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The Incomplete Child: An Intellectual History of Learning Disabilities
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The Playing Fields of Eton: Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy
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(Mis)understanding Families: Learning from Real Families in Our Schools
“Dialogue presupposes that we talk with each other, not at each other” (Brock, 2010, p.129). In (Mis)Understanding Families, editors Monica Miller Marsh and Tammy Turner-Vorbeck successfully assemble diverse and powerful voices that will enrich the dialogue about families’ roles in schools. In eleven chapters, divided in two parts, readers are introduced...
The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service Learning
Since an initial explosion in the 1980s, service learning has become increasingly popular on college campuses around the country (Stoecker & Tryon, 2009, p. 3). Many faculty and university administrators, in part, promote service learning because they believe it facilitates student learning. In fact, student benefits are generally well supported....
The Classrooms All Young Children Need: Lessons in Teaching from Vivian Paley
Vivian Paley, a laboratory schoolteacher of young children has written 12 ethnographic books describing and reflecting on classroom practices. These are rich books, marvelously detailed and thoughtful. The stated goal of Patricia Cooper’s book, The Classrooms All Young Children Need: Lessons in Teaching from Vivian Paley, is to make the...
Diversity's Promise for Higher Education: Making It Work
In Diversity’s Promise for Higher Education: Making it Work, Daryl G. Smith provides scholars and administrators with a valuable resource in offering a multi-faceted approach for colleges and universities to follow in seeking to make diversity efforts constitute a core part of institutional functioning. Research demonstrates that diversity initiatives at...
CogDogBlog
There’s Gotta Be a Better Way To Search a WordPress Blog
cc licensed flickr photo shared by Stéfan That little search field and button in WordPress has not changed in function one bit since i started with WordPress. Oh sure, you can pop words in there, and get list of results. That works. But it is really limiting, especially when you have...
cc licensed flickr photo shared by aliceskr It’s been rattling around in the grey matter since Saturday, an un-organized strand of thoughts about the TEDxNYED event– and lacking a clever title, I made it a past tense verb (and that is something I expect no one to even spot as clever). Just...
Reborn: Five Card Flickr Stories
It’s been on my to do list since August, but I finally got the last mile of code done to restore my Five Card Flickr stories site to life. If you had not played with this before, the initial description tells it all: I’ve been ultra interested in the idea of...
Today’s Lucky Stumbling Find: Turn Any Part of Web Page into Dashboard Widget
Again, nothing warms this web dog’;s heart that accidentally discovering something useful. With my two daily photo habits (@dailyshoot and 2010/365 photos) I am continually having to seek out specific bits of information. For dailyshoot I check in the morning what the assignment is usually by a visit to their twitter...
Last week I was deeply immersed (3 days x 14 hours ea) in helping run an NMC Conference in Second Life. Something that has always been obvious came knock me over with a hammer obvious – there is something perversely wrong in communicating something in a 3D space using 2D...
I saw Mikhail’s effort of telling the story of The Shining in 6 Frames in response to Jim Groom’s explanation of this as an activity used in his digital storytelling class. But c’mon, how many other ways do you mix up Jack with an Ax, Jack in the Ice, Jack in...
HeyJude
Augmented Reality – it’s literacy!
While I’m really interested in all sorts of technology possibilities, as a person responsible for a huge library facility and resource centre I passionately believe that the first and most important ‘augmented reality’ option for children and youth are found in books, magazine, graphic novels and more. Good books. Good literature....
The Digital and Literacy World of Young Children
A new report from the Pearson Foundation examines how digital media is affecting early literacy around the globe. How is digital media changing the way young children learn? Could the way young children learn be evolving to meet a new, dynamic digital media format? Authors Jay Blanchard, a professor at Arizona State...
A new look to your Second Life
Second Life Viewer 2, now in beta, is the next generation of Second Life viewers that makes it easy to explore and socialize in Second Life with a familiar, browser-like experience, enhanced search, and fully integrated web-based media capabilities. Test Drive Second Life Viewer 2, Now in Beta by downloading...
Did you know what’s happening to the Internet?
This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. This completely new September 2009 version includes facts and statistics focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. Thanks to Wes Fryer for the tip-off in his post Can you...
