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John lovely garden. Is that a potato barrel I spot ? Hi KEF, Yes, it's one of 5 potato barrels I'm using this year, 2 planted with 3 Vales Emerald in each, 2 planted with 3 Swift in each and 1 planted with 3 Duke of York.
John lovely garden. Is that a potato barrel I spot ?
Hi KEF,
Yes, it's one of 5 potato barrels I'm using this year, 2 planted with 3 Vales Emerald in each, 2 planted with 3 Swift in each and 1 planted with 3 Duke of York.
Have been out in the garden & pottering in the GH today - lovely sunny day here in Bristol. The blossom is over on the Peach & Apricot trees but now the Conference Pear & Cherry are in full bloom (Pics added below).
Have bought some netting for the Brassicas this year as they were decimated by Cabbage White caterpillars last year despite hand picking religiously (I don't want to use chemicals so netting has to be the answer). I set Brussels Sprouts, Purple Sprouting Broccoli, Hispi Cabbage and Borecole in their allocated bed this morning, went and sat down for a salad lunch at 12.30 and 2 Cabbage White butterflies flitted across the lawn - they're about early this year! - so the netting went up straight after lunch. For Interest the netting & Frame (approx 1.4 metres square) was from Knowle Nets in Dorset and cost was £72.00 inc Vat & delivery.
See pics below
Last pic is a Japanese Maple 'Purpurea' we bought a few years ago from a Daily Telegraph offer. It's the best its ever been this year.
Hi GA, I'm in Bristol too (in Mangotsfield) but haven't noticed any as yet. Otherwise known as leatherjackets they can cause a lot of damage to root systems especially in lawns where they eat the roots and the grass turns yellow & dies in patches. Best and most effective treatment is nematodes. Crows and Magpies will often dig them out but though we have an abundance of Magpies in Mangotsfield they will not eradicate them where there is a bad infestation.
If you can't take a photo try describing them in more detail. i.e. a vine weevil grub is sickle shaped, about 12-16 mm long with an orange coloured head. These will devastate plants by consuming the roots below ground while the adult weevils spend their time playing 'dead' if you are around & looking for them - or nibbling holes in the edges of leaves above ground + laying eggs for the next generation. Best treatment (& only effective one so far as I'm concerned for these 'orrible little critters) is Nemasys (Nematodes) - expensive but extremely effective & available from several sources including Amazon.
I was taught to stop the plant (pinch out the main growing tip) after 4 trusses had set but have to admit I've always let them go on for 5 or 6 trusses. Don't start feeding the plant until the first truss has set fruit or you will just get masses of foliage & no fruit. I do tend to remove all the leaves to just above the first truss once it has set fruit as well so that the plants energy is concentrated on the tomatoes rather than leaf production.
Ah! I thought I had said - I had a replacement knee on 31st Dec. and have been recuperating. Doing all the exersizes and a whole lot of walking. All has been very beneficial & I managed to plant 4 new fruit trees a couple of weeks ago. Greenhouse is now full of new seedlings etc and you can see some of the brassicas hardening off on the little shelf on the pergola. JH
I thought it was about time I took a few more pics so have just been out in the garden before I shoot off to Warwick for a concert this evening. Taken in a bit of a hurry but I hope you enjoy them.
A couple of weeks ago I bought 4 new small-ish fruit trees. A Quince that I have planted in front of the pergola; a Conference Pear, a Peach and an Apricot against the fence (left to right). The Pear has just come into blossom so have added that on its own. Then the Cherry which is just beginning to come into blossom and below that is an Erysimum - (if they all upload OK of course)
John H
PS, the fence faces due south so they will get plenty of sun (if we get a summer!)
I too have a pH meter; cost about £12 in a farm shop in Pickering N/Yorks a few years ago while on holiday: tests pH and moisture content & very useful.
Newboy2: now I'm jealous. I pricked out my toms today and they are only about an inch high and in small root trainers. 9" pots in late March seems well advanced but remember toms do not like to get cold. I'm in Mangotsfield, North East Bristol and it's too cold to contemplate putting tender plants out just yet and yes, it's raining here too!!!
Yup, doff is fine for toms but as has already been said, don't feed them at all until the first truss has set fruit or all you are likely to get is masses of foliage and very little tomatoes.


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It's as if America didn't provide care for the sick until that moment, the night Barack racked up enough delegates to beat Hillary for the nomination, as if the nation's vast array of hospitals, research facilities, pharmaceutical companies, and nurses and physicians were dysfunctionally and decadently operating all these decades, just waiting anxiously to be saved from their individualism, greed, and patient abuse by Obama's ascension to power.
As Obama explained during the campaign: "So if you come in and you've got a bad sore throat, or if your child has a bad sore throat, or has repeated sore throats, the doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, 'You know what? I make a lot more money if I take this kid's tonsils out.' "
It's the same with our feet, endangered by the capitalist mentality, according to candidate Obama. A doctor faces the choice of getting "reimbursed a pittance" if he works with patients "to help them lose weight," he explained, or getting a non-pittance jackpot of "$30,000, $40,000, $50,000" if that "same diabetic ends up getting their foot amputated."
At the high end, that's $100,000 for both feet, halfway to the price of a new Bentley convertible, so why talk about donuts and exercise?
Future generations, Obama continued in his St. Paul victory speech, self-proclaiming his historic importance and promising deliverance via seemingly messianic powers, will be able to look back and tell their children that "this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."
Reacting to a similar display of exaggerated self-importance, Newsweek's Jon Meacham and Evan Thomas, being interviewed by Charlie Rose, saw Obama's Grant Park performance on election night to be somewhat "creepy":
Meacham: "Have you ever seen a victory speech where there was no one else on stage? No adoring wife, no cute kid. He is the messenger."
Thomas: "There is a slightly creepy cult of personality about all this. It just makes me a little uneasy that he's so singular. He's clearly managing his own spectacle. He's a deeply manipulative guy."
Rose: "Watching him last night in that speech … it's almost like he then ascends to look at the circumstance."
Meacham: "He watches us watching him."
Thomas: "He writes about this metaphor being a screen upon which Americans will project. He said, 'They want a Barack Obama. I'm not sure I am Barack Obama.' He has the self-awareness to know that this creature he's designed isn't necessarily a real person."
Less than two years later, the magical creature is disappearing.
Sitting around a table in Louisiana with some locals as the BP leak continued to spew tens of thousands of barrels of oil per day into the Gulf, there was no talk from Barack Obama about the rise in the oceans beginning to slow or the Earth beginning to heal. "I can't suck it up with a straw," he said.
"Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless," he stated. "So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a straw. All I can do is make sure that I put honest, hard-working smart people in place to implement this thing."
That's exactly what he hasn't done. More than a month into the catastrophic spill, the Obama administration was still asserting that BP was fully up to the job. "They have the technical expertise to plug the hole," assured White House spokesman Robert Gibbs.
And contrary to his campaign rhetoric, Obama failed to reform the Mineral Management Service, the scandal-ridden federal agency that has a history of rubber-stamping unsafe drilling operations and getting into bed with the oil companies, ideologically and physically.
"There wasn't sufficient urgency" regarding MMS, acknowledged Obama, more than a year too late.
Three weeks before BP's rig exploded, President Obama announced his plan for expanded drilling in the Gulf. "It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills," he declared. "They are technologically very advanced."
Ralph R. Reiland is an associate professor of economics at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh.


