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Just 15 when his father was paralyzed in a riding accident, Matthew Reeve, eldest son of actor Christopher Reeve, learned early how life can change in an instant. In Hope in Motion, available on DVD, he documents the ups and downs as his dad fought to regain the use of his arms and legs. "He never gave up," says Reeve, 27, who filmed the family (his stepmother Dana, sister Alexandra, 23, and half-brother Will, 15) over a three-year period before his dad's death in 2004. (Dana died nearly 17 months later.) Although the actor's activism kept him in the public eye, "nothing has ever gone into this much detail or just let him show his feelings," Reeve says of the film. Part of the proceeds from sales benefit the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
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Firaxis' winter is going to be quite busy. They just announced today at their PAX East panel that they'll be bringing the fantastic strategy game from the PC/consoles over to the iOS platform.
They showed off a quick demo of what the game will look like on your palm-friendly device, but we're told that it's basically the entire game carried over to mobile. We'll have impressions for you as soon as we can get our hands on it. No word on pricing yet.
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Anganwadi Workers Stage Demo for Salary Hike
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Thousands of Anganwadi workers and helpers under the banner of Paschim Odisha Anganwadi 'O' Sahayak Sangha staged a road blockade in front of the office of Revenue Divisional Commissioner (North) over their long pending demands on Wednesday.
They submitted a memorandum addressed to the Governor with copies marked to the Chief Minister besides the Minister and Secretary of Women and Child Development Department to the RDC. The Anganwadi workers have decided to go on mass leave from Thursday over their demands including hike in salary and job regularisation.
After the RDC refused to give them a written assurance on their demands, they tried to break the police cordon in their bid to get inside the RDC office and were arrested.
Their other demands include recognition of Anganwadi workers as teachers, promotion policy for the workers and helpers, coverage under service condition and social security net, declaring Anganwadi centres as Pre-Primary Schools and special allowance for those working in the KBK districts. Central convener of the Sangha Prasanta Padhi said the Anganwadi workers will go on indefinite mass leave till the State Government fulfills their demands.
"Although the Constitution entitles equal pay for equal work, the Government is adopting discriminatory attitude towards Anganwadi workers," said Padhi.
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Hi! I'm Christine.
My family and I started Amelie Scott Designs back in 2008. It was just the perfect business for our family. I love to sew and quilt and create, and so does my daughter. My husband, Mark, has degrees in English, and used to be an editor. (Yes, I sleep with the editor to get myself published, but it has worked well for 25 years so why not.) Back in 2008 my son was taking a web design class in high school, so he was put in charge of our website. Being a teenage boy, he was not keen on a "sewing business," and would tell his friends and teachers that we "sell 'stuff' out of our basement." Later though, he took over creating all the wonderful diagrams we have in our patterns. He is now studying to be an accountant, and is slowing taking over the books. I also work and teach part time in at Quilt Beginnings, in Dublin, Ohio.
People often ask us how we got our company name. My daughter's middle name is Amelie (named after my favorite ancestor and pronounced (uh may lee), and my middle name is Scott.
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Times Cinema to reopen Dec. 28
The Times Cinema will reopen Friday with floodlight hitting the skies, a red carpet purportedly filled with paparazzi and "Django Unchained" on the screen.
The Times, at 5906 W. Vliet St., has been closed since March, when the lender for the building and other properties, including the Rosebud Cinema in Wauwatosa, began foreclosure proceedings. Investor Lee Barczak, who owns the Avalon Theatre property in the Bay View neighborhood, bought the Times and Rosebud at a foreclosure auction in May, and reopened the Rosebud in August »Read Full Article(1)
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Michelle Shocked's May 4 show in Madison - the last remaining gig on her tour, after anti-gay comments at a concert over the weekend led the rest of the venues to cancel the alt-folk singer's shows - is still on, at least for now.
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Even Mark says to aim for 80:20.
Provided you're reasonably conscientious I think it's more important to chill and enjoy life than stress about having the perfect diet.
So obviously, being able to commit fully and go 100% (or 80%, as is allowed around here) primal/paleo would be the ultimate goal. But, it does take dedication, committment, and a bit more time, planning, inconvenience, etc. I don't mean to debate the merits of this way of eating/living, but to say that it does take a bit of effort to get there.
That said, over the last 9 months or so I've made a pretty good effort at almost completely eliminating processed, fake foods and eating more meat, vegatables, healthy fat, etc. Problem is the convenience thing gets in the way sometimes and it's just easier to eat a sandwich. Or some sushi with rice. Or use some kind of salad dressing other than o&v.
So my question is...is there any harm to be done by not committing to this 100% (80%)? If I eat the fatty, grass fed steak and vegatables for dinner all week, but have a hamburger and pizza on the weekends, am I somehow compounding the negative effects. Or, am I making good headway by simply trying to eliminate as much "bad" stuff as I can? Is all the extra fat, cholesterol, etc. that we now understand to not be so bad somehow made bad by the inclusion of some grain, soy, etc.?
Make sense?
Even Mark says to aim for 80:20.
Provided you're reasonably conscientious I think it's more important to chill and enjoy life than stress about having the perfect diet.
"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.
In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."
- Ray Peat
You've been doing it for 9 months. You tell us.
Also, let us know how 50% goes when you are in your 40s and 50s. Maybe that's all you need.
Oh, and try it 100% and see if there's any difference.
Basically, you have to find out for yourself.
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Lots of people eat sushi. But bread products, if you never give them up you can never know if they're causing you problems.
