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It's getting hot again, my friends: 95 degrees is tomorrow's forecast in my tree-lined corner of New York. To me, this is becoming an annoyingly recurring theme: I mean, there are only so many lime popsicles a girl can eat before she starts craving real food.
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|8 years ago
A Summer Dinner: Cold Sesame Noodles with Veggies
Tonight, after a long day on the water, dinner was a simple bowl of cold, sesame noodles with crisp veggies and honey-roasted peanuts. They were super yummy, and just the kind of simple, cooling, flavorful dinner that's perfect for a hot, summery day. I served them with this warm cucumber and coconut dish, which was also quite good. Enjoy this for now, and I should be back soon with more shots of Maine, and maybe even some ice cream sandwiches.
|8 years ago
Raspberry Lemon Infused Water
Hello! How was everyone's weekend? Ours was great. My sister from NYC came to visit Ms. Zoey so we spent some quality family time w/ her. Sat night, we had a yummy Korean bbq dinner at the sis in law's new place. And yesterday, while the husband worked on the garden, I made infused water w/ lemon, mint, + raspberries straight from the garden! Well, minus the lemon of course- we don't have a lemon tree, unfortunately.
|8 years ago
Savoury Cherry Tomato Clafoutis
I have been wanting to make a clafoutis for a while now. The traditionally sweet French dessert is made with fruit, usually cherries, cooked in a batter made with eggs, ground almonds, sugar and flour. Cherries are in season here now and are very cheap but it is impossible to find a cherry pitter/pipper/stoner or whatever it's called, in this town.
|8 years ago
|Baker Bettie
The Easiest Pineapple Sorbet
I have to admit, I am not the biggest fan of Summer at this point. But then I have to remind myself of the wonderful things that summer does bring. Like fresh pineapple. There are very few foods (ahem, bacon) that I love more than fresh pineapple. It is so amazingly sweet and juicy. Way better than candy, I think. And today I discovered how amazingly simple it is to make pineapple sorbet, that is if you are comfortable cutting up a pineapple.
|8 years ago
|Danielle Charles
Minty Pea Pesto
There are so many things to love about June. There are the long days of bright sunshine to spend laying in a hammock with a book or swimming in a lake or taking long meandering walks. There are the warm rains that make everything smell fresh and the passing thunderstorms to watch from the porch when the rain comes down in torrents. There are the evenings that seem to stretch on forever, sitting outside with a glass of wine watching the twilight settle down.
|8 years ago
Crema de Zahar Ars
The dish, basically a Romanian take on flan, was suggested by one of Mike's students who is a native Romanian. So for take two, I started by boiling some milk, salt and vanilla (last time I did not boil the milk).
|8 years ago
Christmas in July: Gingerbread Ice Cream Sandwiches
I know it isn't quite July, but close enough. I assume you have planned out your 4th of July menu? No? Well, dessert is now decided. It's easy, delicious, and a bit surprising: gingerbread ice cream sandwiches. Gingerbread need not be reserved for just Christmas. But no one really wants a rich, spicy cake when it is 100 degrees out. Gingerbread just seems way too heavy all by its lonesome. But freeze it and add some ice cream? Well, that is a whole different ball game.
|8 years ago
Bloody Mary Gazpacho
I'll have a shot of vodka with my soup, please. If heat could speak, then it was shouting this weekend. Summer arrived with a bang, and the temperature soared to triple digits. When it's that hot, appetites wane and thirst dominates. Food takes on a cool and liquid quality. It's time for Gazpacho. Gazpacho is a raw tomato-based soup blended with a vegetable bowl of produce. It's perfect when the weather is stifling.
|8 years ago
Frangipane Tarts
I must admit that the reason that drew me to this tart was partly because of a recent frangipane that I had at Tiong Bahru Bakery. For my readers who are not living in Singapore, this is a fairly new bakery by Gontran Cherrier, a Parisian artisan boulanger. I was very disappointed with the products that they have on display – they just didn't look the way they should. The crossiants were pale and lack colour, the laminations were not spectacular either .
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After coughing all night and starting to run a fever, I decided running or any cardio needed to be off my to-do list today. I'm going to do a little relaxation yoga before bed, but since it was an unexpected rest day, I wanted to make sure my meals were healthy and full of nutrients.
I love stir-frys because they are quick & easy, and can be made with anything. Partway throw poking tonight's decided to change it up a little and add curry powder, and this plate of deliciousness ensued.
Curry- Soy Veggie Lentil Stir-Fry
Prep time: 8 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Calories: 367 kg
Fat: 3.03 g
Carbs: 67.29 g
Protein: 23.33 g
Cooking spray
1/3 cup onion, diced
3/4 cup fresh cauliflower flowerets, cut into bite size pieces
3/4 fresh broccoli flowerets, cut into bite size pieces
6 stalks asparagus, trimmed & cut into 1 in pieces
2 tsp minced garlic
1 cup pea pods, cut into pieces
6 Brussels sprouts, confetti chopped
2 tsp curry powder
Mrs. Dash Garlic & Herb
2 tbsp Soyaki sauce
1/2 cup cooked lentils (I like the steamed lentil packets from Target or Trader Joe's, 90 sec to done)
1. Coat sauté pan with cooking spray, add onion and garlic. Cook for 2 min.
2. Add remaining veggies, cook 3-5 minute
3. Add curry powder and Mrs. Dash to taste. Continue to cook until veggies are crisp and right.
4. Add lentils and 1 tbsp sauce. Cook for 1-2 min more, then serve with the remaining sauce drizzled over it.
You can use any veggie, just remember the harder it is, the longer it will need to cook to get crisp. Also, feel free to add meat or shellfish, it just adds to the calorie count, but can add additional protein.

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Nods. I might have missed something, and I could have since I have the alpha/omega books in my to be read stacks, but I don't recall any wizard type characters being talked about/used in any of the Mercy novels. But as I said, I could have overlooked them or maybe they're in the alpha/omega novels. So, I'm not really sure what powers the wizards have except for the brief char info that was posted way back when we started. But a wizard works for me just as much.
The wizard stuff on the first page is directly from Patti's Forums, however - there is not much beyond that - so it would be ... in a large degree your own creation!
(First and foremost - thanks to lovely Haloriel for all her help with the format and the class explanation. Thanks to lovely Idariel as well, for inspiring me enough to work on this!)"You've been drinkin' my blood, and I've been licking your wounds...... I'll shave off the pitch now, to the scope of your tune." True NameAbu Laqaf Dani'aalName: Lucky DanielsonAppears: 32True Age861 years oldMusical Inspiration:Airbourne ~ Too Much, Too Young, Too FastMetallica ~ The Thing That Should Not BeMonster Magnet ~ Space LordMetallica ~ Wherever I May RoamAerosmith/Run DMC ~ Walk This WayMegadeath ~ Holy War... the Punishment DueAppearance: (Made some changes to his outlook and appearance throughout the years as evident through the pictures)Race and Powers: VampireFlash Bolt: Lucky can 'flash' to short distances in quick succession, he served as a Saracen blade master during the Crusades, intermingled with his vampire self the creature can be deadly with a blade. He keeps a short sword on his self at all times. Trick N' Time: The man's existence is governed by gambits and tricks – he enjoys making deals for things he cannot get otherwise with people he would not fight. He is sly and extremely diplomatic. Memory Altering: On account of his age, wisdom and experience the vampire is capable of changing the occurance of an event in the victim's mind.Flight: Lucky is capable of flying and flashing from one place to another, but to do it constantly is a huge drain on the vampire's resources. Important Position: Head and Chairman of the Conglomerate "Needful Things" in Manchester, England. A hub and safe haven for species of all types that are offered harbour in exchange for services rendered, whose front is excavating artefacts, oil drilling and ship breaking/dry docking facilities all over Europe and AfricaHistory:Sent as an attaché to his envoy, Saladin – Nuruddin also tasked Dani'aal with defensive manoeuvres and guarding the diplomat should anything go awry. As history had it, Saladin ended up controlling Egypt before the Crusading wars and Dani'aal was right at his side through thick and thin. Laqaf learnt the way of sword at a young age of fourteen; when conscriptions were made he brought his best foot forward to be made part of the Turkish auxiliary that would chase the foreigners out of land. He proved himself to Nuruddin, his former Master by coming to his Captain's aid when they were cut off from the rest of the army – and later on to Saladin, who barely survived a Heshashin (assassin) assault whilst laying siege to the former Egyptian territories who would not promise allegiance to him. From the battle of Jacob's Ford till the siege of Jerusalem, Dani'aal arose in rank and if it wasn't for his abduction at the night of the victory, the man – like all his equals – would have ceased to exist. But hell had a special place for men like him and the atrocities he committed during war. He was abducted a few miles outside Jerusalem by a Templar contingent. Closer look and three nights spent in their midst proved they were more than just knights. He was used as vessel night after another, drained to reveal what they already knew, but she had mercy over him in their absence as he laid awaiting his death. Fed and nourished, she was his angel with fangs and bleeding eyes... until the next morning when the search party arrived that killed her and his captives. As history wrote of new victors and the defeated, Dani'aal struggled to survive until he came upon more Templars who arrested him on sight, being similar creatures as Dani'aal they refused to part with him 'lest he carry the 'gift' back to Saladin, and change the tide of war. The man was taken all the way across Europe where he lived in their captivity for decades until the order was disbanded, and the remainder of their units 'purged'. Dani'aal was a free man – for years he fed and lived by his lonesomeness until the man wished for a coven like the Seethes that were sprouting in the region. So one after another he shared his curse with people and made them a part of himself, until he got caught up in the politics and lost his coven, this is where he disappeared in history only to emerge a couple hundred years later during the American revolutionary wars. Part of the Hessian contingent, once more Dani'aal – now known as Danielson – found himself on the wrong side of the conflict. Defeated, he returned back to the Britain and attempted to begin a coven once again. This time the man made sure not to get involved in any political struggle until the Industrial Age began, and being a man who valued readiness now, he made full use of the new era, and ended up making his business what it is today. For the last few years he has found himself in America once more in search of an artefact that may remove the curse he suffers from. Back home his coven thinks he is in search of something truly magnificent, but Lucky knows enough is enough – thus the vampire's search brings him to present day Portland.
