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WaterART Fitness offer both land and water training
- if you would like land training click here!
If New to WaterART Fitness you would like a complimentary monthly e-newsletter and information (click here to create an free account). (Please do not create another account if you are already in our system as you cannot have duplicate qualifications).
Our Recommended Programs to start with:
Shallow & Deep H20 Instructor Certification
*Shallow H20 Instructor Certification
*Aquatic Arthritis Instructor Certification
Aquatic Rehabilitation Instructor Certification for General Populations (if you are a therapist or want to work in medical community)
There is always a need for either full time or part time instructors as fitness industry is growing on a daily basis. Instructors are expanding and changing their career options with both land and/or aquatic fitness.
The one thing WaterART Fitness understands is that there seems to never be enough Qualified & Certified Instructors. With that said instructors are all ages, fitness levels, and come from a variety of educational and/training backgrounds including: retired teachers, nurses, fitness participant, swimmer, lifeguard or simply new and interested. There is no perfect background for an instructor; however, if you are interested and passionate about helping people to improve their health and well-being, then this could be a great career option to choose.
Where can you work?
Certified Fitness Instructors may work in many styles of both public and private locations. Check out City Parks and Recreation, condominiums, private clubs, schools, JCC, YMCAs, YWCAs Corporations, as well as you may specialize and work pools in private homes. There are really endless opportunities.
Industry standards require that all instructors be certified and qualified by an approved organization such as WaterART Fitness. Exercise Safety and liability protection is the most important reason to achieve Certification. Instructors who achieve Certification are eligible for insurance and liability protection.
To become certified each candidate is required to complete both theory and practical sections of the exam with a passing grade of 75% for each segment. Exam competencies are the same whether a candidate completes onsite eduction OR home study.
ONSITE educational (you do training at a scheduled location guided by a Certified WaterART Master Trainer)
or HOMESTUDY Education (you read manual, view DVDs/video streaming at home with self learning techniques). For water programming we recommend that you take laminated reference cards to the pool to practice your skills.
The examination process is the same whether you complete onsite or via home study education or a combination of both learning methods.
The Tutorials are a new option to the WaterART programs as these programs provide comprehensive narration and delivery of exercise science information in a very easy to understand DVD format. This is essentially the guided presentation a Master Trainer would give at onsite training.
The Goal of our WaterART Fitness Training Programs is to help the instructor provide exercise safety and appropriate exercise inventory for a general group exercise program. For your information, the groups that typically show up for exercise class may be a very diverse population with a huge range of ages, skills and health histories and medical issues. The goal is to train the instructor to monitor and regulate intensity level so that all participants are trained at their personal best (not too much or too little intensity). We provide a system of teaching basic moves that can provide multi-level programming with progressions and modifications.
In addition to the Basic Instructor certification WaterART offers more specialized training for programs such as Arthritis, Movement Disorders, Mind Body, the Senior Population, Kids, Post-Rehabilitation and Personal Training. This allows the professional to deliver appropriate programming for the clients that require special attention as well as being able to offer a wider variety of classes. For all WaterART Program options click here.
Teaching general group exercise requires different responsibilities, skills and education compared to one on one or personal training. WaterART recommends that candidates start at the basic Instructor level to learn the foundation of program and exercise science design.
All instructors must achieve lifeguarding qualifications and/or emergency safety qualifications prior to becoming full qualified. However, candidates may take the course and complete these requirements after the course or training but to become fully Certified - all candidates require some form of emergency safety training for liability reasons. Often employers demand different standards so it may be best to check with your potential employer first.
How do I get started in the Fitness Industry?
Check out the fitness facilities in your area and get to know their programs.
Take part in a wide variety of fitness classes.
Decide what type of fitness interests you the most. If teaching fitness doesn't keep your interest you won't enjoy teaching
Volunteer your services.
Talk to class participants, find out their goals and/or needs for a program.
Talk to facility directors, instructors, personal trainers find out if they will help you with training.
Where can I look for a job?
All community centers, condominiums, private clubs, YMCAs, YWCAs, Spas and Golf clubs may have fitness facilities and pools that offer job opportunities.
Check out your local fitness facilities looking for group instructors.
Check bulletin boards for people looking for a personal trainer.
Large companies with fitness centers, vacation centers, hotels, and cruise ships
Check out our WaterART website for job postings
Do I need to become Certified before I start teaching?
Definitely YES
Realize that it is extremely important to become certified for the type of fitness you will be teaching. (land or water, group or personal training, specialty training versus general training)
For instance: if you are only interested in group instruction for healthy people then a general certification may be adequate.
If you plan to advance to teach in a specialized area such as for an Arthritis or Post/Rehabilitation Program, or decide to offer personal training then you need to upgrade your certification for that specific area. Never claim to be knowledgeable in an area of fitness for which you have not received Certification. Also, assume jumping into a post rehabilitation or personal trainer position will require advanced knowledge - so if you dont know the foundation (the Instructor program) then completing the examination process will become exponentially impossible unless you purchase the DVD Tutorial programs to supplement your education.
If you are interested in becoming Certified with WaterART Fitness, here's some information that you might very helpful:
you may create an account with us (no charge to receive our complimentary e-newsletter monthly) see link
All WaterART Educational programs are available via home study
We offer many programs. We recommend starting at the Instructor Certification level - however, if you are only interested in teaching people with Arthritis or Seniors - you may certainly start at a specialty level ( you will just need tutorials to help guide you through)
Here are all of our WaterART Programs. Many types of programs. (You may choose full Certification or simply a workshop or eduational resources for personal information)
All of our resources are hard copy (we mail to you) water or land (However, you may purchase online and get video streaming copies if you want to start right away. Mailing materials takes 1-2 weeks OR via onsite training events guided with Master Trainer ( you may purchase early and get materials shipped in advance or have event pick up).
Instructors receive the exact same Certification & Qualifications whether they complete onsite training or homestudy education
Everyone learns uniquely. Most instructors need more practical applications to fully comprehend the process.
All Certification programs involve a good balance of both theory education and practical teaching skills.
All Certification programs have unique manuals, reference cards, study guide questions and answers as well as excellent DVDs to supplement visual learning.
All courses are for INDIVIDUAL USE ONLY. Each person must purchase
their own course or onsite materials for certification. All
exams must be completed in your own time within (4 months for ONSITE
training) OR (6 months for home study).
There are late penalty fees
after this date and after a year we no longer take the exam submission.
Details of full Certification ( onsite or home study) process
How often do I need to renew my WaterART Certification's?
Every two years. The great news is that if you complete a higher level of certification you will automatically achieve both levels (and not have to pay a renewal fee.
Full WaterART Certification Renewal Details
If I have more than one WaterART Certification do I have to renew each one separately?
No. You need only renew the HIGHEST level of certification. If you have lesser certifications these are automatically renewed for the same time period. If you advance to an even higher level of certification - your renewal date will automatically become 2 years from the date of that certification.
