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"I think this is where these kids belong,'' said Shelley Aistrup, who teaches Jason Dudley's 1st-grade class.
Outside of Montgomery County, however, fully inclusive classrooms have not worked well for everyone.
In another Virginia town, Katherine Letcher Lyle removed her mentally retarded teenage daughter from a local high school because she was floundering in regular classes.
"Everybody said, 'Oh, she's so cute and we love her' and she never learned a damn thing all year,'' Ms. Lyle said.
Her daughter stopped receiving homework assignments after the second week of school, she added, and her efforts to get more attention for her child failed.
"It was almost as if she had disappeared,'' Ms. Lyle said.
The key to making inclusive programs work, special educators said, is providing adequate support.
"I think we would be violating the spirit of the law by placing children in inclusive classrooms without plans or support,'' said Mr. Davila of the Education Department.
Mr. Davila and other special educators have expressed concerns that some districts might see full inclusion as a way to save money.
In practice, however, properly managed inclusive programs should cost the same or slightly more than traditional programs, experts said. Shawsville's special-education programs, for example, have been funded at a constant level for two years. The district paid for additional training by redirecting all of its training resources and grants to the full-inclusion effort.
Mr. Kauffman, who is critical of the full-inclusion movement, said he differs with advocates who would mandate that every child be in a regular classroom.
"I think the thing the extreme advocates tend to lose sight of is individual differences,'' he said.
Many people who are deaf, for example, contend they are more isolated in regular classrooms because they cannot communicate with peers or teachers who do not know sign language. Mr. Kauffman also said some emotionally disturbed students may exhibit behaviors that are too trying for classroom teachers.
There is wide agreement, however, that a growing number of schools will serve more disabled students in regular classrooms in the future.
President-elect Bill Clinton, in a letter mailed to disability-rights leaders nationwide this fall, promised a program of "full inclusion, not exclusion'' for children and adults with disabilities.
Until recently, former governors Michael Dukakis and Bill Weld were the most high-profile champions for a seemingly quixotic quest to get the North South Rail Link built.
They’re well respected in Boston, but neither has much power in Washington these days.
That’s changed now that Representative Seth Moulton, the up-and-coming congressman from the North Shore, has called construction of the multibillion-dollar tunnel to connect North and South stations a top priority.
He argues that the link would significantly increase the capacity at South Station by allowing trains to continue to North Station and points north of the city, instead of having to back out of their parking spaces and go in reverse. The link, he said, would have the added benefit of stitching together the MBTA’s two separate commuter rail systems.
Michael Dukakis and William Weld, former governors and rivals, are advocating a rail line that links North and South stations in Boston.
“It takes longer to get from North Station to the South Boston Seaport than it does to get all the way from Salem to North Station,” Moulton said.
The project would also create a seamless rail route from Maine to Washington. Given its regional impact, Moulton said, the link would likely attract crucial federal funds.
The congressman also sought to draw a contrast between the project and Governor Charlie Baker’s push for an expansion of South Station.
Speaking to reporters after the New England Council speech, Moulton said the South Station expansion would be “a historic mistake for the state,” adding that the money should instead be set aside for the Rail Link.
That money question, of course, is a big one. Critics of the link suggest the tunnel needed to connect Boston’s two main transit hubs could cost as much as $8 billion.
Moulton contends the expense would be closer to around $2 billion, based on the costs of similar tunnels in other countries. That would put it near the price tag for the South Station expansion, an estimated $1.6 billion project that would add seven tracks to the station.
And Moulton described the project as a big real estate move, because it would avoid the need for additional railyard space near South Station to park trains. That space, he said, could be better used for new developments. Trains, meanwhile, could be stored away from the city, in less expensive real estate.
Several prominent Boston developers have already lined up in support: Moulton’s office cites Robert Beal, the recently retired president of Related Beal and HYM Investment Group managing director Tom O’Brien.
O’Brien said he became more interested when he saw the strong support from Weld and Dukakis. O’Brien knows many in Boston are gun-shy about big infrastructure projects because of the Big Dig’s ultimate price tag. But he said the Big Dig has transformed parts of the city in important ways, including opening up the South Boston waterfront for big developments.
But Moulton still needs to persuade the Baker administration — and his colleagues in the state’s congressional delegation.
