http://www.diigo.com/user/Cburell Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:06:37 -0000 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:06:37 -0000 http://beyond-school.org <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/no_tag' rel='tag'>no_tag</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:06:37 -0000 http://christy2008.edublogs.org/2008/07/11/3000-bce-1800-ce <p></p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content">found Jerusalem/Islam.</div><ul><li>founded Jerusalem, the center of Judaism (not Islam). <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></small></li></ul></p><p><div class="content">became aristocracy</div><ul><li>no, they were the bourgeoisie - the capitalist class of factory-owners, rich businessmen. <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></small></li></ul></p><p><div class="content">Industrial labors are peasants</div><ul><li>nope, the industrial laborers were the Proletariat. (Hard word, I know!) <small>posted by <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></small></li></ul></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/no_tag' rel='tag'>no_tag</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:19:43 -0000 http://christy2008.edublogs.org <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:32:29 -0000 http://claysummer.wetpaint.com <p>Our wiki for SAT.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:56:57 -0000 http://www.watch-movies.net/release_date <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/movies' rel='tag'>movies</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/Torrents' rel='tag'>Torrents</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:32:54 -0000 http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKN0127105120080701?sp=true <p>Native Americans and other naturalistic cultures have known this for centuries. Of course, it's news to mainstream America.</p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><h1>Study shows "Spiritual" effects of mushrooms last a year</h1> <div class="timestampHeader">Tue Jul 1, 2008 8:18pm BST</div><div id="headerTools">&nbsp;</div> <script language="javascript"> var storyKeywords = "UK DRUGS MUSHROOMS"; var RTR_ArticleTitle = "Study shows ''Spiritual'' effects of mushrooms last a year"; var RTR_ArticleBlurb = "By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ''spiritual'' effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers..."; </script> <span moduleid="1045737" name="trackingEnabledModule" modulename="Article Tools" id="trackingEnabledModule"> <script language="javascript">addImpression("1045737_Article Tools");</script> <script type="text/javascript"> var showComments = false; var allowSLCall = false; 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</script> </span> </div> <p>By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor<span id="midArticle_byline"></span></p><span id="midArticle_0"></span> <p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "spiritual" effects of psilocybin from so-called sacred mushrooms last for more than a year and may offer a way to help patients with fatal diseases or addictions, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.</p><span id="midArticle_1"></span> <p>The researchers also said their findings show there are safe ways to test psychoactive drugs on willing volunteers, if guidelines are followed.</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span> <p>In 2006, Roland Griffiths of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues gave psilocybin to 36 volunteers and asked them how it felt. Most reported having a "mystical" or "spiritual" experience and rated it positively.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span> <p>More than a year later, most still said the experience increased their sense of well-being or life satisfaction, Griffiths and colleagues report in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span> <p>"This is a truly remarkable finding," Griffiths said in a statement. "Rarely in psychological research do we see such persistently positive reports from a single event in the laboratory."</p></div></div></p><p><div class="content"><p>The findings may offer a way to help treat extremely anxious and depressed patients, or people with addictions, said Griffiths, whose work was funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse.</p><span id="midArticle_6"></span> <p>"This gives credence to the claims that the mystical-type experiences some people have during hallucinogen sessions may help patients suffering from cancer-related anxiety or depression and may serve as a potential treatment for drug dependence," Griffiths said.</p><span id="midArticle_7"></span> <p>WIDELY OUTLAWED</p><span id="midArticle_8"></span> <p>While psilocybin is widely outlawed, many U.S. states and some countries overlook its use by indigenous people in religious ceremonies.<span id="midArticle_byline"></span></p><span id="midArticle_0"></span> <p>Supervision of its use is key, the researchers noted.</p><span id="midArticle_1"></span> <p>"While some of our subjects reported strong fear or anxiety for a portion of their day-long psilocybin sessions, none reported any lingering harmful effects, and we didn't observe any clinical evidence of harm," Griffiths said.</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span> <p>Hallucinogens should not be given to people at risk for psychosis or certain other serious mental disorders, the researchers said.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span> <p>But Griffiths stressed that even those who reported fear said a year later they had no permanent negative effects.</p></div></p><p><div class="content"><p>Of the volunteers who took the one-day test of psilocybin, 22 of the 36 had a "complete" mystical experience, based on a detailed questionnaire.</p><span id="midArticle_5"></span> <p>Griffiths said 21 continued to rate highly on this standardized scale 14 months later.</p><span id="midArticle_6"></span> <p>"Even at the 14-month follow-up, 58 percent of 36 volunteers rated the experience on the psilocybin session as among the five most personally meaningful experiences of their lives and 67 percent rated it among the five most spiritually significant experiences of their lives," the researchers said.</p><span id="midArticle_7"></span> <p>The report included some comments from the volunteers.</p><span id="midArticle_8"></span> <p>"Surrender is intensely powerful. To 'let go' and become enveloped in the beauty of -- in this case music -- was enormously spiritual," one volunteer said.