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Photo : yfrog.com/bhsq3sj - Shared by BarbaraNixon. Share photos on Twitter. Grammar Girl: My Superhero. Foursquare Takes on the TSA With "Baggage Handler" Badge. First Loopt, now Foursquare — starting today, the location-sharing service will award a badge to anyone who checks in at an airport with words along the lines of "TSA," "touch," or "Don't touch my junk!

Foursquare Takes on the TSA With "Baggage Handler" Badge

" Last week, Loopt announced its intentions to celebrate National Opt-Out Day by rewarding 10 travelers who opt out of body scans in favor of full-body pat-downs (and then check in via Loopt, of course) with a free iPod touch. National Opt-Out Day is a protest planned by those who are against the TSA’s new security measures, which include full-body scanners (which show passengers fully naked) and invasive pat-downs administered to those who opt out of the scans. It's scheduled to go down tomorrow — a.k.a. the day before Thanksgiving — when airports are sure to be bustling. Now it seems Foursquare wants its piece of the parody pie. Photo : yfrog.com/2f1i7zj - Shared by MoRocca. News and Offers - Marie Callender's. Slow down and lose yourself in one of life's exquisite little pleasures, the homemade taste of Marie Callender's single-serve cakes.

News and Offers - Marie Callender's

Each one makes for a perfect momentary escape of indulgence any day—or night—of the week. Explore the Varieties You’ll really rise and shine with Marie Callender’s Cheddar Biscuit with Bacon, Egg & Cheddar. Starting with real cheddar baked into a fluffy biscuit, it’s breakfast perfection that toasts up warm and flaky right in the microwave. Learn More From Fettuccini with Chicken & Broccoli to Three Meat & Four Cheese Lasagna, Marie Callender's dinners are more than a meal—they're an occasion.

Photo : yfrog.com/422uzxj - Shared by BarbaraNixon. GLEE - "Forget You" Full Performance feat. Gwyneth Paltrow! Hmmm. True? RT @DougMeacham Read This! RT @johnherman: The most interesting TSA-related account I've read yet: Best Buy - Elf Selection Training ft. Kenneth the Blue Elf. Text messaging: a lecture hall epidemic? Research suggests only a small fraction of students refrain from texting in class By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor Read more by Denny Carter Setting strict text-message rules could be key to limiting texting in class. College students say their professors would be “shocked” to know just how often they send text messages during lectures, and one researcher has offered a simple and stringent solution: Give failing grades to text-happy students.

Nine in 10 students said in a Wilkes University study released this month that they have sent and received texts during class, although a much smaller portion of students believe educators should allow unlimited texting in class as long as it doesn’t disturb others. More than Pre-Obituaries. Social Media Survey. You have been selected for possible participation in a research study of social media and business communication.

Social Media Survey

Your participation in this research study will help scholars and professionals better understand the impact of social media on business communication. Unteaching Social Media: Communication First. The first time I taught a class on social media, students were relatively unconvinced that it would have any impact on communication-related fields such as public relations, advertising, and marketing.

Unteaching Social Media: Communication First

They laughed. No one laughs now. There real irony, however, is that nowadays, I spend less time teaching social media and more time teaching communication, even in classes related to social media. The reason I've adopted a different approach is simple enough. Pretty yellow flower with dew drops. Joshua Kors: Going Viral: A How-To Guide from Time Magazine's Joel Stein. Wednesday night I rocked the political world. I went on YouTube and uploaded a remarkable video: a clip of an American soldier testifying before Congress about how he was tortured by Army officials.

The details were gruesome, the footage was jaw-dropping, and with Veterans Day just hours away, there was no doubt: I had a sure-fire hit. I sent the link to all my colleagues and friends, made myself a peanut butter banana sandwich, and hit the hay, certain that when I awoke in the morning, the U.S. 21 Ads That (Almost) Make You Miss the '80s. For college cheaters, a Bright Futures loophole. To win Florida's top Bright Futures scholarship, high school students must have good grades, high test scores, no felony record and 75 hours of community service.

But once they're in college, an ethical slip does not necessarily mean they lose their state-funded Bright Futures award. To the contrary, in certain circumstances students can get caught cheating and still keep the scholarship, officials say. That's because state law says students must maintain a minimum grade point average — a 2.75 or 3.0, depending on the type of Bright Futures award — and earn a minimum number of credit hours to maintain their scholarship. But the law says nothing about keeping your nose clean. Lee Kolbert: What If Teachers Had Teleprompters? (Satire) Photo : yfrog.com/59r4ewj - Shared by BarbaraNixon. 50 Can’t-Fail Techniques for Finding Great Blog Topics. A Complete Guide To Tumblr - Smashing Magazine. Lakeland School Offers Refuge for Students With Autism. The Monarch School in Lakeland might be considered a cocoon for its students.

Lakeland School Offers Refuge for Students With Autism

Monarch, which opened last year, is the only school in Polk County geared toward children with autism, a developmental disability that affects social skills, including the capacity to communicate. Autism, ranging from mild to severe forms, is often marked by emotional detachment or repetitive behaviors. Amy Arnold, a former public-school teacher, created the private school with her husband, Stephen Arnold, and a friend, Misty Reed. The school began with just 22 students and soon outgrew its home in a Presbyterian church.

Monarch, with 60 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, is now based at Lakeside Baptist Church. Amy Arnold, Monarch's executive director, said the school arose from her frustration over the experiences of her daughter, Emily, 13, who has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism typified by high intelligence and difficulty with emotional regulation. TED Talks for Teachers - A Few Collections - The Continuous Learner. 250 movie introductions in ten minutes. Photo : yfrog.com/48pewqj - Shared by BarbaraNixon. Photo : yfrog.com/4juz7fj - Shared by teachakidd. Art has no bounds for local performers » Local News » The Union Recorder. MILLEDGEVILLE — Creative Expressions recently presented a tribute to The Beatles at the Goldstein Center in downtown Milledgeville.

Art has no bounds for local performers » Local News » The Union Recorder

“There are several groups here performing, and they have all come up with tons of innovative ideas for expressions, despite their challenges,” said Mark Toole, a music therapy graduate student at Georgia College. Tedrick Tetris Kelly - Wanna feel young, yet poor? Go to a silent auction/gala at a fancy hotel. Nuthin but old rich people.

Photo : yfrog.com/g44dvaj - Shared by offalchris. Instagr.am. Some Fun Things I Wish Restaurants + Bars Would Do With Social Media. This past weekend, I was in San Antonio with a big crew of friends running a local half-marathon.

Some Fun Things I Wish Restaurants + Bars Would Do With Social Media

On Saturday evening (night before the race) a few of us went to a place called Boudro’s Texas Bistro to get some healthy food that would provide energy for us during the race the next morning. As I typically do (when I remember), I checked into the place on Foursquare. Nine times out of ten, I never hear anything else from the restaurant. Ever.

Awww, my daughter brought me flours! Slidenote Wordpress Plugin Is Awesome for Announcements. Want to remind website visitors of your next big event, a special discount code, or perhaps even something like “We will NOT be having services this Sunday because of the 38 inches of ice on the roads!”

Slidenote Wordpress Plugin Is Awesome for Announcements

Slidenote is perfect, and Tom McFarlin has made it into a WordPress plugin. It’s super-easy to implement and you can insert it sitewide via a widget or into any page or post using shortcodes and occurrence-specific parameters. My only request of Tom is to add the ability to throw an html hyperlink into the content, but Tom already says he’ll think about it in the next update.

Slidenote Plugin. Photo : yfrog.com/5xihcjj - Shared by BarbaraNixon. Art & Copy. 14 Situations When You Shouldn’t Tweet. If you're new here or just an old friend, I'd love it if you subscribed via RSS feed . Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here! This morning started like every morning usually does, with me taking Sasha outside for her morning walk before heading to the office. I use the time that I walk her in the morning to gather my thoughts for the day, check and process email, jump into Twitter for a minute or two and read Playbook . Sasha runs down the steps and outside with reckless disregard to my personal safety and therefore it can make it interesting to attempt to do all of those things while still trying to hold onto her leash and keep my shoulder nicely in its socket. As has happened before, I was busy writing a tweet while trying to walk down the steps. This series of events got me thinking of all of the times when tweeting, updating your Facebook status, texting, sending an email or just about anything else with a smartphone is probably not a smart idea.

Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving. Packing all of your belongings into a U-Haul and then transporting them across several states is nearly as stressful and futile as trying to run away from lava in swim fins.

Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving

I know this because my boyfriend Duncan and I moved from Montana to Oregon last month. But as harrowing as the move was for us, it was nothing compared to the confusion and insecurity our two dogs had to endure. Professor Vlog. Spectacular Subscription Sale! 12 Issues. 12 Bucks. 12 Days. - NASCAR Illustrated Subscriptions - NASCAR Illustrated. Twitter Graphs and Goodies by Gerardo Obieta. These cool graphs illustrating twitter usage were designed by Gerardo Obieta, who has also created a gallery's worth of twitter backgrounds. Also see below for some of his printable and constructible twitter treats. And some paper figures to print and perch: