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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a coherent progression of learning expectations in English Language Arts and Mathematics designed to prepare K–12 students for college and career success. The CCSS communicate what is expected of students at each grade level, putting students, parents, teachers, and school administrators on the same page, working toward shared goals. While most states already had English Language Arts and Mathematics standards in place, they varied widely from state to state in their coverage and level of rigor.

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The CCSS effort was launched in June 2009, through a partnership of the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association working together with parents, teachers, school administrators, and experts from across the country. National and international research, evidence, and standards, including standards from countries that are often recognized for high-quality education, informed development of the CCSS. After public comment, the final version of the CCSS was released in June 2010.

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Last week's episode of Lost, "The Other Woman," seemed to split the fanbase right down the middle.  Some people loved it for taking time out from the mythology to focus on filling in the blanks in Juliet's past, and others thought it was boring and pointless.  Tomorrow night's episode, entitled "Ji Yeon," looks to be getting back to the action on the freighter.  ABC has also promised that we'll discover the final members of the Oceanic Six and learn the identity of Ben's (Michael Emerson) man on the freighter.  It should be an action packed episode filled with answers and revelations, which is usually when Lost is at its best.

To prepare for this Thursday's installment, we have some promo pictures and an exciting clip from "Ji Yeon."

ABC's official description of the episode reads, "Juliet is forced to reveal some startling news to Jin when Sun threatens to move to Locke's camp.  Meanwhile, Sayid (Naveen Andrews) and Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick) begin to get an idea of the freighter crew's mission when they meet the ship's Captain."

I'm guessing that the news Juliet breaks to Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) is the fact that Sun will die if she gives birth on the island.  I'm also intrigued by the notion of finding out what the freighter crew is up to.  However, the mystery I really want cleared up is whether or not Aaron is considered one of the Oceanic Six.  And if he's not, why?  This is a question that my friends have been talking about for weeks, and I look forward to finally having it cleared up by the end of Thursday's episode.

The first photo gives us a glimpse of the man who may be the captain of the freighter.

Here we see that Doctor Ray will be returning.  He's the man who tried to calm Desmond down in "The Constant."

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This clip from the episode shows Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell) and Sun (Yunjin Kim) having a bit of a confrontation:

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I made these as part of the sew along, even though I was a bit slow and the sew along has already finished. This did work in my favour as I was able to see everyone else’s creations and use their tips. The most obvious change I made to the pattern was making them knee length. I also fashioned some cuffs copied from some similar length pants that I have. I made the belt loops a little narrower than on the pattern. The fit is quite snug (lucky for stretch) but still comfortable. I also used a green patterned fabric to line the front pockets and the inside of the waistband.

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Black stretch denim with subtle herring bone stripe. Green patterned cotton fabric. Contrasting green thread. Silver jeans button. Silver rivets. Black heavy duty zip.

My husband for searching for rivets in Melbourne during his lunch break.

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    Thanks everyone for your lovely comments. I do love Australian summers, well in the southern parts anyway. I say bite the bullet and have a go with these jeans. They are not difficult, just a little time consuming with all the details (well for me anyway).

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    Great work, very detailed. And they fit you so well…

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    I have been trying to muster up enough guts to make Anita pants, seeing yours make me want to make two pairs, one in capri length, one full length… argh! where’s my courage when I need it! I think that they look wonderful on you and the topstitching is very well done. Great Job! and good for you for taking your time!

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The cancelation of "Firefly" after only one season in 2002 has been held up as one of the greatest tragedies in science-fiction TV. A compelling account and new insight on what went wrong appears in the recently published "Joss Whedon: The Biography" by Amy Pascale.

"I've never seen him so mad," actor Adam Baldwin told Pascale about when Whedon showed up on set to announce the cancelation.  "He looked at me and said 'I don't have good news. They pulled the plug and this is the last episode. And I want you all to know immediately.'"

Whedon, who earned a cult following with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and later went mainstream by writing and directing megahit "The Avengers,"  conceived of "Firefly" as show about a ragtag group living on the frontier of a space-age civilization, a sci-fi ensemble show with a Western feel and "a gritty realism that wasn't an 'Alien' ripoff."

