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APP D678H (Taiwanese)
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Pathogenicity: Alzheimer's Disease : Pathogenic
Clinical Phenotype: Alzheimer's Disease
Reference Assembly: GRCh37 (105)
Position: Chr21:27269917 G>C
dbSNP ID: NA
Coding/Non-Coding: Coding
Genomic Region: Exon 16
Mutation Type: Point, Missense
Codon Change: GAC to CAC
This mutation was detected in a Taiwanese woman with early onset Alzheimer's disease. She began to experience progressive memory impairment at the age of 51. Her symptoms also included slurred speech, restlessness, and persecutory delusions. She met NINCDS-ADRDA criteria for probable AD. Her mother and aunt had been affected by cognitive impairment; however, a specific diagnosis was not available. Segregation with disease could not be assessed due to lack of DNA from family members (Chen et al., 2012). This mutation was classified as "probably pathogenic" according to the algorithm proposed by Guerreriro et al., 2010.
Unknown. SPECT imaging showed hypoperfusion in the bilateral parietal cortices and the left temporal lobe (Chen et al., 2012).
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This mutation alters an amino acid within the Aβ region of APP, specifically the aspartate at the seventh position, which is altered to a histidine (D7H). When expressed in HEK-293 cells, the D678H mutation favors the amyloidogenic pathway and increases production of Aβ40 and Aβ42. Aβ42 is preferentially increased, resulting in an elevated Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio in the conditioned media. In addition, when coincubated with Cu2+ and Zn2+, the mutant Aβ exhibits increased metal ion binding due to the metal-coordinating properties of histidine. The mutant Aβ is also more susceptible to the formation of ion-induced Aβ oligomers and exhibits greater toxicity in vitro compared with wild-type Aβ42 (Chen et al., 2012).
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Paper Citations
- Chen WT, Hong CJ, Lin YT, Chang WH, Huang HT, Liao JY, Chang YJ, Hsieh YF, Cheng CY, Liu HC, Chen YR, Cheng IH. Amyloid-beta (Aβ) D7H mutation increases oligomeric Aβ42 and alters properties of Aβ-zinc/copper assemblies. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e35807. PubMed.
- Guerreiro RJ, Baquero M, Blesa R, Boada M, Brás JM, Bullido MJ, Calado A, Crook R, Ferreira C, Frank A, Gómez-Isla T, Hernández I, Lleó A, Machado A, Martínez-Lage P, Masdeu J, Molina-Porcel L, Molinuevo JL, Pastor P, Pérez-Tur J, Relvas R, Oliveira CR, Ribeiro MH, Rogaeva E, Sa A, Samaranch L, Sánchez-Valle R, Santana I, Tàrraga L, Valdivieso F, Singleton A, Hardy J, Clarimón J. Genetic screening of Alzheimer's disease genes in Iberian and African samples yields novel mutations in presenilins and APP. Neurobiol Aging. 2010 May;31(5):725-31. Epub 2008 Jul 30 PubMed.
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- Chen WT, Hong CJ, Lin YT, Chang WH, Huang HT, Liao JY, Chang YJ, Hsieh YF, Cheng CY, Liu HC, Chen YR, Cheng IH. Amyloid-beta (Aβ) D7H mutation increases oligomeric Aβ42 and alters properties of Aβ-zinc/copper assemblies. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e35807. PubMed.


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My court order states that the custodial parent is to convey with the non custodial parent before a decision is made regarding anything about the child unless it is an emergency. Now, my son is in 1st grade and has been moved to 7 different schools within 3 or 4 school districts in the past 2 or 3 yrs and it is orderd that parties must speak about it before the change. If this is not done, can the custodial parent be held in contempt and shown as unstable for having moved him to so many different schools ( and addresses)?Not to mention my son tells me when he is in a new school not the parent, and when I looked into the reasons as to why he is being moved, I would get one answer from the parent and a TOTALLY DIFFERENT story from the schools. Something is not right about this situation and it is affecting my son's behavioral and social skills. What can I do? I am the non custodial parent with joint managing conservetor rights. The custodial parent designates the primary residence but is showing instability to me. Please help! Thanks!
