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Hari Sreenivasan
Hari Sreenivasan joined the PBS NewsHour in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program.
Prior to joining NewsHour, he was at CBS News, reporting for the "CBS Evening News," "The Early Show" and "CBS Sunday Morning." Before that, he served as an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, working extensively on the network's 24-hour digital service "ABC News Now." Sreenivasan also reported for "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," "Nightline with Ted Koppel," and anchored the overnight program "World News Now."
Previously, he ran his own production company and freelanced as a reporter for KTVU-TV in Oakland, California. Sreenivasan served as an anchor and senior correspondent for CNET Broadcast in San Francisco and was a reporter for WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina and KAPP-TV in Yakima, Washington.
Sreenivasan received an Emmy award for a story on gold mining by children in the Philippines. He has previous nominations for work from PBS NewsHour, Frontline and during his time at CBS. Sreenivasan is a member of both the South Asian Journalists Association and the Asian American Journalists Association and a 2003 graduate of the AAJA Executive Leadership Program.
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June 11, 2016
Over the past decade, the streets of New York City have undergone a dramatic transformation. Nearly 400 miles of bike lanes were installed, the largest bike share program in North America began and Times Square morphed from a busy thoroughfare into a packed pedestrian plaza. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with former Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, author of the book "Streetfight: A Handbook for an Urban Revolution," to discuss more on rethinking New York's public spaces. Continue reading →
November 24, 2015
During my week in Paris, there were signs of both solidarity and suspicion among people that in some ways reminded of the United States after 9/11, but to compare the two would be a disservice to the unique tragedies and the people involved. The attacks in Paris have made way to a period of difficult introspection for Europeans, challenging their ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity with global realities. Continue reading →
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My K3 has started acting up as some of you have reported. I have about 1,200 books loaded, and it's recently started doing repeated spontaneous restarts. When I checked how many were indexing, ALL of them were, last night! The number kept coming down as I'd recheck a "nonsense search," until only 30 were still indexing tonight. It did a couple of spontaneous restarts again, so I did a manual reboot, and now ALL 1,200 books are again "indexing!" Should that happen with a reboot? Or is this 1-1/2 month old Kindle ready for a replacement? (Sure hate to do that, since it means reloading lots of books, and making another 30 "collections," which is time consuming...)
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The Serbian winger has spoken of his determination to make his time in Istanbul a success after returning from a lengthy spell on the sidelines through injury
The 28-year-old Serbian suffered an injury in the second leg of his side's Champions League qualifying round defeat to Spartak Moscow in August after joining the club earlier that month.
Speaking to Fenerbahce's official monthly magazine, Krasic revealed that he was upbeat about his future with the Yellow Canaries.
"I know that Fenerbahce are among the world's best 10-15 teams," he said.
"Before I accepted the offer, I was given some information from Mateja Kezman about the club. He spoke positively about Fenerbahce and Turkey.
"I'm happy in here but I'm in bad physical condition. I had my first serious injury and it affected me badly. But now I'm ready and I want to give myself to the team.
"Aykut Kocaman can rely on me. When I start to play regularly, everything will be fine. I want to prove myself.
"This situation is increasing the quality of football. But if we work to full capacity, there is no team that can beat us."
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|This article is about the food in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, from a species of amphibians. You may be looking for Haven Troopers, which were nicknamed FROGS due to having similar jumping abilities to them.
In Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, in order to survive or regain stamina, the player must eat food. This article contains information about the frogs in the game. Collecting all frogs in the HD version unlocks the achievement/trophy "Them's Good Eatin'"
Otton Frog
- Ration Name: FROG A
- Initial Taste: Good
- Danger Level: None
- Stamina Recovery: Moderate
- Capture: Yes
The Otton Frog is a corpulent species of frog. They are known as a delicacy, so it might be worth catching them for food. The Otton Frog was found only in Amami Oshima in Japan. Frogs usually have four toes on their front legs, but the Otton frog is unique in that has five. They can be found from Dremuchij North to Zaozyorje North. It is also one of the meals that are served within Groznyj Grad's southeast section. Naked Snake also intended to eat Otton Frog as part of his and EVA's sushi dinner after they return to America in the success of Operation Snake Eater, although EVA mentioned that Otton Frog is very rarely eaten by the Japanese, and certainly not with sushi, when remarking surprise about Snake's desire to eat it.
Tree Frog
- Ration Name: FROG B
- Initial Taste: Very Bad
- Danger Level: None
- Stamina Recovery: Minimal
- Capture: Yes
During the one-on-one battle with Colonel Volgin in Groznyj Grad B1, throwing a live tree frog on the ground can distract Volgin.
Poison Dart Frog
- Ration Name: FROG C
- Initial Taste: Poisonous
- Danger Level: Medium
- Stamina Recovery: Special (Food Poisoning)
- Capture: Yes
The Poison Dart Frog is native to the tropical rain forests of Central and South America. They normally grow between two and five centimeters in length, but for some reason the ones in Tselinoyarsk seem to be much bigger than that. Poison dart frogs are known to carry enough pumiliotoxin to kill/severely poison 25 human beings - under no circumstances should it ever even be touched. Long ago, people used the poison to coat their arrows for hunting. For that reason, it will cause food poisoning if eaten.
The best place to find them is in Graniny Gorki South before or during the battle with The Fear, and are very useful for poisoning him with when he goes after food.
Poison Dart Frogs were also mentioned by Paz in regards to the Cloud Forests of Central Heredia, to which Snake remarked that the only way they would not concern him is if they didn't taste good.


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God called so dancer Albert David decided to follow his feet. Joel Gibson isn't far behind.
