The Hangover Has Struck Like Lightning!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi IWS Radio listeners and readers, Ben Franklin here...<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiX_MaudvsOtkco91GZnqTzK_Q5lyhEFrepogOuF82uCwusfq9HGgN8LdQTyUzaTkFid4gorpFvSmHgcfKrWeYOQP5evFvfmT7W_LRAkZP-In6eA-w68fprqlY5F66_JOCfBAMPTf5qM/s580/benjamin+franklin+party+guy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiX_MaudvsOtkco91GZnqTzK_Q5lyhEFrepogOuF82uCwusfq9HGgN8LdQTyUzaTkFid4gorpFvSmHgcfKrWeYOQP5evFvfmT7W_LRAkZP-In6eA-w68fprqlY5F66_JOCfBAMPTf5qM/s400/benjamin+franklin+party+guy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />What?  It was America's Birthday yesterday, and now...I have a hangover...of course I do, and I spent the night with Anna Nicole Smith...is that so wrong?<br /><br /><br />Being Benjamin Franklin, I hope you understandeth...anyhoo...<br /><br />She was a lightning storm of excitement.  Keep calm and carry on, and remember...<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i>"The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself."</i></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">And let me tell ya...Last night?</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I was chasing happiness all over the place.  Anna and I had fun...when I finally caught up to her that is,  and man...I am still impressed by the speed of angels.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I never realized that once one was heaven sent, that a big girl could move so damn fast.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS5QMTun9crOJq9SvYVkzSVQF6j4Hern7Eties-YOE49Zi49SduW6tY-wgWgvoZ7G9SklCKFEEBU6Q0qxLdQTQzFON5mwIwps0SrgTLq0wwoXlOj-Ngpq_blHXuLOH0cDpGhESRGm9bo/s425/Anna-Nicole-Smith+Naked+Boobs+Nude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimS5QMTun9crOJq9SvYVkzSVQF6j4Hern7Eties-YOE49Zi49SduW6tY-wgWgvoZ7G9SklCKFEEBU6Q0qxLdQTQzFON5mwIwps0SrgTLq0wwoXlOj-Ngpq_blHXuLOH0cDpGhESRGm9bo/s400/Anna-Nicole-Smith+Naked+Boobs+Nude.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">But anyway, Anna ate eight brats, and I drank eight kegs, and we enjoyed a symbiotic relationship that I haven't  experienced  since I stuck my patriotic dork inside of Josephine's puff pastry.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Anyhooeth...I am tired.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">And since the 4th of July Holiday has probably made you tired as well, you could always listen t o IWS Radio...</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">They had a great show last Sunday, so give it a listen, it's not going to take away any of your rights by doing so.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2013/06/30/drunk-on-history#.UdY3Qna8mB8.blogger">Drunk on History 06/30 by IWS Radio | Blog Talk Radio</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Well...I have to go...even in Heaven, Anna still needs her drugs, so I have to swing past Jefferson's place and get her hooked up.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Here's to over developed Americans like Anna Nicole Smith...</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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The Hangover Has Struck Like Lightning!!

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4th of july tease...

Happy Independence Day everyone!!!<br /><br />So, today I put on a top that was really tight around the arms before.  It was a hair snug, but WEARABLE!  It was not near as tight.  SOOO excited.<br /><br />I then, just out of curiosity, stepped on the scale at home.  Now, I think my scale is off (OVER) a hair form the scales at the doctors.  I won't tell you what my home scaled said, but let's just say, I think I am going to officially be labeled as a "responder".  What is a responder?  You have to lose around 12 to 15 pound in 12 weeks.  Remember, week 1 was 8 pounds.  I am 2 weeks in tomorrow and it looks promising....VERY VERY promising!  Holy Cheetos!  Wait, I need to come up with a healthy saying and can the Cheetos!  HOLY CELERY STICKS!!!!<br /><br />I have chosen to weigh in at my doctors office every 2 weeks.  Friday it won't happen because Karen won't be there and I am on VACA!  So, I will see about getting in Monday/Tuesday to do my weigh in.  Originally it was going to be Friday, but I can't wait.  I will then compare it to the scale I have at home so I can do it here!!!!!!!!<br /><br />ARE YOU READY?????????? I AM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4th of july tease...

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Straightforward ways to Remove Excess Of Abdomen Fat

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Arthur Antunes</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Plastic surgery is awfully famous in around the world. This procedure is used to change the form of the body. Now that is favored by folk like young generation. Many folks are willing to spend any amount of money for plastic surgery to get a good look. The television presenter and film-related actors are highly worried about their appearance and the pressure on its good appearance to accept this type of surgery to enhance their appearance. The belly reduction is a major surgery that's usually takes 3-4 hours to complete. This process remove the excess fat and skin resection in the stomach area. Doctor will mark the part of the stomach that will be surgically removed. It's also called abdominoplasty.<br /> <br /> Abdominal Reduction Risks<br /> <br /> The <a href="http://www.wgmilesmd.com/procedures/abdominoplasty-tummy-tuck/">tummy tuck DC</a> is a well known and successful process but as same as the other types of plastic surgery. Tummy-tuck is hazardous and people should be fully mindful of all the risk of a stomach reduction before deciding that his/her is a good applicant for a tummy tuck.<br /> <br /> Some of the tummy tuck risks include being allergic to the anesthesia that is administered prior to having the process. Other risks include getting an infection and handling blood clots in the lungs. And somebody can have a hematoma which is blood that is sitting beneath the skin. In addition to the blood can flow under the flap of the skin.<br /> <br /> Permitting the correct amount of rest and recuperation time can go a ways in preventing some of the hazards discussed above and post operation. The tummy tuck will leave you with some swelling in the midsection which should really go down in a couple of weeks. After receiving an abdominoplasty try avoiding energetic activity that may jar the midsection. Letting your body take the time it must heal itself. Otherwise some of the chance factors including infection could happen. Keep the wound area clean and sterile which should also help prevent future infection. These are mostly commonsense issues that go along with any surgery and will help you avoid long-term issues.<br /> <br /> Cost of Tummy Tuck<br /> <br /> The belly reduction is a highly personalized procedure and there are many factors that will have an effect on their costs and prices. You might have to cough up $4000 or even $20000 for the expenses of belly reduction but which will be cash spent wisely since the effects are really good for the body. Gut reduction cost including the price of the process itself as well as hospital costs and anesthesia.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>The tummy tuck is a well-known and successful process but as same as the other kinds of <a href="http://www.wgmilesmd.com/meet-the-doctor/">plastic surgery Maryland</a>. There are numerous other cosmetic procedures available to help you <a href="http://www.wgmilesmd.com/">shed some pounds</a>. </div><br /> </div><br />

Straightforward ways to Remove Excess Of Abdomen Fat

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A Personal Trainer San Diego County Shared Four Ways To Speed Up Your Weight Loss

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Michael Petry</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>A lot of people in San Diego County in California are desperate to lose weight and it's for this reason why you will find a lot of good fitness trainers here. This might be due to the fact that a lot of actresses and supermodels reside on the area or maybe because this place is surrounded with beautiful beach resorts and people just want to look their best while getting a tan.<br /> <br /> No matter what their reasons are, they're certainly doing the right thing. If you are like them and are desperate to lose weight too, read these 4 easy ways to speed up your weight loss as provided by a top personal trainer San Diego County.<br /> <br /> Work Harder<br /> <br /> I'm sure you are aware that the best way to lose weight is to work out. Well, if you want to really be successful with your weight loss goals, then working out is not enough - you have to really work harder. Of course you need to start at a low pace, but you should be able to increase your intensity as you go on with your workout routine.<br /> <br /> In fact, the personal trainer San Diego County would suggest that you double the amount of exercise that you do on your second month of working out. So if you started working out for at least an hour for up to three times each week, make it two hours for the upcoming months and so on. Do not just settle on the same pace because your body could get used to it and you will not be seeing any more changes on your weight as you go on with your workout routine.<br /> <br /> Eat Regularly<br /> <br /> Losing weight does not mean that you deprive yourself of eating. This is certainly a wrong notion and the personal trainer San Diego County suggested that you eat on a regular basis but make sure that you do not overeat since this might just make you to gain even more weight.<br /> <br /> Research shows that if you eat up to five to six small meals each day, your metabolism will increase and if you combine this with regular exercises, you will be able to double the amount of weight that you are going to lose.<br /> <br /> Food Choices<br /> <br /> You should be aware of the kind of food that you should eat and what kind of food to avoid in order to lose weight. Although the personal trainer San Diego County would advise that you eat on a regular basis, you should also be aware of the type of foods to avoid. If possible, eat lots of fresh vegetables and fruits and avoid sweets and other unhealthy treats. You can ask your trainer for some nutritional advice or if you do not have any trainer at all, go online and do your research.<br /> <br /> Have Fun<br /> <br /> Losing weight shouldn't be that boring and you should not punish yourself too much just because you're dying to lose weight. Have fun while exercising and if you want, you can indulge in your favorite sports too. The personal trainer San Diego County also suggested that you treat yourself from time to time and set aside a cheat day and spoil yourself of your favorite foods whether it's unhealthy or not. However, always eat in moderation.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting in good shape with the help of<a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-diego/">San Diego County Personal Trainer</a> not just enhances your physique but likewise your health as well. The rewards that one could get from <a href="https://plus.google.com/108101280309758744012/about">Personal Trainer in San Diego County</a> are endless.</div><br /> </div><br />

A Personal Trainer San Diego County Shared Four Ways To Speed Up Your Weight Loss

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Exactly What A Personal Trainer San Diego Ought To Possess

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Brandon Watkins</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>A personal trainer San Diego is someone who will help you get in shape and stay that way. He or she could help you slim down, acquire muscles, become more athletic and be active. They will help you achieve your workout goals in the shortest yet safest way. And to be able to accomplish this, they need to be in charge of the most important aspects of your life - health, diet, physical training, etc. and for this reason, you have to make certain that your personal fitness coach is able to provide you with the most effective and fastest way regarding how to achieve your fitness goals.<br /> <br /> Fitness instructors are to be in charge of you and your overall health. That is why you need to make sure that they are qualified to do so. It is your health and your whole being that is at stake on your every exercise session; so you've got to be sure that your personal trainer San Diego can make you achieve your objectives while keeping you safe.<br /> <br /> Exactly What Your Personal Trainer Should Have<br /> <br /> Here are a few things that you have to ask or find out to make certain that your personal trainer has these characteristics.<br /> <br /> * Proper Education<br /> <br /> Accidents are unexpected and often unavoidable. So make sure that your personal trainer has insurances to cover your expenses when a mishap occurs during your training sessions. You should also ask or check if your personal trainer has liability insurance to make sure that you can claim something when your personal trainer has neglected his or her duty.<br /> <br /> Your health is the most important thing so make sure that you will get something from accidents or negligence on your sessions or program so that you can afford treatment as soon as possible.<br /> <br /> * Insurance<br /> <br /> Accidents are unexpected and often unavoidable. So make sure that your personal trainer has insurances to cover your expenses when a mishap occurs during your training sessions. You should also ask or check if your personal trainer has liability insurance to make sure that you can claim something when your personal trainer has neglected his or her duty.<br /> <br /> Your health is the most important thing so make sure that you will get something from accidents or negligence on your sessions or program so that you can afford treatment as soon as possible.<br /> <br /> * Good Personality<br /> <br /> Educational background and insurance aren't the only basis for an excellent personal trainer San Diego. Personality also plays a major role. If your fitness instructor has no good personality, you won't be able to get along with him or her. Therefore, you won't have the ability to make the best out of your workout sessions.<br /> <br /> It's best to analyze the personality of your fitness instructor first before hiring them or prior to signing any contract. Pay a visit at the gym where they're working and see how they connect with their clients. You can also see how they handle people by enrolling on their free trial sessions if they have one.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Getting back in good shape through the help of <a href="http://www.theperfectworkout.com/personal-trainer-san-diego/">www.theperfectworkout.com</a> not only enhances your physique but also your health as well. The advantages that a person could get from <a href="https://plus.google.com/108101280309758744012/about">theperfectworkout.com</a> are limitless.</div><br /> </div><br />

Exactly What A Personal Trainer San Diego Ought To Possess

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Healthy Eating Is A Lifestyle Change, Not A Weight Loss Program.

