It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Here's the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre all decorated for Christmas!<br /><br />The outside of thecentre looks really beautiful at night with fantastic curtains of light.<br /><br /><span id="goog_532146087"></span><span id="goog_532146088"></span><br />

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Here's the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre all decorated for Christmas! The outside of thecentre looks really beautiful at night with fan...

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upholstered walls

Several weeks ago I went to an estate sale in an amazing house. Each one of the SIX bedrooms had upholstered walls in a different toile. Coordinating but not matching custom made silk curtains in each room (because what is toile without some silk) and custom bedding as well. A little too much toile for most, but as Martyn Lawerence would say it was 'delicious'. I went back to that sale twice, mostly to just look at the house. It was my first encounter with upholstered walls and I'm telling you, they are no joke.<br /><br />And I'm not talking one flew over the cuckoo's nest padded walls. I mean upholstered goodness. Like this.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw20XQ3T-hQG3BgL9JokVv1oCogzMKd9ul6TvFzstsOknmEQZBjqhBN13qbDzYfWG-vBlO5Dr3a3sFgdZrCz3SQg5NRY7SCPZr8WPUqWidpGQJob1tiPqWx8heTrchT9bftrX3NbmqarEF/s1600/364509260-01113859.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw20XQ3T-hQG3BgL9JokVv1oCogzMKd9ul6TvFzstsOknmEQZBjqhBN13qbDzYfWG-vBlO5Dr3a3sFgdZrCz3SQg5NRY7SCPZr8WPUqWidpGQJob1tiPqWx8heTrchT9bftrX3NbmqarEF/s640/364509260-01113859.jpeg" width="490" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/home-garden/la-hm-veranda-house-of-windsor-photos,0,4681078.photogallery" target="_blank">Peter Dunham via Veranda</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoixzQ94hvEJk0UxOcsYABHi0ac9di745G495q6CfkfkYmW8aJXVS_RFbLo0-DmPJKn6Av8WvaCwYSbyHdVFmKh_UkWI1nrEKGvu1JsTgG29lHgoFRT9803FbXjh_XbeknBZQPCt9HR8lf/s1600/Martyn-Lawrence-Bullard.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoixzQ94hvEJk0UxOcsYABHi0ac9di745G495q6CfkfkYmW8aJXVS_RFbLo0-DmPJKn6Av8WvaCwYSbyHdVFmKh_UkWI1nrEKGvu1JsTgG29lHgoFRT9803FbXjh_XbeknBZQPCt9HR8lf/s640/Martyn-Lawrence-Bullard.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://martynlawrencebullard.com/" target="_blank">Martyn Lawrence</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIgiZDTmWUlAA_nTTozi13SMjTUSQjMQqfcDp30KJkspgqkuAPDMxQ-FpIQDB-iiwIMzjlKI8xQfMsO6-eBUV4jI_yNLePxBAqrn20vixmZpEiL8NFYXv9-UwgCp-KmKyBubgN4HQdIVc/s1600/100609_030final.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzIgiZDTmWUlAA_nTTozi13SMjTUSQjMQqfcDp30KJkspgqkuAPDMxQ-FpIQDB-iiwIMzjlKI8xQfMsO6-eBUV4jI_yNLePxBAqrn20vixmZpEiL8NFYXv9-UwgCp-KmKyBubgN4HQdIVc/s640/100609_030final.jpeg" width="470" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://inspiracionline.blogspot.com/2011/08/interior-designer-alison-womack-jowers.html" target="_blank">Alison Womack Jowers via Inspiring Interiors</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XACAdWyhDzIPhJ6tDTGVRSj-GavmONCjYSOz-23nMpvjdET0uTMX6MlCd-enEHxe6NXI-4EY0G4EKZdh1_wDkATG_zBNUENdbyM98h1ocmaE_sdfhVl1z-1dp7oCXmUDH3YvprDmwOC_/s1600/atlanta-decorators-show-house-part-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XACAdWyhDzIPhJ6tDTGVRSj-GavmONCjYSOz-23nMpvjdET0uTMX6MlCd-enEHxe6NXI-4EY0G4EKZdh1_wDkATG_zBNUENdbyM98h1ocmaE_sdfhVl1z-1dp7oCXmUDH3YvprDmwOC_/s640/atlanta-decorators-show-house-part-2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #211922; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 17.545454025268555px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://designindulgence.blogspot.com/2012/04/atlanta-decorators-show-house-part-2.html" target="_blank">Musso Design Group via Design Indulgence</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG2i2iAq2qwXorBT3YzsVfwOiNZiThqnBnzlUuXjJAtpduJ-8pohHf3bk2tX1d5_vlvTlVNgFIOqaOgsKd47addluzSU1fbc0IpWUi2p2f_7xLKhawyL9ACg0n5-pSXHWX5vvKUaLzqM6/s1600/black-and-white-bliss.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG2i2iAq2qwXorBT3YzsVfwOiNZiThqnBnzlUuXjJAtpduJ-8pohHf3bk2tX1d5_vlvTlVNgFIOqaOgsKd47addluzSU1fbc0IpWUi2p2f_7xLKhawyL9ACg0n5-pSXHWX5vvKUaLzqM6/s640/black-and-white-bliss.jpeg" width="510" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://brabournefarm.blogspot.com/2012/11/black-and-white-bliss.html" target="_blank">Vogue Living via Brabourne Farm</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2TEfNnip4Lmgnot6muWyifyDYdIs8RQHgODzSGTg97ZKSnJR2Qazha6b9mx6e_TKwT0YjykcAn5NarCWR3T-Q-pjcdG0uvaMjVD6ozrBpUhHZI0QOMDRPF8fKFPPl8zStcZ0GkgsiGjU/s1600/193091902743313041_mjXX9d5K.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2TEfNnip4Lmgnot6muWyifyDYdIs8RQHgODzSGTg97ZKSnJR2Qazha6b9mx6e_TKwT0YjykcAn5NarCWR3T-Q-pjcdG0uvaMjVD6ozrBpUhHZI0QOMDRPF8fKFPPl8zStcZ0GkgsiGjU/s640/193091902743313041_mjXX9d5K.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/6896205651094443/" target="_blank">Encore Decor Atlanta via Pinterest</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSItj5wcs_2GUO_CksPA-v-pQl8VnMVGhKNt6JANbFTNbaE0MkCRAzHKygXvuz-Py5VVdxkNrH_ZzJ_HJiVy16ZsdXAWhpmOGcxMI8VTPYuwKbBhSubsWOFM5l0diuJZuEjzpNTf7m4xD/s1600/1---other-metros.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSItj5wcs_2GUO_CksPA-v-pQl8VnMVGhKNt6JANbFTNbaE0MkCRAzHKygXvuz-Py5VVdxkNrH_ZzJ_HJiVy16ZsdXAWhpmOGcxMI8VTPYuwKbBhSubsWOFM5l0diuJZuEjzpNTf7m4xD/s640/1---other-metros.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/" target="_blank">Sarah Richardson</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihl8n0lFvXKmBBxC7dTWbQPda_KkDRpTfLcDlN3FYqw2sua3agZSEtKV6WFd2h-eno9IeZGPY65Ag81aXKV0rhD0IinJOcKKKqSKZWMKXzp_nCFExR9EO1G_0qM0TZujkOQxj5Bp96aTu5/s1600/celery.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihl8n0lFvXKmBBxC7dTWbQPda_KkDRpTfLcDlN3FYqw2sua3agZSEtKV6WFd2h-eno9IeZGPY65Ag81aXKV0rhD0IinJOcKKKqSKZWMKXzp_nCFExR9EO1G_0qM0TZujkOQxj5Bp96aTu5/s640/celery.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kembleinteriors.com/">Celerie Kemble</a></td></tr></tbody></table>That Celerie Kemble dining room is upholstered in my very favorite <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=62610">Betwixt fabric</a>. Bananas.<br /><br />What do you think? A fan or not so much? Ever tried it? <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/2012/08/diy-upholstered-walls.html" target="_blank">Jenny has a great tutorial</a> (of course) about it if you are looking for a winter break DIY.

