http://greasy.com/Education/Special_Education.htm Featured articles and news topics about special education. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:41:45 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/dazeymae/pardon_me.html While I have an Ain’tNoChristian moment. It’s not that often that I take a dislike to someone without really knowing much about them. More often than not I *know* why I’m disliking them. HaHa! There’s a woman at work who I just can’t take to. She works in the office. Sure I’m polite and can make small talk with her when we are sharing the lift. She initiates it. Me, I can ride in close proximity with another without having to say a [pointless] word. You know how when yer not fu ... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:23:48 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/second_childhood_mccain.html Sad Juvenile Antics Ben Smith, Politico Obama camp responds: 'sad...juvenile antics' Barack Obama's campaign responded sharply to a new McCain webad depicting Obama as a parody of a biblical prophet. "It’s downright sad that on a day when we learned that 51,000 Americans lost their jobs, a candidate for the presidency is spending all of his time and the powerful platform he has on these sorts of juvenile antics," said spokesman Hari Sevugan. "Senator McCain can keep telling everyone how ... Sat, 2 Aug 2008 02:01:59 GMT http://greasy.com/moore/popular_certification_exams.html Certay is the online Certification Expert recognized by a worldwide audience of IT professionals and executives alike as the definitive source of training materials for the candidate seeking insight, updates and resources for vendor certifications. 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Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:30:10 GMT http://greasy.com/moore/ccna.html A firend of mine named Tesl and me are currently working away at our CCNA, and hope to get it within the next couple of weeks. We are trying to read all the material we can get his hands on, but we are a little worried that we need to buy some more. We are using the Sybex CCNA 4th Edition by Todd Lammle. Has the exam changed enough to justify buying the 5th edition? Ideally we don't want to have to fork out more if its not really necessary. We've read that book through front to back three ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:00:39 GMT http://greasy.com/thestephymore/learning_moose.html I've been sitting around heavily medicated, and decided I wanted to have some awake time. Skipped the pain meds, hurt a lot, but I got to go explore the web to learn about Moose. Big Bull Moose, to be precise. Being a city kid, never having traveled in Alaska, I've never been face to face with a Moose except at a zoo. Recently there were Twin Moose born at a zoo somewhere, and their legs seemed to go on forever, their feet were humongous. Found out that the males, "Bull Moose" are huge. So ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:02:22 GMT http://greasy.com/moore/helpful_cisco_exam_350-001.html This article provides helpful information for you to prepare for Cisco exam 350-001, the CCIE Written exam. The CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) certification has historically been the most valued in the area of networking. There are two steps to achieve this valued certification: A 100 question written test, which this Cramsession will help to prepare you for And an intense lab exam, which will test the limits of your technical knowledge I've compiled a list of study suggestions ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:23:33 GMT http://greasy.com/moore/preparation_guide_exam_70-290.html The Microsoft 2003 Server Exam, 70-290, is one of the core exams of the MCSE, MCSA, and even the MCDBA (Database Administration) certification tracks. The exam is designed to test a candidate’s knowledge of managing a Windows Server 2003 environment. It also tests the candidate’ ability to configure Windows Server 2003 to work with key Windows features and operate efficiently over a Windows network. We know,this exam costs $125 each attempt.So, you should do your best to pass the MCDBA ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:35:28 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/moving_slowly.html Our air conditioner went out this evening. My knowledge is slim but I don't think it's good when the inside is running but the outside isn't. We decided our best plan of action was going to bed early and sleeping under the ceiling fans. Summer vacation is moving along nicely. I spent all of this week in an inservice for school about differentiated instruction. It was really interesting. The point of it was differentiating teaching for struggling learners but it would work really well for a ... Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:38:47 GMT http://greasy.com/moore/sourcing_cell_lines.html Large numbers of cell lines look identical. Cell lines with very different origins and biological characteristics typically cannot be separated on grounds of morphology or culture characteristics. Infection or contamination of a cell line with an adventitious virus or mycoplasma may significantly change the characteristics of the cells but again such contamination will be inapparent. Cell lines will also change with time in culture(even in glass bottom dishes/elisa plate), and to add to al ... 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There are other EC directives covering Health and Safety at Work, you can visit the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work website www.europe.osha.eu.int for information on legislation and standards, or you should contact your on-site representative. Consequentl ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:01:01 GMT http://greasy.com/raragoe/well_then_case_.html Quick Post. We were having this big gathering dinner with my International Club friends.. they all brought their families. I brought my cousin, Judy, with me. You see, now, Judy is what people usually refer to as the "party-ruiner" or whatever, which left you wondering why I brought her with me in the first place. But I love her. She's taking her degree in Business in Australia, and she talks a lot. A hell lot. She just couldn't stand to say what she thinks-and for a lot of people it's a p ... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:29:06 GMT http://greasy.com/tracy/school_visit.html Richard and I had an appointment with a possible secondary school this morning at 9.30. This is the second school we have visited and the first option we were given. The teacher in charge of the special needs unit is lovely, really sweet, gentle and understanding. We met the other teachers and they gave us a warm welcome too. The unit had an easy going calm atmosphere, which was very settling. So much so that Richard is staying there for the day. So my son is spending his first day in comp ... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:33:04 GMT http://greasy.com/tracy/weeks_.html ....Left before the 2007/08 school year ends, then we have a six week break and then the kids start school again. This is terrifying! In 13 more weeks Richard will be in secondary school!!!!!! I remember waiting to start secondary school myself. Like it was yesterday. Where has the time gone? My mother was pregnant and I remember taking a lot of abuse from the other kids about it. Taunting that they knew what my parents had been doing!!!!! I guess it was they had just learned about sex. Fu ... Mon, 26 May 2008 10:43:10 GMT http://greasy.com/peanutsmom/sins_fathers.html I've been thinking about this post since 8:00 this morning. Readers from Blogster know that I work with behaviorally challenged kids. So one of my 5th graders (B) got into a fight last week. In a nutshell, he wanted to be first in line, teacher made him come back and pick up his hula hoop. Kid walking by said hi and B kicked him. Another, much larger kid, said why don't you kick me? So B did. Only problem was that the next day was Field Day...and the 5th grade had a trip planned to the wat ... Thu, 22 May 2008 02:08:58 GMT http://greasy.com/clovis/abstinence_sex_education_fails.html Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Loses Steam Lawmakers, Health Groups Question Value of Federal Abstinence-Only Program By Todd Zwillich WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Louise Chang, MD April 23, 2008 — Health and medical groups on Wednesday called for federal "abstinence-only" sex education funding to be scrapped, saying the programs have not helped lower teens' rates of pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. The calls come as Democrats in Congress consider trying to suspend funding for the p ... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:35:11 GMT