friday-to-Sunday haul of $21.2 million.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak.
1. "Transformers: Age Of Extinction," $36.4 million.
2. "Tammy," $21.2 million.
3. "Deliver Us From Evil," $9.5 million.
4. "22 Jump Street," $9.4 million.
5. "How to Train Your Dragon 2," $8.8 million.
6. "Earth to Echo," $8.3 million.
7. "Maleficent," $6.1 million.
8. "Jersey Boys," $5.1 million.
9. "Think Like a Man Too," $4.9 million.
10. "Edge of Tomorrow," $3.6 million.
Simpson weds Eric Johnson
Jessica Simpson is a newlywed.
The singer and TV personality married retired NFL player Eric Johnson Saturday at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, Calif., her publicist Lauren Auslander confirms.
Simpson and Johnson began dating in 2010. They have a 2-year-old daughter, Maxwell, and a 1-year-old son named Ace.
Auslander said Ace served as a ring bearer and Maxwell walked down the aisle as a flower girl.
It is the second marriage for both Simpson, 33, and 34-year-old Johnson.
— From News wire services


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Denton Community Historical Society
Obviously an organization such as ours involves many hours of work from many, many people! Perhaps you feel time or distance do not allow you to volunteer personally, then please consider supporting DCHS through a contribution to, and annual membership in, the Denton Community Historical Society.* The society newsletter, Tales and Trails, is published quarterly.
This site includes historical information of interest to the residents of Denton and to the many descendants of its early inhabitants who are researching their family history.
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If you have any stories or pictures you would like to see in the newsletter, please send it or Email it to the address below. The newsletter is published quarterly and is available to members through U.S. mail. The DCHS membership fee is $15 annually. Lifetime memberships are also available.
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Chapel Arts is a one of a kind shop in the heart of the Down Town Vancouver, BC
Chapel Arts is the premiere custom woodworking studio in downtown Vancouver. We offer clients a variety of cutting edge technologies to create virtually any design. Purveyors of the finest reclaimed timbers and exotic local hardwoods. we have a huge inventory of regionally seasoned air dried slabs, timbers, and board stock in a variety of sizes and species. With over 30 years of experience of high end woodworking services and offer both in-house design and made to order services for virtually any job. Visit our boutique industrial studio to view our collection of one of a kind and limited edition pieces.


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Meet Allegra Cohen: South Jersey Native Turned Actress, Film Producer [AUDIO/VIDEO]
Cherry Hill's own Allegra Cohen has been very busy since leaving South Jersey for New York City. The Cherry Hill West graduate has been making quite a name for herself as an actress, and now producer of an endearing new film, Putzel. I recently spoke with Allegra about her memories of South Jersey, and the new project she's so passionate about.


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It's not often that Kazakhstan's backyard politicking come to the fore. It's rarer yet when such sniping is aired in English, made available to that much larger of an audience. It's political gossip at its finest – open and sharp, with accusations anted and points countered with language as colorful as the content is heavy. There's a certain guilty pleasure in it all. If this didn't carry so many denotations of human rights concerns, this could almost be fun.
The latest bit of political roundhouse arose last month, when the Human Rights Foundation, founded and managed by Thor Halvorssen, penned an open letter to US legislators in the Washington Examiner. The letter, stretching a trio of pages and featuring a slit-throat image of Nazarbayev, called on Congress to pass legislation aimed at Kazakhstan that would mimic the Magnitsky Act, passed by the House earlier this week. Termed the 'Zhanaozen Act,' the legislation would, in theory, prevent the officials involved in the eponymous massacre from enjoying unrestricted travel rights to and from America. Such an act, if passed, "would compel Nazarbayev to allow space for dissent," HRF wrote.
Names – dozens of names – line the final page of the letter, a litany of transgression laid bare. Nazarbayev's name leads the lineup, with appearances from Karim Massimov, erstwhile prime minister; Timur Kulibayev, Nazarbayev's son-in-law and former head of the nation's sovereign wealth fund; Askhat Daulbaev, the nation's attorney general; and a half-dozen policemen who, according to HRF, falsely testified on their roles in the Zhanaozen massacre.
