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Greensboro Montessori School CASA
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The GMS CASA program provides before and after school care for children enrolled in the School. The CASA program is designed to accommodate parents' busy schedules and provides an extension of the Montessori classroom philosophy in a safe and enriching environment. All children, ages 18 months and older, are eligible for CASA on days in which they are enrolled in regular classes. Children may register on a permanent contracted basis or use drop-in services when space is available.
Early Bird CASA
Early Bird is available from 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. prior to the beginning of each school day. See registration form for fees.
After School CASA
After school CASA is available as an extension of all Montessori programs beginning at 3:00 p.m. and ending at 6:00 p.m. All children are divided into age groups and each teacher will provide structured, enriching, and age-appropriate activities that children enjoy. Upon dismissal, children must be signed out by either a parent or person(s) authorized on the student emergency/transportation form. If an additional person needs to pick up a child, a written permission to pick up must be submitted by the parent. It can be emailed to the school at firstname.lastname@example.com or faxed to 665-9531, attention: CASA Director.
Napping Rooms
Young children who stay after lunch will take a nap. After lunch, children will rest on mats provided by the School. If your child prefers a blanket for napping, you may bring one from home. During naptime, teachers will provide a peaceful environment for the children. Children are not required to go to sleep, but they must lie quietly on mats during the rest period. We request that children not be picked up early from the napping rooms so as not to disturb other children. Children are awakened from their naps between 2:00 and 2:30 pm. Children 4 years or older, will be grouped with other all-day students,a teacher from their morning classroom and one other teacher until 3:00 each day. They will be given time to have a rest on a mat, use Montessori materials, spend time outside, and develop other skills.
CASA Registration
CASA fees for permanently enrolled children are based on actual school calendar days. Payment for CASA services may be made on a monthly basis, over 9 months, or one-time. If monthly payments are selected, payments are due on the 1st of every month beginning September 1 and ending May 1. A one-time payment is due on or before September 1. A late charge of $20.00 will be assessed for all payments received after the 10th of the month.
CASA registration forms are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Please fill out the Registration Form and return it to GMS as soon as possible.
As a convenience to parents, the school provides snack for all the CASA students.
Drop-In CASA
Drop-in CASA may be available at the rate of $10 per hour for regular school days and $50 per day for All-day and Half-day CASA on all teacher workdays, conference days and certain school holidays as noted on the school's academic calendar. Reservations must be made in advance by telephone, email or in person at the front desk, subject to availability. Drop-in students will not participate in weekly enrichment classes. No permanent Drop-In reservations will be accepted. Any care needed on a regular basis must be contracted for one, three or five days per week.
Payment must be made by check for Drop-In CASA at the time service is rendered. Cancellation of Drop-In reservations must be made in person or by phone. Reservations will be billed if cancellation notice is not given in advance.
Cancellation/Change Policy
CASA registration may be cancelled or changed by submitting a written request to the office and related rate changes will be effective the first day of the following month.
Special CASA Days: School Closed – CASA Open
On days when the School is closed and CASA is open (teacher workdays, parent-teacher conference days) parents may sign up their children for CASA on a drop-in basis. Children must be pre-registered for those days so the School can provide appropriate childcare staff. To pre-register a child for these "special" days, please call the office prior to the day of special CASA. Child care for teacher work days and conference days are available at a per diem rate of $50.00 per child, per day.
All day CASA for regularly 1 and 3 day contracted students is $50.00 per child, per day on days when school is closed for conferences or professional development. Students enrolled in the 5 day all inclusive CASA program receive coverage for all teacher workdays, conference days and some holidays at no extra charge.
Late Pick-ups/Early Arrivals
Children must be picked up from school or CASA at designated times. If you realize that you will be late picking up your child, you must call the office in advance. Drop-in CASA may be available to extend your pick-up time. Children picked up after scheduled dismissal will be billed at a rate of $10.00 per every 15 minutes late.
Greensboro Montessori School
Primary Curriculum
Ages three to six years.
(Includes the Kindergarten year)
The goal of the Primary program at the Greensboro Montessori School is to help the child develop independence and discipline from within while learning new academic and life skills. Children in this program explore basic concepts and discover their own uniqueness in a carefully prepared classroom environment that provides developmentally appropriate materials and activities, along with the right balance of freedom and limits. Well-trained teachers observe children individually in order to see which areas of the classroom they are drawn to and what their interests are. The teachers keep careful records of the child's activities so they may plan lessons accordingly to meet the child's sensitive periods for learning.
Practical Life activities are the foundation for the child's learning in the Montessori classroom. We offer the children opportunities to take care of their own needs, such as polishing their shoes and making their own snacks, and to take care of the needs of their classroom environment; such as watering plants, dusting, and washing their dishes. Learning how to manage these practical life skills bridges the gap between home life and life at school and helps build the child's self-esteem. Carrying out these activities also builds the child's concentration, coordination of movement, sense of order, ability to complete a task and aids the development of the will. These qualities are key to the child's success as she/he grows older and develops more academic interests. Grace and Courtesy lessons, which aid the child's communication skills and social development, teach the child respect for themselves, others and their environment.
Other key components of the Primary curriculum include:
Sensorial Materials: Hands-on, manipulative materials and exercises that stimulate sensory discrimination, observation and descriptive language. These exercises aid the child in organizing and categorizing the sensory impressions she/he receives from the outside world. In many ways, sensorial materials help lay the foundation for introduction to mathematical concepts.