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Jonathan Turk</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>America and much of the world is in the middle of a Health Crisis!<br /> <br /> Why is America and much of the world in the middle of a Health Crisis?<br /> <br /> Our body weight tends to remain the same when the number of calories you consume is equal to the amount your body burns. Obviously America and much of the World is consuming more calories than they burn. WHY?<br /> <br /> Overweight and obesity result from an energy imbalance. Our body weight tends to remain the same when the number of calories you consume is equal to the amount your body burns. Obviously America and much of the World is consuming more calories than they burn. WHY? MEGA FOOD PROCESSORS and THE SLICK ADVERTISING AGENCIES THEY HIRE! They don't care about your Health and they certainly don't understand, Truth In Advertising, it's just words. The average Supermarket has 55,000 products on their shelves. The food is neatly packaged with eye-popping graphics, containing trigger words such as: Low Fat, Fat Free , Sugar Free, Powerful Antioxidants and on and on it goes. The average consumer spends 22 minutes in the store twice a week. You are trying to eat healthy but you get home confused. A friend of mine recently purchased some sausage patties for his 4 year old daughter. His wife who is trying to get her family to eat healthy, read the ingredients (24 of them) and threw it out. Once she left the room he asked me "Is my wife becoming a fanatic"? I assured him she was not. You see eating healthy is a process. You have to look at it as a Lifestyle Change and not a Weight Loss program.<br /> <br /> Start with seeing a rainbow on your plate. Fruits and vegetables of different colors such as green beans, asparagus, raspberries, and strawberries. Then include a lean serving of meat, poultry, or fish and a slice of whole grain bread. Drop the soft drinks you and your family don't need them (too much sugar). Instead drink water, strive for 10 glasses a day. Integrate this type of eating into your life everyday and you have made a lifestyle change. You will feel the energy return.<br /> <br /> Go for a swim together. Take up golf or tennis. It's not only fun but you and the family are exercising. You're all together. having fun and communicating. Wow, that's a Win...Win!<br /> <br /> Resources: Fresh look at cool foods: Exploring Myths and Trends of Frozen Foods; National Diabetic Information Clearinghouse, "What I need to know about eating and diabetes".<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Jonathan Turk has been involved in health and wellness studies for more than 30 years. He has learned that it takes a Healthy Eating to succeed long-term. To get started please visit: <a href="http://www.leanersize.com">http://www.leanersize.com</a></div><br /> </div><br />

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Truth about 6-pack abs Website

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Augustine Gaddy</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Today's society is one that is highly concerned about health and fitness. Many are looking to get bodies that are found only on Hollywood screens. So many concoctions are now on the market promising to give results that only the gym and a proper diet can actually provide. But still, many have been spending countless hours in the gym only to leave looking the same way that they came in. However, some have taken heed to the Truth About six pack abs program as a key to arrive to their fitness destination.<br /> <br /> The Truth About Abs is a program that is specifically designed to create the physique that many have failed to achieve with improper diet and exercise. It's main purpose is to provide consumers with the sculpted body that they want without all the torture and frustration that usually comes along with it.<br /> <br /> This e-book generally gives certain approaches that have previously proven to bring results. It reveals how the body can respond negatively due to the types of foods that it receives. It looks at different activities and the benefits they offer. It doesn't provide false claims and quick remedies like many programs, but instead offers approaches that will give permanent results the right way. Many consumers are tricked by plans that brag about fat loss but actually only bring about a loss in water weight (which comes back faster than it left).<br /> <br /> Mike Geary focuses on certain routines that help in building muscles in the abdomen and other parts of the body. He also talks about free weights and the misconception that certain equipment needs to be used in order to achieve certain results. Many will find that the information in this book goes against all that they have learned about fitness in the past. However, most find that they enjoy the program for the wealth of fresh and uncommon knowledge that it provides.<br /> <br /> Many have been told down through the years that the only way to lose stomach fat and tone the abs was by doing hundreds of crunches everyday. However, many have found that doing so doesn't bring results at all. The author (Mike Geary) teaches that there are other exercises that can be done to target the abs that are far more effective.<br /> <br /> The major mistakes that people make when it comes to dieting are revealed, along with exercises that are specifically for toning the abs. Included is a diet plan that focuses on maintaining a nutritious and healthy balance for the consumer. Many have stated that they have seen a remarkable change within the first couple of weeks.<br /> <br /> This program not only offers a weight loss and conditioning program, but it gives insight to what it is to have a lifestyle change. Each chapter gives the consumer an education about health that they may not have had previously. The first chapter gives a small preview of the rest of the chapters, and chapter two focuses on determining how much fat an individual has in their body. It also focuses on how to keep that percentage low.<br /> <br /> The third chapter is the one that gives a plan for conditioning the abs. It shows the consumer where and how to begin the abdominal training. Individuals will also gain knowledge about the ab muscles, positioning, and much more. Also included are topics ranging from dieting, metabolic rates, and various types of exercises. This Truth About Six Pack Abs Review may convince some individuals to take the next step into moving towards a healthier lifestyle.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>The article writer is a keen user of <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutabscenter.com/">Mike Geary's truth about abs diet program</a> and goes over <a href="http://www.thetruthaboutabscenter.com/is-proper-diet-more-important-than-exercise">the reason eating a sound diet is crucial</a> at his webpage.</div><br /> </div><br />

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Melatonin: A 'Magic' Sleeping Pill for Children? - WSJ.com

