Children cost 50 dollars a day The cost of raising a child in the UK is soaring and set to almost double again

in the next decade. Parents can expect to fork out around $365,000 on raising a child from birth to the age of 21. This is according to a report by the UK insurance company LV=. The insurer reckons a child now costs $50 a day, with university being the most expensive years, followed by the early childhood period between two and five. LV= spokesman Nigel Snell said the statistics are quite sobering for both would-be and current parents. The figures are quite staggering and its unrealistic to expect peoples income levels to increase in line with this rising level of expenditure. This means parents will need to be switched on about their family finances more than ever, he said.

Spending on childcare and education accounts for over half of the expenditure at $200,000. On top of that, it costs $32,000 to feed a child, $24,000 to clothe him or her, and a mind-blowing $50,000 to keep them amused with toys, holidays, hobbies and presents. Pocket money, however, decreased by $100 a year in 2007. Mr Snell said he has sympathy for parents over the rocketing expenses they face: As a parent of three, I know from experience that sacrifices have to be made in the early years, and many parents will have had to put some plans on hold to manage the costs associated with raising a family. Of course, every parent will tell you that it is all worth it, but making even small provisions and doing a little extra planning now could help new parents see their way more easily through the next 21 years. 6,000-Calorie Burger Gives Man Heart Attack (16th February, 2012) A man at a Las Vegas fast food restaurant tempted fate by ordering a Triple Bypass Burger. The man was dining at the aptly named Heart Attack Grill a fast food eatery that specializes in cholesterol packed food. He was eating a 6,000calorie hamburger called a Triple Bypass Burger when he suffered cardiac arrest. The restaurant owner, Jon Basso, had to call an ambulance and the customer was taken to hospital. The burger contained over 3 kg of beef, 12 slices of bacon, cheese and a unique special sauce full of saturated fats. Mr Basso told Fox News how much distress his customer was in: The gentleman could barely talk. He was sweating, suffering, he said. The Heart Attack Grill hit the headlines for its approach to dining. Some of the high-fat meals on the menu contain as many as 10,000 calories. There is even a warning on the door that the food is bad for your health. Diners at the restaurant are called patients and the serving staff takes prescriptions as orders. Pat ients who weigh more than 158 kg get to eat for free. Mr Basso had a special TV commercial promoting his restaurant. He tells people: I personally guarantee a

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stable upward progression of body weight. The ad warns of possible side effects that include repeated increase of wardrobe size, back pain, male breast growth, loss of sexual partners, tooth decay andin some cases, mild death may occur. MySpace launches free music site The online music wars are heating up. Social networking site MySpace has launched a new music service that allows users to listen to millions of songs for free. The new site is called MySpaceMusic and aims to challenge Apple iTunes' stranglehold on the digital music market. The new product could also be the beginning of the end for illegally downloaded music. MySpaceMusic is in partnership with four of musics heavyweights, Sony, Universal, EMI and Warner. It will allow MySpace users to search for songs and add them to an online playlist for free. The songs will have ads attached. The free tracks cannot be downloaded onto any music players but they are linked to Amazon.coms music store if users want to buy them and keep them on their iPods. The record industry sees the new service as an important strategy to reverse their loss of revenue from falling CD sales. Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jnr said: "This venture may provide a defining blueprint for this next important stage in the evolution of social media, benefiting consumers, artists and music companies alike." The record companies will get money from MySpace from each song that is streamed by users. MySpace gets its revenue from ads placed on the music pages. Music fans are very excited about the new service. Antonio Gomez from San Diego said: Thats it. Im going to abandon Facebook and join MySpace. Theres nothing better in life than being able to download music for free. Especially when its all legal and above board. Digital Newspapers on Their Way (22nd November, 2010) Traditional and digital news media might soon merge to produce daily newspapers on iPads. This is if the plans of Apple owner Steve Jobs and newspaper mogul Rupert Murdoch come to fruition. Industry rumours say the new newspaper will be called The Daily. There might even be a name to replace newspaper, as the new project will, of course, be paperless. There will be no print edition or even a Web edition of this new media. It will download straight to the iPad or alternative tablet for an unbeatable price of 99 cents a week. Messrs Jobs and Murdoch maybe onto a winning thing here. The Apple boss has the technology to be able to deliver digital news and Mr Murdoch owns the worlds biggest news corporation. They also both have a knack of knowing what people want. There are reports that Murdoch is particularly interested in the iPad and how popular it is. He told Fox Business this week that The Daily was his Number one most exciting project. He seems to believe people will prefer to read the news on such a device rather than a traditional broadsheet newspaper. There are advantages of the tablet over a paper, such as the lack of origami-style gymnastics

