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Fox 26 KRIV adds new weekend newscasts
Just when you thought Houston had a lot of newscasts...guess what...the TV market could be getting some more.
I hear a lot of rumors about Fox 26 KRIV getting not one, but two new weekend newscasts. That would be a morning and an early evening show. But before recent college graduates start sending tapes, it appears there will not be any new hires immediately if these rumors are in fact true.
While things like the possibility of a new newscast in the TV news world are often discussed, debated, cancelled, brought back, moved...look for a possible early July launch - if these news shows actually are for real.
A Fox Broadcasting spokesperson told me, "there is nothing to announce at this time."
Stay tuned.
What I can tell you with certainty is that Fox 26 will get a brand spanking new website. You can see what it will look like at KDFW 4's recently re-designed WorldNow site.
AUDIO: While I'm away from blogging and posting Houston media news on my Facebook page, go listen to an interview I did on Black Coffee Radio about Houston TV and the Rock 101 KLOL Documentary!
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Is Fox 26 KRIV getting a new newscast?
Posted by mike mcguff at 5/08/2012 04:25:00 PM Labels: Houston, Media
10 comments:
- Anonymous5/08/2012 09:32:00 PM
Weekend 5p/6p shows will no doubt be the 9p crew. Weekend mornings? Hmmm ... would they let Andrea back on the desk? She's a pro.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/08/2012 10:27:00 PM
Fire BOMBkeReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/09/2012 10:29:00 AM
Don't know who they're going to get to shoot and edit for the a.m. show if there's not going to be overtime involvedReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/09/2012 01:18:00 PM
Don't underestimate Fox 26.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/09/2012 01:21:00 PM
Ned Hibberd at the anchor desk on weekends? He used to fill in and handled it well.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/09/2012 01:22:00 PM
And don't forget Tom Zizka. He's the bast anchor talent at the station.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/09/2012 01:23:00 PM
Bomb FIREkeReplyDelete
- Anonymous5/11/2012 01:00:00 PM
Bomke is awesome, jealous women quit hating.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous5/14/2012 12:36:00 PM
She's Mr. Ed with bleached and fit changing mane color.Delete
- Anonymous5/13/2012 05:57:00 PM
Isiah Carey would be an excellent addition to either the weekend anchor desk on the 5 and 9p or the morning show.ReplyDelete
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Thread: Redskin fans want Boller
Redskin fans want Boller
From a Washington Redskins board, of all places...
Re: OT: Ravens OC resigns dispute over starting QB One of the interesting little tidbits forgotten in the boosting of the McNair signing in the offseason is that Boller appeared to "Get it" in the second half of last season. For whatever reason nobody seemed to notice.
His games during his "Get It" Period:
11/20/05 Vs Pitt: 21 of 36 for 163 yards, 1 TD and 1 Int in 16-13 win over Pittsburgh
11/27/05 @ Cincy: 18 of 32 for 211 yards, 3 TD's and 2 Int's in 29-42 loss
12/04/05 Vs Houston: 17 of 33 for 198 yards, 0 TD's and 0 Int's in 16-15 win
12/11/05 @ Denver: 23 of 39 for 251 yards, 1 TD, 2 Int's in 10-12 loss
12/19/05 Vs Green Bay: 19 of 27 for 253 yards, 3 TD's and 0 int's in 48-3 win
12/25/05 Vs Minny: 24 of 34 for 289 yards, 3 TD's and 1 Int,
in 30-23 win
1/01/06 @ Cleveland: 15 of 36 for 151 yards, 0 TD's and 2 Int's in 16-20 loss.
Then this past week:
10/15/06: 17 of 31 for 226 yards, 3 TD's and 1 Int.
I am guessing the Cleveland finale is what cost him a chance in '06, but am not sure. 5 of his final 7 starts of the 2005 season could and should be described as solid or excellent. Indeed all were excellent in my view save three. Then he plays this sunday and is terrific again.
Basically if you start at his sunday game preceeding thanksgiving last year what you have are eight starts, double it and you have a potential season, what has he done in the seven starts plus this past sundays game?
154 of 268 (just about 59% completion rate) for 1,742 yards and 14 TD's and 9 picks.
Certainly far and away the best he's ever played.
Why noone noticed this seeming light bulb coming on I have no idea. Essentially he gets it now, or at least has given a great sign that he's turned the corner and now and is ready to be an NFL QB. In his last 8 appearances he's looked solid or great in essentially six of them.
I think Fassel is probably right. Why did it take Boller this long (if indeed he gets it). Go back to his time at Cal. Tom Holmoe got one of the best QB prospects to come out of California in half a decade and preceeded to destroy his college career. The only time Boller even got anything resembling a chance in college was with Tedford's arrival in Boller's last season. The season preceeding that I believe Cal went 1-10. Then Tedford came in, and Boller was one of the best QB's on the west coast instantly but still it was only one season of quality work in his entire college career after basically working in a joke offense with a joke coach the previous three years. That would explain why his learning curve might be a bit long, much like KRob, if you only really have one season of quality college experience, you're probably gonna be a bit behind the curve.ENFORCE THE 1ST AMENDMENT WITH THE SECOND, NEVER DISARM
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
I didn't know there was an argument amongst the coaches about who should be the starting QB.
Has anybody else heard this?"A moron, a rapist, and a Pittsburgh Steeler walk into a bar. He sits down and says, Hi Im Ben may I have a drink please?
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
I hadn't heard it.
That's a decent synopsis but I think it over-states what he accomplished in those games. That Denver game, despite being better than what McNair did in Denver, wasn't quite as good as the stats indicate.
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
Apparently it's not just Redskin fans. Check this out from a COWBOY'S forum:
Am I the only one who thinks this kid can play? Starting at the end of last year he was starting to finally get "it" and he put together some good games, now he comes in to replace the washed up steve mcnair and throw 3 TDs...
If the ravens would rather fool around with old washed up has beens at QB, then I say make a play for him and see if Romo can beat him next year.I think Kyle Boller is actually a solid young QB. In the right offensive scheme I think he could be really good. IMO he should be starting over McNair. My 2 cents
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
I hope he gets a chance again here before he leaves.
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Re: Redskin fans want Boller
When your QB is stinking up the joint (i.e. Bledsoe before the Houston game), any other QB looks good.
You can look at stats like these guys have (Stinger did point this out) and say "Gee, that Boller guy was very solid down the stretch last season". But I'll bet they didn't see the first half of say the Cincy game and realize we looked like a JV team.
This happens to announcers as well. There have been numerous telecasts of Ravens away games where I hear the announcers introducing the OL and stating that they are one of the best.
I remember specifically Dick Enberg commenting on how good of a center Mike Flynn is. We all know he sucks.
It goes both ways. Take AD for example. We all know how great of a player this guy is and he's just finally getting recognized. Say he and Joey Porter both hit the F/A market and visit each team in the league and each team had a chance to sign either one. Who do you think most teams' fans would want their team to sign? I'd bet 90% would want Porter even though AD is more versatile and probably an overall better player.
Now, Im not saying Boller can't be a decent QB somewhere, but you have to take what other teams' fans say with a grain of salt.
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
purplepoe, I agree, I just don't want to let this guy leave without giving him another shot. I think he needed some time without the pressure on him, if he uses this time as he apparently is and gets a jolt of confidence and learns he might just be something.
Re: Redskin fans want Boller
Of course. Just like we talk good and bad about other QB's in the league. Believe it or not, and contrary to the popular belief, not that many people outside of Baltimore REALLY know Kyle Boller, or have seen him play for a reasonable amount of time. You have the people who do Sunday Ticket, but the majority of fans are able to watch their team, and then see highlights of other teams on SportsCenter.
I think though that also despite what the other popular belief in the Baltimore fanbase is, there are a number of coaches around the league that would be interested in seeing if they could harness that arm Boller has. I firmly believe in 2 years he could go to Kansas City and at the least compete for that job when Trent Green retires. And I'm sure Brad Childress watched the game film from Baltimore/Minnesota last year and could see Boller as a workable possibility when Brad Johnson is ready to call it a career. Both those teams have good offensive lines that could protect him as well.
That's why while I still believe at this point in time that Boller is done as a QB here in Baltimore, it's laughable when people roll out the "there's no head coach in the league that would sign Boller to start for them". There are going to be coaches who think in their system with their OL he could play and win.
Re: Redskin fans want Bollerpurplepoe, I agree, I just don't want to let this guy leave without giving him another shot. I think he needed some time without the pressure on him, if he uses this time as he apparently is and gets a jolt of confidence and learns he might just be something.
With all this going on in the city as well as the portion of the fanbase that will never give Boller credit for anything, I just don't see how he gets another shot here. There's simply a hated for the kid that you don't see in other cities. It sucks, but it's true.
