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    Decoder Ring Not Required

    Sayonara, Rev. Paperboy. Make maximum use of improved textbooks : Editorial : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri). Still, the problem remains finding ways for teachers to make really good use of the beefed up textbooks. After all, if they try to teach everything, the amount of material may overwhelm the children’s capacity to absorb it all, consequently returning to the much-criticized “cramming” style of education. Yet teachers are expected to have the competence to proceed with lessons after sorting out what part of the textbooks are to be taught, while accurately gauging the level of their students’ comprehension. ===…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    That Nopey, Derangey Thing

    … coming from the Dopey Strangey thing is even more clueless than usual. UNLOAD! #fb Sarah Palin Tells Tea Partiers To Stop Drivers With Obama Bumper Stickers « Alan Colmes’ Liberaland. Less than a week after a man was driven off the road for sporting an Obama bumper sticker, Sarah Palin told a tea party rally in Searchlight, NV to stop cars with Obama stickers on them. (and demand to know how that “hopey, changey thing” is working out for them)

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    Shared Links February 25th – March 7th

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    Tsunami Wave Action

    BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 12 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 624 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2010 TO – CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT – TSUNAMI WARNING SUPPLEMENT A TSUNAMI WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME – 0834 PM HST 26 FEB 2010 COORDINATES – 36.1 SOUTH 72.6 WEST LOCATION – NEAR COAST OF CENTRAL CHILE MAGNITUDE – 8.8 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER ——————- —– —— —– ————— —– RIKITEA…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Only in Utah...

    Dumbass

    bright enough to know you have to declare a firearm when checking in for a flight, not bright enough to UNLOAD and then PROPERLY HANDLE the weapon when declaring same. Skycap suffered minor shrapnel injury in his foot because this dumbass took a loaded weapon to the Salt Lake airport. Security scare: Gun accidentally discharged at Salt Lake City airport – Salt Lake Tribune A passenger checking a gun accidentally discharged his weapon on the curbside of Terminal I of Salt Lake City International Airport. The passenger was declaring his weapon to Sky Cap when he either mishandled or dropped…

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    Shared Links February 6th – February 25th

    Maui Luau Reviews – 9 Luaus This week’s mission: a) Sing! b) Tell me where you’re from | MISSion Amy K.R. | blogs.vocalo.org 500 Internal Server Error 500 Internal Server Error MARDI GRAS VICTORIAN MASKS | MASQUERADE MASKS (MARDI GRAS) | New York Costumes | Costumes Nyc Second Life Script Tips and Tricks