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ISRAEL AND CHINA,

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ISRAEL AND CHINA,

Windmills on the Golan Hights A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN, EXCEPT FOR ENERGY ISSUES By John Daly CHINA and ISRAEL are the most pragmatic of p...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/26/2012

2:31 AM Tukiyooo 0

<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=2535034">Teacher Drew O'Conner wins an iPad for sharing and aligning 30 lessons</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This set of lessons includes some very popular lessons using fairy tales. All of them are aligned with the Common Core and you can download and share them. The Share My lesson site is giving away a free ipad to the "best sharer" each week. This is a great thing to do as we share with others and help with common core alignment, so join in.</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/commoncore">commoncore</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ccchat">ccchat</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/education-vs-experience">Education vs experience | Opinion | .net magazine</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This type of article is continuing to proliferate as people question a textbook non-reality based degree happening in many universities. One of the things that made Georgia Tech unique when I was there was how many real-world experiences and projects students were required to do - often for real companies. With the skyrocketing cost of higher education, and the proliferation of "degrees" the brand of a university needs to be tied not to just head knowledge but knowledge of the "hands" (how to). Read this article about hiring web designers, while this is a unique field, it speaks to what is being said in industry about the college education and why college education is destined to change in a fundamental way in the near future.</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/pbl">pbl</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/highered">highered</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577603782317318996.html">When Freemium Fails - WSJ.com</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This news shows why freemium may be going away for some businesses. Unless a service can reach millions of users, freemium may not be the best way to go - this article recommends. I think that we will continue to see smaller services consider charging for things. Remember that just because it is free today doesn't mean it will be free tomorrow, i.e. Ning. </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/technology">technology</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/marketing">marketing</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://agourahills.patch.com/articles/superintendent-tweets-photo-of-new-teachers#photo-11063661">Superintendent Tweets Photo of New Teachers - Agoura Hills, CA Patch</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This superintendent is using Twitter as his PR tool as he tweets out a photo of new teachers at his school. You might want to look at how this is structured if you want to use this valuable, quick tool for sharing the news from your district.</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/social">social</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/media">media</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/leadership">leadership</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/administration">administration</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://ictevangelist.com/?p=1044&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1044">Mark Anderson's Blog » Displaying online work – some ideas & methods</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Here are some ideas of what Mark is doing for sharing work, I have my students create the blog that suits their personal interest project. While Tumblr is nice for blogging, I have older students and monitor it closely - most schools would not find a good fit in tumblr, I think. Good ideas here, though.</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>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edtech">edtech</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://marylandreporter.com/2012/08/23/md-teachers-finding-hungry-kids-in-their-classes/">Md. teachers finding hungry kids in their classes</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This breaks my heart, "A new report finds that 63% of Maryland teachers surveyed say children are not getting enough to eat at home and this is having a negative effect on students’ academic performance. " If we are paying people money so they can feed their family and AREN'T then we should pay again to feed them at school? How can you hold parents accountable for feeding their children? This speaks to the very core of many of our problems in the US  - misplaced priorities. Homes have xboxes but no food? Nice shoes and empty tummies? This is upsetting on so many levels. Of course, these statements don't fit all people as they are generalities, however, making sure children are fed is an imperative. It makes me nervous, however, that the government is having to step in and feed children who aren't being fed at home because if they aren't being fed, there are much bigger problems than just a lack of food. As a person who had a time when we were completely broken by a farm gone underwater - I know what it is like to find quarters to buy milk - so this is heartbreaking. People need jobs and kids need food. It is also unfair to penalize teachers whose kids aren't learning if the kids are hungry.  What do we do? </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://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/24/evernote/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDigitalReader+%28The+Digital+Reader%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#.UDkawmt5mK0">Evernote Launches New Partnership with Moleskine - The Digital Reader</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Evernote and Moleskin announce the new smartnotebook which is very cool. While you can already snap pictures of notes to Evernote - this notebook has small dots that adjust the page to make it square and remove distortion. It includes stickers that will tag the pages for you and add emphasis and included in the price of the notebook ($30) is a free subscription to Evernote premium for 3 months. I love evernote and while their tech support leaves a lot to be desired (it took me 6 months to figure out how to fix an installation glitch which was answered by another user on their forum after Evernote kept telling me just to use Revo uninstaller) -- it can't be beat for usefulness - that is why it is one of the few apps I am willing to pay for. I'll definitely be asking for this notebook for Christmas to try it out. Hope the price comes down a tad, though.</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/productivity">productivity</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/23/amazon-to-hold-a-press-conference-on-6-september/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter-publisher-main&utm_campaign=twitter#.UDkaJlx5mK1">Amazon to Hold a Press Conference on 6 September - The Digital Reader</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Amazon will announce its new lineup of ereaders on Sept 6 and Apple will announce them one week later according to "The Digital Reader" a blog about eReaders and Tablets. The "textbook wars" have only just begun.</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/ipad">ipad</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/archive/2012/08/23/quantity-is-not-enough.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ComputerScienceTeacher+%28Computer+Science+Teacher+-+Thoughts+and+Information+from+Alfred+Thompson%29">Quantity Is Not Enough - Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson - Site Home - MSDN Blogs</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">An excellent article by Alfred Thompson on the white male skew of the AP exams and the issues for Computer Science education. Alfred Thompson, a blogger employed by Microsoft, is my go-to person for Computer Science education topics. This is another example of how he questions the status quo and offers solutions. I highly recommend subscribing to his blog. Meanwhile, my school is moving away from AP altogether into the ACCELL program where our juniors and seniors are able to earn college credit for college-quality courses offered in our high school and paid for, in part, by the HOPE Program in Georgia. </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/ap">ap</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/computer">computer</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/08/23/wonderful-rare-steve-jobs-speech-1983-begs-designers-build-better-looking-computers/">Steve Jobs Begs Designers in 1983 to Build Better Looking Computers</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Fascinating speech from visionary Steve Jobs.</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/technology">technology</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/computers">computers</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/08/the-us-election-on-youtube.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.UDkUq1x5mK0">Free Technology for Teachers: The US Election on YouTube</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Another reason to make YouTube available. Richard Bryne from Free Tech for Teachers shares about the new YouTube channel that will cover the US presidential election. Bookmark and share, especially if you have a current events class.</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/politics">politics</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 08/26/2012

Teacher Drew O'Conner wins an iPad for sharing and aligning 30 lessons This set of lessons inclu...

Today's archidose #613

1:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

Here are a bunch of photos of the <a href="http://www.phz.ch/">PHZ Luzern</a> (Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland) in Lucerne, Switzerland, by <a href="http://www.enzmannfischer.ch/">Enzmann + Fishcer</a> (2011), photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/">John Hill</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862424474/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7862424474_94c031dae4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862425100/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7862425100_a032d9d165_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862417480/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7862417480_32defe06f2_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862423110/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7862423110_f2ce52c270_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862418454/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8297/7862418454_026b30e7d6_z.jpg" width="610" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862419094/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="526" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7862419094_53d560cb6c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862422192/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7862422192_404738fcbd_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862420606/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7862420606_e2b888fce5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #613

Here are a bunch of photos of the PHZ Luzern (Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland) in Lucerne, Switzerland, by Enzmann + Fis...

SAUDI ARABIA’S PROXY WAR

8:36 PM Tukiyooo 0

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRr7lB0apfEhF9fRboczBZAy7fymIkhHOTzN2bSh1CQp91EEUqkkXVOcinDl556hDXZ_SJRHcXhp6d6BbT-_cxi0UhoGgOK-Xx9RuWoXcgpdEY2DC-uD4PgNFiDoY2VRNc8kk4VRC8sKW/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRr7lB0apfEhF9fRboczBZAy7fymIkhHOTzN2bSh1CQp91EEUqkkXVOcinDl556hDXZ_SJRHcXhp6d6BbT-_cxi0UhoGgOK-Xx9RuWoXcgpdEY2DC-uD4PgNFiDoY2VRNc8kk4VRC8sKW/s320/images.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE ENDLESS WAR: SAUDI ARABIA GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST IRAN</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Felix Imonti via Oilprice</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGzseH0gCXHJf5t5McrBbJvE6rCqBxIr7MLQy66YRYME2hGL_ge5i8ssOlgTcFnA0LKSQ5dHIex2an2vb-bnfohIIP8vbrx5NMj6sVlxfhv0_YTraZwj14efpBT-dCI1MSW7UXX2iL_tG/s1600/Tapline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGzseH0gCXHJf5t5McrBbJvE6rCqBxIr7MLQy66YRYME2hGL_ge5i8ssOlgTcFnA0LKSQ5dHIex2an2vb-bnfohIIP8vbrx5NMj6sVlxfhv0_YTraZwj14efpBT-dCI1MSW7UXX2iL_tG/s400/Tapline.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strategic Significance of BAHRAIN</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SAUDI ARABIA has gone on the offensive against IRAN to protect its interests.  Their involvement in SYRIA is the first battle in what is going to be a long bloody conflict that will know no frontiers or limits.<br /><br />Ongoing Disorders in the island kingdom of BAHRAIN since February of 2011 have set off alarm bells in Riyadh.  The SAUDIS are convinced that IRAN is directing the protests and fear that the problems will spill over into oil rich <b>Al-Qatif</b>, where the bulk of the <b>two million Shia</b> in the kingdom are concentrated.  So far, the SAUDIS have not had to deal with demonstrations a serious as those in BAHRAIN, but success in the island kingdom could encourage the protestors to become more violent.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFTKYTt2zJQBPXG2kNfDt9GgTfj04AzptA67f5woQINCr5F9oVDnZdK8lEH50Q5uaIXMx6bpgdZ7IM8qQRo6g07zleE88AYPzlsZSR4flI1OJAmeXL0EGUJhT3OxmKwvNoXbHvp7zswIL/s1600/Saudi_shia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZFTKYTt2zJQBPXG2kNfDt9GgTfj04AzptA67f5woQINCr5F9oVDnZdK8lEH50Q5uaIXMx6bpgdZ7IM8qQRo6g07zleE88AYPzlsZSR4flI1OJAmeXL0EGUJhT3OxmKwvNoXbHvp7zswIL/s400/Saudi_shia.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(orange)Shia Zone in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Provinces</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Protecting the oil is the first concern of the government.  Oil is the sole source of the national wealth and it is managed by the state owned SAUDI Aramco Corporation.  The monopoly of political power by the members of the SAUD family means that all of the wealth of the kingdom is their personal property.  