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Phonetic Alphabet
The term “phonetic alphabet” can be applied to lots of things, including the “Initial Teaching Alphabet which had dramatic effects on teaching reading in the short term and unfortunate consequences for spelling in the long term. The one I refer to is the one used by radio operators and telephonists:
Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel Indigo
Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo
Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
Lyrics of POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Power to the people, power to the people.
Power to the people, power to the people
Power to the people, power to the people right on.
1. You say you want a revolution,
we'd better get on right away.
Well, let's get on your feet, into the street, singing
+ CHORUS
2. A million workers working for nothing,
you better give them what they really own.
We gotta put you down when we come into town, singing
+ CHORUS
3. I gonna ask you comrades and brothers,
how do you treat your old woman back home.
She's gotta be herself, so she can give us help, singing
+ CHORUS
Power to the people, power to the people
Power to the people, power to the people right on.
(John Lennon)
English pronunciation
Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make your head with heat grow dizzy.
Tear in eye, your dress will tear.
So shall I! Oh hear my prayer.
Just compare heart, beard, and heard,
Dies and diet, lord and word,
Sword and sward, retain and Britain.
(Mind the latter, how it's written.)
Now I surely will not plague you
With such words as plague and ague.
But be careful how you speak:
Say break and steak, but bleak and streak;
Cloven, oven, how and low,
Script, receipt, show, poem, and toe.
Hear me say, devoid of trickery,
Daughter, laughter, and Terpsichore,
Typhoid, measles, topsails, aisles,
Exiles, similes, and reviles;
Scholar, vicar, and cigar,
Solar, mica, war and far;
One, anemone, Balmoral,
Kitchen, lichen, laundry, laurel;
Gertrude, German, wind and mind,
Scene, Melpomene, mankind.
Billet does not rhyme with ballet,
Bouquet, wallet, mallet, chalet.
Blood and flood are not like food,
Nor is mould like should and would.
Viscous, viscount, load and broad,
Toward, to forward, to reward.
And your pronunciation's OK
When you correctly say croquet,
Rounded, wounded, grieve and sieve,
Friend and fiend, alive and live.
Ivy, privy, famous; clamour
And enamour rhyme with hammer.
River, rival, tomb, bomb, comb,
Doll and roll and some and home.
Stranger does not rhyme with anger,
Neither does devour with clangour.
Souls but foul, haunt but aunt,
Font, front, wont, want, grand, and grant,
Shoes, goes, does. Now first say finger,
And then singer, ginger, linger,
Real, zeal, mauve, gauze, gouge and gauge,
Marriage, foliage, mirage, and age.
Query does not rhyme with very,
Nor does fury sound like bury.
Dost, lost, post and doth, cloth, loth.
Job, nob, bosom, transom, oath.
Though the differences seem little,
We say actual but victual.
Refer does not rhyme with deafer.
Foeffer does, and zephyr, heifer.
Mint, pint, senate and sedate;
Dull, bull, and George ate late.
Scenic, Arabic, Pacific,
Science, conscience, scientific.
Liberty, library, heave and heaven,
Rachel, ache, moustache, eleven.
We say hallowed, but allowed,
People, leopard, towed, but vowed.
Mark the differences, moreover,
Between mover, cover, clover;
Leeches, breeches, wise, precise,
Chalice, but police and lice;
Camel, constable, unstable,
Principle, disciple, label.
. . .
Finally, which rhymes with enough-
Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough?
Hiccough has the sound of cup.
My advice is to give up!!!
(Charivarious)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam click here for the text
Santa's reindeer
Dasher. Dancer. Prancer.
Vixen. Comet. Cupid. Donner. Blitzen. Rudolph
When someone makes a move
Of which we don't approve
Who is it who always intervenes?
UN and OAS
They have their place I guess
But first
Send the Marines.
For Might makes Right
Until they've seen the light
They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Till somebody we like can be elected
Members of the Corps,
All hate the thought of war,
They'd rather kill them off by peaceful means,
Stop calling it aggression,
We hate that expression
We only want the world to know
That we support the status quo
They love us everywhere we go
So when in doubt
Send the marines.
