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Cougars - also known as mountain lions, pumas and panthers - were once the top predator in the forests of eastern North America, but they were wiped out by the early 1900s due to habitat destruction, hunting and loss of their primary prey, deer. The last confirmed sighting of the big cats was more than 100 years ago, but that hasn't stopped people from looking for them.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to find proof that the eastern cougar still exists, in an effort to update a 1982 recovery plan. Mark McCollough, the lead biologist for the government's current review, says one of the major efforts of the original plan was to search for remaining populations, but "to date, we've not been able to document any information from these particular organized surveys related to the presence of eastern cougars."
The eastern cougar was one of the first animals to be included on the federal Endangered Species list in 1973. But when no population was found after the 1982 recovery plan, federal officials moved on to higher-priority species more likely to make a comeback.
Top-level predator keeps deer population in check
However, sightings of cougars continue to be reported, and McCollough says a lot of people are interested in the carnivore for a variety of reasons.
"This animal and the eastern wolf help to provide a lot of predation on white tailed deer," he explains, adding, "White tailed deer populations are probably at their highest level ever in recorded history here in North America."
Deer herds have a huge impact on the forested environment.
"Many areas in the east can't get the forest to recover and regrow after they've been cut because of deer browsing. Also, because of the tremendous populations of deer, some of our songbird populations are declining. And even some of our federally endangered plants are in danger because of deer herbivory.
"So from an ecological standpoint," McCollough says, "a top-level predator is an important component."
Remote cameras focus on capturing cougars
Despite numerous supposed sightings over the past 20 years, Heather Lessig still believes the cougar is extinct. The Virginia Tech graduate student took a break from writing her thesis last summer to help install and retrieve one of about 50 infrared cameras along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland because of the sightings there.
Stuffing the camera and other equipment into her backpack, she headed south on the trail in southwestern Virginia, stepping over logs and around rocks scattered throughout the dry forest floor.
"We're going to set [the camera] up on the tree, turn it on. The laser beam comes out. As soon as something walks in front of that, it'll automatically trip the camera to go off and flash and take a picture."
Lessig checked her GPS unit to find the exact spot a computer had selected for the survey. The camera had to be mounted on a tree within 100 meters of that random location.
"We're just going to find a spot that has nice habitat. It's a little bit open in the understory, so that it's not dense shrubs right in front of the camera," she explained. "Something that's typical of the forest right at that spot. And just where there's a good tree and a good little clearing that should hopefully get some good pictures."
When she arrived at the coordinates, Lessig opened the camera box, put in the batteries, set the date, and then, using wire, mounted it to a tree just under a meter off the ground.
Thirty days later, she was back to retrieve it. The roll of film included photos of deer and bear, but no cougar. Lessig says the information is helpful, even though they didn't find what they were looking for.
"We have been getting quite a lot of good [photos] of the larger carnivores that they're trying to focus on - bear and fox and bobcat and coyote and what not - and they'll be able to use those kind of pictures to look at where those species are distributed and how they relate to habitat in the surrounding landscape configuration pattern and whatnot."
Escaped pet cougars may be stalking eastern forests
Even though cameras have not captured a cougar, reports of sightings persist, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Mark McCollough says people may indeed be seeing the big cats? but not the scattered remnants of a native population. He thinks they have escaped or been deliberately released from the exotic pet trade.
"We surmise from the information that we've reviewed that there does not appear to be evidence that the eastern cougar survived naturally in the wild, that most of the animals that we would be seeing here on the eastern seaboard are probably of captive origin."
It's also possible that cougars from North and South Dakota and other western states have made their way east, although McCollough says he thinks that's unlikely.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife's report on the existence of the eastern cougar is under internal review, and if the big cat is found to be extinct, it will be removed from the Endangered Species List - a species whose legal protections came too late. The report should be released next summer.
Fate of Endangered Eastern Cougar a Mystery
Cougars - also known as mountain lions, pumas and panthers - were once the top predator in the forests of eastern North America, but they were wiped out by the early 1900s due to habitat destruction, hunting and loss of their primary prey, deer. The last confirmed sighting of the big cats was more than 100 years ago, but that hasn't stopped people from looking for them.


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Getting Likes On Facebook: What NOT To Do
This year, the American retail giant Target acquired almost 69,000 Likes and over 1,100 comments for a single status update. It didn't achieve this by offering anything of value to its followers, but rather by simply asking. The company was marking its 50th anniversary, and invited users to join in the celebrations by clicking 'Like' – people who did so didn't get anything out of it, but they did contribute towards Target's engagement data, which is fast becoming the primary motivator for posting content.
The latest trend in acquiring engagement
For any business with a Facebook page, the aim of the game is to acquire followers and have people 'Like' your content. However, as with anything, there are a number of ways to go about this. The current most popular method is seemingly to inundate your followers with rhetorical questions (with offenders including the ridiculous "Do you love your kids?") and meaningless polls (which do you prefer, kittens or puppies?).
This pattern can be interpreted as a more or less direct response to the increased visibility of Edgerank, Facebook's algorithm which calculates engagement and determines what content appears where on your news feed. EdgerankChecker.com published a blog including a checklist direct from Facebook: essentially, content which receives a high volume of engagement, i.e. a large number of Likes, is more likely to appear higher in news feeds. Because of this, a great many organisations (and the social media firms working on their behalf) are now producing content for the sake of Edgerank rather than for their followers, in the same way that "black hat" SEO content focuses on keyword stuffing as opposed to being informative and reader-friendly.
Why you should think twice before clicking 'Post'
In a recent blog post entitled "A Plea: No More 'Like If You' Facebook Posts… Please", social media advisor Jan Minihane outlined her main issue with this kind of pandering. While the intentions behind these "call to action" statuses may once have been entirely admirable, the net has become so saturated with these sickly sweet posts (which in turn are becoming more and more inane) that the unfortunate result is people are starting to see them for what they are; increasingly transparent attempts at fostering engagement, with little to no incentive on the user's side to click 'Like'.
This trend has been parodied relentlessly on a spoof Facebook account called the Condescending Corporate Brand Page, a common sense watchdog which highlights the "embarrassing and awkward" depths to which big brands such as Dell, Starbucks and Persil are stooping in order to cultivate engagement.A recent and typical culprit is Woolworths Australia's Fresh Food People, whose orange juice-related post got ripped to shreds by the Condescending Corporate Brand Page, who provided the following commentary:
"Please everybody this is very important – Do you like pulp in your juice or not? This is vital feedback for us despite the fact we'll never take any notice of the results…you see, we just want to build our engagement with you."
Beware of the backlash
What the Condescending Corporate Brand Page don't emphasise, however, is that by building engagement for the sake of Edgerank at the expense of genuinely interacting with your followers, you run the risk of being seen as spam. Edgerank weeds out content that is ignored or reported, meaning the more you flood your followers' news feeds with pointless content, the more you decrease your page reach and ultimately devalue your brand.

