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By Kevin Wilson: Freedom New Mexico
With a budget shortfall estimated as high as $454 million because of
a slumping economy and lower-than-expected oil and natural gas prices,
legislators told attendants at Friday's Association of Commerce and
Industry legislative breakfast not to get hopes up for various capital
outlay projects.
"I would love to fund all of these projects," said Rep. Anna Crook,
R-Clovis. "It's like telling your children it's going to be a lean
Crook and Sen. Gay Kernan, R-Hobbs, were the featured guests of the
breakfast, which allowed Clovis and Curry County entities to touch base
on funding priorities for the upcoming year.
Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield said, "All signs point to Hull Street," in reference to the Hull Street Overpass.
City Manager Joe Thomas said city officials were working on a list
of legislative priorities in the summer, but a state report the
overpass was unsafe led to a closure, and a restructuring of priorities.
"It's affected the whole community," Thomas said, "but it also
affects the businesses in the area (and) it affects emergency response
to those areas."
The city did a study, Thomas said, and found that average response
time increased by 6-7 minutes when emergency vehicles have to take
alternate routes to many south Clovis areas.
Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said priorities for the county
included chip seal work on 20 miles of county roads, and $6 million
between the county's special events center, the Curry County Adult
Detention Center, the county courthouse and various road equipment and
Art Hull, lead lobbyist for ACI, said with all the capital outlay
requests it was important to remember financial limitations. Even with
an optimistic estimate of $75 million to $100 million in capital
outlay, the governor's office takes a third and that leaves about
$300,000-$600,000 in capital outlay for each legislator.
Replacement of the Hull Street Overpass could run between $10
million and $12 million, and Brumfield said the combined priorities of
the city — including the wellness center, an emergency command center
and work on Martin Luther King Boulevard — are about $23 million.
Hull said the important thing to remember when building rapport that
legislators weren't any different from most of the people at the
breakfast — they were volunteers, business people and family people as
"Our legislators are volunteers," Hull said. "They're regular people, just like you and I."
Kernan said she was concerned about regulations that were dissuading oil companies from staying in New Mexico.
"With regulation reform," Kernan said, "we may be able to turn it around and keep those businesses."
Clovis Community College representatives sought continued support
for the school budget with inflationary increases and Clovis Municipal
Schools Deputy Superintendent Joel Shirley requested funds for security
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I second that. Package him and Bewer for a guy like Gordon Heyward that can defend and finish around the basket.
Woody ball leaves no place for Novak. The offence has slowed and doesn't fit his game, and the defence, though it has dipped of late, has become the preferred method. With this newly focused squad's aspirations in mind, the Novak fairytale is over.
● Over the next 4 seasons, including the remainder of the current season, Novak is owed $4,054,055, $3,750,000, $3,445,947, $3,750,000.
JR Smith's stand out season has a player option sitting in wait at season's close, and I do not want to lose his rounded game in place of Novak's predictable and limited one, simply because he's been overpaid. The Knicks can still offer Smith a lot of cash for however many seasons, but the I'm more referring to the flexibility Novak's trade would bring if done properly, and with that in mind.
On the subject of Smith, he is touted as being a sporadic shooter, but Novak's form has been less desirable than expected as a sniper this season, which has created the perfect imbalance given his incapability to make defensive plays. Though he's hitting 3s at a clip of 44%, we've all seen him shine in blowout games, or in situations where teams have struggled to guard the perimeter. When there's been call for heroics, Novak is merely an advantage for other team's offence.
This has rendered him an absolute liability. And, IMO, the feeling is mutual with Woodson. The play in which Novak let Brandon Bass just walk to the basket for an easy 2 yesterday was the catalyst for my rant. If there were anyone more upset than I was, it was Tyson Chandler, who glared at Novak like he wanted to skin him.
So as much as I've grown tired of Novak's short-comings, there will, however, always be suitors for his 44% 3 point prowess. With a log jam at the 2-3 and a void at the 4, I just can't see how one of the league's worst defenders has a niché with this team's aspirations. Aspirations that are routed in stopping teams. Given that's been less of a staple of late, the one-trick-pony cliché has to go.
At the risk of flexibility and adding to an offer for JR, with the hope of Shump's return adding to our perimeter game, for the sake of the D, and, most importantly, to stop me from punching myself on the d*ck.............
Trade Novak.
At least shop him for an inclination as to what our options are.
Sound off on that one, boys!
I second that. Package him and Bewer for a guy like Gordon Heyward that can defend and finish around the basket.
no I disagree. His defence is definitely a limitation, but he spreads the floor, and when people double team melo or jr, he is prime to knock down timely threes. Teams also know how well he shoots, so he is rarely left open helping which helps us deal with double teams.
He does need to work on making room against tougher defenders, but I'd hate to see us lose novak to the heat or anyone else because his length and shot are so difficult to defend.
I'd definitely ride him out til the trade deadline. If Woody can teach STAT to defend, he can teach Novak.
Novak has already taken strides to improve his game, let's hope he can go a bit further with that.
I think the most glaring thing about the Knicks right now, when we get beaten it's because the other team moves the ball until one of our defenders gets caught out. Our offense has gradually stagnated to the point it's at now where for the last 5 minutes of games it's purely Melo/JR going one on one. Leaving no chance for the other team to slip up.
This is a real difficult call for me. Novak isn't exactly having the same year he had last season but just his presence on the floor really throws a wrench into the defensive plans of opposing teams. I want to see how well Shump looks before making any moves. Its still a good move to field offers for him. I'm not sure his stock is going to get any higher though
Not just yet. His shot will start falling again soon enough. Right now i just want him to work on his footwork on the defensive end. His shot (when on) is deadly. Its not like we are in need of a specific type player, give him a little more time.
The Bulls, Grizzlies and Celtics have showed us a little more toughness wouldnt hurt us. Even if Rasheed comes back healthy and/or we get Kmart, i still wouldnt mind this. The Lakers might be garbage but World War is far from the problem. I think there was an interview last year where Kobe said if he could pick anybody on the lakers to go to war with he'd pick Ron Ron. NYCLakers, help me out here fam. I know u got the scoop on this
Although I have soured on Novak due to his defensive liabilities, I think its best to wait until we get Shump back and evaluate him if/when we are at full health.
Perhaps he's being asked to do too much in others absence and that may change. Let's see how he fits in with the total unit, because every good team needs a knock down 3 shooter.
Not only Novak; our team defense as a whole is appearing overrated. Stat looks like a liability and the rest is sporatic. I'll reserve full judgement until we are healthy but we have much work to do if we want to be a top contender.