SAUDI ARABIA is a company country with the twenty-eight million citizens the responsibility of the SAUD Family rulers.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SHIA CRESCENT: SAUDI KING WILL NOT GRANT ANY CONCESSIONS TO THE 8% SHIA POPULATION</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />The customary manner of dealing with a problem by the patriarchal regime is to bury it in money.  King Abdullah announced at the height of the Arab Spring that he was increasing the national budget by 130 billion dollars to be spent over the coming five years.  Government salaries and the minimum wage were raised.  New housing and other benefits are to be provided.  At the same time, he plans to expand the security forces by sixty thousand men. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AEsCG6dGn_yV7vDGZL3gPYzvAfYU7BO-59yG_-4KQfQoksc6e7mI-vOnqfngy_B0fUXjlPYx8QFL0KbUyGpt8C0rYV3AMTRAqEOlEer6ntw4ndoka1mOZp8Mpe4BmTDFsmFPW72oRnBs/s1600/nasr-shiamap_400px.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AEsCG6dGn_yV7vDGZL3gPYzvAfYU7BO-59yG_-4KQfQoksc6e7mI-vOnqfngy_B0fUXjlPYx8QFL0KbUyGpt8C0rYV3AMTRAqEOlEer6ntw4ndoka1mOZp8Mpe4BmTDFsmFPW72oRnBs/s320/nasr-shiamap_400px.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">While the SAUDI king seeks to sooth the unrest among the general population by adding more government benefits, he will not grant any concessions to the eight percent of the population that is Shia. He takes seriously the warning by King Abdullah of JORDAN back in 2004 of the danger of a <b>Shia Crescent</b> that would extend from the coast of LEBANON to AFGHANISTAN.  <b>Hezbollah</b> in LEBANON, <b>Assad </b>in SYRIA, and the <b>Shia controlled government</b> of IRAQ form the links in the chain.<br /><br />When the Arab Spring reached SYRIA, the leaders in Riyadh were given the weapon to break the chain.  Appeals from tribal leaders under attack in SYRIA to kinsmen in the GULF STATES for assistance could not be ignored.  The various blinks between the GULF STATES in several SYRIAN tribes means that SAUDI ARABIA and its close ally QATAR have connections that include at least three million people out of the SYRIAN populations of twenty-three million.  To show how deep the bonds go, the leader of the Nijris Tribe in SYRIA is married to a woman from the SAUD Family.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SAUDI ARABIA: ARMING THE SYRIAN REBELS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />It is no wonder that SAUDI Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said in February that arming the SYRIAN rebels was an “excellent idea."  He was supported by QATARI Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani who said, "We should do whatever necessary to help [the SYRIAN opposition], including giving them weapons to defend themselves."  The intervention has the nature of a family and tribal issue that the prominent SAUDI cleric Aidh al-Qarni has turned into a <b>SUNNI-SHIA WAR</b> by promoting Assad’s death.<br /><br />The SAUDIS and their QATAR and UNITED ARAB EMIRATE allies have pledged one hundred million dollars to pay wages to the fighters.  Many of the officers of the Free SYRIAN Army are from tribes connected to the Gulf.  In effect, the payment of wages is paying members of associated tribes.<br /><br />Here, the UNITED STATES is not a welcomed partner, except as a supplier of arms.  SAUDI ARABIA sees the role of the UNITED STATES limited to being a wall of steel to protect the oil wealth of the Kingdom and the GULF STATES from IRANIAN aggression. In February of 1945, President Roosevelt at a meeting in EGYPT with <b>Abdel Aziz bin Saud</b>, the founder of modern SAUDI ARABIA, pledged to defend the kingdom in exchange for a steady flow of oil.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">SAUDI ARABIA OPPOSED A SHIA DOMINATED GOVERNMENT IN BAGHDAD THAT THREATENS THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF THE KINGDOM</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />Since those long ago days when the U.S. was establishing <b>Pax Americana</b>, the SAUDIS have lost their trust in the wisdom or the reliability of AMERICAN policy makers.  The SAUDIS urged the U.S. not to invade IRAQ in 2003 only to have them ignore SAUDI interests in maintaining an IRAQI buffer zone against IRAN.  The SAUDIS had asked the U.S. not to leave a Shia dominated government in Baghdad that would threaten the Northern frontier of the Kingdom, only to have the last AMERICAN soldiers depart in December 2011.  With revolution sweeping across the MIDDLE EAST, Washington abandoned President Mubarak of EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA’S favorite non royal leader in the region. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWBgbClKxhw87S2Dgh7OcMkfwBsi0U9w8dzo3DPVXW_acqINbm0p_xxyihtl31ylJVWHT5jIlF2XWXNdz-uLJva3UoiJu3OpP0uN5P31R5pfjvxYOeG_a1F6vUr22SRCyFo_IERon2Jwt/s1600/saudi-king-achmadinajb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWBgbClKxhw87S2Dgh7OcMkfwBsi0U9w8dzo3DPVXW_acqINbm0p_xxyihtl31ylJVWHT5jIlF2XWXNdz-uLJva3UoiJu3OpP0uN5P31R5pfjvxYOeG_a1F6vUr22SRCyFo_IERon2Jwt/s320/saudi-king-achmadinajb1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">FOR THIRTY YEARS, SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A PROXY WAR WITH IRAN</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br />Worried by the possibility of IRANIAN sponsored insurrections among Shia in the GULF STATES, the SAUDIS are asserting their power in the region while they have the advantage.  For thirty years, they have been engaged in a proxy war with IRAN.  SYRIA is to be the next battlefield, but here, there is a critical difference from what were minor skirmishes in LEBANON, YEMEN, and elsewhere.  The SAUDIS with the aid of QATAR, and the UAE is striking at the core interests of Tehran; and they have through their tribal networks the advantage over an isolated Islamic Republic.<br /><br />Tribal and kinship relations are being augmented by the infusion of the <b>Salafi v</b>ision of Islam that is growing in the GULF STATES.  Money from the GULF STATES has gone into the development of religious centers to spread the fundamentalist belief.  A critical part of the ideology is to be anti-Shia.<br /><br />Salafism in SAUDI ARABIA is promulgated by the Wahhabi School of Islam.  The Wahhabi movement began in the eighteenth century and promoted a return to the fundamentalism of the early followers of the Faith.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: See <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/saudi-arabia-origin-of-wahhabism.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/08/saudi-arabia-origin-of-wahhabism.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br />The SAUDS incorporated the religious movement into their leadership of the tribes.  When the modern state of SAUDI ARABIA was formed, they were granted control of the educational system and much else in the society in exchange for the endorsement of the authoritarian rule <br /><br />When the Kingdom used its growing wealth in the 1970s to extend its interests far from the traditional territory in the battle against the atheistic SOVIET UNION, the Wahhabi clergy became missionaries in advancing their ideology through religious institutions to oppose the SOVIETS.  More than two hundred thousand jihadists were sent into AFGHANISTAN to fight the SOVIET forces and succeeded in driving them out.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1ikbP8vPLfwrdu9fyUDDJNCsGmbXH-Rbkgg03awCDlGY5FlTdf2Fai-C5uJWTjRRrP4pI-5w-xX4LG60zvFylEtTbMOqqW2LiJtJ8Pgx4fgMg9-HgjPO79RdMV3GKE19BaXYqvhl0eRl/s1600/news-graphics-2006-_631107a.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1ikbP8vPLfwrdu9fyUDDJNCsGmbXH-Rbkgg03awCDlGY5FlTdf2Fai-C5uJWTjRRrP4pI-5w-xX4LG60zvFylEtTbMOqqW2LiJtJ8Pgx4fgMg9-HgjPO79RdMV3GKE19BaXYqvhl0eRl/s1600/news-graphics-2006-_631107a.gif" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">FOR THIRTEEN CENTURIES, THE SHIA HAVE BEEN KEPT UNDER CONTROL</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><br />There is no longer a SOVIET UNION to confront.  Today, the enemy is the Islamic Republic of IRAN with what is described by the Wahhabis as a heretical form of Islam and its involvement in the Shia communities across the region.  For thirteen centuries, the Shia have been kept under control.  With the hand of IRAN in the form of the Qud Force reaching into restless communities that number as many as one hundred and six million people in what is the heart of the MIDDLE EAST, the SAUDIS see a desperate need to crush the foe before it has the means to pull down the privileged position of the SAUD Family and the families of the other GULF STATE rulers. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV1ikbP8vPLfwrdu9fyUDDJNCsGmbXH-Rbkgg03awCDlGY5FlTdf2Fai-C5uJWTjRRrP4pI-5w-xX4LG60zvFylEtTbMOqqW2LiJtJ8Pgx4fgMg9-HgjPO79RdMV3GKE19BaXYqvhl0eRl/s1600/news-graphics-2006-_631107a.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;">The war begins in SYRIA where we can expect that a successor government to Assad will be declared soon in the SAUDI controlled tribal areas even before Assad is defeated.  The territory is likely to adopt the more fundamentalist principals of the Salafists as it serves as a stepping stone to IRAN itself.  It promises to be a bloody protracted war that will recognize no frontier and will know no limits by all of the participants.</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div>