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The Creative Versa Tool woodburning tool is supplied with 11 points (tips) and features a dial to control the temperature from low to 950 degrees F. The dial means the tool can be used on a variety of surfaces including paper, card, leather, fabric, wood and composites. The comfort grip eases pressure when held for long use and the heat shield protects your hand from the hot barrel. The set includes a support stand, five screw-in Woodburning points (Universal, Flow, Tapered, Calligraphy and Shading); a screw-in solder point and Rosin core solder for simple hobby use; three screw-in stamps for you creativity and a screw-in hot knife point that has many used such as trimming fabric, cutting this plastic for stencils, cutting foam pumpkins and trimming a variety of materials. The screw-in transfer point to transfer Laser printed images from paper to the wood or other surfaces. Use pliers when changing hot points (tips) and be careful not to bend the points (tips). This ideal tool is fitted with the USA two pin plug and is UL approved for the USA and Canada. Recommended for ages 14+ with adult supervision.
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Meet Josh Anish, Head of Communications
By Rory Joyce on September 16th, 2011 in CoverHound
Josh was a welcomed addition to our team in August. He was the Senior Managing Editor at QuinStreet, where he led content operations in the Education vertical. Before that he was the Senior Editor at Knewton. As a self-proclaimed "startup guy" he was psyched to join the small but growing team at CoverHound.
Job at CoverHound: Vice President of Communications
Best job: I really liked working @Knewton. Lots of smart people there, and of course the vision is aspirational. But I'd have to say my best job was coaching 7th grade hoops team at my alma mater a few years back. Talk about moving the needle...
Worst job: I worked at a convenience store one summer while in college. I was so tall the cigarette rack obscured my face behind the counter.
Favorite TV Show on Premium Cable Network: Hmm where to start? I loved Game of Thrones. Battlestar Galactica is a must. Currently firing through Breaking Bad. Rome was too short but great.
Guilty pleasure website(s): Mostly dorky, data-driven basketball blogs. I'm an NBA junky. HoopsHype.com. 82games.com.
Why do you like working with web content? Because it's just sorting itself out. I love to edit; I'll always be a semi-colon guy. But when it comes to digital content as an asset for a company, we're all figuring out content syndication, SEO and social media together. I am suspicious of any dogma, and like learning about it every day.
What's a sleeper novel you've read recently? Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard. It's spectacular.
Why are you jazzed about CoverHound? Quite simply, I think CoverHound is a really good idea. While I have solid experience in the content world, I am new to car insurance and knew as little as everyone else when I started. There really is a need for branded destination for everyone to find car insurance. And we're going to work our butts off to make sure it's us.
Sadly, Josh moved on to Crushpath, a social marketing platform for small businesses. Learn more about the current CoverHound team.


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How Soviet Kitchens Became Hotbeds Of Dissent And Culture
It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
Last week, our Hidden Kitchens series chronicled the communal kitchens of revolutionary Russia - 10 to 12 families living together, cooking in and sharing one kitchen. Today, the Kitchen Sisters' producers, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, take us to the middle years of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin. This is when the Soviet Union changed its future by changing the Soviet home. Thousands of new family apartments were constructed, this time with individual kitchens. And those new private home kitchens became hotbeds of politics, literature and protest.
UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER 1: The communal kitchen was a war zone. During the Stalin time, it was the most dangerous place to be - in the kitchen.
MASHA KARP: After Khrushchev came to power, people started moving out from their communal flats into the separate flats. Khrushchev introduced this completely new era. It was called a Thaw and for a reason.
VLADIMIR VOINOVICH: Like in the winter, when you have a lot of snow but some spots are green. New grass is coming. It was a little bit more liberal than before, very good time for inspiration.
SERGEI KHRUSHCHEV: When my father came to the power, he proclaimed there will be mass construction of the apartment buildings, where in each apartment will be only one family - small kitchen, small bathroom. I'm Sergei Khrushchev, retired professor from Brown University. My father was Nikita Khrushchev, the head of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964.
EDWARD SHENDROVICH: Khrushchev apartments, they were called khrushchevkas - five-story buildings, concrete panels, horribly built, very small kitchens.
KARP: No matter how tiny it was, it was yours. My name is Masha Karp from Leningrad. I worked for the Russian service of the BBC. This kitchen was the place where they finally could get together with their friends and talk at home without fearing the neighbors in the communal flat.
SHENDROVICH: One of the reasons why kitchen culture developed in Russia is because there were no places to meet. I'm Edward Shendrovich, venture investor. I'm also a Russian poet. You couldn't have political discussions in public, at your workplace. You couldn't go to cafes. They were state-controlled. The kitchen became a place where Russian culture kept living, untouched by the regime. It was the beginning of dissident kitchens.
ALEXANDER GENIS: Kitchen was for intimate circle for your close friends. The kitchen was relatively safe. I am Alexander Genis, Russian writer and radio journalist. First of all, when they came to kitchen, they put on the table some vodka, and you put something from your balcony, like pickled mushrooms - something pickled. Sour is the taste of Russia. And you just start talking.
GRISHA FREIDIN: Kitchens became debating societies. People would crowd over that kitchen table - huddle there. Sometimes, there would be KGB agents stationed in the stairwells. During those times, we expected to be arrested any night.
FREIDIN: We ate bunch of bread, canned food like sprats, a lot of vodka. Tongues got looser. My name Grisha Freidin, professor of Russian literature at Stanford University. Even to this day, political windbaggery is referred to as kitchen table talk. After politics, literature, samizdat.
GENIS: Samizdat means self-publishing. A lot of literature was banned, couldn't be published or read openly. It was published on people's typewriters, distributed through kitchens.
FREIDIN: You put your carbon paper in typewriter. You type the whole book. It wasn't easy to get typewriter, too, because all typewriters must be registered with KGB.
KARP: A friend of mine got hold of a typewritten copy of Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago." It was 1973. She said, I'm reading it at night. I can't let it out of my hands, but you can come to my kitchen and read it here. So I read it in four afternoons.
GENIS: The same things that happened with samizdat books, happened with music. It's called magnitizdat - recording on tape recorder. Some friend got it from another friend. So the most famous was Vladimir Vysotsky, who was Bob Dylan of Russia. This what you can listen in kitchen.
KHRUSHCHEV: Usually, it was the Western music that they wanted to copy. Before the tape recorders, they used - they used x-ray film and record music on the x-ray of bones - bone music.
VOINOVICH: Every kitchen has its own radio. It was a window to the freedom. There was Voice of America and BBC. My name is Vladimir Voinovich. My books were circulated in samizdat, smuggled abroad. Then foreign radio stations broadcasted it. I heard, in the kitchen, some BBC voice reading my chapters. After that, it was immediately summoned to KGB.
