Community Ch@ - October 2018

October 2018

Study Tips Behavioural Problems

Women’s Health

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HALLOWEEN is not EVIL

6 Boss’s Day

Fun Ways to Celebrate

Editor’s Message It’s the October school holiday, and pretty soon the end of 2018 will be upon us. The last few months of the year always seem to slip away at the speed of light. October is the last month before the kids start writing year end exams (we included some study tips to help get the kids ready) and the short school break gives us a chance to catch up on a little bit of family time.

Speaking of family, the T in FEATZ is for Tristan and she - yes she – celebrates her seventeenth birthday this month. Happy Birthday Tristan – may you have a wonderful day!

The October issue this year comes to you in a rich Halloween colour scheme. Halloween has never been a huge holiday in South Africa, but I just love all the new horror movies that gets released this time of year and who can resist all the pretty orange pumpkins you see all over town. We might not decorate our houses as the Americans do, but you still see those pumpkins in all the stores.

I know many people think Halloween is evil, and that’s why we included an article explaining where it all started. Personally, I think Halloween is fun, colourful day to “lift our spirits”, so go ahead tell a scary story and enjoy the day.

October also brings us World Teacher’s Day and Boss’s Day – two people you do not want to forget about this month. The month of October is Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis Awareness month and National Marine week start on the 8th of October.

Remember to support these causes in any way you can because if we all make a small contribution, it adds up and goes a long way towards making a difference.

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Enjoy the lovely weather and remember, if you want to feel good, do good!

Until next month, happy reading!

Our Song for the Month: My October Symphony Pet Shop Boys Album: Behaviour – 1990

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Embracing Responisibility for Women’s Health

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World Teacher’s Day

18 Fun Ways to Celebrate Boss’s Day 24 Behavioural Problems 28 Halloween is not Evil 34 Grace - Part 32 36 Body Dynamics 44 October in Your Garden 49 Study Tips for Students

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Embracing Responsibility for Women’s Health During October the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) highlights the important role that women can play in taking ownership of their personal health. According to statistics from the National Cancer Registry (NCR) 2014, the top five cancers affecting women in SA include: breast, cervical, colorectal, uterine and lung cancer.

Says Elize Joubert, CANSA’s CEO: “It’s important to empower women, with knowledge regarding lowering their cancer and health risk and recognising warning signs. We also encourage monthly breast self-examinations, annual medical check-ups and cancer screening for early detection, as symptoms don’t always present until cancer has spread. Women need to lead a healthy, balanced lifestyle, cutting out lifestyle factors that increase their cancer risk.”

Breast Cancer SA women have a lifetime risk of 1 in 27.

On Friday 26 October 2018, CANSA Care Centres are holding a national Clinical Breast Examination Screening Day teaching women how to do breast self-examinations while nurses perform Clinical Breast Examinations.

Mobile Health Clinics offer these services to women in remote rural areas. (See the schedule for September & October Click Here) Breast cancer survivor, Melissa Willemse says, “When it comes to breast cancer age is not a factor. The first doctor I saw immediately dismissed my question about the painful lump under my arm because I was too young for breast cancer. When I eventually went for a second opinion we found out I had stage 3 Triple negative breast cancer. I was 28 the first time and now at 32, I’ve just finished treatment for a recurrence. If you feel something is wrong don’t hesitate to get a second opinion.

Cancer doesn’t care how old you are.”

fees, at participating Radiological Society of South Africa affiliated mammography clinics during October.

CANSA Care Centres offer a variety of breast prostheses at affordable rates for those who had to undergo a mastectomy/lumpectomy and offer advice to help cope with the side effects of cancer treatment.

Cervical Cancer The second highest cancer affecting women in SA is cervical (lifetime risk of 1 in 42).

CANSA recommends Pap smear tests – uncomfortable but painless – to help lower the risk of cervical cancer, not just detect it early.

CANSA Care Centre nurses offer Pap smears and its Mobile Health Clinics provide this service in areas far from clinics. CANSA supports the Department of Health’s HPV School Vaccination programme. Persistent infection with HPV may lead to cervical cancer so all females in the age group of 9-26 years (provided they are not sexually CANSA advocates a mammogram every year active) can be vaccinated. for all women from age 40 for purposes of Women making use of public sector non-symptomatic breast screening. Visit the screening services are entitled to three free CANSA website for a list of public hospitals Pap smears per lifetime, starting at the age and clinics offering mammograms. Also, of 30 years or older, with a 10 year interval possible mammography offered at reduced between each smear. Women who are

at high risk, including those that are HIVpositive, can attend more frequently.

Colorectal Cancer

smoking.

Lung Cancer

As the number of women smoking Most colorectal cancers begin as a polyp increases, so have the number of women which can be removed during a colonoscopy being diagnosed with lung cancer. In women procedure. Should women experience who stop smoking, the risk of developing abnormal symptoms, they should request lung cancer falls dramatically. Women a referral for a colonoscopy to screen for wanting to quit smoking can sign up for cancer. CANSA recommends a colonoscopy CANSA’s Kick Butt online programme on from the age of 50, every 10 years. cansa.org.za “I’m a colorectal survivor, diagnosed at 28, late stage 3. I experienced symptoms but the doctors kept misdiagnosing me.

Eventually I went straight to a specialist who picked it up. If you find any blood or mucous in your stools go to a GP or specialist immediately,” stated Carima Adams.

Some CANSA Care Centres and Mobile Health Clinics offer a faecal occult blood test to check for blood hidden in the stool.

A side effect of colorectal cancer may include having a colostomy. Joubert adds, “We offer pre- and post-operative counselling and support groups at our Stoma Clinics. We also stock stoma brands and guarantee the lowest prices, professional assistance and speedy delivery.”

Uterine Cancer The most common form of this cancer affects the lining of the uterus.

Women, 50 and older, who have diabetes, or a family history of uterine cancer or endometrial polyps are more at risk. Other risk factors included being overweight, inactive, consuming alcohol, poor dietary habits, and

CANSA’s support to cancer patients also includes medical equipment hire, wigs, counselling, support groups, online support groups and resources, as well as CANSA Care Homes where patients receiving treatment far from home can stay during treatment.

“CANSA further funds research projects at tertiary institutions regarding breast cancer related to screening, improved management, rehabilitation and improved quality of life. And we currently fund several cervical cancer research projects”, concluded Joubert.

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Yorkshire Terrier Small in size but big in personality, the Yorkshire Terrier makes a feisty but loving companion. A popular toy dog breed, the “Yorkie” has won many fans with his devotion to his owners, his elegant looks, and his suitability to apartment living.

The Yorkshire Terrier, nicknamed the Yorkie, seems quite full of himself, and why not?

With his long silky coat and perky topknot, the Yorkshire Terrier is one of the most glamorous representatives of the dog world, sure to attract attention wherever he goes. Because he’s so small he often travels in style — in special dog purses toted around by his adoring owner. The long steel-blue and tan coat may be the Yorkie’s crowning glory, but it’s his personality that truly endears him to his family. Oblivious to his small size (weighing in at no more than three kilograms), the Yorkshire Terrier is a big dog in a small body, always on the lookout for adventure and maybe even a bit of trouble. Yorkshire Terriers are affectionate towards their people as one would expect from a companion dog, but true to

their terrier heritage, they’re sometimes suspicious of strangers and will bark at strange sounds and intruders. In consideration of your neighbours, it’s important to tone down their yappiness and teach them when and when not to bark. They also can be aggressive toward strange dogs, and no squirrel is safe from them. Despite their bravado, Yorkshire Terriers have a soft side too. They need lots of attention and time with their family. Long hours of being left alone are not for them.

It’s not a good idea to over-protect your Yorkie, however; they’ll pick up on your feelings very quickly, and if your actions say the world’s a dangerous place for them, they can become neurotic. Because of their size, Yorkshire Terriers do better with older children who’ve been taught to respect them than with toddlers and small children. They can become snappish if they’re startled or teased. As long as they get some exercise every day — perhaps a good play session in the living room or a nice walk around the block — Yorkies make 9

fine apartment dogs. No matter what home they live in, they’ll get along with other resident dogs and cats — so long as they were raised with them. Yorkies may become possessive of their owners if a new pet is brought into the house. Being terriers, they may want to challenge the “intruder,” and if a fight breaks out, the terrier spirit is to fight to the death. Take a lot of care when you’re introducing a Yorkie to a new animal. A glamorous coat, small size, spunky personality, and undying loyalty to his people. Is it any wonder that Yorkshire Terriers are such a popular dog breed today?

Yorkshire Terriers should be 20 to 23 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh no more than 3.5 kilograms, with 1.8 to 2.8 kilograms being preferred. Yorkies are inconsistent in size. It’s not unusual for a single litter to contain one Yorkie weighing less than 1.8 kgs, one who weighs 2 to 2.7 kgs, and one who grows to be to 6 kgs. Beware of breeders who offer “teacup” Yorkshire Terriers. Dogs who are smaller than the standard are prone to genetic disorders and are at a higher health risk in general.

