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S.A. theater director is off-Broadway-bound
Updated 3:20 pm, Saturday, September 21, 2013
Jonathan Pennington has a lot on his plate these days.
In addition to directing and appearing in "Evil Dead" and "The Rocky Horror Show" at the Cameo Theatre, he's also prepping for his off-Broadway debut. He's slated to direct "Thank You for Being a Friend," a musical parody of the '80s sitcom "The Golden Girls." It's slated to open in New York in January.
"I'll go up there, do that project and be working from both cities," Pennington said
He got the New York gig through playwright June Rachelson-Ospa. He had staged her fairy tale spoof "Rapunzarella White" during his stint running the Woodlawn Theatre a few years ago. She connected him with Nick Brennan and Luke Jones, the creative team behind "Thank You for Being a Friend."
"The theater is a really small world. When you work in New York, you can even cut that in half, and it's an even smaller world," Brennan said. "A couple of years ago, we came in contact with (Rachelson-Ospa), who was like, 'This show reminds me of this guy from San Antonio.'"
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She set up a conference call for the three of them, and they clicked so well that they stayed in touch. When Brennan and Jones decided to re-mount "Thank You for Being a Friend," they thought Pennington would be a good fit.
"He gets it and understands it," Brennan said. "He's going to be fantastic."
There is a Rockethub crowd-funding campaign to finance some aspects of the production, but the staging isn't contingent on meeting the $5,500 goal, Brennan said.
"It would cover things like getting all the costumes cleaned, helping to give Jonathan a better salary — little touches here and there to make everything shine," he said.
Without that money, he said, "We'll still make it work. ... It would be great to be able to do it the right way."
Pennington, 34, has been chipping away at the project for a few weeks, offering ideas via telephone texts and calls. He'll be heading to New York at the end of November to work on it in person; rehearsals are slated to begin in December.
He's hoping the show opens other doors. Eventually, he said, he'd like to move to New York fulltime. Though he has often acted and directed here in San Antonio, in New York, he'd like to step out of the spotlight.
"I feel like I'm supposed to direct," he said.
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Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) December 19, 2012
Gift Cards for a Cause (GCFC), a philanthropic company that allows consumers to purchase their favorite retail gift cards that give back up to 40% of the gift card value to a charity of their choice, is happy to announce six new nonprofit partnerships.
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Christmas Day is in our grasp, so long as we have hands to clasp.
He lets her stare deep into his eyes, clasp his hands for meaningful conversation, caress his face, and even lean in for a kiss.
On the pink cotton inside lay a clasp of black onyx, on which was inlaid a curious symbol or letter in gold.
She fiddles with a black vinyl clutch bag with a plastic rhinestone on the clasp.
Normally of good balance, I found myself reaching for the handrail, unable to clasp it for the refreshments in my hands.
A written word, a clasp of the hand, may furnish documents for the study of the individual.
The clasp, you see, is a turquoise; I believe, rather a fine one.
Fleda took her hand, and her clasp of it was a reiteration of a promise already given.
She left in Paul's clasp the hand by which he had led her out on the floor.
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Police are searching bushland in central western New South Wales for a man who is believed to be armed and dangerous.
Officers spotted Peter James Rowley on the Castlereagh Highway, about 15 kilometres north of Coonamble, about 3pm on Thursday afternoon but he ran away into the bush.
Police say the 35-year-old is wanted over a number of serious domestic violence-related offences, and is believed to have access to at least two firearms. Officers from the Castlereagh local area command and the police helicopter are scouring an area of bushland he was last seen running into.
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Most of them lived either on or within easy distance of tidewater.
This road connects the great coal-fields of West Virginia with tidewater.
I inferred from this fact that they confined themselves to the tidewater.
Others refused to testify concerning methods of fixing the price for anthracite coal at tidewater.
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Contributors to an online forum run by the People's Daily, the Communist party's official newspaper, managed to post brief messages referring to the June 4 1989 bloodshed, but their comments were soon spotted.
"Look at our history - how the Chinese people grieve!" ran the title of a short poem attacking the "stupidity" of China's leaders. Within 30 seconds it had been labelled a "mistaken document" and was quickly erased from the site.
Another message simply read, "The Chinese people are sad". It too was deleted within a few minutes.
Apart from such anonymous messages, protest over the events of 1989 is confined, as in previous years, to a few determined voices. But observers in Beijing are struck by the protesters' persistence, despite the government's vigorous efforts to suppress them.
One activist, Liu Xiaobo, has spoken out urging the authorities to release dissidents still held in jail, saying that many are suffering maltreatment. The statement brings Mr Liu, who was jailed after 1989 and again in 1996, the risk of further detention.
Another persistent protester, the former official Bao Tong, has issued an open letter of complaint to China's ministry of public security.
Mr Bao, who was released from jail in 1996, complains that he and his wife are shadowed and spied on round the clock. He says that members of the team watching him "have at least six cars, including a minimum of four BMWs and Mercedes. They are also equipped with motorbikes and walkie-talkies."
Mr Bao was a senior aide in 1989 to the then Communist party head, Zhao Ziyang, who also opposed the declaration of martial law and was removed from office. Mr Zhao has since remained out of sight and his movements have been restricted. Mr Bao was jailed until 1996.
Last year Mr Bao appealed to the president, Jiang Zemin, who replaced Mr Zhao, to "reverse the verdict" on the events of June 1989. According to the official version of the incident, the student pro-democracy protests turned into a "counter-revolutionary threat" which could only be suppressed by force.
A group of relatives of civilian victims of the massacre has renewed its appeal to the government for a criminal investigation into the killings.
The letter, sent last week to the supreme people's procuratorate, claims that the crackdown on the protesters was "illegal and an abuse of authority".
The group, led by Ding Zilin and other mothers whose young sons were killed, says that the former prime minister, Li Peng, carried out the decision to send in the army and should face prosecution.
The 1989 events are distant history to most Chinese students. But their spirit of activism attracted attention again last month when thousands at Beijing University demonstrated in protest at the rape and murder of a female colleague.