I wonder how many classrooms in Australia will spend time this week talking about, reviewing and learning about the impact of earthquakes and tsunami on countries and people? This weekend saw the earthquake in Chile and the tsunami it created affecting many parts of the world. The Chilean president declared a...
Library of the Future in Plain English
(via Tame the Web) Filed under: Future Directions, Library 2.0, Productivity ...
BlogHighEd.org
Higher Ed Marketing - SXSW: tomorrow is happening there, but I?m still stuck in today
Nope, I’m not at SXSW either. I’ve never been. Probably never will go. It happens to fall right around the time of the busiest event on our campus, the annual St. Pat’s Celebration, and I pretty much need to stick around campus for the d......
Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting - Links for 2010-03-13 [del.icio.us]
Universities in the "Free" Era - SXSW 2010 Presentation Links for SXSW 2010 Presentat......
Just a few things to say about this week’s round of sites. They were overall pretty good, nothing earth shattering but at the same time they didn’t fall flat on their faces. Elon University had a super clean interface and a pretty good amount......
Mark Greenfield - Higher Ed Web Consulting - Links for 2010-03-12 [del.icio.us]
Flipping the HigherEd Funnel...
Ron Bronson - Social media & The independent school
Independent schools have a bit of a different thing to consider when deciding on ways to leverage social media. While theyre not colleges, many of them are very different than traditional parochial or private schools in local communities due to their rec......
TargetX iThink Online - Taming the social media beast
Marketers in all industries — including higher education — feel overwhelmed by the looming presence of social media. They know they have to use the tools of the social web, but struggle with how to do so effectively. Some still aren’t su......
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Universal Design & Technology with Ira Socol
I am pleased to announce the Ira Socol will be giving a publicly available presentation on Universal Design on Monday March 8/10, at 6:30 p.m. CST. This session is directed at our preservice teachers who are taking Disability Studies, but the presentation will be available to all interested attendees via...
A Conversation with Mott & Wiley
Our Journal, in education, invites you to the following conversation with Jon Mott & David Wiley. See details from the Journal site. ——- One of our goals for in education is to create opportunities for our authors to engage in conversations with the larger educational community. After the publication of each issue,...
A Conversation With Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Severn Cullis-Suzuki will be our guest at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina this March 4th, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. CST. The title of the talk is “Education for Sustainability: Touching All Of Our Lives”. I will be live streaming the event at my Open Thinking Ustream Channel. We...
I am fascinated by PSAs. I am especially interested in what I believe to be a false assumption that the more graphic the ad, the more effective it will be in delivering its intended message to viewers. I can think of recent ads from the UK regarding txting while driving,...
No Child Left Thinking – Dr. Joel Westheimer
Dr. Joel Westheimer is presenting a public lecture at the University of Regina on Monday, January 25th, 3:30-4:45 (CST). I will doing my best to stream the event live via this Ustream channel. Details of the session are found below. “No Child Left Thinking: Democracy at Risk in Canadian Schools” Dr. Joel Westheimer...
Role of Teacher Education – We Need Your Help
Dean Shareski and I are presenting at Educon 2.2 in Philadelphia, and our topic is “(Re)Imagining Social Media & Technology in Teacher Education”. We are hoping to find individuals that will help us introduce the topic. More specifically, we are looking for insight in answering the following questions regarding the...
Patrick Malley
Apple Will Replace iPads with Dead Batteries for $99
Apple Will Replace iPads That Have Dead Batteries for $99 That’s right. If your iPad loses it’s charge, send it in with $99 and Apple will send you a whole new (or refurbished) unit. For those curious, I ordered a 32 GB Wi-Fi model without accessories....
Is Moodle 2 Out Yet? An informative single serving webpage from yours truly....
Making Moodle Boring Tomaz Lasic has moved into a full-time position at Moodle HQ as an “Educational Researcher.” Part of his role, he says, is to look for new and better ways to make Moodle work for educators as a simple and effortless tool. Man, I hope he’s successful. In writing about...
Curling Explained It’s amazing how much of this sport I’ve watched this Olympic season without really knowing much about it. Quick and easy infographic....
Student Suspended for Facebook Page Can Sue
Student is suing school over suspension for a Facebook page she created to criticize her teacher School officials suspended her for three days, saying she had been “cyberbullying” the teacher[.]...