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Re: Redskin fans want Boller
That's why I can't even listen to most shows anymore. The level of ignorance on ALL topics is astounding.
The PFT bullshit was unreal. It was pure speculation with stuff like "we think" and "our opinion". Then people read it and tell their buddies that the team tanked because of Boller.
Next thing you know, Joe Blow at the grocery store is talking about it too. It goes on and on.
I don't think Boller is very good. But I never questioned his heart or his effort.
And you're right, he's done here in Baltimore unless something crazy happens this season where he leads us to something nobody expected.
The next few weeks are the crossroads for this team as we know it. It's sink or swim. To be honest, Im not all that confident we're gonna swim.

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Christina Davis tells her story in the same way adults talk about their early childhoods. They retell the stories they have heard, and as they tell over and over again that funny story from when they were 2, they feel as if they almost can remember it.
Whole months are missing from Davis' memory. But, she said, "I've heard the story so many times, I remember it now."
Davis has lived in Steamboat Springs since 1992. Her aunt moved here when she was a child, and during the years, her grandparents moved here, her mom and her sister moved here, and finally, she followed the family migration.
Her plan was to finish college and go to law school. She imagined herself living in Steamboat, working as an attorney.
That was her plan when she moved to Denver for law school. She was 28, smart and engaged, with a big wedding in the works. It was not her plan, she said, to get pregnant. But when the pregnancy test came out positive, she happily decided to keep the baby.
What Davis didn't know about herself, but what she was soon to find out, was that
during her life, a mass of abnormal blood vessels called an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) had been collecting in her brain.
She was four months pregnant, living in Denver and working at a downtown attorney's office.
It was Sunday night when the headache started. She blamed the lobster she had eaten for dinner. Rob Davis, then her fiance and now her husband, told her to go lie down.
The next morning, her headache was worse and she was vomiting. She called in sick to work. When her finace came home from work that night, he found her standing in the kitchen. Pills were all over the floor, and she looked scared.
"I didn't know who he was," Christina Davis said.
Rob Davis called her obstetrician, the only doctor she had in Denver and was told to get her to the emergency room as soon as possible. Whenever he tells the story of that drive, a drive that Christina can't remember, he talks about how he had to lean over and hold her door closed so she wouldn't jump out of the car.
"I thought I was being kidnapped," she said. The emergency room staff ran a CAT scan as soon as Davis arrived. They saw bleeding in her brain. She was having a stroke.
Another test showed doctors the AVM, a rare brain disorder that had been dormant for years but was triggered by the pregnancy-related increase of blood in her body. They also found evidence of two other strokes she had suffered earlier in life without knowing it.
"Now that I know what a stroke feels like, I can remember those two other times. One happened when I was 19, and another one happened a year before," she said. At the time, she'd been given pain medication for debilitating headaches and was told they probably were caused by stress.
At age 28, at Rose Medical Center in Denver, with a 4-month-old fetus inside her body, doctors explained her options.
The AVM needed to be removed, and it would take four consecutive surgeries. They suggested that she terminate the pregnancy, which her husband said was not an option. Christina does not remember any of this, but said she's glad that he made that decision. Instead, they kept her in the hospital until her mind returned to normal and scheduled a cesarean section for a month before her original due date. Christina's brain would not survive a natural childbirth.
It would be almost a month before Christina's memory returned.
"You know that movie, '50 First Dates'?" she asked. "I was two-minute Christina. I would forget where I was and why I was there."
She was convinced the doctors were holding her hostage, and at night, she would rip the IVs out of her arm and pace the halls, yelling for help. Eventually, they made her sleep in a straitjacket.
The first thing Davis can remember for herself was waking up in her hospital bed, in an empty room. In front of her was a huge, handwritten sign: "You are at Rose Medical Center. You had a stroke."
She remembers feeling sad and lonely because no one was there.
"I thought no one cared about me," she said. What she didn't know, or couldn't remember, was that her mother had been staying in a nearby hotel for three weeks and had left her daily bedside watch only a day or two before.
Davis was released from the hospital three days later.
Davis' baby, Kailee, was born three months premature. She weighed 2 pounds at the time, but now is a healthy 4-year-old. After Kailee's birth, Davis underwent the necessary four brain surgeries, at a rate of one every four or five days, to remove the AVM.
"I've been on the road to recovery ever since," she said. "I remember things now."
Davis wasn't allowed to drive for two years after the surgery because she had no long-term memory.
"It was the simple things that I forgot to do," she said. "I couldn't read. I couldn't add. I had to learn all of that in rehab. But once it started coming back, it came back pretty fast."
Davis won't be going back to law school, and doctors say that she probably will never hold a regular job. But doctors also told her that she might never walk again, and she now does.
Most importantly, Davis, now 33, is well enough to care for her daughter on her own.
"I have a normal life. It's not what I thought it was going to be. It was not my plan to be a housewife," said Davis, who would have graduated from law school this year. "But I'm happy. I couldn't ask for a healthier daughter. I feel blessed.
"I'm a Christian, and I believe that God has a plan for everyone. Things might not turn out the way you wanted. Usually, they turn out better. Not a day goes by that I don't think about that."
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Area and schools on lockdown. At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas so far, as this horrible story develops.
Update: wounded count now up to 30
NBC reports from The Pentagon (Jim Miklaszewski) that this may be a terrorist attack. But that is not confirmed
Update: CNN now reporting 11 dead.
MSNBC had on their site (and has since removed) this quote (which is still available at Hotair linked above)
"A senior administration official told NBC News analyst Roger Cressey that the suspect who was in custody was an Army major with an Arabic-sounding name. The official said the shootings could have been a criminal matter rather than a terrorism-related attack and that there was no intelligence to suggest a plot against Fort Hood."
The suspected gunman was identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He was killed and two other suspects have been apprehended, Lt. Robert W. Cone said. (ABC) A muslim.
CBS says Malik Hasan was a licensed psychiatrist from Maryland
Sarah Palin: On the Tragic Shooting Today at Ft. Hood
Fort Hood killer Malik Nadal Hasan was once quoted as saying "Muslims should rise up and kill the aggressors". According to twitter user SusanHW who heard it on Hugh Hewitt radio show!
Malik Nadal Hasan is still alive (unfortunately), and is NOT a muslim
convert, but born a muslim!
Hasan was also apparently a big fan of muslims suicide bombings, so much so that he posted about it on the internet. (Washington Examiner and Gateway Pundit)
After lauding a Muslim U.S. Army soldier who killed comrades in Kuwait in 2003, Hasan wrote in an online posting, "If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers … that would be considered a strategic victory."
Update 11/6/09 – The Blog Prof reports that Hasan shouted Allahu Akbar! before shooting
AP/Breitbart former classmate Dr. Val Finnell of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a "war against Islam."
WND: WOW! Nidal Hasan played a homeland security advisory role in Obama's transition into the White House, according to a key university policy institute document. Heres a video from Hasan at a Homeland Security event last November:
Too all you losers in the "Politically correct" media. This is a terrorist attack, no matter how much you want to hide it.


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June 24, 2010: Anesthesiologist Sentenced on Health Care Fraud Charge
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Criminal Investigations
U.S. Department of Justice Press Release
For Immediate Release
June 24, 2010
U.S. Department of Justice
District of Massachusetts
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz
BOSTON, Mass... - The former chief of the acute pain clinic at Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced today in federal court for health care fraud.
United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Mark Dragonetti, Special Agent in Charge of the Food & Drug Administration - Office of Criminal Investigations; Susan J. Waddell, Special Agent in Charge of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General - Office of Investigations; and James C. Burrell, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation – Boston Field Division, announced today that SCOTT REUBEN, 51, of Longmeadow, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ponsor to six months imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, restitution of $361,932 and forfeiture of $50,000. REUBEN pleaded guilty to engaging in health care fraud on February 22, 2010.
At the earlier plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that had the case proceeded to trial the Government's evidence would have proven that REUBEN obtained research grants from pharmaceutical companies for the purpose of performing research on pain management, including one from Pfizer in 2005 regarding the use of multi-modal analgesia for patients having and recovering from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery. Despite entering into contracts by which pharmaceutical companies funded his research and provided free drug for the studies, REUBEN did not actually perform certain studies, including one funded by Pfizer on the topic of "Perioperative Administration of Celecoxib as a Component of Multimodal Analgesia for Outpatient Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery." However, REUBEN caused medical journals, including Anesthesia and Analgesia to publish articles touting his multi-modal analgesia therapy despite knowing that he had falsified the research.
The case was investigated by the Food & Drug Administration - Office of Criminal Investigations, Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General - Office of Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeremy Sternberg of Ortiz's Health Care Fraud Unit.
Contact: Christina Dilorio-Sterling
Phone: (617) 748-3356


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Douglas H. Clements
Geometry at three? You bet! From an early age, children make sense of the shapes they see in the world around them.
Your toddler, after some experimentation, puts a square block into a square hole. It fits! She tries again. Success is a great feeling.
Watching this thoughtful exploration, you might ask yourself: What does my child know about shapes? What is she learning? What more will she learn in preschool? What might she learn if given the opportunity?
Your children "do" mathematics spontaneously in their lives and in their play. We've all seen preschoolers exploring shares and patterns, drawing and creating geometric designs, taking joy in recognizing and naming specific shapes they see. This is geometry -- an area of mathematics that is one of the most natural and fun for young children.
During the preschool years, children's intuitive knowledge of geometry frequently exceeds their numerical skills. By building on strengths and interests that are already present, parents and teachers can foster enthusiasm for mathematics and provide a logical context to develop number ideas.
In a preschool classroom you might see a scene that looks something like this: A teacher challenges Michelle and Debbie to use their bodies to make a shape together. The children sit down facing each other and stretch their legs apart. With feet touching, they create a diamond. Another child takes a look, sees the diamond shape, and says: "If we put someone inside, we can make two triangles." Immediately, they ask Ray, the smallest child, to scrunch in and lie across the middle. It works! A diamond can be divided into two triangles. Michelle notes that there's a shape that has six sides, and she wants to try making one of those. Another child may even know that the shape is called a hexagon. After a brief discussion, Michelle gets five other children together. Then, under her direction, they all lie down on the floor and create a six-sided shape.
Building your child's geometric imagination
Preschoolers are learning to make mental images -- pictures they can carry in their minds. Young children ten to form static images -- "still" mental pictures they can refer to. Older children are learning to form dynamic images that they can move or change. For examples: Five-year-old Brian eyes the gerbil cage, trying to figure out if it will fit in the back of his mother's car. He thinks so, and later that day he finds out he's right. Building children's geometric imaginations is an important part of exploring spatial relations and experiencing mathematics.
By age six, children often have stable yet limiting ideas about shapes. Four-year-old Tina tells her teacher, "That's not a square. It's too big. A square looks like this." Her classmate Charlie adds, "Triangles have to be this way. That's not a triangle. It's too upside down." You can broaden your child's understanding by pointing out to her a variety of examples -- squares that are many sizes and triangles that are "long," "skinny," "fat," and turned in many directions.
You can also encourage deeper thinking about shapes not just through hands-on activities and discussion, but through picture books. In The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns (Scholastic Inc.), a triangle gets so bored being the same old shape that it asks a shapeshifter for one more side and one more angle. Then it becomes a quadrilateral. After demanding more sides and angles and becoming a pentagon, hexagon, and so on, the shape learns that being a triangle is the most interesting after all. [For more books about math, see "Good math reads" on page 51.]
Building imagery
Your child's teacher will be engaging the class in various activities that encourage mathematical thinking. For instance, she will be helping children continue to build static and dynamic images through manipulative work with shapes such as unit blocks, puzzles, and tangrams.
After children have plenty of time to explore and work with these materials, she'll introduce "quick-image" activities. This is something that you and your child can easily do at home. Just draw a simple set of shapes on a piece of paper. Then give your child a brief glimpse and cover the image back up. You might draw a square divided into two small squares and a rectangle. After your child has had a quick look, ask her to share what she has seen. She may respond be describing the shapes or talking about the images she is reminded of. Remember: There really aren't any incorrect responses. You simply want to involve her in thinking about shapes and what she sees.
Building with blocks
When your child plays with blocks, he is creating forms and structures that are based on mathematical relationships. For example: When children are working to make a roof for their block building, they are struggling with the concept of "length relationships." When they substitute two shorter blocks for one long one, they are working with the concept of "equivalence." As they continue building -- higher and higher, wider and wider -- they are considering height, area, and volume.
Encourage your child to discuss his thinking and help him put words to his actions. For example if your child and a friend are arguing over whose block tower is biggest, ask if they mean whose building is tallest or widest or whose tower has the most blocks. They may be surprised to find that the tallest tower doesn't have the most blocks! This gives them a new way to consider what they're doing. You can also engage your child in thinking about the similarities and differences among the blocks they use and the structures they make. Suggest that he try a variety of challenges -- putting blocks in order by length or using shorter blocks to make a wall that's a s long as the longest block.
Remember that these activities are not meant to determine your child's aptitude for math or to see how many right responses he comes up with. They are, instead, opportunities to explore the properties of mathematics and encourage children to participate in logical, creative, and critical thinking.
Mapping the world
As all parents and teachers know, young children learn to get around early. But what can they understand about place and movement mathematically? Is it reasonable to think that your young child could actually make and use maps? Consider this:
- Many three-year olds can build simple but meaningful maps with landscape toys such as houses, cars, and trees. Some threes can even replicate a room in miniature using blocks, toys, and other props.
- Many older preschoolers know about relative distances between landmarks. For example, without having been specifically told, four-year-old Andrea many know that there is a greater distance between her house and Grandma's than there is between her house and the stop sign.
- Many children can also place locations based on a route. Let's say you take a walk to the store with your child. You leave your house, turn right, go down the street one block, turn right again, and walk one more block to the store. Back at home, stand in front of the house with your child and ask him where the store is. Without ever having walked the route "as the crow flies," your child points diagonally in the direction of the store.
- When challenged to learn a route through a playhouse that had six rooms, four-year-olds who examined a map beforehand learned a route more quickly than those who did not.
Geometry can be the most fun and naturally engaging aspect of mathematics to explore with your child. As children learn about the structure of shapes and space, they are building on what they already know. But we must all keep in mind that children learn these ideas most effectively through active engagement with toys, blocks, puzzles, manipulatives, drawings, computers -- and, of course, you!
Math around the house
Your child can learn math through everyday activities and by using ordinary household items!
Tableware Setting the table helps your child grasp the concept of one-to-one correspondence. How many people are going to eat? That's how many forks, spoons, plates, napkins, and so on he'll need so that there can be one at each place setting. Through this task your child will also practice patterning: At each place, he'll put the napkin and fork on the left, the plate in the middle, and the knife and spoon on the right. (Every now and then you can defy convention and have your child create a new place-setting pattern.)
Socks Empty out a drawer of socks (or have your child pick out all the socks from the clean laundry). Your preschooler will observe that two of something makes a pair -- an important math word. Use the socks to teach him other math terms. For instance, is the number of red socks more than, less than, or equal to the number of blue socks?
Cereal boxes With cereal and other food boxes, your child can build towers, create a for, stack together doll furniture, and so on -- all of which will help him visualize three-dimensional geometric relationships and learn the concepts of "little," "big," and "bigger."
Buttons You can put to good use all those miscellaneous fasteners you've saved over the years. Empty your button box and encourage your child to see how many ways they "go together." He can sort them by size, by number of holes, or by color. This will help him see that items can be sorted and classified inn many ways. (This activity is for children over age three who do not put small objects in their mouth.)
Good math reads
Here are some great books about shapes and maps:
As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman, illustrate by Harvey Stevenson (Bradbury Press)
Getting around!
Young children are not necessarily natural map readers, but they do possess impressive abilities that can be fun and exciting to explore. Here are some activities to do just that:
Where are we? Offer your child cut-out felt shapes of items in her backyard, such as trees, a picnic table, a swing set, the sandbox, and so on. Encourage her to lay out the shapes on a felt board to make a simple map. (The same can be done for her bedroom.) Point out that changing any item would change the map.
Which way is up? Your child may be ready to learn environmental directions such as "above," "over," and "behind," and develop navigation ideas such as "font," "back," "going forward," and "turning." To foster this learning, help her represent these concepts on simple maps. For instance: Ask her to use masking tape and help you mark a path from the door to the wastebasket. Together decide where to glue the door and the wastebasket on a large sheet of paper. Then look for and list the items on the map. As you child gets the hang of map making, she may want to work on some more complicated maps.
What's your perspective? Provide opportunities for your child to explore perspective. Take photographs of your home from different perspectives and spread them out on a table to discuss and think about. Another idea is to photograph your child's favorite playground equipment from different perspectives. Mix up the photographs and let her sort them according to structure.
Did you know?
Surprise! Statistics show that as children get older, their knowledge about shapes doesn't necessarily increase. That tells us we're not doing an effective job of building on children's great beginnings.
Promoting math thinking at home
Here are some guidelines to keep in mind:
Good questions to ask:
Author's note: Time to prepare this materials was partially provided by National Science Foundation Research Grant NSF MDS-8954664, "An Investigation of the Development of Elementary Children's Geometry Thinking in Computer and Noncomputer Environments" and National Science Foundation, grant ESI-9730804, "Building Blocks—Foundations for Mathematical Thinking, Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 2: Research-based Materials Development." Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Also note that the photos by John Fortunato, that were part of the original article, are not included in this online version.
