21. Questions To Ponder As Columbus Day Nears My Two Beads Worth So, why do we, in the United States, give him one of our 8 federal holidays? Then, that is what our schools are doing when they only teach about the first http://mytwobeadsworth.com/ColumbusDay2003c.html

A message from the United Confederation of Taino People (UCTP): Subject: Questions To Ponder As Columbus Day nears... WHY DO WE CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY? What is the meaning of this day to each of us, or is there any meaning at all? Please, bring this up as a topic of discussion with others, and let me know what kind of responses you hear. Questions To Ponder As Columbus Day nears 1. Columbus sailed into the Caribbean and never even set foot in what is now known as the United States. So, why do we, in the United States, give him one of our 8 Federal holidays? 2. Why would Columbus be given credit for "discovering" the Americas anyway, when we all know those lands were already inhabited and had been for thousands of years? Didn't the inhabitants of those lands discover them? Look at any map of the US and see the many, many, many states, cities and towns that all bear the Native American names of people and peoples who once populated those regions: Illinois, Oklahoma, Cheyene, Nantuckett, Milwaukee, Yuma, Omaha, Witchita, Tallahassee, Mississippi, Muskogee, Tennessee, Allegheny, Missouri, Kentucky, Huron, Tuscalloosa and on and on and on...... 3. Knowing that Native Americans were already here, and Columbus never was here, why does anyone go along with the myth that "Columbus Discovered America", when we all know it is not true?

22. Summit At Snoqualmie - Nordic Multi-Week Lessons (Be aware government offices are closed on federal holidays. On weekends and some holidays there is a state we have about 90 instructors that teach at the http://www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com/winter/nordicfaq.html

Page Links: Top SnoPark/Sledding/Pets Trails/Huts Lifts ... Lessons SnoPark/Sledding/Pets Do you sell SnoPark passes? No, we do not sell SnoPark passes. Where can I get a SnoPark Pass? At the Ranger Stations in North Bend or Cle Elum. At the Forest Service Information Center at Summit West (call first to make sure they are available). You can also get them at many sporting goods stores. (Be aware government offices are closed on federal holidays. On weekends and some holidays there is a state park ranger at the John Wayne Trail who will sell you a SnoPark pass. Where can I go sledding at the Pass? Our tubing center has lift-serve sledding and rentals (click here for the Tubing page) . If you are looking for free sledding, you can go sledding at the John Wayne Trail SnoPark (SnoPark pass required). What's your policy for pets? We love them, but they are not allowed on the trial system or in the area around the lodge. If you want to ski or snowshoe with your dog there is the nearby Gold Creek SnoPark. You can rent here and ski or snowshoe there. Dogs on SnoPark trails must be on leash. Page Links: Top SnoPark/Sledding/Pets Trails/Huts Lifts ... Lessons Trails/Huts Do you have any beginner trails?

23. Teachers In Focus - How To Teach About Religious Holidays The federal court case of Florey vs part of the cultural and religious heritage of the particular holiday. Read to students from Luke 2, and teach them related http://www.family.org/cforum/teachersmag/features/a0013367.cfm

Inspiration and Insight for Educators A Web site of Focus on the Family About Us Contact Press Citizen Link ... Subscribe/Join Family Policy Councils State Councils Family News In Focus Listen Find a Station Focus on Social Issues ... Cloning/Stem Cell Research End of Life Issues Euthanasia/Physician Assisted Suicide Genetics Education Gay Activism in Schools Home Schooling Legislation Public Education Religious Expression ... Consequences of Gambling Gambling in the U.S. The Lottery Church's Response Education ... Overcoming Homosexuality Theology Cohabitation Divorce Fatherhood ... Marriage Recovery Initiatives Same-sex Unions Origins Persecution Political Islam ... Citizen Action/ Anti-Porn Efforts Legislative, Judicial The Harm of Pornography Teachers in Focus Issue Archive How to Teach About Religious Holidays by Eric Buehrer A few years ago, an elementary music teacher in a school near Grand Rapids, Mich., told me a sad story. For years she did not think she could teach her students religious Christmas carols. Instead, she taught them "Jingle Bells" and "Frosty the Snowman." She then learned that the law allowed her to teach the children traditional carols. As she started a lesson on Christmas carols, she explained to the children that they were going to learn some songs about Jesus Christ. Some of her students gasped in disbelief. When she asked them why they were so shocked, they explained that they thought she was swearing. To her surprise, the teacher realized these children didn't even know that Jesus was a real person. They only thought it was a name used for cursing!