Baker has expressed skepticism about the Rail Link, although his aides say he is keeping an open mind. A spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation said her agency plans to move ahead with a $2 million feasibility study once the “scope of the work” can be finalized.
As far as the delegation goes, Moulton’s presentation showed that Representative Niki Tsongas of Lowell is on board. Moulton said he’s getting hopeful signs from others. But Representative Stephen Lynch of South Boston could be a tough sell, particularly if it means giving up on the South Station expansion, a longtime priority of Lynch’s.
Many business people in Boston still consider the Rail Link to be a long shot. Michael Rubin, a real estate lawyer at Posternak Blankstein & Lund, is among them. But Rubin said the fact that Moulton is now championing the cause helps its chances.
“It makes a tremendous difference having a sitting congressman involved,” Rubin said.
Correction: Due to incorrect information provided by US Representative Seth Moulton’s office, an earlier version of this story incorrectly included Bryan Koop of Boston Properties among developers supporting the rail link.
Gawker is reporting that the “Michael Wolff is getting fired” rumors have finally come to fruition. Wolff is supposedly being replaced by someone more suited for Adweek’s original focus.
When Wolff joined Adweek — only a little under a year ago — he brought about sweeping changes. The magazine was redesigned and the website was revamped, all with more of a media centric outlook. In May, Wolff sat down with MediaBeat to discuss this new direction.
While those changes certainly brought plenty of attention to Adweek (and Wolff), they seem to have run their course at the company. We’re not worried about Wolff. We’re sure we’ll be hearing about him for as long as there’s media to report on.
Veliko Tarnovo University is the only university in Bulgaria, which offers training in Dutch. What is the Dutch program at VTU, what are its components?
Yes, the VTU is the only University in Bulgaria, offering a major in Dutch Studies - this is within the Department of Applied Linguistics. It offers two foreign languages, actually. The Department of Philology at VTU offers the study of 18 foreign languages, one of them is Dutch.
However, as seen from the wording of your question, in Bulgaria we use two names for the same language - Dutch and Niederlandish, or as I shall refer to it from now on, “Netherlands”. What is the difference? "Netherlands" is the official name of the language spoken in the Netherlands and Belgium. And Belgium, for its part, is a trilingual country, where the official languages are Dutch, French and German.
In the Bulgarian language "Dutch" is the most widespread term; however, it is inaccurate, because it relates only to the Netherlands. For the language, we should use the term "Netherlands". In the Netherlands the very word "Dutch" is colloquial, but the noun "Holland" is the name of the province. In northern Belgium, called Flanders, the Dutch spoken there is often called Flemish. It differs in pronunciation and vocabulary somewhat from the Dutch version, but in practice, it is the same language.
And now on the curriculum of the major. The training lasts four years and begins with intensive language course in „Netherlands“ language during the first semester. After passing the first practical test of actual language, students begin their studies, which include specialized classes in translation, history and culture of the Netherlands and Belgium, practical grammar, simultaneous and consecutive interpretation, etc.
How many students apply and complete Dutch Studies in VTU? Do you have any observations on where do the graduates work? Is there a demand for people who speak Dutch in Bulgaria, or these speakers are oriented primarily to the Netherlands?
The classes are of 7-8 to 10 people. They get a diploma for Vocational Training, with which they can end up as an interpreter with two foreign languages. Graduates are great catches, even while studying. In Bulgaria there are already quite a few Dutch and Belgian companies, and Bulgarian companies who partner with those in the Netherlands and Belgium. Many graduates work in the tourism sector, in law firms, in the embassies.
Some of them work abroad, but most are in Bulgaria. One strong piece of evidence for the demand for such specialists is the University's Call Center - it was founded by Belgian companies and is the first of its kind in Bulgaria. It is located in Veliko Tarnovo, because there is a special need for „Netherlands” speakers, and we provide the language specialists we train here. These are our students, who have the opportunity to work in their spare time, and thus improve their language.
What relations does your department maintain with educational and cultural institutes in the Netherlands?
The Veliko Tarnovo University has established a Netherlands cultural center. It was founded at Veliko Turnovo University in October 1998, and is the first of its kind in Bulgaria - not surprisingly so, since Veliko Turnovo University is the only Bulgarian university teaching Dutch.