Hehe, I like her. ~chuckles softly~ Very nice to have more good Fae.
I like her.. of course I don't see anything Diana has to offer. She's not established as the older Fae or even interested in building a power base per se.. I WANT to interact with her but I don't see how to do it.
There a reason Diana couldn't just be curious? After all she's been imprisoned for how long and now, here's this Fae child, raised in a strange land with strange ways....odd to say the least, and certainly something new. Morgana would certainly appreciate a friend whose not entirely embroiled in all the politics she's specifically stayed away from the Refuge to avoid.
Well shes' about to wander off and get into trouble, and given your character's role as a 'lawyer' she might know Diana from contact negotiations. Or she simply feels the power that Diana has been invoking over the last few hours.
Actually I like that idea. Her feeling all that power, sensing the direction it's coming from. As close as we are to wrapping up Day One though, I think that power surge will be what finalizes the decision in her mind and she will be at the Refuge the evening of Day Two.Well if Hekate likes her too that is!
Well I'm sure that she could follow the 'scent' of power if she was curious. Diana is on the hunt, odds are she won't sleep and will be stalking thoughout the town trying to get a feel for a city like Portland and find the trail of the rogue. See where he's been and get an idea of his patterns.
Oh man Caela, if she was in the park the night Tanith ripped a hole from Underhill to the park, that had to be very interesting to experience.
Oded... *has distinctly un-ladylike thoughts* Oh my... so yummy *fans self*
Oh oh ... Oh. I adore that man. <3 <3 <3I won't even pretend my thoughts are remotely lady like.
You guys keep making more yummy mens!!! Had to make another girl myself to keep up! Heheheh...yes I AM greedy! Hekate, let me know what you think...she is totally tweakable!
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Team USA Defeats Spain To Claim Gold Medal
Team USA defeated Spain 107-100 on Sunday in London, claiming the Olympic Gold medal. It wasn't easy. Pau Gasol and Spain gave the United States all they could handle, trailing by only 6 with just over three minutes to go.
However, Kevin Durant's (pictured left celebrating) clutch shooting, coupled with Chris Paul's masterful pace, pushed Team USA to another Gold.
"We all respect each other and all know the one common goal was to win for our Country," said Durant shortly after clinching Gold. "We played together and got a great Gold medal to take back home."
It seemed that anytime Spain threatened to take a lead in the second half, Durant was there to make a big bucket. The Oklahoma City Thunder forward made clutch shot after clutch shot, scoring a game-high 30 points in all.
Chris Paul finished with 11 points and 3 assists, modest numbers for the superstar point guard. But it was his ability to control the tempo from buzzer to buzzer that made him so important on Sunday, and throughout the Olympic games.
"Durant made some huge plays, and so did Chris Paul," said Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski.
LeBron James scored 19, while Kobe Bryant added 17 in the final Olympic contest of his career.
"This is it for me. Four years is a long time," said Bryant, who now has a second gold medal to go with his five NBA championships.
"Maybe I'll come support these guys in Rio," explained Bryant as his pointed toward teammates James and Durant.
Pau Gasol (pictured left) and Spain worked hard, but couldn't accomplish their ultimate goal. The Lakers All-Star power forward scored 24 in the loss.
"I am disappointed, but on the other side I'm very proud how of the we competed, how we played," Gasol said after the defeat. "We fought for 40 minutes. I am proud of having another Olympic medal around my neck.
"It's disappointing because I thought we had our chance. We were right there pretty much the entire game. We let them get away in the fourth and we couldn't get back."
Coach K and all of Team USA were impressed by Spain's game.
"Pau is as good a player as their is internationally," Krzyzewski said. "We beat a great team to win this Gold medal."
"We knew it wasn't going to be easy. We didn't want it easy. A lot of teams have won gold easy. We didn't want it that way," James said. "We're a competitive team, and we love when it gets tight. That's when our will and determination kind of shows. It was the same way in '08."
The win gave the United States their 14th Gold medal Olympic basketball history.
New Orleans Hornets rookie Anthony Davis played the final 30+ seconds, pulling down the final rebound and dribbling the ball out as time expired. The 19 year old becomes the youngest American Olympian to win a Gold medal in basketball.
From the start, it was Gold medal or bust for Team USA. Anything less would've been unacceptable. Twenty years after the the "Dream Team" waltzed to Olympic Gold, the 2012 team achieved their own dream.
"We came through from the beginning of July and worked hard for one goal and I'm glad I accomplished it," Durant said.
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Aweil East, 06 June 2016 [Gurtong]- Aweil East State is facing a shortage of teachers.
In an interview with Gurtong, the State Minister of Education and Social Development in Aweil East, Garang Malong Awan said that the number of few schools in the State cannot still be compared to the available teachers.
Aweil State after being curved from Northern Bahr-el Ghazal was left with 5 secondary schools.
"We ended up with only few high schools. We need communities and partners like NGOs to support us so that the gap in facilities should be levelled. Basic education is the focus but next year the ministry will increase the number of high schools to a maximum number which will assist our learners to study in their State as they will miss other cultural values while studying in other States or countries" he said.
He said that the State is more interested in reducing the illiteracy level that is high in the country.
" Our priority in the ministry is to see everyone enrol to school so that we can cross the illiteracy line" he emphasized.
Garang said even adults interested in learning must enrol in adult schools adding that quality education is key to improving literacy rates in the State.
"170 basic schools are enough if properly managed in a way that they provide quality education and a good learning environment."
According to Garang most children have dropped out of schools due to the economic crisis that has seen their parents not able to pay school fees for their children.
"Cause of dropouts is the outstanding horrible economic challenges which are also associated to climatic change and more assisted by post conflict in the country in 2013."
He is appealing to the national government to look into education matters and make it a priority nation-wide.
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The Witch of Bourbon Street by Suzanne Palmieri
ISBN: 9781250056191 (paperback)
ISBN: 9781466877733 (ebook)
ASIN: B00OYGJG2O (Kindle edition)
Publication date: July 28, 2015
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
When Frances Sorrow returns home to the now dilapidated Sorrow Estate to restore her birthright, she finds herself haunted by a 100-year-old mystery only she can unravel
Set amidst the charming chaos of The French Quarter and remote bayous of Tivoli Parish, Louisiana, Suzanne Palmieri's The Witch of Bourbon Street weaves an unforgettable tale of mystery and magic.
