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ABOUT THE BOOKFeaturing tributes by Fiona Charles, Bob Glass, James Bach, Michael Bolton, Jean McLendon, Sherry Heinze, Sue Petersen, Esther Derby, Willem van den Ende, Judah Mogilensky, Naomi Karten, James Bullock, Tim Lister, Johanna Rothman, Jonathan Kohl, Dani Weinberg, and Bent Adsersen, The Gift of Time "celebrates Gerald M. Weinberg for the time that he has given to the Information Technology world. In an astonishing career spanning fifty-plus years, Jerry is author of more than forty published nonfiction books, many of them enormously influential, and (to date) one novel. Through those years, he has built and run a successful consulting business and designed and taught courses that helped to change his students' lives."Jerry's generosity with his own time is well-known among his students and friends. In the closing chapter of this book, Bent Adsersen relates how Jerry once told him that time is the most valuable gift one person can give to another. Author, mentor, writing coach, consultant, storyteller, and friend, Jerry has freely given that most valuable gift, often and to many."The contributors to this volume have all been recipients of that gift. As readers, students, clients, colleagues, friends -- and wife, in Dani Weinberg's case -- we have shared precious time with Jerry, gaining much from the exchange."This book is a gift of time we give to Jerry: from a few of his many students, friends, colleagues, and his publisher, an offering in celebration of his seventy-fifth birthday."-- from the PrefaceABOUT JERRY WEINBERGInternationally respected for his innovative thinking on both human and technical issues, Gerald M. Weinberg is recognized as a pioneer of software testing, starting with Project Mercury in 1958. A highly influential author, lecturer, and consultant, he draws on experiences gained in all three roles, as well as from a long technical career as a software developer and researcher. Weinberg has written on topics ranging from computer systems and programming to education, problem solving, and writing.Weinberg is the author of The Psychology of Computer Programming, The Secrets of Consulting, Weinberg on Writing, and dozens of other highly influential books and articles. His blend of wit, storytelling, and jaw-dropping insight has won him fans around the world.Inducted into the Computer Hall of Fame in its inaugural year, Weinberg has enjoyed a long and industrious career, serving on the faculty of famed family therapist Virginia Satir, and consulting for Fortune 500 companies.
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Time Tracker, Time Tracker Adapter. Keep students on track
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Time Tracker, Time Tracker Adapter. Keep students on track with programmable electronic timer. Set green, red and yellow lighted sections and six sounds to indicate time remaining. Keep students on track with programmable electronic timer. Set green, red and yellow lighted sections and six sounds to indicate time remaining. LCD and volume controls. Requires adapter (LPNLER2901), sold separately, or four AA batteries (not included). Time Tracker, Time Tracker Adapter. Keep students on track with programmable electronic timer Keep students on track with programmable electronic timer Set green, red and yellow lighted sections and six sounds to indicate time remaining LCD and volume controls Requires adapter (LPNLER2901), sold separately, or four AA batteries (not included) It's never been easier to keep kids on track Lighted sections of this unique electronic timer alert kids to time remaining Program green, yellow and red sections and 6 sound effects easily to indicate that time is running out Features 180° viewing, large, easy-to-read LCD display; volume control and pause feature Measures 9"H
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Completely Revised with New Signs and Lessons Each Sign Illustration Features Sentences in English and ASL Order New Class Activities and New Student Activities for Homework or Quizzes New Facts about American Sign Language Grammar and Deaf Culture Now, the bestselling American Sign Language textbook Signs of the Times has been completely revised and updated. The new, second edition is an excellent beginner’s American Sign Language textbook designed for use in the classroom or at home. Organized into 44 lessons, it presents more than 1,300 signs representing 3,500 English glosses. Each lesson contains clear illustrations of all signs, English equivalent words and synonyms, sample sentences to define vocabulary context, and practice sentences to display and reinforce ASL usage.Signs of the Times is a complete text that includes new class activities for teachers, plus new student activities that can be done in class, as homework, or as quizzes. The new edition features the Contextual Sign/Word Appendix, which displays groups of sentences using the same English word to show different meanings along with the corresponding ASL signs. It also provides an expanded index, vocabulary lists, and a reading reference list. The new edition offers facts on ASL grammar and Deaf culture and includes mind ticklers that enliven the lessons with hints, tips, and mnemonic devices.The new Signs of the Times expands the features that made it a standard, easy-to-use ASL textbook. Signs are repeated in sentences throughout the book to provide excellent practice for the students. The clear, easy-to-understand sign illustrations facilitates the learning process, enhancing students’ success while also making ASL fun.
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Get everything you need in one kit to teach your students about time-telling concepts, time sequences and everyday time-related activities. Kit contains a lot of creative tools including: books, puzzle cards, games and a large Primary Time Teacher Clock. Each piece is designed for practicing digital and analog time telling. A Pocket Chart Book features complete teaching ideas, blackline masters and ready-to-use, full-color pocket chart cards. Plastic storage tub included to keep your teaching materials all in one place. Gr. 1-3. Kit includes: Annie Logg & Digits Time Telling Card Game; Tick, Tac, Tock Time! Game; Clockwise Activity Book, Time Workbook; Primary Time Teacher Clock (12 Hours); Write On/Wipe Off Student Clocks (2); Magnetic Time Teacher; Time Telling Puzzle Cards (Half Hour); Time Telling Puzzle Cards (Minutes); Pocket Chart Book: Time Telling; Large Storage Tub.
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The Time For Dancing DVD invites children to participate in
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The Time For Dancing DVD invites children to participate in a magical dance class, with a captivating teacher, easy-to-follow songs, movements and energetic young performers.Help your child take their first steps to self-expression and confidence - through dance.The Time For Dancing DVD:- Is perfect for boys and girls, aged 2-6- Engages children in active movement- Encourages confidence, imagination and creativity- Was created by dance & early childhood music experts- Helps your child develop spatial awareness and coordination- Will keep their attention and be played over and over again!Time For Dancing is a dance class experience DVD for 2-6 year old children to enjoy at home. The 35-minute DVD follows an ideal children's dance class, blending activities and performances. The soundtrack mixes music for ballet, jazz, hip hop and singing and was created by award-winning children's composer Radha Sahar.Children learn basic dance movements and are encouraged to develop coordination and confidence while having fun. The split-screen presentation allows them to see both the teacher and the students dancing, encouraging them to have a go! Just watch their love of movement and performance grow!The DVD provides a great opportunity to give a special child in your life a fun, active way to develop self-expression and confidence that will last a lifetime.The featured songs and performances are complemented by sing-a-long bonus features and bonus gifts including a downloadable Parents Guide and Activity & Learning Book.The DVD includes:Featured Songs:- Time For Dancing- Uh Oh! Tiptoes!- Slow Music, Fast Music- Galloping- Jumping Jumping- Friendly Feet- Ballerina Dance- Skip!- My Teddy- Song of Mine- The Goodbye SongBonus Features:- Uh Oh! Tiptoes! Sing-along- Song of Mine Sing-alongBonus Gifts!- Parents Guide- Activity & Learning BookThis product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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Pocoyo—Spanish for "little me"—is a curious, fun-loving, fr
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Pocoyo—Spanish for "little me"—is a curious, fun-loving, friendly little boy who's always into something new. Whether he's on a quest with his friends in outer space or just cleaning up his building blocks, every day is an adventure. Join Pocoyo and friends as they learn through laughter! This interactive format features a sturdy Pocoyo-shaped cut-out on a ribbon for children to press into place on each spread. Featuring a sturdy Pocoyo-shaped cut-out on a ribbon for children to press into place on each spread, this interactive format will have little ones loving to slot an increasingly dirty Pocoyo into each picture and turning him over on the last page to reveal him nice and clean!
