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This is the fifteenth year of the free Thursday Night Summer Concert Series in Sandstone Park, sponsored by the Lyons Parks & Recreation Department. The event has grown yearly since its inception, and has really taken off this year with the addition of food trucks, the Lyons Farmette's farmers market, local booths offering massages, and the Lyons Golden Gang selling wine, beer, and soft drinks. The music goes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with bands who have ties to Lyons playing for us.
I started booking the bands and helping with their sound almost a decade ago it has been a wonderful, enjoyable time; seeing all the youngsters dancing and running around, and their parents and friends relaxing and enjoying the music. I meant to write this article earlier this summer but something always came up. But I do want to thank Danny Shafer and his band, Jeff Scroggins & Colorado, The Blue Canyon Boys, and Ash & Andria Ganley with Terry Kishiyama for their
Read more: Music And Fun For The Whole FamilySly & The Family Stone weren't singing the praises of the Meckle family in 1971 when they recorded their number one hit, but they could have been. Earlier this year in March, Dr. Joseph Meckle, D.C., who has had a chiropractic practice here in Lyons for nearly thirty years, had the honor of watching his two daughters, Carly and Jenny, graduate from the Palmer Chiropractic College in Florida.
The young women, both graduates of Lyons High School (Carly in 2002, and Jenny in 2005) received their Bachelor of Science Degrees from Colorado State University in Fort Collins in 2009.
Read more: It's A Family AffairAnother week gone by, and an important one. School started last Thursday, with a "Meet and Greet" your teacher at the Elementary, and "Back to School Nights" etc. A thrilling time for the little ones, finally school; for the 6th graders, finally in Middle School, and of course for the 9th graders, finally in High School. Most of all for the seniors, I finally made it. Good luck to all.
We are ever proud of the fact that Lyons stays in the top for studies. We may be small but we are mighty. We note in the Department of Education's Transitional Colorado Assessment
There is an old saying in the hills of West Virginia; "If ya wanna run with the big dogs, ya gotta come out from under the porch." Monday night in Bohn Park, the Natural Disasters came out from under the porch, chased down the big dog (Blue Mountain Stone), and bite him on the backside. Playing in their final game of the regular season, the Disasters were determined right from the outset. Holding their opponents scoreless in the first inning, the Disasters rocked BMS for five scores in the bottom half of the frame. Being down at all, never mind by five runs after one inning is not something the Quarry Workers are accustomed to. With their interest now piqued, Blue Mountain Stone started to get back into the game. With two runs in the second, and
Read more: Season Finale, Bring On The Play OffsFriday, September 6
Community BBQ 4-7 pm.
1st Home Football Game at 7 pm
Tues., Aug. 27
Softball Platte Valley, Away, 4 pm
Thurs., Aug. 29
Softball Brush, Away, 4 pm
Volleyball Front Range Christian, Home, 5, 6 pm
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Volleyball Longmont Christian, Away, 4, 5 pm, St. Vrain Memorial Bldg
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Cross Country Scrimmage Lyons High School HS Girls 9:00 am, HS Boys 9:30 am, Open 10:00
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A large crowd of Lyons area residents where on hand at Oskar Blues last Saturday afternoon to show their appreciation and say thank you to the Lyons Fire Protection District volunteers and crew for all they do to protect us. The event was the kick-off of a statewide series of "Fight Fire with Beer, BBQ, and Music" celebrations. Lyons Mayor Julie Van Domelen was on hand to introduce and thank Fire Chief J.J. Hoffman, while everyone enjoyed some delicious brats, pulled pork, green bean casserole, and cold slaw supplied by Oskars. The local
Read more: Lyons Appreciates Their FirefightersIf it's mid-August with afternoon showers, and the kids are back at school, it must be time for FolksFest. The twenty-third annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, a.k.a., "Summit on the Song" got underway Monday morning with the always-popular prelude, the Song School. Each year hundreds of singer/songwriter/musicians come together for four days and nights at
Read more: FolksFest Gets Underway This WeekendThe newly refurbished playground for the kindergarten classes is not the only thing new at Lyons Elementary School (LES) this year. Andrew Moore will be the new hand at the helm, taking over the duties of Principal for LES. As the teachers and staff make preparations for the first day of school (Thursday, August 15), Moore held a staff meeting on Tuesday morning to formally introduce himself and welcome everyone to the new year. (he attended the annual BBQ last May).
Read more: New Hand At The HelmIT'S BACK TO SCHOOL, this Thursday, for all schools in the St. Vrain Valley School District. All custodians, teachers, and staff have been working hard to get ready for the students. The students are generally ready to get back to school after a summer of ball, swimming, camps, etc.
ATTENDANCE: The twenty-four hour direct attendance line at Lyons M/Sr is (720) 494-3844; with a call required within two days if the student is going to be absent, or
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NRSFD The Department of Recreational Sports is celebrating NIRSA's National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day on Friday, February 22. This day was established to focus on the positive benefits of recreational sports, fitness activities, and wellness programs to Americans of all ages. It also represents the founding day of the NIRSA.
On February 22, 1950, Dr. William Wasson organized twenty African-American men and women intramural directors from eleven Historically Black Colleges to attend the first Intramural Conference at Dillard University in New Orleans. The National Intramural Association (NIA) was formed. Dr. Wasson served as the first President of the association and is considered the founder of the NIRSA. The NIA eventually became the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) in 1975.
Today, there are more than 4,000 members on more than 700 campus and universities, as well as on U.S. military installations, in public park and recreation departments, correctional facilities, not-for-profit organizations, and private enterprise. The NIRSA is a non-profit membership organization that leads in many recreational sports areas: training and professional development, intramural sports, fitness programming, sports clubs, recreation facilities, outdoor recreation, wellness programs, informal recreation, and aquatic programs. UIS is an institutional member of the NIRSA.
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Wii Table Tennis
Each participant will try to return as many serves as possible. Each returned serve will count as one point and if the participant is able to hit the cup of ball, they will receive three extra points. If the participant fails to return the ball, the game will be over.
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Mini Tri Experience
Take the 6 minute experience by participating in the Mini Tri. Participants will spend 2 minutes on each machine (upper body ergometer, bike, and treadmill) and record distance. Results of the top 5 male and top 5 female participants will be posted throughout the day.
