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Choral Music
There are two performing choral groups at HPU: the International Chorale and the International Vocal Ensemble.
- International Chorale
The International Chorale is comprised of talented choral enthusiasts from the HPU community of students (undergraduate and graduate), faculty, and staff, as well as singers from the community, who perform choral repertoire taken from a variety of styles, cultures and languages. Individuals must audition in a "no stress" situation to qualify for the International Chorale. Rehearsals take place once a week. Academic credit for participation is available.
- International Vocal Ensemble (IVE) - "Sing For Your Scholarship"
This special group of voices is composed of 25-30 select singers who are recruited and auditioned for their vocal talents and experience. It is open to qualified students enrolled in one of HPU's undergraduate or graduate degree programs. This ensemble makes up the vocal core of the International Chorale. The IVE is one of the few choral groups in the world made up of non-music majors who receive scholarship for their participation. Partial tuition waivers are available for qualified students. 2016-2017 International Vocal Ensemble Audition Packet (PDF file).
For more information regarding the International Vocal Ensemble scholarship and the audition process, call, write, or email:
Dr. Alec Schumacker
Director of Choral Activities
Phone: (808) 268-9652


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Baculovirus-insect cell technologies are applied in the production of complex proteins, veterinary and human vaccines, gene delivery vectors' and biopesticides. Better understanding of how baculoviruses and insect cells interact would facilitate baculovirus-based production. While complete genomic sequences are available for over 58 baculovirus species, little insect genomic information is known. The release of the
Baculoviruses are enveloped viruses that contain a circular double stranded DNA genome (80–180 kb) [
Over 40 years of research on molecular biology of baculoviruses has produced a rich knowledge about baculovirus gene expression profiles and gene functions during infection, including: virus entry, movement into the cell nucleus, DNA unpackaging, early transcription, DNA replication, late transcription, translation, budded virus (BV) assembly, BV budding, occlusion derived virus (ODV) assembly, occlusion, and release of occlusion bodies (for an overview of baculovirus molecular biology studies, refer to Rohrmann [
Baculoviruses exert vigorous effects on host cells. Within a short infection time frame, the viruses rapidly propagate and change host cells by arresting host cell cycle progression, creating a "viral pseudo S phase", remodeling the cellular cytoskeleton, forming virogenic stroma in the nucleus as a specialized compartment for replication, undertaking transcription and packaging, and eventually breaking-down the host nuclei. In the
Although infected cells are controlled by baculoviruses, and a global reduction of host proteins and mRNAs occurs, host cells also respond by up-regulating or repressing certain genes and cellular pathways. A number of genes escape from the global expression shutoff and several host cellular pathways such as DNA damage responses, heat shock responses, pro-survival responses, apoptosis, energy metabolism, iron-ion transport, ubiquitin-proteasomal degradation and miRNA pathways have been shown to be up-regulated following infections by recent studies [
Transcriptomics is a powerful tool to study baculovirus-insect systems at the mRNA level, which is arguably the most important level of regulation during a baculovirus infection. Previous studies by Iwanaga
To study host responses, the lack of insect genome sequences is a challenge. To overcome this challenge, rapid developments of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) technologies for generating genome-scale transcript sequences in non-model organisms can be utilized [
Transcriptomic studies of baculovirus gene expression have expanded current understanding extensively. One of the first microarray studies for baculovirus genes was by Yamagishi
For transcriptomic studies in an insect host, genome-scale sequences of coding genes are valuable resources for studying insect responses to baculovirus infections. With international efforts, only two Lepidopteran genomes are available to date, namely the
Expression analysis using microarrays have been applied to different baculovirus infection setups to compare different virus-host interactions, including: permissive
The following subsections review in more detail the virus-insect interactions presented in
Virus genes with known interactions with host genes or known effects on host functions.