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The renowned authority on library services for the very youngest patrons has done it again! Linda Ernst has created programming based on the most important findings in babies brain development. This new resource is full of activities that stimulate infants and toddlers cognitive, physical, and emotional growth. In this versatile book and CD-ROM package, you ll find book ideas, rhymes, songs and music, props, and more that can be combined to form hundreds of hours of quality programming that will wow parents, educators, and caregivers. The CD-ROM contains scripts, lyrics, patterns, forms, and posters that can be adapted and easily reproduced. In addition, the book contains suggestions for scheduling, room arrangement, and parent education. Now your programming for babies and infants can strengthen their language acquisition and motor-skill development... and connect your library with families right from the start!
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Completely Revised with New Signs and Lessons Each Sign
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Completely Revised with New Signs and Lessons Each Sign Illustration Features Sentences in English and ASL Order New Class Activities and New Student Activities for Homework or Quizzes New Facts about American Sign Language Grammar and Deaf Culture Now, the bestselling American Sign Language textbook Signs of the Times has been completely revised and updated. The new, second edition is an excellent beginner’s American Sign Language textbook designed for use in the classroom or at home. Organized into 44 lessons, it presents more than 1,300 signs representing 3,500 English glosses. Each lesson contains clear illustrations of all signs, English equivalent words and synonyms, sample sentences to define vocabulary context, and practice sentences to display and reinforce ASL usage.Signs of the Times is a complete text that includes new class activities for teachers, plus new student activities that can be done in class, as homework, or as quizzes. The new edition features the Contextual Sign/Word Appendix, which displays groups of sentences using the same English word to show different meanings along with the corresponding ASL signs. It also provides an expanded index, vocabulary lists, and a reading reference list. The new edition offers facts on ASL grammar and Deaf culture and includes mind ticklers that enliven the lessons with hints, tips, and mnemonic devices.The new Signs of the Times expands the features that made it a standard, easy-to-use ASL textbook. Signs are repeated in sentences throughout the book to provide excellent practice for the students. The clear, easy-to-understand sign illustrations facilitates the learning process, enhancing students’ success while also making ASL fun.
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"The definition of an owl had always pleased him: a night bird of prey...sharp talons and soft plumage which permits noiseless flight...applied figuratively to a person of nocturnal habits. 'I am The Owl,' he would whisper to himself after he had selected his prey, 'and nighttime is my time.'" Jean Sheridan, a college dean and prominent historian, sets out to her hometown to attend the twenty-year reunion of Stonecroft Academy alumni, where she is to be honored along with six other members of her class. There is something uneasy in the air: one woman in the group about to be feted, Alison Kendall, a beautiful, high-powered Hollywood agent, drowned in her pool during an early-morning swim. Alison is the fifth woman in the class whose life has come to a sudden, mysterious end. Adding to Jean's sense of unease is a taunting, anonymous fax she received, referring to her daughter -- a child she had given up for adoption twenty years ago. At the award dinner, Jean is introduced to Sam Deegan, a detective obsessed by the unsolved murder of a young woman who may hold the key to the identity of the Stonecroft killer. Jean does not suspect that among the distinguished people she is greeting is The Owl, a murderer nearing the countdown on his mission of vengeance against the Stonecroft women who had mocked and humiliated him, with Jean as his final victim.
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This sequential three part program introduces the concept o
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This sequential three part program introduces the concept of time by using a broad range of ideas including an historical overview. Students are taught the fundamental skill of reading a clock and the practical application of using and understanding time in daily living activities. Segment lessons on time orientation, the calendar, the seasons, the reading of schedules, how to read a clock and the practical application of using and understanding time in daily activities are covered. There are 160 lesson cards focusing on: Time Orientation = 11 lessons, Calendar = 19 lessons, Hour = 21 lessons, Half Hour = 22 lessons, Quarter Hour = 25 lessons, Minute = 25 lessons, Roman Numerals and Blank Faces = 16 lessons, Schedules = 21 lessons. Every section has an introductory card outlining the purpose and goals of that group of lesson cards. Program also includes two write-on/wipe-off card pockets, a printable progress graph and an award certificate on CD-ROM.