upholstered walls

Several weeks ago I went to an estate sale in an amazing house. Each one of the SIX bedrooms had upholstered walls in a different toile. Coo...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/19/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5209">Apple TV: How to use AirPlay Mirroring</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The trick to sending content from your ipad 2 or or iPhone 4S or higher is to turn on mirroring. You double click and then slide backwards to click the airplay button - if you have no clue what I just said, you'll want to use this article from apple about how to do it. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/airplay">airplay</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/iphone">iphone</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apple">apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tv">tv</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://appadvice.com/applists/show/airplay-apple-tv">AirPlay-Enabled Apps For Apple TV: iPad/iPhone Apps AppList</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">App Advice is my favorite app for finding apps. This is their list of best apps for the Apple TV. The first one recommended is the REmote app. Just note that it is a bit tricky to learn to use the remote, but once you do, you may prefer it over the tiny apple remote that comes with the tv and keeps getting lost in the couch.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Apple">Apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/TV">TV</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/airplay">airplay</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://readwrite.com/2012/03/30/10_airplay-ready_ipad_apps_that_make_apple_tv_wort">10 AirPlay-Ready iPad Apps That Make Apple TV Worth It</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The read write web gives an overview of more airplay ready apps. An interesting note pointed out in this article is that instead of using the Apple TV remote, that one can use the netflix app instead and send movies to the Apple TV. The netflix ipad app is my favorite app for looking at Netflix - it gives recommendations that you can't get on the roku or Apple TV. Some other great ideas here as well. You still have time to get an Apple TV if you have wifi and a pretty decent internet speed, it could make a great gift.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/airplay">airplay</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/10/09/dual-screen-apps/">Apple TV and AirPlay Fuel Rise of Dual-Screen Apps</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">So, you don't understand why 2 screens are necessary and why the iphone/ ipad would need to be connected to a large TV. I have an Apple TV and beginning to use it with my ipad and the possibilities are revolutionary. I first heard of the Apple TV, most of the teachers who have 1:1 ipads in their school are using the Apple TV to wirelessly send content to their projectors. This article from mashable thoroughly covers what the dual screen revolution means to the classroom and your family room. "Dual-screen apps change all of that by shifting the software and user experience model from one user to potentially many, and from one screen (PC/phone/tablet) to two screens (phone/tablet and TV monitor). From a software development and user-experience perspective, the large monitor (which is the true second screen -- versus the standard concept that considers the tablet as the second screen) becomes an open computing surface where one can render any form of application functionality, information, data and content."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Apple">Apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/airplay">airplay</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/dual">dual</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/screen">screen</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tv">tv</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/roku">roku</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://theapple.tv/apps/list-of-airplay-enabled-apps/">The Apple TV Guide : List of AirPlay-enabled Apps</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Apple's official list of airplay enabled apps. If you have an Apple TV, you can use apps to send content to your Apple TV from your ipad or iphone. This list is created by Apple.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Apple">Apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/TV">TV</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/airplay">airplay</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/15/the-best-ios-apps-to-watch-on-apple-tv/">The Best iOS Apps To Watch On Apple TV | TechCrunch</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">An excellent list of airplay enabled apps - although this was out a bit before the current Apple TV, I'm finding that these are some of the highest rated apps on the store with some very cool video capabilities. For example, the free ShowMe app combs your networks and serves up video that your friends are watching -- not to your ipad (although that is possible) but to your TV that is enabled with the Apple TV. I'm finding the Apple TV higher quality than my Roku box, although I'm keeping my Roku box because it has Amazon and my Apple TV does not. If you get an Apple TV, make sure you set up Remote and download some of these apps.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ios">ios</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/airplay">airplay</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/Apple">Apple</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/TV">TV</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/the-best-kid-friendly-ipad-case-good-for-adults-too">BEST IPAD CASES FOR KIDS REVIEW 2012 | Best Kid Friendly IPad Case & Cover</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Some great cases for the ipad. If you spend all this money at Christmas, make sure you get a good case to protect the ipad for your child. The thick rubberized cases like Otterbox are being purchased by many schools.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://inspiretothrive.com/2012/05/more-pinterest-like-websites-to-browse/">More Pinterest Like Websites to Browse • Inspire To Thrive</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">More information on Mike Like</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pinterest">pinterest</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.mikelike.com/ml/pinterest_private_boards/">New "Mike Like" button replaces a pinterest button? Unlimited Private Boards For Pinterest Users!</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I am not sure why pinterest would confuse their brand by having Mikee Like as their button. My pinterest button literally changed to "Mike Like" it in Chrome and really, I'm not so happy about it. It is very similar to the pin button - this lets you pin to MikeLike, Pinterest, and Tumblr. I may reinstall pin from pinterest -- right click in Chrome and see if your pinterest button has been replaced. What a pain! The biggest issue is that MikeLike membership is by invite-only -- but this page can get you an invite. This is a drawback of add ins - if you put in an add in by a company other than the one who makes it, they can change it on you. I, personally, find this bothersome. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/19/2012

Apple TV: How to use AirPlay Mirroring The trick to sending content from your ipad 2 or or iPhone 4S...

