Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

2012, in, the, monday, of, august, july, for, education, sunday, history, article, january, 28, 2013, 20, 13, 29, 23, tuesday, 17, popular, posts, blog, archive, about, me, enhance, online, payday, loans, economical, remedy, improving, study, skills, middle, schools, qin, dynasty, chinese, kids, concept, digital, technology, field, ghana, life, soap, seventies, ways, to, fail, applying, grad, school, story, your, staircase, wood, balusters,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (254), and (83), you (64), that (42), for (40), are (35), your (26), this (25), they (24), with (23), have (23), share (22), from (17), their (17), can (17), #balusters (17), will (17), was (17), program (15), school (14), qin (14), also (14), great (14), about (13), not (13), history (13), were (13), but (13), washing (12), get (12), time (11), graduate (11), students (11), wood (11), kids (11), there (11), study (10), middle (10), soap (10), who (10), wall (10), loans (9), most (9), grad (9), when (9), digital (9), dynasty (9), gerard (8), schools (8), many (8), machine (8), into (8), don (8), chinese (8), learning (8), used (8), today (8), these (8), where (8), faculty (8), 2012 (7), online (7), skills (7), process (7), pinterest (7), facebook (7), blogthis (7), email (7), posted (7), all (7), been (7), day (7), comments (7), university (7), what (7), class (7), such (7), 1970s (6), life (6), technology (6), education (6), spindles (6), columns (6), much (6), same (6), long (6), any (6), help (6), money (6), classroom (6), student (6), before (6), need (6), them (6), one (6), use (6), smart (6), etc (6), payday (5), find (5), enough (5), ghana (5), applying (5), concept (5), field (5), like (5), came (5), while (5), way (5), fit (5), using (5), out (5), might (5), application (5), hand (5), people (5), within (5), system (5), board (5), information (5), created (5), loan (5), july (4), august (4), new (4), first (4), children (4), may (4), improving (4), every (4), household (4), put (4), should (4), decision (4), just (4), never (4), attention (4), became (4), work (4), run (4), monetary (4), posts (4), years (4), more (4), baluster (4), even (4), however (4), word (4), than (4), would (4), now (4), areas (4), financial (4), right (4), teach (4), things (4), learn (4), different (4), some (4), over (4), monday (4), has (4), clothes (4), very (4), could (4), had (4), traditional (4), effective (4), during (4), paper (4), peasants (4), improve (4), line (4), month (4), enhance (3), economical (3), thing (3), thought (3), western (3), world (3), almost (3), next (3), see (3), take (3), shape (3), ways (3), fail (3), let (3), teacher (3), finding (3), whether (3), called (3), fact (3), story (3), short (3), require (3), quick (3), between (3), popular (3), home (3), both (3), make (3), flower (3), modern (3), actually (3), which (3), turned (3), article (3), focus (3), identify (3), programs (3), alumni (3), under (3), important (3), selecting (3), name (3), being (3), difficulty (3), become (3), each (3), easy (3), want (3), beginning (3), local (3), government (3), locally (3), expatriates (3), bar (3), advance (3), another (3), teaching (3), onto (3), able (3), uses (3), whiteboard (3), his (3), walls (3), happened (3), high (3), shi (3), after (3), either (3), period (3), child (3), solutions (3), interest (3), january (2), 2013 (2), job (2), well (2), come (2), resume (2), given (2), value (2), educators (2), owned (2), dirty (2), linen (2), seventies (2), vinci (2), painting (2), last (2), supper (2), look (2), table (2), tricky (2), careful (2), steps (2), thinking (2), major (2), meaning (2), won (2), profession (2), difficult (2), worry (2), anymore (2), doesn (2), change (2), product (2), frequently (2), staircase (2), economically (2), foremost (2), common (2), thanks (2), conditions (2), remedy (2), 207 (2), 221 (2), emperors (2), subscribe (2), utility (2), appeal (2), general (2), piece (2), architectural (2), credit (2), prominence (2), goes (2), medici (2), because (2), family (2), deal (2), works (2), etymology (2), italian (2), renaissance (2), back (2), early (2), palaces (2), ancient (2), here (2), though (2), generally (2), brought (2), still (2), found (2), comes (2), pomegranate (2), products (2), present (2), everything (2), own (2), think (2), term (2), goals (2), five (2), based (2), specialization (2), making (2), choice (2), admissions (2), individuals (2), choose (2), interests (2), anything (2), waste (2), big (2), aid (2), significant (2), strategy (2), little (2), laundry (2), detergent (2), huge (2), type (2), settle (2), match (2), ask (2), waivers (2), fees (2), possible (2), expensive (2), amount (2), searching (2), offers (2), only (2), our (2), taking (2), decline (2), late (2), opportunities (2), markets (2), country (2), houses (2), advantages (2), due (2), import (2), materials (2), complained (2), supply (2), produced (2), made (2), machines (2), excellent (2), results (2), times (2), resources (2), shock (2), through (2), included (2), advanced (2), shipment (2), better (2), sunday (2), writing (2), notebooks (2), laptops (2), interactive (2), smartboard (2), problems (2), hearing (2), ones (2), conducting (2), computer (2), input (2), mouse (2), click (2), helps (2), encourages (2), subject (2), teachers (2), classrooms (2), pens (2), pencils (2), wider (2), easily (2), website (2), four (2), actions (2), benefit (2), lives (2), place (2), down (2), laws (2), becoming (2), fought (2), against (2), power (2), tools (2), weapons (2), huang (2), hai (2), act (2), added (2), rebuilt (2), various (2), periods (2), 220 (2), parts (2), kings (2), sure (2), ying (2), win (2), future (2), until (2), grades (2), memorization (2), method (2), set (2), good (2), dinner (2), mandatory (2), studying (2), those (2), appear (2), internet (2), mostly (2), square (2), measure (2), otherwise (2), pay (2), watermark, theme, powered, blogger, view, complete, profile, june, blog, archive, already, graduated, paramedic, course, ready, impressing, belie, lau, closer, design, medieval, ser, preface, post, saying, drawing, probably, impractical, fear, solution, atom, older, comment, sizes, complexities, porch, cabinet, accents, newels, railing, supports, continue, applications, homes, commercial, buildings, alike, proving, timeless, aesthetic, point, around, notice, smooth, somewhere, realized, daily, historians, credibly, pinpoint, inventor, column, giuliano, sangallo, architect, villa, tuscany, connection, received, exposure, michelangelo, whom, patronized, referred, points, origins, eventually, popularized, date, assyrian, mesopotamia, window, balustrades, row, passed, overlooked, greeks, romans, balconies, venice, verona, style, rooted, balaustra, wild, named, resemblance, half, open, deeper, antiquity, molded, sleek, uniform, shafts, decoration, stability, support, parapets, fortresses, stairways, porches, seldom, names, metal, stone, purpose, regardless, material, variation, available, manufacturing, speaks, widespread, tuesday, ultimate, enrollment, aligned, medium, career, finishing, accomplishment, regret, committing, afterward, didn, yourself, favors, professionally, then, potential, upon, success, reasons, approach, virtually, guarantee, wise, ignoring, faculties, assess, applicants, weed, misguided, lucky, strike, tone, personal, statement, fly, radar, insurgents, thrive, celebrate, happens, perhaps, part, simple, admitted, does, interested, precious, forgetting, yes, reassure, rock, star, professors, athletics, famous, too, busy, adequately, advise, pretty, low, list, priorities, none, gone, pick, doomed, harm, involved, drawn, brand, walmart, mistake, assume, prominent, offer, poor, lead, without, correct, worse, entirely, originally, intended, say, attended, deciding, hardship, call, office, fee, other, options, facing, paying, sometimes, quite, hurry, cleaners, prepared, invest, plan, sdarching, curriculum, failure, caught, wordy, descriptions, courses, esoteric, topics, researches, specialty, increased, advantage, emerge, humans, natural, inclination, seek, path, least, resistance, trailblazers, among, certainly, minority, carry, road, seriously, married, buy, effects, lasting, altering, sufficiently, spooked, discuss, avoid, ghanaian, economy, acheampong, regime, continued, mid, arose, small, scale, manufacture, documented, elsewhere, crisis, end, 1985, imf, rawlings, provided, flood, imports, doubt, ghanaians, emerging, twenty, century, pride, owning, former, vice, president, proclaimed, slaves, lightly, cast, aside, progressed, scarce, largely, inability, basic, raw, obtaining, shortage, beer, caused, restricted, barley, meagre, powder, dried, succeeded, grated, electricity, redundant, palm, oil, imported, caustic, soda, perfume, supplied, unwrapped, bars, roughly, section, purchased, whole, cut, length, suit, buyer, cheap, reach, valued, trusted, shelf, nationwide, rural, streams, urban, basins, buckets, impressed, foreign, visitors, meanest, dilapidated, emerged, morning, spotlessly, clean, colour, bright, employed, house, girl, boy, chores, including, surprise, helper, preferred, further, realise, propaganda, manufacturers, producers, persuaded, accept, quality, performance, launderette, assigned, third, countries, contracts, usually, essential, appliances, westerners, assailed, decades, advertisements, praising, miraculous, cleaning, stain, removing, properties, latest, powders, copious, quantities, attributed, whiteness, brightness, wonders, locals, achieving, equal, attracting, feature, black, copying, replaced, advent, experiments, incidents, thereby, position, understand, smartclass, technologies, lcd, foster, apart, whiteboards, difficulties, mobility, limitations, importance, dyslexia, autism, impaired, demand, numerous, suppliers, required, range, affordable, detailed, analysis, supplier, matches, requirement, fits, budget, feather, cap, essentially, presentation, device, interfaces, projector, images, screen, displayed, thus, touch, detection, user, scrolling, normal, devices, keyboard, training, meetings, delivering, presentations, listeners, involvement, aids, colorful, interesting, multimedia, bring, alive, lot, changes, phones, tablets, replacing, textbooks, access, source, button, data, image, downloaded, stored, opportunity, communicate, experts, enable, manner, rate, writings, blogs, posting, viewed, audience, review, give, extend, strongly, supported, extends, leaning, beyond, contains, assignment, dates, details, events, announcements, reality, activities, attract, culture, its, teachings, rest, reason, why, going, cruel, inhumane, treatment, taxation, strong, army, strict, stand, rebellious, towards, agricultural, broke, cloth, flag, died, zhao, gao, killed, oldest, son, hui, emperor, did, prevention, rebels, opposition, single, connecting, states, built, 107, miles, dynasties, han, 206, sui, 581, 