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Wii 3-Point Contest
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Wii Nerf Archery Contest
Each participant will have a chance to shoot three arrows at four different targets of increasing distances. Points will be determined on how close the arrows are from the center of the target.
Mini Tri Experience (Take II)
This is your second opportunity to take the 6 minute experience by participating in the Mini Tri. Participants will spend 2 minutes on each machine (upper body ergometer, bike, and treadmill) and record distance. Results of the top 5 male and top 5 female participants will be posted throughout the day.
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Squat, lunge, and pulse your way through this class; which targets the muscle groups below the waist.
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This is your second chance to enter into the Iron Man lifting competition. Show off your muscular strength by entering into this competition!
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Several programs are underway to encourage and motivate children and youth in the North to engage in Sports activities, said Minister of Sports and Public Recreation Gamani Lokuge today (27).
Minister Lokuge made this observation at a ceremony organized to distribute Sports equipments to children and youth in welfare centers in the Chettikulam relief villages.
He said that three large sports grounds will be setup in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Vavuniya respectively.
Minster Lokuge distributed sports items to 90 sports clubs that functions in these transitional centers.
These items were distributed among 22 clubs in Kadirgamar relief village, 19 in Ananda Kumaraswami relief village, 31 in Arunachalam relief village, and another 18 in Zone 4 of the same relief village.
The occasion was attended by Director General of Sports, B.D. Dassanayake and several other officials.
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Walter does not want to serve in World War I, but someone mails him a white feather at school (an anonymous taunt of cowardice), and he decides he has to do the honorable. He perishes in battle, leaving behind a grieving family and a poem called "The Piper," published all across Canada. The poem was L. M. Montgomery's tribute to "In Flanders Field."
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Musings, observations and opinion on food from a Southern Tasmanian perspective
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
London Riots- exclusive first hand account of foodie caught up in the action!
"We were onto the second meat course when we heard all this commotion outside, banging and shouting. The Maitre'd assured us everything was alright but anxiously swiped our credit cards anyway, even though we hadn't finished our meal yet. All of a sudden there was a huge commotion and the front door literally exploded showering glass and debris everywhere. Straight after that, a posse of hooded and masked people stormed into the restaurant. My first thought were: I didn't think people from the council estates could afford to dine here but then again they could be CHAVS? Pretty quickly bedlam ensued and we were being threatened by these hooligans to divest ourselves of any jewellery, cash and other personal items of worth. I was so excited I couldn't contain myself! I mean, dining here has always been so predictable but this was something entirely different, this was exciting!
I eagerly got into the spirit of things and tossed my wristwatch into the bag outstretched before me. I then looked up to see the Maitre 'd being king-hit from behind by a muscular yob in a Kappa t-shirt and hoodie, it all looked so realistic.
The noise was reaching fever pitch by now as many people in the process of being robbed were screaming and crying and the cacophony was punctuated by a few heavy blows to wobbly, over indulged flesh. It was exhilarating when one of the brave kitchen brigade went at one of the assailants with very heavy and no doubt expensive copper pan and the clang as it hit the cranium of the Yoik elicited a round of brief applause from some of us before he was set upon by the rabid mob.
What struck me though was the head chef, a former bad ass Ramsay acolyte known for his fisticuffs and hot temper, was curled up in a ball weeping and inconsolable! This was extraordinary! Bravo, what a show!
The melee ended all too abruptly in my opinion and we were left there, amongst the glass and rubble whilst the staff, whom provided very convincing job of looking like they were 'in shock' gathered themselves together.
I said to the wife as we left, bathed in the strobe like blue lights of the local plod car, we simply MUST do this again"
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Oh steve, this could be a bit too close to the bone...!
- Tuesday, August 09, 2011
And for those of you who do not understand the term CHAV = Council house and violent.
UK at the moment is close to exploding. I am not getting in to this here.
Leave this one alone my friend, its funny, but please be careful, their is much more to this. - Wednesday, August 10, 2011
a very amusing account of a pretty worrying situation.
I dont believe the word Chav comes from council house and violent, if you wiki it there are several thoughts on where that term comes from. It is a national disgrace though that youths can do whatever they want and terrorise the nation. - Wednesday, August 10, 2011
- steve said...
Hi anon-yes maybe but we all need a laugh!
Hi Cartouche-nice to hear from you. Of course i'm not being disrespectful but I still manage to see the funny side of things and the irony
Hi Anon-you could be right, but like cartouche I have heard CHAV to mean council house and violent. However my understanding is that its similar to our cashed up bogans tag, CUBs.
Intersetingly the notion that these riots have a political agenda has been downplayed by the media but I suspevt their is social unrest similar to what we have seen the world over of late? - Wednesday, August 10, 2011
- Victor said...
Hey Steve - are you making up the story again? Sure is a good story. I wonder what it will be like if I am sitting there having my dinner and being asked to pay before I even get to enjoy the rest of my meal and "live action show with mobs everywhere!".
- Thursday, August 11, 2011
- steve said...
Hi Victor-i'm taking the piss! Its a serious and seismic event over there isn't it, amzing to see how festering civil injustices can erupt so?
I was just commenting on the absurdist notion that despite an upheaval of sorts, gourmands still expect their dinner ! - Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sales of baseball bats and hoodies on Amazon have increased by 5,000% in England. On the bright side, some people are still buying things!
- Thursday, August 11, 2011
It's a disgrace!
Bring back the National Service that's what I say!
That'll sort these young hooligans out.
I didn't die in five world wars to witness this sort of loutish behaviour.
Better still, round them all up and shoot the lot of them.
It didn't do me any harm when I was a lad. - Sunday, August 14, 2011
- Potions for Everyday Living said...
Hi Steve,
I have just heard you have a blog.
It is fun to see we have an irreverent and anarchic heart at the centre of a Cygnet institutional.
I will read more. - Monday, August 15, 2011
- steve said...
Hi PfEL-thanks for reading. Yes I can be a bit of a stirrer at times...!
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The great fear of humorists everywhere (everywhere being defined as within the confines of my cubicle) is that the world will one day turn so bizarre that humor and reality collide at speeds normally associated with Hadron Colliders and obliterate all that was previously funny into a spray of decaying bosons.
Like what if someone said to you: "I know how to solve the debt-ceiling crisis; the government just needs to mint a $1 trillion coin and deposit it in the treasury."
Or if someone else said: "Remember AIG, the grossly irresponsible insurance company that required a taxpayer bailout of $182 billion in order to survive? Its former brass now wants to sue the federal government for keeping it in business."