Dan Meyer is a Badass Here’s why: Throughout 2009, I recorded several dozen statistics about a) the pop culture I consumed, b) the people I talked to, c) the beer I drank, d) the places I visited, e) the vehicles I took to those places, and f) the amount of sleep I...
TLN Teacher Voices
Taking the Words Right Out of My Mouth
A review of the Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software Reviewed by Karen Van Duyn High School English & Drama (IN) Teacher Leaders Network What does a teacher do when she starts to feel like an “old” teacher? Why, she......
Expert Advice about Parent Engagement: An Interview with Larry Ferlazzo
The ever-resourceful Larry Ferlazzo joined the Teacher Leaders Network in 2008, to our great benefit. Larry was already well-established as a leading edu-blogger, widely known for his daily outpouring of useful (most often web-based) teaching ideas and resources. Larry entered......
Powerful Teaching with Metaphors & Analogies
Metaphors and Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching in any Subject by Rick Wormeli (Stenhouse, 2009) Reviewed by Marsha Ratzel, NBCT Middle Grades Math and Science (KS) Teacher Leaders Network Metaphors and Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching in any Subject taught......
Caring Teachers and Confident Students
Teaching as an Act of Love by Richard Lakin (iUniverse, 2009) The Complete Guide to the Gap Year by Kristin M. White (Jossey-Bass, 2009) Reviewed by David B. Cohen, NBCT High School English & Counseling (CA) Teacher Leaders Network Newspapers......
PLCs at Work: An Interview with Teacher-Author Bill Ferriter
Bill Ferriter’s participation in the Teacher Leaders Network began in March 2003, on the very first day of TLN’s existence. We kicked off TLN with an email conversation among 200 accomplished teachers, mostly from states in the southeast. The idea......
Teachers as Senior Education Leaders
In a recent blog post at On the Shoulders of Giants, TLN member Ariel Sacks reflected on a new program planned by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, aimed at producing 21st century education leaders prepared with the business skills......
Education Week American Education News Site of Record
Administration Unveils ESEA Renewal Blueprint
The plan aims to address complaints that the law’s current version—NCLB—is inflexible and sets the bar too low on academic achievement. ...
Texas Ed Board Adopts Social Studies Standards
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Recession Endangers Childhood Education Program
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Book Trains Critical Eye on AP Program's Impact
New research probes a broad range of questions about Advanced Placement courses and tests, as expectations for them continue to climb. ...
Lesbian Teen Sues to Force School to Hold Prom
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Pope Meets With German Bishop Amid Sex Scandal
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Financial Times Global MBA Rankings 2010
Methedology Used: The rankings are based on data collected from two main sources, alumni and business schools. This year a total of 156 business schools met the criteria for participation and completed the school survey provided. Some 21,328 alumni, of the graduating class of 2006, were then asked to complete an...
Business Week Part Time MBA Rankings 2009
Following are the 2009 Part Time MBA Rankins from Business Week. Read Full Report Here Methedology Used to rank Part Time MBA Programmes: A student survey, sent to 12,414 part-time MBA students at 99 programs and completed by 4,222 (34%), measures general student satisfaction. The academic quality score consists of six equally weighted...
Oflate a lot of students have been coming up with basic queries related to part time MBA. Who must opt for part time MBA? Is part time MBA worth pursuing? Can I change careers after doing part time MBA? So on and so forth. So today we would be handling...
Go Grab those MBA Interview Opportunities
Samantha is an applicant for the MBA 2010-2012 session. She has an above average GMAT (say 680), 3.0 GPA, is a state level Tennis player, has a 4+ years work experience at a Software Company, and has some A grades in some quant course that she took at the community...
Business School Profiles of 18 European Business Schools
US MBA vs UK MBA has always been a topic of contention among MBA aspirants. Being a mathematician’s wife keeps my love for numbers alive and fresh all year round. We have already assessed some numbers for 40 US Business Schools in terms of age, class size, work experience, GMAT...
It’s been a long time since I last posted. Sindhoor came to my rescue again. Dagny Many of the questions in GMAT’s SC section are on pronoun- antecedent agreement or Subject-Verb agreement. When you look at it, the concept of “Agreement” is very simple to understand. Singular subject should...