24. ACS Family Assistance Center (FAC) (706) 5455377, Monday – Friday 830 am – 430 pm; closed federal/training holidays. AFTB is a training program designed to teach individuals and families http://www-benning.army.mil/ACS/

25. AASB: Education And Law These federal guidelines address a wide variety of issues, including religious holidays, noting, Although public schools may teach about religious holidays http://www.theaasb.org/education_law.cfm?DocID=749

26. Help Restore The Traditional Day Of Observance Of Memorial Day We need to teach our children the day s meaning. To keep the number of three day federal holidays the same, Armed Forces day, the third weekend of every May http://www.usmemorialday.org/act.html

"Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day." VFW 2002 Memorial Day address Over the years the meaning of Memorial Day has faded too much from the public consciousness. From a solemn day of mourning, rememberance, and honor to our departed loved ones, it has degenerated into a weekend of Bar B Q's, shopping bargains and beaches where only token nods toward our honored dead is given, if at all. Too many don't know what the day stands for. Memorial Day used to be a sacred day that was reserved for the remembrance of those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms. Businesses closed for the day. Towns held parades honoring the fallen, the parade routes often times ending at a local cemetey, where Memorial Day speeches were then given. People took the time that day to clean and decorate with flowers and flags the graves of those the fell in service to their country. "Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic." General Logan - May 5, 1868

27. WWW Template from 05302100, Sat 0800-1300, Close on Sundays and all federal holidays. Volunteers from NPSSA conduct check sails, teach sailing lessons and oversee and http://www.mwr.nps.navy.mil/Leisure_Serv/Marina/

Review Date: January 2003 Marina Services BLUEWATER COVE MARINA Location: Coast Guard Pier Operation: Seven Days A Week, Dawn to Sunset Reservations: Monterey Bay Athletic Club General Information Staffing Reservations Racing ... Emergency Notification General Information: Directions: The Blue Water Cove Marina is located on the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey. The pier can be accessed from Foam Street. From Del Monte Avenue in Monterey, pass Fishermans Wharf and go through the tunnel. Take an immediate right onto Foam Street. Make another immediate right and you will be in the parking area just before the pier. Bring lots of quarters to feed the meters or find alternate parking. Staffing There is no staff on duty at the marina. You will need to start your voyage at the Monterey Bay Athletic Club which is the fitness center on the Naval Postgraduate School. The telephone number is 831-656-3118. The fitness center is open Monday-Friday from 0530-2100, Sat 0800-1300, Close on Sundays and all federal holidays. Reservations can be made between these hours.

28. American School Board Journal: December 2003 holidays than simply putting up decorations and having parties. As one federal district court considering the issue put it, If our public schools cannot teach http://www.asbj.com/2003/12/1203coverstory2.html

Sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter December 2003: Vol. 190, No. 12 Cover Story Research School Law Your Turn ... In Our Print Edition During the holiday season, there's one thing worse for school board members, school administrators, and school lawyers than finding a lump of coal in their stockings: It's finding a legal complaint. When it comes to public school observance of religious holidays, however, the courts haven't provided a whole lot of legal guidance. For example, only one such case has reached as high as a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1980, the 8th Circuit upheld a South Dakota school board's policy on holiday observances in Florey v. Sioux Falls School District , a decision the U.S. Supreme Court let stand. There are very few other decisions by federal courts and not many state court opinions, either. The good thing about this paucity of case law is that it suggests there haven't been very many lawsuits over how schools handle religious holidays. The downside is that school attorneys are left to make educated guesses about how to advise their clients about what is legally acceptable.

29. American School Board Journal: April 2003 Research According to federal Guidelines for Religious Expression in Public Schools, issued in 1995 teachers may also teach about religious holidays, and they http://www.asbj.com/2003/04/0403research.html

Sign up for our weekly e-mail newsletter April 2003: Vol. 190, No. 4 Cover Story Research School Law Your Turn ... In Our Print Edition "One can hardly respect a system of education that would leave the student wholly ignorant of the currents of religious thought that move the world society." So said Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson in the 1948 case of Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education . And 15 years later, Justice Tom Clark echoed that thought in the high court's majority opinion in School District of Abington v. Schempp (1963). "One's education is not complete," Justice Clark wrote, "without a study of comparative religion or the history of religion and its relationship to the advancement of civilization." But teaching about "the currents of religious thought" or about religion's "relationship to the advancement of civil- ization" is one thing; providing religious instruction is quite another, and that's where some schools have come to grief.

