Discovering Disney World Without Kids 1

25 02 2011

Yes. It’s true that I’m no youngster, and I have no children. So… you’re probably wondering why I would want to discover Disney World. Let me tell you.

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Home Movie

17 02 2011

Background:
Children will develop both their drawing and storytelling skills in this easy home movie project. Encourage them to draw a number of stories, and explain that real movies and cartoons also work on the same principle although real film moves more quickly through the sequences.

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Managing Motivation

10 02 2011

When my son was in elementary school, he didn’t have any problems doing his schoolwork. Now he is in middle school, and it is a constant struggle to get him to pay attention to his classes and his homework. What can I do to motivate him?

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Needle Aspiration

3 02 2011

Needle aspiration of breast lumps should be part of the practice of everyone who cares for women. The technique is easy. A little infiltrate of xylocaine is placed in the skin (many clinicans believe that local anesthesia is unnecessary). Holding the lesion be tween thumb and index fingers with one hand, the other hand passes a 22-gauge needle attached to a 3-finger control syringe into the lesion. Aspiration will reveal the presence of cystic fluid from a cyst. If the mass is solid, the needle should be passed at least 10 times back and forth through the lesion with continuous suction on the syringe. Air is forcibly ejected through the needle on to a cytology slide for smearing and fixing. The usual Pap smear fixative can be used.

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