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Pffft ... I Have More Answers than Matt-Man

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola inquisitive folks! Yesterday, Matt-Man attempted to show off his know-it-all-ness by writing a blog post titles “<a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/12/i-have-all-answers.html" target="_blank">I Have All the Answers</a>.”  As I read his post I realized that while he does in fact have most of the answers, he doesn’t have all of them. Then I realized that I actually have more answers than he does. So, I decided to prove it with today’s post.<br /><br /><b>- Is Discovery Channel <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/18/discovery-channel-kicks-ted-nugent-to-the-curb/" target="_blank">canceling Ted Nugent’s planned show</a> “Ted Nugent’s Gun Country” an appropriate response to the shootings in Newtown, CT? </b><br /><br />It’s the MOST appropriate response I’ve seen or heard so far.<br /><br /><b>- Is it okay for me to let women friends of mine know that I think about them when masturbating? </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbhwaFGyYvMX_ePvlPJnkaw_p30kQhJclCyAGZNCA_-EaK4mKCg5_JfdMnsNoBypWB4h4k-kwmy0rewBdOqCxMlimxUgpGobgLiBrT4-8ZCMThLr3INt03kZGAhQCetNWF5TAe4qFDaA/s1600/Shania+Twain+See+Through+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbhwaFGyYvMX_ePvlPJnkaw_p30kQhJclCyAGZNCA_-EaK4mKCg5_JfdMnsNoBypWB4h4k-kwmy0rewBdOqCxMlimxUgpGobgLiBrT4-8ZCMThLr3INt03kZGAhQCetNWF5TAe4qFDaA/s320/Shania+Twain+See+Through+Hot.jpg" width="236" /></a></div>Not only is this NOT okay, it’s NOT okay to do it. If you do that then you’ll have trouble talking to them and shit because you’ll feel guilty about what you were doing them in your little fantasy session. Sick to aging rapidly irrelevant celebrities who are so desperate for attention that they’re practically begging you to masturbate to them.<br /><br /><b>- In his post yesterday, Matt-Man basically said that President Obama and Speaker Boehner secretly like each other and are just engaging in some kind of political theater of the absurd to entertain themselves. Or something like that. Anyway, do you think Obama and Mitt Romney also secretly like each other? </b><br /><br />Noooooooooo. They hate each other’s fucking guts.<br /><br /><b>- Which cheese should I put on my cheeseburger? </b><br /><br />Cheddar is the most appropriate cheese for burgers and pretty much anything else that gets cheese. I melts without oozing all over the damn place and has a strong enough flavor that you notice it, but not so strong that it overpowers everything else on the burger, sandwich or casserole.<br /><br /><b>- I’m getting married soon and something I never even considered suddenly came up. My fiancé says that she decided that she’ll take my name, but only by hyphenating her name. It’ll be her last name HYPHEN my last name. I don’t know why but this is kind of bothering me. Should it?</b><br /><br />Awww is your poor wittle manhood wounded already? Then maybe you shouldn’t get married. Or maybe you should go find a chick that is a doormat so you’ll never feel challenged on any level. Or just marry her and then go buy a HUGE SUV and an AR-15 to restore your manhood.<br /><br /><b>- Who is the best sports writer in America? And the worst? </b><br /><br />Bill Simmons is the best and Rick Riley is the worst. Everyone between Simmons and Riley are some level of “bad.”<br /><br /><b>- Is the idea to arm and train teachers a good way of protecting children and schools? </b><br /><br />I can only go by the teachers I had growing up which means that would be a big fat NO.  I can’t think of single teacher that I had on any level that I would trust with a firearm. Hell, I can think at least a half dozen that, if they did have a gun, I would have refused to go to school.<br /><br /><b>- Is Christmas REALLY the most wonderful time of year? </b><br /><br />Yes, yes it is.<br /><br /><br />There you go. I can’t imagine there being anything else that you’re wondering about.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS </a><br /><br /></div>

Pffft ... I Have More Answers than Matt-Man

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Supply Chain Analyst, Spares Planning (Service Supply Chain | Stocking | Inventory Optimization | SAP) (# 108940)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Supply Chain Analyst, Spares Planning<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Full time</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">A field planning analyst is responsible for monitoring and planning to support the growth in installed systems in a particular region. This person will work closely with account and regional personnel to track installed base growth, manage regional stocking targets to support first in region systems and new fab start-ups, maintain customer specific system configurations, track and report fill rate and stocking performance on a regular basis, and work closely with product planners to manage specific component supply issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Skills: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Must have excellent written and oral communications skills and be comfortable presenting to internal and external customers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Must be willing to travel.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Excellent analytical and problem solving skills are a must.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience with MS-Access and other database management software is essential.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Programming and foreign language skills would be a plus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">International travel required for this position. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Experience in a high-tech supply chain environment preferably with direct customer interaction is preferred but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Internship or other exposures are given extra consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Education:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">BS/BA Business or related field with preferred concentration in Operations or Supply Chain Management (MS/MBA preferred a plus).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Basic Qualification:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of logistics experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience in logistics department from a multinational company.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Kindly send your resume to </span><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div>

Supply Chain Analyst, Spares Planning (Service Supply Chain | Stocking | Inventory Optimization | SAP) (# 108940)

Position: Supply Chain Analyst, Spares Planning Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: A field planning analyst is resp...

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Winner, Winner - Turkey Dinner!!

<span style="font-size: large;">Ciaran and I have a running joke every Christmas where I ask him is he going to win us a Turkey every time he heads off to any squash events in December.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Well guess what!  He won one this year.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">As he headed off to the "Turkey Blitz" I called out "Don't come home without a turkey".  Well for the first time in about 15 years he actually won a turkey!  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Of course as we go away for Christmas we have no need for a Turkey so I gave the voucher to my Mother - she was delighted, I think it nearly made her Christmas!  </span>

Winner, Winner - Turkey Dinner!!

Ciaran and I have a running joke every Christmas where I ask him is he going to win us a Turkey every time he heads off to any squash events...

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Houses at Sagaponac, 11 Years Later

Next week there will be much more on this topic in <a href="http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/5959827/list/8-Modern-Hamptons-Homes-Buck-Convention">an article I wrote for Houzz</a>, but here are some photos and information I put together from a recent drive out to the Hamptons, seeing the Houses at Sagaponac development. When first announced in 2001 by developer Harry "Coco" Brown and architect Richard Meier, the plan included 32 modern houses on 70 acres on the east end of Long Island. Eleven years later—seven years after the death of Coco Brown and four years after the economic crisis—only eight houses have been completed; those are featured below. That will probably be the limit, as while the project <i>is</i> moving forward, it's doing so <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/realestate/a-modernist-community-lets-in-the-traditional-in-the-regionlong-island.html">in a very different form</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8285355604/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="470" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8285355604_ac39d1b593_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8285355406/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="470" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8285355406_f3abd81cfa_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284294443/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8284294443_e62b639d33_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284296025/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8073/8284296025_0b9f2fdc11_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284296259/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8284296259_101e262427_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284296423/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8284296423_502beff47a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284295853/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8284295853_1fbd647b46_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284295677/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8338/8284295677_6813cbe0d2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284295503/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8337/8284295503_a1a7442d93_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8284295355/" title="Houses at Sagaponac by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Houses at Sagaponac" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8284295355_d5ec6e7a62_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>

Houses at Sagaponac, 11 Years Later

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 12/18/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.coolmath-games.com/holiday-Christmas-games-puzzles/Christmas-tree-game/index.html">The Christmas Tree Game - Play Christmas and Holiday games now at Coolmath-Games.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I was asked by a teacher if I could share some cool math games to be playing near the end of the period. This one is Christmas Tree Light up -- a game about connecting circuits - it does require flash.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 12/18/2012

