I'm sure I am not the only person these days looking for ways to stretch my dollars. We are blessed with a comfortable home and land enough to raise children, animals and a garden. Yet there are times when I find myself "wishing" for things that would make my life easier or more efficient. During these times it's helpful for me to be content with what I have. This allows me time to get over the "want" and determine if I really need the item, am willing to afford and make the purchase,or if the item is just fluff to waste money on.
It doesn't take a lot of time or energy to be frugal minded, but it does take an openness of mind. Many people like brand named items to wear, use, and purchase. I am of the school of "use what you have and make due". For instance, you get reusable wax bags every time you buy a box of cereal or crackers. Don't throw them away. Recycle the box and reuse the bag to hold leftovers, odds 'n' ends, sandwiches for your lunch, or vegetables. I'm sure you can think of more items that need a storage bag. I keep all my bread bags too. These work great to store home made bread, contain sack lunches, and a dozen other things that come up each week at my house. I very rarely have to purchase storage bags and this makes my piggy bank happy. I do set aside a reusable bag to store all the wax, plastic, and bread bags that come in through the door and keep it handy so I can quickly get what I need. I purchase store bought bags sometimes, but I wash them out and reuse. My only rule is that if it holds meat, it gets used once and then thrown out.
I also save every glass jar and plastic container that comes in my door. I find myself using them to hold bulk food items, canisters for sugar, flour, & home made biscuit mix, cosmetics and lotions I make at home, refrigerator pickles, buttons, safety pins, Q-tips, dried herbs out of my garden, the "not enough to fill a canning jar" food stuff and the list goes on and on. Yes it takes storage room; if you live in a small apartment or condo you might prefer to put this on your "to-do" list for when you move into a larger home. But it might be worth your time, however, to get a plastic storage bin in a size you can manage and keep some of the glassware & plastic containers you purchase to use again.
This afternoon I had a cavity filled at the dentist and by suppertime I didn't feeling like cooking. I rarely order out so I went through my frig and pantry and came up with a frugal and easy soup. Let me share what I came up with. Good for you if you have all or most of the ingredients in your garden; but if not, this is an inexpensive but satisfying and delicious meal.
Cover potatoes and onion with water or chicken broth and simmer for about 10 minutes. Add broccoli and cook until all vegetables are soft. In the mean time, melt butter; add flour and 2 cups of milk. Stir until smooth then add to the vegetable mix. Stir until smooth and bubbly. At this point, add as much Velveeta cheese as you like, in small pieces, and the spices to taste. Stir until the cheese is melted. Serve immediately. Serves 4 people healthy portions or 6 people normal portions. Side dish suggestions: salad, crusty or home made bread, crouton garnish.
I found a recipe this week in a cookbook called "Buy Fresh Buy Local", by B. Carlson for zucchini jam. Anyone who grows a garden understands the need to find ways to use all those zucchini that the plants produce even without rain and in miserable heat. I made the recipe because yes I am overwhelmed with zucchini and cannot stand to waste any; given how much it will be worth in the grocery store in a matter of months. (Even now at the peak of the season they are $1.49 a pound at my local grocery). After I made the jam, I realized this was an economical recipe too. Fresh fruit made into jam is a lot more expensive even if you grow the fruit yourself. So for those of you that need something else to do with your zucchini give this recipe a try. You will find it a sweet addition to saltine or town house crackers, biscuits and toast. It's also quite easy on the pocket book.
Boil 6 minutes zucchini, sugar, and water. Add lemon juic and pineapple. Boil 6 minutes more. Add two 3 oz. each packages of jello. Boil 6 minutes more. Pour hot into jars, put on lid and screw bands. Jars will seal without processing if poured hot into hot jars using hot lids, but to be on the safe side, water bath for 15 minutes.
This recipe tastes fresh and would make a nice gift too.
found a middle ground which allows me to make thoughtful purchases without too much guilt, and which also allows me to enjoy finding ways to be frugal and a good steward of my household.
Being frugal can be one of Life's Simple Pleasures. Go on….give it a try.
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Behind Iran's rising
The protests sweeping Iran reveal the huge discontent in the country say, Simon Assaf, Dominic Kavakeb and Naz Massoumi, who look at the background to the revolt
Published Tue 23 Jun 2009
The Iran that emerged after its long and bloody war with Iraq in 1988 was not one envisoned by those who rose to power after the overthrow of the Shah in 1979.
The revolutionaries, although hostile to the workers' councils that sprang up during the revolution, imagined an equal society, where the pious worker would be able to put food on the table.
In this new Iran the leaders would be constrained by the tenets of Islam. Gone would be the opulence of the Shah and the old ruling class.
Many of those who took part in the revolution still live humble lives and reject the temptations of wealth.
But, as Iran developed economically, a new class associated with one section of the regime grew increasingly wealthy.
At the heart of the economy are the so-called Bayad Mostazafin, business concerns that blur the lines between the state and private capital. These organisations have special access to foreign currency reserves and are exempt from taxes and audits.
The Bayads control vast sections of the economy, including the manufacturing industries, trade and giant construction projects. This network touches all aspects of Iranian life, even prostitution.
The conglomerates have come under criticism for diverting vast amounts of oil wealth into huge projects in the Gulf states while many people in Iran are finding it hard to make ends meet.
They have been the main beneficiaries of Iran's privatisation process. Among the most powerful clerics associated with the Bayads is Hashemi Rafsanjani, the man defeated by Ahmadinejad in the 2005 elections.
Rafsanjani's family controls a network of concessions including oil, construction, trade and agriculture. He is said to have made a fortune from his stake in the state-owned car industry.
Sanctions have left the Iranian economy isolated for the most part, but often by using intermediaries it has managed to build vast modern factories with help from France and Germany.
Yet these suffer from low productivity, and would fare badly if the economy opened up fully to global markets.