YULIY KIM: My name is Yuliy Kim. I am writer and composer. (Through translator) I wrote this cycle of songs called "Moscow Kitchens." Telling a story of a group in the '50s and the '60s that are called dissidents. How they began to get together and how it lead to protest, how they were detained, forced to leave the country. This is how the subversive thought grew and expanded in the Soviet Union, beginning with free discussions in the kitchens.
KIM: (Through translator) A tea house, a pie house, a pancake house, a study, a gambling dive, a living room, a parlor, a ballroom and a salon for a passing by drunkard. A home for a visiting bard to crash for a night. This is a Moscow kitchen, 10 square meters housing 100 guests.
GREENE: Hidden Kitchens is produced by the Kitchen Sisters with Charles Maynes and also Jim McKee. You can see those dissident kitchen musicians and also see pictures of those Soviet songs recorded on x-rays of bones. It's all at our website npr.org. This is NPR News.
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The teams met in a Test series last week, one in which the world watched the career of Sachin Tendulkar come to a conclusion after 25 years.
Last week's India vs. West Indies match was so highly anticipated that when tickets went on sale online, 19 million people flooded the site within minutes, causing it to crash. Even more people showed up to Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai hoping to buy tickets. When they learned that all sales would be online, police had to be called to quell the unruly crowd.
Demand was so high that tickets originally on sale for 1,500 rupees ($24) ended up on the black market for 60,000 rupees ($950).
It was a bittersweet conclusion or Tendulkar, who said he has been playing cricket his entire adult life.
"It's hard for me to imagine a life without playing cricket because it's all I have ever done since I was 11 years old," he said in announcing his retirement.
But the match itself was anticlimactic, as India solidly defeated their counterparts.
Sunday's match takes place at VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. It is scheduled to start at 13:30 local time, 8:00 GMT.
Those looking to watch this week's India vs. West Indies match will get a chance to see if West Indies can muster a better performance.
Likely lineups:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Jaydev Unadkat,? R Vinay Kumar, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma and Amit Mishra.
West Indies: Dwayne Bravo (c), Johnson Charles (wk), Marlon Samuels, Darren Bravo, Lendl Simmons, Narsingh Deonarine, Darren Sammy, Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Tino Best, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran Powell and Denesh Ramdin.
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14 February 2012
As the Chinese authorities continue to ban access to journalists attempting to report on the situation inside Tibet, a global annual census on imprisoned journalists conducted by a leading international NGO promoting press freedom reveals that 10 out of 27 known journalists imprisoned in China are Tibetans. Six are Uyghurs.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its December 2011 Prison Census on China said that Tibetans and Uyghurs form the bulk of journalists jailed in China, adding this unfortunate trend dates back to the widespread 2008 and 2009 protests in Tibet and East Turkestan (Chinese: Xinjiang) respectively. (Please click here for the CPJ Survey:http://www.cpj.org/imprisoned/2011.php#china)
The ten imprisoned Tibetan journalists are documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen (sentenced to 6 years since December 28, 2009, detained in March 26, 2008); Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang, online writer for Tibetan cultural issues website, Chomei (15 years since November 2009, detained in February 26, 2009); Kunga Tsayang aka Gangyi, political essayist, photographer and environmental activist (5 years since November 2010, detained inMarch 17, 2009); Tashi Rabten, writer /publisher of Shar Dungri magazine (4 years since 2 June 2011, detained since April 6, 2010); Dokru Tsultrim, the twice-detained monk writer forKhawai Tsesok journal (formal charges undisclosed); Jolep Dawa, writer and editor of Durab Kyi Nga magazine (3 years since October 2011, detained in October 1, 2010); Choepa Lugyal aka Meycheh, freelance writer for Shar Dungri magazine (formal charges and wherabouts are unknown, detained in October 19, 2011).
The writer and editor Jangtse Donkho aka Nyen and his fellow writer for Shar Dungrimagazine Buddha were detained since June-July 2010. Both were sentenced to 4 years imprisonment subjected to hard labor since October 2010 while another writer for Shar Dungri, Kalsang Jinpa aka Garmi who was arrested along with Nyen and Buddha was sentenced to 3 years in October 2010. In January 2011, the three were imprisoned subjected to hard labor in Mianyang jail near Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province.
In light of extreme restrictions and censorship laws placed on any information related to Tibet as "state secrets", the number that this survey throws up may not be the complete picture. There might be more unknown and unreported cases of rights violations and power abuses on the part of the Chinese government. John Kamm of Dui Hua Foundation had said the current number could be inconclusive.
Dechen Pemba, editor of High Peaks Pure Earth reported on 1 February 2012 that some very popular privately-run Tibetan language blogs had gone offline. According to Pemba, the offline message on 1 February on the blog site Rangdrol.net said, "For the sake of life, we are mourning and crying." But attempts by TCHRD to access the site on 10 February met with a warning/error message.
Likewise on 10 February, when TCHRD tried to reach the blog section of website AmdoTibet, a curt offline notice in Tibetan said the blog was unavailable from 1 February to end of March 2012. But the 1 February notice on the blog, according to Pemba said, "Due to some of the blog users not publishing in accordance with the goal of this site, the blog has temporarily been shut down, we hope that blog users will have understanding!"
These are just few of the examples of many other Tibetan websites that are shut down frequently by the Chinese authorities to block information and opinions inconvenient to the Chinese government. This state-supported practice to gag Tibetan voice, by arresting and imprisoning their collective spokespersons, steadily contribute toward silencing theconscience of a people.
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Nicole Beharie is talented and beautiful. A Julliard-trained performer with intensity and charisma to spare. As Abbie Mills on Fox's popular fantasy drama, Sleepy Hollow, Beharie has formed a potent twosome with co-star Tom Mison's Ichabod Crane. Their wonderful chemistry was the saving grace of a rocky season two. With the start of season 3 only days away, Beharie was able to fit in a sexy but tasteful photo spread for Playboy Magazine while on hiatus.
|Smile! Abbie Mills and the Sleepy Hollow Season 3 premiere on October 1st are not too far away.
The Florida-native got her first film role just a year removed from Julliard. A series of heavy dramas followed including Shame with Michael Fassbender (whom she dated for two years). Beharie has constantly challenged herself with every new role, as she told Playboy.
"I'm interested in showing every side of being a woman," says Nicole, who also stars in the 2013 Jackie Robinson biopic 42. "Whether my character is a vixen or strong and sultry, it's my goal to shake things up."
It's the role as the smart and tough police lieutenant Mills that has brought her a lot of notoriety for a number of reasons. She's the first black woman to lead a genre show. A show that mixes historical thriller, supernatural horror, and buddy cop action. More than anything Beharie demonstrates strength, confidence and passion in her performance. It also doesn't hurt that she and Mison have great chemistry.
