All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. - Sir Walter Scott
Sunday 20 November 2011
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Makin' Tracks (Final Version)
Lookin' in the mirror, wanna look like my mummy
Lipstick on my face, lookin' very funny
When I grow up, wanna make lots of money
Wanna be a superstar
Wanna be a pop star
High hopes, makin' tracks
Wanna be famous
Don' wanna go back
To bein' nothin',
Nothin' at all
I want loads of fans
And be standin' tall
Everythin' revolvin' 'round ME!
Lookin' in the mirror, fixin' my hair,
Goin' on the stage, all my friends are there!
Livin' my life as if I don' care
Gonna be a superstar
Gonna be a pop star
In a studio makin' tracks
Don' wanna go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
I want loads of fans
And be standin' tall
Everythin' revolvin' round ME!
Lookin' in the camera, paps in my face
Night on the town, I act a disgrace
Smokin' the dragon; I like to chase
Wish I was no superstar
Wish I was no pop star
Somebody stop me in my tracks
Do I wanna be famous?
Please let me go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
Lookin' in the mirror, high as a kite
Snortin' coke, injectin' China White
I begin to feel like Dynamite
Never thought I'd go this far
Do I wanna be a star?
Makin' tracks with a heroin needle
Doin' drugs - an unnecessary evil
It ain't good cos it's illegal
I really wanna go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
Lookin' in my coffin, tears in their eyes
Deep in their heart it was no surprise
They really wished I had been wise
They never thought I'd go this far
They always thought I'd be a star
Wheels under my casket, making tracks
To the six foot hole, deep and black
They all wanted me to go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
©Carolyn Davison 2011
Lipstick on my face, lookin' very funny
When I grow up, wanna make lots of money
Wanna be a superstar
Wanna be a pop star
High hopes, makin' tracks
Wanna be famous
Don' wanna go back
To bein' nothin',
Nothin' at all
I want loads of fans
And be standin' tall
Everythin' revolvin' 'round ME!
Lookin' in the mirror, fixin' my hair,
Goin' on the stage, all my friends are there!
Livin' my life as if I don' care
Gonna be a superstar
Gonna be a pop star
In a studio makin' tracks
Don' wanna go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
I want loads of fans
And be standin' tall
Everythin' revolvin' round ME!
Lookin' in the camera, paps in my face
Night on the town, I act a disgrace
Smokin' the dragon; I like to chase
Wish I was no superstar
Wish I was no pop star
Somebody stop me in my tracks
Do I wanna be famous?
Please let me go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
Lookin' in the mirror, high as a kite
Snortin' coke, injectin' China White
I begin to feel like Dynamite
Never thought I'd go this far
Do I wanna be a star?
Makin' tracks with a heroin needle
Doin' drugs - an unnecessary evil
It ain't good cos it's illegal
I really wanna go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
Lookin' in my coffin, tears in their eyes
Deep in their heart it was no surprise
They really wished I had been wise
They never thought I'd go this far
They always thought I'd be a star
Wheels under my casket, making tracks
To the six foot hole, deep and black
They all wanted me to go back
To bein' nothin'
Nothin' at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
©Carolyn Davison 2011
Tuesday 26 July 2011
Making Tracks
Making Tracks
Looking in the mirror, wanna look like mummy
Lipstick on my face, looking very funny
Smiling as the world goes by
Wanna be a super star singer
Wanna be everyone’s winner
High hopes, making tracks
Wanna be famous
Don’ wanna go back
To being nothing
Nothing at all
I want loads of fans
And be standing tall
Everyone looking at ME
Looking in the mirror, fixing my hair
Going on the stage, all my friends are there
Smiling, looking cute
Wanna be a superstar,
Wanna be a pop star
In a studio making tracks
Gonna be famous
Don’ wanna go back
To bein’ nothing
Nothin at all
I want loads of fans
And be standing tall
Everyone staring at ME
Looking in the paper, I see my face
Night on the town, I look a disgrace
No longer smiling
Wish I was no superstar
Wish I was no pop star
Somebody stop me in my tracks
Do I wanna be famous?
Please let me go back
To bein nothin
Nothin at all
Where nobody knew me
Where I could be small
Looking in the mirror, high as a kite
Snorting coke, injecting China White
I feel like I am Dynamite
Never thought I’d go this far
Is this really the life of a star?
In a dark place, feelin small and lonely
Making tracks with a heroin needle
Wanna go back
Wanna be what I was
Wanna be that girl
Playing at being mummy
Life just ain’t funny
Anymore!
Written by me (Carolyn Davison) on 25th July 2011 (10:30am)
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Monday 20 June 2011
Sunday 5 June 2011
Dermabrasion
OK, not really to do with Home Education, but thought I would post about my home dermabrasion experience!