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In their one and only movie together, singing duo Sonny and
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In their one and only movie together, singing duo Sonny and Cher star in this "happy" (The Hollywood Reporter), "affectionate" (Los Angeles Times) and "loveably surreal" (American Cinematheque) film aboutwho else?Sonny and Cher! An "impressive directorial debut" (The Hollywood Reporter) from OscarÂ(r) winner* William Friedkin, with a hilarious script by Tony Barrett, Good Times is good, great and downright groovy! Husband-and-wife singers Sonny and Cher couldn't be hotterthey even have an offer to star in a movie! Trouble is, Cher doesn't want to do it and the script stinks. Now Sonny has ten days to write a new script. He has great ideashe could be a cowboy, the king of the jungle or a private eye. But he still has to convince his dynamite babe to sing the same tune! *1971: Director, The French Connection
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When Daisy books a Sixties extravaganza on the internet, she thinks hippies and free love. Only she misses one tiny word in the advertisement and ends up at a weekend for over-sixties at Bedlingham Manor. When sexy hotel manager Jake casts Daisy as a nun in the murder mystery, she is ready to scream and call the weekend off. But then Jake shows up dressed as a priest and he can't wait to uncover the red lace beneath the nun costume. Jake and Daisy don't expect to fall in love but they discover that their weekend of hot sex might be much more than they bargained for.
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REMEMBER THE TIME... and remember the fun you had telling t
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REMEMBER THE TIME... and remember the fun you had telling that story? And how much the others enjoyed it? LIFESTORIES is stories about life. It's a fun way for families and friends to get closer by telling each other their experiences and their points of view. LIFESTORIES is not competitive. Everybody wins. No one needs special knowledge. The way questions are worded, every person can participate at whatever level best fits both the person and the situation. LIFESTORIES can be an icebreaker. It can also enrich long-time relationships. LIFESTORIES will make you laugh and feel good about yourself and others. LIFESTORIES is something you'll talk about long after you've played it. LIFESTORIES uses a gameboard, cards, markers and a die. Each player rolls the die, moves the number of spaces the die indicates, draws a card and responds to the question it asks. LIFESTORIES can be played by ages 8 through adult. While children enjoy playing LIFESTORIES with older generations, the game is not designed for groups composed exclusively of children.
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Explore the excitement of time and geography with Trudy! Product Information In Trudy's Time & Place House, children enjoy exploring geography and time with Trudy's whimsical friends! Ann and Dan, Joe Crow and Nellie the Elephant invite kids to build time-telling skills; develop mapping and direction skills; and travel the world learning about continents, oceans and landmarks. Kids will love exploring in Trudy's House! Locate and Learn About Major Landmarks Directions and Map Symbols Units of Time Measurement Tell Time on Analog and Digital Clocks Product Features Control the Calendar Clock Learn about units of time as you move forward or backward in an animated movie by seconds, minutes, hours, days and months. Tell Time with the Twins Meet Analog Ann and Digital Dan. You'll learn to tell time on both kinds of clocks. Visit Stonehenge, Bangkok and the Congo! Blast off with Astro-mouse! Discover the relationship between the earth, a globe and a world map. Take pictures of your favorite places to print and color. Master Map Symbols Place symbols on a sandbox map and watch hills, roads, lakes, and cities grow. Combine them to make railroad tunnels, bridges, and towns. Which Way to the Jellybean? Learn relative and cardinal directions by directing a hungry ant left, right and forward - or north, south, east and west. Software pictured here is represented by the packaging for easier viewing. You will receive actual software on CD. Windows Requirements Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP Professional 486/66 MHz, Pentium or better Hard disk with 12 MB free 8 M
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Jolly Time at Jellystone was a special promotional VHS video distributed by the American Popcorn Company, makers of Jolly Time Pop Corn. There are six full length cartoon features on this video. The box reads: "You're in for a jolly time at Jellystone National Park as Yogi, that picnic-loving bear, proves that he's smarter than the average park ranger with his hilarious antics. First, Yogi wishes he was just a Bear on a Picnic, but winds up keeping a mischievous, bouncing baby boy out of trouble. Then Yogi disguises his cute little pal as Cub Scout Boo Boo in order to get his share of a Boy Scout cookout. Ranger Smith isn't sure what snack-snatching scheme Yogi is up to until he's surprised by a Slap Happy Birthday party. Next Yogi finds a way to earn A Bear Living by setting up his own money-making wishing well. Then our favorite bear braves the highwire as Acro Batty Yogi when he joins the circus to be near his girl friend Cindy. Finally, that Batty Bear learns to fly from TV's Batguy and discovers a great way to swoop down on picnic baskets................................ Hanna-Barbera, Hi-Fi, Color, Approx. 45 minutes, NTSC, Turner Home Entertainment. A great collectible video.
