Don't let him get your goat

Don't let him get your goat. =Don't let him get you upset.


1-"They gave me a backhanded compliment when they said I was smart for a girl."
Back handed compliment - A compliment that also insults or puts down at the same time.
Back-handed is synonymous with left-handed. For example in tennis, a backhand stroke is a strike by a right-handed player from the left side of the body.
The left side of the body has always been deemed sinister. The Latin word for left is sinister. Hence, back-handed means round-about, indirect, or devious.
2- He is a true workaholic who has misguided priorities, when he wants to blow off some steam he comes to work on Saturday wearing blue jeans.
Blow off some steam= To enjoy oneself by relaxing normal formalities. "Blowing off steam" prevents explosions by relieving the pressure in a boiler by venting excess steam and pressure.
Boilers are commonly used in steam heating systems and steam engines such as those used in a steam locomotive. The boilers contain water that is heated by burning some fuel such as oil. The heated water turns to steam, which is then sent through a system of radiators (in the case of heating systems) or harnessed by a steam engine.
The steam creates considerable pressure in the boiler. If the pressure becomes too great, there is a danger of the boiler exploding. Hence boilers are equipped with safety valves called blow off valves that open if the pressure becomes to great.
3- Do you really want to buy this car or are you just blowing smoke?
Blowing smoke= To be boasting without being able to back it up, talking about action without intent to follow through
Magicians often use smoke in their performance to obscure your view and conceal a bit of trickery.
A person who is "blowing smoke" is tricking you and attempting to cover it up.
4-He'll weasel out. = He'll back out of all agreements.
5- You might as well junk that car, the engine is dead as a door nail.
Dead as a door nail= To be dead, with no chance for recovery.
Nails were once hand tooled and costly. When an aging cabin or barn was torn down the valuable nails would be salvaged so they could be reused in later construction.
When building a door however, carpenters often drove the nail through then bent it over the other end so it couldn't work its way out during the repeated opening and closing of the door. When it came time to salvage the building, these door nails were considered useless, or "dead" because of the way they were bent.
6- You and your father are cut from the same cloth; fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life son.
Cut from the same cloth = To be similar, usually in terms of behavior.
If you're making a suit, the jacket and trousers should be cut from the same piece of cloth to ensure a perfect match, since there may be differences in color, weave etc. between batches of fabric. Only if the whole suite is cut from the same piece of cloth can we be sure of the match.
7- It's time to face the music on your donut addiction.
Face the music= To accept the truth.
Comes from the British military. When someone was court marshaled, there would be a military drum squad playing, hence face the music. The term "drummed out of the military" came from this practice....
8- If you choose to live high on the hog, you will be low in the wallet.
High on the hog= Extravagantly.
The best meat is on the upper portion of the pig. Rich people have always been afforded this luxury while the servants, slaves and poor have always had to eat pig's feet, chitterlings, cracklings, etc. - low on the hog.

9-He rolled snake eyes. =His dice had two ones.

