Frozen Greek Yogurt Is a Healthy Dessert Choice

Posted by Anders Abadie on 1/16/13 ? Categorized as Food and Drink

Even though you have made the decision to adapt a healthier diet, that doesn?t mean that you have to give up on sweets and desserts. There are some healthy alternatives that you can eat. Frozen Greek yogurt is a healthy and tasty alternative treat that you can enjoy any time of the day or night. You don?t have to worry about any high sugar content or whether or not it will disrupt your digestive system if you happen to have a lactose intolerance. It comes in a wide variety of flavors and it is very inexpensive as well.

Frozen Geek yogurt has become so popular that it can be found in many local grocery stores and ice cream shops. If you have never tried it before, then you truly don?t know what a treat you have missed out on. It has a creamier consistency than regular ice cream. Instead of the main ingredient being milk it is yogurt, which is very beneficial since it has lots of probiotics in it. Probiotics are tiny organisms that play a large role in regulating a healthy environment and balance inside of your intestines. There is also significantly less fat content and calories, which lessens your chances of gaining extra pounds.

Since there are many different brands for you to choose from, you should be aware that all are not created equally. Some brands have extra fillers and other junk ingredients that increase the amount of calories and fats in them. Some flavors and brands have more sugars and calories than others. If you want to improve your chances of maintaining a healthy diet, make sure you check out the nutritional labels before you make any purchases. Don?t be afraid to experiment with different flavors. If you are not too keen on any other artificial flavors, you can always go with the plain flavor of frozen Greek yogurt and add fresh fruit toppings and nuts to it.

If you happen to have a little free time on your hands and want to do something creative, you could try making your own frozen Greek yogurt. It is a very simple process and requires an ice cream maker that you can find them at most kitchen supply and department stores. You can find many great recipes online. When you make your own frozen desserts, you can experiment with different ingredients and come up with your own favorite recipes.

Go to an ice cream parlor or to your local grocery store and purchase some frozen Greek yogurt. See how much you enjoy its flavor and texture. Experience how different it is from actual ice cream and experience how much healthier it is as well. You don?t have to worry about crashing your diet since it is among the healthiest desserts on the market.

Choosing frozen Greek yogurt as a replacement for ice cream can help you stay on track during your diet. Find out more about this low fat snack at http://ciaobellagelato.com.

Source: http://www.articlesrx.com/frozen-greek-yogurt-is-a-healthy-dessert-choice/10768

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Satanists planning rally for Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has some unexpected, and likely unwanted, new support (Logo from Satanic Temple website/Scott??

Florida Gov. Rick Scott may have earned himself a new constituency, but the devil is in the details.

Local news site WPBF.com reported that a group of Satanists plans to hold a rally outside Scott's office on Jan. 25 to support the governor?s signing of a bill that allows students to pray at school events.

"We've gotten such a response, it's just impossible for me to know what that translates into," Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves told WPBF, regarding how many will show up at the rally.

?You don?t build up your membership unless people know about you,? Greaves said in a separate interview with the Palm Beach Post. ?So this allows us to get our message out in public. We?re hoping it will reduce the stigmatism.?

The Satanic Temple was launched in 2012 with what Greaves described as being ?more or less an online community.?

The group?s website describes itself as being different from other, better-known Satanic organizations. Greaves said the rally is part of a larger ongoing effort at making the group?s beliefs more commonplace in mainstream discussions of religion and belief. From the website:

?Though we have far to go before public education leads to a mainstream embrace of our Satanic religion, we feel that our own public ?coming out? will go a long way toward raising the consciousness of the populace ? and the social environment has never yet been better prepared for the welcoming of a new Satanic era.?

The group?s founder, Neil Bricke, is scheduled to speak at the rally.

"We feel it's time for Satanists to come out and say exactly who we are," Greaves said.

So, what does Scott think of the newly organized support?

"This is a great country. Everyone has a voice," Gov. Scott's press secretary wrote in an email to ABCNews.com.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/satanists-planning-rally-florida-gov-rick-scott-231148312.html

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Golden Globes 2013: The Real Winners And Losers

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler owned the stage, while Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't catch a break.
By Amy Wilkinson

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the 70th annual Golden Globes
Photo: Getty Images

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700110/golden-globes-2013-real-winners-losers.jhtml

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Using Ecological Assessments to Set Meaningful Goals for ABA ...

When professionals develop ABA intervention programs for students with ASD and other disabilities, they use many different approaches when selecting goals.? Some use criterion-referenced assessment tools such as the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (The ABLLS-R) or The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) to set intervention goals.? Others use informal assessment procedures such as interviews with students, caregivers, and teachers, checklists, and informal observations to set goals for ABA interventions.? What professionals do not typically use nearly enough are ecological assessments to set goals for ABA interventions.

An ecological assessment begins with examining the skills needed for an individual to be successful in a specific environment (i.e. reading group in the general education classroom, school cafeteria, playground at recess, dinner table at home, restaurant, library, movie theater, workplace). ?Professionals use task analysis by listing all of the skills required for the selected environment, observing the student in the environment, and documenting which skills the student demonstrates and which skills the student does not.? Then goals are set based on the skills the student needs to be successful in the environment but does not currently display.? Of course, goals need to be developmentally appropriate.? Consider this situation: one of the skills on the task analysis for eating at a restaurant indicates that the student verbally tells the waitress what meal he would like. However, the student is non-verbal. Thus, the goal would need to be something such as pointing to a picture or description of the desired meal on a menu when the waitress asks what he would like.

Ecological assessments can be conducted to assess students? independence and present levels of participation so that meaningful goals can be set to teach the necessary communication, social, behavioral, cognitive skills, or daily living skills the student needs to maximize performance.? Below is an example of an ecological assessment of a student?s participation in small group reading with suggested goals that can be targeted for ABA interventions:

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Skills?Needed	Student?Performance	Goal
Sit?at the table	The?student sat at the table appropriately.	N/A
Look?at the teacher when the teacher is providing instruction	The?student did not look at the teacher while the teacher was providing ? instruction. However, this is not necessarily an indication that the student?is not listening.	No?goal at this time because the student may be listening to the teacher even?though she is not looking at the teacher.
Read?along silently when someone is reading	The?student did not look at the words in the book while someone was reading.	The?student will move her finger along the words while someone is reading.
Read?when called on	The?student is non-verbal so she cannot read aloud.	The?student will hit a switch to ?read? a pre-recorded section aloud when called?on.
Answer comprehension questions	The?student did not answer any questions.??Since she is non-verbal, she did not have a means to communicate whether or not she comprehended the story.	The?student will respond to literal comprehension questions by pointing to?pictures given a field of four.
Make?Predictions	The?student did not make any predictions	Provide?the student with a communication board that has a symbol for ?I have an ? idea.?? This can be the words and/or a ? light bulb.? The student will hold up ? the symbol when she wants to make a prediction.? To make a prediction, she can use gestures,?choose from a set of pictures, or she can use an AAC device.

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In the example above, the teacher can design ABA interventions for all of the goals listed or target them one at a time until the student is able to participate in reading group independently.? As you can see, using the ecological assessment approach allows professionals to set goals that have immediate relevance to the students and those they interact with across different environments.? Although specific social, communication, cognitive, daily living skills, and/or positive behaviors are addressed when writing goals, they are selected based on what the student needs to learn to increase independence and active participation in the environments in which they engage.

For more information about bringing ABA into inclusive classrooms and to access a database of over 100 ABA lesson plans please visit www.bringingaba.com.

About the Author:

Deb Leach is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. Her passion is working with families, educators, and community groups to help support the successful inclusion of individuals with ASD using principles of ABA and other evidence-based practices. Her focus is on finding ways to bring ABA interventions into the everyday lives of individuals with ASD to increase family, community, and school inclusion and reduce the need for segregated services. She provides training and consultation for educators, schools, school districts, caregivers, and community groups related to supporting individuals with ASD. She can be contacted at leachd33@gmail.com?for more information.

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The "Ghost Tree" at Old Macdonald Golf Links

by Krista Rowland, - PGM Class of 2013

The OSU PGM program has two alumni and one current student working at the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort (ranked the #1 Golf Resort in North America by Golf Digest) - in Bandon, Oregon. Go Bucks!

Labels: Current?students, US

Source: http://www.osu.edu/O-H-I-O/?item=23731

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Teacher Sues School District After Officials Demand She Remove ...

A Christian high school teacher in Cheektowaga, N.Y., is suing her employer after district officials told her to take personal signs and religious items out of her classroom. Joelle Silver, a science educator who has been working in the?Cheektowaga Central School District for seven years, decided to take legal action after receiving a letter (read it here) asking her to?comply?with officials??request.

So, what are the contentious messages and items in the classroom that were seen by officials as being problematic, you ask? WIVB-TV explains:

Silver had four small posters in her room with psalm verses on them, a poster with a religious quotation from Ronald Reagan, a drawing that the district said is reference to the crucifixion, a poster that had a Bible verse superimposed on the American flag and school books, among other items. The letter Silver received instructed her to take the items down and warned that failing to do so could lead to serious disciplinary consequences.

Superintendent Kane, who says he respects Silver?s teaching abilities, says the materials were found to be inappropriate and the district determined they needed to be removed.

Silver is being represented by the?American Freedom Law Center, a group that handles religious liberty cases. The lawsuit, which has already been filed against the district, also names Board of Education President Brian J. Gould and Superintendent Dennis Kane.

Officials apparently became aware of the religious messages after a student complained to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist activist group devoted to church-state separatism. The group subsequently threatened to sue if proper action was not taken to address the matter.

?I believe that my First Amendment rights were violated last June when I was asked to do some things regarding taking some posters down and to censor my speech in the classroom,? Silver said of the actions that led her to file lawsuit. ?As a Christian and as an American I feel it?s incredibly important to fight to protect the rights that people have died to give them.?

Photo Credit: WIVB-TV

The teacher also claims that she was told that participating in the school?s Bible study club was forbidden, as it would look as though the district endorsed her actions. She also had a prayer box that WIVB-TV reports was ordered removed from her classroom as well, as it was being used during the school day.

Read more about the case here.

(H/T: WIVB-TV)

Source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/13/teacher-sues-school-district-after-officials-demand-she-remove-bible-verses-religious-items-from-her-classroom/

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