|Functional groups
|Baculovirus genes/pathways
|Baculovirus strains [
|Virus genes interacting with host cell receptors
|GP-64, F protein
|GP-64 only in group I alpha NPV' while the F protein in group II alpha-, beta- and delta- NPV
|Virus-cell receptor attachment, facilitate entry by clathrin-mediated endocytosis processes
|Per OS infectivity factors (Pif-1, 2, 3, p-74)' and possibly Pif-4 and 5
|All 5 Pifs and p-74 are core baculorius genes, and found in other invertebrate DNA viruses that replicate in the nucleus
|Pif-1, 2, and 3 and p74 form a complex and facilitate ODV binding to midgut epithelial cell receptors
|IAP-1, IAP-2, IAP-3, IAP-4, and IAP-5
|IAP1-4 in both NPVs and Granulosis viruses (GVs), while IAP-5 in GVs only. Each baculovirus strain has several/not all IAPs. IAP orthologs found in a number of hosts
|Baculovirus IAPs mediate protein-protein interactions to block selected caspases. The IAP RING domain functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase to trigger proteasome degradation of targeted caspases
|AcMPNV, BmNPV, Culex nigripalpus NPV, Leucania separata MNPV, Maruca vitrata MNPV, T. ni MNPV and Clostera anachoreta
|Binds to and inactivates host's effector caspases
|SpltMNPV, LsMNPV, SlNPV, AcMNPV, and HearNPV
|Inhibits host's initiator caspases (upstream of p35 but downstream of IAPs) and several host's effector caspases
|Replicative lefs (lef-1, 2, 3, and 11) p-143, DNA pol and IE1/IE0
|Lef-3 in Lepidopteran NPV and GV; Lef-1, Lef-2, Lef-11, and p-143 in all baculoviruses (except for Lef-11 not in CuniNPV), IE1/IE0 in all group I and II alpha baculoviruses
|Trigger host DNA damage response and induce apoptosis
|Cell cycle
|ODV-EC27 (A virus multifunctional Cyclin)
|In all baculoviruses
|Interacts with host's cdc-2 for cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase, or with host's cdc-6 to override host check-point to allow DNA replication
|P33-sulfhydryloxidase (SOX)
|In all baculoviruses
|Forms stable complex with host's p53 protein, preventing p53-induced apoptosis
|Cytoskeleton and nucleocapsid transport
|Protein kinase-1, Protein kinase-2
|PK-1 found in Lepidopteran NPVs, and GVs, similar to some insect PK; PK-2 found in AcMNPV, BmNPV, PlxyNPV and RoMNPV
|Actin cytoskeleton remodeling (protein-protein interaction prediction)
|All group I and most group II Alpha baculoviruses
|Accumulates F-actin at the plasma membrane
|VP80 (a Paramyosin-like protein)/P78-83/VP39
|VP80 and p78/83 in all group I and II Lepidopteran NPVs; VP39 in all baculovirus genomes
|Interact with host's F-actin filaments to transport nucleocapsids in the cytoplasm
|Vp80 found in all group I and II Lepidopteran NPVs
|Interact with myosin motor proteins and F-actin to transport nucleocapsids to the nucleus periphery
|IE-1, PE38, HE65, Ac004, Ac102, Ac152
|IE1 all baculoviruses; PE38 in all Group I NPV and four GV genomes
|Accumulate host's monomeric G-Actin into nucleus
|P78/83 (N-WASP-homologous protein) and ODV-C42
|p78/83 all group I and II Lepidopteran NPVs
|At early infection, transports nucleocapsid into nucleus by activating nuclear actin polymerization via an actin related protein (Arp2/3) complex. At late infection, facilitates actin assembly to form F-filament inside nucleus
|In all Lepidopteran NPVs
|Interacts with β-tubulin to facilitate binding of nucleocapsids to microtubules
|In all group I and II NPVs and most GVs
|Interacts with α-tubulin and mediates nuclear disintegration and cell lysis
|Nucleo-cytoplasmic transport of viral proteins
|FP25K and E26
|FP25K in all Lepidopteran NPVs and GVs. E26 in group I Lepidopteran NPV
|Together with host Importin-α-16, transport viral proteins into the inner nuclear membrane (INM)
|ADP ribose pyrophosphatase (Ac38)
|All Lepidopteran NPVs and GVs
|The enzyme hydrolyzes ADP-ribose, an intermediate of metabolism of NAD+, mono- or poly-ADP-ribosylated proteins and cyclic ADP-ribose, thereby conferring detoxification effects
|P33-sulfhydryl oxidase (SOX)
|In all baculoviruses
|Flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-binding sulfhydryl oxidase can play roles in protein disulphide bond formation and protection from oxidative stress
|Super oxide dismutase (SOD)
|In most Lepidopteran baculoviruses
|Converts superoxide into Hydrogen peroxide (possibly active in BmNPV, but this activity is not confirmed in AcMNPV)
|Ribonucleotide reductase
|Three GVs, 10 NPVs group II, OpMNPV and LdMNPV
|Catalysis of ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides for DNA synthesis
|DNA polymerase complex (Dnapol, helicase, primase, SSB, and LEF-2)
|All baculoviruses
|May require host's DNA topoimerases and DNA ligases
|In nine group II NPVs, OpMNPV, and two GV genomes
|Prevents incorporation of dUTP into DNA
|IE1/IE0, IE2, hrs, ADPRase (ADP-ribose pyrophosphatase)
|IE1/IE0, hrs and ADPRase in all baculoviruses. IE2 in all Group I Lepidopteran NPVs but not others. pe38 in all Group I NPV and four GV genomes
|Bind to host transcription factors
|All Lepidopteran NPVs and GVs
|Lef-6 has a TAP (TIP associating domain), which can interact with nuclearporins for mRNA export to the cytoplasm
|Ac98-38 K protein
|All baculoviruses
|Predicted to have carboxyl terminal domain (CTD) phosphatase activities that negatively regulate RNA polymerase II by inhibiting RNA elongation
|Translation arrest
|P35, IAPs and P49
|As mentioned before
|Enhance early host translation arrest
|Protein kinase 2 (Pk-2)
|PK2 found in AcMNPV, BmNPV, PlxyNPV and RoMNPV
|Represses translation arrest, which is caused by host eIF2α kinase, by blocking eIF2α access to translation initiation factors
|Host range factor 1 (Hrf-1),
|Only found in viruses of Lymantria dispar host, including LdMNPV and Orgyia pseudotsugata MNPV
|Inhibits translational arrest by an unknown mechanism
|Hycu-ep32 gene
|Hyphantri acunea NPV and OpMNPV
|Induces host translation arrest by an unknown mechanism
|IAP-1 and IAP-2
|As mentioned before
|IAP1 and IAP2 possess ubiquitin ligase activities, enabling polyubiquitination of insect proteins, thus marking them for degradation
|Growth & development
|Protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP)
|All Lepidopteran Group I NPVs, not others, orthologs found in insect host
|Induces host hyperactive behaviours
|Viral Fibroblast growth factor (vFGF)
|All baculoviruses, orthologs found in insect hosts
|Increases host larvae motility by facilitating systemic infection
|Chitinase and Cathepsin
|Chitinase and Cathepsin in all Group I (except AgMNPV), all Group II (except AdhoNPV for Chitinase) and four GVs
|Chitinase breaks larvae chitin layer, Cathepsin is a viral proteinase
|Ecdysteroid UDP glucosyl transferase (EGT)
|All Lepidopteran Group I NPV, not others
|Prevents moulting to extend insect life and virus propagation time (transfers glucose group to inactivate insect molting hormone ecdysteroids), induces host hyperactive behaviours
|Conserved in AcMNPV, BomaNPV, PxMNPV, RoMNPV, and MaviNPV
|Down-regulates the transport of host small-RNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, thereby reducing active population of host small RNAs
|BmNPV-miR-2 to 4
|Conserved in AcMNPV, BomaNPV, PxMNPV, RoMNPV, and MaviNPV
|Potentially targets 8 viral genes and 64 host genes
Host genes that respond to/are affected by baculovirus infections*.