Wheat does indeed correlate with obesity and heart disease in the China study data. Saturated fat does not.
do the math. if you eat 20 meals a week and 16 of them are primal, then there is your 80/20.
the less crap you eat, the more you realize that it doesn't taste good and that it makes you feel lousy.
eat the sushi because rice is fine. eat the occasional pizza. i know i do. if your goal is to lose 100lbs or you have a serious gluten issue, then you might want to steer clear of the wheat. if, like me, you only get some joint stiffness from eating wheat occasionally, maybe its worth it.
The person that doesn't smoke is healthier than the person that smokes one cig a week, the one cig a week smoker is healthier than the one cig a day smoker, who is healthier than the several a day smoker... and so on.
You're limiting your exposure to bad things most often than not, so what if you're not perfect.
I am on/off with my "percentages" I have 90/10 weeks, 80/20 weeks and some ugly 60/40 weeks. I don't really let it bother me. I don't feel downright unhealthy when I "stray" to be honest. I guess I'm lucky in that regard.
I used to seriously post here, now I prefer to troll.
I think cutting out processed foods is probably the most important part of eating in general.
If you're going to eat bread or pasta, I would try to use products that have as few ingredients as possible, and no HFCS bread (I don't know if HFCS has been snuck into pasta yet). If you're eating out, you're at the mercy of their ingredients, so just have a good time and enjoy.
As a note, though, some of the best accomplishments are inconvenient.
"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
Who says back fat is a bad thing? Maybe on a hairy guy at the beach, but not on a crab.
I think its way more important to look at any plan where you can eat healthier on a long term basis. Do this in any sustainable way that works for you and your lifestyle. If you have to force anything you may eventually stall.
I guess what i'm tying to say is don't treat it as a short term diet ( they all fail) look at it as a long term sustainable life style change that you feel comfortable with. Only you know what works for you
To answer the question, logically I can't see a problem with your idea, but have no evidence its good or bad either way.
Caution! My replies may contain traces of nuts!. My posts are just my opinion based on my experience with the primal way of life, there is no assurance it will work with others in the same way.
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Actor Michael Vartan's wife has filed for divorce after three years of marriage.
Vartan's wife Lauren Skaar, a real estate agent, filed for divorce on July 11 citing "irreconcilable differences," People reports. The couple, who have no children together, separated April 5, according to the filing. Skaar has asked for spousal support.
The former "Alias" star met his wife while shopping at a Whole Foods in Los Angeles and approached her after some "calculated stalking."
"We didn't date right away," Skaar told People shortly before their marriage. "I wouldn't give him my number but did take his e-mail address, and we didn't see each other until a few months after our first meeting. That was almost two years ago."
Vartan popped the question in March 2010 and the couple married in Newport Beach, California a year later.
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HOLYOKE -- Olde Holyoke Development Corp. is inviting residents to provide suggestions at a meeting Wednesday (July 16) to deal with areas that need extra police patrols, graffiti cleaned and trash hauled.
The "Quality of Life" meeting is 4 to 5 p.m. at the Holyoke Public Library, Community Room, 250 Chestnut St.
"It's time to get proactive and we need your help," said Jerry Hobert, newly hired Quality of Life Fund coordinator for Olde Holyoke Development, a private nonprofit housing provider.
The meeting will be to outline the program, which includes seeking financial donations, and hear residents' suggestions, he said.
The organization's Quality of Life Fund now has $15,000, which consists of $10,000 from the city through the Community Development Block Grant program, and $5,000 from the organization, Hobert said in a press release.
"We are seeking tax-deductible donations to help fund this highly innovative endeavor," Hobert said.
The focus is on areas within the Downtown-Prospect Heights, Flats, South Holyoke, Churchill, Springdale and Oakdale neighborhoods, he said.
The goal is to provide these areas this summer with an additional 150 areas of police foot patrols, clean 1,000 square feet of surfaces tagged with graffiti, do weekly alley cleanups and do at least two small public infrastructure repairs a week, he said.
Some areas in these neighborhoods are "extremely impoverished" and notable for boarded-up buildings and vacant lots, he said.
"We want to improve the quality of life, eliminate blight and support public safety efforts at our and surrounding properties in targeted areas," Hobert said.
Olde Holyoke Development since the early 1970's has provided hundreds of housing units using millions of dollars in federal grants received through the city.
According to its website, "The mission of Olde Holyoke Development Corporation is that every resident of Holyoke deserves to live in a dignified home in a safe attractive neighborhood; and everything Olde Holyoke Development Corporation does is intended to fulfill that need. We are a private non-profit company dedicated to improving housing for low and moderate income residents of the city."


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Both sides in Adrian Arriano's trial for rape rested Thursday, a court official said.
Judge Barbara Scheper will give the jury its instructions at 10:30 a.m. today, then Defense Attorney Julia Knox and Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Angela Jordan will make their closing arguments, a court official said.
The district attorney's office alleges that Arriano committed two knife-point rapes in Canyon Country in 2007.
The district attorney charged Arriano with 29 counts including one count of attempted murder; 10 counts of forcible rape; five counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object; three counts of sodomy; three counts of forced oral copulation; four counts of burglary; one count of false imprisonment by violence; one count of residential robbery and one count of assault to commit a felony during a burglary.
Jurors watched the second of two interrogation videos and read from the translated transcript Thursday.
Knox and Jordan dueled through 15 days of testimony. Knox called Erin O'Brien back to the stand Wednesday for 20 minutes.
O'Brien told investigators she saw Arriano, a twice-deported illegal alien, when he broke into her Canyon Country apartment June 26, 2007.
She alleges she screamed loud enough to scare Arriano away before he raped her.
During Wednesday's testimony, Knox handed O'Brien a printout O'Brien initialed in 2008 where she allegedly picked Arriano out of a lineup.
O'Brien wrote the number four on the lineup sheet indicating the person in the lineup she believed to be Arriano.
"She picked the wrong person," Knox told The Signal outside of the proceedings.
