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French Connection UK - Raffia Bangles
I couldn't imagine a more appropriate bangle for summer. The woven look works so well with these bright colors - collect them all! Available in pear drop, lime, coral, and turquoise.
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LOVE these gold plated and enamel earrings by Rachel Leigh. Sweet, but still a little funky and unique. Colors are great, too. These are handmade, so they'd made a great gift.Added 9 Years Ago from Rachelleigh
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Title: My Story Quilt
The art educated student describe a personal life event.
The art educated student will create a quilt based on their personal story.
Standard(s): [AED] VA3 (7-12) 7: Explain purpose, function, and meaning of selected works of art from a variety of cultures, times, and places.
Title: Suminagashi Self Portrait
Suminagashi is the perfect backdrop for a self portrait. Using contour, color, and the dynamics of movement students can uniquely represent themselves both through realistic and abstract imagery.
The word "Suminagashi" translates literally as "spilled ink." Centuries before the art of marbleizing papers was practiced in Western cultures, Japanese craftsmen created patterns by floating ink on the surface of water and transferring it to a sheet of paper. Because the nature of water is ever-changing and constantly moving, Suminagashi printers are viewed as great masters of control. Each mono-print is like a fingerprint — unique and unreproducible.
Standard(s): [AED] VA3 (7-12) 1: Create works of art that communicate specific concepts, emotions, and intentions.
Title: The Idea Challenge
We are full of ideas, yet many young artist want to take their first idea and run. It is important for students learning visual art to recognize the conceptualization process and the expanse of their personal idea bank. The Idea Challenge is a project that allows students to explore a variety of media while stretching their conceptualization skills to an almost uncomfortable demand. The goal is to show students just when they think they have no more ideas they may find the best idea yet.
Standard(s): [AED] VA3 (7-12) 5: Apply the four-step process of critical analysis to works of art, including describing what is seen, analyzing how each artist arranged the elements of art and principles of design, interpreting expressive intent and purpose, and judging the effectiveness of communication.
Title: Expressionism: What's the deal with these strange colors?
The students will gain a good understanding of the history of Expressionism painting and its use of color and paint application to establish an "emotional feel". They will use this knowledge to create their own expressionistic oil painting.
Standard(s): [AED] VA4 (7-12) 6: Interpret expressive intentions and purposes in selected works of art based on intrinsic and extrinsic conditions.
Title: Cosmic Oranges: Observation and Inquiry Through Descriptive Writing and Art
Students will eat up this lesson about oranges as they practice the skills that help them investigate and make detailed observations for descriptive purposes.
Standard(s): [ELA2015] (8) 40: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. [L.8.5]


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A hybrid of sweetness and naughtiness was the description MAC Cosmetics' lead makeup artist Lyne Desnoyers used to describe the look for Erin Fetherston. "The very first images that Erin gave me were of the photographer Ellen von Unwerth," said Desnoyers, "as well as this very beautiful neo-Sixties eyeliner that she had in mind." To complement the inspiration, Desnoyers created a fresh palette with creamy highlights. She created a custom color for the lips and cheeks, mixing the brightest orange with the most subtle.
Hair, by Odile Gilbert for Kérastase, was fashioned around a headband. Gilbert created a messy wave using Kérastase mousse and hair spray to give it texture.
Katie Hughes for Butter London finished off the nails with a metallic shade called Lillibit Jubilee. "[Erin Fetherston] wanted the nails to appear like an accessory," said Hughes, "wanting the nails to be a part of the outfit."


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Madonna and her family made it back to Geneva International Airport in Switzerland on Wednesday (January 4). They had spent their New Year break skiing on the slopes at Gstaad.
Seen walking through the terminal were her children, David, 6, Mercy, 5, and Rocco, 11. Her boyfriend Brahim Zaibat was also in tow. Lourdes, 15, wasn't around even though she was on the trip with them. Bundled up in winter gear, they didn't seem to be bothered by other passengers.
Madonna has talked about getting her kids' approval when she's with a man.
She said, "It's important that my children admire and respect this partner that I would choose for myself. Especially for my sons, who have their father but they need a male role model as well. So I need to keep this in mind: What is this person modeling to my sons, what kind of man is he, what values does he have, what energy is he giving off? Because they are impressionable. It's so important."
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Pacific Pesto Grilled Halibut
READY IN: 15mins
Recipe by Chilicat
This recipe was in a Doubleday Book Club email I got back in 2003. The "Pacific" pesto is made with cilantro, jalapeno, lime and soy.
Top Review by BecR2400
Fantastic recipe! Halved the recipe for just the two of us. DH grilled the halibut steaks on the gas grill vs. using the oven. Served with nuked baked potatoes and steamed broccoli. Thank you for a very enjoyable meal, Chilicat! Made for the July '08 Grilling photo event.
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- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon freshly grated lime zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 small jalapeno, seeded and chopped
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 -5 about 1-inch-thick halibut steaks (or swordfish steaks)
- 2 (15 ounce) canswhole new potatoes, drained
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- Preheat broiler. In a food processor or blender, combine the cilantro, garlic, lime zest and juice, jalapeño, and soy sauce. Blend until mixed. With processor or blender running, gradually pour in the oil and process until thickened.
- Place the fish steaks on a greased broiler pan. Brush top of each steak with the sauce. Coat the potatoes with remaining sauce; place in broiler pan with the fish.
- Broil about 10 minutes, or until fish flakes with a fork.


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Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is not your typical billionaire.
Last year, he shot to fame after stories about dwarf-tossing at his desert retreat quickly spread via social media ("all lies" he later told Vanity Fair). Twelve months on, the prince – perhaps best known as Citigroup's largest private shareholder – is seeking to create a new profile as corporate activist by targeting an area at the heart of Saudi Arabia's power: crude oil.
As the largest individual foreign investor in the US, Alwaleed is highly tuned in to the shale gas revolution that has swept North America. In an open letter released via his Twitter account at the end of July, he urged the Saudi government to start taking the impact of huge new competition from the US seriously by actively diversifying its own sources of export income into new industries. "Our country is facing continuous threat because of its almost total dependency on oil," Alwaleed wrote in a letter addressed to high-ranking ministers, including his uncle, King Abdullah.
"The world is increasingly less dependent on oil from Opec countries including the kingdom," he warned.
That Alwaleed chose to make his letter public goes to the heart of a new tension in world oil markets. After decades of controlling the price of crude via the Middle East-influenced Opec cartel (with Saudi as the de facto leader), Alwaleed is fearful Saudi is sitting on its hands by not taking the rise in US oil and gas production seriously.
The extraordinary shale boom over the past decade means the US will surpass Saudi Arabia's oil output by the end of this decade.
Experts stress that Saudi Arabia will retain its role as market maker for years or even decades to come. However, most agree if shale supplies globally continue to be developed at even half the pace of those in the US, the way both oil and gas are traded will shift to the two biggest shale playmakers: the US and China.