Their witty banter and his man-out-of-time awkwardness endeared them to fans so much that they've shipped them together and dubbed them "Ichabbie." Overwhelmingly, fans want to see them romantically involved, especially now that Ichabod's witch of a wife met her doom last season. This upcoming season finds them facing new supernatural threats with new love interests that could put a damper on the whole Ichabbie business.
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Check out the behind-the-scenes video of the Playboy shoot above, the image gallery below and see why Nicole Beharie belongs on People Magazine's Most Beautiful list every year.
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In a series of tweets on July 12, 2019, Blymire recounted a story she overheard of a millennial "in her late 20s" in Washington, DC, getting feedback on something she had written from her boss, who is also female:
Indeed, the "hampster" millennial is far from being unique. About 15 years ago, an undergraduate student demanded to know why I gave his midterm essay exam a B- grade (I actually was being generous). I explained to him that I had difficulty understanding his essay because it was riddled with grammatical and spelling errors. He declared, "I don't subscribe to the rules of the English language!" and stormed out of the classroom.
That student was one of the impetuses that spurred me to study and write about the psychological-spiritual phenomenon of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, a defining attribute of which is the narcissist's claim that "rules don't apply me".
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I have been at Christ the King since August 2007 and I was also here part-time from August 2000-May 2003 through Catholic Charities. I worked at Catholic Charities for 9 years and during that time I also worked at Sacred Heart, St. Michaels and St. Anthony De Padua.
I am originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where I attended Northern Michigan University. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. My husband and I moved to lower Michigan to attend graduate school at Andrews University in Berrien Springs. I completed my Master of Arts degree in Community Counseling and immediately continued into the doctoral program in Counseling Psychology at Andrews University. Although I completed all but my dissertation (ABD), I decided to focus on family rather than complete the doctoral degree.
I enjoy spending time with my family and watching my children participate in their many activities. We try to travel back to the Upper Peninsula a couple times a year and enjoy being outdoors appreciating nature.
If you are concerned about your child, please feel free to contact me and we can meet to discuss your concerns and whether or not it would be helpful for me to meet with your child. I am at school Monday through Friday.
Have a bullying incident that needs reporting?
With over thirty-five years of research and successful implementation all over the world, OBPP is a whole-school program that has been proven to prevent or reduce bullying throughout a school setting.
The program was founded by Dr. Dan Olweus, a research professor of psychology from Norway. He is often considered the "pioneer" in bullying research." He has spent several decades researching the issue of bullying to help keep children safe in schools and other settings.
All students and adults participate
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Programis designed for students in elementary, middle, and junior high schools (students ages five to fifteen years old). Research has shown that OBPP is also effective in high schools, with some program adaptation. All students participate in most aspects of the program, while students identified as bullying others, or as targets of bullying, receive additional individualized interventions.
Program Goals
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program is designed to improve peer relations and make schools safer, more positive places for students to learn and develop. Goals of the program include:
Outcomes of the Program
Statistics show how successful implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program can reduce school bullying. Outcomes have included:
The Christ the King Catholic School Counseling center provides counseling services to the children individually, in groups and in the classrooms. Counseling services will require written parental consent after one meeting. Students, parents and teachers can request a meeting. The goal is to help students resolve problems that they may be experiencing in order for them to be able to focus on their schoolwork. The center also coordinates the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. The center also meets with students in a community building activity during their lunch period (Lunch Bunch.) Students choose to participate in this activity and parents are then notified that their child would like to participate.
The Counselor's role with the program consists of two aspects:
Committee Chair/Coordinator – Mrs. Taulbee oversees the program, schedules/plans regular committee meetings, organizes the annual assessment, organizes assessment results and relays the results to committee, staff, and community members and parents, collects classroom meeting data from teachers, maintains logs of bullying incidents, trains all new incoming staff and provide guidance to teachers, staff, parents and community members as needed.
Counselor – Meets individually with students involved, if needed (If they have not already meet with a teacher or administrator). The counselor also speaks to parents of the students with whom she meets with. A student may be required to meet with the counselor if there appears to be a pattern of being bullied or bullying behavior. She conducts classroom meetings throughout the school year, provides resources to teachers allowing them to conduct their classroom meetings, provides consultation regarding bullying/potential bullying behavior. The counselor meets with pairs/groups of students to resolve relational issues that would not be considered bullying behavior, but may turn in to bullying behavior.
Books about feelings:
"The Way I Feel" by Janin Cain
"Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods that Make My Day" by Jamie Lee Curtis
"When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry" by Molly Bang
"The Way I Feel" Books by Cornelia Maude Spelman "When I'm Feeling…" Books by Trace Moroney
"The Feelings Book" by Todd Parr
"Let's Talk About Feeling Afraid" by Joy Berry
"How Are You Peeling?" by Saxton Freymann
"Visiting Feelings" by Lauren Rubenstein
A Letter from Christ the King Counselor's Center about the Netflix Documentary "13 Reasons Why" – click here
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All information you or your child share with the Counseling Center will be kept confidential. Only with your written permission will information be released to anyone outside of the center except as required by law. Legal exceptions include the following:
The Counseling Center records do not become part of student educational or medical records. While our staff members may consult with a supervisor or with one another, all staff members are ethically and legally bound to treat that information confidentially.


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Nick Gibb: the importance of high-quality arts education
The Schools Minister talks to the Music and Drama Expo about arts as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.
It is a pleasure to be at the Music and Drama Education Exposition. This event offers teachers and organisations promoting music and drama education the opportunity to attend seminars, workshops and debates. And after the growth in popularity over the past 5 years, the exposition will be visiting Manchester in October, giving teachers from all over the country the opportunity to benefit from what the exposition has to offer.
Thanks to the likes of Pinewood Studios, the West End, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Britain is world leading when it comes to film, theatre and music. The arts contribute to the wealth of our nation, both culturally and financially.
As a child I was in the church and school choirs and began piano lessons at the age of 5; alas, ceasing piano lessons at the age of 6. But every day in school assemblies we were played a piece of classical music; we never knew the names of the pieces but it introduced us to the wonders of the best music ever written and from that I became a lifelong lover of classical music.
That's why I am keen for primary schools to become involved with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM)'s Classical 100. This free resource, designed specifically for primary schools in conjunction with Classic FM, Decca and primary teachers, can help introduce pupils to classical music. Since it was launched, over 3,000 English primary schools have registered to use the resource.
Last month I visited 2 schools in Birmingham to see Classical 100 in operation. I joined in with a class of year 3 children in Bournville Junior School playing Beethoven's Ode to Joy on bell plates and hand chimes.