While the spirit and originality of "Firefly" would win many diehard fans, however, the show's quirks met with resistance at Fox.

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In fact the whole production was almost derailed before it started by a disagreement over a basic plot point. Fox executives didn't like that Serenity spaceship second-in-command Zoe (Gina Torres) was happily married to pilot Wash (Alan Tudyk), with no romance between her and Captain Malcolm Reynold's (Nathon Fillion).

" The last thing that Fox said was, ' We will pick up the show, but they can’t be married.' And I said, 'Then don’t pick up the show, because in my show, these people are married. And it’s important to the show,'"  Whedon said in " Serenity: The Official Visual Companion .

Once "Firefly" was picked up, it was an ominous sign when the network almost held the show to be a midseason replacement in 2003, and it was a likewise disadvantageous when the show was placed instead in the "Friday night death slot" for fall 2002, a time with historically low ratings.

Fox also created problems by airing episodes out of order. To start, network executives asked for a new pilot episode to replace the two-hour "Serenity," which introduced characters with an "admirably relaxed (but TV-lethal) pace," as noted by A.V. Club. Whedon and co-writer Tim Minear whipped together an alternative in "The Train Job" that was snappier but left out important exposition. The network continued to delay and move episodes, in part due to conflict from the Major League Baseball playoffs, and inexplicably held the original pilot to air at the end of the season.

The whole time Fox fought Whedon on plot points large and small.

Among other things , network executives paradoxically insisted that the show be less dark and that Reynolds shoot more people.  And they definitely weren't having Whedon's idea of having high-end escort Inara Serra ( Morena Baccarin) inject herself with a serum that causes anyone who rapes her to die a horrible death and then having her get kidnapped and gang-raped, with that horrific scene only hinted at by the discovery of her dead kidnappers.  There's nothing that dark in the show that aired, but there are plenty of disturbing moments that must have made the network nervous.

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Above all, Fox bungled its marketing. Pascale got the details on how bad it was from producer Chris Buchanan, as she describes in a passage that will make fans of the show cringe:

Instead of advertising "Firefly" as a space western or a gritty sci-fi show, the promotional campaign suggested that it was a wacky genre comedy— “the most twisted new show on television.” Several promos strung together jokes about a “flighty pilot” (Wash), a “space cowboy” (Mal), a “cosmic hooker” (Inara), and a “girl in a box” (River, referencing a plot point from the pilot episode the network refused to air), tied together with the tag line “Out there? Oh, it’s out there!” ...

“We knew we were in real trouble before the show debuted,” Chris Buchanan says. Fox sent them a promo reel of the spots they’d cut for the show, and the first opened with Smashmouth’s hit song “Walkin’ on the Sun.” They first thought that the promo was for Fastlane, Fox’s highly stylized police action drama. “Then all of a sudden it was like ‘Firefly, the cosmic hooker and a whacked out space cowboy.’ ” Buchanan recalls, horrified. “My mouth just dropped open. When the marketing guy called back to ask what they thought, I said, ‘Well, it’s really great, but that’s not what our show is.'"

As Pascale observes, the promos would have turned off anyone who would actually have liked the show, while anyone who liked the promos would have been disappointed by the real thing.

Whatever the reason, "Firefly" didn't get high enough ratings, and even a concerted fan campaign wasn't enough to keep it on the air.  Although fans would get something of a sequel in the 2005 movie " Serenity " and  a series of comic books , many would never forgive Fox.

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Take it from Whedon's mentor, film professor Jeanine Basinger, whose comments were recounted by blogger Nikki Stafford: "[S]he calls it the biggest screwup in television, and if she could kill television execs, she'd kill these guys. She apparently chews them out every time she sees them. She was in on the ground floor on this one, leading him to noir westerns to help him out with his idea. "

Whedon himself has said "Firefly" remains his favorite show, as he told  Hero Complex's Noelene Clark "You know, I love all my raggedy children. But if I could be anywhere, I’d be on board Serenity.”