My son, who had always been a champion sleeper, was hit with insomnia the fall of his kindergarten year. A new school, a more rigorous academic schedule and the challenge of making new friends kept him up long after I had fallen asleep. He woke up exhausted and arrived home from school sullen and withdrawn. Over the next few months we tried everything to get him to sleep—no TV, warm baths, massage, warm milk.<br /><br><br /><br>Our pediatrician finally suggested that I give my son a melatonin supplement to help reset his sleep cycle. Try it for seven days, he said, but it may take longer. That night, with just 1 milligram of melatonin, my son fell asleep within 20 minutes—and woke up the next morning well rested, at last. It worked just as well the second night.<br /><br><br /><br>At bedtime the third night, he asked, "Mommy, can I have my magic pill to fall asleep?" I began to worry: Was I creating a drug-dependent child? Worse, could this experiment have long-term side effects?<br /><br><br /><br>Our bodies naturally produce melatonin, a hormone that is released primarily in darkness and helps to regulate our sleep and wake cycles. Insomniacs and jet-lagged fliers have used synthetic melatonin supplements as a sleep aid for years. Now there is a growing—and, to some doctors, worrisome—trend of using melatonin supplements to help restless children sleep.<br /><br><br /><br>Sales of melatonin have risen dramatically over the past five years, according to Nutrition Business Journal. Estimates for 2012 put sales at $260 million; in 2007, the market was just $90 million. Melatonin is available over the counter in the U.S., but in the U.K. and several European countries, the hormone supplement requires a doctor's prescription.<br /><br><br /><br>A handful of companies market melatonin directly for children's use, offering flavored, low-dose versions of the supplement. One melatonin manufacturer's website even urges parents to "prepare your child for academic success" by getting him or her to sleep. It cites one study that found "students with C's, D's and F's got about 25 fewer minutes of sleep and went to bed an average of 40 minutes later than A and B students."<br /><br><br /><br>Melatonin has been used in pediatrics for over 20 years. An article in the Annals of Neurology in 1991 reported that melatonin successfully corrected the sleep-wake cycle of a blind child with multiple disabilities. Since then, numerous studies, mostly short-term and involving special-needs children, have shown positive results. Doctors say the supplement can be critical in regulating the sleep patterns of children with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, with few, if any, side effects.<br /><br><br /><br>Stressed-out parents are giving their kids melatonin to get to sleep, prompting doctors to issue warning over long-term effects. WSJ contributor Jennifer Wallace joins Lunch Break. Photo: Amazon.<br /><br><br /><br>Judith Owens, director of sleep medicine at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, has studied melatonin and children. She said that the supplement appears to have a good safety record, not only with special needs children but with healthy children as well, when used for short periods with a pediatrician's oversight.<br /><br><br /><br>Still, some doctors say parents are misusing it. "I've never seen such widespread abuse of any drug or therapy in all my years of practice," said Stuart Ditchek, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. One mother told him that "she lines up her six healthy children nightly to give them their melatonin pill." Dr. Ditchek believes the supplement should only be used for the most serious sleep and neurological disorders. The concern, he said, is the lack of long-term clinical studies to see how the hormone supplement interacts with other hormones in the body, potentially affecting fertility or sexual development.<br /><br><br /><br>"Parents are using melatonin because they are stressed out," said Michael Breus, a clinical psychologist and board-certified sleep specialist who knows parents that have given melatonin to their children for years at a stretch. "They come home late, eat dinner late, and they think they can just flick an on-off switch for their children to get to sleep."<br /><br><br /><br>Some parents have made candid online confessions about why they use the supplement. According to one father's review on Amazon, "OK, yes, as parents my wife and I should do a better job starting the bedtime routine earlier, turning off the TV earlier, limiting sweets, etc., etc. Well, for whatever reason, this is not our strong suit. This 1 mg light dosage of melatonin is very helpful winding our kids down and getting them ready for bed."<br /><br><br /><br>As soon as our own son started asking for the "magic" pill, my husband and I stopped giving it to him. Two years later, he still suffers from occasional insomnia. But whenever I get frustrated, I think back to what Dr. Ditchek told me. "For thousands of years our children have been falling asleep without the need for pills," he said. "Giving your healthy child a pill to fall sleep is sending him the wrong message—that he needs a pill to do what should come naturally."<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324637504578567670426190246.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324637504578567670426190246.html</a>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozJRKuEElKYvXQFDzBqgAtkq1HxIX-DYUucCfHhecEE2G1dnlXoazoDWhro79cyss2Q3jOUNzwsXhXTxzPap1gCcHaS7GHLgzvRLkKKs299zPOfaPxp3rXZMEB-mh6KfvMwrkJ4zM2Ay/s800/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ozJRKuEElKYvXQFDzBqgAtkq1HxIX-DYUucCfHhecEE2G1dnlXoazoDWhro79cyss2Q3jOUNzwsXhXTxzPap1gCcHaS7GHLgzvRLkKKs299zPOfaPxp3rXZMEB-mh6KfvMwrkJ4zM2Ay/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="userContent">Flags flags flags ... my Air Force veteran husband displays a POW-MIA and 21 American flags every 4th of July, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day. Today is perfect ... stiff breeze makes the flags fly proudly.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjWOJgZE0chBWhjtES-ZAa_IoadxSmsF5C0wT_6Z9TahRE76Zas3z9wUnb20vshRwp_7_Uj6O9Z3X1lkrSOHcEdSRl4gVHpbyNilSjxxyN9Om0L9hcBPdMCi_tXY7Lb53GAI9L5X9gmwb/s800/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjWOJgZE0chBWhjtES-ZAa_IoadxSmsF5C0wT_6Z9TahRE76Zas3z9wUnb20vshRwp_7_Uj6O9Z3X1lkrSOHcEdSRl4gVHpbyNilSjxxyN9Om0L9hcBPdMCi_tXY7Lb53GAI9L5X9gmwb/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span class="userContent"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJib2FXGtL3BPMhjXgW38gCzsoYDstwrOGrsFGFm5KujFWqJeMWrntRJCEoVOYF3SzgXMlzYjwOkqiCyVEDnpRAMIOdAtvj-s1_ABLH8PKnVdzHlTbZFPbMb1HErCLPaGsnt7japf0xG-U/s717/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJib2FXGtL3BPMhjXgW38gCzsoYDstwrOGrsFGFm5KujFWqJeMWrntRJCEoVOYF3SzgXMlzYjwOkqiCyVEDnpRAMIOdAtvj-s1_ABLH8PKnVdzHlTbZFPbMb1HErCLPaGsnt7japf0xG-U/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija3Mum62j9XCR_3exhcSDKqirGL2Kz6hu8PJyTVEQku9oC_uhKu6WNn1-ryCK7EZamAxOKKLUjPaBeu6Li5UwIGhv4VH5qnJ4uJ__5tcFWoqRSeVFuZjfscUDu54U0RYPngu7xtUhGA65/s800/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEija3Mum62j9XCR_3exhcSDKqirGL2Kz6hu8PJyTVEQku9oC_uhKu6WNn1-ryCK7EZamAxOKKLUjPaBeu6Li5UwIGhv4VH5qnJ4uJ__5tcFWoqRSeVFuZjfscUDu54U0RYPngu7xtUhGA65/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMRNR4Rm4Q9HOVsiTd9GqjHAjzuNA1Vz2Ur2oaWJZ7U9LCaryaaS981JHgqK8QT2PIdfpD3RjRkzn-yGl1c_vrotR4hd0Zb-KESj62fSdP1s9u0pM99lsVqhe_uuPLci1hW1KQ-a0uwHu/s800/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMRNR4Rm4Q9HOVsiTd9GqjHAjzuNA1Vz2Ur2oaWJZ7U9LCaryaaS981JHgqK8QT2PIdfpD3RjRkzn-yGl1c_vrotR4hd0Zb-KESj62fSdP1s9u0pM99lsVqhe_uuPLci1hW1KQ-a0uwHu/s640/5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />July 4, 2013