Jordan attempted to restore O'Brien's credibility on re-direct examination on Wednesday. She asked how O'Brien was able to identify Arriano.
"I saw his eyes," O'Brien said. But she hedged and continued to explain her brief encounter with Arriano in 2007.
"I can't see up close because my eyes are no good," she said.
DNA evidence weighed heavily in the case, and Jordan used Los Angeles County Scientific Services senior criminalist Lori Schumann to establish Arriano as the man who committed both rapes.
Schumann testified on Tuesday that Arriano was a contributor to the DNA samples in each alleged rape and there was a slim chance someone besides Arriano contributed the DNA.
"There is a 1 in 248 quintillion chance this is someone besides Arriano," Schumann said.
Knox wasn't awed by the statistics and scrutinized the crime lab. She questioned whether a third genetic marker that registered on a computer analysis could have come from a third person.
"That's a possibility," Schumann said to Knox inquiries about the third DNA marker.
Knox also questioned why some genetic evidence was ignored.
Schumann didn't initially identify the third genetic fingerprint as inconclusive.
Knox questioned Schumann's basis for identifying the third genetic fingerprint as inconclusive.
"That comes from training and experience," Schumann said.
Jordan tried to restore the expert witness' credibility on redirect.
"You were asked a lot of questions about ifs. But in this case, was there evidence of contamination? In this case, was there evidence of degradation?" Jordan asked.
"No," Schumann said.
Jordan pressed Schumann on whether the existence of a third genetic fingerprint invalidates the sample.
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A Morris County grand jury today indicted a man and his uncle in connection to the 2006 beating death of a fellow day laborer in Montville, authorities said.
Mario Nieto-Rivera, 34, was indicted on first-degree murder in the death of Alfredo De Los Santos-Francisco, 36, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.
The grand jury also indicted Nieto-Rivera on third-degree hindering apprehension and second-degree tampering with human remains, according to the prosecutors office.
Marcos Jose Riveria, 22, was indicted on third-degree hindering apprehension and second-degree tampering with human remains, officials said.
Nieto-Rivera is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Both men are Mexican citizens, and all three men lived in a Route 46 motel that has since closed.
Authorities believe Santos-Francisco was killed during an alcohol-fueled attack sparked by derogatory comments Santos-Francisco made about Nieto-Rivera's ex-wife and mother, officials have said.
During the fight in an abandoned house on Chapin Road, Nieto-Rivera punched and kicked De Los Santos-Francisco, and rammed his head against a wall, ignoring the victim's appeal for help, an arrest affidavit said.
Riveria helped his uncle wrap the bloody body in a plastic tarp and hide it behind an industrial complex across the street, where the skeletal remains were found Oct. 12, 2006, by a landscaper dumping leaves.
Santos-Francisco's unusual dentistry -- he had two silver caps in the shape of upside-down hearts -- led to his identification.
Both defendants are in the Morris County Correctional Facility, and immigration detainers have been lodged against them. Nieto-Rivera is being held on $50,000.00 cash, bond or property bail set by Judge N. Peter Conforti.
Riviera is being held on $75,000.00 cash, bond or property bail set by the Superior Court Judge N. Peter Conforti.
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3rd Quarter 2013 Commentary - ASTON/TAMRO Diversified Equity Fund
3rd Quarter 2013
Where are the Three Bears?
Last quarter we wrote about the Goldilocks factor, meaning market forces that seemed just right. After a fantastic third quarter and year-to-date thus far U.S. equities, should we worry about the three bears coming home to discover Goldilocks sleeping in their beds and eating their porridge? We think no, since we see a continued attractive environment for stocks. We do not believe the conditions exist to usher in a bear market for either U.S. equities or the U.S. economy. It appears that there is a balance of opposing forces—monetary policy and fiscal policy—that should keep prospects in the U.S. on an even keel. The major factors keeping that balance are:
1. An accommodative Federal Reserve policy—the most liquid on record. Interest rates are likely to remain low, with only brief periods of volatility.
2. Low to no inflation. Looking at the Commodity Research Bureau Index, it has risen less than 2% the past 5 years since hitting a recession trough.
3. Slow to moderate growth in the U.S. economy. It has been one of the slowest recoveries in a generation, averaging 2% to 2.5% annual growth since the recession bottomed in the spring of 2009.
4. Onerous fiscal policy. Higher taxes, more regulations, and now the implementation of the Affordable Care Act should act as a damper on growth.
In the near term, we do not see any signs of these trends changing. Although the government shutdown and debt limit discussions could cause a rise in volatility, we would view that as an opportunity to add to existing positions or initiate new investments.
Strong Staples
The Fund outperformed its Russell 1000 Index benchmark during the quarter. Outperformance relative to the benchmark was primarily due to strong stock selection in the Consumer Staples, Financials, and Industrials sectors, with sector allocation and added benefit overall.
Safeway, Walgreen, and United Natural Foods led the way within Consumer Staples. Grocery-chain Safeway reacted favorably to news that an activist investor had accumulated a significant stake in the company. Walgreen moved higher as Wall Street firms published constructive reports on the company.
United Natural Foods is the largest distributor of natural and organic foods in the United States. The company's profitability had been depressed due to the build-out of its distribution network and the initiation of a number of new, large relationships. We believed that the recently won business and significant infrastructure investment would lead to higher revenues and profitability going forward. That proved to be the case during the quarter as the company reported earnings results that exceeded Wall Street expectations.
Stock selection in the Energy, Technology, and Healthcare sectors were the biggest detractors from relative performance during the quarter. Tech giant Hewlett-Packard reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results, which weighed on the stock. DaVita Healthcare Partners underperformed on near-term uncertainty surrounding Medicare reimbursements. Also among the biggest individual disappointments was retailer Macy's. Sales at the firm were weaker during the period driven in part by merchandising and weather trends.