As a letter of protest, the text wasn't terribly atypical: HRF detailed the histories, the complaints, and the proposed solutions, offering general and specific examples in all instances. A roll-call of signees, the few voices of Kazakhstani dissent publicly aired, attached their names to the letter, from theater director Bolat Atabaev to noted journalist Lukpan Akhmedyarov to editor Igor Vinyavsky, all of whom has seen the hard stick of the Nazarbayev Administration over the past year. The letter, in and of itself, fit with a tradition of public grievance, attaching names to attendant atrocities and seeing what may come.
Where the letter stood uniquely, however, was that it was focused on Kazakhstan, rather than the typical targets of Central Asian human rights efforts. Nazarbayev, through pure relativity, has been able to avoid much of the human rights ire facing his neighbors. His prosperity, his stability, and his PR machine have kept such letters at bay, and has kept Nazarbayev's larger reputation seemingly unimpinged.
It wouldn't take long to generate a response. One week after the letter was published, Stephen Sale, a Washington-based lawyer representing Alexander Mirtchev — the "Bulgarian fixer" mentioned within the latter half of HRF's text — offered a verdict:
Contrary to the libelous advertorial, Dr. Mirtchev had never had any involvement whatsoever in the violence in Zhanaozen, nor has he been involved in "peddling lies" or in any way conducting any public relations activities on behalf of the Government of Kazakhstan. The outrageousness of these allegations befits what we know about their ultimate author, fugitive KGB (nor KNB) Major General Rakhat Aliyev, who is recognized as Kazakhstan's most notorious serial human rights violator. Dr. Mirtchev has long been targeted by General Aliyev, who is divorced from President Nazarbayev's daughter.
In lieu of offering any distinct rebuttals to HRF's letter – as it is, the letter was directed at US legislators, rather than any of those delineated in the rogues gallery – Sale has rerouted the accusations, rebutting with counterclaims of his own. Instead of the purported human rights concerns carried by the HRF, Sale apparently believes that the initial letter must have come from shadow-hand of Aliyev. The lawyer winds his way through all of the outstanding allegations facing Aliyev, detailing the murders and court dictates that still tail the former vice foreign minister.
While Sale acknowledges that Aliyev was "not a signatory to your advertorial," he tethers Aliyev to signee Irina Petrushova, editor-in-chief of Respublika, a newspaper "owned by fugitive banker Muchtar Ablyazov [sic.]." Again, while Aliyev's contact remains circumspect, Sale posits that Aliyev and Ablyazov, the two bogeymen of Kazakhstan's political machine, have been working hand-in-glove to sully Mirtchev and his adopted country's name:
While the above explanation is somewhat involved, it is nonetheless necessary to an understanding of the targeting of our client by General Aliyev in close collaboration with Ablyazov. General Aliyev previously made similar allegations against Dr. Mirtchev in the 2009 book The Godfather-in-Law and the blog email@example.com.
With all of of HRF's insults, all of this vilification and smearing of a man and a nation's good name, Sale noted that he expected "remedial action" from the organization:
In closing, we insist that these allegations against Dr. Mirtchev be removed from your websites, that you retract the allegations against Dr. Mirtchev, that you refrain from any repetition or republication of these allegations, and that you apologize to Dr. Mirtchev.
Mirtchev has been affronted. He's been pricked. He'll expect restitution.
To which, of course, he'll receive none, without being willing to present such a case in court. He'll need to defend these claims in front of a neutral party. I'm not sure if HRF's letter was purposefully set forth as some form of bait, if HRF wanted to goad one of those mentioned therein to step up in defense, but Mirtchev has, as Joanna Lillis noted, waded right in. And Halvorssen is more than willing to comply.
