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photomelissa:

Looking west with the sun.

I would love to move to NYC. I miss the bagels and the Pizza. What would I do with my Red Sox obsession?

Bocce

Cute video.

hope on climate change in 2013

It’s going to take a lot more than tweets to get new policy on climate change. but there is hope. You probably read the guardian’s recent post that 97% of scientific papers on climate change agree that it is man-made. You’ve also probably read that we’ve passed 400ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Here’s hoping that the next 30 years brings serious and sustained action on climate. Time to vote the deniers out of office… Glenn Gruenhagen of Glencoe – I’m looking at you for starters. “United Nations fraud and lie”? Conspiracy theory much?

random access memories

the new daft punk is my official summer record. there is a wonderful groove permeating this record. I’ve only streamed via iTunes. Contemplating a vinyl purchase. But it’s $33.49 on Amazon. That is a serious premium over the digital version.

graduation speeches

graduation is nearly upon us this year, and I just found this speech by David Foster Wallace. Worth a listen.

THIS IS WATER – By David Foster Wallace from The Glossary on Vimeo.

Teacher Education

The best programs draw people who majored as undergraduates in the subjects they wanted to teach; focus on extensive clinical practice rather than on classroom theory; are selective in choosing their applicants rather than treating students as a revenue stream; and use data about how their students fare as teachers to assess and revise their practice.

via Teachers – Will We Ever Learn? – NYTimes.com.

Good article – if you do just a little bit of reading about the system in Finland, you’ll get the sense that we could do a lot better.

Food Production

This will blow your mind…

La surconsommation from Lasurconsommation on Vimeo.