Topics :Brain Gym

Brain Gym ® is the registered trademark for an educational, sensorimotor program. It grew out of clinical studies started in 1969 Dr Paul E. Dennison, Ph.D an educational therapist, who was looking for ways to help children and adults who had been identified as having learning difficulties.
Dr Paul Dennison began researching as founder and director of the Valley Remedial Group Learning Centres in California. These eight learning centres offered Dennison the opportunity to actively explore the effects of specific movements on the ability to learn various academic skills. During this time he studied the sensory integration work of Newell Kephart and Jean Ayres, he worked with Dr Louis Jacque, a leading pioneer in vision training. For his Doctoral Dissertation he drew on brain research including that of Sperry and Ornstein to research the relationship of covert speech to the acquisition of beginning reading skills. He also researched “kinesiology” the science of body movement and the relationship of muscles and posture to brain function.
Brain Gym ® is a movement based programme which retrace developmental movements that a child will naturally do as part of their growth when there is no stress, injury or interruption. Children are born with a fully developed physical brain but only partially developed neurological connections. As they progress through childhood they make these connections through movement “developmental stages” such as crawling which develops simultaneous use of both cerebral hemispheres for integrated use of the senses and whole body movement. Sometimes these stages are not completed or missed due to stress, lack of movement in early years, illness or reflexes which have not been fully activated, developed or integrated.
Brain Gym Concepts
Specific body movements stimulate particular aspects of brain function. An example is "Dennison Laterality Repatterning", (taught only in the Brain Gym ® Course) which achieves neurological integration between the vestibular system, the gross-motor movements of the cerebellum, and the basal ganglia, as well as equal activation of the left and right hemispheres of the neocortex - particularly the sensory cortex of the parietal and motor cortex of the frontal lobes. The Brain Gym ® movements are designed to activate different cognitive functions, including communication, comprehension (reptilian brain and frontal lobes) and organisation (limbic system and frontal lobes).
Stress can inhibit learning
Under stress, activity in the mind/body system is centred in the sympathetic nervous system, which prepares the body for fight/flight (aggression/fear) reaction. As a result, activity in the limbic system, and in the neocortex of the cerebrum, are minimised.
In addition, the learner who is stressed in a learning situation can go into a homolateral learning state, in which the dominant brain hemisphere takes over most mental processes. As a result, the learner may no longer have full access to the functions of the non-dominant hemisphere. One-sided learning can occur, thus affecting performance.

The Brain Gym® movements consciously activate the whole mind body system, stimulating nervous-system activity equally in all parts of the brain and lessening the flight/fight reaction. When learning is easy and stress-free the learner regains his/her innate interest in learning and is again motivated to achieve learning goals.

Brain Gym in Early Years 2
Early Years / Nursery/ Infants - Brain Gym ® can be used in the an early Years learning environment in a number of ways:
• As a set up for the beginning of the day, after snack and lunch.
• Incorporating the Brain Gym ® activities into 3 – 5 Curriculum.
• Developmentally preparing children for the transition to reading and writing in the classroom. As a way of helping children work through key developmental stages in their early years such as primitive and postural reflexes and motor patterns which are the basis for later learning. Integration of these reflexes can help develop balance and co-ordination, gross and fine motor control, attention and focus, speech, visual processing and self esteem.
• Way of managing the learning environment - transitions, breaks, windy days and a calmer down.
How to integrate Brain Gym in the Primary Classroom
Primary - Brain Gym ® can be used in the learning environment in a number of ways:-
• To prepare children for learning.
• As a classroom management strategy eg. to calm children down and help them focus.
• To enhance performance eg. before creative writing or mental arithmetic, as part of a writing programme.
• To develop self esteem.
• To help those children who are finding learning challenging.
How to integrate Brain Gym in the Secondary Classroom
Secondary – Brain Gym ® can be used as:-
• A set up at the beginning of each period.
• Part of an exam study programme.
• “Brain Breaks” during double periods.
• Part of programmes for children who are finding learning challenging.
Brain Gym for Early Intervention
Early Intervention- Brain Gym ® can be an integral part of an Early Intervention programme. It can assist in targeting individuals who need assistance and developing the key skills for reading and writing. With training early intervention teams find Brain Gym ® a useful tool in working with children.

Out Where the West Begins

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,

Out where the smile dwells a little longer,

          That's where the West begins;



Out where the sun is a little brighter,

Where the snows that fall are a trifle whiter;

Where the bonds of home are a wee bit tighter;

          That's where the West begins.



Out where the skies are a trifle bluer,

Out where the friendship's a little truer,

          That's where the West begins



Out where a fresher breeze is blowing,

Where there's laughter in every streamlet flowing,

Where there's more of reaping and less of sowing,

          That's where the West begins.



Out where the world is in the making,

Where fewer hearts with despair are aching;

          That's where the West begins;



Where there's more of singing and less of sighing,

Where's there's more of giving and less of buying,

And where a man makes friends without half trying,

          That's where the West begins.