Smart and self-assured, the Yorkshire Terrier is a combination of endearingly small size and adventurous terrier spirit. The breed displays a range of personalities. Some are cuddly and perky, wanting nothing more than to follow in their people’s footsteps throughout the day. Others are mischievous, outgoing, and into everything. Set limits and your Yorkie will be a wonderful companion, but if you spoil him, watch out! Start training when they’re puppies, and you’ll have much better luck than if you let them have their way and then try to correct bad habits. Like all dogs, Yorkies needs early socialization — exposure to many different people, sights, sounds, and experiences — when they’re young. Socialization helps ensure that your Yorkie will be a friendly, well-rounded dog.

• Yorkshire terriers are known for being difficult to housetrain. Crate-training is recommended.

• Yorkshire terriers don’t like the cold and are prone to chills, especially if they’re damp or in damp areas.

• Because of their small size, delicate structure and terrier personality, Yorkshire terriers generally aren’t recommended for households with toddlers or small children.

• Some Yorkshire Terriers can be “yappy” barking at every sound they hear. Early and consistent training can help. If you don’t feel qualified to provide this training, consult a professional dog trainer.

• Yorkshire Terriers can have delicate digestive systems and may be picky eaters.

Eating problems can occur if your Yorkie has teeth or gum problems as well. If your Yorkie is showing discomfort when eating or after eating, take him to the vet for a check-up.

• Yorkshire Terriers think they are big dogs and will try to pick a fight with a big dog if allowed. Be sure to keep your Yorkie under control. Even better, try to socialise your Yorkie at an early age by taking him to obedience classes.

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Yorkies tend to retain their puppy teeth, especially the canines. When your puppy is around five months old, check his teeth often. If you notice that an adult tooth is trying to come in but the baby tooth is still there, take him to your vet.

Retained baby teeth can cause the adult teeth to come in unevenly, which may contribute to tooth decay in later years.

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To get a healthy dog, never buy a puppy from an irresponsible breeder, puppy mill, or pet store. Look for a reputable breeder who tests her breeding dogs to make sure they’re free of genetic diseases that they might pass onto the puppies, and that they have sound temperaments.

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World Teacher’s Day

Ataturk who stated that “the new generation will be created by teachers.”

The UNESCO identifies the World Teachers’ Day as an opportunity to commemorate teacher’s organizations worldwide and also aims to activate support for teachers and to ensure that teachers continue to supply to the global framework of needs and requirements conducive in building a well-founded footing to a sound and greatly enabled future generation.

The Education International (EI) (the global union federation that represents education professionals worldwide) strongly prescribes that World Teachers’ Day be internationally recognized and celebrated worldwide. Over 100 countries observe World Teachers’ Day. The efforts of Education International and its 401 member organizations have contributed to this widely spread dissemination of the event and its recognition. Every year, EI launches a public awareness campaign to highlight the contributions of the teaching profession.

In all countries, the world around, which celebrate Teachers’ Day the day normally involves children, students and pupils Following the adoption of the presenting gifts, flowers and other tokens “Recommendation concerning the status of appreciation to their beloved teachers. of teachers” in 1994 by the UNESCO 5th In certain countries like Ukraine, the day is October has been officially recognized begun with gatherings and concerts on the as World Teachers’ Day. Earlier to this first Friday before the holidays in October.

Teachers’ Day has been celebrated Customary practices throughout the world variously in countries around the world. flooding the teacher’s desk with flowers In most countries, Teachers’ Day marks and chocolates and most importantly handthe contribution of any famed educator made cards and hand-written notes. In some of the person of educational repute. In countries, school-children organize dayArgentina, the nation commemorates long events at their school including dance Domingo Faustino Sarmiento’s death on recitals, songs, theatre. The day, in general September 11 as Teachers Day. This has been breaks the monotony of a daily scholastic an Argentinean tradition since 1915. Again, routine and not much is actually studied on in India, Teachers’ Day is a day of great teacher’s day. The atmosphere is very genial cross-national celebrations. India celebrates and teachers and students the birth of Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan on share a very informal 5th September as Teacher’s Day. The day camaraderie. has been nationally celebrated since 1965.

In Turkey, 24th November is designated as Teachers’ Day. The thought behind the event was provided by Mustafa Kemal

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Vangueria infausta Wild Medlar

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his species is one of South Africa’s more popular veld fruits and can be enjoyed while walking. This lovely little tree is considered to possess evil powers and not even the wood should be used for making fire. It is believed that it could cause cattle to bear only male offspring. Despite this, the plant is used extensively.

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This plant can be found in w koppies or in sandy valleys. exposed grassland. It occurs

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ty, acorn-shaped ar either before or ously with the new leaves ptember to October. These owers, greenish-white to ur. They occur in clusters ateral branches. The fruit glossy dark green when ing to a light brown when t is soft and fleshy with at encloses 3-5 seeds t pulp. The fruit is edible nt sweet-sour, mealy taste. n be found on the plants emains of the old flower of the fruit.

woodlands, scrub, on stony It is most common in open, s from the Eastern Cape,

Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo, the North-West to Northern Cape.

Antelope graze the leaves. Bushbabies, monkeys, baboons, squirrels and bushpigs eat the fruit when ripe. Butterflies and flies visit the flowers. One often finds elongated, papillate galls on the leaves that are caused by insects.

The fruit is mostly eaten raw but in some parts, it is stored as dried fruit to be used in time of food scarcity.

It is said that mampoer, a strong alcoholic drink or brandy can be distilled from it or fermented to make beer. If mixed with a little water and sugar it produces an acceptable substitute for applesauce. The fruit juice can also be used for flavouring purposes by squeezing it out in water, discarding the seed and skins. This is done often for flavouring porridge. According to Betsie Rood (1994), vinegar can be produced from the fruit. This plant has medicinal value as well. An infusion of the roots and leaves has been used to treat malaria, chest ailments like pneumonia, as a purgative and to treat ringworms. An infusion of the leaves is used for the relief of a toothache. For the treatment of swelling of the limbs (especially in children) the affected parts are bathed in a decoction of the pounded leaves and small twigs.

The wild medlar is a hardy and drought resistant plant that can withstand moderate cold. It is rarely cultivated in the trade. It can be propagated from fresh seed or cuttings. To make sure that it germinates readily, remove the outer skin and the pulp. Sow in well-drained, sandy seedling mix.

This plant is slow growing but would make an attractive garden plant if trimmed from the start to form a specimen plant.

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6 Fun and Unique Ways to Celebrate Boss’s Day

employees do

It is a common sight to see respectable companies appreciate their employees by praising them or sharing their achievements in the workplace or even celebrating their birthdays with a simple celebration. Bosses appreciate positive recognition as much as anyone else. So how often do employees thank their bosses or supervisors for being kind and fair throughout the year?

that their

Boss’s Day or also known as National Boss Day is an occasion commonly celebrated

not understand the hard work and dedication

superiors put in and the challenges they face on a daily basis. Boss’s Day is a great opportunity to appreciate and be thankful for all the things management have done for their employees.

“A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.”

– H. S. M. Burns

in a growing number of countries like the United States, Canada and Romania.

Here are six great ways that employees could

This day, celebrated on 16 October was

show their appreciation towards their bosses

created in 1958 to strengthen the bond

or supervisors on Boss’s Day:

between employers and employees.

Employees get to show their appreciation to their bosses or supervisors that generally are well deserved.

There are times

Bake a cake Let’s go back to the basic rule of Giving Gifts 101; making a gift from the heart – baking a cake. Baking a cake does not have to be a tedious solo task. You can get together with the rest of your colleagues and bake a cake together as a team exercise.

Besides adding a personal touch that everyone gets to enjoy, it also cultivates teamwork and simple team bonding. It gives a reason to encourage employee participation and this gives you the opportunity to get to know your colleagues on a personal level.

A cake may sound simple but it is the thought

and effort that counts.

moments, office rumours or other issues you want to avoid.

Create a team card So nobody is daring enough to bake an edible

Award ceremony

and tasteful cake. Another way to celebrate

Even bosses and managers deserve a pat

Boss’s Day is to get your boss a gift with

on their backs for a job well done once in a

a personal touch. A simple card signed by

while. Take a break from the desk during a

the employees is another way to say “We

scheduled tea or coffee break and have a

appreciate you”.

simple award ceremony. Have a private team

Select a card that fits the supervisor’s personality and then hand-write a note containing specific examples of the

meeting with only your colleagues and no supervisors around and have a vote on which supervisors get what title.

supervisor’s contributions. Once everyone has Create light-hearted trophies or badges for had a chance to sign the card, gather a group and deliver it to the boss.

bosses with quirky awards such as: •

Best Dressed Boss

Give a gift

•

The Coolest Supervisor

Another way to celebrate Boss’s Day is to give

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The Funniest Boss

a gift. Gifts are a fine idea especially if they

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Company record for the most coffee

come from a group of employees. Do make sure all your colleagues have got a chance to donate to the gift fund. The more personal the gift is, the better.