"What you will begin to see later this decade is a rethink on the way the Opec cartel influences oil prices, particularly when the economy is at vulnerable points," one Dubai-based analyst told Capital.
"It's no longer a wink from the Saudis or a security threat in Egypt and the price of crude shoots up. You are going to have a host of new producers at the table wanting to also influence the price – and they may start to have more clout than a lot of countries which have been pumping the stuff out of the ground for years."
As the founder of Kingdom Holding and an investor in Citigroup, Time Warner and News Corp, Alwaleed may yet have some bearing on the way in which Saudi responds to the threat from the US. He is not thought to have a direct line to the ruling family in Saudi, but even King Abdullah would recognise that the 58-year-old mogul, who frequently conducts business meetings at his desert camps, has become a much better-known business figure in the West than any of the faceless hierarchy from the Saudi political establishment.
The powers that be in Riyadh have yet to respond to Alwaleed's provocation and it will likely stay that way. But Alwaleed's tapped into a sore point for Saudi leaders obvious to oil traders everywhere: their hold on global energy markets is slipping by the day.


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Friday night and what better way to spend my last night in LA than riding to the top of the mountain to watch the sunset.
At least, that was the hazy plan.
Mt Wilson is big. At least big by Australian standards. It's a mere 50km from the Los Angeles downtown and ramps up to a height of 1750m. To give Melburnians some perspective you'd have to drive to the top of Mt Buller to get higher, and only just.
There is a sealed tourist road, and there is the slightly less conquered cracked bitumen come loose dirt and rock route. No prizes for guessing which one we took.
Figuring this was a cruisy dusk ride, I travelled light. So light I had only the Hawaiian shirt on my back. The route is steep from the gate and corkcrews its way up the first section. By the time the last light had passed I was drenched in sweat and we were only half way up. At this point lights would have been very handy. I hadn't got the memo, but fortunately Kyle, John and Sean did and I used a combination of their light and night vision to scurry up to the top, all the while trying to avoid the deadly Poodle bush which lined the last third of the trail.
We finally made it to the top under a near full moon and a sea of suburban lights below.
After shaking off the shivers of being soaked in sweat and descending full speed back to the dirt it was a long descent back to the truck riding in the light that trailed from behind. That light started to flicker. Then all of a sudden it failed. Sean and I both screeched on the anchors. A loose connection nearly had us over the edge, but once sorted we caught up with John and Kyle who had flatted.
We kept trucking and caught up with a coyote who tried his best to out run us. Good times.
Pizza, pasta ended the perfect day in LA.
Oh, and karaoke of course.
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Construction Of A Generalized Model For Determination The Broker Behaviour For Capital Market
The model checkers are tools which can be used to verify a given system satisfies a given temporal logic formula. The model is a directed graph where the nodes represent the states of the system and the edges represents the state transitions. The nodes and the edges can be labelled with atomic propositions what describe the states and the transitions of the system. In order to be verified by a given model, a property is written as a temporal logic formula across the labelled propositions from the model. A model checker is an algorithm that determines the states of a model that satisfy a temporal logic formula.
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Wallabies great George Smith's chances of playing against the British and Irish Lions remain unclear because the ARU is yet to contact the flanker to gauge his interest.
And with the Wallabies to have a camp in Sydney next week without the 32-year-old, it's a sign coach Robbie Deans is ready to put his faith in rising openside flankers Michael Hooper and Liam Gill.
Seven weeks after making a surprise return to Australian rugby, Smith has had no contact with Deans, despite growing calls for him to be a part of the Lions series.
The Wallabies have a two-day camp in Sydney on Sunday and Monday with a squad of 30 in preparation for the June-July Tests.
With Australia's best No.7, David Pocock, out for the rest of the season, Smith could be a perfect replacement in the Wallabies' set-up. But Smith says his focus is on his stint with the Brumbies and any potential Test recall will not distract him from his Super Rugby goals.
He is still planning to finish his short-term Australian comeback on May 31 - with two regular-season Super Rugby games remaining - and return to Japan.
Any extended stay to play for the Wallabies or finish the campaign with the Brumbies is dependent on his Japanese club Suntory.
''The Lions series talk isn't a distraction for me because I know where I stand with that,'' Smith said.
''There hasn't been any direct or indirect conversations with the ARU, so for me it's very easy - I'm here with the Brumbies and contracted to the Suntory Sungoliaths.
''For me it's not a problem, but there's obviously talk outside of that because I have had experience playing against the Lions in the past, so it's natural there would be discussion there.
''As it stands, I'm contracted with the Brumbies until [May 31] and after that I've got a break planned with my family.
''Would I like to continue with the Brumbies? Of course I would because I feel like training alongside this team would prepare me well for the Suntory season.
''First and foremost my goal is to be in the best condition I can for Suntory and, with respect to Suntory, I can't look beyond that because they've allowed me to be in this position now.''
Smith has been one of the Brumbies' most consistent performers since making his return. His workload has been greater than expected following Pocock rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament and having a knee reconstruction last month.
Pocock's absence rocketed Smith into Wallabies talks, especially given Hooper and Gill's international experience is limited. But so far Deans has resisted the temptation.
Smith has relished reclaiming the Brumbies' position he made his own in a decade of dominance for the club. He has spent the past two years playing in France and Japan and will play against the Otago Highlanders on Friday night for the first time since his Canberra Stadium farewell in May 2010.
A month of tough matches against South African opponents left the Brumbies battered but Smith said he felt comfortable being back in Super Rugby.
''I was pretty excited to get this opportunity, so I feel comfortable, but not too comfortable and I know I need to do a lot of work on the field,'' Smith said.
''I'm very pleased to be a part of this group … it energises me as a player and I haven't been in this position where I'm the oldest player in a squad.
''I feel I've matured as a player … every game comes with its challenges and in Japan you tackle guys who are 110 kilograms at max, but here you're taking on guys [who are] 120 kilograms.''


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Despite welcome late-spring rains, the growing season got off to an early start in 2009. Significant heat throughout July ripened the grapes for harvest in early September. The vineyard's thirty-four parcels were picked separately, fermented on their natural yeasts, and were pressed at dryness. In blind tastings following natural malolactic, we chose 23 of the lots to exemplify the vintage. The proportion of new oak was reduced slightly, to allow full expression of the wine's fruit and inherent elegance. Enjoyable upon release, this opulent though structured Lytton Springs will evolve over the next ten to fifteen years.
Ridge can trace its history back to 1892 when the first Montebello wine was released from the same vineyard and winery where this iconic wine is still made to this day. The Lytton Springs vineyard was incorporated into the estate in 1991. The philosophy at Ridge has always been to use minimal intervention to bring out the true terroir in the wines. However, this approach is backed by very modern equipment and facilities and top-class technical analysis.
