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A trip to the Emergency Room
Our last weekend started like any other: reading books, watching movies, and hanging out with friends. The nausea began Saturday afternoon while we were enjoying a good cup of tea and an interesting conversation at J-Tea. I chose to ignore it at first and attributed it to my overly abundant fresh fruit snack. But the nausea continued, eventually followed by sharp stabbing pains in my back. While my husband was driving me home, I threw up for the third time in my life; at this point I knew something was really wrong. I decided it was probably food poisoning and began self-medicating with mineral water, Swedish bitters, and probiotics. By 9 pm I developed a 102.4 fever and chills. I took some Tylenol PM and went to bed thinking maybe I had the stomach flu.
On Sunday morning I woke up feeling much better; no fever, no nausea, only a slight dull pain in my lower abdomen. I decided I was well enough to go to work. I believed perhaps I simply had a 24 hour bug. However, by the end of the day, the pain centered in right side of my lower abdomen and began shooting painful stabs in my back and gut. I began to suspect appendicitis. After looking up the symptoms online and talking to my mother-in-law (an RN), Clayton rushed me to the emergency room. Unfortunately, our fears we confirmed after four hours of blood tests, urine tests, and ultra sounds.
The ultrasound confirmed that my appendix was inflamed – but not ruptured – on Monday about 1am. The doctor scheduled my surgery for the next morning as early as 8am. I was in complete shock at this point. I had never been cut open before. I didn't want them to take out my appendix. I was extremely healthy – even the doctor mentioned that when he saw my blood tests. I could fight this swelling on my own terms. Somehow I wanted to cling to the notion that if he would release me I could get the swelling of my appendix down via good diet and exercise. The doctor agreed with me that a very small percentage of people go home and their appendix gets better, but that in the majority of people however it ruptures. He explained that he was not willing to take that risk, and my husband agreed. Looking back, I am glad they were so adamant about it. They were both right and I was not accepting the reality of what an acute appendicitis is.
Acute appendicitis is different from a ruptured appendix. The latter is a much more severe case; it requires multiple complicated surgeries and a recovery period of more than two weeks. Not going in soon enough after one's appendix ruptures can be lethal. Now looking back I am thankful that I am alive and that we went in before it became a matter of life and death. I am glad that my husband and the doctor had more sense than I and explained what would happen if the appendix ruptured at home.
Later that night I was given a room in the hospital and Clayton was allowed to stay with me overnight. I would like to say that I slept the rest of the night but between the routine check ups from the nurses, my own abdominal pains, and fears plus the IV in my arm caused me to just lay there watching the sunrise and imagining myself eating a grass fed steak (at this point I hadn't had a real meal in 24 hours).
The surgery lasted only forty minutes. It was preformed via the innovative technique of laproscopy, wherein the operation is carried out through two or three tiny incisions, into which small video cameras are inserted to augment the surgeons vision. This surgery is less invasive, leaves less scarring, and shortens the recovery period. Unfortunately this procedure can be done only on patients whose appendix is not ruptured.
I was put under general anesthesia and I have to admit it is one of the oddest experiences I ever had. It as if I ceased to exist for forty minutes. When you fall asleep it is a gradual process and your brain continues to fire images and synapses, general anesthesia shuts down your body completely. Even the lungs can't function by themselves. Once I was awake, it took me a few minutes to comprehend that it was all over. I still thought I was going in for the surgery. They put a cell phone to my ear and I was able to hear my husband's soothing voice assuring me that everything went well. Being wheeled down the hallways in a post surgery bed made me thankful for the body that I have and reflect on the fragility of human existence. Less than twenty fours hours ago I was enjoying a cup of tea with my friends perfectly happy and healthy. This ordeal began as sudden as a thunderstorm on a clear, hot summer day.
Post Surgery Thoughts
I spent the first 24 hours post surgery in the hospital. The total recovery period in my case was five days. I am on day six today. While I was laying in bed I was given 3 rounds of antibiotics and offered more pain meds than I could imagine taking. One nurse mentioned between her teeth that I am given a lot of antibiotics which means that when I go home I should take a lot of probiotic supplements and vitamin C. No one else, including my doctor, mentioned anything about that, and I got the feeling that the nurse was "over-stepping" her boundaries. The first drink I was offered when I came back into my room after the surgery was Sierra Mist. I opted instead for the homemade broth my friend brought me.
It is not my purpose here to criticize the medical establishment. Indeed, I am very grateful for their efficiency, professionalism, and knowledge. If this happened even fifty years ago the chances of complications would have been much, much greater. However, it does amaze me how little emphasis the medical field continues to put on proper nutrition and its vital role in the human body. I could have eaten a burger from Carl's Junior three hours after the surgery and no one would have stopped me. I wont even mention the hospital food! Ok, just once: the first meal they brought me was spaghetti and bread sticks with a side of grey green beans, and conventional apple juice to drink.
I will now answer a few questions that came up through this process for both me and my friends. I am posting the answers here in an attempt to bring clarity to certain issues surrounding the appendix that seem to be universally confusing. If you disagree with any of my statements, or would like to share your own experience/thoughts, please feel free to comment. This blog is a platform for learning and sharing information.
What is the Appendix?
The appendix is a small, closed tube the size of you pinky finger. It attaches to the beginning of your large intestine. It is open at the end that connects to the large intestine and closed at the other end. Material can move in and out of the appendix, but it has nowhere to go.
What Causes Appendicitis?
Some of you have asked me if I know what might have caused my appendix to become inflamed.
A major factor for me was constipation. As a teenager as well as in my early 20's, I didn't eat a very healthy diet. I consumed a lot of processed flour, sugar, and sodas. It was not until two years ago that I began improving my diet; but the damage had been done.
Another factor is holding it in when you really need to go to the bathroom. I have refused to have a bowel movement when I am working many times. I considered it to be unprofessional and awkward. The result is the inflamed, gassy, bloated intestine, leaking fecal matter into the appendix. I am sorry if this is a rather unflattering exposé .
For some people, bacterial and viral infections in the digestive tract can lead to swelling of the lymph nodes, which squeeze the appendix and cause obstruction. Traumatic injury to the abdomen may also lead to the appendicitis. In some cases it can also be the result of a genetic predisposition.
I believe I have been the victim of at least three of the factors that may have caused my acute appendicitis. Looking back, I wish someone would have told me that the consequences of my behavior would result in having an organ yanked out of my body. But I was young and believed I was indestructible.
Is the Appendix Entirely Useless?
Most of us are routinely told by the medical establishment that the appendix is a vestigial, a.k.a. useless, organ, a remnant from our evolutionary past. In fact, a lot of people have it removed before they take off for extensive traveling and visits to foreign countries just to avoid possible complications. Before this surgery, I, like many others, had no idea if the appendix served any function or not. But, after having it removed, I got curious and did some research. I found this article from the Scientific American that explores the important role that the appendix plays in the body.
