 of a certified Montessori teacher.
The activities offered at our Tots programmes are simple, suited for the needs, interests, and capabilities of very young children. The pace is unhurried and the children are provided the opportunity to be occupied with an activity for a period of time, uninterrupted, while the adult is supported and encouraged to take a step back to quietly observe.
Just prior to two years of age, children begin making great strides toward independence. They become ready to separate from their parents and benefit from experiences that make this separation positive and enjoyable. The purpose of our Tots programme is to assist the child in this process, with the presence of a familiar and trusted adult.
At this stage your child will be ready to join our toddler community if you wish to continue your family's journey in the Montessori approach to learning.9 March 2006
Lawyer convicted of child pornography further censured by Disciplinary Tribunal
A decision by the New Zealand Law Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal handed down in Christchurch today, saw prominent Queenstown lawyer and former district councillor Wayne McKeague narrowly escaping being struck off the law practitioners register.
McKeague, 58, was convicted in May last year for having pornographic images of 12-to-14 year old girls on his computer and fined a paltry $2,700. His offending attracted a maximum six-month prison sentence.
In today’s censure, McKeague had further fines and costs of almost $18,000 imposed on him and was required to give an undertaking not to practice law involving children and young persons. The Tribunal declined to strike him off the register or suspend him, believing McKeague to have taken responsibility for his offending and noting that he had paid a heavy price since his actions came to public attention.
Denise Ritchie, barrister and founder of Stop Demand Foundation, a group working to end the sexual exploitation of children, welcomed the Tribunal’s decision but queried whether McKeague had shown genuine understanding of the grave nature of his offending. Last year, McKeague reportedly claimed his charge came amidst “a huge wave of hysteria”. His lawyer further argued that there had been “no real victims” of McKeague’s crime.
“McKeague’s statements last year demonstrated a lack of insight into the harm and degradation inflicted on these young girls, many of whom will have been victims of coercion, intimidation, force or trafficking. They will have been sexually posed and degraded by men with cameras, to meet a market demand from offenders like McKeague who subscribe to websites dedicated to the sexual exploitation of minors,” says Denise Ritchie.
Stop Demand praised the Tribunal for forbidding McKeague to practice law involving children and young people. “Persons who seek out and pay for sexually exploitative images of minors deliberately and repeatedly should not be in professional positions involving minors, whatever their excuses or protestations once they are caught.”
The global trade in child sex abuse images is predicated upon demand and supply. “Strategically if we hope to combat this global trade, we must focus on stopping demand.”
ENDSThe most common poisons found in herbs are cardiac glycosides and alkaloids. Cardiac glycosides slow the heart and strengthen the heartbeat. This is beneficial for certain people with heart problems such as congestive heart failure. On the other hand cardiac glycosides can create a serious drop in blood pressure leading to a stroke or stoppage of the heart. Digitalis, from the foxglove plant, is a common cardiac glycoside used in the treatment of some forms of heart disease. It is a powerful drug that has been used to save countless lives. Oleander contains 3 different cardiac glycosides, which has killed numerous people and pets. Every part of the plant is poisonous. Most people are killed when they use the branches for a hot dog or marshmallow stick, or stir their coffee with a twig. Children are often poisoned from chewing on the leaves or flowers. And a dog died after running through the smoke of the leaves being burned by the owner. Even honey made from the pollen of the plant is poisonous. Herbs contaiing cardiac glycosides include foxglove, belladonna, henbane, oleander, lily of the valley, and night blooming cereus (cactus grandiflorus).
basis for nearly every pharmaceutical drug in existence.
enhance the absorption of other compounds.
excessive buildup of a drug, or herbal compounds, in the blood.
-Hawthorn berry, Siberian ginseng, and plants containing cardiac glycosides will strengthen and prolong the effects of digitalis.
coumadin and aspirin.