Iranian bosses have been attempting to drive through efficiency programmes to overcome this problem. This has led to massive attacks on the wages and conditions of workers, and left millions in poorly paid and insecure jobs.
Iran had a big working class in 1979, but it has grown immeasurably since the revolution. It is now estimated that 500,000 workers are involved in the car industry.
The Iran Khodro car plant in Tehran, built with the help of Peugeot, is one of the biggest factories in the Middle East.
The majority of workers are young, overworked and underpaid. Around 65 percent of Iranians are under the age of 25. The schools and universities churn out millions of highly educated people, many of whom cannot find a decent job.
When they do find jobs it is often at the expense of older workers employed on permanent contracts. Young workers have to sign so-called "blank contracts" that waive their rights over wage rises, working hours and holiday entitlement.
It is predicted that within a few years some 90 percent of Iranian workers will be hired under these blank contracts.
In 2006 the Iranian parliament began drawing up new regulations that would extend the scheme to part-time and temporary workers.
President Ahmadinejad backed these changes, which even the government-run unions found unacceptable.
Until the latest waves of mass demonstrations the biggest threat to the regime was growing militancy among workers.
This has been on the rise since 2004. It has seen mass strikes by brick makers, textile workers and in the assembly plants. These strikes are usually sparked by a delay in wages.
In 2004 workers at the Khodro car plant went on unofficial strike after the deaths of several night shift workers. Despite heavy repression by factory security guards the strikes continued, raising further demands over the hated temporary contracts.
Teachers joined the strike wave, centred mainly in Esfahan, where 800 schools came out on strike. The strike also spread to 400 schools in Tehran.
In October 2005 there were 140 strikes, three times the number in the whole of 1999. These strikes often elected unofficial committees that formed the basis of informal workers' associations.
After the revolution, charities and endowment organisations were put in place as a form of welfare safety net.
These organisations have since been transformed into centres of patronage, leaving many of the destitute at the mercy of unaccountable officials.
Ahmadinejad was able to tap into the growing mood of anger during his 2005 election campaign. He secured some 60 percent of votes in the second round against the unpopular Rafsanjani by presenting himself as a man of the people.
Ahmadinejad may have refused to move to the presidential palace that had belonged to the Shah, but he is not a political outsider.
He rose to prominence during the Iran-Iraq war by purging dissenters and oppositionists. Once he became president he appointed many of his allies to important roles, including the mayor of Tehran and the head of the interior ministry.
His pledges to put "food on the table" came to little. Oil money was used to buy patronage and recruit his supporters into the Basij militia.
He rearmed them and extended their powers. The first test of the new president's attitude towards workers came shortly after he was sworn in.
Tehran's mayor unleashed the Basij on the city's bus drivers who were attempting to form an independent union. The militia arrested the drivers and their families, and seriously maimed union leader Mansour Ossanlou.
For these workers, Ahmadinejad came to represent a continuation of the regime, but in a harsher form.
Sections of the establishment, such as those allied to Rafsanjani, considered Ahmadinejad to be a dangerous man forming rival centres of power.
But many in the Guardian Council, the highest body in the country, see him and the Basij as a bulwark against the growing dissatisfaction in the country.
The ruling class fears that the popular movement could spill over into the factories. As yet this has not happened.
After all, it was the strikes by oil workers in 1979, after months of street clashes, which marked the end of the Shah's regime.
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Having new hair cuts and new hair styles can be really fun because it lets you show the rest of the world who you are, how you feel, and what you really like to look like. People can go to a barber to just get a touch up or people can go to a high end hair salon to get the newest and coolest hair styles. What we're here to talk about today is what getting new hair styles means in terms of the person. To be more specific we're here to discuss what it means when people constantly change their hair style and what it says about that person. A person who always changes their hair style could be doing it for a number of different reasons, all of which we will discuss below.
One of the things that it could say about a person when they constantly change their hair style is that they are an artsy person. Some people just like to get creative and try new things. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Trying new things can be really fun; some people just want to have fun!
Some people who always change their hair styles might be doing it because of the fact that they are self conscious of how they look. Some people are depressed and have a low level of self esteem which results in them looking in the mirror and never being happy with the way they look and always thinking that other people think they are ugly or goofy looking. Constantly changing hair styles may be a result of having low self esteem and the new hair styles are a way of trying to build that self esteem.
Another reason that people tend to change hair styles is because of their emotions. This is especially true for people who choose extreme hair styles or choose to color their hair with vibrant colors. Often hair styles like Mohawks or buzz cuts can indicate depression or anger. Also coloring the hair can be a way for people to show their emotions and feelings to the outside world without ever saying a word. If someone is angry they might yell, they might dress in black or red, and they may color their hair bright red to match the intensity of their feelings. Also if people are depressed they may get something like an "emo" hair cut with blue hair, of course the blue indicates sadness.
The last thing that we could think of as to why people constantly change their hair styles and hair cuts is because they want to fit in. There are always new fashion trends and fads, trends which people are supposed to follow if they want to be considered cool or hip. Since people are gregarious herd animals we want to be the same as others and we want to fit in. Notice, as soon as one person starts wearing a certain type of clothing or hair style, other people start to follow suit. This is simply because people want to be a part of the group.