Beginning with phonetic sound recognition, the child learns to read and write by connecting the letter symbol(s) to each sound, de-coding and rebuilding words using movable letters of the alphabet, and by developing the coordination of the hand and wrist with specifically designed materials. There are many opportunities for the child to develop her/his receptive and expressive vocabulary in the Montessori classroom.
Activities include counting and number symbol recognition, basic exercises showing the function of the decimal system and the processes of the four basic mathematical operations. Meticulous design of the sensorial and math materials lays the foundation for the child's later understanding of geometry and algebra.
Cultural Experiences:
Central to the primary classroom are experiences which provide the child with opportunities to learn about geography and various cultures, history, music, art, science and nature. In the spirit of inspiring Dr. Montessori's ultimate vision of peace in the world, the cultural activities help the child respect differences by showing the basic similarities of human beings and other living things.
Secondary Language:
In order to expose children to a second language during what Maria Montessori called "the sensitive period" for absorbing languages, all GMS Primary classes have Spanish lessons 4 times a week, taught by a native speaking teacher. Kindergarten classes have an additional Spanish class each week in the afternoon.
Environmental Education:
Children at this young age are enticed by nature. Studies have shown that giving a child the time for unstructured play in nature, enhances a child's concentration and observation abilities. Children at GMS are given many opportunities to play in the School's wooded area and gardens. In the Spring and Fall, primary children have gardening classes once a week. They create garden beds, plant, weed, water, harvest and prepare food from the bounty of the gardens. Children gain an understanding of the life cycle of plants, the seasons and the source of the fruits and vegetables they eat. Children at GMS go outside in most any kind of weather. Maria Montessori said, "There is no inappropriate weather for children. There is only inappropriate clothing. "
By spending time in nature, children at this age gain an appreciation for the natural world and, later in their development, are ready to work to preserve it.
Peace Education:
Learning to communicate with others in difficult situations is an important life skill and is taken seriously at GMS. As a toddler, the children are taught the words to express their feelings and needs to each other. When children enter the Primary level at the age of 3, they are guided by the teachers or older classmates to use a conflict resolution model when a conflict with their peers arises. The children involved gather at the classroom "Peace Table" to tell their stories about the situation that happened and to initiate ideas for resolution. By the time a child is 5 years of age, she/he is usually able to go through the conflict resolution process independently of a teacher's help. This process for resolving conflicts is used in the primary through upper elementary classes. In middle school more of a peer mediation model is used if necessary.
Montessori Kindergarten:
There are opportunities for longer lessons and more advanced extensions of work. The afternoon is when those deeper lessons are usually given. The older children are expected to do work each day in reading, writing and math. They may have a "work plan" to finish by the end of each day to prepare them for the expectations of the Lower Elementary level. Cultural and science studies are taken to a deeper level in the afternoons as the older children are more able to understand a larger world and more complex concepts.

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Originally Bought Shadows of Angmar years ago...
General Discussion « Lord of the Rings Online
Originally posted by Robsolf
Actually it's far from full access as he still needs to buy all expansion packs - Moria, Mirkwood, Rise of Isengard - to have it all. Basically as subscriber you are less restricted in what can you do(there are still cash shop only perks though) then free player.
Whole logic about Shadows of Angmar box contains actually no logic at all. Turbine just wanted to get more $ from old players coming back now when it's F2P.
Another LOTRO question from a current RIFT player.
General Discussion « Lord of the Rings Online
Not realy worth it as LOTRO end-game is bad, like many here said. It's grindy with a lot of cash shop shortcuts. Few examples(and yes, you need those for end-game):
- you can either kill 360 mobs for deed OR pay $ and kill only 180
- you can either gather/buy 500 ore and lvl up crafting or pay $ and need only 250 ore
- you can either grind special socketed gems for weapon(cause you change it every few levels or when you get better one) or pay $ and have them unslotted
Still if you don't mind paying(or grinding) raids and instances are quite good, usually with normal/hard versions. There is one true multiboss raid(not some skirmish easy mode garbage) - Tower of Orthanc, splitted into 4 smaller parts. One more 1-boss lair raid with Draigoh(dragon), fun for first time but easy and getting old fast. Two 6-man instances and three 3-man(at least that was the number when I last played). There are more raids/instances but it's just old rehashed stuff, with no meaningful gear and can't be called end-game as such.
LOTRO has good and bad quests ranging from quite entertaining ones to most horrible fedex/kill ten rats quests. I remember quite few camps in Mirkwood where NPCs quest were like this :
- Go kill 20 orc warriors and 10 orc archers in A camp!
- All done? Great now go to the A camp and get me 10 orc smelly pants and 5 rusty frying pans
- Ok. now go kill that orc boss from camp A.
- Hey! Did I mention that there is orc camp B...?
But main story(so called epic books) and last expansion quests(story wise) are actaully solid rock part.
Anyways to sum it up - LOTRO is well worth trying but NOT for it's end-game. It has flawlessly designed world, with tons of decent quests and well designed classes that can entertain you for quite a while. But almost none of it is actually free(you pay for quests here), so it's also bad choice as F2P game. But for casual mature gamer it can be nice place to relax.
Lord of the Rings Online: New Video Highlights Rohan's "Character"
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Originally posted by zaylin
Yes it is, game would be nigh impossible to enjoy without that, as unlike in many other f2p you have to buy content - quests, raids and instances. But then keep in mind that in most, if not all f2p, you can trade in game currency for cash shop items, sometimes with game itself, sometimes with other players. So in the end it's same deal everywhere.
Anyways my point is/was LOTRO while a good game with no doubts, doesn't have anything unusual or better about it's f2p/cash then other MMOs.