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Douglas H. Clements, Ph.D., is a professor of early childhood education at the State University of New York at Buffalo and an active research and writer in mathematics and computer education. He has also taught preschool and kindergarten.
Other Articles by Douglas H. Clements:
7 Ways to Add Math to Everyday Play
Analyzing Children's Length Strategies with Two-Dimensional Tasks: What Counts For Length?
Building Blocks of Early Childhood Mathematics PDF
Building Blocks for early childhood mathematics PDF
Building Blocks for Young Children's Mathematical Development PDF
A Case for a Logo-Based Elementary School Geometry Curriculum
Challenges for Teachers Attempting to Integrate a Mathematics Innovation
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The fall: from esteemed owner to lowly renter
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You may not gain respect when you rent, but you may be happy, writes Rachel Buchanan.
We have just moved house. Our address has changed and so has our status. Instead of being home owners we are now renters. In a society that continues to be obsessed with home ownership and mortgages (the bigger the better) the transition we have made seems to indicate not only financial but moral failure. We have "gone backwards" and the way we have been treated has changed accordingly.
As home owners we were made to feel important and worthwhile. Our time mattered. When I called real estate agents to ask about selling our house - "a double-brick Victorian terrace with abundant storage space and a landscaped outdoor living area" - I was put through immediately. One hour after that first call, an orange folder was deposited on our doorstep containing a letter addressed to me offering free this and free that. The agent came round. He had dark hair, well-cut, and a nice suit. He complimented us on our house which, he said, "presented very well".
More agents arrived. They came in pairs. They goo-gaahed the baby and sang a line or two from the Wiggles video that the three-year-old was watching. Their appraisals were also positive. Our house was cute and cosy. Our house was rich in period features. Our house was in a desirable, up-and-coming-area. Our house faced north. Our house was wonderful and so were we!
We sold the house and started to look for somewhere else. Nothing appealed, certainly nothing that we could afford.
Weeks passed. The settlement date loomed. All of a sudden it was a big rush to find somewhere else to live. With no other choice, we decided to rent for a year or so rather than rushing in to buy something that wasn't right.
Now that we were renters we had to persuade the owners and real estate agents of our worth.
I was amazed and shocked, really, at how much of a failure I felt because we had not managed to buy another house. Our experiences with real estate agents heightened these feelings.
I called up some agents and left messages explaining what we were looking for. No one rang back. I left more messages. Still nothing. Finally I got through to one guy and he explained that in Yarraville and Seddon, two of the areas we were considering, up to 80 people sometimes applied for a house. Bearing this in mind, he said, many people "chose" to supply their bank statements along with all the other application paraphernalia.
When we were home owners we didn't have to prove anything. Our ability to generate debt proved our worth. We didn't even have to work for our money. All we had to do was ring the bank and refinance the mortgage. A few days later we would find ourselves $20,000 richer. It was like magic.
Those days were over. Now that we were renters, we had everything to prove. We had to persuade "them" - the owners and real estate agents - of our worth.
When you are buying, you do the inspecting. When you are renting, you are the one who is inspected. Your bank balance, your work history, your income, your dependants, all of these things are examined and measured against other applicants.
Open for inspections at rental places are very different from open for inspections at houses for sale. Often the departing tenants are packing as you troop through. There are boxes, papers and clothes everywhere. The house is more likely to smell of cigarettes than essential oils.
I met the agent who had suggested we supply a bank statement at one such open. He was smaller than his non-rental colleagues; his suit was cheap, his hair scraggly. He stood under the listing eaves of the wooden house, a pile of unclaimed application forms in his hand.
Dozens of people roamed about inside. It was dark and mean and broken down. Few of the kitchen cupboards had any doors. Mould grew along skirting boards and across sagging ceilings. In the front bedroom, a young man and woman were packing a suitcase.
If it was for sale, this place would be a "renovator's delight", a pitch that appeals to the financial and practical mastery of prospective buyers. It would be a place of opportunity and transformation. As a rental, it is just a dump that people are forced to live in because they can't afford anything better.
When I was younger and lived in share houses, I inspected many run-down places and ended up living in quite a few of them. I didn't notice the smell of cigarettes because I smoked heaps myself. It is a different experience, though, considering these houses as a home when you have two small children.
We were the only people with kids looking at that horrible house but there are plenty of families around Melbourne who live in places like this or even worse, people who will never be able to own their own homes, no matter how hard they work. They will never enjoy the many privileges of home ownership.
One of those privileges is the tax-free income you get if you sell your house, like we did, for more than you paid. It's the ultimate cash-in-hand job and totally legal.
Home ownership insulates you. We were fortunate that the profit from selling our house means we have enough money to rent somewhere pleasant and, eventually, we hope, the deposit for another place.
In the meantime, we are debt-free. Our "dead" rent money pays for a house about three times the size of the old one. It has a rumpus room that opens out onto the backyard, a massive space that features three patches of grass, a mature peppercorn, a small tin shed, a Hills Hoist and an attractive paved area that encompasses the brick altar of the barbecue. Sometimes it can be nice to go backwards for a while.
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Wolyniec has been including printmaking in his collages since 2009 (before that he used inkjet printing), and this medium has become increasingly foregrounded. Using inked Masonite shapes and remnants from his creative process, including the remains of punched holes, he goes back and forth between printing and collaging, building up richly layered and complex compositions that play with material, substance, shadow, and trace. Wolyniec is clearly enamored by printmaking's possibilities and also unpredictability, which interrupts and complicates the decision making process.
Some works, like "HW10.39," at first appear muddy only to reveal subtle variations in color, surface, ranging from glossy, even iridescent, to matte, and texture, including raised collaged elements. To catch these complexities it helps to look at the work in raking light. In "HW10.26" Wolyniec pulls out all registers, as it were, resulting in shimmering depths and finely tuned correspondences of colors. The textured paper has picked up ink resulting in a fine mottled pattern. It is one of very few pieces that include stripes, though they read like extended dots. "HW10.26" is also unusual as the generally outward moving composition is checked by collaged blocks of green background paper jutting inward, leaving the relationship between background and composition open-ended.
"HW10.31" is just plain gorgeous. Layer after layer of glossy, jewel-like rectangles in colors ranging from light blue, white, various greens, a graphite-like black, and silver are printed on an orange collaged background without clear compositional borders. The reflective "wetness" of the ink creates a rich contrast to the matte surround, and partial printing allows for the interrelation of layers and beautiful color harmonies. "HW10.31" is all about incomplete edges and interwoven shapes with windows opening up onto other spaces, revealing what appears to be a grid of black underneath. It is alive with energy and endless points of interest — it feels utterly right and complete, yet not finished or settled.
One very successful exception to Wolyniec's approach of layering is "HW10.43" in which all elements are in one plane with carefully laid out interstices of blue paper providing an active breathing space. It is the simplest work in the show and lighter in color too with its white, yellow, and dark green shapes on blue paper.
Art does not have to mean something in order to be meaningful. Wolyniec's work does not represent or suggest anything, does not invite parallels to the observable world — only to itself. It is just there, asking for closer scrutiny to the point of getting lost in it. Shapes and colors in harmonic and rhythmic order, or balanced chaos, can be enough to affect us in genuinely rewarding ways. Wolyniec's work certainly does so. He is a highly accomplished and smart artist whose great compositional sensitivity is evident in every one of the works included in this show.
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At this time, the tip of South America is my planned destination by the time "this" blog is done in 2 years time...or so. This is going to be one VERY long blog (maybe). In Part I, I had a big NOT after the Ends of the Earth. That blog ended, basically, with my stop in Tofino, British Columbia where I had found Peace and Grace, the purpose of that Journey. I never made it to the Ends of the Earth that time. My first book ended with a ...to be continued. Even though there is a Part II (the sequel to Part I), this blog is the actual continuation of the original Journey. The Post Scriptum in the book might explain why this is the continuation (so buy the book if you want to know why, it's available on Amazon). But then, until this blog is actually written, who knows what it's true purpose is. What will happen during this period that will support all that I wrote in Part I? Do Paul's Dreams come true?
This Journey! You now know that the destination is the southern tip of South America and at some point in time I'll be going to Gander, Newfoundland. In 3 of the past 4 blogs I always seem to make a detour through Winnipeg. Family is important. Detours not so. Alexis needs to be in Winnipeg again this summer and so our journey "officially" starts there.
The South America portion of the journey will be by motorcycle. That portion of the journey will be in my movie. Backtrack up through Central America to Guatemala where I will have driven my motorhome (which I still do not own) from the northern tip of Alaska, to visit my sponsored foster child and drop off some relief cargo for her village. Having started that part of the Journey in Alaska sometimes next fall (maybe), I will have been back in Calgary since next May (or so). (Why have any semblance of order in the way I'm describing what I'll be doing over the next couple of years when my plans always seem to take detours.) My time in Calgary will have been spent finalizing the pre-production of the movie script that I will be writing this winter in Texas (I think).