L.A. Times - Education
The Big Idea -- it's bad education policy
One simple solution for our schools? A captivating promise, but a false one. ...
Franklin High's Academic Decathlon team is first to compete at state tournament
The nine-member team, which represents a school that has struggled academically and faced gang problems, surprised many with its success at the LAUSD competition in February. ...
Obama seeks to overhaul No Child Left Behind
The president, in his weekly address, says he'll send a blueprint to Congress to give high school grads 'the best chance to succeed' globally. Republicans insist the economy is being ignored. ...
UC ordered to refund $38 million to professional degree students
The university violated a pledge that fees would not rise during students' enrollments, a judge rules. The refunds will apply to students who began law, medicine, nursing and other programs in 2003. ...
Serious lab accident at UCLA in 2007 was not reported
A student was injured in an incident similar to one in 2008 that killed a research assistant. ...
Minneapolis schools on lockdown for 2nd day
Minneapolis Public Schools is on lockdown for the second day after a threat was made on a social networking site. ...
Antonio Viva
edSocialMedia Bootcamp Keynote St. John's Prep
A word of thanks to the folks over at WhippleHill Communications for streaming my keynote at the edSocialMedia Bootcamp at St. John’s Prep in Danvers, MA. Over 20 independent school professionals in all areas of advancement came together to learn and discuss the power and potential of social media in...
A Conversation with Michael Stoner
A few weeks back I was contacted by Michael Stoner, one of the partners at mStoner, a leading edge marketing and communications firm based out of Chicago. Michael was researching and writing an article for the January 2010 issue of CASE Currents Magazine. We spent part of a late afternoon...
Presentation to WA Board of Visitors
I was recently asked to make a presentation to the Academy’s Board of Visitors on Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. The focus of the presentation was to provide a context of how has the purpose of school changed, what skills, attributes and experiences do students need to be...
Sharing thoughts on 1 to 1 Laptop Learning
I was recently inteviewed by members of Worcester Academy’s Board of Visitors regarding 1 to 1 laptop learning. ...
Monday Morning Meditation – A Great Revolution
I came across this great quote by Daisaku Ikeda, who is president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. I was searching this past weekend for some inspiration around the...
Good Morning. I am Mr. Viva, the Associate Head of School here at Worcester Academy. And I know for a fact that many of you recognize me more from my voice than anything else. Does this sound familiar? “Good Morning, This is Mr. Viva, due to dangerous weather conditions, Worcester...
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International Measuring System of Units by Country
(Click above image to see interactive chart/map) This map shows international measuring system of units and the chronology of the advance of metric usage around the world. Only three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the United States - have yet to adopt the International System of Units as their official system...
International Measuring System of Units by Country
(Click above image to see interactive chart/map) This map shows international measuring system of units and the chronology of the advance of metric usage around the world. Only three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the United States - have yet to adopt the International System of Units as their official system...
Dataset in table format (New feature for chartsbin.com)
Chartsbin.com now offering the ability to see compiled dataset in table format. If you have feedback or thoughts on how we could improve, please don't hesitate to contact us. Have a look: International Measuring System of...
Internally Displaced Person by Country
(Click above image to see interactive chart/map) This map shows internally displaced person by country. The number of internally displaced persons in the world: ~26,000,000 What is Internally Displaced Person? Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are people or groups of individuals who have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence,...
Internally Displaced Person by Country
(Click above image to see interactive chart/map) This map shows internally displaced person by country. The number of internally displaced persons in the world: ~26,000,000 What is Internally Displaced Person? Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are people or groups of individuals who have been forced to leave their homes or places of habitual residence,...
Country of Destination of New Asylum-Seekers Applications
(Click above image to see interactive chart/map) This map shows number of new asylum-seeker applications launched into the country. The number of new asylum-seeker applications launched: 827,323 An asylum-seeker is an individual who has sought international protection and whose claim for refugee status has not yet been determined. It is important to...
Race-Talk
Afghan Prince says U.S. and Coalition Forces making big mistake
Prince Abdul Ali Seraj is a direct descendant of nine generations of kings of Afghanistan. He is also the president of the National Coalition for Dialogue with Tribes of Afghanistan, a grassroots trans-tribal movement that has had much success in unifying all the tribes and an organization that works towards...
