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German Translation Workers Report Mass Protests on University Campuses

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:48:34 GMT

clipped by: jillsimpson01
clipper's remarks: According a number of outspoken German Translation students, demonstrations began on Monday and are anticipated to continue through the weekend. Apparently, the protests began at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich sparked these new comments from the Education Minister. Other protests are being held simultaneously on 20 different university campuses throughout Germany. However, German students are not alone in their call for academic reform. In fact, the German protests are more of a display of camaraderie for students in Austria who are also demanding changes. In Austria, complaints range from overloaded degree courses, social inequality within the educational system, chronic funding shortages, and the introduction of tuition fees and the bachelor and master system into German universities problems in restructuring bachelors and masters degree programs. More specifically, student tend to be protesting most for publicly funded education.

Clip Source: www.articlesbase.com

Throughout Germany, more than 10,000 students are protesting and demonstrating in 70-cities over university programs

, rising costs and numerous other conditions. As a result of their demands for government intervention and immediate action, the Education Minister in Berlin has called for the immediate enactment of reforms that have already been agreed upon. According to German Translation workers covering the protests, there have been a number of mixed signals from school and government officials concerning the streamlining of academic programs, changes to degree programs, school policies, financial aid, age limits and national grant programs.

Tags: german translation, protests, university

School bus crashes into house!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:28:47 GMT

clipped by: shaor

Clip Source: ca.news.yahoo.com

Bad accident in Calgary involving school bus leaves children with cuts, bruises

CALGARY - As many as three dozen elementary school students are being treated for cuts and bruises after a bad accident in Calgary between their bus and a minivan.

The bus appears to have jumped the curb and smashed into a tree in front of a house in the city's northwest.

Homeowner Marilyn Gunn says she heard a loud bang and ran to see what had happened.

She says she and a neighbour managed to help the screaming children out of the smashed-up bus.

Both drivers were seriously injured, but are stable in hospital.

Insp. Curtis Olson said police received a call around 8:15 a.m. about a collision between the two.

5- Hour Energy 101 College Commercial Contest

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:35:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Win $5555 and 555 bottles of 5-Hour Energy for you and your School

Sounds pretty awesome!

Clip Source: www.5hourenergy.com

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Tags: 5-hour energy, college commercial contest, marketing, advertising, school, shot, drink, money

US Boy, 11, declared reincarnated holy man

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:20:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A US boy is not going back to school - after he was declared the reincarnation of a Buddhist holy man who first died in 1250.

Clip Source: theunexplainedmysteries.com

US Boy, 11, declared reincarnated holy man

A US boy is not going back to school - after he was declared the reincarnation of a Buddhist holy man who first died in 1250.

Boston-born Jigme Wangchuk, 11, has now moved to India where he has been made the head of a Buddhist sect in the country's eastern Darjeeling city.

His parents say they discovered their son was not like other children two years ago when he started talking about his "past life". At first, they dismissed it as a childish fantasy, but began taking it seriously during a trip to a monastery in Mysore, southern India.At one point, he went into a trance in which he described a celebrated Buddhist monastery with a 35ft dragon on the roof.

Tags: bizarre, reincarnation, buddha, yoga, meditation

Children Arrested & Jailed For School Food Fight

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:12:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What happened to getting detention, or in my day paddled? This is the nanny-state out of control. The oldest of the children that were jailed was only 15 years old.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Eighth-graders Cassandra and Aliyah Russell of Chicago never imagined they'd be arrested in their school cafeteria, much less for throwing food.

But that's just what happened following lunchtime mayhem last Thursday at the Perspectives Charter Middle School, south of Chicago. More than two dozen students, ages 11 to 15, were rounded up by police, arrested and charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct.

"They took us to jail, fingerprinted us, mugshotted us, or whatever, all because of a food fight...I was arrested. Handcuffs on," 13-year-old Cassandra told ABC News.

"We were suspended, went to jail and now have to go to court," said 14-year-old Aliyah.

The sisters' mother, Erica, told ABC News she's stunned.

"Who does that? Lock children up for throwing a carrot, a biscuit, milk, Jello," she said. "Who does that?"

The Russell sisters returned to school today after finishing a three-day suspension for their part in the food fight.

Tags: nanny state, politics, school

What to Look for When Choosing a Massage Therapy School

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:47:56 GMT

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Clip Source: massagertherapyinformation.com

After you learn how to become a massage therapist and are looking to enroll in a massage therapy school, there are a number of things that you need to consider before you making your final decision, as the tuition for massage therapy school can be quite high.

There are a large number of massage therapy schools in the country but not many of them provide a certificate or are accredited. Make sure that the institute you enroll in provides you a certificate at the completion of the course and that the institute is recognized by a well established university or educational organization.

You also need to consider the school’s curriculum to see if it works with your schedule. If you are currently working full-time during the day, you will need to look for a school that offers evening and weekend classes. Some schools only offer classes during the day, which would conflict with your work schedule if you are planning on going to classes while still working.

