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Microcomputers were introduced into the K-12 classroom over 25 years ago. We have gone from the Altair, Commodore, and Apple I to the PC and Macintosh that individually have more memory and drive storage than a lab of the earliest computers. While we have observed large leaps in the technology and in the number of computers in the classroom, we have seen little change in the way teachers teach or the way students use computers. Teachers, parents, principals, superintendents, and school boards are beginning to question their investments in computer technology. ¹What do we have to show for all of these computers?· Most students today are still educated the same way students were educated a generation or two ago. Students are no more likely to sit in front of a computer for all of their instruction than they would be to sit with one of Skinner³s programmed learning machines. Why has the computer not revolutionized education as some scholars predicted?
A recent survey of computer applications used by K-12 students indicates that 78% of the students spend time playing games in school (Digest of Educational Statistics, 2000). Few if any elementary or middle school students reported using spreadsheets or databases and only 6% of the high school students reported using spreadsheets or databases. In contrast, we find that employees in the work place are using productivity tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, email, and personal information managers. Individuals in the workplace are using computers as a tool, whereas educators generally tend to think of computers as an instructional delivery device░something to replace the teacher, much like Skinner³s teaching machine. This observation is interesting because if we asked why computers are being placed in the schools, the primary reason is to prepare students for the workforce░where, as mentioned earlier, computers are used as a tool. Yet, we have failed to find a single job for a computer whiz who can blast space aliens similar to those found in computer games!


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Five experts discussed the latest in library tech during the Library Information Technology Association (LITA) Top Technology Trends panel at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter 2015 conference in Chicago. In front of a full house despite the snowstorm outside, the lively discussion of trends ranged from coding classes for girls to the growing infrastructure demands of open access publishing.
LITA Members Talk Tech Trends | ALA Midwinter 2015
Anticipatory Discovery and One-Click Server Installs Among LITA Top Tech Trends | ALA 2014
Anticipatory and contextual discovery, open hardware, one-click server installs, mobile-first design, institutional digital assets management, and even biohackerspaces were some of the topics discussed this year at the Library and Information Technology Association's (LITA) Top Tech Trends panel, held June 29 at the American Library Association (ALA) 2014 Annual Conference.
Library Simplified Works on Three-Click Access for Library Ebooks | ALA 2014
Library ebook transactions remain too lengthy and complicated for patrons, especially in comparison with consumer ebook transactions, James English, product manager for the Library Simplified project at the New York Public Library (NYPL) said during his "EPUB: Walled Gardens and the Readium Foundation" presentation at the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Eighth Annual Forum, held June 27 in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) 2014 Annual Conference. The group is working to make an open, commercial-grade ereader for libraries that would greatly simplify this process.
Vendor News Roundup | ALA 2014
Trying to keep up with all the vendor, publisher, and product news coming out of the year's biggest gathering of librarians? So are we. This is a selection of announcements that vendors have sent LJ staff this week prior to the ALA 2014 annual convention. If we missed your announcement, please feel free to post an excerpt in our comments section.
ALA Report Confirms Negative Impact of Filtering on Student Learning
Kiera Parrott's Picks from the Best Apps for Teaching and Learning | ALA 2013
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) revealed its inaugural Best Apps for Teaching and Learning list on Jun 30 at the American Library Association annual conference. Head of children's services at Darien Library, CT, Kiera Parrott highlights some of her favorites from the 25 winning apps that cover a broad range of subjects, inspire curriculum connections, and can be used for classroom instruction and public library programming.
Librarians Discuss Privacy, MOOCs, and More at LITA Top Tech Trends Panel | ALA 2013
With the continuing travels of Edward Snowden keeping the National Security Administration's (NSA) surveillance habits in the news, the discussion during Sunday's LITA Top Technology Trends 2013 panel at the American Library Association's Annual Convention turned frequently to the future of privacy, and the role that libraries might play in protecting their patrons.

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Dell Streak now available in Canada from Rogers for $149.99
Just one day after Dell started selling the Rogers version of the Streak directly, sure enough, Rogers has officially announced the 5-inch Android tablet/smartphone. Not only that, but the Dell Streak is already available from the Canadian carrier.
And, as expected, you can get the Streak from Rogers with a hefty subsidy if you decide to sign up for a new 3-year contract. If you do, the Streak will only set you back $149.99 – whereas if you buy it direct from Dell, with no contract, you'll have to shell out $549.99.
Apparently, for one reason or the other, this version of the Streak will only work on Rogers, regardless of whether you purchase it from the carrier or from Dell, so do keep that in mind.
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Consumer prices in May 2009
June 18, 2009
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in May after being unchanged in April.
The index for energy, which had declined the previous two months, rose 0.2 percent in May as an increase in the gasoline index more than offset declines in other energy indexes.
The food index decreased for the fourth consecutive month, falling 0.2 percent as the indexes for all major grocery store food groups declined.
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in Mary following a 0.3-percent increase in April. The index for all items less food and energy has increased 1.8 percent over the last 12 months.
Over the last 12 months the CPI-U has fallen 1.3 percent, as shown in the chart. This is the largest decline since April 1950 and is due mainly to a 27.3 percent-decline in the energy index.
These data are from the BLS Consumer Price Index program. To learn more, see "Consumer Price Index: May 2009" (PDF) (HTML), news release USDL 09-0678.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Consumer prices in May 2009 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/jun/wk3/art04.htm (visited June 29, 2016).
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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Marienthal, Eric
Marienthal, Eric, alto, tenor, sop sax, clarinet, flute, other winds; b. Sacramento, CA, 19 December 1957.
Marienthal first discovered jazz as a teenager growing up in southern California. His early influences as a musician came from the jazz tradition of Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Sonny Stitt; however, Marienthal has also studied the R&B masters. He was invited to join the California High School All-Star Jazz Band after coming to the attention of audiences as the featured soloist in the Southern California Jazz Ensemble. It was with the All-Star Jazz Band that Marienthal began sharing the concert stage with such greats as (saxophonist) Bill Evans, Chuck Mangione, and Hubert Laws. He then attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. Upon finishing his studies at Berklee, Marienthal returned to California. In 1986, he came to the attention of Chick Corea who was looking for talented young musicians to feature in his new Elektric Band. The Elektric Band was the springboard that put Marienthal into the limelight. When Corea formed the Elektdc Band II, Marienthal was the only original musician asked to stay. Subsequently, he has traveled the world over with David Benoit, Patti Austin, and Dave Grnsin, and has recorded with the likes of the Gap Band, the GRP All-Star Big Band, and Frank Sinatra, among many others. The Chick Corea Elektrik Band reunited for a recording in Sept 2003 and for a tour in the summer and fall of 2004.
Voices of the Heart (1988); Roundtrip (1989); Crossroads (1990); Oasis (1991); One Touch (1993); Street Dance (1994); Collection (9197); Easy Street (1997); Walk Tall (1998); Turn Up The Heat (2001); Sweet Talk (2004)
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On 94.7 FM THE WAVE in CA he hosts a radio show called " Saturday Afternoon Live" where he has interviewed Rick Braun, Lee Ritenour, Dave Koz, Peter White, Russ Freeman, Kirk Whalum, Jonathan Butler, David Benoit, Joyce Cooling, Steve Cole, Vesta Williams, Paul Taylor, Craig Chaquico, Mindi Abair, Wayman Tisdale, Warren Hill, Brenda Russell, Chris Botti, Euge Groove, and Phil Perry among many others.
Play Sax From Day One
Modern Sax
Tricks of the Trade
Also performance videos with Corea.