Situated deep in the bayou is the formerly opulent Sorrow Estate. Once home to a magical family, the Sorrows, it now lays in ruins, uninhabited since a series of murders in 1902 shocked the entire community. When Frances Green Sorrow is born, the family is on the brink of obscurity and the last remaining Sorrows cling to the hope that she is the one who will finally resurrect the glory of what once was.
However, Frances has no wish to be the family's savior. Disillusioned, she marries young, attempting an "ordinary life," and has a son, Jack. When her marriage fails and she loses custody of her boy, she runs away to live a quiet life on the dilapidated Sorrow Estate, where she practices solitary magic amid ghosts and gardens. But when Jack disappears, she is forced to rejoin the world she left behind and solve the century-old murder that casts a long shadow over Tivoli Parish and its inhabitants in order to find her son.
The Witch of Bourbon Street is a story of love, family, redemption and forgiveness. It's a story that bridges the nostalgia of time, and brings those that are separated back together again.
The Sorrow family is just that, a family filled with a history of sorrow. Due to a tragedy in 1901, the subsequent generations of Sorrows have had to deal with the idea that their family is cursed. The Sorrow women consist of Frances (Frankie), her mother Claudette, and her grandmother Dida. Claudette suffered a tragic injury causing blindness when she was only four years old. Her lover and father to Frankie drowned in an accident at sea. Frankie has turned her back on the world because she feels guilt over an incident that occurred when she was sixteen years old. Frankie's son Jack has decided to take it upon himself to bring his parents back together using whatever magic he can work. The Witch of Bourbon Street is a multigenerational story that weaves magic in with love lost, love found, family, and forgiveness.
There are a lot of characters to keep track of in this story. We have Frances "Frankie" Sorrow and her family: Belinda "Dida" Sorrow (grandmother), Old Jim Green (grandfather), Claudette "Claudie" Sorrow (mother), Daniel Amore (ex-husband and father to Jack), Jack Amore (Frankie's son), Millie Bliss (Jackie's best friend and surrogate sister), and Sippie Wallace (Frankie's daughter). The supporting cast includes: Eight Track (Sippie's adoptive father), Simone (Sippie's deceased adoptive mother), Junebug (the bartender at Voodoo), and Mr. Craven (historical society worker) . . . and a lot of ghosts. There's the bar at 13 Bourbon Street in New Orleans that is owned by the Sorrow family, the Voodoo bar in Tivoli Parish that is managed by Millie, the bayou, and the Sorrow family estate. Add in a family history of witchcraft and magic along with the hidden story behind the tragedy of 1901 and you've got all the makings for a somewhat convoluted yet intriguing story that spans generations and time.
I found The Witch of Bourbon Street to be a bit confusing at first simply because it was bouncing back and forth in time (1901 and the present) and then bouncing between perspectives. Once I had all of the major characters clear in my head and their relationships to one another it was a bit easier to keep track of everything. The story really began to pick up when Sippie located her biological family and was reunited with them. There's quite a bit of backstory that has to be dealt with before we get to the action precipitated by Jack's disappearance. Can Frankie and Danny overcome their differences and build a lasting relationship? Will Frankie, Danny, and Sippie be able to find Jack? What's the mystery behind the Sorrow family tragedy in 1901? These questions and many more are answered fully when past and present overlap in The Witch of Bourbon Street. This story is perfect for anyone that enjoys reading about love, family, forgiveness, and family drama with hints of magic.
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Wicca is a contemporary spiritual religion, based on and reviving the ancient pre-Christian pagan religions of Europe. Wiccans believe in a divine force or power as the source of all. It is both immanent and transcendent while encompassing the whole universe. Therefore the world and all aspects within the world, "nature" and "life itself" in particular, are considered sacred.
Wiccans use ancient and modern ceremonies, rituals and shamanic practices to attune themselves to the natural rhythms of nature, the world, and the universe in their efforts to commune with this divine force.
Wicca has no high authority, no single leader, no prophet and no bible to dictate its laws and beliefs. Every witch is as important as another and all share equal status. Most wiccans are solitary practitioners known as "Hedge Witches" but there are also many "Covens". Covens include groups of up to 13 people, which is equal to the 13 phases of the moon during the year. Covens are normally presided over by a Priest or Priestess who has had years of practice in magick and ritual techniques. The Priest or Priestess is respected as an Elder and teacher of the craft.
All Wiccans adhere to one overriding ethical precept as stated in the"Wiccan Rede":
"Though it harm none, Do what thy wilt".
This is not a license to do whatever they want, more that it allows them the freedom of thought and actions to ascertain the truth, to communicate with and experience the divine and to determine how best to live their lives, if by doing so they cause no harm.
This can also be taken as a cautionary reference to the one fundamental law governing magick and its use. ~
"The Three-Fold Law".
This states that whatever they do - be it for good or for evil - it will be returned to them, but magnified three times over. Therefore witches accept responsibility for all their own actions and are especially careful about how they use their magick, for to hurt someone or to cause distress, a spell is returned to sender three times better or worse.
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Okay, here we go. Toshiba has just announced a small army of new laptops today, from the budget-friendly, to the business-savvy, to the entertainment-centric. I've already run out of buzzwords so let's hit the jump and take a gander at them all.
Satellite A300/A305 Series
Toshiba says;
"At home, at school, or even for work, these brilliantly designed Satellite A305 laptops let you live brilliantly too.
Use the TruBrite 15.4-inch high definition diagonal widescreen display to get more from movies, games, spreadsheets and multitasking. Keep in touch with friends, family and co-workers with onboard wireless, plus a Webcam and microphone. Burn home movies on DVDs, and keep them organized with Labelflash. Game all night with a choice of outstanding graphics systems. Use Intel dual-core processing power to make the most of the latest software and keep all your stuff in one handy place thanks to some serious storage capacity."
Doug says;
At $869.99 for the lowest-price model, this series has already priced itself right out of contention. Good day, sir.
Other specs:
- Vista Home Premium
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
- 15.4-inch 1280×800 screen
- DVD SuperMulti burner
- 6 pounds
Link: Satellite A300/A305 Series
Satellite M300/M305 Series
Toshiba says;
"Need a laptop designed to perform not just at a desk but wherever life takes you? Bring along our new Satellite M305 Series. And bring on the power.
With a lightweight design and highly portable footprint, these laptops are great for working at your desk or while away on business. The 14.1-inch screen is compact enough for carrying comfort, big enough to help you multitask and work with spreadsheets, yet great for a movie on the long trip home. Intel Core 2 Duo processors give you faster applications and snappy multitasking. Generous memory options let you enjoy today's popular software. And you'll have plenty of room to store all your work and multimedia files too."
Doug says;
Sure, I'll bite. I don't really consider 5.2 pounds to be all that "lightweight" but for just over $1000 and with a 14-inch screen, you could do worse. I'd like to see a 1440×900 resolution instead of 1280×800, though.
Other specs:
- Vista Home Premium
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor (2.10GHz)
- 14.1-inch 1280×800 screen
- 250GB Serial-ATA HD
- DVD SuperMulti burner
- 5.2 pounds
Link: Satellite M300/M305 Series
Satellite X205 Series
Toshiba says;
"Do you live to game? Then our hot new Satellite X205 Series, featuring a Flare Carmine finish, is just right for you.
These all-action laptops come with dual hard drives and an enormous amount of total available graphics memory in single or dual graphics cards for non-stop, seamless, in-your-face gaming. A 17-inch screen plus four Harman Kardon stereo speakers and a sub-woofer give you the lifelike sights and sounds you crave. Flush-mounted control buttons quick-launch your favorite music and movies and if you want to go really big, an HDMI port lets you tap right into a home theater system for HD gaming."
Doug says;
If you live to game, you're probably not pricing Toshiba laptops. The cheapest one is $1449, though, so you might get a little bang for your buck if you're cash-strapped.
Other specs:
- NVIDIA graphics chipsets
- Vista Home Premium or Ultimate
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
- 2GB to 3GB RAM
- 17-inch 1440×900 screen
- 320GB to 400GB HD
- DVD SuperMulti burner or HD DVD-ROM/DVD SuperMulti burner
- 9.37 pounds
Link: Satellite X205 Series
Satellite U405 Series
Toshiba says;
"With our new, well-appointed Satellite U400 Series, slight in stature doesn't mean short on features.