907, jin, 589, ming, 1368, 1644, reaches, northeastern, heilongjiang, province, northwestern, gasui, construction, began, block, off, barbarians, intrusions, protector, banished, death, books, burned, nobody, expansionism, helped, military, pushing, frontiers, north, south, zheng, fushi, ruthless, nowadays, peer, pressure, adverse, dynamics, tough, helping, proposition, begin, prepare, him, her, enjoyment, letting, parents, know, report, card, receiving, english, geography, weaker, memorize, extent, idea, later, again, techniques, association, encourage, note, statistically, proven, pen, remember, struggling, she, hears, tricks, abbreviations, pictures, rule, thumb, immediately, returning, immddiately, wait, evening, bed, teaches, bad, habit, procrastination, desk, light, lots, outside, distraction, music, television, snack, food, stated, how, eliminates, frustration, disorganization, lack, motivation, few, tips, memory, speed, seems, always, others, struggle, repeatedly, innovative, working, harder, retaining, learned, progress, believe, critical, ramp, homework, assignments, suddenly, written, record, asked, brains, hopefully, challenge, hadn, previously, best, crucial, finance, developed, throughout, era, recent, sum, issues, therefore, far, faster, reaching, bank, straightforward, needs, globe, wide, extremely, examine, selection, beforehand, designed, paid, intervals, ahead, additional, resolution, alternative, circumstances, permit, adulthood, beaked, nice, equivalent, state, affairs, induce, contemporary, reverse, approximated, gain, price, abundant, smaller, size, often, awfully, wonderful, specifically, bill, result, quickly,

Text of the page (random words):
a win win proposition it s a way to begin to prepare him or her for the future and get more enjoyment out of the present posted by gerard at 8 42 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 13 2012 qin dynasty chinese history for kids in chinese history for kids kids will be learning about the qin dynasty the qin dynasty was between 207 b c and 221 b c the emperors of this time were ying zheng fushi and zi ying during this period many ruthless things happened the kings at the beginning of this period were either banished or put to death the kings books were burned to make sure that nobody could use them the expansionism of qin was helped by the military by pushing out the frontiers of both the north and south in chinese history for kids kids will also learn that during the qin dynasty is when the great wall s construction began it was created to block off barbarians intrusions the great wall was a great protector during this period in history the great wall is not actually a single wall it is actually four different walls the great wall was created by connecting the walls that different states built which created the 3 107 miles of the great wall the great wall was either added onto or rebuilt from the various dynasties over different periods the periods that added onto the great wall or rebuilt the wall were the western han 206 b c 220 b c sui 581 907 jin 220 a d 589 a d and ming dynasty 1368 1644 the great wall reaches between the northeastern parts of the heilongjiang province to the northwestern parts of gasui when qin shi huang died zhao gao hu hai and ji shi killed qin shi huang s oldest son after that act they turned and let hui hai become emperor he did not have any type of prevention from the rebels of his opposition the reason why the qin dynasty was going down was the cruel laws inhumane treatment and high taxation of the peasants even though qin had a strong army with strict laws it could not stand up to the peasants becoming rebellious towards them the peasants fought against the government under qin s power they fought against the government by using agricultural tools that they turned into weapons with these weapons the peasants broke the cloth that was the flag from qin s power the chinese culture for kids was created by the chinese history for kids that they will be learning there are so many actions that happened in chinese history for kids to learn about that they will benefit from its teachings for the rest of their lives they will also be able to place the actions from what happened in history into their own lives posted by gerard at 8 42 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday august 5 2012 the concept of digital technology in the field of education are you new to the profession of teacher are you finding it difficult to get the attention of your students do not worry anymore the concept of digital classroom has now become a reality this will aid you in your teaching activities at the same time attract the attention of your students the digital classroom has brought in a lot of changes to the traditional system of education the digital technology such as laptops smart phones tablets etc are today being used in the classrooms they are replacing notebooks textbooks pens pencils etc today both the students and teachers have access to a much wider source of information at a click of a button any information data image etc can be downloaded and stored very easily at times students also get the opportunity to communicate with the experts in their field of learning digital classroom enable learning in a very easy manner in the traditional system a student had to hand over his paper to his teacher who would rate the same and hand it over to the student in the digital classrooms all the writings