Really although at 23-11, we are still a work in progress
He's still the best 3 pt shooter we have and maybe the best in the NBA. As much as we depend on the 3 you need to keep him.
He does need to add more wrinkles to his offensive game like drawing fouls on those close out defenders like JKidd does and stop running into the corners too early, defenders can use the sideline like an extra defender and nullify him when he gets there too early. I did like that 2 he shot off the glass, never saw him do that.
Novak is a great shooter. There are very few ppl that can shoot like that. I know, he is not consistent this year, but there is a reason for that. First of all, any shooter needs to be in a shooting rhythm. With limited and sporadic minites its hard to be in any kind of a rhythm. Second of all, Woody almost never runs plays for him, his teammates dont always give him the ball when he is opened. He is rarely opened to begin with, but when he is, he should get the ball more often.
Of course his game is limited, but i dont think his strength, which is a long range shooting is fully utilized.
So I just wanted to bump this to get people opinion's. If the knicks want to keep Copeland it might be necessary to move Novak's 3 year 10 million dollar contract. For what idk
Also let me reiterate I think he should of played more in the playoffs. Woodson never used him to his full potential so I think the knicks should move him now rather than later and free that cap space.
Last edited by Wargames; May 19, 2013 at 06:04.
Knicks are in the same boat with Novak, Camby and Kidd. They are overpaid players on multi-year deals that will be difficult to trade.
I would trade Novak for a bacon, egg, and cheese.
And a Vitamin Water.

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FAIR HAVEN — A 2-2 vote by the Select Board stymied an effort to ban smoking within the fenced area of the park.
With Selectwoman Claire Stanley absent, the remaining four members of the board could not muster the three votes needed to approve an amendment to the town's park ordinance to ban smoking.
Selectmen Jeff Sheldon and Robert Richards voted in favor of the ban, while board Chairman Christopher Cole and Selectman David Ward voted against it.
The amendment to the park ordinance — seemingly a compromise by the Select Board — would have banned smoking from within the marble-fenced area of the park, designating all other areas including the bus stop, the parking lot and where the cannon sits as smoking areas.
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"I have not had to ask them to move and I don't want to have to," Richards said.
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NCL First Team. As ive visited various clubs the general feedback has been favourable, in respect of playing and training conditions. Most cliub have had increased gate/bar takings and they have accepted that they have had to use reserves and youth players to make up the team numbers.
As it was the first year things should improve this season.
Second Teams. Yes there has been problems regarding lower amount of players available, some due to observations above, but also in yorkshire the leagues were a sham. Games poorly arranged and teams dropping out caused a lot of players to go missing. There again it was the first season and it can only get better.
Lets give it the 3 years trial before we all say its a disaster.
A bit more transparency prior to the vote taking place would have been nice,
we can loose a lot of players and admin staff in a there year period but we are stuck with it now anyway.
I feel to maintain standards people are underestimating the need for a strong 2nd team, if we can not keep the 2nd team playing its basic common sense that it will affect the first teams
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Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the cardinal chamberlain, or camerlengo, will officially be in charge of Vatican affairs until a new pope is elected.
With Benedict XVI's abdication taking effect Thursday, the Roman Catholic Church has no pope until the conclave of cardinals settles on a new one. Like many other procedures of the church, the rules for running the institution during this period are ancient and little-known. Here are answers to questions you might have about exactly what happens when the papacy changes hands:
Who's in charge now?
When a monarch leaves, the period before the new king or queen takes over is called an interregnum. In the Roman Catholic Church, it's called a sede vacante (or "empty seat"). The Cardinal Chamberlain, or Camerlengo — currently Vatican Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone — is in charge of running the church, working with three cardinal assistants who are chosen at random and are replaced every three days.
Why did the pope use a helicopter?
Benedict headed off to a temporary retirement home at Castel Gandolfo, the summer papal retreat, while his permanent home on the Vatican grounds is renovated. To get there, he took a helicopter. Pope Paul VI started the tradition in 1975 purely for practical reasons: The ancient Appian Way — the only way to get there by car — is narrow and a traffic nightmare.
Benedict has a pilot's license, and he's been known to fly the chopper himself on visits to Castel Gandolfo. That didn't happen this time.
Who's going with him?
Benedict's private secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, accompanies him to Castel Gandolfo and will continue as head of his household. At the same time, he'll continue to play an important role in the affairs of the new pope, an arrangement that has raised questions about the possible division of his loyalties. (As in all other matters, of course, the new pope could reassign Gänswein for any reason.)
The Catholic Church has been plagued by scandal in recent years, from sexual abuse charges to allegations of financial mismanagement. Now that Pope Benedict has stepped down, he has left serious, unsolved problems for the next Church leader. NBC's Keir Simmons reports.
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Federico Lombardi, the Vatican's spokesman, said the arrangement was likely chosen for the sake of simplicity.
"I believe it was well thought out," he said.
Not staying with Benedict are the famous Swiss Guards. Regular Vatican police now are responsible for his security.
Why isn't Benedict going back to being a cardinal?
There's no modern precedent for what to do with a living ex-pope, so the Vatican has essentially been making new procedures on the fly.
According to the Vatican's Code of Canon Law, "cardinal" isn't actually a job. It's an honor bestowed upon a bishop or archbishop, which remains his formal job. When Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI, he ceased being a cardinal and assumed the duties of bishop of Rome. The new pope takes on that title. Hence the Vatican's decision to bestow upon Benedict the unprecedented honorific of "pope emeritus."
Does he get to keep the robe?
Yes, but not the red shoes or the ornamental fur fringe. Those are reserved for the active pope.
As Benedict XVI's papacy came to a close, focus turned to the cardinals entrusted to elect the next leader of the church. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
Although it's been widely reported that the red "shoes of the fisherman" are made by Prada, they're not, the Vatican says. They're made by the pope's personal cobbler. ("The Pope, in summary, does not wear Prada, but Christ," it said.) Regardless, they're still quite eye-catching: In 2007, Esquire listed Benedict among the world's best-dressed men — mainly for his red shoes. "The point is: Have a signature," it said.
Benedict also relinquished the gold "ring of the fisherman," which is personally made for every pope. In accordance with tradition, it's to be smashed with a silver hammer by Bertoni, the camerlengo, to keep it from being used to forge documents. Benedict's personal seal will be broken for the same reason.
What happens to @Pontifex?
Benedict was the first wired pope — the first to have an iPod, the first to have a cellphone (it's engraved with his coat of arms, the Vatican says) and the first to have a Twitter account.