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AFN Annual General Assembly – July 17-19, 2012 – Toronto, Ontario
On behalf of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), I offer a special thank you to all those who participated in AFN's 33rd Annual General Assembly July 17-19, 2012, hosted by the Chiefs of Ontario and the Mississaugas of New Credit in Toronto, Ontario.
Under the theme "Honouring our Past, Taking Action for the Future", First Nations engaged in AGA business and events like never before. More than 3000 delegates, including First Nation leaders, Elders and youth gathered to celebrate our cultures, languages and traditions and to reaffirm a direction forward. Thousands joined us via live webcast and social media networks, including Facebook and Twitter, and tuned-in to live media coverage by APTN and CPAC. The AFN Circle of Trade showcased 150 organizations and businesses and many delegates took part in special commemorative and cultural events hosted by the AFN AGA Host Committee and Chiefs of Ontario.
During the three-day Assembly, First Nation leaders and technicians engaged in strategy sessions on critical areas for action, including achieving safety and security for Indigenous women and girls, water and infrastructure, education and resource development. Chiefs-in-Assembly passed 28 resolutions and an additional six resolutions were referred to the AFN national executive for consideration. Final resolutions available at www.afn.ca.
During the Assembly, special honours were awarded to the late Dr. Harold Cardinal for Treaty Rights Recognition, Jessica Yee for Youth Advocacy and Dayna McKay for Health Advocacy. Chiefs received a brief yet inspiring address from 13 year old Wesley Prankard from Niagara Falls, Ontario who has championed a campaign raising money for a playground in Attawapiskat and other First Nation communities. His message – "it's not about charity, it's about justice"- was welcomed, bringing Chiefs to their feet in applause and prompting the drum group to play an honour song.
In addition to a number of side events prior to and during the Assembly, hundreds took part in the 3rd Annual IndigenACTION 5K Friendship Walk/Run July 15 hosted by the AFN National Youth Council and sponsored by Tim Horton's, Nike and the Longboat Running Club.
Lastly, I was honoured to accept a renewed mandate as National Chief and am humbled by the opportunity to continue to serve First Nations in this role. I look forward to working closely with all of you as we take forward the important mandates and work our people have entrusted in us.
Council of the Federation – July 25, 2012
On Wednesday July 25, 2012, I along with the leaders of other national Indigenous organizations in Canada met with Premiers and Territorial leaders in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. This meeting was the ninth consecutive such meeting – a now formalized part of the work of the Council of Federation that resulted from strong advocacy from AFN in particular to ensure that First Nations voices are reflected in these forums. As over the last three years, we have pressed for clear commitment on critical areas. While our principal relationship is with the Federal Crown, there are significant ways in which provincial and territorial jurisdictions affect our rights and interests. This year we advanced the need for strategic and specific engagement to enable regionally driven frameworks producing real results.
With a refreshed and clear mandate from First Nation leaders, we took forward First Nation-driven strategies and proposals grounded in rights recognition, Treaties and claims reform. Specific areas of discussion included education, health, resource development, and ending violence against Indigenous women and girls. You'll re-call the important banner and pledge of non-violence and support to end violence at our recent Assembly. I was pleased by the expressed support of the Premiers to also personally sign-on to the pledge and also express support for our mandate to achieve a National Commission of Inquiry on this matter. We will keep pressing this matter in all forums and we will maintain this as a central priority.
National Executive Committee Planning July 30-31, 2012
In order to advance our work and press for achievement of our mandates right away, I convened a National Executive planning meeting on July 30 and 31st in Ottawa. This was a timely and important opportunity for all to reflect on ways in which we must continue to strengthen how we work together, how we build consensus and how we must support one another to achieve the change our peoples deserve. I want to thank my National Executive colleagues for their contribution to this discussion. From the AGA and now from this planning session, we must renew, clarify and strengthen our abilities to make progress. We will be firmly focussed on advancing and achieving the mandate we have received including bringing new focus to organizational improvements in terms of communications, sustainability, accountability and increased financial independence.
National Assembly on EDUCATION (October 2-4, 2012 – LOCATION TBD)
As resolved at the 2012 AFN AGA, a first priority will be a National Assembly on the priority of EDUCATION, which will take place the first week of October at a central and cost effective location as determined by the national executive. The intent of this Assembly is to provide a central opportunity for us all to come together and achieve change for our children now. Our direction is clear – our peoples have advocated for this change for decades and this is now reflected in our nationally mandated work – 'First Nation control of First Nation education'. We know that we must ensure full respect for Treaty and inherent rights, we must enable First Nation education systems that are fairly and stably resourced and that every child must be nurtured and supported in their language and culture. We have spent the last three years pressing our case with every level of government, with corporate Canada, with civil society and internationally. Now through national coordination, we can deliver on the path forward fully respecting and supportive of the differences of regions, treaty areas and the ultimate autonomy of First Nations. We can deliver change and we will do so by working together and fully respecting one another.
Our job at the national level is to support First Nation-driven solutions and I will continue to stand in support of all Nations asserting their title and rights and to push for full implementation of Treaty and engagement in development through the very basic standard of free, prior and informed consent.
We will be stead-fast in our efforts and we will not back down. I look forward to continuing our ongoing advocacy and facilitative efforts throughout the summer and when Parliament sits again this Fall.
My hope is for all to enjoy a safe and happy remainder of summer with family and friends, whether it be returning to the land or vacationing with family. Kleco, kleco!
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Aloha Everyone,
Today I wanted to share some info about a serious environmental problem that can actually be solved.
Food waste is something not commonly thought of as an environmental hazard. We tend to throw it away, thinking that it actually goes away. Unfortunately, this ignorance to where our food goes when it leaves our plates not only harms our environment, but also robs the land of valuable resources it's hungry for. Food waste and ways to turn it into a resource is something I've become super passionate about because I know there are real solutions that can be put in place by US.
The amount of food that is thrown away is staggering. I read a study done by the EPA done in 2009 on the waste we create in the U.S.A. I found out some pretty startling facts:
• Americans generate more than 34 million tons of food waste each year.
• Food waste is the 2nd largest component of our waste stream. Paper is #1.
• Less than 3% of food waste is recycled. Approximately 60% of paper is recycled.
• Food waste is now the single largest component of waste in our landfills.
You can read this EPA study here: http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-basic.htm
Land space is becoming more limited, especially here in HI. As our populations grow, so does our overflowing landfill. I think many of us agree that something must be done to reduce the size of the landfill. I believe it's a hot issue that drives many of our lifestyle changes here on Kanu. Being that food waste is the single largest component of waste in the landfill AND it can be recycled, I think it's a good place to start.
Although food waste is bio-degradable, the landfill lacks the right conditions for proper and efficient decomposition. When placed in the landfill, food waste rots and emits significant amounts of toxic greenhouse gases such as methane and ammonia. The rainwater that runs through the rotting food waste also contributes to the pollution of our waters. Food waste in landfills creates a breeding ground for rodents and dangerous pathogens. Not to mention, IT STINKS!
Food waste can actually be a valuable resource when it is returned back to the land. As food waste breaks down on the land, it enriches the soil thus naturally fertilizing the plants. Approximately 40% of what goes into the landfill can technically be turned into soil, used to support local food production for local consumption.
Composting is a great way to divert and recycle food waste. One of the most efficient and practical ways I've found to compost food waste, specifically, is Bokashi fermentation. The Bokashi method involves using a blend of beneficial micro-organisms to anaerobically ferment organic waste. Through this process, all food waste including meat and dairy is turned into a nutrient-rich soil. The cool thing is that the process only takes about 6-weeks to complete and doesn't pollute our land, air or water whatsoever!
You can easily use the Bokashi fermentation method right in your kitchen without any smell or problems with bugs, to recycle 100% of your food waste. It's a great way for you, by yourself, to have a major impact.
I recently launched a project, called Throw To Grow, to educate individuals about the benefits of Bokashi and also raise funds for a food waste recycling project using Bokashi here in HI. Bokashi fermentation has yet to be implemented on a large scale. With this pilot project, I plan to demonstrate Bokashi fermentation on a large scale, with hopes of creating large systems that will turn abundant waste to abundant resource. With Throw To Grow, I'm hoping to change peoples' mindset so they no longer think of it as food waste but food resource. I want Hawaii to play a major role in revolutionizing the way waste is managed.
I'm reaching out the community to help get this project off the ground, and using the KICKSTARTER website to do the fundraising.
You can learn more and make a pledge here: http://kck.st/rumb8x
When you pledge, you earn some really cool rewards.
The principles of permaculture teach us that there should be no waste, and that when there is waste we aren't doing something right. I believe that by addressing the issue of food waste, we can actually heal other large problems such as food supply and energy issues.
Till next time!
Jim DiCarlo
E1T1 Farms


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Keith Urban Talks About Rehab
Keith Urban recently opened up about his pre-rehab days and what it was like the very first time he played a show sober.
Before he was a solo act, Urban played with his band the Ranch in Nashville. The Ranch (with Urban) recorded 'Some Days You Gotta Dance' — even before the Dixie Chicks. When the girl group heard the song, they knew they needed to record it too and did it for their LP 'Fly.' They knew the song needed one more thing — Urban's talents. Unfortunately, he let other priorities get in the way.
"I got on a bit of a three-day bender and couldn't come to the session and had to call them and tell them I'm going to be a bit late," Urban tells Rolling Stone. "Then I would call them and say I'm going to be a bit later. And then I would call them and be a bit later."
"And I completely missed the session. I lived like a street away. It was ridiculous. I could have walked there with my guitar in hand and I couldn't make it. I remember just feeling so ashamed and disgusted at myself. I finally [showed up] the next day."
Despite his procrastination, Urban did end up on the finished record. He then went to rehab in 1998, and had to try something new — playing shows stone cold sober.
"The Ranch was a mess, period, because we were in a s**t van going all over the country playing to three people. It was soul sucking to the ultimate degree," he explains about his music before he got sober. "So I just drank, but I didn't really play high or anything like that. I liked to get crazy after the gig and when I would do lots of drugs is when I was home off the road. If we were home for five days, I'd be f***ed up most of the time, and then I would sort of get it together, fall into the van, sleep to whatever, Wichita, Kansas, then I would sort of come to and then we would play the show that night."
Eight years later he'd be back in rehab after wife Nicole Kidman staged an intervention. Amongst the strangest memories of that time is winning the CMA for Male Vocalist of the Year. A staffer told him about it, but he didn't get to accept the award in person.
"I said to my roommate, 'Hey, I just won Male Vocalist of the Year,' and he's like, 'That's awesome.' I just lay there in the dark going, 'How weird is this?'"