-Licorice root, goldenseal, barberry, and Oregon grape root can accelerate potassium depletion if you are on pharmaceutical diuretics.
the body. This can be very dangerous if you are on life saving medications.
-Fresh comfrey root and leaf, germander, boneset, nutmeg, and coltsfoot may cause liver damage if used in high doses, or for extended periods of time.
with pau d' arco, in South America. Pau d' arco is a powerful antiviral, though it's effects are enhanced by sulfur compounds. Yerba mate' is traditionally combined with the pau d' arco to provide the sulfur compounds.
of the lobelia, the lobelia can relax the lungs to the point where a person could stop breathing.
Women who are pregnant should be especially careful when using herbs. Many herbs are uterine stimulants and may cause the fetus to abort. This is especially dangerous in the later stages of pregnancy when the risk of serious bleeding by the mother is greater.
Herbs may also be used to counteract side effects of other herbs. For instance a pregnant women can use smooth muscle relaxants such as red raspberry leaf or cramp bark to reduce the risk of spontaneous abortion by other herbs. High potassium herbs such as dandelion root can reduce the potassium depletion created by licorice root, barberry, goldenseal, and Oregon grape root.
Liver protecting herbs such as milk thistle, turmeric, artichoke leaf, and licorice root can be used to protect the liver from the effects of liver damaging herbs. Though many herbs considered toxic to the liver, such as comfrey, were found in some studies to only be harmful to the liver when taken in a fresh form. The dried herbs were not found to harm the liver. It is still recommended that when using herbs that are potentially harmful to the liver, you should combine them with liver protecting herbs.
thermogenic formulas, many of these formulas still lack adaptogenic herbs to prevent the adrenal glands from "crashing".Get your running shoes on, Ghostface.
Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin's Scream was a big-ass success at the box office earlier this year, raking in $140 million at the worldwide box office and inspiring Paramount to put a sequel into production more or less immediately.
That film, the not-quite-officially-titled Scream 6, will move the action away from Woodsboro to New York City... and according to star Jenna Ortega, it'll also deliver some classic Scream chase sequences.
Here she is now, saying as much!
"Scream 6 I'm so, so excited about because there's a lot of chase sequences. It's sort of reminiscent of Scream 2, where there's a chase between Gale and Ghostface through the lab. I feel like we have a lot of stuff like that in the next one."
The chase sequence is, of course, a hallmark of the Scream franchise, but maybe you felt that the previous Scream was deficient on the chase sequence front. If so, it sounds like Scream 6 will be rectifying that! Truth be told, we're just happy to hear that Ghostface is gonna be getting his steps in; it's really important to stay in shape if you're gonna be a slasher.
Stay tuned for more on Scream 6 as further updates become available. You just know we're all over this one.This chapter argues that a man must possess all the ten virtues (intelligence, skill, learning, mental discipline, dedication to the Way, calligraphy, a sage teacher, dwelling in tranquility, old age, social position) in order to become a true sage of the Way of Poetry or renga. The man who does not lack any single one of these virtues is perfect, which is extremely rare. Thus, the sage appears only once in a hundred years and the saint only once in a thousand years. That is to say, anyone born in the age of a sage of the Way is almost impossible. The ten virtues (jittoku) represent Shinkei's ideal of the poet who has achieved the highest state. Two of these virtues, intelligence and artistic skill, are dedicated to high religious principles. The gist of Sasamegoto and of the popularizing slogans of the renga jittoku is the same: mental liberation through poetic practice. The difference is that the former addresses the essential question of what is actually required to attain it.
Actually, multiple dollars short after my weekend. Which I am just finishing up today. A wonderful 4 day weekend that I desperately needed.
I didn't do any of the things I said I would. Nails, hair, massage but I did get a brand spankin' new laptop! We are working through getting to know each other as we speak.
Until then, here is a little peak into my weekend.
Friday night, I went to dinner with some friends I haven't seen in awhile. It was nice to catch up and see what was going on each other