A website in her memory also carried yesterday at least one reference to the Beijing massacre. "Beijing University", the message read, "please don't forget the students who were sacrificed 11 years ago!!!"
In a report issued this week, Amnesty International says that the authorities "have failed after 11 years to institute any sort of public inquiry or to grant compensation to the families of those killed".
Ms Ding has compiled a list of 155 dead and 65 wounded in the army crackdown, while Amnesty says it has records of 213 people who are still imprisoned or on medical parole for activities in connection with the 1989 protests.
In April the widow of the famous American author Edgar Snow - a friend of Mao Zedong - was prevented by the Chinese authorities from meeting Ms Ding. Some money collected by well-wishers abroad for the support group has been confiscated.
Amnesty says that many of the prisoners on its list are serving life sentences after "grossly unfair trials".
Meanwhile, monitors are struggling to draw a line between permissible and forbidden topics on the internet. Although website operators are said to have been ordered to delete references to the Tiananmen Square massacre, the People's Daily site yesterday carried some discussion on the subject.


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The Departed
David Swindle
Grade: A-
The buzz surrounding "The Departed," the newest film from legendary director Martin Scorsese, is that it is "a return to form" or a revisit to familiar subject matter. The director of "GoodFellas" and "Casino" again revisits the mafia film. I hereby register my strong dissent from this line of thought.
"The Departed" is an American re-make of a wildly popular 2002 Hong Kong action film called "Infernal Affairs." The plot is paradoxical. It's a simple concept that makes for a very complex film laden with twists and turns: an undercover cop has infiltrated the local organized crime gang. Meanwhile, the mob has also infiltrated the police force. Soon both the cops and the gangsters learn there are traitors in their midst. And it just so happens that the ones responsible for sniffing out the moles are the undercover operatives themselves.
For the American film the setting has been changed from Hong Kong to Boston with Frank Costello, the organized crime boss (Jack Nicholson,) a part of the Irish mob. The undercover cop is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. In a rare role as a villain, Matt Damon plays the criminal who has infiltrated the police. Other actors include Alec Baldwin as the police chief, Ray Winstone as Costello's chief enforcer, and Martin Sheen and Mark Wahlberg as the officers in charge of the undercover unit.
Now that certainly sounds like a gangster/mafia film. But it's not, at least not in the sense of Scorsese's gangster films. Something important to understand: just having organized crime figures as the antagonists does not a mafia movie make. Films like "The Godfather" trilogy, "GoodFellas," and "Casino" are mafia films because that's what they're principally about - life in the mob. At its heart "The Departed" is not really about organized crime. Stylistically and thematically it's worlds apart from "GoodFellas" and "Casino." No, this is an entirely different animal than the bulk of Scorsese's films. His last film even in this neighborhood is 1991's "Cape Fear." This is a point that most critics probably will not make. Almost all of Scorsese's films would be best categorized as dramas. The films preceding "The Departed" (not counting documentaries) are "The Aviator," "Gangs of New York," "Bringing Out the Dead," "Kundun," "Casino," "The Age of Innocence," and then "Cape Fear." His last six films were all deep, meaningful, challenging dramatic pictures. The general purpose of a drama is to hit the viewer on an emotional level. Tell moving, challenging stories with real, compelling characters that the audience can interact with on a personal level. Dramas are the most highly praised and respected films because of all the genres they have the strongest potential to affect the audience.
And "The Departed" is not a drama. It's a genre picture - a thriller more specifically. "Cape Fear" also fits into that category. The thriller's purpose is to excite and engage more on both the intellectual and primal levels. Dramas aim for the heart. They make you identify with a character and experience to some degree what they're going through. Thrillers utilize well-constructed, unpredictable plots to play games with the viewer's mind. Coupled with the well-developed plot is the threat of violence or horror. Basically you're stuck wandering around a labyrinth hoping not to run into the minotaur.
Thus, "The Departed," for no fault of its own really, is not quite at the level of Scorsese's canonical, must-see films. It's not a "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," or "GoodFellas." The film's experience simply is not at that level. That's OK, though. For what it is - an exciting crime thriller - it's a marvelous success. The maze of a plot goes all over the place. Show me someone who can predict accurately how the film is going to go and I'll show you someone with precognition.
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The usual trademark Scorsese-isms are certainly in play here: top-notch cinematography, the Oscar-winning editing of Thelma Schoonmaker, and the perfect use of music. Few directors can use rock and pop music as well as Scorsese. And, of course, he extracts some amazing performances from his actors. Both DiCaprio and Damon go places they've never gone before. And Nicholson - in his first film with Scorsese - returns to a villainy he has not displayed since "Batman" and "The Shining." You almost never see acting this good in thrillers.
The only major fault of the film is its length. Two and a half hours is far too long for a thriller. The only films that can be that long and longer are strong dramas. Genre films by their very nature have to be kept relatively short: no more than 90 minutes for comedies and horror films, two hours max for action and thrillers. Evidence of the need for a bit of a trim is the absence of the Scorsese pacing. Watch "Casino" or "Gangs of New York" and there is something continually happening. You never get the chance to look away. The pace of "The Departed" could really stand to be accelerated a bit.
There's already Oscar buzz surrounding the film with "best film of the year" thrown about. I'm not quite sure about that. As wonderful as it would be for Scorsese to finally get a best director Oscar or for one of his films to nab best picture, it would almost be a disappointment since so many of his better films have been snubbed. But I suppose we should take what we can get.


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Marlee Scott performs a 96.9 The Kat Exclusive Performance
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ACLU: Women Don't Care About Contraception?
Haley's disingenuous backpedal was pretty much turning the issue on its head.
Posted by Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project at 12:31pm
On ABC's The View, the governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, said that women don't care about contraception. News to me. Here, all along I thought, women (and men) care very much about contraception. I thought American women and families cared very much about being able to decide whether and when to have a child. Shows what I know.