Transcribed solos/leadsheets and CD:
The Music of Eric Marienthal
Ultimate Jazz Play-Along
Comprehensive Jazz Studies & Exercises
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Verizon Motorola Droid 2 Global Review
It's common for phone companies and carriers to come out with sequels, new versions of already very popular phones that had sold at an extremely high level. Significantly less common, however, is when the sequel gets replaced by a fresher version within a few months of you beginning to use it. Anyone who purchased the original Motorola Droid 2 is now experiencing this phenomenon because it has been very quickly replaced by the Motorola Droid 2 Global, which is almost the same exact phone but with world phone capabilities and a few other goodies not present on the original.
I had a good opportunity to play with the Droid 2 Global. With its global capacity, it becomes a much more ideal choice for any serious business professional than the first Droid 2 was. Even though the first one was meant to be good for business, now it truly can become so with the additional capacity.
So what's so different about the Global? How was the overall experience I had with it? These questions as well as many others will be answered in this full and comprehensive review of the Motorola Droid 2 Global, now available on Verizon Wireless.
Unboxing the Droid 2 Global
Check out the video below and my Droid 2 Global unboxing article to see more details on everything inside the box as well as my first impressions of the Global itself!
Hardware and Design of the Droid 2 Global
For the Global, this category is the make it or break it part of the entire review, and it's such a mixed bag. Motorola laced the Global with absolute top of the line specs in terms of performance, but made virtually no changes to an already outdated phone design.
The Global is designed first and foremost to be a business phone, so it's not meant to be the sleekest or sexiest looking device on the market today. And sadly, there's a tradeoff involved, some sacrifices that have to be made to get top-notch performance. For instance, the Global is a very solid phone that doesn't feel like it will break apart just by sliding open the keyboard. But by the same token, the solid design also makes the phone feel clunky and boxy. It seems as though you can't have the best of both worlds: sleek design plus solid build with durable materials.
Motorola tries to add a little sleekness to the look of the Droid 2 Global by adding in the classy lip at the bottom of the phone's front, but unfortunately serves no real purpose other than to try making the phone look more "modern".
While the D2G variates only slightly from the original Motorola Droid which came out over a year ago, it is definitely better off as a result. The original featured a direction pad that used up way too much keyboard real estate, forcing the keyboard itself to be scrunched up so much it became the sore point of the phone. Motorola learned its lesson with the sequel, getting rid of the D-Pad so as to stretch out the keyboard to a usable size.
As you may see in my video, though, I'm not in love with the keyboard. Oddly enough, by all accounts I should love it, but I don't. The keys are all large enough to use without mashing my fingers up on any neighboring key, and there's even a small bubble on each key to help offer even more separation between keys. In casual typing I was able to do just fine on it, only making mistakes every once in a while. But as soon as I got into an involved group IM chat and sped up my typing, I started falling flat on my face and couldn't type worth a darn. Like I said, though, everything about the keyboard in my observations and initial tests show that it is one of the best quality and best sizes — not too large, but not too small either.
Another thing that contributed to the clunky feeling of the phone was the resistance factor on the sliding mechanism itself. Though I don't love having really loose sliders, I also enjoy actually being able to slide the keyboard out easily with one hand. On the Global, there was just too much resistance.
One huge positive I think is also worth mentioning on the keyboard are some of the specialty keys: the ones that don't always show up on every phone. The Droid 2 Global has dedicated comma, @, search and voice activation buttons. Since I use all of these, this saves me a lot of time.
Along with the super solid feel of the phone comes the weight to give it that feel. The Global weighs just a smidge under 6 ounces, which is rather heavy for phones these days (the average weight for a smartphone is around 4-4.5 ounces, for comparison). But looking at the materials comprising the back and sides of the phone, most of it is a softer rubber type material that keeps the phone from inexplicably slipping out of your hands by accident, and even if it does drop, it's less likely to break than an all-plastic phone.
Turning to the screen, we are blessed with an average-sized 3.7″ screen with 480×854 pixel resolution – a small improvement over what a WVGA screen offers (granted it's only a 54 pixel difference, but pixels matter, darn it!). The soft keyboard with this screen size was perfectly fine, and I got accustomed to using the Swype keyboard over the stock Android; this way, no matter how large or small the screen size is, it's relatively easy for me to get used to using the keyboard on the screen. For me it's much easier to slide my fingers across a letter than it is to hit it precisely. The resolution is also very nice for a phone of this caliber – it's hard to get much better than this right now, especially on a Motorola (I have seen plenty of lower-end Motorola screens that are incredibly pixelated; fortunately this one had very sharp resolution).
At the bottom of the screen, just on the top of the ridge of that lip I mentioned earlier, you'll find the standard Motorola set of touch-sensitive Android navigation keys. This means you'll see Menu, Home, Back and Search in that order. These buttons are easy enough to press and will offer a small amount of haptic (vibrating) feedback to let you know you've pressed them.
As I've seen recently, most smartphones seem to be taking a more minimalistic approach to the number of physical buttons on the phones' exteriors. The same is true for the Droid 2 Global, which provides you with a camera button and volume up/down rocker on the right side; a standard and open (no plastic covers) MicroUSB charging port as the lonely component on the left side; and a 3.5 mm headphone jack and screen lock/power button on top. The screen lock button is located on the right side of the top, which I was happy about since I usually hold the phone in my left hand and the button is in a place my index finger feels natural reaching. The button itself didn't protrude terribly far out of the phone, thus requiring a little more pressure to ensure the screen gets locked each time.
The back is comprised of the battery cover and a small ridge on the top that the camera and LED flash sit on top of. The explanation for this ridge is that the Global version is actually a miniscule amount thinner than the Droid 2, but the camera stayed the same thickness. So basically the rest of the phone got squished, but the camera didn't. The battery cover is metallic and can be taken off by using your thumbs and sliding the door down; I prefer this method over just prying a thin piece of plastic off with my fingernail, which happens way too often for my taste.
Underneath the battery cover you'll find a SIM card and 8 GB MicroSD card. The slot accepts up to 32 GB, so don't hesitate to put in a much larger card if you have it.
Software and OS of the Droid 2 Global
The user interface on the Droid 2 Global is unsurprisingly familiar thanks to many similarities between the Global and the Droid Pro; both made by Motorola with the business user in mind, and therefore both use the same UI. The major difference is the Global's larger screen, which I find to be much more pleasant to use than the Droid Pro's measly 3.1-inch screen.
Motorola equipped the Global with Android 2.2, better known as Froyo, and put its usual Motoblur-related UI flavor on. It's not specifically Motoblur since that is geared more towards consumer-end phones instead of business, but all of the design elements are essentially the same. They still use a lot of the same social networking widgets and cues, helping to integrate Twitter and Facebook information into your address book.
Flash is the major reason anyone really cares so much about having Froyo on their phone, and it doesn't disappoint on the Global due to the 1.2 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM, but we will discuss the performance of the Global later in the review.
Since the Global is mostly business, many of the same features customers are treated to on the Droid Pro will apply to the Global as well. The same VPN client used on the Pro is also present on the Global; multiple corporate exchange accounts are supported; in addition, you will find a task manager, file browser, and the aforementioned address book is integrated, meaning duplicates are eliminated and everything is combined into a very user (and business) friendly system.
All of the above features will make the Droid 2 Global a fierce competitor to the Droid Pro in the professional field. At the very least, it's nice to have legitimate choices for business professionals besides the Blackberry lineup. If more and more phones of this caliber come out, Blackberry won't be able to hold its loyal business market share for much longer.
Differences between Droid 2 and Droid 2 Global
Surprisingly, there really aren't as many differences between the two phones as you would imagine there should be. But there are two key ones that have been briefly mentioned in passing but will now focus more on.
First and foremost is what causes the new phone to have "Global" added onto its model name: The addition of a GSM-compatible chip allows the Droid 2 Global to be used on foreign networks all over the world. It was impossible to take the original 2 to other countries around the world because very few phone carriers worldwide actually still used the CDMA technology that Verizon phones use. Instead, GSM is the global standard by which at least 90% of the world goes by (that's not an official stat, by the way, but there's only a small handful of CDMA companies still out there). Now that the Global has the new connection capability as well as a SIM card included in the back of the phone, it can now officially be used anywhere. Not just for GSM/EDGE phone calls, but HSPA as well.
