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Syria. Egypt. Sudan. Iraq. All countries that have faced years, sometimes decades of political instability. They're also the home countries of dozens of Washington Township students who make up the district's increasingly diverse English as a Second Language program, or ESL.
For years, the teachers said they mostly saw ESL students who were European or Spanish-speaking, with some base of English and a history of continued education. But a lot has changed in the past few years.
"People think ESL is all Mexican or Spanish-speaking students, but not in our district," said ESL and World Languages Supervisor Ray Anderson.
From kindergarten to high school, the program works with 65 students, who attend regular classes but spend specialized blocks of time with an ESL teacher.
Like Georgeann Figueora, who teaches 35 students at Bells Elementary. She said the influx of students, often refugees from Middle Eastern countries like Syria, Iraq and Iran, has altered the way they approach ESL teaching methods.
"Now it's quite different — they come in from everywhere," Figueroa said. "Most are refugees with interuppted educations. This may be the third country they've been too, and they've been trying to keep up with the language at each place. That's become a real challenge."
And as Anderson points out, it's a challenge that they've taken on readily. He points to significant improvements in test scores for ESL students in the past school year. Average scores in the ESL ACCESS state-mandated test have jumped 20 points in the district, and 94.9 percent of ESL students improved their scores — well above the annual measurable achievement objective target of 78 percent. In first, second and fifth grades, as well as at the high school, 100 percent of ESL students improved their scores.
Laurine Sibilia, who teaches kindergarten and high school ESL classes in the district, chalks the improvement up to more focused, individualized student assessments. Each student has to be evaluated in order to determine which level of the standardized test is the most appropriate. That's crucial, she said, since each level has a score cap. If a student scores above the cap, it's not registered. By painstakingly pouring through the content and skill set in each level of the test and matching the students up with that, they've been able to ensure their progress and success does not go unnoticed.
"We're tailoring the material much better to their specific needs," Sibilia said, adding that technology has played a large part.
ESL educators are also thrown another challenge in preparing students for the same standardized tests that every other born-and-raised American student has to take, including the NJ ASK and HSPA tests.
"They're held to the same standards, but English is not their first language," Anderson said.
When Sibilia has to adapt a lesson to teach two girls from Syria who don't speak a word of English — called "port of entry" students — as well as teens from Japan and Italy who have a different base education in English, it's not easy.
"The challenge of my job is in the planning, assesment and evaluation," Sibilia said. She often has to take one text, the popular "Hunger Games," series for example, and use it to teach a dozen different students with a dozen different specialized needs. She said technology was crucial in allowing her to task students based on their skill level, incorporating wikis, voice threads, videos and more.
Anderson said that's a challenge in all areas of ESL education, even at the youngest ages. That goes beyond just lesson planning he said, as many students need individualized attention just when it comes to adapting to the American way of life
"As eductors, we have to design programs to meet the needs of students with so many different needs. You go into one of our classrooms, and there's two girls who speak Arabic, a boy from Italy, imagine trying to get all of them on the same page, while also making them feel like part of the community and part of the culture," Anderson said. "A lot of it now is teaching them how to integrate into our culture."
Teaching any kind of lesson can be difficult when language barriers are so intense. Figueroa said that she'll often rely on pointing, gesturing, pulling up pictures online and just acting things out in order to communicate.
"You've got to go for the Academy Award," she joked.
Sometimes, Figueroa will enlist the help of other students. When trying to explain something to a new student who had just arrived from Sudan and spoke no English, she asked Talia Hatahet, a first-grader from Syria, to tell him in their native Arabic.
"She did a wonderful job, she explained everything," Figueroa said.
It helps that Talia is tri-lingual, learning Arabic and French in her native Syria — currently in the midst of a tumultuous, extremely violent civil war — and now English.
With many of these students coming from unstable, often violence-prone countries, the ESL teachers have to deal with issues far beyond grammer as well. Some may not talk about their pasts in detail, but the teachers notice a sense of relief.
"They're so happy to be here, they finally feel safe," Figueora said.
Dealing with high school students, who can feel even more isolated in a new culture and environment than the average teen, Sibilia said she does everything she can to make her classroom a safe haven.