Portfolio Positioning
We remain positive towards equities. This has not been an average economic recovery, where a rising tide lifts all boats. A keener focus on competitive forces is imperative, as those companies that have attained a strong lead over their peers should continue to receive the market's favor. Conversely, deep-value companies that have not executed up to their potential could attract activist investors to unlock value. Although we normally would expect to see rising consolidation in various industries, it seems the sluggishness of the economy has kept the growth of mergers and acquisitions subdued.
In this environment, valuations for companies that are executing may go higher than in recent years. We understand the need to differentiate between speculative stocks and those that are truly executing better, for which valuations can go higher.
From a sector perspective, we identified new opportunities in Technology, some of which we are continuing to build, resulting in a net three-percentage point increase in exposure from the prior quarter. Although the portfolio's weighting in Financials fell only slightly, we sold four long-term positions and redeployed a portion of the proceeds to two companies that we believe will benefit from a pick-up in overseas economies. The largest three sectors remained the same from the last quarter, namely Consumer Discretionary, Financials, and Industrials. The over- and underweights relative to the benchmark are modest as we focus more on stock selection.
Six stocks reached full-position status during the quarter through purchase, appreciation, or both. Facebook became a top-10 holding in the portfolio as we believe the company has a competitive advantage based on scale, an enormous collection of data that should help advertisers, and a strong and loyal culture. We see the continued shift towards online targeted advertising as the catalyst for the stock.
Within Financials, Citigroup and regional bank FirstMerit also became full positions. Citi suffered mightily during the Great Recession, requiring $45 billion in government financial assistance and significant asset sales and capital raises to avoid bankruptcy. Today, led by a new Chief Executive Officer and new Chairman of the Board, the company finds itself on much firmer financial and operational footing. The U.S. government has been paid back in full, the firm passed the most recent Federal Reserve "stress test", and profitability has been increasing. We expect the company will continue to benefit as new management executes around their cost cutting and growth initiatives and the global economy continues to improve. Ohio-based FirstMerit's focus is on providing customers with a high level of service typically associated with a small town bank, combined with a breadth of products and services typically associated with a super-regional or national bank. The current CEO has been in the top job since 2006 and he successfully de-risked the loan book prior to the credit crisis and saw the company through the Great Recession.
Valuation was the primary reason for the sale of four Financials holdings—Franklin Resources, JPMorgan Chase, T. Rowe Price Group, and Raymond James Financial—mentioned earlier. Within Consumer Staples, we exited both Kraft Foods Group and McCormick to add to more attractively valued companies in the sector. Microchip Technology was sold to fund stocks that in our view were better relative opportunities, while a difficult interest rate environment that could lead to higher operating costs was the reason for the sale of homebuilder Toll Brothers.
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As of September 30, 2013, Safeway comprised 2.14% of the portfolio's assets, Walgreen – 2.16%, United Natural Foods – 2.43%, Hewlett-Packard – 0.99%, DaVita Healthcare Partners – 2.04%, Macy's – 1.40%, Facebook – 2.52%, Citigroup – 2.58%, and FirstMerit – 2.02%.
Note: Small- and mid-cap stocks are considered riskier than large-cap stocks due to greater potential volatility and less liquidity.
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What a great photo... love the reflections off the water.
Wonderful! Just the tiniest hint of green between the blues.
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Thanks Tery! and lolol, the only one of my photos that I've come across on the web uploaded by someone else! Though not as art - a property owner gave the shot to his real-estate agent to include in the the listing's photos.
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Review ~ How to Teach ListeningAn informative guide which offers a digestible combination of listening theory, tips and material.
How to Teach Listening comprises a pleasant balance of relevant listening theory, amusing anecdotes, practical advice and usable material. It presents the practice of teaching listening in a very positive way. This is partly because the author is able to effectively communicate essential points with an economy of words and illustrate them using amusing examples and anecdotes, many of which can be used with students in class. The book's layout also helps to make the subject matter easily accessible. The distinctive "blackboard" symbol, for example, allows those teachers looking for inspiration to quickly locate ideas for listening tasks. Similarly, summaries of key listening issues are often expressed in grey-shaded tables (for example, authentic vs scripted speech, note-taking and dictation) and are also easy to find.
Another great strength of the book is the width of its appeal. Whilst the book provides a wealth of insight for less experienced teachers, many of the listening-related issues covered would also be appropriate to the training needs of the more experienced. For example, the section on the teacher's short-term role (at the beginning of Chapter 7) touches on more complex issues, such as how to anchor the lesson in what students already know. The Task File section is a wonderful resource for teacher trainers and offers a broad spectrum of listening-focussed sessions for both experienced and inexperienced teachers. The material, much of which is taken from mainstream course books, addresses key issues in a way which trainees will no doubt find enjoyable and memorable.
I also liked the quotation and the "Contents" section at the beginning of each chapter but would suggest dispensing with the "Conclusions" section at the end, simply because it does not draw any: it simply reminds us in very broad terms of the topics just covered, rather like the final slide of a business training presentation. This appeared a little odd alongside the impressive writing and content of the main body of the chapter. A summary of the key learning points, offering something more thought-provoking, would be more in keeping with the tone of the rest of the book.
However, the "Conclusions" point is a minor one and does not change the fact that How to Teach Listening achieves its stated aims. In my opinion, it has the potential to effectively educate teachers and to inspire them enough to try out new ideas in the classroom. And although one cannot improve one's teaching ability merely by reading a book, the odds of this occurring are greatly improved if that book is well-written, entertaining informative and bursting at the seams with invaluable practical advice and activities, as is the case with How to Teach Listening.
