Blogged From John Pangia at 02. Apr 2007 21:03 under Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object
News Item: 1800 felons on public payroll in NJ This, believe it or not, does have its pluses and minuses. Certain public works departments hire former prison inmates to give them a new start. As long as these employees stay out of trouble and remain drug free, they get to keep their jobs. That would be a plus, because with no prospect of employment at all, returning to crime would be the likely alternative. Certain school districts have convicted felons on their payroll. That would checked off as a minus. While there is a law on the books against hiring teachers who used to be drug dealers, there's nothing legal stopping you from working in a classroom if you have committed murder. A definate minus. You can have a drug offense or gun charge on your rec[...]
http://www.phillyfuture.org/node/5175
Blogged From Kristina Chew, PhD at 02. Apr 2007 20:00 under Money, Parenting, Health, Diagnosis, Charlisms, ASD, Aspergers, autism, babies, children, diagnosis, Education, health, infants, music, parenting, PDD NOS, science, songs
Research in the April Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine—-a special theme issue on autism spectrum disorders—-are about the early detection of autism and also the costs to society of taking care of an autistic person throughout his or her lifetime. As Geraldine Dawson, Ph.D., of the Autism Center at the University of Washington, Seattle, [...]
http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/b5media/AutismVox/~3/106086695/
Blogged From at 02. Apr 2007 19:17
Lovely spam, wonderful spa-a-m,Lovely spam, wonderful S Spam,Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am,Spa-a-a-a-a-a-a-am,SPA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM,SPA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM,LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPAM,LOVELY SPAM, LOVELY SPAM,LOVELY SPA-A-A-A-AM...SPA-AM, SPA-AM, SPA-AM, SPA-A-A-AMIt was fun being a baby boomer. . . until now.Some of the artists of the 60s are revisingtheir hits with new lyrics to accommodateaging baby boomers.I don't mind being a boomer but the word "aging" hits me in a bad place.But oh well. It's better to be agingthan to be decomposing, like Beethoven.Ahem. Back to this re-worked music.Some of the titles include:Herman's Hermits--Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely WalkerRingo Starr--I Get By With a Little HelpFrom DependsThe Bee Gees--How Can You Mend A Broken HipBobby Darin--S[...]
http://weeklyscheiss.blogspot.com/2007/04/spam-spamspam-spam-okay-you-know-drill.html
Blogged From Kristina Chew, PhD at 02. Apr 2007 18:24 under Treatment, Science, Technology, ASD, Aspergers, autism, children, Education, family, health, internet, medicine, parenting, PDD NOS, science
The just-launched Interactive Autism Network Community (IAN)—-which houses the first national online autism registry—-was launched today by the Kennedy Krieger Institute. The IAN hopes to help families of autistic children to: - Understand the research process - Keep up with the latest research findings, news, and events - Understand the value of participating in autism research - Influence [...]
http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/b5media/AutismVox/~3/106063473/
Blogged From Kristina Chew, PhD at 02. Apr 2007 08:27 under Media, Autism Organizations, Epidemic, ASD, Aspergers, autism, children, diagnosis, Education, epidemic, health, music, parenting, PDD NOS, science
In an interview in the April 2nd TV Week, Bob Wright speaks on his long career at NBC and then, along with Suzanne Wright, on Autism Speaks. The Wrights describe their grandson Christian’s “regressive autism” and what being autism grandparents has been like for them more generally. From the interview, it does seem that Autism [...]
http://feeds.b5media.com/~r/b5media/AutismVox/~3/105949198/
Blogged From at 02. Apr 2007 04:13
It's time for the March Perfect Post Awards, and mine goes to my friend Miguel of "Rarely Pure and Never Simple" for his wonderful post "I Remember When This Whole Thing Began." It's about how he misses his faith, and it struck a deep chord with me, because, you see, I miss mine, too, and Miguel is so eloquent and somehow he sums it all up in his post, perfectly. In March. Hence, a March Perfect Post Award.And just when I thought he couldn't possibly touch my heart any deeper, he went and wrote another post that actually made me sit up straight and say "Oh my GOSH" because suddenly, something I'd wondered about all my life was made crystal clear by this beautiful man and his beautiful, lyrical writing and his amazing insights.Thank you, MommaK and Lindsay[...]
http://weeklyscheiss.blogspot.com/2007/04/march-perfect-post-award.html
Blogged From Mark Wagner at 01. Apr 2007 19:41 under Education
The Pressure on Girls to be Smart…and Hot (Via Weblogg-ed News: The Read/Write Web in the Classroom.) Will’s thinking on the pressures society puts on girls to be both brilliant and “effortlessly hot” lead him to ask questions that can form the basis of a passion-based eduction: How do I help her find those things that [...]
http://edtechlife.com/?p=1642
Blogged From rightwingprof at 01. Apr 2007 18:58 under Education, Math
Statistics are an invaluable tool for improving your teaching and making your class fairer for your students. With statistics, you can identify bad test questions and throw them out. You can identify questions many students should have gotten right but did not, and determine what went wrong. You can determine how well the assignments you [...]
http://rightwingnation.com/index.php/2007/04/01/3147/
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