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EGYPT: Coup d’etat and Déjà vu?

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mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCWMiFcroMzOnzCO9WDqGRdt5fM8DygvgzzDT0Kqaa7wuly5-5CRw43Wn4qMOVj8D-Aid4lFNsu_chWosEs3v20-ju2SryWOE92QEAlLeXC_ypJu58lRaFNZzLmdQwVoBRYL_Ib59r59X/s580/article_a0f770ca32107928_1372709820_9j-4aaqsk.jpeg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" 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OUSTER</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Via DEBKAfile </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The lightening coup which overthrew President Mohamed Morsi put in reverse gear for the first time the Obama administration’s policy of sponsoring the Muslim Brotherhood movement as a moderate force for ARAB rule and partner in its MIDDLE EAST policies</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Debkafile reveals that the EGYPTIAN military could not have managed their clockwork coup without the aid of SAUDI and DUBAI intelligence and funding.<br />SAUDI ARABIA and the UAE threw their weight and purses behind EGYPT’S generals aiming to put their first big spoke in the US-sponsored ARAB Revolt (or Spring), after they failed to hold the tide back in LIBYA, EGYPT and thus far SYRIA.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">QATAR VERSUS SAUDI ARABIA </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The coup leader, Defense Minister and army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, had two more SAUDI-GULF commitments in his pocket, say debkafile's Middle East sources:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Should the Obama administration cut off the annual US aid allocation of $1.3 billion, SAUDI ARABIA and the UAE would make up the military budget’s shortfall;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. The SAUDIS, UAE and other GULF nations, such as BAHRAIN and KUWAIT, would immediately start pumping out substantial funds to keep the EGYPTIAN economy running. The EGYPTIAN masses would be shown that in a properly managed economy, they could be guaranteed a minimal standard of living and need not go hungry as many did under Muslim Brotherhood rule.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to our sources, the SAUDIS and the UAE pledged to match the funds QATAR transferred to the Muslim Brotherhood’s coffers in Cairo in the past year, amounting to the vast sum of $13 billion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This explains President Barack Obama’s caution in his expression of deep concern over the ousting of the EGYPTIAN president and the suspension of its constitution. He urged the military to restore government to civilian hands - without accusing them outright of a coup d’etat - and to “avoid arresting President Moris and his supporters.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The US president refrained from cutting off aid to EGYPT, now under military rule, only ordering his administration “to assess what the military's actions meant for US foreign aid to EGYPT.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SAUDI KING ABDULLAH HAD HIS REVENGE FOR THE TOPPLING OF HIS FRIEND HOSNI MUBARAK IN FEBRUARY 2011, FOR WHICH HE HAS NEVER FORGIVEN PRESIDENT OBAMA</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Washington ordered US diplomats and their families to leave Cairo at once, leaving just a skeleton staff at the embassy for emergencies. debkafile: This step is only one symptom of the broad gulf developing between the Obama administration and EGYPT’S post-coup administration headed by Defense Minister and coup leader Gen. El-Sisi</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By means of the successful military putsch in Cairo, SAUDI king Abdullah had his revenge for the toppling of his friend Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, for which he has never forgiven President Obama whom he held responsible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />The SAUDI-GULF intervention in EGYPT’S change of government also ushers in a new stage of the ARAB Revolt for the MIDDLE EAST. For the first time, a group of traditionally pro-US conservative ARAB governments has struck out on its own to fill the leadership vacuum left by the Obama administration’s unwillingness to pursue direct initiatives in the savage SYRIAN civil war or forcibly preempt IRAN’S drive for a nuclear bomb.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The removal of Muslim Brotherhood rule in EGYPT has far-reaching ramifications for ISRAEL. In the immediate term, it gives ISRAEL some security relief – especially, easing the dangers posed from SINAI to its southern regions. The radical Palestinian Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot which rules the Gaza Strip, has suffered the most damaging political and military setback in its history with the loss of its parent and patron in Cairo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The big question facing EGYPT’S still uncertain future is: Will Riyadh and the UAE follow through on their backing for Gen. Fattah El-Sisi, the most powerful man in EGYPT today, and release the promised funds for rehabilitating the EGYPTIAN economy?</span></div>

EGYPT: Coup d’etat and Déjà vu?