Looking for an excellent 3 thumb button gaming mouse.
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Logitech G500 has 3 thumb buttons and wheel can be also "clicked" to the left and right apart from regular click. This is useful as it adds 2 more buttons controlled with index/middle finger.
Razer naga is also solid choice IF you can manage to use enough of it's 12 thumb buttons.
Lord of the Rings Online: New Video Highlights Rohan's "Character"
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Originally posted by Newmoon
Don't want to be smartass but doesn't most F2P games offer their expansions well like name says for free? And lotro store is well just like many other cash shops out there. It's only called balanced because there isn't real PvP(I think about equipped and leveled player vs player, not aritficial insta max lvl monster player with no equips) and people accept it in PvE.
I'm however sure that Rohan will be awesome place visually and lore-wise, that one thing Turbine did and still does flawless.
Why not having Raids in GW2 is a GREAT thing.
General Discussion « Guild Wars 2
Jagarid said it perfectly. And last biggest flop around the block aka SWTOR, PVE game with end game raiding just confirms that. People don't need yet another MMO with raids, there are enough out there already - WoW, LOTRO, RIFT - just to name few AAA titles. From company wievpoint you don't compete offering old boring stuff, bioware learned that painfully.
Kinda funny thought though, next thing we'd heard if GW2 would get instanced raids with gear would be - "Where's tank and healer, raid sucks without those!"
edit: duh bugged editor ate my whole post :(, so just short version
Bonus time
General Discussion « Guild Wars 2
I have no idea why so many people here try to make those chests as fair and completely normal balanced thing, while they are yet another typical cash shop item like in many other MMOs. Key drop rate isn't and won't be high enough to obtain it in game(without some serious grinding) because then no one would use cash shop to get them. Seen that countless times already in other MMOs. Sure you can believe in fairies, santa and think it'll be different here, but it's all about $$$ in the end.
For me that doesn't bode well for GW2, unless there will be backhlash in the community loud enough to make those chests more convinience than advantage or simply to get rid them completely. Because the only thing chests do is breaking immersion by directing you to cash shop - "Hey what's that, how I open this? Well you get your credit card and...". And sadly so far I see fairytells about how they are okay(or this can't be true) because it's anet and GW2...
The best micro-transaction model - Pure Horizontal
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Originally posted by laokoko
D3 is actually lobby game with social aspects, but I think about idea in general. The merchandise and RMAH rules of course could be different in order to make whole deal more balanced while maintaining profit for both sides. PvP doesn't really change that as long it's properly desinged(skill being as important as gear).
The Future of RMAH's
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Originally posted by eyelolled
You actually describe someone who is trying to make his hobby into profitable job, despite the fact it's clearly not sustainable. And before he realise that hobby stops being fun and turns into chore. Most healthy adults are reasonable enough to reckognize that.
Gambling problems lie somewhere else and biggest difference is it ruins people financially, not because it's not profitable, but because they're encouraged to spend money they don't have for temporary feelings of power, popularity and control. While D3 as any game can make some people addicted it's not even close to gambling.
The best micro-transaction model - Pure Horizontal
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
The best cash shop I've yet seen was actually so hated RMAH. It has way smaller influence on game itself as in order to get profit devs need people to play game, so nasty restrictions are actually hard to apply. It's goes like this:
Game being no fun -> less people playing -> less people selling items for RL -> less profit.
While in regular F2P it/s more like that:
Game being no fun -> people go to cash shop -> get P2W effect(feeling superior to those who don't pay) -> profit.
Surely I agree that LoL system is really nice and not P2W. But I have to yet see quality MMO that doesn't develop game around it's cash shop. I mean sure it always starts nice with promises of convenience not advantage, but somewhere along the way $ temptation is just too big. Reason is simple - monopoly and unlimited supply results in greed and changing game so it offers more and more incentive to go to cash shop. Not mention exclusive items that people can't get in the game(RMAH can't have cash shop exclusive items).
RMAH of course isn't completely free from influencing gameplay, as devs want people to trade rare items, thus making game more loot-centirc. But if properly masked it can fit in gameplay nicely and they can't overdo it, cause they need healthy population with new people coming to make profit. I see it as lesser evil.
Anyways yeah, what was suggested in OP would be best cash shop, but I simply think it's not possible in reality(at least in MMOs).
The Future of RMAH's
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by maplestone
I agree that before playing D3 people can think how nice it'd be to play game and earn money instead having a job. But most mentally healthy folks discover that in reality it's time consuming and not so fun as it seemed in the first place. And stable income is less likely than with any real life job.
I guess peeps with some mental instability can get addicted to this sort of gambling (although less dangerous then real gambling as you don't spend money here), but they usually do get addicted to different things as mean to escape from RL problems. See many stories about WoW addicts.
The Future of RMAH's
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Okay, who do you think decides whether you need to farm/grind extensively to progress? And who do you think decides whether or not to implement an RMAH? The answer to both these questions is THE DEVELOPER. Do you not see a problem here? This is like someone creating a horrible virus and then selling the cure. Tje RMAH doesn't stop the grind...it GUARANTEES the grind. If there is no incentive for players to buy things on it, the dev will not make money. So they will design the game specifically to have a grind and encourage people to use the RMAH...see Diablo 3 for proof.
This is true, however the very same thing can be said about every MMO known to me with economy. Because in order to make something valuable/rare thus sellable at AH or other means to trade, developers tend to make obtaining those items quite time consuming(as this is only true currency in MMOs). Which almost always means grindy(better or worse masked). In D3 it feels as serious issue, but it's loot based game, way more than any mmo will ever be. Also I think it could be done better then Blizz did.
