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Recommended Resources: Today's recommended resources all evolve around the topic of "youth": The first link I want to share is a discussion about how easy it is to find learning and craft projects using "trash":  http://www.ted.com/talks/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_for_learning -- Click on the link below to access Amy Smith's discussion on her students’ annual attempts to reduce the leading cause of death in children in extreme poverty conditions. http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design -- http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_bell_bring_on_the_female_superheroes#t-935926 Why is it so hard to find female superhero merchandise? In this passionate, sparkling talk, media studies scholar (and father of a Star Wars-obsessed daughter) Christopher Bell addresses the alarming lack of female superheroes in the toys and products marketed to kids — and what it means for how we teach them ...

Quote of the Day  © BrummetMedia.ca     “ ...I have always felt separate... I have always felt unable to join in, to let go, to become part of the tribe... I have always sniped or joked from the sidelines... I have never, ever, lost my overwhelmingly self-conscious self-consciousness.       It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have also been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me."       ~ Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot, 1997 http://www.facebook.com/lillian.brummet   http://www.linkedin.com/in/ldbrummet http://www.consciousdiscussions.blogspot.com  

Easily Save Money, Time and Energy Part 3 of a 3-part article... click here: for part 1 and part 2   What started out as a simple blog post for saving time, money and energy turned into a 3-part article in the blink of an eye. …told you I could go on and on about this! Lol Hope you enjoy these next tips that will save you time, money and energy! ...  -    M ake sure the electric range burners and gas burners are working 100%, a worn out burner does not cook efficiently. -    D on’t toss out cooking water, keep it in a bowl and allow it to cool gradually. This releases both heat and moisture into the air during the cold months. Alternatively place the bowl outside to cool in the heat of summer – then use that water on your landscaping, garden, lawn or compost. -     Save potato water (boiling potatoes) for baking bread, buns, biscuits, etc. -     Use the broiler when possible in the sum...

Quote of the Day  © BrummetMedia.ca     “Nothing can cure the soul  but the senses,  just as nothing can cure the senses  but the soul.”  ~ Oscar Wilde http://www.facebook.com/lillian.brummet   http://www.linkedin.com/in/ldbrummet http://www.consciousdiscussions.blogspot.com