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Mamadou Niang keen on Marseille return
Mamadou Niang has said he would love to return to Marseille, with the club seeking an experienced player to bolster their squad.
Speaking after the 2-1 win over Valenciennes, Marseille president Vincent Labrune and coach Jose Anigo told reporters that the club would make an experienced addition to the squad before the end of the transfer window.
Niang, 34, would fit that the bill and remains a popular figure with OM fans for his efforts during a five-year spell at the Stade Velodrome, which included two runners-up finishes in Ligue 1 and the French title in 2009-10.
The forward, who now plays for Qatari club Al Sadd, told RMC he would welcome the opportunity to help his former club challenge for a place in next season's Champions League.
"Of course I would like to return, they're the club in my heart," he said. "I have a lot of friends there. I wouldn't be against going back, even to sit on the bench.
"But I don't know if it's possible. You'll have to ask the board at Marseille. They haven't asked me anything."
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The director who debuted into direction with Varun sandesh starrer 'Kotha bangaru lokam' and who grabbed the attention of entire Telugu film industry towards him with the Mahesh babu, Venkatesh multi starrer family drama 'Seetamma vakitlo sirimalle chettu' is Srikanth Addala. The humongous collections of this film have moved this director to new heights. In this context, many star heroes are showing interest to work with him. Latest news is that even top hero of Tollywood, Power star Pawan Kalyan is now planning to work with Srikanth.
No director will say no to such an offer to work with Pawan kalyan and Srikanth also seems to be giving priority to this offer and preparing a script accordingly keeping power star image in mind. Srikanth will soon be going to narrate a subject to Pawan Kalyan.
If everything goes well, we can expect Pawan Kalyan to speak in Godavari slang.


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RED BLUFF >> The Tehama District Fair Board of Directors came away from a wide-ranging, four-hour meeting Wednesday with a list of long-term goals to keep the fairgrounds sustainable.
During the second stakeholders meeting in a little more than a month, current and former Fair board members, county officials, event promoters and others identified four goals to work toward as the 30th District Agricultural Association continues to tackle its financial troubles that came to light in recent months.
The goals include developing a fundraising program — perhaps through the establishment of a nonprofit organization —, developing new business that may include opportunities outside of scheduled events, researching and developing self-promoted events at the fairgrounds, and hiring staff to coordinate and promote events in the future.
About 15 stakeholders attended Wednesday's meeting, which was facilitated by Becky Bailey-Findley of the California Fair Services Authority, and worked through a range of topics, including the mission and vision of the Tehama District Fairground and board of directors.
Ali Abbassi, the National Racing Association's Red Bluff Outlaws CEO and event promoter, during the meeting suggested that the Tehama District Fairground return to its roots by promoting and developing agriculture and livestock in the county.
"What was important is the educational aspect. What was important is the developmental aspect of agriculture, primarily of livestock," Abbassi said. "That's really what the fair was about."
Others suggested that the fairgrounds should be known as the go-to destination for events, especially for youth in the community. And others envisioned that the fairgrounds would benefit from being locally owned and operated instead of being controlled by the state.
A plan to form a joint powers authority between the 30th District Agricultural Association and Tehama County has been in the works in recent years, but that plan needs to be approved by the state.
The plan would untie the 30th DAA from state control.
Bailey-Findley, the facilitator, said it will be important for the Fair board to take their goals and focus on long-term planning instead of seasonal planning. She added that some goals, such as developing new business opportunities, could take years to come to fruition.
Wednesday's meeting built on a stakeholders meeting held July 23, when attendees identified the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for the Tehama District Fairground.


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Education.com Launches To Ensure No Parent is Left Behind
REDWOOD CITY, CA — June 21, 2007 — Every parent today struggles with finding enough time to seek out high-quality information and resources with respect to the education of their children. Although the information is often available, it's difficult to find and is usually more anecdotal than authoritative. Education.com today unveiled an easy to use, comprehensive, one-stop online destination that helps parents and educators solve these problems. Education.com empowers parents and educators of children ages pre-school through grade 12 to take an ever more active role in their childrens' education. Education.com offers easily accessible, high-quality educational and developmental content including:
- Over 4,000 reference articles from the best and most authoritative sources across the Web
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- Vibrant online communities where parents with similar interests or challenges can connect and share their experiences with one another
"Every parent has questions concerning their children's education, but it's often unclear where they can go for answers. Those who turn to the Web find that educational resources are fragmented and inconsistent," according to Ron Fortune, CEO of Education.com. "The ultimate goal of Education.com is to empower parents to help their children succeed. Education is not strictly limited to academic instruction, so whether it's helping parents choose a school or helping keep kids happy, healthy and motivated, our hope is to provide a resource that minimizes the time spent searching for answers and allows for more time to focus on a child's education."
According to a recent Education.com survey conducted by Harris Interactive®, 74% of parents of children ages 18 and under said they wished they had a single resource they could turn to for information and answers about education and 96% of parents believe they need to take an active role in their children's education in order to fill in the gaps in public school education. Education.com provides a one-stop online destination that offers comprehensive reference materials for parents to get accurate answers to all of their questions, quickly and in one place.
"The Web contains a wealth of information on every topic ranging from health to shopping," said Michael Moe, CEO of ThinkEquity Partners, LLC. However, it's often difficult to separate the trustworthy information from the junk. Because parents have limited free time during the day, a central and trusted resource for education is imperative. With Education.com, parents can find answers to questions quickly and feel confident that the information is coming from a trusted source."
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The core philosophy of Education.com revolves around empowering parents to play a larger role in their child's educational success. Education.com provides parents with an essential offering of information and services related to their children's education through the following:
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Education.com is teaming up with an impressive roster of notable partners and organizations including, NYU Child Study Center, Autism Society of America, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Reading Is Fundamental, Partnership for Learning, National Head Start Association, American School Counselors Association, Nemours Foundation, Stanford University School of Education, LeapFrog and many more. These partners and organizations will share resources and informational content to provide parents and educators with answers to all of their most pressing questions and educational issues.
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Education.com will feature reputable experts who will contribute to the site, including: Lisa Medoff Ph.D., Child Psychologist, Patty Wipfler, Founding Director of the parenting non-profit Hand in Hand, and Rae Pica, an expert on how play affects cognitive development.
Education.com Executive Team
Education.com's executive team is comprised of both parents and educators. The company is led by CEO, Ron Fortune, whose commitment to education stemmed from being a parent and former CEO of Edumetrics Learning and Computer Curriculum Corporation where he built software to educate children. Education.com Vice President of Marketing, Todd Schwartz, is former Executive VP of IPG Media, and owner of directMass. Danielle Wood, Director of Editorial is a mother and veteran of the publishing industry whose articles have appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines including Newsweek, Stanford Magazine, Christian Science Monitor, and Plenty. Recently, the company raised funding from Azure Capital and TeleSoft Partners.
About the Survey
This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of Education.com between May 29 and May 31, 2007 among 2,333 adults (aged 18 and over). Figures for region, age within gender, education, household income and race/ethnicity were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online. With a pure probability sample of 2,333, one could say with a ninety-five percent probability that the overall results would have a sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points. Sampling error for data based on the sub-sample of parents of children ages 18 and under (n= 588) is +/- 6 percentage points. However, that does not take other sources of error into account. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
About Education.com
Education.com is a one-stop online destination for educational information and services for parents of children in preschool through grade 12. The site offers the ability for parents to easily find reference articles, editorial content, like-minded communities and tools to answer education related questions. Education.com, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., was founded in 2006. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms, Azure Capital and TeleSoft Partners. For more information, please visit www.education.com.
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Is Captain America's super soldier serum wearing off?
We don't know, but in Ed Brubaker's new chapter for Steve Rogers, he's got some kind of secret he's been hiding, and the new-look Hydra targeting him isn't going to make it any easier to keep. How bad will it get for Cap with Baron Zemo looming as a threat?
Check out this preview art from Captain America #6, featuring art from industry legend Alan Davis.