(Tom Lehrer. When used on the Rory Bremner show during the Iraq War it
scarcely needed any adaptation)
Star Wars II Cast list
Ewan McGregor .... Obi-Wan Kenobi
Natalie Portman .... Padmé Amidala
Hayden Christensen .... Anakin Skywalker
Christopher Lee .... Count Dooku
Samuel L. Jackson .... Mace Windu
Frank Oz .... Master Yoda
Ian McDiarmid .... Supreme Chancellor Cos Palpatine/Darth Sidious
Pernilla August .... Shmi Skywalker
Temuera Morrison .... Jango Fett/Clone Troopers
Jimmy Smits .... Senator Bail Organa
Jack Thompson (I) .... Cliegg Lars
Leanna Walsman .... Zam Wesell
Ahmed Best .... Jar Jar Binks
Rose Byrne .... Dormé
Oliver Ford Davies .... Governor Sio Bibble
Rose Byrne .... Dormé
Oliver Ford Davies .... Governor Sio Bibble
Ron Falk .... Dexter Jettster (as Ronald Falk) (voice)
Jay Laga'aia .... Captain Typho
Andrew Secombe .... Watto (voice) (as Andy Secombe)
Anthony Daniels ....
C-3PO Silas Carson
Nute Gunray/Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi
Ayesha Dharker .... Queen Jamillia
Daniel Logan (II) .... Boba Fett
Joel Edgerton .... Owen Lars
Bonnie Piesse .... Beru
Anthony Phelan .... Lama Su (voice)
Rena Owen .... Taun We (voice)
Alethea McGrath .... Madame Jocasta Nu
Susie Porter .... Hermione Bagwa
Matt Doran .... Elan Sleazebaggano
Alan Ruscoe .... Senator Lott Dod
Matt Sloan (III) .... Jedi Master Plo Koon
Veronica Segura .... Cordé
David Bowers (II) .... Mas Amedda
Steve John Shepherd .... Naboo Lieutenant
Bodie Taylor .... Clone Trooper - aged 25
Matthew Rowan (II) .... Senator Orn Free Taa
Stephen Boyle .... Senator Ask Aak
Zac Jensen .... Jedi Master Kit Fisto
Alex Knoll .... J.K. Burtola
Phoebe Yiamkiati .... Mari Amithest
Kenny Baker (I) .... R2-D2
Jerome Blake .... Jedi Master Oppo Rancisis
Hassani Shapi .... Eeth Koth
Gin (II) .... Adi Gallia
Gin Clarke .... Adi Gallia (as Gin)
Khan Bonfils .... Saesee Tiin
Michaela Cottrell .... Even Piell
Dipika O'Neill Joti .... Jedi Master Depa Billaba
rest of cast listed alphabetically
William Clay .... Senate Member (uncredited)
Hayley Mooy .... Pooja Naberrie
Liam Neeson .... Qui-Gon Jinn (uncredited) (voice)
(archive footage) Steve Sauers .... Senate Member (uncredited)
Juan Sánchez (V) .... Temple Jedi Chris Truswell .... Multiple Characters (voice) Ian Watkin ....
COO-2180 Keira Wingate ....
Ryoo Naberrie
Eric Wong .... Temple Jedi (uncredited)
Statins
Statins are brilliant colesterol-lowering drugs but can have rare unfortunate side-effects.
