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" Brand: Living & Learning / Ages: 3 Years+ / For 2 - 4 Players "
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I got this for my eldest son when he was 2 years old (now 3) and he really enjoyed it straight away. I remember having something similar to this when I was young and I really enjoyed it at the time so I was hoping it would be good fun for us both to play and I was not disappointed.
It's quite a simple game so an easy way to introduce children into sitting and playing this kind of game, or board game. The concept is very simple, just to listen to the sounds and then put your counter onto the picture of whatever sound you heard.
I felt for the price this was such a good item, especially as I got it reduced on Amazon for under 5 pounds! Although it is currently not available on Amazon, but the newer version of Animal Soundtracks is out now.
This game is something quite different than all the every day toys you come across. It encourages the child to concentrate and listen to the sound, which I think is quite a good skill and important as they get older. It has a nice variety of different sounds included so should be something to appeal to all children, my son was very enthusiastic about the fire engine and helicopter. It also has animals and more difficult to recognise sounds like skipping and bouncing a ball.
The game includes 4 sets of differently coloured small counters. So just need to be careful with little ones not to lose them as they only give the right amount you need for each board, without any extras and of course be careful they don't go into young children's mouths as they could be a choking hazard. I think for this reason the game is labelled as 3 years + but my son was fine at 2.5
The only other thing to note is that you will need a cd player available to play this game, or a laptop with a cd drive would do fine.
Very pleased with this and would recommend, and would buy others like this such as the animal soundtracks game.
I have adapted this from my review on Amazon under the name M. Marikar
This year and onwards I feel is the right time to start introducing my daughter to the concept of learning. She turned 3 one month ago and since then there have been an amazing amount of changes. Not only is she surprising me with the new words and actions she does on a daily basis, she is also learning to speak French and read books at nursery. I have generally been amazed at what standards are expected from today's three year olds as when I was a child I had nothing like that. I was only offered the chance to learn a second language when I reached secondary school.
I have been looking for fun and effective learning tools for my daughter not only to keep up with expectations but I do also think that learning from an early age can be very beneficial. Upon looking I came across soundtracks from Amazon. It was something I recognised from when I was a child. Or at least something similar. I remembered it as being a game that I loved and I thought that my daughter could just share that passion for it. The game was only £4 which I thought was an absolute bargain.
Sound tracks is an educational game which helps improve children's listening skills and helps them identify phonic sounds in preparation for reading. The recommended age is 3+ but it is a game that I have discovered older children enjoy playing too. My nephews who are 6 and 7 thoroughly enjoy this game despite them not finding it as challenging as my daughter, but they do still enjoy it.
In the box you are presented with a CD, 4 picture boards and 40 coloured counters. There are 40 noises on the CD however there are 90 sounds in total. There are repeats of some to make in more difficult. The idea of the game is to have up to 4 players, you can have less, me and my daughter play alone and just have 2 boards each. Play the CD from any point that you want, to make different games every time and find the picture that matches the sound. The first player to have counters on all of the pictures on their board is the winner. It is a very simple game making it easy for younger children to pick up on the rules.
The sounds vary in difficulty because some of the sounds are not ones you will hear everyday such as sandcastles. Even I was intrigued to find out what that one would sound like. You then also have your more familiar noises such as a cow, a ringing telephone or a crying baby. These are ones that my daughter never had any difficulty with. The ones that she did perhaps find harder than others were ones like laughter and sneezing as it can be difficult to find that with still pictures. The pictures can be a little bit challenging, the animals and ones similar are ok but when it comes to the telephone and ones like that it can be difficult to figure out what they are because the pictures are so dated. The noises on the CD are very clear and accurate despite my daughter finding some of them hard, she will however learn new sounds as she grows older and will then be able to apply her knowledge to the game.
She does thoroughly enjoys playing this game and she also finds it fun which is a bonus for any educational game. I think it is great, it allows her to apply sounds to still pictures and develop her listening and recognition skills. I think this will be one of those games that will never get old as it is fun for such a wide age range. There is a slight niggle with this game and that comes in the form of the counters. My daughter has become fascinated with the bright colours and enjoys very much to play with them. As there are 40 counters and 40 pictures, it is important not to loose any. We haven't so far but they are very small and fiddly so there is a possibility of loosing one some day!
The box is small and compact ideal for travel or storage. As my daughter likes to take this game to nanas a lot, it is the perfect size to fit into her little rucksack. I would highly recommend this game. It is fun and educational. There are other games by this brand with different sounds such as animals if your child would benefit more from those.
This is a fantastic game - my children were given this game when they were young - it came with a tape then! and I have subsequently bought many copies for party presents and friends children.
The idea is really simple you listen to the sound work out what it is and then cover up that picture if you have it on your card. The winner is the person who covers up all the pictures on their card.It really is 'sounds' bingo. It really is a great idea for children who cannot yet read but can recognise sounds. It is also a game that can be played by children and adults on an even basis so it means everyone has an equal chance of winning - and you don't have to let people win. Now that it comes on CD it is much better for giving random result than it ever was with a tape so it has even more play value now than it had before.
There are some really easy sound on there like cars, and tractors but then there are some more unusual sounds like someone sucking through a straw or blowing a balloon up.
This game is great for making children concentrate and for a little bit of peace and quiet because you have to be quiet to listen to the sounds. My children always had great fun playing this game and it really does make them more aware of their surroundings.
If you ever see this at a car boot sale pick a copy up you won't be disappointed or treat yourself and but a copy it can usually be picked up for just over £5.
My children love games and we have lots of different ones, I though that the Living & Learning Soundtracks game was something they would enjoy. The game consists of four cards each featuring nine different photographs. There are forty plastic counters in four different colours and a CD containing various short everyday sounds.
To play the game you will need a CD player but other than that there is no setting up or putting together involved. The game is aimed at children aged 3 years and over and you can have between 2 and 4 players. The game is similar to other lotto type games but with sounds.
Once you have your CD player and each player has chosen a picture card you are ready to play. You are advised to pick a number and start the CD at this random number but I usually just press play on track 1. When a sound is heard the players must check their card to see if there is a picture on their card that corresponds with the sound being heard. If they have the corresponding picture they place a coloured plastic counter on the picture. The winner is the first player to place a counter on all nine of their pictures.
The sounds that can be heard on the Soundtracks game include a car, fireworks, a toilet flushing, a telephone ringing, a baby crying, a bicycle, someone snoring, someone skipping, a fire engine and many more.
When my four year old Daughter started school there was a parents evening where we went along to find out how our children would be taught and how the way of teaching English may have changed since we attended school.
While at the meeting the teacher discussed many ways in which we as parents could encourage our children to learn letters, sounds and various other things. The teacher explained that children aren't very good at listening and that to play games or find ways to encourage your child to listen was a good way to help them and is obviously beneficial to their tuition.