blogs posting etc put by the students can be viewed by a wider audience who can also review it and give their comments these to a great extend encourages students it is strongly supported by a class website that extends leaning opportunities beyond the four walls of the classroom the website generally contains information such as general information assignment dates and details important events and announcements and so on another feather in the cap of digital technology is the smartboard it is essentially a presentation device that interfaces with a computer with the use of a projector the images from the computer screen can be displayed on the board the smart board is thus an interactive whiteboard that uses touch detection for user input e g scrolling right mouse click in the same way normal pc input devices such as a mouse or keyboard etc works it is used for teaching during training programs conducting meetings and delivering presentations smart board helps to get the attention of listeners and encourages their involvement in the subject it also aids the teachers in making the class more colorful and interesting by using multimedia resources it helps to bring the class come alive apart from these uses smart board interactive whiteboards also help students who have learning difficulties mobility limitations the smartboard is of great importance to children who have problems such dyslexia autism and also hearing impaired problems due to all these advantages there is a huge demand for same today there are numerous whiteboard suppliers who supply all the required materials they range from very expensive ones to affordable ones by conducting a detailed analysis of each of the whiteboard supplier you will be able to find the one that matches your requirement and fits well within your budget another attracting feature about today s education system is the smart class technology it is an effective way of teaching where the traditional system of writing on the black board and copying the same onto the notebooks is being replaced with the advent of smart class students are able to see the experiments incidents and thereby they are in a better position to understand the concept smartclass uses digital technologies such as laptops lcd etc to foster the learning process posted by gerard at 8 41 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday july 29 2012 ghana life soap in the seventies in most of the western world in the 1970s almost every household owned a washing machine or put their dirty linen into a machine at a launderette expatriates assigned to work in third world countries on long term contracts usually included their washing machine in the advanced shipment of essential household appliances these westerners had been assailed for decades by advertisements praising the miraculous cleaning and stain removing properties of the latest washing powders and many may have included copious quantities of these products in their advanced shipment to these people who attributed the whiteness and brightness of their clothes to the wonders of modern technology it came as a shock to find that the locals were achieving equal or better results using traditional bar soap and hand washing one thing that impressed foreign visitors to ghana in the 1970s was that from the meanest and most dilapidated houses people emerged every morning in clothes that were spotlessly clean and colour bright most expatriates employed a house girl or boy to help with their household chores including clothes washing and it came as a surprise to many that their helper preferred hand washing to the use of a machine it came as a further shock to realise that through the propaganda of the washing machine manufacturers and the detergent producers people had been persuaded to accept a decline in quality of performance as an advance in ghana in the 1970s the popular laundry soap was made in country from locally produced palm oil and imported caustic soda and perfume it was supplied unwrapped in bars roughly 5 cm x 7 cm in section and 35 cm long the bar could be purchased whole or cut to a length to suit the buyer s resources and was cheap enough to be within the reach of most people valued and trusted with a long shelf life it was used nationwide by rural streams and in urban basins and buckets as the 1970s progressed soap became very scarce in the local markets largely due to ghana s inability to import the basic raw materials people complained about the difficulty in obtaining soap almost as much as they complained about the shortage of beer caused by the restricted import of barley the meagre supply of one locally produced soap powder also dried up and expatriates who succeeded in finding some locally made bar soap grated it to use in their washing machines with excellent results there were times however when there was no electricity and all washing machines became redundant as the ghanaian economy under the acheampong regime continued to decline in the mid and late 1970s many opportunities arose for local small scale soap manufacture that has been documented elsewhere the soap crisis only came to an end in 1985 when a deal with the imf by the rawlings government provided credit to flood local markets with imports no doubt the new middle class of ghanaians emerging in the twenty first century take pride in owning a washing machine but in a country where a former vice president proclaimed we still have slaves in our houses the advantages