You should consult with an experienced family law attorney. You may have grounds to seek a modification of the custody of the child. That much upheaval and change cannot be in the child's best interest. If the other parent isn't talking to you about it, there is something very wrong there. I think it would be easier to modify the order rather than holding the other parent in contempt.
Either call me or another family law attorney ASAP.
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Thank you for the advice will do!!
There are of course many factors that a judge considers when deciding what is in a child's best interest; however, it sounds like there is a lot of chaos in this child's life. Judges like stability. Meet with a family lawyer, with your court order and your documentation of the changes; and discuss your options for enforcement or modification of the orders. Good luck.
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Thank you, I truly appreciate it!
Please find an experienced seasoned family law attorney in your area that has handled cases like yours in the past. You have a difficult case but it can be won. Unfortunately, I've heard of cases like yours and the child truly suffers. You need an attorney that can assist you in building a very strong case before going before the judge. You need to be talking to the school teachers, registrars, school nurse, school principal, etc. and make sure that they are all on your side. A school teacher's testimony can be very powerful in court.
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Thank you very much! I have talked to all the above listed and
Have gotten responses even from the counselor that has only known him for a month if that and asked if I could get custody because she feels something must be wrong in the home due to his behavior. I have gotten pretty much the same responses from most of them but once that is found out the custodial parent moves him to another school and everything has to start all over. I definitely know I will need a GREAT lawyer and will try my hardest to find one so my son doesn't have to suffer longer than he has to, but its going to be tough without having the money available to pay for such services. Thank you for the encouragement I truly appreciate it. My son deserves better and I will find a way to give it to him!! God Bless!!
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I'm slender and quite athletic, but want to get liposuction to the abs and perhaps flanks to gain further definition. But I do not want to preclude getting facial fat transfer later. I have enough far elsewhere I think (thighs, etc.). Does the lipo limit the possibilities for facial fat grafting?
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Liposuction on one area will not prevent you from having fat injections later
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If you already need fat grafting then do both the liposuction and the fat grafting to the face at the same time. If yourquestion is for the future then the amount of fat needed and the amount of fat you can donate to you will have to be assessed at that time.
Most of the time one can find enough fat even in slim patients to transfer to the face.
Abdominal Liposuction will NOT preclude you from having Facial grafting in the future
Most westerners have enough fat to spare. Abdominal liposuction can easily be done since many of us still have fat along the hips and thighs which can be used to graft and add volume to the face.
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Fat is abundant. You will always have it. If you were thinking of a fat transfer in the future, that doesn't mean you need not undergo any liposuction to the area. By all means, go ahead. The plastic surgeon WILL find fat around, unless you were completely emaciated.
Abdominal liposuction can be combined with fat grafting
A fat grafting procedure uses a special liposuction technique to procure fat for grafting to the face, breast and other regions. It is reasonable to combine a comprehensive liposuction procedure and facial or breast fat grafting procedure together. However, if you want to stage them, ask your plastic surgeon if your liposuction procedure should be limited to certain areas to conserve graftable fat. Depending on how much fat graft the surgeon anticipates needing for your face (sometimes 30-40 cc of good quality fat is required, including fat for touch-up injections later on), you might consider not treating your thighs or flanks. Assuming you are not extremely thin already, enough fat for facial fat grafting can usually be obtained from the thighs or flanks. Much higher volumes of fat graft are required for breast augmentation and other body contouring procedures.
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Kurt Nimmo PriosnPlanet.com November 17, 2011 Demotix has posted photos showing that the Department of Homeland Security now operates as a secret police force that arrests people at political events, the hallmark of all totalitarian governments. The Federal Protective Service (FPS) arrested a photographer at Portland's Terry Shrunk Plaza, which is adjacent to both... »
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Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post.com Thursday, November 17, 2011 After reports as far back as 1998 surfaced and revealed that the TSA's X-ray scanners could be causing around 100 cases of cancer per year conservatively, the TSA announced that it would be launching an 'independent' study over the safety of the machines. During a senate... »
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The next financial crisis will be hellish, and it's on its way
By Addison Wiggin Forbes.com "There is definitely going to be another financial crisis around the corner," says hedge fund legend Mark Mobius, "because we haven't solved any of the things that caused the prev ious crisis." We're raising our alert status for the next financial crisis. We already raised it last week after spreads... »
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Small Biz Purging: When Companies Lose Health CareJoshua Kendall
Purging: It's an ugly word, and it describes an ugly practice. But Wendell Potter, formerly the director of media relations for CIGNA (CI), says that's exactly what health-insurance companies do when an employee at a small business is unexpectedly hit with a sudden, and expensive, illness: The insurance company "purges" the small company from their rolls.