April 2010 | Filed under Skills: Listening
Graham Cockcroft has been working as a freelance English teacher in Warsaw for eight years. He has also worked as ADOS and DOS, completed the LCCI Diploma in Teaching English for Business, and written both general and business materials for an online English training course. He has a great (some say irrational) passion for the Lithuanian language.
3 Comments on "Review ~ How to Teach Listening"
Jennifer Says:
April 29th, 2010 at 14:55
I'm disappointed that this book (indeed the whole How to series from Pearson Longman isn't available in the US. Do TEFL.net readers in the US have recommendations for comparable resources?
Hall Houston Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 00:37
I ordered my copy of How to Teach Listening through Amazon.co.uk Go here to see the ordering information:
The book also appears here on the Amazon.com website:
but the title is misspelled, so it's not easy to find.
The Book Depository also carries this title (and it might be cheaper):
Two other comparable resources on teaching listening:
Second Language Listening by John Flowerdew and Lindsay Miller
Practical English Language Teaching: Listening by Marc Helgesen and Steven Brown
JPS Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 14:59
I strongly believe this timely book will meet the needs of the trainee teachers.
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As Little League and Babe Ruth baseball begin their season-ending tournaments, and the American Legion program just wrapped its up, here are a few final thoughts for this summer:
Little League is playing favorites that can only tarnish its image, based on a report by the Williamsport Sun-Gazette's Chris Masse. Masse, a colleague at the sister paper to The Sentinel, said via Facebook Monday that a reporter and photographer from his organization - which has been covering Little League since Carl Stotz came up with the idea - were denied access to the hometown favorite Keystone team on arrival in South Williamsport that night.
Actually, he said, everyone was denied a chance to talk to the team - except ESPN. Little League is run by people from Williamsport, and they should be reminding both ESPN and its employees that this is about the kids and the community, not about the Disney company's bottom line.
Legion ball struggles in some communities - Juniata County no longer has a program; Mount Union players have been dotting the Bellefonte roster of late (despite Legion rules that theoretically require at least some of them to play for or be cut by Mifflin County first).
Some point to the level of competition for the interest of young men- jobs, vacations, video games, perhaps even girls - but the manager of one of the state's top Legion programs cites another problem: showcase teams.
Kevin Manero, the Nor-Gwyn skipper, asks whether players should pay when they can just play in a column he wrote for the Times-Herald in Norristown. He asks whether AAU programs and other so-called elite teams - many of which costs families thousands of dollars to be part of - are worth the money. Manero writes:
"Many tournament teams have spawned when talented kids leave an established program, set up tournament teams full of good players, and then a year or two later... disappear to be replaced by another temporary team somewhere else."
"...who wouldn't want only the best for his or her own son, but perhaps maybe if the good players would stick around for the commitment of community based teams, and the focus would be on getting good people involved to run these teams, and continue to build them, then we would not even need teams with registration fees of over $2,000+ for a season ..."
Food for thought.
Of course, it wouldn't be a baseball season without Ray Wilde and I arguing over some Babe Ruth rule (usually the lack of a meaningful mercy rule when scores get in the neighborhood of 40-0). Even Ray seems willing to concede the local league's insistence on restarting a suspended game at the beginning may be unnecessary with a 27-game schedule to play.
And while the locals have no control over the district, state or national tournament rules, they could address both of these issues in Mifflin County - for the betterment of the kids, in my opinion.
Ray and I really sparred this year when I asked why the league president was issuing an apology over a forfeited game through the newspaper. A tradition, Ray says.
I still ask: Why is the league president apologizing for enforcing a league rule? He should be proud of that. The only apology should be from the person who made the mistake that led to the forfeit, and it's due only to the people affected (and I have no doubt it was duly issued, and hopefully accepted).
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A member of The Sentinel's office staff came across two photos from the past, youthful players who went on to represent Lewistown in the state baseball championship in 2002. Thanks to now-retired baseball coach Ray Hoppel those photos are headed back to the families, whom I'm sure will enjoy a touching memory from their own past.
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d. main calls fun3; fun3 calls fun1
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Edinboro women's basketball team falls to Glenville State
Glenville State 101, Edinboro 82: At Glenville, W.Va., Ginny Mills and Kenyona Simmons each scored 24 points and Glenville State coasted to victory in the second half at its home tournament.
Glenville State (2-0) opened up a 56-31 lead at the half.
No. 6-ranked Edinboro (1-1) started the game with an 8-6 lead, but back-to-back 3-pointers from Kenyell Goodson ignited a 14-1 run that helped the Pioneers extend their lead to as much as 28 points in the first half.
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2008 Kawasaki Teryx 750 Mobility Specialist Review 0
Imagine floating peacefully in a pool of crystal clear blue water. Your body gently rocks back and forth by the waves created by other swimmers on a hot summer afternoon. You reach outward towards the surface but your arm doesn't respond. You try and stand, but your legs remain flaccid. Fear begins to creep in as your body convulses for a breath of air. Then in a flash someone pulls you to the surface… You're breathing again. You're alive.
It may sound like a bad dream, but for Dan Kleen it's a memory that's as vivid as his first time riding a motorcycle. Twenty-one years ago, Dan suffered a spinal cord injury in a diving accident at a local swimming pool. At only 19 years of age, Dan was now a C6 incomplete quadriplegic.
"I knew that my injury was never going to hold me back," said Kleen, president of the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC). "Being outside and enjoying the outdoors was something that's always been important to me."
Raised on a small farm, Kleen had access to all kinds of powersports equipment, enough to make any city boy green with envy. Go-karts, dirt bikes, three-wheelers – You name it, he had one. His active childhood made Kleen acutely aware of the joys not only the outdoor world, but of it aboard a recreational vehicle.