Examples of gift ideas include: •

•

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consumption per day “The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work.”

– Agha Hasan Abedi

A gift basket full of different types of tea leaves with a mug is perfect for your After work celebrations boss who is a tea (not coffee!) drinker Get out of the office and have a good time An athletic supervisor? A gift certificate after work with bosses and colleagues. to her favourite sporting goods store might be the perfect “Thank You.” You can organise a night out packed with A crafty manager deserves a canvas painting or a lesson voucher to pottery.

Do be cautious about giving overly personal gifts because they could lead to awkward

activities with your boss and the rest of your colleagues. Start with a simple dinner where the rest of your colleagues could also mingle and get to know the other colleagues outside 19

the workplace.

Head somewhere after dinner or even hold a small competition with the bosses or

These are just six fun ways to celebrate Boss’s day. Put your thinking cap on, and I’m sure you’ll come up with many more.

management team over a game of pool or

It also is appropriate to offer a “Happy

bowling. Heading out together as a team

Bosses Day! Thanks for everything you do”

encourages employee engagement in a

greeting as you pass by your supervisor in

more relaxed atmosphere and it is also a

the hallway. The gesture may be informal

very good time to bond with colleagues

but if the sentiment is sincere, your boss

and for them to get to know each other

will know and appreciate the overture.

better on a personal level.

Even an email is better than no recognition

Do take note that any event planned should always focus on the supervisor or bosses but it is also a good time for employees to relax, mingle and spend time interacting with each other.

at all. Take the initiative to tell your boss that you appreciate what she does and ask how you might better assist him to get the job done.

However, you and your colleagues decide to celebrate Boss’s Day, always remember

Potluck party Another one of the fun ways to celebrate Boss’s Day is by have a simple party in the office and get everyone to bring in a dish to share. It may not be considered teamwork but it creates an opportunity for team bonding and employee participation.

Get some colleagues to contribute a recollection of amusing or witty events that they encountered with the bosses and end the celebration by asking your boss to give a speech.

Potluck is easy to organise if all your colleagues truly participate. Send an email out with a list of dishes for anyone to bring and do not forget to inform the team the list of ingredients to stay from for those who have allergies.

to have fun and have a great time getting to know your bosses and colleagues better.

Have fun organising!

Red-throated Wryneck

It has populations scattered across sub-Saharan Africa, including one confined to South Africa and Swaziland. Within southern Africa it occurs from the Limpopo Province to the Eastern Cape, generally preferring grassland with sparse trees.

It has been recorded as host of the Lesser honeyguide.

Highly specialized, as it feeds exclusively on ants and termites. It often excavates ant nests, licking them up with its sticky tongue. The following insects have been recorded in its diet: ants, their eggs and pupae (Formicidae), Pheidole megacephala, Crematogaster castanea, Lepisiota capensis, Acantholepis capensis, Tetramorium setulferum, termites It usually nests in tree cavities made by other bird species, especially woodpeckers and barbets. It also nests in natural tree cavities, nest boxes and hollow metal fence posts.

Egg-laying season is from August-February, peaking in October.

It lays 1-6, usually 3-4 eggs, which are incubated by

both sexes for about 13 days.

The chicks are cared for by both parents, staying in the nest for about 25-26 days. If threatened, an older chick will perform a threat display similar to a striking snake, extending its neck forward then rapidly recoiling.

The juveniles become independent soon after fledging.

The Red-throated Wryneck has a height of 20 cms and weighs around 55 gms.

The head is coloured brown while the bill is coloured grey. The Jynx ruficollis has a brown coloured throat, olive legs and a brown coloured back. The eyes are brown.

This bird forages for food on the ground. The Red-throated Wryneck is usually seen hunting for food within the tree foliage. This bird eats insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants. These invertebrates are usually hawked aerially, killed and then eaten.

Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis is an ant-eating specialist with adaptations to assist in the mopping up of large numbers of Hymenoptera (Ant) prey. Capable of holding hundreds of ants or ant larvae in each beakful, it is impossible for these birds to control all subsequent movement of prey, resulting in ants crawling around the bird’s beak and head when delivering food to the chicks.

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A label of our times: Behavioural problems …

Written by: Yolandi Singleton (Supervisor: Assessments and Therapy Unit)

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he words “behavioural problems” frustrate me a little - not because I fear what will probably have to deal with, but because of the label that is attached to a such child. From a professional point of

as t the their circumstances and start that is challenging and inconv state. Therefore, by calling it a sounds like the child consciou fact the child’s behaviour is a emotional challenges. I theref behavioural challenges.

It is really important that pare unacceptable behaviour as na view, I have seen that children with so-called “behavioural for help and that children feel seek boundaries and need to problems”, more often than not, were confronted side. Many children with self-e with some kind of stressor or trauma background; have misinterpreted a significant person’s feelings about them unacceptable behaviour in an assertiveness. That is why we or do not get exposed to structure and routine within children with unacceptable be their home environment. In other words, something that we see them and the beh usually leads to them not understanding some chaos in quite vulnerable and therefor their lives. by spending time with them o Now you may ask, what can be considered as alone to keep on reminding th unacceptable behaviour from a child. But first, as adults they need to talk and promise

have to admit that life anything. mbards us with our own Unacceptable behaviour can include the following: essors and we consequently • Overly aggressive behaviour come emotionally unavailable • Sexualised behaviour that involves other children our children as our energy • Constant disrespect towards a parent, teacher or ostly goes into making any other adult e that we cope with life • Bully-related behaviour rselves. Children are so • Stealing and compulsive lying nsitive to when their parents • Always refuse to abide to rules uggle with life and would en react out in an attempt • Self-harm show to the world that their • Damage of property or other’s belongings on a vironment is not as stable constant basis without remorse they need it to be. Children • Substance abuse erefore become a victim of • Any other behaviour that is in conflict with the law to behave in such a manner When the abovementioned behaviours are present venient to our own emotional it is probably a good idea to seek professional help. a “behavioural problem” Children that have been confronted with trauma get usly misbehave when in psychologically “stuck”. Now you also need to bear in result of his unconscious mind that the part of the brain (pre-frontal cortex) that fore prefer calling it is responsible for thinking logically and making good informed decisions have not yet fully developed in ents understand that the children and actually only finish developing at the age of amed below, is a “cry-out” 25 years. So a child that had to face trauma accompanied l lonely in their world and with the fact that the child cannot logically make sense know that you are on their of his trauma and also not having any emotional support esteem challenges exhibit from his parents will have no other way than to act out. n attempt to practice selfWhen parents therefore seek professional help you need e need to acknowledge to know that you have to commit fully to the child’s ehaviour and let them know healing process. At Child Welfare Tshwane we offer haviour. These children are assessment services whereby we zoom into the child’s re are in need of much love life and try to understand the child and his challenges in or when they prefer to be order to know what can help for him. Sometimes parents hem that you are there when just need to be empowered with some parenting skills e to not judge them about

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and in other situations we recommend therapy with the child or relationshipbuilding sessions between the children and their parents. Trauma tends to take up all the child’s energy, leaving them to not have the energy to take part in their relationship with their parent. When the child gets individual therapy, the parent will be the co-therapist and asked to practice some things at home to boost what was implemented in therapy.

Therapy cannot be effective if the parent or caregiver is absent and emotionally

but therapy with the child and parent can help them to “reboot”.

It is our wish that children will grow up in a home where there is empathy but healthy boundaries that could help them to also take responsibility for their lives and develop as adults that practice behaviour that could contribute to a positive heritage of this beautiful country of ours.

For more information about this topic or to get help for a child suffering with behavioural problems, contact Child unavailable. Therefore, some parents Welfare Tshwane on 012-4609236. will also need to undergo therapy at Child Welfare Tshwane is a non-profit the same time in order to help them to organisation and registered child become okay so that they can effectively protection organisation. Head office invest in their child’s healing process. As is located in Groenkloof, but we have mentioned in the previous paragraph, accessible community offices all over the trauma causes the child to get “stuck”, City.

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Halloween is not evil!

The real history of October 31

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Do you feel the change in the air all around you? It is growing closer to October 31st when we will celebrate Halloween; the day when the veil between the spirit world and ours, is the thinnest – so they say. The shops are filled with costumes for the little ones to dress up as something frightening, fun or bizarre and go house-to-house trick or treating.

Some of us adults dress up too, and have our own Halloween parties.