One of the ways to encourage listening that the teacher suggested was this Living & Learning Soundtracks game. They have these in my daughters class and they are used as a teaching tool in the class room.
At home my older children aged four and three both love this game and it has hardly been back in the box since we opened it at Christmas. They recognise the sounds very easily as the sounds are clear and are played for long enough for you to have a good listen. I think they also like the game because you don't have to mess about getting it ready to play. As long as you have access to a CD player you can play the game anywhere. I imagine the CD could be good to listen to in the car on a long journey. Obviously you wouldn't have the cards and counters but the children could shout out the sounds they recognised and you could make a game of it that way.
There are other Soundtracks games available including, Nursery Rhymes, animals, Alphabet and Times Tables. The games are currently (Jan 2008) available from www.amazon.co.uk for about £6.83 although there is postage payable on some varieties depending on the Amazon Marketplace supplier.
I would recommend this game to anyone with young children of pre-school age. It is quick and simple and holds their attention. I haven't noticed any vast improvement on their listening skills but we only really bought it for it's entertainment value.
An exciting listening game matching everyday objects to a colourful lotto board. Game contains CD, Game boards and counters.


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The federal election is over and the Coalition is now in government. Already there is a growing dissatisfaction with the new Abbott-led government over a wide-ranging series of issues including nepotism, asylum seeker policy, the environment, a lack of governance, etc. There is also continuing debate within the various opposition parties concerning their future direction, policies, etc. Yet for the Greens, the future is questionable, with some believing the party to be in serious decline – even among those within the party.
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Doctors define edema as an increase in the volume of fluid in the spaces between the body's cells, and is usually more prominent in the legs and feet by the end of the day.
Gleevec can cause edema. Lasix plus potassium can help, but not as much as you would like. Gleevec interferes with calcium channels that pass calcium ions between the walled off compartments in our cells (i.e. through membranes)..
LEG SWELLING: Swelling in the legs can be a sign of weak liver function and an inability to detoxify ammonia from the blood. Also fluid in the abdomen.
I had a great deal of swelling in my legs when I had a large tumor load in my liver.
The gut flora can be a source of ammonia in addition to the body's metabolism. Keeping the colon clear with enemas can help the swelling.
Also, a syrup called Lactulose helps to keep the bowels flowing, and it helps draw ammonia from the blood into the gut for excretion. I took lactulose or many months when I had a large tumor load, and it does help against the swelling. It is a sweet nondigestable syrup. I thought that lactulose helped more than diuretics against leg swelling. I find that long nightly baths with salt help me greatly.
Natural diuretics can aid in removal of excess fluids from the body. Moderation is the key even in the case of natural diuretics.
-Green tea is a natural diuretic food that has been in use for centuries in China.
-Consumption of cranberry juice can aid in removal of excess fluid retention.
-Apple cider vinegar exhibits natural diuretic properties and in addition maintains the potassium levels. It can be added to the salad dressing.
-Dandelion is often used as a natural diuretic. Dandelion leaf tea aids in detoxification and has a beneficial effect on those suffering from cystitis and urinary tract infections.
-Nettle has natural diuretic properties that facilitate good cleansing.
-Fennel has carminative and diuretic properties and is frequently used in seasoning food.
DIURETIC FOOD: Natural foods with high water content such as watermelons and cucumbers help increase urination and better flushing out of toxins.
-Cucumbers are rich in sulfur and silicon that stimulate the kidneys into better removal of uric acid. Watercress and artichokes are also natural diuretic foods.
-Asparagus contains asparigine - a chemical alkaloid that boosts kidney performance, thereby improving waste removal from the body.
-Brussel Spouts help in stimulating the kidneys and pancreas. This helps in better cleansing of cells.
-Beets are natural diuretic foods that attack floating body fats and fatty deposits.
-Oats contain silica - a natural diuretic.
-Cabbage is known to aid breakage of fatty deposits, especially around the abdominal region.
-Carrots are a rich source of carotene that speeds the metabolic rate of the body and hastens removal of fat deposits and waste.
-Lettuce aids better metabolism and flushing of toxins.
-Tomatoes are rich in Vitamin C that aid the metabolism and release of water from the kidney to flush out waste.
-Other than the other excellent properties that Garlic possesses, it is a natural diuretic food that aids breakage of fat.
-Horseradish, raw onions and radish speed up your metabolism.
When my husband couldn't take diuretics he was able to get some relief from turmeric. It's a spice, and is available in pill form. It's also a good anti-inflammatory agent. Do you know how your albumin is? When my husband was so swollen it was because his protein and albumin levels were low. Have you checked your labs to see what is low? Your potassium level is very important, as well as calcium, magnesium, protein and albumin. All these should be reported on a blood test. You should also check your red count - the hematocrit and hemoglobin.


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Mr. Blurrycam shoots Sony Xperia Z1 mini next to BlackBerry Q10?
As you might recall, the exciting thing about the Sony Xperia Z1 mini is the flagship specs that Sony is supposedly leaving on the phone unlike most other mini models of flagship handsets. These bite-sized variants usually have more than just their stature cut. According to someone who supposedly has a great track record, the only changes from the full sized Sony Xperia Z1 to the mini will be the smaller screen, lower resolution (from 5 inch 1080 x 1920 to 4.3 inch 720 x 1280), and a lower capacity battery (from 3050mAh to 2400mAh). The 20.7MP camera remains intact as does the 2GB of RAM and the 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 under the hood.
Over at XDA developers forum, someone posted a blurry photo of what is alleged to be the Sony Xperia Z1 mini next to a BlackBerry Q10. The problem is that the photo's blurry look might have been done on purpose to disguise the fact that the phone on the right is not the Xperia Z1 mini. What we would like to believe is that with an overweight security guard breathing down his neck, the photographer didn't have time to focus before taking the shot. There are quite a few who see the phone on the right as being the Sony Xperia Z. But a quick look at the dimensions of both the Sony Xperia Z (139 x 71 x 7.9 mm) and the BlackBerry Q10 (119.6 x 66.8 x 10.35 mm) show that the Xperia Z is longer and wider than its 'Berry counterpart, which is not true in the picture. Unless the photo was doctored in some way, this could very well be the Sony Xperia Z1 mini. Or, for old time's sake, the Sony Honami mini.
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1. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Well it's definitely is living up to the Mini name that's for sure.
15. james004 (Posts: 486; Member since: 15 May 2013)
but not the Mr.Blurrycam, this is more like Mr.Shakycam
17. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Defiantly will dominate the iPhone®
Finally a massive contender, with much better specs than the iP5
19. oister85 (Posts: 501; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
The iphone is no competition even for the galaxy s3.
23. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Sorry, but it won't dominate the iPhone, especially with the new model coming out in less than a month. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
24. buccob (Posts: 2736; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Yeah... I hope this is not the Mini... if that is the case, the screen will have to be 4" the most... which is underwhelming
The size of the Sony Xperia pictured is close to the size of Xperia Go (Xperia Advance in US) and that has a 3.5" screen...
I would love the Honami Mini to be a 4.3~4.5" screen with off screen buttons
3. RoyalPayne (banned) (Posts: 458; Member since: 07 Aug 2013)
4. GMS85 (Posts: 215; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)
Long Live #Sony
5. vincelongman (Posts: 5069; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
I'm waiting for a Xperia ZL1
6. WTF24 (Posts: 2; Member since: 20 Aug 2013)
nc one sony!!.maybe this time samarena would rate this one high,,,
7. SonyPS4 (Posts: 346; Member since: 21 May 2013)
I hope Sony can show rival true mini smartphone without sacrificing specs.
8. digicon (Posts: 121; Member since: 11 Aug 2011)
That's a good one . . . what's the controversy ? . .
9. Finest (Posts: 90; Member since: 16 Aug 2013)
Samsung and HTC minis would be dominated by this Honamini
10. samara_saeed (Posts: 3; Member since: 25 Aug 2013)
so the best 2 mini phones at this time moto driod mini and this sony i am thinking alot about these phones .
11. mafflambo (Posts: 18; Member since: 18 Aug 2013)
my hopes are very high now after seeing this pic
12. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
If the rumors about Honami mini is true it will be much more better than Droid mini.
but i agree with you Droid mini is one of the best "mini" in fact its the best "mini" so far
13. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
If the rumors were true, Honamini will be the only mini that has the same beasty processor and camera like it's bigger brother.
I hope that this is the true mini, #thebestofsony.
16. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Sony like no others
Sony why compromise
18. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I just hope that 2,400 mAh battery can handle the S800.
14. yudi.nemesis (Posts: 1127; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
If all the rumors is true and this phone is announced on the same day with Honami, the camera lens, and other Sony accessories it will be a knock out punch for every other manufacturers.
But Sony should do aggressive marketing if they really want to succeed, I just hope they don't do dirty moves like some other companies.
20. Genersis (Posts: 219; Member since: 29 May 2013)
It's roughly 1.6mm thinner than the Xperia P from what I've heard, so I think a 4 inch screen is the biggest we can expect on it.
Unless it only has 2mm bezel on each side of the screen, which isn't really a Sony strong point...
22. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
The ZL had to shove everything in the trunk to accomplish the rest of it's dimensions. The ZL is a fatty considering the battery is so small.
26. Genersis (Posts: 219; Member since: 29 May 2013)
It's still a one off achievement for Sony, and I doubt they'll bother again with a phone small to begin with.
25. buccob (Posts: 2736; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
I agree... if you use PA size compare tool... you can see that the phone in the picture is close in size to the Xperia Go... and that has a 3.5" screen...
If the mini has a 4" screen... or even 4.3" but with screen buttons (it seems that way from the pic) I just getting the big Honami instead
27. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
who the f**k takes these shots. in this day an age taking a decent pic should be so easy. now when i see these ''blurry'' pic i just think controlled leaked...atleast the phone looks like it lives upto the mini moniker unlike the one mini, only thing left is sony to keep the spec same as possible minus the screen, 1080p not needed pn 4.3'' screen and a s600 instead of s800 is most likely again not a huge issue...as others have said it looks like the screen might be 4'', i hopes thats not the case, imo 4'' is a tad too small.


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With Halloween just a week away, we wanted to do something a little out of the norm and provide a tutorial of some of our favorite Halloween cookies!
First off, we want to give a shout out to our favorite Austin bake shop, All in One. Not only do they have great supplies, but they also offer some really fun classes. We took a cookie class here this summer, and even though we've read tons of articles online and decorated many a batch of cookies on our own, we learned some really great tips! Highly recommend their classes to anyone in the Austin area.
To start, you'll obviously want to make your dough. Most people will then tell you to roll your dough into a ball and refrigerate it for a while. Well, we beg to differ. What we learned is to roll your dough between two sheets of parchment paper right away. That's right - NO flour. Even if your dough is a bit sticky, the parchment allows you to roll it immediately, and you can avoid cleaning up a huge mess. We also purchased these "perfection sticks." By placing them next to your roller, you can ensure that all your cookies are the same thickness. (Hint: if your parchment sheets are moving around, try rolling on top of silicon baking sheets.)
Next, place your rolled dough in the fridge for at least one hour, or preferably overnight. Afterward, instead of trying to roll out a hard ball of dough, your dough is already in perfectly even sheets and ready for cutting. We used a 4-inch circle cookie cutter for these spider web cookies and baked for about 12 minutes per batch.
Here's a quick shot of the baked cookies to show you how uniform the height can be with our perfection sticks:
(Side note: decorating cookies takes a LONG time. What we like to do is prepare the dough one night, then cut and bake the next night, and then save decorating for a whole other day. Trust us, you'll get tired and frustrated if you don't spread it out.)
Ok, it's decorating time. The most fun, but also the most time consuming. To start, you'll want to whip up a batch of royal icing, which typically takes 7 to 10 minutes. You then want to divide your icing. You will need:
Simply add water to your icing until it reaches the desired consistency. Be cautious when adding water to thin your icing because it's nearly impossible to reverse. You can find a really great royal icing tutorial here and here.
- white piping icing
- flooded white icing
- flooded purple icing
- black piping icing
Simply add water to your icing until it reaches the desired consistency. Be cautious when adding water to thin your icing because it's nearly impossible to reverse. You can find a really great royal icing tutorial here and here.
Step 1: Outline your cookies. You can use a Wilton #3 or #4 tip. We used squeeze bottles, but you can also use pastry bags.
Step 2: Squeeze some flooded white icing into the center of your cookies and spread around with a toothpick. If your icing is thick enough, you should avoid bubbles. Otherwise, try to pop them with a toothpick right away.
Step 3: While your white flood icing is still wet, draw 3 circles with the purple flood icing. We used a Wilton #2 tip. Don't worry, it doesn't have to be perfect. Sometimes the uneven ones are the cutest. (We recommend squeeze bottles for this step over the pastry bags.)
Step 4: Again while your icing is still wet, drag a toothpick through the circles to create the spider web/marbling effect.
Step 5: Let the cookies dry completely.
Step 6: Once dried, you can create your spiders. We reused the #4 tip to create the body of the spiders. We tried to make the head a bit smaller then the body.
Make sure you let the cookies dry completely (for a few hours) before packaging them. We store our cookies in tupperware with sheets of parchment in between each layer. Sugar cookies are typically good for about 10 days or you can always freeze them (they thaw really quickly).
So that's it for this special Halloween cookie tutorial edition on SASS. We hope you can put some of our tips to good use, or you can always contact us to place an order in the Austin area.