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HEI noted that its card processor uncovered malware installed on processing systems at specific properties, putting payment card data including names, account numbers, expiration dates, and verification codes at risk. The firm has contained the malware and is reconfiguring parts of its systems, but is encouraging consumers to carefully monitor purchasing activity.

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Jaime Toplin, research associate for BI Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service, has compiled a detailed report that sizes the market for biometrics-enabled smartphones in the U.S., described various types of biometrics authentication, evaluates their utility in the payments space, investigates the potential security risks and hurdles to adoption for both front- and back-end applications, and assesses the types that are most likely to see widespread application.

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  • US smartphone makers are rapidly integrating biometrics-based features, such as fingerprint scanners, into their devices. BI Intelligence forecasts that 99% of installed smartphones in the US will be equipped with fingerprint scanners by 2021. The shift will happen much sooner for the installed base of iPhones in the US — nearly all of which will be biometrics-enabled by 2018.
  • Biometric technology is moving beyond fingerprints. Right now, biometric verification is largely concentrated on fingerprint-scanning technology on mobile phones. But the technology is expanding, and other verification methods, including facial recognition and iris scanning, are becoming more popular.
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He was the head of the bank that didn't take America's money.

But according to the NYT that kind fo cache can only last for so long. Ben Protess and Jessica Silver-Greenberg report that last month Dimon met with government officials at JP Morgan's headquarters. They warned him that he and his bank are losing credibility in Washington.

There are number of reasons for this. Officials from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency told Dimon that they are considering enforcement action against the bank for the way it collected credit card debt, for it's failure to report Bernie Madoff, for withholding documents about its $6 billion trading loss, and for shady dealings in the energy market.

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IBM is buying analytics software and solutions provider SPSS in an all cash transaction at a price of $50/share – a 42 percent premium to Monday’s closing price of $35.09 on Nasdaq – resulting in a total cash consideration in the merger of approximately $1.2 billion. The acquisition is subject to SPSS shareholder approval, regulatory clearances and other closing conditions, and is expected to close later in the second half of 2009.

Big Blue said the acquisition of the publicly-held Chicago company was expected to strengthen its information-agenda initiative, which helps companies take information and turn it into a strategic asset. IBM shares fell 67 cent to $116.96 in pre-market trading, while SPSS shares jumped 41 percent to $49.59.

The article quotes SPSS Chairman/CEO Jack Noonan as saying that with IBM, SPSS will “advance Predictive Analytics as a competitive advantage for companies and organizations worldwide.” The buyout is “a transformative event that will accelerate the adoption of Predictive Analytics.”

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Nearhoof was recently selected as a National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete by the NFF and the College Hall of Fame. He will travel to New York City Monday and be honored during the 55th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 4.
He is also one of 15 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is awarded to the best scholar-athlete in the nation.
“That’s an incredible honor,” Robert Morris assistant head coach and defensive line coach John Banaszak said. “Those 15 finalists cover all divisions of college football, more than 600 teams.
“Nolan is a true student-athlete. He’s accomplished as much on the field as he has off it.”
Nearhoof carries a 3.77 grade-point average as a biology major and plans to attend physical therapy school next year. He had 76 tackles this season — second on the team — with 13 tackles for loss and his 10 1/2 quarterback sacks ranked sixth in the nation among Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) schools.
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“My brother Ryan was a linebacker here and I made the decision to come play football with him again,” Nearhoof said. “We were teammates at Robert Morris for two years.
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As a sophomore, the 6-foot-1, 250-pound Nearhoof was part of a conference championship at RMU, which resulted in the school’s first FCS playoff appearance.
“We had some great guys on the team that year and what we were able to accomplish ... that’s my favorite memory,” Nearhoof said.
Banaszak said Nearhoof will leave Robert Morris “as the most decorated player in this program’s 19-year history.”
“That guy lined up against offensive tackles standing 6-5 and weighing 320 pounds and still got to the quarterback consistently. He had speed and quickness, but he did it with heart. He had more RPMs than any player I’ve ever coached,” Banaszak added.
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“During preseason camp this year, our athletic director told me I was being nominated for this award and wanted a copy of my transcripts,” Nearhoof recalled. “I wasn’t sure what it was all about.
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Robert Morris finished 4-7 this season, Nearhoof’s last on a football field.
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The traditional advertising model is to use interrupting content to capture attention, but with the saturation of advertising and increasing ability of customers to ignore it, the question now is: ‘How do you become a part of the content?’ How do you weave into someones experience in a way that adds value rather than detracting from that experience? A business must be present when the customer wants them to be, not when the business wants to be. How can a business engage with people in a way that’s useful or helpful to their lives by exchanging value instead of just sending a message? A hyper-targeted, relevant, engaging content marketing strategy is the answer.