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Traces of Peter Rice

One of my favorite books is <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1899858113?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1899858113&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">An Engineer Imagines</a></i> by Peter Rice, who was responsible for the <a href="http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users9/ferb/default/msg-1133885369-2.jpg">distinctive structure</a> of the Centre Pompidou, among numerous other buildings. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Rice">Wikipedia has a nice quote</a> from Jonathan Glancey's obituary of Rice that captures his influence: "Rice was, perhaps, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a> of structural engineering. His poetic invention, his ability to turn accepted ideas on their head and his rigorous mathematical and philosophical logic made him one of the most sought-after engineers of our times."<br /><br />In the below 32-minute video by Arup, where Rice worked for a number of years, his approach to architecture and engineering is celebrated 20 years after his untimely death at the age of 57. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v8ubOlkQCf4?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br /><br />The film has been made on the occasion of the exhibition "Traces of Peter Rice" at Arup's <a href="http://www.arup.com/News/Events_and_exhibitions/Exhibition_Spaces.aspx">Phase 2 gallery</a> in London and a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1843513862?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1843513862&linkCode=xm2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20">companion book</a> of the same name.

Traces of Peter Rice

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A Misguided Focus on Mental Illness in Gun Control Debate - NYTimes.com

<div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">In the wake of the <a title="Times article" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/us/politics/bloomberg-urges-obama-to-take-action-on-gun-control.html?ref=nyregion" style="text-decoration: none; ">terrible shooting at an elementary school</a> in Newtown, Conn., national attention has turned again to the complex links between violence, mental illness and gun control.</span><nyt_text><div id="articleBody"><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">The gunman, Adam Lanza, 20, has been described as a loner who was intelligent and socially awkward. And while no official diagnosis has been made public, armchair diagnosticians have been quick to assert that keeping guns from getting into the hands of people with mental illness would help solve the problem of gun homicides.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Arguing against stricter gun-control measures, Representative Mike Rogers, Republican of Michigan and a former F.B.I. agent, said, "What the more realistic discussion is, 'How do we target people with mental illness who use firearms?' "</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Robert A. Levy, chairman of the Cato Institute, told The New York Times: "To reduce the risk of multivictim violence, we would be better advised to focus on early detection and treatment of mental illness."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">But there is overwhelming epidemiological evidence that the vast majority of people with psychiatric disorders do not commit violent acts. Only about 4 percent of violence in the United States <a href="http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=96905" style="text-decoration: none; ">can be attributed to people with mental illness.</a></p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">This does not mean that mental illness is not a risk factor for violence. It is, but the risk is actually small. Only certain serious psychiatric illnesses are linked to an increased risk of violence.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">One of the largest studies, the <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2142118" style="text-decoration: none; ">National Institute of Mental Health's Epidemiologic Catchment Area</a> study, which followed nearly 18,000 subjects, found that the lifetime prevalence of violence among people with serious mental illness — like <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/schizophrenia-disorganized-type/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Schizophrenia - disorganized type." class="meta-classifier" style="text-decoration: none; ">schizophrenia</a> and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/bipolar-disorder/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Bipolar Disorder." class="meta-classifier" style="text-decoration: none; ">bipolar disorder</a> — was 16 percent, compared with 7 percent among people without any mental disorder. Anxiety disorders, in contrast, do not seem to increase the risk at all.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Alcohol and <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/specialtopic/drug-abuse/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Drug abuse." class="meta-classifier" style="text-decoration: none; ">drug abuse</a> are far more likely to result in violent behavior than mental illness by itself. In the National Institute of Mental Health's E.C.A. study, for example, people with no mental disorder who abused alcohol or drugs were nearly seven times as likely as those without substance abuse to commit violent acts.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">It's possible that preventing people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses from getting guns might decrease the risk of mass killings. Even the Supreme Court, which in 2008 strongly affirmed a broad right to bear arms, at the same time endorsed prohibitions on gun ownership "by felons and the mentally ill."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">But mass killings are very rare events, and because people with mentally illness contribute so little to overall violence, these measures would have little impact on everyday firearm-related killings. Consider that between 2001 and 2010, there were nearly 120,000 gun-related homicides, <a title="Statistics" href="http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10_us.html" style="text-decoration: none; ">according to the National Center for Health Statistics</a>. Few were perpetrated by people with mental illness.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Perhaps more significant, we are not very good at predicting who is likely to be dangerous in the future. According to <a title="Staff page" href="http://www.psychoanalysis.columbia.edu/people/faculty/michael-stone-md" style="text-decoration: none; ">Dr. Michael Stone</a>, professor of clinical <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/psychiatry_and_psychiatrists/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about psychiatry." class="meta-classifier" style="text-decoration: none; ">psychiatry</a> at Columbia and an expert on mass murderers, "Most of these killers are young men who are not floridly<a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/psychosis/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Psychosis." class="meta-classifier" style="text-decoration: none; ">psychotic</a>. They tend to be paranoid loners who hold a grudge and are full of rage."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Even though we know from large-scale epidemiologic studies like the E.C.A. study that a young psychotic male who is intoxicated with alcohol and has a history of involuntary commitment is at a high risk of violence, most individuals who fit this profile are harmless.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><a title="Staff page" href="http://serp.mc.duke.edu/Jeffrey%20Swanson.htm" style="text-decoration: none; ">Jeffery Swanson</a>, a professor of psychiatry at Duke University and a leading expert in the epidemiology of violence, said in an e-mail, "Can we reliably predict violence?  'No' is the short answer. Psychiatrists, using clinical judgment, are not much better than chance at predicting which individual patients will do something violent and which will not."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">It would be even harder to predict a mass shooting, Dr. Swanson said, "You can profile the perpetrators after the fact and you'll get a description of troubled young men, which also matches the description of thousands of other troubled young men who would never do something like this."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Even if clinicians could predict violence perfectly, keeping guns from people with mental illness is easier said than done. Nearly five years after Congress enacted the <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr2640" style="text-decoration: none; ">National Instant Criminal Background Check System</a>, only about half of the states have submitted more than a tiny proportion of their <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/mentalhealthanddisorders/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about mental health and disorders." class="meta-classifier" style="text-decoration: none; ">mental health</a> records.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">How effective are laws that prohibit people with mental illness from obtaining guns? According to Dr. Swanson's recent research, these measures may prevent some violent crime. But, he added, "there are a lot of people who are undeterred by these laws."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">Adam Lanza was prohibited from purchasing a gun, because he was too young. Yet he managed to get his hands on guns — his mother's — anyway. If we really want to stop young men like him from becoming mass murderers, and prevent the small amount of violence attributable to mental illness, we should invest our resources in better screening for, and treatment of, psychiatric illness in young people.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">All the focus on the small number of people with mental illness who are violent serves to make us feel safer by displacing and limiting the threat of violence to a small, well-defined group. But the sad and frightening truth is that the vast majority of homicides are carried out by outwardly normal people in the grip of all too ordinary human aggression to whom we provide nearly unfettered access to deadly force.</p></div></nyt_text><div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/health/a-misguided-focus-on-mental-illness-in-gun-control-debate.html?pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/health/a-misguided-focus-on-mental-illness-in-gun-control-debate.html?pagewanted=print</a></div>