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Nowadays, people are exposed to the influence of various harmful substances. One gets toxins from the polluted air – industrial emissions from the enterprises, gases from the car traffic flow, cigarette smoke, etc. The industrial pollution affect the water and the soil. Often, for an intensive growth, in the plant-growing and the stock-breeding are used chemicals, of which, through the food products, certain innutritious substances fall in the body. The food itself is also processed in many cases – for example, for its long durability.
In addition, people themselves contribute to the formation of toxins in their bodies. The chaotic eating during the day, with unselected food, and the incorrect combinations with alcohol, overindulging in front of the TV in the evening, put the digestive system under the unnatural regime and overburdening. It does not cope with the digestion of the food, and, in the tract, undigested remainders start to stagnate. They begin to decay, at which, toxins start to release, the blood carries them, along with the nutritional substances, around the whole body. This overloading comes in excess for the body, and it cannot get rid of the toxins, although, in principle, it is a self-purifying system.
This damages the body at all levels – from the cells to the tissues and organs, destroys the natural processes in the body, and its functions, which leads to diseases of the different systems. Heavy metals are associated with the depressive conditions, bone damages, etc.; the pesticides damage the nerves and the brain, etc. This is why in the modern medicine, body detox is applied. There are entire programs in specialized clinics, such as LuckyFit, which is in the town of Bansko and is for efficient and fast weight loss, with purification methods, anti-stress, yoga practices, and others, under medical supervision. The course is based on a dietary regime, prepared by professional dieticians, intake of certain supplements and lots of water, colon hydrotherapy, specialized massages. There are some techniques, easily applicable in a home environment.
The detoxification can be done in a home environment, but it is good to consult your doctor. The diet regimes and the procedures are related to the function of the intestines, kidneys, lungs, skin, complete changes in the body. That is why they should be in compliance with the eventual diseases – blood sugar, blood pressure, the occurrence of pain in certain situations, problems with the defecation, etc.; physical fitness. On the whole, in the initial stage, weakness may appear, as well as dizziness. During the detox, the coffee must be stopped, also the green and black tea, the alcohol, and the cigarettes. Herbal tea without sugar is allowed.
The cleansing can be done by gradually reducing the heavy foods such as meat and processed semi-prepared foods, and switching to wholegrain foods, fresh vegetables, and fruit, to facilitate the metabolism. Three weeks of a vegetarian diet with plenty of water, pulse, vegetables, fruit, seeds, nuts, are a good variant to enable the body to cleanse. The detox may be liquid as well – several days to a week, only fresh vegetable and fruit juices can be taken, soups like rare purées and water. Another way of detox is the fruit one – for three days you should be on a certain kind of fruit – for example, to eat only fresh organic apples, to drink juice from the apples, and water for the release of the preservatives, the fats, etc. After the three-day regime, gradually, other food is included, by working out a healthy menu. A variant is also, if you impose, as a regular practice, once a week, not to have anything else but water. The water actually is included in all cases, as it is important for the cleansing. If a person is dehydrated, kidneys do not work effectively and the liver is overburdened. At least two litres of water a day must be drunk, by drinking it in small quantities evenly distributed throughout the day.
U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry lists toxic substances according to their prevalence and the severity of their toxicity and lead is in number one position. Recently the development of K-X-ray fluorescence (KXRF) instruments has made it possible to measure bone lead levels (which, in turn, reflect cumulative exposure over many years, as opposed to blood lead levels, which reflect recent exposure). High bone lead levels measured by KXRF are associated with increased risk of hypertension in both men and women. High maternal bone lead levels were found to cause lower birth weight, head circumference, birth length, and lower neurodevelopmental performance in children by age 2.
Sources of lead poisoning: Manufacturing of auto batteries, ceramics, fishing weights, lead crystal, demolition of lead-painted houses and bridges; stained glass making, soldering, environmental exposure to paint chips, plumbing, firing ranges (from bullet dust), food or water from lead pipes are the main sources of lead poisoning. Contaminated herbal remedies, candies and exposure to the combustion of leaded fuels also contribute to the lead poisoning.
Lead can be absorbed through ingestion or inhalation and organic lead (e.g., tetraethyl lead) is absorbed through skin. In blood lead is concentrated in RBCs. Distributed in soft tissue, with ½ life of about 30 days. 15% of lead is sequestered in bone with ½ life of more than 20 years. Lead is excreted mainly in urine, but also appears in other fluids including breast milk.
Toxicity: Acute poisoning with blood lead levels (BPb) of more than 60–80 µg/100ml can cause impaired neurotransmission and neuronal cell death, which lead to central and peripheral nervous system effects. If blood lead level is more than 80 µg/100ml it can cause acute encephalopathy with convulsions, coma, and death.
Subclinical exposure of lead in children (BPb 25–60 µg/100ml) is associated with anemia, mental retardation, language deficit, motor function, balance, behavior, hearing, and school performance. Impairment of IQ can occur at even lower levels.
In adults, chronic subclinical exposures (BPb 40 µg/100ml) are associated with an increased risk of anemia, demyelinating peripheral neuropathy (mainly motor), and impairments of reaction time, hypertension, and ECG conduction delays. Chronic renal failure, diminished sperm counts and spontaneous abortions in females is seen.


