Originally shared by TNW

Originally shared by TNW

A Round Up of ALL of Google’s April Fools Jokes. Fair play, they really make an effort… http://tnw.co/HBytxy

ted kelly hung out with 45 people.Malik Brothers, Claudio Ludovico Panetta, obada abu alhiga, Amanda Blain, Ramadan el araby, JORGE MIGUEL, Trường Châu, ömer erdoğan, SLAP J, Amr Ahmed, tarcisio gonçalves, Arnaud Fischer, Keith Snazel, Chelsy Davis, سلمان العتيبي, rama wijaya, Cheryll Jones, Anitra Forbes, Zé Zuniga, Rajeev Mehta, Vinil V.Menon, Tarek Jassim, Ray Saucedo, nilu Sharma, Василий Павленко, Joni Warman, Winny Jessyka silva, victor pascual, AC Cruz, LOTFI Personne, mojtaba hashemi, Davood Amani, Lenver Melgar, lee draven, William de Jesús Vélez Ruíz, Jerry Ott, Salim Ibrahim, Ahmet işbilen, mena jon, Rüdi Schmidt, george hannis, John Lawlor, rob hasker, marco malaspina and Mark Thomas

The General Assembly will meet at 11 AM on Saturdays, at the Cultural Plaza in downtown Lake Worth. It’s located on the east side of M Street, between Lake and Lucerne Avenues, with lots of shade.

The General Assembly will meet at 11 AM on Saturdays, at the Cultural Plaza in downtown Lake Worth. It’s located on the east side of M Street, between Lake and Lucerne Avenues, with lots of shade.

Todays GA was very productive. Foreclosure defense is progressing with volunteers signing up to attend court proceedings and the shirt orders will be put in on Monday. We are getting polos instead of tees for the court-watch crew.
(sorry- I was so wrapped up in the moment I forgot to take pix)

Hi - I rarely follow anyone wit 941,814 followers but I am really impressed with the variety and intensity of your entourage. I am in awe (sorry) Your patience is inspiring.

I can't always tell the difference. Tolerance for example - I'd rather accept everyone, as they are and love them. (YOU) On the other hand - I hide myself from many because of their actions and reactions. I would love to think most people were good but I fear that they are not.

I can't always tell the difference. Tolerance for example - I'd rather accept everyone, as they are and love them. (YOU) On the other hand - I hide myself from many because of their actions and reactions. I would love to think most people were good but I fear that they are not.
http://www.fromthestars.com/page65.html

#caterday Save the kitties !

#caterday Save the kitties !
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/feral_cats/

good luck

good luck

Originally shared by Amanda S

The Mega Millions is up to $640 million tonight! If my ticket wins, I'll give $1 million to one random person who shares this post! Good Luck!

I've been waiting to say - Go Take a Hike !

I've been waiting to say - Go Take a Hike !
http://roadtowellness.weborglodge.com/national-walk-in-the-park-daymarch-30/

It looks like I picked the wrong weekend to go to Tennessee.

It looks like I picked the wrong weekend to go to Tennessee.
http://muleday.org/?page_id=2

Originally shared by ****

Originally shared by ****

CIRCLE MANAGEMENT
---------------------------------------
Margie Hearron pointed out earlier today that Sharon Vaknin, an editor at CNET.com with over 12,500 followers, is struggling to filter the noise from her stream. And I want to help! =D

I have very carefully built my circles around a system that I am now going to share with you. This is my secret weapon to circle organization.

I'm a very visual person, so I worked really hard to make this slideshow to (hopefully) explain the process as clearly as I can.

May it inspire you to grow your circles to include a lively network of active people!!!

Many great thanks to all the early adopters who provided tips when I first joined last July! I'm standing on the shoulders of giants!

I needed a little something to get moving this morning...

I needed a little something to get moving this morning...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUZnkGgJNVw

I was paddled in junior high school. I didn't much like it. I'm not sure that it was a bad thing though.

I was paddled in junior high school. I didn't much like it. I'm not sure that it was a bad thing though.
http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2012/03/13/why-florida-schools-can-paddle-students-against-parents-wishes/

Via Raymond Kirk Ramos

Via Raymond Kirk Ramos
As a person of faith and an occupier I take both my politics and religion seriously - and I approve this message.

Originally shared by Ryan “IT Lab” Drewrey

Hey fundies!!

This year, stay home on election day. Prayer is so much more powerful than voting, right? Pray your candidate in - let the rest of us do the voting.

Title

I LOVE HOPE JONES !

I LOVE HOPE JONES !

Originally shared by ****

Originally shared by ****

Robert Wright describes it as “kind of like Google Maps for the fourth dimension.” Essentially, you zoom in anywhere you like

http://goo.gl/aF6g3
.
http://goo.gl/aF6g3

Originally shared by ****

Originally shared by ****

My cousin is missing. If you have seen her, please contact the Kootenai County Sheriff at 208-446-1300.

Please share, we are all very concerned.

#idaho #missingperson #missingteen #missingteenagers #missingchildren

I almost forgot to post this.