One or maybe both of these are true, which, as you can see, makes it terribly difficult to write jokes, since nothing is ludicrous anymore.
For example, the joke ...
Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. To see a man lay bricks
... works partially because of the wordplay, but also at the implied sight gag involving an absurd proposition involving the unlikely curiosity of a domesticated fowl.
If it were the case that a chicken did indeed overhear a conversation about men laying bricks and reasonably wondered about the likelihood, not to mention pain, involved in such a process, the joke wouldn't be a joke at all.
Such was the case with the trillion-dollar coin, which began as a joke, but then became less funny when people started waking up to the fact that it was no more or less of a joke than Congress itself.
Under an obscure law that was designed with coin collectors in mind, the Treasury Department can mint a platinum coin in any denomination it sees fit. It could then be deposited in the United States' checking account, without any need for action on the part of Congress.
The thought of this terrifies Congress for reasons unknown, since Congress has specialized in taking no action for the past four years. You might think they would applaud anything so in touch with their comfort zone.
But no, and a Republican representative has already introduced legislation that would ban the government from issuing a trillion-dollar coin.
Well? Law doesn't say anything about a $2 trillion coin. Check and mate.
But the real chutzpah award goes to the people who ran AIG, the insurance behemoth that blithely insured home mortgages that America's leading banks had issued to sea turtles. The company took the world to the brink of economic Armageddon and had to be rescued from ruin by you and me, DBA the federal government.
Now, after AIG has repaid the federal bailout, the former AIG CEO Maurice Greenberg, who led Wall Street and the world to doom's doorstep, is now suing the federal government for $25 billion.
Why? Search me. Seems as if this would have been a great time to keep quiet, unless your goal is to take the mantel of World's Greatest Rodent away from Donald Trump.
Greenberg et. al. say the government deprived them of a chance to make money on a business that was worse than broke. So it's like AIG was a sleeping driver headed straight toward a cliff, and when the government grabbed the wheel and averted disaster, the driver sued on the basis that the car might have sprouted wings and flown.
Whatever. It just goes to show that even on those rare occasions when the government does something right it gets no thanks.
But there's an obvious solution: The government could agree to pay the $25 billion to Greenberg — with a specially minted coin made not out of platinum, but out of pus.


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Director: | Anthony Leondis |
Genres: | Animated, Children, Comedy, Family |
Studio: | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
Collections: | 100 Hot Hits |
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Igor |
PG Feature |
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Run time: | 1 hour 26 minutes |
Rental release: | 02 Feb 2009 |
Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
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By williamsgwynfa (627 reviews) from gwaenysgor , 06 Oct 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
this dvd is superb. It stars (the voices of) John Cleese, Eddie Izzard, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater, John Cusack and Steve Bescemi, Jennifer Coolidge, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Jay Leno and James Lipton.
The evil land of Malaria was once a happy place, until heavy storm clouds moved in one day and never left.
Malaria soon fell into despair, darkness and ruin, until King Malbert came up with a plan to bring prosperity back to the land. Every year, Malaria would hold an evil science fair, and the winner's invention would be used to extort huge sums of money from the rest of the world.
With this prestigous prize, mad scientists gained power, and it became customary that all hunchbacks be sent to Igor school, where they become experts in the art of 'yes master' and train to assist the scientists in their evil work.
One Igor, however, aspires to rise above the hunch on his back and win the science fair with his own invention.
The chance arises when his master is unexpectedly blown out of the picture. So Igor gets to work in creating the monster of his dreams, with the help of his two previous experiments that went slightly wrong -- Brain, an unintelligent brain in a jar, and Scamper, a suicidal but immortal bunny brought back from being road kill.
Igor's monster is huge and hideous. T
The problem is, that she turns out to be a good-hearted soul who dreams of being an actress.
Igor uses this desire against her by telling her that the science fair is an audition for a role, and that she must act evil and destructive to get the part.
Eva's kind nature soon opens Igor's eyes to the opposite side of evil, however, and when he later learns the truth about Malaria's storm clouds, he realizes that being the evil capital of the world is not all it's cracked up to be.
Igor is then determined to set things right... but can he?
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(88)best ever for 3 and up!!!
By a customer , 06 Mar 2012god when my kids saw the film they say they lved it so much
i recomend this film to all my friend with kids 3 and up
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boring or what?
By a customer , 06 Mar 2012I thought the the film had fantastic graphics and the idea behind it was great and I looked forward to watching it - but I found it to be a bit boring .I can't quite work out why. I usually find these types of films very entertaining ( I loved Tangled ) but I found myself trying to change the channel(yes, I did say that! lol) looking for something more. I just couldn't get myself to care about the people in it or what would happen to them .- Was this review helpful to you?
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Blind orphans get everything!
By Moviemoron (3 reviews) from Newton Aycliffe , 02 Dec 2011Works for all audiences. My boyfried was rather peeved that i'd rented a 'kids film' but afterwards he couldn't stop talking about it; I was like: Dude I was there watching it with you, shut up! But yeah it's totally brilliant - a childs film with a dark side, hugely comical I mean c'mon, there's an immortal sarcastic rabbit! The CGI and special effects are top of their game; well made almost realistic film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Cute and funny film for all the family
By Joeysdreamgarden (5 reviews) , 03 Nov 2011Loved this film - storyline interesting enough for adults (I'm 38) so it's great to watch as a family, with lots of comedic moments - I watched the whole film with a smile on my face!
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Igor 2008
By Jeepster (52 reviews) from Sheffield , 20 Jun 2011This is ace. The CGI effects, the story and the music score are first-class. Well recommended. When is 'take-two' out?- Was this review helpful to you?
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SYRACUSE -- Some things just take off, because they touch a nerve. That is the only explanation for what is happening with one key phrase on Twitter.
After years and years of lamenting the "brain drain" that drives young, talented people out of Central New York just as they are about to become the most valuable, something interesting is happening. People of every age, who decided to make Syracuse and Central New York their home, are celebrating it on social media.
When Shannon Feeney, Employer Relations Coordinator for Syracuse University, posted a simple request on Twitter Monday, she could not have anticipated the result. She asked her 282 Twitter followers, and in turn all of their followers: "Whether you're from here or not, why did you choose to #stayinCNY? Feeney wants to use the responses in a future blog post and she used the hashtag #stayinCNY in order to more easily search Twitter for the results of her request. Within a few hours there were dozens and dozens of responses.