If Albert David hadn't danced so well, he may have become a priest. After David finished high school on Hammond Island in the Torres Strait, a teacher suggested he audition as a dancer at the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA) in Sydney. It meant he could see his older brother, who'd moved to the city four years earlier.
"I thought, 'This is my chance'," says David.
"A free trip down there ... I'm going'."
When he came home, weeks later, there were a letter and a Catholic priest waiting for him.
"I went home and all of sudden I got a letter from the principal dance teacher that said to my parents, 'I think your son would make a good dancer'," he says. "And on the same day I got the letter, I had a priest come over to my parents and say, 'I think your son would make a good priest'."
Faced with a difficult situation, he chose dancing. "I looked at the priest and I said, 'Brother, hopefully I'll do the same good work that you're doing, but in dance'."
Watching David lead six dancers through a rehearsal at the Bangarra Dance Theatre, all muscles and dreadlocks and bare feet, it's difficult to imagine him offering pearls of wisdom from behind a pulpit. Diving for them off Thursday Island, maybe. But he says he's maintained his faith: a fusion of ancient custom and the white man's doctrine.
The London Missionary Society's Torres Strait mission was located on Hammond Island and David spent seven years of Sundays performing altar boy duties. He continued to do so when he moved to Sydney.
"For me, the meaning of the Bible is in between the words," he says. "People change that meaning to control one another. But reading between the lines and looking into my culture, I go, 'Hang on a minute - I have exactly the same commandments as in the Bible, just in different words'."
It's something David keeps coming back to - how to marry old and new, black and white, traditional and contemporary. Although he never met Eddie Mabo, he knew the rest of the family and grew up thinking, "I want to be like this fella."
"He took the white man's law and he showed them our law and he said, 'What's the difference here?' And then he came out with an answer. He's not arguing against anybody, just showing respect, saying, 'You have this, we have that, where can we meet and find a balance?"'
David's new show, Giz, is dedicated to Mabo and designed to approximate in dance what Mabo did in the courts. The first show he created, Bipotim (Before Time), told the story of the Torres Strait before the missionaries arrived and was part of the first Dance Clan festival in 1998. This one combines traditional Torres Strait Island dance with contemporary styles to tell the story of two cultures colliding and finding a middle ground.
So it will be structured and scored chronologically, David says, starting with an ancient shark dance, then incorporating Western moves to signify first contact and finally blending the two styles. The music by David Page and Steve Francis, with whom David worked at Bangarra Dance Theatre, steers the transitions. It moves from drum rhythms to church songs and the sound of the conch, which visitors customarily blow to signal their arrival at an island in the Strait.
David's aim is to tell how the meeting of cultures happened and to suggest how it could happen elsewhere, whether on a beach in the Torres Strait, a Sydney street or a Canberra negotiation table.
"For me, I've got the old and I'm accepting the new," David says. "The new has changed me for the better, I think.
"So what I'm doing through Giz is, instead of turning away the new, I'll put them together and come to a meeting place. That way, I'm sharing my culture with the wider audience."
Over the years, David has gathered the tools he needs - old and new - to find that place. Since leaving Bangarra in 1998 to branch out, he has choreographed and danced with a crowd as diverse as the Australian Ballet, musician David Bridie, electronica outfit Pnau and dance stalwart Elizabeth Cameron Dalman.
Why so many?
He laughs. "I like to share, brother."
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Apr 2, 2009
Weight is a matter of balance
I know, this sounds like a physics lesson and I guess, in a way, it is. We are constantly inundated by ads, books and diet foods. The frozen food section at the market is now half filled with diet dinners. Billions of dollars...
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Oct 16, 2008
Weighing options in a life of chronic pain
Everyone who lives with chronic pain and illness gets discouraged at one time or another. How can you not? When is the worse time of day for you? For me, it is the early mornings, when I awaken and haven't yet had my daily...
Jun 10, 2008
What do you do about your anger?
We all want to "put our best foot forward," don't we? Sometimes that foot hurts, is swollen and hot, or is causing some other form of irritation or discomfort. What if someone comes along and steps on that aching foot?...
Jun 5, 2008
We're burning daylight!
No matter what I do, the clock in our hallway just keeps ticking. That is if one of us remembers to wind it. It's accompanied by a traditional chime each hour, which takes a bit of the pain out of it. Each morning, the sun...
Jun 3, 2008
The balancing act of living with chronic pain
There's rarely anything simple about chronic illness. In considering all of you who communicate with me as well as my own experience, I would have to say it's never just one thing. If only life would come at us one problem...
May 27, 2008
Inside the skin of chronic pain
We face many challenges, those of us who live with chronic pain. We have many conditions, large and small, debilitating and less debilitating. The physical side of this kind of life is only the beginning. There are many...
May 22, 2008
Is chronic pain a good excuse to become a grump?
What do you think? Is being in chronic pain a good excuse to be irritable, grouchy or downright impossible? What if it goes on for years and not just days? What if you use your pain and suffering to become grumpy all the time?...
May 15, 2008
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What is the value of human life?
Don't you often wonder about the value of each human life? It seems to be an especially important question right now due to the tragedies all over the world. We're told the death toll in China is rising due to the 7.8...
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History lessons
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Bernie Sanders: If You Can't Take Care Of Veterans, Don't Go To War
Interviewed by CNN's Wolf Blitzer,
Senator Bernie Sanders
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rejecting his bill
to expand health care, education and other benefits for veterans. Sanders
, "I think there is widespread support across the country for this bill, and I frankly think there is a lot of support in the Senate for this bill. And what has happened, for the same old stupid partisan reasons, Republican leadership says well, we want to attach to this bill Iran sanctions, and they know that this is something that the president doesn't want. They know it's something that the secretary of state doesn't want at this point. They know that the Democratic leadership doesn't want it, and it's a means to torpedo what is such an important piece of legislation for our veterans. I really get very upset." Regarding GOP objections to the cost of the bill, Sanders said, "If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go war. These people are bearing the brunt of what war is about, We have a moral obligation to support them." Watch:
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A search is underway for two teenagers who are lost in the Daintree National Park in far north Queensland.