|Functional groups
|Insect genes/pathways
|Virus-host systems and expression time
|Immune genes
|An antibacterial and antiviral protein that interacts with the lipid envelope surrounding viral nucleocapsids
|A cationic antimicrobial peptide that has positively charged regions in its α-helical peptide and interferes with the lipid membrane
|Apoptosis genes
|Down regulation of host IAPs, and up-regulation of host apoptosis enhancers and Caspases trigger apoptosis upon virus infections
|Signal transduction
|Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinases (Pi3K)-Akt pathway
|Elevation of this pathway prevents apoptosis and creates inductive environment for virus propagation
|AcMNPV-Sf9 (induced from 1–18 h.p.i)
|MAPK pathways
|Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) pathways are activated at late infection and important for virus production
|BmN4 cells-BmNPV (induced from 4–24 h.p.i)
|DNA damage response kinases
|Triggered by virus replication' leading to cell death
|AcMNPV-Sf21 (induced from 2–24 h.p.i)
|Metabolic genes
|ABC transporters and sugar transporters
|ABC transporters transport a broad spectrum of substrates, including degradation products from cytosol to ER
|Citrate synthetase
|Important for energy generation (a key enzyme in the Citric acid cycle, TCA)
|AcMNPV-Sf9 and BmNPV-
|Pyruvate dehydrogenase/Aldehyde dehydrogenase
|Important for energy generation and diversion of substrates to lipid biosynthesis
|AcMNPV-Sf9 induced from (6 h.p.i)
|Lipid reductases and lipid desaturases
|Fatty acid metabolism
|Genes involved in cellular iron (iron ion transport, ferric iron binding, and cellular iron ion homeostasis)
|Iron is important for processes such as DNA replication and ATP generation
|Mitochondrial respiratory genes
|Important for energy generation
|Heat shock protein (HSP) 70, HSP90, and Heat shock protein cognate (HSC) 70
|Protein folding and facilitate several cellular processes conducive for virus replication such as ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
|ER proteins (reduced)
|ER stress
|AcMNPV-Sf21 and AcMNPV-Sf9 (induced from 12–48 h.p.i)
|Translation initiation factors (TIFs)
|Enhance translation
|Phosphorylation of eIF2α causes translation arrest
|AcMNPV-Sf9 cell line (Before 36 h.p.i)
|Histone genes
|Regulate host chromatin structure, which affects DNA replication
|Host's polyhedrin promoter binding protein (PPBP)
|Binds to promoters of both p10 and polyhedrin genes to enhance their transcription
|AcMNPV-Sf9 (induced late)
|Transcription initiation factors
|Enhance transcription
|mRNA and protein degradation
|Alkaline nuclease
|mRNA degradation
|E. postvittana larvae-EppoNPV (induced from 5 d.p.i); BmNPV-B. mori cell line (induced from 6 h.p.i)
|Ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
|Protein degradation
|A motor protein involved in microtubule transport
|Juvenile hormones
|Maintaining juvenile hormones at high level extends growth and inhibits moulting
|miRNA (90 miRNAs in Sf, 114 in
|Play roles in antiviral response by degrading viral transcripts (e.g. bmo-miR-8 potentially targets IE1)
|Sf9-AcMNPV (Usually induced at late infection, 24–72 h.p.i)
|Dicer 2
|Produce viral short interfering siRNAs that degrade viral transcripts
|Transposition of host DNA
|Host transposable elements (retrotransposons), reverse transcriptase, gag/pol-like proteins
|DNA transposition into baculovirus genomes, contributing to virus genome instability.