"I try to create a very secure environment in my corner of the high school," she said, adding that it's not unusual for her to comfort an ESL student who has broken into tears on their first day.
"You always have to be a good listener," she said. "We have to be their advocate. We step in, we speak up and we advocate on their behalf."
Other teachers might not understand their background, or she may need to explain a situation in detail to parents. Either way, she said it's always a help that the ESL students, even if they hail from countries that are political enemies, form a close bond with each other.
"My kids are tight," Sibilia said. "It doesn't matter what language they speak or what country they're from. It warms my heart."
With conflicts in the Middle East still raging, many with no diplomatic end in sight, the recent influx of young students from those nations may not end soon. Figueroa doesn't shy away from the thought.
"I've been trying to learn Arabic," she said. "But the kids learn faster than me."
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What I do:
On any shuttle flight there is a lot of equipment that needs to be stowed,
so I design and fabricate stowage bags. My company title is engineer,
but I don't have a formal, four-year engineering education. I started
with the job title "spacesuit technician" and now I have the title "associate
engineer". Still, I think I'd rather be called a spacesuit technician
because that is what I like doing.
I learned the tricks of the trade while on the job. I had to educate
myself all about space suit fabrics, how to stitch them together, how
to cement together coated fabrics, etc. in order to make useful items
for spaceflight. I've learned how to make patterns and much like dressmaking,
I can tailor space suits. You learn how to work with different fabrics
and use different assembly techniques in this career. Velcro is very useful,
for example. Anything the crew is using in space will float away so I
need to make sure there is some way to stick things together. NASA uses
velcro a lot in space craft equipment.
My Career Journey
I started out as a spacesuit technician. I worked in the Air Force designing
flight suits for pilots and for use in altitude chambers. After I left
the military, the Gemini program had begun and I was asked to work on
Gemini spacesuits in Cape Kennedy, Florida. My first employer is the same
company that develops flight suits for the shuttle now. They have been
building flight suits for over 35 years. They sent me to their own school
to teach me how to sew and bond fabrics. That is where I learned the skills
that I have been using in preparing the Neurolab flight items. After Florida
I moved to Houston and continued doing suit work at Johnson Space Center.
I then had a job opportunity to come out to the west coast and do research
and development on spacesuits. I think creative people like research and
development because it is more fun. You are paid to think, to create,
to use your brain and come up with new, neat ideas. That's how I got into
research and development.
An interesting aside is that the company that first built Apollo space
suits was owned by Playtex, a girdle company. Designing and building spacesuits
required a lot of the same skills and knowledge as manufacturing girdles.
When I started out, there weren't many aerospace engineers (we called
them "rocket scientists"). Staff engineers were learning "the nuts and
bolts way" from the crew chiefs, and by doing the hands-on work. Some
of these early learners later wrote books on the subject and the formal
"manned space flight" engineering education evolved from that.
Likes/Dislikes about career
A big positive aspect of this job is the pride associated with working
on a flight mission. I have items flying on the Russian Mir space station.
When Neurolab launches, the crew will be using things that I made.
It is very satisfying. Also satisfying is the sense of team pride that
is a part of mission preparation. It doesn't matter if I did it
or if I'm part of the team that did it. In this business teamwork
is everything. No one can do it on their own. The military was very good
for instilling that sense of team pride -- the first thing you learn in
the military is that you have to work as a team. We hear that word all
the time in Neurolab and NASA - we are a strong team, a winning
There are not many negatives about working in this business. Money and
budgets are something we all have to worry about, but those are worries
with any job. Sometimes I think that not very many people are as fortunate
as I am to be working on something so interesting. I look around and see
other jobs at NASA that I don't find so interesting. But fortunately the
people who do those jobs are just as interested in them as I am in my
job. There are some brilliant people here and NASA is lucky to have them.
Preparation for Career
From the time I was young I loved airplanes. I built model airplanes.
I read books on anything related to airplanes. In those days when you
got out of high school, you had two choices: the military, or college.