Liability Insurance Availability
Only Certified Instructors or Trainers that possess a valid diploma may utilize the title Certified. Certified Instructors or Trainers are eligible for liability insurance coverage. WaterART is the only recognized Aquatic Fitness provider for the Ontario Fitness Council (OFC) & Fitness Practitioners Association of Ontario (FPAO) which is part of the NFLA -National Fitness Leadership Association (British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association, Alberta Fitness Certification Leadership Association, Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association, Manitoba Fitness Council, Fitness Practitioners Association of Ontario/OFC, Fitness New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia Fitness Association). These organizations were unanimously approved by the International Confederation of Registers for Exercise Professionals Board, ICREPS is supported and promoted by IHRSA
In Canada.: Ontario Fitness Council (2 years of commercial general liability for $205.00) Additionally places you on International Registry of Exercise Professionals.
Jeff Angus at 1-800-671-4632
In USA: Sports & Fitness Insurance Corporation 1(800) 844-0536 Madison, MS. or Sadler &Company Inc. 1-800-622-7370
If you want to register to an event, please click here.If you want to order home study, please click here. DOWNLOAD PDF FILE FOR AGENDA OF ONSITE TRAINING PROGRAMHOW TO COMPLETE THE FULL CERTIFICATION- Lots of Options & Opportunities!
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The most popular beaches are Horseshoe Bay and Queens Beach. Visitors are well provided for at most beaches in the Bowen area, with facilities including barbecues, picnic tables, children's playgrounds and neatly maintained parkland areas. The Bowen foreshore has recently been redeveloped with fun family activity in mind and boasts a sound shell for outdoor events.
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President Obama complained about the shutdown of parts of the federal Head Start pre-school nutritional assistance program in his weekly address October 5, even though he has already pledged to veto straightforward Republican bills that would fund similar programs.
Obama argued in his weekly presidential address that children who had benefited from Head Start programs are suffering under the shutdown. He cited one letter from an Alabama citizen:
Kelly Mumper lives in rural Alabama. She works in early education, and has three children of her own in the Marines. Here's what she wrote to me on Wednesday.
"Our Head Start agency ... was forced to stop providing services on October 1st for over 770 children, and 175 staff were furloughed. I am extremely concerned for the welfare of these children."
Yet if handed a simple congressional bill to fund childhood nutrition programs such as the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) and Head Start programs, Obama has already raised the specter of a veto threat. He has no objection to any funding in the House-passed Women's Infant and Children Funding bill (H. J. Res. 75), but on October 3 he pledged to veto the legislation in order to force political pressure on the Republican-dominated House to pass a single spending bill for the entire federal budget, including ObamaCare.
"There's only one way out of this reckless and damaging shutdown," Obama said in his weekly address: "Pass a budget that funds our government, with no partisan strings attached." By those words, Obama means that Congress must pass funding for the entire federal budget in a single bill, and that this bill must include ObamaCare funding. Obama continued in the Saturday address: "The American people don't get to demand ransom in exchange for doing their job. Neither does Congress. They don't get to hold our democracy or our economy hostage over a settled law. They don't get to kick a child out of Head Start if I don't agree to take her parents' health insurance away. That's not how our democracy is supposed to work."
Obama's position can be summarized this way: If a bill to fund Head Start doesn't include ObamaCare funding, I'll veto it. If a bill to fund the NIH doesn't include ObamaCare funding, I'll veto it. If a bill to fund National Guard pay doesn't include ObamaCare funding, I'll veto it. If a bill to fund WIC doesn't include ObamaCare funding, I'll veto it. And by the way, the Republicans are holding the government hostage and are shutting down the government.
The Obama administration issued a "statement of administration policy" October 4 sent to House Republicans that reiterated the veto threat: "The Administration strongly opposes House passage of piecemeal fiscal year 2014 appropriations legislation that restores only very limited activities. Consideration of appropriations bills in this fashion is not a serious or responsible way to run the United States Government."
But the "all or nothing" grandstanding by congressional Democrats and the White House has resulted in a weakened position in recent days. Obama had undercut his own position by signing into law earlier this week a bill that would fund uniformed members of the U.S. armed forces during the shutdown. It was the exact same kind of "piecemeal" budget funding that Obama has since pledged to oppose. The president's support for a separate bill to fund soldiers, but opposition to fund other federal programs drew comments of derision from Republican leaders on Capitol Hill.
"How does the White House justify signing the troop funding bill, but vetoing similar measures for veterans, National Parks, and District of Columbia?" Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told Politico.com. "The president can't continue to complain about the impact of the government shutdown on veterans, visitors at National Parks, and DC while vetoing bills to help them." Steel concluded that the White House's "position is unsustainably hypocritical."
Perhaps more importantly, the bargaining position of Democratic leadership in Washington weakened significantly during last week, as an increasing number of rank-and-file House Democrats have crossed the aisle in recent days to vote for Republican measures to fund specific programs: 22 House Democrats voted for a bill to fund the WIC program, 23 voted for separate bills to fund national parks/museums and the FEMA program, 25 voted for funding the National Institutes of Health, and 36 voted to pay the National Guard.
Much of the Democratic argument to fund ObamaCare has been based upon the concept that ObamaCare is "settled law," and that government commitments need to be funded. But Congress has always created programs by law and ended or cut them by throttling funding. President Obama himself has been a cheerleader of cutting programs by cutting funding.
One recent example of this is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which, according to the Government Accountability Office, requires that under law "F-35 acquisition funding requirements average $12.6 billion annually through 2037." Yet President Obama — who used the argument in the Saturday address to argue that all "settled law" needed to be funded — not only lobbied Congress this year to cut funding of the F-35 procurement required under existing law, but he also issued a veto threat against that same funding in 2011. This same veto threat also drew praise from some of same Democratic congressmen who have complained most loudly about the shutdown. "I commend President Obama for his continued opposition to the Alternate Engine program and his willingness to veto any defense bill that would allow additional taxpayer funding to be spent on the GE/Rolls Royce F-35 'Extra Engine,' " Congressman John Larson wrote on his congressional website back in 2011. Larson made national news last week with a bombastic rant against Republicans on the eve of the shutdown.
Under Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, the president and the Senate cannot force the House of Representatives to fund ObamaCare or any other federal program. So unless 17 or more Republicans break ranks with the GOP leadership and side with Democrats in procedural votes, House Speaker John Boehner holds a winning hand in the budget battle.
Interestingly, while Obama's weekly propaganda message from the Oval Office was being broadcast to the world during the shutdown, the Armed Forces Network broadcasting of sports events to troops serving abroad went dark because of White House shutdown decisions.
Thomas R. Eddlem has been a correspondent for The New American since 1987, and is the magazine's former research director.
Related articles:
Constitution Gives House of Reps the "Weapon" to Destroy ObamaCare
They're Lying to You: Appropriations and "Shutdown" Lies
House GOP Winning With Ted Cruz's "Piecemeal" Strategy
Leaks Expose Bipartisan Plot to Exempt Congress from ObamaCare


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Paris St Germain continue talks with Napoli over deal for Edinson Cavani
PSG sporting director Leonardo has confirmed talks are ongoing with Napoli regarding a deal to sign Edinson Cavani.