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In their one and only movie together, singing duo Sonny and Cher star in this "happy" (The Hollywood Reporter), "affectionate" (Los Angeles Times) and "loveably surreal" (American Cinematheque) film aboutwho else?Sonny and Cher! An "impressive directorial debut" (The Hollywood Reporter) from OscarÂ(r) winner* William Friedkin, with a hilarious script by Tony Barrett, Good Times is good, great and downright groovy! Husband-and-wife singers Sonny and Cher couldn't be hotterthey even have an offer to star in a movie! Trouble is, Cher doesn't want to do it and the script stinks. Now Sonny has ten days to write a new script. He has great ideashe could be a cowboy, the king of the jungle or a private eye. But he still has to convince his dynamite babe to sing the same tune! *1971: Director, The French Connection
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A run-down hotel on a bare plain: the only hiding place for a girl in the rain. Once inside, a fox offers her a chair. A suspicious rat acts like he has met her before. But she can't remember anything. Not even her own name.... At the hotel she finds more questions than answers. She hears piano music, but can't find the piano. And what about the pieces of paper flying around the plain? While she tries to mend these pieces together, the pieces in her mind start to come together as well. And then she remembers the question she really wants to be answered. DEPARTURE TIME is an amazing journey of a girl in two stories. There is the girl in the hotel with the fox and the rat. And there is the girl with a father who travels a lot and who suggests to write a story together. A story about talking animals. But she doesn't want to. She is angry with him, because he can't make her birthday in time. Again. The two stories slowly start to intertwine and come together in a surprising ending.
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Editorial Reviews Amazon.com essential video If you only had one Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film to watch, this classic musical from 1936 would be your best bet. It was the dance duo's sixth film together, and director George Stevens handled the material with as much flair behind the camera as Fred and Ginger displayed in front of it. This time out, Fred plays a gambling hoofer who's engaged to marry a young socialite (Betty Furness), but when he's late for the wedding his prospective father-in-law sends him away, demanding that he earn $25,000 before he can earn his daughter's hand in marriage. When Fred meets Ginger in a local dance studio (where he pretends to be a klutz so she can be his instructor), he's instantly smitten and the $25,000 deal becomes a moot point. Featuring six songs by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields (including a splendid rendition of "The Way You Look Tonight") and some of the most elegant dance sequences ever filmed, this lightweight fluff epitomizes the jazz-age style of 1930s musicals, virtually defining the genre with graceful joie de vivre. --Jeff Shannon
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A run-down hotel on a bare plain: the only hiding place for a girl in the rain. Once inside, a fox offers her a chair. A suspicious rat acts like he has met her before. But she can't remember anything. Not even her own name.... At the hotel she finds more questions than answers. She hears piano music, but can't find the piano. And what about the pieces of paper flying around the plain? While she tries to mend these pieces together, the pieces in her mind start to come together as well. And then she remembers the question she really wants to be answered. DEPARTURE TIME is an amazing journey of a girl in two stories. There is the girl in the hotel with the fox and the rat. And there is the girl with a father who travels a lot and who suggests to write a story together. A story about talking animals. But she doesn't want to. She is angry with him, because he can't make her birthday in time. Again. The two stories slowly start to intertwine and come together in a surprising ending.