Normally carriers will lock these SIM cards down so they can only be used with one specific network. This can be pricey and frustrating because you would be restricted to do international roaming in these countries and would rack up the phone bill by the minute. Verizon, however, will unlock your Global after 60 days so that you can use a locally-based Prepaid SIM card already loaded with money. This is always a good idea when making a large number of local calls so as to not get charged for being rerouted through the US first.
The Global will function globally as a quad-band GSM/EDGE phone, set up with tri-band 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSPA (up to 10.2 Mbps download speeds), so it's assured to work virtually anywhere around the world. Sorry folks, don't get your hopes up about using these on AT&T or T-Mobile while in the US; the Global will default to Verizon every time.
Finally, another key difference between the two phones is the faster processor speed. The Global features a 1.2 GHz processor, compared to the Droid 2's 1 GHz CPU. While not a huge difference in speed, it's enough to make multitasking and Flash player seem snappier and faster than before. Toss in the 512 MB RAM, and you're looking at the fastest processor for a phone currently in the market. On top of that, throw in the phone's own dedicated GPU to handle certain games and apps even quicker, thus freeing up extra room for the regular CPU to do its job better, faster and more efficiently.
Another interesting note in differences is that the battery is slightly larger to handle the increased processor (1420 mAh vs 1400), even though the manufacturer rating gives it a shorter lifetime for the same reason. We'll touch on battery life soon.
Lastly, the Global looks on paper as though it has the same specs, but we've been told that the Global is a hair thinner except for the camera (which is as thin as it can go), which is precisely why there appears to be a bulge at the camera.
I am somewhat impressed that Motorola didn't just slap a SIM card in the Droid 2, call it the Global and close up shop. Instead, it improved further on a few things, which always makes for an even better reason to switch phones, even if you don't plan to go international anytime soon.
Oddly enough, Motorola chose to use the stock Android 2.2 music player instead of incorporating its own UI. I find it strange that Motorola would add a dash of its own UI flavor into every other aspect of Android with the exception of the multimedia aspect. All I can assume here is that they decided that this category meshed well with the rest of the Motorola user interface, and thus nothing was changed. I do miss the Motorola-influenced media player on the Defy, that automatically captured album art and generated lyrics for every song I played — even the more obscure ones that aren't so popular — so I do wish this style was incorporated into the Droid 2 Global as well.
Notwithstanding this UI choice, the Global's media player is perfectly fine. I used my Skullcandy wired headphones and loved the audio quality through them; the stock media player offers plenty of sound options such as Equalizer and stereo surround.
The Global includes 8 GB of internal memory and is supplemented with an 8 GB MicroSD card. If you choose to, you may install a card with as much as 32 GB on it, to give you a total of 40 GB storage space to take advantage of.
Using the camera is an okay experience. It is a 5 MP camera with LED flash, autofocus, and other goodies like geotagging support and photo editing. Some of the colors washed out with bright lights but seemed to work just fine under medium lighting conditions. Video is captured at WVGA (480p, one step down from HD 720p) and takes videos at 24 frames per second, an average amount for similar cameras with the same resolution.
Performance of the Droid 2 Global
Motorola built the Global to be superb on its overall performance — it's gotta be good for business, after all — and you can tell throughout almost every aspect of the phone itself. Battery life is rated at 8.5 hours of constant talk time, which is definitely above average for an Android phone (in the video I mistakenly quoted it at 6.5 hours, which would make it average for a Froyo device). Frankly, though, the battery life actually went down going from Droid 2 to Global; the original was rated for 9.5 hours talk time, which is almost unheard of for Android phones of any kind. Personally, my experience with the Droid 2 Global battery was average. I'm usually happy enough if my battery can last me most of the work day, which the Droid 2 Global was able to provide.
Naturally the 1.2 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM and dedicated GPU put the Global into a world of its own. This is like the Miami Heat of cell phones right now, with 3 powerhouses stepping up and teaming together to make one complete trash-kickin' team. Apps and games just flew, without any problem or delay whatsoever. Seeing a power team like this makes me giddy for 2011, when even faster dual-core CPU processors are inside the popular phones. I'd like to use this to see exactly how far current tech can be stretched out as a result of faster processors, and curious to know to what extent developers can innovate with the extra available power.
Call quality is generally pretty good, but I did notice that the speakerphone is actually a fair amount louder than the internal speaker when making calls. For whatever reason the phone's speakers tended to be on the quieter side. This may be due to the speaker, located just below the battery cover on the back, is set into the phone further than the normal speakers. The thinking behind this design is that when the phone is laid flat on the surface, the sound won't be as muffled as it would be when the speaker is flush with the back. And it looks like a great design choice for Motorola.
Overall, I ended up very impressed with the Droid 2 Global as a whole. The specs and resulting performance simply cannot be beat yet, and Motorola showed that it has all its ducks in a row in terms of included hardware. Sadly, the company fell short in the phone's design. While the keyboard will work just fine for most, I had a difficult time using it. But more importantly, the slider mechanism was extremely resistant to people opening it, the phone felt boxy and clunky, and the phone itself didn't depart too far away from the 2009 design fashion that just frankly needs to be refreshed.
But since I realize that most business-centric consumers won't really care about how fashionable it looks as much as how durable and reliable a phone it is, with high performance and global capabilities to boot, I know that this device will be a hit. It is currently $50 more than the Droid 2 original, at $200 with new contract. I would definitely recommend this phone to any business-oriented individual. For a non-business consumer, it's a good average phone that doesn't blow me away but is so solid in performance that it will be most likely worth giving it a second look.
You can now get Verzion Motorola DROID 2 Global for $39.99 on Amazon.com
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The set of images in this book is better characterized as A Certain Point of View because a short stay precluded the study of my photography subjects in-depth.
The scope of this study presents a very personal journey, the experience of seeing Japan for the first time. Not everything that I saw and tried to interpret through my lens was a profound revelation. Surprisingly, no matter how different our cultures are, our nations share the same core values.
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Master of Education Fact Sheet (2015-16)
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The Master of Education program meets the academic requirements for New York State Initial Teaching Certificate. This program addresses the continuing demand for well-prepared teachers in New York State. Graduates of the M.Ed. program will meet the academic requirements for initial New York State teacher certification in Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) in a specific content area: History, Science (Biology or Chemistry), Mathematics, Languages (French or Spanish), and English. The Teacher Education programs offered by Marist College are integrally linked to the College's Mission, emerging from a longstanding dedication to the preparation of teachers, and both shaped by and shaping the direction taken by the College as it has developed into an institution that is recognized as one of the leading private liberal arts colleges in the Northeast. The program reflects the particular areas of focus for which Marist College teacher education is widely noted, and is defined by our Conceptual Framework.
The Conceptual Framework of the Teacher Education programs identifies its purpose as preparing reflective professionals who think critically and work collaboratively to help all students learn, and is also consistent with Marist's three ideals: excellence in education; sense of community; and commitment to service. This purpose is further defined in the seven core values/beliefs listed below:
In keeping with Marist's commitment to excellence in education, the program strives to prepare school professionals who:
1. Use critical thinking and creative problem-solving in their professional practice.
2. Are reflective professionals who examine their practice and seek to improve it in a process of continual professional development.
3. Use evidence-based practices, adapted to the demands of the specific professional contexts.
In keeping with Marist's commitment to a sense of community, the program strives to prepare school professionals who:
4. Are active members of collaborative teams, and work across disciplines.
5. Build relationships that support student learning and well-being.
In keeping with Marist's commitment to service and promoting the dignity and value of every human being, the program strives to prepare school professionals who:
6. Promote justice, equity, and access for all students while working to improve schools.
7. Base their practice on an understanding of the diversity in human development and cognitive functioning as it impacts learning.