By Nadia Carminati
Last Updated: 08/07/13 7:58am
French champions PSG have emerged as the favourites to sign Cavani and are understood to have already made a £43million offer for the striker.
However, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has been insistent that the Uruguay international will not be leaving the Serie A club for less than the €63m (£54m) buy-out clause in his contract.
Leonardo believes PSG's offer for Cavani is 'interesting' and he is hoping there will be some positive news on a potential deal in the next week.
"We presented De Laurentiis with an offer that I consider really interesting," Leonardo told Il Mattino.
"The negotiations continue. We will remain in contact and, in these next few days, there could be news."
Reports have claimed that Cavani, who is under contract at Napoli until 2017, has been offered a five-year deal by PSG worth €10m (£8.6m) per season.
Premier League duo Chelsea and Manchester City have also been heavily linked with Cavani, who finished last season as Serie A's top scorer.
Chelsea are understood to have made an approach to Napoli, but are not willing to meet the release clause in the 26-year-old's contract.
Cavani recently confirmed he is keen to discuss the situation with De Laurentiis after playing for Uruguay in the Confederations Cup in Brazil.
He has previously admitted it would be a 'dream' to play for Real Madrid and has also criticised Napoli's asking price.


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When I first heard U.S. nationals were going to be in Soldier Hollow, I was flat-out jazzed. Yes, that's the word I was looking for.
Images of a brightly lit landscape under a bluebird sky and sun reflecting off seemingly endless kilometers of snow fluttered through my mind.
I had been to the cross-country ski resort made famous by the 2002 Olympics once before at Junior Nationals last March. Even though that involved long days standing alongside trails watching one age group after another ski by, it was a lot of fun. I got a sunburn on my face, under my nose and over my ankles (don't ask), but who's gonna complain about that? If you come home with a tan from work trip, it's a good thing.
Nationals would probably be different. For one, they were in January, but I figured the weather would still be awesome then. This was Utah for goodness sakes, one of the first states I visited upon resolving to move to out West after college (don't ask why I live in eastern New York now).
Brimming with excitement for my upcoming trip, I returned home from the World Cup in Canmore, Alberta, to dire forecasts for the Park City-region. Soldier Hollow was hurting for snow, and organizers were being up front about it. Nationals weren't in question, but the size of the loop racers would ski on was.
Oh boy, I thought. One beautiful venue and Mother Nature's going to let it go to waste. Then it snowed in upstate New York, feet upon feet, and last year's U.S. nationals host – Black Mountain in Rumford, Maine – got perhaps the most snow of anybody in the region.
Funny, I thought. But not really.
It seemed the curse of nationals, with low snow challenging organizers the past couple years, had spread west. I tried not to think about it too much and spent the in-limbo time enjoying the snow in my own backyard and at local ski areas.
Then the news came, and I checked the online to confirm: Utah was also getting snow, and a foot or more of it.
Suddenly, I started feeling excited all over again, and asked my personal wax tech (a.k.a. my dad) if he had time to wax my skis before I left. The man did great work and within a few days I found myself happily cruising up and down the SoHo trails. The altitude bit me a bit at nearly 6,000 feet, but staying up in the nearby Park City (at almost 7,000 feet), I joked that we were living high, training low.
Except that my "training" skis were really just baseline, let's-see-if-I-can-get-in-shape-again jaunts. Either way, toward the end of the 10-day trip, I started to feel better, last longer and explore higher reaches of Soldier Hollow's 30-plus-kilometer trail system.
While trails like "Little Buckaroo" and "Goin' Home" keep you coming back for more, one of my favorites turned out to be one of the most challenging: Roller Coaster. (Note: I HATE hills.)
It must've been SoHo's lack of oxygen that made me feel giddy, or the sheer endorphin rush of the largely treeless landscape with tiny shrubs dotting the hillsides. The rollercoaster trail kept climbing, then descending, then shooting up higher toward the top of Hollow's encompassing range.
At the high point, I could've taken off my skis and walked to the very top, but I decided I was close enough with a similarly unrivaled view of the entire ski area. I stopped, snapped a few photos and weaved back down to the stadium and media workspace inside a charter school (kids were on break, so we used their classrooms and desks for the week).
Pre-race and off-day skis like that were certainly a bonus and exactly what I had been hoping for in my visit to Soldier Hollow. But overall, they were a small part of the highlights: seeing both race favorites and underdogs win and athletes start to believe in themselves continually added to the experience. We covered adaptive races, heard some inspiring background stories, and watched one man finish a 15 k sit ski on two broken skis.
Meeting and interviewing different people, as always, kept the work fun and fresh. It didn't hurt that the sun was out, either, and just as I wanted, I came home with a tan (on my face, or maybe it was windburn. Either way, it was color).


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Zignature Dog Kibble is a fan favorite of The Pet Beastro! This grain free and limited ingredient formula is perfect for dogs of all life stages. Each kibble is made with one protein source, potato free, and only a handful of other healthy and clean ingredients. Zignature is a great choice for dogs that may suffer from food allergies. Free of some of the most common food allergens including wheat, corn, soy, chicken, potatoes and dairy, creating the perfect hypoallergenic and low glycemic formula. Additional fruits and veggies add antioxidants, fiber, and low glycemic carbohydrates for the perfect balance to keep your furry friend thriving! You can feel confident about giving your furry friend this tasty complete and balanced formula!
Ingredients: Salmon, Salmon Meal, Pea Flour, Chickpeas, Peas, Sunflower Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols And Citric Acid), Flaxseed, Natural Flavors, Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate), Potassium Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Lactic Supplement), Lactic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite.
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The Swype text entry interface that's been tearing up Android phones, World Records and maybe iPhones was spotted doing more of the same on a large touchscreen at the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference. Spoiler: It looks like Swype, but bigger:
It is only a demo, and there's not even a wisp of an inkling that there's a partnership brewing between Microsoft and Swype Inc. (the chaps behind the technology), but in any event at about three minutes in the demo gets going in earnest and you can judge for yourself.
Please note: The source link video site requires Silverlight, but the image above, gleaned from Engadget, shows a snapshot of the interface in action on an 3M M2256PW ten-finger multitouch display. [Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference via Engadget]


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In my book, many interesting conversations can be had using the words "turbochargers" and "superchargers."
In a conversation with a friend this weekend, though, my mention of the words were met with a blank stare. I guess not everyone is into cars or even terribly knowledgeable about what makes them tick.
Our talk began with a question. My friend asked, "What do you think of electric cars?"
Well, that's quite the can o' worms in my world, and talking through the answer took the better part of the next 30 minutes. We discussed everything from the environmental impact of battery manufacturing to electricity production to supporting infrastructure to the mechanics of how superchargers and turbochargers work in gas and diesel engines. Of course, my bottom-line answer to her question was this: Electrics have the right idea in saving fuel, I'm just not convinced of their execution. I'd prefer to go with an economical turbo gas or diesel vehicle.
Like maybe the 2014 Ford Fiesta, with a 1.0-liter EcoBoost 3-cylinder.