In a scathing response published in Forbes last week, Halvorssen takes Mirtchev's challenge on its face:
Kazakhstan is exhibit A in what HRF calls the "post-modern dictatorship." The post-modern dictator doesn't use firing squads to eliminate opponents, or operate vast gulags. He is subtle in cultivating a climate of fear, allowing some degree of free speech and private property. …
In the case of Kazakhstan, the president-for-life and his agents are listed as having hired several firms to do his bidding: BGR Public Relations, Qorvis Communications, Global Options Group, APCO Worldwide, and Policy Impact Communications. Beyond these PR mercenaries, post-modern dictators also use individuals who do not operate as lobbyists, but rather as advisors and fixers. Tony Blair recently sealed a Kazakh contract for $13 million, wherein the former British prime minister is expected to "help buff Nazarbayev's personal image internationally." He subsequently doubled the windfall. Prince Andrew was considerably cheaper—his payoff came in the form of a £3 million real estate overpayment for his old house. …
Fascism doesn't triumph without help, and it will try hard to silence those who expose its enablers.
We'll see Alexander Mirtchev in court.
The move is Mirtchev's, a US citizen, to make. Despite any thin-skin desires, though, he may yet refrain from pushing HRF into a legal battle. Indeed, his response only swelled the impact of HRF's initial letter; a court battle would only grant greater audience to HRF's work. As Halvorssen wrote:
When human rights defenders in Kazakhstan learned about the letter from Mirtchev's lawyer, they could hardly contain their excitement about the opportunity: "Really? In a U.S. judicial court? Could we come to the U.S. and testify about Mirtchev's crimes?" They warned: "There may not be enough room in the courtroom for those of us with something to say."
As aforementioned, if it weren't for the human rights concerns that prompted this public spat, all of this quarreling would be plenty fun to watch unfurl. But as much as we'd like to laugh along as members of the chorus, there are still lives shifted as the dissension continues. Vladimir Kozlov, who was mentioned in both HRF's letter and Sale's response, was sentenced last month for attempting a government overthrow via Zhanaozen. He was also the subject of a searing, skewed documentary last week that parsed his connections to Ablyazov.*
*One of the stranger notes in Mirtchev's letter noted that "[w]hile the United States Government was initially skeptical of the involvement of Ablyazov and Kozlov in inciting the bloodshed in Zhanaozen, we understand that our Government now accepts the fact of the conspiracy by Ablyazov and Kozlov based on such damning evidence as their own words on the telephone transcripts." This claim stands contra the CSCE's response, the statement from the US representative to the OSCE, and the State Department's clear, if parsimonious, note. It would seem that Sale is either misinformed, privy to classified information, or lying.
Kozlov's sentencing appeal is impending, but once more this "criminal and fraudster" has been dragged through the mud, tied ever closer to Ablyazov. His appeal is almost certain to falter. His imprisonment is almost certain to continue, regardless of whether Mirtchev and Sale push HRF to court.
And here's hoping Mirtchev would be willing to back up his claims in court, even if there may not be enough stenographers to transcribe all that would arise in such a hearing. There are only so many opportunities for Kazakhstani dissidents to air their claims for an open audience. And there are only so many opportunities for the rest of us to listen along.


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What's the current thinking on reception key words?(31 Posts)
Am I right in thinking that learning the 45 key words is now out of date? Are children still tested on them at the end of reception? Mrz?
I think there are key words in letters & sounds, but they are done by phase rather than age group. I teach tricky words because lots of the key words are decodable. I wouldn't dream of testing children ... but that's just me.
My DD has tricky words in her class (reception) don't know how many there are though...
Also a lot of the words seem easily decodable to me (like, then, when) unless the teachers want the kids to recognise them before they learn to decode them (not sure if this is the case, but if it is I am a bit about it tbh).
Fram what I remember of various arguments I've had over the years keywords and tricky words aren't exactly the same. Tricky ones can largely be sounded out but have some tricky element to them www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007ypdw
And key words are simply common words which continuously crop up in texts, and might also be tricky but don't have to be.) www.bankfoot.bradford.sch.uk/LearningSystem/PortalHome/preDefault.asp?Resource=EA8FB11A-DE64-4865-84D5-1E4756C3BB60&ResourceID=4409
I think key words are an old fashioned concept because the idea nowadays is to teach the children to read the words and then you don't have to worry if they're key, tricky or some other designation. They're all just words.
The 45 reception High Frequency Words were replaced in 2007
I think key words are an old fashioned concept because the idea nowadays is to teach the children to read the words and then you don't have to worry if they're key, tricky or some other designation. They're all just words.
Spot on, lands
Though I would add the word 'how' between 'children' and 'to'...
key words are simply common words which continuously crop up in texts
They are indeed, and remain so irrespective of the latest teaching fashion or fad. Letters and Sounds lists 300 of them, but the first 100 of them are the most high frequency of all.
Many of them have phonically regular spellings (a, and, at, in, it), but 40 among the first 100 are tricky in various ways:
the - he, be, we, me, she,
was, want, all, call, said,
of, to, one, come, do, down, into, look, now,
only, other, some, two,
could, you, your,
when, what, where, which, who, why,
there, were,
right, are, have, before, more.
Phonics fanatics claim that they teach those by the phonic method too, but they have to keep going over them so many times, because most children keep stumbling over them for a long time, that children may well just be imprinting them on their minds anyway.
They are clearly trickier to learn than the 190 of the 300 English most HF words with phonically consistent spellings:
a, am, an, and, as, at, back, bad, can, cat, dad, gran, grandad, had, has, hat, man, rabbit, ran, sat, than, that, thats,
came, gave, made, make, place, take, same, name, baby,
away, day, may, play, say, way,
car, dark, garden, hard, park,
bed, best, better, eggs, end, fell, get, help, let, lets, next, red, tell, them, then, very, well, went, yes, her,
been, feet, green, keep, need, queen, see, sleep, three, tree, trees,
each, eat, sea, tea, please, even, here, these,
big, children, did, didnt, different, fish, him, his, if, in, is, it, its, its, king, little, miss, still, thing, things, think, this, will, wind, wish, with,
birds, first, girl,
inside, like, liked, time, I, Ive, cried, night, right, by, fly, my,
box, dog, fox, from, got, hot, long, lots, no, not, of, off, on, so, stop, stopped, top, floppy, across, along,
cold, old, told,
go, going, home, over, clothes,
or, for, horse, morning,
found, house, mouse, our, out, round, around, shouted, about, boy,
but, duck, fun, just, much, mum, must, run, sun, under, up, us, jumped, suddenly,
their, they, new, again, air, because, began, boat, window.
It is my (non professional) view that the list of 45 words exists still because of old book stock.
If all they have are ORT from 20 years ago, then it's likely you will get 45 words to learn. Otherwise, the DC can't access their reading book with their jolly phonics knowledge.
That's just how it seemed to me.
Dd now y1 learnt them all by Feb in YR, is now apparently learning year 3 words. Still on old ORT but now had plenty of words in the books that she does apply some phonic knowledge.
Her phonic knowledge is no where near as good as her ability to read whole words.
It is my (non professional) view that the list of 45 words exists still because of old book stock.
No. The hundred most used English words are still what they were many decades ago, and the 40-45 of them which contain letters with more than one sound are still the same too. They remain as tricky as ever.
Her phonic knowledge is no where near as good as her ability to read whole words.
So what would she be able to do better if her phonic knowledge was better? Phonics is only the initial stage of learning to read. The final stage is being able to read all common English words by sight instantly, without having to work them out by means of decoding and blending.
The ORT key words aren't exactly the same as the 45 reception HFW from the literacy strategy or the 100 HFW in L&S. or the Key Words in Ginn ...
I think that the list of 45 words still exists because some teachers are still living in 2006. They were part of the old National Literacy Strategy guidance which was superceded in 2007.
No, Maizie,
the words that are tricky to read
(the - he, be, we, me, she, was, want, all, call, said,
of, to, one, come, do, down, into, look, now, only, other, some, two,
could, you, your,
when, what, where, which, who, why,
there, were, right, are, have, before, more)
were so a long time ago and will continue to be so.
They were first identified by Murray and McNally at the end of the 1950s
Obviously you are right masha these words are so tricky...which is why most 5 year olds have no problem reading them
Some of those words are not "tricky" IMO.
"which, why, down, when, look, right" are all easily decoded and the other ones are decodable once the child knows the alternative sounds.
These are not the same words that DD has for " tricky words" though (although some of them are).
Some of those words are not "tricky" IMO
Nor should they be to u.