It all started with The Root. The staff constructed a somewhat comical list of black folks they’d like to erase from black history. (Think Flavor Flav, Marion Barry, and The Apprentice’s Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth.) Okay, I thought, we can toast to that. Then came John McWhorter, the conservative scholar and author, who...
Waste` (wash-tay) Chicago; Omaha no good
In 1952 the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a subsidiary of the U. S. Department of the Interior, initiated a program for Indians living on reservations that sounded a heck of a lot like a pogrom used in Nazi Germany during World War II. America’s “pogrom” was called the “Urban Indian...
Want to know what’s wrong with the War on Drugs?
By Madhuri Mohindar and Ishita Srivastava It’s the first time that 1 in every 100 adult Americans is in prison, proof of an exploding prison system that our country can ill afford and a movement away from rehabilitation programs. Even more disturbing are the racial disparities within the...
Stop the racist attacks on our children
Originally published in Indian Country Today Just as we think we’re making progress, another hate crime rears its ugly head. And this time, it’s against our children. Last week the Web site UsedWinnipeg.com ran an advertisement headlined “Native Extraction Service” with a photograph of three young Native boys....
What “Precious” tells us about images Of blackness
Originally published on NewsOne Image is everything. Whoever said that was apparently right, especially in the Los Angeles area, home of the movie industry, the recent Academy Awards and the annual Wadsworth Elementary School Black History Month parade. All have been in the news lately highlighting the continuing...
Blog - Official Website of Dale Robyn Siegel: Learn the New Rules for Mortgages. Be Smart!
The FICO (Fair Isaac and Company) score determines so many things now; if you can get credit, a job, insurance and maybe even married (kidding). With mortgages nowadays, it not only determines if you can get a loan, but how much you have to put down and your interest rate....
Foreclosures and Pre-payment Penalties
If your mortgage has a pre-payment penalty and you default, you are still responsible to pay the early payoff fees! There is a clause in every mortgage called an acceleration clause. This gives the lender the right to foreclosure on the mortgage. When a borrower is late on the payments,...
If you have an FHA mortgage or are using one to purchase a home, you are still allowed to obtain secondary financing. This second mortgage can be in the form of a line of credit (HELOC) or fixed rate mortgage. It can also be from any lender as long as...
2009 Income, Mortgage Approvals and IRS Validation
Mr. and Mrs. Smith made more money in 2009 than they did in 2008 and they could not use that income to qualify for a mortgage. The bank could not verify it with the IRS so they would not use it. The loan was reviewed based on 2008 income and...
Mortgaging a House with(out) Wheels
For those of us that are moving up in the world, down in the world or simply taking to the road, an alternative abode (to a center hall colonial) can be a manufactured home. Simply put a double-wide trailer without the wheels on. We have all driven past those developments...
Rent to Own: The New Way to Buy Real Estate
My guest blogger today is Robert Eisenstein of Home Run Homes, an on-line portal that lists thousands of homes to lease with an option to buy nationwide. He actually has some really cool listing in Canada, the Philippines and some other corners of the globe. After going live in 2002...
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Tata Group Chair Person Ratan Tata's Profile
Ratan Tata's Real Name : Ratan TataRatan Tata's Birth Date : Dec 28, 1936 (age 72)Ratan Tata's Birth Place : Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British IndiaRatan Tata's State : Maharashtra Ratan Tata's Gender : MaleRatan Tata's Residence : Mumbai, IndiaRatan Tata's Nationality : IndiaRatan...
Hollywood Hot Celebrity Hilary Duff Profile
Hilary Duff's Real Name: Hilary DuffHilary Duff's Birth Name: Hilary Ann DuffHilary Duff's Nickname : Hil or JuicyHilary Duff's Birth Date : September 28, 1987(Age: 22)Hilary Duff's Birthplace : Houston, TX, USAHilary Duff's Hometown: Hollywood, CA, USaHilary Duff's Nationality : AmericanHilary Duff's Sex: FemaleHilary Duff's Occupation : Actress,...