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<blockquote>"Mrs. Vicki, stay at the front of the class, I love to watch you laugh." </blockquote><br /><br />The others chimed in,<br /><br /> <blockquote>"Yes, we love it when you laugh."</blockquote><br /><br />We had a few minutes at the end of class the other day and my students wanted to see a funny video I often quote ("need more cowbell" SNL skit with Will Ferrell.) They begged and because they'd had such a good week, I said ok. (When we have a problem we can't figure out, I'll say -- 'I got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell.' We then laugh, and move on to figure it out. I know it is strange, but I call it my 'culture lessons' so they can communicate w/ me.)<br /><br />Then, as I started it and began to move to the back of the class, that was when they begged me to stay at the front. I did.<br /><br />It struck me that I do laugh - quite a bit - but that my students "love it" when I laugh. They love it when they laugh.<br /><br /><b>Your students love it when you laugh.</b><br /><br /> Laughter and learning are good friends. While usually we're working hard, it is the laughter that makes the classroom and learning fun.<br /><br /> I know an amazing Calculus teacher with a 100% pass rate on the AP exam- they laugh in her class. Her students write a hilarious song that they perform each year at the Christmas assembly. They make fun of how hard they study in Calculus and of her lovely bangs (which often stick up.) She laughs and they laugh - but they learn a lot.<br /><br />I think that many great teachers have an undercurrent of laughter - it makes the hard work more palatable. <b>Like sugar in your coffee, laughter makes the strong brew of learning more palatable.</b><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad<br />

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