Education Link

This page <http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html>  from http://www.ed.gov - the Department of Education web site.

I know this is probably familiar to you. I have a question about this line in this doc "The IEP team must always consider the child’s need for assistive technology devices or services.
For more information about these special factors, see §300.346."

IF there to consider that wouldn't that mean an aide for would have to be seriously considered and not blown off? Just wondering

Amy&#39;s Tutorial for Transparency

Transparency Tutorial

(Paint Shop Pro 7 Version)

It is important to remember that before you begin your graphic to rename the first layer "background" and turn it off (this can be done by clicking on the glasses to put a red x over them).

   

Add a new layer for the first part of your doll (ie. the head). Add a new layer for each new part of your doll (ie one layer for the head, another layer for the body, another for the legs, etc.).

   

When you have fully assembled your doll, go to layers->merge all visible.

   

Now, go to your background layer and click on the glasses again to make the background layer visible.

   

Make sure the background layer is selected and click on your background color on the color palette (on the right side of your screen). Make the background a weird color that isn’t in your graphic. I use neon colors.

   

Using your fill tool, fill the background of your image with your weird color by right clicking somewhere in the empty space around your doll.

   

Go to layers->merge all visible

   

Now go to file->export->gif optimizer.

   

In the transparency tab, at the bottom of the box, you’ll see "areas that match this color" and a color box. Make that color match your weird background color by clicking first on the color box and then somewhere on your weird color in the image in the top right box of the optimizer window. Click ok. Give your new doll a filename and press save.

   

You did it! It wasn’t that hard was it? LOL.

 

Safety Tips

Tips on Staying Safe

Please take the time to read this. I know you are smart enough to know these pointers but there will be some where you will go and say ........."hmm I must remember that"

After reading, forward it to someone you care about, never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!

2. Learned this from a tourist guide to New Orleans: if a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM. Toss it away from you.... chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you and he will go for the wallet/purse. RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car: Kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy. The driver won't see you but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc. ... DON'T DO THIS! The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE.

5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:

a. Be aware: look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor, and in the back seat.

b. If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door. Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.

c. Look at the car parked on the driver's side of your vehicle, and the passenger side. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out. IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY. (And better paranoid than dead.)

6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs. (Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot).

7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN! The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; And even then, it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP IT! It may get you raped, or killed. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked "for help" into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

I'd like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life. I was going to send this to the ladies only, but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it onto them, as well.

Send this to any woman you know that may need to be reminded that the world we live in has a lot of crazies in it and it's better safe than sorry.