Paul Draper joined Ridge in 1969 and rose to become the present CEO and chief winemaker. A Stanford graduate in philosophy with years of traditional winemaking experience around Europe, Paul was a guiding light in the development of the present Ridge style. Paul Olney is the head winemaker for the Lytton Springs wines since 1999 having joined Ridge in 1996. Again extensive travel in Europe, with experience working at some top estates such as Romanée Conti as well as some of California's top names gives John a wide winemaking experience to call upon.
Vineyards are working sustainably with organic certification in progress and minimal intervention. Once ripe, all grapes are hand-picked and hand sorted in the vineyards before being de-stemmed. Fermentation is done entirely with native yeasts, controlled pumping over, naturally occurring malolactic fermentation and very minimal use of sulphur are all hall-marks of winemaking at Ridge. Settling and racking are used for clarification and pad filtration prior to bottling. The Lytton Springs was fermented out then pressed after 9 days. The wine was then racked and aged in US oak barrels 20% new, approximately 1-4 years old, for a total of 14 months.
With a ripe black cherry and raspberry nose, followed up with notes of pepper, liquorice, garrigue and tobacco. The palate has rich, black fruit and is gorgeously full and viscous. It has well-coated tannins and a long, layered finish.


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Get an overview of this hotelWaterfront hotel with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated on the waterfront, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Limelight Theatre, Ponce de Leon's Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, and Castillo de San Marcos. Flagler College and Lightner Museum are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
This hotel features an outdoor pool, coffee/tea in a common area, and a business center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk.
Room Amenities
All 84 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and pillowtop beds. Guests will appreciate conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves, while TVs with cable channels and DVD players provide a bit of entertainment.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
The Ponce St. Augustine Hotel
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business-related amenities consist of a business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This business-friendly hotel also offers an outdoor pool, a terrace, and tour/ticket assistance. Complimentary self parking is available on site. A total renovation of this property was completed in July 2017.
The Ponce St. Augustine Hotel has designated areas for smoking.
- Free WiFi
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Computer station
- One meeting room
- ATM/banking
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 84
- Terrace
- Free self parking
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
- Year Built 1987
- Outdoor pool
- Television in common areas
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- DVD player
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking, Free RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- DVD player
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Premium TV channels
- Refrigerator
- Microwave
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Coffee/tea maker
- Premium bedding
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Free newspaper
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Ziplining nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- In-room accessibility
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per night.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 15 per pet, per night
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply
- Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 18 years old.
- Resort fee: USD 7.95 per accommodation, per night
- Breakfast
- Pool access
- Beach towels
- Business center/computer access
- Internet access
- Newspaper
- Self parking
- Parking
- Additional inclusions
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 15 per pet, per night
- Early check-in fee: USD 30.00
- Late check-out fee: USD 40.00
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per night
Hotel Name
- Quality Historic District
- Quality Historic District St. Augustine
- Quality Inn Historic
- Ponce St. Augustine Hotel
- Quality Inn Historic District St. Augustine
- Ponce St. Augustine
- Magnuson Hotel Historic
- Magnuson Historic St. Augustine
- Magnuson Historic
We should mention
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work. The property allows pets in specific rooms only and has other pet restrictions (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section). Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Second instalment of my 'Tradigital' artwork combining the use of traditional mediums such as inks, watercolour, pen and quills which are then exported into Photoshop CS5 and applied in layers making use of texture and shading generated from sepia + black pigments tocreate grungy unique traditional modern artwork.
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WORCESTERSHIRE County Council is reminding residents in the Redditch area to check their local bus timetables over the New Year period.
For more information about bus timetables visit www.worcestershire.gov.uk/bustimetables which has a bus route finder as well as a search by district, town and bus operator.
For timetable information and journey planning, call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.
For printed timetables, call the Worcestershire HUB on 01905 765 765 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Rock, Paper, Scissors: Sounds Like Another Wild Outfit Idea for Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga's got a giant pair of scissors, so I issue this "RUN AWAY, YOU FOOLS!" warning to the following individuals: Perez Hilton, Madonna, Azealia Banks, former choreographer Laurieann Gibson, former boyfriend Lüc Carl, and former celebrity Christina Aguilera. Unfortunately, given that I was a bit delayed in issuing my warning, Mother Monster already had her way with Jennifer Lawrence. Please console yourselves with today's winning captions.
"Hello audience i will now cut all of your clothes off to make an outfit out of it!!!" – Abigail
"Circumcision anyone?" – Neal
"Im a barbie girl, in a barbie world, life is plastic, its fantastic, you can cut my hair, undress me everywhere" – Stacey
"yes it´s true..I cut Miley´s hair …" – Kerstin
"A Cut Above The Rest" – Robin
"some people have big dreams… GAGA has big scissors" – Matthew
"help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered" – April
"Where is Miley im sick and tired of here tongue!!!!!!!" – Tannya
"Come at me Perez!" – Storme
Congrats to our winners! Visit our Facebook page for a new Caption Contest each and every weekday. It's never too late to add a caption, so do so in the comments!


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I can play multiple stringed instruments my favorite so far is the guitar, and am currently learning to play the viola.
However I'm always looking for a job to get into a trade skill.
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Mumbai: Indian equities climbed, with the benchmark index rebounding from a seven-month low, after some investors judged recent declines excessive.
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 1% to 18,414.45 at the close in Mumbai, after changing directions at least nine times. Software maker Wipro Ltd jumped 2.2% after tumbling the most in more than four years yesterday. Infosys Ltd gained 1.8% before its earnings on 12 April. Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd, the nation's largest mortgage lender, ended a seven-day losing streak.
The Sensex dropped for a fifth day on Tuesday as concerns company earnings will weaken amid the slowest pace of economic growth in a decade prompted foreign funds to trim this year's stock purchases. The decline dragged the gauge's valuation to 12.4 times projected 12-month profits, near the lowest level since June, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Value is emerging around these levels, A.K. Prabhakar, senior vice-president of equity research at Mumbai-based Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, said by phone. "The market is near a major support. We expect a rally in the next few days."
Infosys, the nation's second largest software maker, will report earnings on 12 April, kicking off the reporting season for the March quarter. Net income at about 43% of the 30 Sensex firms trailed forecasts in the three months ended 31 December, compared with 40% in the previous two quarters.
Wipro jumped 2.2% to Rs.402.25. Infosys added 1.8% to Rs.2,815.65. Larger rival Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) increased 2.2% to Rs.1,530.45. Housing Development Finance surged 4% to Rs.783.15, ending a seven-day 9% losing streak.
India's economy grew 4.5% from a year earlier in the last quarter of 2012, the weakest pace since 2009, and the government forecasts an annual growth rate of about 5%, the least in a decade. The nation's current-account deficit is at a record and its inflation rate is the fastest among major emerging nations.