It is important that all pupils are taught about and have the opportunity to participate in the arts. When I returned to the Department for Education in 2014 as Minister of State for School Reform, one of the first announcements I made was that funding for music education hubs would increase from £58 million in 2014 to 2015, to £75 million in 2015 to 2016. And in November last year I announced that music education hubs would continue to receive £75 million every year until 2020.
That funding should support all pupils, whatever their background, whatever their family's income, and whatever particular special needs or disabilities they may have. No child should be excluded from music because their parents cannot afford to pay for lessons or an instrument, or because they have physical disabilities or other special needs.
Last week I met Stephen Hetherington, founder of the One-Handed Musical Instrument Trust and heard about the excellent work the trust is doing to remove the barriers to music faced by physically disabled people. This includes a pilot, with the Birmingham music education hub and others, teaching children to play one handed recorders and specially adapted trumpets. I am delighted to see that Stephen is here today with colleagues from Birmingham City University and I urge you to find out more about their work and how it could help your pupils.
The Department also provides £29 million for the Music and Dance Scheme, which ensures that exceptionally talented young musicians and dancers are able to fulfil their potential. The vast majority of pupils at the specialist schools like the Royal Ballet School and Yehudi Menuhin School receive means-tested support.
Similarly, the £13.5 million Dance and Drama Award scheme provides means-tested support for aspiring young dancers and actors, helping many young people on their way to careers in the performing arts.
The government provides funding for the national youth music ensembles such as the National Youth Orchestra and Youth Music Theatre UK. And we provide funding for In Harmony, an intensive orchestral experience focused on schools in some of the country's most deprived communities.
These specialist schemes are vital, but they do not reach everyone, which is why the government has focused on improving the quality of arts education in schools. Music and art and design are compulsory in the national curriculum from the age of 5 to 14. Dance is a compulsory part of the PE curriculum for 5- to 14-year-olds. And drama is a compulsory part of the English curriculum for 5- to 16-year-olds.
Following the review of the national curriculum, a greater emphasis was placed on teaching pupils the core knowledge and techniques underpinning these subjects:
• The new art and design curriculum has a stronger focus on the teaching of drawing from an early age and a new emphasis on knowing about the historical development of art through a greater emphasis on teaching about great artists and designers.
• The revised programmes of study for music place a greater focus on the historical development of music and listening to the work of great composers. For example, there is a new reference to pupils being taught to appreciate and understand a wide range of high quality live and recorded music in key stage 2.
• And, in the new drama GCSE, pupils will study at least 1 play in depth and 2 extracts from a second contrasting play. This rigorous study of pieces of drama will be accompanied by participation in at least 2 performances.
And today, I can announce that the government has updated content for the GCSE in drama and A level in drama and theatre studies. This update specifies that all pupils will now have the entitlement to experience live theatre, reaffirming the government's commitment to providing pupils with an enriching arts education. When studying for qualifications in drama, pupils should not be limited to watching a DVD or a peer performance; they should have the opportunity to sit in the audience, experiencing a live performance.
The government is committed to ensuring that high-quality arts education is the entitlement of every single child. All pupils, whatever their background, should have access to the best that has been thought and said, including a secure grounding in the arts.
In 2010, the government inherited a school system where the curriculum had been stripped of the rich knowledge content that all children deserve to be taught. For our society to be socially just and socially mobile, all pupils must be endowed with the core knowledge needed to be culturally literate.
The government acted.
As well as ending the grade inflation that devalued the public's faith in exams and removing many so-called 'equivalent' qualifications, the government, through the introduction of the EBacc, has placed greater emphasis on ensuring pupils are taught a core academic curriculum.
The government now publishes both the proportion of pupils entering and the proportion of pupils achieving a good pass in the 5 EBacc subjects: English, maths, a science, a humanity and a language. In 2010, just one-fifth of pupils were studying this combination of subjects. This has since risen to two-fifths, with the proportion of pupils entering the EBacc rising year on year.
Yesterday, I launched the New Schools Network's report into the importance of the arts - alongside Matthew Hancock, Minister of State for digital and culture policy. The report examined the relationship between arts education and the EBacc.
Despite the success of the EBacc in ensuring greater numbers of pupils are now taking the combination of subjects that facilitate pupils pursuing any post-16 path they should choose - including attending one of the country's world-leading universities - the policy has consistently come in for criticism.
This report puts to rest the tired and inaccurate criticisms of the EBacc policy, a policy which is designed to make this country more meritocratic. In fact, a recent Sutton Trust report found that schools enthusiastically adapting their curriculum to enter more pupils into EBacc subjects were more likely to achieve good English and maths GCSEs and go on to take A level or equivalent level 3 qualifications, as compared to a set of schools with similar characteristics. Additionally, the pupil premium gap closed slightly more in these schools compared with schools with similar pupil intakes.
But a particularly damaging criticism of the policy is that it is driving the arts out of education. This is not true, as the report makes clear. The EBacc was deliberately restricted to 5 subject areas to ensure that pupils could take the EBacc and still pursue a number of other subjects, including arts subjects. Data suggests that on average pupils in state-funded schools enter 9 GCSE subjects which count in the performance tables - rising to 10 for pupils with higher prior attainment - leaving ample room for pupils to study a number of arts subjects alongside the EBacc. The proportion of pupils in state funded schools taking at least 1 arts subject has increased from 45.8% in 2011 (when the EBacc was announced) to 48.0% in 2016.
But the report is correct that the government must do more to extol the importance of a high-quality arts education. The government's vision for arts education is encapsulated in 2 words: equity and quality. And this vision must be backed up by concrete action.
That is why I am here to speak today: to express my gratitude to you for what you do for arts education in this country, and to offer you my support as you help to ensure all pupils - whatever their background - receive the high quality music and arts education they deserve.
Thank you.


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The gold market in the United States is under a little selling pressure following the surprisingly strong employment data recently released in the states.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over 250,000 jobs found their way into the economy just last month. According to economists, the expected job growth should have been around 194,000. This unexpected growth of more than 50,000 jobs is, unfortunately, putting pressure on gold prices.
However, despite the new jobs now on the market, the unemployment rates have not changed as according to economist's expectations. The percentage of unemployment is currently at its lowest since 1969.
Ahead of the report, the price of gold decreased slightly. The prices remain under pressure in the initial reaction. The December gold futures traded last at $1,234.40 down .37% that day.
In a positive light for the precious metal, the report highlighted strong inflation in wage. The average hourly wages went up by 5 cents (0.2% to $27.30.) The most substantial increase in nine years was the year inflation rose 3.1%.
The Balance Between the Gold Market and Jobs in the U.S.
Commodity analysts say that the rising wage inflation could be a crucial component of the United States economy to drive the price of gold ever higher. The analysts also noted that higher inflation keeps real interest rates low. This fact could then lower the opportunity costs for gold as a non-yielding asset.