When pressed, the governor tried to backpedal, saying that maybe women cared about birth control, but we don't need government making that decision for us. I am sorry, I missed it. Exactly which government policy is telling women they have to use birth control? Here I thought we were talking about government making sure that women had insurance coverage for birth control and allowing a woman and her partner to decide for themselves about using it. Silly me.
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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:53 PM
noiretextatique (27,232 posts)
1. yet another privileged patriarchy enabler revelaing her ignorance
about women. these people are disgusting and have no place in public office. editing for gender
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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:55 PM
mainer (9,824 posts)
2. And here she's been touted as a possible VP candidate. That's now dead.
Sure wouldn't help her with the female demographic now.
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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:19 PM
SheilaT (23,156 posts)
3. She only has two children.
Surely she's a user of birth control.
And, when she said the we don't need the government making that decision for us, hey Nikki, THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT. Women want to make those decisions for themselves, by themselves, perhaps with some input from a doctor and maybe their partner.
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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:41 PM
pokerfan (27,609 posts)
4. Yeah, that's turning the argument upside down
a particularly infuriating tactic of the rw wackos. I guess they don't want the government to come between your private birth control discussions between you and your boss.
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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 04:22 PM
HockeyMom (13,967 posts)
5. What I have always wondered about this
Many male employees cover their wives under their insurance plan. If a male employee is submitting contraceptive coverage for his wife, would he get fired to?
That would be an interesting case for these sexist employers.
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noiretextatique (27,232 posts)
6. republicon women are like black republicons
and log cabin republicons. they are supporting a party that is openly hostile to their existence. traitors.


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Forty years ago
Jardin's father owned one of the first Spar stores in South Africa and Lou and his wife Rosa operated another Spar store before moving to Australia.
Jardin, appointed managing director of Spar Australia this week, is intent on achieving a similar revolution in Australia.
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Jardin ran Metcash's IGA Distribution for 10 years until February, when he was sacked after falling out with chief executive
Metcash has dragged Jardin through court for the past four months to prevent him joining Spar and poaching its customers.
After serving out an 11-month non-compete period which ended on Tuesday, Jardin confirmed yesterday that Spar was keen to buy Pick N Pay's Franklins chain, had commenced talks with potential private equity backers and intended to lure Metcash's customers to Spar's distribution network.
"Other players in the market are making fairly substantial margins at the moment and there are opportunities for other players to operate within that market reasonably successfully," Jardin told The Australian Financial Review.
Spar is a minnow in the $70 billion Australian grocery market. It supplies 300 stores, 150 under the Spar banner, and had annual sales of $153 million last year compared with Metcash's grocery sales of $7 billion.
Jardin acquired a 51 per cent stake in Spar in July in return for $2 million in capital to keep bankers at bay.
But Jardin says Spar has the capacity to attract independent retailers looking for a better deal.
"Historically, traditional wholesalers set a price and each individual retailer fends for himself.
"I see a partnership developing between the retailer and the warehouse where there's a responsibility to make sure the retailers are competitive.
"There are a lot of suppliers that would like to think there is a competitive offer out there because like everybody else they believe having one player in the market is not desirable."
Echoing concerns raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the 2008 grocery inquiry, Jardin says local wholesalers are making excessive returns, undermining the competitiveness of independent retailers.
"Wholesalers overseas would be lucky to have 1 or 2 per cent operating margins," he says. (Metcash's IGA makes 4.9 per cent, while Spar in South Africa makes 3.8 per cent.)
"Some businesses are very fortunate that they don't have much competition. Public companies . . . need to satisfy shareholders and pass dividends back to shareholders.
"As a private company operating with the retailers as shareholders, we only have two key stakeholders: the staff and the retailers."
Metcash claims Spar lacks the funding and expertise to buy Franklins. It argues it could take $400 million to purchase and refurbish the 88 stores and fund lease guarantees. Pick N Pay, for its part, says it has received no credible counter bids.
However, Jardin's vision for Spar has won the support of a powerful ally: ACCC chairman
The ACCC sought an interlocutory injunction on Monday to stop Metcash proceeding with the acquisition. The case is expected to be heard in February and a ruling is likely before June 30, when Metcash's exclusivity with Franklins expires.
In the meantime, Jardin and Spar chief executive Leigh Carson plan to approach retailers and private equity backers and develop plans to expand into the ACT and Victoria.
"I think it's desirable to have another competing wholesaler there that can at least keep the system reasonably honest. And hopefully through a competitive situation you can get a better price for retailers and at the end of the day the consumer," Jardin says. "Franklins is part of the whole equation in terms of giving us some scale."
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Figure 1 : 2 days after injury.
Fastening the inflammatory phase will be dependent on the granulysin antimicrobial protein. Granulysin prevents any invasion of bacteria which have pathogen activity on the wound. Eliminating the tumors via osmolytic lysis is one of the granulysin's properties.
In addition,in our Wound Dressing project, we used Granulysin to sterilize the environment against all type of bacteria. In addition, in case of distortion of our biomaterial grade dressing, our Ecoli may infact with wounds. Because of that reason, in order to prevent wounds from pathogenicity of E.coli, granulysin protein which will be integrated into gelatin sponge of our dressing to kill our bacteria.
Figure 2 : 17 days after injury.
hEGF plays a major role in the proliferative phase. It causes rapid cell division occur in the wounded area. However, rapid cell division may induce cancer in the wounded area. By switching mechanism with oxygen promoter and lysis cassette, the synthesis of hEGF is controlled and the risk for cancer minimized.
The Epidermal Growth Factor(EGF).As we all know, it has a big role in wound healing.Moreover, it has also a function to start the formation of keratin and to stimulate cell division. It can also increase the amount of nucleic acids.And, it causes the storage of glikozamin and glikozaminoglikan.
Figure 3 : 30 days after injury.
The main role of hKGF is providing migration of the produced cells to the wounded area . By this effect, both wound healing time and the risk for cancer diminished.