Police say the 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman set off for a walk with three others around Mossman Gorge on Saturday morning, but were separated from the group about 1pm.
They failed to return to their meeting place about 4.30pm and a land search is now underway.


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Fourth-Quarter PC Sales Declined, IDC Reports
Worldwide PC shipments dropped by 0.4 percent year-over-year and 2.5 percent sequentially to 77.3 million units, the firm reported. For 2008 as a whole, however, PC unit volume was up 10.5 percent in 2008 to 297.2 million units sold.
More importantly, sales of low-cost netbooks didn't help. Sales of portable PCs grew 20 percent, but that was only half of the growth the category had experienced earlier in the year. Sales of desktops fell by 16 percent, IDC found.
"As expected, demand for PCs in the U.S. faced a challenging environment, with a substantial reduction in spending among both consumer and commercial segments amid tightening credit, eroding confidence, and growing unemployment," said Doug Bell, research analyst, United States Quarterly PC Tracker, in a statement. "Not only unit growth was constrained, but the value of the market also shrank as a result of competitive pricing and the introduction of lower-priced mini notebooks. Unfortunately, the first half of 2009 looks pretty shaky as the economic fundamentals need to recover before spending on PCs will resume."
In the United States, the top five PC vendors remained unchanged: Dell and HP both hung on to the top spots, although both vendors saw sales decline versus a year ago. Dell, demonstrated the worst sales performance, recording a 16.4 percent drop in shipments to 4.6 million units. Acer, the third-ranked vendor in the United States, showed the sharpest increase, as sales surged 35.8 percent to 2.1 million units -- most likely assisted by low-cost products such as the Acer One. Apple and Toshiba also showed healthy growth, maintaining their fourth and fifth rankings. Apple tacked on 0.8 percent of market share, to 7.2 percent.
Worldwide, HP also maintained its top spot, growing 3.1 percent to 15.2 million units, good for a 19.6 percent market share. Dell also slipped on the worldwide market, falling 6.3 percent to 10.6 million units and a worldwide market share of 13.7 percent. Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba finished third though fifth, with Acer and Toshiba reporting growth rates of over 20 percent. Lenovo, however, reported a sales drop of 4.8 percent.


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CG Composite – Boujou Tracking
Here is a composite rendering of a 3D character running and climbing over a building. This was my first attempt at using Boujou and tracking live footage. Maya's production shaders were utilized to create the necessary masks and surfaces for the character to interact with.
Expanding a bit more from the last project, I used footage that was tracked in Boujou instead of a static image. Basically Boujou is a video tracking software which analyzes points of high contrast within a frame and compares that to the frames before and after to determine depth and motion in Z-space. This data can then be exported into Maya to position the perspective camera so 3D elements can be composited into live footage.
For this project my game character was composited into live footage to make it appear that he was climbing a building. I decide to go with a nearby apartment complex because the layout was perfect for a climbing sequence.
After shooting the scene from many different angles, one was selected and brought into Boujou for tracking. This was more difficult than anticipated and I unfortunately had to give up on my original medium and close shots which were a bit too elaborate. In the end, I settled for a single wide angled shot which had less movement and more tracking points for a more simple composite.
After the footage was tracked, it was then exported into Maya for scene alignment. Geometry was then modeled and properly aligned to fit the footage and a very basic animation sequence was blocked in (frame by frame keying). Due to time constraints and since this was more of a tracking and compositing project, little time was spent on the actual animation and a basic 'block in' pass could be used.
Once that was completed, MIP shaders were applied to all background objects and an IBL (image based lighting) setup with final gather was created to light the scene. To further integrate the character, raytrace shadows were created by adding a simple directional light.
Everything was then rendered and exported into After Effects for post production. Adjustment layers and blurs were applied for gama correction and to 'dirty up' the character to better match the original footage. Then dialogue and additional follie was added over the original audio to complete the scene (all cleaned up in Audition of course).
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Breaking with recent tradition, those taking part or visiting the annual Constantine Garden Society Summer Show were basked in sunshine as it was blessed with fine weather for the first time in several years.
The event was everything a small village show should be with plenty of exhibits, fine weather, a brass band playing, children eagerly checking their entries to see if they had won and friends and neighbours meeting up for a cup of coffee and a cream tea.
Honorary vice president Neil Wiseman thanked all those who worked so hard to make sure the show was a success, in particular the chairman Howard Bolt and his wife Valerie, the society's minutes secretary. Mr Wiseman said: "It has been a good show, it has been a good day."
The general feeling was that the show was the best for years, the number of new people entering the show was up and the judges all declared that the quality of the entries was very high and that the standard for the whole show was excellent, which made judging very difficult.
Gillian Lawrence the judge for the senior home produce section said: "Very good entries overall. Some of the yeast entries were outstanding" with Janet Dale, judging the cut blooms, adding: "A delight to judge such beautiful and varied classes."
As always the children's sections were well represented. Reg Sleaman for the children's flowers and vegetables, said: "Thank you for making my job as a judge harder, there were some lovely flowers."
Nicky Guest, judging the children's arts and crafts, added: "The standard of all the children's work was very high. I would like to commend every entry as it made the judging extremely difficult."
The prizes were presented by the Rev Stewart Turner, vicar of Constantine, Gweek and Mawnan Smith, who was full of praise for the exhibitors, particularly the children, and said: "It was good to see the thriving community life of Constantine being taken forward by the children of the village."
Trophies, most points, best exhibits: Horticulture confined, Sue Kuruber; horticulture open, D Lee. Plant pots open, Roy Keverne ; onions/shallots/leeks open, D Lee; vegetables open, D Lee; vegetables confined, N Gambier; fruit opened, John Andrews; dahlias open, Alan Pearce; fuchias open, Roy Keverne; cut flower open, Loretta Ruse and Valerie Bolt; floral art open, Sylvia Dunstan; home produce, R Nicholls; arts and crafts, Loretta Ruse; art and design senior, G Rowe; junior, D Nicholls; photography most points Photography Shield, D Livingstone; Photography Tankard, D Livingstone.
Trophies for the Best Exhibits: Horticulture open, Roy Keverne; four plants in pots, Roy Kevern; Roses specimen, Mike Dunstan; collection of fruit, John Andrews; collection of vegetables, D Lee; dahlias open, Alan Pearce; cut flowers, Lucy Nottingham; floral art centenary cup, Gwen Rowe; floral art novice, P Thomas; home produce men, B Nixon; arts and crafts, Loretta Ruse; photography, D Livingstone; most attractive front garden, 25 Penbothidno; most attractive small garden, 45 Fore Street; best hanging basket, 7 Glebe Terrace.
Children's trophies: Home produce five years plus, C Roseveare; home produce 11 years and under, D Pascoe; home produce 12 years and over, S Sumbler; home produce aggregate, D Pascoe; division 12 under five years, L Bennett Dahan; five to seven years, R Kent; eight to 11 years, D Nicholls; best painting or drawing, Charlotte Rosevear; Art and Design Junior Cup, David Nicholls; President's Art Prize, Charlotte Rosevear; best School entry, Charlotte Fidler.
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Need a bit of advice - year 1 dd age 6 really behind at school !!(35 Posts)
Went to parents evening the other night and came out crying I am actually really angry with myself for not asking the teacher more questions. My lovely little girl is 6 very confident does not stand for any rubbish slightly hyper at times and struggles to concentrate for long periods.
She is very behind at school virtually at reception level or where she should be when she left reception. She does struggle to read but is getting better because she cannot read this really affects her writing. The teachers advice was that she needs to concentrate more which I take his point on board however I expected him to tell me what plans he would put in place to help her. I know class sizes are big and she cannot have someone to help her all of the time but she does need some help.
We have been out and bought her a load of work books and we have got the flash cards out again I suppose I just want a bit of advice of how to help her and to know that it is possible for her to catch up.
You need to have a meeting with her teacher. They should be differentiating the instructions to her level so that she can access them or providing support. She is very young still and not all children are reading fully at that age. The teacher needs to put in place strategies to help your child access the work. Is she sitting on a table with teaching assistant support?
If she is not concentrating when the teaching instructions are given at the beginning before individual work she will struggle if she cannot read instructions on the board or on sheets given to them. The same for retaining instructions.
Working on her listening and memory skills using games might help alongside reading more with her. Some ideas here, here and here. Also listening skills resources here and here.
Cook Pot Cook is ORT 3.
According to this guide she is within the range for less able readers in her year which goes from red to orange. The average would be green band.
You have all been a great help thank you. I spoke to her teacher today and he is going to see me after school tomorrow.
Read lots to her too. My daughter suddenly clicked when hearing me read, she realised that she didn't need to read so slowly! I'm amazed at how by simply telling her she can read faster that she does. Good luck with the meeting x
Hi Laughalot:
First off remember that in many countries children do not formally start school until the year they turn 7 and they end up doing as well or better than British children. So start off by remembering this is a marathon not a race.
Sounding out/ blending help: try getting in some jolly phonics workbooks - but then really reinforce those sounds your DD is working with in your reading. (i.e. if she's learning sh- sounds - then make a point of having her sound out all sh words (maybe with a bit of help from you) in whatever you're reading.
Reading: Make sure this is a regular feature of your day. We do this after bath and before bed time. You may be doing the bulk of the reading right now - but you can include your DD by identifying words she should know (high frequency words: www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Infant_spellings/infantspelling.htm & select H/F words list 1 and 2). Start regularly pointing to them and have your DD read those. Gradually you'll move from your DC reading one or two words per sentence to reading whole words.
If you haven't come across it - OXFORD OWL has a lot of advice and useful on-line e-books for free: www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/
MATHS: This is really up to you and what you're comfortable with. It may be that you have strong skills and can support this yourself. Oxford owl also has a maths section for early years, which may help. One thing I picked up on with my own DD1 (who also was very behind in KS1) is that she learned maths better through visual examples. So lots of raisins, smarties, buttons, etc.... and drawings to support explanation in workbooks. Ultimately we opted for an on-line tutorial which focuses on basic calculation skills (mathsfactor: www.themathsfactor.com/) but others here on Mumsnet have sung the praises of mathletics (www.mathletics.co.uk/) and mathswhizz (www.whizz.com/)
For Year 1 - the real aim is addition/ subtraction with numbers up to 20 and counting by 2, 5 and 10 (early multiplication tables). The real hurdle for us was numbers over 10 - but this can be shown visually by working from the start with units and tens and making sure your DD can visualise the difference between them: so for example in the number 24 the 2 = 2 tens and the 4 = 4 units. The best way of explaning this is using two different but related items. We used grapes (for tens because they were nice and big) and raisins for units. So 24 = 2 grapes and 4 units. To then take away 10 from 24 would be the equivalent of taking 1 grape away. You can also teach borrowing by cashing in a grape for 10 raisins.
Games like snakes and ladders can also really help with counting on (playing forward) and counting back (playing backward from 100 to 0). To increase numbers you're counting - use two dice.