We watch scary movies and indulge in tricks or treats of the adult persuasion. Those of Pagan, Occult and Satanic beliefs have claimed this as their “most important holiday”.

What is Halloween really about? Let’s hop on the magic broom and take a trip back in time to try to understand more of the mystery and history of Halloween.

About 2000 years ago, in the fifth century B.C. in what is present day Ireland, England and France, a people called the Celts lived and ruled. Life for these people was hard and they depended on nature, she is all they had and all they knew. So, the ending of summer was likened to the ending of human life. The bright, sunny, bountiful days of life and fun ended on October 31, and the onset of autumn, days shortened to long, dark nights of cold and scarcity of food began. What is now Halloween was originally called Samhain (sow-in) the Celtic new year.

The story goes that the Celts believed on the day of Samhain the veil between the spirit world and the living world was the thinnest. They believed that the laws of time and space were suspended for a short

period, allowing the spirit world to mingle with the living. It was believed that the spirits of those who had died the previous year were in limbo and that they would come back on this night to possess the bodies of living people for the next year. Their belief was that possessing a living human was their only hope for an afterlife.

Of course, the living did not want to be possessed, so they would extinguish their home fires to make their homes cold and uninviting to roaming spirits. They would wear various masks and costumes of the ghoulish and frightening type to parade around in and be as destructive as possible to scare away spirits looking for living bodies to possess.

A person thought to be possessed by evil spirits, would be burnt at the stake by the Celts. This was thought to teach the spirits a lesson about what would happen to them should they decide to possess a living person.

It was more celebrated in the southern New England colonies such as Maryland, where beliefs and customs from various European cultures and the American Indians meshed, and a distinct version of Halloween began to emerge.

Halloween was then celebrated by “play parties”, which were community events, to celebrate harvest time with ghost stories, fortune telling and song and dance.

The lighting and carving of pumpkins, or jack-o-lantern’s, originated from an Irish folk tale. The Irish used turnips for many years as their jack-o29

lanterns. When the Irish began coming to America because of the potato famine in Ireland, they found that pumpkins were more bountiful in the new land than turnips. Thus began the use of hollowed out pumpkins as their jack-olanterns, which are still popular today.

Trick or treating was not part of the Celtic traditions, but rather from 9th century Europeans, originally called “souling”. November 2nd, All Souls Day, was a day on which early Christians would go from village to village, door to door, begging for “soul cakes,” which were squares of bread and currant berries. The belief being that a soul walked in limbo immediately after death and all prayers, even from strangers, would help the soul into heaven.

Throughout the early 1800s, Halloween was celebrated with singing, dancing, dressing up and parlour games. Young, single women at this time believed that on Halloween they could foretell their future husband’s name. An interesting way to find a man! Compared to online dating and blind dates, there can’t be much more of a margin of error!

By the late 1800s, parents were encouraged to remove any ghoulish or frightening Halloween tales that were of superstitious or religious basis. Through the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween became a community celebration with parades and local parties; and vandalism started to become the rage instead of pranks.

The baby boom during the 1950s revived trick or treating. Because of the large number of children, this was a way to involve the community with each other and the holiday became a “children’s” holiday. Tricks or pranks being played on families could be avoided by providing little treats for neighbourhood children.

A new tradition was born and continues to grow today.

Halloween is not evil! Some Pagan groups, occults of various types may have claimed it as their favourite holiday, but it is not an evil day. It comes from Celtic celebration for New Year’s Day. The day, like any other, is only as good or evil as we think it is.

Happy Halloween!

Grilled Spiced Chicken Skewers with Cucumber Salad A cool cucumber salad offsets these cayenne and paprika-packed chicken kebabs.

Ingredients •

500g chicken tenders

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2 tbsp. canola oil

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2 tsp. curry powder

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2 tsp. smoked paprika

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1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

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salt and black pepper

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2 pieces’ naan

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1 sliced English cucumber

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2 Sliced spring onions

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1/4 cup Chopped fresh mint

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1 tbsp. olive oil

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1 tbsp. fresh lime juice

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1 Chopped Garlic Clove

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Plain Greek yogurt and lime wedges, for serving

Print Directions 1. Heat grill to mediumhigh. Cut chicken tenders into thirds. Toss with canola oil, curry powder, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt and black pepper. Thread onto metal skewers. Grill, turning occasionally, until charred and cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Grill 2 pieces’ naan until warm and toasted, 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Meanwhile, toss together cucumber, spring onion, mint, olive oil, fresh lime juice, and garlic. Season with salt and black pepper.

Serve with plain Greek yogurt and lime wedge alongside.

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Part 32

GRACE The Simple Gospel

By Johan Jordaan

We’ve come to the end of these teachings and I hear you say: I thought that the gospel is supposed to be simple.

Well, my Bible does not say that anywhere but let us summarise and see how complicated it really is: START TO: • Believe in Jesus and your Daddy. Don’t make a work of it; simply believe. That pleases Him. • Ask Jesus for a relationship. That is what He wants.

And He wants it NOW. • Wait patiently and remind Him of His promises.

righteous – you already righteousness!

• Trying to love God; rathe that is transforming.

• Trying to die little by litt dead in Christ. You were

• Confessing your sins – th for it but I’m sure He rol His children does it!

Now tell me, if you look at the • Rest in His shalom (peace). them, is it not simple? I listed Now, this is the beauty of the New Covenant: you believe, there is very little you do: you right? That’s not a new thing f you ask Jesus to do something, wait for Him to do it and not consider work! So the onl rest in the meantime. That is how simple it is. Once the relationship is in place it gets even simpler: you simply do to do is: ask Jesus for a relatio what He asks you. He leads and you follow. He does it and work on it. That’s how simple that only one thing is required you do what you see Him doing. that is what Mary chose. That If this is what you should do then surely there’s a lot of The ‘stop doing’ list is not a ne stuff that you are doing now that you can stop doing?

No, I put them there to show STOP: doing. It frees you from works It frees you from trying all kin • Trying to please Him by doing good works, reading to please God. I listed them to your Bible, going to church or whatever. He is already pleased with you. That’s the way He is – live simpler. Almost all of the sect de-program you from religiou with it! a lot of truths about the gosp • Trying to keep the Law. It withholds your inheritance de-programmed you can start from you and makes you a slave. without the baggage; free and

• Focussing on obedience; when you believe in Jesus you are already obedient. It is called ‘the obedience of faith’ (See Rom 1:5 and 16:26).

• Mixing covenants; step out from under the Old Covenant. It makes Jesus nauseous.

Focus on the ‘DOs’ and that’s it. It’s that simple. Now, this is far simpler than the gospel currently preached all over the world, so when reduced to basics it is actually very simple; it’s about a relationship. Focus on that because that is the essence of the gospel. That is what Jesus wants for you. And if you are already in this relationship; hear Him (and only Him) and enjoy the journey.

I know that this is an oversimplification of the gospel because it does not touch issues like the Trinity, baptism, predestination, sin, covenants etc. but this is the point; when you have a relationship with Jesus none of that • Trying to be holy – you really matters. Now the Holy Spirit is your teacher as are already holy.

Jesus promised in John 14:26. Yes, this is the ideal picture • Trying to serve God; as a that I am painting here but that is where we should and son, you are an heir and not could operate. That is what Jesus had in mind, otherwise, a servant or a slave.

He would not have given us the promises. In its simplest form, the gospel is only a relationship. It’s not a set of • Trying to become rules. It’s simply knowing Jesus and be known by Him. It’s are. In fact, you are His that simple.

I hope that I managed to change the way you see the gospel; from a ‘how I behave’, ‘what I do’, ‘a gratefulness ‘and ‘obedience’ driven gospel to a ‘what I believe’ and tle every day; you are already ‘who I know’ gospel. Now for many, this will be difficult e crucified with Him. to grasp because this is just too far removed from their mindset; they want the works based gospel which they he Father won’t punish you understand and which makes sense to them, but that is lls His eyes every time one of not what our Daddy wants – He wants us to know Him and be known by Him. This gospel completely pales the e things to do and focus on old style works based gospel and is the real gospel that four things to do but actually Jesus died for. It’s time for His people to step into their u already believe in Jesus, inheritance – a relationship with Him. for you. Wait and rest I do ly thing that remains for you onship with Him and let Him e it is. Jesus said to Martha d, just one: to be with Him – t is what we must choose.

er revel in His love for you –

ew law of ‘thou shalt nots’. you what you can stop s. It frees you from striving. nds of religious actions o set you free; to make it tions so far were simply to us actions, but it also teaches pel. When you are finally t living under God’s grace d light.

Write to me, engage me and I will try to answer any questions that you might have.

Email: featzmags@gmail.com Subject: Grace

Healthy on a budget

By Chanel Serfontein

• Set out a design should be free of dist enough not to imped a set area to work ou focus and discipline.