Having arrived back in Calgary next May for a stopover (history loves to repeat itself-read Part I) from spending the winter in Texas writing my second book and a movie script. Prior to Texas the plan is to spend this December in California (L.A. specifically) meeting/talking to film industry people. I should be on the west coast on Vancouver Island in November and in October will have another stopover in Calgary to finalize the sale of my house (which still hasn't sold and will now be off the market until September).
Back to Winnipeg. From Winnipeg, Alexis and I will be heading to Montreal where my other daughter, Rh�line, is moving to continue her studies in Anthropology at McGill University. The trailer is packed full of her things. Once we get her settled into an apartment, Alexis and I are heading to Prince Edward Island and will meet up with my son, Nick, who will just have finished his summer training at the Naval base in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He'll tour the Island with us for a week before he flies to Calgary to visit family & friends before school restarts in September and he has to return to Kingston at the Royal Military College.
Alexis will fly back to Calgary on August 21 from Halifax. I'll continue on solo to the Atlantic ocean in Newfoundland. The return trip should take me through Boston, a return stop to Nashville, through Kentucky, and Kansas and back to Calgary sometimes in September.
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Cutting Loose in the Catskills
Glen Falls House • Round Top, NY
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- A Two-Night Stay for Two Adults During an Adult-Themed Halloween ($175)
- Or, a Two-Night Stay for Two Adults and Two Children, October 12 to 14 ($255), or September 21 to 23 ($255)
- Six Family-Style Meals per Person
- Discounts Toward Zip-Line Tours at Hunter Mountain
Fall is a great time to get out and play—not too hot, not too cold. Cut loose on these weekend Escapes to the Catskills: The Glen Falls House is offering a two-night stay for two adults during an adult-themed halloween, October 26 to 28 ($175), or a two-night stay for two adults and two children, September 21 to 23 or October 12 to 14 ($255). Each guest also gets six family-style meals during the stay.
The family will get a whole season's worth of excitement without spending an eternity stuck in the car. In fact, the Glen Falls House is just 45 minutes from Albany, two hours from New York City, and three hours from Boston.
"The Catskill Mountains practically beg for outdoor enthusiasts to sample the incredible variety of hiking and biking trails, sheer cliffs for rock climbing, and peaks for skiing," says Frommer's. "But you don't have to be a fleece-clad extreme-sports fan to enjoy the region, which is also home to a great number of historic homesteads, out-of-the-way antique shops, pick-your-own co-ops and dairy farms, and nostalgic attractions like old trains."
With the newfound freedom to do whatever you like, choosing from the region's many family-friendly festivities might seem daunting. But never fear: The resort is close to many great outdoor activities—horseback riding, hay rides, a corn maze, pumpkin and apple picking, and more. You'll also enjoy discounted zip-line tours—600 feet above the forest floor—at Hunter Mountain.
If you prefer not to stray far, the 46-acre property is a veritable outdoor playground. You could spend hours on its wooded trails, softball field, or volleyball, tennis, and basketball courts.
You'll keep the action-packed day going full steam ahead with three included family-style meals per person daily, prepared using recipes that have been handed down for generations. And you won't mind staying put for a few minutes to enjoy dishes ranging from traditional American to German and Italian cuisine.
Make the most of the beautiful fall season. Take off on this week's Escape to the Catskills and savor autumn.
"This is probably one of the best vacations EVER! It has awesome entertainment with tennis, basketball, ping pong, volleyball—you name it! The meals were home-cooked, which was yummyful!"-- TripAdvisor
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Burlington and Community
The nation's smallest big city: Burlington is a thriving, picturesque city where student and family quality–of–life have been applauded by Outside Magazine, Self, The Princeton Review, and more thanks to a thriving arts scene, a progressive culture of firsts and a thriving economy. Learn more about Burlington, Vermont.
Well over 1,300 graduate students on UVM's campus: The graduate community at UVM is large and entrenched in the community. Gradnet is a listserv for graduate students across campus. Signing up will keep you in touch with the UVM grad community, and will let you know about everything from yard sales and social events to thesis defense deadlines. To join the list, send email to LISTSERV at: firstname.lastname@example.com. In the body of the message, place the following subscribe command: subscribe gradnet First Last. Replace the words "First Last" with your name. Here is an example: subscribe gradnet Joe Smith. The welcoming message you receive from the listserv will tell you how to unsubscribe if you decide to do so in the future.
Things to do: From Church Street Marketplace to the picturesque Waterfront; from the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts to Live Music around town, Burlington and its environs are alive with activity, places to visit and shop, and the arts.
Housing: Graduate student housing is available both through UVM and off-campus landlords and realtors. For housing through UVM Click HERE or call (802) 656-3434. For off-campus housing in and around Burlington, check the classified ads in the Burlington Free Press, 7 Days, and websites like Apartments.com and Trulia.com
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A spacious luxury villa with well-established garden, perfect for family holidays
Le Murier is named for the lovely Murier Platane tree which dominates the entrance and parking area for the villa. It is Henry IV of France (1553-1610) who imposed on the farmers of Provence to plant Murier trees to raise silkworms, and you will still find many of the original trees here.
This 5-bedroom, 5-bathroom villa offers guests a relaxing holiday in a quiet, rural setting – a little paradise for adventurous, imaginative children who like to explore – which is also very close to Lourmarin (walking from the house along a small path called St André, you will be in the village within 12 minutes).
The house can accommodate up to 10 people. It has a spacious living room with three French doors, making it bright yet cool in the Provence summer.
Guests can swim or sit by the pool or on a south-facing terrace with a glass of rosé and enjoy the full sunshine and balmy weather of Provence. There are two outdoor dining areas, one facing the pool and garden, the other covered as well, adjacent to the petanques court.
The entrance, living room, dining room, dining area, two bedrooms, separate TV room and large outside terrace are at ground level, while the kitchen is one level down. Move up a level from ground, to access two of the en-suite bedrooms.
Four of the bedrooms have two beds which can be used as twins or combined to make a king-sized bed. In addition, there is a comfortable, independent studio with a queen-sized bed, which is available if needed.
All five bathrooms are modern, with tiled floors and showers; one bathroom has a tub/shower. Four of the bathrooms are en-suite, one is adjacent to the 5th bedroom. There are hair dryers in each bathroom.
The kitchen is bright and very well equipped with microwave, dishwasher, induction stove top, oven and an American fridge with ice-maker. There is an island for food prep or dining.
Other amenities/facilities include a barbecue, private pool, parking, garden, ironing board, iron, washing machine and tumble dryer. All linens and towels, including pool towels, are provided. Linens are changed weekly with maid service or on the changeover date.
There is wifi access throughout the property, with TV (UK and US channels).
Perhaps the greatest asset of the villa is its location in Provence – it's very central. The property is just a 12-minute walk from the picturesque town of Lourmarin, which is known as the cultural hub of the Luberon and said to have the best weekly market in the area.
From Lourmarin it is possible to explore several natural parks like Les Alpilles (in St-Rémy), La Camargue with its wild horses (in Sainte-Marie-De-La Mer), and the Gorges du Verdon park, one of the most beautiful canyon in France. All are only an hour or 90 minutes' drive from Lourmarin.
Other picturesque pillages within a few minutes' drive include Cucuron, Ansouis and Vaugine. Aix-en-Provence is less than 30 minutes away and the Aix TGV station and Marseilles Marignan Airport are within an hour's drive.
We're happy to answer any specific questions you might have about the property before you book. Or please feel fee to visit our website - search rentourhomeinprovence - for detailed info about this and other properties in our portfolio.
About the Owner
About Walter Geiser
My husband and I live in Anguilla, British West Indies most of the year. We spend several months in the summer on Cape Cod, MA. Ever since we stumbled on the market in Lourmarin in 2000, we have returned to Lourmarin annually. It is a very special town and the area is beautiful. We bought Le Murier in 2012 and have taken the year to update and renovate the spacious villa. It is a quiet retreat in the country but within walking distance to town. After renting in other areas in Provence, we finally settled on Lourmarin because of its central location for day trips, the cultural activities at the Château and for the charming boutiques and casual cafes and restaurants which line the streets with temptations.
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Walter Geiser purchased this villa in 2012
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Lourmarin is located 1 hour driving time to the MRS airport/Marseille. It is 1 1/4 hour drive to Cassis, to the south and east of Marseille. Nice is approximately a 2 hour drive.
It is a one hour drive from Le Murier to MRS airport near Marseille; there are two driving options. Also it is a one hour drive to the TGV in Avignon with direct service to Paris; likewise the TGV near Aix-en-Provence. The TGV to/from Paris is 2 1/2 hour trip from Avignon and 2 3/4 hour trip from Aix TGV.