I've been there - but if you take a deep breath, accept this is going to be a long, slow haul and just keep plugging away at it when you can (30 minutes or so a day max including reading time and ideally not in one solid go) - you will find that you do make substantial progress.
Thank you everyone did not manage to see the teacher yesterday as I have the dreaded tummy bug. I did ring school and he is going to see me next week they did send home with her her 200 keywords that she should know by the end of ks1 so that is a start.
You have all been fantastic thank you.
if your child is in state school I think this is a nice resource to show what's expected at KS1 and let you know where she may have gaps.
If you want to help her with her reading I would say go for a mixture of high frequency words (the ones you will have been sent home) and phonics. As she is Year 1 she will have the Phonics Screening to do as well in June which is a pretty good indication of her decoding ability - not necessarily her reading ability! You say she can sound out words like can but does she know any digraphs/trigraphs - 2/3 letter sounds. In Phase 3 of Letters and Sounds these begin with double letters like ff, ck and ll but then move onto sh, ch and th. After that it moves on to vowel digraphs such as ai, ee, igh oa and oo. This is Reception level (Phase 3 ) so your dd should have at least done them once, even if she hasn't picked them up yet. Once children know these, it makes reading a bit easier, although they often need to have thempointed out in words for a while. Phase 4 concentrates on ccvc or cvcc words (consonant and vowel) such as crab or lamp - these are a bit harder to blend than 3 letter words. Phase 5 is where children should be in Year 1 but many schools work at a slower pace. This introudces more ways of making the vowel phonemes such as ay, ea, ie, oe, ue etc and therefore gives children more options. I would look at the first 100 high frequency words and see how many she can read. Make/use some flashcards for the first 5 she doesn't know. Practise reading and writing them as often as possible.
As others have said, sharing books with you is also so important. If she sees/hears adults reading it will help her value reading and want to do it more.
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon.
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These are books for parent to help at home. I have found out about the books here on mum net. These book really increase his Spelling Awareness.
MY DS1 in year 3 doing Apple and Pear A for spelling which is really help with the writing, the book state that you can start this at the age of 4+.
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"A Great Start for Microsoft"
The Kinect is an excercising game; you control your arms, legs, and full on body with your body. All of this with the Kinect Sensor.
If you buy a system, it comes with cords, manuals, the system, the sensor, sensor calibration card, the game, and your excitement.
The Start
It asks to create profiles, set up time and that stuff, like the Wii. If you had put your sensor, it nicely orders you to control with the sensor. You choose an avatar but none of them are good. Your gamer picture is most likely bad. Don't worry.
It has huge customization. To start, let me tell you that some games you start up get you something new for your avatar, like Kinect Adventures, the game you get. So, you probably start with the look, but then right before you go to features, you want to change that good look. You change it whatever you want to be. You are probably comfortable with the system.
What Else?
Your system comes with some games, demos, and trials. Play them for more gamer pictures and fun. You can connect to Xbox Live, which will be explained later. You can watch Dvds and listen to Cds. If you and your friend have a kinect sensor and a Live account, it is time to video chat. Did I tell you you can control dvds and cds and your dashboard with your voice? There is also a market for stuff for your avatar, games, and more great stuff. Try setting up the Kinect Id. The sensor scans you, then you are supposed to step on green squares. Then you arr done. Guess! The next game you play or Id set up you do, it recognizes you!!
Xbox Live
To join, click on a feature you need a Live account with. It will prompt you to join. There is a reason why most people do not want an Account.
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Please by noted that if you have some conditions you should sit on the couch and use the controller. Do not move the system with a disk in it or most likely, a scratch. Do not move the sensor or else you are forced to reposition. Just remember to have FUN!
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There are many different methods of Feng Shui interpretation today giving birth to multitudes of differing methods that claims to be the authentic Feng Shui interpretation. Many of these are also used concurrently with divinity methods like astrology and birth analysis to complicate it further. It is even more perplexing when spiritual or religious are added into its concepts turning Feng Shui into such a misunderstood subject filled with a lot of pseudo methods.
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Recipe by breezermom
Coffee Cake with blueberries....what more needs to be said?
Top Review by diner524
What a great moist cake!!! I only made 1/2 of the recipe and used my 2 mini-pound cake pans. I didn't divide it too evenly though, as you can see from the two photo's. I made one as written minus the nuts for my family and then one for me with the pecans, but did run short on the berries for the top layer. But the looks didn't matter, it was the taste!! Great for a morning breakfast. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made for PRMR Tag Game.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄4 cups fresh blueberries
- 1 1⁄3 cups sugar, divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, chopped
- 3⁄4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
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- Combine blueberries, 1/3 cup sugar, and 2 tbsp flour in a small saucepan; cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly. Set aside.
- Cream butter, gradually add remaining 1 cup sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Combine the remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in almond extract.
- Spoon half of the batter into a heavily greased 10 inch tube pan. Spoon half of the reserved blueberry mixture over the batter. Repeat the procedure with the remaining batter and blueberry mixture. Swirl through the batter with a knife. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving plate.
- Glaze:.
- Combine the sifted powdered sugar, 1 tbsp warm water, and 1 tsp almond extract in a small bowl. Stir with a wire whisk until smooth. Drizzle over the warm coffee cake.


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Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Endeavour, and Atlantis — between 1981 and 2011, these five Space Shuttles ferried the 355 astronauts and a huge number of satellites into low-Earth orbit. These shuttles orbited the Earth at altitudes of just a few hundred miles, typically; think Florida or Colorado standing up vertically. But they went round and round more than 21,000 times in total, racking up more than half a billion miles — the distance between the Sun and Jupiter. Thanks to the shuttle, we've built the International Space Station, seen astronauts perform feats of daring and delicateness in free fall, and launched and serviced the Hubble Space Telescope.
Another (actually, the first) shuttle, Enterprise, never flew in space but was the prototype used to prove that the vehicle could glide and land successfully, and to test how well the shuttle carrier aircraft worked in concert.
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To celebrate the shuttle pavilion's opening to the public, the Intrepid Museum held a "space fest" between July 19 and July 22, 2012. And NASA was there to join the celebration. Dozens of exhibit booths showcased NASA's aeronautics, space exploration and science missions and programs. There were models of the Mars mission Curiosity (that landed on the red planet just last week!), solar telescopes to safely view our nearest and dearest star, space suits in which people posed for pictures, and other cool exhibits. And thousands of museum visitors mobbed these exhibits, staying to chat excitedly about science and space exploration.
Several of my colleagues from STScI and NASA Goddard staffed the James Webb Space Telescope booth. We had a 1:20 scale model of the telescope. We showed videos of its mirrors and instruments being built, explained how the solar panels would unfold in space, and discussed the cool science to be done by Webb. Since Webb is an infrared (IR) telescope, we had set up a commercial IR camera and large display, so that visitors could see themselves in this "invisible light."
All warm, dense bodies emit electromagnetic radiation. The temperature of the body determines the color or, equivalently, the wavelength of the radiation. Humans and other land animals emit IR radiation, not the visible light that our eyes can see. IR light has wavelengths that are too long for our eyes to detect, but specialized IR cameras or some regular digital cameras equipped with long-wavelength-sensitive CCDs can capture our thermal emission and show us our "temperature map" in false color.
Our IR camera at the Space Fest was a big hit. Visitors walking by stopped in their tracks to see familiar yet strangely colored versions of themselves on the monitor. They exclaimed about actually seeing — rather than feeling — how cold their noses or hands were in contrast to the tops of their heads. They rubbed their hands and saw the resulting warmth show up as a brighter glow on the IR camera. We offered them fun activities to try: hold an ice cube and see how that changed what their hands looked like; blow-dry their hair and make it seem like it was aflame. Mothers brought their kids, and kids dragged their parents, to "see" themselves in a new light. Visitor who spoke no English exchanged delighted grins and connected with us without needing words. And all this despite the overcast skies and cold rain that threatened to dampen the first two days of the Space Fest.
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NINE burglaries which took place in the Wycombe district over the weekend has prompted police to ask residents to remain vigilant.
Between Friday and Sunday there was a spike in burglaries, where cash and jewellery were targeted.
They took place in Lyndon Gardens, Havenfield Road, The Haystacks, Roundwood Road and Pheasant Drive- all of which are in High Wycombe.
And two took place in Hazlemere in Penn Road and Holmer Green Road.
Peters Lane in Monks Risborough and New Road in Princes Risborough were also targeted.
DI Rob Hood said: "Overall, the amount of burglaries residents in the High Wycombe area experience is still very low.
"However, we did see a spike in these offences over the weekend, where cash and jewellery were targeted.
"I urge anyone that may have information about these offences, or has seen anything suspicious, to call the police, using the 101 number. Alternatively, please call Crimestoppers, free and anonymously on 0800 555111."


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Can it be that Audrina and Justin are really over? Last night on The Hills, Audrina finally axed Justin out of her life. Stephanie seemed skeptical but only time will tell. Speaking of endings, Stephanie's job at People's Revolution is no more. Kelly is not happy with her work ethic — can you blame her? — and asked Lauren to do the firing. Ouch. Stay tuned on how that goes down. In the meantime, how well you were paying attention to the clothes?
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Kangana Ranaut was nowhere to be seen last year. But looks like she is making up for that this year as she has continuously been spotted shooting for her various films – Queen, Rajjo, Revolver Rani. Her avatar in each film will be hatke and the audience will surely be delighted.
Speaking about the different role she will be essaying in each film, she said,"There's Rajjo, where I play a prostitute, then in Queen, I am a girl who is alone on her honeymoon! There's Revolver Rani, Krishh 3, Shootout At Wadala and I Love NY."
When asked why she has taken up so many hatke roles, Kangana says,"You know, The Dirty Picture was offered to me. And not doing the film has been the biggest mistake of my life. I don't want to repeat that mistake ever again. I know I can do roles like these."
The talented actress is all praise for Vidya Balan and credits her for revolutionising the market! Speaking of the level of acceptance that films are getting, Kangana Ranaut said,"I think filmmakers and script writers have always had such films in mind, but Vidya has to a great extent helped them gain confidence to make them as well, knowing that these films can work in the market. And I am glad that filmmakers are increasingly treading the path and trying to be different in terms of content."
It will be good t o see the actress who was missing in action with back to back releases!


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Voyagers II: The Alien Within
When Keith Stoner awoke, he found himself in a world changed almost beyond recognition. Eighteen years before, Stoner had been the American member of a joint U.S.-Soviet mission to capture an alien ship. The Soviets had to pull out, but Stoner persisted, and while on the strange ship, he fell into suspended animation.
Jo Camerata, the ambitious young student who fell in love with Stoner, is now head of Vanguard Industries, which has recovered the alien ship. As a result, her company is now in control of its vast new technology and the fortune it reaps--and in control of Keith Stoner. What Camerata doesn't know, however, is that someone else has been awake, someone who dwells within Stoner's mind. The alien presence that has kept Stoner alive all this time is now free and intends to explore our world, letting nothing stand in its way.
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Mickey Rourke has shrugged off bad reviews of his latest movie 'Passion Play', conceding the film was given a limited release because 'it's not very good'.
"The Wrestler" star appears alongside Megan Fox playing a musician who saves a winged circus freak from a mob boss.
"Passion Play" was savaged by critics after it premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and initial reports suggested it would go straight to DVD. It will be given a limited run in a small number of U.S. theatres on May, but Mickey Rourke insists he is not bothered by the movie's lack of success.