Tags: massage therapy school, massage therapy

Free Kids Songs

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:24:57 GMT

clipped by: havefunteaching
clipper's remarks: Free songs for kids, character education songs, grammar songs, language arts songs, math songs, reading songs, school songs, writing songs, and more.

Clip Source: www.havefunteaching.com

Songs for Kids

Songs for Kids

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Tags: kids, songs, music, teaching, learning, education

12-Year-Old Hero Signals SWAT Team: Military Hand Code

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:40:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "I took all my money out of my pocket. I took off my coat and threw it out the window. I jumped out the window and the police officer brought me to the cafeteria."

When asked if he was afraid Zach said: "I was more nervous than afraid."

Zach told Rosanna Scotto that he knew about the hand signals from the military. Zach's father is a Marine and his two older brothers are in the Army and currently serving in Iraq.

Zach wants to follow in his father's footsteps and become a Marine.

(Video of Good Day NY at) http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/good_day_ny/091111-12-Year-Old-Hero-Talks-To-Good-Day-NY

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Man Charged in New York School Hostage…

MYFOXNY.COM - Stissing Middle School in Pine Plains, New York has a hero among its student body.

Zach Pruner, 12, was hiding in a room next to an armed gunman who held the school's principal hostage on Tuesday.

Zach passed along vital information to police outside using hand signals and notes. The gunman was captured thanks to help from Zach.

Good Day NY's Rosanna Scotto spoke with the boy on Wednesday. He explained in detail what he did to help police.

"I crawled under a desk... looked through a gap to see what was in the lobby but no one was there. I heard a SWAT armored vehicle come up to the building... I got their attention by waving my arms. I used hand signals.. I did '1' then the gun sign; then '4' and the hostage sign."

When that didn't seem to work Zach grabbed a marker and a note pad and wrote the same information. Police wrote a note telling him to jump out the window.

Tags: 12 year-old hero, gunman held principal hostage, new york middle school, zach pruner signaled and wrote police

You Are Beautiful – mural project, South Side Chicago

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:08:21 GMT

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Clip Source: you-are-beautiful.com

100 foot long mural, made entirely by volunteers, with solely scavenged or found materials. One individual at City Year, a after school program helping students at Marquette School (Chicago's 2nd largest Public School) looked across the street from her classroom, and decided to make a difference.

The pressure wash of the buff had removed the original paint of the fence. The property owners gave permission, when told about the project. Asking if a spanish translation could be incorporated as well.

The finished product.

Each letter included images of students in the program. Tip Toe cut stencils from the children's photos, having this be a surprise to the children. None of them knew they would have 3 foot tall images of their faces, until they saw them on the fence.

Creating the pattern for the stencils.

Clip Source: you-are-beautiful.com

The patterns were projected onto paper.

Clip Source: you-are-beautiful.com

First step. White wash the fence.

Clip Source: you-are-beautiful.com

located at 65th & Richmond on the South Side of Chicago

It has already inspired another mural two blocks away

Tags: murals, photos, cities, community, art, kids

5 For £55 Driving Lessons In Watford

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:19:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Great news! Driving lessons in Watford are now cheaper. This driving school are offering 5 lessons for £55.

Clip Source: www.drivingschoollessons.co.uk

Driving Lessons Watford - First 5 Lessons For £55 - Call 0800 612 7577

Fancy your first 5 driving lessons in Watford for £55? No problem. Our Watford driving school provides low cost driving lessons from a local Driving Standards Agency approved Watford driving instructor.

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Our driving lessons in Watford cover the town and its surrounding boroughs including Abbots Langley, Aldenham, Bedmond, Bricket Wood, Bushey, Carpenders Park, Cassiobury, Chipperfield, Croxley Green, Garston, Hunton Bridge, Kings Langley, Langleybury, Leavesden, Letchmore Heath, Maple Cross, Oxhey, Rickmansworth, Sarratt & South Oxhey.

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How Do I Book & Pay For My Driving Lessons In Watford?

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Tags: driving lessons watford, driving school watford, driving instructor watford

Who is a Jew? And who gets to decide?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:08:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: First of all it must be the sign of bad taste to simply underscore somebody's religion, ethnicity, race, political believes, color of eyes or skin or hair, sexual preferences or affiliations with any social group. Hence make the life determining decisions on it. Any person is innocent unless convicted by Court of Law. And in any case deserve respectful approach. One can imagine how stressful and damaging this situation can be for teenager...

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question

LONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain’s Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself.

Who is a Jew? And who gets to decide?

David Lightman with his daughter, who was denied admission to the Jews' Free School because her mother's conversion was not recognized. But a court ruling has voided the admissions policy.

The case began when a 12-year-old boy, an observant Jew whose father is Jewish and whose mother is a Jewish convert, applied to the school, JFS. Founded in 1732 as the Jews’ Free School, it is a centerpiece of North London’s Jewish community. It has around 1,900 students, but it gets far more applicants than it accepts.