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Containing obesity: The last course | The Economist

<div></div><div id="ec-article-body" class="clearfix"><div class="ec-article-content clear"><p>MICHELLE OBAMA WOULD probably be happy if every child were like Precious Moore of Clinton, Mississippi. Precious has just turned nine and her favourite food is the hamburger. But she likes fruit, too. She and her mother take a quick walk together every day. "We always exercise, since I was four years old," she explains proudly. Her seven-year-old sister often asks to go to McDonald's, but Precious disapproves. "I don't really like their food at all," she says, scrunching her nose.</p><p>Precious and her ilk may be one reason why obesity rates in Mississippi are dipping from their towering heights. In 2005 some 44% of schoolchildren aged 5-18 were overweight or obese; last year the figure was down to 41%. Across America, obesity rates in 2010 among both children and adults seemed to be levelling out. It is unclear why. Recent anti-obesity initiatives may have helped. Dr Leibel of Columbia University thinks that Americans may be reaching their biological limit for obesity in an environment where food is cheap and exercise discretionary: those predisposed to obesity may have become fat already.</p><p>Whatever the explanation for the minor improvement, the broader problem is hardly wasting away. In Mississippi white children are slimming down but black children are as round as ever. American boys and men are still getting bigger, as are black and Mexican-American women. And in most of the rest of the world people still seem to be getting fatter faster.</p><p>According to Dr Stevens of the WHO and Dr Ezzati of Imperial College, London, obesity rates worldwide nearly doubled from 1980 to 2008, to 12%. Half of the increase was concentrated in just eight years, from 2000 to 2008. The fastest rise for women was in Oceania and parts of Latin America and for men in North America and Australasia. Even if obesity rates were to remain at their current levels, which seems too much to hope for, the consequences would still remain grave not just for the individuals concerned but also for world food supplies, productivity and government finances. This demands action.</p><p></p><p>Given how hard it is to lose weight, governments should concentrate their efforts on trying to prevent people from gaining it in the first place. Children are an obvious target. Chubby kids often become chubby adults, so it is worth catching them before they do. By the same logic developing countries, which mostly remain slim for now (though obesity rates are rising), still have the chance to nip the problem in the bud.</p><p>The question is how. From an economist's perspective, the best way to dissuade people from eating junk would be to make it more expensive. Franco Sassi of the OECD has modelled the cost-effectiveness of different measures to prevent obesity and reckons that fiscal measures are the only ones that will save more than they cost.</p><p>But demand for food and drink is relatively insensitive to changes in price, and if one type of junk food becomes more expensive consumers may simply buy another sort instead. Taxing fat is not the simple answer it appears to be. Some fatty foods also contain healthy protein, and a rush to low-fat foods in the 1980s did not bring a decline in obesity. Sugary drinks, which have no nutritional value, are a better target. A well-designed tax would be high enough to deter consumers and broad enough to keep them from switching to another junky drink. But that would raise political problems. A high tax would disproportionately affect the poor, who might be outraged.</p><p>The unfortunate truth is that no single policy will bring down obesity rates on its own. Societies got fat for a variety of reasons, and individuals, companies and governments must come to grips with all of them to reverse the process. It is easy to argue that if fat people would only stick to their diets and take more exercise, the problem would disappear, but environmental, psychological and biological factors make it much harder to lose weight than it seems.</p><p>Much will depend on whether food companies will continue to push junk food or speed up the shift to healthier products. They have no incentive to stop making junk foods until consumers stop buying them, but consumers will not renounce such foods until companies make healthy ones more attractive.</p><p>Insurers and governments, for their part, will need to find new ways to nudge people into better behaviour. Policymakers now have a better understanding of why people make poor decisions about their health, and mobile technology can help them to make better ones. As such experiments continue, there will be more evidence of what works, and whether it can be made politically acceptable. Such ideas can then spread elsewhere.</p><p>If things were to go on as they are, the implications would be devastating. Ageing is already increasing the rate of chronic disease. Obesity could make the burden much heavier, overwhelming health services, particularly in poor countries. And agricultural supplies are already stretched. If everyone became as heavy as the average American, according to one estimate, the world's human biomass would jump by 20%, the equivalent of adding about 1 billion normal-sized people.</p><p>Fortunately obesity is that rare thing, an entirely preventable problem. Its rise has been quick and extreme. Now the world must act to reverse that rise, and fast.</p></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><strong>In this special report</strong><ul class="related-item-list special-report"><li class="0 first"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568065-world-getting-wider-says-charlotte-howard-what-can-be-done-about-it-big"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The big picture</font></a></li><li class="1"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568061-why-it-easy-get-fat-and-hard-slim-down-cavemans-curse"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The caveman's curse</font></a></li><li class="2"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568069-medical-treatments-are-unlikely-reverse-obesity-rates-near-future-slim-pickings"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Slim pickings</font></a></li><li class="3"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568073-obesity-presents-big-challenge-governments-and-opportunity-drug-companies"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">A heavy burden</font></a></li><li class="4"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568075-how-abu-dhabi-tackling-its-obesity-problem-small-rich-and-overweight"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Small, rich and overweight</font></a></li><li class="5"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568064-food-companies-play-ambivalent-part-fight-against-flab-food-thought"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Food for thought</font></a></li><li class="6"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568068-burger-company-may-be-barometer-industry-big-mac-index"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The Big Mac index</font></a></li><li class="7"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568074-should-governments-make-their-citizens-exercise-more-and-eat-less-nanny-states"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">The nanny state's biggest test</font></a></li><li class="8"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568072-new-tools-encourage-sensible-behaviour-nudge-nudge"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Nudge, nudge</font></a></li><li class="9"><span class="current-article "><span class="related-current-indicator">»</span>The last course</span></li><li class="10 last"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568071-sources-acknowledgements">Sources & acknowledgements</a></font></li></ul></span><div><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568067-what-will-it-take-make-world-less-round-last-course">http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21568067-what-will-it-take-make-world-less-round-last-course</a></div>

Containing obesity: The last course | The Economist

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Australian university's partnership with American academic health center graduates its first class | Inside Higher Ed

