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Austin Community College Initiatives
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Mandatory Orientation
First-year Experience
Elimination of Late Registration
Community College Leadership
Faculty Use of Data
Mandatory Orientation
- Developing and Implementing a Mandatory Online Student Orientation
A rural Community College evaluated their procedures for preparing students for online courses and determined they were not meeting the needs of the students. Through the use of the ADDIE Model of Instructional Design, a mandatory online orientation for first time online/hybrid students was developed and implemented. Results from the implementation indicate that after completing the orientation, students feel they are better prepared for their online courses. This result is backed up by an increase in online student retention.
- Research in Developmental Education
National Study of Developmental Education II: Baseline Data for Community Colleges. By Katherine Gerlaugh, Lizette Thomson, Hunter Boylan, and Hildreth Davis.
Open access to higher education has been a priority for community colleges in the United States since the 1960s (Cohen & Brawer, 2003). According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), nearly all community colleges and many universities offer developmental education courses for the purpose of preparing students who would likely otherwise be unable to complete a higher education program of study (NCES, 2003). Developmental education is of particular concern to community colleges, where the majority of developmental students are enrolled (McCabe, 2002). Until the 1990s, however, there was little information available to describe the demographics of developmental education and evaluate the efficacy of its efforts.
- Student Progress Toward Degree Completion: Lessons from the Research Literature
There is a growing recognition of the need to increase the number of Americans earning college degrees as evidence mounts that the country's economic competitiveness is declining. A telling indicator of declining fortunes is that the country is doing less well in educating new generations than are many other nations. While the U.S. is first among the 29 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations in the percent of its population ages 55 to 64 with an associate's degree or higher, its ranking falls to 10th for the younger population ages 25 to 34.1
- About Campus: Getting serious about institutional performance in student retention: Research-based Lessons on Effective Policies and Practices
The Indiana Project on Academic Success and the College Board Pilot Study on Student Retention evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of approaches to student retention. The authors share empirically grounded insights gleaned from this research.
- Redesigning Community Colleges for Completion: Lessons from Research on High-performance Organizations
After examining the research from within and outside of higher education on organizational performance, this paper identifies eight practices common among high-performance organizations: leadership, focus on the customer, functional alignment, process improvement, use of measurement, employee involvement and professional development, and external linkages. Evidence suggests that these organizational practices have the greatest impact on performance when implemented in concert with one another. The paper assesses the extent to which community colleges generally are following these practices and evaluates current reform efforts in light of models of organizational effectiveness that emerge from the research literature.
In order to bring about improvements in organizational performance, community colleges will need to involve faculty and staff in reform efforts. This paper reviews research on strategies for engaging faculty and staff in organizational innovation and describes particular challenges community colleges face on this front. The concluding section recommends concrete steps community college leaders can take to redesign how they manage programs and services to increase rates of student completion on a scale needed to help meet national goals for college attainment.
- Networks for Transfer Success
Building stronger networks for transfer student success involves both inter-institutional and intrainstitutional collaboration. This article explores successful efforts of the Office of Transfer Services at the University of Central Florida to address three critical components of transfer student success: 1) preparation, which involves the delivery of appropriate and timely information prior to a student's enrollment; 2) transition, which calls for collaborative use of a well-networked, decentralized advising structure, and 3) progression, which requires an advocacy system to refer students to campus-wide support services. A key factor to the success of the Office is the ability to develop relationships and collaborate with faculty and staff at the Florida community colleges. Assisting students in successful transfer requires intentional interventions that impact students' decision making. These interventions need to occur at the three critical stages noted above.
First-year Experience
- Excerpt from "High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter"
Kuh's (2008, p. 21) has noted: When I am asked, what one think we can do to enhance students engagement and increase student success? I now have an answer: make it possible for every student to participate in at least two high-impact activities during his or her undergraduate program, one in the first year, and one taken later in relation to the major field. The obvious choices for incoming students are first-year seminars, learning communities, and service learning."
- Predictors of First-Year Student Retention in the Community College
This study analyzed predictors of fall-to-spring and fall-to-fall retention for 9,200 first-time-in-college students who enrolled in a community college over a four-year period. Findings highlight the impact of developmental education programs and internet-based courses on student persistence. Additional predictors include financial aid, parents' education, the number of semester hours enrolled in and dropped during the first fall semester, and participation in the Student Support Services program.