Just to get an idea of how small Ford's 1.0-liter engine is, check out the picture sent in to Autoblog below showing the engine packed in someone's luggage on the way from Detroit to the L.A. Auto Show. Not just any luggage… a standard carry-on bag. This is the engine everyone presumes is destined for the U.S. via the 2014 Fiesta. In the European Ford Focus, this engine makes 123 horsepower and 125 lb-ft of torque.
Powering the smaller Fiesta, I'd hope to see mileage numbers somewhere around 40, but that's pure speculation on my part. No official numbers have been released, nor has U.S. pricing. It makes sense to reason that the price will come in somewhere in the very low 20s, maybe even the teens, making the Fiesta a compelling and economical fuel-saver when compared to an EV or hybrid.
On top of initial cost, a gas or diesel vehicle will come with less-costly repairs and absolutely no risk of an expensive battery replacement sometime down the road. A road, incidentally, that can be travelled mile after worry-free mile without running out of places to refuel.
By the end of the conversation with my friend, I think I made my point about the value of an economical internal combustion engine compared with an EV. It's then that I learned what car she currently drives, which fellow CarGurus might also find ironic: a Geo Metro.
What's your preference, gas, diesel, hybrid or electric?
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For the cake:
4 large eggs, separated
½ cup superfine sugar
3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 2/3 cups strained Greek-style yogurt
grated zest of 1 washed orange
juice of 1 orange
For the optional syrup:
2/3 cup water
1 ¼ cups sugar
1 Tablespoon orange juice
grated zest of 1 orange
1 fresh Rosemary sprig
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar to a thick, pale cream. Beat in the flour, then the yogurt, orange zest and orange juice until it is thoroughly blended.
Whisk the egg whites until still and fold them into the yogurt mixture. Pour this into a round, nonstick baking tin (about 9" in diameter) greased with butter. Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes, until the top is brown. It will puff up like a soufflé then subside.
Turn out onto a serving plate, and serve warm or cold.
If you are making the syrup, boil the water with the sugar, orange juice, grated orange zest and crushed fresh rosemary sprig for 3-5 minutes. Let cool, then chill in the refrigerator. Serves 6
FOODIE'S NOTES: Chef Alex Pope and I were doing our homework in preparation to open Saffron Street: A Moroccan Bazaar, our latest pop-up restaurant installation called Vagabond. We were reading, cooking and thinking about nothing but Morocco & Turkey.
My Mom had given me the cookbook Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey & Lebanon by Claudia Roden several years ago, and I found myself buried in this cookbook looking for inspiration for our pop-up. Alex and I were concerned that this culinary event look, sound and taste as authentic as we could make it.
As Christmas rolled around, I was still in Vagabond research mode and found myself making more and more dishes from this cookbook, always with my own tweaks to it. I was going to my family's house for Christmas, and they assigned me dessert to bring for our big Christmas Eve meal. They begged me to bring something light as the meal itself was going to be so rich. I immediately thought of my take on this Turkish Yogurt Cake from Claudia's cookbook.
Light like a soufflé, and made with high-protein Greek yogurt, this cake was the perfect choice. The recipe calls for a syrup that is suggested to be served on the side. I agree. I found I did not need it, but some may, to take the sweetness up a notch or two. The original recipe calls for lemon zest and lemon juice, I switched it to orange, you could even use blood oranges, and added the rosemary to the simple syrup.
The first night we popped-up with Saffron Street: A Moroccan Bazaar, I had decorated a long table with turquoise blue crinkled silk table cloth and placed a metal bowl with lemons in the center of this table.
Alex walked by and said; "You know that table looks exactly like the cover of that Moroccan cookbook you've been reading for the last few months."
When I went back and looked at the cover, I realized he was right. This cookbook was a major inspiration for me during my Moroccan themed pop-up, and this cake recipe is one of my favorites from my time in Morocco.
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Jason Kidd Retires: 8 Best Pure Point Guards Since 1994
Jason Kidd retired today (June 3) after 19 years in the NBA, and has a strong case as the best pure point guard in history.
Let's get it out of the way first: it's hard to discuss Kidd's career without mentioning the fact that he hit his wife multiple times and was arrested for drunk driving days after signing his most recent contract with the Knicks. There's an argument to be made that the Hall of Fame is not the Hall of Character, and that plenty of evil men are enshrined in Cooperstown, Canton, and Springfield.
But that's an argument for another day. Think of Kidd as numbers in a spreadsheet, and those numbers indicate that Kidd was one of the best pure point guards ever. By sheer passing stats, Kidd is no. 2 all time. So who has a claim to no. 1?
Lets limit this list to guys who've come into the league since Kidd debuted in 1994. The game has changed a lot since the Showtime days of Magic, and the point guard position has shifted as well. Forget the high-volume scorers like Baron Davis and Stephon Marbury - this is more about the guys who could pass and lead their teams. So who are the best pure PGs around?
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We need an energy revolution in this country, and it doesn't look like we'll get it any time soon. Not to mention an energy policy from the government. The world is desperate for clean energy sources, and real, workable solutions seem far off. Meanwhile, big oil price spikes are not only possible but likely. Their effects could be shocking, and the auto industry is on the front line.
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Aren't the car producers taking all these supply-and-demand problems into account?
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has responded in the past by pushing design improvements and productivity gains that make room for costly new content, including technology required for meeting regulatory standards. Here's one example: if you adjust for inflation the cost of a 2001 Toyota Camry, you see that by 2010, the price of the car to US consumers had actually dropped by $2,500 in real terms—although the 2010 Camry was better equipped and 10 percent more fuel efficient.
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These can get to be pretty pricey affairs depending on the office and the celebrity status of the candidate. For example, if your just a regular old blue-collar Joe Schmo working the 9 to 5 at some dead-end job (oh come on, it's not that depressing!), then chances are you can't afford to attend the glitzy fundraiser for Barack Obama hosted by some celebrity in a townhouse on the Upper West Side.
No, you would need Bloomberg money for that event, so it's best to just stick to the old adage, "if you have to ask, then you can't afford it."
But on the bright side, if local politics is your bag, then it's perfectly within your bank account to get your feet wet in politics and get the chance to rub shoulders with some of the bold-faced names that make city government (dys)function.
For instance, many of the candidates for City Council hold fundraisers that offer a variety of donation levels that will allow you access to their inner circle. That's not to say they aren't also looking for the big money, but they are also more than willing to take a $25 check from the little guy, too.
Often times, these varying levels also come with a nice title to differentiate between the depths of pockets. In other words, for a $2,500 donation you might find yourself a member of the "Supporter" or "Patron" or "Rich 'Uncle' Pennybags" club. On the other hand, if you can only afford to hand over a double sawbuck, you might find yourself simply referred to as a "Friend" or "Contributor" or "Cheapskate."
Well, recently we came across a sliding set of donator titles that made us chuckle. Councilman Daniel Dromm is hosting an LGBT cocktail fundraiser on January 30 at some fancy bar in Manhattan. For a measly $30, or the "Supporter" level, you can find yourself in the same room as State Senator Brad Hoylman or Speaker Christine Quinn, where you can hound her about getting all of your parking tickets dismissed.
