August 2011
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Think You're An Auditory Or Visual Learner?... →
world-shaker:
I’d say this is a pretty significant development:
An entire industry has sprouted based on learning styles. There are workshops for teachers, products targeted at different learning styles and some schools that even evaluate students based on this theory.
This prompted Doug Rohrer, a psychologist at the University of South Florida, to look more closely at the learning...
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“By one estimate, 65 percent of children entering grade school this year will end...”
– Duke University’s Cathy N. Davidson on how to transform our schools. (via theatlantic)
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Watchhrrrthrrr:
I love Two Door Cinema Club. Like love love them. And this live acoustic version of Undercover Martyn is just lovely.
“I don’t mean to criticize. Anyone. Actually. Except for MTV. You might have had...”
– Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on MTV (via nedhepburn)
davidcho:
Michael Jackson feat. Jay-Z - ‘You...
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“The implications of Thomas’s leadership for the Court, and for the country, are...”
– The Thomases vs. Obama’s Health-Care Plan (via azspot)
Ziablog: Florida’s welfare drug testing costs more... →
ziatroyano:
A WFTV investigation found that out of the 40 recipients tested by Department of Central Florida’s (DCF) region, only two resulted in positive results. And one of those tests is being appealed.
Under the rules of the program, the state must reimburse recipients who receive negative…
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Letters To My Country: Pssst. Obamacare is... →
manicchill:
Recent data published by both the Standard & Poor’s Healthcare Economic Composite Index and the Congressional Budget Office reveal some unusually good news on the Medicare spending front.
The rapid growth in annual government spending on Medicare is slowing down - and is…
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Ryan Adams Confirms New Album - Clash Music →
travors:
Ryan Adams is set to release ‘Ashes & Fire’ on October 10th. Tracklisting:
Dirty Rain Ashes & Fire Come Home Rocks Do I Wait Chains Of Love Invisible Riverside Save Me Kindness Lucky Now I Love You But I Don’t Know What To Say
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“To paraphrase a favorite quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: If a woman wants to be in...”
– mnguyen: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on believing in your own potential
Be still my heart.
(via awomansplace)
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“On Tuesday Ryan Taylor, 30, a theater director in Washington, got the last...”
– Monica wrote an article for the front page of the Washington Post that literally just talks about the good stuff that happened to random people yesterday. (via washingtonpoststyle)
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes,” he told Becky Quick. “You just pass a law...”
– Warren Buffett’s ingenious deficit idea- MSN Money (via brit)
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“Conservatives hate the ‘liberal’ media so much, they’re even willing to accept...”
– JON STEWART, reacting to Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs claiming there’s “scientific proof that the mainstream liberal media is blatantly liberal in its bias,” on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
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“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I’ve accomplished something,...”
– Nora Ephron (via atomos)
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“Under the law, we’re making it illegal to charge women more just because of...”
– Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the HHS Dept mandate that birth control must be fully covered by health insurance as preventative care. Co-payments on the pill, as well as on other services like gestational diabetes testing, STI and HIV counseling, and domestic abuse screening, are to be done away... 