Marist Initial Teaching Standards are based on the INTASC standards and NY State requirements and closely represent our Conceptual Framework in the following 12 standards:
Standard 1: The candidate understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry and structures of the discipline(s) within the context of a global society and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
Standard 2: The candidate understands how students learn and develop, and provides learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students.
Standard 3: The candidate understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
Standard 4: The candidate recognizes the importance of long-range planning and curriculum development and develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon student, district, and state performance standards.
Standard 5: The candidate uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
Standard 6: The candidate has awareness of the different aspects of literacy development and related teaching procedures for both Native English speakers and students who are English-language learners.
Standard 7: The candidate understands and can apply disciplinary knowledge from the humanities and social sciences to interpreting, and bringing normative and critical perspectives to bear on, the meanings of education and schooling in diverse cultural contexts.
Standard 8: The candidate uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
Standard 9: The candidate models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
Standard 10: The candidate understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
Standard 11: The candidate is a reflective practitioner who continually assesses the effects of choices and actions on others. This reflective practitioner actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally and utilizes the assessment and professional growth to generate more learning for more students.
Standard 12: The candidate fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and educational partners in the larger community to support student learning and well-being.
ADVANCED TEACHING STANDARDS (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards®)
The five major core standards represent what teachers should know and be able to do, and represent the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards® Policy Position:
1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students.
3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
5. Teachers are members of learning communities.Candidates seeking the M.Ed. with initial teacher certification in Adolescence Education complete a minimum of 36 graduate credits as described below. Consistent with state regulations, this graduate program concurrently meets the master's degree requirements for professional certification. Because each teaching field has course distribution requirements specified by the state, candidates who do not have an undergraduate major in the field in which they are seeking certification are advised to ascertain needed course requirements in the content area (a minimum of 30 credit hours in the content area) before entering the program.
All candidates will complete the Pedagogical Core requirements and other required courses described below. While in the program, teacher candidates also complete a minimum of 100 hours of field experience (usually classroom observation in grades 7-12, tutoring, after school educational activities, etc.), before entering the student teaching practicum. Field experience hours are related to assignments in three courses in the M. Ed. program. The teaching practicum takes place in the last semester in the program, and is school day long, five days per week, for 15 weeks teaching in Middle and High Schools.
In addition, all teacher education candidates, in order to graduate with a Masters degree, are required to complete, submit, and defend an electronic portfolio based on the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, as their capstone project for completing the Masters program. The electronic portfolio demonstrates the professional knowledge and skills candidates have developed across the program. This is a multimedia, standards-based document that is stored online. An early course - Content Area Assessment and Portfolio Development, (EPSY 506) prepares candidates to use the online Marist system for portfolio development. Candidates are required, in their last semester in the program, to participate in meetings across the semester in order to receive guidance and help to complete their electronic portfolio. Candidates will complete, submit, and defend their electronic portfolio in front of an evaluation committee, no later than five years from matriculation. Completion is recorded when the portfolio is passed. Passing the electronic portfolio is a requirement for the Masters degree.
The M.Ed. program is oriented around a 15-credit pedagogical core curriculum that cuts across the five essential areas of knowledge and skill needed by teachers: 1) Art and Science of Teaching. 2) The Learner. 3) Literacy. 4) Foundations, Context, and Purpose. 5) Research and Inquiry. Candidates complete coursework in each domain as specified in the program curriculum.
The pedagogical core domains are described as follows:
1. Art and Science of Teaching
Teaching comprises an ever-changing, unique combination of scientific reasoning and artistry intended to promote the highest level of student achievement. Skills that foster student motivation, communication, self-worth, and content mastery provide a foundation for developing artistry to further enhance the learning experience. This domain encourages students to explore the techniques of teaching while developing effective teaching styles consistent with their individual personalities.
2. The Learner
At the center of all education is the learner. In order to provide effective education to all learners, teachers need to understand the specific learning needs of each student, and how those learning needs are affected by differences in development, temperament, cognitive functioning, and social, economic, and cultural contexts. In this domain, contemporary psychological theory and research are applied to learners in the context of the study of development, assessment, and learning. Study in this domain allows educators to create classroom learning communities where everyone, including teachers, are unique and respected learners who participate actively in their own education.
3. Literacy
This domain is the cornerstone of all teaching and learning. Here teachers acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for teaching others to become critically literate in all six domains of literacy: reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and visually representing. Furthermore, teachers learn to appreciate how the acquisition of critical literacy is a necessary requisite for a lifetime of growth and empowerment. A wide variety of theoretical and practical matters pertaining to literacy are explored in this domain.
4. Foundations, Context, and Purpose
The purpose and meaning of any educational activity is not a given, but must be constructed, articulated, and justified within the particular context in which it occurs. Teachers and other educational professionals must, therefore, have a deep awareness of this context—including its cultural, historical, linguistic, technological, and philosophical roots—in order to engage in purposeful and meaningful teaching. This essential domain of study prepares teachers who are able to reflect critically on teaching practices and educational policies in light of their complex relations to the environing culture. This study aims to equip teachers to make sense of classroom practices through an understanding of the larger social context in which these classrooms are embedded.
5. Research and Inquiry
Teachers, in order to be effective, must be adept researchers and they must be actively engaged in meaningful forms of inquiry. Moreover, teachers must have the capacity to critically examine various research claims and to assess the relative worth of such claims to understanding their own classroom practice and environment, which includes using technology to obtain and evaluate information from the Internet.
Teachers must also be able to foster research skills in their own students and create a learning environment that encourages inquiry and critical thinking. This domain gives teachers experience from which to sharpen their expertise in this key area.
Admissions requirements for the Master of Education degree are as follows:
- earned baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with a cumulative grade-point average of minimum 3.0;
- completion of an academic major or its equivalent in the area of certification sought; or a minimum of 30 credit hours in the content area completed before admission to the program;
- a current résumé;
- submission of a written personal essay describing the applicant's background, experiences, and goals, and how these factors relate to the person's future work in education;
- two letters of recommendation (preferred from former professors);
- interview with the Director of the Graduate Education programs, which includes a short written task.
NOTE: Cooperating teachers who take graduate education courses as an exchange of a teaching voucher need only to complete an application form, to provide a statement that the course they intend to take is a voucher exchange, submit the original voucher, and receive permission from the Program Director who will advise on the appropriate course. There is no limit to the number of graduate courses a cooperating teacher with a valid voucher may take; however, if the person later decides to become a degree candidate, he/she must then satisfy the requirements for matriculation. It is important to note that a maximum of nine (9) credits may be applied toward the degree using courses taken with a voucher.
Acceptance of credits will be determined on an individual basis:
-No more than six (6) graduate credits will be accepted from another institution.
-A grade of B or better is required for acceptance of any transfer credits.
To qualify for the Master of Education Degree, a candidate must:
- Complete all program requirements not later than five years after matriculation;
- Maintain a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average, and maintain appropriate dispositions necessary to assume the responsibilities of a classroom teacher;
- Complete, present, defend, and pass an electronic portfolio to the satisfaction of the portfolio evaluation committee during the candidate's final semester.
To qualify for New York state certification candidates must also pass a series of state-required exams including: the Educating All Students test (EAS), Academic Literacy Skills test (ALST), Content Specialty Test (CST), and edTPA. Marist candidates have a very high passing rate on these exams and graduates are teaching in many districts in the region as well as across the country.
At the time of matriculation, each student will meet with the Director of Graduate Programs to design a Study Plan, which candidates are to follow. Candidates will have regular meetings with the Director of Graduate Programs for purposes of discussing academic progress and planning.