Arthur Chapman

 

Noun Clause Practice Quiz

Clause Practice
1. I had an accident and took my car to the garage. Mya
husband asked me where ________.

a. is my car
b. my car was
c. my car is
d. was my car
e. is your car?

2. The old lady next door must have a lot of cats. I don't know how many _______________.

a. cats does she have
b. does she has cats
c. she has cats
d. cats she has
e. cats has she

3. Do you know ____________ from the earth? I have no idea.

a. how far the moon is
b. how far is the moon
c. how the moon is far
d. if how far the moon is
e. whether how is the moon far

4. Your brother is playing his music too loud. I can't hear what ____________ .

a. is saying your brother
b. that your brother is saying
c. is saying your brother
d. your brother is saying
e. your brother says

5. When I left home, my uncle gave me some advice. He said __________ give up.

a. I shouldn't
b. that shouldn't
c. don't
d. that I don't
e. no

6. Jill didn't want to go to the car show. Her husband insisted that ___________ with him.

a. she come
b. she came
c. she had come
d. she comes
e. she has come

7. My boss wants this report immediately. He demanded that it ______________ ready by 5:00.

a. is
b. will be
c. be
d. was
e. should be

8. Did he tell you where __________ the report when you finish?

a. should you put
b. you to put
c. you put
d. to put
e. will you put

9. My friend predicted _____________ receive a lot praise for my work.

a. that I would
b. that I
c. what would I
d. what I
e. me to

10. My friend saw an accident. He told me ____________ at the scene of the accident.

a. if he'd seen
b. what he saw
c. what he'd seen
d. whether he saw
e. that he'd seen

11. Is it true all of the computers will shut down in the year 2,000? _______ is unbelievable!

a. That all the computers could shut down
b. All computers could shut down
c. Due to the fact that all computers could shut down
d. It is that all computers could shut down
e. Shutting down of all computers

12. Can you tell me how to fix my computer? That depends on ____________ an old computer.
a. have you
b. whether you have
c. that have you
d. if have you
e. about your having

13. Is it true __________ people are saying about
Y2K?

a. that what
b. that
c. if
d. whether or not
e. what

14. _______________ an old "date" chip is important.

a. A computer has
b. Does a computer
c. If a computer have
d. Whether or not a computer has
e. Has a computer

15. What are you going to do with your old computer? Nothing! _________ is too expensive.

a. That I want to do
b. What I want to do
c. That what I want to do
d. What do I want to do
e. If what I want to do

Medical Terms

Medical Terms (Vera Mello)
Across
3. Special bed used in hospitals to transport patients.
5. Lie on your ___ if you want to look at the sky.
6. The organ that filters the blood.
8. You don't need to shout. I'm not ___.
9. An ear has cartilage, not ___.
Down

1. Scientists are still searching for the ___ for cancer.
2. An ___ is a dull continuous pain.
3. It's a synonym for "cerebral accident".
4. It's the opposite of inhale.
7. Using the word "___" which now usually means "not smart," is now considered
offensive when talking about people who can't speak. "Mute" is a more polite word.


Click on each box to enter letters in the crossword puzzle, thenpress the Check Answers button. If you are stuck, press theHint button to get a letter.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Across 3. Special bed used in hospitals to transport patients. 5. Lie on your ___ if you want to look at the sky. 6. The organ that filters the blood. 8. You don't need to shout. I'm not ___. 9. An ear has cartilage, not ___. Down 1. Scientists are still searching for the ___ for cancer. 2. An ___ is a dull continuous pain. 3. It's a synonym for "cerebral accident". 4. It's the opposite of inhale. 7. Using the word "___" which now usually means "not smart," is now considered offensive when talking about people who can't speak. "Mute" is a more polite word.