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Health News of Monday, 14 April 2014
Source: Graphic.com.gh
The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has urged doctors to be guided by the ethics of the profession and also try to keep proper records of their engagements with patients.
The Chairman of the MDC, Dr Eric Asamoa, who made the call, expressed dissatisfaction at the increasing complaints that people lodged with the council against doctors in the country.
He said many people were becoming aware of their right to quality medical care, hence the increase in the number of complaints. Dr Asamoa expressed the concern at the induction of newly qualified doctors into the MDC in Accra on Friday.
New doctors
The 37 medical practitioners, who had their training in countries including Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Tanzania, were admitted to the medical profession after passing the GMA examination.
After the induction, the doctors — 24 males and 13 females — have been posted to various hospitals to do housemanship for about a year.
The MDC Chairman said the increasing complaints against doctors were a worrying feature.
He could not immediately mention the number of reported cases, but indicated that the number was high.
He said cases reported were mainly against the conduct of medical practitioners in the delivery of medical service.
Dr Asamoa stressed the need for doctors to be reminded of the oaths that they had sworn to serve.
The penalties against a doctor who is found guilty of misconduct include a reprimand, a suspension or cancellation of his registration by the MDC.
New Act
Dr Asamoa reminded doctors that an act had been promulgated which enjoined all medical practitioners to register with the MDC.
Besides, he said, every doctor was required to renew his or her licence ever year.
The act stipulated that any doctor who practised without registering with the MDC or renewing his registration would not be allowed to practise in Ghana, he said.
The MDC chairman told the new doctors that the act required them to work under supervision and warned that any new doctor who violated that provision faced a 10-year jail term.


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It happened this week . . . Smokey the Bear celebrated his 70th birthday on Aug. 9.
He was born "smokey bear." A lyricist added the "the" later one, because it worked better in a song he was writing about Smokey.
Smokey was actually created because of worries that -- at the height of World War II -- America's enemies would slip into the country and set forest fires while many firefighters were overseas.
Smokey's mission -- to warn against the threat of fires in the nation's wilderness areas -- remained unchanged once the war ended. In fact, he's now the face of the longest-running public service announcement campaign in American history.
Research shows that 96 percent of us know who Smokey is -- he's right up there with Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus when it comes to name recognition. And Smokey is a thoroughly modern bear. He has more than 300,000 fans on Facebook, and 24,000 followers on Twitter. He even has his own ZIP code -- 20252, if you're curious.
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- Follow Smokey the Bear on Facebook and Twitter
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Women's heeled Chelsea boots from Hudson London. Combining textured suede with snake effect leather to create a striking upper, the 'Compound' boots showcase classic 'Chelsea' details, including a rounded toe, elasticated side gore detail and a pull loop to the heel. Set upon a chunky block heel.
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"What a pleasure to be bringing Jamie Magazine to North America. These pages are just a taste of what's to come, and you'll find them packed with delicious recipes, inspiring travel pieces, useful hints and tips, as well as all sorts of lovely foodie stories to get your taste buds going."
"One of our mottos is 'Making You a Better Cook' and I hope that you'll try our easy, simple and healthy recipes on a regular basis. Many help you get the best out of your pantries, others make the most of the seasons and there are always special vegetarian, gluten-free and kids recipes on a regular basis."
"The magazine is much more than recipes and stories from the United States, Canada and the Caribbean - we have wonderful travel stories and cities guides from around the world which will help explore the best restaurants, great shopping and intriguing artist and chefs."
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The injury crisis at Newcastle is starting to make itself felt – and boss Alan Pardew has decided to start blooding some Toon youngsters pronto.
Newcastle named Conor Newton and Yven Moyo among a 20-man Newcastle squad which belatedly left Tyneside for Bordeaux this afternoon after weather delays, according to the Press Association.
Midfielders Newton, 21, and 20-year-old Moyo are yet to make a senior appearance for the club, and have been included along with the slightly more experienced Gael Bigirimana, Mehdi Abeid and Adam Campbell as manager Alan Pardew uses the depth of his squad.
Senior striker Shola Ameobi is available after recovering from a groin injury and he was joined on the plane, which was delayed by snow, by keeper Tim Krul, defenders Danny Simpson, Fabricio Coloccini and Mike Williamson and frontman Papiss Cisse. But there were no places for injured trio Davide Santon (groin), Cheick Tiote and Demba Ba (both hamstring).
Squad: Krul, Elliot, Simpson, Ferguson, Tavernier, Coloccini, Williamson, Perch, Anita, Bigirimana, Marveaux, Sammy Ameobi, Amalfitano, Abeid, Newton, Moyo, Cisse, Shola Ameobi, Campbell, Ranger.


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U.S. Supreme Court upholds SC redistricting lines
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's redrawn state house and congressional maps are being allowed to stand.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday summarily affirmed a federal court's ruling that South Carolina's new lines are fair and don't discriminate.
Six black voters sued, claiming the GOP-dominated state Legislature drew lines that segregate white and black voters into election districts and pack black voters into one congressional district. They called it "voting apartheid."
But a federal panel says plaintiffs provided no convincing evidence that legislators drew the lines to dilute the voting power of blacks.
An attorney for voters who sued and a spokesman for state House Speaker Bobby Harrell didn't immediately comment on the decision.
Redistricting is a once-a-decade process to ensure political district lines reflect population changes as shown by the U.S. Census.
South Carolina House Speaker Bobby Harrell issued the following statement:
"The approval of these Redistricting maps at every level speaks volumes about how well thought out and fair this entire process was. This final ruling affirms the legitimacy of the most inclusive, responsive and transparent redistricting process our state has ever gone through.
"These maps were a product of extensive input and guidance from the public, House and Senate members and our entire SC Congressional Delegation. As this ruling affirms, these maps were fair, legally sound and truly represented the will of our citizens and communities of interest around our state.
"This affirmation by the US Supreme Court confirms what most of us have known from the start, that this lawsuit was a frivolous, poorly guided last ditch effort of political motive"