This was Benedict's final tweet Thursday (because the account was wiped clean in preparation for its next user, there's no link):
Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said the @Pontifex handle will be turned over to the next pope, who may do with it whatever he pleases.
How do they make the black and white smoke?
Short answer: with difficulty.
After each vote of the papal conclave, the cardinals' ballots are burned. If the vote produces a new pope, the ballots are burned alone, which is supposed to produce a white smoke. If the vote's unsuccessful, a chemical compound is added that's supposed to turn the smoke black.
The official Vatican history says that traditionally, wet straw was used to produce black smoke, but that produced too many false alarms during the election of Pope John XXIII in 1958, so in 1963, the Vatican turned to science.
(Covering the gray-smoke mixup in 1958, The Associated Press wrote: "So great was the confusion on that Sunday — there were two false alarms — that conclave marshal Sigismondo Chigi told reporters he would have the cardinals briefed 'in the hope that something can be done to remedy the situation Monday.'" The Vatican says it will also ring bells this time to make it clearer when a new pope is chosen.)
Does the pope have to take a new name?
Not necessarily; it's an ancient tradition, not a law. Until 533, popes used their own names. But that year, a priest named Mercurius of Rome was elected. He was named for the Roman god Mercury, which was obviously inappropriate for the leader of the Christian church, so he took the name John II. (The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that "the basilica of St. Clement still retains several memorials of 'Johannes surnamed Mercurius.'")
Almost every pope since then has adopted a so-called regnal name.
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We recently encountered several sleep problems and we are trying to work on them...plus the time change will probably mess us up more, so why not try to change things while that's here too. Maybe It's too much to work on more than one thing at a time, but it all just feels a mess. My son will be three months old on the 16th and he is exclusively bf. I am a sahm, so am able to work on sleep stuff with him at naptime too.
1. For about two weeks, he slept til 3 am. No longer. He gets up between 1230 and 130 every night. I read an earlier bedtime is so much better for them to sleep longer, but I'm not sure it's helping. I used to nurse him between 830 and 900, but now it's 730 and 800.
2. People keep saying he should be sleeping through the night soon. Well, he gets up again between 4 and 5, then about 730 (usually to have a BM), sometimes taking a cat nap after nursing.
3. This is the toughest. ..he is fighting sleep bad. If he's nursing at night, he will start pulling off and turning his head several times. I will burp him and put him back on. Sometimes I feel like a jerk because I end up holding him pretty tight and he'll get upset for a few minutes. If I'm trying to put him down for a nap, sometimes he'll scream so bad. If I put him in the swing, he'll move around every time his eyes start to get heavy from following, say, the ceiling fan. I don't want to have such bad habits to break like rocking him forever, but I don't know what to do in order to get him to sleep when I know he's tired (yawning and getting fussy). If I just let him stay up, he'll get overtired and it's so much worse.
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Laurier-Ipsos Reid lecture to explore framing of Islam
Feb 25/14| For Immediate Release
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WATERLOO The Wilfrid Laurier University-Ipsos Reid Speaker Series presents a lecture from Christopher Cochrane, a political science professor from the University of Toronto, on Public Opinion and the Framing of Islam. The lecture takes place March 10, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the Paul Martin Centre on Lauriers Waterloo campus.
A number of recent controversies have emerged in Canadian politics about the integration of Muslim minorities. Critics of integration often explain their positions as defending tolerance against intolerance, and equality against inequality. Cochranes presentation addresses this argument in an analysis of public opinion evidence regarding the attitudes of, and about, Canadian Muslims.
Christopher Cochrane is very interested in making use of the public opinion data that Ipsos Reid has donated to Laurier. No one has dug into it as deeply, said Andrea Perrella, director of the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy (LISPOP).
Cochranes analysis suggests that Canadian Muslims as a group do have distinctively negative opinions about same-sex marriage, but that there is substantial and systematic variation in opinions about this issue within the Muslim-Canadian community that is normally invisible to public opinion surveys. Cochrane argues that it is religiosity in general, rather than Islam in particular, that generates negative opinions about gay marriage.
Cochrane is a LISPOP associate and an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto and the University of Toronto-Scarborough. Cochrane studies ideological disagreement and its implications for political decision-making and party competition in Canada and elsewhere. He conducted research at Laurier as a postdoctoral scholar.
The Wilfrid Laurier University-Ipsos Reid Speaker Series is based on presentations making use of the public opinion data that Ipsos Reid has donated to Laurier since 2007. There are two lectures a year: one speaker is an industry practitioner from a polling firm, while the other speaker is a university researcher. The speaker series is supported by the offices of the President and Dean of Arts, and coordinated by LISPOP.
This event is free and open to the public.
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January 11, 2012 —
The presentation slide on the big screen could not have been more clear: "The Roscoe Central School (RCS) Board wanted this community to know that the Livingston Manor Central School (LMCS) Board has delivered RCS somewhat of an ultimatum. Either RCS agrees to move forward with a merger study or LMCS may no longer be interested in sharing sports with RCS."
To many in the audience, it sounded as if Livingston Manor wanted to take the next step in a possible merger, and if the Roscoe board, which in December 2011 indicated that it is not interested in taking that next step, does not reverse its position, students in both schools may pay for it with a reduced number of sports teams in which to participate.
Roscoe, with only about 260 students, is a very small district, and Livingston Manor with about 503 students, is not much larger. For the past six years, both schools have worked together to field a football team and, by most accounts, that has worked out well. Last year, the two districts entered into a five-year agreement to widen the cooperation to include all sports teams. But then friction arose and the deal began to unravel with the result that, according to Roscoe superintendent John Evans, neither school could field a girl's junior varsity basketball team this winter.
At least part of the dispute involves whether the teams would have two coaches, one from each school, or one coach. Roscoe board president Gary Dahlman said the issue involves contractual language regarding coaches at the two schools, and Livingston Manor was pushing to reduce that number to one coach per team, which Roscoe objected to. In a subsequent phone call, Livingston Manor superintendent Deborah Fox said any resolution would need to be worked out with the two different teachers organizations that represent the two districts.
At the meeting, part of an email from Fox was displayed on the screen that read, "It does not seem sensible for our district to continue the athletic merger when the issues that are stumbling blocks seem to be insurmountable…. Our board is not willing to continue to pay the two coaches, as this is not fiscally defensible."
