I am so clueless that I thought I'd done just what the piece suggested; as grotesque and box-clogging as this is at least it isn't something going to people who know me. Bummer though.
Every time I read another exchange about the realities (or, to some, lies) of 9/11 I'm more convinced that it would be worthwhile to watch the CNN Pipeline free re-broadcast of Septmeber 11. 2001. They're going to show it free on Monday (9/11/2006) on their CNN Pipeline website http://www.cnn.com/pipeline/index.a.html from 8:30am onward- in "real time." Maybe it can settle some of these questions -- or at least add more perspective.
Perhaps you misread this. It appears that they are using them at centers where people go to learn how to manage their health and money, NOT at home.
"The program is being distributed to employees in Michigan's extension offices who teach food aid recipients how to be efficient shoppers. So far, they seem to like it better than the usual brochures and charts, said Gayle Coleman, the extension service's interim state program leader for family consumer science."
If we had better schools and people were better readers there would probably be less need for this!
The classic way to do this is to cut back a little at a time. Make or order (for two or three days) 1/4 decaf, then 1/2 then 3/4 then no caffeine. Buy good decaf- you can get decaf expresso for example. In the soda department, move to sprite, decaf coke or diet coke, gingeral etc and READ THE LABELS. As boomers like me age and get shoved toward decaf more and more products are emerging that taste just fine and don't have caffeine. The sugar is another thing - the best way to get off sugar is to eat more protein instead since it's slow-burning energy reduces crashes sugar might cause. Almonds and other nuts can help as can other protein-rich snacks. Good luck. You'll be glad you did this. BY THE WAY hit a nutrition website and learn a little about how you metabolize sugar and caffeine -- there's a connection to insulin production and peak/crash moods. Happy New YEar.
This should not be too hard. I suggest you 1. Find out if you need a faculty sponsor. 2. If you do, find the most computer-fanatic teacher you can and draft him/her. 3. Poke around to find three other people with similar interests and draft them too. 4. Kinko's and Staples both let their local owners decide what kind of philanthropy to do. See if the ones closest to you will "sponsor" you with equipment or printer cartridges/paper or other stuff in exchange for acknowledgement. 5. (alternatively) Find out where in the school district they need the most tech help and talk to the principal of that school about helping - Draft them as advocate then work back to the other steps.
The other thing to remember in ALL textbooks is that 3 of the states that endorse textbooks statewide: Texas, California and Florida, are the most populous. That means that their endorsements account for a huge percentage of textbook orders. All three include VERY active conservative (and some liberal/PCorrect) groups who hassle publishers and often take all the zest out of texts to satisfy political agendas. It's pretty sad. It also exacerbates a culture gap between those educated by "marketplace of ideas" sorts of schools and those with watered-down "safe" texts and curriculum. OH and don't forget high-stakes testing - taking even more critical thinking skills out of the system w/objective, multiple-choice tests.
As you might deduce from my nickname, I am on the other end of the story: an actual mother. I just wanted to tell you that I make my living online - as a web consultant - and that from the days 5 inch floppies it was my (now-adult) sons who taught me how to do all this. They were amazingly patient -- "see mom a folder is like a drawer in your file cabinet and..." etc.
I now pass it on to all the other middle-aged ladies here in Washington DC (there are so so many....) who, unlike me, never wanted to use computers and all of a sudden have grandchildren who want to send them email.
I tell you this only so you know that all your good efforts are not in vain. Moms remember such things.
A pioneering work was done for IBM in the days of laser disk/computer/et al combos. It's called ILLUMINATED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS and was produced by a now-defunct firm called And Communications, based in Santa Monica CA and owned by a man named, I believe Debovoise.
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I am so clueless that I thought I'd done just what the piece suggested; as grotesque and box-clogging as this is at least it isn't something going to people who know me. Bummer though.
Every time I read another exchange about the realities (or, to some, lies) of 9/11 I'm more convinced that it would be worthwhile to watch the CNN Pipeline free re-broadcast of Septmeber 11. 2001. They're going to show it free on Monday (9/11/2006) on their CNN Pipeline website http://www.cnn.com/pipeline/index.a.html from 8:30am onward- in "real time." Maybe it can settle some of these questions -- or at least add more perspective.
Perhaps you misread this. It appears that they are using them at centers where people go to learn how to manage their health and money, NOT at home.
"The program is being distributed to employees in Michigan's extension offices who teach food aid recipients how to be efficient shoppers. So far, they seem to like it better than the usual brochures and charts, said Gayle Coleman, the extension service's interim state program leader for family consumer science."
If we had better schools and people were better readers there would probably be less need for this!
The classic way to do this is to cut back a little at a time. Make or order (for two or three days) 1/4 decaf, then 1/2 then 3/4 then no caffeine. Buy good decaf- you can get decaf expresso for example. In the soda department, move to sprite, decaf coke or diet coke, gingeral etc and READ THE LABELS. As boomers like me age and get shoved toward decaf more and more products are emerging that taste just fine and don't have caffeine.
The sugar is another thing - the best way to get off sugar is to eat more protein instead since it's slow-burning energy reduces crashes sugar might cause. Almonds and other nuts can help as can other protein-rich snacks. Good luck. You'll be glad you did this. BY THE WAY hit a nutrition website and learn a little about how you metabolize sugar and caffeine -- there's a connection to insulin production and peak/crash moods. Happy New YEar.
This should not be too hard. I suggest you 1. Find out if you need a faculty sponsor.
2. If you do, find the most computer-fanatic teacher you can and draft him/her.
3. Poke around to find three other people with similar interests and draft them too.
4. Kinko's and Staples both let their local owners decide what kind of philanthropy to do. See if the ones closest to you will "sponsor" you with equipment or printer cartridges/paper or other stuff in exchange for acknowledgement.
5. (alternatively) Find out where in the school district they need the most tech help and talk to the principal of that school about helping - Draft them as advocate then work back to the other steps.
The other thing to remember in ALL textbooks is that 3 of the states that endorse textbooks statewide: Texas, California and Florida, are the most populous. That means that their endorsements account for a huge percentage of textbook orders. All three include VERY active conservative (and some liberal/PCorrect) groups who hassle publishers and often take all the zest out of texts to satisfy political agendas. It's pretty sad.
It also exacerbates a culture gap between those educated by "marketplace of ideas" sorts of schools and those with watered-down "safe" texts and curriculum.
OH and don't forget high-stakes testing - taking even more critical thinking skills out of the system w/objective, multiple-choice tests.
As you might deduce from my nickname, I am on the other end of the story: an actual mother. I just wanted to tell you that I make my living online - as a web consultant - and that from the days 5 inch floppies it was my (now-adult) sons who taught me how to do all this. They were amazingly patient -- "see mom a folder is like a drawer in your file cabinet and..." etc.
I now pass it on to all the other middle-aged ladies here in Washington DC (there are so so many....) who, unlike me, never wanted to use computers and all of a sudden have grandchildren who want to send them email.
I tell you this only so you know that all your good efforts are not in vain. Moms remember such things.
A pioneering work was done for IBM in the days of laser disk/computer/et al combos. It's called ILLUMINATED BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS and was produced by a now-defunct firm called And Communications, based in Santa Monica CA and owned by a man named, I believe Debovoise.