Candidates who fail to maintain a 3.0 or higher grade-point average, or do not demonstrate the dispositions necessary to assume the responsibilities of a classroom teacher, will be subject to review by the Teacher Education Candidate Review Board (TECRB) and may be placed on probation or dismissed from the program.
A minimum GPA of 3.0 and no more than one grade of C+ in graduate courses attempted are requirements for graduation. If at any time the student's GPA falls below 3.0, or has more than one grade in the range of C in graduate courses, the student will be sent a letter notifying him/her of academic review. Academic review will result in assignment of probationary status or dismissal.
A student on probation is expected to take immediate steps to raise his or her GPA. This can be done by (1) earning enough grades of B+ or A, or (2) retaking the course(s) in which a grade of C+ or below was earned and achieving a B or better in this course. NOTE: while a grade of B in any subsequent course may raise a GPA that is below 3.0, it may not by itself be sufficient to raise the GPA to 3.0 or above.
A student is allowed up to 12 credit hours of work to raise his or her GPA above 3.0 after being placed on probation. If after attempting 12 credit hours the GPA has not been raised to 3.0, the student will be dismissed from the program. Any dispositions that are in obvious deviation from the teacher candidate dispositions stated in accordance with our Conceptual Framework and teaching standards may result in assignment of probationary status or dismissal. The candidate will be informed of any decision or recommendation by the TECRB. Teacher candidates will be presented with a list of expected dispositions at matriculation to the program.
A limited number of assistantships are available in research and student activities, as well as tutoring, and require ten hours of experience each week during the fall and spring semesters. Up to $4,500 per year for a graduate assistantship may be awarded, in the form of tuition waiver or stipend, to full-time students in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Candidates may apply for assistantships at the time of application to be accepted in the program. Selection for assistantships is highly competitive and candidates must maintain full time status and a 3.0 GPA.
Fall: April 15
The program is a combination of coursework on campus in Poughkeepsie, New York, possible online course offering, and 100 hours of field experiences in nearby schools in the Hudson River Valley region. Coursework may be completed either through full-time or part-time study. Candidates are accepted to the M.Ed. program in the fall. The program is designed so that it can be completed by a full-time student in three to four semesters, completing 9 or 12 credits each semester. A full-time student usually takes 9 credits per semester. Each course is worth three credits and meets one evening per week; at this point we offer on-campus evening classes (Monday to Thursday, 6:30-9pm), and a few online courses depending on each student's study plan and course offerings. Part-time graduate students/candidates must complete the program within five years from matriculation in the program. Study plans can be customized for individual student needs. Some courses are offered both fall and spring, other courses are offered only fall or only spring. The study plans will reflect the order of course offerings. Study plans are customized according to individual needs and availability of courses. Due to course availability and course planning, candidates in collaboration with the Director of Graduate Programs will design a study plan for each student upon their acceptance into the program. Candidates should follow the study plan and consult with the director for any changes.
Course descriptions and curriculum summary.
Professional Education Unit Initial Teaching Standards/Proficiencies
Educator Preparation Candidate Performance Data: M.Ed.
The Professional Education Unit at Marist College is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), www.ncate.org. This accreditation covers initial teacher preparation programs and advanced educator preparation programs at Marist College located in Poughkeepsie, New York. However, the accreditation does not include individual education courses that the institution offers to P-12 educators for professional development, relicensure, or other purposes.


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College Hockey:Perlini goal late in OT lifts Michigan State over Alaska
EAST LANSING, Mich. — When Michigan State beat Alaska, 3-2, in overtime tonight, the situation felt all too familiar to each team. This was MSU's ninth overtime game of the season — the second in a row — and the seventh OT contest for Alaska. It was the Spartans' 16th game decided by a goal — seven of those were wins — in addition to MSU's four ties.
For the Nanooks, it was the 10th one-goal game of the year, in addition to four ties. The difference between these teams? Eight of Alaska's one-goal games have been losses, three in overtime.
"It was really a gut-check time for us this late in the season, and we found a way to get it done in overtime," said Brett Perlini, who had the game-winning goal at 3:07 in OT after stealing the puck from an Alaska defender directly in front of the Nanooks' net. "Not the prettiest effort, but we found a way to win."
"The third overtime loss," said Alaska coach Dallas Ferguson. "It's tough, but it's going to be tough coming into the next couple weeks into the playoffs. We can't get into a turnover game, because if you turn pucks over, that's what's going to happen."
The Nanooks took the early 1-0 lead when Scott Enders scored on a delayed penalty at 8:33 in the first and had another goal waved off at 12:40, but the rest of the first period belonged to Michigan State — and, more specifically, to Brent Darnell, who netted two goals less than a minute apart to give MSU a 2-1 lead after one.
For both goals, Darnell finished what other players started. Jake Chelios had the first assist on Darnell's goal at 14:41 on a power play, a hard shot from the top of the crease that went wide of the net and bounced off the dashers behind the cage, right to Darnell's stick left of Alaska goaltender Scott Greenham. For his goal at 15:16, Darnell found Torey Krug's cross-crease pass to the right of the Alaska net and scored on the short side. Both goals were one-timers.
Darnell said that the two goals gave him and linemates Dean Chelios and Tanner Sorenson a dose of confidence.
"Last weekend [against Michigan] our line had quite the chances and just couldn't get one," said Darnell. "We went right back out there after that power play [tonight] and got another quick one. Krug made a great pass to me. It was definitely good to get on the board early. I think our line really needed that, and it kind of gave us momentum for the rest of the game."
After Cody Kunyk tied it for Alaska on a power play at 13:23 in the second, a shot that hit MSU goaltender Will Yanakeff's leg before hitting the back of the net, both teams had chances, but both goalies were solid. Greenham made some athletic saves late in the second and through the third, and Yanakeff backstopped more than a minute of a five-on-three Alaska advantage early in the third.
Perlini said the successful PK, coupled with the realization that this weekend may be the last home weekend of the year for the Spartans, helped elevate MSU in the third.
"If they go down and score," said Perlini, "they take all the momentum, but we killed it off with some great team play. From then on, it seemed like we rallied around that and we got our energy from that."
Perlini, a senior, said that the discussion in the MSU locker room before the third period helped motivate the team.
"Something Coach Anastos said between periods that really stuck with me was that it could be our last home series for myself and my career," said Perlini. "I mean, that really hit me hard. I just said, 'Well, let's just leave everything out there and go battle and see what happens.' Fortunately, we came out on top."
"It was a win, and in the end that was the most important thing tonight," said MSU coach Tom Anastos. "We saw what we expected to see from Alaska. That's a very good team. I thought their goaltender played great. They're very difficult to play against, and I didn't think we had the jump, the emotional edge that I was concerned about all week, and yet we were able to hang in there and get better as the game wore on. In the third period we played a real good game."
The teams meet again at 8:05 p.m. Saturday in Munn Ice Arena.
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It was clear that Mozilla was in hot water for promoting Brendan Eich as their new CEO when half of their board members quickly resigned, and Mozilla employees started calling for Eich to immediately step down. Eich eventually resigned today, but not until after a massive campaign called for his removal due to his stance on LGBT equality.
Eich donated $1,000 to the Proposition 8 campaign in California to help take away the right to marry from same-sex couples back in 2008. The Proposition 8 campaign compared gay people to pedophiles and likened same-sex marriage to bestiality. Employees of the company found it hard to understand how Mozilla, an organization with an inclusive culture, could choose someone with anti-equality views to run their operations.
It wasn't long before employees started speaking out on twitter. On March 27th, Sunny Lee, an employee in San Francisco posted the following message on the social networking site: "I'm an employee of @mozilla and I cannot reconcile @BrendanEich as CEO with our culture & mission. I cannot support @BrendanEich as CEO." Lee's message was retweeted 128 times.