No longer causal observers to the "brain drain," people who have built careers and lives in Syracuse and Central New York seem to have found a new voice for their pride in the area. Here are some of the responses. You can add yours on Twitter with the hashtag #stayinCNY.
Bob S @OhLookItsBob: Because places like this are hidden where you least expect them. #stayinCNY (See his photo uploaded from Manlius here)
Kate Brodock @just_kate Why would you *not* #stayinCNY? Beautiful, open, friendly. Just close your eyes, breath it in and you'll get it....
Greg Munno @gregmunno Why I #stayinCNY: Diversity, access, people. Everson to Green Lakes, SU to Skaneateles, Armory to Ithaca. It's all here for the taking.
Tracy Tillapaugh @tracytilly NO TRAFFIC!
Richard Sauter @rjsauter44 Echoing all those who choose to #stayinCNY. Wife & I moved back from DC in '03 b/c of family, the people, the scenic beauty and SU sports!!
Michele Maciejewski @envnewsmedia Being athletic, I #stayinCNY 4 great running community, CranX bike park, climbing at The Wall, skiing & Middle Ages beer (to stay quenched!)
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Can husband and wife do all the following things in Islam:? -French/Tongue kissing. -Have a hug-sleep naked without anyone knowing, or sleep by lying over each other without clothes. -Husband drinking wife's breast milk. -Husband kissing on wife's naked breast, legs and other body parts. -Give tongues in eachother's mouths and suck eachother's tongue. -Have sex. Please answer this question. Are all these things allowed after marriage in Islam between husband and wife? |
Assalam o Aleikum.. Islam allows sex between a legal couple. Islam does not stop husband and wife to display their love for each other alone by hugging, etc. But i dont know the answers for the other questions u mentioned. |
@saleem Khan : No Brother. U are allowed to. Pls read the following During the life-time of the Prophet's Companions (may Allah be pleased with them all) it happened that one of the Companions was making love with his wife, and in the course of love-making he (the Companion) sucked her breasts to the extent that some of the milk reached his stomach. Following that, the Companion went to Abu Musa Al-Ash After that, the man went to ask The apparent meaning of the aforementioned verse is that the suckling, which may act as a cause of prohibition, is confined to the suckling during the first two years. . AFTER THE ELAPSE OF THE FIRST TWO YEARS, SUCKLING IS NO LONGER A CAUSE OF PROHIBITION. |
Drinking Wife's milk is prohibited and the Nikah will be invalid if husband drinks. Because then she will become foster mother of her own husband. |
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I strongly disagree with you on this. As for sucking one's wife breast, you should know that this issue is controversial. Some scholars say that if a husband sucks his wife's breast several times in a way that he gets satisfied and the milk reaches his stomach, his wife will be forbidden for him. But, the majority of scholars view that the sucking that makes a woman unlawful to one is that which is given only within the first two years of his life. You may wish to do more research on the matter. This may help. http://www.7cgen.com/index.php?showtopic=46815 Allahu Alim
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The above answer of a wife becoming a foster mother if her husband drinks her milk is WRONG. NO your wife doesn't become your foster mother because you drank milk out of her. This is because only the first two years after a birth counts from whom you drank milk. After that a woman cannot become a foster mother of a child let alone adult. So it is permissible in ISLAM to do that and any other act of intimacy between a married couple apart from Anal sex. |
you can kiss the breasts but not drink the milk drinking wife milk is not allowed in Islam |


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Nance Wilson from the International Reading Association's Middle School Reading Special Interest Group (MSR-SIG) shares the groups exciting projects and activities.
1. Are you especially proud of any of your SIG's projects?
One SIG project I am especially proud of is our efforts to link middle level authors with teachers and students. Beginning in 2010 we partnered with the author presenting at the annual convention with a classroom teacher. Throughout the year leading up to the conference, the teacher reads the author's work with her students using interactive, interpersonal, and inquiry techniques. As the teacher finishes her study of the text, the students engage in a Skype session with the author. The lessons learned by both author and students are presented at the annual conference each year.
This year we are excited to share lessons learned from using integrated technology, questioning, and collaboration from a fifth and eighth grade classroom. The fifth grade teacher, Monique Myers, will share a unit centered around the I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis, in which her students worked in literature circles to engage in discussions around the text, used iPads to research the facts behind the books, and prepared engaging in classroom presentations to share each of their texts. The eighth grade teacher, Bernadette Thompson, created a unit centered on Adam Gidwitz's novel A Tale Dark and Grimm to have students research multiple versions of the Hansel and Gretel tale, analyze narrative voice, and use an online Blog to facilitate discussion about the text within and beyond the classroom walls.
A second MSR-SIG project that I am proud of speaks to the contributions and talents of our membership. Our newsletter boasts of regular columns such as Book Lists for Middle Grade Readers (by Melanie Koss) and Eye on Disciplinary Literacy (by Vassiliki Zygouris-Coe). Our biannual newsletter boasts peer reviewed articles that support the teaching of literacy across the curriculum for middle grade readers.
2. What are the benefits of joining your SIG?
The biggest benefit to joining MSR-SIG is having access to professional development opportunities focused specifically on Middle Grades literacy as well as learning from the expertise of our members. Our membership is distributed between classroom teachers, literacy researchers, and librarians. The goal of our SIG is to disseminate pertinent information and research on middle school reading, serve as a forum for expressing varying viewpoints on middle school reading, and promote an interest in further research in the field of middle level reading. In addition to having the opportunity to work with and learn from people across the country, registered members receive our SIG newsletter two times each year and can submit proposals to present at our annual MSR-SIG session.
3. Are there any future projects in store for your SIG?
One exciting new goal of the MSR-SIG is to create more dialogue among the membership throughout the years. For instance, we invite all middle grades teachers (4-9) to participate in our survey to determine what books are being taught in the middle grades classrooms. If you are a middle grades teacher, please take a moment to complete a brief 12 question survey by going to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/62HT57K to participate, or feel free to pass the link along to a middle grades teacher that you know. Through this investigation we hope to learn more about the books being used in classrooms and to provide support for the teachers using them.
In addition, we want to find more ways to effectively share our resources and meet the needs of classroom teachers through increased communication between the members. We have a Facebook page for members to share their thoughts and ideas as well as a website for distributing information from past newsletters to booklists.