I almost forgot to post this.
http://www.usamemorychampionship.com/faqs

Originally shared by Leah

Originally shared by Leah

5 Ways to Save Google Plus Posts for Later Reading

While you're browsing Google+ on your computer, you may come across a post which you might want to read or share later. There are a few ways you can do this using Chrome Extensions and other service tools. There are likely to be similar methods to use the same services in Firefox or IE.

1. Read It Later - Service, Chrome Extension + Mobile App
This is my personal favourite because it syncronises with the ReadItLater service across my desktops (Chrome) and all my devices and now has over 300 apps.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bbabbdijmipkeilehcnbopedgbjejbmb

2. Evernote - Sharing to an Evernote Circle
I learned this technique from Chase Mann in the early days of G+ and I was already an Evernote user. If you want to save a post for more than just reading it later, you can do this by sharing to a circle which only has a 'user' you've added which is your evernote email address. For more detailed instructions, see Chase's post.
https://plus.google.com/104226133029319075907/posts/TT2NMtK7zWg

3. Favorite Posts for Google+
This is a Chrome Extension that adds a favorite star to each post in a G+ stream, just click the star to add the post to your G+ Favorites. To access the full listing, a Favorites menu link has been added to the left sidebar to access your list of favorite posts.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kbhljnodjcehoonoejjpjnifgkkgjiec

4. ReadLaterFast Chrome Extension
The last Chrome extension I tested was ReadLaterFast, similar to ReadItLater, but can be used either in Chrome only mode without sync, or by syncing to a Diigo.com account.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/decdfngdidijkdjgbknlnepdljfaepji

5. Share to Empty Circle
If you create a circle without adding any users to it, you can also share posts to this circle to save for later. You would still have access to the circle from your mobile apps if they are configured to display this circle.

There are probably a dozen more ways to save posts from Google+, but these seemed the most obvious to me.

For a more detailed and illustrated version of this post with links to all extensions:
http://googleplusshrapnel.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/5-ways-to-save-google-plus-posts-for.html

+1

+1

Originally shared by Bliss Morgan

So, you guys have seen me talk about C. Corey Fisk before. You've seen me wax all glowing and girlcrushy about her because, frankly, she is crushable on pretty much all conceivable levels of crushability.

Beyond that, though... this woman is tough as shit and frakking brilliant.

If you follow her stream at all, you know that; she's one of the people at the forefront of the Virtual Photo Walks™ project, she agitates in favor of the disable, and she's also a fantabulous geek. And, of course, Corey is a writer.

She wrote much of this book several years ago, and it is finally coming to print. I have had the multifaceted honor of not only being able to read this book, but also to actively partake in working on making its sequel come into being. Memoirs of a Mouthy Dame -- Beyond Repair: Living with MS is, as I have told its author, an important book.

That's not quite right. It's an Important Book.

I don't know about you guys, but I used to have only the barest of familiarity with multiple sclerosis. I knew it was a thing, a disease, and it was the sort that if someone got it we'd talk about it with hushed whispers and sad demeanour. MS is, honestly, not something I'd talk about while jumping up and down and playing accordion. But thanks to Corey's book, I actually have a working knowledge of it without having felt like a moron while it was explained to me.

Even better, she was able to explain it to me in such a way that I giggled while I learned, and then this bold woman went on to ask questions I never would have asked - some of them because I wasn't consciously aware that I had such questions to ask.

Below is the link to Corey's book. It's currently 25% off until March 24, and I strongly encourage you to take advantage of this launch sale - if possible, by two or three copies, so that you can keep one for yourself and give the others away to friend show might otherwise try to steal it from you!

And if for some reason you don't have the money to snag this jewel of a book for yourself... please share this post. Hopefully one of your friends will buy it.

Then you can yoink their copy. ;)

http://www.lulu.com/shop/c-corey-fisk/memoirs-of-a-mouthy-dame%E2%80%93-beyond-repair:-living-with-ms/paperback/product-18935175.html

#NewBook #ReadThis #SharingAwesomeness #DeadTree #OMGyay
http://www.lulu.com/shop/c-corey-fisk/memoirs-of-a-mouthy-dame%E2%80%93-beyond-repair:-living-with-ms/paperback/product-18935175.html

GIACOMO GALEAZZI

GIACOMO GALEAZZI
VATICAN CITY
Vatican Insider spoke to Biblicist and writer, Professor Simone Venturini on the subject. Professor Venturini works in the Vatican Secret Archives and teaches Biblical Science at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. He is also the author of a number of works, including Il libro di Gesu Segreto (The secret book of Jesus) published by Newton Compton.
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/homepage/the-vatican/detail/articolo/vaticano-stele-verbum-domini-13515/

Originally shared by ****

Originally shared by ****

The funny, agressive squirrel's story on our Laugh On Line!

;-DDDDD

Smile!
http://laughonline.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/neighborhood-hazard-or-why-the-cops-wont-patrol-brice-street/

“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like, if each of us offered as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person...