Foreigners sold a net $114 million worth of local shares on 9 April in a sixth day of outflows, the longest stretch of withdrawals since May, data compiled by Bloomberg show. They have invested a net $10.1 billion in domestic equities this year, the data show. Inflows last year totalled $24.5 billion, the most among 10 Asian markets tracked by Bloomberg.
"Selling by foreign funds in the past few sessions has put investors on their guard," Arun Kejriwal, director at Mumbai- based Kejriwal Research and Investment Services, said by telephone. "We saw a dead cat bounce today but the underlying mood remains cautious."
Volumes on the Sensex were 27% below the 30-day average and the gauge's 50-day volatility climbed to 12.47, the highest reading since 27 November, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
The 50-stock CNX Nifty Index rose 1.2% to 5,558.70. Its April futures settled at 5,553.70. India VIX, which gauges the cost of protection against losses in the Nifty, slid 2% to 16.49. BLOOMBERG


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Gears of War 2
Review by kramer0024
"Some minor problems covered by breathtaking environments and outstanding gameplay!"
First of all, I would like to say that I really didn't like Gears 1. For me, it was bland, boring and difficult, amongst other things. But that doesn't matter anymore; Gears of War 2 blows its predecessor out of the water! More honesty: This series is nothing more than just kicking ass and taking names
no story line. This is another reason that Gears 2 is superior. The story line is far better than Gears 1 and the gameplay is fun and addicting. There are some flaws though, as well as some heavy discussion about the multiplayer. But this does not...I repeat DOES NOT... take away from the entertainment this game offers.
Okay, basically I would not be giving it enough credit if I said better graphics, a more detailed story line, and super addicting gameplay gave this game a 10 alone; the most incredible aspect about this game is the breathtaking environments. As you move through the story you are just left breathless and I believe the most important characteristic of a game is that "wow" factor, where you are left in amazement after just a few minutes of gameplay.
The story line is very simple and very detailed at the same time. The first priority of the Delta Squad is always to kick a lot of ass. The writers obviously relied on Gears of War 2 to move the series with a it's more thorough story line. And the plot will be revealed more in later games according to many sources. With that said, Gears of War 2 jumps right into an all-out-war on the locust, and you are the heart of the COG (human army) again, Adam Fenix. After being attacked on home-soil, Fenix, Delta Squad and several other squads go straight underground and into battle in an intense, emotional, and entertaining ride to find and eliminate the locust queen and her army. There are several components to this story, and the game throws you around several times in several situations to create an entertaining gaming experience with unstoppable action.
The gameplay and graphics are absolutely amazing! Horde, multiplayer, and the campaign make for a great package and I found myself coming back even when I completed the campaign and level 50 Horde: the characteristic of a great game-replayablity/addiction. I believe that it says 1080p on the back of the box, so this game is at the best quality of any game on the 360 (graphic wise). The sounds are great, but the voice acting is kind of corny sometimes-Cole is a character. The environments are incredible and I cannot stress this enough. The ceilings and sides of these worlds give you an incredible sense of how large the locusts really are and how little you are. A giant worm-that's all I'm going to say. The game is addicting-now go buy it!
Finally I will talk about some problems. Yes, there are several problems with the game, and Epic if you would of came out with this game in December instead of November you would have made a perfect game! Perfect Game hmm Okay I'll be honest (again) and not many games could do this, but I loved this game from the very beginning. While I was playing it with a friend, we got to this one level and enemies started spawning and we killed everyone of them, then for about 5 minutes we waited and waited and nothing happened, and I got very angry and then he loaded the checkpoint. It was fine the second time, so I'm guessing it was just a bug I don't know-weird. There were also a few problems with the loading textures, and sometimes my game froze while loading checkpoints
But I want to make this clear, during my gameplay these things didn't bother me because the game was truly amazing, and the great experiences exceeded the disappointments by so much more that I didn't care anymore. I was hooked! ..if that's possible.
Well, I beat the game and had nothing else to do, so a great multiplayer is what I have to look forward to. I read online about wait-times, bugs, problems, and glitches, but I decided I would try it out. I loved it and minimal problems for me. The wait times are a little slower than I would like, but what I really liked was the survive-anyway-thats-possible intensity. For instance, there is a way to switch a weapon with the shield, and highly strategical and annoying "Smoke Grenades" that knock you down depending on how close they hit you, but does that make it cyber-ethical I don't know, if I have to use it to survive I will.. So I use the boomsheild with a shotgun, and throw a smoke grenade everytime I move into combat and I get Hammer of dawned, that's what makes this game great! Give a bit and get a bit, that's my philosophy for you haters. I haven't had many complaints about the multiplayer so I am happy with it!
Much much much better than the first story. I loved the emotions this game portrayed
One of the best experiences I have had in a while.. Why didn't this game get GOY?
Although I can't pull off a jerk shot with the sniper as much as I would like, the controls due take a little getting used to of course that's prob cause I didn't finish the 1st one.
Graphics 10/10
Gears 1 was bland, Gears 2 is just absolutely incredible!
Replayablity 10/10
Definitely My next halo!!! Very addicting!
An extra 10 just because I can shot someones head off and see the bullet trail!!
Overall 10/10
A must buy! Enough said!
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 01/07/09
Game Release: Gears of War 2 (US, 11/07/08)
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A GROUP of Bridgwater College students taking the Level 2 Activity Leadership NVQ visited Somerset Bridge Primary School to teach youngsters how to referee football matches.
All 23 students on the coaching, teaching and instructing football diploma were assigned to pupils to offer guidance and support through football games.
Over a six-week period, the college students and pupils worked together to set and amend rules and then used them to play matches in small teams.
Andy Gill, tutor and assessor for the course, said: "It was a great opportunity for our students to visit the school and gain valuable experience. I would like to thank Somerset Bridge for showing confidence in our students and it is an exercise I hope we can repeat again in the future.''


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The best recipes to cook this spring include Easter lamb, Passover brisket, asparagus five ways and a luxurious triple-cheese cheesecake.
The best recipes to cook this spring include Easter lamb, Passover brisket, asparagus five ways and a luxurious triple-cheese cheesecake.
The Big Dish: In this twist on traditional porchetta (Italian roast pork), a boneless saddle of lamb is wrapped around a delicious filling of ground lamb and fennel.
Genius Idea: The stuffing, a mixture of ground lamb and fresh herbs, is very versatile; use leftovers for all kinds of dishes.
Leftover One: Risotto (photo):
A homemade lamb-and-fennel sausage, made with store-bought ground lamb, gets browned in a pan and served over fragrant fennel risotto.
Leftover Two: Meatballs
Adding ricotta to a quick mix of ground lamb and fennel creates moist, delicious meatballs
This chunky tuna salad—inspired by a traditional sauce from Livorno, Italy, of tomatoes, olives and capers—makes a very satisfying one-dish meal.