KGF(Keratinocyte Growth Factor) is composed of 194 aminoacids and has a function to renew epitel tissue in healing period. However, it is not observed to cause any effect on cell differentiaiton.It speeds up the healing process.


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As an IT professional specializing in anti-fraud of all types I am becoming increasingly worried about the ability of unauthorized access and manipulation of personal data inside the 'cloud'. We are constantly asked to upload our personal data into cloud data vaults for easy World Wide access and also cloud computing. All these services are usually offered for free or as part of a paid bundled package. Free e-mail services and social sites also takes away privacy and creates a potential for data mining and profiling by third parties. A more sinister twist is the ability for original content to be manipulated for a myriad of reasons. Any agency with a search and destroy mission could possibly go into the cloud and change original content in an effort to discredit or worse.
I have been a faithful MSN (Microsoft) user all of my adult life. I have seen Microsoft take away the ability by Hotmail to have automatic and bulk download of all my (personal) free e-mails into my mail local database such as outlook or outlook express. This is EXTREMELY worrisome as it takes away my freedom to have bulk access to my private works even for my own protection (evidence) and back-up. Those worried about this Hotmail denial can change their Hotmail setting to forward their mail into a Yahoo mail account and from that Yahoo account automatic download into outlook can still be performed.
The News Vine is also a MSNBC service I have been utilizing since 2008 as a means to leave my thought legacy for my children to read in their own time. I have recently queried News Vine to see if I could have access to my body of work for back-up. The response I received was,
'We don't have a utility that lets you download everything you've contributed. You do have these pages for your content and comments, respectively:
You might copy and save your work by going through those pages. If you want the context, you might use your browser to save the pages your comments/seeds are on.'
Imagine how much time I would have to spend accessing one page at a time in order to do sequential saves. My response to the News Vine was,
'Through the years I have contributed a huge body of work making manual and serial screen shots simply too much work to handle prompting my request for help from you. Maybe News Vine does not provide a utility but being most likely an Oracle Database a simple ad-hoc query and saving in a .txt flat file would resolve my problem. Is there any way either you, or a different IT department, would be able and willing to help. Maybe you can point me in the right direction. I appreciate your help.'
I am still waiting for a reply.
Once an ad-hoc query works the way intended by the programmer it can be turned into a script and placed as a utility on any News Vine member's protected account page.
I am writing this article in an effort to inform all News Viners regarding the issue of security, back-up, and being able to have bulk access and download of data pertaining to the original data owners. I am asking that we all voice and vote for News Vine to provide an utility for its users to be able to download all personal bodies of work in bulk into their private vaults.
In the anti-fraud business there is great concern for data being stolen and or landing in the wrong hands. The only real protection a private individual has is to back-up anything and everything they post on the Internet into a private, off-line, and local data vault.


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To the Quartermaster General of the State of West Va, In compliance with the statute I have the honor to report that during the month of April 1865 my company of state guards captured from the possessin[sic] of rebel and rebel sympathisers[sic] all supposed at the time of capture to belong to rebel, in arms except the fifteen horses Five of them horses have bien[sic] returned to their priproper owners, under the circumstances stated in my report to the Governor,
They also captured Five rebel muskets, but having no convenient way of bringing them to head quarters, and the distance being so great, they destroyed them. April 30, 1865
All of which is respectfully reported
James H. Ferguson
Capt. Cabell State Guards
Transcription by Jeffrie Carroll, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peytons Fall 2010 Introduction to Public History at West Virginia State University
Militia Box 03, Folder 1


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Charter Schools | Single-Sex Academies | African-American Academies | Schools within Schools | Other Innovative Program
Charter Schools 1995: A Survey and Analysis of the Laws and Practices of the States.
The 30-page bibliography was published in volume 3, number 13 (July 1995) of the journal Educational Policy Analysis Archive, maintained at the Arizona State University Web pages. The bibliography accompanies state by state summaries and comparisons across states of charter schools in a report entitled Charter Schools 1995: A Survey and Analysis of the Laws and Practices of the States. The report is the result of a group project undertaken by Tom Mauks-Pugh's course in Policy and Politics in American Education at Dartmouth College during the spring of 1995.
Charter School Laws Across the States: Ranking and Scorecard 13th ed.
This report of the Center of Education Reform (CER) provides a state by state analysis and ranking of charter school laws and their implementation. States are graded based on their laws, regulations, administrative rulings and practices. The grading criteria measures four components that the CER has identified as fundamental for the development of high-quality charter schools. These components are: the existence of independent and/or multiple authorizers, number of schools allowed, operational and fiscal autonomy, and equity.
Charter School Laws: Do they Measure Up?
This report, from the American Federation of Teachers Charter Schools Research Project, briefly outlines the perspectives which both advocate and oppose charter schools. The concise report goes on to evaluate charter legislation from 25 states with respect to AFT criteria intended to produce quality schools and models for the public education system. Finally, the site provides the results of AFT analysis and recommendations for charter schools. Note: A follow-up article, Do Charter Schools Measure Up? The Charter School Experiment After 10 Years, provides an update to the original paper.
Charter Schools. ERIC Digest
This excellent summary of the charter schools movement examines the history and growing popularity of charter schools. It presents an overview of states where the movement has most taken hold, and concludes with an examination of the progress charter schools have made and the challenges they face.
Charter Schools in Action: Project Final Report 1997
This lengthy report, prepared by the Hudson Institute, presents an executive summary in 6 parts, followed by the survey instruments used for students, teachers, and parents. The sections address such issues as life cycles of charter schools, related policies, educational impacts, accountability, and implications of charter schools.
The State of Charter Schools: What We Know—and What We Do Not— About Performance and Accountability
Opponent's of charter schools view closures as a sign of the system's ineffectiveness. For the author of this report, the closures illustrate that charter schools are being held accountable to meet national standards. The report aims to illustrate the processes behind charter school closures. It includes chapters on the reasons of the closures in addition to appendixes about charter school's enrollment and growth in charter schools.
