Friday, January 21, 2011

Pessimistic Chelsea Ancelotti Champions

London - Chelsea manager, Carlo Ancelotti, admitted pessimistic about the opportunities his team retain the Premier League title this season. However, Carletto sure, his troops will fight like hell to win every game remaining.

"I do not know about the chances of winning, but we will fight in every game with our strengths," said Ancelotti told Sky Sports.

"The Blues" is now up to number four with 38 points, after beating Blackburn 2-0, Saturday (01/15/2011). Two goals in the second half Chelsea was created by Nicolas Anelka and Branislav Ivanovic. John's Terry and his friends are still left behind seven points from Man City who were on a throne.

"I think a difficult moments had disappeared. We stood to get good results. Indeed, it is easier to trim the distance to the first position, but we must try," added former coach of AC Milan and Juventus are.

"Our difficult moment too long, but now it is very important to look ahead and keep the atmosphere in our team. It's not easy to get up, but today after the game, I can say that we become better. Our future can be really good
, "complete Carletto.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

A cool gadget for most kids is a communication tool for others

For kids with communication challenges, an iPad can be more than a trendy gadget. In fact, the technology is helping students here in East Tennessee.

"What did you do in the snow Sloan?" one student asked.
"I sled down the big hill with my neighbor Emma," was the response.
It was a typical conversation among 4th graders at Powell Elementary School in Knox County, with a high tech twist.

With the touch of a finger, a voice from an iPad said, "My name is Sloan Brickey."

"Sloan is eleven," her mother, Kelly Brickey, said. "And when she was born we found out she had been born with Down Syndrome which means she has one extra chromosome than those of us who don't have Down Syndrome."

Kelly Brickey is also the Executive Director of a parent-led organization called the Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee.
"Their brain knows what they want to say, but the communication between the brain and the mouth doesn't get it out clearly," Brickey explained.
That's where the iPad comes in. A specific app for the computer tablet is a customized communication tool for Sloan.

"She is able to engage better because her peers can understand her a little better," Powell Elementary Teacher Andie Breeden said.
Brickey is pleased with her daughter's progress with the iPad. "She's able to show her friends things she does at home, things she does on the weekend. It's very easy for her to use."
Sloan's iPad is portable and she carries it in a colorful case.

"The iPad is a way cool thing. And for me as a parent when I was looking at what was going to work with Sloan, that to me was one of the bigger factors," Brickey said.
Andie Breeden said it is an effective teaching tool. "It's not replacing her language. It's reinforcing it and making it understood."

Through a technology scholarship, the Down Syndrome Awareness Group has given iPads to several East Tennessee students.
"This is something we see helping a broad base of individuals with Down Syndrome in their communication," Brickey said.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Ingrid Michaelson on CBS Early Show, Second Cup Cafe Read more: Ingrid Michaelson on CBS Early Show, Second Cup Cafe

Ingrid Michaelson is captivating live; her songs are an intriguing combination of lyrical honesty, emotional connection and melodies so warm they’ll steal your heart, overwhelm your ear drums and make your knees weak.

Tune in to catch what’s sure to be an unforgettable performance this Saturday at 8:30am on the CBS Early Show’sSecond Cup CafĂ© where she’ll perform her incredible new single “Parachute” as well as the platinum single “The Way I Am” from her first release.

Ingrid’s ubiquitous hit single “The Way I Am,” off her breakthrough album Girls and Boys, was not only spun on radio stations all over the country, but was featured in a major national television commercial for Old Navy. She has since sold 2.5 million single downloads, over 560,000 copies of her three albums and “The Way I Am,” was recently certified Platinum. Ingrid has appeared on Ellen, Good Morning America, Late

Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Rachael Ray and was the first unsigned musician ever selected as a Vh1 “You Oughta Know” artist. The New York Times has described Michaelson’s unique musical approach as “soulful, idiosyncratic” and Entertainment Weekly described her as “a deft mistress of quirk folk… a grassroots phenomenon.”