Because M’s mother converted in a progressive, not an Orthodox, synagogue, the school said, she was not a Jew — nor was her son. It turned down his application.

Tags: jews, archaic perception, religion, state separation, education, judaism

Settlers 'stone' school children

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:32:36 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: I only had a dog or two to dodge, and the occasional bully. Not many stonings though.

Clip Source: english.aljazeera.net

School children from Twaneh school being accompanied by Israeli military [SAVE THE CHILDREN]

There are two new school rooms being built where pupils will be taught up to Grade 9, rather than having to leave after Grade 4. They now have a playground.

But for the 32 children who live in Tuba and Magher Al Abeed, Palestinian villages encircled by three Israeli settlements, getting to school remains problematic

Frequent attacks by Israeli settlers on children from these villages as they make their way to and from school have pushed Israel to take the exceptional step of providing them a daily military escort

Ali, 12, has been coming to Twaneh School for six years, and is among those who wait for the military attachment: "The soldiers are okay, they don't give us a hard time. It's just the settlers - whenever we walk by the settlements or past their land, they try to attack us

"Sometimes they chase us with their horses, ride them at us and try to use them to hurt us

Tags: mongrels

'meep' 'meep' 'meep'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:57:59 GMT

clipped by: bookwormy
clipper's remarks: Uh-oh. I hope I don't get suspended from clipmarks

Clip Source: www.salemnews.com

What's wrong with 'meep'? It's all in how you say it

DANVERS — It's no surprise that using bad language in school can get you into hot water. But "meep"?

Danvers High parents recently got an automated call from the principal warning them that if students say or display the word "meep" at school, they could face suspension.

Meep doesn't mean much, unless you are Beaker — the hapless, orange-haired assistant to Dr. Bunsen Honeydew on "The Muppet Show."

While meep may be nonsense, what it represented was no laughing matter to the high school's administration. High school Principal Thomas Murray said students were using it and other words to disrupt school in a particular part of the building on Cabot Road. The term later became part of a disruption some students were planning online.

Entrpreneurship on the rise

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:43:04 GMT

clipped by: Lara Nieberding
clipper's remarks: ""Rather than creating the next generation of employees, we want to create the next generation of employers," says Ted Zoller, associate professor and executive director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School (Kenan-Flagler Full-Time MBA Profile)."

Clip Source: www.businessweek.com

With Jobs Scant, MBAs Consider Startups

Landing a banking or consulting job used to be the main reason for going to B-school. These days, it's just as likely to be launching a business

Aspiring MBAs have always had an interest in starting their own businesses, say experts. But student loan debt and attractive career prospects at traditional firms have usually swayed them from pursuing startup dreams during and right out of school. Now, they're breaking with tradition and feeling less risk-averse because there isn't as much to lose. "Before students looked at entrepreneurship as job options three, four, and five," says Rob Adams, director of the Moot Corp business plan competition and lecturer at the University of Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business (McCombs Full-Time MBA Profile)."Now, it's job option one, two, and three."

Tags: business

school assembly program, school assembly speakers, school programs, school speakers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:21:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: www.commandosusa.com school assembly program, school assembly speakers, school programs, school speakers, assembly programs - 287

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German Translation Workers Report Mass Protests on University Campuses

School bus crashes into house!

Bad accident in Calgary involving school bus leaves children with cuts, bruises

5- Hour Energy 101 College Commercial Contest

Are you a full-time college student?

Majoring in marketing/advertising, or simply fancy yourself the creative type?

Interested in winning $$$ for you, your group and your college, as well as enough 5-Hour Energy® to keep you energized for an entire semester?

If you answered yes, then simply register for the 5-Hour® "101" College Commercial Contest and submit a 30-second commercial that:

Will help drive sales

Will strengthen consumer awareness

Adheres to the popular brand's core messages

And you (your group) could win $5,555 and 555 bottles of 5-Hour Energy® AND $5,555 and 5-Hour Energy® for your school! Plus, your commercial may even be used in a future ad campaign!

US Boy, 11, declared reincarnated holy man

Children Arrested & Jailed For School Food Fight

What to Look for When Choosing a Massage Therapy School

Free Kids Songs

12-Year-Old Hero Signals SWAT Team: Military Hand Code

You Are Beautiful – mural project, South Side Chicago

5 For £55 Driving Lessons In Watford

Driving Lessons In Watford - Our Coverage Areas

What You'll Receive From Us

How Do I Book & Pay For My Driving Lessons In Watford?

Who is a Jew? And who gets to decide?

Settlers 'stone' school children

'meep' 'meep' 'meep'

Entrpreneurship on the rise

With Jobs Scant, MBAs Consider Startups

Landing a banking or consulting job used to be the main reason for going to B-school. These days, it's just as likely to be launching a business

school assembly program, school assembly speakers, school programs, school speakers

Majoring in marketing/advertising, or simply
fancy yourself the creative type?

If you answered yes, then simply register for the
5-Hour® "101" College Commercial Contest and submit a 30-second commercial that: