Linus Likes Windows 7...(just for PB)

Linus Likes Windows 7...(just for PB)

And you thought I was kidding...

Controlling the Weather and Climate Change...solved!

For anyone who thinks Bill Gates can't make waves:

Climate Change and a Garden Hose to the Sky

Weather...under control

Check out: Intellectual Ventures

Win 7 and the 777 special at BK

Yes, it’s true. Seriously, this isn’t a joke made up by your health teacher. And it only costs 777 yen.

Get your free Kindle!!!

Time to sign up for your free kindle

Enjoy access to 360,000 books, newspapers, blogs, and magazines.

While you’re at it, check out the Nook.

(Journalists & everybody) Net Neutrality: What it is and what it means to you...

If you use upload pictures, download music, or like watching YouTube, this is an issue that has a direct effect on you:
Net Neutrality and why you should care
The latest on the FCC and Net Neutrality
A move to block Net Neutrality
Save The Internet Group

Questions
1. What did you know about this issue before reading these articles?
2. What did you learn from these articles?
3. What do you want to know?
4. How do you feel about net neutrality? Is it necessary or would you be OK with tiered services or a bandwidth limit?

AP: The Wild Things inside you

You may see some connections here to White Noise (funny how writers are often ahead of scientists and social scientists). Enjoy the article about Where the Wild Things Are (the movie).

Windows 7…for $2.93

Globalization…what do you think?

Women from 1000 to 1960…and now the last 50 years

Interesting audio interview and article about a new book coming out that is related to you recent editorials.

Matt Quick interviewed by Barnes & Noble

Great interview with Matt Quick about his writing, Hollywood, and his new novel:

Quick-Witted Novelist Offers Up Heavy Subjects Wit... - Barnes & Noble Book Clubs

President Obama Teaches English…in Japan.

Definitely worth checking out:

Obama Becomes Japan’s English Teacher

AIDS Transmission sheet from the CDC

To address the volume of medical questions we keep getting:

AIDS Transmission sheet from the CDC

Answers.com Topic: AIDS

Old Hemingway Assignment

Text and these questions

The Large Hadron Collider and its "fate"?

You might like this story about the Large Hadron Collider, which is set to get back to work soon. But is the Collider destined to failure? AP students and those who read Saturday will recognize quite a bit in this article.

Journalism: student discipline story may be in order...

The Disciplining of Zachary

Journalism: 2 Editorials, 2 Pulitzer Prize winners, 1 newspaper…your call

Editorial #1

Editorial #2

Answer the following:

1. What is the primary focus?

2. What is the call to action?

3. Which one is more effective.

Columbus in the classroom today…

Columbus in NY Times

The Financial Crisis: About that giant pool of money…83 trillion dollars…where does it go?

Financial Crisis Overview and how things are going these days.

Yes, I know this is a little long, but it will give you a lot of insight into the world in which you find yourself…

Nobel Prize Winners...and a huge surprise...

Hi Folks,
We usually cover the Nobel winners in the newspaper. This year is very unusual. First of all, a lot of the prizes awarded are for advances that relate directly to our lives. In addition, a real surprise comes to us in the form of the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to President Barack Obama.

Meanwhile the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists who made it possible for you to have digital cameras and the fiber optics capable of supporting the internet.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to work on mapping out the ribosome (this is important because it has to do with antibiotics).

The Nobel Prize in Medicine went to three Americans.

The Nobel Prize in Literature went to Herta Mueller.

Here are some odd facts about the Nobel Prize Winners.

Babe Ruth...at bat

Check out some never before seen footage of Babe Ruth.

AT&T to allow free calling from your iPhone…

Don’t believe me? You might find this interesting…followup on it and see where it leads:

From the Desk of David Pogue - AT&T Does the Right Thing - NYTimes.com

America’s Image abroad: Does it matter?

Two columnists sound off:

John Miller “Nobody Likes Us, Who Cares?”

Fareed Zakaria “Obama’s Big Gamble”

What do you think? (Possible issue #2 OP/ED piece)

World Lit: Bateman (the name, various meanings, and connection to Greek Myth)

A follow to Friday’s question about Batemen. This name may have two significations, “Baitman,” a keeper of a house of entertainment, and “Bateman,” a contentious man, from bate, Saxon, strife, to beat, contention.

In addition, we should note that the name is linked to a first bearer who worked as a boatman (this is interesting for those of you who know who Charon is) and is derived from the English term “bat” (which means boat—not the flying mammal). Oddly, the word “Bate” usually turns up in the surname of Bater where Anglo-Saxon naming conventions are concerned.

As far as religious affiliation it could be either Christian or Jewish (or it is possible a bearer of the name could be something else). In the case of this Mr. Bateman, he is most likely Caucasian (though England itself has a sizable non-Caucasian population), English expatriate, who plans to open a "chain of funeral homes across the country, and is Christian (as is the community he serves). (note that he is not an Afrikaner. Afrikaners are white Afrikaans-speaking people who have been established in Southern Africa since the 17th century and are mainly of northwestern European descent (mostly Dutch, German and French ancestry). Afrikaner is a noun, Afrikaans the adjective (i.e., an Afrikaans person or an Afrikaner). Here is a picture of Charon, the ferryman of Hades (the Greek underworld--here is the correct pronunciation):

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White Noise Connection: Pope John XXIII

Here is a picture taken in July of 2009 of Pope John XXIII’s well preserved body. He died in June of 1963 (JFK, November of 1963, thus the picture referenced in the book).

The church has chalked this up to his original tomb being airtight rather than divine intervention. He is being considered for sainthood at this time (but he was quite controversial). Nevertheless, the Vatican has decided to keep him on display. His facial expression is unchanged from the time he died.

National Day on Writing

National Day on Writing is coming: October 20, 2009

Tips for Writers

What will you write?

Editorial Examples for study

Focus on Editorials:

Cracks in the Future

Know thy Enemy

The New Sputnik

Let’s Get Real About Alternative Energy

Questions about these articles

Updated Browser Market Share Figures

Montana was looking for these not to long ago.
Bing Share in Search Engines

Amy Aaronson (Class of 2005)

Amy Aaronson (Class of 2005) is now a meteorologist on the Weather Channel. See her deliver the weather.