We’re all feeling the crunch- taxes are higher, petrol is more expensive, and the cost of living just seems • Make use of body weig personal trainer, I have to be escalating. But does that mean that your that functional, bodywe health and fitness should suffer? NO! There are so best. Functional exercis many ways that you can stay fit and healthy while that mimics movement spending the minimum amount of money. Here are to perform in your ever some tips: squats mimic the action Staying fit with no equipment/gym membership or even of standing up o weight exercises are ex It can be demotivating when you try to start an using only your body w exercise programme, but all of the exercises call for exercises include squat equipment that you don’t have. While investing in burpees, plank and wal a few key pieces (a mat, kettlebell, resistance band, etc.) can be great, it IS possible to do a workout at • Find a home-friendly wo home, with no equipment. To ensure you have an personal trainers offer t effective workout, follow these tips: exercise programmes s

nated workout area. This tractions, and spacious de your workout. Having ut in will help with your

ght exercises. As a always been of the belief eight exercise is the se refers to any exercise ts that you would need ryday life: for example, n of lifting something, off of your chair. Body xactly that: exercises weight. My favourite ts, push ups, lunges, ll sits.

orkout program. Many the service of designing specifically for you, using the resources that you have. This will help to keep you disciplined and provide structure to your workout, which will keep you seeing results!

have a look at our website) • Get out. A great activity that involves no money or equipment is running. Or grab your friends and go for a hike. The fresh air will do you good, and it won’t break the bank.

Eating healthfully without blowing your budget Many people are under the impression that eating properly is expensive. This simply isn’t true. With enough planning and knowledge, you can live a healthy lifestyle for a minimal amount of money.

• Buy fresh produce. A general rule that I give my clients is to stick to the outer perimeter of supermarkets. This is where most of the whole, unprocessed food is kept (which is often a lot cheaper than the processed alternative).

• Make your own meals. Any pre-made, packaged food is going to come with a steeper price. Rather than buying ready-made meals, try to do all of your cooking yourself.

• Buy bulk. If you can, buy bulk in things such as veggies and meat, which is often cheaper.

If, like me, you live alone, don’t worry. Set aside a day for cooking, and meal prep. Cook enough for the week and simply freeze it. This will prevent wastage of food- and money!

• Look into group fitness classes.

Generally, trainers • Choose pocket friendly options. I’ve found will offer discount that some healthy foods are simply not worth rates for large groups the money- for example, asparagus and working out together. salmon. While very nutritious, these foods This means that for a can be replaced by cheaper options. Often, fraction of the price, you “trendy” healthy food can be very expensive. can have a trainer come Rather stick to the basics! to your home and give you a quality workout.

While it may require a bit more effort and planning, *(For more information it is absolutely possible to stick to a healthy lifestyle when times are tough. Good luck! on home training programmes as well as group fitness training,

Remembering…

Tom Petty was best known as the legendary frontman of the band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He also enjoyed success as a solo artist with such hit songs as ‘Free Fallin’’ and ‘Runnin’ Down a Dream.’

In September 2017, Petty and the Heartbreakers wrapped up a leg of their 40th-anniversary tour with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl. A week later, Petty suffered a cardiac arrest in his Malibu home and was rushed to the hospital. He died on October 2, 2017, at the age of 66.

Janis Joplin born January 19, 1943, —died October 4, 1970 American singer, the premier white female blues vocalist of the 1960s, who dazzled listeners with her fierce and uninhibited musical style. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2005.

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BURMILLA

The Burmilla is adventurous but a bit of a klutz, so put away breakables when he is around.

The Burmilla is another

he is around. Burmillas

lighter than Burmillas

example of the

remain playful into

with shaded coats. In the

accidental creation of

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shaded pattern, about

a new cat breed. The

people, but they aren’t

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excessively demanding

shaded, which is why the

between a Burmese and

of attention. When a lap

shaded cats look darker.

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Colours in both tipped and

England in 1981 produced

Burmilla is there.

shaded patterns include

four black shaded female kittens with short, thick coats. The breeder realized how attractive such a breed could be and went on to develop what became known as the Burmilla.

The Burmilla’s short, smooth coat is simple to groom with weekly

black, brown, lilac, blue, chocolate, cream, red and tortoiseshell.

brushing or combing

The silky coat can be

to remove dead

shorthaired or longhaired.

hairs. A bath is rarely

Longhairs may have

necessary. Brush or comb a ear tufts and a fully longhaired Burmilla two or plumed tail.

The Burmilla brings together aspects of the Burmese and the Persian into one sweet, friendly package.

He is quietly affectionate and gentle but more extroverted than the typical Persian. He is adventurous but a bit of a klutz, so put away breakables when

three times a week.

In all other respects,

Besides their sweet

they look much like the

personalities, Burmillas

European Burmese with a

stand out for their coats,

gently rounded head that

which have a silver-white

tapers to a short, blunt

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rounded tips that tilt

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forward a bit; large eyes

pattern, the colour tips

that can be any shade of

about 1/8 of the entire

green; and a medium-size

hair length and is evenly

body with slender legs,

distributed, giving the coat neat oval paws, and a tail a sparkling appearance.

that tapers to a rounded

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tip.

coats generally look 41

Life is a Garden

October in your garden We pack a colourful punch this month with bright, flowering suggestions for you to plant and sow right now. Enjoy the beautiful face of October!

Smart planting Enhance your gardening pleasure and manage your budget and water bill with these hardy beauties:

weeks with a slow release general fertiliser. Plants in pots should be fed fortnightly throughout the year with a water soluble fertiliser.

- The right cut: Remove spent flowers regularly and prune the plants back in spring or autumn to keep them bushy. Tattered old plants can be given a new lease on life by cutting up to two thirds of the plant away, ensuring you leave some leaves on the plant.

Pelargonium pizazz!

Fill up pots, window boxes, your rock garden, and the openings in cement retaining walls with pelargoniums (more commonly known as Geraniums) in different colours. These plants are ideal to add colour to hot and sunny places.

Troubleshooting…

Although they are easy to grow and quite tough, they can sometimes be shy to flower profusely. Here are some good tips: - The right soil: Geraniums hate wet feet and heavy, slow draining soil.

Use a good quality commercial potting mix for pots, and condition garden soil with lots of compost.

- The right food: Keeping these plants hungry for food will cause them to sulk and stop flowering.

They are gross feeders and need feeding in the garden every six

- The right way with water: Geraniums are water wise. Only water them when the surface of the soil is dry.

• Jasmine time - the October stalwart must be star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides).

This versatile creeper with its glossy, dark green foliage and aromatic, pure white flowers, can be used to trail over pergolas and fences and if planted in mass, as groundcovers under trees. It grows well in pots too.

• For a year-round visual effect plant Cordyline ‘Electric Pink’ which will give you splashes of vivid pink shades on a naturally multi-stemmed plant.

These Cordylines are tough, easy to grow plants and grow to about 1m high x 1m wide. Pests and diseases seldom attack them. Full sun or light shade are perfect for Cordylines and so are large containers. They combine beautifully with soft ornamental grasses in mixed borders, and are great near a swimming pool. Their root systems are not aggressive and they are not messy plants.

Life is a Garden

Regular water will ensure very lush foliage, but never overdo it, as these plants can survive dry periods once established, without losing their splendour. A general rating will be low to medium water usage. Regular feeding during summer will result in healthy plants with bright and colourful foliage.

Use a normal balanced fertiliser.

Proudly perennial

slow releasing fertiliser in spring.

Seed seed flow sing Pretty and kind as m Bergamot or bee balm (Monarda) of fl appears again every year as soon jumb as temperatures rise. Then, the This garden becomes abuzz with effe pollinating insects and those that control garden pests. Bergamot belongs to the mint family and Sow the leaves when crushed exude a spicy, fragrant oil.

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Planting lots of different perennials regularly and when in season, means that your garden will have a diverse array of lovely plants throughout the year.

‘Perennial’ normally refers to herbaceous plants which live for more than two years.

It is very trendy to use perennials like bergamot, butterfly bushes (Gaura), shasta daisies, and tall grasses to create wild-looking prairie garden beds this year, and with bergamot in your yard, you will also have the peace of mind to know that you are being kind to garden wildlife!

Absolutely fabulous agapanthus

Bang for your buck!

Perennial agapanthus have been hybridised to give us varieties with longer and repeat flowering capabilities. These plants are very floriferous and tough, withstanding frost and long periods of drought.

Buy these economical indigenous perennials which are widely available: Wild iris (Dietes grandiflora), hairbells (Dierama pendulum), cobra lily (Chasmanthe floribunda), miniature hen and chickens (Chlorophytum ‘Gold Nugget’), C. saundersia and yellow cat’s tail (Bulbine abyssinica). All grow fast and form thick clumps.

‘Buccaneer’ – repeat bloomer, producing white flowers with deep purple stripes.