- On track to complete?: a taxonomy of beginning community college students and their outcomes 3 years after enrolling: 2003-04 through 2006
This study uses a classification scheme, the Community College Taxonomy (CCT), to analyze outcomes for beginning community college students according to how 'directed' (strongly directed, moderately directed, or not directed) they are toward completing a program of study. Levels of direction are based on factors associated with student persistence and degree attainment, and outcomes examined included institutional retention, student persistence, 4-year transfer rates, enrollment continuity, and first-year attrition.
Elimination of Late Registration
- Late Registration - Inside Higher Ed: Better Late than Never?
One way community colleges can help more students graduate is by eliminating the option of registering late for courses, research has found. But this move, which is a key part of college completion reforms, can also stir up controversy and hurt enrollment numbers.
- Late Registration - Texas Community College Teachers Association: Late Registration Hinders Student Success
For many years faculty members have complained about the common practice of allowing students to register after classes have begun. Such students commence their studies at a distinct disadvantage, missing out on key assignments and the crucial oral orientation each instructor provides during the first days of class. Various researchers have also asserted consistently that students who register late are less likely to finish the semester.
- Late Registration and Success Factors - References
Diversity and Equity
- Diversity
This interdisciplinary guide is intended to serve as a portal to library and online resources related to diversity and cultural competency.
- Diversity and Equity in the Classroom
The face of society is rapidly changing in the United States and with it, the face of the college classroom. It is hoped that changes in the nation's demographics will be reflected in the mix of cultures, colors and gender in our college science courses. With diversity comes a richness of learning; and with diversity come special challenges for the college science teacher. When culturally-determined norms conflict with instructional methods, the learning of science can be inhibited. Unless our introductory science courses are more responsive to diversity and equity issues, we will as a society lose the talents of the majority of our population.
- Equity in Higher Education
An overview of the racial and socioeconomic inequities in national higher education.
Community College Leadership
- AACC Competencies of Community College Leaders
Community colleges, like many other American institutions, are experiencing a leadership gap as many current leaders retire. Moreover, the leadership skills now required have widened because of greater student diversity, advances in technology, accountability demands, and globalization. Based on its continuing support of the development of community college leaders, AACC has collaborated extensively with its many constituencies to identify and endorse a set of competencies for community college leaders.
- Community College Leadership: A Multidimensional Model for Leading Change
Two-year colleges are facing major change. The majority will undergo a turnover in college presidencies in the next ten years, at a time when they are being asked to be engines for economic growth, enable more students--and a greater diversity of students--to gain 21st century qualifications, and provide a pathway to higher degrees, all with reduced state and local funding. Recognizing that future community college leaders--at all levels--will manage increasingly complex organizations, and face very different challenges than their predecessors, this book provides a multidimensional model of leadership suited to these new demands and environments. The model addresses issues of leader cognition, race and gender, the importance of culture, and the need for more collaborative modes of communication and decision making to frame and implement change. It recognizes that there is no longer any one way to lead, and that the next generation of leaders will be more diverse, possess experience and qualifications from a wider variety of careers, and follow new pathways to their positions. Leaders in the future will possess a cultural competency that is fostered by being lifelong learners. Through over 75 individual interviews with leaders and campus members, Eddy is able to provide examples of the model's components in practice and to illuminate which experiences proved the most relevant for these leaders on their route to upper administration. She shows how her model intersects with the leadership competencies defined by the American Association of Community Colleges, and proposes strategies for future leadership development. This book is intended for anyone considering a leadership position, at any level, in a community college; for college administrators and boards responsible for leadership development programs; and for individuals in corresponding organizations who conduct training programs for aspiring leaders. Likewise, those employed at four-year universities may find value in the model as a developmental tool.
- Community College Leadership and Administration: Theory, Practice, and Change
A large number of community college leaders and administrators are retiring and will continue to leave administrative positions now and in the years to come. Thus, there is a great need to prepare the next cadre of community college leaders focused on advancing the vision and mission of community colleges: (a) open access to education; (b) comprehensive educational programming; (c) serving the community; (d) teaching and learning; (e) lifelong learning; and (f) student success.
- Enhanced Learning Communities
An ACC Student Success Initiative PowerPoint Presentation.
- What Have We Learned About Learning Communities at Community Colleges?
In July 2012, MDRC and the National Center for Postsecondary Research released two reports on the effectiveness of learning communities, a popular strategy that places small cohorts of students together in two or more thematically linked courses, usually for a single semester, with added support, such as extra advising or tutoring.
The theory behind learning communities is that they give students a chance to form stronger relationships with each other and their instructors, engage more deeply with the integrated content of the courses, and access extra support, making it more likely they'll pass their courses, persist from semester to semester, and graduate with a credential.