In June testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Potter said health-insurance companies "dump small businesses whose employees' medical claims exceed what insurance underwriters expected. All it takes is one illness or accident among employees at a small business to prompt an insurance company to hike the next year's premiums so high that the employer has to cut benefits, shop for another carrier, or stop offering coverage altogether—leaving workers uninsured. The practice is known in the industry as purging."
Statements from Potter's former boss, CIGNA President David Cordani, bear out Potter's testimony. In a February conference call with analysts, Cordani said: "In 2008 we were essentially actively decreasing our posture in several markets, particularly the under-50 book of business. You could use the term 'purge' if you'd like. You could also use the term 'hard harvests' or 'soft exits.'"
While the practice of intentionally making health insurance unaffordable for a small company may seem shocking, Len Nichols, a health policy analyst at the Washington nonpartisan think tank New America Foundation, isn't surprised in the least. Of purging, he says, "It's always gone on. It's the way business is conducted."
Requoting Time When asked to comment on Cordani's statement, spokesperson Christopher Curran said that for small employers, "rates are often based on claims experience. While we try to work with all our customers, when medical costs are higher than premiums, we may need to requote."
Senator John D. ("Jay") Rockefeller IV (D-W. Va.) thinks there may be more to it than that. On Aug. 5, Rockefeller sent a letter to CIGNA Chairman and CEO E. Edward Hanway requesting an explanation of Cordani's use of the word "purging" in the conference call, as well as the specific methods the company used to "decrease its posture" in the small business market and how much money it saved by doing so. Rockefeller has requested that CIGNA respond by Aug. 19.
Joy Mosley, the chief operating officer of Biotest Laboratories, a medical testing company in Minneapolis, is one business owner whose premiums were recently "requoted" by her insurer, Medica. Two years ago, in an effort to keep premiums down for her 77-person company, she turned to a high-deductible plan, coupled with a Health Savings Account (HSA), which saved her company about 20% on health-insurance costs. But then an employee was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Medica, the firm's health insurer, covered the million-dollar treatment, but the following year, it requested nearly $200,000 in additional premiums—an increase of 70%. "I felt angry that the health-care system left us unprotected," says Mosley. Larry Bussey, a spokesperson for Medica, says, "We don't purge. We try to keep our customers." Still, Mosley is terrified about the prospect of opening next year's renewal letter. "We can't afford another exorbitant increase," she says.
Not all entrepreneurs are equally vulnerable to the whims of insurers. In about a dozen states, where some form of "community-rating" prevails, regulations prohibit insurance companies from setting premiums for firms with 50 or fewer employees based on workers' health status, forcing insurers to spread risk among their smaller accounts. But in roughly three-fourths of the country, "rating bands" allow for considerable flexibility in pricing. In states with "loose rating bands," such as Texas and Nevada, one small firm can be charged nearly 70% more than another. Moreover, in Pennsylvania and Virginia, there are no ratings restrictions at all, encouraging insurers to try to turn a profit on each individual business. And no matter what state you're in, ratings bands don't apply to companies with more than 50 employees, which means that those such as Biotest are left unprotected.
Little Leverage for Small Companies Compounding the problem is that entrepreneurs slapped with hefty premium increases often have few other options. According to a 2008 survey by the Government Accounting Office, the median market share of the largest carrier in the small group market is 47%; in Alabama, one carrier insures 96% of all small businesses. As Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Me.), the ranking member of the Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, which commissioned this study, notes: "Such consolidation is an alarming trend."
In the absence of major state or federal policy changes, small companies have little leverage. "All any individual entrepreneur can do is to become more knowledgeable and to take the time to shop around for coverage," advises Amanda Austin, the director of federal public policy at the National Federation of Independent Business. However, President Barack Obama's health-care initiative holds some potential to help level the playing field. The bills now bouncing around Congress all call for the creation of a health-insurance exchange, which, besides offering small businesses more affordable choices, would provide protection against sudden rate hikes. But even this measure might exclude small firms with more than 20 employees. Says Nichols: "I'm very concerned about this. It will leave a lot of small businesses unprotected. The size really should go up to protect all firms that are not big enough to self-insure"—a number Nichols pegs at about 300 employees. But the current proposals leave Biotest and thousands of other similar companies out in the cold.