Of course, Dromm is certainly willing to take more than $30 from you. Why not become a "Friend" for just $20 more, or perhaps at $100 "Partner" is more your style. Of course, those are pretty boring titles, but the more you give, the more glamorous it gets.
For $150 you can enter the fundraiser as an "Angel," or for just $250 you can become a "Star," which is perfectly fine, except that those who can afford to give $500 will be known as a "Superstar" - way better than a star, you have to admit.
And if you can afford to give the top donation of $1,000, you will be known as...as...well, what could be better than superstar?
Bette Midler, that's what!
That's right, Dromm and his fundraiser organizers have taken naming donation levels to a whole other level by setting one aside for The Divine Miss M!
Basically, what they are saying is that if you can give the Dromm campaign $1,000, you will truly be the wind beneath his wings (which you will be expected to sing at least once at some point during the night).


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Every now and then you expect to get shocking news while on the telephone. Receiving a high-voltage electric shock while on the phone, on the other hand, is something few of us expect and even fewer experience. But that's just what happened to an unlucky man in an Eastern city after he dropped his 35 cents in an electrically charged public telephone.
After witnesses found the victim unconscious near the phone, local utility representatives arrived on the scene and discovered the potential for the powerful shock between the telephone stand and a nearby sidewalk grille. Subsequent to sustaining brain injuries that prevented him from continuing his career as a teacher, the victim filed suit against the utility and hired my forensic engineering firm to investigate the accident.
Our initial investigation uncovered the electric utility's report that a sump pump in a network transformer vault beneath the sidewalk grille had failed prior to the accident. At the time of the accident, the 1,000kVA underground utility network transformer was fed by a 13.2kV primary cable, which supplied 3-phase 120/208V power to the utility's low-voltage street network.
When we investigated the vault, we found a sump pump in one corner of the 200-sq-ft room. The sump collected water that accumulated in the vault and pumped it out of the area.
Typically, a utility installs a circuit breaker panel in the vault to provide single-phase 120V power for the sump pump. Then it runs a branch-circuit from the circuit breaker to the sump pump. The installation in question was not set up this way, and it violated applicable electrical codes.
We found the electrician in charge of the initial wiring had scraped the insulation off one of the 750-kcmil, 120V secondary cables and taped the bare end of a No. 16 insulated wire on the bare spot of the cable's conductor. Two No. 16 wires ran between the sump and the neutral bus in the vault and served as the 120V return and grounding wires. The sump's cast-iron discharge pipe ran through the wall of the vault to the street. The sloppy wiring created the potential for contact between the taped wire/conductor connection and ground.
In addition, we reconstructed the accident and concluded it took place after the sump pump motor winding burned out and brought the motor windings in contact with the metal parts of the motor. As a result, the pump had to apply 120V across the motor terminals to activate the pump's float switch, and the fault current from the motor winding to the motor burned through the grounding wire, which left the sump pump ungrounded. Now energized by the winding-to-frame contact, the sump pump had a voltage potential of 120V. This energized the metal discharge pipe that passed under the telephone to the same potential as the sump pump. As a result, the pipe energized the telephone stand. Although a portion of the sump pump's charge dissipated before reaching ground level, the telephone stand was still tested at 80V at the time of the accident.
The re-creation proved our client received the shock when he touched the telephone stand while his feet were in direct contact with the grounded metal sidewalk grille.
Our subsequent review of the electric utility's standards drawings for below-grade network transformer vaults correctly showed a panel with a circuit breaker and an outlet for installation of a sump pump, leading us to believe the installing electrician had not followed the plans properly. Our investigation and affidavit describing the improper installation led to the court granting the victim his motion on liability. As a result, he proceeded to a jury trial on damages and won an equitable award.
Kusko is vice president of Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Natick, Mass.


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Sunday, 23 September 2012
An interview with, er, me
The Fantastical Librarian blog has posted an interview with myself about blogging, reviewing and so forth. Some interesting questions there on why I started the blog and why it has such a silly name :-)
2 comments:
- Raquel said...
Going to enjoy reading it!
- 24 September 2012 at 01:26:00 GMT
- ptolpa said...
Oh the hubris! The blogger who gets blogged about! (or at least interviewed) Just joking, I think you do a great job, and it worked for Perez Hilton as well. He even got on TV, which has to be your next goal.
Love the reviews, although I think you are at times too generous with the stars, but that's probably because I am a curmudgeon.
- 24 September 2012 at 12:33:00 GMT
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With its stylized olive-and-black façade and the silhouette of a lone woman in a wide hat standing in the midst of white lettering, Mama Hong's Vietnamese Kitchen stands out on Burbank's San Fernando Boulevard.
Inside, spare décor and clean lines highlight a long, mirrored wall that is strung, ceiling to chair rail, with strands of rope that from a distance almost look like streams of water. The restaurant looks like a lunch joint from chair rail down, and more upscale from chair rail up, like it's wearing a dress shirt and jacket with shorts — giving it a fun, relaxed feel.
The food and attentive service stand out as well. We started with cha gio, egg rolls fried crisp, stuffed with ground pork, glass noodles, eggs, carrots, onions and radishes. The exterior was golden brown and greaseless, the interior a delicious blend of flavors and textures. Nuoc cham dipping sauce added its flavor of lime, fish sauce, garlic and red pepper.
Goi cuon, spring rolls with shrimp, pork, vermicelli, carrot and green onion, were crisp and fresh, a flavorful salad wrapped in a rice-paper blanket. The brown hoisin peanut dipping sauce was spicy and slightly sweet, but not cloyingly so. Tom cuon chien don, shrimp wrapped in a wonton blanket and deep-fried, were slight but tasty dipped in nuoc cham.
The highlight of the meal, and the reason we'll be back to Mama Hong's, is the banh mi, a Vietnamese baguette sandwich that the restaurant offers for $4.95. The perfect size for lunch, the banh mi comes on a toasted mini French loaf — unbelievably fresh and light, with a perfect crackly crust — with a choice of grilled chicken, pork or beef. We tried the boldly flavored pork — savory, garlicky, with hints of fish sauce and (could it be?) something resembling maple syrup. The meat is topped with crunchy pickled carrots, cucumber slices and daikon radish.
The Vietnamese street food with a French colonial history started when the French brought baguettes to Vietnam. Locals called them banh tay, or foreign cake. The banh mi (wheat cake) started out as a minimalist Parisian-style pate sandwich, one enjoyed by the rich. Then it morphed into a Saigon-style flavor explosion and became all about the meat, served in shops and on the street. Mama Hong's continues that tradition with a delicious and portable take-away meal.
Pho? Not so portable, but also delicious. Mama Hong's offers a variety of pho, including the Mama's combo of sliced steak, brisket and meatballs, a traditional combo of sliced steak, brisket, fatty brisket and tendon, and a seafood combo of shrimp, squid, imitation crab and fish cake.