“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like, if each of us offered as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person...
One kind word has a wonderful way of
turning into many.”
http://www.fci.org/neighbor/

How do you approach the passages in the Bible that talk about God’s creation (Genesis 1:1) while maintaining a positive attitude towards science?

How do you approach the passages in the Bible that talk about God’s creation (Genesis 1:1) while maintaining a positive attitude towards science?

I happen to have an advantage there because I am a nuclear physicist by training and a deeply committed Christian.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/president-jimmy-carter-bible-book_n_1349570.html?ref=religion

DHS lists Capistrano Swallows as Terrorists

DHS lists Capistrano Swallows as Terrorists
The swallows have called for a general assembly at noon and the mayor has the swat team on stand-by. In related news - local pigs are looking really nervous.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/swallows-344612-courtyard-central.html

On March 17th, the NYPD seriously injured several peaceful protesters at the six month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, including a few that needed hospitalization. No police were injured and no property was damaged. We demand an investigation into the violence.

On March 17th, the NYPD seriously injured several peaceful protesters at the six month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, including a few that needed hospitalization. No police were injured and no property was damaged. We demand an investigation into the violence.
http://signon.org/sign/investigate-nypd-violence.fb1?source=s.fb&r_by=566404

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Maybe you're too busy to defend your rights. Maybe there is no time to even read them. They are YOURS. They are being taken from you every day and night. Please just listen for a few minutes while you are still allowed to do that. I love my country - I bet you do too...
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Politics/-/United-States-Bill-of-Rights/19481

Don't be shy.

Don't be shy.

Originally shared by PJ

G+ Social Experiment #3 : The Story Of My Life

Ladies and gentleman, this is an experiment I have been working on for a while and Its my attempt at one of the biggest things in my life..And I need your help! In fact I ran a focus group with 50 people on this experiment to see if people would be interested and 91% of the focus group wanted to see this experiment run!

This experiment is a bit more complex then the last two.. But the results will create a true life diary of people on G+. Something like this has never been done on any social platform. My goal in this experiment is to bring real life in to social media. This experiment will not collect data; rather the participants will upload a video (up to 5 minutes in length max) on a shared social experiment YouTube channel set up for all of the participants to use. This experiment is also a test on Google’s new idea of cross platform introduction, the results will show if it’s possible to use two different Google properties to create an engagement.

The YouTube page made for this experiment already has a few actual G+ videos uploaded from the focus group to show the idea of what we want. This experiment will run for about 8 weeks. The End date is May 11, 2012. The experiment goal is to get 1,000 or more videos submitted. At the end of this experiment, with the help of a few video experts on G+, a movie will be made based on the submitted videos by G+ users and we will submit the final cut to the Independent Film Festival… So if you ever wanted to be in a movie or media, ever wanted to tell the world how you feel about hunger or talk about your favorite pet, this is your chance.. Please share this with as many people in your circle, so we can get a true image of the people on G+ and their life.

Here are the Guidelines to the Experiment:

Please make a video about something in your life. You don’t have to show your face, You can change your voice. In fact we ask that you don’t give your name. The video could be about your daily life, pets, your job (please no spam!), your relationship, the economy, the election, politics, your hobbies ( please no porn, no hate crimes and no violence!)… Anything that is important in your life. Please do not use copyrighted material. Be creative with your work.. The idea behind this experiment is not so much to match people and their story; but to get video ripples in social media.

We do ask you to please start your video with these words: “I am a Google + user and this is the story of my life…..”

Once you make this short video (up to 5 minutes max in length), please upload it to the social YouTube Channel that has been set up for all of the G+ experiment participants to use.

Here is the Youtube Channel: http://www.Youtube.com/gplusexperiment
Username: gplusexperiment
Password: exp12345

Please title your video: G Plus Experiment: The Story Of My Life
Put whatever you want for description.
For Tags use these: gplus, google plus, google experiment, the story of my life, g experiment
Category: Science and Technology
Privacy setting should be public and license should be standard.

Please Do NOT change the username or password on the share account. Please respect other peoples work and do not delete or change them, this is a community experiment and it requires a true team work and trust for it to work. And don't forget to check the YouTube channel often for fresh videos from the community. Thanks Again!

Search results for videos from last nights assault on the constitution.

Search results for videos from last nights assault on the constitution.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1TSNF_enUS423&aq=2&oq=zuccotti&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=zuccotti+park+protest#q=zuccotti+park+protest&hl=en&rlz=1C1TSNF_enUS423&tbm=vid&prmd=imvnsu&source=lnt&tbs=qdr:d&sa=X&ei=ugtmT4CSE8zDsQLirOy2Dw&ved=0CA0QpwUoAg&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf

Iv'e seen quite a few posts asking why our Atheist friends are so crabby lately. It seems like they are just mad as, well you know what I mean - HE double hockey sticks. I see the same sort of thing from the extremist type religious peeps too...