For years, the appendix was credited with very little physiological function. We now know, however, that the appendix serves an important role in the fetus and in young adults. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus at around the 11th week of development. These endocrine cells of the fetal appendix have been shown to produce various biogenic amines and peptide hormones, compounds that assist with various biological control (homeostatic) mechanisms. There had been little prior evidence of this or any other role of the appendix in animal research, because the appendix does not exist in domestic mammals. Doctor Loren Martin Professor of Physiology at the Oklahoma State University
Dr. Loren Martin argues that appendix removal ought to be done on less of a precautionary basis because the appendix can be successfully transplanted into the urinary tract to rebuild the sphincter muscle and reconstruct a functional bladder.
Recent studies are also confirming that the appendix encourages and supports healthy bacteria in the gut. In fact a healthy appendix is populated by a lot of probiotics that guard the gut, ready to jump in to help at any signs of bacterial infection, diarrhea, or an intense treatment with antibiotics says William Parker PhD, assistant professor of experimental surgery at Duke University Medical Center.
The appendix does not only support the gut flora it is also rich in infection fighting lymphoid cells which helps support the immune system.
In this context, the function of the appendix appears to be to expose white blood cells to the wide variety of antigens, or foreign substances, present in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, the appendix probably helps suppress potentially destructive humoral (blood- and lymph-borne) antibody responses while promoting local immunity. The appendix – like tiny structures called Peyer's patches in other areas of the gastrointestinal tract – rakes up antigenes from the contents of the intestines and reacts to the contents. This local immune system plays a vital role in the physiological immune response and in the control of food, drug, microbial, or viral antigens. Doctor Loren Martin Professor of Physiology at the Oklahoma University
The appendix doesn't seem to be as useless as some medical experts might lead us to believe. Yet when it is inflamed and infected the appendix ceases to play the important role that it was designed for and it begins instead to leech infection into your body. I am not speaking against having you appendix removed when it is infected. However I am speaking against having your appendix removed for prophylactic reasons. Some doctors will remove it for precautionary measures while they are preforming other surgical procedures. When a doctor asks you if you would prefer to have your healthy appendix removed be informed and know what you are choosing to live without.
Even if you are like me and you don't have an appendix anymore it is important to know what roles it played in your body and how to aid your body in compensating for the loss. In my case I will be supplementing with a lot more lacto-fermeted foods and probiotics. I will also try to keep up with some of the research on this particular topic to find out if there are new discoveries related to the loss of the appendix I should know about.
Closing Thoughts
Now at twenty six I feel more vulnerable than ever. This surgery was a good reminder that the human body is highly sensitive and needs to be handled with a lot of care. It is an incredibly humbling experience when your body is communicating that one of your organs is in distress and the only thing you can do is to have it removed. I am grateful the surgery went so well and we got the inflamed appendicitis before it ruptured but I am also aware of the huge physical and emotional stress I put my body through. Part of me feels extremely overwhelmed with the task of recovery and readjustment my body is going through. For this reason I am trying to take one day at a time and really listen to what my body needs. It is one of the most valuable and fragile assets we, human beings, have.
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- Write:Not much to add.
- Blog more:I'm barely keeping up with a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule.
- Clean bedroom:The bookshelf, the dresser, and the closet are currently behind a load of clutter.
- Visit IWSG members:Wednesday I was too busy/tired and Thursday I spent most of my free time asleep.
- Read:Got new pile of library books, plus more unread ones on the shelf.
- Call family members:I don't talk to them as much as I should.
- Research advertising companies:I've been wanting to put some ads up here for a while, but there's some more I need to do first.
- Exercise more:Specifically, my arms so I can lift heavier things.
- Get my hair cut:Maybe I'll post before and after pictures.
Thanks for stopping by. I didn't feel up to doing Celebrate the Small Things this week, but I should be back next week.
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Looking to buy a fly reel for a 8weight BVK. Narrowed it down to a Lamson Guru or Allen Kraken. Don't know to much about the Allen fly reels. Has anyone used or owned one that could provide some feedback on them?
Looking to buy a fly reel for a 8weight BVK. Narrowed it down to a Lamson Guru or Allen Kraken. Don't know to much about the Allen fly reels. Has anyone used or owned one that could provide some feedback on them?
I had an 8wt kraken for about 6 months now. I'm not experienced enough to give you a real technical review, but I've put a few fish on the drag and it's been fine. The biggest thing to me is that it seems durable. I use it mostly for fishing dock lights at night.
I have never used one, but have seen some of them. I remember thinking that the #3 was a little light in terms of backing capacity at 200 yds......less if you use it with a 9 wt.. One has to be careful with fly lines these days.....some are 100 ft; some are 90 ft.; some are less than that. I would contact Allen and see how many ft. of flyline they measured with. Hope for 100, and then cut off 20 ft. of running line. This will give you a ton of additional backing. This will come in handy because an Allen has a pretty narrow spool. Not necessarily a bad thing, but with more backing (like 250 yds.+), you'll have a significantly larger diameter remaining and a much faster line intake if a fish runs off (say) 100 yds. on you.
Other than that, I do not like sealed drags, if for no other reason that you can't maintain them or in any way repair one. You almost have to have a spare system with you at all times, should something go wrong. In fact, if I were traveling anywhere, I would probably bring 2 spares with me, just in case. Oh....and I don't think a sealed drag would dissipate heat as efficiently as a big wide cork ring. That's just my opinion.
Only other thing I noticed was that I would seriously try to never drop this reel. The exposed rim looks a little light, but time will tell on that, depending on the grade of aluminum used. For only about $200, one might wonder.
All that said, if you will just be fishing the Mosquito Lagoon and Banana River for snook, trout, reds, etc......then you should be fine.
Last edited by Permit Rat; 03-02-2014 at 04:32 PM.
I just ordered a kraken XLA..I'll let you know once it get here.
For inshore fishing (for me at least) 200 yds is more than enough backing. If not, use gs and get about 300.
Fly fishing isn't just a hobby, it's a passion.
Thanks for the input. Cabelas had the TFO BVK Rod and Reel 8 weight on sale for 350 bucks. Couldn't pass that up so it made the choice eaiser.
I was thinking more if you wanted to expand your horizons. I believe an 8 wt. outfit is more than enough for any bonefish and most of the permit you'd encounter on the Keys flats. I have taken bones in excess of 10 lbs. (31 inches, whatever that comes out to be) and permit to 23 lbs on my 8 wt. In both instances I was wading and I remember that specifically for the bonefish, things might have been a little hairy if I only had 200 yds. of backing.
Another possible little bit of good news for you, is that in Allan's website, it states that this capacity number, is with 30 lb. backing and there is no way you need that much diameter. I am assuming (foolish of me) that they used Cortland Micron. If you drop down to 20 lb. backing, you'll increase the capacity right there and will maybe have that 250 yds. You for sure don't need 30 lb.