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Banks set for more belt-tightening in 2010
By David Ellis, staff writerDecember 29, 2009: 12:42 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Diminutive expense accounts. Flying coach. The lingering threat of layoffs.
That seems to be the new normal in banking these days. And it's unlikely to change in 2010.
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Would panic prevail? That was the question gripping the world in the days surrounding the fall of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15, 2008. One year after that terrifying Monday, the people who struggled to cope with the financial crisis share what they were thinking as chaos broke out.
Faced with a flurry of new regulations out of Washington and sluggish loan activity that's hurting revenue, lenders are expected to have little choice but to continue tightening their belts next year.
"I think that focus is already starting," said Blake Howells, director of equity research for Becker Capital Management, an investment firm with about $2 billion in assets.
In some instances, budget cuts could be downright severe.
Banking giant Citigroup (C, Fortune 500), which has already managed to find nearly $20 billion in savings over the past year partly through the sale of some of its businesses, is expected to trim almost another $5 billion from its budget by the end of next year, according to research firm SNL Financial.
Such cutbacks, of course, are hardly a surprise given the turmoil banks have endured over the past year, namely the billions of dollars lost to bad loans.
What's even more troubling however, note experts, is that banks now face a whole new set of fees and rules next year that pose a big threat to their bottom line.
One of the biggest problems is the $45 billion in insurance premiums that banks had to pay to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. this year, to help prop up the dwindling fund used to cover bank failures. Banks will have to account for a third of that money in fiscal 2010.
At the same time, banks face a whole new set of new restrictions aimed at protecting the American consumer, including one imposed by the Federal Reserve on overdraft fees. Starting next July, banks will no longer be able to automatically enroll customers in overdraft protection programs, which charge fees when consumers spend more than they have.
Overdraft and non-sufficient fund fees have been a big business for the banking industry. Current projections suggest that lenders will rake in $38.5 billion from those two areas in 2009, according to Moebs Services, an economic research firm.
A big drop in those fees will likely leave most lenders feeling the pinch, note experts.
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"I think you are looking at a fairly sizeable blow to revenues," said Seamus McMahon, a long-time industry consultant who runs his own firm McMahon Advisors LLC.
Banks certainly have any number of ways they could save a buck or two, including selling off parts of their business, trimming marketing budgets or telling external consulting firms to take a hike.
But industry experts argue that some lenders may have little choice but to take aim at their biggest source of costs -- employees. On average, salary and benefit expenses tend to make up about half of their operating expenses.
"Over the last year there has been a concerted effort by most financial institutions to bring in expenses through headcount reduction," said Frank Barkocy, director of research at Mendon Capital Advisors, a money manager that invests primarily in bank stocks.
"I think that will be a continued theme as we go forward."
Wall Street firms alone are expected to trim another 32,400 jobs over the next two years, according to estimates published by New York City's Independent Budget Office, a non-partisan agency that reviews the annual city budget.
One problem in all this, note experts, is that lenders have already drastically cut staff levels, and implemented other cost-cutting measures in recent years in an effort to stay ahead of the recession.
Citigroup, for example, has trimmed its worldwide staff by 100,000, or approximately a quarter, over the past two years, partly through the sale of some of its businesses.
The embattled lender also moved to ban off-site meetings late last year, in addition to telling employees to scale back on their use of color copies.
"It's not like these guys have been sitting on their hands for the last couple years," said McMahon.
By cutting too much further, lenders run the risk of going too far and hurting their performance.
And in the face of so many headwinds, don't be surprised if lenders try to cook up a whole new set of fees aimed at revitalizing their business.
"Banks tend to be creative," said Mendon Capital's Barkocy.
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President-elect Biden Thanksgiving Speech 2020 Address Nation
Biden speaks live about the pandemic on thanksgiving 2020 address or speech are here. Just stay tuned to our blog we will provide you the further details. He says that we are against the war. We have a war with a virus. We should live like a family. We should not fight with each other. We address the nation at the time of thanksgiving and teach them to thank for the democracy and also say them to be united.
The whole of Biden thanksgiving speech address 2020 is as follows:
Biden Thanksgiving Speech 2020
"I know the country has grown weary of the fight, but we need to remember we're at a war with a virus — not with each other," he said. "This is the moment where we need to steel our spines, redouble our efforts, and recommit ourselves to the fight. Let's remember — we are all in this together."
Mr. Biden said he will be forgoing his own big Thanksgiving celebration this year, instead spending the holiday in Delaware with his wife, Jill Biden, daughter and son-in-law, to protect against the spread of COVID-19.
"We all have a role to play in beating this crisis. The federal government has vast powers to combat this virus. And I commit to you I will use all those powers to lead a national coordinated response," he said. "But the federal government can't do it alone. Each of us has a responsibility in our own lives to do what we can to slow the virus. Every decision we make matters. Every decision we make can save a life."
Mr. Biden's remarks come as the nation is experiencing a spike in coronavirus cases, leading public health officials to urge Americans to limit their holiday gatherings to mitigate the spread of the virus.
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States is nearing 12.7 million, and the death toll surpassed 261,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 88,000 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, and cases are increasing in dozens of states.
The president-elect spoke directly to the families who have lost loved ones this year and reflected on his own experiences grappling with loss during the holiday season. Mr. Biden's first wife and daughter died in a car crash in 1972, and his son Beau Biden died in 2015.
"The empty chair, the silence. It takes your breath away," he said. "It's hard to care. It's hard to give thanks. It's hard to look forward. And it's so hard to hope. I understand. I will be thinking and praying for each and every one of you at our Thanksgiving table because we've been there."
Mr. Biden noted that in the past year, the pandemic has "divided us, angered us, and set us against one another," and acknowledged the nation is facing a "long, hard winter." But he urged the American people to unify around defeating the pandemic.
"Hang on. Don't let yourself surrender to the fatigue," he said. "I know we can — and we will — beat this virus. America is not going to lose this war."
The president-elect also rejected the politicization of mitigation measures like mask-wearing, stressing that guidelines from public health experts are based solely on science.
"I believe that this grim season of division and demonization will give way to a year of light and unity," he said. "Why do I think so? Because America is a nation not of adversaries, but of neighbors. Not of limitation, but of possibility. Not of dreams deferred, but of dreams realized. I've said it many times: This is a great country and we are a good people. This is the United States of America."
Echoing warnings from public health experts, Mr. Biden has said Americans are facing a dark winter, even as three pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca, have reported positive late-stage trial results for their COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer, which is developing its vaccine with German partner BioNTech, said Friday it is asking federal regulators to allow emergency use of its coronavirus vaccine.
Shortly after he was declared the projected winner of the presidential race, Mr. Biden unveiled a coronavirus advisory board tasked with guiding him and Harris through the pandemic, and the transition's agency review teams have reached out to each relevant agency and the White House to request briefings on matters related to COVID-19, and Operation Warp Speed and vaccine distribution, in particular, Kate Bedingfield, a senior adviser to Biden transition, told reporters Wednesday.
Contact with federal agencies, and the formal transition process, began after the head of the General Services Administration ascertained Mr. Biden the apparent winner of the election Monday, a step that unlocked access to $6.3 million, government facilities and agency staff. President Trump also agreed to allow Mr. Biden to begin receiving the President's Daily Brief, a daily summary of high-level intelligence.
The president-elect and vice president-elect are expected to receive their first President's Daily Brief on Monday, Jen Psaki, a Biden transition adviser told reporters Wednesday.
Mr. Biden is also set to announce new members of his economic team next week and more Cabinet nominees in December.
In the run-up to Thanksgiving, the federal government's top scientists and doctors urged the American people to stay home and limit their travel for the holidays.
"A sacrifice now could save lives and illness and make the future much brighter as we get through this," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" on Wednesday.
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À l'origine, l'aloi venait du verbe allier, dont la forme ancienne était aloyer, l'aloi étant la quantité de métal précieux présent dans les alliages servant à la fabrication des pièces de monnaie.