When starting up a content marketing strategy I think the content can be segmented into two kinds of content: discovery content and acquisition content.

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This content is used post-stimulus: after the user sees a commercial on TV, a friend mentions something to them or a need is discovered – like the wheels on the car are starting to get bare. It’s the online pre-shopping research that, according to a study by Google, 84% of shoppers now do before deciding to buy. The main objective of discovery content is to allow the business to be found when people initiate this pre-shopping behavior.

Its the content that comes up in organic search results when people ask questions like: “best (your category here)”,  “(your category here) reviews”, how to, where to find, etc.

What life situations happen that would arouse a new need in your customer’s life? They are now in the market for what you sell because _____ happened. Make content that helps them solve that need that just appeared. The old product has worn out, they’re going on vacation, they’re used it up, getting married, graduating from school, got in an accident, etc.

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I installed the proxy version on Friday. I have a couple questions for you. Here's the background info...

Mail server is Windows NT, older machine (128Mb memory)
NST Proxy is installed on same server with same IP address, different ports.
Serving a network of about 30 e-mail addresses.

For the setup I have:

Incoming IP: Any
Incoming Port: 25
Outgoing Server: IP address of server NST Proxy and mail program are on
Outgoing Port: 40
Outgoing Connections: 2

and on my mail server I have the incoming port as 40 and outgoing port as 25.

Okay, now the questions:

After the install, sending e-mails has become extremely slow. Receiving e-mails is still the same fast speed, but sending them has become intolerable. Do I have something set incorrectly?

Does that have something to do with the 2 outgoing connections? Why do outgoing connections make any difference? I thought that NST Proxy only processed incoming e-mails or incoming connections...I wouldn't think it would have anything to do with outgoing connections. I would appreciate enlightenment in this area as I obviously don't understand it.

In the detailed logs under "list of e-mail addresses in use" there are some e-mail addresses that don't belong there. For example some Yahoo and Hotmail addresses(among others). I thought this was a list of e-mail addresses that NST Proxy is processing. Does this mean that it is processing outbound mail as well as inbound mail? Should I add a seperate IP address for NST Proxy to fix this or should I change a port number somewhere? By the way, it passes the open port test so I don't think I'm an open port(never have been before).

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My 3 year old went threw a very tramatized experenice in July. Now she is having nightmares, acting out, and screams for me after her nightmares. What should I do? Should I really try to see if I can find a therapist to help her, she is only 3?

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  • You should try to talk to her about what happened. Tell her that it scared you too and daddy was wrong for behaving that way and that is why you took her and left. Tell her that you will not allow that to happen again... ever. Reassure her that you will always be together, no matter what. As for you mother in law, tell her that her continuous talk regarding her son deeply upsets your daughter because of what he did and if she wants to continue to see her, she needs to not talk about him at all during visits. Maybe consider moving her bed into your room for a while to help her feel secure? If she continues to have trouble, a child therapist is probably a good idea. The poor thing is scared to death. Give her tons of hugs and let her cling for a while. Good luck!