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Lourmarin which is a short drive from the villa has many boutiques, a boulangerie, small grocery stores, post, ATM and tabac. There is a larger super market less than 10 minute drive and 15 minutes away by car there are several large supermarkets as well as a Picard for gourmet frozen take away food.
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Summer 2017
17 Jun 2017 - 15 Sep 2017
Changeover Day: Saturday
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Summer 2018
16 Jun 2018 - 14 Sep 2018
Changeover Day: Saturday
7 night minimum stay
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Changeover Day: Saturday
7 night minimum stay
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We request a security deposit of €250 (cash) on the day of your arrival. It will be returned on the day of your departure after a satisfactory inventory check.
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- 50% refund for cancellations more than 14 days before check-in date.
- 100% refund for cancellations more than 30 days before check-in date.
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Property Type
- villa
- Internet
- Iron & Board
- Parking
- Tumble Dryer
- Washing Machine
- Dishwasher
- Freezer
- Kitchen ...
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Hob
- Television
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- Private Pool
- suitable for elderly or infirm
Location Type
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- town
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Bath (no shower), Shower Enclosure
- Shower room 1 - Shower Enclosure
- Shower room 2 - Shower Enclosure
- Shower room 3 - Shower Enclosure
- All bathrooms are up to date with tile floors and showers; one bath has a tub/shower. Three bathrooms are en-suite, one bath is adjacent to 4th bedroom. There are hair dryers in each bathroom. All linens and towels including pool towels are provided.
- 4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 10
- Bedroom 1
- Bedroom 2
- Bedroom 3
- Bedroom 4
- Description of sleeping capacity: Sleeps 10 (4 Bedrooms) Notes on bedrooms: All four bedrooms have twin beds which can be used as twins or combined to make king size beds. In addition there is an independent studio with a queen bed which is available if needed.
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- Max. occupancy: 10
- children welcome
- Notes on accommodation: Wifi is available throughout the villa and by the pool as well. Utility Room: There is a clothes washing machine in the kitchen and a dryer is available in a sports room. Also there is a clothes line and folding rack for drying clothes. A vacuum cleaner is available on the premises. Cleaning / Towels / Linen / Maid service: All linens and towels including pool towels are provided. Linens are changed weekly with maid service or on the changeover date.


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Songwriters in the Round
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Balsam Mountain Inn will be holding its monthly "Songwriters in the Round" show on Saturday, March l6. The show starts at 7:30 pm. and the buffet is served at 6 p.m. This month will feature Cowgirl, a Diva and a Shameless Hussy (Becky Hobbs, Benita Hill and Kacey Jones). The trio of performing songwriters will share their original country, rock, jazz, comedy and blues songs. Visit Balsammountaininn.net.


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Botched crash investigation leads to shake-up at IMPD
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Indianapolis - The mistakes made in the Officer David Bisard case will lead to some major changes at the Indianapolis Metro Police Department, including personnel.
Officer David Bisard, 36, was involved in a high-speed crash August 6 while driving his squad car. He struck a group of motorcyclists who were waiting at a red light at East 56th Street and Brendon Way, killing 30-year-old Eric Wells and critically injuring two others.
Bisard's blood alcohol content was .19, according to a blood draw taken after the crash. Prosecutors charged the K-9 officer with seven felonies including reckless homicide.
Bisard's attorneys vowed to challenge the blood draw, and on Thursday, all four counts related to Bisard's blood alcohol content were dismissed, leaving three counts against him, including criminal recklessness and reckless homicide.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi said the blood draw is not admissible in court because it was not conducted at a hospital nor was it performed by proper hospital personnel.
"We are embarrassed. We apologize to the family. We apologize to the community," said Dr. Frank Straub, Indianapolis public safety director.
After sincerely apologizing for the admitted debacle in the Officer David Bisard alleged drunk driving fatal crash, Straub outlined some major changes.
They include the officer in charge at the Bisard crash scene.
"Lt. George Crooks is being removed from his position because the investigative process failed," said Straub.
Despite now failed courtroom evidence, prosecutors say K-9 Officer David Bisard drove drunk and had a blood alcohol content of .19 when he hit two motorcycles. It happened on East 56th Street near I-465 where 30-year-old Eric Wells died and two others suffered critical injuries.
Straub now wants federal assistance on the Bisard case "and also to determine early on whether there are federal charges that could be brought against the officer involved in the investigation or anyone else."
In addition to requesting FBI help, Straub removed Lt. George Crooks from the Fatal Alcohol Crash Team. Plus, Metro Police Chief Paul Ciesielski will review and find police officers to work on The Professional Standards Unit, formally internal affairs.
"I have full faith that as the investigation goes forth we will unveil the truth," said Chief Ciesielski.
While police believe they followed protocol in Bisard's case, "the problem is the process wasn't followed," said Straub.
Police admit there is a process that didn't get followed, making prosecuting Bisard a bigger challenge.
Bisard was in court for a hearing about whether he would get to keep his driver's license. Typically a driver's license is revoked when there is a charge involving DUI.
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Judge Grant Hawkins had to decide if Bisard's drivers license should be suspended pretrial even though the state didn't have probable cause for intoxication at the scene of the accident. Under implied consent statutes, officers can take blood from a driver involved in a serious bodily injury accident or a fatal accident. But that statute does not say anything about suspending the driver's license before the case goes to trial.
Bisard's attorney argued Bisard's license not be suspended, saying the state was 'cherry picking.'
After the crash, Bisard's attorney argued that "there was no probable cause to believe that (Bisard) was intoxicated, nor to offer him a chemical test, and that the missing probable cause cannot be supplied by the after-obtained blood draw result."
Judge Hawkins agreed that the state provided no probable cause under the statute that would suspend his license.
"Obviously we're pleased with the judge's ruling and we're going to leave it at that and go forth with the case," Bisard's attorney John Kautzman said.
Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi was not as pleased. "I am frustrated because there is an appearance, accurate or not, that something was amiss on Friday and I'm not going to sugar coat it," he said. "It is what it is.
"Regardless of what the chief of police said and regardless of what the public safety director said, Mayor Ballard said that someone on scene knew that this person was intoxicated. That strains credibility that no one knew that he was drinking."
Thursday's ruling dealt only with the driver's license, but there is much speculation as to how this ruling will impact further incidents in this case, particularly the blood draw.


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I used to be slightly obsessed with Yuna and decided that cosplaying as her would be my only way to curb my obsession. However being 13 and very naieve, I didn't know about the men who attended expo and why 13 year olds should not wear hotpants.
Anywho yeah XD Don't think i'll ever wear this costume again. Lawl.


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Interview with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in CopenhagenJohn Carey
The Obama Administration officials whose names usually pop up when it comes to issues of climate and energy are Energy Secretary Steven Chu, climate czar Carol Browner, or even President Barack Obama himself. But at the end of the first week at the international climate summit in Copenhagen, it is Gary Locke, Secretary of the Department of Commerce, who is playing the most prominent Administration role.
On Saturday, Dec. 12, Locke toured the technology expo, dubbed Bright Green, that accompanies the meeting. He asked EOS Climate, a South San Francisco company that destroys potent global warming gases (CFCs) from old refrigerators to earn emission reduction credits, how many jobs they have created in the U.S. (Answer: lots.) He marveled at pictures of receding glaciers in the Himalayas. He gave an impromptu speech at the GE Ecomagination booth, hefted a prototype lithium ion car battery with Johnson Controls execs, and praised the overseas Commerce Department staff for helping U.S. companies boost exports. "Fifty eight percent of U.S. companies that export, export to only one country," Locke told them. "Our top priority is to get them to export to two countries. That could double their volume."
After the tour, Locke sat down for a quick interview with Business Week:
Q: What are you learning here in Copenhagen?
Locke: I've been struck by the great enthusiasm by the business leaders—top CEOs in Europe—for aggressive actions against climate change. My meetings with U.S. companies have also been very impressive. A whole cross section of industry supports strong U.S. legislation.
Q: But don't we keep hearing from opponents, like the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the GOP leadership, that climate legislation or would be economy-killers that are bad for business?
Locke: I think there has been a shift even at the Chamber of Commerce. When you have the heads of major oil companies saying they support a new energy policy, that is a shift. More and more, I'm hearing from CEOs of small and medium sized companies who want action. They want the US to do something . From a business perspective, they want certainty. They want an energy policy and cannot make investments until they know what the rules are.
We are also seeing a shift in the U.S. Congress, that's coming because of the voices of business leaders. They see how serious the threat of climate change is to the quality of life, and to their business, and now they see the business opportunities in addressing it.
Q: You seem to be unusual in the Administration in talking about the threats from global warming. Usually, the talk is just about the potential for green jobs and jumpstarting the economy. Are you going off-message?
