When I was growing up, we had the stab/push can opener, something like this. Has anyone seen or used one? What you do is actually stab the can's lid along the edge, and when the tip of the can opener is submerged, you use a back and forth tilting movement while turning the can with your other hand. At times, when we couldn't find this thing, we used a knife to stab a can and use the same motion. We often had sweetened condensed milk with tea or coffee, and for that you only needed to stab the can in two places across from each other. One hole was to pour and the other was for air flow. Sometimes a can had a thicker lid, so you would use something to hit the top of the can opener's handle with, like a heavy knife handle or, if all else fails, a hammer. Does that make sense? The can opener blade is pressed against the can's lid like a nail, and you use something to hammer it in.

These resources are very, very different. It's difficult to recommend one over the other. It depends on your and your kids' interests and how much time you are willing to put into printing, collecting resources, and managing all the projects. We completed Colonial Life, which I believe is from the Project Passport series. It is beautifully done, and the giant box of completed projects I have really does look good. However. It took sooooo long to just print things out. The instructions went something like this: using dark green card stock, print page 4 on the back of page 1. I often get the orientation wrong for the printer tray, so I would have to print things more than once because one page was upside down, or I printed page 5 on the back of page 1 instead of page 4. You can't just print it all at once even if you are using all white paper or card stock and your printer has duplex capabilities. Each page is a different PDF file, unless things have changed since I used this product. You need to find many different supplies. For instance, we did a small (fits into a standard binder) straw-filled "mattress" (muslin fabric). For that I needed to find some clean craft straw, but a very small amount. I didn't want to just pick up stuff from outdoors because the craft would be stored with our papers. So if you buy craft straw, what do you do with the rest of the bag? It's like that for other supplies, too. Our projects turned out very nicely, but after this thing I am so crafted out. It's been a few years, and even though I sometimes check the creator's website for new things, I haven't bought any more. There is so much printing, organizing, cutting, gluing, taping, coloring, folding, etc. I enjoy all these things, but the product was mainly on me to keep going, even though my kids happily went along. We also have and enjoy using Notgrass products. We haven't done the family projects or the craft projects (still crafted out, see above ?), but the format works far better for me. My kids would happily use either Notgrass or Project Passport, btw.

Agreeing with Gil and others. For me it's a lack of good science material in general, regardless of whether or not it is religious (for any religion). What I have done was bump down the ages/grade requirements down and that made materials fit my kids' needs. What I mean is that toward the end of first grade I started using the grade 4 Harcourt science textbook (rather cheap) with its workbook. We finished this in second grade and moved on to middle school texts. Prentice Hall Science Explorer is very good as shared earlier, and my kids had no issues going through them in mid to late elementary years (this varies by child, obviously - no such thing as "one size fits all.") In middle school we use high school and non-major college materials, such as Conceptual Physics by Hewitt. Georgia Public Broadcasting has great video lessons for physics and chemistry (Algebra-based), and you can buy teacher materials cheaply - around $20 if I remember correctly. After we go through these, we move on to more challenging texts such as Miller-Levine Biology, Physics by Knight, etc. If a child is interested in science, I have them work on two science courses at the same time (Mon-Wed for one, Tue-Thu for the other, and Friday catch-up day). We school most of the year, so this works very well. At this pace, when we hit high school, my kids are at (or close to) AP-level work. At that point, I outsource if needed or teach it myself depending on child's interests and my confidence levels.

This can be a 2 part solution. For the actual bandage part, as long as the wound/area is not bleeding very much I recommend Telfa non-stick pads. These come (usually) in larger sizes, such as 3 inches by 4 inches, but what you can do (and what a nurse taught me to do) is to cut a piece small enough with clean scissors and put the rest of the Telfa pad back in its package until next time. I keep the remainder in a zip-top baggie so that it doesn't get dust on it. There are several manufacturers that make similar products, but the link I included looks like the type I was given after a procedure some time ago. To keep it in place, you can use surgical tape. There are many types of these, and you may need to test several before you find one that the person is the least allergic to. These come in plastic, paper, and cloth (white or brown) in varying widths. I like the brown paper tape, but everyone's reaction is different. Amazon sells a bunch of these, you can just search for "hypoallergenic surgical tape." The tape can be cut or torn to size. Depending on the size, location, and shape of the area, you may be able to minimize the amount of tape that actually touches the skin. You may be able to put it in an X shape over the Telfa so that only the corners touch the skin, but that only really works if the area doesn't have to move very much. Some parts of the body may need more coverage for the tape to stay put. Best wishes.

