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Comment on Debunking the Myth of the Inherently “Mean Girl” – Humans Weren’t Born Nasty by Michael Hulshof-Schmidt

Michael Hulshof-Schmidt — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:53:10 +0000

Nice to see a social worker’s perspective about humanity.

Comment on Debunking the Myth of the Inherently “Mean Girl” – Humans Weren’t Born Nasty by Jim Wheeler

Jim Wheeler — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:09:14 +0000

This makes perfect sense to me, including when de Waal said,

“Morality” developed in humans in small communities, he said, adding: “It’s a challenge… it’s experimental for the human species to apply a system intended for (in-groups) to the whole world.”

We evolved as hunter-gatherers in small groups. It’s little wonder that tribal sizes of thousands, much less millions, don’t work as well. Even the GOP’s various factions can’t seem to get along. Give us a few more thousand years and we might work it out.

Comment on Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy his “Vitruvian Man?” by Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy his “Vitruvian Man?” « Initiations et Voyages

Did Leonardo da Vinci Copy his “Vitruvian Man?” « Initiations et Voyages — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:05:06 +0000

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Comment on “The Neuroscience of Teaching and Learning” – David Eagleman by Creative or “Wrong” Answers to Test Questions? | Creativity Workshop

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:18:25 +0000

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Comment on About Me by bellegroveatportconway

bellegroveatportconway — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:34:19 +0000

Hi, I am search for some help in archaeology. My husband and I are working on opening a bed and breakfast in Virginia on a very historic property. The property is located in Port Conway and is the birthplace of James Madison. The home that is there now was built in 1791 and has been complete restored. The help I am looking for is on three items. The first is there are three outbuilding, a Smokehouse, an Ice House and a Summer Kitchen. I am wanting to figure out about when these buildings were built. I am working on research at the local and state levels in the library and on the internet. But with the Union army during the Civil War destroying most of the historic records, finding information can be near impossible. The next item is I know that there is an unmarked grave site on the main property of Belle Grove (the name of the property) with ten people buried there in the late 1700s to early 1800s. I know this because there was a marked placed there in the mid 1800s by a family member. The issue is that in 1983 a group of people (not sure if it as a historic society or not) moved the marker from the grave site to a cemetery about 200 yards away. They placed it at a church that was built on the property along with other family members. When they did, they placed a plaque on the marker stating that they moved it and that it was moved about 200 yards off the property. So now we don’t know where to look for the grave site. I have uncovered a letter sent to the owner in the 1950s stating concern around the grave site (about 1/8 of an acre with markers on the outside edges measuring 12 ft by 12 ft, which are not there anymore) but we still don’t have any idea where it is. What concerns me is that we are going to be doing some heavy landscaping and we don’t want to dig up poor John. The question I have is there something like a ground depression that I can look for? Any ideas? The last item is the older homestead that is on the property. This would be the house that James Madison was born in. At this point the location is lost to us. The theories we have heard are that is has washed away into the river, that it is located about 200 yards from a highway bridge and between that bridge and the current house and last that it’s foundation is under the current house. I am still trying to find some older maps in hopes that we can locate the spot. I don’t think its washed away though. In my research, I have books that state the foundation was still visible up to 1925. So I am hoping it has just been lost in the underbush. Any help and ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated! And I would welcome any ideas from your readers as well. You can contact me via email at bellegroveofportconway@gmail.com. Thank you for your time!

Michelle

Comment on Heidi Hayes Jacobs – Essential Curriculum Now! by Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:34:22 +0000

It sounds like her speech was packed with a lot of useful information for teachers in the classroom. I think it is great that she pointed out that teachers need to be teaching students using the new technologies of today like blogs, video chatting, photography, and writing. All this information was very helpful!

Comment on My Second Attempt at Digital Storytelling in the Classroom by My Second Attempt at Digital Storytelling in the Classroom « Indiana ... | Storytelling in the 21st Century | Scoop.it

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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:52:16 +0000

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Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:52:09 +0000

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Visual Learners and Digital Storytelling | My Wired Life — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:33:30 +0000

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