I decided I was going to fulfill my military obligation first. I joined
the Air Force because I liked airplanes. That's where I started working
in altitude chambers because the Air Force was training pilots for the
dangers of high altitude flying. It was a good route for me. I think I
gathered some good skills in the military. There are "Indians" and there
are "chiefs" - and you need to know that there are a lot of good jobs
for the Indians, too. There are trade schools for young people who might
not be inclined to go to college. The military provides a host of values,
lessons, and job skills that will prove useful throughout your life. You
can do a lot of useful things without a college degree that are just as
important and just as needed. You are not a failure if you don't go to
college. I think I was an Indian when I was growing up. Still, the fastest
and surest way to an exciting, well-paying job is to keep going to school.
School is where we are educated formally, but I think reading is the
best way to learn. Reading and exploring science are fun; learning doesn't
have to be work. For me it was models, I loved building models. I started
buying model kits and learning how to fly them. I learned how they're
built, how the parts fit and work together, why they need to be the way
they are. Then I began to make my own without a kit. That's the creative
side of it. After you know how things work, you can start to play with
things and change them a little, to see what can and can't be changed
and why. You get to try new things. That's where I am in my career now,
I get to exercise my creativity. Stowage containers, for example: people
used to think everything had to be rigid and tough. But now we look at
it differently and realize there are many ways to solve a problem.
My advice is to get out there and do things, try things. You can read
things in a book, but you have to be able to apply it. Be a "hands-on"
type of person. I have worked with some people that are absolutely brilliant,
but when it came to using their hands, they were very unskilled. That
inexperience will limit you. Over the years a lot of young engineers have
come to work with me. I kid them and I say, "welcome to the real world."
You see, there is the "book" way of doing things and there is the real
world way of doing things, and sometimes they differ quite a bit.
You have to have guidance from the books while you're learning but there's
no substitute for hands-on experience.
Another thing is that you can't learn by talking, you learn by listening.
There are people that do a lot of talking but they're not learning much
while they talk. You can learn a lot by listening to other people. Have
respect for everyone's contributions. It doesn't matter what a person's
title is, or if they even have a title, they are all part of the team
and they are there for a reason. Their knowledge is valuable and they
can give you that knowledge, but not if you are talking.
I probably should be able to name some important influences on my career,
but manned space flight has proved to be so interesting to me that it
was self-motivating. In the early days, I admired the X-series experimental
airplanes, and Chuck Yeager and the like. They were definitely my heroes.
My interests evolved from air flight to space flight. I have been fortunate
to work with some of the original astronauts. I admire all those people;
they each had a great job! I am lucky to be able to work on the same things
that they do. I hope that everyone can end up with a job that they enjoy
doing. Unfortunately a lot of people don't have a job they enjoy, they're
into it for money. I think maybe younger people are smarter than people
of my generation, they are starting to say, "Well, I might not make quite
as much money, but I think I'd rather do this...." and I think that is
important. When it is fun to come to work you do more, you feel better.
Your enthusiasm is important and will get you ahead. It motivates you
and motivates others, too.
Personal Information
I like scuba diving and some of the best diving is in Monterey Bay (about
one hour south of NASA Ames Research Center). The water is cold but you
get to get used to that. With the right gear it's not bad. I had a custom
wetsuit made so I never get cold. I dove a couple of times in the service
in the Northwest under the ice. I think I must have been crazy, but it's
a big sport up there. I've gone diving at the Cape before and I've been
diving here in California with Marilyn Vasques from NASA Ames. She's a real
tiger out there.
Diving has an interesting connection to the space program because when
you are under, it's a bit like you're floating around in space. JSC Houston
has water tanks and that's where they do a lot of simulated microgravity
astronaut training. They do entire training procedures under water.

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Jordan Williams will test the National Basketball Association waters today, just weeks removed from an outstanding sophomore season.
In 31 starts, as a freshman, Williams averaged 10 points and nine rebounds, helping Maryland to a near-defeat of Michigan State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
But a slimmer, more experienced Williams elevated his game more than anyone had expected him to do in year two. The Terrapins center would lead his team in points (16.9) and his conference in rebounding (11.8) en route to first team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors.