|Sf9 cells,
|Glutathione S-transferase (GST)
|Convert glutathione into water-soluble, less toxic metabolites
* In contrast to
In relation to energy, no gene for an enzyme involved in energy metabolism has been found in any sequenced baculoviruses. However, a number of processes during virus infection require a high energy supply. For example, DNA packaging into nucleocapsids requires Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for motor protein activities [
For synthesis of virus building blocks such as nucleotides and amino acids, there are known virus genes for nucleotide metabolism, encoding a Ribonucleotide reductase (RR) large subunit and a small subunit, and a dUTPase protein, which prevents incorporation of mutagenic dUTP into DNA, suggesting that nucleotide metabolism may be especially important for baculovirus infections [
For translation, baculoviruses are entirely dependent on the host translational machinery including ribosomes, tRNAs, amino acid metabolism and transport, chaperones for protein folding, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) for glycosylation/phosphorylation/transport, and other translation factors. Several mechanisms allowing baculovirus mRNAs to compete with insect host mRNAs for translation have been found. These include the presence of AT-rich regions and unstructured 5' untranslated (UTR) regions [
Up-regulation of host genes for protein folding, translation initiation, and translational arrest have been reported. Like many other viruses, baculoviruses utilize host chaperones to facilitate the rapid synthesis of a large amount of viral proteins [
For transport processes in infected cells, nucleocapsid movement is relatively well understood, while there is less knowledge on transport of viral proteins for virus DNA packaging, nucleocapsid assembly, and occlusion processes. Baculoviruses have devised effective transport mechanisms that are dependent on host Actin and cause a cytoskeleton remodeling phenomenon, in which both microfilaments and microtubules are used [
For virus replication, baculoviruses have evolved a near complete replication machinery, which concentrates in a separate compartment within the nucleus, called the virogenic stroma [
For host DNA replication, cellular DNA replication is arrested, but viruses can utilize the host replication machinery to facilitate viral replication. Under baculovirus infection conditions, while cell cycle progression is abandoned at the G1/S or G2/M checkpoint (by 4 h.p.i, or 10 h.p.i in AcMNPV and 24 h.p.i for HearNPV systems), virus DNA replication increased rapidly [
For virus late transcription, baculoviruses possess a complete and effective transcription system to express viral genes under stringent temporal patterns. The viruses have evolved a unique RNA polymerase complex that can transcribe genes and process mRNAs at both ends by capping and polyadenylation. The complex contains 4 subunits' which are: LEF-4, an RNA capping enzyme; LEF-8, similar to the large subunit β in Bacteria; LEF-9, similar to the large subunit β' in Eukaryotes; and p147 similar to the alpha subunit in Bacteria. Virally encoded transcription enhancers include: a very late factor VLF-1' which binds to a burst sequence to make very late promoters accessible to RNA polymerase; a LEF-5 gene as a transcription initiation factor; and different DNA sequence motives within early and late promoters. Virus genes for mRNA processing include: the LEF-4 and an RNA cap 2'
For apoptosis and cell cycle arrest' it is well known that baculoviruses have evolved anti-apoptosis genes (virus inhibitor of appoptosis IAPs, p25, and p49) to inhibit cell death responses and they carry a cell cycle arrest gene, a Cyclin homolog, to block G2/M progression and create a "pseudo S" phase conducive for virus replication. On the other hand, there is little research on virus infection and host signaling pathways to identify cellular modulators and mediators involved in apoptosis and translation arrest [
Over-expression of antimicrobial peptides and apoptosis are common host defense responses found in insect-baculovirus systems. Gloverin, encoding an antiviral peptide' increased in BmNPV infected
Recently' microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) responses have been identified as important control mechanisms for insect-virus interactions. Rapid discovery of miRNAs is aided by the development of NGS technologies and computational analysis followed by validation of selected putative miRNAs. For baculoviruses, only four viral miRNAs have been detected by using NGS to sequence small RNAs extracted from BmNPV-infected
In relation to signaling pathways, the BmNPV virus induced the
Common methods applied for studying pathways in insects use chemical inhibitors to moderate a pathway, for example: using 5-fluoro-29deoxyuridine (FdUrd) for cell cycle arrest at G1/S [
Overall, while baculoviruses have evolved to control insect hosts' there is increasing evidence of host cell responses against baculovirus infections.
A simplified model of current understanding of host-baculovirus interactions. Virus genes/processes are in red, and insect genes/processes are in green. Major pathways are indicated by ellipses. The left half of the diagram represents pathways that are relatively well understood. The right half shows pathways that deserve more research, especially those indicated by filled ellipses. The ellipse with dashed boundary represents the nuclei. The nucl./aa./lp. abbreviation stands for nucleotide/amino acid/lipid metabolism processes.
"Omics" tools can greatly improve the knowledge landscape of baculovirus-insect interactions by investigating cellular responses at a genome scale. It can be seen from
A number of studies comparing microarray and RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) have shown that the two tools produce highly correlated results (r > 0.91) and they complement each other [
Compared to transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics are in an early stage of development, but rapid progress is being made with these tools. Proteomics with mass spectroscopy based approaches and activity-based functional validation procedures can provide insights into host-virus interactions [
Engineering insect cells for functional analysis of target genes in insect-virus interactions can use high throughput screening technologies, involving the use of RNAi systems [
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from the Australian Research Council (Linkage grant LP0989824), Agrichem Pty Ltd, and The University of Queensland.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Our 4th Giveaway – Weaving Loom & Pink, Blue, Green Series!