But the question of the coaches aside, there were other significant concerns raised by Roscoe residents about what could happen if the two districts did decide to merge. One resident said that if the districts merged, she was concerned that the school building in Roscoe could become superfluous and end up being unused, as has been the case with the Narrowsburg and Delaware Valley buildings in the Sullivan West School District.
Evans responded that even if the two districts agreed to keep both buildings open, the new board, which would be elected once the new district was formed, could end that agreement.
There was also the question of whether merging the two districts makes sense in light of the prevailing sentiments from Albany. Another of Evan's slides said, "Numerous NYS officials, including commissioner of education John King, have stated that if you merge two small poor rural school districts, the end result is a slightly larger small, rural, poor school."
The state has repeatedly said that their preference for lowering costs for school districts would be "regional consolidation," which would likely involve many districts.
Therefore, any merger activity undertaken may be a waste of time and money.
A couple of residents suggested that the merger study, which would cost the district only $2,500 after state incentives, should go forward, if only to gain more information about the process, including what new educational programs could be offered.
But most comments made clear that Roscoe residents believed that their school district would be shortchanged in a merger with their larger neighbor.
Fox, who was in the audience and declined to comment on the "ultimatum" charge, said her board would address the issue at their next meeting on January 18.


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Hawk migration 2011: a broad-winged bonanza
October 6, 2011 —
When we think of migration, we usually think of ducks, or the many geese we hear overhead during the fall, but many species of hawks migrate as well. In this region, the migration becomes very evident around mid September with large numbers of broad-winged hawks.
Broad-winged hawks can be spotted in huge numbers, usually streaming past high ridgelines such as the Kittatinny Mountains in New Jersey. The best sightings usually occur after a cold front with a northwest wind; a northwest wind creates ridge lift, and the hawks can travel south using very little energy. Sometimes, a huge number of broad-winged hawks can be seen flying in a circular path trying to catch a thermal. This is called a "kettle." A kettle of broad-winged hawks can number in the hundreds.
According to count data compiled by the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA), this year has turned out to be a banner year for broad-winged hawk migration. Raccoon Ridge, near Blairstown, NJ, has a count of 14,001 broad-winged hawks so far vs. 4,623 tallied in 2010.
Hawk Mountain, in Kempton, PA, has a count of 12,959 for this year vs. 6,710 for 2010 (count data as of September 29). Study methods such as telemetry can give valuable information such as breeding and migration range (this species migrates well into South America), but count data gives researchers a good snapshot on how well a species is doing.
For the latest counts and where to watch migrating hawks and other raptors, visit HMANA's HawkCount site at hawkcount.org.


text: Master of Arts in Music Therapy and Counseling Program Admissions Curriculum Accreditation Clinical Practice Program The Music Therapy and Counseling Master's Program, a 90-quarter credit curriculum, was founded in 1975 as a section of the Department of Creative Arts Therapies (Art, Dance/Movement, and Music Therapies) at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. This program is the only music therapy education model in the country housed within an academic health center. Students benefit from our forward-thinking approaches to therapy in this exciting field and upon graduation become innovators in the music therapy profession. The merger of health sciences and the arts enhances both the learning atmosphere and the depth of resources for contemporary music therapy education. Faculty members include music therapy scholars and clinicians, as well as mental health and medical professionals who assist and mentor students in integrating music therapy with current healthcare practice across a variety of populations. The Music Therapy and Counseling program has a 95% pass rate on the music therapy board certification exam (MT-BC) from the Certification Board for Music Therapists. The program's curriculum is designed to meet the Pennsylvania Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) educational requirements. Be advised, however, that licensure requirements vary widely from state to state, and may change at any time. Therefore, if you are or will be interested in counseling licensure in the future, you are strongly advised to access and check the requirements for any state(s) in which you plan to work and practice. It is the students' responsibility to know and understand the requirements for any type of future licensure. What you'll learn The Music Therapy Program is designed to guide the development of advanced music therapy clinical skills in an academic health center setting. Key program components include: Working alongside music therapists in supervised adult and child clinical placements in psychiatric and medical units of local hospitals (including our on-campus Hahnemann University Hospital), schools, and other specialized treatment settings in the Greater Philadelphia Region; Daily interaction with music, art and dance/movement therapists, physicians, neuroscientists, psychologists, and other health professionals as teachers and supervisors; Clinical applications of vocal and instrumental improvisation, composition, ensemble, and imagery approaches within music psychotherapy and counseling, medical music therapy and developmentally-focused treatment models; Integration of music therapy findings with mental health and medical sciences; Basic understanding of art and dance/movement therapies and their relationship to music therapy; Interaction with students and educators representing all the health sciences; Student presentation of research at local, regional, and national conferences; Research opportunities within medical, school, and community settings including but not limited to: Mental health (in-patient and out-patient adult and child psychiatry and consultation/liaison psychiatry), oncology, dialysis, neonatal intensive care and pediatrics. School settings include typical and special education, approved private schools. Community settings include work with at-risk youth, re-integration programs, transitional housing residencies and senior centers. What makes the Drexel Music Therapy and Counseling program unique? The only music therapy program at an academic health center. Strong emphasis on multicultural perspectives and social justice. Faculty members from mental health and medical professions teach and mentor students. Study alongside art therapy and dance/movement therapy students in courses such as Human Psychological Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Group Dynamics, Multicultural Perspectives in Therapy and Theories of Psychotherapy. COMPLIANCE The College of Nursing and Health Professions has a compliance process that may be required for every student. Some of these steps may take significant time to complete. Please plan accordingly. Visit the Compliance pages for more information. Admission Requirements Background checks: As a student of the College of Nursing and Health Professions you will be required to satisfactorily complete a criminal background check, child and elder abuse checks, drug test, immunizations, physical exams, health history, and/or other types of screening before being permitted to begin clinical training. You will not need to submit documentation of these requirements as part of your application to the master's program. Failure to fully satisfy these requirements as directed upon enrollment may prevent assignment to a clinical site for training. A background check that reflects a conviction of a felony or misdemeanor may affect your ability to be placed in certain facilities, and later, to become board certified and licensed. Deadline: We accept and review applications on a rolling basis through May 1st for entry the following Fall. We encourage you to apply as early as possible, as the incoming class often reaches capacity before May 1st. Degree: Baccalaureate degree and demonstrate musical competencies in performance, music theory, and music history. Must have a GPA of 3.0 or above on all previous coursework. Standardized Tests: N/A Transcripts: Official