Microsoft
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surface RT
Microsoft Surface 2: Taking Place on September 23According to rumours Microsoft is going to launch the second version of Surface with the tag of Surface 2. The event of Microsoft will take place on 23rd of September. This event will organise to unveil the Surface 2 tablet.The event will held in New…
Google summit
The Google in Education K-12 summit and an optional pre-summit one day workshop are taking place this month. Join us!In a couple of week's time, on 26th and 27th September, SchoolNet and Parklands College are hosting the first Google in Education K-12 summit to be held in Africa. This event will be held at Parklands College in Cape Town. Who is presenting?This summ…
Stoves!!Can you believe that it is that cold that we are looking at buying a stove by the end of September?! We even put the thermostat on the underfloor heating up.Oh and in other news, I'm in my winter boots!I called to my friend before work today. She is…
Microsoft
news
Elkanah Superstars return from the Microsoft Office Specialist Worldwide Competition held in WashingtonThis is a guest post from one of our SchoolNet members, Linda Foulkes, from Elkanah House High in Cape Town. Two of her students were chosen out of 8 Semi-Finalists to compete at the Microsoft Office Specialist Worldwide Championship in Washington f…
Let's Get Random Y'allHola y’all! I don’t have shit for ya so it’s time for some random thoughts… When are acid washed jeans gonna come back into style? I always loved those. What about parachute pants? Damn, my ass looked fine in those babies in ninth grade. I’ve just ab…
9/11
American flag
firefighters
First Responders
never forget
police officers
The eve of 9/11It's the day before September 11th. This year marks 12 years since that beautiful September day when terrorists attacked America, killing 3,000 innocent souls and destroying the Twin Towers with two jet airliners while also ramming a jet into the Pen…
Long-Term Promise: More Cash! Less Work!The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of real currency in circulation per American nonfarm payroll employee (July 2013 dollars).Click to enlarge.As seen in the chart, I think it pretty much goes without saying that this is not 1982. I…
The Consumer: New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries - NYTIn early March 2009, Erin Izumi, a woman in her 30s from Tacoma, Wash., underwent robotically assisted surgery to treat endometriosis. The operation at St. Joseph Medical Center dragged on for nearly 11 hours.Ten days later, Ms. Izumi was rushed to a…
Hard Cases: Penicillin Allergies Overblown - NYTThe woman with the swollen red leg was selling us one bill of goods after another. She said she had stopped injecting drugs years before; the fresh needle marks on her feet suggested otherwise. She said she had duly taken all the antibiotic pills ano…
Indiana
right to work
Breaking: Right to work struck down in IndianaGreat news! An Indiana judge just ruled the state's right-to-work-for-less law is unconstitutional!!The Associated Press has the story:Lake Superior Court Judge John Sedia found that the law wrongly requires unions to represent workers who do not pay…
2013 gubernatorial election
Boyd Marcus
coal industry
democrats
Ken Cuccinelli
Mudcat Saunders
Republicans
Terry McAuliffe
Virginia politics
Boyd, Mudcat ... 2013's odd political climate in VirginiaThe political climate in Virginia continues to get curiouser and curiouser on an almost daily basis and, today, it clouded yet again. Two weeks ago, that ground shift you felt under your feet was the GOP reacting as longtime veteran Republican strate…
Blizzard
Cash Shop
MMO
video games
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft: Patch 5.4 Siege of OrgrimmarHighlights of Patch 5.4: The Siege of Orgrimmar: Vale of Eternal Blossoms is destroyed. Taran Zhu warned long ago that the new visitors to Pandaria would permanent change the land and he was right. The newly opened Vale of Eternal Blossoms wil…
Open health innovation | opensource.comThe future of health is openThe stories we share here are inspired by health innovation from around the globe. We bring to life how technology, transparency, information-sharing, and community-building are playing a vital role in the ways people are …
Miracle babies, wounded soldiers, and hurricane victims: Grim and uplifting articles about hospitals. - Slate MagazineFrom the Maternity Ward to the Autopsy RoomThe Longform guide to hospitals.http://www.slate.com/articles/life/longform/2013/08/miracle_babies_wounded_soldiers_and_hurricane_victims_grim_and_uplifting.single.html…
Peak American Labor per CapitaClick to enlarge.The record high of 11.03 hours per capita was set in April of 2000. I see very little evidence that a new record will ever be reached.From a long-term perspective, we are currently in the illusion of prosperity's unwinding phase. Put…
ethics
senate
wealth
Rich, entitled jerks really ARE rich, entitled jerksThe ultra-wealthy really are self-centered entitled jerks and the U.S. Senate only pays attention to them, not the rest of us.You probably suspected that already, but new studies prove it.Also, BMW drivers are the worst.The Personality and Social Psy…
Monday, MondayA Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates:This week's dose features the High School Extension with "Crinkled Wall" in Kufstein, Austria, by Johannes Wiesflecker and Karl-Heinz Klopf:The featured past dose is the Museum Villa Vauban in Luxembourg by Phili…
Hours Worked (Musical Tribute)The following chart shows the 24-month moving average of average weekly hours of private production and non-supervisory employees. I have added an exponential trend line in red.Click to enlarge.The next chart shows the deviation from the long-term tr…
Augusta County Library
geocaching
high-tech scavenger hunt
Augusta County Library offers Geocaching classLooking to find out more about Geocaching? Stop by the Augusta County Library in Fishersville Thursday evening and hear all about it: Do you know that there are tiny treasures hidden all around your community? There are, and you can only find them u…
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!This is just too cool.In response to the planned “Million Muslim March” in Washington, D.C., on 9/11, bikers announced their own rival 2 Million Biker Ride. This weekend, news surfaced on blogs and Twitter that D.C. had denied the bikers an event per…
City Modern NYCCity Modern, a "showcase [of the] the best of New York's design scene with studio tours, panel discussions, cocktail parties, special installations and home tours," takes place from September 27 to October 4. Organized by Dwell and New York magazine…
Pondering thoughtsAnd before anybody gets all huffy about this... it's another cathartic post. I'm sorting thoughts, nothing more. I'm not looking for a lecture. I'm confused and know the answer lies within me, not in any comments you may leave. And it's a convers…