This jacket looks a bit similar.

The original post is located here: http://lovely-pepa.com/lovely-looks/my-book-in-a-coruna-3-different-outfits/ the jacket is called : bomber jacket: Paul & Joe – Girissima (au/w 13-14)

Agreeing with Katy here. I was that kid. Except that my mother "went there." She altered my skirts into mini-length, and tossed out my long skirts that could not be altered. I was forced to wear this stuff I hated and endured her comments about style and how I should wear bright colors and short-short everything - until I moved out. Even now she sometimes buys me clothes that I would never wear and tries to guilt me into taking them because "the return period has ended." At least now I have the ability to just say no and ask her to donate the whatever the items she bought. I had men follow me multiple times, had men and women toss out comments in my face, and it was very very difficult. I was not equipped to deal with it at all. Please don't do this to your child. I know you mean well and you love her very much, but please don't do this.

I would definitely communicate with the instructor about the PSAT. That is a good reason to miss a class. As to the timing, since the exam is not taking place in the beginning of the term, I would communicate closer to the date, perhaps a week ahead, and then follow up a day or two ahead. From my own experience, I sometimes forget who asked or told me what.

Ah, I see, thank you. In that case I would meet them in person and send an email for backup.

Would you mind clarifying why not email, please? I am a university instructor, and this is a very interesting thought for me. As an answer to the OP, at the institutions I work for, attendance is taken very carefully during the first week of class. A student must attend first week of class and submit at least one graded assignment for that week in order to remain enrolled in the course. If those two prerequisites are not met, the student is withdrawn from the class and another (I teach mostly entry level courses) takes their place from the waitlist. The only possible exception is for the student to contact me, their instructor, and tell me that they cannot make it - and the reason has to be good. "I'm on vacation" will not work. If they make arrangements with me in time, preferably before class starts or in the first couple of days, I have a chance of getting an exception put through the Registrar's Office. I can't do this without something in writing, such as an email. I have to provide documentation for the Registrar. ETA Some example situations in which the student was able to stay in class despite missing the first week (with prior arrangement) - hospitalization of student or student's child, wildfire evacuation, and childbirth.

I have a couple of books to share that have not yet been recommended. They are a little different partly because of the time they were written in, and partly because some of them are not by American authors. I really like Stanislaw Lem's writing. To start, I would recommend short story collections - Tales of Pirx the Pilot and More Tales of Pirx the Pilot. Fun, engaging, but with good plots and things to think about. Next, I would go with Clifford Simak's Goblin Reservation. This is sci-fi, not fantasy. In this world, time travel was discovered, and scientists have moved around time and space (interplanetary travel exists) and discovered that most of the fantasy/fairy tale creatures like goblins, etc. are real, and have included them in their normal life (hence the reservation). But this book is really about the worth of a personal identity (what makes a person "them"), perception (a neanderthal who enjoys stumping "academics" with his deep erudition, etc.) and the sum worth of a civilization (how much would you pay and how far would you go for the entirety of the knowledge of a dying ancient civilization?) as well as legacy - personal and otherwise. It's a fun read, too, and who wouldn't want to have a cyber-mechanical sabertooth tiger for a pet, anyway? The only "gotcha" I remember is the consumption of alcoholic beverages, but YMMV. A bit more "out there," ... well, ok, a lot more "out there" are some of the books by Strugatsky brothers. Monday Starts on Saturday is more of a fun book and a good introduction to the authors, while the others are much deeper. The first book is very funny. It's called Monday starts on Saturday. It's a mix of fantasy and sci-fi, as in, it turns out that magical creatures are real, and there are scientists who are studying them, but it can get really messy quickly. The book uses a good deal of Russian fairy tale creature/villain set, so if you are interested in learning about other cultures in a non-obvious sort of way, it's a good one to read, too. The second one is Roadside Picnic. In a nutshell - an alien spaceship visited the Earth, had a picnic, so to speak, tossed their crumbs and garbage, and left. They did not notice the human civilization; to them humans were more on the ant scale of development. So that is in the past. In the present, the area the aliens visited is called The Zone, with many very strange and unusual things happening. Some people ("stalkers") manage to go in and (usually) get out, and bring objects back. In the true ant style, nobody really knows what the objects are supposed to do. This is not an action book. It is more of a philosophy/thriller kind of book. It was under censorship and first was published with heavy changes before the original was allowed to be published many years later. If you are interested in that yourself, it is definitely an interesting read. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about it (plot, movie, etc.) For a comparison with Star Trek's Prime Directive (Thou Shall Not Interfere in the affairs of other civilizations), but a good deal darker is Hard to Be a God. Here you have humans, equipped with interplanetary travel technologies, orbiting and studying a planet that is at a Medieval or so level of technology and development. Naturally, one person can't help it but get involved in the politics and daily lives of the people he comes to care about. Very good discussion opportunities - but you probably want to pre-read. I read this myself as an older teen, but my own teen is not ready for it. Don't watch the movie. It's far too violent for violence sake. It lost the spirit of the book. Here is the Wikipedia article with plot, etc. As you read these, you can discuss the times and socio-economic/political climates of where and when these books were written, too. ETA (note to self, too) I just found this anthology of Russian science fiction. It has a good sampling of prominent sci-fi authors.

I do one cooking session a week. The food lasts us (2 adults, 1 teen, 1 child) between 5 and 6 days. On day 7 we have a free for all - make your own sandwich, instant oatmeal with whatever you like in it, cereal for dinner, etc. I'm actually sitting down right now and taking a break from cooking for the next several days, so the memory is fresh. :) First I turn on the oven to 425F. Then I put a pot with water on the stove to boil for pasta. Or, instead of pasta, I may put some quinoa (1 cup grain to 2 cups of cold water) on the simmer burner until boiling, then turn off heat and let it all absorb, then fluff. While the oven is heating (yes, I do this in summer also), I peel and slice sweet potatoes, or regular potatoes (we like gold). These will go on a mega baking sheet (check Amazon if you want one, they are very useful) with some olive oil, a bit of salt, and pepper. They roast on the bottom rack while chicken is cookng on the top rack (see below). I make an entire 5 lb bag of potatoes or about 4 lbs of sweet potatoes all at once. Store in a container in the fridge. I often buy a large package of skinless boneless chicken thighs - about 3 lbs worth or so. These go into a baking dish with some sort of sauce. I keep bottled sauce on hand to make this easy and choose one: bbq sauce, teriaki sauce, stir-fry sauce. If I am feeling more energetic, I may make a sauce or rub from scratch, but even simple olive oil, garlic powder, a bit of salt and italian seasoning are nice, too. I cook these in the oven at 425F for about 20 minutes uncovered, then cover with foil and cook some more until they look done to me (clear juices when pierced, etc.) This may take another 20 minutes or so. Very easy - dump, cover with sauce, bake. Again, store in a covered container in the fridge. When the chicken and potatoes/sweet potatoes are in the oven, my pasta water is usually ready (or the quinoa is boiling). So I can pour a bag of pasta (like rottini or whatever you like) and set the timer for what it says on the box. If I am making quinoa, I turn the flame off, and let it absorb water until later. I turn back to the counter and prepare the next thing. I often buy some combination of pre-sliced Brussels sprouts, mushrooms (these I cut myself), stringless sweet peas, broccoli florets, or whatever vegetables may be reasonably priced and look nice. I will rinse and slice these as needed and put them on a baking sheet with a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Now, my pasta is ready to be drained, so I do that, and put in a large container. Then I take the chicken out of the oven, check if it is done (usually yes), and put the pan with veggies in the oven in chicken's place. At this point, I am ready to make either pasta salad or quinoa salad. Both include washing fresh veggies and slicing as needed. I use things like grape tomatoes, sweet peppers, string beans (raw, yes, very nice and crunchy), broccoli florets, cucumbers - whatever would go nicely in a salad. If I am feeling fancy, I will make my own oil and vinegar type dressing. If not - I use bottled Italian dressing. I cover and put the pasta or quinoa salad in the fridge, do the same with chicken, and pull out the potatoes and the roasted veggies from the oven. If they are not done, I give them a few more minutes. I wash dishes as I use them, so there is not a huge pile at the end. This takes about 2 hours start to finish. Throughout the week people pull out whatever combinations of stuff appeal to them. Roasted veggies are very nice with hummus for example in a pita for lunch.