Inflation, however, is more of a long-term factor. Some economists have seen that the most recent employment data should support the U.S. dollar in the near term. This, however, would negatively affect the price of the yellow metal.
Andrew Grantham, the senior economist for CIBC World Markets, commented on this phenomenon. He says that wage inflation could be marginally slower than policymakers would like or expect. This fact is especially true given the low unemployment rate. However, it has been on an uptrend ever since the beginning of the year. Grantham continues by saying a higher percentage of gain in jobs and annual wage than expected, such as a wage increase over 3% should be an asset for the US dollar. However, it would also have a negative effect on fixed income.
Chief U.S. economist Paul Ashworth says the strong employment report does support an interest rate hike for December.


text: In this greatly entertaining tale of one of our most august institutions, Nelson Polsby argues that among other things, from the 50's to the 90's, Congress evolved. In short, Polsby argues that air conditioning altered the demography of the southern states, which in turn changed the political parties of the South, which transformed the composition and in due course the performance of the US House of Representatives. This evolutionary process led to the House's liberalization and later to its transformation into an arena of sharp partisanship, visible among both Democrats and Republicans. How Congress Evolves breathes new life into the dusty corners of institutional history, and offers a unique explanation for important transformations in the congressional environment.


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For some people it makes sense that the Great British Beer Festival is during the holiday season in August.
For me, with family obligations, it does not work at all.
And while I can do a day trip to Copenhagen, I will not fly over to London to spend half of the day lining up for security at Heathrow. Even if they are giving access to the trade day for bloggers.
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Fort Leavenworth escapee captured after 37 years
James Robert Jones living under assumed identity in Florida
A military fugitive who escaped federal custody more than three decades ago has been captured in South Florida.
James Robert Jones, 59, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Task Force on Thursday morning when he showed up for work in Pompano Beach.
The Department of Defense had listed Jones as one of the U.S. Army's 15 Most Wanted Fugitives for escaping from the federal prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1977. He had been serving a 23-year prison sentence for premeditated murder and aggravated assault.
Authorities say Jones obtained a fraudulent Florida driver's license in 1981 and used the name Bruce Walter Keith. He had been living at a home in Deerfield Beach since at least 2005.
The Army requested U.S. Marshals Service assistance in finding Jones in January.


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(6th cent.),
Christian Latin poet. He left the imperial service to become a subdeacon at Rome, where he was associated with Pope Vigilius. His De actibus apostolorum, a version of the Book of Acts in hexameters, provides an elaborate exegesis of the symbolic meaning in the biblical narrative. It was widely studied.
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Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who has been president since a surprise victory in presidential elections in September, said he wanted British government help to bring back Somalis living in Britain.
The former professor compared the situation in his country to that of Europe in 1945 but said there was an opportunity to restore a functioning government after 22 years of civil war.
Describing exiles as his country's greatest asset, Mr Mahmoud said he would use a London conference jointly organised by Britain and the Somalia government to establish ambitious programmes to rebuild health, education and government services.
He said he intended to approach the double Olympic gold medallist who was born in Somalia but sent to school in Britain to come home to help promote reconciliation.
"People like Mo Farah have a very big role in reconciliation and trust building in Somalia," he told The Daily Telegraph. "Mo [Farah] can be a very good role model for young people. It's a good time to seek the support of people like Mo Farah.
"Our people did not leave the country by choice but there were circumstances that compelled them to leave and made them a diaspora here. Those difficulties are now becoming an opportunity. We have people like Mo Farah who are highly qualified. This is a real asset for us."
Mr Mahmoud has presided over a rapid transformation of Somalia. The al-Shabaab terrorist movement has been pushed out of the capital and has control over a shrinking footprint. Foreign troops from an African peacekeeping mission and Kenya have pushed the al-Qaeda affiliated movement to the brink of losing its last strongholds.
"Shabaab in Somalia is virtually defeated. They do not control much territory, their command and control is shattered, they are on the run," he said. "That does not mean Shabaab is eliminated, the threat is still there. The war is soon going to another phase. There will not be territory controlled by Shabaab. They will melt down into society. The will be stand by side of road planting roadside bomb, using suicide bombers," he said.
Mr Mahmoud said the time is right to move Somalia from a "relief phase" to a full scale recovery effort. He said he had met Somali surgeons and policemen during his trip and called them to give up their holidays or take sabbaticals to work in Somalia. He cited the example of a 500-house property development under way in Mogadishu as a trailblazer for investment from the diaspora.
Mr Mahmoud said he hoped the British government would fund schemes to allow civil servants and other government employees take up temporary placements with his government. He also said charity staff working in Somalia should be forced to work for government ministries.
Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, announced a scheme on Monday to send staff and training consultants to assist Somali MPs in carrying out their official functions.
"The Somalia problem is not just a Somali problem. It is a regional problem. It is an international problem," he said. "Remember when the Olympics were held here they were threatened by terrorism from Somalia. Somalia as it was is a threat to the world. We need to fix this problem – this is in the interests of the UK and the interests of the world.
"There is no country in the world that recovered from a civil war without the support of the world. We need help," he said.
A spokesman for Mo Farah said that the winner of 5,000 and 10,000 metre races had already demonstrated his willingness to help Somalia to recover from war by setting up the Mo Farah Foundation. It builds schools and provides health services in his homeland.


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Topic: First Day of School (06/28/04)
By James Snyder
One year, for a change, we decided to do away with the traditional DVBS program and bring in someone to conduct a children's program.
We contracted Clara Lehman, a lady who did summer children's programs for churches and camps. We agreed on a date and everything seemed set for a good summer program for the children in our church.
The church I served at the time only had a dozen children. We thought this would be an excellent opportunity to expand our children's program and incorporate more children into the Sunday school roll book.
We channeled most of our energy into promotion. No stone was left unturned in our enthusiasm to advertise our program.
Mustering all the faith we could, we planned for 30 children. That would have been a good group of children for our small church to handle. As a small church, we were space-challenged. Therefore, 30 children would tax our facility as much as the IRS.
Our part of the preparations was primarily the handcraft and refreshments with Mrs. Lehman handling the songs and Bible stories. Although expecting 30 children was a real stretch, we could use any leftover materials for our weekly Sunday school program.
The night before any planned event is always full of apprehension. Will anyone show up? Did we forget anything?
At least we were sure of 12 children, but beyond that, it was anyone's guess. We were ready for anything. At least we thought we were.
When Mrs. Lehman arrived, we assured her, although we were not too sure ourselves, that we would have a good bunch of children come Monday morning.
When the time arrived, cars began pulling in front of the church emptying children into the front yard. The stream of children threatened to continue forever. When it finally stopped and we got a head count there were 107 children before us. This turned out to be the lowest attendance for the week and immediately posed a predicament from the first day.
Sometimes success carries a large baggage of problems. We were definitely in trouble.