We chose the filet mignon pho. The broth was rich and flavorful in that slightly narcotic manner of all great pho bases. The beef was tender, juicy and rich. But the noodles lay at the bottom of the bowl, a great, tangled, ropy lump. About 10 minutes into the meal they loosened up and began their writhing dance on chopsticks. You can expect stuck-together noodles if you're trying to assemble take-out pho at home, but in the restaurant? The broth and the beef deserve better.
The restaurant serves rice dishes such as grilled pork chops with rice; a grilled meat combo with a choice of beef, pork or chicken; and shaken beef tenderloin, with diced tenderloin cubes and onions fried in butter, served with jasmine rice and a small bowl of pho broth.
Vermicelli dishes are almost as varied, with grilled meat and pork sausage, tofu and a Hanoi-style pan-seared tilapia cooked with turmeric and dill. We opted for the vermicelli combination with large, juicy, grilled shrimp and beef served over the soft rice noodles tossed with lettuce, carrots, bean sprouts and cucumbers. A splash of nuoc cham boosts the flavor of the noodles, while the meat is flavorful enough on its own.
Vietnamese iced coffee and tea, with their traditional assault of condensed milk, round out a meal on a hot day. Great for washing down a banh mi.
REBECCA BRYANT is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and other publications.
Mama Hong's Vietnamese Kitchen
Where: 211 N. San Fernando Blvd., Burbank; (818) 558-6262
When: 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Sunday
Prices: Appetizers and salads, $3.95 to $11.95; entrees, $7.50 to $11.95; pho, $7.50 to $9.50; banh mi, $4.95.


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AUBURN HILLS - Teams across the NBA have elected to go with smaller lineups and try to beat teams with their speed and athleticism.
The Pistons hope to take advantage of those teams in the future with Greg Monroe at power forward and Andre Drummond at center.
Monday night, the 6-foot-11, 250-pound Monroe matched up with the 76ers' Thaddeus Young (6-8, 235) and the results were promising for Detroit.
Monroe finished with 27 points on 10 for 14 shooting, 16 rebounds and four assists, while Young had 11 points and three rebounds.
'Any advantage we have, no matter what player it is, I expect us to take advantage of it. (Monday) you can say it was me,' Monroe said. 'Going forward if that's the plan I'm fine with it. But however we prepare, whatever game plan the coaches come up with we'll go with it and that will put us in the best position to win the game.'
Pistons coach Lawrence Frank likes to refer to the matchup as a game of chicken to see who can take advantage first and make the other team adjust.
'Their athleticism, Thad Young's ability to run the floor, to make plays off the dribble versus Greg's ability to post him and force help,' Frank said. 'They played him straight up. ... You give credit to Greg because at the end of the day they played him the way they did and Greg contributed.
'Our guys did a good job of screening and delivering him the ball. But it always comes down to that, when there's going to be a smaller guy with athleticism then it's Greg's size and who can win the game of chicken.'
Frank awaits fate The future of coach Frank remains up in the air as the Pistons get set to end the season at Brooklyn on Wednesday night.
Pistons owner Tom Gores was at The Palace Monday night and spoke to the media, but didn't make it clear what direction the franchise is headed in regards to Frank.
Detroit enters Wednesday night's season finale with a 29-52 records, a .358 winning percentage, which is less than the .379 winning percentage they had last season.
Frank said he has no control over the decision so he is just focused on doing his job.
'I have a great deal of respect for Tom,' Frank said. 'He's very transparent. Any time you're in some sort of dialogue with Tom, it's always very clear. To me, I can't decide my fate other than doing my job every single day. I came here knowing what the purpose and what the vision was, and doing my best to execute on that. But at the end of the day that's Tom's decision and that's why he owns the team.'
Middleton making strides Khris Middleton had another solid game off the bench Monday night, finishing with 10 points, two rebounds and one assist in 16 minutes.
The second-round pick out of Texas A&M was buried on the Pistons' bench until late February, but has earned a spot in the rotation and shown potential.
In the month of April, Middleton is averaging 7.9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists. He's also been very efficient offensively, shooting 57.1 percent from the field, including 42.9 percent on 3-pointers.
'He has an NBA skill in that he can score the ball,' Frank said. 'I think as he gets stronger, more physical, he'll make more of the contact plays in terms of dealing with screening and keeping guys off the glass. But he has a very good offensive feel. He's 21.
'You have to give him a lot of credit and Steve Hetzel one of our assistant coaches and Arnie Kander, who worked with him. Because anytime you're not in the rotation for that long of a stretch it's easy to get discouraged. Khris has a very good demeanor about him, very good disposition, stayed with it. To his credit when his number was called he's been able to deliver. We think he has a future.'
Dave Pemberton covers the Pistons. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter @drpemberton.


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Aimed at early years practitioners and childminders this tool kit provides a range of resources that help to understand, reinforce and enable good practice in supporting children's speech, language and communication.
How to get this: http://icancharity.org.uk/resources/working-under-5s-toolkit
Aimed at early years and family facing practitioners working with parents, this tool kit offers a one-stop solution for working with parents. The resources help parents to support their children's speech language and communication. The toolkit includes details of how to run two structured parent sessions, resources and DVDs for parents to use. There is a session-plan book with CD containing a PowerPoint presentation and certificates to print for parents.
How to get this: http://icancharity.org.uk/resources/working-parents-toolkit
This book is aimed at anyone providing a service to children under five and their families such as local authorities, children's centres and children's groups. It ensures best practice in supporting young children's speech, language and communication development by helping practitioners to reflect on their practice and to measure outcomes.
How to get this: http://icancharity.org.uk/resources/making-difference
This programme supports the communication development of all primary-aged children, including those with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). It provides a package of training, mentoring and resources for staff, as well as accreditation of primary schools. An independent evaluation of Primary Talk showed that after only 10 months the programme had a substantial impact on classroom practice.
How to get this: http://icancharity.org.uk/primary-talk-homepage
Explains what speech, language and communication needs are, includes advice and guidance on how to support communication development.
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Provides a comprehensive range of ideas for teachers who are working with speech and language therapists to support children in mainstream primary schools with SLCN
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How to get this: http://www.strath.ac.uk
A website that is a searchable library of ideas and resources, organised by target, and contributed by a community of therapists
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How to get this: http://www.therapyideas.org
Free resources for professionals to share their experiences and knowledge of working with children
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The Makaton Charity have developed a range of resources for using and teaching Makaton, including a range of free resources available to download
Price: £0.00
How to get this: http://www.makaton.org/resources
Listen To Us is a practical resource for people providing training support or professional development in speech, language and communication needs (SLCN), mainly reflecting specific language impairments (SLI). It includes a DVD of carefully chosen clips showing children and young people with speech, language and communication needs and also includes a supporting booklet, offering some questions for reflection on top of the DVD.
This invaluable book provides detailed advice and activities to promote the communication skills of all school age children. It develops ideas suitable for children at primary school. It has been written to be accessible to parents, learning support assistants and teachers and many speech and language therapists use it in their daily work. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Speech and language support for 5-11s. It addresses many areas including: Attention and listening Helping school age children understand spoken language and develop verbal reasoning skills Helping school age children develop their expressive language Phonological processing activities Developing vocabulary and story writing and use of mind maps Helping school age children develop their social skills Helping school age children with unclear speech As with all Elklan materials having purchased the book you are free to photocopy any relevant pages so equipping others who work within your school or health provision.