He tells New York Magazine's Vulture column, "Terrible. Another terrible movie. But, you know, in your career and all the movies you make, you're going to make dozens of terrible ones."
And when asked why the film is being given such a limited release, he replies, "That's because it's not very good."


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Mexico's financial vulnerability: then and now
Financial turmoil dots Mexico's recent economic history. Between 1975 and 1995, the nation experienced recurrent currency, debt and banking crises with devastating effects on real economic activity. ; In Mexico, election years often heighten the risk of financial instability. Debt defaults or massive devaluations—or both—have accompanied three of the past five presidential elections. Given that history, it's not surprising that questions about Mexico's financial vulnerability have arisen with the approach of July's presidential election. ; While the concerns may be understandable, Mexico has come a long way in recent years. The 2000 elections took place without financial repercussions, and this year the country isn't nearly as vulnerable as it was prior to the 1994 Tequila Crisis. Mexico is by no means immune to crises; recent history tells us that few nations are. But Mexico has taken important steps to reduce the likelihood of another financial collapse, and the country appears well positioned to maintain economic stability through the election year.
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If I lost a birth control pill down the sink and I just resumed with the next day's pill right away, although I will be missing one pill at the end of my 28 day cycle, is that OK? Can I just do an eight day placebo week, instead of seven, and then start my next pack like normal? Or should I start the next pack one day early? Or what?
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Yikes! Hopefully you consulted your health care provider as well as asking Alice! about this matter. For things that you feel are urgent or need help with right away, it's always best to talk to someone right away rather than waiting for an answer from a website.
Whenever you lose, or otherwise miss, a pill, it's best to talk with the health care provider who prescribed the pills (or someone in their medical office) about what to do. The reason is that different brands of pills have varying hormonal formulations and thus different potential effects when pills are missed. In some cases, you may be able to simply resume taking pills at your regular time the day after missing a pill and move on with life. In others cases, skipping even one pill (or extending the placebo week) could result in a serious threat to effective pregnancy prevention; it really depends on the type of pill you take. An additional factor to be aware of is that some brands of pills are multi-phasic, meaning that pills in a single pack of birth control have differing levels of hormones. Depending on which pill you missed (or which "phase" pill it was), your health care provider may have different recommendations about how to proceed.
Missing a pill (or extending the placebo week to eight days) could lessen the pregnancy prevention power of your birth control, so you may need to use a back up method for up to seven days after you've resumed your regular pill schedule. Again, your health care provider will have to check the specific guidelines for the type of pill you take to determine if you need back up. But just to be safe, you could consider using condoms or another method of contraception until you have a chance to speak with a provider.
While you need specific information from your health care provider about what to do, you may not actually need to have an in-office visit. If you can provide enough information to your provider (or one of her or his staff) over the phone, s/he may be able to give you an answer that way. You could also look for the explanatory pamphlet that comes with each pack of pills (usually a small, folded piece of paper), which may have some guidance about the brand's formulation and what to do in the case of a missed pill.
If pregnancy is a concern, you could consider taking emergency contraception (EC). Plan B One-Step and the other generic one-pill forumations of EC are available on the shelf at pharmacies and drugstores. You do not need to ask a pharmacist, provide a prescription, or proof-of-age to obtain and purchase these types of EC, which may range between $30 to $60 per dose. Depending on where you live, EC may be available for free, 24 hours-a-day at any public hospital. For more information, check out Emergency contraception basic information.
You're doing the right thing by reaching out for information after losing a pill; however, in this case your health care provider is your best resource. Good luck getting in touch, and take care,Alice!


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By Andrew M.I. Lee
As a loving parent, you care for your child. You think about her needs. You talk with teachers, family members and others about those needs. And you help your child get support in and out of school.
But as part of taking care of your child, you may want to encourage her to speak up for herself. You may want to teach her a powerful skill called "self-advocacy."
Self-advocacy is when your child understands her strengths and weaknesses, knows what she needs to succeed and communicates that to other people.
"At its heart, self-advocacy is your child's ability to speak up for what she needs."
"At its heart, self-advocacy is your child's ability to speak up for what she needs."
The skill of self-advocacy can be broken down into a few key elements:
For example, let's say your child has a writing issue like dysgraphia. And she has a history class that requires taking a lot of notes for homework. If she doesn't get some kind of writing support, she'll struggle.
Here's an example of self-advocacy in action. Your child understands that taking notes is going to be a challenge. And she knows that voice recognition software helps her take notes more easily. So she explains to her teacher that she has trouble writing and asks to use voice recognition software. If the teacher says yes, your child's needs are addressed. If the teacher says no, your child understands she can take her concerns to another person.
Self-advocacy helps kids learn by creating solutions for challenges in school. In the note-taking example above, your child is going to do a lot better in class if she has voice recognition software to help with writing issues.
Of course, a parent who advocates for that child could also ask for voice recognition software. But self-advocacy has some extra benefits. A child who exercises self-advocacy can:
These extra benefits can make a big difference in your child's long-term success. Instead of feeling powerless and dependent on others, she can feel ready to take on life's challenges.
The benefits also extend beyond academics. A child who can effectively self-advocate is a child who can communicate in social situations. For instance, she can explain to her friends why she might need extra help at times.
Because self-advocacy is so important, you may want to take specific steps to help your child build this skill. Here are some ways to help your child develop self-advocacy:
Self-advocacy isn't easy for many kids. Children may feel awkward or even guilty about asking for help or for an accommodation. That's especially true if a child feels embarrassed about her learning or attention issues.
As with any valuable skill, practice can help your child learn self-advocacy. Practice can also help her feel more comfortable about asking for help.
