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Your child breezesthrough spelling, socialstudies, and art, butwhen it comes to math,your child’s attitudequickly sours. This canresult in anxiety, actingout, struggles and ou-tright refusal to do a les-son – a situation we haveall been in.

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In order to improve theoverall health of Sailorsand enhance the admini-stration and executionof the Physical Readi-ness Program, Navy an-nounced the revisionof OPNAVINST 6110.1Jin NAVADMIN 203/11,July 12.

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Every year, the TaorminaArte Music & Dance Fe-stival brings internatio-nally renowned artists tothe island. The festival istraditionally held at theancient Teatro Greco orGreek Theater. Find outmore about this year’sevent.

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To visit Villa Romana delCasale located outside ofPiazza Armerina, Sicily, isto step back in time tothe height of the RomanEmpire's power anddecadence.

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Check out all of the latestevents going on withMWR this week.

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Warriors come home toNaval Hospital Sigonella

Sesame Street relocates to NAS Sigonella

U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella's Commanding Officer, Capt. CynthiaFeller welcomes four Sailors back to Sigonella after deployments toAfghanistan, Iraq, and Kuwait.

The Sailor peels back the paperattached to a star sticker that has hisname written on it. His eyes grazethe floor, looking for the perfectspot to make his mark. He crouchesdown low and places his star, amidrousing applause. The Sailor hascome home. The placing of a star inthe Primary Care clinic at U.S.Naval Hospital Sigonella is a tradi-tion for those stationed here, andfour personnel made their mark du-ring a ceremony July 12 during aWarrior breakfast held in theirhonor.

Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Nicolini, Lt.Terry Vincent, HMC Junne Ber-nardo, and HM2 Mahlon Andrewsall made their way back to Naval AirStation (NAS) Sigonella after va-rious deployments to Afghanistan,Iraq, and Kuwait. Andrews returnedfrom a year-long deployment in sup-port of Operation Iraqi Freedom,his fourth deployment of his Navycareer. “One of the things corpsmenare here for are to deploy,” he said. “I

do the job and what’s required.”U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella’s

Commanding Officer, Capt. Cyn-thia Feller is always happy to wel-come home Sailors fromdeployments. “As Navy medicine,one of the greatest honors we haveis to provide care for the war fi-ghters who go into harm’s way. It’san awesome responsibility to do,but also one of the riskiest thingswe do,” she said. “We don’t do itwith a light heart - as we send ourshipmates out into harm’s way andso when they come back, we areglad to see them, and we rejoicethat they have made it back safely.”

Feller is continually impressedwith the work Sailors from U.S.Naval Hospital Sigonella performwhile deployed. “The term ‘SempreGumby’ is really true. You’ve got tobe ready for whatever they throw atyou and these guys did a great jobwith that,” she said.

The four stars in the PrimaryCare Clinic lobby join dozens ofothers, symbols of the mark NASSigonella Sailors are making onNavy medicine.

Children and their parents gather to watch Sesame Street Live during a USO Experience for Military Familiesshow on July 18 and 19 at the NAS I gym in Midtown. The USO Experience for Military Families gives childrenthe opportunity to meet Katie, a character whose father is in the military, and helps children understand andcope with the military lifestyle.

Navy Morale, Welfare and Re-creation (MWR) Sigonella, alongwith the USO worked together tobring the Sesame Street/USO Ex-perience for Military Families toNaval Air Station (NAS) Sigonellafor two special shows on July 18and 19 at the NAS I gym.

First Lady Michelle Obama andDr. Jill Biden helped to create theshow, and it is in its third consecu-tive year traveling to different mili-tary bases around the world.

“When a parent is called toserve in the military, the entire fa-mily serves,” Obama said in a pre-recorded video that was shown to

the audience before the show.“Children especially need help sor-ting through all the changes andemotions involved.”

The story for the show centerson Sesame Street Live’s newestcharacter, Katie, who finds out atthe beginning of the show that herdad, who is in the military, is beingtransferred to another military baseand she has to move away from herfriends.

Katie was added to the show,helping focus more attention onwhat is known as Phase V of the Se-same Street/USO Experience forMilitary Families. Phase V is gearedmore towards impacting militarychildren and theat the changes theyexperience as a military child.

Throughout the show, other cha-racters such as Elmo, Cookie Mon-ster, Grover and Rosita help Katierealize she can always make newfriends wherever she goes and nomatter how far away she is from herSesame friends, they will always re-main close friends.

The tour kicked off in Alaska inApril and is expected to perform147 shows on 59 bases in the Uni-ted States, Guam, Korea, Turkey,Italy, Germany, Belgium, England,Spain, and the Netherlands beforeconcluding it’s final show in Japanlate this year.

Visit www.uso.org/sesame formore information on the SesameStreet/USO Experience for Mili-tary Families.

