Behaviour Management Technique
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For the last two years I have worked in a school for primary-aged children
that have been kicked out of mainstream education (known as a PRU or
short-stay...
EILNOR?: bingo strategy quiz
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So there are 8 possibilities here but only one that puts L in the fourth
position (which, imagine, you need in order to hit the double-double). Can
you fin...
A VERY HAPPY THURSDAY
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SWMBO and I visited the Arizona Science Center yesterday afternoon
specifically to see the traveling exhibit "DaVinci - the Genius." It was
well worth it....
Allen Ginsberg photos at Contemporary Jewish Museum
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*click photo for full-size image*
*photo by Donald Kinney*
A few years ago architect Daniel Libeskind carefully repurposed a power
substation originally b...
Spring Came Suddenly
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Spring came overnight it seemed. One day I was on a train, and things
looked like this.
The next day, it looked like this.
Although... my iPhone claim...
Learning to Cope
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I’ve been living with Bipolar Disorder for over 33 years. In that time I
have learned (often the hard way and through experience) what it takes to
manag...
Public Relations the Dark Alchemy of the Social Age
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The attack on the soldier on the streets of South East London was truly
terrible. The two men who carried out the attack coveted one thing: the
oxygen of p...
Investments in art and culture
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Carla Passino wrote in Country Life (13th March 2013) about the Knight
Frank’s Luxury Investment Index. Her conclusion is that passion-driven
investments h...
Aftermath
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Since moving to Oklahoma from southern California 13 years ago, I have
noticed a recurring condition that strikes people after a tornado touches
down in ...
Bellevue Washington
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See that curvy freeway? That's I-405 as it goes through Bellevue Washington. 405 it was built back in the 1960s as a loop around Lake Washington, lessening ...
Hullavington, Wiltshire
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**Backward glance (1): Beyond the perimeter fence *
In this post last year I looked at an aircraft hangar at Hullavington and
mused on my boyhood intere...
I'm Fluffy!
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My life at this time of the year is dominated by cat hair. Every piece of
clothing I own is festooned with cat hair. The furniture in my house is
coated ...
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
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Tomorrow will be my last day of work.
Five thirty in the afternoon will see me out of the little room where I
have worked for the last 29½ years and head...
The stuff that keeps us.
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In my pantry I keep bags and containers of dried food, shelf after shelf of
things that I will use one day. All can be easily picked up at the
superma...
Scanning Malt And Bluebells
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As many of you already know, I am addicted to scanning. I find it
difficult to contemplate life without a scanner and my first thought on
encountering ...
Gyre
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A gyre is a circular or spiral motion or form; especially : a giant
circular oceanic surface feature made up of currents and winds that spiral
around a ...
after the storm
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*I*n those last moments before dusk the Sun pierced through the darkened
thick cover, washing the Western cream-white walls of the lighthouse lemon
yell...
Self-evident
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Convict me of dandelions,
large puddles of ketchup,
June scent of Scioto rain.
At breakfast I get drunk on Bach,
chasers of Copland and Joplin,
hotdogs f...
math
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I don't mean to be snarky, I just need a place to share.
I'm writing this paper with my statistician colleague. He's done a lot of
population modelling, add...
BLOOD OF TREES
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Gustave Klimt I lie,
fallen tree.
Yesterday, they
cut a hole in me
three needles thick
They read my paper skin
in Braille and rust
and bone
Th...
desert made
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many thanks dear kind people, for all the congratulations. thank you from
my boy too. you are the nicest people in the world. :)
arizona state un...
Reade and Heede
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*John Winthrop's City upon a Hill speech,*
*Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630*
Now the onely way to avoyde this shipwracke and to provide for our
pos...
Spring at Last in Maine
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When we returned from England in late April, there was an overnight frost.
Slowly the temperature warmed to the 60s, greening the grass. As usual, our
f...
Christopher’s American Bar and Grill…
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Este restaurante ubicado en un precioso edificio victoriano en la zona de Covent Garden,abrió sus puertas en el año 1991. Como su nombre indica, la especiali...
the cat ate my modem
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It's true. This sweet "young" (she is five) thing with the wide green eyes and splotch of black nose has a fetish for chewing electrical cords. To date, she ...