Les seigneurs du Moyen Âge pouvaient « battre monnaie ». Pour s'assurer que la pièce était de bon aloi, on la faisait tomber sur une surface dure pour la faire sonner, la clarté du son donnant une indication devant permettre de distinguer la fausse monnaie, ou à tout le moins la qualité du métal.

Cette méthode empirique s'effacera un peu plus tard avec l'apparition d'une petite balance de précision, le trébuchet. L'usage combiné de ces deux méthodes donnera jour à une autre expression concernant la monnaie « les espèces sonnantes et trébuchantes ».

De nos jours l'expression de bon aloi est encore utilisée au sens figuré, signifiant : conforme au bon goût ou au bon sens, et mesuré.

Voir aussi
 Chiffonard et Bon Aloi (1954), court-métrage documentaire de Pierre Lhomme sorti pour le cinéma aux armées, avec Jean-Claude Brialy dans le rôle de  Chiffonard.

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October 15, 2014 Tyler WayneLeave a Comment on 31 Nights of Horror #4 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
31 Nights of Horror #4 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors
Starring: Heather Langenkamp, Patricia Arquette, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Englund, John Saxson
Summary Spoilers
During the height of the slasher genre the sequels were spewing out left and right. After the disappointment of the sequel Freddy's Revenge (1985) many people were pleased with Dream Warriors. They brought in a few writers like the series creator Wes Craven and Frank Darabont. (The Shawshank Redemption, the Green Mile, the Walking Dead) The film acts like a direct sequel to the first film bringing back two of the original actors, Heather and John. The film opens with Patricia's character Kristen is having nightmares of Freddy. He slits her wrists but her mother thinks it's a suicide attempt and has her put into a mental hospital. It was there she meets a group of kids all with different personalities but all are bound by their nightmares of Freddy. Kristen dreams of Freddy again and pulls Nancy into the dream. Freddy recognizes her when she rescues Kristen. They escape and Nancy is able to convince the Neil to proscribe a drug called Hypnocil but he can't go far with it. That night the boy who plays with puppets has a dream where Freddy slices his legs and arms and uses him as a puppet.
He takes him to the edge of the building and makes it look like suicide as he falls to his death. The next night another patient stays up to watch television and falls asleep. Freddy appears coming out of the television and smashes the girls face into it. Nancy reveals that all these kids are the last of the remaining Elm street children. They perform a hypnosis experiment to help the kids learn how to control their dreams by giving them abilities to help fight Freddy. One of the patients, Joey is lured by Freddy with an attractive nurse. He holds Joey captive over a pit from hell. When everyone awakes from the dream they realize that Joey is in a coma. Around this time Sister Mary Helena reveals to the doctor Freddy's past and how he was conceived by a nun being raped by over 100 maniacs. She tells him that putting Freddy's bones to rest are the only way of killing him. Neil tries to convince Nancy's father to help him find the bones while the rest of the patients are sedated. One girl is killed by Freddy with syringe fingers, another who pretends to be the Wizard Master fights but is killed by Freddy. When Nancy's father takes Neil to the junkyard where his bones are a skeleton Freddy fights them. Nancy's father is killed in the fight. Meanwhile Kristen, Nancy and another patient are in the dream fighting Freddy and saving Joey. Nancy stabs Freddy and starts talking to her father who she realizes has passed on. It is revealed to be Freddy in disguise and he mortally stabs Nancy. Neil is able to put Freddy's skeleton to rest with holy water and a cross, thus finally killing Freddy. The last scene reveals that Sister Many Helena was Freddy's dead mother. At the end the model of Freddy's house has a light come on indicating that he is still alive.
The special effects are fantastic. The use of stop motion Freddy bones and Claymation Freddy puppet were really creative. The puppet death was one of the best of the series and Freddy's attitude being dark and funny was very appealing. I love the return of Nancy and her father and the plot is full and thick and seems to work with the flow of the movie. I really like the way they kill Freddy. It seems original and almost like a vampire which I thought was a better way to kill him compared to the first film.
The acting is bad on many levels. I never understood why Freddy's voice changed since the first movie. It goes from creepy to deep and rough. The movie had plot holes all around. Like How Neil preforms hypnosis on all the patients but somehow happens to be in the dream with them even though he never fell asleep. I felt that Nancy should have died in a smarter way. I just fell she should have been smarter about the situation and should have known she wasn't safe. I always liked how Freddy was in the first movie and he has become iconic because of sense of humor but I have always felt that his most iconic trait was also his worse trait. The humor makes people take Freddy as a joke rather than an icon of horror.
If they would have kept him serious and maybe went with Wes Craven's original script the movie may have even been better. I feel more of the side characters at the asylum could have been killed off in more grotesque ways. The movie seemed to go in a dark direction with the first death scene but seems to go soft as it goes on.
One of the best of the series, but not close to being the best. 3/5.
The hair metal band Dokken wrote a theme song called Dream Warriors. Check it out….it's fun …
Silent House (2011)…..starring the better Olsen actress
Published by Tyler Wayne
I am a writer by night, worker by day. I write about things that plague my mind.	View all posts by Tyler Wayne
Categories UncategorizedTags A nightmare on Elm street, Dokken, Dream warriors, Freddy Kruger, horror movies, reviews, Wes Craven
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The past quarter has been very exciting and fruitful. We held the 2nd Honour International Symposium that was attended by over 350 delegates, almost 3.5 times the number that attended the 1st such symposium two years ago. We hosted the 6th Honour CEO Forum with over 90 CEOs and C-suite executives attending, the largest number of participants up till now. And we continue to engage with school leaders, community leaders and business leaders to promote a culture of honour and honouring for the well-being of our nation with honour-directed individuals, honour-directed families, honour-directed communities, honour-directed organisations and honour-directed nation. This quarterly newsletter updates you on the key events as our partners in the worthy cause of honour.
Honour International Symposium 2018: The 2nd Honour International Symposium was held on 19-20 July 2018 at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore. It brought together over 350 delegates from business, government, and community groups to reflect on issues of honour and honouring for successful business, stable homes, and strong nations. There were 14 speakers and 23 international participants from 10 countries, namely, Brunei, Canada, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Switzerland, USA.
Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore, was the Guest-of Honour for the Welcome Dinner; her message was most encouraging. More about the opening event at: http://www.honourinternational.sg/media.
You can now look forward to our next Honour International Symposium in 2020.
Two of the presenters this year, Mr Tay Lai Hock, Founder of Ground Up Initiative, and Ms Katherine Yue, former nurse who was terminally ill, passed away a few weeks after the event. We are grateful for their inspiring messages in word and song. They lived their beliefs and convictions, and each made the world a better place in their own way. Even as we express our condolences to their loved ones, we also know that we are blessed to have had the privilege of benefiting from some of their last contributions.
Honour Film Initiative: We continue to support young-adult filmmakers and student filmmakers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in producing short films and documentaries on the theme of Honour and Honouring, starting with honouring the invisible people, and now moving to the larger theme honouring each other in a gracious society. Our films have garnered well over seven million cumulative online views with numerous positive and encouraging comments. We will be unveiling a new slate of short films at the Honour Film Screening on 2nd November 2018 at The Capitol Theatre, and are currently seeking sponsors for the event. If you or your company would be keen to support this event, please get in touch with us at admin@honour.sg.
One of Singapore's first female Olympians, Mary Klass, whom we featured in the Honour short film trilogy When the Stars Align, was among 5 inspiring Singaporeans in the spotlight at this year's National Day Parade! Mary Klass, a 83-year-old grandmother of four, is the true embodiment of the Singaporean Spirit with her words of encouragement to the young: "For Singaporean youths, be proud of what you want to do and what you want to achieve, train hard and always stand tall for your country."
Another of our short films, Pencil, swept both the "Best Picture" and "Best Screenplay" awards (Open Youth Category) at the National Youth Film Awards 2018! A huge congratulations to the passionate team, whose story about integrity, friendship and honour — based on actual childhood experiences — won the hearts of the jury!
Learning Journey: Since the introduction of our Honour Learning Journey Programme in 2016, we have connected with some 15 schools and reached out to over 4,000 students and 90 educators. Through the highly energised facilitated sessions, the students were able to better understand the importance of Honour for work and life, and gained practical insights on ways of living it out in their own lives. If you are an educator and you would like to explore the use of our films in values education, please get in touch with us at admin@honour.sg.
CEO Forum: The CEO Forum is a periodic forum that we organise to bring together leaders of organisations, big and small, to share perspectives on Honour and discuss how Honour could be beneficial to their organisations and businesses. If you are a CEO and would like to attend one of these forums, please get in touch with me at LimSiongGuan@honour.sg to express your interest.
Talks: I continue to speak about Honour, on an invitation-only basis, at schools, companies, and community groups. If you believe such a session would be a boost to the vision and morale of the people in your sphere of influence, do let me know at LimSiongGuan@honour.sg.
Audited Accounts: Finally, on an administrative note, we are glad to inform you of our accounts for the period 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2018. The auditors have found them to be in good order. You can find a copy of their report here.
As always, thank you very much for your most generous support and encouragement for Honour (Singapore). I look forward to hearing your ideas and feedback on how we might be able to do things better. Please get in touch with me at LimSiongGuan@honour.sg. Should you wish to support our efforts financially, donations of any size will always be welcome and deeply appreciated. As Honour (Singapore) is a charity with the status of an Institution of Public Character, all donations from individuals as well as corporate organisations will enjoy enhanced tax deduction.
Thank you and all my very best to you and your family.