30. New Instructors OTS also doesn t teach on holidays which again offers various 3day In fact, the school recognizes all federal holidays and ceases instruction around the end http://www.ots.afoats.af.mil/24TRSFiles/InstructorDuty.htm

31. School Prayer: A Community At War: Educators Guide: Religion In Public Schools: to announce their meetings, if a school receives federal funds and Religious holidays. 14. Generally, public schools may teach about religious holidays, and may http://www.schoolprayer.com/eduguide/current_law.html

Website Links Home Page About the Film Educator's Guide Important Rulings ... Mail Us Educators Guide Links The First Amendment The History of Prayer in Our Public Schools Religion in Public Schools: A Joint Statement of Current Law Pro School Prayer Position ... Classroom Activities Religion in Public Schools: A Joint Statement of Current Law The Constitution permits much private religious activity in and about the public schools. Unfortunately, this aspect of constitutional law is not as well known as it should be. Some say that the Supreme Court has declared the public schools "religion-free zones" or that the law is so murky that school officials cannot know what is legally permissible. The former claim is simply wrong. And as to the latter, while there are some difficult issues, much has been settled. It is also unfortunately true that public school officials, due to their busy schedules, may not be as fully aware of this body of law as they could be. As a result, in some school districts some of these rights are not being observed. The organizations whose names appear below span the ideological, religious and political spectrum. They nevertheless share a commitment both to the freedom of religious practice and to the separation of church and state such freedom requires. In that spirit, we offer this statement of consensus on current law as an aid to parents, educators and students.

32. Smart Holiday Gifts For Kids You can defer federal income taxes on earnings until the savings Finally, keep in mind that the holidays can be the perfect time to teach your children http://www.calcpa.org/consumers/ask/2002/mm.12.03.html

CalCPA Online For Consumers Ask a CPA Smart Holiday Gifts for Kids Surely it's happened to you. You scour the toy stores looking for the latest "must have" toys for your children only to find that, within a day or two, the new toys have broken, run out of batteries, or are missing pieces. According to the California Society of CPAs ( www.calcpa.org ), a far better idea is to give children financial-related gifts. Gifts that teach the importance of sound money management and investing can provide valuable lessons that will serve your children or grandchildren for years to come. Put Stock in Their Stockings When it comes to teaching a child about investing, there is no better teacher than experience. For a school-age child or teenager, several shares of stock in a company that makes something the child can relate to, such as fast food, movies, or computer software, provide a meaningful gift and a valuable education. Supplement the gift with a lesson on how to follow a stock's performance in the newspaper. As minors, kids cannot purchase or own stocks themselves. You can buy the shares in your name, if you have a brokerage account, or through a custodial account set up under the Uniform Transfers to Minor Act (UTMA) or the California Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (CUGMA). Under the UTMA or CUGMA, the investment is held in an adult's name in custody for the child until the child reaches 18 (21 in some states).

33. Newsletter some background on President s Day, including websites designed to teach you and 12 and February 22 were observed as federal public holidays to honor http://seniordiscounts.com/static/archive/02-19-2003.html

Newsletter Archive Newsletter Signup page Home Wednesday, February 19, 2003 President's Day was Monday, February 17th. Originally celebrated as two separate holidays to honor the birthdays of American Presidents Washington (February 22nd) and Lincoln (February 12th), the two birthdays were combined into one holiday to honor all American Presidents in 1971. Take our poll and let us know who your favorite American President was (or still is!) This Presidents Day and every day, SeniorDiscounts.com is dedicated to life, liberty, and the pursuit of saving you money! In this issue you can find discounts on groceries, auto services and retail stores. We'll give you some background on President's Day, including websites designed to teach you and your kids or grandkids more about this nation's presidents. February is also Black History Month! We'll show you some of the best sites on the net to learn about many African American Heroes, as well as the meaning and purpose behind Black History Month. Check out our Primetimer's Discussion section for information on how you can get published in the SeniorDiscounts.com weekly newsletter.