American Golf Master Phil Mickelson Profile
Birth Name : Philip Alfred MickelsonNickname : Lefty Birth Date : June 16, 1970(Age: 39)Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA.Race or Ethnicity : WhiteResidence: Rancho Santa Fe, CA, USAGender : MaleProfession: - AthleteEquipment Played: CallawaySexual orientation : StraightHeight: 6' 3Weight: 190 lbs.Nationality: United StatesTurned Pro: 1992Tour: PGAOccupations : Professional golfer.Why Famous...
Hollywood Top Actress Hilary Duff Photo
With Hilary Duff joining the NYC-set series this fall, what better theme than the gritty and glam streets of the Big Apple for her latest venture?...
USA Cute Girl Hilary Duff Photo
Duff's character, Olivia, is a movie star trying to live the typical college life. Assigned to be Vanessa's (Jessica Szohr) roommate at NYU - their dorm room is the setting of the photo below - Olivia gets to know Dan Humphrey...
World's Best Actress Hilary Duff Photo
Hilary Duff is coming to start some drama on the Upper East Side....
Life in the Fast Lane
Consider a 49 year female old smoker with two weeks of increasing shortness of breath. She is being treated for pneumonia on the ward for three days but getting worse. An ICU review is performed on the ward and the following ECG is obtained. Related posts:Cardiovascular Curveball #003 Cardiovascular Curveball #001 Quiz...
In 1903, William Osler spoke to the students of the University of Toronto and told them of 'The Master Word of Medicine': "Though a little one, the master-word looms large in meaning. It is the 'Open Sesame' to every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's ...
UCEM's Demographically Impartial Public & Social Health Improvement Taskforce have released the first in a series of lunchboxes designed to raise awareness of the importance of gas masks in preventing a range of miasmatic diseases such as syphilis and shame. Related posts:UCEM’s PR Supervisor Promoted UCEM to Save the NHS UCEM Promises Communication...
Not everyone is so blessed by fortune as to have teachers as inventive and inspiring as the great Tim Koelmeyer. Such was his prescience, he foresaw the day when the equanimity of his students would be ravaged by smells from hell. Indeed, he took steps to protect us, his eager...
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five #004
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia. Question 1 What is Albers-Schonberg Disease? Reveal Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1446062456'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1446062456')) Albers-Schonberg Disease is a type of osteopetrosis – a rare congenital disorder in which the bones become extremely dense, hard,...
A 10 year-old boy with a history of enuresis was BIBA to the ED after a first episode generalized tonic-clonic convulsion. He seemed tired in the morning but still attended his inter-school sports competition.While getting ready to compete he collapsed and had a self-limiting seizure (5 minutes duration). ... He...
Hablando en Tico
Es tarde, de noche, huesos cansados y cerebro dormido.Pero en ese silencio acogedor, se oyen los pasos de la preocupada consciencia.¡Basta ya! Dicen mis huesos, ¡Quiero dormir! Bosteza el cerebro.Pero la consciencia pesa y sopesa, que se ha acordado que mañana es día de voto.¿He de votar? Se pregunta. ¡Oh,Voto,...
Oh Haití...¿Dónde están tus hermanos?
¿Donde están?Oh, Haití. ¿Dónde están tus hermanos?¿Dónde las almas gemelas que sufren tu dolor?Mira al cielo, están cayendo.Mira al mar, vienen nadando.Mira a la tierra, su camino es difícil y avanzan entre escombros.Pero tus hermanos y su ayuda no bastan.La comida y el agua no bastan.Las medicinas y el cuidado...
Hoy llevé a mi hijo al mar. Mi primer hijo.Su pie descalzo sobre la arena húmeda era una experiencia nueva para él. Su asombro al ver la tierra desmoronándose, el mar inmenso, el agua desapareciendo, huidiza, entre piedras y arena, lo dejó boquiabierto por algunos segundos. Los niños tienen esa...
En aquel calmo rincón solo quedaban trozos de papel de color, ecos de risas infantiles y un aroma a ciprés mezclado con una sensación de amor y ternura. Era el día de Navidad, y los niños ya jugaban con sus nuevos regalos mientras que los grandes se probaban ropa y...
En la mañana de ese día cercano, cerré los ojos en el asiento del autobús ruta Alajuela-San José para dormitar un poco. Casi como un susurro, superponiéndose al bullicio del platicar de otros viajeros, me llegó el hilo de una conversación telefónica. La voz entrecortada de la jovencita, tal vez...