- Learning Communities (National Center for Postsecondary Research)
Led by researchers from MDRC, NCPR is evaluating learning communities, in which groups of students enroll together in two or more courses. The evaluation is being conducted at six community colleges around the country, with some colleges' programs focused on developmental math, others focused on developmental English or reading, and one with a career focus. These courses are linked with student success courses, other developmental courses, or college content courses in different configurations across the sites. Transcript-level data are being used to evaluate the impact of assigning students to a learning community, using a number of outcome measures that include progress through developmental education, credit accumulation, and persistence.
- Learning Communities. U.S. News & World Report College Ranking Lists
At some schools, such as those below, students typically take two or more linked courses as a group and get to know one another and their professors especially well. The idea is to keep the discussions going after class ends. In spring 2013 we invited college presidents, chief academic officers, deans of students and deans of admissions from more than 1,500 schools to nominate up to 10 institutions with stellar examples of learning communities. Colleges and universities that were mentioned most often are listed here, in alphabetical order.
- Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges
For many students entering community colleges, the first stop on campus is at an assessment center. More than half of these students will be placed into developmental education as a result of their scores on reading, writing, and mathematics entry assessments, yet there is little evidence that this improves student outcomes.
This paper examines alternative perspectives on the role of assessment and how it is best implemented, reviews the validity of the most common assessments, and discusses emerging directions in assessment policy and practice. It concludes with implications for policy and research.
Faculty Use of Data
- Community College Faculty and Developmental Education: An Opportunity for Growth and Investment
Community colleges have long provided broad access to large numbers of Americans who seek opportunities in higher education. Indeed, for many the only entrée into postsecondary learning is through an affordable public institution that can offer an array of career choices and possibilities for exploration or that can serve as a launching pad to a four-year institution. Yet many of these students arrive under-prepared for college-level work. Those adults who work with these hopeful youth in an effort to provide them with future opportunities experience multiple challenges. The circumstances that surround the majority of these students exert myriad social and economic pressures. Striving to promote excellence in this context requires a multi-faceted support system to help students achieve success.
- A Growing Culture of Evidence?
Findings from a Survey on Data Use at Achieving the Dream Colleges in Washington State. Achieving the Dream (ATD) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving outcomes among community college students, especially low-income students and students of color. A central ATD strategy is to promote a "culture of evidence," in which colleges collect, analyze, and make decisions based on information about students in order to inform improvements in practice.
- Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation's Future (The American Association of Community Colleges)
A Report From the 21st-Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges
- Field Guide for Improving Student Success
This guide provides an overview of Achieving the Dream's institutional improvement framework for increasing student success. It includes examples of what Achieving the Dream institutions have done to transform themselves into more effective institutions. The guide is designed for college leaders who are considering having their colleges join Achieving the Dream, and thus making the necessary commitment to change college policies and practices in ways that enhance student success on a substantial scale.
- Redesigning Community Colleges for Completion: Lessons from Research on High-Performance Organizations
After examining the research from within and outside of higher education on organizational performance, this paper identifies eight practices common among high-performance organizations: leadership, focus on the customer, functional alignment, process improvement, use of measurement, employee involvement and professional development, and external linkages. Evidence suggests that these organizational practices have the greatest impact on performance when implemented in concert with one another. The paper assesses the extent to which community colleges generally are following these practices and evaluates current reform efforts in light of models of organizational effectiveness that emerge from the research literature.
- The Shapeless River: Does a Lack of Structure Inhibit Students' Progress at Community Colleges?
For many students at community colleges, finding a path to degree completion is the equivalent of navigating a shapeless river on a dark night—but very few studies have explicitly examined the role of structure in student persistence. This paper addresses the issue of student persistence by integrating previously disconnected evidence and drawing on ideas from behavioral economics and psychology.
- Toward a New Understanding of Non-Academic Student Support: Four Mechanisms Encouraging Positive Student Outcomes in the Community College
Despite their best efforts, community colleges continue to see low rates of student persistence and degree attainment, particularly among academically vulnerable students. While low persistence and degree attainment can be attributed in large part to students' academic readiness, non-academic issues also play a part. This paper examines programs and practices that work to address the non-academic needs of students.