4. How does one join your SIG?
The easiest way to join our SIG is to visit IRA's MSR-SIG website. From here, you can go to the membership page to print the one page registration form and mail it with your $10 annual registration fee to our membership chair, Billie Jo Dunaway. Her contact information is included at the bottom of the form. Please note that you must be a member of IRA in order to join the MSR-SIG. There is also space on the form to indicate your interest in serving as a MSR-SIG committee member.
5. Is there a website, newsletter, or another way to find more information about your SIG? Is there a person that prospective members can contact?
To learn more about the MSR-SIG, you can download a recent newsletter from our Reading in the Middle link at the MSR-SIG website. To learn more about our SIG, you can contact me (Nance S. Wilson, President of the MSR-SIG) at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information about our newsletter, you can contact our editorial team at email@example.com.
by Melanie Cohen Goodman, Chestnut Hill College
The Mission of IRA's Literacy and Social Responsibility Special Interest Group (L-SR SIG) is to study, understand, and advocate for high quality programs which integrate community service, participatory citizenship, social responsibility, appreciation for diversity, environmental stewardship, character education, and/or caring behavior into the development of literacy across the curriculum. L-SR Past President and Membership Chair, Melanie Goodman, shares what makes the SIG unique and fun.
1. Are you especially proud of any of your SIG's projects?
Members of the L-SR SIG are proud of all our activities including our consistently engaging sessions at IRA's annual convention dedicated to introducing conference attendees to top-notch key note speakers and interactive round table presenters, our new special service award for students, informative newsletter, creative website, and most recent professional venue–the LSR e-journal. We work to build community at our sessions and leadership dinners, and online now via Facebook. We should also mention our newest award under development is for books that address–you guessed it!–literacy and social responsibility.
Our newest project just unveiled last year is the Literacy and Service Recognition Award. This annual award celebrates the work of students (K-16+) who have been nominated by teachers and librarians for exemplary community service involving some form of literacy. Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy inspired this award, provided seed funds, and serve on the award committee chaired by Denise Stuart. Award winners are presented with an engraved plaque and certificate of recognition and invited to showcase their work at IRA's annual convention as part of the L-SR SIG program. The inaugural first place winner was a team of third-grade students in an advanced literacy class at the Columbus School for Girls, who traveled to Orlando to present their service project last year. The work of Ahlam Jallaq, Aubrey Lanham, Ailis Rees, Leslie Robins, and Evelyn Stuntz was celebrated for developing and expanding Project S.O.A.R. (Save Our Albatross Research). Visit the L-SR website for submission details and information about our first award recipients.
Photo caption: Evelyn Stuntz, Leslie Robins, Ahlam Jallaq, Ailis Rees, and Aubrey Lanham along with teacher Debbie Charna display the service award and certificate at their school library.
Photo caption: Denise Stuart, Awards Chair of L-SR SIG, presents Literacy and Service Award certificates to the 2011 winners from Columbus School for Girls for Project S.O.A.R. (Save Our Albatross Research) at the L-SR SIG session. Ahlam Jallaq, Aubrey Lanham, Ailis Rees and Leslie Robins, traveled to Orlando with nominating teacher Debbie Charna and Director of Lower School Joan Hill.
2. What does your SIG program look like at the Annual IRA Convention?
Our Literacy and Social Responsibility (L-SR) SIG conference program has always engaged the most dynamic keynote speakers. Children's literature is the vehicle of choice through which Opening Keynoters and noted children's book authors Eve Bunting (The Terrible Things: An Allegory on the Holocaust) and Lynne Cherry (The Great Kapok Tree) have addressed issues of social justice. On more than one occasion, praise for the talent and courage of our keynoters has drawn high praise and much appreciation from a room filled to capacity with conferees.
In various conference venues, L-SR SIG conferees have tapped to the lyrics and songs of singer, songwriter, and Grammy Award winner John McCuthcheon; waxed poetic with Dixie Goswami; and were ready to march to the Capitol with literacy advocate Patrick Shannon. A more recent keynote address was offered by authors and educational consultants, Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy (our very own!), whose "transformative education" practice suggests that teacher practitioners incorporate reflection to "give voice to life experiences." A potpourri of Roundtable discussions at the L-SR SIG sessions continues to add an authentically interactive component to an already lively SIG session.
The Closing Keynote address has been a welcome addition to the L-SR SIG program and well received by conference attendees, many of whom remain in the conference room for our business meeting (organized and run by L-SR President, Patricia Dean) at which point they are invited to become active members and perhaps consider a leadership role in our SIG. Unique to IRA and truly a wonderful moment in the life of our Literacy and Social Responsibility SIG was the inclusion of students as recipients of the Literacy and Service Recognition Award in Orlando in May 2011.
Photo caption: Patrick Shannon presents as keynote speaker at the L-SR SIG session in Orlando, 2011.
Photo caption: John McCutcheon performs as he discusses Literacy and Social Responsibility at the L-SR SIG session at Chicago 2010.
3. Are there other benefits to joining your SIG?
As a member of the L-SR SIG you will benefit from the opportunity to dialog and exchange ideas with colleagues who are interested in social responsibility and literacy. Under the leadership of ejournal editor, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, we offer a peer-reviewed journal and each year, accept submissions for that journal. Reviewers represent a diverse geographical board with a wide variety of expertise, interests, and experience. The submission process is becoming increasingly competitive. Last year, we received 16 submissions and published five manuscripts, approximately a 33% acceptance rate. The most recent call and submission requirements can be downloaded from the link above.
Members also benefit from the opportunity to serve fellow educators by creating strands for display on the L-SR website. For example, Best Literacy Practices with Pro-social Twists is a new instructional strategies project under development as a website strand this year. At least five research-based and highly regarded literacy strategies appropriate for grades four through 12 will be presented in a user friendly format including: Definition, Goals, Teacher Preparation, Instructional Procedures, Prosocial Enhancements, Relevant Common Core Standards, and Further Resources. Please contact L-SR Secretary, Beth Breneman, at email@example.com for information about the web-based strategies project.
Also, keep in mind that we're on Facebook! Members can benefit by using Facebook for building their professional communities and for publicizing their publications and projects to a broader audience. Please join us on Facebook and search for "Literacy Responsibility." Our Communications Chair, Ernie Bond, set up the site specifically for our LSR SIG. Log on, check it out, and add your own comments and connections. Not sure how to join Facebook? It's easy...just go to the website above and follow the instructions. You'll need an email address and a password. It's lots of fun!