The purpose of the Center is to assist students, who have chosen Dutch for their field of expertise as well as to acquaint the general public with the history and culture of Belgium and Holland. It is granted an annual subsidy for books and equipment by the Dutch Language Society in The Hague.
Thanks to this financial support and to donations from universities and publishing houses in Belgium and Holland, the Dutch Center now holds about 2 000 volumes (textbooks, grammar books, students’ books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books, fiction), over 70 video and audio cassettes, up-to-date technical equipment.
The Dutch Cultural Centre in Veliko Turnovo maintains relations with the following universities, foundations and institutions: the Royal University in Leiden (Holland), the State University in Amsterdam (Holland), the University of Utrecht (Holland), the Limburg University Centre in Haselt (Belgium), the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), the Dutch Language Society, the International Society for Dutch Studies, the Dutch Society for Academic Exchange, the Ministry of the Flemish Community in Brussels, the Dutch Ministry of Education, the Dutch Embassy in Sofia, the Belgian Embassy in Sofia.
Based on your observations, what is most exciting for Bulgarian students studying Dutch language and culture?
That the culture of the Netherlands and Belgium is very different from ours. Opportunities for study and specialization there are attractive as well, of course, even job opportunities in our country are not at all negligible.
Would you say that the Dutch and the Dutch culture have influenced Bulgaria in some meaningful way in history? Has there been any impact in the opposite direction?
That would not be so easy to point out.
Which known, important personalities from the Netherlands are related to Bulgaria?
The most famous person associated with the history of the Netherlands was Baldwin of Flanders.
With regard to the journalist / writer A. Den Dolard - according to you, should he be considered a friend of Bulgaria or of Macedonia? If you are familiar with his work – does he make a distinction in paying respects to either country?
This is a matter for historians.
What or where do you think is the common link between the Bulgarian and Dutch cultures?
Actually, there are great differences between these cultures. The Netherlands is a relatively small country, but with a glorious past as one of the great colonial powers. It has ruled territories in the Americas, Africa and Asia and this has influenced the mindset of its people. There are many typically Dutch characteristics that distinguish them from us more than they bring us closer.
The entire Dutch history is marked by their struggle against the sea, and the conquest of land. This makes the Dutch appreciative of their land, and particularly seriously concerned about environmental protection and about the lack of pollution of nature and cities.
Dutch people are very well organized in everything they undertake. They are haracterized by accuracy and compliance with the rules and laws.
Dutch sagacity is also a well known personal trait; it stems from their acumen for commerce - for centuries they dominated European trade and the imports from other continents. Very distinct is the Dutch cuisine, which lacks considerably in variation, taste and creativity as compared with the French and Italian. Very different, of course, is the Dutch landscape - from the name of the country, the Netherlands shows that it is a low land, as flat as a platter.
The history of our peoples is very different to be able to easily find similarities.
As to Belgium, then there the proximity is more tangible. This can be explained by our similar historical destiny.
Despite their common spoken language, and the fact that through most of history they have been one country, the Dutch and the Belgians today have a very different mentality.
Representatives voted 119-1 on Monday to pass House Bill 886 (https://bit.ly/1TNrRB4 ), which would designate a sandy stretch in Pascagoula as Buffett Beach.
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett was born in Pascagoula and grew up in Mobile, Alabama.
The beach-naming bill moves to the state Senate for more debate.
Roy J Jensen Inc is located at 936 Johnston Dr, Watchung, NJ. This business specializes in Printing & Publishing.
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A crane moves sand and dirt in this photo from before the South Maryland Creek Ranch was annexed by the town of Silverthorne. Property owner Tom Everist runs a gravel mining operation on the northern part of Maryland Creek Ranch and will develop a residential subdivision on the southern 416 acres.
A look at how the South Maryland Creek Ranch development has changed over the last 15 years.
After a couple months of opposition to a development in Silverthorne, just one person spoke against the proposal Wednesday, June 10, before the Silverthorne Town Council approved the property’s density change.
The vote was 4-1 with Mayor Pro-Tem Ann-Marie Sandquist and council members Russ Camp, Derrick Fowler and Peggy Long in support of South Maryland Creek Ranch’s change from 83 to 240 units and Stuart Richardson the lone dissenting voice.