Educational Excellence Network
This online clearinghouse is the fruit of a collaboration between the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, which supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary-secondary education reform, and the Hudson Institute.
NAEP Charter School Report: Charter School Achievement on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The report covers charter school students' performance on the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) compared to other public schools students. This assessment consists of an initial report that compares charter and public non-charter schools and a second analysis that uses "hierarchical linear models (HLMs) to examine differences between the two types of schools when multiple student and/or school characteristics are taken into account".
National Charter School Resource Center
Operated by Safal Partners and funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Charter Schools Program, The Resource Center is a national center that provides resources, information and technical assistance to support planning and implementation of charter schools. The site includes resources for focus areas such as authorization, charter operation, charter school policy and human capital among others. A section with postings about upcoming and ongoing funding opportunities is also featured.
Measuring up to the Model: A Ranking of State Charter School Laws
The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools report evaluates each state's charter school law against 20 components of a strong charter school law. These components were based on the National Alliance's: A New Model Law for Supporting the Growth of High-Quality Public Charter Schools report. The ranking details the leaders for each of the 20 components.
Perspectives on Charter Schools: A Review for Parents. ERIC Digest.
From the introduction: "Although the number of charter schools has grown in the last few years, it still is sometimes unclear what they have to offer students, parents, and educators that more traditional schools do not already provide. This Digest offers some general information on charter schools, discusses how they have been perceived, and summarizes the results of research on them."
Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research
Provides public policy information and practical recommendations about school reform efforts in Massachusetts that can be applied in other regions.
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women is a nationwide organization promoting educational equity for all women and girls. One approach to equal access to education for girls supported by the AAUW is single-sex classrooms. The AAUW website has much information on this topic as well as other factors effecting girls' education. From the homepage one can link to the Research page, which contains brief descriptions of various research projects mounted by the AAUW, as well as links to more detailed explanations of the research, and ordering information for research reports. One such report which deals directly with single-sex programs is entitled "Growing Smart: What's Working for Girls in School."
"Is Single Gender Schooling Viable in the Public Sector? Lessons from California's Pilot Program. Final Report"
In 1997, California began an experiment of single gender schools with the public sector. This report presents the findings of a three-year case study of the experiment. This report examines the context of the initiative and the results of the program as well as also the historical background of single-gendered schooling. It provides a very thorough analysis of the topic and examines future directions for single gender school reform programs.
K-12 Single-Sex Education: What Does the Research Say? ERIC Digest.
As the title suggests, this digest examines empirical data relating to single-sex education in an attempt to get beyond the polarization and biases that often surround the issue. While it finds the state of research to be inconclusive, the digest identifies common themes that have emerged involving attitudinal differences and achievement effects.
The National Coalition of Girls' Schools
This site is an excellent resource for those in favor of all-girls' schools. The National Coalition of Girls' Schools is an organization comprised of eighty-six girls schools in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The organization has collected and conducted research on gender issues, developed a series of publications, and sponsored forums and symposia. The site includes a list of recommended readings, information on the benefits of attending a girls' school, a list of NCGS publications, and tips for parents. There is also an ample list of links to other sites related to girls and education.
"The Yin and Yang of Learning: Educators Seek Solutions in Single-Sex Education"
This article from Education World ("Where Educators Go to Learn") is another overview treatment of single-sex schooling. It includes links to the Single-Gender Academies Pilot Program Fact Sheet and the Reference List for Single-Gender Academies.
Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network
From the homepage: "QEM is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. dedicated to improving the education of African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans." The QEM Network seeks to improve the education of minorities through three components of the organization: Community Outreach and Leadership Development; Mathematics, Science, and Engineering; and Public Policy, Legislation, and Communications. The QEM Network homepage is straightforward and informative, with links to descriptions of each of the three components, as well as to various QEM projects and reports.
California Partnership Academies
The California Partnership Academies began in the early 1980s and has developed into over 290 programs throughout California. The program model provides a school-within-a-school design for grades 10-12. Integrating smaller learning communities with active business partnerships, the program focuses on integrating academic and career technical education. Included in the site is a program overview, directory, and performance statistics.
Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program (CSRD)
The CRSD is located under the auspices of the Office of Elementary and and Secondary Education in the Office of the Assistant Secretary within the federal Department of Education. The program works in connection with the stated objectives of Goals 2000, state-level education objectives and Title I guidelines. A comprehensive menu leads the user to further information including legislation and funding, state application and guidance, resources, as well as related sites.
CRSD in the Field: Final Update
This comprehensive report assesses the impact and response to the CSRD program during its initial inception. Based on interviews conducted at 10 schools, this evaluation is qualitative as well as qualitative. The website includes recommendations for ongoing implementation.
Elementary Profile: Watauga County
Located in North Carolina, Watauga County provides a school-within-a-school design for its middle level education programs. Curriculum is organized into two different blocks each day: a 250 minute academic block and a 100 minute academic block. The latter is intended as a supplement to enhance the academic program.
Schools within Schools. ERIC Digest
This 2002 digest provides a concise overview of schools within schools, covering the model's advantages, drawbacks, varieties, and sources of funding. As with other ERIC digests, a list of additional resources covering the issue is provided at the end.
Computers as Tutors: Solving the Crisis in Education
Created by Frederick Bennett, PhD, this site has been designated a Top Site by Education Index. It contains the full text of Bennett's entire book advocating the effective use of technology to improve the welfare of students, teachers, and society alike.
Critical Thinking Consortium
This site, divided into separate sections for college/university education and for primary/secondary education, promotes inter-disciplinary educational reform and critical thinking. The site contains articles, resources, and a discussion group.
Educating African American Males: A Dream Deferred
his ERIC abstract outlines the recommendations of the Milwaukee African American Male Task Force (MAAMTF) for improving the abilities of schools to address African American males' needs.