Regardless I prefer it from any F2P cash shop where developers often make it unpleasant to play game without buying items in store. In RMAH it's players who will have to get those items first. This limits game unfriendliness compared to cash shop version.
There are two versions of this argument...one is the insane version where the player thinks they will not have to work at all because they will be making so much money in-game. This version is just plain wrong in like 99.9% of cases. Unless you figure out a way to exploit the system by using means against the rules like botting and stealing multiple accounts that you all run simultaneously...it is very unlikely that you will ever make sustainable income off an RMAH. And why is this unlikely? Simple...because you will be competing with people that are using methods against the rules to make money.
The less extreme version of this argument is where the player just wants to make enough money to pay for the cost of the game. This isn't out of the realm of possibility, but think about this...it will probably take you MUCH more "work" to make your $60 back in-game than it would take to make that in a normal job. Unless you really, really like farming, you are much better off just working a few hours overtime in a regular job as opposed to spending night after night farming to try to get enough items to earn $60 in game.
And where is most common "I play game, have fun and sell items I don't want/need" version? You sound like people(and I mean majority here) play D3 only in order to get money(be it income or just fixed amount) and I doubt it. You can easily sell used game and not everyone bothers with it. Same deal here, you can earn some $, but not everyone cares about it. I mean sure people try selling items, but when they get bored with game and AH/RMAH they just simply stop playing like with any other game.
The Future of RMAH's
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Salio69
Sure, but what does it have to do with RMAH? In every popular enough MMO you have those people not only botting/hacking and farming stuff but also spamming chats and hacking people that use their services accounts. I guess they can use RMAH(although they actually prefer not to as it's easier to track them) but that doesn't make their behavior more legal and they are banned in D3 like in every other MMO. Unless you go for conspiracy theory that Blizzard works with "them"...
The Future of RMAH's
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by Salio69 (...)the unemployeed who "work" for them.
This baffles me, why assume that someone selling item at RMAH has no job and no income? You play, you find nice items you don't have any use for(or simply don't want to) and you sell them at RMAH. It's all about luck(or bad luck as finding good but useless items for your class is frustrating). Done this thousand times, only difference was there was no RMAH, only gold AH one. I don't even count items that got obsolete cause I didn't need gold and wanted to save them for later or I stopped playing game.
The Future of RMAH's
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Originally posted by TheAncient
This whole article is just haters conspiracy theory. Like Blizzard having shady deals with gold farmers or selling items on RMAH...
Not to mention whole article pressumption is that people are playing for money not for fun. Guess what had 200+ hours of solid entertainment from it, sold unneeded loot for different classes on RMAH and got enough to make D3 free + some summer Steam sale purchases. And why should I care that Blizz and Paypal got money from that? Name other game where I can play, have fun and get some pocket money from it(legal way that is)?
RMAH is not all that shiny and good(i.e. there is way to big pressure on itemization and not enough challenge via skill) but people exaggerate ALOT about it. There are more than enough youtube videos that prove that you don't need huge sums of gold nor real life $ to play and finish whole D3. If one lacks skill, patience and time, yes RMAH is a convinient shortcut, but such people would go for goldfarmers/item trading sites anyways.
The Future of RMAH's
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
RMAH would be nice equivalent for regular cash shops, which are far more P2W than RMAH will ever be - due to infinite supply of items. Furthermore cash shops have way bigger influence on game development, which is commonly known as making game around cash shop. Surely RMAH allows that too, but not to same degree as after all it's players who have to supply needed items.
So it's quite strange that so many peeps are okay with cash shops which are far worse then RMAH will ever be. Conservatism aka being afraid of new things? Not to mention in cash shop case only company profits, in D3 RMAH majority of money goes actually to player.
It's hardly the end of the subscription model.
The Pub at MMORPG.COM « General Discussion
Of course subscription model will have it's place, simply because it's highly profitable. The amount of people hating blizzard for their greed can confirm that. But like someone mentioned, P2P sets up a quality bar, that developers have to care about. You can't simply hype and then milk P2P players, TOR is perfect example what will happen if you do.
The future is one high quality P2P MMO title that gets that 15$ a month and few freebie mode F2P titles for more variety. Simply because one can't play seriously and long term a F2P title without spending crapload of money. The only working F2P modes are EvE/Tera like where you grind for 30 day game time and game is actually P2P. Otherwise there will always be some limitations(aka being inferior compared to paying players aka P2W) that you have to accept to play for free in F2P title.
And just to chime in on LOTRO/DDO, those games had substantial amount of so called life time members, which no longer paid monthly sub, yet were the most loyal customers. Best deal gamers can ever get, but worst one for company. So while LOTRO pre F2P population seemed healthy, the actual number of people that were still paying might have been much lower.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria: Mists of Pandaria - September 25th!
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I just wonder if GW2 and WoW are really competitors, despite all the voices here. I mean no raids, no holy trinity, no end game gear grind. I feel I'm gonna see tons of GW2 rage when people discover that.
Don't think LOTRO xpac gonna be something competitive. It's also quite expensive(at least 40$) and mounted combat look boring so far. I think fans(both WoW and LOTRO) gonna stay where they are.
Trion is true player in here. Not my taste as I'm done with raids and tiered gear grind but I really enjoyed how they've supported their game.
Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan Exclusive Preview
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Originally posted by Ozmodan
Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan Exclusive Preview
News & Features Discussion « General Discussion
Originally posted by Gaborik
While some people are hating a game( and other people who like it) because they just didn't enjoy it, you are exactly opposite. LOTRO has some good and bad things as every game and yes you can notice them even after playing it for 4 years. My 4 cents:
Of course I could say much more, but it'd be too detailed stuff to make it informative. Surely I'm subjective as well, but I hope I made my point - LOTRO has it's pros and cons.


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The 3rd annual Arlidazzle Parade takes place this Saturday evening in the City of Arlington. There are numerous events taking place throughout the community that day as well. The parade gets underway at 5:30pm on on Main Street in Arlington. There will reportedly be over 75 units participating in the lighted holiday parade this year. For more information check out http://www.arlingtonmnchamber.com.
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The Arizona State Sun Devils are set to play one of the more difficult out of conference schedules in the nation.
Following the home opener against Sacramento State, the Devils will host Wisconsin, travel to play Stanford, come back home to face USC and then head to Texas to take on Notre Dame in a neutral site contest.
It's a brutal stretch, but also one that, should the team survive, could set them up for a big season.
"Obviously that's not something that every year you'd want that kind of schedule, especially those first five ball games, but we're excited about it," ASU head coach Todd Graham told Sirius XM's College Sports Coast to Coast show "Obviously I've got a great belief in our football team and I really believe this team has an opportunity to compete for a Pac-12 championship so we're excited about the opportunity."
In fact, Graham said his players' want to play in big games, so they actually look forward to matchups like the ones ahead of them.
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Graham added his players seem to understand just how good they'll have to play to make it through that stretch with a good amount of success.
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The user interface designer for computer software applications ensures that the user experience is seamless, sensible, and functional. On a day-to-day basis, these professionals use their technical skills in software development and their ability to understand the user experience. User interface designers must collect and analyze information on user interface and usage; they use this data on user needs and expectations to communicate with and direct development teams, so those teams can improve software applications for users. In addition to gathering user feedback, these designers often must develop or improve processes that the organization uses to asses the user's experience and reaction to the software interface.Read More...
The majority of the work for this position occurs in a typical office setting during regular business hours. However, there may be long hours during some phases of the development cycle and/or approaching important deadlines.
A bachelor's degree in cognitive psychology, industrial engineering, human computer interactions or a related area is expected for this position. A strong background in user interface development is expected, as is a technical background in developing software on desktop, online and mobile platforms in multiple development environments.
Survey participants wield an impressively varied skill set on the job. Most notably, skills in User Interface, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets, and User Interface Design are correlated to pay that is above average, with boosts between 4 percent and 8 percent. At the other end of the pay range are skills like Microsoft Office and SQL. Most people familiar with Adobe Photoshop also know Adobe Illustrator and HTML.
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For many User Interface Designers, experience and pay levels seem to be correlated; more years in the business generally lead to more money. Workers in their first five years can expect to earn $62K, but people who have been around for five to 10 years earn a noticeably bigger sum of $78K. User Interface Designers bring in $90K after working for 10 to 20 years. User Interface Designers who have acquired more than 20 years of relevant experience earn significantly more than folks with fewer years on their resumes; the average income in this veteran group is $109K.
With a pay rate for User Interface Designers that is 35 percent greater than the national average, San Diego offers a comfortable salary for those in this profession. User Interface Designers will also find cushy salaries in Chicago (+21 percent) and New York (+19 percent). In Portland, salaries are 14 percent below the national average and represent the lowest-paying market. Workers in Seattle and Atlanta earn salaries that trail the national average for those in this profession (12 percent less and 9 percent less, respectively).
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Throughout the offseason, The Nats Blog will look back at every player's 2012 season to summarize and analyze his performance, and we'll look ahead to his possible role in 2013. We'll go from #1 Steve Lombardozzi all the way to #63 Henry Rodriguez until Spring Training. Enjoy. John Lannan had the least glamorous job of his 2012 teammates, but he can easily be considered an unsung hero of the Washington Nationals' storied season. The six-year veteran, who was once the Opening Day starter for the Nationals, began last season in the minor leagues because there was simply no room for him in the starting rotation after the acquisitions of Gio Gonzalez and Edwin Jackson during the 2011 offseason. Although Lannan asked to be traded when he learned of his demotion, Mike Rizzo did not release the reliable lefty because he knew the team would need a trustworthy starting pitcher to fill in for Stephen Strasburg after he was shut down. Lannan struggled in the minors a bit at first, and finished his time at Triple-A Syracuse with a 4.30 ERA through 148.2 innings with 86 strikeouts and a 9-11 win-loss record. But when he was called upon to start for the major league club, he gave the Nationals exactly what they asked of him. Of the four games he started with the 2012 Nationals, he earned four wins, one loss and a no-decision. He pitched 32 total innings with a 4.13 ERA, 17 strikeouts and a 1.44 WHIP. Although those aren't sensational numbers and Fan Graphs awarded him a WAR value of just 0.5, his contribution to the team late in the season when their ace was shut down and their pitching staff was tired goes beyond what statistics can show. However, those mediocre numbers weren't going to earn him a spot on the 2013 roster among pitchers in the Cy Young conversation. He was non-tendered this offseason, and for the first time since being drafted by them in 2005, Lannan will play for a team that isn't the Nationals. Next Year: After becoming a free agent, Lannan signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. He is slated to be the fifth starter for the Phillies, but it will be interesting to see how he is received by the Nationals' rivals. Phillies fans have a history of disliking Lannan for breaking Chase Utley's hand, which knocked their star out of commission during what was without a doubt the best offensive season of his career and had the potential to be a record breaking one. Up Next: #32 Tom Gorzelanny
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Acadia National Park is a National Park located in the U.S. state of Maine. It reserves much of Mount Desert Island, and associated smaller islands, off the Atlantic coast. Originally created as Lafayette National Park in 1919, the oldest National Park east of the Mississippi River, it was renamed Acadia in 1929.