In fact, it didn't take long for Kleen to get back to the realm of motorsports. After nine months inside the hospital and another three months of rehabilitation, he was already back riding a 1985 Honda Odyssey (nope, not the minivan but a limited run ATV-type buggy.)
Fast forward to the present and MotorcycleUSA is at one of Dan's favorite childhood riding spots – the sprawling 2500-acre Timber Ridge Ranch in Castana, Iowa. But unlike our last visit when he rode here on a dirt bike, we'd be trading in two wheels for four aboard Kawasaki's all-new Teryx.
So you might be wondering why we're having another go on Kawasaki's 4-wheel mini-tank? We already put it through its paces earlier this spring during our First Ride which took place in Southern California's off-road Mecca. And although desert bombing and rock crawling are important aspects of Teryx use, the lush, heavily wooded surroundings of western Iowa present different challenges for the machine.
Our day began with a romp through narrow quad track that's been cut through heavily wooded hillsides. It literally took less than a minute of driving for arguably the best attribute of the Teryx to become apparent. It's ridiculously easy to drive. Despite not being behind the driver's seat in months, we were quickly up to speed. The steering wheel itself is small, like you would find on a race car, and complements its light and responsive handling manners. Overall chassis balance is also exceptional, which allows the driver to get away with erratic rally car-inspired maneuvers that on other vehicles might put you into a tree.
No doubt the accute chassis is aided by the fully independent long-travel front and rear suspension. Whether it's a gnarly rock-laden hill climb or huge potholes dug up by ATVs, the Teryx's suspension has plenty of travel to absorb the gnarliest of hits, all while delivering a plush ride.
Traction provided by the versatile 26-inch Maxxis tires is utterly amazing. In most of the trails we treaded on, 4WD wasn't even necessary. But when we did traverse really steep stuff, its use was as easy as a push of the dashboard-mounted switch (below 15 mph). There's also the Variable Front Differential Control (VFDC) which incrementally locks the front wheels together and, when fully engaged, offers true 100% 4WD.
Propelling the 1200-lb machine forward is a powerful 749cc V-Twin. The liquid-cooled mill provides proper combustion regardless of the riding location. For us able-bodied fellows propulsion is provided via the floor mounted gas pedal, but for Kleen it's his hands that do all of the driving. Mobility Specialists out of Brea, California manufactures a hand control that can easily be retrofitted to the Teryx.
This modification allows a person to manipulate both the accelerator and brake via a left-hand operated lever. To accelerate, simply twist the throttle the same way you would on a motorcycle. To stop, all you do is push inwards on the lever and the metal arm activates the brakes. There's also a smaller lever on the far left side which allows you to activate the floor-mounted parking brake.
You might presume that actuation of the gas or brakes via the hand control might be jerky or abrupt, but that can't be further from the truth. Sure, it does take a bit of getting use to, but after your hand acclimates to its sensitivity, it's easy to use. The best thing is that it doesn't even get in the way of the standard controls. So in essence, a disabled person or an able-bodied person can operate the vehicle without the need for switching out controls or making any other changes.
Controlling the Teryx's other drive functions, like its two-speed (high/low) automatic CVT transmission and VFDC, doesn't require any special retrofits as they are both operated via two independent floor-mounted levers that sit in between the driver and passenger seat.
For many persons living with spinal cord injuries, just getting in and out of a vehicle can pose a problem as high seats and awkward body contortions can prevent accessibility. Fortunately, the Teryx was engineered with a lower bucket seat and a door-less open cab with grab handles liberally placed at various points. This makes it easy for Kleen to park his wheelchair alongside the seat and lift himself up and onto the seat. With a little bit of practice it is even possible for the driver to raise the wheelchair and place it in the 44-inch wide rear cargo bed, which has a 500-lb capacity.
Retractable three-point seat belts secure the driver (in the majority of the conditions we encountered) and once underway there is plenty of head and shoulder room to oblige riders of different body sizes. The plastic floorboards also feature cut-outs on the outer sides which help keep riders' legs inside the vehicle.
Towards the end of the day we drove to Mark McDonald's nearby Sporting Clay range. We uncovered Dan's arsenal of assorted 12- and 20-gauge shotguns and after a quick tutoring session by Mark, we made our way through the wonderfully prepped stations.
"Pull!" I yelled out, and two orange pigeons came whizzing across the horizon.
Bam! Bam! I fired off two shots in rapid succession, yet both pigeons were still hovering in the air, invincible to my hapless shooting skills.
Kleen, an avid hunter himself, knows or thing or two about proper shooting technique. He gave me a few helpful tips such as "staying out in front of the pigeon," and before you know it I was killing orange pigeons like a pro. It was quite a day. The wilderness, driving Teryxs and shotgun shooting – Man, I couldn't ask for anything more.
Without a doubt Kawasaki's Teryx continues to impress us. Whether it be rock crawling or sand dune jumping like in our Part 1 encounters or speeding through muddy ATV track our second time around, the Teryx can truly do it all – comfortably and safely. It has been engineered to accommodate a wide range of drivers and has proven that it is a perfect platform for people with disabilities who still have a burning desire to get outside and explore the natural wonders of our planet.


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Kiersten, an impassioned Rutgers women's basketball fan whose four-year battle with cancer inspired the Scarlet Knights to dedicate the 2007-08 season to her, died peacefully yesterday at her home in Highland Park with her parents, Larry and Mimi, by her side. She was 22.
A public viewing will be held on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Jaqui-Kuhn Funeral Home, 17 South Adelaide Ave., Highland Park. A memorial service will also be held at 2 p.m. on May 4 at the Kirkpatrick Chapel on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick.
"She had this indomitable spirit, this desire to live that carried her through these (difficult) years," Larry Perfetti said. "Despite a million opportunities to complain, she didn't. It's beyond my belief that she could do that. It amazed me."