EdWeb - Exploring Technology and School Reform
This online book by Andy Carvin discusses the role of the Internet and technology in education, trends in educational policy, and issues in educational reform. It is revised regularly, and contains numerous resources, including a list of educational listservs.
Engines for Education
This site, sponsored by the Institute for the Learning Sciences, contains a book by Roger Schank and Chip Cleary. The book and the site describe "what's wrong with the education system, how to reform it, and especially, the role of educational technology in that reform."
Foundation for Excellent Schools (FES)
FES is a nonprofit organization designed to give individual assistance to schools (pre-K through high school) seeking to strengthen their ability to help their students succeed. They work within the target community in seeking to tailor solutions to the "school's individual needs, resources, and obstacles." FES helps "schools analyze strengths; plan strategically; develop partnerships with outside resources such as colleges, businesses and community groups; and connect to a national network of exceptional educators." Their programs are funded through corporate sponsorship.
Grandfather Economics Reform Report
The Education Reform Report, by Michael Hodges and Bill Mechlenburg, is one chapter of a series of reports addressing "threats to the economic future of families and their children, compared to prior generations." The goal of the investigation, the results of which are very critical of public education, is to examine the inadequacies of the current state of education in order to improve educational quality.
Mathematics Equals Opportunity
The information presented at this site, stressing the importance of mathematics in school and in life, was prepared in 1997 for U. S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. The site explains the current state of mathematics in education and outlines steps to strengthen its position in the future.


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As usual, when the expectation was on us we failed to deliver.
This time we were saying we've got to win and that brings a different type of pressure.
I was impressed with Azerbaijan, they are a much-improved side, but we should have got three points.
We looked a yard off the pace for much of the game, but at the start of the second half that yard was there and we got a great goal.
It was disappointing to concede the goal we did, you have to look at Paul Jones and say he should have done better.
He got a good hand to the free kick and should have been able to push it around the post.
I watched the reaction of the players and Andy Melville's looking at Paul and saying 'what happened there?'
The home fans and team reacted to a great strike, stepped up a gear and we couldn't cope.
I think we missed Ben Thatcher. Danny Gabbidon is not a left-back, he'll do a job but when he advances he can't deliver the right quality of ball into the box.
He was great defending, but a few problems were caused when he was pulled forward out of position.
Anatoliy Ponomarev was getting a lot of ball, playing off the front two and creating difficulties.
Mark Hughes countered that at the end by changing the shape, but I thought he could have done it earlier in the game.
He brought Rob Earnshaw onto the wing to revert to the system that was successful in Euro 2004 qualifying, with Bellamy also out wide giving us five across the middle.
That allowed Robbie Savage to sit in front of the back four to help protect them.
We have to raise things for Northern Ireland on Wednesday, but my big concern is the fitness of Andy Melville and John Hartson.
Andy had an injury scare before the Azerbaijan game, and with his experience in Scotland I'm not sure if John can play two big games in a week.


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Yashwantrao Chavan
Shri Yashwantrao Chavan was born
in the Village of Devrashtre in Karad Taluka, Satara District of Maharashtra State on
12th March, 1913. From a very humble beginning he rose to meteoric
heights. He was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra and
thereafter occupied the high position of Defence Minister, Home
Minister, Finance Minister, Foreign Minister, and Dy. Prime Minister
of India.
With the above goal in view, important leaders and thinkers of
Maharashtra felt that a memorial should be set up in the form of a
living and dynamic organization which would carry on the creative
development initiatives of the great leader. Accordingly the
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University came into existence.
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) was established in July 1989 by the Act XX-(1989) of the Maharashtra State Legislature. The jurisdiction of this university is entire state of Maharashtra.
The university provides relaxed entry procedures. However it does maintain its standards for examinations. The university may admit a student even when he is studying in another university / Board or is continuing his professional career. It also does not ask for documents like Transfer Certificate at the time of admission. At the same time the university takes all precautions (just as the other universities do) to ensure that the standards and quality of, education and examinations, are preserved.
Statistical Information
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The tax commissioner, Michael D'Ascenzo, has put foreign banks on notice that they are being closely scrutinised, after the Australian Taxation Office detected dodgy transactions by some of the financial institutions.
Mr D'Ascenzo told The Australian Financial Review that "financial engineering" by the foreign banks with branches in Australia was high on the ATO's risk radar.
As cross-border transactions become more complex, the ATO is also paying close attention to transfer pricing and multinational companies which move their intangible assets, such as intellectual property and trademarks, offshore.
Mr D'Ascenzo foreshadowed up to 190 new criminal prosecutions resulting from the high-profile investigation into offshore tax evasion known as Operation Wickenby. This is a significant increase on the 60 people the ATO has brought before the courts so far.
The tax commissioner said that 20 large corporate groups with earnings over $250 million had been told they were "high risk" taxpayers and were being asked for extra information about their business activities.
He also defended the ATO's upgrade of its information technology systems, which resulted in the delay of some tax returns last year.
The ATO's warning to foreign banks is likely to resonate among those with operations in Australia, including Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and UBS.
"We're reviewing foreign branches of foreign banks operating in Australia, particularly given a lot of foreign banks have made significant losses under the GFC [global financial crisis]," Mr D'Ascenzo said. "So we're very concerned about the transfer of losses to offset profits they might have made in this country."
The transfer pricing issue for multinationals has been a constant battleground between the ATO, business and tax advisers for more than a decade.
Transfer pricing rules state that related entities must deal on an arm's-length basis and charge commercial prices on cross-border sales, in order to limit tax arbitrage by global companies and the siphoning of profits to low-tax jurisdictions.
Mr D'Ascenzo said the ATO was particularly concerned where companies were using low-tax jurisdictions to funnel their profits and the interposing of tax secrecy havens to try to avoid tax altogether.
This transfer pricing concern extends to the shifting of intangible assets – including intellectual property and brand names – to non-arm's length entities in low-tax jurisdictions, at below-market prices. It also includes the creation of marketing hubs in low-tax countries.