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After I did one loop I stopped for lunch, fush n chups bro! There is a lot of homeless here but they are freaking funny because they are really creative about getting money. This guy basically just scared the crap outta unsuspecting passersby. Then he forgot at one stage what he was doing and staggered up the middle of the road (with cars dodging him). Think he was off his trolley. No. I'm certain he was off his trolley.
I hit the line to Alcatraz after walking along the main drag of Fisherman's Wharf. I was getting a bit paranoid over at Alcatraz that I wouldn't make the 5pm boat back for my flight home. Alcatraz is super interesting but I didn't really have enough time on there. I did get one of those 'I escaped from Alcatraz' pics, but chose not to post it here. I look like shit. Back at hotel at 6pm and a shuttle took me off to the airport. I kind of wish that I had more time in San Francisco as there was a lot I didn't get to check out. Maybe another time, if that ever happens. But I did find it really interesting. Back on the big metal bird at 9ish and I'm going home finally! Good bye America! OK, just one more blog post and I'll be outta everyone's hair for good! Unless of course I do a Baa-aza special or something.
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There was little consensus among attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday on who should win the Republican presidential nomination.
But there appeared to be broad agreement on who should not get the nod: former Massachusetts governor (and current GOP presidential front-runner) Mitt Romney.
Interviews with attendees on the first day of the annual summit of conservatives in Washington, D.C., reflected an array of views as disparate as the results of the first month of nominating contests, which have been split among Romney, former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and former senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.).
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) — who has yet to win a primary or caucus but who has won the CPAC straw poll for the past two years — was also a favorite of many of this year's conference attendees, who as in years past tend to skew younger and more libertarian-leaning than the GOP primary electorate at large.
Many of the non-Romney supporters who attended CPAC on Thursday voiced resignation that the former Massachusetts governor, who leads in the delegate race, would eventually win the nomination.
Charlie Vidal, a 22-year-old student from Chicago, and Chris Bernardes, a 24-year-old bank employee from Fairfax County, Va., are both longtime Paul supporters who said they plan to support the Texas congressman again this time around, mainly due to his views on fiscal issues and monetary policy.
But despite their enthusiasm for Paul, both said they believed Romney would become the GOP nominee.
"If I were a betting man — and I am — I would say that Romney's going to get the nomination," Vidal said. "He appears to be the best-funded and have the most organization on the ground throughout the primary states."
"Definitely the best-funded," Bernardes said.
"And I think that's very important – best-funded is very important as you go to Super Tuesday, when you're trying to get multiple states at once, because you can get your message out through the media," Vidal added. "And also, he's kind of moderate. He looks like a president. And parties that just lost power historically tend to nominate moderates for the next campaign, the next election."
Andres Recalde, 18, a Lehigh University student from Freehold, N.J., said that he, too, thought that Romney would probably win the nomination.
"As much as I hate to admit it, people love the guy," Recalde said.
"No — that's the weird thing is that no one loves him, but he's going to have it anyway," countered Eric Riese, 21, a fellow Lehigh student from Holland, Pa.
"Well no, but here no one loves him," Recalde continued. "But then you look at the polls, and he's winning ridiculously. I mean, I liked the little part where Gingrich won South Carolina. That was great. I was like, maybe people are starting to listen to Gingrich and get past his past."
Recalde said that while he remains a Paul supporter deep down, he has decided to throw his support behind Gingrich "for the sake of electing somebody" because Paul is ultimately unelectable.
"If you look at the polls, his supporters are very loyal, but just them showing up isn't enough," he said. "Everyone else just thinks that he's radical; they don't listen to the man. He's very rational, very simple. But people don't listen."
Whereas Romney is "just another politician — like Obama, just to the right," Recalde said. "At least Gingrich I see as a smart person to keep the country going for four years."
Garrett Cichowitz and Jack Bimber, both supporters of Rick Santorum, said they remain hopeful that their candidate will win the GOP nomination.