Overall, I think you made a good decision. Only time will tell if these "steelhead" reels will hold up well in the tropical salt.


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- Interceptive orthodontics
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Dr Terry Teo is a full-time Pedodontist (Paediatric Dentist) with The Dental Studio (TDS).
After practicing general dentistry for a few years at the National Dental Centre (NDC), he realised his calling in the unique rewards and challenges of treating children. Dr Teo was thus awarded a Singapore Ministry of Health Post-Graduate Scholarship to pursue a 3-year specialist-training course at UCL's Eastman Dental Institute in London.
Having graduated from UCL with a clinical doctorate in Paediatric Dentistry (DDent) and a Membership in Paediatric Dentistry with the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Dr Teo returned to Singapore to serve the local population at the NDC, where he has practiced for nearly ten years.
Apart from being a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Dr Teo is currently one of the few paediatric dental specialists in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Dental Council.
Dr Teo's research has been published and presented in international journals and conferences. He was awarded the IAPD Sam Harris Travel Prize for his research in Athens 2011, and he has spoken at public and private forums on child dental health. Because the clinical care and treatment of children with autism and special needs remains an area close to his heart, Dr Teo volunteers regularly at the Rainbow Centre.
Aside from his knowledge and experience as a pedodontist, Dr Teo hopes to translate his love for nature into his practice environment, so as to provide all young patients with a fun, unique and relaxing dental experience.
Dr Arthur Lim
BDS (Singapore), MDS (Prosthodontics), MOrth RCS (Edinburgh), FAMS (Orthodontics)
Specialty: Orthodontics (Braces Specialist)
- Conventional fixed and removable applications
- Aesthetic appliances
- Interceptive orthodontic treatments (dental orthopaedics)
- Dentofacial deformities
Languages Spoken: English, Chinese
Dr Arthur Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from the National University of Singapore in 1998. Thereafter, he was awarded a scholarship to the 3 year orthodontic programme and obtained a Master degree in Orthodontics. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 2003 and is on the Academy of Medicine. Singapore Roll of Specialists (Orthodontics).
He is currently a Visiting Consultant at the Raffles Hospital and an Adjunct Assistant Professional at NUS. He is a member of the World Federation of Orthodontists and the International Association of Dental Research.
He has won numerous awards for his research including the craniofacial Biology Award at the 2002 International Association of Dental Research Division meeting in Hong Kong. His research has been published internationally and locally.
Dr Woo Mei Yee
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Specialty: Orthodontics (Braces Specialist)
- Conventional fixed and removable braces
- Aesthetic appliances
- Interceptive orthodontic treatments (dental orthopaedics)
- Dentofacial deformities
Languages Spoken: English, Chinese
Dr Woo Mei Yee is an Orthodontist at The Dental Studio (TDS) where she brings her clinical experience of Orthodontics to enhance many smiles at TDS. She is also a visiting Specialist (Orthodontist) at the National Dental Centre, Singapore. She is also currently an Adjunct Lecturer with National University of Singapore, Faculty of Dentistry, Postgraduate Studies.
Dr Woo graduated with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) from the national University of Singapore. She graduated with numerous awards, including the Dean's list, the IADR book prize and the LC Lien book prize for being the best student in Orthodontics, Paediatric Dentistry, Periodontics and Dental Public Health. Dr Woo was also awarded the "Best Oral Presentation in Craniofacial Biology Research (IADR 1995 Prize)" for her Master Thesis at the 19th IADR (SEA) meeting.
She obtained her specialist training in Orthodontics through a conjoint Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) Programme with the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. She is also a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. Dr Woo spent 11 years in public service. Her research interests include Dental-Facial Orthopaedics in Children, Surgical Orthodontics and Facial Aesthetics related to Orthodontics.
In keeping with her dentistry and orthodontist roles in the community, Dr Woo maintains professional affiliations as a member of both the Singapore Dental Association and Association of Orthodontists in Singapore.
Dr Goh Bee Tin
BDS (Singapore), MDS (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery) (Singapore), FDS RCS (Edinburgh), FAMS, PhD (Nijmegen)
Specialty: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Implant and bone graft surgery
- Oral and craniofacial implant surgery
- Cleft lip and palate
- Orthognathic surgery
- Oral pathology
Languages Spoken: English, Chinese
Dr Goh Bee Tin is a Senior Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (Faculty Practice) from the National Dental Centre, where she is head of the Oral and Craniofacial Implant Programme.
Dr Goh obtained her Bachelor in Dental Surgery as a medallist graduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1993. She then went on to specialise in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS), obtaining her Dental Fellowship with the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons in 1996 and Master in Dental Surgery from NUS in 1997.
She was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2000. In that same year, she was sent on a government scholarship for advanced training in cleft lip and palate, and orthognathic surgery in Canada. In 2004, she furthered her training in craniofacial implantology in Sweden and the United Kingdom. In 2009, she obtained a PhD from Radboud University Nimegen in the Netherlands for her novel research work on jaw reconstruction.
Dr Goh is also appointed Clinical Senior Lecturer at the NUS Dental Faculty where she is active in teaching and training post-graduate students. Dr Goh is the author of numerous scientific publications in international journals and she has lectures at regional and international conferences. She is currently on the Singapore Dental Council Specialist Register for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
Her interests include implant and bone graft surgery, orthognathic surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, and oral pathology.


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istatd is a daemon serving statistics to your iStat iPhone application
from Linux, Solaris & FreeBSD. istatd collects data such as CPU, memory,
network and disk usage and keeps the history. Once connecting from the
iPhone and entering the lock code this data will be sent to the iPhone
and shown in fancy graphs.
WWW: http://code.google.com/p/istatd/
No installation instructions: this port has been deleted.
The package name of this deleted port was:
PKGNAME: istatd
SHA256 (istatd-0.5.8.tar.gz) = 6ef28191b4bdfc3dcf21ec21111853cc70e7d8fee7b0ced5d4e174b92637bf51
SIZE (istatd-0.5.8.tar.gz) = 156112
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 18
Rename sysutils/istatd to sysutils/istatserver and update to 3.01
Reported by: firstname.lastname@example.com
Reviewed by: bapt
Approved by: bapt
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9092
- Fix trailing whitespace in pkg-messages
Approved by: portmgr blanket
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories r, s, t, and u.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
- Clarify LICENSE
- Cleanup Makefile
Approved by: mat
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3512
The FreeBSD x11@ and graphics team proudly presents
a zeising, kwm production, with help from dumbbell, bdrewery:
This update switches over to use the new xorg stack by default on FreeBSD 9
and 10 stable, on osversions where vt(9) is available.
It is still possible to use the old stack by specifying WITHOUT_NEW_XORG in
/etc/make.conf .