transcripts must be sent directly to Drexel from all the colleges/universities that you have attended. Transcripts must be submitted in a sealed envelope with the college/university seal over the flap. Please note that transcripts are required regardless of number of credits taken or if the credits were transferred to another school. An admission decision may be delayed if you do not send transcripts from all colleges/universities attended. Transcripts must show course-by-course grades and degree conferrals. If your school does not notate degree conferrals on the official transcripts, you must provide copies of any graduate or degree certificates. If your school issues only one transcript for life, you are required to have a course-by-course evaluation completed by an approved transcript evaluation agency Use our Transcript Lookup Tool to assist you in contacting your previous institutions Prerequisites: Volunteer or paid experience in a helping relationship. References: Three letters of recommendation required. Letters should address academic and musical background. At least one letter should be from a music instructor. You may use our electronic letter of recommendation service If a recommender prefers to submit an original, hard copy letter, please remind them that it must include an ink signature and be submitted in a sealed envelope. Personal Statement/ Essay: A 300-750 word essay that focuses on the role of music in your development and family, and how your life path led you to music therapy. Interview/Portfolio: Audition: At the audition, applicants will: Prepare two works from different musical periods or in different music styles that demonstrate moderate to advanced level of proficiency on principal instrument/voice. Sing a traditional, folk, or popular song while accompanying self on piano. Sing a traditional, folk, or popular song while accompanying self on guitar. Be prepared to play basic chord progressions (I-IV-V-I) in several keys on piano and guitar in several keys. Play the melody of a given well-known song and provide the harmonic progression. Demonstrate knowledge of music theory related to transposition, constructing chords. International and long-distance candidates may submit a recorded audition on DVD or online in lieu of items 1-4 above. International and long distance candidates should request instructions about all these requirements with their admission materials and are advised to begin the admission process early. Interview: An in-depth in-person interview with the faculty of the graduate music therapy program, consisting of a review of personal, academic, interpersonal and creative aptitudes. Applicants will also be asked to demonstrate knowledge of one or more of the following topics: basic periods of Western music; jazz history; World music. For international and long-distance applicants, a phone interview or video chat may be substituted for the in-person interview. CV/Resume: Required. Include relevant education, work and service/volunteer experience. Clinical/Work/Volunteer Experience: A social service work or volunteer history and cross cultural experience is highly valued. Additional Requirements for International Applicants Transcript Evaluation: All international students applying to a graduate program must have their transcripts evaluated by the approved agency: World Education Services (WES), 212.966.6311, Bowling Green Station, P.O. Box 5087, New York, NY 10274-5087, Web site: www.wes.org/. TOEFL: Applicants who have not received a degree in the United States are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). An official score report must be sent directly from the Educational Testing Service. For more information visit the Web site: www.ets.org, then click on TOEFL. I-20/DS-2019 and Supporting Financial Documents (international students only): Please print, complete, and submit the I-20/DS-2019 Application Form (PDF). International Consultants of Delaware, Inc. P.O. Box 8629 Philadelphia, PA 19101-8629 215.222.8454, ext. 603 Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools 3600 Market St., Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19104-2651 215.349.8767 World Education Services, Inc. (WES) Bowling Green Station, P.O. Box 5087 New York, NY 10274-5087 212.966.631 Tuition and Fee Rates: Please visit the Tuition and Fee Rates page on Drexel Central Application Link (if outside organization): N/A Curriculum Degree Requirements Course Descriptions Online Course Schedule Plan of Study Research The program contains at least two research components. First-year students complete a research proposal related to the influence of music upon behavior. Second-year students are required to conduct original research in the form of a master's thesis with the guidance of their director and a thesis committee. Once completed, a copy of the thesis becomes a permanent holding of the Drexel University library. First and second-year research projects are presented in a variety of research forums including the Drexel University's Research, Scholarship, Innovation and Creativity Day, the Music Therapy Research Colloquium, and may be submitted to regional and national music therapy conferences. Accreditation The Music Therapy and Counseling program is approved by the American Music Therapy Association. http://www.musictherapy.org/ Clinical Practice Under the supervision of a music therapist, students complete more than 1,200 hours of graduate clinical practicum and internship experiences. Placements include pediatric and adult psychiatric and general hospitals, partial hospital programs, therapeutic day care, preschool intervention programs, rehabilitation settings, geriatric settings, forensic settings, schools, community music therapy settings, and home visits. Students begin their clinical experience as soon as they enter the program. The clinical education is enhanced by 3 to 3.5 hours of individual and group supervision per week. First-year students have two practicum experiences within the first year. One practicum is with child or adolescent populations and the other is with adult or geriatric populations. These clinical practica are assigned through collaboration with the director and the clinical coordinator and require that a music therapist be on-site. The second-year internship lasts the entire second-year and offers an opportunity for students to mature and develop advanced skills with one or, in some cases, two populations. The internship is chosen by the student with assistance from the clinical coordinator and the director. The student has an on-site music therapy supervisor. There are occasional exceptions in which an off-site supervisor may be chosen by the clinical coordinator and the director.


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Iraq Veteran Delivers Inspirational Message To JCC Audience
"I'm burned on 60 percent of my body, I have a right leg amputation below the knee, I severed an artery," Sgt. Rick Yarosh said.
Those are just a few of the injuries Yarosh suffered when the tank he was riding in struck an improvised explosive device in Iraq.
Yarosh thought he was going to die in the desert that day in 2005.
But after countless surgeries, rehabilitation, and help from his close buddy and helper dog Amos, Yarosh survived.
Despite all he's been through, Yarosh says he's taken the negatives -- all of them -- and turned them into positives.
"I wouldn't be doing any of this stuff if this didn't happen to me," he said.
"With all the things I deal with, I can wake up every morning -- my buddy who was with me that day passed away seven days later -- so I can wake up and I can live for him."
That was the message he told to a captivated audience at Jefferson Community College Wednesday night.
"We have a lot of people who are not living in high standards, but in order to get through that you have to have high spirits and you have to believe in yourself," said Dwight Doan, JCC's veterans service coordinator.
"I think that's what Rick -- he encompasses that," Doan said.
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- Just over one-third of the companies do not issue a balance sheet along with their income statements when they issue their earnings news releases, and
- Almost half do not issue a cash flow statement until later.
- Operating Results: Defined as operating profits, it represents how a business did in terms of sales, minus all incurred expenses. It is a measurement of profits produced before interest and taxes.
- Comparable Sales: Comparing sales of the current quarter versus the same quarter one year prior.
- Improved Margins: When profitability has improved over the previous years sales. Essentially, margins are a measurement of how much is left over from your sales after expenses have been deducted.