**************This giveaway is now closed!************
Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments so far. I love reading them!
Here's this week's giveaway (our last!):
1st Prize: From Alison's Montessori, this gorgeous Large Weaving Loom:
2nd – 5th Prizes: The Pink, Blue, and Green Series Kit from us, as PDF files emailed to the winners
To enter, leave a comment on this post (one per person). Optional: Tell us your (Montessori) resolution for the New Year
Other details:
• GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Thursday, December 30th at 12pm CST
• PRIZE SHIPS: The United States* (Weaving Loom); Pink, Blue, and Green Series PDF files will be emailed anywhere in the world
• DETAILS: The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Friday on our blog. That's right, come right back here Friday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck!
*Those of you outside the US, the 1st prize can be shipped to a friend or family member in the US, and the PDFs can be emailed anywhere in the world, so feel free to enter!
144 Responses to "Our 4th Giveaway – Weaving Loom & Pink, Blue, Green Series!"
Susan said at December 27th, 2010 at 4:49 pm :
Great giveaway. My resolution is to slow down and stop doing for my kids what they can/and want to do for themselves.
Christine said at December 27th, 2010 at 5:20 pm :
I would love to be entered, thanks.
Michele said at December 27th, 2010 at 5:37 pm :
Great giveaway
Andi said at December 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm :
This is wonderful. Peace begins with me.
Talia said at December 27th, 2010 at 6:19 pm :
Hadn't thought about a new years resolution yet but this loom has inspired me! So I plan to undertake some weaving and knitting with my 7 and 8 year olds.. What a fabulous prize!!
Tracy said at December 27th, 2010 at 6:32 pm :
Oh, that weaving loom would be an amazing gift to have for my textile-loving girls! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Gigi said at December 27th, 2010 at 6:55 pm :
My resolution is to try harder at following my sons interests. I do this with my daughter who is 5 but I am more goal oriented with my son who is 1st grade.
Discovering Montessori said at December 27th, 2010 at 6:58 pm :
Beautiful Loom!! Love the pink/blue/green reading material!! My New Years' resolution as far as Montessori is concern is incorporating more of the philosophy of the method with my own children. My children attend a traditional school setting. It has been a difficult task to let them beaware that learning isn't something that is always written on a sheet of paper. The whole practical life area is a rewarding experience and when I see my own children engage in these activities my heart smiles. They are focused and absolutely amazed that they love to do the activity again, and again. The Weaving Loom that is included in your giveaway is a perfect example of work that my children could be engaged in and learn the importance of handwork. Thank you for the opportunity.
Jodie said at December 27th, 2010 at 7:32 pm :
Another awesome giveaway! My Montessori resolution is to always have the next lesson prepared and ready to go for when my son is ready to move on to the next step.
TZel said at December 27th, 2010 at 7:59 pm :
My daughter would love this loom! Thank you so much for sharing!
Sage said at December 27th, 2010 at 8:42 pm :
My daughter would just absolutely love this loom!! My Montessori resolution is to get my daughter's playroom as organized as her classroom!! 🙂
Nandini said at December 27th, 2010 at 9:17 pm :
How awesome! I would be thrilled to win this. Please include my name.
Dawn Del Rossi said at December 27th, 2010 at 9:45 pm :
My goal is to organize better and be able to put out the materials so they are more accessible and rotate through them.
Jennifer Knickerbocker said at December 27th, 2010 at 10:50 pm :
What a beautiful Loom! My Montessori resolution for this year is to incorporate more art into my curriculum. Crossing my fingers and toes that I get randomly chosen!
Psmontessori said at December 27th, 2010 at 11:00 pm :
My resolution is to continue to mentally/spiritually prepare myself every morning before the children arrive at the classroom. It's one of the smallest things I can do, but it so often falls away in the rush.
Miriam said at December 28th, 2010 at 12:28 am :
What a wonderful material–
rosa said at December 28th, 2010 at 3:02 am :
Ooo, very nice loom! I don't have any resolutions…we'll just keep on….
katdechick said at December 28th, 2010 at 6:06 am :
Our new school would love to win!
Becky musial said at December 28th, 2010 at 6:26 am :
What a generous giveaway. My resolution is to create a richer and more dynamic language area for my son and your reading sequence would certainly help in working towards that goal.
I also would like to work on more challenging practical life materials. To all of you who are working on this…maybe we can share our ideas and pics on Montessori for everyones facebook page??
Happy new year!!
anu said at December 28th, 2010 at 7:30 am :
love this giveaway. my resolution is simplifying in all areas of life!
Margaret said at December 28th, 2010 at 8:17 am :
My Montessori resolution is to give more and a greater variety of lessons.
Susan said at December 28th, 2010 at 8:26 am :
What a great giveaway. My goal is to find more Montessori books for me the teacher to use and read more about Montessori. Susan
Martha said at December 28th, 2010 at 9:29 am :
Our resolution is to expand, enjoy and incorporate more Montessori math into our program. Seeing that students in the U.S. are struggling in mathematics, if we give them a positive, sturdy and concrete foundation early in their education then success will prevaile.