Kiersten played basketball and softball and threw the discus and shot put at Highland Park High School. She also played the clarinet in the band and served as the football and baseball team manager. She played basketball her freshman year for Division 3 Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.
On Aug. 10, 2004, Kiersten began her battle with rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer that usually afflicts young children. She continued to fight after doctors gave her six months to live, undergoing two brain surgeries, open-heart surgery, 80 rounds of chemotherapy and 72 days of radiation during the next four years. She spent 181 days in the hospital in 2005.
"She was just an amazing woman, too young to leave the world," Rutgers senior guard Katie Adams said. "She was so courageous to go through this. She meant so much to this team as an inspiration. Personally, she's my hero. I admire her with all my heart."
Kiersten started attending Rutgers games in 1998. Through the years, she developed a bond with the coaches and players. Despite being diagnosed with cancer, she continued to go to games even when she was so sick she could barely walk.
"Kiersten was a special person in our lives," Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer said. "She was a fighter and a winner. She'll always be a part of our Rutgers family."
When Kiersten's condition worsened, the Scarlet Knights decided to dedicate the season to their adopted teammate. They made Kiersten an honorary captain for Rutgers' upset victory against Connecticut at the Rutgers Athletic Center in February. She was also given the Scarlet Heart award at the Rutgers banquet last season for the team member that exemplifies the most courage.
"I don't know how she did it," Adams said. "If I had gone through that, I probably would have been sad and upset and mad at the world, but she made jokes and just smiled about everything. Nothing got her down. Not even this cancer. ... She was herself. She never changed. It was a short life, but she lived it to the fullest."
That meant taking art classes, visiting 33 states and spending the final stage of her life with her parents, her only sibling -- younger brother Keith -- and friends.
Through it all, there was a deep connection with the Rutgers women's basketball program.
"They provided her with a great deal of love, a great deal of inspiration, a great deal of mutual admiration and friendships that lasted over the years," Larry Perfetti said. "She always had the Rutgers basketball team. We became a part of their family, and they became a part of our family. They kept her going. It was a beautiful thing."
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Kiersten's memory for cancer research to Kier's Kidz Lemonade Stand, c/o Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, 333 East Lancaster Ave., Suite 414, Wynnewood, Pa., 19096. For further information, phone (866) 333-1213.


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Now that the holidays are almost completely over (except for Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year that is), we can all once again focus on keeping our cars up and running properly. Typically, during the holiday season, numerous expenses, parties and gift-giving take priority over vehicle maintenance, which is fine but we shouldn't forget to sprinkle some TLC on our cars as they bring us to and from our places of work/study/leisure/worship and home safely and reliably, hence we should not neglect our cars. Here are some things you should check on, now that you have more time and resources to ensure your car is running properly:
If the problem persists (i.e., pulling, wiggly steering wheel feeling, etc.), head over to the nearest tire-alignment shop that has a proper laser aligner. These laser aligners have the correct factory alignment specs in their database. Tires on passenger cars typically have mild toe-in at the back, to keep the rear end tracking straight, for better stability on poor road surfaces. You can't just align them all facing straight forward, as you will lose stability especially under heavy braking. The mechanics can also inspect the rest of your car's suspension parts and tell you if anything is damaged and needs to be replaced prior to performing proper wheel alignment.
2. Clutch fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid, coolant. When was the last time you checked underneath your car's hood? You will see clear plastic reservoirs which hold the aforementioned fluids. On top of the reservoirs are caps which indicate what type of fluid should be used, and what these reservoirs are for. The brake and clutch fluid are typically located at the driver's side of the engine bay, on your firewall, whereas the power steering fluid and the coolant overflow reservoir are mounted closer to the front, near the radiator.
Typically, brake fluid, power steering fluid and clutch fluid are completely clear or transparent in color. If there is uneven discoloration (i.e., they start looking like soy sauce, or fish sauce or patis) you should have these fluids flushed out completely down through the brake and clutch lines before filling them up and bleeding out all the air properly. Also, some vehicles require DOT3 fluid, whereas newer vehicles require DOT4 or higher fluid. Make sure you use proper brake fluid, otherwise, the rubber o-rings and seals will start leaking. Trust only quality brands as well, and always ask for a new stock.
Brake and clutch fluids absorb water over time, so if you get a new bottle but it has been sitting on the shelf for a long time, it might not be in good condition anymore. Brands like Motul, Castrol, Wurth and ATE are popular brands, many of which are OEM or factory fill.
As for coolants, these typically come in green, red, pink or orange in color. Look at the coolant overflow tank, and make sure that the color is even, there are no sediments inside and it is always at the proper level. If it's clean and the color is uniform, just top up your coolant, ideally with the same brand. Coolants of different colors have different properties blended specifically for your car. It's not wise to mix and match coolants.
If your coolant is severely discolored and has sediments at the bottom of the reservoir, it's a good idea to flush out all your old coolant from the engine and radiator and replace it with coolant and distilled water, at a mix ratio of no more than 50-percent distilled water and 50-percent coolant. If you drive your vehicle hard regularly, you can decrease the coolant to as low as 20 percent, but you will most likely need to replace your coolant and distilled water regularly.
Don't go and fill up your radiator with 100-percent coolant only, or 100-percent distilled water only. Coolant is not as effective on its own as a heat exchanger, i.e., it doesn't absorb heat as well as water so your temperature gauge might show it's running cool but your engine might be overheating as it isn't able to transfer its heat away and onto the coolant. Water, on the other hand, lacks the lubricating properties of coolant, essential for keeping corrosion down inside your engine and to prevent pitting (surface corrosion) of the water pump's vanes or impellers. If the water pump is heavily pitted, it won't be able to push water effectively. If you'll be flushing out your coolant, it's a good idea and cheap insurance to replace both your thermostat and your radiator cap together. Inspect your coolant and radiator hoses and also your clips, and replace as necessary.
3. Tune-up, change-oil. Your engine oil is your engine's lifeblood, so make sure you replace your engine oil regularly with a good-quality oil that matches the recommended viscosity level of your vehicle manufacturer or your engine builder if it's been overhauled or rebuilt. There are a variety of trust-worthy brands from Motul, Castrol, Mobil 1, Repsol and also lesser-known but highly effective brands with a strong motorsports presence such as HKS Super Oils, Royal Purple, Eneos and Liqui-Moly. Just make sure you buy your oil from a reputable retailer or repair shop, as there have been many incidents of unscrupulous individuals reusing original used packaging from reputable brands and filling them up with cheaper or used oils, then passing them off as new.
Same with spark plugs. If these are old, your engine will have a difficult time generating the necessary spark to ignite the air-fuel mixture in your engine, causing excessive fuel consumption, power loss, excessive smoke emissions, poor engine running and, ultimately, potential engine damage. Make sure you change your spark plugs regularly as per your vehicle's prescribed maintenance schedule. If, like me you do a lot of short drives, change your plugs every 5,000 kilometers, along with the engine oil, as short drives and multiple start-stops of engine operation carbonize and foul up spark plugs exponentially faster.
Lastly, check the condition of your air filter. This is something you can easily do at home. Open up the vehicle's plastic airbox, remove the panel air filter, shake it dry, and run some low-pressure air over it to dust it off. Don't wash it with water or any fluid unless it is a reusable type of filter which can be cleaned manually. The cleaner your engine's air filter is, the more fuel efficient and powerful your engine will be.
Follow these simple steps to keep your car running properly, reliably and safely, and you'll save on bigger maintenance and repair costs in the future, save on fuel and have many long years of use from your car.


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'Stuck' without a clear direction
The director Stuart Gordon and the screenwriter John Strysik had an idea: A Providence nurse (played by, say, Mena Suvari) - high on Ecstasy, her hair in cornrows, checking her cellphone - would hit a homeless guy (maybe cast Stephen Rea) with her car one night. The homeless guy would remain lodged in her windshield, parked in her garage, while she has sex with her boyfriend and shows up for work at an elder care facility, refusing to call the police or apply her medical skills. Their idea was to call the movie "Stuck."
There are other ideas in Gordon's latest work of schlock, not all of them so inspired. The early scenes find Rea's downsized executive, Tom Bardo, fleeing his flophouse landlord, having no luck at the employment agency, and winding up pushing a shopping cart around town in the wee hours of the morning. Presumably, the woman who plows into him - Suvari's Nurse Brandi - doesn't take him to a hospital because she's angling for a promotion at work and because the movie would be about 30 minutes long. So we get to see Rea try to save himself - he honks the horn, reaches for a dying cellphone, and attempts to pull himself off the hood.
Gordon and Strysik are aiming for - well, I don't know. The movie is based on a real incident (didn't this very same jam happen to some poor fellow on an episode of "CSI"?), and a lot of the woozy photography and functional performances - from, say, the actors playing the illegal immigrants next door - feel like a tribute to crime show reenactments.
The rest of the movie's tone jumps without warning from social commentary to situation comedy to absurdist violence (Brandi whacks Tom unconscious with a board) to the unprintable sexual histrionics of Jerry Springer to a gross revenge horror-thriller. Somebody mentions the current Bush administration's notorious adventures as an excuse for people to do whatever they want. That's a belief that feels more tacked on than explored.
Gordon made similar lurches all over the map in his previous exercise in grotesquerie, "Edmond," which was based on a David Mamet play and starred William H. Macy as, of all things, a racist misogynist on a grisly bender. "Stuck" could have used some of that outrageousness. But it doesn't ask much of Rea, Suvari, and Russell Hornsby, who breaks an impressive Shakespearean sweat as Brandi's drug-dealing boyfriend. The sight of Rea acting his way out of a plastic garbage bag is an embarrassingly funny low point. If he has to lie hunched over a dashboard for the better part of an hour, he should seem like more than a piece of furniture.


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Say it ain't so: Jonas Brothers announce breakup
New York — The Jonas Brothers are disbanding.
Nick, Joe and Kevin announced Tuesday they're ending their highly successful run. The news comes after the brothers abruptly canceled their tour over creative differences earlier this month. »Read Full Article(4)
First Stage's 'Best Christmas Pageant Ever' scores hit
Scrooge may hog the theatrical limelight during the holiday season, but he's hardly the only one with a story of improbable redemption. Just ask the six troublemaking Herdman kids, who are doing some attention-grabbing of their own in First Stage Children's Theater's eighth production of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever."
Early in the Barbara Robinson novel that inspired this play, the narrating Beth Bradley tells us that she and her classmates figured the Herdman clan — poor, dirty and rough — "were headed straight for hell." Sure enough, director Jeff Schaetzke opens the show by bringing the Herdmans onstage from below, surrounded by a swirl of smoke. »Read Full Article(2)
See Handel's 'Messiah,' celebrate with the African Women's Association, visit MIAD's art sale
Handel on holidays
Hallelujah! There are a few chances to hear Handel's masterwork "Messiah" this holiday season. The Milwaukee Area Messiah Community Chorus and Orchestra is made up of our neighbors with the express purpose of spreading the gospel by performing this and other works. They will perform the "Messiah" with its "Hallelujah" chorus at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Crossroads Presbyterian Church, 6031 W. Chapel Hill Road, Mequon, and 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 1200 St. Gabriel Way, Hubertus. The performances are free, but donations are welcome and go to Milwaukee charities. »Read Full Article


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