The area first was inhabited by the Wabanaki people.
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The park is home to some 40 different species of mammalian wildlife. Among these are red and gray squirrels, chipmunks, white-tailed deer, moose, beaver (Castor canadensis), porcupine, muskrats, foxes, coyote, bobcats, and black bears. Many other marine species have been observed in the surrounding area and waters.
Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals. Bones of wolf, beaver, deer, elk, Gray seal (Halichoerus grypus), the Indian dog, and the extinct Sea Mink (Neovison macrodon), as well as large numbers of raccoon, lynx, wolf, muskrat, and deer. Although beaver were trapped to extinction on the island, two pairs of beaver that were released in 1920 by George B. Dorr at the brook between Bubble Pond and Eagle Lake have repopulated it. The large fire in 1947 cleared the eastern half of the island of its coniferous trees and permitted the growth of aspen, birch, alder, maple and other deciduous trees which enabled the beaver to thrive.
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Hope you enjoyed yesterday's post and that you've realized just how important regular stretching truly is.
We're back today with another great contribution from our friend Kris Fondran and the Shapeshifter crew.
Take it away Kris…
Nothing compares to the wonderful feeling of lying on a massage table while someone rubs, kneads and caresses your body with warm oil…
I abandon all sense of responsibility as strong hands dig into my muscles and release the stress and tension I accumulate each day. My body relaxes and my cares and worries drift away. For a moment that feels like an hour, I am truly relaxed and disconnected from whatever got me on that table in the first place.
I really enjoy getting a massage — and who the heck doesn't?
But that's first problem with it. The word "getting." I'm not actively participating in the process.
Massage can be an effective treatment for acute muscular injuries or for immediate reduction of bodily stress. But it also lulls you into a state of passive relaxation. Because you're not actively engaged in the process, you don't develop awareness of the connection between the tightness or pain in your body and what caused that discomfort in the first place.
Yes, patterns of tightness may melt away during a session. And many people report feelings of temporary relief. But that tightness doesn't stay away. The best you can do — with week after week of expensive treatments — is hope to keep it at a distance and keep it from getting worse.
If you want to make long-term changes to your life — ie. to get in shape, become a better athlete, or rehabilitate an injury — then awareness of your present state and active participation are essential.
I found these things through the practice of yoga.
Yoga has been called "the science of right living." That's because the techniques of yoga work on all facets of a person: physical, mental and emotional. And the best thing is that this life-transforming practice can be tailored to YOUR current state of health, your desired goals, and your level of dedication.
Incorporate yoga into your life and you may lower your blood pressure and pulse rate, improve your circulation, improve the function of your internal organs, reduce and relieve chronic pain, detoxify your body and slow the aging process, increase your energy, strength and stamina, sleep better, experience less stress, anxiety, and depression, elevate your mood, and more.
You don't need a masseuse to do this for you. And you don't have to drive across town or show up for an appointment.
With yoga you can take charge of your own health — no hourly fee required!
That brings up another problem with passive techniques like massage: the cost. Unless you've got great health insurance, it's impossible for most people to schedule a massage on a regular basis. It's a wonderful treat, but an impractical long term solution for the issues that are causing you daily pain and stiffness.
Sure, I'll get a massage whenever it's offered! But I've learned to rely on myself and the tools of yoga to promote long lasting change.
I believe that any successful transformation requires a direct connection between the goal and the desired outcome. It's vital to take ownership of where you are right now, how you got there, and where you want to be.
Just walk down the street and watch people and you'll see what I mean. Poor eating habits, inactivity and stress have laid the groundwork for this disconnect between body, mind and spirit. But it CAN be restored with time-tested, proven methods.
Yoga brings you back into balance by facilitating the body-mind connection.
Positive new behaviors are introduced and nurtured by reinforcing your awareness of your movement patterns in the physical postures and by connecting these movements with your breath. It's simple, but incredibly profound.
When your body hurts, your overall mood and demeanor is affected. Even if you've got a high pain threshold, there comes a point where chronic ailments really start to get you down, and you seek relief through a pill, injection, or surgery to "feel normal again."
That's the beginning of a long downward spiral. And you're losing more and more control of the outcome every step of the way.
If you're the type who wants to avoid medical interventions, then massage can be a great starting point. Passive natural techniques should be part of your plan, but they shouldn't be the entire plan.
If you want to banish chronic pain, muscle imbalances and other issues for good, then you must be actively involved in the healing process.
You have nothing to lose but your pain.
While I agree with what you say about yoga and active participation in healing, what you are saying about massage therapy isn't accurate. In the first place, research shows that even a brief series of massage sessions conducted by a therapist skilled in treating injuries and chronic pain has measurable, long-term benefits. For more information about the research, check out the research link on the American Massage Therapy Association website at http://www.amtamassage.org. If it weren't true that massage therapy provided measurable, long-term benefits, no medical insurance, auto liability insurance, or worker's compensation program in the world would pay for massage therapy. Those kinds of insurance programs only spend money to cover medical interventions when they are assured of the value.
In the second place, it isn't true that massage is a passive process. Many massage techniques — in fact most in an orthopedic/medical massage practice — involve the active participation of the client, whether in the form of conscious relaxation of muscles that are in spasm, active breathing along with massage techniques, or resisted stretching techniques.