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NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien is our guide.
MILES O'BRIEN: Three years after the meltdowns, the road to Fukushima is still a gauntlet of roadblocks and strict security checks.
And inside the exclusion zone, it remains a post-apocalyptic landscape of abandoned towns, frozen in time. We were on our way to one of the most hazardous places on Earth, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, granted the NewsHour permission for a rare tour inside the plant, where three nuclear reactors melted down after the great Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11, 2011.
In the seismically isolated and radioactively protected emergency response center, we met the man in the hottest seat of all here, superintendent Akira Ono. He runs an unprecedented decommissioning project that will not be done for decades. He prefers not to call it a cleanup.
"After all, if you are just cleaning up after an accident," he told me, "there is a lack of quality, meaning speed is the only concern. I feel that isn't enough. We need to look ahead, 30 to 40 years."
To see it firsthand, we had to suit up. We must also wear a full face mask and respirator for good measure, resembling astronauts on the way to a fully fueled rocket. We donned special shoes and hardhats, then boarded a bus that would get us as close to the meltdowns as the laws of physics and common sense would allow us.
Fukushima Daiichi or, number one, was a complex of six boiling water reactors designed by General Electric. They were built on sloping terrain, sandwiched between a mountain ridge and the Pacific Ocean. The nuclear cores are between 600 and 800 feet from the harbor.
Three of those cores are now melted down, still steaming hot, their steel containment structures breached. Engineers believe some of the nuclear fuel has melted right through the steel containment vessels on to a concrete basement floor, where it is exposed to groundwater.
As the ground water passes through the plant, it gets mixed in with the contaminated water that is used to cool the melted-down cores. The result is an awful lot of water that needs to be captured, or else it ends up in the ocean.
Each and every day, about 100,000 gallons of fresh groundwater seeps into the basements of the plant, where it becomes contaminated with a witch's brew of radionuclide. TEPCO is furiously trying to keep pace with the water. They finish a new quarter-million-gallon holding tank here about every other day.
But the hastily built tanks have been leaking, prompting a switch to a welded design, buttressed by gutters, dikes, trenches and water sealants. Regardless, no one disputes the plant is steadily leaking radiation-tainted water into the sea.
"When you go out to the open ocean, there is very little contamination found," says superintendent Ono. "Basically, the contamination is limited to the port."
At the port, they are bolstering the last line of defense. This water-shielding wall should be complete in September. Behind it is a system that injects a chemical into the ground that turns water into a viscous gel, stemming the flow to the sea. The company is also testing an idea to bury cooling pipes near the melted reactors to freeze the ground, making impermeable ice plugs in walls that would keep the clean and contaminated water apart.
But all of this is clearly not sustainable. In about three years, they will run out of space for new water holding tanks. Then what?
Masayuki Ono, no relation to the superintendent is general manager of TEPCO's nuclear power division.
"We can't solve this problem by simply increasing the number of tanks," he told me. "We need to solve the fundamental issue of underground water coming in."
And TEPCO is also investing a lot in this sophisticated radiation water-filtering technology. In trial runs, the advanced liquid processing system, ALPS, has cleaned up 12.5 million gallons of water. ALPS removes cesium, strontium and 60 other radioactive nuclides, but not tritium. There is no practical way to factor out this isotope of hydrogen.
"It is hard to remove tritium with scientific methods," he says. "But given its biological properties, it is a radioactive substance with a very limited risk."
Nuclear engineer Lake Barrett worked for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at Three Mile Island in the wake of the meltdown there in 1979. He is now a special adviser to TEPCO's president.
LAKE BARRETT, TEPCO special advisor: When you combine all the water on the site with the tritium, the tritium levels will be so low at Fukushima that they would meet the international drinking water standards.
MILES O'BRIEN: TEPCO has no authorization from the Japanese government, local residents or fishermen to discharge any water at all, including what is leaking, from the Fukushima Daiichi site.
But a release of millions of gallons of water tainted with tritium into the ocean seems inevitable.
LAKE BARRETT: You can release it into the ocean, in a normal controlled release, which is what I personally believe they ought to do. But they have to work through the fishermen and all the governors and all the social issues that have to be addressed with that.
MILES O'BRIEN: The long-term solution here is to remove and secure the nuclear fuel. At unit four, they have begun that process. This reactor was shut down for maintenance when the tsunami hit. And so the fuel had been moved into this storage pool.
Even though the reactor wasn't running, during the worst of the crisis, hydrogen gas accumulated in the reactor buildings, causing a series of explosions. Debris rained down into the pool, landing on top of the stored fuel assemblies. Workers have now carefully plucked away the pieces and have begun removing the 1,533 fuel assemblies stored here.
"It is assumed that some debris fell through the gaps," engineer Takashi Hara told me. "So far, we don't think it is anything that will cause the fuel to get stuck. However, it could be the case in the future, so we're proceeding very slowly."
The fuel assemblies are transported in casts that will be stored in a more seismically secure common storage pool. If all goes as planned, this process will be complete by the end of this year.
But removing the melted fuel from units one, two and three is another matter entirely. The radiation levels are simply too high for humans to ever get close enough to clean up. Even so, TEPCO is vowing to have the fuel debris removed from one of the reactors by mid 2020. But how? The only way to do that is to invent robots that can do the job. And that is precisely what they're trying to do.
LAKE BARRETT: They're probably the most robotic society, you know, there is on earth. Now you have to take it to another level, you know, to work in the high radiation field and to do things that they have never done before.
MILES O'BRIEN: There are many things that will have to be done here that have never been done before in order to decommission this plant.
"We will need to incorporate more and more new things," superintendent Ono told me. "You can't brood on the past for answers. I want to take on the various challenges with a constructive attitude."
Before we left, they carefully scanned all of us and checked the dosimeters that we carried along the way. During our four-and-a-half-hour tour, we absorbed as much radiation as we would have in a single chest X-ray. It was dark when we rode the bus out of the exclusion zone. It was a quiet ride, as we all processed the magnitude of the mess.
Three years after the meltdowns, the crisis has not ended here. In some ways, it is still unfolding.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Next Wednesday, Miles will have a report on the Fukushima meltdown's effect on fish in the surrounding waters.
And we want to note, these stories were produced before Miles' trip to the Philippines, where an accident led to the loss of his left arm. As we said earlier this week, we, his NewsHour colleagues, are in awe of his courage.
There is more information about what happened, and a link to Miles' blog, on our Web site.
Correction: Due to a transcription error, an earlier version of this post incorrectly described the route of the groundwater that mixes in with contaminated water used to cool the melted-down cores. As Miles O'Brien says correctly in the report, the groundwater passes through the plant, not the pump.


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Industry News
Choose Beauty: Dave Corpuz
Salon professional Dave Corpuz share the reasons he chose to be part of the beauty industry.
Dave Corpuz, stylist at Paul Brown Salon in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Why I chose beauty:
Dave Corpuz
âI was born and raised in Haleiwa, Hawaii, located on the North Shore of Oahu, renowned for its huge winter surf at Waimea Bay. As a child growing up in the â70s I would say I had a normal childhood, falling in love with the outdoors.
âWhen I was young you could either find me fishing or hunting in the mountains. After graduating from high school I wanted to join the military, but I had to wait until my 18th birthday. While waiting for the eight months to pass to reach sign-up day, I spent my time at the local pool hall. One evening while playing a game of pool, I complained that my hair was getting in the way of my shot. My buddy said his girlfriend could cut my hair. The three of us went to my house and in my front yard, she cut my hair into what she called a shag. I had never heard of or even seen a shag before. Neither had anyone else in my hometown.
âSeveral months later, to my surprise, I began noticing all my buddies were getting their hair cut in some version of the shag style. Thatâs when I realized how a hair cut could change a person and I began thinking of going into the hair business.
âMy 18th birthday came and I signed up to serve in the military. After serving six years, I was ready to begin the next phase of my life, but not sure which direction to take. We were living in Texas at the time and I was going to a barber, Carlos, in an isolated area. Carlos became my barber, hair stylist and mentor. I had many conversations with him about becoming a stylist and he encouraged me to pursue my interest. He even gave me my first scissors and comb! It was then I decided to return to Hawaii to pursue my dream of becoming a professional hairdresser, using my G.I. Bill benefit to attend a cosmetology school. After nine and a half months, I graduated and ended up at a top salon, eventually becoming part of its educational team.
âI firmly believe my past work history from my years in the military to my management experience at a KFC has molded me to be a disciplined and detail-oriented person. This ability proved essential when I decided to help two co-workers open a new salon, assisting them with personnel management, operation, a training program and staffing. In 1997 I moved to the prestigious Paul Brown Salon where I continue to enjoy the art of hairdressing.
âI still seek relaxation outdoors, hunting big game and fishing but more importantly, I have become the stylist I had set out to be.â


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Spring Hill holds Family Math Night
Spring Hill School will host Family Math Night Jan. 15 at the school, 250 California St.
The annual event lasts from 6:30-8 p.m. and refreshments. It's open to the public.
For information, call 427-2641.
Shadowbrook dining backs jazz education
Jazz lovers can support music education programs at Kuumbwa Jazz by dining at the Shadowbrook Restaurant 5:30-9 p.m. Jan. 29.
Directed by Steve Wilson, the Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band, will hit the Rock Lounge Stage at 6 p.m.
The restaurant will donate a third of the evening's food and beverage sales to Kuumbwa.
For reservations, call 475-1511 and mention the Kuumbwa fundraiser.
For information, call the Kuumbwa, located at 320-2 Cedar St., at 427-2227.
PCS seeking board applicants
Pacific Collegiate School's nominating committee is accepting applications for its board of directors.
The deadline to apply is Jan. 21.
Information about applying to the charter school, at 255 Swift St. can be found online at pacificcollegiate.com or by calling 479-7785.
Students discover technology at ed nonprofit
Children ages 5 to 14 can pop by the Aptos Grange Wednesday afternoons starting Jan. 16 to learn about technology.
Learn to Discover, an educational nonprofit organization, is offering three classes: Aviation for Kids, where youths will use computer software to virtually fly a plane, as well as a remote-control helicopter; LEGO NXT Racing Robotics, where students will design and build a robotic racing vehicle that will be let loose on an indoor race track as they develop winning strategies; and in the third class, they'll create a stop motion movie using LEGO bricks and mini figures.
Each eight-week class lasts one hour.
For information, go to www.learntodiscover.org.
School holds information nights
Families that want more information about Tierra Pacific Charter School, 986 Bostwick Lane, can attend at least one of the school's upcoming information nights.
The first is Jan. 22 and the second is Feb. 27. Both sessions are from 6:30-8 p.m. Free child care will be provided.
Founded in 1998, Tierra Pacifica is a K-8 school that serves 150 students in six multiage classrooms in the Live Oak School District.
The deadline for applications to be included in the lottery is 3 p.m. March 15.
For information and to RSVP for childcare, call 462.9404 ext. 0.
Fundraising drive reaches the home stretch
Branciforte Middle School is making gains in its fundraising goal for its new media library. Students raised nearly $4,000 after the recent "turkey trot" and school dance.
But money is needed to ensure the lab is up and running with 30 new computers before the open house set for Feb. 13.
The school is hoping the community, as well as alumni and recent graduates will help meet its goal of raising $32,000 for the high-tech library. So far, about $27,000 has been raised.
Donations can be sent to the school at 315 Poplar Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062.
To submit an item for Education Digest, email email@example.com. The deadline for Sunday's paper is noon Wednesday. If you would like to attach a photo for consideration, please include a caption and a photo credit. Questions, call education team leader Donald Fukui at 706-3252.