The sooner your child gets started, the more natural it will feel. Parenting Coach has a number of expert-approved tips on how to help your child practice self-advocacy.
Teaching self-advocacy can be an important part of caring for your child. Self-advocacy skills can help your child deal with her current challenges and the ones she'll face in the future. Explore tips on how to encourage self-advocacy in grade-schoolers, middle-schoolers and high-schoolers. You can also look into ways your child can build a support network.
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KINGFISHER Shopping Centre will be keeping boredom at bay for all children during half term week.
From Monday, February 17 through to Sunday, February 23, children will be offered the opportunity to take part in a host of activities held within the Centre.
In Worcester Square, a fun bungee activity will be a fixture from Monday to Sunday, for those feeling energetic.
And on the Wednesday and Thursday, the RSPB will hold a series of craft workshops – including making dragonflies and insects - between 10am and 4pm to bring out the children's creative side.
For fans of LEGO, Vue Cinemas Redditch will be inviting youngsters to build their own LEGO sculpture, then bring then along to the cinema on the Wednesday between noon and 2pm, to be judged by Charlie the Monkey – Kingfisher Shopping Centre's Kids Club mascot.
Merchandise for The LEGO Movie from Warner Bros – in cinemas from February 14 – will be on offer for the best sculpture made.
Kingfisher marketing manager, Katie Broome, said: "At this time of year, when the weather is generally cold and wet, there are often very few things for children to do during the school holidays. At the Kingfisher we want to make sure the children enjoy their time off and we have the space within the centre to be able to put on exciting activities.
"Our activities will be suitable for all children of school age so we're inviting them and their parents to come down and have a great time."
For more information on activities and events within the centre, see kingfishershopping.co.uk. Further information and updates can also be found by visiting the Facebook page facebook.com/shopkingfisher.
For more information on The LEGO Movie, including times and to book tickets, go to myvue.com.


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HARRY Potter films star Matthew Lewis, his actor brother Anthony Lewis, and singer songwriter Rupert Stroud are to be special guests at an event raising money for the Alzheimer's Society.
The event is being organised at the Hollygarth Social Club, Leeds Road, Ilkley on September 20, by three Ilkley women.
Ilkley resident, Leanne Page-Moorhouse, works with dementia sufferers and their families, at Airedale Hospital and a nursing home.
She was inspired to raise money for the Alzheimer's charity by close friend, April Leather.
April, 24, who also lives in Ilkley, is studying a degree in social care by distance learning, while caring for her mother, who has dementia, at home.
Mrs Page-Moorhouse, 37, said: "She inspired me, really, because she looks after her mum. I've watched her struggle and seen the lack of support she's getting as a carer."
Another friend, Emma Andrews, who works for the Halifax bank, also got involved. The company, which is supporting The Alzheimer's Society as its chosen charity this year, has offered to match-fund the event if it manages to raise over £1,000.
Mr Stroud was last year made a champion of leading national Alzheimer's research charity Alzheimer's Research UK.
As well as a performance by Rupert Stroud and music proivded by a DJ, there will be a raffle and auction on the night.
Tickets for the event cost £8 each, to include supper. Posters with full details of the event have gone up at the Hollygarth and at businesses around Ilkley.
Call 07788 628883 for more information.


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I'll admit to being optimistic on good days, pessimistic on others. I'm easy-going, kind-hearted, fairly well-balanced, opinionated, sometimes juvenile, bubbly, bouncy, extremely open, silly, stubborn, contradictory, weird, dirty-minded, boddacious, adventurous, emotional, kinky, eclectic, sarcastic, flirtatious, feminine, strange, sensual and flawed. I'm your basic evolved human female; character references can be supplied.
~I'm low maintenance but I do have certain requirements.~
Perfecting Bandaloop breathing, having my towel with me, thinking, indulging, laughing loudly, singing in the car, being in the moment, dancing in the moonlight or whenever and wherever the desire strikes, lifting a glass in toast & exploring liminal space.
Seriously considering dropping off the "grid", if I could just win the lottery.
I'd have to start playing the lottery, of course.
"When I'm good, I'm very very good. When I'm bad, I'm even better." - Mae West
It may be my smile; maybe my laugh? Both are easy, full, boisterous, unforced and spontaneous.
I do know that I jiggle when I perambulate and blush on occasion.
I had several extremely long lists of likes (still do, 'cause who doesn't like lists), but, decided it would be a decent conversation starter on someone's behalf to ask my opinions about music, movies, food, et cetera, dontcha' think?
I do need the woods, the water and city settings for a well-regulated temperament.
I enjoy exploring the back alleyways, the main thoroughfares, the less travelled path and the cheesy tourist traps.
Preferences are the unique, unusual, and original. I don't watch much television and I'd rather prepare a meal together than frequent a corporate chain.
~I read. I dance. I watch. I think. I drink coffee.
The leaf, the bean, the grape,
The means to heat water and a place to soak,
Conversation (lively, stimulating stuff),
A starry sky...
Should I mention Maslow and the necessary basics of water/food/air/shelter?
Nah, that should be a given.
(I was never one to follow "rules" -they're really just guidelines-)
I also have this huge curiosity about why someone bothers to engage in conversation, only to disable or delete their account?
Latest relevancy: health and my continued existence upon this dynamic blue ball.
"Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power."
― Oscar Wilde
I -choose- to live as my mood dictates.
Let's decide on something abnormal, indecent...decadent!
I try to keep my issues, insecurities, foibles, faults and failures to myself.
I do strive to live drama-free, but, my idiosyncrasies, neuroses and inability to distinguish my left from right sometimes hampers the way I get from point A to point B and back.
I may not be your ideal, but, I'm a decent honest independent woman, what could it hurt?
~Sit vis vobiscum~