Chris McAvoy, an employee in Chicago said, "I'm an employee of @mozilla and I'm asking @brendaneich to step down as CEO." McAvoy's message was retweeted 256 times.
Numerous other employees also called for Eich's resignation and people quickly took notice. After much pressure from employees, the media, and the community, Eich finally caved under the pressure. Mozilla released the following statement on their blog regarding Eich's resignation:
Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn't live up to it. We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it's because we haven't stayed true to ourselves.
We didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act. We didn't move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We're sorry. We must do better.
Brendan Eich has chosen to step down from his role as CEO. He's made this decision for Mozilla and our community.
Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.
Our organizational culture reflects diversity and inclusiveness. We welcome contributions from everyone regardless of age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, geographical location and religious views. Mozilla supports equality for all.
We have employees with a wide diversity of views. Our culture of openness extends to encouraging staff and community to share their beliefs and opinions in public. This is meant to distinguish Mozilla from most organizations and hold us to a higher standard. But this time we failed to listen, to engage, and to be guided by our community.
While painful, the events of the last week show exactly why we need the web. So all of us can engage freely in the tough conversations we need to make the world better.
We need to put our focus back on protecting that Web. And doing so in a way that will make you proud to support Mozilla.
What's next for Mozilla's leadership is still being discussed. We want to be open about where we are in deciding the future of the organization and will have more information next week. However, our mission will always be to make the Web more open so that humanity is stronger, more inclusive and more just: that's what it means to protect the open Web.
We will emerge from this with a renewed understanding and humility — our large, global, and diverse community is what makes Mozilla special, and what will help us fulfill our mission. We are stronger with you involved.
Thank you for sticking with us.
Mitchell Baker, Executive Chairwoman
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SUNRISE, Fla. -- Newly acquired Washington Capitals forward Martin Erat left Saturday's game against the Florida Panthers with an apparent leg injury in the first period.
Erat, acquired from the Nashville Predators along with Michael Latta for top prospect Filip Forsberg on Wednesday, was injured when he was hit into the boards by Florida defenseman Erik Gudbranson. After staying on the ice for a few minutes, Erat needed help to get to the dressing room and couldn't put weight on his right leg.
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- InfoJenny Floravita was born to be an artist. She began her studies in painting, drawing, music and dance as a small child, excelling in all. Her life in the San Francisco Bay Area afforded her great exposure to the arts. Jenny won numerous awards as a young artist including four California Governor's Medallions and four California State Seals, two each for art and dance. After receiving several scholarships, Jenny went on to study and receive her formal art degree through University of California, Santa Cruz. She lived and worked in Santa Cruz as a graphic designer and fine art painter for several years before re-locating to her family's home town in the Delta. Since 2000, Jenny Floravita's fine art career has blossomed. She has exhibited in numerous galleries and high-end art festivals. She paints island scenes and tropical flowers in both oil and watercolor. Jenny's journey in reverse glass painting began in the early summer of 2007 and since then she has added her beautiful custom glass painted chandeliers to her line of oil and watercolor paintings.
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This Honolulu Beauties Series Geisha night light has already sold to a favorite collector…but I wanted to share it with you. My last two sets of night lights in this series featured red, black and gold colors. This hand painted night light features purples, oranges and magenta/pink.
I love this new series! When I paint new concepts it takes me a while to develop the line. I'm not yet sure of what colors will be featured next as I'm going to paint more of these gems in pieces with purples.


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Later this year a World Health Organization committee is set to recommend whether or not remaining stocks of the smallpox virus should be destroyed. The disease was eradicated in 1979, and stocks of the virus are known to be held by the US and Russia.
Last week we debated whether to cover this in the BMJ, until a colleague pointed out that did so in 2007, with an editorial and head to head debate. I'm sure we'll cover the eventual WHO decision.
It's a tough call. In the wrong hands the virus could be let loose and kill people. But deliberately destroying an entire species of virus seems foolhardy. In the future it could help in the fight against other diseases.
I think we should err on the side of caution, despite the risks, and retain some stocks.


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One day, the Lord Jesus took Peter, James, and John up on a mountain, and was transfigured before their eyes. His clothes became as bright as the sun, Moses and Elijah were seen speaking with him about his upcoming passion, and the Father's voice was heard declaring that he was his Son.
All this was a sign to those apostles that they should not be troubled by the events that would unfold. The betrayal and crucifixion of Jesus were to fulfill the Father's plan for our salvation.
The Transfiguration is also a sign to us. Circumstances can make us forget that every human life is part of the Father's plan, and that the glory of God is to be seen in every person, no matter how burdensome, unplanned, or ill that person may be.
Priests for Life mourns the passing of Rev. Howard Creecy
ATLANTA — Dr. Alveda C. King, Director of African American Outreach for Priests for Life, today mourned the passing of the Rev. Howard Creecy Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
"Howard will be sorely missed. He was a man of integrity and deep compassion," said Dr. King
Rev. Creecy, 57, died Thursday, July 28, at his Atlanta home. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
He was elected to lead the SCLC in January, when Bernice King, the daughter of SCLC co-founder Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., declined the position. A third-generation preacher, he also was the senior pastor of Olivet Church in Fayette, Ga.
When he assumed the SCLC post, Rev. Creecy acknowledged that internal divisions had troubled the 54-year-old organization in recent years. His goal was to get past those divisions and move the organization forward with a clearly defined mission.
SCLC spokesman Maynard Eaton told Reuters that Rev. Creecy "saved this organization. It was on the brink of disaster. He became this organization's lifeline with his charisma and his preacher passion."
Dr. King was looking forward to working with Rev. Creecy to raise awareness of the devastating impact of abortion on the African-American community.
"Howard and I spoke just a few weeks ago at a women's conference honoring both our mothers. He stopped me in the hallway and said, 'Alveda, we should meet soon. I am with you in the fight for life.' He went on to say that he had attended a pro-life prayer meeting with Dr. Billy Graham, and had also participated in Operation Rescue pro-life rallies."
Isaac Newton Farris Jr., a nephew of Martin Luther King Jr., has been named interim president, the organization said.
Rev. Creecy is survived by his wife, Yolanda Grier Creecy, and two children. The funeral will be Saturday at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta.
Your Reward is Great in Heaven
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.
So many pro-life leaders I know, including myself, have been falsely accused in public of advocating or even doing violence. Pregnancy centers, which compassionately serve parents and their babies every day, have been falsely accused of deceiving the public. Activists who try to change the laws have been falsely accused of opposing democracy.
The litany goes on and on, and proves that pro-life people are living this beatitude. They should rejoice, for their reward in heaven indeed is great. The children, who cannot know how much pro-life people love them, cannot repay them. They will be repaid in the resurrection of the just.
Blessed Are the Meek
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. The person who lives the Beatitudes knows that God is the source of all he needs. Although he develops his human skills and asserts himself as necessary, the Lord's servant never believes he has to hurt another to get what he needs. The meek are strong and secure in their dependence on God. They will have a healthy ability to fight for their rights, but will not do so with an anxious need to dominate. In the Lord, they know they will inherit the earth.
The Culture of Death, on the contrary, is built on the idea that sometimes you have to do violence to advance your rights, your career, or your freedom. The violence of abortion is seen as a path to fulfillment.
Reflecting on Independence Day
The Fourth of July is one of my favorite days.
Living across the street from a public high school field from which the town fireworks display was launched each year made it extra special, as did the presence of many relatives and friends who would come to our house to celebrate the day (as well as my father's and brother's birthdays).
As a priest, furthermore, I enjoy offering the prayers of the liturgy for Independence Day. The Preface is particularly inspiring. It reads in part:
"[Christ] spoke to men a message of peace and taught us to live as brothers. His message took form in the vision of our Fathers, as they fashioned a nation where men might live as one. This message lives on in our midst as a task for men today and a promise for tomorrow. We thank you, Father, for Your blessings in the past, and for all that, with Your help, we must yet achieve" (Sacramentary, Preface for Independence Day I, P82).
The blessings we give thanks for on the Fourth of July are many. I have come to realize that more than ever as I have had occasion to speak on almost every continent. We give thanks not only for material possessions and for freedom, but for the vision behind them. The vision is that "men might live as one"; the vision is that all will be welcomed, as the Statue of Liberty symbolizes; the vision is that "all are created equal"; the vision is "liberty and justice for all."
It is a vision that we do not merely look back on, thanking God that our Founding Fathers had it. It is, rather, a vision which is "a task for today and a promise for tomorrow."
This is why the pro-life movement is so American. It is a movement striving to achieve welcome for those of whom Roe v. Wade spoke when it said, "The word 'person,' as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, does not include the unborn" (Roe at 158). Roe excluded; the pro-life movement includes. Roe made the circle of persons in America smaller; the pro-life movement seeks to expand it.
One Fourth of July, some friends of mine and I held a banner in front of my house as all the people gathered across the street for the fireworks. It said, "Pray to end Abortion." One man, expressing agreement with the message, questioned whether it was the right setting to deliver it. "Of course it is," I explained. "This is the day we celebrate a nation in which all are supposed to be considered equal. What better way to celebrate our freedom than to work to extend it to others?"
I pray you will all enjoy this Fourth of July. I know I will, as I watch the fireworks right from home. As I celebrate Mass that day, I will pray that this year's celebration will renew your determination to work for justice and freedom for all unborn Americans.
Join Us for an Independence Day Novena
The celebration of our nation's independence is an important moment to reflect on the blessings of God, the meaning of freedom, and the task to expand the blessings of freedom to our unborn brothers and sisters who are still enslaved by our nation's abortion policies. That's why Priests for Life begins this Sunday a special novena of prayer for our nation, in preparation for Independence Day. You can download the prayer at priestsforlife.org. The prayer reminds us that our Founding Fathers took inspiration from the Gospel in founding this nation, and that our task is to secure liberty and justice not just for some, but for all, including the unborn. Please visit priestsforlife.org, download the Independence Day Novena, and invite your family, pro-life groups, schools and parishes to take part in it.
Christ Reconciled Humanity to God
Matthew's Gospel tells us that when Jesus rose from the dead, there was a great earthquake. In the Old Testament, earthquakes are a sign of the coming of God, the breaking in of the new age in which God's kingdom will flourish.
That is what happens, of course, at the Resurrection. A new chapter of history now begins, in which the risen life of Christ is accepted by believers, who live this newness of life, reconciled and redeemed by the blood of the Cross.
In this new chapter of history, humanity is reconciled with God, and human life is raised in Christ to the heights of glory. God's victory over death continues to grow.
It is therefore an age in which we have more reason than ever to respect and protect human life.
Advocates of abortion have always tried to hijack the language and concept of freedom!
Advocates of abortion have always tried to hijack the language and concept of freedom. The reality of killing a child has been camouflaged in the words "freedom of choice." Yet Scripture makes clear the real meaning of freedom. In Exodus seven sixteen, God has Moses tell Pharaoh, "Let my people go." But here, and in the following chapters, this command in its fullness is, "Let my people go, that they may serve me." Freedom has a content. It is not a cloak for whatever we want to do; it is a road to serve the Lord. And the service of the Lord means there are some things we always choose and some things that we always reject. The service of the Lord is a way of life – indeed a narrow way. Yet to follow it is freedom.
The Source of All Healing
In the Lord's prayer, we ask that we may be forgiven our sins "as we forgive those who sin against us." We are asking the Lord to use us as an example of how readily and generously He should forgive our sins.
He is more eager to forgive our sins than we are. This should not only give us confidence, but should help us inspire confidence in those who despair. One of the hardest sins to confess is abortion. And even there, the Lord is ready to pour out His mercy on those who repent.
Nothing can minimize the horror of abortion, and nothing can justify it. Yet countless people come each day to the cross where they find that even this sin is washed away in the Blood of Christ.
10 Steps to End Abortion
As part of the Freedom Rides for the Unborn, Priests for Life has launched the Ten Steps to End Abortion initiative. This is an effort by which the strategic thinking and planning of hundreds of pro-life leaders will be joined together in a ten step plan that can be followed both by individuals and organizations, churches, and dioceses.
The experience of the pro-life movement has shown what works and what does not work to stop the killing. Now it's a matter of recruiting and training more people to carry out those things that work.
The Ten Steps to End Abortion project will lead also to a pro-life university online, that will provide training and credits in every form of pro-life activism.
For more info on all these items, visit priests for life dot org.


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The 2012 UN Climate "Conference of the Parties" (COP18) in Doha, Qatar helped further identify and advance a set of strategies for global action to reduce carbon pollution that we hope will move the world closer to negotiating a new global agreement in 2015 (that would take effect by 2020).
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Financing Climate Action: Check out our report on "Climate Finance Readiness: Lessons Learned in Developing Countries" (available in English and Espanol) as well as our report on "Options for Financing REDD+ in European Union Climate Policy"
Conserving Tropical Forests and Promoting Forest-Friendly Development: Check out our report on "Sharing the Benefits of REDD+: Lessons from the Field"
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People + Nature = Climate Solutions: Check out this piece describing our global work to reduce carbon pollution and help reduce climate risks to people and nature.
Responding to a Changing Climate: Read about actions we're taking to Prepare People and Nature to Respond to Changes.
The Nature Conservancy's Activities: See our list of COP18 events we will be co-hosting and/or participating in at COP18.


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Most defendants tend to try to act contrite at their sentencing hearing, if at no other time. Not so, Jeremy and Christine Moody, a South Carolina couple who carried out a plan to murder a registered sex offender and his wife.
The Moodys went to church the day they killed 59-year-old Charles Parker and his 51-year-old wife, Gretchen. While there, they decided to put in motion their plans to kill the mechanic as well as anyone else who might be at home.
They drove their car to Parker's house and popped the hood as if they were having car trouble. When Parker came out to help, Jeremy Moody pulled a gun and ordered him inside. The Moodys then explained to the Parkers exactly why they were going to end their lives.
Jeremy, 31, shot the couple, then his 37-year-old wife stabbed them. The Moodys were identified as the assailants by a surveillance camera on Parker's land that caught them leaving. Deputies recognized Jeremy from the word skinhead tattooed on his neck and the Made in America tattoo on the side of his head.
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"All those empty seats are senators who are not prioritizing Alzheimer's," Rogen tweeted Feb. 26 after making his speech before a two-person senate panel. "Unless more noise is made, it won't change.
Not sure why only two senators were at the hearing. Very symbolic of how the government views Alzheimer's. Seems to be a low priority."
Seth, 31, had lobbied Congress to devote more money to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease, but wound up speaking directly to only two senators. Sixteen other senators had either walked out during Rogen's testimony or didn't bother to show up at all.
During an emotional and sometimes humorous speech, Rogen revealed that his mother-in-law was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at 55, and by 60 had become totally incapacitated.
"After forgetting who she and her loved ones were, she forgot how to speak, feed herself, dress herself, all by age 60," said Seth.
Rogen pointed to alarming statistics showing that 16 million Americans will be afflicted with Alzheimer's by 2050. Alzheimer's is the most costly disease in America, topping $200 billion in care-related expenses every year.
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Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller, were so disturbed by the impact the disease has had on their family that they launched Hilarity for Charity, a non-profit group that seeks to fund research and help families struggling with Alzheimer's care.
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TC TO JANE BAILLIE WELSH; 15 April 1824; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18240415-TC-JBW-01; CL 3:57-60.