FreeBSD 8-STABLE and released versions of FreeBSD still use
the old version.
A package repository with binary packages for new xorg will
be available soon.
This patch also contains updates of libxcb and related ports, pixman, as well
Forced commit. The previous commit was...
Approved by: maintainer timeout (farrokhi, 15 months)
Update to istatd 0.5.8 with the following changes
- Fix: Tests for network libraries
- Fix: Killed some memory leaks
- Fix: istatd failed to build on new pedantic GCC
Suggested by: Douglas Carmichael <email@example.com>
- New LIB_DEPENDS definition
- Use WWW: with a single space
Support staging
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
In the rc.d scripts, change assignments to rcvar to use the
literal name_enable wherever possible, and ${name}_enable
when it's not, to prepare for the demise of set_rcvar().
In cases where I had to hand-edit unusual instances also
modify formatting slightly to be more uniform (and in
some cases, correct). This includes adding some $FreeBSD$
tags, and most importantly moving rcvar= to right after
name= so it's clear that one is derived from the other.
- Get Rid MD5 support
- DISTNAME= ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION} is the default and not needed.
PR: ports/153292
Submitted by: myself (pgollucci)
Tested by: -exp run by pav
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Add missing patch
- Update to 0.5.7
Submitted by: Mirko Zinn <firstname.lastname@example.com> (maintainer)
Begin the process of deprecating sysutils/rc_subr by
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- Update to 0.5.5
Submitted by: Mirko Zinn <email@example.com> (maintainer)
istatd is a daemon serving statistics to your iStat iPhone application
from Linux, Solaris & FreeBSD. istatd collects data such as CPU, memory,
network and disk usage and keeps the history. Once connecting from the
iPhone and entering the lock code this data will be sent to the iPhone
and shown in fancy graphs.
WWW: http://code.google.com/p/istatd/
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen lyrics
God rest you merry gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ, our Savior
was born on Christmas day;
To save us all from satan's pow'r,
when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy,
O tidings of comfort and joy.
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In Bethlehem, in Jewry,
this blessed Babe was born,
And laid within a manger,
upon this blessed morn;
The which his mother Mary,
did nothing take in scorn.
From God our heav'nly Father,
a blessed angel came;
And unto certain shepherds,
brought tidings of the same;
How that in Bethlehem was born,
the Son of God by name.
The shepherds at those tidings
rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a feeding,
in tempest, storm, and wind:
And went to Bethlehem straight way,
the Son of God to find.
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The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) has expressed concern that increasing numbers of women are putting themselves at risk of life imprisonment without even knowing it. Their warning comes after data from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) showed that hundreds of doses of abortion medication were seized on their way to addresses across England, Wales and Scotland last year as part of Operation Pangea.
The charity says women who are unable to get to a hospital or clinic are ordering abortion pills online to self induce abortion at home, without realising that under a 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, they are committing an offence punishable by up to life in prison.
Over the past few years, as awareness grows about abortion medication, demand for it has increased rapidly. The number of pills seized has increased significantly, from just 5 pills in 2013 to 375 in 2016 – an increase of 75 times. BPAS wants to raise awareness, and put pressure on the government to decriminalise abortion altogether.
Although buying prescription medication is not an offence, under a law passed in 1861 any woman who uses medication to procure her own abortion could face life in prison – but only 12% are aware that this is the current law.
The 1967 Abortion Act failed to overturn the law, and instead introduced a raft of requirements for women seeking medical abortion. According to the charity, they sometimes have to attend multiple, clinically unnecessary appointments at a specialist clinic in order to meet the terms of the law. But for some women, getting to a clinic at all is an insurmountable obstacle.
Testimonies released by Women on Web, a not-for-profit online abortion provider, demonstrate a desperate situation for many women. For some, having to attend multiple appointments is a huge barrier, particularly if they are in precarious employment. For others without access to NHS healthcare, it may be that costs stand in their way.
One woman talks about being physically unable to get to consultations at a clinic, because she has a dependent child at home.
"I am in the UK but it's impossible for me to get to a clinic due to having a disabled daughter who I can't leave and I have no one else I can trust," she writes. "I'm in a complete mess, clinics said I have to leave my daughter at home but I have no one else at all to have her, due to her disabilities a nursery can't have her."
Her sign off is a cry for help: "Please I'm really desperate for help."
Another difficulty many women face is fitting hospital visits around a full time or part time job, and being unable to afford childcare for their other children while they are in hospital.
According to a childcare costs survey carried out in 2015 by the Family and Childcare Trust, part-time care from a child-minder now costs on average £148.12 per week in London, and £104.27 per week in the rest of the UK.
After being referred to a local NHS service, one woman writing on the site discovered she would be unable to have a medical abortion without three visits to a hospital. That would mean taking time off work, and finding childcare for her two young sons.
"On the second visit I am expected to stay there all day," she writes. "I work full time and have two young sons so getting all that time off and childcare is going to be very difficult, probably impossible."
On 13th March, Diana Johnson MP will be proposing a Ten Minute Rule bill that would repeal the relevant sections of the Offences Against the Person Act and decriminalise abortion. It is the first piece of pro-choice legislation to be debated in the House of Commons since the 1967 Abortion Act and if passed, would protect women who do need to use abortion pills from criminal sanction.
In the meantime, BPAS is urging anyone urgently seeking an abortion to get in touch for advice on a safe, legal solution.
From Hearst Empowering Women.


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Note: This is a guest post by Neil Kay. It is part of a chapter that he is writing for a book that I am editing with David Rooney and Greg Hearn called Handbook of the Knowledge Economy, volume 2. We'll post Neil's chapter as he writes it over the next few weeks. I'll do the same with mine, which is seriously overdue too. – Tim
I puzzled some UQ MBAs in a guest seminar last year by telling them that I occasionally tried to become a better teacher by reading Economics textbooks upside down. While I would very much welcome comments on all the half dozen or so threads I plan to post for my article, I really would especially appreciate feedback on this thread as to whether it is on to something, or whether I should just keep taking the tablets.
The complexity of economics and the Paradox of Mankiw
This is not a linear narrative and it is work in progress – I am going to jump to Thread 4 (or it might turn out to be Thread 5) in the story I told in my first post ("What does a knowledge economy actually look like?"). In that post I noted what I thought Mankiw lacked. In fact, having taught introductory first year economics using Mankiw's book, I see it as being itself a superb example of how to succeed in a knowledge economy. For example, the standard monopoly problem in textbooks invokes all of the well-known AVC, AFC, AC, MC, MR and AR curves. Only certain curves have relationships between them or at least relationships that matter for pedagogic purposes (for example: AR and AC for profit; MC and MR for profit maximizing). The problem for a beginning student is that they have no mental map to tell them which pairs or combinations of curves have relationships that are significant in economic terms, and which do not (which is why many students often try valiantly in their exercises to get as many curves as possible intersecting at one point in the hope that at least some of the intersections reflect valid relationships).