Starting with a 13.3-inch screen, this compact hero balances working room with carrying comfort, so you can get to all those spreadsheet columns without getting in anyone's way. Powerful Intel Core 2 Duo Processors (select models), big hard drives and lots of storage give you more muscle when working on planes or in coffee shops. A built-in Webcam and microphone add a new dimension to videoconferencing. And an optical drive lets you share work and do back-ups quickly and easily. Topped by a brilliant new Fusion finish, and weighing less than five pounds, these laptops are ready to help you move ahead."
Doug says;
Again with the lightweight talk, yet these things weigh in at 4.85 pounds. A sub-five pound laptop is great, just don't pitch this as a mobile solution when more competitive offerings are weighing at well under four pounds. The sub-$1000 price is nice, though.
Other specs:
- Vista Home Premium
- Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
- 2GB to 3GB RAM
- 13.3-inch 1280×800 screen
- Intel GMA X3100 graphics
- DVD SuperMulti burner
- 4.85 pounds
Link: Satellite U405 Series
Satellite P305 Series
Toshiba says;
"Work smarter. Sit back and be entertained. Or take to the road. With our striking new Satellite P300 Series the choice is yours.
With their brilliant Fusion Finish, these laptops give you more room to work and play on their 17-inch diagonal widescreen display. Plug into advanced ports for big-time sound and visuals on a home theater. Use the full-size keyboard with 10-key pad for work or play. Get nothing but unhindered work or entertainment thanks to Intel dual-core CPUs, a versatile optical drive, huge memory and mega-storage. Plus, with a built-in microphone and Webcam you can talk to others about how much fun you're having."
Doug says;
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
The Mabinogi
I read these years ago in college and thought I ought to read them again. The Mabinogi are the central stories in medieval Welsh literature--there are four branches, or tales. This book also includes three other tales and a little poetry, but it leaves out the Arthur stories and a couple of others that I think I'll try to find.
I'm always interested in myths and how they've changed over the years, so I enjoyed reading this again. A couple of years ago I read a children's book based on the tragedy in "Math son of Mathonwy," and I'd like to read that again to see what the author did.
Classics Catch-up
Mrs. Gaskell's Cranford is a mid-Victorian novel set in a small country village. The upper-class inhabitants are nearly all older spinsters, and Gaskell uses this tiny society to comment on men's and women's experiences. This is the second Gaskell novel I've read in the last few months, and I've really liked them, so I'll have to get Wives and Daughters or something next. I'm not sure I want to read her hagiography of Charlotte Brontë though.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, is a detailed account of a day in the life of a gulag prisoner. Ivan Denisovitch is serving a ten-year sentence in Siberia on trumped-up charges, just like almost everyone else at the prison camp. I should have read it a long time ago. (Come to think of it, I took a course where we read a bunch of Stalin-era stuff, why wasn't this included? Maybe everyone else had already read it and I was too clueless to know.)
Now I get to decide what's next. I'm torn between The Woman in White, The Gallic Wars, or The Master and Margarita. Any votes?
Week 4: Airborn
Airborn, by Kenneth Oppel
This was our January book club selection. I'd never heard of it before, and it turned out to be an old-fashioned adventure novel like R. L. Stevenson or Jules Verne. Lots of fun: an intrepid cabin boy, a reckless spoiled girl, airships, pirates, shipwrecks, tropical islands, exotic creatures never seen before by man, and lashings of hair-raising escapes. Plus a new element!
The story is set on our world, but a slightly alternate history, in which zeppelins are the standard mode of air travel and airplanes do not exist. It's almost--but not really--steampunk, what with the Edwardian styles and the airships. Oppel gets around the whole flaming vessel of death problem by having the airships use a non-flammable gas-the unobtainium of gasses, in fact. A fun YA read.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Week 3: The Worm Ouroboros
Week 3: The Worm Ouroboros, by E. R. Eddison (1922)
This is a really strange book. It's one of the very early British fantasy classics, and though most people have not read it, it has shaped everything that came afterwards and has many elements familiar to anyone who has ever read fantasy. Tolkien liked this story a lot, and it's easy to see that it was a great influence on him. Eddison had many of the same tastes as Tolkien--Greek epics, Norse sagas, medieval literature, etc. and the writing is like the Silmarillion on steroids. Here's a sample:
In a while the King said: "I sent for thee because thou alone wast so hardy as to urge to the uttermost thy counsel upon the King that is now dead, Gorice XI. of memory ever glorious. And because thy counsel was good. Marvellst thou that I wist of thy counsel?"
Gro said, "O my Lord the King, I marvel not of this, for it is known to me that the soul endureth, albeit the body perish."
"Keep thou thy lips from overspeech," said the King.
It's all like that, so it takes some time to read.
Eddison modelled his book on the heroic sagas, with lots of battles, enchantments, and adventuring across the world. In theory it's set on Mercury, but that's only a way of saying "long ago and far away"--in fact the setting is the medieval Earth-like landscape which has become so familiar in fantasy stories since. Likewise, the battling nations are called Demons, Witches, Imps, etc., but really they're all human beings after the pattern of King Arthur, Holger Danske, and so on. And it starts with an odd, unfinished framing device; a man on Earth is transported in a dream to Mercury and invisibly observes the story--but he disappears after a couple of chapters and is never mentioned again. All this seems to have been meant to make the book more accessible to readers.
The story concerns the wars between the nations of Mercury, especially Demonland and Witchland. The Demons are noble heroes, and the Witches are treacherous villains who use black magic, though equally valorous in battle. (The battle scenes are often reminiscent of the Iliad.) Among the various rulers of these countries moves Lord Gro, who is the most conflicted and interesting character; he constantly changes sides, advising whoever he feels is on the losing side. Though he prefers deceit and secrecy to open battle, he also has moral standards of his own--he just can't bring himself to be on the winning side. He is a devious Machiavelli among straightforward Vikings. The title figure of the Worm Ouroboros is symbolic of the story and characters, so I don't want to spoil it by saying more.
If you're interested in early British fantasy and enjoy reading, say, Howard Pyle's language, this is a book worth reading. The Worm Ouroboros is completely unlike anything else, but at the same time its flavor is in every fantasy book you read. It's not an easy book, though, and will take some time and effort. I'm glad I read it.
(The quotation and some information is taken from the essay "Where Head and Tail Meet" by Ryan Harvey.)
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Week 2: All Quiet on the Western Front
(This is not the edition I read; it's just the paperback cover I wish I owned to add to my collection.)
This novel is one I avoided reading for a long time, but since we're currently studying World War I in school, I figured it was about time. It is simply an account of life on the front for a young German soldier, and it is very, very sad.
I always hate reading about WWI because it seems to me to have been such a particularly pointless and horrible war. As far as I can tell, this is a very honest portrayal of just what it was like in the trenches; nothing is glossed over or made polite. It's a book everyone should read, but it isn't exactly fun.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Oh, gee. It's like being in a candy store...
I just found another online book club/challenge sort of thing. It's the Classics Bookclub at 5 minutes a day. I don't quite feel like I should sign up, since I already have two, but maybe? Anyway I thought I'd alert all my many readers (come on, I know you're out there....right?) in case anyone else wants to join. There are prizes!
Ah, what the heck. I'm gonna do it. I have to read classics anyway to discuss with my little burgeoning logic-stage kid...
Oh, I'm supposed to post a couple of goals. My current goal titles that I want to read soon are:
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque (I've never read this, and we're doing WWI this week)
Caesar's Gallic Wars, by Caesar (nor this one, but we're doing Ancient in the fall)
The Worm Ouroboros, by E. R. Eddison (I'm actually halfway through this one and it's not easy. If I'm not accountable, I won't get it done.)
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Week 1: Undress me in the temple of heaven
Undress me in the temple of heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman
It's 1986, and Susie has just graduated from an Ivy college. She and her friend Claire decide to packpack around the world, and just to show how tough they are, they are going to start in China. Communist China in 1986, which has been open to travelers for "all of about ten minutes."
