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You might like Music Mind Games to get some theory going in a fun way.
https://www.musicmindgames.com/ or Amazon.
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Yes, knowing how to test is a worthwhile skill set. NJ has no requirements, but we've done the ITBS at the end of each year - at first, all un-timed. Now we time, but still keep it low-key, doing only about 90 min a day over 4 days.
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DD's refurb came via amazon, but the refurb was done by the manufacturer, which I trust more that some random seller.
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I didn't see paint pots mentioned, but ours got a LOT of use.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000CBWVE0.
One thing I learned from our brilliant preschool teacher was to have kids work on an easel that makes them reach up a bit. That exercises the shloulder muscles which in turn sets a good foundation for the forearm and hand strength needed for writing. I made a height-adjustable sliding easel using window hardware. Not sure if there's a commercial version available, but there are ways to cobble something together.
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I started trumpet way late....7th grade...but DD started F horn in 4th. IMO, F horn needs a kid with a good ear, because it's so easy to slip between notes on that sucker, or at least easier than on trumpet.
4th grade is when ps kids would start tbone, so I don't think it would be a problem per se. There are these new plastic tbones that actually have an ok sound (pbone, i think?). Granted, the one I heard was played by my cousin the trombone major, but at 150 bucks, it's not tragic if it doesn't stick for a new student.
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I find great solace in the designation hospital staff give to motorcyclists, especially in no-helmet-law states:
Donorcyclists.
Hey, sorry about the Karma, dude....can we have your liver now?
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I opened this thread because I thought we were having drinks.
Either way, just remember that the Hydrogen atoms in your vodka were born inside a star several billion years ago.
I especially liked NDGT's intro, laying out what is science.
When the boxed set comes out, this is definitely going into our library.
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Keen and Merrell boots have been good to us. Best to go to a store like REI and try on, even if you end up buying them for less online. Might want to pick up socks and liners while you're there - I wasn't sold on hiking socks until I bought a pair. They really make a diffefence, and the blisters you avoid will be worth the effort.
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We need to rethink our education and have more apprenticeships and vocational options.
You're right on the money there. Unfortunately, vo-techs are morphing into academic academies, defeating the purpose of training that next generation of plumbers and welders. At least that's the local trend here. We won't see the problem for a few more years, when this ideal educated populace needs their sewer lines snaked out after all the current plumbers are retired.
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No desire to smoke it, bake it, etc. However, if THC or some other compound would control pain as well as opiates, maybe minus the loopiness, then I'm all for it under continued medical supervision by a pain specialist - NOT your local GP. I'm not up on the research on that use, and how legalization may or may not affect the clinical picture.
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Maybe top tier colleges will start requiring their own essays, like the UK universities do.
They do require their own essays, beyond what's on the Common App. I doubt schools take the current 25 min SAT essay too seriously.
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Fav..hmmmm.
I scored 50 sheets of parchment on Amazon and cut them in half to line my smaller-than-half-sheet pans. I won't touch the rolled stuff again.
Like my zester, wishing for a microplane, but still like the longer curls from my zester.
Love my bench scraper. Not a meal that it doesn't come out.
Totally dig my OXO apple corer - actually all my OXO stuff, except when ya got limited light, one drawer, and yer 20/400 in one eye, all those ergonomic black handles mean it's a total crap shoot if I grab a pizza wheel or a peeler. First world problem.
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They are also removing the penalty for wrong answers, so that they will be encouraging blind guessing. I'm curious if there is any good reason for this particular change?
Yes, the ACT, aka the competition, does that, and is gaining market share. The CB is scared.
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OMG...this is going to be not nice. Right at the peak of my business, too. I have two years to either re-train or become, shoot...what? A freelance goatherd? At my hourly rate?
Well, if the universe is giving me a sign, perhaps I should take note.
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Ab Fab!
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Oh my. I was born and raised in that area - I know some of the "families" and names kinda involved. Wow.
DW teaches,in Denville, maybe a mile from Morris Catholic. That's a funky town, with a good sized population of entitled new-money kids, along with some genuinely nice, grounded kids. I don't recognize this particular name, but I'm sure there's a backstory we aren't hearing.
Not for nothing, but among the many private schools here, Morris Catholic is not what you'd call an elite institution.
Sounds like teenage sour grapes paired with less than model parenting.
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I grew up in NE Philly too! Morrell Park to be exact. We spent our summers in Wildwood. We go to North Wildwood now.
DW was near Cottman and Castor.
Growing up for us, Wildwood was a single visit in the middle of the vaca on Stone Harbor or LBI. Haven't been there in a couple decades. Ditto Cape May.
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But I will say the beach was a bigger part of my life when I lived in Philly versus living in Florida now.
DW grew up in NE Philly, and everyone drove across to Ocean City, NJ. I grew up in NE NJ and we always thought OC wad too big and city-like.
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I grew up in NJ with a father from Pomona, CA, and his idea of going to the beach was to go all....day....long. Swim. Sit. Swim. Bodysuef. Maybe save a life (he did that a lot). It was a bit of a bore on a two-week August vaca.
Now, the way we do it is different. You may have seen guys like me, called "beach contractors." My set up includes an 8 foot patio umbrella, chairs, cooler(s), and sand toys, all towed on a hand truck I modified with kyak dolly wheels. You want shade? No prob. Shoot, I'm looking for a way to get more shade. We had a folding canopy, but the sand wrecks the frame pivots.
Every child needs a decent sized hole to sit in...in the shade. Baby pool optional but buckets essential for any self respecting drippy castle.
No, the beach is meant to be a mult-purpose, comfortable place best taken in moderate doses. Four hours, assuming a breeze and no bugs sounds about right; five plus, and we'll prob do something non beachy in town the next day. Water temp is good if it approaches to just below bathtub range, and I'm too old to deal with jellyfish.
But why the beach, aside from NJ having one? Infinity. It's the nothingness of the horizon, beyond which I know there are other continents, sure, but the horizon helps me feel small, connected, and at peace.
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Smarty pants. I bet you were the kid in middle school who would have razzed poor Billy Boring about his name. :laugh:
On the contrary....
As my last same rhymes with lazy, daisy, and crazy, we would have probably shared a seat on the bus to plot our future nerd overthrow of the world.
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I feel worse for the guy named Billy Boring. Wouldn't you try to dress that up a bit, like William Aloysius Boring, Esquire? Middle school must have been fun.
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Tangentially related, perhaps, but in keeping with the big scores / elite schools thing, found this on The Atlantic.
tomorrow's plan: coconut cream...
in The Chat Board
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We do the same pie every year - 2 layer oreo chocate pudding pi with the pi symbol done in oreo crumbs on top. No bake, no fuss. I used to make an oreo crust, but now buy premade, in keeping with the no fuss ethos, natch.