Locke: "Business can't survive if subjected to floods or droughts."


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Shalane Flanagan is setting a blistering pace in the Boston Marathon, finishing the first 13.1 miles in a record pace of 1:09.25.
The 32-year-old American runner grew up in nearby Marblehead, Mass., and has one goal: winning this race in which she finished fourth last year.
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"If I could have one wish, it would be to win this specific race on this specific day," she said this week. "It basically would be the highlight of my career, for sure. If I could win this specific Boston: It has the most power, the most meaning behind it, of all the Boston Marathons that would be run."
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At last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, Nissan raced the oddly shaped, ultra-efficient DeltaWing. This year, the Japanese automaker has unveiled another groundbreaking vehicle at the site of the historic endurance race: the all-electric Nissan ZEOD RC.
Nissan isn't simply looking to start a conversation with the unique prototype. They're hoping to break a major record. Nissan anticipates their ZEOD RC will be the world's fastest electric race car, with speeds in excess of 186 miles per hour, when it begins testing later this summer.
"As no other manufacturer is using electric battery technology in endurance racing today, Nissan is innovating again and this will provide us with significant amounts of data and information to evaluate potential powertrains for future sport scar programs and allow us to continue as the leader in zero emissions technology on the road," said Nissan executive vice president Andy Palmer in a prepared statement.
In addition to the potential implications for the world of endurance racing, Palmer says the ZEOD RC prototype could benefit Nissan's production electric vehicles as well. "The Nissan ZEOD RC is a natural progression that follows on from the development of the Nissan Leaf road car...The technologies developed through the ZEOD RC program will form part of future innovations for Nissan road cars," said Palmer.
The ZEOD RC won't make its official race debut until next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• Nissan ZEOD RC will utilize the same lithium battery technology as used in the award winning Nissan LEAF
• The Nissan ZEOD RC will achieve speeds in excess of 300km/h
• Multiple electric drivetrain technologies to be tested before racing in 2014 Le Mans 24 Hour and assesed for potential in LM P1
• Nissan again at the forefront of Zero Emission and battery technology
LE MANS, France – Nissan today unveiled the groundbreaking, innovative ZEOD RC – the world's fastest electric racing car that will reach speeds of more than 300km/h with electric technology at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The ZEOD RC (Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car) will make its race debut at next year's Le Mans 24 Hour. The global leader in electric vehicles for the road, Nissan will trial variants of new electric drive train technologies as part of its intended future return to LM P1 competition to challenge for overall victory at the world's most prestigious endurance race.
Nissan's invitation from the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) to compete in the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours was announced by Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn in Japan in February. The car will compete under the ACO's "Garage 56" entry – an additional spot on the grid for vehicles that showcase new and innovative technology.
Run as a Nissan / NISMO full factory international program with input from Japan, Europe and the U.S., the Nissan ZEOD RC design team is headed by Ben Bowlby who has been newly appointed as Nissan's Director of Motorsport Innovation and previously worked on the Nissan DeltaWing program in 2012.
While the car will not race until next year's Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan today kicked off a unique aspect of the program – race fans getting the chance to unveil the car in the public area of the Circuit de la Sarthe. Nissan intends to draw back the curtain for fans across the globe to provide continued updates via its international partnership with YouTube and its NISMO.TV channel.
"Nissan has become a global leader in the development of zero emission automotive technology, and the Nissan ZEOD RC will allow us to further develop those capabilities using the toughest endurance race in the world as a mobile test bed to test the potential of our planned LM P1 power train," said Andy Palmer, Executive Vice President and Executive Committee member at Nissan Motor Company Limited.
"The Nissan ZEOD RC is a natural progression that follows on from the development of the Nissan LEAF road car and the LEAF RC race car prototype. The technologies developed through the ZEOD RC program will form part of future innovations for Nissan road cars.
"Nissan is already a global leader in the sale of all-electric cars and we're eagerly awaiting the opportunity to showcase the lessons learnt with the development of battery technology in the world's oldest, toughest and most high profile endurance race.
"The ZEOD RC program is designed to develop multiple technologies to evaluate how they could be used for a future LM P1 class return of Nissan at the Le Mans 24 Hour. There are multiple options we are investigating. A Zero Emission on Demand option where the driver can switch between electric and petrol-powered drive is a future direction for road cars, so that will be tested in addition to pure electric power and other new technologies that we still have under development.
"As no other manufacturer is using electric battery technology in endurance racing today, Nissan is innovating again and this will provide us with significant amounts of data and information to evaluate potential powertrains for future sportscar programs and allow us to continue as the leader in Zero Emissions technology on the road."
Launched in 2010, the Nissan LEAF has become the world's best-selling all-electric car. The LEAF won the 2010 Green Car Vision Award, the 2011 European Car of the Year, the 2011 World Car of the Year, and the 2011–2012 Car of the Year Japan.
Nissan launched the Nissan LEAF RC in 2011 – a racecar prototype powered by the same 107-hp electric motor that is used in the road car.
While current battery technology does not provide the energy storage capacity to race a solely electric Le Mans prototype, Nissan ZEOD RC designer Ben Bowlby believes the development of the car will be an important step in the "electrification" of the racecars of the future.
"Developing a car like this provides an incredibly challenging test bed for what could be highly effective options for road cars of the future. Throughout the next twelve months we will be testing multiple drive train options in an extensive test program," Bowlby said.
"We have many options to consider and test. The test program is part of a longer term goal of developing a system and a set of rules for this type of technology in partnership with the ACO that would be best suited to competing at the highest level of this sport.
"Nissan is a leader in electric vehicle technology for the road, now we want to take those lessons learnt and utilize that knowledge base in the development of the new race car.
"Our design team on the Nissan ZEOD RC program has concentrated heavily on packaging and aerodynamic efficiency that will not only provide extreme performance but high levels of energy efficiency – the goal for all global automakers.
"A large part of our work in the coming months is to discuss with the ACO future opportunities for the 'electrification' of the Le Mans rules in the future and work towards delivering appropriate technology. Garage 56 is a bold move by the ACO to showcase Innovation and allow testing of untried components and systems for future competition use. To this end they are the most forward thinking promoter in Motorsport today."
Nissan will partner with French tire manufacturer Michelin to produce tires for the new prototype. Nissan previously joined forces with Michelin on the Nissan DeltaWing program. The Clermont-Ferrand-based manufacturer has an enviable record at the Le Mans 24 Hour, winning the past 15 consecutive races overall.
The Nissan ZEOD RC will make its testing debut later this summer. Nissan's assault on the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hour will again target victory in the P2 class with 15 of the 22 entries powered by Nissan. In the opening rounds of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Nissan has dominated, taking victory at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps.


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Emily Beaulieu, RN, APRN, CDE
Emily graduated from the University of New Hampshire in May 2000. She is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Diabetes Educator. She provides health care for the whole family with an emphasis on prevention and education. She specializes in the education and treatment of patients living with diabetes. Medical work in Haiti rounds out her very busy life.
Cynthia Holloran, APRN
Cindy spent most of her professional life working in Critical Care before graduating from the Acute Care/Primary Care nurse practitioner program at Northeastern University in Boston. She enjoys practicing in Internal Medicine because it allows her to treat a variety of conditions while developing long term relationships with her patients. A longtime resident of the valley, she enjoys gardening, photography and sailing when she isn't working.
Sarah Duplinsky, APRN
Sarah Duplinsky, Family Nurse Practitioner, joined Saco River Medical Group in 2013. She is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine. Sarah works as part of our Family Medicine team coordinating care for patients of all ages and promoting healthy lifestyles. She also works in our urgent care department providing episodic and acute care.
Gretchen Lockard, MD
Gretchen Lockard, MD, FAAFP, a Kennett grad, comes back to the Valley from Edmunds, Washington where she practiced family medicine for 10 years. She received her bachelor of science degree from Goucher College, then completed the Brown – Dartmouth Medical School program. Her residency in Family Medicine was completed at the University of Washington in 2002. Gretchen takes a special interest in women's health and pediatrics. She works at both our Conway and Glen offices. Gretchen, her husband, Dan, and daughter live in Jackson.
David F. Ladley, DO
David F. Ladley DO grew up in Upstate New York's Finger Lakes Region. He traveled whenever he had the chance, including as an exchange student to Japan in high school and later to China in college. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT in 2001. David became interested in medicine after making friends with a doctor in Taiwan, where he lived for three years in the early 2000s. He received his medical education at the University Of New England College Of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, ME, graduating in 2012. David completed his residency in family medicine at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, New Jersey, in 2015. David's medical interests include geriatric care, preventative medicine, and management of chronic conditions in adults. Outside of medicine, he enjoys travel, foreign languages, cycling, reading, writing, and DIY projects.