"Tuesday was a very exciting day, seeing him take Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri. ... I think people are still largely undecided, and they like what he's about," said Chichowitz, 23, of Vienna, Va., who is a fellow at the Clapham Group. "I think there's a big question of electability against Obama right now, and I think seeing Santorum win three states is going to give people more confidence with his electability."
Bimber, 19, a student from Grove City, Pa., who originally was a supporter of former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, agreed. "I think you see more people that are not (supporters of) Romney, and so you're looking at, I think, Santorum and Gingrich," he said. "I've got mine for Santorum. I think he can push the conservatives to the top of this election."
The two noted, however, that they think Romney will be the winner in this week's CPAC straw poll.
There were some Romney supporters to be found at the conservative gathering, including Jen Dicus, a 21-year-old student from Medford, Ore., who plans to cast her first general election vote for the former Massachusetts governor in November.
"I just think that we need someone a little bit more moderate," Dicus said. "I'm definitely a more conservative person, but I think that with the political climate, with Democrats in the Senate and what's going on, I think it might be helpful to have someone that is a little bit more appealing to both sides. ... I always really liked (former Utah governor) Jon Huntsman, actually, but it was kind of one of those, 'Inevitably, he was never going to win' kinds of things."
In the wake of Romney's losses in Tuesday's trio of contests, Dicus said that she believed Romney could benefit from talking more about social issues on the stump – something the GOP hopeful has taken to doing in recent days.
"I think he should definitely keep focusing on the issues that are kind of at hand today, focusing on what's going on in the Catholic church, and just different things, and I think making himself more accessible to voters on social issues might be good – I think that was something that helped Ron Paul a little bit, when he kind of started talking about his social conservatism," she said. "I think that's something for Mitt Romney."
While many of the conservative activists backing other candidates said Thursday that they'd back Romney if he were to win the nomination, not all were on board – a sign that, coupled with the low turnout in some of this year's GOP contests, could be a cause for concern for the Romney camp.
"Maybe I'll throw away my vote on, like, Vermin Supreme or Ron Paul just to throw it out there, but I won't take it seriously," Recalde, the Lehigh University student, said of a potential Romney-Obama match-up in the fall. "I won't vote for Romney. I don't support the man. If it's Gingrich, I'll probably throw it Gingrich's way."
"If it's Ron Paul, I'll go all out, but that's not going to happen," he added.


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Malmström, Martin : Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences: Licentiate Dissertation Series;27 (2012)
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|This licentiate thesis investigates fiction writing and reading in up- per secondary school in Sweden. Inspired by fanfiction I created a teaching project of derivative writing in which the students in a se- cond-year social science class wrote short stories derived from 20th century novels. They also gave peer response, both orally and in writing. Finally they wrote a reflective text about the project. The main purpose of the study is to describe and analyse the teaching project. The primary material is the students' short sto- ries. Drawing from theories of intertextuality, most notably Genette's transtextuality theory and fanfiction theories, I analyse how the students make use of the source text. Theories of narratology have been used to analyse techniques of storytelling, mainly characterization and focalization. In the analysis of the stu- dents' written comments on each other's texts I draw from re- sponse theories. The results show that the students tend to stay close to the source texts. The most common subgenre is refocalization, that is to change the perspective to one of the secondary characters' view. Refocalization seems to be an efficient way of deepening the under- standing of the main character of the source text; in many of the students' stories the protagonist functions as the focalized object. Which novel the students read plays an important part in how fo- calization is expressed, however. Short stories based on novels with complex focalization tend to be focalized in a variety of ways whereas stories based on novels with fixed focalization mostly fol- low the pattern of the source text. Reading the short stories and, not least, the reflective texts it becomes evident that the characters  are extremely important in this kind of literature, more so than semiotic theories of characters have acknowledged; the characters are more than merely functions. In the chapter about peer response I argue that many students write analyses of the text they are about to respond to rather than give advice about how to proceed. It is difficult to see if the response is of any help to the writer. Thus, I question whether peer response has any other effect than strength- ening the social bonds between the group members. The study shows that creative writing could very well be an in- tegral part of the education in Swedish in upper secondary school. Derivative writing may function as an alternative to traditional lit- erary analyses. Refocalizing is a way of seeing the story from a dif- ferent viewpoint, which could enhance the students' sense of empa- thy. Questions of focalization might also lead to discussions of power. Furthermore, creative writing may make the students more attentive as writers. In the new syllabus Gy 11, however, the op- portunities for working with creative writing are, unfortunately, limited.
