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A friend of a friend went to a family bar mitzvah over the past weekend and disappointingly discovered that support for Obama isn't there this election because of the feeling that he is not a supporter of Israel. Needless to say, she is facing an angst-filled 13 days to the election. Hand holding will be needed.
But it's wrong to say that Obama is not a supporter of Israel since this support is pretty de facto in the US for every politician. However, it's probably true that there is no love lost between him and hard line neocon, Netanyahu.
Well, in less than two weeks we'll learn if the trend she observed is isolated or if the Democrats are going to lose a good portion of this traditional voting bloc. And, if other coalitions, like Hispanics, can fill any support void.
Silly me! I thought Obama acing two debates and Romney being shown up as an ignorant, dangerous fat cat would convince the American voter what choice they had to make.
Let's go here first today:
http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/top-75-pictures-of-the-day-for-2012/
What's not to like with a site which says of itself: The Sifter has two goals: 1. To be your trusted source for entertainment, education and wonder 2. Use big pictures whenever possible
Every year, they post the 100 best pictures and this page shows 3/4 of them for 2012. No captions, just big pictures. There is sure is a lot of wonder here tough.
After you cruise all the pictures, be use to click along the top bar and don't miss The Shirk Report. What a neat compilation of pictures and articles. You won't be disappointed.
OK, just one more today because this one isn't a lightweight but it does start with a wacky homepage:
http://englishhistory.net/
You have no problem reading this url and expecting something about English history. But first you get a picture of "Valentino Rossi who is celebrating his win at Qatar (at) the first race of the 2010 MotoGP season."
2010? Probably not a current website but then it doesn't have to be because just under Rossi's picture are links to two great English Romantic poets, Byron and Keats and a history of Tudor England. Now, these topics are really "blasts from the past."
Full disclosure: Keats and Byron are not two poets on the top of my "must read" list (Edna St. Vincent Millay is there.) However, this site offers such a rich look into their lives (contemporary biographies, quotes from other greats, critical articles, their poems) that it should be read. If you have never studied this way before, you will get a glimpse of what was/is called a classical education. You don't have to like it, but this is a painless portal for you.
Both these sites are a labor of love for Marilee Hanson and she has done a great job. Who would not agree with Keats' assessment of poetry: 'The great beauty of Poetry is, that it makes every thing every place interesting ."
But it was not the poets which interested me initially in this website; it was the history of Tudor England. Once again, the information was prepared by Marilee and she's done another excellent job.
Unfortunately, in my teaching of history and now with the girl's assessment of her very difficult advanced World History course, I have always heard: I hate history. Which always makes me sad because I think the study of history is one of the more vibrant subjects to learn and teach.
Even it you are among the 99.999999% percent of the US population (I hope this only occurs in the US.) who despise learning history, take a look at this history of Tudor England. For starters, click on Questions but then move around for a fascinating read. You're get to see the rise of the powerful nation state as Henry VIII does the unthinkable and breaks with the church of Rome. (He had been called the Defender of the Faith by the pope.) You'll read about the first, unsuccessful English queen, Mary I (who was the first queen by right, not marriage) and her wildly successful half-sister who followed her, Elizabeth I. (During her reign, the Spain was destroyed as a powerhouse.)
Too much history, you say? Well, then stick around for the soap opera of the six wives of Henry VIII. He divorced two, beheaded two, had one die on him and himself died on the watch of number six. And don't miss clicking on the Tudor images. Be sure to take a look at the portraits of Anne Boleyn. Is that the same woman?
While this site is being updated and redesigned, so much is up for you to see now. OK, I'm going to say it: It's a treasure trove!
Enjoy. See you next Wednesday.
(Final note: On the Tudor England Contents page, if you scroll down you will see: Visit the following sites. Only Tudorhistory.org is an active site here. Of the other three, two are defunct and one will try and give you a Trojan horse. However, Tudorhistory.org makes up for the problems with the other three.)