As they hit the road, their utter naïveté is stunning. But since at 21 I would have been just the same, I really got into the story. After a few weeks of the usual rough living, and a lot of adventure, Claire starts to fall apart. It takes Susie a while to realize that what she sees as weird bratty melodrama is quickly becoming paranoid delusion, and meanwhile they've traveled deep into rural southwest China. It's a bad place to lose your mind; the chances are that they will end up arrested by the military.
I was both enthralled by the story and scared to keep going. And I really identified with the author. So I really enjoyed this one. A good start to my weekly book list!


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Last night, at the 25th annual Producers Guild of America awards, this strange apparition appeared. Sherlock Holmes (as played by Robert Downey Jr.) met Sherlock Holmes (as played by Benedict Cumberbatch) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
And while this was going on, PBS aired "The Empty Hearse," the first episode of Season Three of Benedict's Sherlock (recap here). That is a LOT of deduction in a short space of time.
And there's no sign of it letting up. Today, a spin-off iOS app, inviting fans to become part of Sherlock's Homeless Network, was released in the U.K.
Look, here's a trailer:
Sherlock: The Network allows you to help Holmes and Watson solve new cases, whether by passing on messages, or becoming a spy. Your job is to gather information and help solve one of ten new cases, and yes, there is specially shot new footage of Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and the others.*
The app will be released on January 27 in the U.S., and if you want to see more, read the review at Sherlockology.
*But no Robert. That would only confuse things.
See more:
10 Reasons Why Steven Moffat's 'Sherlock' is the Best
Brit Binge Watching: Five Sherlock Holmes Adaptations You Can View Online
Steven Moffat: "We'll Do The Next 'Sherlock' Series As Quickly As We Can"
'Sherlock' Co-Creator Mark Gatiss Interviews Martin Freeman


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Luke Egan, aka Filthy Luker, is a Bristol artist known for his urban art.
His fun and surreal installations try to explain the link between factory men and mother nature, they reflect on the urbanization, on the proliferation of waste and lack of care to trees and plants. His site specific three dimensional interventions are astonishing, ironic and creative.
Take a look!
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October 24 2014
Sarah Michelle Gellar speaks about Buffy , changing her name, wearing glasses and more during her visit to Australia. Interview links: The Project on 24 October (skip to 30:00), Sunrise (23 October), Kyle & Jackie O Show (23 October) & Rescu (22 October)
January 08 2014
Sarah Michelle Gellar wins People's Choice Award - gives Buffy shout out. Sarah took the opportunity in her acceptance speech to praise her seven years on Buffy and thanked the cast, crew and fans. How lovely.
October 18 2013
Sarah Michelle Gellar's "The Crazy Ones" gets picked up for full season. James Wolk tweeted the news.
September 27 2013
'The Crazy Ones' premieres big. Better numbers than 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' in total viewers.
May 22 2013
Full Trailer for The Crazy Ones. Sarah Michelle Gellar is also singing in it. Official Facebook Page can be found here.
May 15 2013
Sarah Michelle Gellar's comedy given prime timeslot. The Crazy Ones, Sarah's new comedy with Robin Williams, is scheduled for Thursday at 9:00 pm.
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Before I dive into my first PPV, I want to make a few notes about my roster, as I made a bunch of signings right as I started.
- I signed three Japanese Talents to full-time contracts (one year). Those were The Great Muta, Jushin "Thunder" Liger, & Hiroyoshi Tenzan. I mainly grabbed Muta and Tenzan to complete nWo Japan. I've actually used them a fair amount in my mid-card, but since I plan to downscale the nWo once 1999 rolls around, I'm not sure what I'll do with them. I might sign them to six-month open contracts until I figure out what to do with them. I definitely would like to keep using Muta and especially Liger.
- I signed a bunch of ECW guys right at the start of my scenario as well. Those names include: RVD, Saba, Jerry Lynn, and the F.B.I. (Little Guido, Tracy Smothers, Tommy Rich, and Tony Mamaluke, who I think was a freelancer). I signed RVD & Sabu with the intent to use them as a top tag team before eventually giving RVD a singles push (probably starting in 1999). The other guys were just people I thought would make good additions to my roster. I also went out and signed The Pitbulls (who were listed as free agents), as well as John Kronus (to complete The Eliminators), and Tommy Dreamer (it sounds weird, but I'll get to why in a second) later in the year. Mike Awesome was another guy I signed, and I have HUGE plans for him going into 1999.
- I did cut a fair amount of guys at the start of the year (mostly lower card guys I had no use for). I also let go of some veterans midway through 1998 that I really had no use for (Jim Duggan).
- One of the craziest things that occurred at the start of my scenario was that WWF released a BUNCH of people. Among that list were The Hardys, Adam Copeland (Edge), Christian Cage, and Andrew Martin (Test). So what I decided to do was sign all of those guys, and incorporate them into my new developmental territory. Appropriately, I decided to make OMEGA my WCW developmental territory. Here's what the OMEGA roster looks like as of September 1998:
- Head Booker: Tony Schiavone
- Roster: Andrew Martin, Amy Dumas, Christian Cage, Christian York, Daffney, David Flair, Edge, Evan Karagias, Jeff Hardy, Joey Matthews, Matt Hardy, Shane Helms, Shannon Moore, Steve Corino, & Trish Stratus
- One quick note about titles. Before I started, I decided to move the NWA World Heavyweight Title and the NWA World Tag Team Titles from WWF to WCW. For what I wanted to do, I decided that I needed an extra title or two, and I thought those titles were a good fit.
The next post will my card for Souled Out 1998. I'll include the card, the mentality behind it, among other things.


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TV Insider is a weekly roundup of what�s happening in the world of television. From ratings winners and losers to the latest news items to what shows are generating buzz, TV Insider keeps you up to date on all things television.
Dispatches: Weekly TV news
Freeform wants to help you celebrate Halloween early and often. Its �31 Nights of Halloween� programming event features short form content including �Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic,� plus the films �Hocus Pocus,� and �The Nightmare Before Christmas,� which are both marking their 25th anniversaries. The month-long event starts Oct. 1.
James Lipton, the creator and host of �Inside the Actors Studio� has announced his retirement from the interview program. Broadcast on Bravo for 23 years, the series, which features a rotating panel of actors who discuss the details of their craft, moves to Ovation TV next fall. Various guest hosts will replace Lipton.
Contenders: Buzz worthy shows worth your time
Settle into some Australian TV with the new FX import �Mr Inbetween.� (There is no period after Mr). Talented Scott Ryan, the writer and creator is also the lead actor. He plays Ray, a hitman trying to navigate a midlife crisis, with so much charisma that it�s hard not to enjoy every scene he is in.
New fall shows kick into high gear this week with the premieres of: �FBI� (CBS, Sept. 25, 9 p.m.), �New Amsterdam� (NBC, Sept. 25, 10 p.m.), �Single Parents� (ABC, Sept. 26, 9:30 p.m.), �A Million Little Things� (ABC, Sept. 26, 10 p.m.), �Murphy Brown� (CBS, Sept. 27, 9:30 p.m.), and �The Cool Kids� (Fox, Sept. 28, 8:30 p.m.). �FBI� has solid chemistry between the leads and will please fans of �Law & Order.� Healthcare hero drama �New Amsterdam� is predictable while �A Million Little Things� has a strong ensemble cast but may test your patience with its set-up. �Single Parents� is a comedy winner. �The Cool Kids� should face an early retirement. The revival of �Murphy Brown� is a mixed bag with an overreliance on topical comedy but a solid performance from Candice Bergen.
Experience the late chef and travel host Anthony Bourdain�s worldview one last time with the final episodes of �Parts Unknown� (CNN). The first episode of the show�s last season features Bourdain and W. Kamau Bell (�United Shades of America�) traveling through Kenya. Commenting on Bourdain�s legacy, Bell noted: �If there�s anything that Tony taught us, it�s how to be a good guest.�
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Winners: Tiger Woods won his first PGA Tour since 2013 last Sunday and scored a viewership record for NBC�s golf coverage. Ratings for the tournament�s final round more than doubled from last year and the overnight numbers hit an all-time high for the Tour Championship.
Losers: ABC�s game shows continued their downward spiral, with the finales of �Celebrity Family Feud� and �The $100,000 Pyramid� recording season lows.