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You may wish to capture a little of the traditional East African culture with a visit to a local village whilst you are in Arusha, near Lake Manyara or Ngorongoro, or at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Many of the cultural programs are run by the local villages in conjunction with the Netherlands Development Organisation (SVP), which serves to assist the local people with village development and conservation projects. Your visit directly benefits the villages - we do not make any profit from these tours.
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Pine Bluff Mayor Explains Police Chief Firing
"I just made an informed decision," said Pine Bluff Mayor Debe Hollingsworth about her firing of Police Chief Brenda Davis-Jones.
During Davis-Jones's time as chief, several officers who spent decades protecting and serving left the force.
"We have lost a lot of veterans," said Hollingsworth.
In total, nearly a 150 years of experience was lost. That's experience Hollingsworth says is vital to the safety of Pine Bluff, and she's already getting some of it back.
"Matter of fact, we've had two (officers) contact us that have moved away wanting to come back, so I think that is wonderful within itself. I think it speaks volumes for where our city is going to go," said Hollingsworth.
For now, Lt. Jeff Hubanks has come out of retirement to lead the force in the interim, and Hollingsworth says in just two days, she's seen a difference in the department.
"The morale is unbelievable...daylight and dark," said Hollingsworth of the difference.
The mayor says her next step is to re-establish the civil service commission, an outside body which handles disciplinary matters for the fire and police departments.


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Last year my young son started at one of the London Day Superselectives. (Age 8). I am shocked at the school. Despite being a school which promotes itself as a place for inquisive children who want to learn. Intellectually curious. My son comes home frustrated. They discourage any questions that do not relate to the strict curriculum. For music, drama and sport they choose from the same 8 boys everytime and leave everyone else disappointed. Has anyone else had this issue? Any ideas?
From your description, I think I know which school you must be talking about. I always think that it must be difficult to teach a room full of intellectually curious children asking questions and I do not know how big the classes are. There has to be a balance between stifling curiosity and keeping control of the lessons. I think my DS has to spend a very large part of the day in total silence tbh, at another london day school but not superselective. At DS's school all children take part in drama, sport and music; there are lots of streamed teams. Although your child gets to play, they probably know their 'ranking' because all team lists are 'ranked' according to ability. In those circumstances, I might be happy to be in your situation!
I guess I feel like I am spending so so much money on this school and all the beautiful sporting, music and drama that sold us on paying all this money are really only for the "eight" who have somehow been selected to receive all the extra coachin, tuition etc. I might be able to deal with this if the classr
Room was a "different" learning experience but I suspect it is worse than the semi selective school ds1 attended which was brilliant at making sure that everyone could participate.
He is in year 5 now and I don't know what to do.
"Super selective" at eight turns out to be a hot-housing , curriculum driven experience aimed at exams, exams, exams for pushy parents? Who would have guessed it? You're paying, so you presumably have choices and avenues of complaint. Use them.
What plans do you have or secondary? If you have your eye on an 11+ school, it could be tricky to move because you want him settled in the run up, and although many schools would welcome a pupil if they have a year 5 vacancy, it's harder to move at year 6. Can you afford to sacrifice a term's fees in lieu? If so, then if you are still unhappy then perhaps start seeking a different prep at half term and move him in January.
If 13+, then you may still decide a move is the only option, but there won't be the same time pressure.
The very best thing about private school is choice.
You can simply choose another school OP.
Don't be silly,OFCOURSE it's like that.whydo you think their orchestra/choir/sports team win the county /national level competitions? Because they only let the REALLY talented children into the team.
All the average ones like your child get to sit on the sidelines so the teachers can concentrate on the children who will bring glory to the school.
Did you honestly believe that the school took in a cross section of children and made them all brilliant? No,they take in the brighter group of children ( excluding those with sn) with the richest/most motivated parents. Then they screen them again so that only the most talented get to participate In asrts /sports . And they focus ALL their energies on exam passes rather than a broad general education.
Surely you knew this when you chose to send your child there?
I have sent you a PM
The school's main job is to get them onto the "next stage", eg through Common Entrance. This is what parents expect and pay for.
Pushing for great results, and nurturing quieter kids, dosen't really go hand in hand. Some sail through without noticing the pressure whilst others can end up quite anxious. Boys at this age can be very competitive with each other to the extent of being unkind, which does not help.
One advantage of this sort of school, and I too suspect I know the one you are talking about, is that so many activities are offered that your son ought to be able to find something he is good at, whether art, drama, or a particular sport, which he can make his thing. However if he really finds it difficult to put himself forward, he can end up being trampled upon.
Individual members of staff may be more sympathetic than you expect. I suspect meeting the demands of both CE and pushy parents can be quite difficult. Perhaps a meeting with a tutor or form teacher to discuss a strategy whereby your son can find areas in which to shine and to develop self esteem?
Otherwise and others have said - wrong school for your child. Children are not all the same and only some will thrive in a hot-house prep. It does not mean that he is not bright enough, nor that he has failed. If you decide to move you should not find it too difficult. Though London parents seem to have a ranking system largely based on how hard it is to get in, and what the end results are, gentler schools often believe that they provide a better and more rounded education. It also suits some children to be towards the top of their year group.
I can think of two sets of parents who pulled their kids out of high pressure preps. One said they got their child back. He had previously become so anxious they did not recognise him. The second boy commented at the end of his first week that his new school was great. People, including teachers and fellow pupils, were nice to each other.
In fairness plenty of boys thrive in a high pressure environment. It really depends on the child.
I went to a school like that.
My personal opinion is that it suits high-flying, ultra-confident children but it ruins the confidence of others. (I am in the second category.) I have 5 A-levels at grade A (no A* back then) and a first from a RG uni but feel like a dunce as Im not sporty and beautiful and clever and popular and top in everything else.
I completely recognise what you describe as a normal hot house. I think the decision you have to make is whether you keep him where he is in the hope that the alpha-boys' qualities rub off on him or you send him to a less academic place where he can be confidentially top of the class and do well as a result. I really think it's a personality issue and that if he's not super confident then sending him to a less academic (prestigious?) school and playing the long game could be a better solution.
I can't understand why you're surprised......what were you expecting?
My three older children went to a pre prep that lasted till secondary. To help with school runs ds2 is at the junior school where ds1 goes to senior school. While the SS seems to offer lots of opportunities for boys to achieve and lots of pastoral care..the junior part seems to be much more exam focused and yes like a hot house. In terms of achievement ds2 is doing very well. Excels in some subjects, middle of the pack in others. What shocks me is that all these little boys who are supposed to be so smart are not encouraged to explore. Too many questions and the child is put down. On the sport and music front I am afraid that I fell for the idea that they had so many teams and orchestras. But the previous comments are correct. Only the top ones are encouraged and coached. The others are left to flounder. But worst of all the same seven boys seem to be selected for every team, performance and concert. Wasn't like that in the old school. I guess I was silly to think it would be a better place. .
I think we all like to think our children will get a chance, don't we? It can be hard, whether you are paying or not, to see your child consistently left out or on the sidelines . I would move and change school at 13.
Oddly the well known academic senior schools seem to have better reputations for support and pastoral care than their junior schools. I guess pupils are older and there are a lot more options both extra curricular and academic. It would still be horrid to be struggling academically but apart from that there is normally room for everyone to find their forte.
One problem in being at a prep that leads onto to one of these schools is that your reputation within your peer group can get fixed aged 8. So if you are quiet then there is little scope to reinvent yourself with a move to secondary.
I would sort of disagree with Black Mogul. I would move now, preferably to a mixed prep. (Half the number of boys so more scope to be picked for teams, and girls at this age, whilst studious, tend not to be as competitive.) This then gives your son a chance to find out what sort of boy he is and thus where he will feel most comfortable at secondary.
If where he is does not suit him, you do not want another decade of this. It is his whole childhood.
I remember when my son started at a very academic secondary school at 13 having been to a relatively relaxed prep, another mother saying her son, who came from the prep, had asked to buy a book following a visit to a museum. My son had regularly read five books of his own choosing a week. (He was a natural bookworm - though computer games have now taken over!) Hers apparently had always been too busy with homework and so never had had the time for independent reading. Sad. I think it is so important that children have time to explore their own interests.
The school sounds dreadful. Also, what's he in year 5 at age 8 for - isn't that normally for children aged 9-10? Surely it's not an advantage to be in a higher year if it results in him missing out on sport, music and drama and being discouraged from asking questions?
rabbit the OP said his ds started at the school last year aged 8, which is correct for year 4. He would have turned 9 in year 4 and started year 5 aged 9. Ds is 9 and in year 5 and won't be 10 until the end of the school year. Personally I would be moving ds from this sort of school as I think confidence is a fragile thing and this sort of school will do no good to those who are never selected for teams etc.
Ah - that makes more sense. Thank you, bisjo. The school still sounds dreadful!
Sounds horrendous. However, if that's the route you've chosen, don't expect the 'lesser' children to be picked for sports teams! They wouldn't pick less able mathematicians for a maths team, would they?
You make your bed....
Move him. Agree with Needsmoresleep - coed is a good idea as there will be half the number of boys. Look for a school that is genuinely an all round school - depth in sports teams, music that caters for the elite through to the tone deaf but keen singer in a non selective choir, lots of after school clubs to expand his interests, and which has a good track record of getting DC into lots of secondary schools at 11 and 13, doesn't just feed into one or two.
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KARACHI, June 7: Re-polling will be held in six polling stations of provincial assembly constituency PS-128 on Saturday following an order by the Election Commission of Pakistan with two major parties the Awami National Party and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf boycotting the re-polling, as army troops were 'ordered' to be deployed in and outside the polling stations.
With more than 9,000 votes today's polling is being seen as crucial for two parties — the Muttahida Quami Movement and the Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (MDM) — which were seen in a neck-and-neck contest during the May 11 polls when an early morning bomb blast in one of the areas of the constituency killed more than a dozen people and affected the balloting process in some six polling stations.
"There are in total 9,547 registered voters who would be using their rights in six polling stations," said Sindh election commissioner S.M. Tariq Qadri. "We will set up a total of 24 polling booths in these stations. Ample security arrangements have been made and to make them stronger the Pakistan army soldiers will perform duties in and outside the polling stations. The competent authority has already issued orders in this regard," he added.
The ECP had ordered re-polling after the MDM candidate and a senior leader of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Aurangzaib Farooqi challenged the initial results and appealed for re-polling in six polling stations arguing that the early morning May 11 bombing in his constituency did not allow certain voters to use their rights.
The bomb blast on May 11 morning apparently targeting ANP's election office in the Landhi area killed more than a dozen people including a little boy and left nearly 50 injured including 11 children.
After a series of hearings in Islamabad, the ECP accepted MDM's plea and on May 17 ordered re-polling in six polling stations. Apart from those six polling stations, MQM's Waqar Hussain Shah was leading the contest with 23,496 votes followed by ASWJ's Mr. Farooqi with 21,332 votes.
Though the ANP bagged only 3,108 votes on May 11, the party preferred to stay away from the scheduled re-polling process to register its boycott in protest. The ruling partner in the Pakistan Peoples Party-led coalition in the previous government was critical of the ECP which did not 'bother to hear its plea before reaching a decision'.
"The May 11 bombing in fact targeted our candidate Aman Mehsood and killed his security guard. The attack claimed the lives of 11 of our workers that also included the son of our polling campaign chief," said Abdul Malik, the ANP Sindh spokesman. "We wonder how the ECP could reach a conclusion without hearing the most affected party. After that incident our workers were unable to participate in May 11 elections in the constituency and that's why we demanded re-elections in the entire constituency and not re-polling in certain polling stations," said the spokesman.
The PTI, which grabbed 3,557 votes on May 11, also came up with the same demand but did not explain the reasons behind their boycott. The party's candidate from the constituency Inayat Khattak in a statement announced its decision to boycott the re-polling, which the PTI had earlier accepted for 43 polling stations in NA-250 and emerged victorious.
"The re-polling decision is consequent to absolute disregard for the PTI's demand that re-polling exercise must be undertaken in the entire constituency and not in the selected six polling stations," Mr Khattak said. "The PTI has already submitted before the ECP to ensure re-election for PS-128, which must be done under army's surveillance. The party had also demanded the installation of closed-circuit television cameras inside the polling stations."
Meanwhile, Sindh police chief Shahid Nadim Baloch directed the police to ensure strict security arrangements boosting coordination with other law-enforcement and intelligence agencies for re-polling in six polling stations of PS-128.
"The police deployment should be ensured within the limits of fixed polling stations and their surrounding areas, while reserved and anti-riot platoons should also be kept at standby," the inspector-general was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the central police office.
"Plain-clothes policemen should be deployed in areas for advance intelligence collection and they should also be briefed about immediate sharing of intelligence reports to avoid any untoward incident. The patrolling and snap-checking should be made effective within the precincts of all police stations on re-polling day," said the IG.