Lamento mucho las últimas noticias sobre fraude en los exámenes. Lamento aun más el oír a los estudiantes alzarse cual víctimas de atropello ante la repetición de los mismos. Pero quedo impávido ante las declaraciones de un dirigente del APSE y un director de escuela Alajuelense, cuando explícitamente indican que,...
Rising Sun
Leaving Korea’s lightning-fast Web
N.B. – This was published in the March 15, 2010 issue of JoongAng Daily, an English newspaper based in Seoul, where the Philippine Resource Persons Group (PhilRPG) has a weekly column (Pinoy Voices). The full text of my article may also be retrieved from http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2917781. Korea’s Internet connections are a luxury...
N.B. – This was published in the March 12-18, 2010 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://pinoyweekly.org/new/2010/03/sino-ba%E2%80%99ng-dapat-iboto/. Tungkulin kong magbigay ng opinyon, pero bakit hanggang ngayo’y wala pa akong posisyon? Huwag mo munang itanong kung sino ang nararapat na iboto. Tulad ng marami...
Philippine government adopts non-sexist language but…
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (March 8, 9:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy). The celebration of International Women’s Month is the proper time to analyze a little-known Philippine government memorandum issued in 2005. Five years ago, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) encouraged those in government...
Peryodismo at pag-eendorso sa mga kandidato
N.B. – This will be published in the March 5-11, 2010 issue of Pinoy Weekly. Sa panahon ng eleksiyon, nararapat bang mag-endorso ang isang organisasyong pang-midya ng kandidatong dapat iboto? Walang pumipigil sa isang diyaryo o magasing maglabas ng editoryal tungkol dito. Puwede ring mag-ere ng isang PSA (public service announcement) ang...
Filipino journalists as candidates
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (March 1, 6:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy). Is it ethical for a journalist to run for public office? Legally, nothing prevents journalists from getting a seat in government as long as they meet the required citizenship, age and residency...
March 3 press conference on crisis at the University of the Philippines
N.B. – This is a media advisory for a press conference which aims to analyze the crisis besetting the University of the Philippines (UP). Hope you can make it. Thank you. Crisis in the University The media are invited to a press conference on March 3 (Wednesday), 10:00 am at the Bulwagang...
Clinical Cases and Images: CasesBlog
Emphysema and Airflow Obstruction Associated with Impaired Left Ventricular Filling
Very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes cor pulmonale - elevated pulmonary vascular resistance and secondary reductions in left ventricular filling, stroke volume, and cardiac output.The authors of this NEJM study hypothesized that emphysema, as detected on computed tomography (CT), and airflow obstruction are inversely related to left ventricular...
Hypertension is a "neglected disease" "Although hypertension is relatively easy to prevent, simple to diagnose, and relatively inexpensive to treat, it remains the second leading cause of death among Americans," said David Fleming, who led the study committee that wrote the report for the US Institute of Medicine. Hypertension is...
Twitter addiction: Could you get by without Twitter?
From BBC:A popstar gave up on social networking after a dinner party at which she realised she spent more time updating Twitter than interacting with her companions.Online communities like Twitter, where people follow each other without being acquainted in real life, can be brutal: "If you're going to broadcast as...
Low vitamin D levels in children associated with higher plasma glucose and lower HDL
A retrospective record review of pediatric outpatients (age, 2-18 years) included simultaneous measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH] D) and fasting plasma glucose or 25(OH) D and a lipid panel.25(OH) D levels were inversely correlated with fasting plasma glucose levels. Lower 25(OH) D levels were also associated with lower serum high-density...
Vehicle Exhaust = Second-hand Smoke?
From the NYTimes:Exhaust from cars and trucks exacerbates asthma in children and may cause new respiratory illnesses and heart problems in adults, even resulting in deaths.The meta-analysis included 700 peer-reviewed studies on varying aspects of motor vehicle emissions and health. It found “evidence of a causal relationship,” but not proof...
Using Google Docs to facilitate patient flow in a health center via a shared spreadsheet
From Google Docs Blog: "It is difficult to keep track of which patients are in which rooms, how many patients are in the waiting room, and how far the doctors are falling behind with their patients for the day. If patients were late, canceled their appointments, or the waiting room was...