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Program will enhance competitiveness, social integration and environmental sustainability
WASHINGTON, July 26 2012 - The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$300 million loan to the State of Tocantins, in northern Brazil. Aimed at fostering local and state development through improved transport and enhanced public service delivery, the Tocantins Integrated Sustainable Regional Development Project will directly benefit 300,000 people in 72 municipalities.
The State of Tocantins is home to 1.3 million people, including vulnerable populations – 13,000 indigenous people and 7,500 people in Quilombos, slave descendent communities. It also enjoys unique environmental assets, including large preserved areas. Though the state economy has registered steadily higher growth rates, it is still ranked 16th among all Brazilian states in income per capita.
"Tocantins is a young and promising state, with a lot of opportunities to economically grow and become self-sustainable," said José Wilson Siqueira Campos, governor of the State of Tocantins. "Improving the transport system is crucial to create new job opportunities, to improve producers' access to a stronger national and international market and to facilitate public students' access to schools. The implementation of management for results will make public administration more efficient and will bring further development to the state, offering a better quality of life for those who live here. "
The State has consistently prioritized its modernization through successive four-year plans. Their aim has been to foster sustainable development and to improve quality of life for its citizens. Aligned with this long-term strategy, the state's new four-year plan, PPA (2012-2015), seeks to strengthen competitiveness for economic growth while ensuring social inclusiveness and environmental sustainability.
"Boosting State integration will enable a faster flow of goods to national and international markets, while ensuring environmental sustainability and social inclusiveness," said Deborah L. Wetzel, World Bank director for Brazil. "Improving transport in an integrated fashion, from local to main trunk roads and multimodal transport corridors, will give better access to markets, while fostering accessibility to employment opportunities as well as bringing more education and services for the rural populations."
Some of the Project's objectives are:
- Improved accessibility and transport conditions on municipal and state roads in an articulated fashion with state and national transport corridors.
- Improved transport management.
- Modernized state administration.
- Local and regional development.
- Improved environmental management.
- Improved quality and relevance in the education system.
This Investment Loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to the State of Tocantins is guaranteed by the Federative Republic of Brazil and has a final maturity of 24,5 years, with a five year grace period.


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Curriculum Physical and Health Education Grade 5 PDF Grade-Set: k-9
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Core Competencies
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Daily physical activity enables us to practice skillful movement and helps us develop personal fitness.
Knowing what we enjoy doing and knowing about our opportunities to participate in those activities helps us develop an active lifestyle
Understanding ourselves and the various aspects of health helps us develop a balanced lifestyle.
Personal choices and social and environmental factors influence our health and well-being.
Developing healthy relationships helps us feel connected, supported, and valued.
Learning Standards
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Curricular Competencies
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Physical literacy
Physical literacy
Physical literacy
- What strategies can you use to gain some type of advantage in a game situation?
- Examples of methods of monitoring and adjusting physical exertion levels:
- heart rate monitors
- rate of perceived exertion scales to self-assess exertion levels and make appropriate adjustments related to the activity
- Examples of types of physical activity:
- indoor or outdoor activities
- individual activities or activities with others
- competitive or non-competitive activities
Develop and apply a variety of fundamental movement skills in a variety of physical activities and environments
Develop and apply a variety of movement concepts and strategies in different physical activities
Apply methods of monitoring and adjusting exertion levels in physical activity
Develop and demonstrate safety, fair play, and leadership in physical activities
Identify and describe preferred types of physical activity
Healthy and active living
Healthy and active living
Healthy and active living
- Which health components of fitness are influenced by the different types of physical activities you participate in?
- Examples of potential challenges:
- lack of time after school
- not knowing where to be active
- not having access to places to be physically active
- How do the different types of foods you eat influence how you feel on a daily basis?
- Who can you speak with if you have concerns about health issues and/or are unsure about medical instructions?
- Which strategies were most successful in helping you pursue your healthy-living goals?
Participate daily in physical activity designed to enhance and maintain health components of fitness
Identify and describe opportunities for and potential challenges to participation in preferred types of physical activity at school, at home, and in the community
Analyze and describe the connections between eating, physical activity, and mental well-being
Describe the impacts of personal choices on health and well-being
Describe strategies for communicating medical concerns and getting help with health issues
Identify, apply, and reflect on strategies used to pursue personal healthy-living goals
Social and community health
Social and community health
Social and community health
- What are some strategies you can use to avoid an unsafe or potentially exploitive situation while using the Internet?
- What can you do if you are being bullied and/or see someone else being bullied?
Identify and describe strategies for avoiding and/or responding to potentially unsafe, abusive, or exploitive situations
Describe and assess strategies for responding to discrimination, stereotyping, and bullying
Describe and apply strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships
Describe and apply strategies that promote a safe and caring environment
Mental well-being
Mental well-being
Mental well-being
- What resources exist in your school and/or community to help students with problems related to mental well-being and/or substance use?
- How do the various changes you may be experiencing during puberty influence your relationships with others?
- How might you view yourself differently at home and at school?
Describe and assess strategies for promoting mental well-being, for self and others
Describe and assess strategies for managing problems related to mental well-being and substance use, for others
Explore and describe strategies for managing physical, emotional, and social changes during puberty
Explore and describe how personal identities adapt and change in different settings and situations
Students are expected to know the following:
proper technique for fundamental movement skills, including non-locomotor
, locomotor
non-locomotormovements performed "on the spot" without travelling across the floor or surface; could include:
- balancing
- bending
- twisting
- lifting
, and manipulative
locomotormovement skills that incorporate travelling across the floor or surface; could include:
- rolling
- jumping
- hopping
- running
- galloping
manipulativemovement skills involving the control of objects, such as balls, primarily with the hands or feet; may also involve racquets or bats; could include:
- bouncing
- throwing
- catching
- kicking
- striking
movement concepts
and strategies
movement conceptsinclude:
- body awareness (e.g., parts of the body, weight transfer)
- spatial awareness (e.g., general spacing, directions, pathways)
- effort awareness (e.g., speed, force)
- relationships to/with others and objects
strategiesplans and/or ideas that will help a player or team successfully achieve a movement outcome or goal (e.g., moving into space away from an opponent to receive a pass)
ways to monitor and adjust physical exertion levels
monitor and adjust physical exertion levelscould include:
- using heart rate monitors
- checking pulse
- checking rate of perceived exertion (e.g., a five-point scale to self-assess physical exertion level)
how to participate in different types of physical activities including individual and dual activities
, rhythmic activities
individual and dual activitiesactivities that can be done individually and/or with others; could include:
- jumping rope
- swimming
- running
- bicycling
- Hula Hoop
, and games
rhythmic activitiesactivities designed to move our bodies in rhythm could include:
- dancing
- gymnastics
gamestypes of play activities that usually involve rules, challenges, and social interaction; could include:
- tag
- parachute activities
- co-operative challenges
- Simon Says
- team games
- traditional Aboriginal games
differences between the health components of fitness
health components of fitnessfive different aspects that influence overall health and effect our ability to meet the physical demands of everyday living; include:
- muscular strength — exerting maximal force to lift and/or move an object (e.g., completing one push-up)
- muscular endurance — ability of the muscles to exert submaximal force over a prolonged period of time (e.g., doing more than one push-up)
- cardiovascular endurance — ability of the heart and lungs to work together and provide blood and oxygen to the working muscles over a period of time (e.g., jogging)
- flexibility — the ability of a joint and the surrounding muscles to move through a full range of motion (e.g., stretching)
- body composition — the ratio of fat tissue to fat-free body tissue
training principles to enhance personal fitness levels, including the FITT principle
FITT principlea guideline to help develop and organize personal fitness goals based on:
- Frequency — how many days per week
- Intensity — how hard one exercises in the activity (e.g., percentage of maximum heart rate)
- Type — the type of activity or exercise, focusing on the fitness goal (e.g., jogging for cardio endurance)
- Time — how long the exercise session lasts
of physical activity and exercise
benefitscould include:
- developing a stronger heart, muscles, and bones
- burning off excess energy
- helping focus attention more in class
- promoting optimal growth and development
- helping us feel good
- lowering stress levels
- having fun with friends
food choices
to support active lifestyles and overall health
food choicesinclude:
- local and seasonal foods
- whole/natural foods versus processed foods
practices that promote health and well-being, including those that prevent communicable
and non-communicable illnesses
prevent communicableprevention practices could include:
- hand washing
- covering mouth when coughing
- washing hands after sneezing and/or coughing
- staying away from others when sick
non-communicable illnessesprevention practices could include:
- regular physical activity
- healthy eating
- stress management
- regular sleep patterns
sources of health information and support services
sources of health information and support servicescould include:
- medical professionals
- trusted adults
- medical clinics
- community support services
strategies to protect themselves and others
from potential abuse, exploitation, and harm in a variety of settings
strategies to protect themselves and otherscould include:
- knowing their right not to be abused
- being assertive
- avoiding potentially unsafe situations
- safe use of the Internet
- identifying tricks and lures used by predators
factors influencing use of psychoactive substances
, and potential harms
psychoactive substancescould include:
- alcohol
- tobacco
- illicit drugs
- solvents
, emotional
physicalhow students' bodies are growing and changing during puberty
, and social
emotionalhow students' thoughts and feelings might evolve or change during puberty
changes that occur during puberty, including those involving sexuality
socialhow students interact with others and how their relationships might evolve or change during puberty
and sexual identity
sexualityhaving a capacity for sexual feelings
, and changes to relationships
sexual identitya component of an person's identity that reflects his or her sexual self-concept
Note: Some of the learning standards in the PHE curriculum address topics that some students and their parents or guardians may feel more comfortable addressing at home. Refer to ministry policy regarding opting for alternative delivery.


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Asiamet (LON:ARS) (www.asiametresources.com) is an Indonesian copper and gold miner, listed, like many miners on both AIM and the junior Canadian market TSX-V. Indonesia is not a significant political risk. Their price has not moved much in the last year. As you can see from their website, they have not yet actually yielded any metal, so their price is not affected by the substantial moves in the spot price of gold (XAUUSD, GC_F) and copper (XCUUSD, HG_F) this year, both of which are down about 10% since February 2015, as per the charts below
Those two charts are interesting, because you could argue that copper slightly 'behind' gold which hit it's low a month earlier, and say that copper is now where gold was mid-September. This gives an indicator that copper will rise (and fall, but with higher lows). Also copper is traditionally strongly correlated with the Australian dollar, and many FX commentators believe the AUDUSD pair has bottomed after declining all year.
The company is, as I say, still exploring, so they have not yet made a profit, or indeed booked any revenue. Hence conventional fundamental metrics are of little use. However, they still have over $1.3M of cash to operate with due to this market placing. However their operating expenses are $800k per 6 months (see http://www.asiametresources.com/i/pdf/2015-Q2.pdf page 20). If cash runs out, there presumably be a rights issues which will dilute existing shareholders.
|Asiamet Cashflow (source : stockopedia.com)
So let's look at the share price. Currently at 1.55p, it is more or less midway in a channel of 1.00p to 1.90p which has held all year. Remember there is no revenue, so as is usually the case with junior miners, everything depends on whether they actually extract any metals before their cash runs out. If they do, then, as always happens, the shares will soar, presumably above the 7p IPO price, even with a rights issue.
Rather than go into the likelihood of that, I will direct you at a much more authoritative blog post on the subject here.
The author holds a position which I do not. You can take today's price of copper and quickly calculate the potential upside.
However, @unluckyruss has asked me for a chart, which is the short-term view. Here is the daily chart for the AIM instrument for the last 12 months or so.
After falling sharply from around 7p, the share has travelled in a channel all year, spiking occasionally on news and perhaps rumour, with volume never exceeding 10M shares a day. On August 26th 2015, the company announced a high-grade copper zone discovery (http://www.asiametresources.com/s/PressReleases.asp) and the shares spikes as high as 66% above the previous day's close (1.83p vs 1.10p). But that's what it was, a spike. The shares closed the next day at 1.22p. The smart money had got out, leaving the amateur investor buying at the top. There were 81M shares transacted that day, nearly 10 times normal volume.
Over the next couple of weeks, there was some recovery, and importantly, the price made higher lows. A further press release on this discovery on September 14th caused another spike, this time to 1.90p a high previously achieved on one day only in January and May earlier that year. This is always a problem with AIM miners and explorers. They issue a positive piece of geological news, the price spikes for one day and then fades. An extreme example was when AIM bȇte noir David Lenigas appeared on BBC News one morning before market open to announce 'Gatwick Oil', the Horse Hill site. Shares in UKOG.L tripled in value at the open, but within the hour it was all over, and they were more or less back to where they started.
Price movement in low liquidity markets is can only be driven by volume. If you look at the chart, you can see that all the volume up to the second press release was only one-and-a-half times the volume of the August 26th trading day. The volume was still greatly in excess of the pre-August 26th average daily volume, and so the price rose gently. The September 14th release didn't have anything like the earlier volume, but on the other hand the existing volume had pushed the price up. (In other words, investors had already got in early, for once). The spike this time, from 1.40 to 1.90 was only 35%, but this time, the price held better in subsequent days.
We now come to a third press release on the same subject, issued on September 29th. I am not a geologist, so I don't know the significance of the release contents, but I imagine there is nothing new in it, because it really had no effect on the price at all. You can also see the volume falling. The total shares traded since the September 14th announcement is 53M, and falling. Some people are now getting out, but the majority are regarding this as momentum which it is. Nevertheless the falling volume is accompanied with a slight fall in price.
The price is now forming a bullish ascending triangle, the ascending line being the hypotenuse, and the adjacent line being the 1.90p 'high of year' price. Technical theory suggests that the price will rise to the adjacent line and then break out above it. The share is currently 1.50p/1.60p and if it reaches 1.90p, will be presumably offered at 1.85p/1.95p. It is a strong possibility that the price will reach there again. This offers a low-risk gain of 0.25p per share.
There are some technical signs which are better still. The last spike before the August release allows us to draw a parallel ascending channel which takes the price smoothly above 1.90p. There was a spike in January to 2.20p, and this is a possibility. I must stress though that 1.90p has been touched twice more recently, and so is definitely resistance.
What this means in practice is that a lot of professional investors will have noticed these two highs, and have limit orders to sell already set up at 1.90p (or 1.85p because of the bid/offer).
The slight fall in price is not too worrying, as the red line shown for the last few days on the chart is the start of a symmetrical bullish pennant, as indicated on the chart. In fact a pennant gives a clue to a potential rise. The theory is that upon resolution of the pennant, the price will rise by the entry 'height' (called the flagpole) of about 0.4p. The pennant resolves at 1.60p, giving a final price of 2.00p. However flagpole height gains are easily trumped by strong resistance, and I would just regard it as another signal to reach 1.90p. In fact because this technical indicator is not strong, if the price does rise to 2.00p, I would stay in until 2.2p - without further news.
Will it break out above 1.90p. In my opinion no, unless there is even better news than that given in the last three releases. The market knows the BKM mine is good. The next step is to say something even better, and for that matter address the cash burn issues.
The technical momentum is good for 1.90p, but in mining, no news is bad news, and the volume and thus the price will start to decay again. If I were Asiamet, I would time my next news release to be out in early November, which is where the ascending line touches the 1.90p resistance! If no such news arrives by then, you can expect a slow decay in the price, back to 1.00p.
Of course the next release may well be a rights issue, which will change everything.
By the way, the director buy on September 1st was slightly helpful, but at £45,000, it was not really very important.
Finally, if you want the full technical signals in one easy page, these can be found at
Many people don't realise that investing.com (in my opinion the most useful site in the whole business), isn't just for FX and the big indices, but does cover many UK micro-cap stocks. Here's their summary at the time of writing, and it's a strong buy on all timeframes.
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It seems to me that "a working USB 2.0 driver" means a driver "working" and "working at USB 2.0 speed".
In my perverted mind, if the BIOS USB 2.0 driver is working at 1.1 speed, then it is not working, but the number of such motherboards (having USB 2.0 capable chips BUT having a BIOS USB 1.1 speed driver are not that much common anymore).
Well my Asus EeePC 904HA BIOS can access files 100 times in a loop in 5 seconds, but with the grub4dos usb driver it does it in under 2 seconds.
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The EeePC also can boot from a USB HDD or Flash drive, but it cannot access sectors past 137GB (which is a very common bug with many BIOSes it seems). e.g. AWARD V6.00PG BIOS
In both cases the USB boot section of the EeePC BIOS could be described as 'working' as it does boot at a reasonable speed and does work - but it has bugs and is not particularly fast.