4. Is there a way to find out more information about your SIG?
All those interested in the IRA Literacy and Social Responsibility SIG are invited to visit the LSR website, created by Web-manager, Kaye West, at www.csulb.edu/misc/l-sr to learn more about the organization. The website includes information about our SIG: past and upcoming programs, resources including reviews of professional and juvenile literature, a list of websites related to the mission of the L-SR SIG, and ways to get involved in our Special Interest Group.
In addition, every spring prior to the IRA Convention members receive an electronic copy of the L-SR program and update of SIG activities in the annual "Literacy & Social Responsibility Newsletter" thanks to our Newsletter Editor, Susan Speer-Powers.
Currently, there are no dues for the L-SR SIG, but you must be an up-to-date member of IRA. Please contact Melanie Cohen Goodman, Membership Chair, firstname.lastname@example.com to become a member and learn about volunteer opportunities.
5. What presenters and topics will be featured at your session in Chicago?
Program Chair Andrea Karlin has announced two keynote presentations, one by innovative author/illustrator David Geister titled, "Memories and Stories from the Past: Historically Responsible Books for the Present and Future," and the other by dynamic author/poet Kwame Alexander, "Words Changing Worlds." In addition, round table discussions will include these topics: "What ARE the Gaps: ELs in Mainstream English Classrooms;" "Not Just Dead White Guys: Using Multi-Genre Writings to Study Overlooked Heros;" "Cinderella's Prince Who? Looking at Resourceful Females in Multicultural Folk Literature;" "Putting Into Practice: Ecological Literacies for Classroom Instruction;" "Fostering Social Responsibility Through Inquiry;" and "Wiki Writers: Students and Teachers Making Connections Across Communities."
Please join us in Chicago on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, CC21, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.!
The Specialized Literacy Professionals Special Interest Group (SIG) of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) are conducting a survey to obtain information about the current roles and responsibilities of reading specialists/literacy coaches across the United States. The SIG invites current reading specialists and literacy coaches to complete the online survey by March 21, 2012, at the following URL: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/L7XVFLR
The survey will take about 20 to 30 minutes to complete. It is not necessary to be a member of IRA or NCTE to complete the survey. Educators who provide a similar service as a reading specialist or literacy coach but who may not have those specific titles are encouraged to complete the survey.
The purpose for conducting this survey is to provide information to various stakeholders to assist with decision making, including: (a) institutions that prepare reading specialists/literacy coaches, (b) agencies and organizations (International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English, State Department of Education) that provide professional development for reading specialists/literacy coaches, (c) policy-makers and legislators, and (d) school districts that employ such professionals. They believe this information will also be helpful to individual reading specialists/literacy coaches who are seeking information about how others function in their schools and recent educational policies (e.g., RTI).
IRA will use the survey data to update the position statement on The Role of the Reading Specialist (2000) and The Reading Coach (2004).
The IRA Specialized Literacy Professionals SIG is chaired by Rita Bean, Professor Emerita, University of Pittsburgh, and Jack Cassidy, Professor Emeritus, Texas A & M, Corpus Christi.
"Mass Reading" President Nancy Witherell spoke to Reading Today Online about the many exciting council projects, including their April 2012 conference.
1. Are you especially proud of any of your council's projects?
The Massachusetts Reading Association is a dynamic, progressive, and goal oriented organization. There are so many projects that Mass Reading is proud to lead or that we are connected with in some way. We have a number of highly active committees; our advocacy committee co-chairs, Evelyn Wall and Cynthia Rizzo, have invited our new Early Education Commissioner Sheri Killins to receive our Advocacy Award at this year's conference.
Our Studies and Research Committee Co-chairs, Pamela Mason and Sheelah Sweeny, have just released a white paper entitled "Research-based Practices in Vocabulary Instruction: An Analysis of What Works in Grades PreK-12," a summary of effective researched-based vocabulary practices that can be found at Resources on www.massreading.org. We have several committees that are hard at work to foster literacy in Massachusetts and beyond. Our international project, in which MRA, MACURE (Massachusetts Association of College and Reading Educators council), and the Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters have pooled their resources, promotes and maintains adult and family literacy programs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as opportunities for outreach, service, and research for Massachusetts educators and Rotarians. We have to thank Dr. Ruth Farrar of Bridgewater State University for leading this wonderful effort. Furthermore, our Families and Early Childhood Literacy Committee, co-chaired by Nancy Verdolino and Nancy Clark-Chiarelli, have created a partnership with Horizons for Homeless Children in which we collect and donate books to this organization.
MRA also gives out numerous awards yearly to honor those who work hard for literacy and let them know their efforts are appreciated. We have the Literacy Award for someone who has given outstanding efforts in literacy, the Legislative Award for a politician who has supported literacy in any area, the Exemplary Reading Award for a school that has documented a commendable reading program, and a Literature Award giving to an award winning author. Last year's recipient was the Newbery Award-winning author Patricia MacLachlan, and this year's recipient will be Rosemary Wells. We remember our researchers and students through our Sylvia D. Brown Scholarship and Donald L. Landry Scholarship, which offers a lucky winner free registration for our annual conference.
In conclusion, one of the areas in which Mass Reading is most proud is our local councils. They are always busy planning programs and events. The majority of our councils work diligently and tirelessly to gain Honor Council status. This, of course, involves hours of volunteer work either setting up local programs for their council or organizing what is necessary to fulfill minigrant obligations, and other public and professional services to their districts. Our local councils support Mass Reading in multiple ways and are the backbone of our organization.
2. What are the benefits of joining your council?
Members of Mass Reading can become instantly involved in our social networking sites from friending us on Facebook, tweeting comments and getting tweets, to joining a specialized NING group, such much is always happeNING at MRA. We have numerous benefits, including an annual two-day conference, which this year takes place on April 12 and 13 at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge, MA. Our Conference Chair, Sherry Sausville is busy putting the final touches to what is promising to be one fantastic journey into "Comprehension: Imagine That!" This will be our first conference at which we have been able to offer free wireless connections for all attendees.
We are lucky to have IRA's Carrice Cummings speaking. Last year, we had the great fortune to have Vicki Risko keynote for us! We have a fall institute every other year in which we try to focus on current issues in literacy education.
