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Daily Digest
Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Other StuffMars Rovers Mark 5 Years
 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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iPods Now Aid BCC Learning Disabled Students - February 14, 2008
Berkshire Community College’s Disability Resource Center, (DRC) has announced an expansion of Assistive Technology Services. Through the generosity of a grant from the Berkshire Life Charitable Foundation, the Resource Center obtained and installed high speed digital scanning equipment which, coupled with the existing Assistive Technology software. The software enables BCC to offer a wide range of Document Conversion Services to eligible students.
The services include the ability to scan student-owned textbooks or class notes, and to read or listen to them via CD, flash-drive, e-mail attachment, or MP3 file on home computers, CD players, or iPod players. Learning formats will be more portable, accessible, and tailored to the specific needs of disabled students. Textbook conversions which once took many months may now be completed in a matter of days. The Center is now equipped with the most up-to-date equipment available to assist students with learning disabilities.
In order to access these services, a student must be eligible for DRC services; the owner or author of the text material to be converted; willing to have the textbook’s binding removed for conversion; and sign an agreement with DRC attesting to ownership of materials and understanding of relevant copyright laws. |
FREE HELP FOR THE LEARNING DISABLED
www.theeasyessay.com is a free site that has had excellent results in teaching the learning disabled how to better communicate.
We believe that in most conversations, the majority of the conversation deals with one person telling the other person why something is true; that is, giving reasons for it’s validity. That is all that we ask you to do on this site. We use the essay form because it is the most efficient form of organization available and we automate the organization so that you limit your statements to proving only the things that you have already stated were true.
www.theeasyessay.com is an automated information organization program that is also of use for business reports, inter-office communications, special and rehabilitative education, as well as speech organization.
It has been taught to individuals from eight to eighty and been used from elementary education to post graduate work.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO WHERE EVER IT CAN HELP.
| | from: barry MORSE | on: 02-15-2008 |
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