of clothes washing by hand should not be lightly cast aside posted by gerard at 8 41 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 23 2012 5 ways to fail in applying for grad school the process of applying to grad school can be tricky if you don t careful steps you should be thinking about the decision just as seriously as the decision to get married or buy your first home the effects of the graduate program choice will be long lasting and life altering now that you re sufficiently spooked let s discuss the five things you want to avoid when beginning the grad school application process 1 taking the easy road as humans our natural inclination is to seek the path of least resistance in much of what we do there are some trailblazers among us but they are certainly in the minority this thought process can t carry over into your grad school application process are you sdarching for an easy graduate school curriculum if so you re searching for failure don t get caught up in the wordy descriptions of courses or the esoteric topics that the faculty researches work to identify what areas of specialty the program offers and whether any of them match what you re searching for increased difficulty will only be an advantage to you when you emerge as a graduate of the program 2 no plan for application fees applying to grad school can become quite expensive in a hurry while every university will not take you to the cleaners be prepared to invest a significant amount of money 50 into each grad school application if you have financial hardship call the graduate admissions office for the university or program and ask about fee waivers or other options for individuals who are facing difficulty paying application fees sometimes waivers are not possible but if you don t ask you won t find out 3 deciding on a university before selecting a program never pick a university before selecting the graduate program this is a doomed strategy there is little harm involved in being drawn to the name brand laundry detergent at walmart but it s a huge mistake to assume that a prominent university will offer the type of graduate program that you need in your field this poor strategy might lead you to settle on a program without the correct specialization to match your interests or worse you might settle for an entirely different program than you originally intended just to say you attended big name university yes you can find things to reassure you that big name university is right for you rock star professors d 1 athletics and famous alumni but you might also learn that your faculty is too busy out of the classroom to adequately advise you student aid is pretty low in the list of financial priorities or that none of the alumni from your program have gone on to do anything significant in the field 4 forgetting faculty fit faculty fit is perhaps the most important part of selecting a graduate program the concept is simple if you get admitted to a graduate program where the faculty does not teach anything that you re interested in you will fail and or waste precious money and time the admissions process is the time when most faculties assess applicants fit for the program and weed out misguided individuals but you might get lucky and strike the right tone in your personal statement to fly under the faculty fit radar insurgents don t thrive in most graduate programs so don t celebrate if this happens to you choose the program where you share interests with the faculty 5 ignoring your goals your ultimate enrollment decision should be aligned with your medium and long term career goals finishing a graduate program is a great accomplishment but if you regret committing the time afterward you didn t do yourself any favors identify where you would like to be professionally five years from now and then identify which programs have the potential to get you there based upon alumni success areas of specialization faculty fit and financial reasons using this approach you can virtually guarantee that you are making a wise choice think grad school can help subscribe today posted by gerard at 8 40 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 17 2012 the story in your staircase the history of wood balusters whether they are called balusters spindles or wood columns it doesn t change the fact that they are a wood product you frequently see but seldom think about today columns balusters and spindles all names for the same thing can be metal stone or wood but for the purpose of this article we will focus on wood regardless of material the variation available when it comes to manufacturing balusters speaks to their widespread appeal and utility while balusters are popular wood products today their story goes much deeper than that they are also a piece of history from the present day to antiquity balusters spindles and wood columns have been molded and turned into the sleek and uniform shafts used for decoration stability and support in everything from the parapets of ancient fortresses to the stairways and porches of your own home the shape and style of balusters is rooted in the etymology of the word which comes from the italian word balaustra meaning wild pomegranate flower balusters were named this because of their resemblance to the half open pomegranate flower while the etymology of the word points to italian origins where balusters were eventually popularized in the renaissance they actually date all the way back to the early a...