Williams' consistency and difference-making play helped him to set a flood of career marks, including 25 double-doubles, good for second-most in the nation. He also added his name among the all-time greats in Maryland history, breaking Len Elmore's 13-game stretch of double-doubles in 1973-74 and Joe Smith's sophomore record for rebounding.
More importantly, Williams was most effective when it counted. In the ACC Tournament, Williams averaged 16 points and 15 rebounds. And dating back to last season, he notched a double-double in each of his first two NCAA Tournament contests, including a dominant 21-17 effort against Houston.
So after a remarkable 2010-11 campaign, why not pursue a career in the big leagues?
For one, there is still a major portion of Williams' game the big man needs to improve on before he can compete on the next level.
Williams made a bad habit out of flailing at the free-throw line in his team's most pivotal games. Against No. 5 Pittsburgh, Williams registered just 2-7 from the charity stripe. A similar story veered itself again in the second-round ACC Tournament, when a 2-10 mark was a critical factor in the Terrapin's second-half collapse against Duke.
Though Williams did improve upon his free-throw shooting throughout the season, 59 percent on the collegiate level will not translate well in The Association. Former Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace and perennial All-Star Shaquille O'Neal may be the exception.
It would also be beneficial for Williams to work on another important aspect of being an NBA big man – the jump shot. It is hard enough getting double-teamed in the ACC, but that pales in comparison to what could be expected on the next level.
Williams is an indubitable force on the boards, getting second-chance tip-ins, dunking and working the glass. But more often than not, when he stepped back to work his finesse game it simply was not there.
In order to beat double-teams and make defenders respect his overall game, Williams must develop that 16-foot jump shot, much like his teammate Dino Gregory worked to perfect throughout the season. Another year at Maryland could certainly provide that.
A third season would also allow Williams another shot to compete for some post-season hardware. As the leading scorer and go-to guy for the Terrapins, he could draw the credit for leading Maryland to yet another conference crown, especially in a potentially weakened pool of opponents.
Williams would be joined by seasoned guards Terrell Stoglin and Pe'Shon Howard, a veteran presence in Sean Mosley and highly touted newcomers in Nick Faust and Sterling Gibbs.
Do not rule out that possibility just yet. Williams did not hire an agent, which allows him the opportunity to return to Maryland and maintain eligibility. The deadline to withdraw their name from the draft is May 8.
Until then, Williams will be surged with feedback – both positive and negative – about the prospect of being an NBA player, much like former Terp Greivis Vasquez did following his sophomore season.
Vasquez ultimately opted to stay at Maryland, the right move considering the conference title, Bob Cousy Award and NCAA Tournament appearance which helped cement him as a first-round draft pick of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Perhaps Williams will endure a similar fate as Vasquez. Regardless, the coming weeks will loom exceedingly ominous for the future of Maryland basketball.


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Moving Elderly Parents: Convincing Mom and Dad
Read one family's personal account of dealing with making the move into assisted living…
In 2001, Gail Heimberg says she had to make one of the most difficult decisions of her life. Her 88-year-old mother–a sharp, independent woman who had lived alone in Brooklyn, New York, for most of the latter part of her life–was quickly growing frail. While she used to walk from her home to the neighborhood bakery with ease, navigating the stairs of her circa-1920 apartment building had become a daily battle. "She couldn't walk very well," remembers Heimberg. "And her emphysema had worsened."
Heimberg knew the discussion she needed to have with her mother, yet like many adult children who were thinking of moving elderly parents, the three words " assisted living facility" seemed foreign, cold and impossible to utter.
Time is of the Essence – Having That Tough Conversation
A few months passed, and Heimberg got a disturbing call. Her mother had suffered a mild heart attack and had been taken to the hospital. Heimberg used the opportunity to share her concerns with her mother. But when the subject came to moving her mother away from her home, she was met with sharp resistance. "No," said her mother firmly. "I'm not moving."
Those can be the most difficult words a concerned child may hear their elderly parent say. So how does a worried family member convince a recalcitrant parent that moving to a long-term care facility is in their best interest?
Tips From The Experts
When it comes to moving elderly parents and broaching the "nursing home" or "assisted living" conversation, experts like Stella Henry, R.N., author of The Eldercare Handbook(HarperCollins, 2006) say "this is probably one of the hardest decisions a child will ever have to make." Henry, an eldercare specialist who has been featured in Time, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, says many seniors "unrealistically believe they can take care of themselves for the rest of their lives." And that's where their children or other family members can be instrumental in identifying the problem and instigating change.
No matter what the age of your parent, Henry and other experts say now is the time to begin communicating about the future. If you open the lines of communication early on, she says, words like "nursing home" lose their sting later on. That's important, considering that most of Henry's clients approach her with little communication groundwork laid.
"Ninety-five percent of my clients come to me in crisis situations," says Henry. The result? Confused elders, disorganized yet well-meaning children, and a family in chaos.
The Importance of Regular Conversations
Avoid these unnecessary results by having regular conversations with your parent about what the future holds. "Make it your problem instead of your parent's problem," adds Henry. "If you say 'you have to do this, or do that, 'you'll lose them. Instead say something like, 'Mom, I'm concerned about you; it makes me worried to see you like this.'"
That's the approach Heimberg ended up taking with her mother. After sharing her serious concerns about her mother's health and safety, the elderly woman slowly came around. "She finally said yes," says Heimberg.
Nine out of ten parents, says Henry, don't want to burden their children, and they will often respond to this sort of honest communication. "Parents sometimes hide things from their adult children because they don't want to scare them," she says. Yet, if you show them that you are trying to be their advocate, adds Henry, and that you are genuinely concerned about their wellbeing, it can make all the difference.
The Resistant Parent – What to Do
Barry Jacobs, PsyD, a psychologist who has counseled many people in the situation of moving elderly parents, knows how difficult it can be when a parent in need of aging parent care refuses to leave his or her home. While he's quick to say there are no magic strategies or tricks for persuading an elder to move, he suggests that adult children ask their parent to "indulge" them by visiting an assisted living facility.
"Most of us are more likely to change our position and lifestyle if such a transformation is of our own choosing," writes Jacobs in his book, The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers (Guilford Press, 2006). "Placed under duress to change, we typically resist, regardless of the soundness of the other person's arguments."
And when a parent continually refuses to entertain the idea of moving? "The child needs to back off for the time being," advises Jacobs. But don't give up, he adds, "seek other openings to raise the issue again."
"What I tell adult children is that, unfortunately, sometimes things have to get worse to get better," he says. "It may take the parent falling or being spooked by burglars or having the electricity turned off because he forgot to pay the bills for the realization to dawn that the parent can no longer safely reside in the home. Even then, it may take the strong urgings of health care providers and extended family members for the parent to accept the inevitable."
If the parent begins to show signs of warming up to the topic, "the child needs to emphasize the parent's right of self-determination but also urge action," adds Jacobs. He suggests structuring the conversation in the following way: "Tell your parent: 'I can't make decisions about how you should run your life. It would make me feel better, though, if we could go together to look at some possible assisted living facilities so that you're better informed about what choices are available. Would you be willing to humor me in that way?'"
If there is a willingness on the parent's part to visit a senior housing facility, says Jacobs, "the child should proceed post-haste to set up visits at local facilities and point out that most of these facilities will allow an aged individual to try living in them for a week or a month before the person has to decide whether to sell his house and stay in the facility or return home." Experts say that can be the extra bit of comfort that can make the difference for many hesitant seniors.
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PILGER: Hundreds of residents driven from a Nebraska village levelled by a deadly tornado began returning to the community yesterday morning to salvage their belongings and assess the damage to battered homes, businesses, a church and school.
The town of Pilger, just several blocks wide and home to about 350 people, took a direct hit on Monday afternoon as tornadoes swept across a farming area in northeast Nebraska.
"Pilger is gone," said Sanford Goshorn, director of emergency management for Stanton County. "The tornado cut right through the centre of town."
At least one person in Pilger, a 5-year-old girl, was pronounced dead at an area hospital that received more than a dozen other injured, Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger said. A person also died in neighbouring Cuming County.
Brian Reeg, who lives in nearby Winside, stood bewildered looking at a pile of rubble that had been his church in Pilger. "I just came to see if I could help," Reeg said. "This is where I was baptized, where I was married and went to church my whole life."
Mark Aken, 58, who moved to Pilger three weeks ago, said Tuesday he did not have time even to unpack at the home he rented near the flattened St. John's Lutheran Church. "There's a tree right through my front door," said Aken, who said he is staying with family in the area for now. "My van is upside down."
Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman planned to survey the damage in the Pilger area yesterday, the governor's office said.
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, reported at least one and possibly two cases in which a pair of twisters touched down simultaneously, a rare phenomenon according to meteorologists.
The tornadoes appeared to be class EF-2 or EF-3 twisters, meaning they packed cyclonic winds of up to 165 mph, said Rich Thompson, the lead forecaster for the center. Two weather service teams were surveying the damage yesterday.
Pilger, which is about 160km northwest of Omaha, was the hardest hit town in a three-county area where state emergency management reported injuries and damage.
Most of the homes and other buildings that once stood in an area about six blocks wide by six blocks long were wiped out, with debris strewn across roadways and into a field east of Pilger. Crushed vehicles littered the landscape. Reuters


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Lorne Michaels Says It Was Tina Fey's Idea to Make Alec Baldwin SNL's New Donald Trump
Super-classy lady. Hugely classy.By Halle Kiefer
Super-classy lady. Hugely classy.By Halle Kiefer
Lorne "Shruggie" Michaels.By Sean Fitz-Gerald
Maya and Marty in Manhattan.By Jackson McHenry
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The man who broke the network mold four decades ago has a television empire all his own.By Lane Brown
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Winter must be cold and snowy (said no one, ever). How's about a season in Latin America instead?Read More »
VIDEO: KSP Peru Wrap Up
Following four days of marginal wind and waves, the action kicked off on October 23 — mid-way through the 10-day holding period. As the surf began firing at four- to seven-feet, 24 men and 12 women from 15 different countries duked it out over the following three days for the coveted tour stop title.Read More »
KSP Peru Day 7: Final Results from Pacasmayo!
Bringing the second stop of the World Championship Kite Surfing Tour to a close, day seven of the 10-day holding period delivered another dose of world-class conditions and next-level action. Throughout the final 12 heats, competitors rode once again predominantly strapless, drawing lines comparable to high-level surfing.Read More »
KSP Peru Day 6: More Heats Held in Great Conditions
Amidst another day of prime wind and waves in Northern Peru, contest directors made excellent use of the epic conditions at the main staging area at El Faro (the lighthouse), completing 18 heats, making it all the way up to the Quarter Finals. As head-high sets wrapped around the point all day, once again, riders predominantly kite surfed unstrapped.Read More »
KSP Peru Day 5: The Competition Gets Underway in Great Conditions
After four days of waiting for solid conditions to arrive in Northern Peru, the Pacasmayo Kite Surf Pro finally got underway late this morning. Running nearly until sundown in the 15- to 20-knot winds and five- to seven-foot waves (faces), Men's and Women's Round 1, and Men's Round 2 were completed at the second KSP World Championship Kite Surfing Tour stop.Read More »
KSP Peru Day 4: Waves but No Wind
Despite a favorable forecast, the wind never filled in quite enough to get the Pacasmayo Kite Surf Pro off the ground today. As head-high sets rolled in throughout the morning and afternoon, the KSP crew kept optimistic and re-assessed the conditions every 30 minutes in hopes of the wind ramping up just a notch.Read More »
KSP Peru Day 3: Another Lay Day
Three days into the 10-day holding period of the Pacasmayo Kite Surf Pro, KSP officials called a third consecutive lay day for the second stop of the World Championship Kite Surfing Tour.Read More »
KSP Peru Day 2: Still on Standby
Waiting for solid waves to arrive on Saturday, KSP organizers called a second consecutive lay day today at the Pacasmayo Kite Surf Pro — the second stop of the World Championship Kite Surfing Tour.Read More »


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