A friend of a friend went to a family bar mitzvah over the past weekend and disappointingly discovered that support for Obama isn't there this election because of the feeling that he is not a supporter of Israel. Needless to say, she is facing an angst-filled 13 days to the election. Hand holding will be needed.
But it's wrong to say that Obama is not a supporter of Israel since this support is pretty de facto in the US for every politician. However, it's probably true that there is no love lost between him and hard line neocon, Netanyahu.
Well, in less than two weeks we'll learn if the trend she observed is isolated or if the Democrats are going to lose a good portion of this traditional voting bloc. And, if other coalitions, like Hispanics, can fill any support void.
Silly me! I thought Obama acing two debates and Romney being shown up as an ignorant, dangerous fat cat would convince the American voter what choice they had to make.
Let's go here first today:
http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/top-75-pictures-of-the-day-for-2012/
What's not to like with a site which says of itself: The Sifter has two goals: 1. To be your trusted source for entertainment, education and wonder 2. Use big pictures whenever possible
Every year, they post the 100 best pictures and this page shows 3/4 of them for 2012. No captions, just big pictures. There is sure is a lot of wonder here tough.
After you cruise all the pictures, be use to click along the top bar and don't miss The Shirk Report. What a neat compilation of pictures and articles. You won't be disappointed.
OK, just one more today because this one isn't a lightweight but it does start with a wacky homepage:
http://englishhistory.net/
You have no problem reading this url and expecting something about English history. But first you get a picture of "Valentino Rossi who is celebrating his win at Qatar (at) the first race of the 2010 MotoGP season."
2010? Probably not a current website but then it doesn't have to be because just under Rossi's picture are links to two great English Romantic poets, Byron and Keats and a history of Tudor England. Now, these topics are really "blasts from the past."
Full disclosure: Keats and Byron are not two poets on the top of my "must read" list (Edna St. Vincent Millay is there.) However, this site offers such a rich look into their lives (contemporary biographies, quotes from other greats, critical articles, their poems) that it should be read. If you have never studied this way before, you will get a glimpse of what was/is called a classical education. You don't have to like it, but this is a painless portal for you.
Both these sites are a labor of love for Marilee Hanson and she has done a great job. Who would not agree with Keats' assessment of poetry: 'The great beauty of Poetry is, that it makes every thing every place interesting ."
But it was not the poets which interested me initially in this website; it was the history of Tudor England. Once again, the information was prepared by Marilee and she's done another excellent job.
Unfortunately, in my teaching of history and now with the girl's assessment of her very difficult advanced World History course, I have always heard: I hate history. Which always makes me sad because I think the study of history is one of the more vibrant subjects to learn and teach.
Even it you are among the 99.999999% percent of the US population (I hope this only occurs in the US.) who despise learning history, take a look at this history of Tudor England. For starters, click on Questions but then move around for a fascinating read. You're get to see the rise of the powerful nation state as Henry VIII does the unthinkable and breaks with the church of Rome. (He had been called the Defender of the Faith by the pope.) You'll read about the first, unsuccessful English queen, Mary I (who was the first queen by right, not marriage) and her wildly successful half-sister who followed her, Elizabeth I. (During her reign, the Spain was destroyed as a powerhouse.)
Too much history, you say? Well, then stick around for the soap opera of the six wives of Henry VIII. He divorced two, beheaded two, had one die on him and himself died on the watch of number six. And don't miss clicking on the Tudor images. Be sure to take a look at the portraits of Anne Boleyn. Is that the same woman?
While this site is being updated and redesigned, so much is up for you to see now. OK, I'm going to say it: It's a treasure trove!
Enjoy. See you next Wednesday.
(Final note: On the Tudor England Contents page, if you scroll down you will see: Visit the following sites. Only Tudorhistory.org is an active site here. Of the other three, two are defunct and one will try and give you a Trojan horse. However, Tudorhistory.org makes up for the problems with the other three.)
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