BTW, we've been pinning Halloween treats like CRAZY on Pinterest. What are some of your favorite Halloween treats?
Happy Planning,
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Good news for Romney: The only flipped state of the night so far, Indiana, Obama in 2008, Romney in 2012. (Though Republican tea party candidate is losing the Senate seat that GOP had for many, many years.)
Good news for Obama: Michigan, considered a toss-up going in, was called for the president right after the polls closed there.


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Veterans History ProjectMotivated by the desire to honor our nation's war veterans for their service and to collect their stories and experiences, the U.S. Congress created the Veterans History Project (VHP). Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland is one of the original sponsors of the legislation that created the Veterans History Project, which was signed into law by President Clinton in October 2000.
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So far, we've studied atoms and compounds and how they react with each other. Now let's take a look at how these atoms and molecules hold together. Bonds hold atoms and molecules of substances together. There are several different kinds of bonds; the type of bond seen in elements and compounds depends on the chemical properties as well as the attractive forces governing the atoms and molecules. The three types of chemical bonds are Ionic bonds, Covalent bonds, and Polar covalent bonds. Chemists also recognize hydrogen bonds as a fourth form of chemical bond, though their properties align closely with the other types of bonds.
In order to understand bonds, you must first be familiar with electron properties, including valence shell electrons. The valence shell of an atom is the outermost layer (shell) of an electron. Though today scientists generally agree that electrons do not rotate around the nucleus, it was thought throughout history that each electron orbited the nucleus of an atom in a separate layer (shell). Today, scientists have concluded that electrons hover in specific areas of the atom and do not form orbits; however, the valence shell is still used to describe electron availability.
One can determine how many electrons an atom will have by looking at its periodic properties. In order to determine an element's periodic properties, you will need to locate a periodic table. After you've found your periodic table, look at the roman numerals above each column of the table. You should see that above Hydrogen, there's a IA, above Beryllium there's a IIA, above Boron there's a IIIA, and so on all the way to Fluorine, which is VIIA. Also, note that the metals are all in group B—their roman numerals have the letter B afterwards instead of the letter A. For now, we are going to ignore the columns with a B, and focus on the columns with an A (the non-metals, generally speaking). Once you have located the group-A elements, we are going to count across, giving each column a number, like this:
The first A-column is I (1), then counting across, 2-8 (skipping the B group, which consists of metals). In the periodic table we labeled the 8th column as 0, however when counting electrons, we'll count it as 8. Now, we can determine how many valence electrons each element has in its outermost shell. The elements in the IA column have 1 valence electron. The elements in the IIA column have 2 bonding electrons, and so on. By the time we get to the noble gases (the column labeled 0), we are up to 8 bonding electrons. This means that these gases can stand on their own, or donate electrons to another element, but they cannot accept any more electrons. This is because the electrons they have satisfy the octet rule.
The Octet and Duet Rules
When it comes to bonding, everything is based on how many electrons an element has or shares with its compound partner or partners. The octet rule is followed by most elements, and it says that to be stable, an atom needs to have eight electrons in its outermost shell. Elements that do not follow the octet rule are H, He, B, Li and Be (sometimes). Lithium gives up an electron whereas the other elements listed here gain one. These elements instead follow the duet rule which says that the atoms only need two valence electrons to be stable. When bonding, stability is always considered and preferred. Therefore, atoms bond in order to become more stable than they already are.
Not all atoms bond the same way, so we need to learn the different types of bonds that atoms can form. There are three (sometimes four) recognized chemical bonds; they are ionic, covalent, polar covalent, and (sometimes) hydrogen bonds.
Ionic Bonds
Ionic bonds form when two atoms have a large difference in electronegativity. (Electronegativity is the quantitative representation of an atom's ability to attract an electron to itself). Although scientists do not have an exact value to signal an ionic bond, the amount is generally accepted as 1.7 and over to qualify a bond as ionic. Ionic bonds often occur between metals and salts; chloride is often the bonding salt. Compounds displaying ionic bonds form ionic crystals in which ions of positive and negative charges hover near each other, but there is not always a direct 1-1 correlation between positive and negative ions. Ionic bonds can typically be broken through hydrogenation, or the addition of water to a compound.
Covalent Bonds
Covalent bonds form when two atoms have a very small (nearly insignificant) difference in electronegativity. The value of difference in electronegativity between two atoms in a covalent bond is less than 1.7. Covalent bonds often form between similar atoms, nonmetal to nonmetal or metal to metal. Covalent bonding signals a complete sharing of electrons. There is usually a direct correlation between positive and negative ions, meaning that because they share electrons, the atoms balance. Covalent bonds are usually strong because of this direct bonding.
Polar Covalent Bonds
Polar covalent bonds fall between ionic and covalent bonds. They result when two elements bond with a moderate difference in electronegativity moderately to greatly, but they do not surpass 1.7 in electronegativity difference. Although polar covalent bonds are classified as covalent, they do have significant ionic properties. They also induce dipole-dipole interactions, where one atom becomes slightly negative and the other atom becomes slightly positive. However, the slight change in charge is not large enough to classify it entirely as an ion; they are simply considered slightly positive or slightly negative. Polar covalent bonds often indicate polar molecules, which are likely to bond with other polar molecules but are unlikely to bond with non-polar molecules.
Hydrogen Bonds
Hydrogen bonds only form between hydrogen and oxygen (O), nitrogen (N) or fluorine (F). Hydrogen bonds are very specific and lead to certain molecules having special properties due to these types of bonds. Hydrogen bonding sometimes results in the element that is not hydrogen (oxygen, for example) having a lone pair of electrons on the atom, making it polar. Lone pairs of electrons are non-bonding electrons that sit in twos (pairs) on the central atom of the compound. Water, for example, exhibits hydrogen bonding and polarity as a result of the bonding. This is shown in the diagram below.
Because of this polarity, the oxygen end of the molecule would repel negative atoms like itself, while attracting positive atoms, like hydrogen. Hydrogen, which becomes slightly positive, would repel positive atoms (like other hydrogen atoms) and attract negative atoms (such as oxygen atoms). This positive and negative attraction system helps water molecules stick together, which is what makes the boiling point of water high (as it takes more energy to break these bonds between water molecules).
In addition to the four types of chemical bonds, there are also three categories bonds fit into: single, double, and triple. Single bonds involve one pair of shared electrons between two atoms. Double bonds involve two pairs of shared electrons between two atoms, and triple bonds involve three pairs of shared electrons between two atoms. These bonds take on different natures due to the differing amounts of electrons needed and able to be given up.
Now, let's look at determining what types of bonds we see in different compounds. We've already looked at the bonds in H2O, which we determined to be hydrogen bonds. However, now let's look at a few other types of bonds as examples.