    Answer by khedy at 9:58 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Yes! You really should find a therapist that you can talk to. If she doesn't get it cured for now, it may effect her for the rest of her life. I've heard of people who have been through some really hard times. Well what is the traumatize? If you don't mind me asking? Because that may vary weather you can help her on your own, or just have her see a therapist.

    Answer by Hesmynavyman at 3:49 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • I guess I should mention the tramatized event was caused by her father. He was screaming an shoving me an stomped on my phone an grabbed her under her arms an was holding her away from me. Ever since I got her out of the house an away from him she is still scarred an doesn't want me to leave her sight. She hasn't had any contact with him (Except online on a web) with him since then. But after she doesn't have nightmares for a while her fathers Mother comes over an starts talking about him (More like praizing him) to her an then the nightmares start up again. I just don't know what to do... Should I try to talk to her about what happened in July?

    Answer by Younganproud at 3:51 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Well that's a very good question. Just tell her something in the lines of ( " Honey Mommy is going to go to bed now, you sleep on your big girl bed, and I will sleep in mine." ),

    Or when she starts to act up and get's scared ask her verbally why she's scared and if something makes her afraid and why? That she has nothing to worry about.

    ( Say " Sweetie Mommy needs you not to be holding on to me like that, your a big girl." You know saying something like that can be very comforting for a child. As long as she knows your there then she should be ok. Maybe she feels like your being pulled away from her when Her Father did that, and that's what really scared her so she doesn't want to be out of your sight.

    Answer by Hesmynavyman at 5:11 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Yes I would take her to talk to someone.

    Answer by lissa27504 at 9:07 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • I would take her to a child psychologist, they are very good with things like this. Also, if you don't co-sleep, maybe you both would get a little more sleep if you were to sleep together. It may help with the nightmares. My son went through a period when he had night terrors, and the only peace we got from that was letting him sleep with us. Then he moved to the couch( that is where he wanted to sleep), then finally back to his bed. If you don't get her any help, then it could get worse. It is her way of letting you know she don't feel right, and she is scared. At her age, she is does not really know how to express her feelings, and these are the ways she is doing it. My thoughts are with you, and good luck.

    Answer by mommyof2lilmen at 9:38 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • have her sleep with you a few nights or move her bed to your room. she needs to feel safe, and right now she doesn't. also, tell grandma that she is upsetting your daughter by talking about her father in any way shape or form, and if grandma cannot stop talking about daddy, then grandma will not be allowed to see your daughter at all

    you can look for a therapist, but i'm not really sure there are that many, if any, that deal with children that young. usually a child has to be old enough to be able to articulate more complex emotions

    Answer by bi-polarmommy at 10:22 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • There are a lot of therapists that handle children her age. Get her in right away! and let her sleep and feel as comfortable as she can with you for as long as she can.

    Answer by wilesmomma at 10:29 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Talk to "grandma" & tell her that if she wishes to see YOUR DAUGHTER then she CAN NOT mention the father. If she continues to do so, I would cut all communication with her. And yes, a child therapist may be a good idea. You need to make your daughter feel secure, if that means co-sleeping or lying in bed with her until she falls asleep, then you may need to do just that until she gets past this. The poor baby.

    Answer by WonderTwinMom at 10:45 AM on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Take her to a play therapist/child therapist and get her the help she needs, Why do you want to continue with her being tramuatized when there is someone that can help her. Also, let her sleep with you if that is what will make her comfortable. Keep her from grandma until grandma can stop adding to the trauma your daughter is going through.

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I am a qualified Pre School Teacher, and now after 13yrs of teaching and eventually running the school, I would like to open my own Mom and Toddler group.

My question is: Are you new Moms and Moms of Toddlers, looking for classes where you can spend an hour to an hour and a half interacting exclusively with your new baby? Or are you looking more for classes, where there is time for you and time for your baby? Where there is an opportunity, for you as the Mom, to meet other Mom's and to chat, and realise that you are not alone in the "sleep deprived' world of motherhood..

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  • honestly, at the toddler age. i didnt have time for that.

    Answer by AmaliaD at 8:55 AM on Jan. 12, 2010

  • With my second I was invloved with a toddler group and it was great for me and for her. I made a great friend and am now her son's god mother. My daughter has also kept a few friends from then. With my first I just wasen't aware of programs like this in my area. With my 3rd I'm just to busy. I have a home daycare 3 days a week and things are just crazy with her 2 older sibbling in school.

    Answer by AmandaH321 at 10:08 AM on Jan. 12, 2010

  • I am and do look for classes like this. We have a class I am signing up for also for my 2 year old. I love the idea.

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What age did you send your LO to pre school? The one here starts at 3 years old, and my DD keeps telling me she wants to go. I am having a very hard time with it. I know she would do good. She is excelled for her age, but im worried about how she will handle it. How did your LO do?

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  • WOW! your lucky. the schools here in california do not accept kids until age 4. anyone under needs to be in Head Start program. As i am typing this message, my d4 year old daughter began talking in her sleep. it was funny..

    Answer by alejandra559 at 4:37 AM on Jan. 29, 2010

  • They start at 3 here also. Both my kids wnet at that age and LOVED it. They got to do things I wouldnt have them do. And they get to interact with other kids!

    Answer by IMAMOM2-2KIDS at 4:38 AM on Jan. 29, 2010

  • when they were 4

    Answer by mommadream at 9:06 AM on Jan. 29, 2010

  • Depends on the kid.

    tried when my oldest was 4, she HATED it. we pulled her out after 6 months. waited for her to go into kindergarten with much better results.

    #2 went when she was 3, she just had that extroverted energetic ADHD personality that needed something more structured than home. lol she THRIVED on it. and is now in grade one.

    #3 is going now, she's 3. she wasn't tookeen at first but now loves it.

    Answer by hypermamaz at 11:07 AM on Jan. 29, 2010

  • We started our son at 2 1/2. Really depends on the child. My son took about a month to adjust but there's a little one in his class that has yet to fully adjust. Our son is an only child so it's a great chance for him to socialize with other kids.

    Answer by momofryan07 at 1:28 PM on Jan. 29, 2010

  • Both of my children were ready for and loved preschool at age 3. We don't live in a neighborhood and that was their only interaction with other children their age. So they really needed it. Also, it really prepared my daughter for a structured class in Kindergarten. Since it was only 2 days a week for 2.5 hours each time, I felt it was really enhancing their social and cognitive learning. You could always try it and if you feel she's just not ready, pull her out. I know of other parents who have done this.

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Olympic Challenge – Africa – Granadilla Fridge Tart

Well, I figured Africa was always going to be the trickiest continent. And there was a dearth of responses for this one, until a new foodie friend messaged me to say that she had some South African treats on her site. Her name is Gem and you can visit her wonderful site here Cupcake Crazy Gem.

Initially she suggested a South African Peppermint CrispFridge Tart which looked amazing, but sadly living in the north east of Scotland some of the ingredients were not easy to come by. But on Gem’s recipe page right above the Peppermint Crisp was the word Granadilla. This intrigued me and I looked closer. It turns out a granadilla is a South African variety of passion fruit and the Granadilla Fridge Tart incorporates jelly, evaporated milk, crushed biscuits and of course the ubiquitous granadilla – only Gem made hers with passion fruit. And I thought why not? I changed mines a little bit from Gem’s, but not too radically. First, I decided to make individual portions, in little glasses. Any flavour of jelly is fine apparently, and Disneyboi loves lime, so I plumped for that and some real lime to decorate. I also went for light evaporated milk, and light digestives – well, I have to think about the waistline with all this baking!

The recipe is super easy and as the name suggests, no baking, just a refrigerator required!

Yield: 4 individual portions

1 block of lime jelly, made and left to cool
1 400g tin of light evaporated milk, chilled
2 tablespoons granulated sweetener
Half a large pack of light digestives, crushed
Pulp from 6 passion fruits
Chopped lime to decorate

With a mixer, whip the evaporated milk for a few minutes, until it seems thicker and aerated, sprinkling on the sweetener whilst doing so. Next, pour on the cooled lime jelly, and combine.

