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• toDwI’ma’ qoS yItIvqu’!: Nota Bene #2009-46

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 507
  “To be truly free, and truly to appreciate its freedom, a society must be literate.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this post. Now on to the links! … “The class war is over— working people lost ” … “We’ve had issues with them hiding the mail ” … “Whatever happened to kids spending ...
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• Headline

  
  MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic Educators — Authority: 131
  First, for those of you observing a holiday today, best wishes.  Were recovering from "big breakfast" and "present pandamonium" at our house. As for the headline, does anyone else feel uncomfortable about this ?  And does the timing bother you?  Given everything that happened, and all the many contributing ...
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• Most Literate cities list topped by Seattle

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington DC, Dec 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Seattle topped the list of the most literate cities in America. Out of a total of 75 cities, Washington DC came in second.Seattle was tied for the first place with Minneapolis in 2008 and came in second after the Minnesota city in 2007. And this year Seattle wrestled the [...]
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• Another year over .. a new one about to begin

  
  Miss W. and her Smartboard — Authority:
  Well, 2009 was not a very good year for me.   Out on worker’s compensation for over three months, afraid to be in certain parts of school, lack of sleep most school nights and finally working part time at school.  I am usually a very patient teacher in my classroom – just ask the other teachers at my school ...
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• Media Meltdown and the Value of Media Literacy for All

  
  MediaVidea — Authority: 91
  In my old school, they are teaching computers and programming languages from Class 6 - onwards. It is an elite school. That is expected of an elite school. Sadly, not elite enough to teach Media Literacy to a generation weaned on a media diet of aspirational, exploitative, and silly notions. The kids need to ...
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• Margot Adlers "Drawing Down the Moon": Book Review

  
  Blogtrotter — Authority: 120
  An insiders chronicle, a journalists survey, and a participants history of "witches, druids, goddess-worshippers and other pagans in America," this third editions welcome. Myth-busting and myth-celebrating, Adler combines scrutiny with compassion, analysis with enthusiasm. Her depth of research matches a brisk yet ...
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• America’s Most Literate Cities

  
  The Friends of the Albany Public Library — Authority: 125
  Central Connecticut State University released a ranking of America’s Most Literate Cities 2009. Drawing from a variety of available data resources, the America’s Most Literate Cities study ranks the largest cities (population 250,000 and above) in the United States. This study focuses on six key indicators of ...
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• Creative Advertising on Stairs

  
  Killahbeez — Authority: 441
  In an effort to keep things refreshing, companies are advertising their products and services on stairs.  The above staircase can be seen at Ikea, Kuala Lumpur.  The stairs have been revamped to resemble drawers symbolizing how organization equates to optimizing usable space.  Check out the gallery below for to see ...
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• Tis the season of giving and the perfect time to make book donations

  
  The Children's Book Review — Authority: 423
  By Bianca Schulze , The Childrens Book Review Published: December 24, 2009 As the season of giving is reaching its peak, its important to remember that book donations are appreciated all year round and can truly impact a childs life in a positive way. Beginning this holiday season, The Childrens Book Review ...
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• Buying Tips for Desktop Pc

  
  beastmoon [dot] com — Authority: 138
  Switch2life asked: WANT TO BUY A COMPUTER?Having computer today is absolutely a necessity today for your office. Now a days computer allows you to operate your business from sitting at home. Thus saving your time spent in travel as well stress you go through. Or if you have kids then it becomes so much more [...]
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• Bhutan King meets Army Chief, NSA

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck met Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan here today.Wangchuk held separate meetings with General Kapoor and NarayananSecurity and defence co-operation was discussed during the delegation level and bilateral ...
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• India a steadfast partner and friend: Bhutan King

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has said that India has always been their steadfast partner and friend. Delivering the Madhavrao Scindia memorial lecture here, he said: “Some say Bhutan was wise to seek strong bilateral relations with India. This is true. After all whether we ...
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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
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• Holiday lifts spirits HOPE Center Oakland graduation ceremony

  
  Operation HOPE Blog — Authority: 112
  In the spirit of the Christmas season inside the warm and festive holiday décor of Bank of the West, Operation HOPE graduated a group of twenty new entrepreneurs from the twelve-week Small Business Empowerment program on a rainy winter evening in the East Bay.  On this evening, the group of attendees and supporters ...
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• Copenhagen Blame Game and Wrap-up - Dec 23

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 592
  -Ed Miliband: China tried to hijack Copenhagen climate deal -Carbon Supplicants on the Copenhagen Pilgrimage -Review of the Year 2009: Climate change -How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room -Theres No Negotiating With Nature -BC Fossil of the Decade Awards -Copenhagens failure belongs to ...
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• 50 Free Online Games for Teaching Information Literacy and Information Fluency

  
  The Keyword Blog — Authority: 106
  Learn to Search & Evaluate Internet Resources The 21st Century Information Fluency team just published menus leading to 50 flash based games that teach how to locate and evaluate digital information. Check it out: Links to nearly 50 learning games , including the new three part Snow Sport Challenge. If ...
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• James Hansen: Good Riddance, Copenhagen. Time for Better Ideas.

  
  Energy Bulletin - — Authority: 592
  NASA climate scientist James Hansen never expected the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen to amount to much. He told the British Guardian newspaper that it would be better if Copenhagen failed. That’s because Hansen is a vocal critic of the economic policies discussed there, and he hopes Copenhagen’s failure gives ...
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• § I Am Music and I Pick the Songs: White Christmas

  
  Remembrance in Spacetime — Authority: 132
  {Song #44 « Song #45 » T•of•C}§ ≡ One of an ongoing series of posts in which I pick, in my not-so-humble opinion, the best songs of the second millennium. Feel free to offer constructive dissenting opinions; preferably set to music.Song #45 is White Christmas, composed by Irving Berlin. The version sung by ...
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• Changing Economy => Changing Economics

  
  MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic Educators — Authority: 131
  In todays edition of The New York Times , columnist David Brooks offers an intriguing view of the current state of the field of economics and why it is what it is.  His key insight is that when the economy was about "making things", economics  most closely resembled physics.  But now that we exist in an ...
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• Seattle Is Most Literate City In America While Fort Worth Is Not

  
  Durango Texas — Authority: 139
  BING had a best city skyline contest. The winning photo will be the background on the BING homepage. Seattle photographer Justin Kramer had the winning photo, with his picture of the Seattle skyline. Speaking of Seattle, yet one more study has Seattle being the #1 most literate city in America. Cities were ranked ...
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