If you want to experience an approximation to this tabula rasa effect yourself, turn an Economics textbook upside down and look at individual diagrams. Even experienced economists who do this tend to see a bewildering maze of lines, which is close to how a beginning student sees it.
One way to think of such curves is as members of a network in which each member may (or may not) have relationships (links) with other members of the network. For the beginning student lacking filters to sort out which of these are significant relationships, one measure of the complexity of the diagram (or network) is the total number of potential or possible relationships between curves in the diagram (or links between members of this network). For a monopoly diagram with all six curves (AVC, AFC, AC, MC, MR and AR) the total number of potential relationships or links1 between members of this network is 15 (or 5+4+3+2+1).
But if the monopoly diagram is split into two diagrams for the beginning student, say one with AVC, AFC, AC, MC and one with AC, MC, MR and AR, then the total number of potential relationships between curves (links between members of the network) in each diagram reduces to 6 (or 3+2+1). That is a total of 12 potential relationships for the two 4-curve diagrams which in total is still less complex for the beginning student than the single 6-curve diagram. An experienced teacher knows that these two diagrams contain most of the relationships they want to talk about, which is why experienced teachers tend to use at least two diagrams here instead of one, at least to begin with.
I have a theory that if you used such a measure to assess the complexity level of first year Economics lecturers' PowerPoints that they would inversely correlate with teaching evaluations – but that has not been subject to empirical testing.
Which is why Mankiw is a very good teacher and his textbook is a best seller. I do not know if Mankiw used a similar rule of thumb intuitively or explicitly, but his text is constructed as if he did. Most standard introductory texts are not shy about inflicting diagrams or figures with very high levels of network complexity on beginning students. But Mankiw has as few curves as possible in his figures, usually no more than 3 or 4. Indeed, in my edition there are only four figures with 5 curves and no figures with 6 curves or more. So here is another paradox; at the same time that Mankiw is doing the standard first year Economics textbook thing of describing "the economy" as one largely devoid of knowledge activities, his text may be regarded as indicative of best practice knowledge activity in a knowledge economy. The paradox of Mankiw is that in the economy he describes, his book would not exist.


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Mark IV Monorails
As Walt Disney Productions began to finalize its plans for Disney World in Florida it was decided that monorails
would be used as a primary means of transportation for this new "Vacation Kingdom". While the monorail system would
not be as extensive as Walt Disney's original plans for the Florida site it would still be the primary mode for transporting
guests throughout the resort. To preserve the aesthetics of the resort and to separate the theme park from the outside
world the parking facilities for the Magic Kingdom were built nearly a mile across the 200 acre Seven Seas Lagoon
creating one of the worlds largest park and ride operations. This would be the first Disney monorail system that had a
real transportation purpose it was no longer a ride in the park but a necessary element to the resorts continued
operation. Disney now put its nearly 10 years of experience with the ALWEG designed monorails of Disneyland to good
use and began the process of creating the monorail system. Inspired by the look of the popular Leer jets Disney
Imagineer Bob Gurr designed the new Mark IV trains. The Mark IV trains were manufactured by Martin Marietta.
Originally 10 trains were built with two more added in 1977
Mark IV facts:
Monorail Service Dates:
Monorail Orange In service 9/1/71 delivered 4/5/71.
Monorail Green In service 9/1/71 delivered 5/20/71.
Monorail Gold In service 9/1/71 delivered 6/15/71.
Monorail Blue In service 9/20/71
Monorail Red In service 11/7/71
Monorail Yellow In service 12/3/71
Monorail Pink In service 7/3/72
Monorail Silver In service 8/16/72
Monorail Purple In service 11/14/72
Monorail Black In service 12/22/72
Train Performance
Grade: 6%
Acceleration: 3.0 ft/sec¬ľ
Deceleration: 5.0 ft/sec¬ľ
Direction: Reversible
Energy Consumption
Total system per year: 5,511,200 KWH
Per train operating hour: 137 KWH
Per train Mile: 11.52 KWH
Per passenger mile: .14 KWH
Train Specifications
Length: 5 cars: 171'
6 cars: 201'
Width: 8' 10"
Height: 11' 7" (7' above top of beam)
Weight (lbs):
5 cars empty: 92,000
5 cars gross: 122,600
6 cars empty: 108,500
6 cars gross: 145,100
Propulsion and Braking
Motors: 600 VDC 100 HP (8 per train)
Controls: Manual, synchronized drive. cam controlled
Braking: Dynamic and hydraulic disc
Power collection: Replaceable carbon shoes (8 per train)


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About 174 employees are expected to leave the company's national return center Aug. 18 and the remainder Nov. 1. Some may find positions elsewhere in the company, which will provide severance payments and outplacement services, according to Human resources Vice President Ron Gover.
It's unclear why the center is closing.
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God's Names and Titles
Dec 02, 2011
In my opinion, most Bible translations are too careless in their renderings of the names and titles of God. Because of this, many of these names and titles are not understood properly, and we miss their significance in Scripture.
On the other hand, some have used this issue to form entire denominations, and they feel it necessary to malign others for the use of such terms as God, Lord, or The Lord God. It is alleged that those who use such terms are guilty of blasphemy, for they ought to use the Hebrew terms Elohim and Yahweh.
It is usually argued that the Canaanite deity known as Baal means "Lord." And so, they say, anyone who refers to Yahweh by the title "Lord" is actually worshiping Baal or is blaspheming Yahweh by calling Him "Baal."
The problem with this view is that Baal can be translated by any number of English equivalents. A lord is also a master. Does this mean we should not call Yahweh by the term "Master"? Baal actually refers to an Owner of something, because an owner of something is its lord and master. It is primarily a position of power.
There are other titles that various cultures used in reference to their gods. One of them is Adonai, the god of various cultures. It literally means "my Lord." In Phoenicia, he was referred to as Adon, and in Greece, Adonis.
Among the most famous gods is the one known to us as Adonis. Adonis is the name he was given when imported into Greek myths. His name corresponds to the Phoenician Adon (lord), but it is most likely that his name was combined with Baal in some way. In Greek mythology, Adonis is ordered by Zeus to spend half the year in the netherworld and the other half in the real world. This myth has similarities to the one of Baal, Mot and Anath described above.
Scripture, too, uses the name Adon ("Lord") and Adonai ("My Lord") interchangeably with Yahweh. For example, Moses says in Deut. 10:17,
"For Yahweh your Elohim is the Elohe of Elohim and the Adonai of Adonim."
In other words, Yahweh is the TRUE Adonai, as distinguished from the Adonai of the other religions. In the same manner, the term Elohim itself is used of both the TRUE God and the false gods. We see this in the first commandment in Exodus 20:2 and 3,
(2) I am Yahweh your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (3) You shall have no other elohim before Me.