The following information about Statins comes from the website http://www.baycol-law.com/rhabdomyolysis.htm
Definition of Rhabdomyolysis |
Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when a large number of skeletal muscle tissue dies (necrosis). Such extensive muscle damage results in the release of the contents of the muscle cells, including muscle protein (myogloblin) into the bloodstream. The major complication of rhabdomyolysis is acute kidney failure. |
Symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis |
Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis include unexplained muscle pain or weakness. This may be accompanied by fever, dark urine, fatigue or malaise, nausea, and vomiting. |
The pain may involve specific groups of muscles or may be generalized throughout the body. Most frequently the involved muscle groups are the calves and lower back; however, some patients report no symptoms of muscle injury. In some cases, the symptoms of rhabdomyolysis were mistaken for the flu, and the cause of the patient's illness not recognized as associated with Baycol. |
How Rhabdomyolysis Injures the Body |
Rhabdomyolysis is extremely rare as a drug side effect, but has been found to be associated with the use of one statin drug, cerivastatin or Baycol. It is most commonly seen after massive muscle trauma (after an auto accident, for instance,) or as a chief component of heat stroke -- the condition that killed Minnesota Vikings football player Korey Stringer. The muscle protein or myogloblin released during rhabdomyolysis becomes entrapped in the kidneys, clogging up the filtering process of the kidneys, leading to kidney or renal failure and other organ system disorders. As the muscles degenerate, phosphokinase and myogloblin are released into the bloodstream. |
Diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis can be done through a blood test to measure one's creatine kinase (CPK) levels. Marked elevation of CPK levels in the blood is an indicator of skeletal muscle necrosis. The presence of myoglobin in the urine also indicates rhabdomyolysis and kidney failure. By having a blood test to measure one's CPK levels, one can be certain if there has been muscle injury. |
While all statin drugs are known to cause a low-grade muscle disorder in some patients -- a disorder similar to rhabdomyolysis but on a much smaller scale -- Baycol is the first statin to be associated with causing death by producing a severe muscle disorder. |
Report on Statins, Baycol and Rhabdomyolysis |
On December 10, 2002 in the New York Times, June Brody, one of the nations premier health correspondents, wrote an article entitled, "Statins: Miracles for Some, Menace for a Few." The following contains excerpts from the article: |
Statins have been hailed as miracle drugs for their ability to prevent deaths from heart attacks by lowering cholesterol. Some doctors go so far as to say the statins have had a greater effect on heart disease than anything else introduced in the last 50 years. Last year, a national group of experts issued guidelines saying statins should be prescribed to some 36 million Americans, three times as many as were taking them then, to reduce their risk of heart disease. In addition to protecting people at high risk, statins protect people who have already suffered one heart attack. |
Tainted love
Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night
(chorus)
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all
Oh...tainted love
Tainted love
Now I know I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
You don't really want IT any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you'LL think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way
(chorus...)
Don't touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm going to pack my things and go
Tainted love, tainted love (x2)
Touch me baby, tainted love (x2)
Tainted love (x3)
Thatcher
"There is no such thing as society, there are individual men and women, and there are families." Margaret
Thatcher, 1987, quoted in Woman's Own.
Philip Larkin
This Town's Not Big Enough For The Both Of Us lyrics.
Zoo time is she and you time
The mammals are your favourite type, and you want her tonight
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers
This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Flying domestic flying
And when the stewardess is near do not show any fear
Heartbeat increasing heartbeat
You are a khaki-coloured bombadier it's Hiroshima that you're nearing
This town ain't big enough for both uf us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Daily, except for Sunday
You dawdle in to the cafe where you meet her each day
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
As twenty cannibals have hold of you, they need their protein just like
you do
This town ain't big enough for both uf us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Shower, another shower
You've got to look your best for her and be clean everywhere
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
The rain is pouring on the foreign town, the bullets cannot cut you
down
This town ain't big enough for both of us
And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Census, the latest census
There'll be more girls who live in town though not enough to go around
Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat
You know that :
This town isn't big enough,
not big enough for both of us
This town isn't big enough,
not big enough for both of us
And I ain't gonna leave
Thought for the day
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot Change, the courage to
change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of
those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.
And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be
connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow.
Help me to always give 100% at work......
25% on Monday
25% on Tuesday
25% on Wednesday
25% on Thursday
And help me to remember... when I'm having a really bad day and it seems
that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown
and only 4 to extend my arm and smack the bastard in the mouth.
Amen
Posted on the internet newsgroup uk.education.staffroom by Debs Waller