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I'm going to teach; so fire me
Seeded on Tue Sep 6, 2011 9:28 AM EDT (The Roanoke Times)
<q> It would seem that the experts want to create a new master super-teacher type: teachers who all look alike, think alike, act alike, teach alike, plan alike and assess alike.
Firefox 7 Beta: Some Quick and Dirty Benchmarks
Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:01 AM EDT
As some of you cutting-edge types may be aware of, Firefox released version 7 to it's beta channel last night. So I thought I'd run a couple benchmarks to see how it stacks up. Acid3: 97/100 This is the same as FF6, so no improvement there. …
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Florida Sunset Over the Gulf
Fri Jul 15, 2011 7:45 PM EDT
Pictures from St. Pete Beach, Florida on 7/14/2011. Shot with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH22. Sunset Scene mode. Original pictures were 14 megapixels, but I had to compress them to upload here.
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The scam behind the rise in oil, food prices
Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:34 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
The debate within the industry is more subdued, perhaps to avoid a public fight between suppliers and distributors who don't want to rock the boat.
Should employers be blind to private beliefs?
Seeded on Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:56 PM EST (Boing Boing)
First, is it always wrong to discriminate against holders of certain beliefs when appointing? Second, should it make a difference if the beliefs are based on religion? Is it a good law that deems religious belief a peculiarly private matter, to which we should be conscientiously …
Some Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:49 AM EST
In the course of my career as a computerismo, I've come across a few keyboard shortcuts that come in handy from time to time, so I'll share them here. Since I work primarily with Windows, this will be Windows specific.
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Homeless man Ted Williams, who has 'golden' radio voice, gets second chance
Seeded on Wed Jan 5, 2011 11:58 AM EST (New York Post)
The homeless man with the "golden radio voice" wanted a second chance -- and did he ever get it.
The Hijacked Commission
Seeded on Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:39 AM EST (The New York Times)
Count me among those who always believed that President Obama made a big mistake when he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform — a supposedly bipartisan panel charged with coming up with solutions to the nation's long-run fiscal problems.
Modern Whig Party
Seeded on Mon Nov 1, 2010 9:50 PM EDT (indecisionforever.com)
Remember the Whig Party? No? That is because you were not born in 1830, and also because you did not pay attention in history class. You are the reason America is lagging behind in everything important.
Four Hands Guitar
Seeded on Wed May 19, 2010 4:46 PM EDT (YouTube)
Jerry's Breakdown played by 2 guys, guitar.
Really?
Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:00 PM EDT
Background: I have a friend that likes to post her thoughts on facebook. Not out of the ordinary, in and of itself. Those thoughts, however, usually make me take a second look, summarily making my head implode. The following is a running tally of those status updates.
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No Speed Limit - Poor Wayfaring Stranger
Seeded on Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:59 PM EDT (YouTube)
From Southwest VA. Amber Collins has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard. Josh Pickett was the youngest guitar player to ever win the Internation Guitar Championship at Merlefest.
What gives?
Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:57 PM EDT
Ok, I'm trying to get a handle on whether IE is crapping out on me, or whether NV is, so, is it just me, or is Newsvine acting buggy today? Half of the articles I can't get to, I'm getting 'IE cannot display the webpage' errors, and the other half take a helluva long time to lo …
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Are Most Emergency Room Visits Really Unnecessary?
Seeded on Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:08 AM EST (Slate)
If we could only convince patients to take their stubbed toes to urgent-care clinics or primary-care offices instead of ERs, the thinking goes, we could save a load and help fix this whole health care fiasco. But there are a few problems with this logic.
Cisco CRS-3 Router Looks to Deliver More Online Video
Seeded on Tue Mar 9, 2010 3:58 PM EST ()
CRS-3 is nonetheless capable of handling enormous amounts of online traffic, with a Cisco executive claiming that the router with its 322-terabit-per-second capacity could enable every man, woman and child in China to make a video call simultaneously, or download every movie ever …
Va gov won't rule out VP run in radio interview
Seeded on Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:30 PM EST ()
Gov. Bob McDonnell wouldn't commit in a live radio show to staying on the job the full four years if offered a spot on a national Republican ticket.
Testing, Test, 1..2..
Tue Feb 2, 2010 8:15 AM EST
Seems some code change has rendered the ability to post comments non functional this morning. Circa 08:15 Eastern Standard, 02/02/10. Anyone else with this issue?
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Good and Boring
Seeded on Mon Feb 1, 2010 11:31 AM EST (The New York Times)
In times of crisis, good news is no news. Iceland's meltdown made headlines; the remarkable stability of Canada's banks, not so much.
Should Utility Companies Be Nationalized?
Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:31 AM EST
In my area, SW Virginia, Appalachian Power, a division of American Electric Power (AEP), increased its rates by over 15%, marking the 13th rate hike in 5 years.
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Trips to Mars in 39 Days
Seeded on Wed Oct 7, 2009 1:39 PM EDT (universetoday.com)
Using traditional chemical rockets, a trip to Mars – at quickest — lasts 6 months. But a new rocket tested successfully last week could potentially cut down travel time to the Red Planet to just 39 days.
The Economy Is A Lie, Too
Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:32 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
Americans cannot get any truth out of their government about anything, the economy included. Americans are being driven into the ground economically, with one million school children now homeless, while Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke announces that the recession is over.
WATCH: DoJ Official Blows Cover Off PATRIOT Act
Seeded on Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:37 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Only three of the 763 "sneak-and-peek" requests in fiscal year 2008 involved terrorism cases, according to a July 2009 report from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Sixty-five percent were drug cases.
Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food
Seeded on Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:35 PM EDT (TIME)
Horror stories about the food industry have long been with us — ever since 1906, when Upton Sinclair's landmark novel The Jungle told some ugly truths about how America produces its meat. In the century that followed, things got much better, and in some ways much worse. The U.S.
New battery could change world, one house at a time
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:16 PM EDT (heraldextra.com)
Ceramatec says its new generation of battery would deliver a continuous flow of 5 kilowatts of electricity over four hours, with 3,650 daily discharge/recharge cycles over 10 years.
Eastman Chemical Spill In Holston River | TriCities
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:40 PM EDT (www2.tricities.com)
Another chemical spill at Eastman Chemical Company on Wednesday morning.
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Thanks for joining my environmental group. I have some other groups now too, if you would like to take a look.
http://illuminate.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/18/4701000-listing-invitation-to-the-groups-ive-created
— McSpocky
Great comments and seeds! I have a new group that I would like to invite you to join, if you are interested,
http://begreener.newsvine.com/
Take care!— McSpocky
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— larrrs
Huge fan of Thoreau.
"All good things are wild and free"— jms2qc
BA, thanks for the invite! Your comments and seeds are awesome.
— UDbmas
I can't believe I'm your first commenter with as much as you contribute to the Vine. Things always get interesting when you show up on a thread! I do appreciate your pointed comments and your sense of humor.
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