I just ordered one from this series, but I don't have it in my hand yet. I think someone on the boards (sorry, can't remember who) recommended it for secular literature - Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. This one appears to be the sixth grade book : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130547867/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 There are teacher's manuals, test banks, workbooks, etc. in existence. It appears to cover short stories, poetry, novels (excerpts?) with some literary analysis.

My oldest started cursive at around 8 or 9 years old or so. She has been using Pentime penmanship books. She does as much of her school as possible in cursive with the exception of math and still has one day a week of Pentime practice. To be honest, she doesn't really need the practice anymore, but I want her to see the proper letter formation examples. She is almost done with the last Pentime book (Book 8 I think?). After that, she will just continue to use cursive for school. Her typing practice is separate. With my youngest, I have been thinking along the lines of cursive first because that is how I learned to write myself in school, and it does make sense. So we may be starting with cursive in September, or maybe wait another year. I haven't decided yet. He will be doing his school work in cursive while using Pentime books on Fridays also, as his skills allow.

The spotted duck was trying (loudly!) to have words with the chickens, but they did their best to ignore it (taken on recent vacation).

Something borrowed - a people bed is so much better than a cat bed any day.

Did you know there is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk in New York's Central Park? Do you know how it got there? As an aside, which city in the entire world has the most Ancient Egyptian obelisks? (It's not in Egypt). It is an amazing story, and the captain who made it happen (Henry Gorringe) wrote a book called Egyptian Obelisks. He had to come up with seriously ingenious ideas to float it out of Egypt, and when he finally made it to New York, he had to deal with tons of politics because the various people in control of roads and rail roads would not let him transport it across the city. When it was finally erected, the Masons took it as their own symbol and came en masse to the ceremony. There is also a box buried within the pedestal, and no living person knows what is inside. Here is a picture from Gorringe's book (hopefully this works): https://books.google.com/books?id=cRgjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA54&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

This is a bit of a stretch, buuut... :) A new use for MathUSee manipulatives. A castle with a big chimney.

I used to use a hula hoop quite a lot when I was a teen. I was able to walk with it (normal walk style) while it was spinning around my waist, and do other little tricks. It has been quite a long time, but the thing I remember to be the most important is that the hoop has to be big enough for you, and that it has to have some weight to it. Cheap, plastic ones are much harder to balance. They tend to drop to the ground far easier. How much weight? I don't know. Mine was made of aluminium (and left black marks on my clothes and hands, but I didn't care ? ). Perhaps it was about in the 2 lb range; not very heavy. Also, you don't want one that comes in pieces if possible. The joins can snag on your skin and clothes, and the whole thing can come apart. A couple of years ago I researched hula hoops and settled on Canyon Hoops (no affiliation whatsoever). They also sell on Amazon, if you look them up by company name or use this link: https://www.amazon.com/Weighted-Hula-Hoop-Exercise-Fitness/dp/B003MWQYM6/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1530569772&sr=1-3&keywords=canyon+hoops I never actually bought this, so I don't know how good it is in reality, but to me it seemed like the best option when I was researching. I hope this will help a little.

Something like this happened to me when I was a taking an online class as a grad student. The professor mentioned some non-specific health issues and then stopped posting or responding. I looked up the contact list of the department on the school's website and sent an email to the dean. I said something along the lines that I was concerned about the professor's health since he shared about it in class and mentioned his general availability (how long it took him to answer questions - 2 weeks!). I got responses quickly - both from the dean and the professor. The professor wasn't particularly engaged, but he no longer disappeared from class for the rest of the term.