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Bardenstam, Malin : Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen
Malmö studies in educational sciences; (2012)
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|This licentitate thesis is a study of Upper-Secondary School stu-dents' approach towards reading fiction in the school subject of Swedish from a socio-cultural perspective. Furthermore, the social context and its importance for the students' reading situation has been mapped. The students participating in the study are all first-graders and boys, studying the Construction Programme. The empirical material consists primarily of oral statements made by the students concerning their perception of how to read fiction in school. Using the construct of Pierre Bourdieu and with the reception model of Kathleen McCormick as a point of departure, the repertoirs of the students are described and analyzed. This study shows that the students bring different representa-tions of their group belonging, which effect their approach to rea-ding fiction. It also shows that the students' idea of what a reader is and their own reading ability create their approach to reading. Ad-ditionally, the students have problems to see the actual purpose of reading fiction in a school situation. The results of the study show that in order to read fiction success-fully in a classroom situation, the school has to discuss and chal-lenge the students' views of group belonging. Furthermore the school must improve when it comes to illustrating the more precise purpose and meaning of reading fiction in the school subject of Swedish. The study shows that because of the students' different approa-ches to reading fiction, they tend to do two types of reading, one in-dividual and one for the school . In the latter, the students are incli-ned to limit their reading potential. And this is the real challenge for the subject of Swedish, but also ultimately the school, to challenge the students to use their full reading potential. Finally, the results of the study is discussed in relation to the new curriculum of the subject of Swedish, as it is presented in the sylla-bus "Gy 11". "Gy 11" has been implemented since the autumn of 2011. Additionally, the consequences of the decreased number of hours for the subject of Swedish is considered. There are, however, stil good possibilities for the Swedish school to enable the students to reach their full reading potential in a class-room sitution.
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Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences: Licentiate Dissertation Series;25 (2012)
|Licentiate thesis
|English abstract:
|This study is concerned with Swedish as a school subject, with teachers in Swedish and with the relevance of teacher training, all of which I discuss in the perspective of professionalism. When it comes to content, the Swedish subject is characterized by disruption. The informants describe different subjects, but communicative skills seem to be their most important objective. And among the informants the collective view on the Swedish subject is that of Swedish as Skills. Furthermore, the concept of integrated studies in secondary school is interpreted and construed in two different ways, formal subject integration and one that might be called "true" subject integration. The study also points to discrepancies between teacher education and the profession. One such discrepancy concerns the core of Swedish as a subject. Another concerns the teaching and responsibility of children with reading and writing disabilities and other states of difficulties, such as ADHD. The teachers in this study did not get such proficiency during teacher training, and this causes frustration and feelings of inadequacy. At the same time the Swedish educational authorities presuppose that this area is the concern of every teacher, and not solely the concern of teachers of the Swedish subject. The subject concept, the use and ideology of steering documents, subject integration as well as the status of teacher training are factors that seem to have an impact on the autonomy and status of teachers.
|Läroböcker i svenska? En studie av ett läromedel för yrkesförberedand...
Lilja Waltå, Katrin : Malmö University
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences: Licentiate Dissertation Series 2011;23 (2011)
|Licentiate thesis
|English abstract:
|This licentiate thesis addresses what textbooks in the school subject Swedish specifically oriented to pupils in different vocational programmes at Swedish high school/ upper secondary schools (Gymnasiet) offer to their readers. The study uses qualitative textual analysis as its main approach as well as, to a certain extent, quantitative data from textbooks in the Blickpunkt series (Blickpunktserien). Since they are included in so called comprehensive teaching materials, Bra Svenska A and Bra Svenska B, certain aspects of these two books, primarily their selection of texts are also studied. My point of departure is that a given textbook presumes a certain type of reader – this is supported by Umberto Eco's theory that an author always writes with a reader in mind, a model reader, and I pose the following question: What views on subject matter, literature and cognitive approach are conveyed by the textbooks and what does this tell us about their model readers? My interpretation is that there are both many similarities and many differencies between the various model readers presumed by the textbooks. The focus on future professional activities permeates all of the textbooks, but is somewhat less prominent in Blickpunkt bygg and Blickpunkt el, where, to a certain extent, the model reader is presumed to be working with topics which can be attributed to the Swedish subject matter area. In Blickpunkt barn och fritid, Blickpunkt fordon, Blickpunkt hotell och restaurang and Blickpunkt omvårdnad, the postulated reader is assumed to be uninterested in literature and is expected to work in a field only marginally related to the Swedish subject matter area. Instead the textbooks are organized on the basis of a general assumption regarding what know-how and qualifications are currently in demand on the labor market. Therefore we cannot say that they contain a genuine Swedish subject matter area. The formulation of the textbooks implies that a model reader is not expected to approach the texts with a critical mind in order to help him or her develop cognitive thinking and oral and written language skills.