Our bi-annual publication, MRA's Primer is a membership benefit that includes articles of research-based programs and instruction, and reviews of professional and children's books. Our fall Primer is published calendar style and offers author's birthdates. We also published our newsletter, The Connection, which keeps our members aware of current MRA and state events.
3. Are there any future projects in store for your council?
There are always future projects on our horizon. Board members have begun the planning for our Fall 12 Institute. The Research and Studies committee members are hard at work deciding their next topic; our Diversity Committee is up and running working on its action plan. The planning never stops for our annual conferences; the keynote presenter lineup is well set for our 44th Annual Conference, which will take place on April 4 and 5, 2013 at the Boston Quincy Marriott in Quincy, Massachusetts.
4. How does one join your council?
Simply, join us at www.massreading.org or connect through Facebook www.facebook.com/MAreads, or Twitter @mraread.
5. Is there a website, newsletter, or another way to find out more information about your council? Is there a person that prospective members can contact?
We offer much information at our website www.massreading.org, which our webmaster, Joan Tuttle, diligently updates regularly. Our Conference Administrative Assistant and Vice President, Nancy Meagher will answer any questions. MRA can be reached through our website menu bar under "Contact Us" or e-mail Nancy directly at firstname.lastname@example.com. Please feel free to e-mail the President, Nancy Witherell, at email@example.com. Our phone number is 1-877-GROW-MRA (476-9672) The mailing address is MRA, PO Box 426, West Barnstable, MA 02668.
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MRA President Nancy Witherall.
Massachusetts Honor Council Recipients from 2010-11 (from left to right): IRA State Coordinator: Terrie Marr; Council Presidents or Representatives: Jean Helstrom, Martha Strachan, Jan Standring, Pamela Mason, Valerie Hytholt, Cathy Salvini, Judy Werner. Missing from photo: Mary Ellen Caesar, Pamela Lavockin, Lori DiGisi, Sherry Alleman, and Bonnie Standring.
The International Reading Association's Middle School Reading Special Interest Group seeks manuscripts for Reading in the Middle, an independent peer-reviewed publication. The journal publishes two issues a year sharing original contributions on all facets of language arts learning, teaching, and research focusing on young adolescents. Reading in the Middle offers middle level educators a practical guide to best practices in middle schools.
Reading in the Middle disseminates pertinent information and research on middle school reading, serves as a forum for expressing varying viewpoints on middle school reading, and promotes an interest in further research in the field of middle level reading. Manuscripts focus on quality programs, promising classroom practice, middle level author viewpoints, book lists for the middle level student, and teaching resources.
Presenters at the annual conference as well as other recent professional development events are invited to submit articles based on their work.
The deadline for articles is July 15, with fall publication scheduled for October/November.
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KENNEWICK, Wash.- NBC Right Now is teaming up with the Ignite Youth Mentoring Program to celebrate National Mentor month.
The Ignite Program works to match mentors with kids to become positive role models and to ignite a personal commitment to growth and learning.
Krista Smith moved to the Tri-Cities from Michigan and heard about the Ignite program.
After joining the program as a mentor, Smith waited a couple of months to be matched up with 13-year-old Anika Walker.
The duo was uniquely paired based on their mutual interests.
"We are usually silly and have a lot of fun together. Ignite does a really good job of matching mentors with kids that are well suited for the mentor," said Smith.
"She's funny. She's kind and gentle. She has a nice sense of humor," said Walker of her mentor.
A year and a half later, it's that sense of humor that teases Anika about checking out the entire library. Smith said she was just like that when she was Walker's age. She loved reading and said Walker inspires her to read more.
However, when they're spending time at the library together, Smith said there's only one rule for Walker, "If it's too many to carry, it's too many to check out," said Walker.
They also enjoy sharing riddles with one another. For example, what can go through the green glass door? "You can take a book, but not a magazine. Yeah we can't go through the green glass door," said Smith.
"Anika is all the time exactly who Anika is and I love that about her. It's really just a cool thing to see in a person and I feel like adults lose that and she brings that out in me. I remember that it's ok to be one-hundred percent who I am and that's what she is all the time, said Smith.
"You can say we're perfectly matched," said Walker.
"If it were just a matter of having an adult in a kids life, there wouldn't be that connection. There wouldn't be a reason that you would want to hang out," said Smith.
If you or someone you know could benefit from this program, Ignite is always looking for mentors and kids between 8 and 16 years-old to join in their mission. To igniting hope, one child at a time.
For more on how to get involved...Call the Ignite Youth Mentoring Program at (509) 948-3143


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PORTLAND, Ore. - For the past two months people crossing the west end of the Morrison Street Bridge have been dodging a crow that's been protecting a nest.
From morning to night the bird swoops down from the sky, flying inches from the heads of unsuspecting bicyclists and pedestrians. Frequent travelers have taken to protecting themselves with umbrellas and hoods while keeping their eyes to the sky as they dash to the other side.
The attacks most likely stem from the bird's protective parental instinct. A crow family has made its nest in the trees next to the bridge. According to the Portland Audubon Society, crows are smart birds and great parents.
They will make a lot of noise and buzz people's heads to protect the kids, and the Audubon Society says the best thing to do is give the birds space and not pick up baby crows even if you see them on the ground. That's part of the bird's learn-to-fly process. It doesn't mean they need help.
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- This Ultra Violet Filter is suitable for both black and color films under bright sunshine, which could be used to limit UV light and also as lens protector
- Multi coated for maximum flare protection
- Greatly reduces the appearance of lens flare and ghosting caused by reflections
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- This Ultraviolet Filter is generally not taken down, you can mount it on the lens to protect them
- Fit for SLR camera / digital camera / camcorder DV with a 58mm UV Filter
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- Size: 58mm / 2.3in(Dia.)