The very slow system that I mentioned was a reasonably modern system as it had USB 3 ports but seemed to have a problem with a particular make of USB Flash drive (which the grub4dos driver did not).
See posts by Jon and Neil on the E2B forum - http://www.easy2boot.com/forum/
Plop! is a read-only driver - it is not compatible with E2B or any grub4dos command that writes to the USB drive like default or dd or partnew.


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Men and women among the Comanche Indians held distinct roles. The bands of Comanche that roamed the Great Plains area of the United States in the 19th century adhered to a traditional division of labor, which left women in charge of work related to home and family, while men hunted and fought. Additionally, high-ranking men engaged in trade with Europeans, Mexicans and Americans, often to sell back kidnapped relatives and dignitaries.
Men - Hunting and Herding
Young men tended the tribe's flocks and trained for manhood. Coming-of-age meant the responsibility of fishing and hunting elk, buffalo and other game. After the Comanche acquired horses, they expected their young men to learn horse-riding skills, which could be used both for tracking animals and herding. The Comanche were considered the best horsemen among the Plains Indians.
Men - Warfare
The Comanche used their horses most notably for warfare. Their young men trained to use bows and arrows and spears and shields made from buffalo hide. If rifles were available, the arts of marksmanship had to be learned, as well. Horse-mounted Comanche men went on raids that extended as far south as the jungles of Mexico. On these raids, which might last for months, men occupied themselves with acquiring the transportable goods of whichever people they fought.
Men - Trade
Among the transportable goods the Comanche acquired on these raids were members of other tribes or citizens from Mexico or the United States. High-ranking Comanche men accompanied the armed groups that led these captives to meeting places with relatives and/or diplomats and exchanged them for money or other goods. These high-ranking men were from among the elite leadership of each tribe. A man could rise to such rank by exhibiting prowess in combat.
Women - Gathering Food and Cooking
The Comanche were hunters and gatherers and, as was often the case with such cultures, women were in charge of the gathering. Since the Comanche were a polygamous society, one or more women might be attached to a single man and care for him by collecting nuts, berries and other wild vegetation near their camp. Women prepared meals for their men with the food they gathered and the meat brought home by hunters.
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Women were also responsible for the home, which was usually a tee pee made form hides and wood. They did not simply clean the home. Women had to actually build the tee pee, even if that meant carrying heavy wood and erecting the structure themselves. They were also charged with raising children. Men would take charge of older boys, but women raised the girls and prepared them for marriage and motherhood.


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Grosse Point Geek casts his critical eye over the latest (some sometimes greatest) releases… this time out Christopher McQuarrie's Mission : Impossible – Fallout
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Plot in a nutshell: Its a tad complicated but the basics are as follows -when three nuclear devices go missing, its up to Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team to get them back before a mysterious group called The Apostles detonates the lot of them and kills millions of innocent people in the process.
What worked: In short , pretty much everything – especially the action scenes – which are genuinely gob smacking, manage to elevate the film into a whole new stratosphere of brilliance and are made even more impressive due to the fact that Tom Cruise did all his own stunts. Yes folks that really IS him performing the halo jump out of that plane and yes it's also him piloting that helicopter at breakneck speed in the films stunningly mental finale. Indeed one can only imagine the amount of squeaky bum time the insurance company and the producers suffered throughout filming, wondering in desperation if their utterly mad bastard of a star actor was going to make it through to the next day in one piece.
In addition, whilst the action is outstanding, one must also credit writer/director Christopher McQuarrie, who not only directs with flair and confidence but also crafts an extremely good plot that manages to twist and turn and offer up some real surprises. Its also very well acted – Cruise, as ever exudes mega watt charisma and owns every scene he is in, Cavill (plus the legendary King'tache) does well and shows a refreshingly different side to what we are used to when he dons the cape as Superman, Rhames is his usual cool as a cucumber self, Pegg is great fun and gets lots more to do than just act as the comedy foil, Rebecca Ferguson makes a very welcome comeback as Isla Faust and once again more than holds her own in the action stakes, plus Sean Harris returns as the completely evil Solomon Kane and proves to be the best baddie of franchise so far.
What could have been better: Not much really – A few one liners from Cruise wouldn't have gone amiss perhaps – the character of Ethan Hunt can be a little too serious at times and could do with occasionally being lightened up a bit. Finally, whilst the story is really good there are a couple of plot twists that i could see coming a mile off.
Best Scene: The films climax – a frankly amazing helicopter chase that has to be seen to be believed
Summary Review: A proper honest to goodness blockbuster and an incredible action film to boot, extremely well made and expertly directed by Christopher McQuarrie, however to be fair its Cruise who deserves most of the praise – the guy puts in a serious shift here doing most if not all his own stunts and giving another great performance in what is rapidly becoming his signature role.
Fantastic entertainment -don't miss it
Pay to see it at the cinema? – You would be mad not to
Buy on DVD/Blu Ray? – God yes
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UTRECHT – With the outcome of the general elections on Wednesday in the Netherlands, both national and international media highlighted that the expected landslide win for the xenophobic 'Freedom Party' of Geert Wilders did not occur.
After the BREXIT and the election of Donald Trump, a huge victory for Wilders would prove that extreme populism would be the new norm in Western Europe. However, the outcome of the elections is not as positive as one might think.
"I expected that the outcome of this election would be a strong pull to the more rightwing part of politics," Noureddine, a 39-year-old native Dutch convert to Islam, told AboutIslam.
"And that did happen, although I hear everybody is saying the leftwing parties have won."
He has a point.
Although Wilders' Freedom Party did not become the biggest party as was feared beforehand, it did grow from 15 to 20 seats in parliament.
The center-right Christian party CDA grew from 13 to 19 seats, and although the Liberal center-right party VVD declined from 41 to 31 seats, it is still the biggest party in the Dutch parliament.
"Months before the elections took place I was worried about the outcome," Eliass, 25, stated.
"The far-right wing in the Netherlands was taking up more space in the Dutch society. Populism was on the rise.
"As a Dutch citizen of Moroccan descent, I felt very uncomfortable by this foresight. The far-right Freedom Party of Geert Wilders was number one in the polls."
Outrageous Islamophobia
Whilst Wilders' Freedom Party is mostly feared because of its outrageous comments on Islam, Muslims and migrants in general, it has never proven to be able to implement any of its most significant ideas into actual policies.
It has called for a special tax for wearing the hijab, the closing of all mosques, closing the country's borders for refugees from Islamic countries, and a nationwide ban on the Qur'an.
The center-right parties however are less outspoken, but more able to implement anti-Islamic policies such as a ban on the niqab, refusing to allow Islamic preachers to enter the country and an investigation to find the legal means to make all Salafist organizations illegal.
"I expected that the Freedom Party would have been bigger, also due to the enormous coverage it received from both national and international media," Azzedine Kharrat says.
He is the imam of the country's biggest mosque, the Essalam Mosque of Rotterdam.
"I was worried, but not afraid. When you worry, you become alert and focused. I was not afraid, because I know we as Muslims are also a genuine part of this society and will remain to be so. Even if Wilders would have won, we would have had to deal with him and still struggle for our rights."
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"With these results, I fear that living in the Netherlands will become more difficult for Muslims, for people of color and for people with migrant backgrounds," Nouredinne continues.
"In the upcoming years, we must closely monitor possible breaches of our constitutional rights and act immediately to protect these rights.
"I hope some of the leftwing or central parties, like GroenLinks and D66, will also be an opposition force against the normalization of racism and islamophobia."
"The left-wing parties were still a minority. With over more than four parties, the left is now more divided than ever because of the almost equally spread of votes. I find this particularly not good, because it is now hard for left-wing parties to convince the winning Liberal party (with Islamophobic sentiments)," Eliass points out.
But, there is also good news.
"We saw a party which is established by sons and daughters of immigrant joining the ranks of the parliament (DENK). They really seem to fulfil a need that traditional left wing parties neglected over the last four to eight years," he added.
Imam Azzedine sees a huge responsibility for the Muslims of the Netherlands.
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"Our responsibility, our task starts now. We need to work on more unity and social binding as of today."