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Q: Process Hive Query with Collection Types in Spark I have the following query:
Select * from MyNode
How can I process the row in spark where the column is a MAP to get the Key and its value?
Hive Table Schema
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE IF NOT EXISTS MyNode
(
    Name STRING,
    CommandText MAP <TINYINT, STRING> ,
    )
 ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
    FIELDS TERMINATED BY '|'
    COLLECTION ITEMS TERMINATED BY ','
    MAP KEYS TERMINATED BY ':'
    LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
   STORED AS TEXTFILE
LOCATION '/user/hive/warehouse/MyNode'

1 Row of Data
MYNODENAME|{1:"echo",2:"mkdir",3:"cp"}

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How do I get on IT Schedule 70?
Visit the Guide to Preparing an IT Schedule 70 Offer webpage, which provides step-by-step instructions and requirements. You can also contact the IT Schedule 70 Customer Service Center at 855-482-4348, or email ITCSC@gsa.gov and request the most current "How to Get on Schedule" presentation.
The GSA Vendor Support Center has a wealth of information on contracting with GSA. The "Pathway to Success" training webinar is a great place to start assessing your readiness.
Where can I find the solicitation document and package?
The Solicitation is on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. Be sure to download the entire solicitation package with the attachments.
IT Schedule 70 accepts only electronic offers via GSA's electronic offer submission system called eOffer/eMod. To submit electronically, go to eOffer. You can find user guides and instructions on how to obtain digital certificates required for submitting offers or requesting contract modifications.
How many years of past performance do I have to show for the offer? For open ratings?
The company must show two years of past performance. These records are used for the offer and for open ratings.
How soon will my open ratings report expire?
Is there a restriction on how long a company has to be in business before it can get a contract?
IT Schedule 70 requests two years of past performance.
A new solicitation refresh (a new version of the solicitation) came out after I submitted my offer, what should I do?
You will receive an amendment for inclusion in the final contract.
A digital certificate is required to submit an offer or a modification to a contract. To learn how to obtain a digital certificate, go to the eOffer for complete instructions.
Can I obtain digital certificates from GSA?
Originally, GSA offered complimentary digital certificates to encourage electronic submissions of offers and modifications, but is no longer doing so. You must purchase digital certificates at your own expense. To find out more, visit the eOffer Digital Certificates web page on the eOffer website.
How long does it take to get a digital certificate?
It takes seven to fourteen (7-14) days after submission of notarized paperwork. Digital certificates must be updated every two (2) years.
The offeror is the industry partner or vendor submitting an offer to GSA.
How long does it take to get awarded?
We strive to process each offer within 120 days or less. Each offer is unique and varies in complexity, requiring different levels of negotiation, and time.
Who do I contact after I submit my offer?
The contracting officer assigned to your offer will send a welcome letter within 14 days of your submission with their contact information.
Whom do I contact if I have not heard anything within 14 days after having submitted my offer?
Contact the IT Schedule 70 Customer Service Center at 855-482-4348 or email ITCSC@gsa.gov.
I never received a welcome letter. Who is my contracting officer?
If you never received a welcome letter, then please contact the IT Schedule 70 Customer Service Center at 855-ITaid4U (482-4348) or via email at ITCSC@gsa.gov to find out who your contracting officer is.
How do I add or change items to my already awarded contract?
You can request a contract modification by submitting a request to the Contracting Officer for approval via the eOffer/eMod system. To learn more about how to submit an eMod, go to the eOffer/eMod system login screen and download the system guide for submitting modifications. Full details on modifications are found in the Solicitation under the clause: 552.243-72 MODIFICATIONS.
Our contract has expired. What do I have to do to renew the contract?
Once an IT Schedule 70 contract has expired, it cannot be renewed — it must be submitted as a new offer. IT Schedule 70 is an open solicitation, which means new offers are accepted all the time.
Can I reinstate a contract after it has expired?
No, you must submit a new offer if your contract expired.
Once awarded, how do I market my contract to get more sales?
Read Steps to Success: Make the Most of Your GSA Contract for more information on marketing your contract. GSA offers training on marketing your contract. Check the GSA IT Schedule 70 Training and Events webpage for the next available training.
How do I put my items on GSA Advantage!® after I am awarded a contract?
Download the SIP Software from the Vendor Support Center. The Vendor Support Center is your resource for keeping your contract compliant. There you will find detailed instructions on how to get on GSA Advantage!.
Why was my contract cancelled?
You should have received notification of the cancellation with a written explanation. If you did not, contact your contracting officer or the IT Schedule 70 Contact Center at (855) ITaid4U (482-4348) or via email at ITCSC@gsa.gov.
Who is my GSA contract representative?
Your contract representative is your point of contact for your contract. If you don't know who that is, go to GSA eLibrary, and type your company name or contract number (GS-35F-0000X) in the search bar and select "Search" then the company name in red. To the right of your company information is your GSA contract representative, listed as the "Gov't Point of Contact."
What is a Contractor Team Arrangement (CTA) under GSA IT Schedule 70?
A CTA is an arrangement between two or more GSA Schedule contractors to work together to meet an agency's requirements. The CTA allows the contractor to meet the government agency needs by providing a total solution that combines the supplies and/or services from the team members' separate GSA Schedule contracts. It permits contractors to complement each other's capabilities to compete for orders for which they may not independently qualify. A customer benefits from a CTA by buying a solution rather than making separate buys from various contractors. Learn More about Contractor Team Arrangements>.
Where can I find information specifically for small businesses?
Learn more about resources available to small businesses, and about doing business with GSA and the federal government at the GSA Small Business Utilization Office web page.
What is the difference between software maintenance as a product vs. software maintenance as a service?
Software Maintenance as a Product is billed at the time of purchase. Software Maintenance as a Product is used for the purpose of maintaining the operability and usability of the software product by utilizing published fixes to bugs via patches, updates, or upgrades. An example is the publishing of bugs or defect fixes by using patches to keep the software current. Software maintenance as a product is now found under the terms and conditions for SINs 132-32 and 132-33, because they are software-related SINs that are considered products. This classification allows for Software Maintenance as a Product to be billed at the time of purchase.
Software Maintenance as a Service is billed in arrears in accordance with 31 U.S.C 3324. Software Maintenance as a Service is purchased for the purpose of solving user identified problems using technical support outside the scope of Software Maintenance as a Product. For example: When problems arise after software implementation, such as when the software is incompatible with the organization's IT infrastructure.
How is GSA awarding contracts for products made in China?
Items that are not Trade Agreement Compliant are sometimes awarded due to error or misunderstanding, misstatement of fact, or confusion on the part of the offeror. Each instance where a non-compliant product is awarded must be addressed on an individual basis, as circumstances may be different for each case. The contracting officer must rely on the contractor's self-certification. The responsibility to certify and to comply lies with the offeror in accordance with FAR 52.212-3(g)(4) Trade Agreements Certificate. This is appropriate because the offeror has the information regarding the origin or parts, manufacturing site, and value-added process.
In Trade Agreements 52.225-5, "substantially" transformed is very subjective. Does it mean 95 percent owned or controlled, or does it mean as little as 51 percent owned or controlled?
The word "substantial" does not have a concrete definition in the FAR, GSAR, or from FAS Acquisition Management. It is generally assumed that the article is more than 50 percent transformed in a designated country. If the offeror does not know whether offered products qualify as substantially transformed, he or she should contact the U.S. Department of Commerce for a determination.
Is the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) incorporated into IT Schedule 70 Contracts? Is there a symbol for FISMA in GSA Advantage!® similar to 508 or other programs?
Solutions under Schedule 70 related to identity and access management (in particular SIN 132-60 A-E), must meet FISMA standards for identity and access management. There is not, however, a special FISMA designator for those offerings.
How do I use eBuy?
Visit GSA eBuy and enter your contract number and password to view the current RFQs submitted through eBuy under your SIN(s) and Schedule. To learn more about eBuy, download the tutorial.


