tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262769102024-03-18T21:55:39.353-07:00WIREDTEMPLESCULTURE, SOCIETY, PEOPLE, HISTORY, BLOGS, NEWS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-77345208041706593862016-01-02T13:03:00.000-08:002016-01-02T13:03:00.403-08:00Education, Awareness, and Charity
Many communities have amazing walking and running events to celebrate holidays such as 4th of July, Veteran's Day, and Thanksgiving. Loving to run and inspired at the thought of bringing such an event to my small town, the idea of a turkey trot hopped into my head. I had participated in several in other towns and my family and I had created one or two when we were in an area that did not offer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-20160270860780599322015-12-21T13:01:00.000-08:002015-12-21T13:01:00.162-08:00Safely Ensconced? Maybe It's Time to Break Loose
I readily agree that there are times when it is pleasant, relaxing, and refreshing to be safely ensconced. It nice to go home, sit down and let worries wander into the air. It is enjoyable to take off on a vacation with no tethering to the busy world of work by cutting the electronic tethers. It is joyous, at times, to state, "Not my problem" and then walk off into a distant realm. But what Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-21638719513956096692015-12-15T12:55:00.000-08:002015-12-15T12:55:00.192-08:00In Crisis Mode: Excessive Student Absences and Truancy
Under President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, billions of tax dollars have been spent "reforming" public education. Their efforts include the Race to the Top ($4.35 billion all by itself), charter schools, the Common Core State Standards, the Common Core-related online assessments, charter schools, Teacher Improvement Grants and on and on. The result: Student performance still lags Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-34196619333813326992015-12-03T11:12:00.000-08:002015-12-03T11:12:00.918-08:00Top 10 Questions about Body Piercing
Body piercing has grown so much in popularity in recent years that it has become almost mainstream, with more and more people sporting navel rings and multiple ear rings. Facial piercings, surface piercings and lots of others to choose from can make things confusing. If you don't know what to expect when you decide to get a piercing, it can be even more intimidating. Here are some of the top Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-63978019730644395732015-11-30T11:35:00.000-08:002015-11-30T11:35:14.803-08:00Who Exactly Are Fanning The Flames Of The Syria Crisis?
The ongoing Syria crisis, described as the 'greatest humanitarian disaster since WWII' continues to shock and appal in equal measure, and it's not hard to see why.As the world wakes up to the realisation that these refugees are not freeloaders after all, but are literally fighting for their very existence, and are willing to risk life and limb to be allowed settlement in Europe.Since the Arab Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-33842929200582887212013-12-20T10:35:00.000-08:002015-11-30T11:15:21.801-08:00How Body Piercing Works -- The Ins and Outs of this Cutting Edge ProcessBody piercing (defined as any piercing beyond the standard earlobe piercing) has become such a popular form of body modification that between five and ten percent of the population of the United States has indulged in at least one form of it at some time in their lives. In most cases, once a person gets a body piercing, they follow the first one with more. There are lots of considerations; Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-53287548730160124922010-06-02T00:55:00.000-07:002015-11-30T12:27:28.337-08:00Phone Card Buyers Guide - The Book of Tricks
I know a lot about buying phone cards. The reason I know so much is because I am the developer for the phone card price comparison tool on a website called Time Dial. If you don't buy many calling cards you might be surprised to know that calculating calling card prices is complicated and if you are experienced with them then you will know the calling card companies don't make it easy for you.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-65474756239379307922010-04-12T01:15:00.000-07:002010-06-02T01:22:07.218-07:00UK students lose out on Euro jobsStudents in the UK are missing out on top jobs in Europe because they do not have the skills or the right attitudes, a study suggests.A survey of 5,000 students across Europe found that British students were less likely than most to speak a foreign language and were more likely to say they would not want to leave their friends to work abroad.The study was carried out by the education and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-10791824952599292772008-11-28T09:03:00.001-08:002011-08-23T01:21:38.427-07:00Gorgeous DisasterMrs. Flood uttered with terrible flamboyancy that they were touring Spain this year, and added to it imprudently that the previous summer vacation had been a kind of a sheer waste, since Barcelona was too very gloomy and serious to be a vacation spot that is supposed to be ideal for merry making, as she had felt; an old intelligent lady, her next-door neighbor, grinned and asked if Geography usedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-9079677053827473392008-07-23T11:42:00.000-07:002008-07-23T11:44:50.311-07:00Mountain BikeAre you a serious bicycle fan or just enjoy riding it for fun? A charm to make any warrior's eyes light up. Help yourself muster the mountain or curly road with a Quality Mountain Bike. Enjoy our new model presented on a shiny stainless steel base and rendered in white and gold enamel. The link is affordable in medium size and is compatible with all 9 mm Italian charms. Find a wide Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-29699507911386660512007-04-20T04:23:00.000-07:002007-04-20T04:28:12.152-07:00Herbal remedy shown to have anti-cancer effect A widely used herbal supplement taken to aid digestion has been found to have powerful anti-cancer properties. Triphala, made from the dried and powdered fruit of three plants, is the most popular Ayurvedic remedy in India. It is used to stimulate the appetite, treat intestinal disorders and act as a laxative. Indian scientists have claimed for years that Triphala has value as a detoxifying and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-41464704366059118772007-02-01T04:47:00.000-08:002007-04-20T04:50:51.383-07:00Google StuffI happen to be a Google fan-- I love visting Google Labs and trying out their new products as well as using sites that take advantage of the Google search technology to make things easier.Who ever thought, when I was spending time in junior high on Friday nights watching my favorite television program, The Brady Bunch, that, thirty-six years later, I would be able to spend $1.99 and watch it on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-11735734001880942542006-10-27T06:02:00.000-07:002010-06-02T01:18:47.814-07:00Skype Founders To Launch Web TV!The founders of Skype, the internet calling powerhouse, and the old KaZaA peer to peer file trading service, are planning to launch an advertising-supported internet TV network in the coming months.With shades of a higher quality, P2P YouTube, the project that’s code named “Venice” will allow amateurs and professionals to put their TV programs online for anybody to see. They haven’t said how Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-51006933443930845022006-08-08T06:59:00.000-07:002008-12-08T23:11:50.908-08:00Motorola RIZR Z3You might know it better as the Motorola Capri but it’s now to be called the RIZR Z3. The RIZR Z3 is Motorola’s first attempt at a slider phone. Now we have to say that Motorola are a bit late with the release of the RIZR Z3 silder but is this a clever move to see how well they have sold.Coming packed with a 2 Mega pixel camera and storage (MicroSD) of up to 1GB you can’t really say that they Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-15888820650752489322006-04-20T04:55:00.000-07:002007-04-20T04:57:58.215-07:00Mitsubishi PocketProjectorI have been watching the development of the Mitsubishi Pocket Projector with interest for over a year. It is a tiny (4.85" x1.85" x 3.85"), one pound, DLP projector that uses LED bulbs instead of regular projector bulbs. This means there is no heat, instant on and off, and is rated for 20,000 hours of use (5 hours per day for 10 years)!It is not the brightest projector on the market at 250 lux (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-84795779445120890922006-04-10T04:58:00.000-07:002010-06-02T01:36:03.370-07:00America is the victim of her own success in the Global War on TerrorBy all accounts, the US success abroad and at home in fighting terrorism has decreased the threat to the point of debating its existence. Freedom is on the march across the Middle East – Syria is out of Lebanon, Libya has abandoned its WMD program, Saudi Arabia’s terror funding has been exposed, and terror groups everywhere are now on the run from the local governments now aided in their search Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-54603095213147032192006-03-20T04:53:00.000-08:002007-04-20T04:54:27.827-07:00Ultra-Mobile PCMicrosoft, Intel, and a few hardware vendors announced the ultra-mobile PC at the CeBit Trade Show in Germany on March 9th.This device, which runs an enhanced version of the TabletPC operating system, is estimated to be in the price range of $499-999US depending on the features included. An UMPC models launched yesterday are in the 2 pound range, have a 900mHz processer, have 30 or 40gb hard Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-68264730765587700362006-03-16T05:16:00.000-08:002007-04-20T05:22:52.111-07:00V is for VendettaHollywood, why why why do you keep doing this to us???I love the Wachowski brothers' movies. I was ready for this flick man, excited about a movie that could capture my imagination in the same way that the Matrix Trilogy did.So why did I hate V is for Vendetta? In short, it was more of a preachy, self-righteous, anti-war flick than Fahrenheit 9/11. Michael Moore couldn't have done a better job ifUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-60112596073128176782005-11-20T05:35:00.000-08:002007-04-20T05:37:54.236-07:00The Vocabulary of SacrificeChris Wiseman, a development officer at Loyola University in New Orleans, had this to say on Marketplace on Friday:When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was one of the fortunate; my family made it to Baton Rouge for a long exile. The first Sunday after the storm, the church we found was packed with its own parishoners as well as exiles like us. Many of those exiles were enrolling their students in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-60801564825811343042005-09-03T04:44:00.000-07:002007-04-20T04:46:52.731-07:00A roof over their headOver a million people have been displaced due to Hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath according to some accounts. Hundreds of thousands of these people will not be able to return to their homes for months, if ever. Many have lost everything.My wife and I have been talking about what we could do to help those in need. The big disaster relief organizations like the Red Cross and Catholic Charities Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-1145483134190323442005-06-25T21:09:00.000-07:002006-04-19T14:45:34.200-07:00An amazing dayZaidman & Smith, travelling on the massive cruise liner Queen Elisabeth 2, stopped in Malta for a day earlier this week. From DanceMetaphor:Valletta, Malta. The port was absolutely stunning, square sandstone buildings, brilliant sunshine and gorgeous blue water. We awoke early, arranged to meet up with some crew and caught a taxi into town. We ate in a cute little cafe, with cute maltese staff Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-1146007784057103642005-06-24T00:52:00.000-07:002015-11-30T11:13:24.701-08:00Europe of misunderstandingsIn this special feature on Cafe Babel states that "our linguistic diversity is one of our riches but, as the failure of the Brussels Summit shows, Europeans do not understand one another. The simplicity afforded by a single language is complicating the struggle for multiplicity." In this piece Lindsey Evans asks, Are you speaking my language?:The Maltese start learning a foreign language aged 5, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-1146007985640412672005-06-23T12:05:00.000-07:002006-04-25T16:33:05.640-07:00Sun, sand, beaches and studyingCandice is trying to concentrate on her medical studies:In retrospect, this year has been a rollercoaster...mentally, emotionally... moving miles across the Atlantic and landing here. Malta. The island of sun, sand, and beaches, beaches, beaches. But I'm here to study, study, study... something that I painfully must admit, I did not do this year. I don't know how I managed to pass... that is if IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-1146007932922933342005-06-23T00:25:00.000-07:002007-04-20T04:26:25.733-07:00ShoppingGo to buy something, you'll find it's been lying there for ages. It's either something lying in a shop window, gaining dust and becoming yellow due to the sunshine (and we have a lot of that), or it's old technology still being sold at yesterday's prices. I mean you can shop online and get a cheaper deal within the EU... Even if you want to buy a DVD, it's often cheaper to get it from websites Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26276910.post-1146008062808574122005-06-22T07:59:00.000-07:002010-06-02T02:30:24.649-07:00Exploring referendum resultsA new Eurobarometer survey just published explores the results of the French and Dutch referenda on the European Constitution in an attempt to throw some light on why citizens voted as they did. The citizens of France and the Netherlands rejected the EU's new proposed Constitution - 54.8% against in France on 29 May, and 61.6% against in the Netherlands on 1 June. The failed referenda are widely Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0