In verse 2, Yahweh identifies Himself as Elohim, while in verse 2 the same word is used of all other gods. In other words, elohim is a generic term for "god" and can refer either to the one true God of the Bible or to the gods of other religions. One has to look at the context in order to see how the term is being used.
Another name used by other religions (such as the Moabites) is Moloch or Molech. For example, see Lev. 18:21,
"Neither shall you give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your Elohim; I am Yahweh."
Molech means "King." It is similar to the Hebrew word melech, "king." If we were to use the logic that some use in regard to "lord," we would not be allowed to call Yahweh by the title of King.
The faulty logic is apparent: Baal means "lord," and therefore to call Yahweh by the title "lord" is blasphemy. If that assertion is true, then we can say the same thing about Molech. Molech means "king," and therefore to call Yahweh our "king" is blasphemy.
Yet Isaiah is bold in saying "For my eyes have seen the King [melech], the Lord [Yahweh] of hosts." (Is. 6:5)
Just because the Moabites used the term "king" in reference to their god does not mean we cannot call Yahweh our King. The same is true with God (Elohim) and Lord (Adon, Adonai, or Baal).
The problem is that the Phoenicians, Canaanites, and Moabites were exalting their FALSE gods to the position of Lord, God, and King. The sin occurs when men call false gods by these terms, for then they show faith in these false gods.
It is true, however, that the Jews often substituted the term Adonai when they came to the name Yahweh. Their fault was that they reverenced the Sacred Name too much. In their way of thinking, they did not even want to speak the name Yahweh, for fear of blaspheming such a Holy Name. So when they read Scripture aloud, they read Adonai instead of Yahweh.
When the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek (beginning about 280 B.C.), they translated Yahweh by the Greek term Kurios, or "Lord." Actually, they were translating Adonai to Lord, since that is how the rabbis were reading the Sacred Name. Kurios was said to be the nearest equivalent of the term Adonai.
Keep in mind, however, that the term Adonai was used on its own many times in Scripture. The rabbis did change Yahweh to Adonai, but Adonai was also used in other parts of Scripture. In Psalm 110:1, we read,
(1) Yahweh said unto my Adonai, "Sit thou at My right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool."
This was translated into Greek in the Septuagint as Kurios tou kuriou. Mark 12:36 quotes this verse directly from the Septuagint, where we read, "The Lord said to my Lord..." The verse was meant to tell us that Yahweh had established the Lord Jesus Christ as the one who would subdue all enemies and put all things under His feet.
Hence, the "Adonai" of Psalm 110:3 is identified as the "Lord" Jesus. There is nothing blasphemous about calling Jesus "Lord," even if Adonai was the name also used by the Phoenicians and Greeks for one of their own gods.
Some also criticize us for using the name Jesus, saying that we ought to use His Hebrew name Yeshua. In my view, it is indeed important to understand His name Yeshua, because this Hebrew name appears all through the Old Testament as a prophecy of Jesus Christ. However, there is nothing wrong with the Greek version, Iesus or Iesous. We have adopted the Greek term into English as Jesus. The Greeks did not have a "J" in their alphabet, nor did we until the late 1700's.
In fact, the original 1611 King James Bible spells "Jew" as Iewe. Our King James Version today has been updated from the original 1611, otherwise it would be quite difficult for us to read.
Even as the English language adopted the Greek term Iesus, so also did the Greeks adopt it directly from the Hebrew: Yah-sus, or Ie-sus. The name literally means Yah's Horse, because sus is the Hebrew word for horse.
The horse was a well-known symbol for SALVATION, because horses often "saved the day" in the midst of battle. We see this in Isaiah 31:3, where the prophet advises the people to seek their salvation, not from the horses of Egypt, but from Yahweh. The Hebrew word for Salvation is Yeshua, and Isaiah 12:2, 3 tells us that "God is my Yeshua" and that Yahweh "has become my Yeshua."
This word picture is presented to us in Rev. 19:11-14, where Christ and His armies come on white horses. At the creation, when God named the stars, He prophesied of the coming of Christ by the constellation Pegasus, "Chief Horse."
Those who are unaware of these things often make the claim that the name Jesus is a reference to Zeus, the father of the Greek gods. But Sus and Zeus are unrelated and are as different as our English words SUE and ZOO or between SAP and ZAP.
Dr. Stephen Jones
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Saturday 25 April 1987
It was Saturday, under the sign of Taurus. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Bridget MacLeod and Casey Deidrick.
In that special week of April people in US were listening to I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) by Aretha Franklin.
In UK La Isla Bonita by Madonna was in the top 5 hits.
La Bamba, directed by Luis Valdez, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1987
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Typhoon 200908 (MORAKOT) Typhoon Name = (MORAKOT) : Emerald [Thailand]
Typhoon MORAKOT is causing extensive disasters in Taiwan. According to Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan, the rainfall from 00 LT of August 6 to 19 LT of August 9 reached 2726mm at Alishan and 2551mm at Weiliaoshan. This is an incredible rainfall - Torrential rain observed by Japanese AMeDAS has recorded the maximum rainfall of about 1300mm in 3 days (*1), but the rainfall in Taiwan is more than double in 4 days. News of floods and landslides have been reported, and 34 people were killed or missing, but the whole picture of the situation might not be clear now. (*1) If we include other stations than AMeDAS, during the approach of Typhoon NAMTHEUN, one-day rainfall of 1317mm (August 1, 2004) and four-day rainfall of 2050mm (July 30 - August 2, 2004) was observed at Kaikawa, Naka Town, Tokushima Prefecture by a rain gauage maintained by Shikoku Electric Power Company. In comparison, the maximum one-day rainfall in Taiwan by this typhoon is 1403mm at Weiliaoshan, and four-day rainfall is about 2800mm at Alishan, because the rainfall through 05 LT of August 10 is 2855mm at Alishan.
Typhoon MORAKOT has passed Taiwan and is now moving northward in Taiwan Strait. In spite of making landfall at Taiwan, this typhoon keeps strong winds because of its large size. Sakishima Islands and Taiwan has been suffering strong winds for a long period of time due to the large size and slow speed of the typhoon. Yonaguni Island has been within the 50-kt strong wind area for about two days, and AMeDAS Yonagunijima shows that wind speed has been about 20m/s or more for about three days, and this strong wind has made the traffic disrupted in the middle of the tourist season. Heavy rains, on the other hand, are observed in Yaeyama area, especially at Yonagunijima with more than 300mm of rain in 3 days, but other areas of Okinawa did not have so much rain.
Typhoon MORAKOT has made a landfall at Taiwan. The typhoon is now moving northward along the east coast of Taiwan, and it is forecast to move across Taiwan Strait to mainland China. Because of the northward movement, thick clouds in the southern part of the typhoon are now approaching Okinawa, and some places of Okinawa may have heavy rains after long hours of strong winds without much rains. This typhoon killed 11 people in Philippines, and some places in Taiwan observed heavy rains of more than 1400mm.
