British TV Writer Opens Center for Students with Dyslexia

Nigel McCrery remembers difficult times as a student with dyslexia.

by Alexander Britton -

?I?m sure there used to be gun turrets on the gate there,? Silent Witness screenwriter Nigel McCrery says, pointing at his old school gates.

A lot may have changed since Mr McCrery started at George Spencer School (now Academy) 47 years ago, but memories of his schooldays are still relatively fresh.

?There weren?t actually any turrets there,? he adds quickly, spotting his comments being noted down.

Mr McCrery?s career has seen him work with household names like Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman and David Jason.

It all seems faraway from the school, where he opened a new center for pupils with dyslexia and other special educational needs yesterday.

The writer, who is dyslexic, said: ?They were difficult times, difficult and different ? there were some teachers who really had passion for their subject and I enjoyed learning what they had to teach, but the majority of it wasn?t fun.?

?In fact, I?m pretty sure I only got my job in the police because I was big and ugly and they wanted me to deal with rowdy people.?

?I left school destined not to do very much ? people with dyslexia weren?t treated very well and just left to finish and get on with their lives outside the school. I?m glad things are much much different now.?

The Nigel McCrery Learning and Inclusion Center cost 1.8 million USD. It has classrooms and meeting rooms for one-to-one tuition and discussions for children who need help and advice away from the school. The money came from the Department for Education.

Despite years away from Notts, Mr McCrery still has a soft spot for the area.

?It?s home. I can remember going to places like the Bell in Beeston and playing darts. Or going to town and having to walk back from Beeston because the buses had finished.

Read more at ?TV writer McCrery: You can?t let dyslexia hold you back.

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Source: http://specialedpost.com/2013/03/17/british-tv-writer-opens-center-for-students-with-dyslexia/

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Swiss tourist gang raped in India

NEW DELHI, India ? The gang rape of a 39-year-old Swiss tourist while on a camping trip with her husband has further ratcheted up the spotlight on sexual violence in India.

The woman, who had been cycling with her husband in impoverished Madhya Pradesh state in central India, was attacked by at least seven men while the couple were camping for the night, police said Saturday. The assailants also robbed the couple of $180 and a cellphone.

The attack comes at a sensitive time for India. Not only does it involve a foreign visitor at a time of economic difficulty as the nation tries to expand its tourism trade. It also follows on the heels of a high-profile rape case in New Delhi involving a 23-year-old physiotherapy student who died after being sexually assaulted in mid-December on a bus.

One of the five men charged in the December attack hanged himself in his jail cell Monday. A sixth accused in the case will be tried in juvenile court.

The brutality of that case has sparked soul-searching, fear, outrage over politicians and apathetic police, India's creaky legal system and a social system that frequently treats women as second-class citizens. A United Nations report released last week ranks India 132 among 187 nations in gender equality, behind rival and neighbor Pakistan.

"We are deeply shocked by this tragic incident suffered by a Swiss citizen and her partner in India," the Swiss Foreign Ministry in Bern said in a statement.

The ministry said it hoped the attackers would be "swiftly identified and would appear before a court to answer for their actions."

The couple were on their way to Agra to see the Taj Mahal when they stopped Friday night to set up a tent in a forested area, local news reports said. The trip reportedly involved cycling from Mumbai to New Delhi on a three-month tourist visa.

The attackers, who wielded sticks, also tied up and beat the woman's husband.

The woman was admitted to a hospital for medical tests, authorities said, and has since been released. Police inspector R.K.S. Gurjar said that no arrests had been made but 25 to 30 men had been detained for interrogation.

According to statistics compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, a woman is raped every 22 minutes in India, although charity groups say most incidents go unreported given police insensitivity and fears of being stigmatized in the sexually conservative nation.

In 1990, India's reported conviction rate in rape cases was 41%. That declined to 30% by 2000, even as the number of rape cases increased more than eight-fold between 1971 and 2011.

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Tanvis Sharma in The Times' New Delhi bureau contributed to this report.

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Airports face budget cuts, but wait times stay normal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse.

Napolitano said mandatory spending cuts ordered on Friday by President Barack Obama have led to the elimination of overtime for Transportation Security Administration officers and customs agents. She said TSA would begin sending out furlough notices to employees on Monday and Customs and Border Protection will send them out later this week.

Hiring freezes for both agencies have also prevented any open positions from being filled.

"We are already seeing the effects at some of the ports of entry - at the big airports, for example. Some of them had very long lines this weekend," Napolitano said at a "Politico Playbook" breakfast event.

