Danny Pettry, a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) has been reading and studying about people whove achieved success over the last decade. Hes read hundreds of books on personal growth, development, achievement, and success. Now, hes put together a book of wisdom that includes everything hes learned on becoming your greatest. If you wan to become self-fullfilled then you may want to check out Danny Pettrys new book, Discover Hidden Secret Wisdom: A Recreational Therapists System on How You Can Become Great at Anything! It is jam-packed with stories, techniques, humor, and more. Bonuses: Details on how you can download over 30 electronic self-improvement articles by some of the leading experts in the field that are not found anywhere else are included in the book.

In his quarter century of working in Silicon Valley at such companies as Apple, @Home, and Google, CMC Alum Jonathan Rosenberg has had ample opportunity to watch successful people in action. He will share his observations on what makes great people tick and draw conclusions on how a liberal arts education can arm the next generation of leaders. His talk will include a set of “rules” that promise to be excellent preparation for any student who plan at some point to enter the real world.

www.fountasandpinnell.com Learning to read can be one of the most difficult things for children to accomplish. There are thousands of methods and products designed for teaching reading intervention. Does the guided reading intervention approach work for teaching reading to struggling students? In this interview a school literacy coordinator describe the success her school achieved by implementing the Leveled Literacy Intervention guided reading intervention system developed by Fountas & Pinnell. The Leveled Literacy Intervention program uses the guided reading teaching method and leveled books to assure that all students are able to read and comprehend the texts they are presented with. http

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Put your Muslim swag on! AHADEETH I MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 1) Abu Hurayra narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said, “Two groups of Hellfire I have yet to see … and the other are women who are clothed yet naked, … They shall not enter Jannah, nor even smell its fragrance, even though its fragrance can be smelt for such and such distance.” (Reported by Imam Muslim) 2) Once the Prophet (pbuh) wore a beautiful cloak on Friday … , gifted to him by a neighbouring ruler, and the people said, “We have never seen any garment like this!” To which the Prophet (pbuh) replied, “Are you impressed with this?! Verily the handkerchief of Sa’ad bin Mu’az in Paradise is better than what you see.” (Reported by Imam Tirmidhi) 3) Sayyiduna Abd Allah ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) passed by a man of Ansar who was admonishing his brother regarding modesty (haya). The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said: “Leave him, for modesty is (part) of Faith.” (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim) RECOMMENDED READING: The Fiqh of Covering One’s Nakedness (Awra): A Detailed Explanation qa.sunnipath.com What is Considered `Awra (Nakedness) for Men? seekersguidance.org

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Part 1 of 3 : Celebrating the triumph of the Jews over our oppressors throughout history with the Megilla Esther reading at Iranian UN Mission March 20, 2011 at Noon. Costumes were optional, graggers a necessity! It was a rousing success. There is a blog post with pictures : vigilantsquirrelbrigade.blogspot.com

Julia Bell, a regional trainer for a 10-district educational cooperative, talks about the triple-digit reading improvement experienced by Grade 3-5 students at Rice Intermediate Middle School as a result of Read Right tutoring. The school adopted Read Right two years ago and is already seeing results that far surpass those of phonics-based reading programs. The non-phonics program is now available nationwide via Online tutoring.