Such practices allow the company to pay minimal capital gains tax here on the sale of the intangible asset; and then pay little or no tax on the income, dividends and royalties the asset generates once it is shifted offshore.
"Intangibles are very hard to measure and so we often have dispute about the value of intangibles sent over to a low-tax jurisdiction," Mr D'Ascenzo said.
"The most egregious side is where it goes through a range of secrecy jurisdictions and no [jurisdiction] gets any tax."
The valuation process involves detailed analysis by lawyers, accountants economists and valuers. However, the task is made more difficult because often there is not a comparable transaction in the market place to work out a fair arm's-length price.
Transfer pricing rules have been tested only twice in Australian courts, in cases involving Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche and chemicals company SNF Australia.
"You only take cases to court that seem out of kilter," Mr D'Ascenzo said.
Mr D'Ascenzo sought to allay concerns of multinationals and their tax advisers that the ATO's transfer pricing work was only about collecting revenue.
He said it also involved working with foreign tax authorities to ensure cross-border transactions were only taxed in one jurisdiction, particularly when companies were conducting business in countries with similar tax rates to Australia.
The ATO uses mutual assistance procedures with other tax authorities in such situations.
"When there are comparable rates, it's more to make sure the company involved is not being disadvantaged," Mr D'Ascenzo said.
"In that area, it's more so you don't have people getting double taxed."
The tax commissioner, who has been urging company directors to take tax risks seriously in their corporate governance frameworks, said there was anecdotal evidence that some boards' attitudes towards tax compliance had improved.
"The questioning that boards now give their advisers or their tax units is a lot sharper and a lot more prominent than it used to be," Mr D'Ascenzo said.
"I think that is a good thing. In the past companies have been sold advice that has proven to be risky, and maybe they weren't quite aware of the risk profile of that advice."
However, only 10 companies (including Origin Energy, BP Australia and Amcor) have entered into annual compliance arrangements with the ATO, which is targeting 50 companies to sign up.
"It isn't a lot, but it is a lot in terms of asset backing and in an environment where financial arrangements are mobile and more risk than immobile assets," Mr D'Ascenzo said.
He was satisfied some major domestic banks ( including Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ANZ Banking Group) as well as foreign lender Rabobank had committed to the program, which encourages companies to declare their tax risks and be more open and transparent.
"It makes common sense, as does the concept of being transparent, if you want certainty and no surprises," he said.
"That means that the transparency is there and, when we have cases [where] the product or engineering is complicated, at least we can talk it through and understand the commercial drivers."
Despite the optimism, foreign banks remain a concern.
Foreign banks in the United States and United Kingdom sustained massive losses during the global financial crisis.
Some have tried to illegitimately transfer the losses to their Australian branches and subsidiaries to offset against their profits and reduce their tax bill here.
On the other hand, the ATO has also detected attempts to shift profits offshore.
"We're not saying it's endemic, but we have to be vigilant," Mr D'Ascenzo said.
As well as profit and loss shifting between Australia and banks' offshore head offices, structured finance products devised and marketed by the banks are on the ATO's radar.
The warning from Mr D'Ascenzo follows a speech in June 2010, where he told an audience of bankers "there may be more inherent tax risks in the foreign bank space".
It follows an ATO crackdown on complex offshore swap transactions promoted by investment banks, particularly Morgan Stanley.
Three of the big four banks – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank – and investment banks such as Macquarie Group engaged in the asymmetric swaps.
They involved shifting profits to a lower-taxed jurisdiction, causing the ATO to lose hundreds of millions of dollars on them after financial markets plunged during the global financial crisis.
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Siliguri, Aug. 28: The Bangla O Bangla Bhasha Banchao Committee, Amra Bangali and two other anti-Gorkhaland organisations from the plains have set up a joint forum, Bangabhanga Birodhi Mancha, to counter the demand for a separate state raised by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in the hills.
The setting up of the forum in the plains follows the formation of the Gorkhaland Joint Action Committee, a joint body of eight hill outfits supporting the statehood demand, last week.
Mukunda Majumdar, the chief of the Bhasha Banchao Committee and the president of the newly-formed plains forum today announced that they would oppose any attempt to divide the state and take up a series of activities demanding Morcha chief Bimal Gurungs arrest.
We formed the forum late last week. The new body will not only counter the demand for statehood but also protest against any movement organised in any part of the state that has an agenda to divide Bengal, Majumdar told journalists here this afternoon after formally announcing the forum.
The two other constituents of the body are the All India Namasudra Vikash Parishad and the Marwari Yuva Sangh.
We will organise a rally across Siliguri on Friday to condemn the demand for separate statehood. We will also urge the administration to take stern steps against the Morcha and demand immediate arrest of Bimal Gurung who has violated the order of Calcutta High Court by going ahead with the indefinite strike, he added.
Majumdar also criticised the state government for its alleged double standards.
When we call a day-long hartal we are immediately arrested. But when Bimal Gurung calls the same for an indefinite period, no step is taken against him. We condemn such double standards of the state and want his (Gurungs) arrest as he has at least 10 cases pending against him.
Khusi Mondal, the secretary of Amra Bangali, and the treasurer of the new forum, said: If the state still fails to take any steps against him we will come out on the streets and voice our protests.
Mukulchandra Bairagya, the secretary general of the All India Namasudra Vikash Parishad and the secretary of the forum, said: We are not against the development works taken up in hills. But we would vehemently oppose any attempt by the state government to appease the Morcha leaders. The (statehood) movement should be stopped by taking stern legal and administrative steps.


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Wow! Some excellent news today - my submission for the IPC's Palaeoart exhibition (Koumpiodontosuchus asprokitii & Neovenator) has formally been accepted.
I've had a little sneaky peek at the other exhibitors on the list and must say what a great honour it is to have my work sat alongside such amazing artists'! Plus, it looks like I'm the only UK artist on the list to boot, so I feel doubly honoured.
Grateful thanks to all the organizers and fellow artists at the IPC4 this year. I'm only sorry I cannot attend...