She pointed to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as examples of those with long lines.

Napolitano said delays were between 150 percent and 200 percent at certain airports. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement on Monday that the agency had begun reducing overtime over the weekend and effects were already visible.

"Lanes that would have previously been open due to overtime staffing were closed, further exacerbating wait times at airports with typically longer international arrival processes," the statement said, noting that additional effects were expected in the coming weeks as furloughs - which will go out on March 7 - take effect.

However, the TSA website did not show any major delays at any U.S. airport on Monday morning. Karen Pride, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Aviation, said flight operations out of Chicago's O'Hare International and Midway airports were normal on Monday.

Passengers said that lines for security on outgoing flights, and customs control for incoming flights, were not any longer than usual.

"Going through customs was normal. For me it took five to ten minutes," said Claudia Hartono, arriving in Atlanta from Indonesia.

At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's main terminals, the wait was less than ten minutes. "It's the same as always," said Steve Brodie, 60, waiting to catch a flight to Florida.

Some lawmakers have accused Napolitano and other administration officials of fear-mongering and exaggerating the impact that would be seen from the deep spending reductions known as the "sequester" which cut a total of $85 billion from government agencies between March 1 and October 1.

But Napolitano said the problems were real.

"Look, people, I don't mean to scare, I mean to inform. If you're traveling, get to the airport earlier than you otherwise would," she said. "And please don't yell at the Customs officers or the TSA officers - they are not responsible for the sequester."

Napolitano did not give details on who at TSA would be furloughed and officials at the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for further explanation.

The Secret Service, which is also part of DHS, will see a five percent cut in spending but Napolitano said it would not impact security of the president.

The cuts at the agency will be on the investigative side which handles financial and identity theft, cyber crime and counterfeiting cases.

(This story has been corrected to say that a passenger, Claudia Hartono, arrived at Atlanta and not Chicago's O'Hare in 10th paragraph)

(Reporting by Deborah Charles; Additional reporting by James B. Kelleher in Chicago, David Beasley from Atlanta, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian from New York; Editing by Jackie Frank)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spending-cuts-already-cause-long-lines-airports-napolitano-163135159--business.html

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Any.DO Moment helps you plan and map out your day in a few simple taps

The popular task management app Any.DO has just been updated to support a new feature called Any.DO Moment which makes it easier than ever to plan your day. Each morning, you'll be asked to take a moment to plan your day. Any.DO Moment will then go through the tasks you have set for today and let you choose what you'd like to do with them. Any.DO then updates itself accordingly.

Upon launching Any.DO Moment, you'll be presented with tasks one task at a time and you have a few options. You can keep them on your list for today, move them to tomorrow, mark them as done, or delete them. If you choose to keep them on today, you can then choose a time increment such as morning, afternoon, evening, or custom. Moving them to tomorrow or later gives you more specified time increments to choose from as well.

Anyone can add tasks to a list but that doesn't always mean they'll get done. Any.DO Moment aims to change that by letting you concentrate more on the things that are important right now and moving the rest to a future date. This was easy enough under the regular Any.DO system but the Moment feature actually makes planning your day painless and quite enjoyable. Once you've run through Any.DO Moment for the day, you'll notice that your lists in Any.DO are now updated to reflect what you've chosen for each task with Any.DO Moment.

You can access Any.DO Moment at any time from the Settings menu. Any.DO will ask you each morning to take a moment to plan your day as long as you have notifications enabled. If you later decide that you need to make some changes, you can either do them manually by shuffling around your task list or you can launch Any.DO Moment again and move things accordingly.

The concept is intriguing and if you have a nasty habit of forgetting to check your task lists, Any.DO Moment may be the perfect solution.

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Ford Motor Company Expands Production Plant In Ohio, Adds 450 Jobs

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is expanding is production plant in Ohio to meet the increasing demand in the United States for fuel-efficient vehicles.

Because of the expansion, the car manufacturer will be hiring an additional 450 workers, according to a report from The New York Times.

According to the car manufacturer, it will spend $200 million to renovate its engine plant in Cleveland to manufacture small, turbocharged engines, which will be utilized for its top selling vehicles.?Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is the second largest car manufacturer in the United States.

Last December, the car manufacturer announced that it would invest $773 million for the modernization of its Dearborn Stamping plant and add four press lines to manufacture its next generation F-series trucks. The company said it would also refit its plant in Michigan to increase its production for small cars.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) also announced last year, that it would invest in three other plants including Van Dyke Transmission Plant, Livonia Transmission Plant and Sterling Axle Plant.

The company said its investments are part of its commitment with the United Auto Workers in 2011 to expand and invest $6.2 billion. The company?s expansion plan is expected to create 2,350 total jobs in Southeast Michigan alone, this year.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) added 8,000 salaried and hourly jobs last year. The company plans to hire additional 2,200 white-collar workers this year. It is transferring some of its vehicle production from Mexico to Michigan. The move will create 1,200 jobs in its Michigan plant.

Since the recession, car manufacturers in the United Stated, including Ford, cut labor costs and improved their production. The car manufacturer was forced to consolidate its two engine plants in Ohio and closed a major component operation.

Joe Hinrichs, head of the Americas region for?Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said, ?No question we have been through a lot in northern Ohio. But now our North American business is very competitive with the best in the world.?

The second largest car manufacturer plans to centralize the production of its 2-liter, EcoBoost engine at its Cleveland Plant. At present, Ford is manufacturing the engines in a plant in Spain. The company then ships the engines to the United States. According to the company, its workers in Spain will be transferred to another plant that will take work from a plant in Belgium, which be shut down.

Currently, Ford?s plant in Cleveland has 1,300 workers.? ?This is about servicing more demand in the U.S. And with our competitive labor agreements, we can bring business to the U.S. from Spain and Mexico,? Hinrichs said.

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London in the mist: Thick fog blankets the east as Britain wakes up to frosty but beautiful morning

• Early morning cloud hung over River Thames obscuring the city's landmarks and reducing visibility to 15m
• Poor visibility due to fog also caused problems at Heathrow Airport where 63 flights were cancelled
• The Met Office said today's temperatures will reach up to 8C at the tip of Cornwall

By Leon Watson

PUBLISHED: 05:51 EST, 19 February 2013 | UPDATED: 08:38 EST, 19 February 2013

A thick layer of fog blanketed London and the east of England today as the nation's capital appeared to be transformed into a JMW Turner landscape.

As commuters went to work, an early morning cloud hung over the River Thames obscuring the city's landmarks and reducing visibility to around 15 metres.

The shroud stretched from Yorkshire in the north to Kent in the south.

Early morning fog obscures a view of the Gherkin and the Tower of London on the River Thames. This picture was taken from Tower Bridge

Dickensian: Tower Bridge this morning through heavy fog and low cloud in London

JMW Turner painting show coal being loaded on the River Thames

Poor visibility due to fog also caused problems at Heathrow Airport where 63 flights were cancelled. The 31 arrivals and 32 departures were scheduled for between 6am and 11am, a Heathrow spokeswoman said.

There were also severe disruptions at London City Airport and both airports have advised passengers to check with their airlines.

London City posted on its website: 'Due to low visibility this morning, flights to and from London City airport are experiencing disruptions.'

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The Met Office had issued a yellow fog warning covering large parts of the country yesterday which was in force until 11am today. The east coast and East Anglia saw the worst of it, while pockets of Devon were also affected.

However, forecaster Sarah Holland said: 'There has been thick fog and in some places freezing fog, but this is expected to clear by late morning. It has stretched from eastern parts up to Yorkshire, the east Midlands and London and the south east.'

She added that the focus for the rest of the week will be on cold and dry weather across the UK.

A commuter taking picture of HMS Belfast war ship through heavy fog and low cloud this morning in London

Shrouded: People walk to work through heavy fog near Tower Bridge in central London

The South Bank overlooking the Thames towards Tower Bridge, which is just visible

Fog on the Thames: Barely visible commuters crossing the London Bridge

'It has been very dry for the last few days and that is set to continue for the next few days.

'Temperatures will drop off after the mild weekend with most areas seeing daytime temperatures of 4C to 8C, through to the latter part of the week where some areas of the country will see 3C to 4C, which is average or just below for the time of the year.'

The Met Office said today's temperatures will reach up to 8C at the tip of Cornwall with around 6C in western coastal areas. Temperatures in the east will hover between 1C and 4C.

Temperatures will hover around freezing across most of the South tonight. While winds are expected to reach speeds of 25mph in South Western areas making it feel even colder.

The Houses of Parliament and Westminster Bridge shrouded in fog early morning in central London

The fog on the Thames at Westminster began to lift late morning

Meg, eight, and Morgan, 12, from Devon, looking at snowdrops at the Rococo Gardens, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire

Snowdrops cover the woodland floor at the Rococo Gardens, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire

People enjoy the sunny weather punting on the river in Cambridge

Enjoying the sun: A punt passes under a bridge over the River Cam in Cambridge

Frost on the fields in Cambridgeshire as the sun tried to break through the early morning cloud

Walkers walking in the early morning mist on the Old Kilpatrick Hills in West Dunbartonshire

A frosty, but beautiful, late winter morning in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, as the sun tries to break through the mist and low cloud

The sky starts to turn pinky-orange as the sun begins to set and ducks and swans relex on the River Nene in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Beautiful morning: The sun illuminates the ice on this plant in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

The sun rises over the South Shields pier at the mouth of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear

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Passive Income With Kindle Publishing - ShoeMoney Internet ...

Kindle publishing has been a great way for affiliates to diversify their business. It?s not a magic bullet,? but it can provide consistent, stable income if done correctly. In the affplaybook.com forum we?ve been discussing how to approach Kindle publishing from a business perspective and not an affiliate perspective. There?s an important difference!

Publishing is one of those things that not many affiliates get right. That?s unfortunate because it has the potential to offer mostly passive income after the initial work is done. I wanted to give you some insights into getting started in this post.

What is Kindle Publishing?

Come on, really? Kindle publishing is nothing more than selling a book on the Amazon marketplace. In short ? you write a book, publish it on Amazon, and collect the commissions. Of course, it isn?t quite that easy but still close.

An Affiliate Walked Into a Bar..

?to write a Kindle book?ok, I?m obviously not going to earn much money writing comedy books, but think about how an average affiliate would approach Kindle publishing. They would probably do something with spun content, PLR, cheap overseas writers, etc. To make up for the lack of quality, they would just do hundreds and hundreds of books.

This approach won?t work well, if at all. First, Amazon is pretty strict about the PLR thing. Second, real people will actually review your books. Your books probably won?t get a ton of reviews (at least initially) so if people see a 1 star review you can expect sales to grind to a halt. It?s also safe to assume that Amazon will become stricter on publishers in the future.

Kindle publishing is not something to do unless you are willing to put in the work to make it viable long term. This means (to some of you) it?s going to be boring, you won?t see a lot of money for a while, and it will feel like you aren?t making progress. This is something you build over time that has the potential to last ?forever? with almost no upkeep or maintenance.

What?s the potential?

Will you become a millionaire publishing books on Amazon? Doubtful. Can you make a very steady, and relatively easy 4 and maybe even 5 figures per month? Absolutely! It will take months to get there though. This isn?t like an affiliate campaign where you can hit your first $100/day in a short matter of time.

What do I write about?

You can write about literally anything, but some stuff works better than others. A novel might take you a long time to write, where a basic ?how-to? book might go much faster.

This is key ? You?re not trying to write one magic book to make all your sales. Some of your books will sell well, others will flop. You want to be constantly writing and publishing books. No one single book will generate enough sales to make it worth having just that one. Another benefit of writing lots of books is cross promotional possibilities. You can actually have a significant effect on your books exposure through various promotional efforts in the Kindle marketplace.

Spend some time researching what people write. Download some books and see how they?re structured, how long they are, etc. Keep in mind, a lot of the self published books are crap so don?t necessarily copy their style.

But I hate writing!

This is probably not what you want to hear, but it?s the truth ? you can outsource your writing but it?s not going to work well. The problem is that most books won?t make a ton on their own, so what you would have to pay to have something (of the quality it needs to be) written will be more than the book would potentially make for years.

That doesn?t mean you have to do all the writing yourself. You might be able to partner with someone and each do half, you might have a relative who?s a good writer, etc.

There are tools to make writing faster too, like Dragon Naturally Speaking. Once you get into a good writing rhythm, it actually doesn?t take that long to crank something out.

Not all books need to be super long. Spend some time looking at Kindle books, and you?ll discover some formats that enable you to put a book together relatively fast.

There is so much potential, not just with selling the books themselves but promoting products inside the books and building email lists. All that is stuff for a possible future post! In the meantime, you can read more about Kindle publishing here https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help

If this sounds interesting to you, I would encourage you to start writing and publishing books asap. You?ll look back on this post in 6 months and be glad you did.

About the author...

David Ford ? who has written 1 posts on ShoeMoney.com.

David Ford has been involved in affiliate marketing for over 10 years. He is the owner and founder of the Affplaybook.com forum.

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