Mayor Bruce Butler only votes to break a split decision, per town charter, and Councilwoman JoAnne Nadalin had not been sworn in in time to vote on the change on second reading.
Tom Everist, a longtime resident and the property’s developer and owner, said he was pleased with the council’s approval and overall process.
In March, the council postponed its vote on the density change for 60 days to allow Everist and his team to meet with community members. Residents’ outcry centered around sprawl down the Lower Blue River Valley and growth that would change the area’s rural character as well as concerns around traffic and wildlife threats.
No one attended the June 10 meeting from the conservation organization Friends of the Lower Blue River (FOLBR), which started a petition that garnered roughly 300 signatures against the development’s change, said Marty Richardson, the nonprofit’s director and Stuart Richardson’s wife.
Sandquist disagreed, citing town planning commission meetings on the density change that were open to public as well as a handful of South Maryland Creek Ranch community meetings over the last year or more.
As to requests to compromise on the density, Sandquist said, the town council members can only vote on the proposal in front of them.
Everist said though he has promised all along not to try to annex and develop his roughly 640-acre parcel that forms the north part of Maryland Creek Ranch, he made his pledge legally binding after FOLBR representatives and other locals expressed fears about what could happen to that land in the future.
Everist signed a covenant recorded with the parcel’s deed that he would never annex the land into the town, which means any development must comply with county regulations that currently stipulate one unit per 20 acres.
The landowner of the property east of Maryland Creek Ranch across Highway 9, called Eagles Nest Mountain Ranch, LLC, was party to the covenant, and the county was a beneficiary. The covenant calmed people down and resolved the annexation creep issue, Everist said.
Marty Richardson called the agreement a partial win, and Stuart Richardson said it seems to be a good blocking mechanism to stop development going north.
The town’s population of just over 4,000 residents is projected to grow to nearly 6,000 over the next 15 years, and Richardson said he thinks Silverthorne should stop there.
Marketing studies for South Maryland Creek Ranch show roughly 50 percent of its homeowners will come from the Front Range, with the rest split nearly evenly between out-of-state buyers and relocating Summit County homeowners.
The majority of units range from $550,000 to $625,000, and 26 estate plots will be available for owners to build homes as they choose with values of $1 million and up.
Everist and his team held information sessions in the spring with FOLBR, the Three Peaks and Eagles Nest HOAs, Lake Dillon Fire Rescue and Colorado Parks and Wildlife to explain slight tweaks to the original proposal, including a revised wildlife impact plan and several strategies to relieve traffic congestion during construction and after build-out. One meeting drew about 50 people.
Everist said construction crews will be prohibited from using a road shared by South Maryland Creek Ranch and Three Peaks, the neighboring subdivision to the south, and a camera will be installed for enforcement as well as to monitor traffic in the future in case a stop sign or other control device needs to be added.
He also said some of the project’s houses were moved away from Three Peaks to address view concerns, and in the last few months, the development agreed to pay the town a $4,000 fee for every lot sale past the 83 units approved nearly 10 years ago.
At its May 27 meeting, when the town council approved the development on first reading, residents still called for a compromise in the density, but almost everyone who spoke agreed that the developer made noticeable improvements, particularly in wildlife mitigation and traffic control.
Everist has pointed out that not all the FOLBR petition signees were residents of the town of Silverthorne, to which Marty Richardson said the opinions of other Summit County residents and visitors should matter as well.
“These are land-use decisions that I think the whole county will face in many other ways as we face population pressures,” she said.
Anyone interested in the preservation and history of the Lower Blue River Valley is invited to FOLBR’s annual community gathering and ice cream social Saturday, June 20, from 2-5 p.m. at the Slate Creek Community Hall. FOLBR is in the process of restoring the 1936 WPA structure, located on Slate Creek Road about 10 miles north of Silverthorne just south of Ute Pass Road.
You may feel a pinch at the pump this holiday season.
GasBuddy.com projects the average cost for a gallon of gas on Christmas Day will be the highest this year since 2013.
The site also predicts the national average for gas on Christmas will be $2.39 per gallon, the priciest gallon in four years. That price is 12 cents lower than Thanksgiving, but 11 cents higher than Christmas 2016.
In Bakersfield, GasBuddy puts the average price for a gallon of unleaded well above the national average at $3.11 per gallon.

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