These light, bite-size matzoh balls have a delicious Italian spin—they're made with ricotta and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
This brisket gets rubbed with seasonings, braised and roasted so it's super-tender with a crisp crust; it goes perfectly with the garlicky oregano sauce.
These crispy bread crumbs, flavored with anchovies, garlic, parsley and lemon, are a terrific way to showcase delicious spears of roasted asparagus.
Crunchy, vinegary and a little spicy, this pickled asparagus would make a terrific accompaniment to sandwiches as well as grilled and roasted meats.
This creamy, mayonnaise-free dressing is made primarily with blanched asparagus and canola oil. It's a terrific, unexpected way to dress any salad.
Using asparagus in a pesto with olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano, basil and lemon juice creates a very fresh, green and spring-like sauce for pasta.
This superb version of tabbouleh has chopped asparagus as well as traditional bulgur, tomato, parsley and mint.
Inspired by the classic Italian cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper), this salad features spring greens and fava beans.
7-Minute Hors d'Oeuvres: Using prepared polenta makes really fast work of these hors d'oeuvres, which get piled with a fresh, crunchy little salad
This killer cheesecake has an ethereally light, creamy texture and fantastic crunchy crust made from honey graham crackers and amaretti cookies.


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07 June 2006
Trading Update
SThree, one of the UK's leading specialist staffing businesses, is today issuing
an update on trading for the six months ended 31 May 2006.
At the time of the preliminary results in February, the Group indicated that it
expected the momentum seen in the closing months of 2005 to continue in the
first half. SThree is today reporting that trading in the first six months has
remained robust and that the Board is pleased with the Group's overall
performance in the period.
SThree made 3,475 permanent placements during the first half, an increase of
32.0% (2005: 2,633). The Group reported a further healthy increase in average
fees from permanent recruitment. At 31 May 2006, SThree had 4,335 active
contractors, representing an increase of 14.8% over the prior year (2005:
3,777). Contractor gross profit per day rates also showed moderate growth.
Russell Clements, Chief Executive, commented: 'The Group has continued to make
good progress in the first half, against a background of healthy demand for
specialist staff in the UK and Europe. Both our permanent and contract
businesses reported strong growth, with the permanent business, in particular,
continuing to benefit from both wage inflation and our ongoing success in
placing higher-salaried candidates. The Board remains confident that the Group's
well-established strategy will underpin progress in the current year.'
SThree will be announcing its interim results for the six months ended 31 May
2006 on Monday 24 July 2006.
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Of the handful of fundamental materials that make up our world -- stone, wood, concrete, steel, glass, plastic -- there is really only one that, in its unornamented state, is endowed with a kind of sensuality that again and again tickles the human sense of beauty.
OK, so there may be a few outliers who are entranced with the intrinsic charms of, say, cinder blocks. But for most folks, whether it's turned into a rocking chair, a guitar or a baseball bat, wood is where it's at.
There is a group of Santa Cruzans who don't have to be convinced of the general fabulousness of wood. In fact, the 10 men who make up the Santa Cruz Woodworkers are collectively engaged in an effort to coax out the beauty of wood to the level of fine art.
The Woodworkers have temporarily overtaken the Solari Gallery at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz to show their friends and neighbors just how sublime wood can be.
In this case, wood never looked so good.
The recently opened exhibit, called "Studio Made," which runs through Nov. 13, displays work by all 10 of the Woodworkers. It's mostly furniture or similarly functional ware, but also includes sculpture, wall art and even musical instruments.
With 10 craftsmen, you're likely to have 10 visions, and that's certainly case with "Studio Made." The extremes swing from Gary Stevens' dazzling and enormous sculptures created out of decomposing tree trunks to Joshua Salesin's breathtaking miniatures. It includes Jefferson Shallenberger's unapologetically design-oriented pieces, to Ron Day's beautiful but functional tables and vases.
The artists came together as a confederacy of craftsmen a few years ago with the notion that, at least in the realm of marketing and getting the public's attention, there is power in numbers. And one of their primary goals was to get their work in front of museum visitors.
The kinds of woods on display are amazingly diverse and, as a cascade of names, are as poetic as the visually pleasing colors and grains of each one "" pear, quilted maple, mersawa, curly birch, Hawaiian koa, Monterey cypress, osage orange.
And the artistic orientations are every bit as diverse. What the Woodworkers have in common is a level of craftsmanship probably well out of reach of your weekend woodworker. In fact, several of them hail from a highly regarded fine-furniture-making program at the College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg on the Mendocino County coast.
Still, the artistic sensibilities of the individual artists diverge rather sharply. No two, in fact, are alike.
Ron Cook, for instance, is entranced with medieval and renaissance history, and his pieces tend toward the ornately carved works of that period. Cook builds musical instruments such as fiddles, harps and dulcimers that he jauntily calls "sound sculptures," steeped in historical research. He also displays a chess set, stool, lamp and table complete with wood lock and wood key.
On the opposite side of the gallery, Matthew Werner, one of the former Fort Bragg students, shows his sure hand at the art of marquetry, the process of applying smaller, differently colored and grained pieces of wood to a larger piece in an inlay, creating, in Werner's case, staggeringly intricate images drawn from nature. His "Mocker Neuftych," an enormous bird rendered in marquetry on nine maple panels, is one of the more striking pieces in the show.
Nearby, Om Anand, another Fort Bragg grad, combines Asian design influences with materials steeped in a California mystique such as California walnut and Monterey cypress. Anand contributes what is probably the largest piece in the exhibit, a distinctive cedar-and-redwood chest. And he also is displaying an unfinished piece to be worked on over the course of the exhibit's run.
Roger Heitzman displays his love of the curves of old 1950s-era automobiles with a chair-and-desk set with seductive curvature, the chair thrusting forward to create the illusion of bendability.
Speaking of illusions, Stevens has a knack for making wood look as pliable as flower petals with his large-form sculptures, most of which are variations on a naturalistic shape somewhere between a flower opening and a curling leaf.
Stevens works mostly with tree stumps and burls of buckeye, madrone, oak and redwood. He does most of his shaping wielding a chain saw with as much delicacy as a painter might have with a paintbrush.
Michael Singer creates furniture pieces with an emphasis on arresting finishes, bringing out mesmerizing and rich lusters in mahogany and maple in his jewelry cabinet and chiffonier, aka a lingerie cabinet. Singer said he works closely with veneers to sharpen and define the wood's natural grains and his pieces shimmer as a result.
The finest surface in the show may go to Day for a finish on one of his pieces that is so rich and reflective, it appears to be three-dimensional. Day focuses on the simple and the functional, yet his armoire of walnut and jarrah is a thing of exquisite aesthetic refinement. Day's display shows his range with vases, chairs and sideboards, as well as his tables.
Patrick Stafford is the only one of the artists to widely incorporate other visual elements in his woodwork. An instructor at Cabrillo College, Stafford shows a playful side to his various wall pieces and jewelry boxes by introducing encaustic, neon, glass, "wigglewood," and even piece of carpet padding. His signature is a drawer pull rendered in a distinctive twisted ball.
Design is at the forefront of Shallenberger's work. His "White Cabinet" is certainly one of the most intriguing pieces in the collection, a delicate-looking piece that resembles a high-end hat box or the miniature mock-up of a new basketball arena. His "red desk" would not look out of place in the parlors of Monticello, but still looks thoroughly contemporary.
Salesin may end up as the exhibit's most compelling artist with his wide-ranging collections of miniatures made from seed pods and palm nuts. His "Pagoda Box" is a minutely detailed Chinese pagoda a mere 8 inches tall. Salesin easily has the most individual pieces on display, several dozen at least, the smallest of which is fingertip-sized.
But what he may be most remembered for is his series of three pattern bowls and 16 mandala cups, each characterized by their simple shapes and their exquisitely precise patterns of geometric divots, reaching a vanishing point at the bottom.
The patterns in the cups and bowls are so hypnotizing, you may lose the sense that you're looking at wood. But again, what other kind of material could be that yielding, yet that mysterious?
if you go
'Studio made: santa cruz woodworkers'
when: Open now, through Nov. 13
where: The Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz
Cost: $5 general; $3 students and seniors; $2 children 12-17
details: www.santacruzmah.org


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Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
Review by RustyAim
"A good game that could have been amazing"
When one describes game as classic or even just good there are various elements to come to mind. Classic games can be groundbreaking games that pave the way for a whole new type of game, redefine gaming as we know it or they can be games that are still enjoying years or even decades after their release. They can also be all of the above.
Assassin's Creed is a game that could have fallen into this category. Indeed, it nearly did.
There are a lot to like about Assassin's Creed but there are also things not to like.
Let's start with the things to like.
The order in which you perform the nine assassinations is somewhat open ended. The first and last will always be the first and last. However, the others occur in blocks of two to three. In those blocks, you can choose which order you do the assassinations. Having this freedom is nice and allows for some re-playability.
The cities are gorgeous. Each has a unique feel to it with different music, looks for guards and the populace. While the game isn't about sight seeing, I admit that there are times I find myself amazed by how nice things look.
The horseback riding between the cities is fun (though you'll eventually gain the ability to quick travel between cities). This game isn't about horseback riding but I admit that it's still enjoyable and a nice diversion.
The controls are adequate. Not perfect but not bad either. I did get a little confused at first but once I got used to them, they were all right.
So, where does the game go wrong? Unfortunately, the game play is where its problems unfold.
You collect various bits of information about your target before each assassination.
These information gathering sessions involve various mini missions. There are six potential in each assassination though you only need to complete three (two in early assassinations). This allows some freedom of choice as you can do these mini missions in any order you choose and don't need to do all of them. If one proves too difficult or annoying, chances are there will be another you can do in its place.
There are also combat mini quests involving saving citizens which involve fighting a group of guards. Success in these will grant you scholars you can use to get past guards or vigilantes that can block pursuing guards. Unfortunately, especially early on, you'll find a lot of citizens that need you to save. It doesn't take long before it gets repetitive.
Discovering where to go to find the people for the information gathering or citizen saving missions involves scaling tall buildings to get a birds' eye view of the area. This was one of the places where some of the game's issues come into play. Climbing the buildings is fun but only for a while. When you need to climb eight or more per assassination mission, it starts to feel more like work then play.
Unfortunately, these climbing tasks as well as others are required in order to increase your health bar (though you also get a new health-bar after you succeed in an assassination and return to your character's boss). Every time you scale a view point or save a citizen, you'll gain a single point. Once you reach 15, your health bar will increase by one and the count resets to zero.
Once you get down to it, with the exception of the actual assassinations, you'll do more or less the same tasks before every assassination.
If a mini mission requires a re-try because something went wrong it's annoying but tolerable in that things should be challenging to give a sense of accomplishment when you win.
The mini missions while not too difficult get harder as you progress. Unfortunately, to make them more difficult, the game adds more elements such as jar carriers, insane people, beggars, drunks or box carriers that can expose or disrupt you and cause you to fail the challenge. Unfortunately, rather then feeling like being an honest challenge, it sometimes feels as though the game is being cheap as possible in order to make it harder.
Assassin's creed does not have the ability to save or load at any time. Instead, the game has checkpoints before tough battles, if you pick up one of the flags strewn about the cities, when you complete a mini game, scale a viewpoint and synchronize or save a citizen. If you die, you go back to your last checkpoint. If you exit the game when in a city, you'll reload at the Bureau for that city with whatever tasks you completed still completed. You will not reload at the save point.
This system usually isn't too much of a problem. In tougher mini games or battles where in other games one might quick save a lot, the lack of ability to do this might cause aggravation. I however, understand why they did this as being able to quick save right in the middle of challenges would probably make them too easy. However, it would be nice to be able to continue from a checkpoint upon exciting and re-entering the game.
Speaking of battles, if you're looking for swordfight duels where each is tough and epic but rare enough to emphasize the stealth option and keep from slowing the game down, I think you'll be disappointed. A lot of the battles are against multiple opponents. Although you have a collection of moves for use in battle, once you learn counter attack, defeating even large groups is a matter of timing. Different enemies seem to require different moments to hit the counter attack button. Unfortunately, if you can't get the timing down, you'll have problems. I find that tough battles are sometimes no problem. Other times, they're a struggle.
One thing that annoys me is the difficulty in using stealth kills for most of the assassination targets. By stealth, I mean, killing your target without alerting the guards and then getting out of there without anyone attacking you. Often, trying to do so (where it was applicable) causes nothing but headaches. To be honest, it's usually easier to just rush in and pursue the target if he runs. Even if you do manage to sneak up behind him and kill him without a fight, there's a good chance his guards will attack you. Fighting the target along with a dozen or so guards or killing the target and then having a dozen guards chase me is a scenario I know all too well. This just doesn't feel right. Yet, the game seems fine with it. As one might imagine, having all this buildup only for the stealth assassination to fail is annoying.
These next two points seem minor to point out but they are still issues. One is citizens you save. They'll see you kill the guards and then ask what happened when they see the bodies! Another is pick pocketing. When you succeeded, the person appears to know it's you that stole the item they had. Yet, they'll never pursue you or summon guards.
The other side of the story, the real world aspect of it while interesting enough, sometimes feels as though it's getting in the way. The game would have been fine without the sci-fi aspect. Knowing that Altair's adventures are a simulation within a simulation takes some of impact away. As it is and without spoiling the ending, the way the characters on the sci-fi side talk and react, it's clear that Altair's adventures are more or less just a game (or perhaps an interactive home movie) where it's the ending they're interested in. Granted, they make this clear from the start of the game. However, it does make it feel as though I just watched a group of people watch a movie just so they could see the end of the movie.