Iv'e seen quite a few posts asking why our Atheist friends are so crabby lately. It seems like they are just mad as, well you know what I mean - HE double hockey sticks. I see the same sort of thing from the extremist type religious peeps too...
Maybe there is something missing from the lives of both groups ?
http://christiannymphos.org/

This is NOT an OWS or OPB event. We are not, as a group associated with MoveOn. Oh, just take a look for yourselves...

This is NOT an OWS or OPB event. We are not, as a group associated with MoveOn. Oh, just take a look for yourselves...

MoveOn.org Civic Action is hosting the online event registration process but is not responsible for the content or programming of the trainings or for the planning or organization of any specific actions. The 99% Spring is a collaborative effort between many organizations to train over 100,000 Americans in the basics of nonviolent direct action—not an electoral campaign.
http://moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127475&id

Sometimes you have to turn things upside down.

Sometimes you have to turn things upside down.

Originally shared by Morgaine LeFaye

http://remainsimple.tumblr.com/post/11442271330

Listen up - Don't Read and Drive

Listen up - Don't Read and Drive
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video

Shhh- shouldn't this be called Hangover Day ?

Shhh- shouldn't this be called Hangover Day ?
http://downtownprintwear.wordpress.com/tag/national-goddess-of-fertility-day/

Happy Saint Cats Pats ! #caturday

Happy Saint Cats Pats ! #caturday
http://theolosophy-tfk.blogspot.com/2012/03/can-i-haz-mike-check.html

The best kind of sleep beneath Heaven above,Is under a quilt, handmade with love

The best kind of sleep beneath Heaven above,Is under a quilt, handmade with love
Thank you all for the love you share -
http://nqaquilts.org/natqday/

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year !
http://ncgrsanfrancisco.org/IADSF2012.html

This link http://www.newseum.org/ebp/gallery/ is better but it's animated and starts by itself. Wee worth looking at - but the one below is good too...

This link http://www.newseum.org/ebp/gallery/ is better but it's animated and starts by itself. Wee worth looking at - but the one below is good too...
http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/newbios/nwsppr/freedom/freedom.html

Originally shared by ****

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Reshared for my #finnish friends...

Reshared for my #finnish friends...

Originally shared by ted kelly

"Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen"
Serious athletes always practice before the big event. Even rank amateurs know enough to warm up and stretch before exercising. Here's your sign.
St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th, the day prior to the better known feast of some minor saint from Ireland, who was alleged to have driven the snakes from that island.
http://www.sainturho.com/

Good News for my "special" circlepeeps...

Good News for my "special" circlepeeps...

Originally shared by ****

EXTRA...EXTRA read all about it!!

We are not

ABNORMAL....

We are UNIQUE!!!

blehhhh to the DSM
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/03/15/psychiatrist-tells-truth-its-ok-not-to-be-normal/

"Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen"

"Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen"
Serious athletes always practice before the big event. Even rank amateurs know enough to warm up and stretch before exercising. Here's your sign.
St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th, the day prior to the better known feast of some minor saint from Ireland, who was alleged to have driven the snakes from that island.
http://www.sainturho.com/

I saw something on the internet the other night that I didn’t agree with. Someone posted as an Occupy “XXX” group that we were all Libertarians. I of course accused them of being posers and uncircled them. That’s what we do; right? When someone doesn’t fit our definition of an occupier, we cut and run. I don’t mean turn either. I mean cut.

I saw something on the internet the other night that I didn’t agree with. Someone posted as an Occupy “XXX” group that we were all Libertarians. I of course accused them of being posers and uncircled them. That’s what we do; right? When someone doesn’t fit our definition of an occupier, we cut and run. I don’t mean turn either. I mean cut.


Of course that’s what we do, ON THE INTERNET !


Sigh....


In the real world we still have to live together. Consensus is hard. We still have to work together. We are making a difference. Posers and troublemakers aren’t our enemy. They are just evidence that we are getting somewhere. We still have to succeed together. The only other option is to fail.

I didn't identify the occupy profile because everyone has a stake in the future. I might not agree with them but I'd hear them out at a GA. (I still think they're posers though - ftr)

Pffft... is not a very persuasive argument.

Companies That Care Day

Companies That Care Day

http://www.companies-that-care.org/

Thanks Lynette Young for the share...

Thanks Lynette Young for the share...
HELP us hit the 500 comment limit ASAP

Originally shared by Mark Traphagen

Join Me In Some Mischief?

Amir Efrati, who declared in the Wall Street Journal that "Google+ Is a Ghost Town" just posted one of his "post and run" posts, with which he almost never engages, here on Google+:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/117940797281312243002/posts/gAQyvULTtDR

I just left a comment there calling to order a meeting of The Ghost Town. Join me there. Leave a ghostly comment. Maybe just say "boo."

Share this. Let's ghost bomb him!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/117940797281312243002/posts/gAQyvULTtDR

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Andrew Zimmern, host of “Bizzare Foods” on the Travel Channel, about porridge and good breakfast practices around the world.

Anchor Marco Werman talks to Andrew Zimmern, host of “Bizzare Foods” on the Travel Channel, about porridge and good breakfast practices around the world.
http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/porridge-zimmern/

Hello -

Hello -
I miss seeing you. Is everything okay ?

Must Today

Must Today
Go.
On Forever
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/03/pi_day.html

Today is National "Save a Spider" Day !http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/03/14/get-off-your-tuffet-for-save-a-spider-day.aspx

Today is National "Save a Spider" Day !http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/03/14/get-off-your-tuffet-for-save-a-spider-day.aspx
http://www.peta.org/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-01-48/0550.Spider.jpg

It's L Ron Hubbards' birthday.

It's L Ron Hubbards' birthday.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/03/scientologys_wr.php

I'm not a photographer. I have a phone and like to take snapshots but it's hard to be on the plus-side and NOT wonder about all the awesome peeps and their walking around thingies...

I'm not a photographer. I have a phone and like to take snapshots but it's hard to be on the plus-side and NOT wonder about all the awesome peeps and their walking around thingies...
Just kidding - but if any other NON photographers are curious about all that stuff like f-stops and focal lengths and whatnot.... Check out these simulations..
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-online-camera-simulators-photography-beginners/

Hi - that was Einstein

Great idea - comment plus and share on original please

Great idea - comment plus and share on original please

Originally shared by Christa Laser

Share, +1, and comment if you vote yes to an ability to report harassment.

Women, are you tired of reading weird harassing comments on your posts? Think that the internet is a jerk factory, where if you block one another pops up? Do you wish that the community discouraged harassment? Then you need a harassment reporting tool (not available on all networks).
Men, are you sick of losing women to Pinterest and Facebook? Wish they had a safe place to post publicly? Then you need a harassment reporting tool (not available on Google Plus).
Anyone, do you wish that you could do something more than blocking when a bully or a creep posts something that promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, or harassment toward you or others? Then you need a harassment reporting tool (if you want one on your social network you are going to have to fight for it!).

Please, if you want Google Plus to make it possible to report harassment, #voteithot by sharing, +1'ing, and commenting. With enough support, we can make harassment a reportable offense.

#feminism #antibullying #community #socialmedia

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

A- 21st century politician
B- 20th century scientist
C- 19th century philosopher
D- 18th century revolutionary

Seriously ? I just got uncircled for a couple of +1's and a music share. Is that all it takes ? Maybe it's best if I don't get the reasoning behind that.

Originally shared by Eileen Gravelle

Originally shared by Eileen Gravelle

Cover that beats the original

Rarely does a cover of a great song come along that beats or is even equal to the original - Marianne Faithful's cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" is one in my book.

Here's another - a knockout cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" - that makes you listen to it with fresh ears.

It doesn't hurt that one half of the duo is a dead ringer for Johnny Depp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441mR2zsQbg

Libertatianism now, libertarianism forever - unless socialism works out better for me of course...

Libertatianism now, libertarianism forever - unless socialism works out better for me of course...

Originally shared by Peter Smalley

[Politics]

There's rhetoric, and then there's how it works in the real world.

The rhetoric is that it is unconstitutional to require a US citizen to purchase insurance.

In the real world, the plaintiff for just such a lawsuit is now declaring bankruptcy because of medical bills she can't pay - because she didn't buy insurance. And the taxpayer will have to pay the bill.

Learn. Learn. Learn.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/03/10/plaintiff-in-landmark-anti-obamacare-lawsuit-bankrupted-by-medical-bills-you-and-i-pick-up-her-tab/

Contrary to popular opinion they do not have any employees named Wee Todd Did, Hugh Jass or Mike Hunt...

Contrary to popular opinion they do not have any employees named Wee Todd Did, Hugh Jass or Mike Hunt...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/29/sofa-retailer-rude-catchphrase?newsfeed=true

I don’t teach poetry, but I often read poetry to my class. That’s part of my teaching philosophy, to remind students that whatever the subject, poets have something important to say to us.

I don’t teach poetry, but I often read poetry to my class. That’s part of my teaching philosophy, to remind students that whatever the subject, poets have something important to say to us.

Originally shared by Joyce Donahue

This is good... maturity leads to wisdom, if we let it:

"Here’s one plausible answer to the question of why my teaching might be better today: I’m more comfortable with ambiguity than when I was younger. As we age, we have a choice. We can conclude that we’re right in our assertions about the world and proceed based on that assumption. Or, we can conclude that we’re right and proceed based on the assumption that we’re missing something..."
http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/03/holding-on-to-the-joy-in-teaching/

Nothing like the Sunday Papers. I wonder how much longer we'll have them. I'll miss the crossword puzzle for sure.

Nothing like the Sunday Papers. I wonder how much longer we'll have them. I'll miss the crossword puzzle for sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5r1ub00btE

wow, huh ?

wow, huh ?

Originally shared by Kavita Hindustani

The Ninety Nine Purrcent #caterday

The Ninety Nine Purrcent #caterday
http://99purrcent.tumblr.com/
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lte2dwOFr71qk28s8o1_500.jpg

There were lolcats before the internet ?