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2013 Nathans Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest Needs Kobayashi and Chestnut

<div class="MsoNormal">I know what you’re thinking:  Who cares about a hot dog eating competition?  Well on the Fourth of July, a small portion of the country will tune in to watch the <a href="http://www.nathansfamous.com/index.php/hot-dog-eating-contest">Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest</a>, which means a lot of folks care about the, err, sport.  However, this year the field will lack one of the competition’s most notable names, Takeru Kobayashi.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">According to The Post Game, Kobayashi is <a href="http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/chompions/201307/nathans-hot-dog-contest-goes-without-kobayashi">refusing to sign</a>with <a href="http://www.ifoce.com/index.php">Major League Eating</a>, the organization that runs the 4^th of July spectacular, because he is balking at a clause that gives the organization a portion of the competitors’ endorsement deals.  Sounds interesting huh?  Imagine Lebron James giving a cut of his Nike money to the NBA.  Of course, it’s not like Major League Eating has nearly a percentage of the revenues that the NBA does, so it is a necessary evil.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The competition is a bit tarnished, because again Joey Chestnut, an eating legend in his own right, is expected to runaway with the 2013 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Contest crown.  For soccer aficionados, it is a bit like Manchester United taking on a US college team, because Chestnut is just simply that good.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Major League Eating and Kobayashi would be better off settling their differences and giving a little ground, because the sport does not get a whole lot of exposure as it is.  I mean how many kids do you know who want to grow up to be the champion of the <a href="http://www.ifoce.com/contests.php">The World Slugburger Eating Championship</a> presented by Main Street Corinth? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Basically, both parties are better off with each other than without, and if there was ever a time to give a little ground this is the time.  Just like many Olympic Events, this is a sport that millions of Americans care about once in a blue moon, and you want to have your best competitors in the field when ESPN2 is broadcasting the festivities.<o:p></o:p></div>

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Top 10 Cool Cat Teacher Posts (first six months of 2013)

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="zemanta-img"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38307206@N02/3542294246" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Google Analytics Hacks" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="176" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/3542294246_1e9ea65eb4_m.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="240" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center;">I use <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/" target="_blank">Google Analytics</a><br />to help create this list.<br />Google Analytics Hacks <br />(Photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38307206@N02/3542294246" target="_blank">Search Engine People Blog</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table>I thought I'd give you a round up of the most popular posts here on this blog for the last 6 months. I like when <a class="zem_slink" href="http://twitter.com/rmbyrne" rel="twitter" target="_blank" title="Richard Byrne">Richard Byrne</a> does it because sometimes I pick up on things I might have missed. Some of these posts are from prior years but because of current discussions are resonating now.<br /><br /><br /><ol><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/08/89-lesson-plans-and-ideas-for-teaching.html" target="_blank">89 Lesson Plans and Ideas for teaching Math</a></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2013/04/89-cool-apps-sites-and-tools-for.html" target="_blank">89 cool apps, sites and tools for teaching</a> <i>this came out in April 2013 so it is very popular to end up on this list.</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/04/15-fantastic-ways-to-use-flipboard.html" target="_blank">15 Fantastic Ways to Use Flipboard</a> - <i>I keep updating this post with new information. This is an example of how a post can become evergreen if you keep nurturing it.</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/05/qr-code-classroom-implementation-guide.html" target="_blank"><i>Q</i>R Code Implementation Guide</a><i> - With over 1631 tweets in the USA alone, this is one of my most Tweeted posts ever written.</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/p/freebies.html" target="_blank">My Freebies</a><i> - My sister helped me design an internet safety poster which you can download for free (you can get large sized prints at cafe press as well). This isn't really a blog post, but I wanted you to know about it since so many are finding it useful.</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-ways-to-be-terrible-teacher.html" target="_blank">10 Ways to be a Terrible Teacher</a> <i>another highly tweeted post</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2012/08/50-teaching-and-lesson-plans-that-rock.html" target="_blank">50 Teaching and Lesson plans that rock</a></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2009/03/making-case-for-cell-phones-in-schools.html" target="_blank">Making the Case for Cell phones in Schools</a></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2013/04/7-key-ingredients-in-successful-21st.html" target="_blank">7 Key Ingredients in the successful 21st Century Classroom</a> <i>April 2013</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-ways-to-end-school-year-on-up-note.html" target="_blank">10 ways to End the School Year on an Up Note when You're Exhausted</a> <i>May 2013</i></li><li><a href="http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2013/05/15-wrong-ways-to-implement-common-core.html" target="_blank">15 Wrong Ways to Implement Common Core</a> <i>I mention this because it came out in May also and because of the traffic, I think it is important. Also because it was a guest post by Johnna Weller.</i></li></ol><div>As part of my personal learning this summer, I've joined P<a href="https://platformuniversity.com/members/join/" target="_blank">latform University</a> by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.michaelhyatt.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Michael Hyatt">Michael Hyatt</a> along with my friend <a href="http://www.coffeeforthebrain.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Aaron Mauer</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/coffeechugbooks" target="_blank">coffeechugbooks</a>. I'm wanting to become intentional about understanding the posts and work I do here that resonate with you. </div><div><br /></div><h2>Why you should share what you like wherever it is</h2><div>Realize that people who blog seriously look at stats and when you reshare things, you quite literally "vote" that up as being important. When I come across great work, I always try to share it for exactly this reason. </div><div><br /></div><div>We are quite unwittingly "programming" the world around us. It is important to elevate good, noble content wherever we see it, especially in education. This is a hidden part of the web that many people don't realize is there.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope you enjoy some of these posts on your long weekend in the US. Feel free to let me know in the comments if there are topics you'd like me to tackle.</div><br /><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=88de51aa-7faa-4be1-af6a-6584aa7bd2f4" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

Top 10 Cool Cat Teacher Posts (first six months of 2013)

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Today's Teamster News 07.04.13