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Knowing Thyself

We have all heard the famous adage "Know Thyself" that is inscribed over the doorway of the Greek temple of Delphi. The ancient Greeks knew the unexamined life was not worth living. They knew that the knowledge of self was the key to all other knowledge. Socrates was asked once why it was that Alcibiades, who was so brilliant, was so unhappy. Socrates replied, "Because wherever he goes, Alcibiades takes himself with him." This is very profound for each of us today.
Have you ever tried to move to a new city to start again only to find the same situations following you? Possibly you have had the same type of co-workers following you from one job to the next, or maybe you continue to find yourself in the same type of relationships again and again. There is one ingredient in all of these scenarios that is the same, YOU!
Taking Yourself
There is an old story of a gatekeeper of the city who was sitting outside the city gates when he was approached by a person entering for the first time. "How is this city you live in?" he asked. "Before I answer that, let me ask you how you found the previous town you visited?" the old gatekeeper asked. "Oh," the traveler exclaimed "the people were unfriendly and rude." The gatekeeper replied "It is amazing but those are the exact words I would use to describe this town. It would be best to continue on to the next town." So the traveler went on his way. Later in the day, the gatekeeper was approached by another traveler looking for a place to dwell. "Is this a nice city to stay for a while?" the traveler asked: "How did you find living in your last town?" the old gatekeeper asked. "The people were lovely", the traveler said, "kind, generous, and very friendly." "Well, that is amazing, for those are the exact words I would have chosen to describe this town. Please come and dwell with us awhile", said the gatekeeper. The gatekeeper knew, wherever we go, we take ourselves with us.
Examine Your Life
0ne of the greatest teachers of all time Pythagoras, demanded that his pupils examine themselves each night and reflect on their progress. In this way, Pythagoras was teaching his Students to live an examined life, one which will produce a wealth of growth and insight. Can you imagine how truly different our lives would be if we took time every night to examine ourselves? By asking reflective questions of ourselves, it will deepen awareness of self and others. Questions such as: Did I listen to my children? Was I loving to my mate? Did I give my all at work? Have I been over critical of another or myself? Did I pay attention to what I was thinking then or was I on automatic pilot? Was I honest with myself and others? Did I leave a situation angry? These questions will help you become more self-responsible.
Unfortunately, many of us spend time every night examining lives -- but rarely our own. Too often we do not take the time or energy in relationships to examine what part we played in creating situations and circumstances. Instead, we spend an immense amount of time figuring out the other people involved. It is a waste of time figuring out others because the only person you can change or accept is yourself.
When I counsel someone, they usually begin by telling me what is wrong in their outer life, with their spouse, children, or job. They want to 'fix' one of these people or situations. I always turn the session back to the person I am counseling with 'because life is always an inside job'.
What Are You Creating?
If certain scenarios show up in your life repeatedly, it is time to examine what part you are playing in creating these situations. For instance, a woman might be attracting the same type of abusive relationships into her life. If she never ask herself why, if she never examines herself to ascertain in what way the abuse is serving her, she will continually seek and find these kind of men.
When we begin to examine our lives we will find strength-weakness, wisdom-ignorance, love-hate, joy-sadness, wellness-sickness, peace-chaos, spirit-matter. In some areas, we will be in balance and others we will not. However, what an examined life gives us is a road map so that we can watch out for the holes in the road. When we see situations that begin to look negatively familiar, we can say no immediately before we fall in the hole again.
Know Who You Are
Let us not forget that we are more than human beings with human frailties. Each of us has a spiritual being within as well. Wherever we go, we take this spiritual self. Yet, if we never take time to exercise this part of self we might not know it exist. All of us have muscles in our bodies but if we have not been exercising them we might not be aware of them at all. Knowing your spiritual self requires the exercising your spiritual muscle. Take time to meditate and to ask for direction from your spiritual self. Ask for healings, wisdom, love, and even to know more about the human aspect of your personality that is causing you to fall in those holes.
Each of us is multi-faceted. Just as a crystal reflects many colors when the light shines on it, so, too, do we shine when light is put on those parts of ourselves that are hidden. I have found in my quest to know myself, that I am many selves. I am not perfect. There are some areas of my life that I still do not accept very easily, and other areas that are still hidden from my self-examination (denial). Yet, I don't fall in nearly so many holes and my life is much more balanced. I now take time to meditate, to become aware of feedback, and to review each day so that I will know myself.

by Lana Allen