There were lolcats before the internet ?
The carte de visite (abbreviated CdV or CDV, and also spelled carte-de-visite or erroneously referred to as carte de ville) was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris, France by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854,
#caturday

Via Alvin Vijayan Marcelo I sent this to you as a token of thanks for all the beautiful things you send us. Thanks for all of your efforts and time and taste.

Via Alvin Vijayan Marcelo I sent this to you as a token of thanks for all the beautiful things you send us. Thanks for all of your efforts and time and taste.

Originally shared by Nasrin

No POLITICS - No RELIGION - No APPLE/ANDROID - not even any cats....

No POLITICS - No RELIGION - No APPLE/ANDROID - not even any cats....
How an you NOT check this out ?
https://plus.google.com/u/0/101512420337702535236/posts/Jst96WieibN

Originally shared by Lifehacker

Originally shared by Lifehacker

If these skills don't get you into the cool club, I don't know what will.
http://lifehacker.com/5892152/top-10-badass-things-you-can-do-one-handed

Salt Lake City Area

Salt Lake City Area

Originally shared by Jo Anne Thomas

AMBER ALERT

Please Re Share, try and get her home QUICK!!
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=19524663

GET OVER IT DAY™ is based on the idea that EVERYONE has SOMETHING to get over.[Editor's Note: If you're not sure what YOU have to get over, just ask your friends what they're tired of hearing you complain about.]

GET OVER IT DAY™ is based on the idea that EVERYONE has SOMETHING to get over.[Editor's Note: If you're not sure what YOU have to get over, just ask your friends what they're tired of hearing you complain about.]
http://www.getoveritday.com/

hat tip to Brian Sullivan for sharing this in comments

hat tip to Brian Sullivan for sharing this in comments
It's late and I'm too tired to try to write some witty "hook" to drag you in. Just look and see how many of your "friends" are here.
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/index.htm

Via Cliff Roth

Via Cliff Roth

Originally shared by Adriana Game Over

Hello plussers!

I submitted two of my works to an art contest in Spain. But apparently votes are also very important for this, so I'd greatly appreciate if you'd help me on this one.
My social awkwardness needs you!

Anyway, if you wish to vote, each link has one of the paintings I've submitted, to vote, just click 'Votar' on the bottom right.

You may also share this if you wish to help me any further.

Thank you very much!


Painting 1. http://www.arte40.es/home.html?Galeria-8-1633783
Painting 2. http://www.arte40.es/home.html?Galeria-8-1633782

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ted kelly hung out with 1 person.JJ Madison

Hi - Sorry I didn't have any time to chat. Next time, maybe?

Originally shared by Telmo Figueiredo Filho

Originally shared by Telmo Figueiredo Filho

Joined Google+ in july/2011 and since then have bumped into some incredible women.

I've circled them. Followed them. Maybe stalked too?

Petite Mucht Tonja Kilby Chanchal Bhatia Laura Manach Elisa Tammela Nicci Moon Jaana Nyström Ana Drahotusky Bruketa Marketta Aaltonen Carms Perez Angela McBain Morgaine LeFaye aprile rosamunde Natalie Martinez Kimberli Art Rebecca Harrison Yifat Cohen Tessie L'Amour Lotus Carroll Tarah Gaa diane coe Laurence Pegard Sassi BoB Katie Miller Kat B

Not everyone is here. Theses girls are just a few.

They're pilots-to-be, executives, mammies, bloggers, singers, journalists, students, artists and many other occupations I can't recall.

They may intense, reserved, generous, naïve, brave, untidy, loud, kind, serious, clever, straight-to-the-point, wise, witty or hard-working. None of these and yet everything at the same time.

They're women.

Power, intuition and strength. Strong combination.

Today is your day. Officially. In my humble opinion, the other 364 are as well.

Enjoy your official day. You deserve it. And a lot more.


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After careful consideration, I have decided not to run for president this year.

After careful consideration, I have decided not to run for president this year.

Originally shared by Betsy McCall

Originally shared by Betsy McCall

I'd really like to believe we are a long way from this... but I don't think we are as far away as some people would like to think, and certainly not as far away as I'd wish to be.
http://m.news24.com/news24/SciTech/News/Religion-forces-science-teacher-to-quit-20120306

Reading aloud is different. Some things - like poetry should almost always be given a voice. Try it for yourself. Take a mouthful of poetry or The Bard and see if it doesn't take on more meaning. Heck, try it on the train to work this morning....

Reading aloud is different. Some things - like poetry should almost always be given a voice. Try it for yourself. Take a mouthful of poetry or The Bard and see if it doesn't take on more meaning. Heck, try it on the train to work this morning....
http://litworld.org/worldreadaloudday/

Dear Ron Paul supporters - Yes he has some good ideas - No he's probably not too much worse the the rest of the candidates. - I try very hard not to trash your threads but seriously... While I don't think all Republicans are evil just because they follow evil leaders - I can't help thinking you are all crazy for following him. IMHO neither crazy nor evil people should be in the position to blow up the whole world. Please keep that idea in mind this November. Thank you.