This invaluable book provides detailed advice and activities to promote communication skills of secondary school aged children Secondary Language Builders provides detailed advice and activities to encourage the communication skills of 11-16 year olds. It has been written to be accessible to teachers, teaching assistants and parents and, with help, the students themselves. Many aspects of communication are covered including: Understanding memory and learning Using visual strategies and considering independent learning Helping students to understand spoken language Using strategies to improve vocabulary learning Using strategies to improve sentence structure and grammar Finding ideas to structure written work Supporting preparation for tests and exams Coping with social communication and social situations Understanding what is involved in speaking clearly and helping students with their speech. The book is illustrated. Secondary Language Builders forms the core reading material for the accredited course 'Speech and Language Support for 11-16s'. As with all Elklan materials having purchased the book you are free to photocopy any relevant pages so equipping others who work within your school or health provision.
This invaluable and practical book provides detailed advice and activities to promote the speaking and listening skills of all children aged between 2 and 6 years. It has been widely used across thousands of settings and enables professionals and parents to understand the communication difficulties children experience. It gives relevant advice and is full of lots of ideas to support children with a wide range of speech and language difficulties Amongst the topics covered are: Developing play for language Encouraging appropriate adult-child interaction The development of attention levels Helping children develop their understanding of language andverbal reasoning Developing social skills through play Helping pre-school children with autistic spectrum disorder Helping children develop phonological awareness Helping children with unclear speech
This new and practical book provides detailed advice and activities to promote the speaking and listening of babies and young children. It has been carefully written to tie in with the EYFS and the two year review. It is full of information about communication development, typical developmental milestones, observation schedules to support your assessment, planning and monitoring of children's progress and simple, fun ideas which are easy to implement in everyday situations. Amongst the topics covered are: What is communication? Encouraging appropriate adult-child interaction Developing play for language Provide child friendly environments to support attention and listening Helping children develop their understanding of language and verbal reasoning Encouraging children to talk and adults to listen! Sharing books, using rhymes to develop language and early literacy Working with parents.
This excellent resource makes this complex area of language development accessible to non-specialist staff. fAll those working in the field will appreciate the clear explanations and practical support and advice for those working and living with children at the pre-intentional and intentional stages of communication as far as beginning to use first words. The book explores a wide range of issues concerning children who have little or no means of expressing themselves verbally. Language Builders for Complex Needs provides ideas for assessment and recording progress as well as detailed advice and practical activities. It is written for speech and language therapists, teachers, teaching assistants, pre-school practitioners and parents. The book examines the characteristic communication skills, the interaction required and the thinking and play skills that need nurturing at each of the following stages: Pre-Intentional Communication. Being able to anticipate events. Intentional Communication. It also considers: The link between play and language. Total Communication – signs, symbols, Communication Passports, and briefly, Augmentative and Alternative Communication. Using first words, ideas and phrases.
This invaluable book provides information about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and gives detailed advice and activities to promote the communication and interaction skills of all verbal children with ASD. It covers a wealth of knowledge and is beautifully illustrated to provide many practical strategies and ideas suitable for children at primary school as well as those in specialist provisions. It has been written to be accessible to parents, learning support assistants, teachers and other professionals who work in this field. It is the training material for those completing the Elklan ASD specilaist course but is also a stand alone publication and is useful for all practitioners. Amongst the topics covered are: What is autism? Using structure with children with ASD. Developing communication. Working with Information Carrying Words to develop the length of sentences a child can understand. Developing verbal reasoning in children with ASD. Using vocabulary maps and Mind Maps, the latter devised by Tony Buzan. Developing interaction through using Comic Strip Conversations as devised by Carol Gray. Helping children learn how to speak in a social context. Understanding that children with ASD often communicate most effectively through their behaviour. As with all Elklan materials having purchased the book you are free to photocopy any relevant pages so equipping others who work within your school or health provision.
Communication Builders for AAC provides comprehensive information about the assessment and use of the whole range of AAC options. Andrea Kirton, co-author, is a highly specialist speech and language therapist but she writes this book in a style which makes this important information accessible to education practitioners, parents, carers, SLTs. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Supporting Adults and Children using AAC. It's a one-stop-shop to AAC! Contents: Chapter 1: What is AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication)? Why use AAC? What Does AAC Include? Access Methods The AAC Team Chapter 2: Assessment Who might benefit from AAC? Cause and effect skills Social Communication Skills Symbolic Understanding Understanding of Spoken Language The expressive-receptive gap Visual SkillsAccess Method Tools for Assessment AAC Profile and Action Plan Definition of Communicative Competence for AAC users (Janice Light, 1989) Social Networks (Sarah Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg, 2003) Means, Reasons and Opportunities (Della Money and Sue Thurman, 1994) Chapter 3: Unaided Communication What is Unaided Communication? Assessing Unaided Methods of Communication Observation Schedule for assessing Unaided Communication Methods Developing Unaided Communication Skills Chapter 4: Low Tech Communication Aids Types of Low Tech AAC systems Aspects of Assessment for Low Tech AAC Access Vocabulary/Language Social Use Design Issues The Next Step – Activities to support and develop use of the Low Tech AAC system Cause and effect with people (Communicative Intent) Requesting item/indicating choice Participation in a social activity General Conversation Chapter 5: High Tech Communication aids Types of High Tech Communication Systems Assessment for a High Tech System Access Vocabulary/Language Social Use Design Issues The Next Step - Activities to support and develop use of the High Tech AAC system Linguistic Skills Social Skills
Price: £22.00
This resource provides detailed advice and practical activities to support the communication skills of children with any degree of hearing loss ranging from mild to severe. Language Builders for Hearing Difficulties is relevant to many speech and language therapists, learning support assistants and teachers who work in pre-schools, schools or units and parents and carers who are helping their child at home. It is the core reading material for the specialist accredited course 'Supporting Children with Hearing Difficulties'. It addresses many areas, including: Types of hearing loss. Things to look out for if you are concerned about a hearing loss. Hearing assessment. The impact hearing difficulties can have on communication. Changing the interaction and environment to support the child. Supporting language and social skills. Supporting listening and phonological development.