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required to turn a page on a crowded train, or avoid the corner getting soaked in milk at the breakfast table. Other more obvious benefits to an iPad include the higher level of interactivity the user has with the news. Another advantage for Mr Murdoch and his News Corporation is that he could increase revenues by selling apps designed specifically for the iPad.
Educating Youth With Disabilities Upon a students diagnosis with a disability, the school system needs to provide an appropriate education given the specific type of disability and learning needs of the student. Early intervention typically serves children from birth to 3 years old who have been identified as having a disability. Often, parents work closely with schools or other agencies to form an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). From age 3 up until ages 18 to 21, the school system and/or other agencies provide educational and related support services as specified in the IEP. Given the diversity across disabilities, the ways in which youth with disabilities are educated and supported must vary accordingly. Interventions are generally specific to the disability and abilities of the student, such as extensive training for students who have limited reading skills. Intervention for a disability may be provided in a number of ways by teachers, peers, and/or parents. Federal IDEA legislation requires that students with disabilities be placed in the least restrictive environment (LRE); that is, to the extent possible, students with disabilities are educated with students without disabilities. As such, many youth with disabilities are educated primarily by general education teachers. In general, teachers are expected to identify effective ways to meet the needs of a diverse group of students and ensure their success in the classroom. Regular education teachers often vary in their willingness, resources, leadership support, and preparation to make adaptations to their curriculum or teaching techniques to accommodate students with disabilities. As educators place youth with disabilities in LREs, attention to both their physical and social integration is critical. Physical integration is the placement of students with disabilities in traditional learning classrooms. Social integration relates to facilitating opportunities for students with disabilities to build relationships with nondisabled peers and general education teachers. Physical integration into traditional classrooms is a precursor to social integration. Students with disabilities need to be learning in traditional classrooms where social interactions with nondisabled students and general education teachers can occur routinely before they can have the social opportunity to build connections with these peers teachers. Cooperative learning interactions between students with and without disabilities may promote an increase in supportive behaviors in students without disabilities to their disabled peers as well as greater frequencies of friendship and social activities outside of the classroom. Determining appropriate classroom accommodations that a student may need given a specific disability is also a critical aspect to educating youth with disabilities. Outside of necessary accommodations to the physical environment, such as space for a wheelchair and room to maneuver it so that a student can participate fully in class activities, school and educational psychologists often direct their attention to the area of classroom instruction and testing accommodations. The recognition that students with disabilities may need individualized instruction has also been applied to assessment, leading to individualized types of assessment and analysis of underlying processes thought to relate to the specific disability. Typically, learning assessment refers to state-mandated testing to determine student performance. Uniform performance evaluations present challenges to students with disabilities. Recently, constructive

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trends in assessment have shifted toward a greater use of assessments that are specific to a given subject matter, have curricular validity, account for contextual influences, and are developed from models of cognition. However, because school systems are often outcome based, minimum competency requirements apply to students with disabilities. Often, a marked discrepancy may exist between the curriculum taught and the content of standardized tests. Consequently, learning assessment and education of students with disabilities have many challenging issues that remain unresolved. Schools seek to understand and educate individuals with disabilities effectively and often distinctively in a context of limited resources, systemwide norms, and legal mandates. School systems are also focusing on how to best prepare youth with disabilities for successful adult lives, including higher education, independent living, and competitive employment. This increased focus on transition has included attention to how to best involve parents in the transition process. Although IDEA has mandated since 1997 that transition planning begin at age 14, implementation has not been complete. Transitions plans, included in students IEPs, usually focus on function and address the students long-term goals, including employment preparation, technical training, or educational course plan. As such, educators need to be knowledgeable about each individual students abilities and identify appropriate opportunities to best facilitate the goals outlined in the transition plan.

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