- Constant Currencies: If companies incur revenue from outside the U.S., the revenue is based on local currency, but currency rates change every year. By keeping currency rates constant or the same from the previous year, one can measure same-store sales growth (growth without acquisitions or new store openings) without the effects of the exchange ratewhich can be volatile at times and impact the true profitability growth.
- System-Wide Sales: How much the company made overall in all of its storesboth company-owned and franchised.
- Earnings per Share: Net income divided by the number of shares still outstanding being traded in the marketplace.
- Diluted Earnings per Share: Net income divided by the number of shares still outstanding being traded in the marketplace, but includes the effects of stock options as if they were converted to shares.
Taking the Spin Out of Earnings Announcements
by CFA Institute
Public companies always want to put the best face on their quarterly financial results—thats just human nature.
But it doesnt mean an investor needs to be distracted by excessive spin or downplaying of less favorable information that may in fact be critical to seeing the complete picture.
While the SEC filings (called 10-Qs for quarterly reports and 10-Ks for annual financial filings) are mandatory and there are specific rules about what must be reported in them, news releases are not mandated by law. In fact, companies have a great deal more flexibility about what they disclose in their earnings press releases. For this reason, investors should be cautious of earnings news releases that typically precede the financial reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Consider this extreme example: Among the 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones industrial average,
Here are some tips to keep in mind when reviewing earnings announcements.
Do Your Homework
Investors will find that reviewing a companys 10-K and 10-Q filings will provide a more complete picture than the earnings releases alone. These filings may be found on a companys own Web site or in the SECs EDGAR database (www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml).
You should focus in particular on the sections of these reports that contain discussion of risk factors and market conditions. When the company issues its quarterly release, be on the lookout for any mention of these factors in the earnings press release.
You should also review past earnings announcements, which can often be found in a companys on-line press room or the investor relations section of its Web site. Usually, past analyst conference calls are also archived on the investor relations page.
Read With Healthy Skepticism
Earnings press releases often frame a companys quarterly performance in a way that may make the results appear more positive than they really are. You should question why companies are emphasizing certain numbers and not others. For instance, they may be boasting about record sales volume to distract from the fact that they also had record expenses and lower net income. Or, they may emphasize a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) number, such as earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), because the actual net income isnt strong. Under recent SEC rule changes, companies that refer to any non-GAAP earnings number in an earnings release must now also provide a reconciliation to the GAAP earnings number, net income. (Generally accepted accounting principles are the accounting rules and conventions recommended by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, to be used when preparing financial statements in the U.S.)
Focus on the Real News
Read the news release for background and context, but read the financial statements for the real news. The income statement and sometimes other financial highlights are typically included at the bottom of the press release—thats where the real story is.
The text of the news release can be window dressing. At best, it provides helpful commentary and insight. At worst, its a distraction. Either way, its the financial statements themselves that really matter.
If a company doesnt issue a balance sheet and cash flow statement with its earnings announcement, youll need to come back later, after it has filed with the SEC, and look at the three statements together to get the most complete picture. In particular, be on the lookout for earnings and cash flow figures that are not in sync. If cash flow from operations lags behind net income, this could mean that future earnings will be poor.
Dont Focus Only on Net Income
Recognize that net income isnt the only bottom line. Earnings announcements focus on net income—the bottom line that investors and pundits typically look for in keeping their quarterly scorecards of corporate performance. And it is, of course, a key measurement.
But net income can be more easily manipulated than many people realize. Companies have been known to recognize as revenue sales that havent technically closed yet. Others have been known to hide actual expenses, sometimes by (mis)treating them as capital investments, thus spreading out their effects on the financial statements over many years, rather than taking a one-time hit. The end result may be managed earnings—reported earnings that have been massaged to be more in line with investor expectations. For these and other reasons, most analysts consider a companys cash flow to be a better indicator of financial strength than net income. Cash flow can reveal strengths or weaknesses that arent going to show up on the income statement. Plus, it is much harder to manipulate the report of cash flow versus income. A cash flow statement is a little like your monthly bank statement. Its difficult to fudge whats going in and going out.
Put the Numbers in Context
Earnings by themselves for a particular quarter dont necessarily reveal much without considering how they compare to previous quarters and also to the performance of the companys competitors.
Corporate news releases are generally good about comparing current-year results with the prior year or current-quarter results with the same quarter a year ago (generally a better comparison than quarter-to-quarter changes because of seasonal fluctuations).
But to look at the bigger picture, most analysts want to compare the current quarter with at least the prior 12 quarters. You can do that by going either to the companys Web site, where its past press releases and financial filings should be posted, or by going to the SEC Web site.
To aid their sleuthing, most analysts convert the whole numbers in the income statement into percentages, with each line item represented as a percentage of revenue. This is called a common-size income statement, and it greatly simplifies quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year comparisons of earnings results. You may find, for instance, that while a company may be touting record sales, its net income this year is 5% of revenue compared to 10% of revenue last year.
Look at the Competition
Investors should also compare earnings with other companies in the same industry to help gauge performance across the entire peer group of companies.
Unless you have a specific benchmark such as industry-specific metrics to compare, how can you tell whether a company is successful? Also be sure to go back historically even further if there have been many changes in management.
To make performance comparisons across companies, analysts look at key margins, or ratios. Margins measure, for instance, how much is left over from sales after expenses have been deducted. Margins can be used both to compare profitability among many companies and to make investors aware of financial trouble. Growing or shrinking margins tell a lot about a companys future earnings potential.
Gross profit margin, operating profit margin and net profit margin are all important metrics to consider. Trends are as important, if not more important, than absolute numbers. To understand trends, you need to understand the industry that the company is in.
Beware of One-Time Charges
Although one-time charges or extraordinary items are supposed to represent expenses that are unlikely to occur again regularly in the future, be wary.
Sometimes a company may try to hide a larger expense or loss from investors by claiming it as a one-time charge. An incomplete or vague explanation of the charges could be a sign of more troubling or unexpected disclosures to come. Be particularly wary of companies that regularly report various and sundry one-time charges. If, in the aggregate, a company consistently reports different one-time charges, that is a strong signal that earnings quality could be poor.
Beating Estimates: No Big Deal
Dont be unduly impressed with companies beating analysts estimates.
While news reports often emphasize that companies announced earnings beat analyst estimates by a penny or two a share, this isnt anything new. Companies almost always beat their estimates. This is because companies are careful to set expectations in their public statements during the quarter that are just slightly below what they know they will be able to deliver.
Its also partly due to a frequent herd effect among analysts, who dont want their quarterly forecasts to be too far above or below the average of their peers.