|Att sätta erfarenheter i rörelse. En undersökning av hur elever i år ...
Söderling, Maria : Malmö University
Malmö Studies in Educational Sciences: Licentiate Dissertation Series;2011:24 (2011)
|Licentiate thesis
|English abstract:
|ABSTRACT This licentiate thesis is a study of the curriculum of the school subject Swedish from a socio-cultural perspective. The aim of the study is to obtain insights into how pupils in the seventh grade of the Swedish secondary school system read films, and further to investigate how the education in Swedish can manage and make the most of various approaches to film. The survey was conducted in a class which I teach myself, and the empirical data consists primarily of oral and written statements by the pupils, concerning the films they have seen. Furthermore the social context around the reception of the films has been mapped. As part of the empirical data there is also a record of a discussion in the classroom concerning filmmaking. With the reception model of Kathleen McCormick as a point of departure, the filmic repertoires of the pupils are analyzed, described and interpreted as they stand out within the framework of the study. The general repertoires of the pupils are also dealt with to some extent. The representations and non-representations of the readings are further discussed in a social semiotic perspective. The research shows that the pupils bring rich experiences of fiction from television as well as film to school. The research also indicates that there is a potential for specific learning processes in the reading of film, since the reception of film entails a possibility to widen the general and filmic repertoires as well as to be conscious of them. The most important potential for learning is in the meeting with films that create a tension between the general repertoires of the reader and the film itself, since the film in those cases stands for something hitherto unknown for the reader. The pupils in my survey do not, however, primarily watch film in order to obtain new experiences, or to learn something; they watch film as a means to feel and share experiences with others in order to strengthen their sense of belonging to a group. One exception appears to be films that the pupils interpret as based on reality, since there is a tendency among the pupils to be more openminded for clashes between their own repertoires and the repertoires in films when it comes to fiction anchored in reality. The true challenge of the teaching is to attract the pupils to develop conscious relationships to films that imply a tension between repertoires. The reasons for these tensions have furthermore to be investigated. When it comes to films based on reality, the study makes it clear that the population of pupils represents a diverse set of attitudes towards the films; some pupils read the films as pure facts, while others read them in a more reflective way, comparing the mediated images of reality in the actual films with other types of experiences. The teaching of Swedish with the intention to take care of the reception of film among school children must be conducted in an awareness of the fact that not all pupils are representing their readings in a way that makes it possible to create meeting places around them within the educational framework. In my view, the education in Swedish for the secondary school must in a more active way open up for the possibility for the pupils to acquire strategies for a conscious handling of their film readings, as well as access to a language by which they can make their representations. The fact that not all pupils are aware of how film can mediate constructions of reality makes it important to take care of the children's readings in such a way that makes them aware of the semiotic resources of the cinematic medium. This is one reason why one should allow them make their own films. It is also important to use a diversity of semiotic resources when pupils are representing their readings in order to underline the plurality of interpretations and filmic repertoires. Finally, I discuss the results of my research in relation to the new curriculum of Swedish education as it is presented in the syllabus "Lgr 11" which will take effect as from the autumn semester of 2011. In my analysis I find that the space for work of the kind I have conducted in the classroom will be diminished due to the new curriculum. There are, however, still possibilities and a learning potential for a teaching in Swedish that in an active way will take care of film experiences, as well as other kinds of textual experiences.