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I think I'm having trouble with my homemade laundry detergent. I've been using this recipe for close to two months but I broke out in an itchy rash just after I made up my last batch. The rash is small red dots that are hardly noticable and just annoyingly itchy not super bad, mostly on my arms, legs, and ankles (where my sock elastic is tight). I've had this for almost 2 weeks hoping it would just go away but it's not. This morning I rewashed some of my clothes in Tide liquid which is what I use for cloth diapers and it is all I have besides the homemade one. I can't tell that it is making any difference but I will give it a couple days. I don't have sensitive skin and no one else has been bothered by it. The recipe I was using was an all powder one: 1 part Washing Soda, 1 part Sun Oxygen Cleaner, 1/2 part Borax and 1/2 part Calgon Water softener. I use 2 Tbsp. in a regular load. The second time I made this the only difference was that I took the Sun Oxygen from a large size bucket instead of just using the whole 30 oz container. I thought they were exactly the same. Unfortunately, I have made lots of changes in the past couple of months so it may not be the detergent. Can you have a delayed reaction to a change in soap or would it bother the skin right away? Due to our hard water could this homemade detergent not be rinsing out good enough? The only other times I had this type of reaction was from a lotion that I must have been allergic to and from a medication also allergic. Does my recipe sound too harsh? I hate to give it up; I was happy with how it cleaned the clothes although it definitely didn't work for cloth diapers. What way could I try changing it, maybe use baking soda for one of the ingredients? Any others suggestions? I'm also open to ideas for natural and affordable options.
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I use homemade detergent for everything, diapers included, but none of us have any allergies or skin issues. My recipe is 2 cups borax, 1 1/2 cup washing soda, 1/2 bar shredded fels naptha per batch. I add oxy clean for diapers or really dirty things. Sometimes I will put vinegar in for the final rinse. Depending on soil level, I do one or two tbsp. Have you tried an extra risnse cycle? I know some folks have reactions to borax (I make homemade detergent with my clients, and have a few who have been unable to use it due to a similar rash)
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Cleanliness, they say, is next to Godliness. That is why everybody is enjoined to maintain healthy surroundings.
Our community leaders, especially those in the rural areas, have always made it one of their priorities to enforce sanitation regulations. However, the serene spectacle in most of our communities, particularly in Accra, cannot be pleasing to the eye and the nose.
And the fact that Accra is engulfed in filth can hardly be ignored.
This is evidenced by the increasing heaps of rubbish by some roads and in some residential areas.
The filth is not only an eyesore but also poses a health hazard, as it is usually the starting point of epidemics such as cholera and diarrhoea, perennial problems in Accra and other urban centres in recent times.
The accompanying stench from heaps of garbage infected with maggots, rodents and harmful bacteria can also be unbearable to residents.
Filth is a social determinant of urban slums and in Accra such slum areas abound.
Accra's rapid growth has occurred without the benefits of consistent and co-ordinated planning.
Beyond a few high-class residential areas, the city has developed in a disorderly manner, with a growing number of communities where residents co-exist with filth.
The terrain of many of the unplanned communities makes solid waste collection an almost impossible activity.
It is almost an impossible mission for garbage trucks to meander their way through the narrow, unplanned streets of some of the suburbs to pick up refuse.
In addition, some of the waste disposal companies contracted to collect refuse seem overwhelmed by the enormity of the task, while others do not even have adequate equipment and resources for the job.
The main authority in charge of sanitation and maintenance in the city, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), seems overwhelmed by the situation.
Just last week, the AMA threatened to terminate the contracts of five waste disposal companies which were contracted when the assembly introduced the polluter pays principle (PPP) two years ago to work exclusively in areas allocated to them.
Already, the AMA has reduced the operational areas of the five companies to enable them to improve their service delivery, which the assembly described as unsatisfactory, especially with regard to registering and providing refuse containers for residents in their areas of operation.
Another factor that can be attributed to the degrading of sanitation in Accra is the indifference of the Ghanaian public towards good sanitary practices.
Members of the public dispose of garbage indiscriminately. Garbage is thrown into gutters, drains and any open spaces in the communities with impunity.
Soon the rains will start and all the filth scattered in Accra's slum areas will be washed out by the storm waters.
The AMA needs to act fast to get all the heaps of garbage gathered in open spaces and in uncompleted drains in many of Accra's urban slum areas cleared to forestall an imminent health epidermic.
The Daily Graphic is aware of the challenges confronting the AMA, but with more efforts, it can make the city environmentally friendly to befit its status as the Gateway to West Africa.