Due to the maintenance of the system, the update of information has been unstable yesterday in the middle of the approach of Typhoon MORAKOT to Sakishima Islands and Taiwan. The system has almost recovered, but some unstable factors are not solved yet, so the system has not been totally recovered. Other pages of the Web site have troubles for other reasons. Firstly Twitter Version seems to stop the update of information (we are actually trying to update the information). This is due to the trouble of Twitter on August 6, and it seems that the posting of messages has been restricted since the trouble. Secondly, realtime AMeDAS (AMeRAS) has been experiencing unstable update of information due to the sporadic delay of data distribution from the source.
Typhoon MORAKOT is moving westward in south of Sakishima Islands, and those islands are now inside of the 50 kt strong wind area. Shimoji at Miyakojima observed 26m/s wind on 20:00. Okinawa main island and Taiwan are also inside of the 30 kt wind area. This typhoon is large, but its clouds near the center are still relatively thin, and thick clouds are found in the south quadrant of the typhoon. For this reason, Okinawa real-time AMeDAS shows that this area did not have so much precipitation so far. However, depending on the movement of the typhoon, these rainy clouds may cover the islands and bring heavy rains.
Typhoon MORAKOT's clouds were, in the beginning, widely scattered and less clouds found in the center, but now the clouds are gathered in the center, and the typhoon is showing the sign of intensification. The typhoon has been large from the beginning, and forecast from Japan Meteorological Agency was upwardly-revised, so Okinawa may be extensively affected by the typhoon.
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Teaching nursery classes began out of curiosity for Kesiena but very soon became her passion! Since receiving Jolly Phonics training in 2012, she experienced a transformation in her teaching of reading and writing to Nursery 2 pupils. Kesiena then continued to use Jolly Phonics as her method of teaching English for the next 3 years, achieving tremendous results in pupil's reading, writing and speaking. She is very passionate about teaching early literacy using Jolly Phonics and has been passing this passion to hundreds of teachers, whom she now mentors.
Kesiena is available to share her Jolly Phonics skills with teachers in Nigeria and internationally.
Prekebena Eric is a trained teacher, passionate about providing quality training across Nigeria. He has a BSc. Ed, Nigeria Certificate in Education, and a Diploma in Educational Psychology. Eric is the Director of Lanmoni Educational Services, a firm that has trained many teachers since 2009. He has taught for over 10 years from prep grade to year 9 in secondary school and has used Jolly Phonics for over 8 years with outstanding results. He lives and works in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Olufunmi is a seasoned educator who has a passion for helping children develop reading skills as early as possible. She has achieved great results teaching primary level pupils to read and write using Jolly Phonics. In addition, she has trained many teachers in the Jolly Phonics method. Many of these teachers have since become 'Jolly Phonics Ambassadors' and spread the Jolly word and advocate the Jolly Phonics programme to use in schools.
Olufunmi has delivered and managed Jolly Phonics pilot projects, leading to full adoption in four states! She has managed large scale training and mentoring of teachers in government and private primary schools in South West Nigeria.
Phina is a school teacher with over ten years of teaching experience, with a B.Sc. (Ed.) in Education Chemistry. She has a passion for promoting literacy in young children as a result of which, she organises various educational programmes for children and uses the Jolly Phonics method to teach children to read and write.
Phina has given training in Jolly Phonics to numerous school teachers in both the public and private school sectors in Nigeria and is committed to improving the literacy levels of children extending to other African countries.
Bonny Island, Rivers State
Esther's passion to see her pupils read and write led her to constantly research best methods to use in teaching reading to beginners. Her search came to a resting point when she discovered Jolly Phonics. This method was so effective she decided that this find was not just for herself, but one that must be shared with as many teachers and educators as possible! Since then, Esther has trained hundreds of teachers and continues to teach children and adults using Jolly Phonics in both public and private schools. In addition, she has also helped struggling readers become successful using the Jolly Phonics Extra Kit with the intervention Jolly Buddies so is keen to extend her itinerary to other African countries.
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Ibiere holds a B.A (Ed) degree in English, an M.A in both English and Linguistics, along with a Ph.D in Linguistics and has always been passionate about raising the level of achievement for language acquisition.
Ibiere began teaching with Jolly Phonics in 2010, but was first introduced to the methods in 2009. After she researched and studied Jolly Phonics, Ibiere has seen a great deal of change in her classes. The results in teaching with Jolly Phonics have been enormous, as the children read better and the teachers are happier and sufficiently motivated to teach.
Ibiere can provide services in worldwide teacher training, assistance in implementing Jolly Phonics curriculum in schools and support for struggling readers.
Abeokuta, Ogun State
Kemi is an Early Years specialist and experienced school administrator. She has seen many children develop reading sills in early life, because of her teaching them in the synthetic phonic method and using Jolly Phonics. Kemi also provides remedial teaching for children of varying ages who have reading challenges, and finds Jolly Phonics has an encouraging impact for these children. This is the reason she has become a Jolly Trainer, to enable her to share her positive experiences with as many teachers as possible.
Kemi has provided training in both Jolly Phonics and Jolly Buddies, and is available to contact for future training enquiries.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Olubusola Eshiet has facilitated training in Jolly Phonics, Jolly Phonics Extra and Jolly Grammar for several thousand teachers in Nigeria and some in Ghana. Her training and mentoring have helped teachers move from enduring English Language teaching to enjoying the subject. She continues to research the use of Jolly Phonics and is the research leader for Jolly Phonics Extra. She shares the results of her research at local and international conferences. Busola supports government bodies, teachers, and schools through Optimalpath Consulting Limited, her business based in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the North East of England.
Stella is a teacher and teacher trainer with over twenty years of experience in school teaching. She has a PhD in Educational Technology and is currently lecturing at the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. She is a key member of the University of Uyo Jolly Phonics Research and Implementation Team, researching on and helping to spread the Jolly Phonics programme across the country. She manages Jolly Phonics projects and is experienced in the implementation of the Jolly Phonics programme in public and private schools. She has trained numerous teachers, government officials and academics across Nigeria. She has also led a Grammar pilot study in Akwa Ibom State.
Dr. (Mrs) Tina Udoji is the person that brought Jolly Phonics into Nigeria for the very first time in 1999. She is the first accredited Jolly Phonics International trainer in Nigeria. Tina is a trained teacher with many years of classroom experience. She is a British Council certified Education professional in British education with a First degree in Education, a Masters in Early Childhood Education, an international Diploma in Montessori Method of Education and a PhD in Early Childhood Education. Tina has given Jolly Phonics and Grammar trainings since 2002 to thousands of teachers and educators throughout Nigeria.
Tina is also the exclusive distributor of Jolly Phonics products in Nigeria.