In addition, there are many times in which injured muscles cannot be relaxed when other, surrounding muscles are being recruited. Trigger points, for example, almost never release on their own, no matter how much movement, resistance, or stretching a person does, but must be treated manually, whether through massage therapy, injection, or electrical stimulation. Muscle injuries, by the way, are not just specific things that happen traumatically because of a sports mishap or car accident, but are also caused by postural problems, repetitive motion, chronic conditions and illnesses, or even by just sitting still too long (as anyone who uses a computer for long periods can attest). All of these kinds of muscle injuries can be helped by massage — not just acute injuries.
In addition, the fact of hands-on body work involved an open electrical circuit, which facilitates healing regardless of how passive or active the client is in the process. It's easy to understand this by massaging your own forearm and noting what that feels like — it's a closed electrical loop. Then have someone else massage your forearm — it's a completely different kind of touch circuit, and it's easy to feel the difference, more so if the person touching you is a skilled massage practitioner. And please note that I'm not referring to energy work here, but a scientifically measurable (with a microvolt meter), observable physical effect.
To top it off, there are some types of injuries and conditions for which even gentle yoga stretches are contraindicated and would create a higher risk for aggravating an injury that might be very appropriate for massage therapy.
Nevertheless, in most cases, appropriate yoga practice is an excellent adjunct to massage therapy — and vice versa. An active yoga practice can enhance the benefits of massage, and massage can enhance a person's ability to benefit from a yoga practice. However, neither is a replacement for the other.
Thanks for listening and carefully considering the facts before maligning the practice of highly trained, knowledgeable, professional medical practitioners such as massage therapists.
Liz Green-Taylor, Washington State Licensed Massage Practitioner, Certified by the National Certification Board for Massage and Bodywork, Member American Massage Therapy Association
Thank you Liz! I have had many clients that are YOGA TEACHERS and swear by massage.
There are attachments that are OVERSTRETCHED and only benefit by the skillful hands of a massage therapist to release… this is an adjuct to many other bodywork therapies.
We should be holistic in our practices and thoughts of healing. Having one therapy pitted against another is Western thinking. Massage and Yoga have their benefits and especially when used together, most people will see long lasting and quick results in their healing.
Interesting how we are all in this field together as preventative health care specialists, and people still want to position us against each other… this is one of the reasons why nothing works within the masses in the western world of medicine… to busy fighting each other and not addressing why we cant recieve notoriaty for our efforts within the western world of health care…
Wow! Funnily enough I was just about to book 8 massages over four weeks to get rid of my knots!
I've done so before to get rid of chronic pain throughout my entire body – I'm like a big knot but nobody can give me insight on how to prevent my body knotting up in the first place! After several massages the knots get worn down but they come back again so quickly – seems a waste of 400 euros!
Yoga, well, it's certainly worth a try!
Wow, you are apparently not going to the right place if it takes 8 massages to work out all your knots and get rid of pain and your therapist isn't instructing you about body mechanics, posture, etc.! Depending on the health of your tissue based on your diet and level of fitness and what repetitive stress is placed on your body, you should have all the knots worked out in just 2 or 3 sessions!
I can give you some insight from personal experience and from my studying. NEITHER massage OR yoga are going to give you long lasting relief. Yoga will 'manage' tension, but unless the tension is addressed at the level of the Central Nervous System of the body, which is a combination of mental, physical, chemical and emotional responses, it is not "holistic" and will only alleviate temporarily, the "issues" will remain "in the tissues". (both yoga and massage DO generate some change in the CNS, but the tension returns. Read a bit more!)
Yes, There ARE longstanding benefits from massage, AND from yoga, but they are only part of the equation. In order to reorganize the body sufficiently enough to affect lasting changes, we need to find the congruent place where our stories about the world intersect within the confines of our bodies.
There are a number of somatic therapies out there that are address this. My modality of choice is called Somato Respiratory Integration (SRI). The myofascial unwinding techniques and cranio sacral techniques, when done by a practiced therapist can also assist one in accessing some of the "gunk" that gets bound up in the soft tissues within us. Acknowledgement of the incongruence is the first step in creating acceptance and a profound drop in tension from the tissues.
As a massage therapist myself, I find that by having someone place their hands on the place there is tension and acknowledging that pain that they have (understandably) been avoiding, profound, lasting changes can occur, not only in the tissues of the body, but in the lives of those who are affected by that individual who was brave enough to "go there".
This can be done during a massage with an understanding therapist, or in yoga with equal merit for your journey towards wholeness and greater health. I hope I did not over-inform here and that some of this was useful to you! May you find the peace and relaxation you seek!
I think you said it in the first sentence. "Nothing compares to the wonderful feeling of lying on a massage table while someone rubs, kneads and caresses your body with warm oil…"
There are times when you need to switch your mind off and not be actively engaged in the process. A good massage can stimulate the blood and lymph circulation, dislodging and eliminating toxins that get trapped in tight muscales.
Both have their place but I will take a good therapeutic massage any day.
Although I agree with much of what was said in this article, I, as a massage therapist, know that not all massages are "passive". I include guided visualizations, EFT, energy work, essential oils, crystals, and sacred geometry. All of which are healing. I educate my clients of many ways to healing themselves. Whether it's teaching them vizualusations, stretches, yoga, meditation, healthy foods, Epsom salt baths, breathing, etc. They leave with more knowledge than they had before they came into see me. Healing is about intentions & beliefs. I also teach my clients what types of thinking and emotional upset started the aches, pains, & dis-ease in the first place. I'm sometimes guided intuitively to pick up something that happened in their past that is stuck in a particular part of their bodies. Your not going to get that in a yoga class, or while watching a yoga DVD. Yes, I believe yoga is an amazing healing modality. But so can a massage session be, with the right therapist.
