Cerabino: English-only johns shaming has cultural plus
Cerabino: English-only johns shaming has cultural plus
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Monthly Archive for May, 2011
Wounding with words: Campaign afoot to eradicate ‘R-word’
Activists calling for the eradication of a word that they call “hurtful” and “dehumanizing” may have little love for it — but they would prefer if you refrain from calling it “retarded.”
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Wounding with words: Campaign afoot to eradicate ‘R-word’
Activists calling for the eradication of a word that they call “hurtful” and “dehumanizing” may have little love for it — but they would prefer if you refrain from calling it “retarded.”
Read more on Canada.com
A good life: An essay
Writer and educator Cat Pleska has spent much of her life either reading, or being read to as a child. She reflects on the role of the written word in this essay.
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Early Intervention Key to Improving Literacy Skills for Deaf Children
“One more story” is a common refrain in families with young children who love to read. But for children who are deaf or are hard-of-hearing, they often miss out on this activity because their parents may not know how to use American Sign Language (ASL) when they read to their children. Early findings from a Ryerson study show deaf and hard-of-hearing children may benefit greatly when parents …
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He’s really getting a Handel on his direction
The Bach Elgar Choir closes its season this Saturday with Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus.
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Nontraditional Ways to Seek Financial Guidance
Fighting the budget blues? If conventional financial advice hasn’t helped your ability to increase income, delete debt or stick to a budget, you may want to explore these six unorthodox methods.
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Former Pickens officer says he is ‘scapegoat’
The former Pickens City police officer whose complaints of racial slurs used by Police Chief Tommy Ellenburg led to the chief’s suspension said today that the city is using him as a “scapegoat” to bury the issue.
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Opinion: What Story-Driven Games Can Learn From Sports Games
[HB Studios' audio director Pete Garcin (Backyard Sports, FIFA 11 PSP) shares ideas one can take from sports games to create flexible and "more magical" experiences in story-driven titles, in this #altdevblogaday-reprinted opinion piece.] Sports games take a lot of flack for not being inventive, and year-on-year iterations may not be as glamorous as the latest AAA-blockbuster, but sports games …
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Mind your language
It’s a pity that Urdu B — Urdu as a second language, basic Urdu grammar — was the subject of choice for O levels in our days. While some schools offered Urdu A — Urdu literature, poetry and prose — our school opted for easy Urdu.
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