34. Freedomforum.org: Restricting Student Prayer Could Cost Schools Federal Funds on art, music and literature, and they may teach about religious holidays, but may are how much money schools will get from the federal government and http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15274

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36. VirtualTourist.com - Distrito Federal Travel Forum But, on other holidays, like our Independance Day (July 4th this year and was planing to teach English has Alberto and I am from Capital federal, Buenos Aires http://www.virtualtourist.com/f/874/

VT Distrito Federal Travel Forum - Help and Advice From Your Fellow Travelers DISTRITO FEDERAL: Travel Guide Hotels Flights Meet Travelers Forum Home Forum South America Argentina Search for: Places Members Keywords Advanced Join For Free! Member Login VIRTUALTOURIST... Members Forum Chat Travel Tools ... Help TRAVEL RESOURCES... Hotels Flights Vacations Car Rentals ... Miscellaneous The Travel Questions Forums are for Asking Travel Related Questions Only. Where Should I Post within the Travel Questions Forum? You should post in the most specific geographic forum. For example, if you have a question about Paris, you should post it in the Paris Forum, and not simply the France or World Forum. By posting in the Paris Forum your question will be listed in 5 separate forums: Paris>Ile de France>France>Europe>World Forums, as well as the ParisTravel Guide. If you post in the World Forum, your posting will only appear in 1 forum: the World Forum and in NO Travel Guide. Forum Search: Forum Locations Keywords Advanced Choose a Popular Destination Choose a Destination Buenos Aires Esquel search forum locations Distrito Federal Forum Ask A Question In Distrito Federal Forum Posted by: No Picture.

37. 2004 Federal Health Information Centers And Clearinghouses and the Milk Matters calcium education campaign, designed to teach parents, children the hours of 800 am–500 pm, Monday–Friday, except federal holidays. http://www.health.gov/nhic/Pubs/2004clearinghouses/clearinghouses1.htm

NHIC Home Publications Select information center and clearinghouse information from the keyword or alphabetical lists below. Tip: the keywords are presented in all capital letters.) Information Centers and Clearinghouses Home Keyword List A-G Keyword List H-N Keyword List O-Z Alphabetical List A National ADOPTION Center 1500 Walnut Street, Suite 701 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 735-9410 (Fax) nac@adopt.org (E-mail) http://www.adopt.org/adopt Mission is to expand adoption opportunities throughout the United States for children with special needs and those from minority cultures. Offers information and referral services. Provides publications on special needs adoption, single parent adoption, open adoption, and searching for birth parents. National ADOPTION Information Clearinghouse 330 C Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20447 (703) 385-3206 (Fax) naic@calib.com

38. Religious Beliefs And Customs but may teach about religion. While having made no definitive ruling on religious holidays in the schools, the Supreme Court let stand a lower federal court http://www.nclack.k12.or.us/www/religionqa.html

North Clackamas Schools Web Site Religious beliefs and customs Questions/Answers for staff This policy is made available to staff to help them with issues they may face regarding religious beliefs and customs. The District Diversity Task Force recently reviewed the policy, first adopted in 1995, and made minor changes. The School Board approved those changes in November 2002. Questions/AnswersReligious Beliefs and Customs The following information is intended to provide guidance as you plan and monitor the activities in your classroom. It is not always possible to provide concrete answers to questions on this subject and, therefore, considerable judgment is required of both principals and staff members as we implement the concept of this policy. LEGAL BACKGROUND The First Amendment to the United States Constitution declares that Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The First Amendment requires the strictest neutrality on the part of federal, state, and local governments in their dealings with and attitudes toward religion. Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97,21 L.Ed 2d

39. SocialAction - Secular Holidays The talmudic sages teach that you are enjoined to maintain him, but you are The federal program, by contrast, seems more concerned with maintaining a class http://www.socialaction.com/02-2002/Tzedakah_post9-11_2002.phtml

Search: Recalling our own slavery in Egypt and caring for the strangers among us are at the heart and soul of who we must be as a people, and as a community. Jo-Ann Mort What's New Take action on slavery, police brutality, Jews around the world, child hunger Weekly Torah Commentaries About Us Site Guide Write for Us! Contact Us Other JFL Sites/About JFL Connecting Tell a Friend About This Site Get Our E-Bulletin Join Our Discussions Announcements ... Link to This Site! Events Calendar Take Action Free the Iran 13! Help End Slavery Today Fighting police Brutality Manna Petition to End World Hunger Tzedakah Post-9/11: How Is Our Country Doing? By Lawrence Bush and Jeffrey Dekro Since September 11th, the Torah's perennial concern for "orphans and widows" has been given tremendous new meaning by the outpouring of more than $1.5 billion for disaster relief. The 9/11 United Services Group of 13 major charities has distributed an estimated $425 million; the federal government's Victim's Compensation Fund has begun assigning awards based on the lost earning power of the deceased. How might we evaluate these efforts from the perspective of what we at the Shefa Fund call "the Torah of money"? Judaism articulates several concerns about tzedakah that seem pertinent: speedy delivery; protection of recipients' dignity; and care that the donor not become impoverished.

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