Compound: HNO3 (also known as Nitric acid)
There are two different determinations we can make as to what these bonds look like; first we can decide whether the bonds are covalent, polar covalent, ionic, or hydrogen. Then, we can determine if the bonds are single, double, or triple.
In order to decide whether the bonds are covalent, polar covalent, ionic or hydrogen, we need to look at the types of elements seen and the electronegativity values. We look at the elements and see hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen—no metals. This rules out ionic bonding as a type of bond seen in the compound. Then, we would look at electronegativity values for nitrogen and oxygen. Oftentimes, this information can be found on a periodic table, in a book index, or an educational online resource. The electronegativity value for oxygen is 3.5 and the electronegativity value for nitrogen is 3.0. The way to determine the bond type is by taking the difference between the two numbers (subtraction). 3.5 – 3.0 = 0.5, so we can determine that the bond between nitrogen and oxygen is a covalent bond. We can also determine, from past knowledge, that the bond between oxygen and hydrogen is a hydrogen bond as it was in water.
Now, we need to count the electrons and draw the diagram for HNO3. For more help counting electrons, please see the page on Electron Configuration. For more help drawing the Lewis structures, please see the page on Lewis Structures. This process combines both of these in order to determine the structure and shape of a molecule of the compound.
First, we determine that N follows the octet rule, so it needs eight surrounding electrons. This is important to keep in mind as we move forward. Next we count up how many valence electrons the compound has as a whole. H gives us 1, N gives us 5, and each O gives us 6. We can discern this from looking at the tops of the columns in the periodic table (see above). We then add these numbers together (3 x 6 = 18, + 1 = 19, + 5 = 24), and we get 24 electrons that we need to distribute throughout the molecule. First, we need to draw the molecule to see how many initial bonds we'll be putting in. Our preliminary structure looks like this:
Now, we can count how many electrons we have used by counting 2 electrons for each bond placed. We see that we have placed 4 bonds, so we have used 8 electrons. 24 – 8 = 16 electrons that we need to distribute. In order to correctly place the rest of the electrons, we need to determine how many electrons each atom needs to be stable.
The central atom, N, has three bonds attached (equivalent of 6 electrons) so it needs 2 more electrons to be stable. The O to the right has one bond (two electrons) so it needs 6 more to be stable. The O above the N has one bond (two electrons) so it also needs 6 electrons to be stable. The O to the left of the N is bonded both to N and to H, so it has two bonds (4 electrons); therefore, it needs 4 more electrons to be stable. We add up the total amount of electrons needed, 2 + 6 + 6 + 4 = 18, and see that we need 18 electrons to stabilize the compound. We know this is not possible, since we only have 16 available electrons. When this happens, we need to insert a double bond in order to resolve the problem of lack of electrons. This is because, although we count each bond as 2 electrons, the elements joined together in the bond are actually sharing the electrons. Therefore, when we count out the bonds, we are counting some electrons twice because they are shared. This is normal and expected, and resolves not having enough valence electrons. Now, we need to decide where to put the double bond in this compound. We know that the double bond cannot go between O and H, because H does not have enough room to accept another electron. Therefore, we know we must place the bond between N and O. You might be thinking, how do I decide where to put the bond? In this particular example, we can place the bond either between the top O and N, or the right O and N. This is because HNO3 displays resonance.
Here are the ways you can place the double bond:
We are going to keep the bond between N and the right O in our example. After we add in the bond, we subtract two more electrons from our available electrons (16) and are left with 14 electrons to distribute. Now we need to make sure we have the correct number of electrons. After placing in the double bond, N is now stable because it has 4 bonds (8 electrons) surrounding it. It does not need any additional electrons. The top O (above N) needs 6 electrons, the right O now only needs 4 electrons (because it has a double bond now, which is 4 electrons), and the left O still needs 4 electrons to become stable. We add these numbers together, 6 + 4 + 4 = 14, and we see that 14 is the number of electrons we have, so we can go ahead and distribute them, like this:
Now, our compound is stable with appropriately distributed valence electrons. We can see that there are three single bonds (H—O, N—O, and N—O) and one double bond (N==O).


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Rheumatic Fever Housing Prioritisation Extended
Rheumatic Fever Housing Prioritisation Extended
Families in the Bay of Plenty, Capital and Coast, Hawkes Bay, Hutt Valley, Lakes, Northland, Tairawhiti and Waikato district health board areas with children at risk of rheumatic fever will be fast-tracked to the top of the waiting list for state housing from 1 March, Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today.
"There is a strong link between housing conditions, particularly overcrowding, and rheumatic fever. We changed the Social Allocation System in August last year to fast-track families in Auckland, and Cabinet agreed on Monday to extend this to apply to these additional eight areas," Dr Smith says.
"New Zealand's rate of acute rheumatic fever is 14 times the OECD average and the rate is 25 to 44 times greater for Māori and Pacific children. The Government announced an additional $21.3 million to fight rheumatic fever in Budget 2013, bringing our total commitment to over $45 million. This is part of the Government's agreement with the Māori Party to reduce the incidence of the disease from 4.2 to 1.4 cases per 100,000 people by 2017.
"Families with urgent or serious housing needs will be prioritised if they have one or more children who have been hospitalised for lower respiratory tract infections in their current housing over the past two years, and their household suffers from overcrowding. The criteria has been extended to include families where people are still receiving treatment for rheumatic fever.
"It was intended to extend this prioritisation of state housing beyond Auckland after a full year. We are proceeding more quickly because it is working well and we want to move faster on tackling rheumatic fever.
"This change in criteria for state housing is just part of what Housing New Zealand is doing to support healthier families. We are adding 3000 bedrooms onto 2000 state houses from Project 324&5 to reduce overcrowding. We are introducing reviewable tenancies to ensure state houses are prioritised for those with the greatest need. We have also insulated all houses that can be and are developing a housing Warrant of Fitness for state homes.
"Improving the quality of our state housing and ensuring they are housing those in the most need is an important part of the Government's social policy agenda."


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What's the difference between a canyon and a gorge? While the defining characteristics are somewhat arbitrary, a gorge tends to have almost straight-up walls and be about as narrow at the top as it is at the bottom. In contrast, a canyon has more of a funneling configuration of slated walls.
How much light do you need in a 20' x 20' room? We have a vaulted ceiling in the living room with a new remote-controlled fan. Remote control is good because otherwise you would need a long pull cord to turn it off and on. However, in addition to the fan there is a light fixture that my wife says she likes which is also remotely controlled. In the living room already, and designed from its first construction, are indirect fluorescent bulbs, a heavy two-bulb, large lighted table and three floodlights over the fireplace.
What's the worst distraction to a hard-nosed adult fisherman? It's a little boy, a tagalong son who, when he's not hung up on a log with his fishing line, wants to catch a turtle.