Meet Carole Nickerson - certified Googlehead

Meet Carole Nickerson - certified Googlehead
and check out Tangram http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmusic.tangr.am%2F&h=JAQGuZs2Y
http://music.tangr.am/track/take-me-away

oo Satya I would like to introduce a student that I met on G+. He claims to be a student of civil engineering but I think he is a student of knowledge itself...

oo Satya I would like to introduce a student that I met on G+. He claims to be a student of civil engineering but I think he is a student of knowledge itself...

In other words - check him out. He has some interesting ideas that he would like to share and discuss. If he isn't your cup of tea, share him with others who might enjoy his company. IMHO His public shares don't do him justice. He "engages" better than he posts - (true story)

Peaceful Protesters, Professional Police and Plentiful Press

Peaceful Protesters, Professional Police and Plentiful Press

I woke up to this story so I may as well go to bed with it too. I know these people. I've sat down to dinner with them and talked about their families and the future. There is a future and we all have to work together to make that future. Goodnight Plussers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/occupy-palm-beach-camp-sh_n_1321579.html

Hi - Idle curiosity raises it's gaze... You're a writer; right ? Why don't you write audio books ? Has anybody ever even tried that ?

The demonstrators are part of a nationwide movement demanding reforms in banking, housing and corporate regulations

The demonstrators are part of a nationwide movement demanding reforms in banking, housing and corporate regulations

Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/west_palm_beach/occupy-palm-beach-county-protesters-arrested-after-police-warnings-to-leave-old-city-hall-site#ixzz1oF2FOncF
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/west_palm_beach/occupy-palm-beach-county-protesters-arrested-after-police-warnings-to-leave-old-city-hall-site

Moving Day for Occupy Palm Beach

Moving Day for Occupy Palm Beach

Occupy Palm Beach is being evicted this morning. One of the longest running occupations has joined the growing list of victims of the assault on the Constitution. Several arrests have been made. Reports vary (as they always seem to) from a few (WPBPD) to more than a dozen (onsite witnesses)

West Palm Beach Police and Palm Beach Co. Sheriffs Dept. teamed up to remove the brave protesters from the chilly site downtown. The eviction is going peacefully in comparison to other cities. In this picture some of the occupiers are being extricated from a balcony where they have locked themselves to the building.

"When Ellipses Meet" by Michael Kroth

"When Ellipses Meet" by Michael Kroth
A love story for the ill-literate-aye...
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/staticcontent/Kroth.aspx

A Salute

A Salute

Originally shared by Trever McGhee

Share this post to keep the memory alive of the ultimate sacrifice a father makes in order to protect his unborn child's freedom.

This extraordinary photo captures a moment in time that will last forever if we allow it to symbolize the changes we must make in our world.

Please take a moment and share this photo by Marcia Truitt, to click the like button to honor Landon's mom, Crissie's, request to help keep the memory of Andrew alive. Andrew stood up for your freedom and paid the ultimate price.

We mostly do not think of war and why it is a part of our lives. Whether the war was right or wrong doesn't matter, who was right or wrong doesn't matter.

What matters is that Andrew like so many countless thousands did the best he could and maybe, just maybe one day, those in charge will realize the price of war is not worth the outcome and will choose Peace instead.

2011 Winner National Grammar Day Short Story Contest

2011 Winner National Grammar Day Short Story Contest


The Origin of Third Person in Paleolithic Epic Poetry

by Gerald Warfield

The first story ever told was told in first person. It was told around a campfire by Ogg who raised both his fists into the air and exclaimed in a loud voice: “I killed a mammoth!”

Ogg’s story was very popular, especially with his girl friend, Umpah, and he was asked to repeat it often. But Ogg was frequently away on hunting trips and not available to tell his story, so Umpah began to tell it. Looking up at the others around the campfire, she quietly told the story in third person and it went like this: “Ogg went out one day and he killed a mammoth.”

Although with either telling what the listeners around the fire envisioned was more or less the same, they much preferred the first-person version. But alas, after Ogg’s unfortunate encounter with the mama of the mammoth he had killed, the only version of the story available was Umpah’s, but she was often asked to tell it.

Now, there was at this time a rascal among those who crouched around the fire, and he noticed that people preferred the first person version of the story and that they were sorry they could no longer hear it told in that manner. After thinking about it, the rascal figured out a way that the first person version could be told again, and he invited everyone down to the dry stream bed to hear it.

He quickly put on a ratty bear skin like Ogg always wore, painted a long scar across his face just like Ogg’s and sported a feather in his hair like the ones Umpah always gave him before a hunt. After everyone had gathered at the stream bed, the rascal jumped out from the bushes and raised his spear and said: “I am Ogg, the greatest of all hunters, and I went out and I killed a mammoth!”

The people were delighted and beat their hands together in appreciation. They knew, of course, that it was the rascal who told the story, but they enjoyed it nevertheless. The rascal repeated the story many times in the stream bed. It was a good location to tell a story, being very flat and wide, and the people began to refer to the place as the Broad Way.


