Label the Following on your map(RA6-7)
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Artic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Greenland (Denmark
Please watch the video and respond to the question in the comments below:
Note: This World History Two course runs from the year 1500-modern day. We will start the course with Empires and end the course learning about the twin “T’s” of modern society: Terrorism and Technology. Towards the end of the course we will make brief references to the Arab Spring and ongoing situation in the Ukraine (and any other World Event that happens). We will also watch an occasional and relevant John Green Video (yes, THAT John Green).
1. What do you think the point of learning history is? Explain.
Watch the video and respond to the question in the comments below.
Why do you think it is important to learn geography?
Salmonella in my Oregano?
While purchasing some items at the local Food Lion, I ran across one of those haphazardly posted messages displayed only with a sad single piece of tape holding it up to a random post behind the cashier. It was a recall notice for McCormick Oregano. I was totally blown-away! What could possibly get in oregano that would cause it to be recalled?
A recent article on home automation caught my attention on the New Republic Website because my wife and I had considered some automation options but declined all of them (unless you include a programmable thermostat).
We grounded our considerations in history, current events, and current technology (or the lack thereof).
I am certain that very few people have favorite federal laws. After all, who wants to talk about federal legislation at a party (hint: I do). However, being a bit of a policy wonk and government guru, I enjoy reading and learning about federal laws. In fact, I actually have TWO federal laws that I consider to be my favorite. They both involve the stomach.
One of the books I’ve read was on the topic of Talent:
Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
The book argues that talent is not innate but must be developed through a process called “deliberate practice”. Continue reading Talent
Having been blogging on and off for the past couple years and maintaining blogs during the school-year for my classes, I thought I might spend some time this summer in the WordPress Support Forums.
I’ve spent about 30 days in the support forum and learned some interesting lessons and insights:
I’ve been tinkering with WordPress, blogging, and Web Development on and off for the past 15 years. I would start it and then stop it. Never really sure where to go or what to do.
This past school year I created a WordPress site for use with my classroom and pioneered some WordPress features in an educational context, such as WordPress Hunts to analyze points-of-view and Web Quests, where I provide a list of links in a post for students to visit with questions at the bottom for students to answer.
During the mid-aughts, fresh out of college, young, single and flush with cash I decide to invest in penny stocks. Penny stocks typically trade for, you guessed it, in the pennies for each share. They are very risky, trade Over-the-Counter (that is the name of the stock ‘exchange’ where they trade in, sometimes it is referred as the ‘Pink Sheets’), and are lightly regulated. The lack of regulation makes them a susceptible for various fraud schemes such as the classic, ‘pump-and-dump’. However, if the right penny-stock begins to increase the margins for profit (on such a small investment) could be in the thousands!
Either way, I had invested about 500 dollars into a penny-stock called LOGO that was seeking to create a gay/lesbian themed TV network. I used to follow the stock and post in penny-stock forums and discuss the pitfalls, buy-points, sell-points of various penny-stocks (including LOGO). Thinking back on it, it wouldn’t surprise me if some of those people were plants, operating an online version of a “boiler-room”.
When I met with my financial adviser she gave me this look of horror and disgust. When I couldn’t explain to her why I bought Penny-Stocks or why I selected LOGO, her and I agreed to sell my penny-stocks and invest in mutual funds (which have since earned more money than my penny-stock).
Now, LOGO TV is actually a channel, though I am not sure whatever became of the penny-stock.
I write this post because Bloomberg Business has a great article that represents a ‘case-study’ on the perils and profits of penny-stocks.
Cynk was a company with 1 employee, no assets, and 0 revenue that became worth 6 billion dollars.
Cynk: The 6 Billion Dollar Penny Stock Debacle
The take-away from my experience with Penny-Stocks (and what one person in the aforementioned article calls them) is that they should be treated as Lottery-Picks. If you like investing and want to invest in penny-stocks than do so but do so with moderation (500 dollars was way too much) and with the understanding that you are properly getting taken for ride and will not win.