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What My Handbag Says About Me!

I just did this quiz with http://www.blogthings.com/ and well the last part doesn't sound right! Me quiet and reserved!!! Only at first when I don't know anyone or am new to an environment.

You tend to be relaxed throughout the day.

You are naturally at peace.

You are a very creative person.

Your life tends to be a whirlwind, but

you always seem to pull it together.

You are practical and down to earth.

You tend to be a rather reserved and quiet person.

Dog makes emergency call for owner

"Man's best friend" doesn't go far enough for Buddy - a German shepherd who remembered his training and saved his owner's life by calling the emergency dispatcher when the man had a seizure.
And it's not the first time Buddy has been there for owner Joe Stalnaker, a police officer said Sunday.
On a recording of the call to the 911 emergency number Wednesday, Buddy is heard whimpering and barking after the dispatcher answers and repeatedly asks if the caller needs help.
"Hello, this is 911. Hello ... Can you hear me? Is there somebody there you can give the phone to," says the dispatcher, Chris Trott.
Police were sent to Stalnaker's home, and after about three minutes Buddy is heard barking loudly when the officers arrived.
Scottsdale police Sergeant Mark Clark said Stalnaker spent two days in a hospital and recovered from the seizure.
"It's pretty incredible," Clark said. "Even the veteran dispatchers - they haven't heard of anything like this."
Clark said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but that Stalnaker's address was flagged in Scottsdale's system with a notification that a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was incapacitated.
Clark said Stalnaker adopted Buddy at the age of eight weeks from Michigan-based Paws with a Cause, which trains assistance dogs, and trained him to get the phone if he began to have seizure symptoms. Buddy, now 18 months old, is able to press programmed buttons until a 911 operator is on the line, Clark said.
Clark said Buddy has made two other 911 calls when Stalnaker was having seizures.
He said Stalnaker's seizures are the result of a head injury he suffered about 10 years ago during a military training exercise.
Stalnaker was not listed in the phone book, and he did not immediately respond to a request through police for an interview.

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Australia at bottom of education list

This news article this morning distresses and disappoints me!

Australia's government spending on public education is the second lowest among developed nations, a new report has found.

Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard says the new OECD Education at a Glance report highlights the need for the Rudd government's much-hyped "education revolution".
"This new report shows that Australia performs well overall in education and training but there are some long standing areas of underperformance and underinvestment," Ms Gillard said.
"Investing in education is crucial to driving productivity growth and to building a modern and prosperous economy for the future."

Australian Education Union Federal President Angelo Gavrielatos said the OECD figures were a sad indictment of the Howard government's neglect of schools and universities.
"The Rudd government must now take immediate and urgent steps to redress this critical underfunding to our schools," he said.

The report also shows experienced teachers in Australia are paid significantly less than the OECD average, but teach longer hours and more weeks than most OECD nations, Mr Gavrielatos said.

The report shows only Belgium spends less on public education institutions than Australia among the OECD countries.

In 2005, just 0.1 per cent of GDP was spent on pre-primary institutions, compared to the OECD average of 0.4 per cent, ranking Australia equal 24th out of 26 countries.

Tertiary education expenditure was only 1.1 per cent of GDP, also less than the OECD average.
But Ms Gillard pointed out there was some good news, such as that eighty per cent of 25 to 34-year-old Australians have attained at least upper secondary level education, above the OECD average.

What Your Purple Umbrella Says About You

When faced with adversity, you remain together and graceful. You are very balanced, and it's hard for you to let yourself get too down. You are brainy and philosophical. It's hard for you to lose your broad perspective on life. You accept things as they are. You don't try to change anything that can't be changed. On a rainy day: you should spend the day reading

At Last the Truth...

I love this photo... how many times have I actually thought this!!!

Who was I in a past life?

You were Teddy Roosevelt in your past life!

Of all of your past lives, old Teddy was your most prominent. If your dreams are ever filled with faint visions of conquests, horesback riding, spelunking, hunting, cigars, governing, masses of people, and quiet studying, these are glimpses into a world once occupied by your 'vessel'. Cherish your past life and invigorate your current one knowing that you embody greatness in all that you do.

I have never dreamed of any of these... what the???!!! I just took this quiz on FACEBOOK... um I won't take too much to heart!!!

Early 20th Century Classroom!

A single class of primary students with their female teacher in the Cleveland Street Public School, early in the twentieth century.

Wow... how did teachers ever teach??? Or did they?

At home, reading for the literature review!

So... I'm home, reading articles for the literature review! I really dislike literature reviews! There are only 4 weeks to go to finish uni forever!!! I can't believe it's almost over! Does it feel like four years since I first walked up the path to my first lecture? No! It does feel like it was yesterday but now four years on, I do feel a little older and a little more tired. I don't feel the excitement I felt back then... everything, every class was an adventure! Maybe the feeling that I have been feeling is not "over it" but sadness. I hadn't thought about feeling sad but that could be it. Sad that I won't see the people I have bonded with at uni. Sad that I won't be in my little uni bubble anymore. It's really scary thinking about having a class of my own but its also so exciting!

There you go... sad and excited... yes I am a GEMINI!!!

Shock Loss of Australian Actor

This is so sad!!!

All Saints actor Mark Priestley has been found dead.
It is believed the 32-year-old killed himself after jumping off a building in Sydney's CBD.
Police confirmed the body of a 32-year-old man had been found on the awning of a building in Market Street late yesterday afternoon. Priestley was reportedly suffering from depression. Priestley played male nurse Dan Goldman in Seven's popular hospital series. Click to see photos of Priestley

Phil Collins "Gorilla Drummer" Cadbury Ad (Dairy Milk)

How cool is this ad??? Its awesome!!!