<div></div><div class="panel-pane pane-node-author"><div class="pane-content"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">The first class of nine students graduated Saturday from the University of Queensland School of Medicine's unique partnership program with Ochsner Health System, in New Orleans. In total, 171 students have enrolled in the transnational program since <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/07/16/queensland" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; ">it launched</a> in January 2009 with the stated goal of producing more physicians for the United States. Students must hold U.S. citizenship or permanent residence in order to enroll in the Queensland-Ochsner program, which entails two years of basic sciences in Brisbane, two years of clinical training in New Orleans, and culminates in the awarding of a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery, the Australian equivalent to an M.D.</span></div></div><div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-body"><div class="pane-content"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="padding-top: 10px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">Queensland also sends its "traditional" medical students to its clinical school at Ochsner for up to three clinical rotations, or six months. So far, 254 traditional Queensland students have rotated through Louisiana in the course of their degrees.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">"We're very pleased with the progress that we've made," said William W. Pinsky, executive vice president and chief academic officer at Ochsner Health System and head of the University of Queensland-Ochsner Clinical School. "We think we're doing a good thing for these students, we think we're doing a good thing for Ochsner and UQ, and we think we're doing a good thing for our state and our country in terms of producing more doctors."</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">The program is <a href="http://www.mededpath.org/about.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; ">marketed</a> as being "for the many qualified U.S. students who do not gain admittance to a U.S. medical school or for those who prefer a more international experience." A New York-based company, MedEdPath, recruits for the program. The tuition rate of $54,080 is pricey but on par with that of nearby <a href="http://tulane.edu/financialaid/hsc/som/som-attendance-cost.cfm" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; ">Tulane University's</a> medical school, and the Queensland-Ochsner students are eligible for U.S. government loans. For the entering class of 2012, the average undergraduate GPA of students was 3.28 and the average Medical College Admission Test score 28. These are lower than the average GPAs and MCATs for students entering U.S. medical schools -- 3.67 and 31.1 in 2011, the latest year for which <a href="https://www.aamc.org/download/161700/data/table21.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; ">data</a> are available. Queensland-Ochsner's average MCAT scores are one to three points higher than those reported by some of the better-known Caribbean medical schools.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">The first cohort of Queensland-Ochsner students -- that is, the entering class of 2009 -- originally numbered 16, but Pinsky said that four stayed in Australia rather than returning to New Orleans. (He added that the admissions letter has since been reworded to make it clear that's not an option.) Another three took one or more rotations off and are still completing the program.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">Of the nine that are graduating, Pinsky said that all scored above the national average on Step 2 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam. In order to practice in the U.S., graduates of the Queensland-Ochsner program must be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, but Pinsky said that has not proven to be much of a barrier, as there is no separate test requirement (as used to be the case). In order to be certified, students must graduate from a program on ECFMG's approved list of universities (which includes Queensland) and pass the USMLE.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">Two of the nine graduates have been offered internships in Australia. The remaining seven are interviewing for residencies in the U.S.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">Although some U.S. medical schools have ventured abroad -- Cornell in Qatar and Duke in Singapore – the Queensland-Ochsner partnership represents the first case of a foreign medical school establishing a degree-granting outpost on U.S. soil. There may, however, be emerging interest in the model. Pinsky said he has fielded calls from administrators at hospital systems in Michigan and Texas who are considering launching similar partnerships with Australian universities. "It's bubbling," he said.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">John E. Prescott, chief academic officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges, said the Queensland-Ochsner students have the same challenges of navigating the ECFMG process and applying for residencies in American hospitals as other students who have not attended Canadian or U.S. medical schools. "It sounds like they're doing that. And that's good," he said. More generally, Prescott said there is increasing interest on the part of American students in traveling abroad for part of their medical education, if not for the whole degree. The AAMC's surveys show that 65 percent of entering medical students express an interest in a global health opportunity and 35 percent of graduates have engaged in one.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">"Demand has grown so much that it exceeds each medical school's ability to respond to it," said Jenny Samaan, the director of the AAMC's new Global Health Learning Opportunities network.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="https://www.aamc.org/services/ghlo/institutions/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; ">Twenty-four medical schools</a> from around the world, including 10 in the U.S., are participating in the pilot phase of the network, which is intended to facilitate mobility of final-year medical students as well as collaborative research. The idea is that participating medical schools will advertise clinical or research electives that students at other institutions in the network can then apply for. The electives vary in terms of selection criteria and prerequisites – some, for example, will require second language proficiency, whereas others will not – and in length, but each must be at least four weeks in duration. And it's not just U.S. students moving outward, but students from the participating international medical schools – in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, and Portugal – can circulate throughout the network as well. Samaan said it is a priority to bring additional medical schools from sub-Saharan Africa and Central and South America into the network, and to create electives in community and public health, as well as more traditional clinical electives.</font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; ">The pilot is set to launch early in 2013.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/12/18/australian-universitys-partnership-american-academic-health-center-graduates-its">http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/12/18/australian-universitys-partnership-american-academic-health-center-graduates-its</a></div>

Australian university's partnership with American academic health center graduates its first class | Inside Higher Ed

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Youtube 2012 - Top Youtube Videos

Youtube has put together a year in review video Youtube Rewind 2012. The video features the top 2012 videos which made news and were popular. Its not just music videos that scores in the viewership - though Psy occupies the top spot. There's Felix Baumgartner's spectacular jump from space, a facebook take on parenting, an election rap and more. In the year of Olympics Games - sports videos seem to be missing from the list.<br /><br />A video where majority of viewers and listeners didnt understand a word  - freakingly became the most watch video of 2012! so much for the social networking sites! <br /><br />Check out this list of Youtube rewind of 2012, most watched Youtube videos of 2012 Oppam Gangnam Style:-)<br /><br /><br />

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Youtube has put together a year in review video Youtube Rewind 2012. The video features the top 2012 videos which made news and were popular...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/18/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2012/12/16/no-you-are-not-adam-lanzas-mother/">Disability and Representation» Blog Archive » No, You Are Not Adam Lanza’s Mother and Yes, Your Kid’s Privacy Matters</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a very true post about how the mom who wrote the viral post about mental health didn't protect the privacy of her 13 year old son. I totally agree. She should have written it anonymously - she's forever harmed her own child. "I’m even more appalled that so very few adults seem to care about the potential impact on her son. She is either getting kudos all around for being so brave, so honest, so real, or she is being called out for being retrograde in her attitudes about mental illness and violence. But very few have commented about the effect on her son. It’s as though they’ve written him off. He’s just a talking point. A springboard for discussion. An avatar of people’s worst fears. But not a child struggling."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mental">mental</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/health">health</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/privacy">privacy</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/18/2012

