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Memorization versus Higher Thinking

adonn — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:24:25 +0000

Once upon a time, in a country far away, students had to memorize stuff. They knew the names of presidents, states, rivers, inventors, countries, books. Why, they even knew dates! They could recite poetry! They could actually find Alaska on a map. These were rough and ready times, and it was every student for himself, as they worked 18 hours each day to memorize useless information so they could regurgitate trivia on worthless exams.
This, of course, was not the view at the time. This is the view of our elite educators today, which is what we need to talk about.
To set the stage, here’s a report from the front lines circa 2011: “Year after year I get kids in 7th grade who cannot add or subtract numbers in double digits, do not know their multiplication tables, do not know the difference between a city and a state, or a city and a country, have no idea where any country is except Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and the US. Think Paris is a country near Turkey, could be easily convinced that China is in Africa, can’t tell time on an analog clock, have no idea when the Civil War was or who fought it or why or who won… Can’t tell you what 50% of 6 is… They can’t spell ‘would’ or ‘because’. (Not all of them, but huge numbers, are at this level.)”

How to Make Internet Safe for Kids

adonn — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:50:18 +0000

Kids surf the Internet, download from it, listen to music on it, watch movies on it, chat with friends on it, use social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace, shop on it, and play on it. The Internet is an awesome learning tool for homeschool kids, private school kids, or public school kids; however, parents need to teach their kids how to surf safely. They must be proactive. There are plenty of predators, bullies, porn sites, and scam artists just lying in wait for their next victim. Take the necessary steps today to keep your child as far from Internet dangers and abuse as possible.
Internet safety for kids is crucial today because one out of every five kids connect to the Internet via a cell phone, and they report that their parent is unaware they do so. Some even connect via their DS or Wii. According to Kim Thomas, “Teen Online & Wireless Safety Survey: Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Parental Controls,” Cox Communications (2009), one half of all teenagers post their real age on social networking sites. Two out of five post the name of the city where they live. Most kids do not take time to set the privacy controls on their social networking page either which means anyone can view their posts, pictures, information.

The Wonderful Camiguin

adonn — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:57:46 +0000

Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about 10 km (6.2 mi) off the northern coast of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao. It is the second-smallest province both in population and land area after Batanes. The capital of the province is Mambajao, and it is a part of the Northern Mindanao Region of the Philippines.
Old Spanish documents indicate that the renowned explorers Ferdinand Magellan and Miguel López de Legazpi landed in Camiguin in 1521 and 1565, respectively. The first Spanish settlement was established in 1598 in what is now Guinsiliban. Guinsiliban which comes from the old Kinamiguin word “Ginsil-ipan” which means “to look out for pirates from a watchtower” has an old Spanish watchtower where the Camiguinons kept watch for Moro pirates.
The first major Spanish settlement established in 1679 was called Katagman or Katadman (known as Catarman). The settlement grew and prospered but was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vulcan in 1871. The former location is what is now Barangay Bonbon of Catarman.

Facts about Dubai’s Success

adonn — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:49:33 +0000

Dubai is the world’s fastest growing city. But what’s more interesting and known to travellers worldwide is that this famous travel destination is also one of the most popular travel destinations.
Here are some facts about this exotic destination and the UAE. United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a federation of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. The largest is Abu Dhabi emirate, which also contains the nation’s capital city Abu Dhabi.
Officially Dubai has 1.2 million population, of which 13% are locals, while the rest comes from India, Pakistan and the Philippines. It’s the world’s fastest growing city, having grown from 180,000 population in mid 1970s to now, as some estimate, around 1.5 million. The language spoken is Arabic, although English, Hindi and Urdu are all widely spoken.
United Arab Emirates were created in 1971, although Dubai city has existed for over 150 years prior to that. UAE borders with Oman to the East and Saudi Arabia to the South and West, while facing Iran to the North across Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. Situated nearby is also Qatar, to the North-West. UAE is one of Tropic of Cancer countries.

Age and Resistance to Flu

adonn — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:16:03 +0000

There is a connection between age and susceptibility to the influenza virus. It can’t be explained by frailty in general, because it is not obvious that very small children and the very old are the biggest risk groups. In a study of the connection between age and the risk of suffering from the flu, Timpka and his colleagues show that the 2009 swine fluaffected age groups 10-19 and 20-29 the worst.
They studied how five different influenza epidemics struck in Ostergötland County of East Sweden between 2005 and 2010. Except for the swine flu, they were all what are known as seasonal flu. The difference in those taken sick among age groups varies up to ten times in certain cases, they state, for example, with swine flu. 2.3 cases per thousand inhabitants were diagnosed in the 10-19 age group, compared with 0.2 cases per thousand in the 70 and older age group. This was before they were able to start up the vaccinations.
For all five outbreaks, the risk of falling ill was greatest in the 30-39 age group, and least for those aged 70 and over. The researchers, however, point out that this data should be interpreted carefully, since many of the elderly are regularly vaccinated against seasonal influenza. On the other hand, their study does not support the hypothesis that school children are a bigger risk group in general.