I am sorry to hear that you haven't gotten feedback on previous assignments. I hope the professor is able to get these done soon. I am a college instructor of more than 10 years, and my best advice to you (and any other student) is to reach out to your professors early and often. You are not wasting our time, and you are not bothering us. There is no such thing as a stupid question. If you read assignment guidelines, and you are not sure about what it means - please ask. If I answer and you still don't understand, please ask for clarification. My interpretation of the assignment is not necessarily the same as yours, and it is entirely possible that we are both right if this is a paper. Talk to me. I sometimes make mistakes grading. Maybe yours is the 50th paper I am reading, and I somehow mixed up your writing with someone else's. Maybe I clicked on the wrong button in the in-line rubric or added a late penalty when I said I wouldn't. Let me know, remind me of conversations we had, and I will gladly fix it. If you can explain why you feel that the grade should be different - with the rubric, or the textbook, or whichever resource you consulted, I may adjust the grade. These things happen. You don't have to be struggling to ask questions or come to office hours.

High School level (approximately) symbolic logic course. Chambergon Logic by Micah Tillman. There is a student text, computer game written by author, user manual for the game, and a sample syllabus. http://micahtillman.com/logic/

A bought paper qualifies for a zero pretty much automatically. There is no way one can accidentally register at a paper mill site and accidentally put their credit card information in for an assignment. Other cases are not quite so easy to determine. It matters what level of course it is and at times who the student is, too. I've had some students copy and paste their classmates' work directly as their own, just a few posts down on the class boards. These students usually come from different parts of the world, where such actions are perfectly acceptable. They honestly don't understand why their classmates get so upset - everybody back home does this, and it's ok. I've seen enough of these over the years to know that yes it really is a thing. I work with these students, give them a chance to fix things and do their own work, largely without penalty because it is hard for them to overcome their culture. Older students, who are coming back to school after years or decades of working may not have had any plagiarism training at all. They don't know how to paraphrase, cite, or even quote. Nobody ever taught them how. I work with them, too, and offer opportunities to resubmit. Younger students usually have had some exposure to citing and paraphrasing, but if it is their first course at university (or in the first couple), I tend to be a bit more lenient - as long as they don't outright buy papers. It's more of an art than a science.

The institutions I've worked for have policies that (in general terms) go something like this: 1. I find material that I think may be plagiarized (whatever percentage or overall content/look/feel, etc.) 2. I have to contact the student and ask them about it. I don't confront them with details. It's a simple courteous note along the lines of "could you please explain why x matches outside materials and/or other student papers." I give them a number of days to respond, so that I know when I can go ahead and file if they stay silent. Many students say nothing at all. Some will confess, at which point I may offer them an opportunity to resubmit a fully original, fully attributed paper within 7 days. Most students will say they have no idea how this could happen since they wrote their own paper (even if it is purchased from a paper mill). In that case, proceed to step 3 3. File an academic violation form with the appropriate office, such as the Dean, Academic Affairs, Dispute Resolution, etc. At that point it is out of my hands. Most of the time the charge is upheld, but in a couple of situations it is not. 4. For plagiarism I give a grade of 0 for that paper. I don't have an ability to automatically fail the student for the whole class. I watch them far more closely after that paper, but treat them with respect and just like anyone else. Some students do learn their lesson and produce good work afterwards. 5. Penalties from the institution depend on the number of recorded offenses and the type of plagiarism (was it accidental, self-plagiarism, or bought paper?). The student may be required to attend a plagiarism workshop and present proof of completion to the admin, or they may receive a written warning only (nothing on record), or they may receive a written warning with a permanent record. For permanent records it is mostly 3 strikes you are out. If they have 3 of these permanent warnings, they may be disenrolled from the institution.

Yes. Here is one example: http://www.essaywritingsoft.com/essay-rewriter.html And another: http://www.gingersoftware.com/synonyms/synonymstool