By Tracie Barnthouse

NAS Sigonella Public Affairs

By MCSN Cameron Bramham

NAS Sigonella Public Affairs

pAge 2 July 22, 2011

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AA Meetings: Monday,Wednesday, Friday – 1900, NAS II Chapel, 346-840-7745

Direct LineBuon giorno Sigonella!

Wow, how time flies when youare having fun. It’s been justover a year now since I tookcommand and I can say it hasbeen a pleasure to serve alon-gside you each and every day.I’ve been so fortunate to wit-ness the incredible efforts ofthe Sailors, Airmen, Marines,and all of our coalition friendswho are working so effectivelytogether to make NAS Sigo-nella operate so successfully. Ihave seen some amazing chan-ges occur in the past 12months and each of you shouldtake pride in your personal ac-complishments and collectiveachievement. From renova-tions and facelifts on NAS I, tothe generosity of everyone inthe entire community as re-flected by support to an AirForce Global Hawk family inneed, it has been an incrediblyhumbling experience to watchhow we take care of one ano-

ther. I can tell you that thispoint was not lost on VADMVitale, the Commander ofNaval Installations Com-mand, during his recent visitto NASSIG. He was visibly im-pressed by everything he sawand everyone he met. My con-gratulations to you all.There is another ongoing

commitment made by many inthe form of donating their im-portant and often scarce freetime to volunteer and help outothers by assisting the localcommunity in clean-up pro-jects in the surrounding townsand donating clothes andother items to charity organi-zations and fellow servicemembers in need. As Moham-med Ali once said, “Service toothers is the rent you pay foryour room here on earth.” Although most of us enjoy

two or three year tours in Si-cily, others are simply deplo-yed here. It is important that

all of us, regardless of our timeon the island, take pride in oursurroundings -- both insideand outside the gate. It is aunique opportunity to be apart of the NAS Sigonella com-munity and it is an even grea-ter responsibility to be amember of the Sicilian society.I applaud those organizationsthat have stepped up andmade a commitment to notonly be good guests, but to begood neighbors and membersof the community. Another way that Sigonel-

lans give back is through spon-sorship. We’ve all heard thesaying, “You never get a secondchance to make a first impres-sion” – this is especially truefor those of you that are chosento represent the command inthe Command Sponsor Pro-gram. It is absolutely criticalthat we assist the newestmembers of our community byreaching out to them early, ma-

king sure that they knowthey’re expected here,and by being available toanswer any questionsthey may have. Transfer-ring between commandscan be stressful, but withthe excellent personnelwe have onboard in Sigo-nella, I am convinced thatwe make this transitionas smooth as possible bysimply being a good ship-mate. For those that have re-

cently arrived – Wel-come! I enjoy theopportunity to speakwith you during Indocand it is exciting to seethe new faces and talents thatwill be propelling this installa-tion to new heights. I cannever stress enough how im-portant it is to being a goodshipmate. As you arrive andget adjusted to the change ofscenery, be selective and

choose your friends wisely andstick together when you goout. A good shipmate will stepin or come to your aid should adangerous situation arise. Bot-tom-line, do what is right,make the right decisions, andbe a good friend and a goodshipmate. Benvenuti!

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Naval Radio Transmittal Facility Niscemi part of theNatura 2000 Network

Maybe not everyone knows thatthe NRTF Niscemi area is listed as aSite of Community Interest and as aZone of Special Protection under theNatura 2000 network.

The management of Natura 2000in Sicily is a result of the project “BioItaly”, the goal of which is to ackno-wledge both ‘Birds and Habitats Di-rectives’ in Italy.

Sicily was once covered by abun-dant woods and Mediterranean mac-chia, reduced to only small areasduring various foreign dominations.There currently are 19 reserves in Si-cily established under the provisionof a 1981 Regional Decree: one of thenature reserves resulting from this lawis the “Sughereta di Niscemi”.

The area is protected for the pre-sence of scattered remnants of CorkOak Forest intermingled with maquisand garrigue a community which ishabitat to many rare and/or endange-red plant and animal species.

The most mature plant commu-nity is dominated by the cork oak, anevergreen oak characteristic of theMediterranean area. It grows oan sili-ceous soils with an acid reaction andin basically dry climatic conditions,

and for this reason it can grow toge-ther with generally evergreen plantswhich have adopted survival strate-gies to resist dehydration.

Many of the characteristic speciesare extremely rare and/or threatenedat a regional and national level.Among them, lots of rare endemicspecies are listed among the priorityplants of the Natural habitats, wildflora and fauna conservation Euro-pean Community Directive.

The quite high plant species ri-chness in Niscemi protected area,currently estimated at 577 species, isdue to the heterogeneity of its lan-dscape. According to the RegionalPlant Red List there are more than 50plant species which are rare and/orthreatened at a regional or even at anational level; among them, 15 are Si-cilian endemics.