Stella Uzu is a passionate teacher and the Administrator of Excellent Montessori Schools in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, where she teaches and successfully introduced and uses Jolly Phonics, Jolly Music and Jolly Grammar to teach, and the success recorded is outstanding. A UK certified Child Psychologist and Child Care Giver and Early Childhood teacher, Stella has successfully delivered pilot trainings using Jolly Phonics for public school teachers in Benue, Nasarawa, Cross Rivers, Kaduna, Ebonyi and Zamfara States. She is a lead trainer in the on going training for public school teachers in Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Ekiti States. She also works with special needs children helping them learn using Jolly Songs and Jolly Phonics.
Emmanuel Tai Osuntubo is a Montessori teacher and certified Early Years co-ordinator with background in Education. He has being using Jolly Phonics since 2004 and training teachers since 2011.Emmanuel has a strong passion for every Nigerian child to have a solid foundation in literacy. He carries about the good testimony of using Jolly Phonics to help every child to be an early reader. He works in Abuja as a school consultant and trainer.
Kemi Adebajo is the Country representative and accredited trainer for Jolly Phoincs. She has a BA in Engish from the University of Ibadan, Diploma in Montessori from the Mondern School of Montessori UK and a PGDE from the University of Lagos. Kemi now owns and runs Layton Preparatory School, Lagos. She taught at St Saviour's School Ikoyi for 12 years and has over a decade and a half teaching experience. She has a passion for teaching, and impacting lives. She has trained teachers in well over 100 private schools in Nigeria from 2005 to date. In addition she has carried out trainings and trials in several states in Nigeria. She has a team of trainers which she mentors closely.
Universal Learning Solutions partners with Jolly Learning to launch Jolly Phonics in Low Cost Private Schools in Nigeria.
Until now Jolly Phonics in Nigeria has been expensive, and inaccessible to low cost private schools.
Universal Learning Solutions is changing this, by printing materials locally and working with the Jolly Phonics teams in each state, which have delivered trainings to over 42,000 government school teachers.
We are working with teams of inspired and empowered Jolly Phonics Teacher Leaders to contact low cost private schools in extremely low-income areas of the country. Our teachers work to persuade the schools of the transformative power of the Jolly Phonics methodology.
After delivering training and products to the schools, our teams receive a sizable commission, providing a further boost to our work.
The costs of training a teacher have been reduced to ₦8000 (£16), and Pupil books are available for ₦600 (£1.20).
Interested schools can contact Universal Learning Solutions through their website: www.jollyphonics.ng
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Jolly Phonics is currently being used in all government schools in Akwa Ibom state, after training was given and materials were donated to schools there in 2010. In late August 2011 there was a 2nd wave of teacher training at the University of Uyo for government Early Primary School teachers.
Jolly Phonics trials began in 6 schools in both Cross Rivers and Ebonyi states in September 2011. These trials were been arranged by our NGO partner there, Stepping Stones Nigeria. For more information on Stepping Stones Nigeria, visit www.stepping-stones.org.uk
In September 2011, the following achievements were made:
1,600 Primary 1 and 1,600 Primary 2 Teachers were trained in Jolly Phonics.
17 trainers carried out the training, funded by Jolly Learning Ltd.
114,600 copies of Jolly Phonics Pupil Book 1 were printed locally, and 1,000 high-quality copies of the Jolly Phonics Teacher's Book were donated by Jolly Learning Ltd. These books are now ready for dispatch to the schools.
"Following a successful pilot study in 2010, myself and the Stepping Stones Nigeria team will be holding training in Akwa Ibom for 1,993 Primary 1 teachers, refresher training for the 1,445 Primary 1 teachers trained during the pilot, and further training for 2,292 Primary 2 teachers in August 2011.
In Cross River State, Stepping Stones Nigeria has also been working closely with the Government and the University of Calabar to organize a pilot study. Jolly Phonics introductory training took place in Cross River in June, and further training for the monitoring team and teachers will take place in August. The pilot study will begin in September 2011, and will assess the reading skills of children taught using Jolly Phonics, against those taught using conventional methods.
Our projects have had such success that 5 other states in Nigeria are currently interested in beginning pilot studies into the effectiveness of Jolly Phonics.
To assist with difficulties that teachers have been facing when teaching Jolly Phonics in Nigeria, Stepping Stones Nigeria is currently creating a training video with Jolly Learning experts.
Africa Magic will also soon begin showing the Jolly Phonics TV programme throughout Africa, following a suggestion by Stepping Stones Nigeria."
For more information on Stepping Stones Nigeria, visit www.stepping-stones.org.uk
Jolly Phonics was trialled in six state schools in Cross River State in Nigeria, starting in September 2012. The results of the pilot study, carried out by the University of Calabar and Stepping Stones Nigeria, demonstrated higher achievement on all nine measures used. This led to adoption of Jolly Phonics for all this state's primary schools.
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The 3-day Jolly Phonics training for the Kwara State trials were set off in grand style by the state's Honourable Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Raji Muhammed, the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministry of Education & SUBEB, Director PRS of the Ministry as well as other Senior Officers of both SUBEB and the Ministry. Taking place on the 17th- 20th April 2012, the training marked the start of a year-long trial in 6 pilot schools across Kwara state, with the hope of enabling the State Government to introduce Jolly Phonics to all schools in the state and giving thousands of children a better start in life.
The training was carried out by Jolly Trainer Kemi Adebajo, who has worked extensively across Nigeria and the world trying to bring literacy to as many children as possible. Kwara State School Improvement Team (SSIT) representative Augustine Adeyemi Adeoye said of Kemi that "The commitment she displayed in handing down the training distinguished her as a professional who understands and knows what she is doing when it comes to training others in Jolly phonics".*
Chris Jolly, Managing Director of Jolly Learning, along with helping to arrange the training, has donated a started kit and complete class set of pupil books 1 and 2 to each of the schools taking part in the trial, and is committed to ensuring that the training is maintained past the first year. This trial follows in the footsteps of other successful trials across Nigeria, and talks are currently in progress to arrange trials in Mexico.
SSIT Adeoye reports that: "[Honourable Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Raji Muhammed] further described the philanthropist gesture of Christopher Jolly as great and unequalled. The Commissioner was amazed with the express manner with which the discussion between Christopher Jolly and his friend the High Commissioner to U.K yielded a great response from both parties."*
Chris Jolly and Jolly Learning are continuing to work with the charity Stepping Stones Nigeria, a UK-based charity with a passion for defending and upholding the rights of children in the Niger Delta region, including their Read and Write Now! initiative.
* Quotes taken with permission from "A SUMMARY OF A 3DAY KWARA STATE JOLLY PHONICS TRAINING WORKSHOP HELD BETWEEN 17TH – 20THAPRIL, 2012″, Augustine Adeyemi Adeoye, SSIT Kwara State.