‘Bingo Blue’ – dark blue flowers from late winter to mid-summer on semi-dwarf plants. ‘Bingo White’ has pure white flowers.

Keep agapanthus happy by planting them in full sun or light shade. Water regularly but don’t overdo it, and feed them with a

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Sow

Beau Satin flow willi Irela Achi aste Grow cut flowers from seed brea Make it a spring resolution to sow aste easy-to-grow cut flowers. This is a very good reason to get down and dirty, and which gardener doesn’t love wandering through a meadow filled with lots of colourful flowers to pick?

d companies nowadays supply ds of the most popular garden wers in mixed, as well as in gle colours, and even go as far mixing different combinations flower seeds together into bo packs for sun and shade. s seems to create a meadow ect when flowering starts.

wing tips

• To sow directly means to sow seeds in the bed in which they will grow to maturity, as opposed to planting them in seedling trays and transplanting them later.

• The soil in flowerbeds should never be allowed to dry out after the seeds have been sown. If necessary, give it a light sprinkling of water twice a day. As soon as germination has occurred and the first true leaves show, you can reduce watering.

w sow special!

uties to sow now include: n flower (Godetia), spider wer (cleome), cosmos, sweet iam, sunflower, bells of and, love-in-a-mist, Zinnia, illea, Queen Anne’s lace, ers, cornflowers, baby’s ath, carnation, nasturtium and er.

Rose Care in October

Bedding besties

October is rose month! You can plan a new rose garden or fill up an existing one by visiting your GCA nursery to view new releases, as well as old favourites such as ‘Oklahoma’, ‘South Africa’, ‘Just Joey’ and ‘Satchmo’ which are still top sellers.

Time to colour in your shade. Since the worst cold and frost is now over, invest in New Guinea Impatiens. They are available in colours for every taste. You can also plant impatient power in the sun, by asking for ‘Sunpatiens’ at your GCA nursery.

Although roses dislike disturbance around their roots while growing actively again, they do enjoy the presence of a living mulch. Try a few dainty groundcovers and perennials, and add more colour and romance to the rose garden. Bright colours and flowers to add now include creeping Jenny (Lysimachia ‘Aurea’), cranesbill (Geranium incanum), snow in summer, (Cerastium tomentosum) chives, Brachyscome daisies in different hybrids and colours, bindweed (Convolvulus), candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), corn flowers (Scabiosa) and sweet violet (Viola odorata). The very best living mulch is, of course, the white Sweet Alyssum - it stays compact, does not interfere with the rose roots, is scented, neutral in colour and reseeds itself.

Don’t lose your impatiens… Be sure to put out crushed egg shells around newly planted impatiens, as the snails love their soft leaves and pretty flowers.

Love your lawn The appearance of broadleaf weeds on the lawn, patches of discoloured lawn, and even patches of soil where lawn has been completely destroyed, should be dealt with this month. Weeds compete with plants (in this case grass) for moisture, nutrients, light, and space, leaving the lawn looking yellowish brown, and eventually completely weed-ridden.

Fertilise your lawn first, water well and keep on mowing. If absolutely necessary, visit your local GCA Garden Centre for advice on what to spray your lawn with.

For more information on bringing Life to your Garden, visit our website www.lifeisagarden. co.za or join the conversation on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/lifeisagardensa.

Study Tips for Students Yes, we know, it’s school holiday at the moment, but year-end finals are just around the corner and if you want to end the year on a high, you should get started now.

These study tips will get you in the right mindset to get prepped for your final exams, or just for your average, everyday quiz.

Study Alone Unless you’ve got a couple of friends who are super-serious about getting down to business, stay away from group study sessions because they tend to get off-topic pretty quickly.

Save the social time till after your exams.

Create Your Perfect Study Area The place where you study should be quiet, comfortable and free from distractions. Go to your room, close the door and kill as many distractions as possible -

like music, television, and even the internet and your phone. If you don’t have your own room that you can sneak away to, consider studying at the library instead.

Get it All Out Your study materials, that is. Before you dig in, make sure you have all your books, notes, study guides and writing utensils in front of you.

Don’t give yourself another excuse to get up and rummage around.

Turn Your Notes into Flash Cards

historical fact on one side of the card and the key details on the other side. To study geometry formulas, right the name of the formula on one side and the formula itself on the other side.

Snack Healthy While You Study If you want to stay sharp while you study, stay away from junk food. Instead, snack on studying-friendly foods like dark leafy greens, whole grains, peanut butter, milk, and seafood. Feeling sluggish? Caffeine or energy drinks won›t help you in the long run.

Get your energy boost instead by eating a banana or an apple.

Now that you’ve got all your notes in front of you, open up a pack of index cards. As you read through the important facts, rewrite them in Narrow it Down Q&A form on the cards.

For instance: to study If you try to study historical facts, write the every single thing your

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teacher’s ever said, you’ll go crazy.

Instead, focus on the most important topics. If you’re not sure what those are, read the study guide (if there is one), or ask your classmates. Once you’ve nailed down the important stuff, if there’s still time left before the test, you can move onto the finer details.

cards, test yourself with them. If you don’t trust yourself not to cheat, give the cards to your parents and have them test you. Don’t stop till you’ve made it through the whole stack without any mistakes. And be sure to bring your flashcards to school with you on the day of the test: you’ll be amazed at how much more you can retain if you run through the cards right before your teacher hands out the test paper.

Get Some Sleep You might be tempted to pull an allnighter, but if you do, you’ll only be hurting your chances of getting an A. Get a full 8 hours of sleep so your brain is in good shape on test day.

Study All Year Long

It’s tempting to hold off on studying until the last minute, especially if you Your brain can only take so much hard tell yourself that anything you try to work at one time. For every hour that memorize earlier on won’t really stay you study, take about 15 minutes to in your brain. That’s not true. Take do something mindless, like taking a some time throughout the year to walk, listening to music or playing a review all of your notes and re-read computer game. (You can even take important passages in your textbook. a 15-minute nap if you›re confident It might seem tedious, but it’ll really you can wake yourself up at the end keep all those facts in your brain on of it.) It›ll keep your stress level down test day. and give your brain a chance to let all that information sink in.

Take a Break

Put Yourself to the Test Once you’ve got your set of flash

Pretoria High PHSG Performs for the Elderly On 19 September, the PHSG Grade 10 and 11 Music subject learners performed at “Ons Tuis�, a home for the elderly. The concert consisted of ensemble works, which forms part of the practical component of the subject. Not only did the girls perform excellently, but also reached out and spoilt the elderly with cupcakes and muffins after the performance.

Pretoria Classical Guitar Eisteddfod Pretoria High School for Girls performed at the Pretoria Classical Guitar Eisteddfod and were outstanding!

Congratulations to the following learners who made us proud: Lihle Mosiane for most promising guitarist and for best performance from the classical era by guitarist under 16; Jocelyn Weiss for best performance from modern / post-modern era by guitarist under 16 and Lihle Mosiane, Alison Goodway, Julia Martinez, Zoe ten Krooden, Hope Mdakane and Jocelyn Weiss for best ensemble.

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irls’ High Violinist Excels uge congratulations to Catherine Stiff for her exceptional esults at the 2018 Pretoria Eisteddfod! atherine received certificates for the following items: oncerto (A++); Recital (A++); Sight reading (A++); Duo 12 and nder (A++); Duo 14 and under (A++); Duo 16 and under (A+); rio (A); Quartet (A+); Quintet (A++) and Ensemble (A++). atherine also managed to walk away with several trophies: rop Arte Alphen Park trophy for best violinist 14 and under; renda Brink trophy for best violin concerto; Paganini rophy for best violin solo overall; Walsh trophy for best ght-reading; Hugh Arundel trophy for best piano and string nsemble; Pleyel trophy for best duo; Betty Pack trophy or best ensemble and Stefans Grove trophy for the overall winner. n the SASMT National ensemble competition, she was placed rd in the 13 and under section, and 2nd in the 16 and under ection.

Gr 11 Outing Sandton FNB Art Fair

By Dominique Steeman (Grade 11) The Grade 11s were very privileged to see Mary Sibande’s work first-hand!

First, there was a quick detour to the Sci-Bono Gallery to see the Lascaux Caves Exhibition. The girls were excited to use the provided pigment to create their own little works. In the 3D printed model of the caves, there was an enthralling reproduction of the specific caves, with blackouts every few minutes and neon light exposing the carvings underneath. The hyper-realistic CroMagnon individuals had learners marvelling at the leg hair of the waxworks!

Robots in space

By Jasmine Beeforth (Grade 8) The PHSG Robotic girls are researching space as it is the theme for the 2018 First Lego League.

This includes the physical and social problems humans face while in space, such as the increased radiation and the isolation.