Jac said at December 28th, 2010 at 9:35 am :
My resolution is to finish making the materials that I need (or purchasing them) and put them to good use with my kiddo! 🙂
olives and pickles/patty said at December 28th, 2010 at 10:05 am :
Well my resolution for the new year is use all the material I have instead of keep acumulating from more stuff. Once I am done with that make some more.
Thanks for the chance
Angie said at December 28th, 2010 at 11:33 am :
Wonderful loom. My children enjoy corking and I have been considering a loom for them. If lucky enough to win, I would give this to the Montessori school where both my children used to attend. My resolution is to work with my children to be more consistent about keeping our craft room in order by returning work & supplies to their appropriate bins, baskets and shelves!! When it's all in order it is so much more enjoyable and engaging for them (and me :-)!
Gina said at December 28th, 2010 at 3:25 pm :
We are so thankful for your resource site. With 5 children (2, 7, 7, 9, 9) one with a physical disability and one with a mildly autistic issue, the Montessori method is absolutely a wonderful way to include all the children in discussion and learning together. Our resolution this year is to fully embrace the Montessori method in our artistic/home and nature/science studies. The loom would be perfect in our artistic/home studies and the pink/blue/green series will enhance the younger childrens studies beyond measure. Thank you for your commitment to spreading the Montessori method and spirit of learning.
Ida Lane said at December 28th, 2010 at 4:09 pm :
This year I have resolved to introduce sewing to the practical life materials/exercises and I am planning with the help of one of my parents(a carpenter) to introduce the children (31/2 – 41/2 yrs) to some simple carpentry skills. I am planning a raised bed in the garden for the children to plant flowers,vegetables herbs. I love seeing the children being so engaged in their work, I love seeing them achieving their goals whether it be pouring,sieving,putting on their coats,painting a picture, building the pink tower,matching colours etc. I love seeing them taking pleasure and pride in their own and each others achievements and breaking into spontanous applause. For myself I resolve to continue my studies and attain my FETAC level 6 ( study level here in Ireland) in childcare. I will also continue to find new ways to introduce ideas to the children and continue to encourage them to explore their world. Thank you at Montessori for everyone for helping me to find these new ideas and for giving us early years educators a forum to exchange ideas (that have worked)with one another. Wishing everyone a great 2011.
Ayelet May said at December 28th, 2010 at 4:55 pm :
here's hoping….!
Jacqueline Muscha said at December 28th, 2010 at 8:20 pm :
My Montessori resolution is to incorporate more Montessori materials and teaching into my home. I have a 15 month old and a baby on the way that I want to be Montessori raised!!
Mary Vales said at December 28th, 2010 at 9:16 pm :
My resolution is to see our ballet program grow and prosper this year. Montessori education has always nurtured the brains and minds of children by emphasizing the fine arts. I have seen our students evolve into children at peace and lovers of refinement as a result. The loom would be a wonderful contribution toward my goals as it would help the children to develop an appreciation of beauty as their work unfolds through patient labor.
Susan Barber said at December 28th, 2010 at 10:21 pm :
Hi Lori! My Montessori resolution is to continue to follow the teachings even as my chidlren get older. Mine are 10 and 7 ( close to yours I believe) and we are beyond the 3-5 stage, but there is still plenty to incorporate into the home as they get older. Time to move out some of the materials and bring in new interests and "follow the child"!
Christine said at December 29th, 2010 at 6:59 am :
Clean and Organized. My resolution is to keep the environment orderly. The loom is BEAUTIFUL!
Zonnah said at December 29th, 2010 at 10:13 am :
relax and let the method work.
Kelly said at December 29th, 2010 at 8:58 pm :
My montessori resolution is to refresh my teacher made materials and this would be a wonderful place to start!
Shloka said at December 29th, 2010 at 9:19 pm :
My Montessori resolution this year would be to include more practical life activities in my classroom…..
Linda said at December 29th, 2010 at 9:52 pm :
I am so happy I found this site, to supplement my kids public school curriculum. I really miss the math materials from montessori, you can't beat them for teaching the fundamentals, looking forward to more great finds here in the near future!
pia said at December 29th, 2010 at 11:24 pm :
I love how the loom combines finemotor, math, senses. This loom would be a great addition to our classroom. For my resolution …not be so stressed out. better planning better organization.
blanca said at December 30th, 2010 at 7:17 am :
Happy New Year! Resolved: Play, pray, work and read everyday, the Montessori way.
Angela said at December 30th, 2010 at 11:23 am :
I don't make New Year resolutions; just always try to give my best with all that I do. This is a beautiful loom and would be a wonderful asset to our public Montessori school environment. I can vision our staff sharing and using it particularly during our Native American cultural studies which is very popular with our primary and elementary grade level classes. Our children would love to get their "hands" on it! Always remembering that "the hand is the key to intelligence". Thanks for sharing all of your materials, lessons and free downloads with us. It has truly been a gift in helping us keep Montessori alive in the public sector. PEACE to you.
Alexandra said at December 30th, 2010 at 12:56 pm :
Wow! The loom is fantastic. Montessori resolution: Tackle the storage closets and cabinets which are overflowing with pouring vessels, bowls, transferring items, paints, papers , and anything else you can imagine!