With 3 times more children than refreshments, not to mention the handcraft, we were facing a dilemma. If you don't think that presents a problem, you do not know children. Within an hour, 107 children would be expecting refreshments. The refreshments could make or break our week.
Stretching the refreshments was the easy part. But we also advertised handcraft for each child and not to deliver on a promise could bring some serious repercussions from the children. After all, we're not politicians.
A quick trip to the store solved the refreshment problem but the handcraft posed another problem. Confidently, we had prepared all the handcrafts for the entire week ahead of time. That was good but all the handcraft for the week was used up the first day.
Where do you get handcraft on short notice? We scrounged around and found in the storage cupboard five plaster-of-paris molds. Immediately we established a production line. It takes at least one full hour for plaster-of-paris to dry. We could do five molds per hour and it would take 22 hours to make enough for one day's program. Who needs more than 2 hours of sleep during DVBS?
Working around the clock in one-hour shifts, we made enough plaques for the week. We became experts in the art of making molds although our sanity suffered in the process. Even to this day, I shudder every time I see a plaque.
Not knowing the frantic behind the scenes, the children loved painting those plaques. On the last day, several children asked if we would have these plaques next year. We smiled and patted them on their little heads and through a greasy smile mumbled something unintelligible.
That summer I learned a valuable lesson. No matter what the situation there is a solution if I only seek divine guidance. The Apostle Paul wrote of this when he said, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:13 KJV).
No matter what happens, we'll always have plaster-of-paris.


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A Serious Man A Serious Man
Published Sep 15, 2009A Serious Man is a serious film from the Coen brothers despite their clearly deliberate attempts to amuse themselves. In what is being described as the most personal work of their careers, the Coens take their audience to a Midwestern, mostly Jewish suburban community, not unlike the one where they grew up themselves.
The Gopnick family, headed by the hapless and thankless Larry Gopnick (celebrated stage actor Michael Stuhlbarg, a relative unknown on the big screen), is not unlike the one they grew up with. Realistically speaking, the film isn't very different from past work. Writing from experience though brings an unexpected relatable quality that's definitely unlike their usual fare.
Larry Gopnick is just trying to do right by himself, his God and his fellow man. He hardly proclaims to be perfect, nor does he strive to achieve it; he just takes it day by day and does the best he can. That is, until his best is no longer good enough. The Coens, having based the character on an amalgamation of their parents and other people they knew from the neighbourhood, take great satisfaction in torturing their protagonist more and more.
His wife wants to leave him; his son is doing drugs; his daughter is pilfering cash from his wallet to save up for a nose job; and these are the least of his worries. The more that's put upon him, the more sympathetic Gopnick becomes and Stuhlbarg carries this mammoth burden with a constant awe that is hilarious, endearing and most importantly, unforgettable.
Gopnick's struggles grow into a complete lack of understanding as to how he managed to fall so far from where he thought he was, and whether God is actually behind it all. If by "God" he means the Coens then, yes, they most certainly are behind every moment. (Alliance)


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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
By GARY PULEO
Stylishly traditional and built to fit both dreams and budgets, Arbor Heights is proof that the new can be built to blend in seamlessly with the old.
The dozen energy-efficient towwnhomes designed to age gracefully are about six months away from completion, but are already beginning to transform their DeKalb Street environs.
"I'm very excited about the impact the project already is having on the neighborhood," said developer Sarah Peck, president of Malvern-based Progressive Housing Ventures and one of the first women in the country to head a production building company.
"The whole idea is to serve as a catalyst for other homes to get renovated and revitalized in the immediate vicinity and that's exactly what's happening.
"We had a house across the street that was renovated for home ownership and is going to settlement this month."
Before Arbor Heights itself even begins to soak up the grandeur all around it — the area once known as Millionaires Row is a mere block away — it's spurred a homeowner on nearby Green Street to get moving on a serious domicile makeover.
"It's a private citizen who sees what we're doing and has now decided it's time to upgrade his property," Peck noted. "Arbor Heights is fulfilling the mission. After all the talk and a decade of planning, it's actually happening and doing exactly what it's supposed to."
Sandwiched between stately, century-old homes, the new units will go up at 1000 and 1010 DeKalb St., on the site where two run-down buildings were demolished to make way for the spot's glorious second act.
With funds from a federal Home grant, a Pennsylvania RACP grant and Montgomery County Affordable Housing Trust Fund dollars, the municipality was able to purchase the land and tear down the crumbling eyesores to pave the way for a phoenix to rise from the ashes.
Barton Partners Architects of Norristown created plans that evoke the mansion-esque historic homes that line the street, but actually contain six two-story townhomes in each building.
The two- and three-bedroom homes, starting in the $120,000s, are within the financial grasp of many who would otherwise be able to even think about buying a home, Peck said.
"Buyers will have incredible financial incentives. To buy here will not only be less money than to rent, but as long as the homeowner can qualify and save three percent of the purchase, the rest is taken care of. That's only about $3,700 of $125,000 they will need."
Anyone who is willing to take a chance on an emerging neighborhood will benefit, Peck said.
"This is the way Society Hill was in the 1950s and Conshohocken in the 1980s.
"You have to be willing to take a little bit of a risk but there are tremendous rewards."
For longtime Norristown booster and activist Jim Daley, Arbor Heights is geared to take DeKalb Street to the heights of its heyday decades ago.
"This is all part and parcel in what we're trying to do to improve the housing stock in the community and improve the outlook and return it to what I knew of it being raised here," Daley said. "I knew the house that was here when it was in its best shape and watched it go down. When you look at the other houses around here that have been maintained that's just part of how masonries and bricklayers took pride in their work here. Norristown has one of the largest concentrations of historic buildings in the United States. I look forward to seeing the homeownership seeds at Arbor Heights take root on this block and help restore it to what it was once was."
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Just continuing to look at the different ways people measure training. Measuring behavioral change isn't a bad one. If you really know what to do look for, you should start to see changes being made after training. Often creating behavioral checklists and doing direct observation is a popular way of measuring at level 3.
Here are the pitfalls. First, when you divide things into behaviors you can loose how they work together. You can do all the new behaviors but miss all the connections. More than likely, participants begin to get better at these behaviors but haven't yet reached a level of proficiency or mastery. That takes a lot of time, practice and feedback.
Look at the example of learning to do great presentations. You can train to a set of new behaviors in front of others during a presentation. You can then look to see if those behaviors are starting to appear. You should see some change. This is a good thing. However, to continue on to a higher level of proficiency won't happen immediately. In fact, the new behaviors can quickly dissappear under the pressure of doing things for real.
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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh dine with David Cameron in historic Chequers visit
THE Queen and Prince Philip joined David Cameron and his wife Samantha today for a historic visit to the Prime Minister's Chequers country house.