</p></div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/psychology' rel='tag'>psychology</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/religion' rel='tag'>religion</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/culture' rel='tag'>culture</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/myresearch' rel='tag'>myresearch</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:47:04 -0000 http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/30/50-must-read-up-and-coming-blogs-by-teachers <p>&quot;well-written&quot; - gee, i like that. sometimes it's not so true, though.</p><p><strong>Highlights and Sticky Notes:</strong><p><div class="content"><strong><a href="http://beyond-school.org">Beyond School</a>: </strong>This teacher has traveled the world teaching everywhere from Tennessee to Korea. Read his thoughts and stories in this well-written blog.</div></p><p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/cv' rel='tag'>cv</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/beyondschool' rel='tag'>beyondschool</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:02:11 -0000 http://media.learningfundamentals.com.au/combating-global-warming-map.jpg <p>Nice graphic on all the things we can do to slow global warming by reducing our own footprint.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/environment' rel='tag'>environment</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/activism' rel='tag'>activism</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/globalwarming' rel='tag'>globalwarming</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:21:56 -0000 http://www.digizen.org/socialnetworking <p>full report on SNS in education pdf download</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/collaboration' rel='tag'>collaboration</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/internetsafety' rel='tag'>internetsafety</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/research' rel='tag'>research</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/socialnetworking' rel='tag'>socialnetworking</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:40:48 -0000 http://www.danielwillingham.com <p>UVa psych prof of educational psychology - skeptical about much brainbased learning pedagogy.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/brainresearch' rel='tag'>brainresearch</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/for%3Aplugmein' rel='tag'>for:plugmein</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:35:28 -0000 http://store.apple.com/kr/product/MB321KH/A?fnode=home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/airport_wireless&mco=MTA4NDM1 <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:57:19 -0000 http://store.apple.com/kr/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air?mco=MTIyMDI <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:40:01 -0000 http://store.apple.com/kr/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTE3Mzk <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:39:41 -0000 http://ostatic.com/164928-blog/6-essential-open-source-apps-for-mac-videographers <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/apple' rel='tag'>apple</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/editing' rel='tag'>editing</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/film' rel='tag'>film</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/mac' rel='tag'>mac</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/opensource' rel='tag'>opensource</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:38:53 -0000 http://www.celtx.com/download.html <p>Celtx is the world's first all-in-one media pre-production software.Take your story from concept to production. Celtx replaces 'paper, pen &amp; binder' pre-production with a digital approach that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/film' rel='tag'>film</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/opensource' rel='tag'>opensource</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/screenwriting' rel='tag'>screenwriting</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/software' rel='tag'>software</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/mac' rel='tag'>mac</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:38:06 -0000 http://www.blender.org/features-gallery <p>Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/animation' rel='tag'>animation</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/graphics' rel='tag'>graphics</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/mac' rel='tag'>mac</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/multimedia' rel='tag'>multimedia</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/opensource' rel='tag'>opensource</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:14:13 -0000 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Economics/14-01Fall-2007/Readings/index.htm <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/for%3Ajasonspivey' rel='tag'>for:jasonspivey</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:28:06 -0000 http://www.spartanburg6.k12.sc.us/dhs/Guidance%20website/SAT-ACT%20Conversion%20chart.html <p>Converting raw scores to SAT scores. Good :)</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/seocho' rel='tag'>seocho</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/ets' rel='tag'>ets</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/assessment' rel='tag'>assessment</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:25:24 -0000 http://beyond-school.org/2008/06/24/learner-dot-org <p></p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/resources' rel='tag'>resources</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/teaching' rel='tag'>teaching</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/web2.0' rel='tag'>web2.0</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/history' rel='tag'>history</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:13:46 -0000 http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica <p>Awesome 23-hour WGBH US History series, all free and online, from Learner.org. Throw away your textbook.</p><p><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/history' rel='tag'>history</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/education' rel='tag'>education</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/ushistory' rel='tag'>ushistory</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/video' rel='tag'>video</a> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell/primarysources' rel='tag'>primarysources</a> </p><p><strong>Posted by:</strong> <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/cburell'>cburell</a></p> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:10:49 -0000 60