After several seasons there came a liar named Eh to the campfire who saw the success of the rascal in telling Ogg’s story in first person, as if it were his own. He wanted to dress up like Ogg and tell the story, too, but the liar was missing one leg and so nearsighted that no one would believe he had killed a mammoth, no matter how much he dressed up. So the liar named Eh decided that he would tell the story in another way.

Eh took up a bow and plucked the string while he recited the story in rhythm which he called poetry. The technique worked so well that he excited people just as much as Ogg, who had raised his hands and shouted, and Umpah, who had first elaborated on the story, and the rascal, who had sprayed the audience with spittle. Eh picked upon his bow and recited the poem like this:

Ogg, the great
Did exclamate:
I killed the MONSTER!

With consummate skill
The Mammoth killed,
Upon his spear he tossed her.

Eh hobbled around to all the caves in the valley picking his bow and picking the poetry, too. And the people were always glad to hear Eh pick poetry (ahem). In this way, Ogg’s story passed down from generation to generation until it was heard by a man named Homer who changed it a lot.

I love it when Grammar Day comes around. I do admit that music peeps and artists and even geeks are great. But damn-it writers just Rock !

I love it when Grammar Day comes around. I do admit that music peeps and artists and even geeks are great. But damn-it writers just Rock !
Here is a little nugget from NatGramDay.

http://johnemcintyre.blogspot.com/2010/03/pulp-diction-complete-serial_5990.html
Pulp Diction
http://nationalgrammarday.com/

National Grammar Day

National Grammar Day
Language is something to celebrate, and March 4 is the perfect day to do it. It's not only a date, it's an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gWwah7ROsE

I know we're supposed to be engaging or write something witty here but....

I know we're supposed to be engaging or write something witty here but....

Originally shared by Manny Fragoza

Rush - The Apology

Rush - The Apology
While I fully support Mr. Limbaugh's right to express his opinions, I swear that given the opportunity (it COULD happen) I will express mine to him. He hasn't been getting out much lately though and I do live about 20 miles away. On the other hand, he IS easy to spot when he does go out.

My choice of words was not the best, and in the attempt to be humorous, I created a national stir. I sincerely apologize to Ms. Fluke for the insulting word choices.
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/03/a_statement_from_rush

you might like this - I can suggest users too ?

VIP-DIP meaning Venerated in Public, Disdained in Private. "Do as I say, not as I do." The list of vip-dipers on the Right runs from Harold Bloom to Newt Gingrich, but certainly not Ayn Rand. Right?

VIP-DIP meaning Venerated in Public, Disdained in Private. "Do as I say, not as I do." The list of vip-dipers on the Right runs from Harold Bloom to Newt Gingrich, but certainly not Ayn Rand. Right?
-I found this link in an Atheist blog that was shared on Facebook.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-ford/ayn-rand-and-the-vip-dipe_b_792184.html

#caterday #caturday Good morning & from my cats to yours - hisssssss, mwroooooowl, pssstts

#caterday #caturday Good morning & from my cats to yours - hisssssss, mwroooooowl, pssstts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbX-BeSY_18

PRI's - THE WORLD

PRI's - THE WORLD
You know, that thing that's there when you step away from the computer. Sometimes I call it the "real world". Well, you can see it here (in your computer) too. I usually listen to in on my way home from work. Then I'm actually out in the world WHILE I learn more about it at the same time....

Get a fresh perspective of people, events and trends that shape our world. PRI's "The World" covers a wide range of topics, including science, business, technology, sports, art and music. A mix of news, features, interviews and music from around the world presents an engaging portrait of the global community. Produced by BBC World Service, Public Radio International and WGBH Radio Boston. http://www.theworld.org
http://www.theworld.org/2012/03/video-galapagos-of-the-middle-east/

Million Mom March

Million Mom March
Rush Limbaugh IS a big fat Idiot.

Let's mach on his house/broadcast studio and tell him...

Vote with a +1 in comments

The only full-weekend, all-owl event in North America!

The only full-weekend, all-owl event in North America!
http://www.festivalofowls.com/index.htm

We urge you to get out and get people talking about this disease. Colon cancer is often beatable when caught early, yet it is still the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.

We urge you to get out and get people talking about this disease. Colon cancer is often beatable when caught early, yet it is still the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States.
http://www.ccalliance.org/dressinblueday/index.html

Good morning

Good morning
http://www.wdp-usa.org/

Save the Guinea Pigs !

Save the Guinea Pigs !
http://www.sniksnak.com/ac/guinea-mon.html

testing - something is screwy with my plus.....

National Women’s History Month

National Women’s History Month
http://www.nwhp.org/whm/index.php

Phyllis was at the point that many retirees, who retire unexpectedly or who have a sudden change in their life, are in, asking the question..."What now?"

Phyllis was at the point that many retirees, who retire unexpectedly or who have a sudden change in their life, are in, asking the question..."What now?"
http://www.refiredretired.com/about.htm

Welcome to National Caffeine Awareness Month

Welcome to National Caffeine Awareness Month
http://www.caffeineawareness.org/