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Q: Scraping data through secure login website ex(Curl) php i have an issue, i need to learn how to access secure login forms so i can get the data that are inside of them. I am new to this and i want to do it with Curl and then scrape the data with simple_html_dom or regex.As you can see from the code below, it's a simple form username and password. My question here is how can i access the form with Curl and any other form without writing in the page username admin and password 123? I know that i have to use CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, CURLOPT_SSL..etc and i also know that scraping websites it's never the same code, every website has different options that you will have to manage with CURLOPT_... but i don't know the structure. what i need and where to start.

Code

    <form method="post">
        Username
            <input name="user" type="text">
        Password
            <input name="pass" type="password">
        <button type="submit">Submit</button>
    </form>

<?php

$name="";
$password = "";

if(!empty($_POST['user']) && !empty($_POST['pass'])){
    $name = $_POST['user'];
    $password = $_POST['pass'];
}

if($name == "admin" && $password == "123"){
    $url = "https://stackoverflow.com/";
    $html = file_get_html($url);

    foreach ($html->find('a') as $values){
        echo $values->href."
";
    }
}   else{
    echo "Error";
}

You see this code above: First of all the parsing it's not working inside the if statement outside it's fine but my issue as i said is how can i access secure forms with curl and then post the scraped data? forms like that are everywhere. if anyone knows how to guide me somewhere or tell would be fine. Thank you for your time

A: You do not have to access to form, of course, if you want to do automatic for multiple random websites, then you must use regex to find login forms.
If you already have a website in your mind to login you can use CURL and send a POST request, (please look to already opened question in stackoverflow PHP + curl, HTTP POST sample code). If website form uses "token" in forms for "csrf" protection then your code must find that token, add it to your POST request fields and make a request.
I recommend you guzzlehttp/guzzle, if you do not use composer just download it from github and require/include src/Client.php and write your code.
Please look here for POST/Form request documentation and form_params.
Have your time read documentation and write good code.
Good luck


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Last week, Fred Nile, leader of the Christian Democratic Party in Australia wrote this drivel about his campaign to remove the option of ethics classes in New South Wales' schools.
NSW state (and apparently secular) schools have religious education classes to teach, more times than not, Christian beliefs and the bible.
If parents wish for their children not to participate, up until 2010, it was prohibited for the children to receive any instruction while they did not attend scripture.
Due to popular demand, a draft curriculum for an ethics-based class as an alternative to religious education was prepared and trialled in late 2010.
State Premier Barry O'Farrell made an pre-election promise to keep the ethics classes and since then Fred Nile has used his parliament voting powers to threaten to block O'Farrell's legislation moves unless he scraps the classes.
The option of an alternative to scripture in secular schools makes so much sense, I can't see how anyone could oppose it. If anything, in secular public schools, ethics classes should be the norm and religion classes optional, not the other way around. Or even the study of all major religions in an informative and educational way, not in a factual and converting way. Parents have the option of sending their children to religious schooling if they want or attending church in their own time. This should not be the role of the public school system, particularly in a multicultural country such as Australia.
"I have not sought to blackmail the NSW government. I simply reminded them: before they reject my Ethics Repeal Bill, they should remember they need our votes to pass their controversial industrial relations legislation." - possibly the best definition of blackmail I've ever heard.
"I agree with the teaching of ethics in NSW schools, colleges and universities, provided it is based on history's greatest teacher of ethics, the Lord Jesus Christ." - excuse me while I vomit into my lap.
Now, this is not an anti-religious post. Fred Nile and everyone else has every right to practice whichever religion they like. However, his role in politics isn't to indoctrinate every child into his chosen faith by banning all other educational options other than scripture. Even representatives within the Catholic and Anglican churches have backed the option of ethics classes.
He has even gone on to say that secular ethics is the philosophy that lead to Nazism and WWII and is therefore 'dangerous' for our children. Wow . . . way to throw the hardest, most irrelevant card on the table for sake of shock value and scare tactics. We all know what you're up to here Fred. You don't want possible converts being 'wasted' in ethics classes when they could be on the path of Christian enlightenment.
I think these actions from Fred Nile demonstrate the need for ethics classes for our young people, so the next generation don't end up just like him.
"So kids, imagine you are a politician who wants to pass an unpopular bill through parliament. What would be the most ethical way to approach the problem? Yes, Johnny?"
"Um, threaten to withdraw support for another bill until everyone votes for yours?"
"Hmm . . . . "
Last week, 11 year old Charlie Fine, a public school student, explained his sentiments over the drama in this article and gave some insight into what the ethics classes involve. I encourage everyone to read it.