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Catacombs is an action/dexterity based adventure board game. One player controls the Overseer controlling the monsters of the catacombs. The other player(s) control the four heroes who cooperatively try to defeat the monsters and eventually the Catacomb Lord. Each of the heroes have special abilities that must also be used effectively if they are to prevail. The main mechanic of Catacombs is for the players to flick wooden discs representing the monsters and the heroes. Contact with an opposing piece inflicts damage but missiles spells and other special abilities can cause other effects. When all of the monsters of a room have been cleared the heroes can move further into the catacomb. Items and equipment upgrades can be purchased from the Merchant with gold taken from fallen monsters. The Catacomb Lord is the final danger that the heroes must defeat to win the game. Conversely the Overseer wins if all of the heroes are defeated. The game is designed for quick setup and fast play.
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This delightful board book is the perfect way to help your child learn the value and importance of prayer. The easy-to-read text for young children is accompanied by the more advanced stories from the scriptures for older readers. Lovely illustrations enhance the book throughout. Prayer Time teaches young children about Jesus and why we pray in his name. It reminds them to be thankful for their blessings and to ask Heavenly Father to bless others. The simple story line is illustrated more fully by examples from the scriptures, making the book an enjoyable resource for teaching older children as well. It shows them that we can pray anywhere, anytime, and that if we pray always the Lord will pour out his Spirit upon us.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) was the outstanding example of an entrepreneurial Victorian engineer, seen at his most memorable in front of the chains used to launch the Great Eastern. His father, the French-born engineer Marc Isambard Brunel (1769-1849), invented the tunnelling shield and with it constructed the world’s first underwater tunnel, 366m long, under the Thames between Wapping and Rotherhithe; it is still in use as part of London’s underground. The younger Brunel was appointed resident engineer of the project at the age of 19. In 1833, when he was 27, he became chief engineer to the Great Western railway, building the line from Paddington to Bristol. His design for the new Clifton suspension bridge and had been accepted in 1831. The boldest of his many endeavours were his three great ships, each the largest in the world when launched. The Great Western, a wooden paddle steamer, was the first steamship to be build specifically for the Atlantic; she made her inaugural crossing in 1838 in 15 days (the small Sirius had been by a whisker the first to steam across, reaching New York the previous day after a journey of 19 days). The iron-hulled Great Britain was launched in Bristol in 1843 and is now back there. The Great Eastern (1858) was a monster which almost literally killed Brunel. It was another half century before any ship exceeded her length of 211m or her displacement of 22,500 tons. She proved almost impossible to launch and then had an unsatisfactory career crossing the Atlantic (so much coal had to be carried that there was insufficient room for the intended 4000 passengers). She only came into her own when laying the Transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865. Brunel was spared the pain of much of this saga; he suffered a stroke on board the ship just before her maiden voyage.
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Megiddo is an out-of-print variant of Pente played on a round board consisting of six rings connected by six spokes. Each player in turn places a stone on one of the intersections in an attempt to get six pieces in a row in one of several configurations. A row of six could be either along a spoke, around a ring, or most interestingly, in a spiral from innermost to outermost rings. A win could also be achieved by capturing enough pairs of opposing pieces by bracketing them on either side.
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Circle time is a very popular activity in today’s schools and creates a safe, fun environment where children can think about their relationships, their behaviour, and be honest about their problems and feelings. In this book, the highly successful and popular author Mal Leicester offers a range of lively and engrossing stories, poems and songs for use in circle time activities and assemblies. They are specially written to develop the cognitive and emotional development of young children and aim to encourage active and responsible participation. Using plentiful illustrations, photocopiable pages and practical activities, the author links twelve key value-based themes in the circle time stories to stimulate discussion and enhance pupils’ literacy skills and citizenship education.
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