Quote - I am a teacher...

"I am a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water, I do not part the sea. I just love children."
— Marva Collins

 

You See the World Through Yellow Colored Glasses

 

You live your life with optimism. You remain happy through the bad times, and your outlook remains bright.
You judge all interactions through the lens of hope. You try to see the best in people, and you give them the benefit of the doubt.

You face challenges with a spirit of adventure. Things are what they are, so you might as well make the best of them.
You see love as the utmost expression of personal joy. You tend to be attracted to lively, friendly people.

At your worst, you are a bit petty and jealous. You want to be everyone's shining star.
You are happiest when you're daydreaming or thinking up fresh ideas.

Uni today!

Another fabulous day at uni! We had our Ethics class at 10 through to 12. What a joy that way! NOT!!! I waited around for our lecture at 2pm only to find out the lecturer didnt turn up. He has since appologized and promised chocolates for all who come next week! He actually thought the class was at 3pm. This is the 2nd time this week that a person has forgotten an appointment and it wasn't me!!! Gotta love it hey! Picked Reuben up and now Im sitting on my bed posting to my blog. Ethics just drains my brain!!! You think they would give us an easy course or at least enjoyable for our last semester at uni!!! But no... they have to give us the hardest and least enjoyable one!!! One good thing though that came out of this afternoon is that while we were all sitting around waiting we discussed the exam at the Nathan campus. We all thought it is crap that we have to go up to Nathan... a campus we have never been to before. We all went to the Education admin, Cath, and explained to her about it being up there. By the time I got home there was a notice that the venue had been changed for Logan students. Sometimes it pays to complain!

I won!

I entered Angela Sargeant's "Email me a stamping question" competition and I won! I won a Stampin' Up! stamp set called Birthday Whimsey stamp set.

 

 

I really wanted to buy this set when it came out but I was so busy with uni that the sale came and went before I knew it.

 

Thanks Angela!!! You can find Angela's site here...

 

www.angelasargeant.com

 

I also did a google search. There are so many different ways to use this set. I cant wait to get some spare time after my internship to have a play!

 

 

EKKA - a must go experience... or is it?

Feeling like a fantastic wait in a long slow moving queue?

Want to to get shoved by complete strangers who don't even say sorry?

Sick of not getting your ankles knocked by prams?

Love eating expensive crap fast food?

Do you want to spend a heap of cash and have nothing to show for it at the end of your day?

If you answered yes to any of these... then perhaps its time to visit the EKKA!!!

Brad and I went yesterday to Brisbane's yearly "show". I saw rides there that scared the bejeebers out of me, like the Slingshot that was only $30, Im not sure if that was per person or double. All I know is that I don't enough trust in strangers to hoist me into the air like that and to pay for it as well... no thanks!!!

We went on the chair lift and the enclosed Ferris Wheel (not in the picture). Brad said, "We don't go on the fastest rides but the highest rides!" Just looking at the fast ones was making feel queezie!!!

By lunch times the crowds were huge and we could barely walk in the alleys. The showbag pavillion was not just packed out but filled wall to wall with people. Brad and I went to the closest one and bought Reuben a bag and that was a enough for me. It has got to illegal to have that many people in a building! I kept thinking if there was a problem, we would all be goners and crushed to death!

We went and saw the show dog pavillion. There were little mini daschunds, greyhounds and golden retrievers being shown. There were a couple of other breeds there that I had never heard of before. We went to the cat pavillion also. We saw a little sphix kitten. At first I thought yuk but then the owner had one out and I got to pet it. It was so soft and has a very thin layer of hair. It was such a little darling. It looks bat like almost!

By 2.30 we had had enough and decided to go home... but then there was the 15-20 minute walk back to the car. It was good to go as I haven't been since we moved here in 1993 (14 years) but I was glad to go home too. I probably don't need to go for another 14 years now!

All in all, it was a fun day out with my man, Brad. It was our first Ekka together and it certainly won't be our last... just give me 12 months to get over it! LOL

First Day for Last Semester

 

I started back at uni today. Its my last semester! My questions is, why am I not that excited? Maybe its because I will be thrust out of a comfort zone that I have known for 4 years (almost). Thrust into the wilds of unknown forest of Education where some graduates get eaten alive!

 

This semester is all about lasts... I bought my last parking permit and my last text book! There are many more lasts to come yet... last library book borrowed, last late fee paid (LOL), and my last trip in and out of uni as a student!

 

 

What is a WIDGET?

I have been wondering what this really is... on my laptop its a clock (or so my son says!). I thought I should look it up and find out for myself.

Here it is from Wikipedia... Im not sure if this really helps though...

Widget may refer to:
Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device
Widget (beer), a coil-like device placed in the bottom of cans and bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth
Widget (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
Widget (TV series), a 1990s animated television series
nickname of the New York World Journal Tribune, a defunct newspaper
In computing, the term has become frequently used to refer to objects on a computer screen the user interacts with:
GUI widget, a component of a graphical user interface with which a user interacts
Widget toolkit, a software library containing a collection of GUI widgets that collaborate when used in the construction of applications
Web widget, a physically-inspired applet on the web
Widget engine, a software system for running applets on the web, desktop or mobile phone

Get Smart - My Review

 

Loved this movie! It didnt try to be the original. It took us back to before Max became an agent and his meeting 99. It was so much better than I thought it could be. I hoped they would do Get Smart proud and they have. Too many times I have gone to watch a remake only to be totally disappointed! Get Smart was not at all disappointing!!!

9/10