Do Kaplan students start from a place different than students in public colleges? Instead of targeting students at "for-profit" universities, shouldn't we be looking at "why" students are unable to pay back student loans when big players in the rest of the economy are not paying back loans? I would like your feedback on this during week 10 if you have time. Thanks.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/for-profit-colleges-ammendment_n_823868.html

In Discussion | VoiceAmerica™ Talk Radio Network

This is a very interesting discussion about healing, healing of self, others, and the planet.

What is wellness? "Spend a little time every day turning our senses inward, moving toward the inside of our existence, what is our experience, what is our state of awareness? . . . you eventually find this field of connectivity that connects all things . . . that field has a very specific topology . . . you can become more conscious of it . . . the unconscious crunches all the data . . . the conscious goes around saying what am I doing here, what is going on? . . . we got it all wrong . . . it should be called just the opposite . . . "


In Discussion VoiceAmerica™ Talk Radio Network

Welcome to 2011

NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF BLOGGING CITIZENS!

I hesitate to say Happy New Year. I am trying to think positive about 2011. The sun is shining. It is a beautiful day and physically I feel great. I went to TWO Zumba classes yesterday and one Yoga class today. I am beginning to tone up from all the holiday pigging out.

I suffered a rocky beginning to 2011 because my laptop crashed and burned New Year's Eve. My granddaughter (15) was visiting and spilled some sticky liquid on it. That was the end of it. It is still under extended warranty until June, so I am going through the long process of arranging for replacement. Meanwhile, I am working on a borrowed laptop without my files which I am hoping to recover, especially the photos downloaded on my hard drive. I have already picked out a light weight, faster laptop should I have to purchase a new one on credit! Yikes.

Other issues I find disturbing are the bird deaths in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana as well as the storms which killed humans in NW Arkansas and SW Missouri, all in my old territory. I am also reading about how the gulf oil disaster may have affected the New Madrid Fault running through the bootheel of Missouri through Tennessee. You might call me a worry wort. . . however, once I recover from initial shock, I spring into action usually, so you can bet I will be researching, spreading the word, and joining others who are concerned about these issues to try to do what we can to help mitigate these disturbing issues.

http://www.kuar.org/kuarnews/10201-lab-report-blackbirds-died-of-blunt-trauma-in-midair.html

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/112843019.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7034DG20110104

http://starseeds.net/forum/topics/5000-blackbirds-fall-from-sky?commentId=2312030%3AComment%3A429765&xg_source=activity

What a wild year it was for healthcare!

What a wild year it was for healthcare: The top ten healthcare stories of 2010

Climate Change and climate change doubters

Democracy Now interviews Dr. Paul Epstein of Harvard University’s Center for Health and the Global Environment. Now, here are some ideas for health related topics. Note specifically the mention of the increase of infectious diseases.

From Snowstorms to Heat Waves, How Global Warming Causes Extreme Weather and Climate Instability

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/28/from_snowstorms_to_heat_waves_how

 

 

BE KIND TO NURSES. We keep doctors from accidentally killing you.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/BE-KIND-TO-NURSES-We-keep-doctors-from-accidentally-killing-you/110173628999830

Afro-Latinos (African Heritage In Spanish Countries / Learn About Your True Roots) [Documentary Trailer]

This is an interesting documentary on the Afro-Latino community, revealing little known history of Central & South America, Haiti and the Carribbean.

Afro-Latinos (African Heritage In Spanish Count..., posted with vodpod