In your glass, sprinkle a layer of crushed digestives, add some of the milk, jelly mixture and top with some of the passion fruit pulp. Repeat until the glass is full. My glasses managed three layers in total. Pop into the fridge and let set for several hours. When ready to serve, sprinkle with some reserved crushed digestives, a wee dollop of passion fruit pulp and a couple of wedges of lime.

The dessert is like a blancmange frothy type sweet, with crunch from the biscuits and pop from the passion fruit pulp. It really is very easy to make and exceptionally delicious. I just hope my small variations have done justice to Gem’s version! Thanks again Gem….now tuck in!

  1. Ah yours look so great, I LOVE that you made individual portions - they are super cute! and lime is one of my very favourite flavours too, I can imagine it would have been really tasty! You have definitely done justice and beyond!

    1. I was just about to email you when I saw your comment - so relieved I have done your justice! Thanks again for letting me borrow - now to bake something American for you!

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Built-in WiFi, enable you to control, playback and share your shootings by phone.
Compact waterproof camera case, enable you to record exciting marine adventures. (30m underwater)
Support drama shot and stop-motion, portrait your movement locus.
Support time lapse, loop recording, can be your PC camera, car DVR or home security.
Compatible with up to 64GB extended memory card, satisfy long time photography.(Memory card is not included.)
HDMI output interface, protect your video from quality degradation during transmission.
Powered by detachable 900mAh Li-ion Battery, provide long-time service and prolong camera lifespan.
Great for extreme sport activities like skiing, jumping, climbing and etc.

Brand: Andoer
Color: Black
CPU: Adopt for Allwinner V3
Image Sensor: Adopt for Sony IMX179
Screen: Rear HD 2.0" TFT, Front 0.66" TN LCD
Lens: FNO2.4, FOV170 Wide-angle
WiFi: Support
Driving Record: Support
Waterproof Level: 30m underwater
Image Resolution: 16M / 12M / 8M / 5M/ 2M
Video Resolution: 4K/30fps(3840x2106) / 2.7K/30fps(2688*1520) / 1080P/60fps/30fps(1920*1080) / 720P/90fps/60fps/30fps(1280*720)
Shooting Modes: Timing Shot（3s/5s/10/20s）/ Auto Shot（3s/10s/15s/20s/30s）/ Drama Shot (3/5/10photos per second）
Video Recording Modes: Time Lapse（0.5s/1s/2s/5s/10s/30s/60s）/ Loop Recording（2min/3min/5min) / Stop-motion(1080P 60fps/ 720P 90fps)
Image Format: JPG
Video Format: MP4
Compressed Video Format: H.264
Input/Output Interface: Micro USB 2.0 / HDMI
Rotation: 180°
Light Frequency: Auto / 50HZ / 60HZ
EV Exposure: +-3
Audio Output: Speaker
Operation System: Adopt for Linux
Compatible Battery Type：3.33Wh 3.7V 900mAh Li-ion Battery
Language: Spanish / Portuguese / Chinese / English / Japanese / Korean / Swedish / German / French / Italian / Polish / Dutch / Russian
Item Size: 5.9 * 3 * 4.1cm / 2.3 * 1.2 * 1.6in
Item Weight: 61.5g / 2.2oz (with battery)
Package Size: 24 * 10.7 * 8cm / 9.4 * 4.2 * 3.1in
Package Weight: 693.5g / 24.4oz

Package List:
1 * Action Camera
1 * 900mAh Li-ion Battery
1 * Waterproof Case
1 * Remote Control
1 * Replaceable Waterproof Back
1 * USB Cable
1 * Camera Bracket
1 * Bicycle Mount
1 * Clip
2 * Helmet Mount
1 * Fixed Base
1 * J-shape Mount Base
3 * Switch Support
4 * Bandage
4 * Cable Tie
2 * Adhesive Tape
1 * Wire Rope
1 * Cleaning Cloth
1 * User Manual(English)

Memory card of class 10 is highly recommended and is not included.

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