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Tea and Sympathy
via Also A Talker by Jo Stockton on February 25, 2008
When I was a daycare supervisor for an after school program, I had a kid in my care who came to us with a lot of what a polite person would refer to as "anger issues". He had a lot of really good reasons to be angry, mostly due to his somewhat rough home life. He was also bullied at school. The bullying made him angry and his anger alienated his peers and caused- surprise- more bullying. He was...
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Save Your Losing Tim Horton’s Cups For Free Coffee—at Country Style! (March 3-9)
via RedFlagDeals.com: Freebies by (author unknown) on February 26, 2008
Here's a clever little freebie from Country Style, the Ontario coffee chain: March 3-9, bring in a losing Tim Horton's Roll Up The Rim cup and get a free medium coffee. Now, finally, every cup of Tim Horton's will be a Roll Up The Rim Winner -- whether it's a winner at Tim Horton's or the Coffee Style down the street. (Here's a store locator for you, so you know where to...
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Winter update
via Watawa life by Robin Kelsey on February 29, 2008
What a tough winter! Most snow ever. I don’t know about you, but I’m a little tired of it. Here’s a cheerful fake flower to make you feel better.New stuffI decided to get some new stuff. I don’t buy that much stuff, but one thing led to another. First my microwave quit working. I’m hooked on microwave ovens. How else do you heat up a cup of coffee? Cook a frozen dinner? Microwaves are...
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TED 2008: Crow vending machine maker Joshua Klein
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on February 28, 2008
(I'm liveblogging from TED 2008, in Monterey, CA) Presenter:Technology hacker Joshua Klein built a vending machine that teaches crows to deposit coins they find into a special vending machine that dispenses peanuts. He has been studying crows for over ten years and has learned that they are very intelligent. Their brain/body weight ratios are similar to chimpanzees. He's showing a video...
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Following the judicial pecking order
via FP Legal Post by Julius Melnitzer on March 03, 2008
Here's a decidedly new take on stare decisis. Except it's 30 years old.One day in 1979, Master Funduk of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench was dealing with the case of South Side Woodwork v. R.C. Contracting Ltd. The extent to which he was bound to follow the decisions of higher courts came up, giving him an opportunity to vent on the subject, which is precisely what he did: "I am...
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