The Bottom Line
If all of this analysis seems like a lot of work, remember that when you buy stocks, you are buying a business, not a piece of paper, so you have to do your due diligence.
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The PDA landscape is coming into focus. Palm has established a wide user base and appeals to developers who want broad exposure to their applications. The PocketPC, round three, has emerged with both guns blazing, offering beautiful color resolution, multimedia, and seamless integration with Windows desktop computers. And the Linux PDAs, er, well, are rare and definitely niche oriented.
As we scan the Linux horizon, two devices in particular, the Yopy and the PocketLinux, have caught the eye of those yearning for a Linux-based PDA.
I originally discussed the Yopy PDA back in May 2000 with the article All Linux PDA, Fact or Fiction?. At the time of the article, the Yopy was much more promise than actual PDA. Despite the hype and a sensational debut at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, I could not get my hands on a Yopy for actual testing. In order to give them the benefit of the doubt, I promised to revisit the Yopy web site in August because they had stated that was their "hard and fast" delivery date. "No more delays!" they proclaimed. So, as promised, we'll see what the Yopy folks are up to today.
PocketLinux, on the other hand, is a relative newcomer to this space. They occupied one of the most popular booths at the recent LinuxWorld in San Jose, CA, and have taken a different road to Linux PDA nirvana by writing the software and porting it to existing devices. I'll also take a look at their new offering in the second part of this article.
Yopy Rendering: When images of the Yopy were first released, many marveled at its sleek beauty -- that was before the iPaq seized the market.
Just to review, the Yopy is a Linux-based PDA sporting iPaq-like specs:
Originally, the Yopy was scheduled for release in May of 2000. They suffered through a series of delays throughout the spring. In order to quell the rants of their frustrated potential customers, GMATE (the creators of Yopy) promised a mid-August release -- no more delays! As the summer wore on, with beta testing nowhere in site, it became clear that the August deadline was going to be tough to meet.
Finally, beta testing began on July 27. On August 18, Yopy posted a project update on their site stating, "Since our first beta version of Yopy has been released, some bugs have been reported by our beta testers, and we are now working on fixing them. In addition, several additional functions will be provided to our testers on 20th August including Sync program, sound, Digital camera, etc. (programs for managing system resources)."
Beleaguered followers of the project began asking for some of the findings documented by the beta testers in order to gauge the actual progress of the project. The Yopy folks responded that the information was confidential and refused to comment further. In one company response, however, they did predict a new release date:
We feel very sorry to delay many times the release date. YOPY is not release yet which is on the stage of reliable test from the production preparation. We are targeting to put it out in the end of this year when it will usually go on the OEM market and enterprise market for the easy maintenance in the initial launching stage. We know that we failed the YOPY, Linux lover many times who wait to see and use from our introduction in the Cevit show in the respect of release date. We will make an all effort to meet the above schedule and beg your pardon.
The basic bulletin board response from fading followers was, "yeah, right."
I'll check-in again with the Yopy folks at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, people were standing elbow to elbow at the PocketLinux booth hoping that Transvirtual's new product was the answer to their Linux PDA dreams. Whether it's dreams or disappointments that prevail will most likely depend on what folks are looking for this company to deliver.
Drawing a Crowd: What are all those folks looking at? They're watching Linux/Java/XML running on an iPaq at the recent LinuxWorld in San Jose, CA.
If, for example, you're hoping for a prepackaged, plug-and-play Linux PDA like the Pocket PC, then you'll be disappointed. (But you knew better than to hope for that.) However, if you're aching for an open source platform that works on a variety of appliances (including PDAs) using Linux, Java, and XML, then PocketLinux may become your favorite new toy.
The goal for the PocketLinux project is to build a standardized, open platform that can efficiently share information across all types of hardware and processors. Currently they're focusing on PDAs -- two in particular, the VTech Helio and the Compaq iPaq -- but in theory the software can run on virtually any device.
The PocketLinux platform is distributed as open source under the GNU General Public License and consists of these components:
First You Remove the Operating System: That's after you've just paid $500 for this beautiful iPaq. Then you install the PocketLinux OS. We suggest you experiment on a $179 VTech Helio instead.
The hopes, dreams, and specs of the product are one thing, but what most people want to know is how to start using the PocketLinux right now. The answer is, first you get your hands on a:
In either case, users replace the shipped software with the PocketLinux platform. This process is not for the faint of heart. For example, here's the warning preceding the install instructions for the VTech Helio:
Warning! Installing PocketLinux on your Helio will render it useless as a personal information manager, at least for the time being. If you are an average user and not a computer programmer interested in hacking on handheld Linux devices please do not install the PocketLinux platform at this time. We expect PocketLinux to become a useful replacement for the normal VTOS PIM in as little as two months. Please check back often to keep up with the status of PocketLinux.
Of course, Linux SysAdmins won't even bat an eye, or at least squint too hard, at the basic PocketLinux install procedure:
Once the installation is complete and the PocketLinux boots, you have an open source-powered PDA that can run virtually no applications. But those will follow soon.
The PocketLinux folks believe that a landslide of applications will soon follow because the project is open to the developer community. Most likely they are correct, and it will just be a matter of time before we start to see all sorts of nifty programs designed specifically for the PocketLinux.
In the meantime, you'll probably be plenty entertained just getting your iPaq or Helio configured and running. Maybe after doing so, you might even write an app or two and share them with other PocketLinux users.
At this point, it seems to make more sense to purchase the much less expensive Helio ($149 to $179 street) and learn the ins and outs of the platform. As applications and refinements emerge, as well as other compatible hardware devices, then you can decide if you want to invest more money in the project.
Bottom line is, the PocketLinux is one of the most intriguing devices in the Linux space right now. And to their credit, they have delivered a product when they said they would, and one that is true to the spirit of the open source community.
Derrick Story is the author of The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers, The Digital Photography Companion, and Digital Photography Hacks, and coauthor of iPhoto: The Missing Manual, with David Pogue. You can follow him on Twitter or visit www.thedigitalstory.com.
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#332 - 03/16/00 09:42 AM multilingual schools
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It seems to me that you can't teach a new language if you are barred from using the pupils native language.
#333 - 03/19/00 01:47 PM Re: multilingual schools
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For your onformation,I was taught a new language by a teacher,who did not know my language,however if an educator knows the student's language,it seems almost inpossible not to use that knowledge.My conclusion is:The fastest and most effective way to learn a language is when nobody speaks yours,and you enjoy puzzling.