But to children learning to read words with silent letters (which, why, when), rare spellings (right) and letters with more than one sound (down - blown, look - moon) are much tricker than the likes of 'sit in it' or 'keep, sleep, deep'.
All words stop being tricky once u've seen them a few doze or few hundred times.
Most teaching fads come over here from the US. Judging by this
key words may well be coming back into fashion again.
But why is "me" tricky? I just don't get it. The letter e can have a short or a long sound. Put the letter sound of m (mmmm...) together with long e and there you have it? Others are the same...
But why is "me" tricky? I just don't get it.
Ahh, the voice of sanity and reason.
A lot of teachers (and masha) get 'high frequency words' and what we now call 'tricky' words inextricably mixed up in their perceptions of them.
Because there was so much emphasis in the past few decades on learning to read and spell the 'high frequency words' and, because sensible, down to earth, phonics instruction was just about non existent, there arose a perception among teachers that 'high frequency words' had something very difficult about them, which made them hard to read, which ordinary words didn't have. You will still find lots of people calling them 'undecodable' or 'irregular', which is a load of nonsense.
Ok, so butting in here (hope that's ok) what are the learned opinions on which words reception should be focusing on?
And moving on from that, are the lists currently available for other years, also outdated?
First, the term high frequency has become so clichéd, it seems, in the minds of some teachers, to have become detached from its meaning. What high frequency means is that the words in the list are the most commonly occurring words in childrens books and stories. However, being the most commonly occurring words in childrens books and stories doesnt mean that all of them are complex to teach.
In the list of the first one hundred high frequency words the following are relatively straightforward to teach:
(2) and VCC (6) in VC (10) it VC (14) on VC
(18) at VC (20) but CVC (21) that CVC (22) with CVC
(25) can CVC (27) up VC (28) had CVC (34) this CVC
(36) went CVCC (41) not CVC (42) then CVC (48) mum CVC
(50) them CVC (54) dad CVC (55) big CVC (56) when CVC
(57) its VCC (64) will CVC (66) back CVC (67) from CCVC
(69) him CVC (71) get CVC (72) just CVCC (77) got CVC
(91) if VC (92) help CVCC (96) off VC (100) an VC
[C = consonant, v = vowel. The number preceding the words in the list corresponds to the place in which the word appears in the list of 100 high-frequency words in Letters and Sounds.]
If you look carefully at all of the thirty-two words above, you can see very clearly that almost all of them are comprised of one sound/one letter spellings. Indeed, most are either simple VC (it) or CVC (big) words. The level of complexity in these words increases slightly with the introduction of the idea that a sound can be spelt with two letters (will, back).
From a structural point of view, the complexity also increases slightly with the inclusion of adjacent consonants in words which take the form VCC, CVCC and CCVC (and, help and from). Having said that, all of these words are very easy to teach and to learn.
So, in the list of one hundred high frequency words, at least a third of them are very or relatively easy to teach.
But why is "me" tricky?
'Me' is tricky for beginning readers, because the most used English word is the.
Learning to spell the /ee/ sound is much worse:
been feet green keep need queen see sleep three tree trees
even here these
each eat please sea tea
key be he hes me she we people
Shortly to be followed by:
ceiling, believe, police....
soundswrite - the 'trickiest' ones are Mr and Mrs. For children who haven't been listening they have great comedic value. I like 'mister' and 'misters' or 'myrrh' and 'myrrhs'
Mr. and Mrs. aren't words; they're abbreviations. The words are mister and missus.
I'm not sure about Licht and Dweck 1984. They're giving pupils work with passages or problems inserted at the beginning which have deliberately been constructed in order to confound them. Well, exams have passages and problems in them which are designed to confound pupils, aren't they? So, according to Carol Dweck's methodology all intelligent pupils should do badly at exams. Why doesn't this happen? Because pupils can prepare for exams. I'm sorry. But I think what Dweck is doing is plain silly.
I'm not sure about Licht and Dweck 1984
Have I missed something, lands? Who are these people and how did they get into the conversation?
Mr. and Mrs. aren't words; they're abbreviations. The words are mister and missus.
Mrs. is a contraction of 'mistress'. So is 'Miss'. (just being pedantic )
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