The rains of Castamere again
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Westeros is coming … Game of Thrones, l'un des trailer de la saison 3 + Le guide.
GOT - Catelyn Stark - Affiche saison 3 - HBO 2013
From a political orphan
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Philippe Couillard has just elected as the new provincial Liberal leader.
To me, he represents all that was wrong with our Liberals. Under his
guidance t...
unexpected MOT
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yesterday was one of those days, it was completely out of my control! I had
been at work an hour when suddenly out of nowhere, a searing red pain
halted me...
CELIBACY
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As a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
with 27 years professional experience I can say that celibacy is not a
natural st...
A Winter Wonderland
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A village scene in the snow
It is a bit of a shame, but snow around my area is a rarity nowadays. We
only get a splattering maybe once every couple of years...
Follies of Youth: Ray
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I was in college at the University of Chicago in the late 1970’s. I had
gone through adolescence in a blue collar part of Eugene, Oregon on the
other...
The Stain
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I am suffocating under a heavy blanket, a gold chain tight around my neck;
my breath is laboring. I am eleven, home on holiday from boarding school.
It's ...
Neurotic mothers
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I doubt I am alone in being a neurotic mother, but I felt I had to confess,
because my babies are now grown-ups, so it's not like I can do something
simple...
In Loving Memory
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It is with deep sadness that we write today as a family to tell you of the
passing of Moannie on Monday 8th October 2012.
We would like you all to know th...
Looking for balance in the Age of Extremism
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I'm having a really difficult time finding my place in this world, I admit
it. It seems at every turn I'm hemmed in by the extremes.
-You can't be a liber...
New Blog
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I'm leaving Blogger and Google and moving to a new site. I'll keep this
blog up for as an archive. But this is the last post I'm making here. You
can find ...
Bye Bye Bloggers
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This is my last post (unless I decide to return). I don't really want to give away too much any more. I must have changed a lot, eh?
If any of you would lik...
Uso dell'imperfetto
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L'imperfetto si usa:
- per indicare un fatto ripetuto o continuato nel passato.
*Quando vivevo a Napoli mangiavo sfogliatelle ogni domenica.*
- pe...
Move Over, Ronnie Burkett
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Mention shadow puppets and most people think of making rabbit or cock
shadows with their hands during an overhead presentation in primary school.
But sit...
TheSartorialist.com RSS Feed
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Hi guys,
Thanks so much for the feedback. It’s been great seeing the response and
really hearing about how people use the site.
One thing we’ve been getti...
RING TONE DEAF
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I heard Jon Stewart say something funny today and I thought it would make a
good ringtone. So here it is:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/faroepodcast/Daily_2.mp3
Greetings WIRED UK readers
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If any of you are visiting after reading my feature on space bacteria in
the April issue of WIRED UK, you’ve arrived at the wrong place due to a
mix-up in ...
Must the Winter Come So Soon?
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As I type this entry, I'm looking out my bedroom window at the Storm of 2011, that has swept across most of the middle of the country. My yard is covered in ...
Shaving Kit Supplies Vintage
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I'm dusting off Please Sir and slowly returning to the blogosphere with new
aspirations and inspiring ideas. I apologize for the long absence, but I
needed...
Ultima Lezione.
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*Ti ricordi? Eravamo turisti con poche parole?*
Do you remember?We were tourists with few words?
* L'abbraccio nel vicolo?* The hug in the alley?
*...
I really do mean to write but it ain't gonna happen
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I know there's been nothing public here for six months, but I'm here every
day and I often start posts. Most of them just get deleted and a few of
them are...
Postcard Friday #59 - Surprise!
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Looking for Postcard Friday? Surprise! Miss Beth over at The Best Hearts
are Crunchy will be hosting it! So hop on over there to post your paper
bauble f...
The Victorian Bushfires - Remembering
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A peaceful space and supportive thoughts.
It's an entire year since the devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia - when so many families lost their li...
Hello
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I haven't been able to access blogger.com for two months now. Now it seems
we have limited access here. I still can't access others' blogs.
I'm doing good....
A Makeovah
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Yes, I did spend my entire summer in Los Angeles. Yes, it was incredible.
No, I didn't blog about it, and here's why: I BARELY HAD TIME TO EVEN EAT.
Serio...