- Multi coated for maximum flare protection
- Greatly reduces the appearance of lens flare and ghosting caused by reflections
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- Filters may also introduce physical vignetting (light fall-off or blackening at the edges of the image) if their opaque edge gets in the way of light entering the lens (right example). This was created by stacking a polarizing filter on top of a UV filter while also using a wide angle lens-causing the edges of the outermost filter to get in the way of the image. Stacking filters therefore has the potential to make all of the above problems much worse
Note on Choosing a Filter Size for a Camera Lens:- Lens filters generally come in two varieties: screw-on and front filters. Front filters are more flexible because they can be used on virtually any lens diameter, however these may also be more cumbersome to use since they may need to be held in front of the lens. On the other hand, filter holder kits are available that can improve this process. Screw-on filters can provide an air-tight seal when needed for protection, and cannot accidentally move relative to the lens during composure. The main disadvantage is that a given screw-on filter will only work with a specific lens size
- The size of a screw-on filter is expressed in terms of its diameter, which corresponds to the diameter usually listed on the top or front of your camera lens. This diameter is listed in millimeters and usually ranges from about 46 to 82 mm for digital SLR cameras. Step-up or step-down adapters can enable a given filter size to be used on a lens with a smaller or larger diameter, respectively. However, step-down filter adapters may introduce substantial vignetting (since the filter may block light at the edges of the lens), whereas step-up adapters mean that your filter is much larger (and potentially more cumbersome) than is required
- The height of the filter edges may also be important. Ultra-thin and other special filters are designed so that they can be used on wide angle lenses without vignetting. On the other hand, these may also be much more expensive and often do not have threads on the outside to accept another filter (or sometimes even the lens cap)
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5:00pm Monday 14th May 2012 in Albion By Brian Owen
Albion are keeping close tabs on the loan stars who helped them to a top-ten finish.
But coach Charlie Oatway has warned they will have to wait before knowing whether any of the quartet could return to The Amex.
The Argus understands Joe Mattock, who made the Seagulls' left-back spot his own, is expected to be surplus to requirements at West Bromwich Albion, whoever takes over in charge from Roy Hodgson.
Club-mate Gonzalo Jara Reyes stands more chance of forcing his way into next season's squad although he was not in the picture when the Baggies ended their season at home to Arsenal yesterday.
Sam Vokes (Wolves) and Gai Assulin (Manchester City) were also with the Seagulls until the end of the Championship campaign.
None have been ruled out of Albion's plans for next season.
Albion coach Charlie Oatway said: "The good thing with Sam and Gonzo and people like that is that they have come and played for us now.
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"They are their players, not our players. It's out of our hands. But they are certainly on our radar because we have had them here – Gonzo has had two spells - and liked the boys."
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The book's contributors explore the transformative power of the arts therapies in areas stricken by conflict and discuss how and why expressive arts works. They look at the ways it can be used to engage community consciousness and improve social conditions whilst taking into account the issues that arise within different contexts and populations. more »
2011, Paperback: £25.99/ $42.95Keywords: adults, art therapy, bereavement, counselling, creative therapies, creative writing as therapy, death, depression, domestic abuse, emotions, expressive therapies, families, grief, group psychotherapy, interdisciplinary arts therapies, mental health, occupational therapy, poetry, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychodrama, psychosis, psychotherapy, storymaking, therapeutic communities, trauma
Written to help bereaved children, this book enables them to heal themselves by reading fiction, a process termed bibliotherapy. Eileen Jones demonstrates how a well-chosen book can offer a personal encounter with characters who may have experienced similar emotions and how books can be read again and again to provide extended therapy for children. more »
2001, Paperback: £22.99/ $36.95Keywords: bereavement, child psychiatry, counselling, interdisciplinary arts therapies, psychotherapy, social work, storymaking
The author shows how to help children be better, brighter thinkers and helps parents and teachers discover the joys of discussing ideas with children. She shows parents of children aged 3 - 15 how to encourage them to explore ideas, think, make decisions and communicate effectively and to develop these important life skills to take into adulthood. more »
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Ann Cattanach extends her acclaimed earlier published work to explore further the therapeutic value of story-making with children. Incorporating stories from children and authors, the book examines the common themes and metaphors that emerge, the purpose of stories, and the communication that they can engender between the therapist and the child. more »
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Fox Eades shows how storytelling is a crucial element of children's education that can enrich the school curriculum and encourage social and thinking skills. She discusses the different kinds of story that are useful in the classroom, and explores the impact of individual and group dynamics on the telling and reception of these stories. more »
2005, Paperback: £14.99/ $24.95Keywords: child development, child psychology, educational psychology, special education, storymaking
Connecting with Kids through Stories is an accessible guide to Family Attachment Narrative Therapy for the parents of adopted or fostered children, and for the professionals who work with them. This book provides a thorough theoretical grounding, and detailed information on therapeutic techniques and how to assess progress. more »
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This is an accessible guide to using therapeutic stories to help connect with troubled adopted children. It demonstrates how parents and professionals can create their own stories to help children heal, and explains the theory behind the therapy. This second edition includes updated research and full sample stories. more »
2011, Paperback: £16.99/ $24.95Keywords: adolescence, adoption, arts therapies, attachment, child development, child psychology, children, communication, counselling, creativity, educational psychology, emotions, expressive therapies, families, fostering, looked after children, parenting, play therapy, psychology, psychotherapy, residential care, resilience, safeguarding children, self esteem, social care, social skills, social stories, social work, storymaking, supervision, teenagers, trauma
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Using drama in the classroom is an effective way of supporting a child's social and emotional development. This book details how drama can provide appropriate avenues for dealing with the issues that affect children and provides a wealth of captivating drama-based activities that will help the child to overcome their problems. more »
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This book is bursting with art and journal activities, creative challenges, and miniature projects, all of which help teenagers to understand and express who they are and what is important to them. These fun ideas can be tailored to suit the individual, and require minimal equipment and even less artistic know-how, so can be enjoyed by all. more »
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A Creative Guide to Exploring Your Life brims with imaginative exercises and examples that use the power of photography, art, and writing as tools for self-discovery. Exercises are accompanied by searching questions for self-reflection, and are complemented by examples of each exercise to provoke ideas and inspiration. more »
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This unique and comprehensive 'map' of the topic of creative writing in health and social care brings together contributions from health and social care professionals and provides the information needed to teach, counsel and write. Case studies range from work with pre-literate children in post-war Macedonia to people with dementia in Britain. more »
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This practical resource book for professionals covers the broad spectrum of students attending special needs schools. Paula Crimmens places therapeutic storymaking within the context of drama therapy and offers practical advice on how to structure and set up sessions to be compatible with special needs learning environments. more »
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A collaborative therapeutic approach is often the best way to assess and meet the needs of troubled children. Focusing on Multi Agency Support Teams in educational settings, this book describes how specialist therapists and other professionals can successfully work together to become essential interlocking pieces of the jigsaw of emotional support. more »
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