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Lois Mae (Mrs. Donavon) Fenske, 81, of Watertown, passed away on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, at the hospital in Watertown.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Crawford Funeral Chapel in Watertown. A close friend, the Rev. Bruce Gray will officiate. Music will be provided by A.J. Sherrill, organist and Kathy Alwin, soloist.
Entombment will be at Hills of Rest Mausoleum in Sioux Falls on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m.
Visitation will be prior to services from 9 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday at Crawford Funeral Chapel.
Lois was born on Aug. 11, 1931, in Aberdeen to Julian and Alta (Cook) Ackerman. She graduated from Central High School in Aberdeen. On Feb. 10, 1952, she married Donavon Fenske in Aberdeen. The couple moved to Bath, where the couple had their family. For a short period of time, Lois worked at the Bath Elementary School. Her lifetime was filled with being a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, Donavon of Watertown; her children, Terry (Dawn) Fenske of Jacksonville, Fla., Tim (Lee Ann) Fenske of Colbert, Wash., and Tracey (Lin) Fenske of Houston; grandchildren, Samantha (Dylan) Strait, Taryn Fenske and Tretyn "Trey" Fenske; sisters, Grace (Arvin) Olson of Urbandale, Iowa and Bonnie Werckman of Florence, Colo.; and a sister-in-law, Rose Fenske of Lombardi, Ill.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and two sisters.
Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society.
For more information go to www.crawfordfuneralchapel.com.


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The Montage Italian Grill, located at the Glen Motor Inn on State Route 14 in Watkins Glen, will open for the season Friday and will do so with a new chef. Manager Nancy Franzese tells us more about Chef Michael Gaudio.
Franzese says "Chef Michael" is bringing with him a change of menu.
The Glen Motor Inn and Montage Italian Grill have been owned and operated by the Franzese family for four generations or 75 plus years. The Grill will open for the season Friday. To make a reservation call 535-2706 and visit their website by clicking here.


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CONTACT: Steve Mullen (518) 629-8063
FOR RELEASE: Immediate, Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Hudson Valley Community College's women's basketball team has played more than 750 games since the program's inception in 1971 but tonight's 102-61 win over Adirondack Community College was one of the most memorable in the team's history. It wasn't necessarily the win, although important for a team fighting for a playoff spot, that made it memorable, but the individual accomplishments of a pair of Lady Vikings.
Sophomore forward Molly McGuire (Ravena/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School) set a school record with 43 points, eclipsing the previous record of 40 points set by Lindsey Bradt on November 2, 2001. McGuire was 14-for-23 from the field and 15-of-20 from the free throw line. McGuire also came away with 16 rebounds and blocked three shots. Her 43 points were just two shy of the NJCAA Division III national record of 45 points set by Gloucester County College's Chrissy DeMarco in 2000.
Not to be outdone, freshman Jenna Smith (Cohoes/Cohoes High School), had 14 points to go along with a school-record 17 steals. She also had seven rebounds and six assists.
Sophomore Amy Georgia (Perth/Broadalbin-Perth High School) added 15 points and nine rebounds and freshman Jenna Hughes (Poestenkill/Averill Park High School) contributed 15 points and five steals.
Adirondack (3-16) got a team-high 20 points from Kelly Olson (Centenniel, MN).
Hudson Valley (13-12/12-9 Region III) will visit Mohawk Valley Community College on Saturday, February 10.
Adirondack (61): Jennifer Dalaba 0-1-1, Christina Farrar 3-0-6, Janelle Gillingham 1-0-3, Amanda Glazebrook 3-0-6, Rachel Henning 1-2-5, Ashley Maxwell 3-1-7, Kelly Olson 6-8-20, Renee Saint Jacques 1-0-2, Ashley Truax 3-1-8, Totals: 22-13-61
Hudson Valley (102): Molly McGuire 14-15-43, Amy Georgia 5-5-15, Erika Russo 2-2-6, Christine Martin 3-1-7, Jenna Smith 4-4-14, Jenna Hughes 6-0-15, Liz Ashline 1-0-2, Totals: 35-27-102.
Three-point goals: Adirondack 4 (Gillingham, Henning, Truax 2); Hudson Valley 5 (Hughes 3, Smith 2).
Halftime: Hudson Valley led 45-26.


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