Rachael said at December 30th, 2010 at 6:08 pm :
I don't have a new year resolution but the last few years I have dedicated my everyday life to making my sons' school a better place. It is hard with it being a parent-run school so these would be a great addition.
Kathy Danko said at December 30th, 2010 at 9:44 pm :
Your site has been a tremendous resource to twenty first-year Montessori primary teachers scurrying to finish our training, gather materials and create a prepared environment for our students at a new public school child development center in South Carolina.
Dina said at January 7th, 2011 at 3:52 pm :
My new year resolution is to find a peacefull way to meet all the needs of a full time, DCFS certified montessori classroom in one of only a few affordable montessori centers in Chicago. I am happy to be in a truly diverse working class neighborhoods on the s. side of Chicago. I determined to give my students and parents a true head start. I am gratedull to give back to a neighborhood of immigrants near where my own family began their journey in the 60's. I will go back to the roots of how Maria started and find my inspiration there. It was my long time prayer to land a job in such a challenging place and now it's time for me to "bring it" and I can't wait to begin!


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The new season of COPS is already airing on SPIKE TV. Some of the other police departments to be featured this season include Las Vegas; Glendale, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Lafayette, Louisiana.
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The items range from minor to heinous. Here's a sample:
- Let the children listen to inappropriate music in the car. Now my four year old keeps saying "Give that big booty a smack". It was hilarious. For about five seconds.
- Made a joke about excessive drinking to my Pastor and instead of laughing and thinking I was funny, she looked disturbed and constipated.
- While paying more attention to Facebook than my maternal duties, I think the baby ate dog food.
- Saw a picture in a magazine of the teenage werewolf from Twilight and choked on my own saliva when I learned that he was 19 years younger than me. Am disgusting, awful, calcified old woman. Need to stop reading UsWeekly and start reading Wall Street Journal.
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- While doing laundry, I found a masticated turd in the washing machine and said: "What is this? Is this... Is it?? Oh for PETE's sake! Are you F*CKING kidding me?!" which was overheard and repeated by my son in rotation with giving his big booty a smack.
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Bank of America is joining a handful of credit card issuers that offer retailer discounts based on your past purchases.
The national bank said it's testing the new program on employees in Nevada, North Carolina and South Carolina, according to a report in The Washington Post. By the middle of next month, it plans to roll out the program to all its employees nationwide.
The discounts, dubbed BankAmeriDeals, work like this.
Say you buy a new dog crate at a local pet supplies store with your Bank of America debit or credit card. The next time you log in to your account online, you find an offer for 10 percent off your next purchase at that store or a local competitor. To accept the discount, simply click it and the discount is loaded onto your card.
The next time you walk into the store, you will automatically get 10 percent off at checkout when you use your Bank of America card.
It sounds pretty convenient. Other issuers such as Wells Fargo, Citi, USAA and Discover also have similar programs in place.
A study by the Aite Group last year found that banks are turning to these so-called merchant-funded incentives to replace lost revenue streams from caps on certain types of fees. The good news is the money that banks recoup are coming from retailers and not from your pockets.
The group estimates banks will generate $1.7 billion from these retailer discounts by 2015. That's up from a paltry $100 million in 2010.
So, expect the trend to grow. Only 51 million credit, debit and prepaid cardholders received one of these offers in 2010. But by 2015, 467 million cardholders should get one, the Aite Group says.
Of course, this does bring up some privacy concerns as banks look closely at your shopping habits and possibly share that information with their partner retailers. But, in most cases, a consumer can opt out of the practice and receive generic discounts rather than targeted ones based on your last trip to the mall.
Bank of America will offer the opt-out option, according the article. It expects customers will get 16 to 20 deal opportunities per month, with the most frequent users of the deals possibly getting more.
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Here's a very strange story. The Queen, it is widely reported, has cancelled a state visit to "an unnamed country". Immediately the speculation starts: is she ill? Is Prince Philip ill? (He did suffer that back injury).
The Palace stresses "other commitments", which is the usual cop-out for avoiding unpleasant situations.
What's going on? The clue, of course, is in the mystery. The Queen does not ordinarily make state visits to "unnamed countries". State visits are announced several months in advance, usually in the Queen's speech. No such plans were announced in the speech from the Throne made at the State Opening at the beginning of December. She did, however, say that she "looked forward to receiving the President of Mexico".
The obvious conclusion is that the visit has been cancelled for security reasons. My guess would be that the Queen was going to visit Israel - and possibly another country in the Middle East as well - but that in the wake of the Gaza conflict it was no longer deemed appropriate or safe. The Queen has had a standing invitation from the Israelis for many years now, but it remains one of the very few countries she hasn't visited, along with the Republic of Ireland.
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Here's a very strange story. The Queen, it is widely reported, has cancelled a state visit to "an unnamed country". Immediately the speculation starts: is she ill? Is Prince Philip ill? (He did suffer that back injury).
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- valdemar squelch said...
Perhaps the royal household want to send reassuring messages to HM the Q's Arab friends? I've no idea if she and Phil really do like the oil sheikhs/princes as much as we're told, but maybe that's somehow involved.
Shall we run a sweepstake on where the Queen officially won't go next?
2-1 Ireland.
4-1 Iran.
11-2 The Earth's Core.
100-1 The Little Chip, Gateshead.