First Lego League’s main aspects (core values) are team bonding, community growth, research, building and engineering. It is an international competition to encourage problem-solving and to encourage enthusiasm about technology.

The regional competition will be held on 13 October 2018 at Unisa. As this is the first competition for most of the girls they hope to acquire new skills, such as public speaking, as they will be required to deliver numerous speeches at the competition.

We were ferried from there to the hype that is Sandton. Mary Sibande is known for her monumental depictions of “Sophie” in gargantuan dresses - over-flowing overalls in vivid colours. Her new directions in Virtual Reality were showcased here. As can be imagined, there were very long queues to see this, but it was worth the wait.

The purple abstract figures were moving to eerie sounds.

Print-making, performance art; mixed media productions, photography and extraordinary sculptures had everyone walking around openmouthed in awe. It was truly a day well-spent.

Huletts Market Day

By Fawn Dilettante The Grade 10 Consumer Studies girls held a market day on Wednesday, 12 September to improve their business skills. The girls advertised their baking wares by also dressing up to entice buyers. Many customers crowded the stalls under the almost blooming Jacarandas.

This was very successful as the giant chocolate chip cookies were sold out in seconds and, as always, the cupcakes and muffins were winners.

South African Solo Drumming Championships Samantha Meyer, from PHSG, was awarded 3rd place as Junior Tenor Drumming March, Strathspey and Reel in the South African Solo Drumming Championships which were held on Saturday. Samantha is a drummer in the Pretoria Boys High School Pipe Band.

Hell Fest

Halloween

Horror, Thriller Fun going in. Hell getting out.

Horror

A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorising a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it’s all part of the show.

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

What to read DC Icons Catwoman: Soulstealer Sarah Maas

When the Bat’s away, the Cat will play. It’s time to see how many lives this c the mysterious and wealthy Holly Vanderhees. She quickly discovers that wi criminals. Gotham City is ripe for the taking. Meanwhile, Luke Fox wants to on the prowl who seems cleverer than most. She has teamed up with Poiso be Batwing’s undoing. In this third DC Icons book-following Leigh Bardugo’s desperate game of cat and mouse, forming unexpected friendships and ent by day. But with a dangerous threat from the past on her tail, will she be ab

The Titan

Peppermint

Sci-fi, Adventure The end of Earth doesn’t mean the end of us.

Thriller, Drama, Action The system failed. She won’t.

Hotshot Air Force pilot Rick Janssen is chosen for a military experiment that will create a human being capable of surviving the harsh environments of Saturn’s moon, Titan. The experiment is successful, turning Rick into a superhuman. But it also creates deadly side-effects that threaten the lives of Rick, his wife, Abigail, his family, and possibly humanity itself.

When a mother has everything that matters to her taken by criminals, she is left with nothing to lose and an appetite for revenge.

cat really has… Two years after escaping Gotham City’s slums, Selina Kyle returns as ith Batman off on a vital mission, Batwing is left to hold back the tide of notorious prove he has what it takes to help people in his role as Batwing. He targets a new thief on Ivy and Harley Quinn, and together they are wreaking havoc. This Catwoman may s Wonder Woman: Warbringerand Marie Lu’s Batman: Nightwalker –Selina is playing a tangling herself with Batwing by night and her devilishly handsome neighbor Luke Fox ble to pull off the heist that’s closest to her heart?

Publisher: Penguin Randon House

Life is a Garden

A dinosaur delight in the garden Many of us adults are privileged to have enjoyed a hearty childhood. Staying outdoors until sunset, running home with dirt-crusted feet, flushed cheeks, and that shimmer of happiness gleaming in the eyes.

Exhilaration was simply a natural part of living, every day. Whether it was building sandcastles out of mud, catching butterflies, or falling out of trees, life had a certain simplistic joy. Today, however, we live in ever-increasingly built-up areas.

It may be difficult to give children the daily outdoor time they need in confined spaces. Aside from that, experts are recommending that children spend at least 2 hours per day outdoors, which can be difficult to achieve. A simple activity, like our dinosaur delight in the garden, will invite children to spend time outdoors while it gets them acquainted with the joy of gardening.

The idea behind this garden is to encourage children to build a dinosaur world as they imagine it. If children think of items they wish to add that are not on our list, let them go wild! There’s something profoundly rewarding about planting a garden and nurturing it to fruition. Once the dinosaur delight in the garden is complete, add to their dinosaur collection occasionally, and watch the children enjoy the outdoors as they play in their very own creation.

What you will need: An old tyre Some acrylic paint (let your children choose their favourite colour/s) A paintbrush Some potting mix A double layer of weed barrier cloth A staple gun (optional) Small plastic dinosaurs Some small rocks and/or stones Plants (like ferns, moss, Coleus etc.)

Let’s get started: Step 1 Give the old tyre a good wash the day before you begin the activity. Consider this the phase where you prep your tools. The tyre needs to be completely dry before you can use it.

Step 2 At this point, we’re going to take measures against weeds popping up and invading the children’s creation. You can either use a staple gun to secure a double layer of weed barrier cloth to the tyre, or you can lie a double layer of weed barrier cloth down on the space you’re going to use for your dinosaur delight garden. If you decide on the second option, ensure you’ve

cleared and the ground and made it fairly level.

the bonding and sharing experience of the exercise.

Step 3 The children can now get busy with the paints! Let them make some dinosaur footprints along the top of the tyre, arrows, leaves, or anything else that works with the theme.

Remember to leave room for creative play, if it’s not exactly on theme, that’s fine too. Let the children lead with their own ideas.

Step 4 Once the paint is dry, you can place the tyre on the weed barrier cloth (if you chose not to staple it to the tyre).

Step 5 Fill the inside of the tyre with soil, leaving enough room for the plants you’re going to be adding.

Dinosaurs, rocks, and other small items will also need to fit in. At this stage, it’s great to talk to children about soil and its importance in sustaining life. We often take for granted that children understand what soil actually is. It’s so much more than just dirt. Have them feel its texture between their fingers and appreciate that it’s thanks to just a few centimetres of fertile topsoil covering the globe, that we exist.

Talking about the world we live in is all part of

Step 6 Now is the most fun part of all. Plant the plants, paying special attention to leaving space for the dinosaurs. Remember to choose plants based on the location of the tyre. Some plants will not thrive in full sun, while others require it. Once your plants are in, it’s time for the dinosaurs make their entry. Place them in position and add rocks, shells, and other items that tie into the theme.

A dinosaur delight in the garden If you really enjoyed this exercise, repeat it. If you end up with more than one tyre-garden, you can link them elegantly by extending small bridges across them to each other.

Your children could even create a dinosaur village of tyres, over time! Add some grassy plants as a backdrop, like lemongrass or even Elegia elephantina and make it a feature.

You’re not just growing a garden, you’re growing confident, proud children at the same time.

The Little Vampire 3D Animated, Comedy, Adventure Adventure with a bite.

The story of Rudolph, a thirteen-year-old vampire, whose clan is threatened by a notorious vampire hunter. Rudolph meets Tony, a mortal of the same age who’s fascinated by old castles, graveyards and, of course, vampires. Tony helps Rudolph in an actionand humour-packed battle against their adversaries, and, together, they save Rudolph’s family and become friends.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Adventure, Ballet, Family, Fantasy, Children’s All Clara wants is a key – a oneof-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key—which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice, and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.

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How Not To Be A Twit and Other Wisdom Roald Dahl Mr Dahl has given us a lot of wit and wisdom over the years. Whether it’s how good thoughts will shine out of your face like sunbeams, or that a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. Now, you can keep all of Roald Dahl’s wit and wisdom on you at all times in this beautiful book. With this in your back pocket, you’ll always be prepared if you’re ever offered snozzcumber feast, or if a certain Mr Wormwood tries to sell you a ‘brand new’ car. Filled with Quentin Blake’s iconic illustrations, it’s the perfect gift for little people growing up, and big people growing down.

Publisher: Penguin Random House

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Book re Hippie

The Fox

Paulo Coelho

Frederick Forsyth

In Hippie, he tells the story of Paulo, a skinny Brazilian with a goatee and long hair, setting off on a journey in search of a deeper meaning for his life. He travels on the famous ‘Death Train to Bolivia’, then on to Peru, later hitchhiking through Chile and Argentina. In the famous Dam Square in Amsterdam, he finds young people playing music while discussing sexual liberation, the expansion of consciousness and the search for an inner truth. There he meets Karla, a Dutch woman in her twenties who has been waiting to find the ideal companion to accompany her on the fabled hippie trail to Nepal. Together with their fellow travellers, they embark on a trip aboard the Magic Bus, heading across Europe and Central Asia to Kathmandu. For everyone, the journey is transformative. For Paulo and Karla it is a life-defining love story that leads to choices that will set the course of the rest of their lives.

Most weapons do what you tell them. Most weapons you can control.