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-threat-to-us-eu-trade-talks/2013/07/03/b014a68a-e3d8-11e2-bffd-37a36ddab820_story.html">Privacy issue hinders U.S-E.U. trade talks</a>  Washington Post   ...European leaders tell citizens not to patronize U.S. companies due to concerns over privacy...<br /><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/new-study-wealthy-are-more-unethical">New Study: The Wealthy are more Unethical</a>  Economic Populist   ...Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods, reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html?_r=0">U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement </a> New York Times   ...postal mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny that the National Security Agency has given to telephone calls and e-mail...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fire-safety-20130702,0,3044653.story">Arizona firefighters lacked a proper escape route</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...The 19 wildland firefighters killed in Arizona appeared not to have established an escape route to a safe site large enough for the entire group, a forestry official said. Safety protocols require crews to have a place to go in case fire overtakes them. That did not happen in the Yarnell Hill fire...<br /><span style="color: #0000ee;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324251504578581580052470760.html" style="text-decoration: underline;">Truckers Are Losing Sleep Over 70-Hour Work Limit</a>  </span>Wall Street Journal   ...The changes—the most significant overhaul of rules governing truck-driver hours in a decade—shorten the workweek, restrict how many nights truckers can be on the road and require rest breaks during the day...<br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/news/2013/07/02/critics-sue-block-american-airways-merger/CHmKlRI7a14qCr5197uK9J/story.html">Critics sue to block American-US Airways merger</a>  Associated Press   ...Opponents of the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the deal, claiming it would hurt consumers by driving up airfares...<br /><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/supreme-court-rejects-cablevision-request-block-nlrb-trial/">Supreme Court Rejects Cablevision Request To Block NLRB Trial In Union Dispute</a>  Deadline New York   ...The National Labor Relations Board can go ahead with its administrative trial this month on charges that <a href="http://deadline.com/tag/cablevision">Cablevision</a> resorted to intimidation, bribery and harassment to stop some of its workers in the Bronx from joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA)...<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/03/eurozone-crisis-portugal-stock-markets-tumbling">Eurozone crisis: Portugal sends stock markets tumbling</a>  The Guardian   ...Stock markets were spooked by Portugal's descent into political chaos on Wednesday as the threat of a government collapse sent the country's borrowing costs into critical territory and threatened a new phase in the eurozone crisis...<br /><a href="http://www.morganmessenger.com/news/2013-07-03/News/West_Virginias_food_sales_tax_eliminated_this_week.html">West Virginia’s food sales tax eliminated this week</a>  Morgan Messenger   ...The West Virginia sales tax on food was completely eliminated Monday, July 1, in the final step of a food tax reduction plan that went into effect in 2005...<br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/rhode-island-become-third-state-paid-family-leave">Rhode Island to Become Third State With Paid Family Leave</a>  Opposing Views   ...The Rhode Island House voted on Tuesday to provide paid time off to care for a new child or sick family member, a bill activists believe will be signed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and make Rhode Island the <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-07-03/ri-house-oks-paid-family-leave">third state to provide paid family leave</a>...<br /><a href="http://weary-commuters-face-3rd-day-of-transit-strike/">Progress made in SF Bay Area transit talks</a>  Associated Press   ...Negotiators for Bay Area Rapid Transit and its striking train workers made progress during overnight contract talks, officials said Wednesday, raising hope that a deal might be struck when talks resume later in the day...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-file-challenge-against-state">Teamsters File Challenge Against State of Florida</a>  IBT   ...Teamsters Local 2011, which represents 17,000 officers of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), <a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/7313FLFinalBasisofChargeforULPAgainsttheState.pdf">filed a formal complaint</a> against the state with the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC), alleging that the state committed an unfair labor practice by trying to force illegal working conditions on corrections officers – taking away officers’ earned, paid time off...<br /><a href="http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/480ca017646749f3be66b0be87b91f2c/NH-XGR--Corrections-Contract">Corrections workers ratify collective bargaining contract with New Hampshire</a>  Associated Press   ...Teamsters Local 633, which represents more than 300 Department of Corrections' employees, has ratified a new two-year contract that provides workers with their first pay increase in five years...<br /><a href="http://www.wfmj.com/story/22754037/teamsters">Strike ends at Austintown beverage distributor</a>  WFMJ News   ...Union members vote to end their strike of beverage distributor R.L. Lipton. The members of Teamsters Local 377 accepted a modified wage agreement during voting yesterday afternoon. They'll return to work on Monday...

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Governor Bob McDonnell: 'I wish all Virginians a happy and safe Fourth of July'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9NRZAyNRqayVnyvsY3zyjhYftnGkN_SYC25Td4TZ0nTHKsolgRmBKpmQeQsjktQQTpb8E17WLgH3xibLKBLHzTUWKf_N0-xZXAdBwKpeCnSAZjOkfOP-wQAOAQZ-YDhoaROfARrGkAup/s960/American+flag+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT9NRZAyNRqayVnyvsY3zyjhYftnGkN_SYC25Td4TZ0nTHKsolgRmBKpmQeQsjktQQTpb8E17WLgH3xibLKBLHzTUWKf_N0-xZXAdBwKpeCnSAZjOkfOP-wQAOAQZ-YDhoaROfARrGkAup/s400/American+flag+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />From Governor Bob McDonnell in observance of Independence Day: <br /><blockquote>It was a Virginian, Richard Henry Lee, who 237 years ago brought forth a resolution stating ‘Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.’  That resolution led to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, by Virginia’s second governor, Thomas Jefferson.  The Declaration, adopted on July 4, 1776, marks the birth of American freedom, and the timeless principles that continue to govern this great nation: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.<br /><br />“Tomorrow, Americans will continue to celebrate our independence with fireworks, parades and picnics.  As we celebrate with our family, friends and neighbors, let us also pause to remember our service members who have gone before us while protecting our great nation.  And let us also recognize the brave men and women who continue to protect our freedom and liberty, both at home and around the world, and pray for their safe return.  May we never forget, freedom is not free.<br /><br />“Tomorrow, in recognition of our active, reserve and National Guard service members, their families and all veterans living in Virginia, Maureen and I will be attending the first annual ‘Fourth at the Fort’ open house at the Fort Monroe Freedom Support Center.<br /><br />The Freedom Support Center, a Department of Veteran Services program, developed by Maureen and her tremendous team as part of her Serving Our Service Member Families initiative, provides assistance to military members such as one-stop access to benefits and programs and career planning and guidance, and support for families whose service members are deployed.<br /><br />During this event, we will celebrate those who have given so much to protect this nation, and those who are on the front lines of freedom still today, culminating with music and fireworks at the beach hosted by USAA and the Fort Monroe Foundation. I hope active duty and veteran military and their families in the area will join us for this patriotic event in honor of our men and women in uniform: our American heroes.<br /><br />“I wish all Virginians a happy and safe Fourth of July.”</blockquote>For more information about “Fourth at the Fort” please visit: <a href="http://www.fmauthority.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fmauthority.com/</a>