- Diverse (Issues in Higher Education)
Diverse stands alone as the only source of critical news, information and insightful commentary on the full range of issues concerning diversity in American higher education. Diverse began writing about diversity in higher education long before diversity and multiculturalism became "hot-button" issues. Today, our mission remains as true as it was more than 30 years ago: to provide information that is honest, thorough and balanced. We seek, through traditional and nontraditional mediums, to be change agents and generate public policies that resolve inequities that still exist today. In fulfilling our mission, we believe we are helping to build the educational, cultural, social and economic structures necessary to allow every individual to reach his or her full potential, and thus contribute to the greater good of their community and the nation.
- Who Gets to Graduate? (The New York Times, May 15, 2014)
- Aspirations of Achievements (CCCSE, May 25, 2014)
- Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
provides a focus on educational activities and practices that research shows are related to student success. The survey provides ACC faculty and administrators with information on how students spend their time, what they feel they have gained from their classes, how the college supports their learning, and how they assess the quality of their interactions with faculty, counselors and peers.
- How African-American Men Will Improve Community Colleges
Presentation by Dr. Stephanie Hawley (Associate Vice President, College Access Programs, Austin Community College) at the Texas Association in Black Personnel in Higher Education (TACHE) Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 28, 2014.


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Admirals Ink May to ATOSubmitted by timothy on October 10, 2008 - 10:14
On the same day that Norfolk Admirals GM Mike Butters announced that Lightning forward prospect Mitch Fadden would be returned to his Lethbridge junior team, Butters announced that defenseman Jeff May has been signed to an Amateur Tryout contract. May, a teammate of Fadden at Lethbridge, completed his final junior campaign last spring as a free agent. May, a 2005 5th round selection of the Detroit Red Wings, was unable to come to contractual terms with the club and was a free agent invitee to Tampa's Traverse City prospects camp. His play on the TC blueline earned him an invitation to Norfolk's training camp.
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Admirals Ink Fletcher to AHL DealSubmitted by timothy on July 29, 2008 - 15:57
Norfolk Admirals GM Mike Butters was busy with the pen again today continuing to add roster depth by signing former Lightning overage defensive prospect Justin Fletcher to a standard AHL contract. Butters had signed center Pete Zingoni and goaltender Mike McKenna to standard AHL contracts on Monday. Fletcher, originally undrafted out of St. Cloud State in Minnesota, signed an ATO with the Springfield Falcons and eventually earned a one year NHL contract from then Lightning GM Jay Feaster in May 2007.


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Well today is Day One. I realize this won't be the easiest thing but I have tried every other diet out there. I must succeed at this for my children and for me. Talk about devotion, I hate cottage cheese, but had it for breakfast. Don't care for fish, had it for lunch. Yum! I will do this!!!!
My goal is to get healthy, not only lose weight. My BMI is 35 and I want it less than 24. I am going to have to get rid of my scale at home because I will become a slave to it and it can't tell me my BMI.
No phentermine for me as it has a contraindication with Zoloft. So I am taking the Stay Slim and hope it will be as effective.
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Congrats on making the choice to do Medi.
I like you have done Every diet known to man and then some.
I am on week 7 and have never found anything that is this easy to do and provides this great results. I am down 29lbs in 6weeks.
Some tips that I have figured out and will pass on:
* egg whites make a great breakfast. I do hard boiled 3 - this is only 60 cals
* I use Propel Zero packets for mix ins, I use just a little in my 34oz water bottle, this helps me to drink 2-3 of these at work during the day, provides a little sweet flavor and helps to down more water which is critical. And if you are feeling a little hungry they seem to take the edge off.
* My first week I ate alot of boiled shrimp with reduced sugar ketchup it helped me get over the chicken
* 1st week is the hardest but it is only 7 days. If you adhere 100% you will get great results.My 1st week I lost 10.7lbs.
Your 1st week may be rough depending on your body. I was lucky and felt great and even did some light workouts but listen to your body and you will be fine!
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make sure you measure your self day 1 - then again afer the 4th week. You will be amazed.
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And I know we aren't supposed to but I do weigh myself daily at home.. 1 so I can keep up with what result I will see on the MWL scale..and 2 if you see that number go down daily you will be even more motivated to stay on plan. Just how I have been doing things...
Be sure to check out the thread especially for WEEK 1 http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/me...eek-1-2-a.html be sure to read some/most of the old posts.....I'm sure you'll find them VERY helpful!