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Well, I was close! It was actually Dubai, where Doug McClure and Peter Cushing once fought unconvincing plastic dinosaurs.
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Christian evangelical groups in the US are attempting a "cultural colonisation" of Africa, opening offices in numerous countries to promote attacks on homosexuality and abortion, according to an investigation by a liberal thinktank.
American religious organisations are expanding operations across the continent, lobbying for conservative policies and laws and fanning homophobia, argues the Boston-based Political Research Associates (PRA).
The groups include the American Centre for Law and Justice (ACLJ), founded by the televangelist Pat Robertson, which has established bases in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
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Florida will get a chance to showcase its 2013-14 men's basketball team on a national stage early this season.
The Gators will play Nov. 12 at Wisconsin on ESPN2 (9 p.m.) as part of ESPN's two-day college hoops marathon (Nov. 11-12).
Florida returns two starters (center Patric Young and point guard Scottie Wilbekin) and five reserves from a team that finished 29-8 and reached the Elite Eight for the third straight season. Wilbekin, though, is currently suspended from the team indefinitely for violation of team rules. No timetable has been set on his return.
The Gators will be adding incoming freshman McDonald's All-American point guard Kasey Hill and transfers Dorian Finney-Smith (forward, Virginia Tech) and Damontre Harris (center, South Carolina). Both Finney-Smith and Harris are now eligible after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Freshman McDonald's All-American forward Chris Walker also could join the team if he's deemed academically eligible. Another transfer, Rutgers guard Eli Carter, is still awaiting word whether he can gain a waiver to play right away this season in wake of the player abuse scandal involving former Rutgers coach Mike Rice.
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St. Thomas head coach Tim Budd was surprised he received a phone call wanting to talk about the Knights clash against Marlington at Sirpilla Stadium on Friday night.
Even with both teams being unbeaten after two weeks? Budd believes so, based on recent history.
"I am a little shocked anybody wants to cover this game," said a sincere Budd. "They have annihilated us the last two years by a combined score of 108-39. We haven't even been competitive with them."
One of the biggest reasons for the lopsided scores was running back Alden Hill, who gashed the Knights for more than 500 yards the last two years. Hill is now at the University of Tennessee, but Budd's concern remains for a couple of reasons.
The first being No. 1, as in Dymonte Thomas.
"It goes without saying how much of an impact he can have on a game," Budd said. "I mean on both sides of the ball. He is just an absolute amazing football player."
And then there is Marlington's defense.
"They have a ferocious defense. They held us to negative rushing yards in the fourth quarter," said Budd. "I have a tremendous amount of respect for their program and Ed (Miley). He's done just a great job building that program. They have been so fast and good on defense. It really has impressed me."
The respect is mutual from Miley. In fact, so much so, that Miley wanted to keep the Knights on the schedule in the immediate future along with new additions of Poland and Crestwood during the first two weeks. Marlington and St. Thomas opened the season against each other every year since 2007.
"I have respect for St. Thomas because they always play hard," Miley said. "I like the rivalry with them because we are both very close (in proximity) and always have good games against each other."
Despite the two recent meetings, the teams have produced some good opening games. Marlington won 18-14 in 2007, 25-20 in 2008 and 6-3 in 2009 Now they meet in the third week and both are unblemished after impressive wins.
St. Thomas looked dominating against Tuslaw and Minerva, winning both games by a combined 68-6 score.
"They're good," said Miley. "They are a very physical team and play hard. Our level of competition is just going to keep going up and up."
Marlington opened the season with a 10-3 win against Poland and crushed Crestwood 41-14 last week. Budd was in awe of both performances. He watched the opener in person and viewed the win against the Red Devils over the weekend.
"Wow," Budd said. "I just finished watching the Crestwood tape and they scored on three consecutive plays. That's just amazing. Then I watched the Poland game and how good they were defensively. They were all over the field, especially Thomas. I swear he made every tackle in that game."
Not quite, Thomas only had 17 tackles against Poland.
"He's scary on defense because he's so versatile. They line up at safety, cornerback and linebacker," Budd said. "He can line up and come off the edge and you just hope that he doesn't kill your quarterback."
That's what Anthony Moeglin hopes doesn't happen. The sophomore quarterback has been solid through the first two games with his arm and legs. He's completed 15-of-25 passes for 170 yards and a pair of TDs while also added a 48-yard scoring run.
Budd likes his quarterback's production thus far but knows his development will hinge on the leadership of his seniors.
"We have a very experienced senior class and those guys have been playing together for three years now," Budd said. "We are really experienced at some positions, but also, we are really inexperienced at others."
St. Thomas has looked fundamentally sound on defense while combining a mixture of speed and aggression. Marlington uses the spread option on offense, which forces a defense to become reactionary.
"That could be a problem against a triple option," Budd said. "We like to fly to the ball, which works well when you deal with a conventional offense. Against a triple option, not so much. Against a triple option with great players like Thomas and (quarterback) Shawn Kirk, that's scary."
Budd further explained his point by stating a defense can play well 90-95 percent of the time against an option offense, but its the five percent that can be a killer.
"You can stop them for negative yards, no gain or 1 yard, and then boom, its an 80-yard touchdown," Budd said. "We use 15 plays to go 85 yards and they can do it with just one."