As the countdown to complete retirement continues, I have another dagger-in-the-heart to report. My slowdown seemed to start with a cutback in the office with a loss of space in which to work. As new doctors came into our practice, my work area was gradually cut to make space for them. I used to have three exam rooms and two operators, which are really just rooms with overhead lights designed for minor surgical procedures. I guess I might have made the first move by cutting back my office hours. This was accompanied by the use of "my space" by the other providers.
When it comes to our senior citizens, we must do all that we can to honor and cherish them. Unfortunately, we don't always do that. Just about on a daily basis I hear someone, especially our younger citizens, complaining about some of the things our senior citizens do or don't do. The No. 1 complaint usually pertains to senior citizens' driving poorly. I also must admit that I've seen virtually every age group driving poorly or in an unsafe manner at times as well.
In a two-week period of time in August there were four teen suicides reported in Middle Tennessee and at least one incident where a teen was threatening to commit suicide but retreated after a law enforcement officer saw him in distress on a busy highway bridge, stopped and, speaking with him, convinced him that suicide was not the right choice.
Every minute of every day, our precious world and community loses another precious person. These are the precious people who have passed away and went on to a better place. The precious memories we'll carry and cherish forever. The friendships, laughs, smiling faces, personal belongings and even the scent of the person will live forever in our hearts and minds.
I couldn't contain my desire to run the rapids in Bledsoe Creek after that five-inches-in-one-night rainfall. I just knew that conditions would be perfect for the adventure which, in all reality, could only happen perhaps once a year. This is because there is so much fall (downward slant of the land) that a lot of water flow is needed to float your canoe. Plus, there is the fact that the temperature has to be such that if you get wet (almost a guarantee) it won't be life-threatening. Can you say hypothermia?
If you like to climb trees, I've got the highflying activity for you. My son learned of a special offer at the Nashville Shores park and included me and my wife in on the climbing adventure. The course is set up to take all of the risk out of being high in the trees by keeping you on a permanent cable tethered to everything you are climbing.
President Obama has made it clear that, as he runs out the clock on his lame-duck Presidency, he is not slowing down. From his dangerously flawed Iran nuclear deal, to his efforts to "normalize" relations with the hostile Cuban regime, to his attempts to unilaterally disarm Americans of their 2nd Amendment rights - this is a President who intends on making the most of his final months to advance his liberal priorities.
I was excited to get the new audio CD in the mail. I had ordered it from The Great Courses Company a couple of weeks ago, and I knew it would be interesting. The subject, "Memory throughout the human lifespan," was to be delivered in 24 lectures of 30 minutes each by a college professor. It was supposed to help with both the understanding and performance of memory.
Have you ever wondered why we as humans act the way we do sometimes? Why do we worry so much about how other people perceive or think of us? Why are we bothered when people see us not made-up, our hair a mess, non-shaven, the lack of makeup and so on? Why do we apologize about our home not being neat and clean when someone shows up unexpectedly or without notice?
Each month CedarStone Bank "simply salutes" an influential leader in Wilson County. This month the bank is proud to recognize the Mt. Juliet Chamber of Commerce.
In our lifetimes we will have to make literally thousands, if not millions, of decisions. Some of the decisions we make in our lives will be good ones, while others won't work out as we had hoped or planned. Unfortunately, as a result of the many decisions we have to make on a day-to-day basis, we sometimes find ourselves worrying or stressing about what decision to make. Simply put, it's just life, and every human being on the face of the planet has to make the same decisions each and every day.
Thinking that there might be still some bite to winter, we arranged a trip to Lake City, Fla. with Road Scholar for a cultural exchange coupled with a kayaking experience. Even before the formal beginning of the course, Linda and I arrived early at Big Shoals State Park for bicycling on a nice asphalt trail through the scrub forest.
We would be driving back south for a kayaking trip near Lake City, Fla. and would be passing by the old stomping grounds of my internship in Macon, Ga. Since leaving the Macon hospital some 50 years ago, I wondered what things might have still been around in the town I had spent a year in. we had enough time in our schedule to make a quick visit, so I ask Siri, our Google map IT guide, to find our old address. Between Linda and Siri, I preferred the high-tech directions I could understand and were rarely wrong.
There's a great scene about public records in the movie "Spotlight," which is based on the true story of The Boston Globe's investigative reporting of child sex abuse by Catholic priests.
There are no safe assumptions about any bill - even a bill named the "Pay Equality Act."
Each month CedarStone Bank "simply salutes" an influential leader in Wilson County. This month the bank is proud to recognize the Wilson County Community Help Center.
As we buy candy and cards in the United States and around the world, it might surprise you - it did me - that there are places where the holiday and romantic love in general are frowned upon. How could anyone be against the natural urge to embrace love? Then I thought about the cultures with arranged marriages like India where, even with its British influence, the idea of falling in love hasn't found its way into the masses.
Each month CedarStone Bank "simply salutes" an influential leader in Wilson County. This month the bank is proud to recognize Dr. Paul Stumb, president of Cumberland University.
My desire to get out of the cold was fully realized in the trip to the French Polynesian Islands. From our first arrival in the tropical environment with temperatures ranging from 87 degrees daytime to 74 at night, we were able to shed the long-sleeved shirts for swimsuits.
Oftentimes, we find ourselves saying, "Nothing good ever happens around here." Well, for the east side of Lebanon and Wilson County that simply isn't true. There have been so many good things happening here that maybe some of them have gone unnoticed or unmentioned. I feel this is a fitting time to remind everyone of the hard work that is taking place.
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Nick Cannon's Wedded Wuss
What kind of self-respecting player would be caught shopping for Hello Kitty figurines when the world is full of flesh-and-blood dolls just aching for him to come out and have some fun?
It's newlywed Nick Cannon! Shouldn't he have lovely wife Mariah Carey so entranced by his romantic prowess that she can think of nothing other than satisfying his every whim?
Don't cry yet, Nick. There is shame in being Kitty whipped so soon, but you are not alone. The honeymoon ends for every man.


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Dilemma: What are the best-value cuts of lamb (and beef and anything else, for that matter)? What's cheap but not horrible. Also, where to get it from - there are no butchers' near me, only supermarkets, where the selection is quite limited.
Matthew: I'm guessing offal is off the menu, even though it offers the best flavour, texture, health benefits, digestibility and value for money. If you can't stomach such cuts, look for those from a part of the animal that's done a lot of work - forequarters, neck, muscles along the rib cage, cheeks, areas like that. Beef or ox cheeks may be a problem to source, though, because modish, profit-conscious chefs are snapping them up; they're the belly pork of the credit crunch years. So, beef-wise, look for skirt, chuck or blade, flank, flat ribs, shin and brisket. For lamb, try scrag end (ie, neck chops on the bone), breast, shanks and shoulder. For pork, go for belly, hock, shoulder, cheek and collar. All these cuts have a fair amount of connective tissue, and sometimes fat, too, so are suited to long, slow cooking as opposed to the short, sharp treatment. That means you'll have to plan ahead a bit, but you'll get a better return in terms of flavour and texture, as well as price. What's more, once cooked, they freeze well. For useful descriptions of the various cuts and their uses, try recipes4us.co.uk.
As for sourcing, such cuts are often disguised as braising or stewing cuts in supermarkets. Online, wellhungmeat.com and laverstokepark.co.uk are good; waitrose.com's "Forgotten Cuts" section may be some help, too.
Bland ambition
Dilemma: Recipes these days seem deliberately bland to appeal to the widest audience, or are my tastebuds shot?
Matthew: Different people register different flavours to different degrees, so recipe writers calculate quantities to suit their tastes. When it comes to salt, say, there has been a general attempt to reduce quantities, with the consequent effect on some dishes. Then again, if you're over 60, your tastebuds may well be shot: some boffins say we lose 20-60% of our tastebuds after 60, others that we start losing them even earlier.
Gordon's a tonic- honest
Dilemma: What is the point of Gordon Ramsay?
Matthew: Now there's a question - but let's face it, several million people watch his TV shows, thousands book into his restaurants, thousands more buy his books, and large numbers line up to cook in kitchens because he makes the life look rewarding and interesting. Added to that, his businesses help many suppliers keep the banks at bay. He conveys great passion and energy for food. And he makes a fabulous target for abuse: he's the Victor Mature of his day, a ham of conviction. Above all, he provides a point of moral reference that makes us all feel superior. Isn't that enough?
Crockpots revisited
Matthew: My observations on crockpots (31 January) kicked off a vigorous exchange of views, with 99% of correspondents saying I was talking a load of old crock. However, one posting on Word Of Mouth, the Guardian's food blog, gave me pause for thought by suggesting that instead of looking at the crockpot as a piece of antediluvian nonsense, I should treat it as a piece of cutting-edge culinary technology - that is, as an alternative water bath. Here's what the blogger, Saltycdogg, had to say: "I've no doubt results will vary for everyone, but with my cheapo Cookworks slow cooker in my cold kitchen with the lid on: 4/5ths full of water on 'warm' maintained a constant temperature of 49C, which would seem... the ideal temperature for culturing bacteria; 4/5ths full on 'low', 56C [which] would seem... an ideal temperature for what I have in mind [but] seemed worryingly low if... trying to cook food to safe levels... I emptied out a pint of water so it was around half-full [and] it then maintained... 59C on low. Obviously £20 does not buy you much in the way of accuracy, but it does show that you can achieve any temperature you want by varying the amount of fluid you use."
I am almost convinced.
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McLouth off to strong, satisfying spring with Pirates
BRADENTON, Fla. — Nate McLouth evidently wants nothing to do with the Mendoza Line-level hitter he was the past three seasons in Atlanta.
"That guy's gone," he said. "You won't see him again."
That remains to be seen in real games, of course, but McLouth's return to the Pirates is at least off to a strong spring: His two-run home run in the seventh inning Wednesday beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-5, at McKechnie Field, and it raised his average to .400 — 8 for 20 — with two doubles and three RBI.
"I really was hoping for a good start. That was going to be very important," McLouth said.
The home run, in his first at-bat as a late replacement, came off a 2-0 fastball and wound up in the water beyond right field.
McLouth and hitting coach Gregg Ritchie had worked in recent days on getting more loft into balls he already was pulling solidly.
"Nice to see that rewarded," McLouth said.
> > Bench candidates Josh Harrison and Matt Hague each went 2 for 3. Harrison is batting .579, and Hague's home run was his third.
> > Reliever Evan Meek, working toward full velocity after shoulder trouble last year, was stretched to two innings and allowed a monster home run but otherwise showed his best zip — 94 mph — and command of the spring.
"I'm getting to the point where I can just let go," Meek said.
> > The Pirates reassigned four players — pitchers Daniel Cabrera and Tim Wood, first baseman Jeff Clement and outfielder Brandon Boggs — to minor-league camp. The camp roster is at 39.
> > A.J. Burnett's third side session — 52 pitches off a McKechnie Field mound — went as well as the first two, and he remains on pace for a seamless recovery from his broken orbital bone. He chose the side session over a live batting practice because he was uncertain of his arm strength, but he'll do the live BP Saturday.
"The eye's fine. Strength feels good. It's just timing and mechanics, things like that," Burnett said. "Today was definitely a big step."
> > Pedro Alvarez, getting extra at-bats in a minor-league game at Pirate City, went 2 for 5 with a home run, single and two strikeouts.


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A HOUSE in York has been left with a large hole in the front wall after a car crashed into it today.
The BMW hit the house in Alcuin Avenue between 1pm and 2pm.
The wall collapsed right next to householder Jim Bradley's chair, but he was in his shed at the time so escaped injury.
Mr Bradley, 82, who has lived in the house for 70 years, said: "I just heard the bang, came round and saw all this lot. Very loud, it was.
"I didn't know what it was, I just saw smoke coming through the passageway. I came round and the car was in the wall."
He said he was "just grateful nobody was hurt".
The driver, Christine Howard, is a friend of Mr Bradley's and has driven the car for twelve years without incident.
She said: "I was just pulling in and my foot slipped off the brake and onto the accelerator
"Jim usually would have been sitting there, but he was out in the garden. Thank God he was."
The car broke through the front wall of Mr Bradley's house, but left his front windows intact.
Mrs Howard said: "The airbag seam hit me, I didn't realise it had gone off. I was more bothered about the wheel going into me.
"I just thought 'poor Jim', I'm just so grateful he wasn't sat in his chair. He usually sits just to the side of the window for the light when he's reading. I couldn't stop shaking at first."
Mr Bradley said: "I'm just grateful nobody was hurt, and glad to see Christine is alright."
Mr Bradley and Mrs Howard spoke to a City of York Council workman who was at another property up the street, and council staff were quickly on the scene to prop up the wall and ensure it was safe. A structural engineer was also called to the house.


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Notes on the little things that brighten my day. I hope to contribute to these with my own 'simple things to love' shortly.
Hi to enter the competition just click on the highlight 'comment' and a comment box will pop up, alternatively I am happy to receive entries on the competition facebook post. Thanks x
I am posting this from the lovely Kate that came via email -
So this is about what my dear mum taught me. It's a lesson I try to teach my kids everyday. And try and teach my husband too. Some days I can see it being played out and on others I need to remind them. I like to hear when this simple advice has worked for them. It's a simple thing to remember. It's about care and respect.
My mum always said and still says "if you treat people and your things the way you want to be treated then these simple virtues will come back to you and hopefully last a lifetime. Care for them, respect them and always use good manners. But most of all, care and respect yourself, and others will treat you that way too – all the way down to your painted toenails!"
"O mum!" I say as I look at my dulling, chipped toe nail polish and hear her words ringing in my ears. Then I put my ballet slippers on instead of my nice new sandals and remember to paint my toes tonight, donn my good manners and remember to treat others with care and respect, grab my handbag and keys and off I go for the day.
I hope all day though that I do not run into my mum and she sees that I have not ironed my linen shirt – but rather that she sees I have learned on my own journey that conserving energy for things other than ironing (absolutely everything) are also important life lessons for a modern woman……I want my boys to learn that.
I love you mum, for all the things that you have taught me.
My Mum taught me patience and love, by showing me immense amounts of it and now I am a Mum i know how important patience and love is and I can only hope to be as good of a Mum as she is!
My Mum taught me patience and love by showing me immense amounts of it. Now i am a mum i know how important patience and love are and i try to be as good of a mum as she is.
I've learnt that nothing is unachievable. My Mum went back to Uni at almost 40 and showed us that you can have a family and a career. Now I am showing my kids that too.
My mother has taught me patience, manners and to treat people with love and respect, this has been passed on to my own children, and I love her for that ♥
My Mum taught me to treat others as I wish to be treated, show manners, repsect and compassion
Hi Leia, Kelster, April Jane and Rockn, you have all entered the competition today, welcome, thankyou for stopping by. Lovely entries, each any every one has its own story so thank you for sharing. x
my mum taught me to not sweat the small things :)
Hi Leia, I cannot contact you through your google link, would you please email me with you details on the blog or email@example.com
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My Mum taught me to connect my brain to my mouth before speaking. Take a pause and think. It's a lesson I will pass onto my daughter however I will be adding, connect brain to fingers before typing. To take a pause and think before posting or emailing!
My mum taught me to work hard, to dam, to respect others, but most importantly, to believe I can do it.
I love surprising my beaytifull wife with beautfull jewelery,especialy if i can win it!
My Mum taught me to love and respect myself first and foremost and to journey through life with a sense of adventure, a love for life and compassion for others
Over the years mum has fostered twenty five,
Always giving unconditional love complimented with the skills to survive,
She may not have had a biological child of her very own,
But gratitude and kindness she has always shown!
She use to say this from a very young age,
The meaning I didn't understand and would often cause internal rage,
Until early adulthood,
This is when I really understood,
"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who pull you up and those who pull up down. ALWAYS identify the people who pull you up and show them an attitude of gratitude!"
The way I think, feel and behaviour is positively reflected from her words of wisdom and attitude!
Mum's empowering personal beliefs have given me strength when weak,
Now I'm a mummy her insight on "life" I always seek!
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I've learnt that my mum will give more then she takes. She's selfless and has taught me to be the same as her.
Thank you all for your wonderful personal entries. As posted n facebook and the blog, the competition closed 4pm yesterday and the winner was announced. If you would like to continue to post lessons your mother taught you that is more than welcome, as I will be posting all responses on Mothers' Day. Thankyou again for your involvement x


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St. Patrick's day was a lot of fun for our family. We had green all around (although Josh made me promise not to dye any food green this year...spoil sport). The kids all dressed in green, although we found poor Aubrey does not have green in her wardrobe, so we settled for green barrettes.
When the kids got home from school, they found a leprechaun had been to our house (Bryce and Aubrey were quick to point out they are too old to believe in leprechauns...they get that from Josh). The green visitor had left a treasure hunt around inside and outside our home. The exciting conclusion is in the video below.
After dinner, we all went out to play basketball and Bryce found something green stuck in our fence. He investigated and found it was a $20 bill. I was really proud of him because the first thing he said was that he needed to see if he could find out who it belonged to. We checked with the neighbors and no one claimed it, so I guess he found his treasure for the day.
After baths as we were getting ready for bed, we decided to end our day with "Ireland" by Garth Brooks, that seemed fitting. The kids loved it and asked if we could do it over and over. Their parents were too tired for that, so we settled for one time through. It was a really great holiday, it is always nice to have an excuse to act silly and some extra motivation to do fun things as a family.


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- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 cups baby spinach
- 6 oz cream cheese
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- ½ cup chopped pitted kalamata olives (optional)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup torn fresh basil
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- Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, reserving ⅓ cup pasta water.
- Heat oil in a large skillet; sauté spinach 1 minute. Add reserved pasta water, cheese, and red pepper; cook until cheese melts. Add tomato mixture, pasta, olives, and salt; toss with basil before serving. Serves 6.
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Designer and theorist Edward Tufte was a friend and mentor of Aaron Swartz's. At Saturday's memorial to Aaron at the Cooper Union in NYC, Tufte remembered both Aaron and his own hacking career, inventing "blue boxes" and using them to make illegal calls on AT&T's network, and wondered about what would have become of him had he run into the same prosecutorial zeal as Aaron faced. Here's a quote from Dan Nguyen's transcript of the Livestream video feed:
…[Bowen] then became president of the Mellon Foundation and he had retired from the Mellon foundation. But he was asked by he foundation to handle the problem of JSTOR and Aaron.
So I wrote Bill Bowen an email about it. And I said first that Aaron is a treasure. And then I told a personal story about how I had done some illegal hacking as a student and had been caught at it and what happened.
In 1962, my housemate and I invented the first blue box. That's a device that allows for free, undetectable, unbillable long-distance telephone calls.
And we got this up. And played around with it and at the end of our research came when we completed was what we thought was the longest long distance phone call ever made, which was from Palo Alto to New York time of day, via Hawaii.
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HOUSTON - A new Harris Poll on behalf of LivingSocial found that most Americans think it is okay to use a coupons to pay for a first date.
Here are the details from LivingSocial.com: "110 million Americans (46 percent) think it is fine to use a coupon on the first date. The survey of over 2,000 U.S. adults (ages 18+) was performed in April 2014 to learn about dating trends in the United States.
According to the survey, only 13 percent of Americans feel it is never acceptable to use a coupon on a date. Both men (86 percent) and women (88 percent) overwhelmingly agree that using a coupon is acceptable dating etiquette. Those with higher household incomes (above $100,000) were more likely to say it's acceptable than those with household incomes less than $50K (90 percent vs. 84 percent)."
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May 1965: The original Los Angeles Times caption reported:
THE TIME OF DAY — This clock gives you the current time in 166 major cities throughout the world when a code is dialed. Invented by Fred G. Burg, chairman of Burgmaster Corp., Gardena producer of turret drilling machines (which he also invented), the first clock was presented to Leo Helfenberger, vice president of Union Bank's international division. Burg, holding the clock, explained the small dial shows local time while the big dial gives the zone time. The zone dial lights up to indicate AM or PM.
This photograph was published as standalone art on the May 22, 1965, Los Angeles Times Business & Finance page.
Burg died in 1995. His Los Angeles Times obituary, Fred Burg: Inventor, Tool Manufacturer is online.
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