Your Pediatric Team
Ross Emery, MD, FAAP
Dr. Emery is President of Saco River Medical Group. Ross was born and raised in New England before going to McGill University for college. He later worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he met his wife, and attended Jefferson Medical College. He received his pediatric residency training at Maine Medical Center, and particularly enjoys newborn care and sports medicine. Dr. Emery also enjoys mountain biking with his two sons, coaching youth lacrosse and playing hockey.
Rich Laracy, DO, FAAP
Rich completed his BS in Biology at Ursinus College before obtaining his medical degree at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia. After serving his pediatric internship in the Navy, Dr. Laracy completed his pediatric residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland before joining SRMG in 2002. He enjoys living in the Valley with his wife, Julie, and their twin boys keep him in shape with their athletic pursuits.
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Judith Brewster, PA-C
Judith has been with Saco River Medical Group since 1999 – working in our Walk-In clinic – providing urgent care and occupational health to our community and visitors. She graduated from Dickinson College, then George Washington University in D.C., where she received her PA certificate. Judith started her career in emergency / urgent care in Baltimore, before settling here with her husband and daughters, and enjoys boating / skiing and time with her family..
Frank Hubbell, D.O.
Frank is a third-generation Conway native who practices in the urgent care center when he is not directing SOLO, the largest wilderness and pre-hospital emergency care educational program in the world. After founding SOLO in 1974, Dr. Hubbell attended osteopathic school at the University of New England and interned in Portland, Maine before returning to our community. At SRMG, Dr. Hubbell provides Walk-In care and osteopathic manipulation in our Spine Center. He also works to develop health care in several African countries.
Geraldine Lau, MSN, APRN
Prior to joining Saco River Medical Group n 2003, Geraldine practiced a community health clinic, urgent and acute care, and geriatrics. She also taught at Regis College and continues to teach nurse practitioner students. As a family nurse practitioner, Geraldine cares for clients of all ages and promotes a team approach to health care – encouraging patients to advocate and participate in their health plan. She is passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles including healthy diets and smoking cessation.
Suzanne Reid, APRN
Suzanne is a Nurse Practitioner and has a BS in Exercise Science from Johnson State College, completed registered nurse training and earned her MS degree in Science and Family Nurse Practitioner from the Univ. of Southern Maine. Having previously worked in emergency / urgent care, she joined the SRMG Walk-In Clinic in 2006. Special interests in medicine have an urgent care focus, such as acute infections and sports injuries. She lives in Conway with her husband and dogs and can be found outdoors gardening, skiing, biking, and hiking.
Earl "Bud" Freeman, DO
Many people from the Conway area will remember Bud from his years practicing in Fryeburg. He grew up in Kennebunk, Maine, and after the University of Maine in Orono, got his medical education at the Kirksville (Missouri) College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Osteopathic Hospital of Maine in Portland. He was one of the founders of the Saco Valley Clinic in Fryeburg, and was there for 20+ years. Due to medical issues in the family, he returned to his home town and practiced in Kennebunk for another 20+ years. He and Dr. Hubbell have talked for years about working together; Bud joined SRMG in early 2013. He provides walk-in and osteopathic manipulation in our Spine Center, as well as operates our Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinic for opiate addition. He is licensed in New Hampshire and Maine.
Heidi Root, MD
Heidi is a Board-certified internist, specializing in the primary care of adults. Focusing on the out-patient needs of her patients allows her more time to attend to their day-to-day needs. Born and raised in up-state New York, she attended Syracuse University, NYU Medical School and completed her residency at the University of Vermont. Heidi is a Saco River Medical Group "original", having worked in the Mount Washington Valley since 1993. She is well-known in the community and serves in Haiti during her "free time." Children, grandchildren, gardening, reading and knitting fill her off-hours.
Specialty Care
Kenji Fukunaga, Lic. Ac
Kenji studied Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine for six years in both Japan and China. He has worked in hospitals, clinics and sports facilities and brings many years of experience to our group. He is licensed to practice acupuncture in New Hampshire, Vermont and Japan.
Our Primary Care and Pediatric Providers Weekly Schedule
Emily Beaulieu, RN, APRN, CDE – Tuesday – Friday – Conway
Sarah Duplinsky, APRN – Monday & Tuesday, Thursday – Conway
Ross Emery, MD, FAAP – Monday – Friday – Conway
David F. Ladley, DO – Monday, Wednesday and Friday – Conway – 1st and 3rd Tuesday – Glen – 2nd and 4th Tuesday – Conway
Kenji Fukunaga, Lic. Ac – Friday – Conway
Cynthia Holloran, APRN – Wednesday & Thursday – Conway and the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month– Conway 2nd and 4th Tuesday- Glen Friday – Glen
Rich Laracy, DO, FAAP– Monday – Friday – Conway
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Calculators are useful tools in elementary mathematics classes, if students already have some basic skills, new research has found. The findings shed light on the debate about whether and when calculators should be used in the classroom.
"These findings suggest that it is important children first learn how to calculate answers on their own, but after that initial phase, using calculators is a fine thing to do, even for basic multiplication facts," Bethany Rittle-Johnson, assistant professor of psychology in Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development and co-author of the study, said.
The research is currently in press at the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and is available on the journal's Web site.
Rittle-Johnson and co-author Alexander Kmicikewycz, who completed the work as his undergraduate honors thesis at Peabody, found that the level of a student's knowledge of mathematics facts was the determining factor in whether a calculator hindered his or her learning.
"The study indicates technology such as calculators can help kids who already have a strong foundation in basic skills," Kmicikewycz, now a teacher in New York City public schools, said.
"For students who did not know many multiplication facts, generating the answers on their own, without a calculator, was important and helped their performance on subsequent tests," Rittle-Johnson added. "But for students who already knew some multiplication facts, it didn't matter – using a calculator to practice neither helped nor harmed them."
The researchers compared third graders' performance on multiplication problems after they had spent a class period working on other multiplication problems. Some of the students spent that class period generating answers on their own, while others simply read the answers from a calculator. All students used a calculator to check their answers.
The researchers found that the calculator's effect on subsequent performance depended on how much the students knew to begin with. For those students who already had some multiplication skills, using the calculator before taking the test had no impact. But for those who were not good at multiplying, use of the calculator had a negative impact on their performance.
The researchers also found that the students using calculators were able to practice more problems and had fewer errors.
"Teachers struggle with how to give kids immediate feedback, which we know speeds the learning process. So, another use for calculators is allowing students to use them to check the answers they have come up with by themselves, giving them immediate feedback and more time for practice," Rittle-Johnson said.
And, for many of the students, using calculators was simply fun.
"Kids enjoyed them. It's one way to make memorizing your multiplication facts a more interesting thing to do," Rittle-Johnson said.
"So much of how you teach depends on how you market the material – presentation is very important to kids," Kmicikewycz added. "Many of these students had never used a calculator before, so it added a fun aspect to math class for them."
"It's a good tool that some teachers shy away from, because they are worried it's going to have negative consequences," Rittle-Johnson said. "I think that the evidence suggests there are good uses of calculators, even in elementary school."
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A final decision has been made on the closure of two residential schools catering to children with intellectual disabilities - Salisbury School in Nelson and McKenzie Residential School in Christchurch. They will close at the start of next year.
Education Minister Hekia Parata announced yesterday the schools were given 28 days to comment on the proposal to be closed.
Under the proposal Ms Parata said she had reached a compromise by keeping two of four residential schools open - Halswell Residential College in Christchurch and Westbridge Residential School in Auckland.
By keeping the two residential schools open, 100 students with special education needs would be accommodated, 15 fewer than currently catered for by the four schools.
An intensive wrap-around service in every region would include a trained facilitator and a psychologist, and would cater to students with special needs education who had been displaced from the residential schools.
The wrap-around service would apply to the students when they attended their local school.
Ms Parata said she had carefully considered the responses from the schools, as well as information provided at meetings with the boards of the schools.
"At the very heart of this difficult decision lies the opportunity to provide services and support for more children with complex needs in their local community. We can link local services with the remaining residential provision to achieve a more personalised and high quality approach for children and their families.
"I am satisfied that this combination of services will make sufficient provision for all children with special education needs both locally and nationally."
Salisbury School Board chair Helen McDonnell says the school may take legal action.
"We are not convinced that the Government can go ahead at this point and we are exploring all possible legal action," she said.
"We really feel that it is putting these students who are vulnerable into a situation that is an unacceptable situation of high risk."
Ms McDonnell says the Government has clearly not taken into account the challenges that special needs girls face in co-educational environments.
McKenzie principal Greg Healy says it is not what the school wanted to hear.
"It's not actually unexpected but we're certainly dismayed and disappointed to have it become a reality," he said.
Mr Healy says they will be talking with the students this morning as they come to terms with what it means for them.