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The ten best faceless metal bands
These are the phantoms of the metal opera. They are the faceless. Human? Alien? Robot? Beast? Pinky and the Brain? Luke Skywalker's father? Nobody knows for sure. The only way we could ever find out is if we go back in time to the '50s to collect a bunch of UPC codes for some X-ray glasses. For now, this list of the faceless will haunt your nightmares.
See also: - The ten geekiest metal bands - A Nameless Ghoul from Ghost BC on Papa Emeritus II being too evil - Review: Gwar at Summit Music Hall, 11/16/11
10. Underlined Underlined looks like they just crawled out of the La Brea Tar Pits, wearing masks created with random junk they found floating around the bubbling black goo. Their crisp electronic industrial metal clashes with their getup until screams of hatred bellow from behind a black mask. They can be considered a second-generation masked metal band inspired by Slipknot and Mushroomhead in the '90s. They look almost as if Satan took a rib from each Slipknot member to create Underlined and to ultimately populate our world with his demon spawn who make metal.
9. The Locust Coming from San Diego, you would think the Locust would wear fewer clothes or just play in the buff, but the members of this spastic experimental punk grindcore band look like the Fantastic Four of surfers, with heads like those of flies. The Locust has an awesome strict policy of not playing any Clear Channel venues as a big 'fuck you' to corporate radio. If they really wanted to cash in, they could play in multiple cities simultaneously, like the Blue Man Group.
8. Lordi All things horror and monsters, Lordi combines hard rock with strong elements of metal -- alternating with each album -- in the footsteps of the great shock-rockers Kiss and Alice Cooper. Lordi is like a Finnish Tales From the Crypt: The members haunt their fans to satisfy their horror B-movie fix all while appeasing their urge to rock. The band has never been photographed or interviewed without its various costumes, including those of mummies, zombies, demon-like creature, an other worldly warrior and a Predator-like creature.
7. The Berzerker Unmasked later in their career, the members of the Berzerker looked more vile and primitive than their Australian island prisoner ancestors when masked, showing up as animalistic demons, the undead, and an ancient mummy that took the time to swing by a mall to clothe himself. Before 2004, the bandmembers were simply known as The Drummer, The Bassist, The Vocalist and The Guitarist. (The rest of their crew should have been called The Manager, The Bodyguard and The Groupie(s).) After the guys' masks melted several times while they were on tour, they decided it was easier to just get their faces all naked.Next Page
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Date/Time: Day, August 25, 2011, 4:00pm ET
Japan used three left-field long balls and stifled a late-game flurry from Venezuela hitters to take a 9-6 win Thursday afternoon, advancing to Saturday's International Championship Game for a rematch against still-undefeated Mexico.
In the game that pitted two traditional powerhouses against one another, it was Japan who got the offense going, and it never looked back.
After second baseman Ken Igeta's RBI double in the third inning opened the scoring, first baseman Yoshiki Suzuki drove the next pitch over the left field wall to give Japan a 3-0 lead.
Pitcher Kazuto Takakura added a trio of insurance runs in a big spot in the next frame, launching a three-run homer to left to mark the first long ball of his little league career and give his side a 6-0 advantage.
Suzuki followed up with his second home run of the day in the fifth, extending Japan's lead to 7-0.
"I was thinking 'just try to hit it to center,'" Suzuki said through interpreter Kotaro Omori. "They were fastballs."
After opening up a comfortable 8-0 lead, Venezuela mounted a comeback.
Latin America loaded the bases in the fifth, and Carlos Narvaez's two-RBI single was followed with Elio (Carlos' cousin) Narvaez's three-run home run to bring the score to 8-5.
Japan added a run in the sixth, and brought in closer Gaishi Iguchi to shut the door on Venezuela.
"[Iguchi] has really good guts," said manager Akihiro Suzuki. "He's very strong in that situation."
Iguchi gave up two singles to bring the tying run to the plate, but he struck out the final two batters.
Japan will advance to play Mexico on Saturday in the International Championship. Mexico won the first game between the two, 3-2, in extra innings.
"We are really looking forward to having that game with them," said manager Suzuki. "Last time we lost, but we'll do our best."


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This book includes "Spiritual Healing Stories" which I wrote over a period of ten years recovering from emotional and physical abuse. I would like to believe that those who are still out there struggling could find these words, which hopefully could assist them in finding their own identity and to maintain this positive growth with meditation and connecting with the inner spirit within. Some stories are about taking a walk in nature and finding tranquility and peace in this enivornment.
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Born January 23, 1915, in Jackson County, he died Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, at Cedars Health Care.
Retired from the Tennessee Woolen Mills, he was a member of Fairview Baptist Church, and the 40 Year Club of the Woolen Mill. He enjoyed fishing and gardening and was an avid sports fan.
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Phonics Scavenger Hunt!
What can you do to keep your child busy that uses few materials and will actually help her review her phonics skills too? Try this phonics scavenger hunt that will keep your child hunting around any room for words that fit a given phonics skill. Try it out next time you're in a busy waiting room with your preschooler, or stuck inside on a stormy day. You can even use the magazines in the waiting room to keep the game going.
What You Need:
- Paper
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- Old magazines
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- Choose a letter that your child knows the sound of. For example, you might choose the letter "B."
- Call out the name of the letter and encourage your child to find as many objects around the room that start with that letter as she can. For example, she might run around pointing out a bed, a broom, a blanket, a brush, and a bottle. As she finds each object, you should respond, "Yes! 'B' is for 'bed'!"
- Make a list of all of the "B" objects that your child has found. When your child finishes finding all of the objects, read the list back to her and congratulate her on finding so many objects that begin with the same letter.
- Look through some old magazines and let your child add pictures from the magazine to the list. For example, your child might find a picture of a bowl or a bucket.
- She can illustrate the list with any writing or drawing materials you have handy.
- Repeat this process with other letters that your child knows.
Keep a collection of these word lists in your purse or hang them on the wall, and revisit them with your child periodically.