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- Thinking in Mind - a Canadian teacher's blog about building a history curriculum around innovative technology tools.
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- Bring Social Studies Alive A blog about making history interactive and exciting.
- Teaching the Civil War with Technology
- (De)constructions - Personal Web Page covering research and teaching activities (European Dimension of Education, Curriculum, Educational Administration & Educational Policy Studies)
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- MV=PQ: A Resource for Economic Educators (Secondary) Topics related to economics and financial literacy.
- Viva La Historia - a nice blog with teacher and students inputs
- Speaking of History - an 8th grade American history teacher in Liberty, Missouri discusses education, technology and history
- Back to the Future... No, I mean PAST! - A Middle School History and Research teacher/blogger travels back in time to discuss class projects, technology, and shares photos of his student's journeys!
Study: Stress gene may influence PTSD
Study: Stress gene may influence PTSD By Lindsey Tanner - The Associated Press Posted : Thursday Mar 20, 2008 11:07:01 EDT CHICAGO — Groundbreaking research suggests genes help explain why some people can recover from a traumatic event while others suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. Though preliminary, the study provides insight into a condition expected to strike increasing numbers of military veterans returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, one health expert said. Researchers found that specific variations in a stress-related gene appeared to be influenced by trauma at a young age — in this case, child abuse.Study: US perceived as 19th LEAST corrupt country in the world.
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The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the perceived level of public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The CPI is a "survey of surveys", based on 13 different expert and business surveys.
Fascinating stuff.
UW-Milwaukee Study Could Realign Climate Change Theory
ABC UW-Milwaukee Study Could Realign Climate Change Theory Scientists Claim Earth Is Undergoing Natural Climate Shift MILWAUKEE -- The bitter cold and record snowfalls from two wicked winters are causing people to ask if the global climate is truly changing. The climate is known to be variable and, in recent years, more scientific thought and research has been focused on the global temperature and how humanity might be influencing it. However, a new study by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee could turn the climate change world upside down.Most Americans Pray Every Day, Studies Say- Oh, Really? Could've Fooled Me!
According to The Washington Times, the United States may be a secular nation, but its people are anything but. In fact, 90 percent of Americans have a spiritual interlude with God every day, according to a new study released last week and covered in The Washington Times.... "Most prayer writers imagine a God who is accessible, listening, and a source of emotional and psychological support, who at least sometimes answers back," said Wendy Cadge, a sociologist who directed the research for Brandeis University.Obama's Mind Game
By Robin of Berkeley November 17, 2009 We're playing those mind games together Pushing the barriers, Planting seeds Playing the mind guerrilla Chanting the mantra, peace on earth -John Lennon It's a chilling moment when the light goes out in someone's eyes. A once-radiant child hardens from abuse. A woman's heart shrinks after her husband's abandonment.i cannot focus on my studies :(
so i am always talking with my bf or whenever he is not around i keep sending text messages to him or i just Think about our moments together and our future together i used to be very successful student but it has been one year and half that i completely left my books in drawers where i dont even look at them and havent had any improvment in my life job or studies my whole life rolls around my bf i want to start studying again and need help how to focus on studies and how do i decrease the time i spend with bfhow to not gain weight while i study?
when i have like a couple of months when i just have to sit at home and study-i can't help it i just gain weight! omg if anyone here can tell me how to not let it happen than please don't keep it a secret lol well it's just that studying is sooo boring (especially history and stuff) so i can't just sit there like those skinny-ass girls and drink a cup of water every hour lol no offense skinny-ass girls yall look good so.. well if any of you have an idea how to do that it would be great!Study about what women find attractive
A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle. For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with duct tape over his mouth and a spear lodged in his chest while he is on fire.Cambridge University Studying Amy Winehouse Lyrics
Amy Winehouse may be a junkie, but the girl has talent, which is why students at Cambridge University are now analyzing her lyrics as poetry. Cambridge University students have been asked to compare the lyrics of the pop star Amy Winehouse with the poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh in a final year exam paper. "Those taking the Practical Criticism paper were given a sheet containing the singer's words to her single Love is a Losing Game and asked to contrast them with a work by the 16th century poet and explorer," reports the UK's Telegraph.
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