To start the story off - I used some Avon skincare which reacted badly with my skin - basically it was as if I had been sunburned - I had a blister under each eye (well, it was more on the cheekbone) and my cheeks started to peel and were looking VERY dry! So I phoned a lady I knew who sold Mary Kay and asked if they had anything to restore the moisture in my skin! Hey presto I received a tube of Advanced Moisture Renewal cream on Monday morning in the post. I started using it straight away and by Tuesday evening my skin was great (thank you Mary Kay). Chatting to the consultant a couple of days later, I mentioned that my chin was still a little dry by not as bad as it had been so she sent me a sample of MK's Dermabrasion system (Dermabrasion is for deep exfoliating, I suppose you would call it) - I used it this morning and my skin feels soooo soft and smooth! I'm falling in love with Mary Kay products again - I've ordered the whole basic skincare range for my skin type and am looking forward to receiving it :D
Other ways to improve skin texture:
1. drink plenty of water
2. eat healthily
3. cut down on smoking
4. cut down on drinking alcohol
5. definitely don't take illegal substances ;)
6. exercise frequently to keep the blood flowing
7. protect your skin from UVA and UVB sun rays
Give those a go and GLOW :D
To start the story off - I used some Avon skincare which reacted badly with my skin - basically it was as if I had been sunburned - I had a blister under each eye (well, it was more on the cheekbone) and my cheeks started to peel and were looking VERY dry! So I phoned a lady I knew who sold Mary Kay and asked if they had anything to restore the moisture in my skin! Hey presto I received a tube of Advanced Moisture Renewal cream on Monday morning in the post. I started using it straight away and by Tuesday evening my skin was great (thank you Mary Kay). Chatting to the consultant a couple of days later, I mentioned that my chin was still a little dry by not as bad as it had been so she sent me a sample of MK's Dermabrasion system (Dermabrasion is for deep exfoliating, I suppose you would call it) - I used it this morning and my skin feels soooo soft and smooth! I'm falling in love with Mary Kay products again - I've ordered the whole basic skincare range for my skin type and am looking forward to receiving it :D
Other ways to improve skin texture:
1. drink plenty of water
2. eat healthily
3. cut down on smoking
4. cut down on drinking alcohol
5. definitely don't take illegal substances ;)
6. exercise frequently to keep the blood flowing
7. protect your skin from UVA and UVB sun rays
Give those a go and GLOW :D
Tuesday 31 May 2011
How to spot if someone is drowning
I saw this article on the net and thought it was very important so please take note of the signs
Website source: http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning - by Mario on May 3, 2010
in Boating Safety,Water Safety
The new captain jumped from the deck, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the couple swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife. They had been splashing each other and she had screamed but now they were just standing, neck-deep on the sand bar. “We’re fine, what is he doing?” she asked, a little annoyed. “We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!” he barked as he sprinted between the stunned owners. Directly behind them, not ten feet away, their nine-year-old daughter was drowning. Safely above the surface in the arms of the captain, she burst into tears, “Daddy!”
How did this captain know – from fifty feet away – what the father couldn’t recognize from just ten? Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. The captain was trained to recognize drowning by experts and years of experience. The father, on the other hand, had learned what drowning looks like by watching television. If you spend time on or near the water (hint: that’s all of us) then you should make sure that you and your crew knows what to look for whenever people enter the water. Until she cried a tearful, “Daddy,” she hadn’t made a sound. As a former Coast Guard rescue swimmer, I wasn’t surprised at all by this story. Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life.
The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual or perceived suffocation in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. To get an idea of just how quiet and undramatic from the surface drowning can be, consider this: It is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC). Drowning does not look like drowning – Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene Magazine, described the instinctive drowning response like this:
Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.
(Source: On Scene Magazine: Fall 2006 (page 14))
This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble – they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the instinctive drowning response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long – but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legs – Vertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder.
So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK – don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you alright?” If they can answer at all – they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents – children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily those of the Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Coast Guard.
Website source: http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning - by Mario on May 3, 2010
in Boating Safety,Water Safety
The new captain jumped from the deck, fully dressed, and sprinted through the water. A former lifeguard, he kept his eyes on his victim as he headed straight for the couple swimming between their anchored sportfisher and the beach. “I think he thinks you’re drowning,” the husband said to his wife. They had been splashing each other and she had screamed but now they were just standing, neck-deep on the sand bar. “We’re fine, what is he doing?” she asked, a little annoyed. “We’re fine!” the husband yelled, waving him off, but his captain kept swimming hard. ”Move!” he barked as he sprinted between the stunned owners. Directly behind them, not ten feet away, their nine-year-old daughter was drowning. Safely above the surface in the arms of the captain, she burst into tears, “Daddy!”
How did this captain know – from fifty feet away – what the father couldn’t recognize from just ten? Drowning is not the violent, splashing, call for help that most people expect. The captain was trained to recognize drowning by experts and years of experience. The father, on the other hand, had learned what drowning looks like by watching television. If you spend time on or near the water (hint: that’s all of us) then you should make sure that you and your crew knows what to look for whenever people enter the water. Until she cried a tearful, “Daddy,” she hadn’t made a sound. As a former Coast Guard rescue swimmer, I wasn’t surprised at all by this story. Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life.
The Instinctive Drowning Response – so named by Francesco A. Pia, Ph.D., is what people do to avoid actual or perceived suffocation in the water. And it does not look like most people expect. There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind. To get an idea of just how quiet and undramatic from the surface drowning can be, consider this: It is the number two cause of accidental death in children, age 15 and under (just behind vehicle accidents) – of the approximately 750 children who will drown next year, about 375 of them will do so within 25 yards of a parent or other adult. In ten percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch them do it, having no idea it is happening (source: CDC). Drowning does not look like drowning – Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene Magazine, described the instinctive drowning response like this:
Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled, before speech occurs.
Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.
Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water, permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.
Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.
From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.
(Source: On Scene Magazine: Fall 2006 (page 14))
This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble – they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the instinctive drowning response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long – but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.
Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:
Head low in the water, mouth at water level
Head tilted back with mouth open
Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus
Eyes closed
Hair over forehead or eyes
Not using legs – Vertical
Hyperventilating or gasping
Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway
Trying to roll over on the back
Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder.
So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK – don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you alright?” If they can answer at all – they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents – children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.
___________
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author are not necessarily those of the Department of Homeland Security or the U.S. Coast Guard.
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