Mainhill, 15th April, 1824—
Dearest— Had it not been that you and I so well deserved some "encouragement" by our late conduct, I should not have attempted writing to you at present. But we are both growing very exemplary characters, in my opinion; and it seems fair that this correspondence of ours, one of the most pleasant items in our lot, should not be allowed to stagnate in the general reformation. I meant to write last Sunday: but hail storms detained me at Annan, whither I had trotted down the previous evening, on some slender business; and next morning, sermons, civilities and especially native indolence so acted on me, that the day was altogether spent before I left that ancient burgh. I might have waited till next Sunday; but I have got into long trains of speculation about you; and I cannot rest at my business till I have written to you! So casting all my tasks to the right and left, I am here this fair and blessed morning with the full purpose of inflicting three close pages on you.
I think this is the longest spell of study you ever had. I do congratulate you on your regularity, the quality which I hold to be the most essential of all others for realising any result in life. Of course I advise you not to relax; or rather I should advise you not to overstrain, for that is generally the source of your relaxing. The great point, as you well know, is constancy of moderate exertion: see that you do "let nothing less than Fate interfere with you." Independently of future effects, the effect upon your present feelings must be sufficient to repay your diligence. There is no fame or rest for you, save in vigorous endeavour. "The end of man is an action not a thought," saith Aristotle.1 You have thought of literature from your very cradle: it is time you were trying to act in it, according to your power. Is Rübezahl done? Spare not the little "crook"! We shall answer all his questions in the Ides of May. Have you done with Charles V? It is not at all bad work, if you can answer yes. I know not whether you have seen Robertson's History of America: if not try to get it, in preference to almost any other. Watson's two Histories of Philip II and Philip III you must also read as soon as possible: they form a very pleasing and instructive and amusing (tho' also very shallow) continuation to Charles V. There is Millot's History of France;2 Russel[l]'s Modern Europe; Schiller's Thirty Years' War (translated or in German); any of Voltaire's Historical works. Tell me which you have selected. The convenience of getting them must direct your choice: so you study them faithfully, it matters little in what order. Did you ever read De Foe's works? They deserve reading. I suppose you dare not think of recommencing Hume? Oh! no!
Is the unlearned lady gone? Mortals were surely made for being happy: Vanity is cheap as air, yet it diffuses joy thro' all the corner of creation. Be tolerant to Grace while she is with you: she must have some good qualities, or I am no physiognomist. Her face always reminded me of yours; enlarged and rusticated, with Scotch sonsines [cheerfulness and healthy good looks] instead of dignified refinement It is pity she were envious: but this is so general a failing that on ought not to condemn her for it utterly. Be good to her for your own sake. In time, I expect to see you altogether catholic in your sentiments towards others. There is nothing like it, in the present state of affairs. Do you like this counsel? I myself am so immeasurably patient of dulness and contradiction, that I have a right to advise it upon all the earth.
So you laugh at my venerated Goethe and my Herzenskind [heart's child] poor little wood-eating Mignon! O! The hardness of man's and still more of woman's heart! If you were not lost to all true feeling, now, your eyes would be as a fountain of tears in the perusing of Meister. Have you really no pity for the Hero, or the Count, or the Frau Melina, or Philine, or the Manager? Well! it cannot be helped. I must not quarrel with you, do what you like; but taken on the whole, a more provoking young woman is not to be met with, I am sure, between Cape Wrath and Kirk-Maiden.3 Will you not cry in the least? Not a jot! Not a jot!—— Seriously you are right about this book, it is worth next to nothing as a novel; except Mignon who will touch you yet perhaps, there is no person in it one has any care about. But for its wisdom, its eloquence, its wit; and even for its folly, and its dullness, it interests me much; far more the second time than it did the first. I have not got as many ideas from any book for six years. You will like Goethe better ten years hence than you do at present. It is pity the man were not known among us. The English have begun to speak about him of late years; but no light has yet been thrown upon him, "no light but only darkness visible."4 The syllables Goethe excite an idea as vague and monstrous as the word Gorgon or Chimaera.— It would do you good to see with what regularity I progress in translating. Clockwork is scarcely steadier. Nothing do I allow to interfere with me; my movements might be almost calculated like the moon's. It is not unpleasant work, nor is it pleasant. Original composition is ten times as laborious. It is an agitating, fiery, consuming business when your heart is in it: I can easily conceive a man writing the soul out of him; writing till it evaporate "like the snuff of a farthing candle," when the matter interests him properly. I always recoil from again engaging with it. But this present business is cool and quiet; one feels over it, as a shoemaker does when he sees the leather gathering into a shoe; as any mortal does when he sees the activity of his mind expressing itself in some external material shape. You are facetious [about] my mine of gold: it has often struck me as the most accursed item in men's lot that they had to toil for filthy lucre; but I am not sure now that it is not the ill-best way it could have been arranged. Me it would make happy, at least for half a year, if I saw the certain prospect before me of making £500 per annum: a pampered Lord (e.g. Byron) would turn with loathing from a pyramid of ingots. I may be blessed in this way: he never. Let us be content! When I get that weary Cottage erected, and all things put in order, who knows but it may be well with me, after all? Will you go? Will you? "Not a hairs breadth!" Well, it is very cruel of you.
It would edify you much to see my way of life here; how I write and ride, and delve in the garth, and muse on things new and old. On the whole I am moderately happy. There is rough substantial plenty here: for me there is heartfelt kindness in the heart of every living thing, from the cur that vaults like a kangaroo whenever he perceives me, and the pony that prances when he gets me on his back, up to the sovereign heads of the establishment. "Better is a dinner of herbs with peace, than a stalled ox and contention."5 Better is affection in the smoke of a turf cottage, than indifference amid the tapestries of palaces! I am often very calm and quiet. I delight to see these old mountains, lying in the clear sleep of twilight, stirless as death, pure as disembodied spirits; or floating like cerulean islands while the white vapours of the morning have hidden all the lower earth. They are my own mountains! Skiddaw and Helvellyn, with their snowy cowls, among their thousand azure brethren, are more to me than St Gothard and Mont Blanc: Hartfell and Whitecomb raise their bald and everlasting heads into my native sky; and far beyond them, as I often picture, in their bright home, are Jane and her Mother, sometimes thinking of me, cheering this dull earth for me with a distant spot of life and kindliness!— Bless me! the sweet youth is growing quite poetical! C'est assez [Enough]!
So I have played truant all the morning writing to you! When will you answer me? Do you recollect your debt? The day is coming! I am
Thy evil Genius, /
Th: Carlyle—
Make my kindest compliments to your Mother: it is very good of her to speak of me at all— Schiller you may send to John. 35. Bristo-street. Has he written for it? He will get you any other you may desire. Adieu! Soon!


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I didn't know my husband was
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My husband and I decided to refinance our home. When the bank pulled
our record, they found a slight irregularity.
Come to find out, my husband was "deceased."
I was a widow -- had been for almost two years. The man whose bed
I had shared every night for fourteen years apparently had been
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Nobody had ever bothered to tell my husband he was
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The bank was, oddly enough, still willing to refinance
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since -- unlike my husband -- I was still alive, and the credit
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By the way, I threw a big wake for my husband once
I discovered my loss. I decorated the house in black crepe paper
and placed his tombstone on the walkway leading up to the house.
We had a cake made in the shape of a coffin especially for the occasion.
About 20 of our best friends and family were invited. They all brought
dead flowers to place at the tombstone in the front yard. I gave
the eulogy and my husband was given five minutes for rebuttal.
The next day, we contacted the credit company and
informed them that they had made a "wee, small error"
in my dear husband's credit report.
The bank killed my mother
My 69-year-old mother received a notice of a bounced check. She
keeps an eagle eye on her account and knew that she had enough money
in the account. After consulting with the bank's bookkeepers, we
finally figured out what had happened.
The bank had sent her Social Security check back to
the government because apparently someone with the same name as
my mother's in a little town 20 miles away had died.
It took three months to straighten everything out.
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