YES. It's not either/or, but without the increased emotional/ somatic awareness, neither will go home with one for long.
I love that you wrote this!
Massage requires active participation because you feel the release of energy and then relax your muscles. You can only feel good from a massage if you trust the masseus and the process. Healing touch from another person is a beautiful gift from the masseus and from yourself. Some times I need a little help releasing stuck energy before starting yoga. I see massage and yoga as complimentary, and not competing activities.
Massage Therapy can be a long term solution if a good treatment plan is in place. It also can be actively engaging with many specific advanced techniques.
Massage Therapy does affect Chronic pain , muscle imbalances and various other conditions. So please go to our College website at http://www.cmto.com before posting what Massage Therapy does or does not do.
Yoga, along with various excerise programs, would COMPLIMENT many types of therapies such as Massage Therapy, Physiotherapy, Chiropractic adjustments. The only problem with avoiding Therapy and going right to yoga first is that the Yoga instructor is not a Registered Therapist and cannot do specfic assaessments or testing to see exactly what is causing the person discomfort.
Yoga or any other kind of exercise should never replace Massage Therapy or any other kind of Reg. Therapy.
Remember, you want muscles, tendons and ligaments at their healthiest when exercising and that is what your Massage Therapist can do for you. And if you find your Massage too relaxing you can ask for a Deep Tissue Massage or a Sports Massage.
I think you need to educate yourself on Massage Therapy abit more before posting.
A Massage Therapist ( not a masseause) can and does treat chronic muscluar conditions and very affectively! A therpist along with the client can develope an ideal treatment plan to address the clients specfic goals. Using the appropriate Massage Techniques chronic pain and muscle imbalances and along with so many other problems can be treated successfully!
Yoga is a form of exercise and should not be used as therapy but in addition to therapy.
To exercise affectively you want healthy muscles, tendons and ligaments and a Massage Therapy helps you with that.
A yoga instructor is not a Therapist. A Massage Therapist can do assessments and specfic testing and come up with a treatment Plan to best suit the clients needs.
You cannot compare the benefits (which you have NOT done accurately) of Massage Therapy to Yoga.
Please visit the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario to read more about Massage Therapy at http://www.cmto.com or contact a local Registered Massage Therapist.
I prefer yoga, I do it regulary.It is important to stay flexibil as you grow older,to prevent falls.
Why have an either or situation? Everyone should have both!! Whilst I agree with a lot of the blog, taking responsibility for our health etc,.. The power of nurturing healing touch can be immense affecting energetically both the physical and emotional bodies. Depending on the massage style you go for, the experience can be both powerful and profound. I am a yoga teacher myself and a Thai Massage/Deep Tissue/Sports Massage Practitioner and Teacher – so as well as loving the benefits of yoga, I am convinced that everyone should have regular massage. There are some things that can not be experienced as a sole yoga practitioner. The connection of energy whether through partner yoga, assisted yoga stretches or indeed when having something such as thai massage is one of the most wonderful experiences that we can have/share. Yes, sometimes massage can be passive but it can also be a dynamic, active, playful exchange between two people. Massage can be expensive, but then so is eating organic regularly! As humans, we all need touch,..we all need connection – a hand held, a hug or indeed a massage. Seek out the best massage practitioner and have it as regularly as you can afford – your body, mind and spirit will thank you for it!! Siva Rajah – based in London, UK.
I agree. Both is definitely best.
Please don't take this blog post personally. I too believe massage is great and I just wanted to open peoples' eyes to the fact that being a more "active" participant in your body's well being is important as well.
I don't take your blog personally. I am a massage therapist and I too like to educate my clients on different modalities they can use to help heal themselves. That includes yoga and pilates which I do myself as well. Your blog just needs to be more rounded in its
content. What works for one may not work for another. My pilates instructor said that she actually hurt herself doing yoga. Since doing pilates she has no back pain. I do not advocate one over the other I just think it is an individual choice and each body is different in how it responds. There is no one size fits all answer.
I didn't think you were posing an argument against. I think this is a great intro for a dialogue about the important subject of AWARENESS. When we simply 'check out' during a massage, it may have a lasting "effect", but if awareness isn't a part of the equation, simply 'feeling better' may not be enough.
(I'm actually of the opinion that a shorter massage with an emphasis on increasing awareness in a relaxed body is probably a good way to go for most folks, especially if they don't get them frequently. The "frontal lobe check out" is usually a stress response/ shut down)
Same here with those who say in the best of both worlds, the combination of regular massage with a regular yoga practice brings about optimum healing. Especially for athletes, injuries and pain associated with repetitive strain activities associated with many professions. Even massage therapists and yoga instructors would do best with a combination of both. I have referred many of my clients to seek a good yoga instructor…so perhaps that's the ticket….having the right practitioner be it massage or yoga one seeks! Your article was doing just that…advocating yoga over massage…heheh You evoked some great responses!
sorry Yuri when you use the term VS… its an all out battle. Understand that we promote yoga, as I am a massage therapist and a yoga instructor… it goes hand in hand
As new year resolution I started practicing yoga and boy even after a couple of sessions I am starting feeling better and I am more aware of my movements.
Yuri just stumbled upon your blog and it is truly a gold mine packed with information.


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