Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
This the land of the free fee.
Oh, quit fussing, Mark! The fees are a small price to pay to be free. If you lived in a fee-free state, the fees might be free, but likely not thee.
Oh.
OK.
(If you want more than that fine print, click the graphic for more of the story.)
So this blog disappeared completely off the Web.
Why?
Some hacker deleted it for me.
Thankfully, I just got done reinstalling and restoring it.
I’m so grateful the database was out of the hacker’s reach.
Now I need to restore a bunch of other stuff til I get it back to what it was.
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What a great idea!
Why did I not think of it while I was teaching school??? 🙁
| Ads on tests add up for teacher
Tom Farber gives a lot of tests. He’s a calculus teacher, after all. So when administrators at Rancho Bernardo, his suburban San Diego high school, announced the district was cutting spending on supplies by nearly a third, Farber had a problem. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice for the big tests they’ll face in the spring, such as the Advanced Placement exam. “Tough times call for tough actions,” he says. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final. San Diego magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured his plan just before Thanksgiving, and Farber came home from a few days out of town to 75 e-mail requests for ads. So far, he has collected $350. His semester final is sold out. |
Maybe I’ll try to buy an ad for Anabaptist Bookstore or Reaching Out Magazine.
That’s supposed to be a funny title. 😆
Anyway, as you likely know already, here’s what’s happened on Wall St in the two days since the election:
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Can the stock market be racist? 😯
I was at Yahoo! News. I saw a set of thumbnail pictures. I noticed one in particular. I clicked on it because I wanted to see if the photo were clear enough to read the writing on the document.
Though I couldn’t read the writing, I wondered if I could read the message.
To put it another way, I was astounded at what I saw.
What would make this photo a subliminal message?
What would make it obscene?
What would make it racist?
What would make it illegal?
What would make it a victory statement?
What would make it viral?
Last update for this post appended at the end
I don’t know what to title this post. That will have to do. Maybe it fits; maybe it doesn’t.
Early this morning I got an email from one of my cousins about one of her sister’s sons, D.
| They had found a hole in [his] heart and he had surgery on Thursday… yesterday. Things have taken a very unexpected turn and unless God works a miracle… he will not make it. Please pray. [D] and [L] have 6 children and the 7th is due in December. |
D was losing blood faster than they could give it.
In faith, I rest in God’s love, wisdom, and power.
And in His nearness to D and L and their children, and to their extended families.
I posted the above on October 24 at 7:01 am Pacific Time.
UPDATES: October 25 at 8:47 am PT
At 9:15 (Eastern) last night: At the same time the doctors are being very honest with the family saying there is little chance for [D] to live. They say if you could put it into percentage they might say it is an 80/20 percent chance for him to live. The doctors have been very reassuring that they are there to help him survive, and not at all ready to pull life support. His body is under tremendous stress. He is very swollen, up to 48 extra pounds. There is a possibility of brain damage but not permanently since the whole body is swollen. There are many side effects. His hands are so swollen that they have had to cut them open to relieve pressure. They had to do this or he might never have use of his hands again. They are trying hard to stay ahead of all the side effects that the shock is putting on his body. Vital organs like kidneys and lungs could fail and then be the next most urgent concern. At this point they are not planning to do a heart transplant. His heart though not working on its own yet, is a good heart.
At 9:30 (Eastern) this morning: He made it through the night. PTL! The doctor told the family this morning that the truth was that he had not expected [D] to make it through the night. Things are still very touch and go. BUT- quoting the doctor, “we can be cautiously optimistic.”
UPDATE: October 25 at 9:41 pm PT
At 6:30 (Eastern) this evening: They have done some tests on [D]s brain. There is still blood flow there. This is a very good thing. Now the next major prayer request is that he would wake up so they can see if there is brain activity.
UPDATE: October 28 at 11:55 am PT
For missing and further updates and for a guestbook to sign: Danny Ewing.
I saw some headlines just as I was going to go off-line.
My mind went shooting down a slide, though not perversely so.
I found some other headlines to fit the picture.
PS: I tinkered with the headlines.