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(Elgin, Ill.) Limited offensive success, combined with seven errors over two games, led to the Saints dropping back-to-back Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) games against the Judson Eagles on Monday night in forgettable fashion. After dropping game one 21-0, the Saints put together three runs off of six hits. Unfortunately, the Eagles strong production continued en route to a 13-3 win and series sweep over the Saints. The Saints fall to 10-18 overall and 5-8 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Judson jumped out early in game one and never seemed to slow down, scoring at least two runs in each inning.
The Eagles offense recorded a hit in every inning and saw their biggest inning in the bottom of the third where they put together seven runs of six hits and the assist of two Saints errors. After the seven run inning, the Saints trailed 11-0.
Things unfortunately did not get better.
The Saints recorded their first hit in the top of the fourth and their last in the top of the seventh. They finished with just two hits.
The Eagles put together one final big inning in the bottom of the sixth where they scored five runs off of six hits and the help from one Saints error.
For the game, the Saints were out hit 21-2.
Dan Wawrzusin (Potomac, MD) and Mike Pizzuto (Sarasota, Fla.) each recorded a hit.
Judson starting pitcher T.J. Swank pitched all seven innings for a shutout victory while striking out six.
Brandon Weinkauf (Elkhart, Ind.) (0-1) suffered his first loss of the season.
Game two provided some better offense for the Saints, however, Judson's proved to be too strong.
The Eagles jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead through three innings before the Saints answered with their first run of the evening in the top of the fourth off of a Max Linnville (Boone, NC) double down the right field line.
Once again, however, the Eagles answered back with three runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend their lead to 8-1.
The Saints would add two more runs in the top of the sixth inning after a single from Mike Pizzuto brought home two runs. In the end, the Eagles impressive offensive outburst was too hard to contain. They added five runs in the seventh and eighth inning to put the score at 13-3, the final score.
Mike Pizzuto was one of six players to register a hit in game two and drove in two of the three RBI's.
Zach Mahalko (Belle Vernon, PA) (0-3) suffered his third loss of the season.
"Tough to accept these losses, but we have a quick turnaround tomorrow that we have to prepare for," stated coach Blondell. "We need to do a lot of things better if we want to get back on track."
The Saints resume CCAC action tomorrow in Crestwood, Ill. as they take on the Lakers of Roosevelt University in a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. Live audio for tomorrow's games can be found here.


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A bakery boss has joined the upper crust of the baking world by being crowned the winner of the World Scotch Pie Championship.
JB Christie bakers of Airdrie, Lanarkshire, took home the title after judges taste-tested a record number of pastry products.
More than 100 butchers and bakers submitted 500 pies, pasties, sausage rolls, bridies and savouries into the competition, now in its 14th year, which culminates with the naming of the maker of the best Scotch pie in the world.
Andrew Chisholm bought the bakers, with its shops in Airdrie and Coatbridge, only three months ago and said his staff were "the best in the land".
He said winning the title was "unbelievable".


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Shots fired at cars, homes of SW Indiana officers
Investigators are seeking the public's help in finding whoever fired shots over the weekend at the cars and homes of police officers in a southwestern Indiana city.
No injuries were reported from the shootings, but Vincennes Police Chief Dusty Luking says three city and one Knox County officer had bullet damage to their marked squad cars or houses.
Luking tells the Vincennes Sun-Commercial that he doesn't believe whoever is responsible was targeting the specific officers. The damage was found on Sunday in the city about 50 miles north of Evansville and none of the officers reported hearing the shots fired.
Luking says he hopes someone who heard talk about the shootings will contact his department.
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TRANMERE Rovers face Walsall in League One action at Prenton Park on Saturday.
The match, kick off 3pm, will be the 71st time the two clubs have met in total and the 70th time in the league.
Ronnie Moore will make at least two changes to the Rovers' squad that started against Wolverhampton Wanderers on New Year's Day.
James Wallace misses the match as part of his three game suspension while Kris Peterson has returned to Liverpool following the end of his loan spell.
Matthew Kennedy joined the Club on a month long youth loan from Everton and could start on the wing while Akpo Sodje is back in full training following an ankle injury.
Rovers go into the game in 20th place in League 1 with 24 points from 24 games.
At home, Moore's side have won two, drawn four and lost five. Walsall come to Birkenhead in seventh place in the division, one point outside the top six.
The Saddlers currently hold a 31 wins to 25 advantage and are unbeaten in the last three games between the two clubs.
On the opening day of the current season the Saddlers won 3-1 against Rovers at the Banks's Stadium while last season's game at Prenton Park ended goalless.
The biggest ever win for Tranmere against Walsall was a 6-0 victory in April 1927.
Dean Smith's Walsall squad have won five, drawn five and lost three on their travels this season.
Smith has extended the loan deal of Milan Lalkovic from Chelsea and also secured goalkeeper Richard O'Donnell on a new contract this week.


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LONDON – Internet giant Google is profiting from illegal advertisements on its search engine, including for unofficial London 2012 Olympics tickets, cannabis, fake ID cards and fake UK passports, an investigation by the BBC has found.
Google removed the ads after the BBC brought them to its attention, but the US multinational told journalists that it keeps all the money it makes from companies advertising illegal services before such ads are taken down.
Google has had a bumpy start to 2012. Last Tuesday a French court fined the company $65,000 after its autocomplete function kept prompting the word 'crook' when the name of a certain French insurance company was typed into the search bar.
More from GlobalPost: Google criticized for sponsored blog posts praising Chrome browser
BBC 5 Live, which specializes in live news and phone-ins, was alerted to the illegal ads issue by a caller ("Liz") complaining about an ad for a scam site (LiveOlympicTickets) that appeared at the top of the Google search results page when she searched for 2012 Olympics tickets.
Google's flagship automated advertising system, Google AdWords, generates the initial selection of ads that appear on top of its search results. LiveOlympicTickets was its top sponsored link for 2012 Olympic tickets, according to the BBC.
Despite the caller losing more than $1000 in the transaction, Google has kept the money from the illegal ads, and told Liz's family that "we are not responsible for, nor are we able to monitor the actions of each company."
According to the BBC, the Metropolitan Police had requested that Google remove LiveOlympicTickets' ads more than a week before they were finally taken down following the BBC investigation.
More from GlobalPost: Rick Santorum's 'Google problem' gains attention after Iowa


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In the second quarter, Bezeq began consolidating the results of Walla!, the leading Israeli Internet portal serving a community of more than 5 million monthly users in Israel and abroad.Bezeq's operating profit increased 26.0% to NIS 3.7 billion in 2010 as compared to the full year 2009. The improvement in operating profit delivered a 31.2% operating margin and was driven primarily by higher total revenues and the positive impact of ongoing cost reduction initiatives, as well as by the incremental capital gains from the ongoing disposal of real estate and copper during the year. Net profit attributable to Bezeq shareholders from continuing operations in 2010 amounted to NIS 2.4 billion, up 13.3% as compared to the full year 2009, when excluding a one-time gain of NIS 1.5 billion related to the deconsolidation of yes in the third quarter of 2009. Bezeq's EBITDA for 2010 increased 15.6% to NIS 5.2 billion (EBITDA margin 43.0%) compared to 2009 (EBITDA margin 38.7%). EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2010 increased 48.2% to NIS 1.3 billion (41.5% EBITDA margin) versus the year ago quarter (29.2% EBITDA margin). Fourth quarter and full year 2009 operating profit, net profit, and EBITDA for the Fixed-Line segment were impacted by a NIS 267 million provision for employee retirement recorded in Q4 2009 versus an NIS 36 million provision recorded in 2010, of which only NIS 5 million was recorded in the fourth quarter. Subsequent to year end, Bezeq announced a plan to early retire up to 260 employees at an estimated cost of NIS 281.5 million. The provision for these expenses will be recorded in the first quarter of 2011. Cash flow from operating activities in 2010 rose 1.1% year-over-year to NIS 3.7 billion versus the full year 2009. Gross capital expenditures in 2010 amounted to NIS 1.6 billion, an increase of 9.3% as compared to the full year 2009. This rise was primarily related to the ongoing rollout of the Bezeq's Fixed-Line segment's NGN (next generation network) infrastructure. The 2010 consolidated capex-to-sales ratio was 13.7%, as compared with 13.1% for the full year 2009.
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Blue Devils Banding Together
Thu, 29 Aug 2013 04:28:58 GMT —
In Otsego County the Blue Devils have a familiar man leading the helm.
Coach Will Cleaver is in his second stint with the boys and he feels he has a very athletic group on offense and a group thats picking up the pieces on defense.
The video link provides practice highlights and Cleaver's thoughts on creating a winning attitude in the locker room.