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 07/04/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Google Alerts - Monitor the Web for interesting new content</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Another small change. Google alerts NO LONGER allows RSS delivery. This is a big deal for many of us who use the service to monitor our brand. Big yuck. I hope they don't discontinue this for Google news. IF you want to monitor your school's name, go to this site and set up the alert and send it to email.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rss">rss</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/brandmanagement">brandmanagement</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/28/wichita-teachers-union-balks-at-thorough-lesson-plan-requirements/">Wichita teachers union balks at lesson-plan requirements | The Daily Caller</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">There are many who don't understand this one point. I used to have someone who required me to have beautiful lesson plans. They were detailed. I spent more than an hour a day on them. So much time so that sometimes I felt unprepared when the kids actually walked in the door. When those detailed plans were removed and I was allowed to focus on the content created for the students to use and then keep a grid (I keep links, etc. to what I'm doing) - THAT Was when real innovation happened in my classroom. Things like wikis, blogs, etc. happened after those super-restrictive requirements were taken off my shoulders. I had the wrong audience when I had those detailed lesson plans - my audience was the principal at the time. Now, I still have plans but I keep it in a grid in a book and then keep copies of what I use with students in dropbox and other places. I do far more now than then because my focus is the students. Lesson plans aren't bad. However, if you spend your time making the LESSON PLAN itself pretty and perfect then likely you're not spending your actual time PLANNING, printing, collecting, and creating what you'll be doing with your students. Also, when you do things like #geniushour and 20% time projects, you no longer have a lesson plan but a project plan which is an entirely different thing altogether. Don't fault teachers for this.  Teaching is the hardest job everybody thinks they can do and few really can.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lesson">lesson</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/plans">plans</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rant">rant</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2013/06/print-google-forms-in-fillable-format.html">Google Apps update alerts: Print Google Forms in a fillable format</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Google just announced you can print Google forms in the way that makes it simple for them to fill in the form online (or for you or your staff to enter them.) This is great.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0031-protecting-your-childs-privacy-online">Protecting Your Child’s Privacy Online | Consumer Information</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">New guide for parents from the Federal Trade Commission about protecting children online. It says that parents should get a "plain language notice" about information will be collected before they want to use features on an site or download an app that collects their personal information. I'm very curious how this is going to happen since often parents aren't involved in the app installation process for their children. Review the parent guide to understand the current rules.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/coppa">coppa</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/07/coppa.shtm">Revised Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Goes Into Effect Today</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The revised COPPA act went into effect on July 1, 2013. Take time to read up on and know this act. It includes mobile devices - geolocation information, photos, videos, and audio recordings. This is going to influence MOBILE PHONES big time as well as app makers. It says they have to have actual knowledge that they are gaining information from kids under 13. What about my under 13 child who has a mobile phone. Verizon knows the age - is this enough to trigger problems. I don't have a smartphone for him but he does have an iPad mini. So many questions here that we'll need to review and understand as part of BYOT programs, etc. The biggest issue is I doubt many app makers are compliant right now.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/coppa">coppa</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/usa">usa</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/government">government</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> <ul class="diigo-annotations" > <li> <div class="diigoContent"><div class="diigoContentInner">The modified rule, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/12/coppa.shtm">approved by the Commission in December 2012</a>, widens the definition of children’s personal information to include persistent identifiers such as cookies that track a child’s activity online, as well as geolocation information, photos, videos, and audio recordings.</div></div> </li> <li> <div class="diigoContent"><div class="diigoContentInner">It requires that operators of websites or online services that are either directed to children under 13 or have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children under 13 give notice to parents and get their verifiable consent before collecting, using, or disclosing such personal information, and keep secure the information they collect from children.</div></div> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.edudemic.com/2013/07/a-must-have-guide-to-becoming-a-better-blogger/">A Must-Have Guide To Becoming A Better Blogger | Edudemic</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An excellent set of infographics about blogging that I'll be using with students in the fall. Great set of discussion tools.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edublog">edublog</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://nanowrimo.org">National Novel Writing Month</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I think every literature teacher should participate in National Novel Writing month in November. It is a great free program that is gamified and electrified by students writing together. Sign up now and plan this into your writing curriculum. You set the goals for your student writing.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/engchat">engchat</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.bigisthenewsmall.com/2013/07/02/the-importance-of-leading-up/">The Importance Of Leading-Up | Big Is The New Small</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">As I read this article on leading up, I'm curious if this is encouraged in schools. Leading up is when a person exerts influence on leaders one or two levels above him or her. We need teachers who can lead up. Is it encouraged? I'm not so sure.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/leadership">leadership</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/06/28/chemicals-found-in-phones-are-a-no-no.html">Chemicals found in phones are a no-no for kids - Cincinnati Business Courier</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I saw this on Fran Drescher's Twitter account from the Cincinnati Business courier and am quite floored by it. Am I the only one who doesn't know this? How about all of the little kids I see where parents are handing them their ipad and smart phones for play purposes. I jusst need to know more but it is based on a study presented at the Pediatric Academic societies meeting in DC. Of course, they recommend hand washing. But pregnant women should be careful - a 10x increase in maternal PBDE's is associated with a 4 point IQ deficit. Of course, we also have the age old question here of causation or correlation.  I do think we need to know more and also if the equipment we're purchasing to use with young children has PBDEs in them.  If you know more, please leave comments. It does say that some manufacturers are voluntarily phasing these out. "Small children should not touch electronic items such as TVs, mobile phones, computers and other products, according to University of Cincinnati researchers. Chemicals found in such items and in many other products, including older carpets and furniture, can cause behavioral and cognition problems, they have found."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/kinderchat">kinderchat</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/health">health</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://mashable.com/2013/07/02/oceanloveearl/">Hashtag Immortalizes Father's Devotion After His Death</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">My friend Beth Kanter, nonprofit fundraising pioneer, is honoring her late father by asking for people to donate to the nonprofit Surfrider Foundation. She has created a hashtag #oceanloveearl. IF you want to support or know more about this movement, here's the information on Mashable</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/nonprofit">nonprofit</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/fundraising">fundraising</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 07/04/2013

Google Alerts - Monitor the Web for interesting new content Another small change. Google alerts NO L...

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