Overall, Assassin's Creed is a good game but it feels as though it could have been an amazing game.
I think it's still worth playing especially with the sequel coming out later this year and that the price on Steam is reasonable.
Graphics: 9/10. This is one part where the game excels. It's gorgeous. You may find yourself playing just to see the in game visuals.
Sound: 8/10. Things sound like they should. Voice acting is decent. Subtitles would have been nice, as would have translations when characters spoke in languages other then English (or other then what you have set as the primary language).
Controls: 7/10. Adequate but not perfect. It gets the job done; I'll leave it at that.
Story: 7/10. Without giving much away, it gets you from point A to point B. It's interesting enough to want to continue but it feels cliched.
Gameplay: 5/10. The repetitive nature of much of it is what brought the game down and keeps it from being a classic. It almost turns what should be fun tasks into chores. Some of the difficulty sometimes feels like the game being cheaper then providing an honest challenge. Big battles are fun to watch but slow the game down and get repetitive after a while.
Overall, 7/10: Assassin's Creed has the elements to be classic game that people talk about for years or even generations to come. While the groundwork is there, it just feels like something is missing.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 04/24/09, Updated 06/17/09
Game Release: Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition (US, 04/08/08)
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Homework tyrrany at Y3. Parents want a change. How to approach HT about his? Anyone done this successfully?(43 Posts)
Personally, I'd like to see very little or preferably no homework in primary schools. There's absolutely no evidence that homework is beneficial at all at primary level. However, I would accept and work with the school if a small amount of homework was expected and it was about consolidating basic skills like spelling, cursive writing and maths.
The last Ofsted was not good, and I believe that the intentions of the HT are to raise standards, which I would absolutely support. But this isn't the way to go about improving standards. The HT has not consulted parents and has no intention of doing so, believing it is a school issue and not up for discussion.
This term my daughter's weekends have been taken up with an incredible amount of "project based" homework. I don't wish for the school to be identified by describing the projects, but it involves huge amount of parent participation which totally negates the idea of learning to work independently. Lots of building, research, online math activities, craft-y stuff and (horror!) poster making crap. I resent the intrusion into family life - we've spent hours and hours doing these ridiculous assignments.
Anyway, I'm not alone. Most of the parents (and I believe some of the teachers) feel the same way and we want a change in homework policy at the school. Has anyone successfully campaigned against this homework tyranny in a diplomatic way? Any tips or suggestions gratefully received.
OK, we had a similar problem - projects set with no differentiation by ability, so for eg all children from yr 3 through to yr 6 set the same project (write 10 page on X) regardless of ability.
I went along to the parent governor meeting and asked a moderately pointed question about the extent of parental input that was expected for such projects (bearing in mind that at the time my dd couldn't write more than a sentence or two, and others in the class couldn't read at all). This led to a whole run of parents asking very similar questions - including "Am I (ie mum) going to get a grade for each project"
Funnily enough though there was no explicit backing down, the projects have become dramatically smaller and more constrained, and more guidance has been given to the children . . .
Our school's homework policy was rewritten last term and there was a consultation with parents at the parents' forum. Ofsted certainly used to be rather keen on active engagement between senior management and parents. I'm not sure whether that has survived recent changes in the inspection framework, though.
Our school's homework policy was drawn up by staff and approved by governors after a survey of parents and children and also a meeting.
Thanks Zip for those suggestions. SE13 this sounds a great approach - your students are lucky.
Admission, I have requested a homework policy (which is totally driven by the head and was re-drafted in September of this year). When I asked very politely what the timeline for consultation was, I was told that parents would not be consulted as this was a "curriculum issue". So this will be taken up to the Governors, rather reluctantly I have to say, as I don't wish to be adversarial. But I'll have to fight if pressed.
I had a shock this term as the homework for DD (P3, Scotland so YR2 equiv) has increased significantly. Last year she had reading (a few chapters a week), and one homework sheet a week (handed out on Monday and due in on Friday).
This term we've been getting a homework sheet, reading, questions about reading (find 5 verbs and write them down, that type of thing) plus topic - which is project based. This term it's the Victorians and they got a list of 4 tasks of which they had to complete 3 and hand in every 2 weeks. This has required significant research on the computer and parental input to ensure that with DD's odd spelling she doesn't end up googling something dodgy.
We're trying really hard to fit it in during the week as I feel weekends shouldn't be for homework at age 7 but it's a struggle and we are often finishing off reading on a Sunday night at 7pm which isn't ideal. She is learning a lot but I wish they'd just send home a spelling list so that she can learn to spell before all of this cross-curricular stuff.
The first thing that you should do is ask for the school's policy on homework. It will be interesting to see what this says in comparison with what you perceive is actually happening.
If as I suspect the policy is completely at odds with the reality, then you need to firstly ask the teacher why this is - almost certainly this is what is now expected will be the reply. I would then write to the head teacher and formally complain that the policy and reality bear no resemblance to each other. I have no idea what the answer will be, but it should be in writing. If you are not happy with the reply then you can escalate the complaint to the Chair of Governing Body but the complaint to the CoG has to be around the fact the head teacher has not responded to your concerns not that you disagree with the answer. Hopefully this might get you to a situation where there is some discussion about the level of homework or alternatively to a position where the head teacher and Governing Body confirm this is the policy and level of homework to be expected. Then you will need to make a decision about whether this is a school you want your child in.
This dead-beat teacher has missed out on the gold/silver/bronze hat thing and hates setting (and marking) homework. The children who need extra practice never do it, some parents come in to complain that I have set too much and then in come the other paents to complain that there is not enough. And I dread the daily and weekly battle to get my own daughter to do hers.
homework should be optional... some weeks parents are ill or children are tired, things need to be done at the weekend. some childrren see their nrp. parents have responsibility for their parents etc. or they want to take children out to places o jsut to the supemaketso they can eat that week.
personally, I quite like the project homework. for y1/2 childen this can be a lot of fun. it can be done quickly if there is a lot going on or more time spent being creative.
the gold silver and bronze thing is hat is not good about it. far too stressful for children, disappointing that their efforts are not acknowledged, more likely to result in disseffection than willingness to learn.
I'm a KS2 teacher (and parent of a KS2 child, and a nursery-aged one) who is not a fan of homework per se but is a fan of giving children/parents a choice over whether or not to do any and how long to spend doing it. The sort of homework I give out is an opened-ended task framed as a learning objective e.g. I can find out about the Romans. Children will have from the 2nd (ish) week of term until the first day after the next half-term holiday to produce something/nothing. I've found this to be a pretty inclusive approach to 'home learning' - those children/families who want to create an enormous, living-breathing Roman city complete with roads, chariots and underfloor heating are free to do so but equally appropriate is a drawing of a toga-wearing Roman, a ticket from a visit to something vaguely Roman, a book about Romans borrowed from the library or something found on the internet and printed out.
I don't send home worksheets for completion but do send home a maths sheet each week so parents can see the methods we've been using in class - I make it very clear that it's not being sent home as compulsory homework but some parents use it as such.
In general, I feel that if the children are working hard in school then their homework needs to be playing with toys/friends/siblings etc., going to the park and having time to do their own thing whatever that may be. If they opt out of their learning during school time then I may well speak to parents about school work being done at home but it's not something I do regularly.
In the context of a Headteacher that doesn't wish to involve parents, I'm not sure how on earth you go about changing things. But for what it's worth, at our school there is a Parents' Forum, which meets two or three times a term, with the specific aim of giving parents a chance to discuss issues like this with senior management. It also functions as a sounding board for senior management when they want to make changes.
We had a major discussion about homework policy last term and aired all the same sorts of issues about project-based homework.
What we have agreed is that:
- projects will be set early in each half term, to give plenty of time for completion.
- there will be a choice of different ways to tackle the project, in recognition of the fact that families have different skills, interest, time and space available. In other words, they will NOT all involve large scale three dimensional models!
So this term, DD1 is doing WWII and they have been given options which include making a model tank, cooking a wartime ration-book recipe or writing a poem. (This is Yr6). They can choose one, or more if they are really keen, and they are all of equal status.
Oh and as an aside...
DS1 is in Y3. he does reading and times tables and writing and assorted sums and bits of project work and number bonds etc.
But what the heck are 'operations'? And how has he got to Y3 without me even know what they are?
I have visions of a class of Y3s reading 'Biff and Chip's guide to doing appendectomies' then all scrubbing up and picking up scalpels... Moving on to amputation in Y4 and 'Wilma's Essential Neurosurgery' by Y6.
And whilst I suspect that ds would love to do this, I am pretty sure I would have heard about it before now if he was!
I would talk to the teacher and get them to set a time limit on the project precisely so parents can see exactly how long they are expected to spend
doing helping with the project.
And whilst I was having the conversation with the teacher, I would be mentioning the guidelines (even if they are no longer official ones, no need to admit you know that in case she doesn't, and even if she does, it is still a good starting point), then pointing out the time taken up doing daily reading/times tables etc, and then say, so I can't see why you would be expecting dd to be spending more than 30 (or whatever) minutes doing this homework each weekend. At the moment she is living in stress city because she thinks she has to spend the whole weekend doing her homework and it's ruining family weekends, making everybody's life miserable etc. Also mention the negative effects of the bronze, silver and gold awards. And see what the teacher says - if she is brave enough to say, no actually I expect you to be doing 3+ hours at the weekend, and that if she wants gold then she should be spending 7 hours doing project work.
Get all the other parents to go and see her about the same thing, know in advance what you all think is a reasonable amount of homework so she can't say that you are the only one that has complained - you can say that you know that all these other parents have complained too.
And if that doesn't work, send in a letter to the head, cc it to the governor and all the other parents that you know agree with you. Get them to use the same template letter as you do and get them to cc everyone too - that way they can't say that you are the only one complaining about this.
Or, set up a facebook page and get people to put their comments about this on there. Just make sure that people realise that it is a public forum and therefore they can't slag off the teacher or make really personal comments about their own children, just keep it polite and factual. Stick a poll on there for the time that most people think is appropriate for weekend homework. And use that as a starting point to get the message over to the teacher and the head...
Had a similar issue at DDs school. We spent the last 2 years doing endless 'project based' homework in addition to spellings and reading. However following a recent school survey they have thankfully ditched the projects and reverted to homework that reflects what they are learning at school with main focus on spellings, tables and reading. Perhaps it's worth mentioning to the head teacher and get others to do the same.
snowball3 - a lot of Ofsted Inspections report exactly the same thing. When questioned, many parents express concerns that homework is excessive and far too much is set whilst an almost identical number of parents at the exact same school complain there ought to be much more and they feel their children are missing out!
Ofsted normally decides it is just the right amount in the ones I've seen but it does show how parents come at this from totally opposite angles. I know lots of parents who set their children extra homework on top of all the school stuff too.
The Government guidelines on homework were got rid of about 4 months ago.
They were 'guidelines' and not a requirement.
Homework for primary aged children is not a good idea - you only get 4 hours at home before bedtime in which to eat (1hr), do piano practice (1/2 hour), bath (1hr!) and play (7 hours).
My children would struggle to fit homework in in their hectic timetable of playing continuously all evening.
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DD in Yr 3 has weekly spellings, reading and practice of tables (checked with quizes on monday morning) and alternating weeks of literacy and numeracy which consolidate the class learning. I'm happy with the lavels at the moment, although dd1 still has the sulk pout tears business sometimes she is getting better at just getting on with it.
Every year our parental questionnaire asks if we have the amount of homeowrk correct. Every year 50% of parents say we have too much and 50 % of parents say we have not enough, no-one ever says we get it right!
Sunflower you are lucky! This is as it should be.
Where did I describe all teachers that way?! I was describing a method some schools use to improve rapidly when their teachers are not up to making rapid improvements in their teaching...
Apart from a very straight forward project to be done by xmas term NO homework here in year 3....
Expectation of nightly reading but no enforcement/ checking.
Bonsoir it is very depressing to be described as 'deadbeat teaching staff' when I have just got home from school and have another two hours of marking and prep ahead of me. Whilst you may not have always been happy with your dc children I think it is appalling to describe all teaching staff in this way.
Yes, the emphasis is very much on homework as consolidation (which I agree with).
DD doesn't find the spellings a burden - in fact, she always learns her spellings first, before doing operations or reading or whatever else she has to do. She finds them very easy - but then, I used to find spelling very easy. I expect that the volume of spelling homework is a lot more of a burden for some DCs.
Thanks for the information Bonsoir - very interesting. The emphasis seems quite different in France. More on learning and consolidating than carrying out extensive projects and extra worksheets.
Gosh - that's a lot of spellings though !
we have actually just stopped all homework nagging as after first weeken dof homework this year I decided I wasn't going to ruin every weekend.
Now ds take shis homework to his room after breakfast on sat. He stays there til it is done. If he chooses to play lego all day then do it at 6pm, that is fine. No tv/computer od ds til it is done. If not done by monday, I write note in book explaining that he was given time and space to do it, he chose not to.
If he wants help he can come down and get as much help as he likes. he can also do it on friday if he likes (we finish early on friday) all up to him.
So last weekend, first one under new system, he did his maths on friday, and on saturday morning came down to ask for help with literacy and did it next to me at the kitchen table. No arguments or nagging.
we may have found a solution....I am holding my breath..
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