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Language Builders for Pupils with SLD (Severe Learning Difficulties) book provides detailed advice and activities to promote the communication skills of children and young people (5-25yrs) who are able to verbally understand and express their basic needs and ideas but who are really struggling to learn and cope in education settings. It has been written to be accessible to parents, learning support assistants and teachers and many speech and language therapists use it in their daily work. It is the core reading material for the accredited course Speech and Language Support for Pupils with SLD. It addresses many areas including: What is communication? Using positive adult-pupil interaction to promote communication Supporting effective vattention and listening Helping pupils who have learning difficulties to understand spoken language and develop verbal reasoning skills Using Total Communication as a core approach to communication Promoting vocabulary development Develop expressive language and narrative skills Learning how to identify and support pupils' social communication skills
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Language Builders for Vulnerable Young People has been written to be accessible to speech and language therapists, social workers, teachers, support staff, parents and those working in the youth justice sector. Forwarded by Juliet Gregory, Specialist SLT in the field. Areas covered include: Why is knowledge about speech, language and communication important when working with vulnerable young people? Communication basics – non-verbal communication listening and attention Understanding spoken language Developing verbal reasoning Exploring the use of non-literal and ambiguous language Facilitating vocabulary learning Encouraging expressive language and communication Promoting social skills and emotional literacy
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Language Builders for Post 16s provides clear practical advice and activities to promote the communication skills of 16-25 year olds, and has been written to be accessible to speech and language therapists, learning support assistants, teachers and parents. Areas covered include: Considering the skills involved in communication Improving listening and concentration skills Developing strategies to help students understand spoken language and improve their verbal reasoning skills Exploring the use of non-literal and ambiguous language Facilitating vocabulary learning Encouraging expressive language skills Promoting social skills and emotional literacy Considering the use of communication in the workplace
Price: £22.00
Early Years Based Information Carrying Word Pack is a rich resource of beautiful pictures and interesting activities to promote the vocabulary, speaking and listening of a wide range of children through the principle of Information Carrying Words. For those unfamiliar with Information Carrying Words, the concept provides a structured framework which helps children increase the amount of information they can remember. At the same time EYBIC will develop their knowledge and language of everyday topics including: Ourselves Food Clothing Toys Animals Home The resource includes: Careful explanations about Information Carrying Words and how to use the resource Illustrations to print in black and white or colour Home Activities Vocabulary checklists to monitor progress A two and a half hour training session for parents and early years practitioners, which includes teaching notes, a PowerPoint presentation and handouts. EYBIC Word Pack will help to improve: Understanding of spoken language Listening and attention Auditory sequential memory Vocabulary development Expressive language Social communication skills EYBIC Word Pack supports Early Learning Goals. EYBIC Word Pack is very useful for children learning additional languages. EYBIC Word Pack helps parents, early years practitioners and speech and language therapists to work together to promote children's language and communication skills.
Price: £35.00
This NEW resource from Elklan provides an exciting range of activities to embed vocabulary and language learning in the curriculum Taking the key principles taught in the Elklan course Speech and Language Support for Under 5s this complementary resource provides teachers and assistants with the materials required to practically take these strategies and apply them in their classroom and outside with the whole class or in small groups. Using these activities will help to develop the communication skills of all children but especially those with speech and language difficulties. Includes a CD-ROM of pictures supporting the resource.
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The Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Foundation for Earth Sciences supports visiting scholars and resident scientists at the La Jolla branch of the University of California's multi-campus Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP). Established with a gift from the late Cecil Green in 1971, the Green Foundation holds an endowment managed by the UCSD-IGPP Director and overseen by an independent Board of Directors. A selection committee comprised of IGPP faculty screens nominees and applicants for both the Green Scholar and the Miles Fellowship. The scholarship funds come from the income that the Foundation receives on its capital. Being an independent entity, the Foundation has some flexibility in how funds are earmarked within the University of California guidelines. In addition to funding visiting scholars, the selection committee considers requests from IGPP scientists for funds to support research via purchase of equipment or construction of facilities. Such awards are usually directed as seed money for new projects or for equipment that is difficult to obtain via traditional extramural funding sources.
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She fenced. She swam. She took a horse she'd only just met over a 15-fence obstacle course. And then she shot and ran.
But after a full Sunday competing in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Games here, Suzanne Stettinius of Parkton finished 28th out of 36 riders.
The gold medalist was Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania, who finished with 5,408 points, a modern pentathlon Olympic record. Silver went to Great Britain's Samantha Murray, whose performance set the temporary stands at Greenwich Park rocking with enthusiastic fans, and bronze was won by Brazil's Yane Marques.
Just missing a medal was the other U.S. competitor, Margaux Isaksen, of Fayetteville, Ark., who finished with 5,332 points, eight fewer than the bronze medalist.
The pentathlon, which spanned more than 10 hours and three venues, closed out the Olympics, at least the competitive part. A couple hours after medals were awarded, the Closing Ceremony would begin.
The lead changed after each event as competitors engaged in sports that they were better or worse at than others, or dealt with such inevitabilities as recalcitrant horses —some of whom stopped in front of fences and simply refused to jump. Sometimes, riders fell from the horses, and then had to chase them as they ran away.
Stettinius, 24, a graduate of McDaniel College, was 32nd after fencing, having won 11 epee matches and losing 24. She dropped a place after swimming 200 meters in 2:22.29 minutes.
Another competitor, Sarolta Kovacs, of Hungary, set a new Olympic record for the swim portion in the modern pentathlon, finishing in 2:08.11. But, in a testament to the vagaries of the pentathlon, in the next event, horse jumping, her ride was terminated before she could finish after a mistake. She finished 33rd overall.
Stettinius, who lives on a horse farm just below the Pennsylvania boarder and has competed as a steeplechase jockey, had the 20th best score in the riding event. But, despite riding swiftly through the course, her horse, Skinners Zed, knocked down four rails, which deducted points from her score. She was 29th going into the combined run-and-shoot competition, where she was able to move up a notch in the final standings.
The riding, running and shooting events were held in Greenwich Park, London's oldest royal park, dating back to 1433 and offering sweeping views of St. Paul's Cathedral and the newer Canary Wharf financial district. To add to local flavor, the fences on the riding course were decorated with references to British icons, from Stonehenge to Abbey Road.


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Shrewsbury v Burton preview
Team news for Tuesday night's League Two clash between Shrewsbury and visiting Burton Albion at Greenhous Meadow.
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Team news for Tuesday night's League Two clash between Shrewsbury and visiting Burton Albion at Greenhous Meadow.
New loan signing David Davis is available to make his Shrewsbury debut in the game. The midfielder has arrived from Wolves on an initial month-long deal.
Boss Graham Turner was unhappy with Town's 3-1 defeat at Oxford last Tuesday and made two changes for Friday's clash at Bury along with a switch of formation to 4-5-1.
But another unimpressive opening 45 minutes at Gigg Lane saw him revert back to 4-4-2 at half-time, inspiring a much stronger second-half showing despite the 1-0 loss. And that leaves the Town boss with much to ponder against Burton.
One of those two changes was enforced as on-loan defender Jermaine Grandison missed out with a hamstring injury and he is again likely to watch from the stands, with Dean Holden set to continue in his place.
Nathan Redmond could make his Burton debut.
The pacy winger, signed on loan from Birmingham, was not involved in the FA Cup defeat at Burnley on Saturday.
Calvin Zola, who marked his debut with a goal against the Clarets is likely to keep his place in the side. The striker is set to face the club he turned down the chance to join towards the end of last year.
Boss Paul Peschisolido has options should he wish to make changes.
Defenders Tony James, Ryan Austin and Paul Boertien, midfielders Lewis Young and Jimmy Phillips and striker Greg Pearson are all available for recalls.
The fixture will be Burton's first league game since losing 2-1 at Port Vale on January 3.