Her Majesty's third visit to the Chilterns house was organised by Mr Cameron, who visits Buckingham Palace weekly, so he could "host her for a change".
Guests were served a menu of Scottish smoked salmon, followed by lamb for a main and bread and butter pudding with ice cream for dessert.
The first time the Queen visited the Prime Minister's official country residence was in 1970 when she dined with Edward Health and Richard Nixon.
The Prime Minister and the Queen see each other regularly. The Queen hosts the Prime Minister at the Palace once a week
Then former cabinet minister Lord Carrington was at Chequers and he was once again in attendance at the dinner table today.
After the meal, the Duke of Edinburgh followed in the footsteps of the Queen on her last visit by planting an oak tree in the grounds.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron had been inspired to make the invitation after coming across archive photographs of the previous royal occasions.
The No 10 spokeswoman said: "The Prime Minister and the Queen see each other regularly. The Queen hosts the Prime Minister at the Palace once a week.
"The Prime Minister thought it would be a good opportunity to invite the Queen to have lunch with him, to host her for a change.
"When he has been at Chequers he found some old photos of previous visits from the Queen, including the visit she made during President Nixon's visit in 1970.
"That sparked the idea that it would be nice to host at Chequers again."
It is a rare event for the Queen to visit the country house with her last visit in 1996 when she was the guest of John Major.
Other guests in attendance today were ex-head of MI5 Baroness Manningham-Buller, Lord Guthrie, the former head of the armed forces and writer William Shawcross.
Mr Shawcross was the Queen Mother's official biographer and he was accompanied by his wife, the designer and hotelier Olga Polizzi.


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When I was 20, I moved into a student house. There were 15 of us, spread out over three floors and a patchy backyard. We shared one kitchen, scrambling between four fridges stocked with an abundance of leafy greens and bricks of cheese. The freezers overflowed with frozen pizzas and popsicles (hey, we were students). There was one TV, one DVD player, and one old-school Nintendo system. The end of each term brought a new crop of housemates -- foreign exchange students drawn to the short-term lease, city kids who had outgrown their parents' houses, and kids like me, who can moved to the city for school, but ended up learning way more about human nature by living with dozens of housemates through the years.
I've lived with wonderful people. I've lived with jerks. I've lived with people who have stayed sequestered in their rooms for most of the year, people who came drunk at 4:00 a.m., folks who smoked all manner of illicit and ill-smelling substances indoors, and one memorable girl who let her pet rabbit poop all over the kitchen table. I've learned from all of them.
I was in the unusual position of not having a choice in who lived with me -- housemates were assigned seemingly at random by the student housing administrators. If you're lucky enough to choose your roomies, you may find that the issues which threatened to tear my house apart will be muted, or never show up at all. Then again, you may find yourself with rabbit poop all over your kitchen table.
Talk to your roommates. Do this at every opportunity: when you interview them before they move in, when you come from work, and when they do annoying stuff. The urge to ignore problems in the name of "keeping the peace" can be incredibly strong, but problems are usually best dealt with when you address them quickly and directly. Annoyed that your roommate never takes out the garbage? Irritated by beard trimmings all over the bathroom sink? Say so. By addressing each incident in the moment, you avoid having a blow-out with a litany of complaints six months down the road.
Cultivate a house where people talk to each other. Housemates aren't always friends, but everyone should feel safe and respected when they approach a roommate. If you're on the receiving end, feel free to tell someone that you can't talk right now -- you've just gotten home or you're heading out the door -- and ask if you can sit down in the next 24 hours. Keep your tone neutral, and try to avoid getting defensive or aggressive. If you've made a mistake, apologize. Talking = working through the issue = good.
That said, avoid emails and notes. Notes, unless they apply to everyone in the house on the same level ("FYI: plumber coming to fix sink"), often aggressively single one or two housemates ("Paula and Jamie: DO YOUR DISHES!!"). Email is more private, but both suffer from a lack of tone-signals: what we send out as neutral is often perceived as hostile. Avoid this and talk to people directly.
Make rules. Things like cleaning schedules, financial transactions, and quiet hours need to be talked about with everyone. You might need to schedule house meetings if you have a lot of housemates, or you might need to grab a drink with your roomie on the fly and hash things out. Write this stuff down and post it on the fridge. Refer to it. Ask your guests to respect them. Revisit your rules when new people join your household, and rework them if you need to.
Common areas like kitchens, gardens, and bathrooms create the most conflict, so pay special attention to them when you write up your house rules. Scheduled cleaning days might seem like a drag, but it also creates a sense of accountability -- plus, house bonding! Splitting chores can work (I'll always empty the dishwasher if you always tidy the front hall), as can asking the question, "Hey, just how messy are you?" when you first meet your prospective roomie.
They say that 90 per cent of life is showing up; that counts double with a rent cheque. If you can, pre-write cheques to whomever handles the finances. Be prompt paying for rent, utilities, Internet, cable, house food, and other expenses. Rates tend to increase every year, so be prepared when your roommate tell you rent has gone up a few dollars. If you're late with your rent (a huge no-no, by the way), cover the late or NSF charges, or avoid that altogether by being early with kind of stuff. There's nothing as fraught as negotiating finances, and having to chase the money makes everyone feel like a jerk.
On a serious note, mental health issues often rear their head in our 20s and early 30s -- the time we're most likely to live with others. Symptoms of addiction, depression, eating disorders, anxiety and others often come through in incredibly anti-social behaviour, making those folks difficult to tolerate. I'm not advocating for you to take on your roommate's alcoholism, but if you see a pattern that makes you worry, reach out if you can. I've lived with some deeply troubled folks, and it can be extremely tough on everyone day-to-day. There are resources. Use 'em.
Some houses are tiny -- a couple friends sharing a teeny little walk-up -- and some houses have 17 people living together. If you choose to live with others, be discerning about who you invited into your space. That runs in reverse, too; you don't need to move in with the first person you meet. Finding yourself a good match in your roommates isn't lucky -- it's a result of hard work. When you come out the other side, you'll have stories about good friends, mortal enemies, and a rabbit that pooped all over your kitchen table.


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Monday, December 9, 2013
My first brush with Show Business
The problem I had then which I still have now is that....I can't sing! So I learned at a very early age the art of miming. I also had my first crush when I fell in love with Little Jimmy Osmond!
Donny was far too old for me.
So I do remember being hauled out in front of a crowd in Granny Keena's kitchen. I stood in front of them and with a hairbrush in my hand I mimed along to this song.
The sound of their tumultuous applause rang in my ears and from that moment on I was hooked.
I haven't heard this song in decades but do you know what?
I still remember every single word.
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I do not believe people who say that they can't sing because everyone who can speak can sing. May be not in tune or not attaining all of the notes but certainly they can still sing.ReplyDelete
You haven't heard me!!!ReplyDelete
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