Then come and join us on the monthly thread.....there is a new one started every month. Post your questions there.......you'll likely get more answers, since at times that is the ONLY thread that some of the most seasoned MWL people read.http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/me...hievement.html
Be sure to check out (and post) on the Energy In and Energy Out thread as well. http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/me...-exercise.html
Since I just recently started the program as well, I'm just taking it one DAY at a time. lol
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Thanks for the support. Day One wasn't as bad as I thought. Ate 515 calories and drank 136 ounces of water. Day Two is alright so far :)
It is crazy but I don't miss the carbs...yet. I have kids so they are eating their regular food. I figure once I get this down, then I can incorporate their food and mine and they won't even know they are eating healthier :)
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has announced that its tableted news publication The Daily will be axing 50 staff members in cost-cutting moves. The Daily, first released on iPad only but now available to be fondled on other slabs, was denying rumours of changes at its offices right up until AllThingsD broke the story of the layoffs …
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There seem to be many things afoot in the Murdoch world since his recent departure from various newspaper boards, and they are happening quiickly. I was very surprised to see that last Saturday's Times did not include any listings for Sky TV channels. Any predictions for what is his next move?
Am I the only one that's never heard of its existence!
The picture of Murdoch that did the rounds when he first got his hands on a fondleslab will give me nightmares for years to come; if ever "naked slavering avarice" has been given form, that picture was it. The idea of a "newspaper" tracking your reading habits is bad enough, a News Corp publication doing it adds an extra layer of Orwellian greasiness.
Making an fondleslab app vertical only is simply bizarre; Rupe must be losing his Golden touch.
The Daily, first released on iPad only but now available to be fondled on other slabs, was denying rumours of changes at its offices right up until AllThingsD broke the story of the layoffs. Parent News Corp then copped to the plan, saying that the epaper needed to "streamline its production".
Aint that typical Murdoch practice. Lie until you're caught with your pants down.
Apple has sold nearly 70 million iPads, so it's not exactly a small market. I'm sorry Rupert, people just don't like you.
That device culture I reckon
I think this is the signal that customers are generally aren't interested in device specific content but are more than happy to consume and pay for re purposed content, it then gives the customer the choice of what device they want to consume it on. To me the 100,000 subscribers doesn't sound nearly enough for them to be breaking even, hence the staff cuts.
To me tablets and mobile's have always been about the media I already consume just available on a device that suits my needs at the specific point in time.
100,000 subscriptions
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= £32,883 per employee
Then there's advertising revenue, but that probably covers the estates costs, travel expenses, extra coffee for the machine.
Guess there's some greedy people at the top.
As ever, I'm not fan of this particular empire but am sorry for those losing their jobs. Hope something better comes up for them quickly.
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On Wednesday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood commended Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle for signing an anti-texting-while-driving bill into law for all drivers in his state. As the 25th state to pass a texting ban, Wisconsin has taken the country halfway toward a nationwide prohibition of texting while driving.
"Distracted driving is an epidemic that kills thousands and injures hundreds of thousands more each year. So we're thrilled to reach the halfway mark toward laws in every state against this dangerous practice. Everyone on Wisconsin's roads will be safer because this law is on the books," said LaHood.
The new Wisconsin law outlaws texting by all drivers. First-time violators face fines of $20 to $400, along with four points on their driving records. Second-time violators face fines of $200 to $800. The law is primary, meaning police officers can stop motorists suspected of this offense alone. It becomes effective on December 1.
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USA Today reports that the actor and rapper will be voicing the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man in this season of Disney XD's animated series Ultimate Spider-Man, subtitled Web Warriors. For the uninitiated, Morales, a half-black, half-Latino teenager, has been the Spider-Man of the Ultimate universe for three years now—since the 'Ultimate' version of Peter Parker died in the summer of 2011.
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The Associated Press reports that MacFarlane made the promise after hearing that the campaign needed to raise at least $5 million. The campaign has already raised over $4 million and has five days to reach its $5 million fundraising goal. According to the Kickstarter campaign site, if the $5 million fundraising goal is reached, the Reading Rainbow web series will be given to approximately 7,500 classrooms free of charge. MacFarlane's added donation of $1 million would bring that number up to approximately 12,500.
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Other family members were able to safely escape the blaze that started about 1:20 a.m. at a home in the 4500 block of West Parkway Avenue in McHenry, authorities said.
Firefighters found the girl in an upstairs bedroom, according to McHenry Township Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Rudy Horist. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:45 a.m.
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WASHINGTON – On the Senate floor Wednesday, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., expressed his concerns that the focus on the "shiny object," the health care law, as it relates to the continuing resolution (CR) has taken attention off spending reductions and encouraged his colleagues not to "negotiate away the hard-won gains that we were able to put in place to reduce spending and to help make our country stronger."
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Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's hugely successful book, Unbroken follows the life of Louie Zamperini. After muddling his way onto the US Olympic team, Louie's athletics career is cut short when he is enlisted to fight in World War II – where his plane crashes, leaving him and two crewman to survive in a leaky raft in shark infested waters for 47 days. When they are eventually discovered, it is by the Japanese Navy, and so begins a horrific internment at a prisoner-of-war camp. The film has been described as an 'inspiring true story about the resilient power of the human spirit.'
Unbroken marks Jolie's second stint in the directors chair, following her debut In the Land of Blood and Honey in 2011. Speaking about the project, she's said, 'I wanted to direct something again, but I wasn't sure what. It had to be something I would love and care about. It takes much more time away from your family and much more effort than acting. This has been the hardest thing I've ever done.'
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I don't have the stereotypical New York City accent. At all. x)
I thought you were going to post a quiz like this one: http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
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Unfortunately, I don't know what my spoken dialect is. because I can't differentiate between the English dialects. but i guess it's a mixture of them :D But when I answered the quize posted by Stephanie, the result was Northeastern and this was their comment "This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn't sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn't mean you don't pronounce R's.(People in Jersey don't call their state "Joisey" in real life)"
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I would think so Valentin if you learned that dialect from a native speaker.
I will speak with either a flat Midwestern or quick New England accent. I will never speak with a Southern accent. The southern drawl really annoys me. Southerners speak too slowly with prolonged vowel sounds. It takes them twice as long as New Englanders to speak. Please, don't ever talk to me with a Southern accent. I don't have all day to hear y'all from the trailer parks of the hill country.
There is a youtube video of somebody who speaks English in 24 accents. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABo_DCIdpM
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is telling federal agencies to prepare for a possible government shutdown.
The Office of Management and Budget sent a letter to agency heads this week ordering them to make contingency plans if Congress does not reach a deal to fund the government after Sept. 30. The letter from OMB director Sylvia Burwell says there is still enough time for Congress to prevent a lapse in funding, but "prudent management" requires that the government get ready for a shutdown.
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A number of Chattanooga youths from low-income homes will have access to laptop computers this fall.
Connected Tennessee's Computers 4 Kids "Preparing Tennessee's Next Generation for Success" program gave 34 laptops to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga in June.
"It is our hope to provide the youth of Chattanooga with not just a connection to the Web, but a connection to the infinite and meaningful impact that knowledge, learning and access have on the lives of us all," said Mandy Hale, spokeswoman for Connected Tennessee.
Unlike the desktop computers already stationed at the three Boys and Girls Clubs around the city, students will be able to take the new laptops home, said Michael Cranford, president of the Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga.
Having take-home computers "will make a huge difference as far as students' ability to have access to education they don't have now," said Cranford.
The Boys and Girls Clubs serve about 2,000 students ages 6 to 18 at three sites in East Lake, Alton Park and Highland Park. Many participants come from low-income, single-parent homes and don't have computers, Cranford said.
With take-home computers, doing research papers may be easier for students, he said, and those in high school will be able to find more financial aid opportunities for college.
In the next few weeks, staff at the Boys and Girls Club will figure out the logistics of how someone will check out a laptop, Cranford said. The goal is to have the take-home laptops available to students this fall, he said.
The computers are equipped with Internet access and word processing and spreadsheet software. Boys and Girls Clubs officials want to partner with other companies to put more educational programs and digital art on them, said Debbie Gray, the Chattanooga club executive vice president.
"What a great opportunity this will be for the kids," she said.
She's also seeking moviemaking and Web design programs so students may learn some job skills with the computers.
Computers 4 Kids is funded by a $2.3 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Connected Tennessee officials say they expect to award more than 700 computers statewide to Boys and Girls clubs this year.
About 2,500 computers have been distributed statewide since August 2010 by Computer 4 Kids.
The program gives computers, academic support programs and workforce training to two at-risk populations: those in the state's foster care system who are aging out as they turn 18, and youth who are active in the state's 76 Boys and Girls Clubs.
The program will affect nearly 60,000 youth across the state, according to a Connected Tennessee news release.
Yolanda Putman has been a reporter at the Times Free Press for 11 years. She covers housing and previously covered education and crime. Yolanda is a Chattanooga native who has a master's degree in communication from the University of Tennessee and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Alabama State University. She previously worked at the Lima (Ohio) News. She enjoys running, reading and writing and is the mother of one son, Tyreese. She has also ...