But what if the most dangerous weapon in the world isn’t a smart missile or a stealth submarine or even an AI computer programme? What if it’s a 17-year-old boy with a blisteringly brilliant mind, who can run rings around the most sophisticated security services across the globe, who can manipulate that weaponry and turn it against the superpowers themselves?

How valuable would he be? And what wouldn’t you do to get hold of him?

Publisher: Penguin Rand

eview DI Helen Grace 08: Down to the Woods

Bank Robber Allan Heyl

Five bank robberies. Fifteen M. J. Arlidge years in jail. That was the sentence If you go down handed down to the woods to Allan Heylin today… The last 1977. He was 26 thing Tom Campbell remembers is years old and couldn’t face that many camping in the New Forest with his girlfriend, Melissa. Now he is helpless, years behind bars. And then he got lucky. Into the prison walked André alone and consumed by fear, hunted Stander, ex-cop and bank robber –an through the woods by a sinister, outlaw through and through. ‘We’re masked figure... When Tom’s body going to get out of here,’ said Stander. is found, displayed with grisly relish, Helen Grace takes the case. But before ‘We’re going to rob banks.’ And that is exactly what they did. In this fastshe can catch her breath, a second paced, no-holds-barred, no-punchesvictim is taken –a serial killer is on pulled memoir, Heylexposes the hell of the loose. You better not go alone...

Something dark and deadly stalks the prison life, revels in the sheer gung-ho forest. Helen and her team must race audacity of robbing banks and reveals an inept and incompetent police against time to catch the perpetrator force. As a member of the notorious before more blood is shed. But the ‘Stander Gang’, which both appalled hunt will take Helen back into the eerie and enthralled South Africans in the twilit woods –and this time she might late ’70s and early ’80s, Allan became not make it out alive. a career criminal. But this choice of lifestyle had its consequences…

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With humour, insight and selfrevelation, the last surviving member of the so-called Stander Gang turns a critical eye on himself and the times in which he operated. This book takes you into the heart of a bank robber.

October b October 2nd 1951 - Sting How did he acquire the name “Sting”? A fellow musician saw him wearing a yellow and black striped sweater one evening and naturally felt the name was descriptive and fitting.

October 3rd 1969 - Gwen Stefani Stefani wasn’t always the frontwoman of No Doubt—in fact, her older brother, Eric, actually persuaded her to join the group as a backup vocalist in the late ’80s.

“I wasn’t doing anything, and Eric would say, ‘Come in here and sing with me!’ ” Stefani once said. The band was actually formed by John Spence, the original vocalist, who came up with the name No Doubt. A year after the band formed, Spence committed suicide. Eric has said that tragedy nearly destroyed the nascent group. “I guess I didn’t really know him,” Stefani once said. “He was hurting so badly that he couldn’t talk to anyone about it.” The group’s responsibilities shifted; Stefani took over the lead vocals and her older brother began creating the band’s logo for T-shirts and fliers. His new position foreshadowed his eventual career shift: A few years in, Eric left the band and became an animator on The Simpsons.

October 4 1976 - Alicia Silverstone th

Miami hosted SEED, the nation’s first large-scale plant-based festival and vegan queen Alicia Silverstone was there to conduct seminars on leading a healthy lifestyle. A far cry from her ‘90s reputation as the star of Clueless, Silverstone has built a unique lifestyle brand around The Kind Life, with two best-selling guidebooks and a website dedicated to avoiding animal products and being nice to the environment. While her lifestyle has been dismissed as extreme, there is certainly a good message in treading lightly on the planet.

October 8 1970 - Matt Damon So how much is one Hollywood’s most “bankable” stars worth? Well, it seems Matt Damon has an estimated net worth of a whopping $140 million! Back in 1995, Damon was paid $20,000 to appear in The Good Old Boys and only four years later he was paid $5,000,000 to star in The Talented Mr Ripley. Almost a decade later and he was paid $20,000,000 for 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum and a whopping $25,000,000 for The th

Martian! With the p pulls in and box offi he delivers, it is saf have to worry abou ever again.

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October 25th 1984 - Katy Perry She felt like hypersexualizing her image was the only option early on in her career.

“I used to be scared of intimacy, I used to use my sexualization as attention, I used to over-sexualize myself because that was the only way I knew how.”

called out the double standard, noting that the actress’s films had collectively grossed over $100 million—more than most of her male counterparts. Roberts didn’t just let her agent do the talking, either: In the – Bruno Mars movie Notting Hill, when Roberts’s movie star character Anna is asked med in his own how much she makes, she responds ng Roosevelt High with “$15 million dollars”—the th October 27 1939 - John Cleese amount Roberts was paid for the gh school, he film, even though the line in the script nd called The Cleese’s family surname was no Mars took every originally Cheese, but his grandfather originally called for $10 million. When the director asked why she kept ctice his singing, changed it upon joining the military changing it, she said, “I’m kind of ianship performing to avoid being picked on. In his tired of lowballing.” his peers with his autobiography So, Anyway… he and. High school recalls his first ever public October 30th 1988 - Janel Parrish uno Mars as performance on the stairs up to the She was in ‘Dancing with the Stars’ this world.” school nurse’s room aged eight and In 2014, Janel Parrish was a five-sixths, where a pack of jeering contestant on season 19 of ‘Dancing nine-year-olds were chanting ‘Chee- Ryan Reynolds with the Stars’. In this dancing eese!

Chee-eese!’ in his general soap opera star. competition, she was paired with direction. eynolds didn’t Valentin Chmerkovskiy, a professional ne with his sixdancer. They were the first to earn October 28th 1967 - Julia Roberts mments ready to a perfect score in episode 3 of the She was early to Hollywood’s adian star started series. Although they reached the equal pay conversation.

Roberts and rather nerdy final, Parrish and Chmerkovskiy was famously the first actress n soap opera called finished in third place. to be paid $20 million (for Erin nly has come a Brockovich)— the going rate at the time for major male stars like Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and Tom Hanks. When in negotiations with the studio, her agent reportedly

OCTOBER FACTS

THE OCTOBER NAME HISTORY While October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, it was the eighth month in the old Roman calendar (which was 10 months and didn’t include January or February). So October was named from the Latin word ôctō meaning “eight”.

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# Also, in the U.S the onset of the celebrated as t Popcorn Month Month.

October’s birthstones are tourmaline and opal. Its birth flower is calendula.

It is a very well-known fact that the month of October is filled with a lot of festivals all # The famous over the world. by the Bolshevik happened in No Gregorian calen # The name October has been derived from Russians hadn’ the Latin “Octo” which means eight because Gregorian calend October was the eighth month of the year, according to the Roman calendar. It was called Winterfylleth, meaning the “fullness It is a landmark i of winter”, by the Anglo-Saxons because it marks the incept had the first full moon of the winter season. govt. in Russia. # Columbus Day, the second Monday of October, is a national holiday and celebrated in many countries of the Americas as the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America in 1492.

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# Halloween, the spookiest night of the year, is celebrated in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of All Hallows’ Day. It is believed that on this day the spirits can wander the earth freely and children can

# The movemen His birthday is International Day He espoused th and civil disobed

n the neighbourhood in the renowned personalities all over the world s costumes. Interestingly, in viz. Nelson Mandela, Obama, etc. diture, Halloween is second stmas. # Bill Gates, the world’s richest man from 1995 to 2017, was born on October 28, 1955.

S.A., October not only marks He is not only the founder of Microsoft but e festive season but is also also an investor, author and philanthropist. the National Pizza Month, He built Microsoft, the world’s largest PC h, Pork Month and Sausage software company. Bill Gates is a proponent of higher taxes, particularly for the rich.

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# Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prize, was born on October 21, 1833, in Italy. Following his philanthropist calling, he founded the Nobel Prize. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been honouring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and for work in peace. Note that there is no Nobel prize for Maths.

# A fun fact about October cites that the winter is hard if the deer have a grey coat in this month. The colour of the coat depends on the severity of winters. Shakespeare, the famous English poet, playwright and actor, has never mentioned October in any of his works. He is widely regarded as the greatest nt against the British rule. writer and dramatist in the English language. s commemorated as the y of non-violence worldwide. he principles of non-violence dience. He has inspired many

us personalities were born cluding Mahatma Gandhi. rn on October 2, 1869. He famous leaders of the Indian .

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1 October – International Day for the Elderly 2 October – Name your Car Day 3 October – Techies Day 5 October – World Teacher’s Day 9 October – Curious Events Day 10 October – Emergency Nurses Day 11 October – It’s My Party Day 12 October – Old Farmer’s Day 16 October – Bosses Day 17 October – Wear Something Gaudy Day 18 October – No Beard Day 19 October – Evaluate Your Life Day 25 October – World Pasta Day 26 October – Frankenstein Friday 29 October – Hermit Day 30 October – Mischief Night 31 October – Halloween

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