The diversity of habitats suitablefor animal life allows the occurrenceof high animal species richness, evenif the number of individuals withineach population is often quite low.Considering only the breeding spe-cies which are rare on the Europeanlevel, some of them experienced a re-cent expansion because they meettheir ideal habitat in the fragmentedlandscapes rich of clearings of the na-tural reserve. One of this is the

suggested that students learn mathbest in a supportive learning environ-ment that includes:

• practice problems with explana-tions that break down challenges

• flexibility to review previousmath exercises, or move on to newexercises

• encouragement• assessment/feedbackAs parents and teachers, we hope

to help our children understand howthey will use math in their everydaylives. How then, do we get past our ni-ghtmarish math memories so that wetoo can overcome the hesitations andlearn to enjoy math along with ourchildren? Here are some suggestionson how you can overcome your ownmath phobias in order to help yourchildren discover the joy of mathema-tics:

1. Don’t let your fear of mathcome across to your kids

Parents must be careful not to per-petuate the mathematical myth - thatmath is only for “math types.” Try not

to make comments like, “I don’t likemath” or “I have never been good atmath.”

When children hear commentslike these from their primary teacher,they begin to dread math before gi-ving it a chance. It is important to en-courage your children to explore therich world of mathematics withoutimparting negative biases.

2. Don’t immediately associatemath with computation

It is very important to realize thatmath is not just numbers and compu-tations, but a realm of exciting ideasthat touch every part of our lives.Take your children outside and pointout real objects that display mathconcepts. For example, show yourchildren the symmetry of a leaf or theangles on a building; take a close lookat the spirals in a spider web or the in-tricate patterns of a snowflake.

3. Help your children understandwhy math is important

Math improves problem solving

By Antonella Grillo

Environmental Division NAVFAC EURAFSWA

Homeschooling the child who dislikes math!

Your child breezes through spel-ling, social studies, and art, but whenit comes to math, your child’s attitudequickly sours. This can result in an-xiety, acting out, struggles and ou-tright refusal to do a lesson – asituation we have all been in. Additio-nally, many of us are intimidated bymath ourselves, this can add to overallfrustration with the subject. This doe-sn’t have to be the case!

Math utilizes logical skills andcreativity, and your child can grow toenjoy it regardless of the initial levelof interest. Numerous studies havePWD, continued on page 12

MATH, continued on page 12

Article from Homeschooling theChild Who Hates Mathwww.homeschool.com/articles/aleks2/default.asp

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on the Go with Mwr

Midtown Movie theaterSSchedule & deScriptionS

Movie schedule is subject to change.Please call to confirm. Movie Hotline: 624-4248

Friday, July 225:00pm Kung Fu Panda 2 PG 8:00pm Priest R PREMIERE

Saturday, July 23 2:00pm Cars 2 PG4:30pm Harry Potter 7pt. 2 PG-13 PREMIER 7:30pm Priest R 9:00 pm Yogi Bear G FREE - MOVIE IN THE PARK

Sunday, July 242:00pm Harry Potter 7 pt. 2 PG-13 4:30pm Transformers 3 PG-137:30pm The Hangover 2 R

Tuesday, July 265:00pm Zookeeper PG 8:00pm Priest R

Wednesday, July 275:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean 4 PG-138:00pm Horrible Bosses R

Thursday, July 285:00pm Harry Potter 7pt. 2 PG-13 8:00pm Bridesmaids R

Friday, July 295:00pm X-Men: First Class PG-138:00pm The Conspirator PG-13 PREMIER

Alcoholics AnonymousAlcoholic

Anonymous meetingwill be held on Monday evenings from

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the NASII Chapel.If additional meetings are needed

or for moreinformation please call x3267

HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (7) pt. 2 - Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Carter

In the epic finale, the battle between good and evil forces of the wizarding world esca-lates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But itis Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he drawscloser to the climactic showdown with Lord Voldemort. It all ends here (118 min.)

KUNG FU PANDA 2- Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen

Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peacealongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five. But Po's new lifeof awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans touse a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. He mustlook to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will Pobe able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed. (91 min.)

PRIEST – Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Can Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins

A legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War now lives in obscurity amongother downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by theChurch. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breakshis sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn herinto one of them. He is joined by his niece’s boyfriend and a former Warrior Priest-ess who possess otherworldly fighting skills (87 min.)

CARS 2 – Larry the Cable Guy, Cheech Marin, Owen Wilson, Michael Cain

Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take theirfriendship to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the cham-pionship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and hilarious surprises whenMater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.Torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing theline in a top-secret spy mission, Mater's action-packed journey leads him on an ex-plosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends andwatched by the whole world. Adding to the fast-paced fun is a colorful new all-carcast that includes secret agents, menacing villains and international racing competi-tors (112 min.).

ZOOKEEPER – Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb,Donnie Wahlberg, Ken Jeong

The animals at Franklin Park Zoo love their kind-hearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes.Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the onlyway to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The ani-mals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal thatthey can talk. To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules ofcourtship – animal style (104 min)