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import URI from 'vs/base/common/uri';
import { sequence, always } from 'vs/base/common/async';
import { illegalState } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
import { TPromise } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
import { ExtHostDocumentSaveParticipantShape, MainThreadEditorsShape, IWorkspaceResourceEdit } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHost.protocol';
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import { fromRange, TextDocumentSaveReason, EndOfLine } from 'vs/workbench/api/node/extHostTypeConverters';
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import { SaveReason } from 'vs/workbench/services/textfile/common/textfiles';
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	private _badListeners = new WeakMap<Function, number>();
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Curriculum at Leeds International School is internally developed by qualified and experienced teachers. Our primary objective is to lay a strong foundation on our school values while grooming students to strive for excellence. Our inquiry-based teaching strategies will place students at the centre of the learning experience and take them to a journey of self-discovery.
Our motto, "Read, Lead, Succeed" aims to inculcate values of leadership and initiative in our students thereby developing 21st century skills in them. By providing our Leeds Primary program to age groups 6 to 9 years in Primary 1 to Primary 3, we are nurturing the students to build initiative and self-direction.
In Primary 1 our curriculum is designed to keep our students engaged and interested. Our teachers will lead them beyond general curiosity to ensure progression and continuation in learning.
Students will do English, Maths, Science, second languages (French/Hindi) and ICT using thematic units and topics designed by our passionate teachers. Learner's will engage in co-scholastic subjects such as Music, Art and Craft and Physical education. Cocurricular activities such as Junior chef, Origami and Just Dance will widen their experiences and give them more confidence.
In Primary 2, we will build upon the strong foundation of subject knowledge from Primary 1 leading our students towards critical thinking and understanding.
Field trips to nearby supermarkets and nature parks will promote deeper understanding of subjects such as English, Maths, Science, second languages (French/Hindi) and ICT. Students will have a strong focus on adventure and service as part of our curriculum.
Students will continue to participate in co-scholastic subjects such as Music, Art and Craft and Physical education. Fun and learning through Junior chef, Origami and Just Dance as part of Cocurricular activities will continue.
Learning will be assessed using a variety of tools & strategies within the classroom.
The journey of self-discovery will continue in Primary 3, wherein our passionate teachers will continue to challenge and support the understanding of our students through investigation and understanding.
Project based learning will become an important part of our learning in subjects such as English, Maths, Science, second languages (French/Hindi) and ICT. Students will take ownership of their learning.
Participation in co-scholastic subjects such as Music, Art and Craft, Physical education will lead to personal, emotional, and social development in students. Learning will become rewarding with participation in cocurricular activities such as junior chef, origami and just dance.
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Upper Primary Curriculum for Primary 4 & 5 is Cambridge based. Foundation subjects, English, Mathematics and Science receive the same time allocation as in lower primary classes. We have added Life Skills to Upper Primary with a view to ensure easy transition to the demands and challenges of Grade 6 in Secondary school. The main objective of Life Skills is to focus on cultivating self-care, critical thinking, self-reflection, problem-solving and interpersonal skills in students. Cognitive skills and emotional-coping skills will be the highlight of this learning.
Students will focus and benefit from Co-curricular activities such as Origami, Creative Writing and Trash & Treasure. French and Hindi will continue to be the options for second language.
Ongoing formative and summative assessments will provide instant feedback from teachers on areas of work to focus on. Our engaging class climate will provide opportunities for personalised learning so that our students think globally, work well in groups and are confident learners.
ICT, Music, Art & Craft, and Physical Education will groom students and promote cultural literacy, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking in them.
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Teachers at the primary level will employ a broad range of strategies to obtain information about their students' skills and understanding and range from asking questions during the lesson to giving a formal formative class test. Assessment motivates learning as students become aware of their strengths and weaknesses and make necessary learning effort to improve their performance. Assessment drives instructions and learning, besides informing parents and learners about their performance. Teachers can then restructure their teaching strategies to optimize learning in class.
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Summative evaluation is used to establish what general level of ability the learner has attained in terms of understanding, selecting, and applying the knowledge and skills they have been taught. This kind of assessment is used as a means of reporting to other establishments and to parents on the actual attainments of learners.
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On Tuesday 6th September myself along with throngs of other theme park nerds entered the gates of a certain world famous bubble factory to say Bye Bye Bubbleworks and take part in riding the legendary Bubbleworks ride on its very last day of operation.
It was a strange day, the atmosphere was filled with the similar excitement you'd usually find at the opening day of a big new ride, only this one was twinged with an underlying sadness. Yes, Bubbleworks purists (myself included) would argue that the ride had already left us more than a decade before, but I do think it's fair to say that the 2005 Imperial Leather retheme (boo! hiss!) didn't constitute quite enough of a change to tug at the heartstrings quite like this one will.
I've talked previously about my relationship with the ride, and for me it was a day filled with shared joy and enjoyment of such a beloved attraction. It actually warmed my heart a little to see such an outpouring of adoration for the old girl from the usually cynical UK theme park enthusiast community, proving just how much of an impact the ride has had for generation after generation.
Floating around the fountain room (a true example of UK theme park magic if there ever was one!) actually brought a tear to my eye and I was definitely left with a sense of this being the end of an era as I exited through the gift shop. I thought about what an iconic ride it was, and if the UK scene would ever see such a beloved and well-known non-coaster attraction again. I certainly hope so!
We spent the rest of the day wandering around the park, riding our old favourites and just soaking in the odd atmosphere and paying our respects before the Bubbleworks factory doors closed for the very last time.
I excitedly anticipate whatever is coming to replace the Bubbleworks in 2017 and here's to many more years of enjoyment and memories!


One of the demands of democracy is the ability to productively engage with others who see things differently — to debate ideas, learn from one another, and advocate for thoughtful and informed decisions. Productive engagement of this kind requires us to think critically and to try to discern fact from opinion, hypothesis from truth. This last part has felt especially complicated over the last several months.
The answer, I believe, is not to tell students what to think, but rather to show them how to think. Students need a robust and sophisticated understanding of what it means to be a critical thinker, and what concepts like argument and truth mean in practice.
To explore all this, I reached out to a mathematician, a lawyer, a scientist, and a historian — all with an orientation towards education — and asked: What constitutes a truth or a fact within your discipline? What constitutes critical thinking? What makes an argument strong?
To prepare students to productively engage in our democracy, we need to give them a robust and sophisticated understanding of what it means to be a critical thinker.
Truth can be elusive in the field of law, according to James Ryan, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and former law professor at the University of Virginia. Ryan points out that depending on the case, there are different "standards of proof," including a preponderance of evidence, clear and convincing, or guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Unlike in mathematics, where arguments are correct or incorrect, arguments in law must be scrutinized with critical thinking. According to Ryan, "Critical thinking is the ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses in arguments and to be able to decide which argument — though not perfect — is stronger and truer to the law and the facts." Because the standard of proof is established at the onset, everyone knows the bar that must be met for an argument to be successful.
What understanding of truth and critical thinking is embedded in this argument? In which discipline would this argument be considered strong? Am I convinced, or do I need to learn more?
What I learned from this exploration is that mathematicians, lawyers, scientists, and historians all pursue truth and make arguments in their own way. While these differences can make truth seem like a moving target, they should not be seen as an excuse for sloppy thinking. Within each field, there are standards and norms that attempt to outline the rules of the game. As educators, we have the opportunity to help students develop a more sophisticated understanding of truth by exploring how these norms are created and reinforced.
Empowered by an interdisciplinary understanding of truth, students can become critical consumers of the arguments they hear — and then construct their own arguments with greater skill and intention. Upon hearing claims, even from an authority like the president of the United States, students can ask: What understanding of truth and critical thinking is embedded in this argument? In which discipline would this argument be considered strong? Am I convinced, or do I need to learn more?
When civic education is local and personal, real change can happen.


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