Tracking Car GPS

adonn — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:26:58 +0000

Car Gps Tracking is fairly common in new vehicles, providing drivers with tracking and navigation.
However, latest technology inventions have made car gps tracking systems more sophisticated, allowing for a wide range of additional uses.

Smartbox technology is one example of how car gps tracking systems are being used to lower car insurance.
A comprehensive recording of a driver’s habits allows insurance companies to provide “pay-as-you-drive” car insurance. City officials in New York City are considering how car gps tracking could be used as “Drive Smart” technology.
Most large cities have a limited capability to change the infrastructure of their roadways.
A car gps tracking system that integrates with traffic information would give drivers the ability to select routes in real time that were more fuel efficient, less congested, faster or shorter.
A driver’s recorded routing selection could then be used to penalize or reward drivers by lowering or increasing their related licensing fees or by calculating mileage based “road-use” fees. Eventually, such a system would replace gasoline tax since these revenues will decline as more vehicles become less dependent on fossil fuels.

The Biotherapy

adonn — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:22:18 +0000

One of the most important recent advances in the field of treating liver cancer has been the understanding of the genetic makeup of these tumors, as well as the cancer cells’ reliance upon blood vessels and molecules produced in the body that can help them grow. Many cancers grow by causing the development and recruitment of tiny new blood vessels to feed the tumor and enable it to spread to other parts of the body. This is called angiogenesis, and this has become a very hot field in oncology and pharmaceutical development over the past decade. One drug, bevacizumab, has been approved for use in many cancers such as colon, lung, and breast, and is known to help standard chemotherapy shrink and control other types of cancer. It might be helpful in liver cancer as well, and similar drugs are still being investigated.
The best success so far has been with the oral drug sorafenib (Nexavar). This is a pill designed to block several components of the angiogenesis pathway, as well as other growth signals for individual cancer cells. Large studies have shown that patients taking this drug for advanced liver cancer lived significantly longer than those taking a placebo pill. Although the difference was not very long (three months) and is shorter in sicker patients, this is still the first study in decades to show that there is a reliable way to slow down this cancer’s growth and to prolong patients’ lives. Sorafenib is thus the first, and so far, only, drug to be approved by the U.S. FDA to treat liver cancer. Current studies are underway to see if the drug works better when combined with other types of chemotherapy.

Like the Sony ICF-C8WM clock radio with Walkman phone dock

adonn — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:09:51 +0000

The Sony ICF-C8WM clock radio before, most notable is the Philips Wake-up Light. However the ICF-C8WM clock radio is quite different in terms of function and purpose. Its not a wake-up lamp as such but should be considered as more of a radio clock with additional bonus features such as support for your portable music players and Sony EricssonWalkman phones.

Our first impressions of the Sony ICF-C8WM was that it had alot of buttons, on the front, the top, the side and more on the back! It was however much more lighter in weight and much less bulkier than it actually looks. The quality of material used was satisfactory though we’re sure Sony could have done much better to make it less plasticky, but we’re not complaining too much.
We liked the way the speakers were laid out from the top, extending towards the sides. The speaker of course as you’ll be aware plays the radio but also the music from a connected Walkman phone or a portable music player which you can connect via the AUX-in at the back.

Watch “London Boulevard” Movie

adonn — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:39:51 +0000

The directorial debut of William Monahan, the screenwriter of The Departed, London Boulevard follows an ex-con trying to make a fresh start in a relationship with a reclusive actress. A sexy, stylish gangster thriller bristling with wit and brutal intrigue, London Boulevard stars Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley as star-crossed lovers who run afoul of one of London’s most vicious crime bosses.
As a screenwriter, William Monahan has shown – in films including “The Departed” and “Kingdom of Heaven” – a love of complicated characters and unruly dialogue. As a first-time director he could use, well, more direction. His debut movie, “London Boulevard,” based on a Ken Bruen novel, is in the well-worn, well-loved, hard-boiled Brit tradition, in which colorful Cockney crime bosses sport dapper neckwear, and send rudely comical thugs into switchblade battle.
But a movie is more than dialogue and a soundtrack. And direction is a lot more than making sure all your favorite parts of your own script make it to the screen intact.

In Marketing your Business

adonn — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:19:17 +0000

The modern world is evolving rapidly and a great way to assist with your money making endeavors is to look for great online business opportunities and then work hard at making them successful. Whenever you finish researching possible Internet businesses, you ought to have sufficient information to select the one which can provide exactly what you need regardless of whether it’s to replace a job, enable you to generate a reliable income working a couple of more hours or simply make a little more to have some additional money. Internet business possibilities can be found anywhere you look. Probably the most preferred business opportunities online develop from selling services but you must learn ways to market them to achieve success.
Online marketing abilities are something which each Internet business owner must acquire. Online marketing is among the most flourishing businesses on the Internet. Online marketing for business is one thing that will help to develop a wide range of earnings. Nowadays with technological developments the Internet is becoming a vital resource for millions of people all over the world. It really is believed that 10, if not more, millionaires are created through Internet success monthly, therefore making the world wide web accountable for the most created millionaires of any employer ever before.