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I Have All the Answers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeers Bitches…Matt-Man here, and I have something that my partner in crime, the beloved Jayman, doesn’t have.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIkr1AvhTkNRekhVVBoVzRLZ7s3Gztyeyses4TETEiqTi2yYCK4DVcU9a4WIK47kdGTMpd5JJqhhbGpeFsYIDjaQ8sEQeo4Hd02e-r7iE7p7Ke8jMVXwziJBUAslg_wq7FYuODhd4WLE/s1600/Sandy-Hook-Connecticut-shooting-vigil-3-jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIkr1AvhTkNRekhVVBoVzRLZ7s3Gztyeyses4TETEiqTi2yYCK4DVcU9a4WIK47kdGTMpd5JJqhhbGpeFsYIDjaQ8sEQeo4Hd02e-r7iE7p7Ke8jMVXwziJBUAslg_wq7FYuODhd4WLE/s400/Sandy-Hook-Connecticut-shooting-vigil-3-jpg.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />I have ALL the answers.<br /><br />Uh-huh, I sure as heck fire do.  You see…Yesterday, <span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/12/i-have-no-answers.html" target="_blank">Jayman wrote a gracious and humble post</a> </i></span>about not having all the answers to life’s problems…like gun control, the Connecticut massacre, and the what have yous.<br /><br />But you know what my friends?<br /><br />I<i> DO</i> have all the answers to questions like that.  It’s true.  After all, I am Matt-Man bitches, and I know some shit.<br /><br />Let’s check my grey matter out.<br /><br />I hear people asking…<br /><br /><i>Did that dude shoot 26 people in Connecticut because he had access to high powered guns, or because he had a mental illness?</i><br /><br />Duh…Both.<br /><br />Gun lobbyists like those who work for the NRA can say it was mental illness, and left-leaning medicos and the like can say it was because of gun access.  The truth of the matter is, it was both.<br /><br />In fact, let me spell it out for you…. I T W A S B O T H.<br /><br />Another question I hear…<br /><i><br /></i><i>Is it true that Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama hate each other?</i><br /><br />Hell no…They love each other, are diggin’ the shit out of this attention, and the only people they truly hate are the American people.<br /><br /><i>Matt-Man, when making love to a chick…Which is better? If she is on top or bottom?</i><br /><br />Pfffft…Hello?<br /><br />The woman HAS to be on top.  When the chick is on top, you can smack her ass, play with her fun bags, AND kiss her all at once and without much effort..  Are you stupid or geographically and physiologically challenged?  Hello?  McFly?<br /><br /><i>Matt?  I want to make a grilled cheese sandwich, should I use Kraft singles or Velveeta?</i><br /><br />Ha Ha…Seriously?  Nothing melts better than Velveeta.  In fact, if one uses Kraft singles to make a grilled cheese sandwich, he or she is probably retarded, and should not go anywhere near a hot skillet.<br /><br /><i>Matt-Man, Christmas or Hanukkah?</i><br /><br />The Magic Matt-Man says, <i>“Yes!!”</i><br /><br /><i>Hey Matt-Man…Is the rumor that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene true?</i><br /><br />Oh Hell no…being the Son of God, he was much smarter than that; He merely had His way with her.<br /><br /><i>Hey Matt-Man?  Is Jayman gay?</i><br /><br />Lord no, but he has had many a straight man hoping that he was.  That boy is HAWT!!<br /><br /><i>Yo Matt-Dawg?  Should guns be outlawed?</i><br /><br />No…stupid people should be outlawed, mental illness research and potential cures should be well-funded, and ideologues should be voted out of office.<br /><br /><i>Really, Matt-Man?</i><br /><br />Yes…really.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man <br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com"><i>mattmaniws@ymail.com</i></a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>@mattman_iws</i></span></a></div>

I Have All the Answers

Cheeeeeers Bitches…Matt-Man here, and I have something that my partner in crime, the beloved Jayman, doesn’t have. I have ALL the answers. U...

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 12/17/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/the-newtown-school-shootings-a-place-to-post-your-thoughts/?partner=rss&emc=rss">Student Opinion | The Newtown School Shootings: A Place to Post Your Thoughts - NYTimes.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">For those of you who are searching for some places where students can respond and some lesson plans, the New York Times' Learning Network has an open place for students to respond and share their thoughts along with some lesson plans for teachers.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/newtown">newtown</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

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Grandy Oats

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R8ky1k9BeVw/UM8XoO0XsdI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/hh4y7LYZjO0/s1600/Grandy+oats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R8ky1k9BeVw/UM8XoO0XsdI/AAAAAAAAD2Q/hh4y7LYZjO0/s320/Grandy+oats.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://grandyoats.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grandy Oats</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has been hand making their own granola since 1979.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They use the finest organic ingredients.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such as apples, raisins,cranberries in their organic oatmeal with fruit. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Grandy Oats also makes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Trail mix and roasted nuts!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fy_i6qy3f40/UM8X7Prc1UI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/YLmxFJtgoU0/s1600/finished+oatmeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fy_i6qy3f40/UM8X7Prc1UI/AAAAAAAAD2Y/YLmxFJtgoU0/s320/finished+oatmeal.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Organic Oatmeal with fruit</u></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For breakfast this morning I wanted something quick and easy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I grabbed the oatmeal and poured in some water, stirred it and popped it in the microwave.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To me it smelled like oatmeal cookies baking!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Took a bite and thought to myself pretty good.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not too sweet, the fruit gave it a little sweetness to it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make the oatmeal cool down a bit I added in some unsweetened Vanilla Milk (Blue Diamond)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loved how the oatmeal tasted, very good and just what I needed to start the day!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Toasted Coconut Almonds</u></span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>I am in love with all things coconut.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whether it's chocolate, coffee or yogurt.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These nuts are made with dark Maine maple syrup, coconut, brown rice flour and of course almonds.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When nibbling on the almonds there is a very light taste of coconut, but the maple syrup you can really taste.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was good but the coconut taste could of been a bit more because I couldn't really taste it at all. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Garlic Herb Cashews-</u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have tried other garlic products but never garlic cashews till now.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are so good and offer the right amount of garlic taste.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cranberry Chew Granola-</span></u></b><br /><b><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved the taste of the sweet granola with the added tartness from the chewy cranberries.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mix in this amazing granola in your favorite yogurt and enjoy!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>High Antioxidant Trail Mix-</b></u></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a quick and easy snack to keep you energized with cranberries, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds ,mullberries,goji berries and jumbo raisins. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>Classic Granola-</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very good, not too sweet like some other granola and works great on yogurt or on top of smoothies! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want to check them out online?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GandyOats?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/GandyOats?fref=ts</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or here</span><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/GrandyOats"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">https://twitter.com/GrandyOats</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Grandy Oats

Grandy Oats   has been hand making their own granola since 1979. They use the finest organic ingredients. Such as apples, raisins,cranberrie...

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Canada needs to regulate non-medical use of genetic information - The Globe and Mail

<div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5 Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">While predictive genetic testing holds the promise of advancing the understanding of disease, there is also great potential for the information to be misused. Currently, Canada is the only G-8 country without a policy or legislation on the use and collection of genetic information for non-research or health purposes. This is dangerous and could undermine people's willingness to take part in Canada's ambitious Personal Genome Project, which aims to make public the genome of 100,000 people, alongside personal profiles that put the DNA sequencing into context, so scientists can study them for the greater good.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5 Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">This legislative black hole raises troubling issues around privacy rights, as well as the possibility that people could be discriminated against because of genetic markers that predict the onset of disease, including Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes and cystic fibrosis.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5 Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">The interplay between genes and environment is so complex that it becomes impossible to say with certainty whether genetic predisposition actually results in the development of a particular disease. There are legitimate fears that genetic data could be over-interpreted.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5 Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">"Knowledge about the implications of genetic test information is presently incomplete, even in the science and medical community, let alone amongst third parties in the commercial sector that may have an interest in accessing the genetic information of individuals," says the Council for Responsible Genetics, a U.S. non-governmental group.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5 Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">The U.S.'s Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act bans health insurers and employers from using a person's genetic information. In contrast, insurance companies in Canada, and even in theory employers, can ask people if they have undergone genetic testing, request the results and then refuse to insure or hire them. Such prejudice already exists, according to Bev Heim-Myers, chair of the Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness, particularly among those with a family history of Huntington's disease.</span></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font: normal normal normal 12px/1.5 Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">People's genetic information must receive a minimum level of privacy and security. Otherwise the considerable promise in genome research for the future treatment and prevention of disease – something of benefit to all Canadians – will never be realized.</span></font></p><div><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/canada-needs-to-regulate-non-medical-use-of-genetic-information/article6393754/?">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/canada-needs-to-regulate-non-medical-use-of-genetic-information/article6393754/?</a></div>