#334 - 03/19/00 10:52 PM Re: multilingual schools
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I'm not an expert, but I can speak from personal experience. At my school we have many students from Mexico who come in speaking only Spanish. They are placed in a bilingual class where the instructor speaks Spanish. Many of them are still having trouble with English after 4 or more years. On the other hand, we have also had several Russian, Bosnian, etc. children who enrolled without any English, and were forced to learn the language through total immersion. Overall, they have mastered English quickly -- in fact, several of these kids are among the best students and most voracious readers in the school. Of course, every child has different needs and abilities, but this has happened enough times in my school that all of us have noticed the trend. However, it's not politically correct to act upon this knowledge, or even admit it.
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#335 - 03/20/00 06:55 PM Re: multilingual schools
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In my school, we have a significant number of new immigrants from Hong Kong, Iran and Russia. These students are completely immersed in regular English speaking classes. Yes, it is tough for them, but they learn fairly quickly and end up doing quite well. We have minimal ESL support available, and none of the teachers speak any other language except English (and maybe French). I've often thought that a more intensive opportunity to learn English may be beneficial, but never with a teacher speaking the native language...that's too easy! and leaves everyone open to neglecting to speak English! I think you're right about political correctness......enough said.
#336 - 03/21/00 12:09 PM Re: multilingual schools
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I'd suggest there are at least three issues which need to be separately discussed in this context: A) which type of teaching (bi- or mono-lingual) more quickly/effectively brings the student up to speed in English; B) which type of teaching has the less negative impact on the student's learning other subject matter while they are learning English; and C) which type of teaching best enables the student to also maintain their original cultural/ethnic identity and value their original culture, as well as American culture. I think these three issues often get muddied and confused in the discussions on this topic. I would also expect/hope that at least some evaluation/empirical studies would have been done on these three issues, and would hope that discussion would reflect, at least to some degree, the results of those studies, rather than just people's personal experiences or subjective opinions.
#337 - 04/26/00 09:41 PM Re: multilingual schools
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Loc: Richmond, VA, USA
Of course, the ideal way to become bilingual is to be raised in a situation where there are multiple primary languages. I was raised in such an environment -- my father is American, while my mother is Turkish. As an infant, I grew up in a house where both languages are spoken regularly. My parents have some amusing stories about the stage in my linguistic development during which I had a usable vocabulary in both languages but hadn't sorted the words into two separate sets... Such a situation is nearly impossible to reproduce in a school environment, but is interesting to think about.
#338 - 04/27/00 07:58 PM Re: multilingual schools
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Loc: California, USA
Does anyone know the literacy level of the parents of the students from Mexico and the parents of the students from European countries?_________________________
#339 - 04/27/00 08:01 PM Re: multilingual schools
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Loc: California, USA
I would like to have a discussion with DeeWernette about the items you mentioned.
#340 - 05/15/00 11:28 AM Re: multilingual schools
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Hi All:
Have been a great fan of this site for a long time and have been subscribing for 2 yrs. Speaking of Multilingual schools and learning various foreign languages, I have found a great new web site WWW.DAILYLINGUIST.COM. I have started learning Spanish and French. Its a great web site and they make it easy and gradual for you to learn the languages.
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#341 - 05/22/00 09:47 PM Re: multilingual schools
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I, too, came to the US speaking Dutch and learned English at school in the 50's without ESL or ELD. I really don't have the ability to read and write fluently in Dutch though and some of our ELD students have good literacy skills in two languages.
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD – (March 15, 2013) – University of Maryland Eastern Shore's drama director is set to stage one last play—as a full-time professor and director, that is—before retiring after 38 years. The play by Vernel Bagneris slated for UMES' annual Dinner Theater is appropriately named, "One Mo' Time".
Dameron-Johnson describes those years as a dream.
"Coming to work every day to teach, direct and perform never felt like a job to me," she said. "I love my students, first and foremost, and my colleagues on campus. I've had a good run."
It's obvious the sentiment is returned. Dameron-Johnson is nestled in her office, a nook in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. A bulletin board is so full of photographs from past productions and former students that it spills onto the surrounding walls.
"They send me cards with wedding and baby pictures," Dameron-Johnson said. "Some will stop by so their children can meet me." Students—past and present—affectionately call her "Mama-D."
"There's only one thing I dread (about her retirement), having to pack up my office after 38 years. I've accumulated a lot of stuff," she said as she glances around the room. The sea of photos are but part of a collection of gifts from students, plaques, play bills and other memorabilia from her career.
Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs and Dinner Theater committee chair, has known her for 36 of those years. "She has always put on outstanding performances—this will be her grand finale."
April 12 and 13 the university's drama society, under Dameron-Johnson's tutelage, takes to the stage in the Richard A. Henson Center for the Dinner Theater production. The musical, she said, is set in New Orleans in the 1920's and is "presented in lively vaudeville and burlesque styles."
The menu fits the setting. UMES' Dining Services will treat audience members to a Soul Food buffet, which it is known for regionally.
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Dinner seating starts at 6 p.m., with curtain time at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 for Friday night and $50 for Saturday night. Call 410-651-6230 for tickets or for more information.
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The program started May 28 and lasted through June 28 with several activities and programs offered in between. Arts and crafts included creating sand art and making "shrinky dink" necklaces and a lot of other interesting items. The Texas State Aquarium paid a visit with a live turtle display and program about the turtles and tortoises found in the ocean, in fresh water, and on dry land. Afterward, all the kids got take a hands on look at the live turtles and were able to touch their shells. Magician Spikey Mikey presented his always popular I Love to Read magic show to the delight of all present. There were a lot of people scratching their heads and wondering, "How did he do that?" Spikey Mikey had a couple of helpers from the audience and ended his show telling the kids how he got interested in magic by checking out books from the library.
On Friday, June 28, certificates were awarded to the successful summer readers and then a drawing for door prizes was held. It just so happened that everyone present got a door prize and some even were lucky enough to win two.
The Falls City Public Library and staff expressed appreciation to the City of Falls City, the Busy Beaver, Pollok's Deli, the Palace Cafe, and the Dickie Dziuk Family for their donations to the library and for their support of its programs also, to the parents and caregivers for bringing the kids to the library and seeing to it that they could be here for the activities.
The library is already looking forward to next summer and hopes to see everyone again as well as a lot of new faces, too. And remember, just because the Summer Reading Club is over, that doesn't mean you have to stop coming to the library. We have a lot of new books that you might have missed when you visited before that are just waiting for you to check out and enjoy. Come back to see us.