Canada needs to regulate non-medical use of genetic information - The Globe and Mail

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/17/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blog.visual.ly/20-great-infographics-of-2012/">20 Great Infographics of 2012 | Visual.ly Blog</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">While I don't endorse blindly sharing infographics because they look good, (A pig in a prom dress is still a pig, as I tweeted about infographics last week), this list from visual.ly of 20 great infographics of 2012 is worth a look. If your class designs infographics, these would be fascinating to dissect and share, both from a graphic design perspective and a data analysis approach. Very cool.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/infographic">infographic</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://hastac.org/blogs/jluthy/2012/12/16/collaborative-writing-and-technology-my-experience-monmouth-colleges-sofia-p">Collaborative Writing and Technology: My Experience with Monmouth College's SOfIA Program | HASTAC</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I love this post over on HASTAC about a student's experience writing a grammar and writing website for his/her college before starting school there. While you might think that having an "expert" write such a guide is the best idea, think again. Learning happens as you collaborate and write with others. This is a great example and I'm using it in my collaborative writing book. "As I wrote the guides, I began to realize that I had been making mistakes in my own writing for years. I learned that plagiarism can be borrowing ideas, not just exact words, without citation. I also fixed several grammar mistakes, such as my overuse of semicolons and my tendency to end sentences with prepositions. All my problems were rather basic and easy to fix, but I feel as if my writing has greatly improved.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative writing">collaborative writing</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5968886/anonymous-attacks-westboro-baptist-church-over-sandy-hook-funeral-protest">Anonymous Attacks Westboro Baptist Church Over Sandy Hook Funeral Protest</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">While I don't condone what Anonymous does, neither do I condone Westboro Baptist Church and their actions. As a Christian and a Baptist, I want to make it clear that this is a fringe hate group and in no way represents the views of the majority of Christians - but I can only speak for myself. When they came to Valdosta, many of us Baptists in the area openly condemned them. Andy Stanley, a pastor in Atlanta preached a sermon series "The Separation of Church and Hate" that is worth searching and viewing. It is worth saying.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/the-newtown-school-shootings-a-place-to-post-your-thoughts/?partner=rss&emc=rss">Student Opinion | The Newtown School Shootings: A Place to Post Your Thoughts - NYTimes.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">For those of you who are searching for some places where students can respond and some lesson plans, the New York Times' Learning Network has an open place for students to respond and share their thoughts along with some lesson plans for teachers.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/newtown">newtown</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lessonplans">lessonplans</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/17/2012

20 Great Infographics of 2012 | Visual.ly Blog While I don't endorse blindly sharing infographic...

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I Have No Answers

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola y’all! Well here are, another Sunday night and it’s my turn to blog and I got nothing. What else is new, right? Okay, maybe I’ll turn off the TV and try to focus for just a couple of minutes. It’s worth a try, right?<br /><br />This weekend was pretty interesting. There was a big swing of emotions from the sadness of the massacre in Newton, CT to the news that Schmoop doesn’t have cancer and her surgery went well then back to the sadness mixed with anger over the shooting again. All this helped along by all the stupidity being spewed on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. Everyone wants action but all they have to offer are platitudes, bumper sticker slogans, political propaganda and personal attacks on anyone who disagrees with them in the slightest. So that was fun.<br /><br />My favorites were the people who just posted the text of the Second Amendment. Yeah, and??? What the fuck was that supposed to mean? That it’s absolute? Are you saying that there can be no legal interpretations of the Second Amendment that result in any regulating of firearms? How come those same people never post the text of the Fourth or Fifth Amendments while the govt is monitoring private conversations, reading our emails, keeping track of our reading materials we get from the library and holding American citizens indefinitely without charges or fair and impartial trials? Not to mention the creation of “free speech zones” and other bullshit like that. And don't even get me started on that <a href="http://now.msn.com/morgan-freeman-newtown-statement-is-a-hoax" target="_blank">Fake Morgan Freeman "statement"</a> and that sad but ridiculous "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/16/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother-mental-illness-conversation_n_2311009.html" target="_blank">I Am Adam Lanza's Mother</a>" post.<br /><br />I never get into the gun control debates because I know how the game is played. I know that anything short of super strict regulation and extensive banning of many different kinds of guns (or all guns) is unacceptable to the gun control crowd. And any opinion expressed that fall short of it results in being shouted down.<br /><br />By the same token if the slightest hint of any kind of gun registration, or the registering of people who put on gun shows and sell guns or even talk about holding people personally responsible for their guns means getting shouted down by the other side. That’s how we do things now. Anything other than the extremes means nothing but personal attacks and angry responses.<br /><br />I’ve never been a gun control guy, but I will say this much, if your argument against gun control is that we just have to accept that things like the Newtown shooting are going to happen then fuck you. That’s bullshit. Accepting that things like this are “going to happen” means accepting that children are going to get slaughtered by some asshole wearing body armor and carrying several semi-automatic weapons to guarantee our “freedoms?” Nope. Not gonna accept that.<br /><br />But you know the worst part of all this is the misinformation. All the bullshit that gets reported and then gets passed along on social media that turns out not to be true. It’s bad enough that the media gets stuff wrong, but then people take those bits and pieces of bad info that fits their agendas and they use it and refuse to acknowledge being wrong. They just can’t give up the narrative. And again, what are you gonna do? Tell them they’re wrong about some piece of news that wasn’t true? If you do you’re either a “gun nut” or you want to “take everyone’s guns away.” I think I unfollowed more people on Twitter and Tumblr on Saturday than I have in my social media life combined. And there’s a couple of Facebook that just about to get the boot too.<br /><br />Yeah, I know, I haven’t offered any answers or solutions either. That’s because I don’t have any. I haven’t a clue what to do. Not about guns or mental health issues or any of it. But hey, at least I admit it and don’t try to act like an expert or a sociologist or a lawyer or specially trained FBI criminal behavior analysts or some shit like so many of you do.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><br /><br /><br /><br />In happier news, on Saturday's episode of <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/12/16/the-bachelor-life">I'm With Stupid</a> we celebrated the great news about Schmoop and then talked about the awesomeness of being single! You know, the lonely nights, drinking alone, eating alone and general lack of companionship. So. Much. 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I Have No Answers

Hola y’all! Well here are, another Sunday night and it’s my turn to blog and I got nothing. What else is new, right? Okay, maybe I’ll turn o...

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