School Closings for Weather

In the past few days since we got our weather reports for the area we have had people losing their minds wondering if schools will be open. I have to question the intelligence of these folks as they should be able to look outside and know for themselves if they feel comfortable enough to send your children out. I happen to home school my son but, if I didn't choose to do so, I don't think I would need some clown from the school board to tell me what "MY" thoughts on the weather are for "ANY" particular day not just the infamous "SNOW DAYS". Come on people lets try and think for ourselves at least sometimes, if you woke up on morning and we were under military attack or some other emergency would you need to told to keep your child home? I really pray you don't, need instruction for common sense. When I see things like this I have to wonder if maybe we got the wrong ones in schools maybe we need to educate the parents and let the children play. 

Woman Wearing Cow Suit Arrested

A Middletown woman is arrested, after chasing children, urinating on a porch, and blocking traffic... all while wearing a cow suit.

From :http://www.local12.com
Woman Wearing Cow Suit Arrested - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati:

Tracy Kauffman

I recently came across another fine local southern writer, her name is Tracy Kauffman. a Christian author from North AL. Well versed in  writing fiction fantasy books for children and young adults, Tracy uses her gifts to try and encourage, edify and inspire others through her writings. I appreciate any valid attempt to give our youth inspiration, validation, or respect. I found particular interest with “Captain Honey Bear Saves Goldie Locks” her newest addition to her line.
“Captain Honey Bear Saves Goldie Locks” is about a superhero bear that tries to save a squirrel named Goldie Locks from Benny the badger.
Tracy was featured in a Spotlight Interview at Authors.com during September, this Spotlight interview brings you closer to the author answering the questions the lead to her style and genre of writing. As a home schooling parent I enjoy finding wholesome yet entertaining material for the children in my family. Be sure to check out Tracy's wonderful stories.

            

  

        

Amber Alerts

I recently added the Amber Alerts ticker to this site because I feel this is one of the very important, yet overlooked service that is in place today. On average, 2,185 children under the age of 18 are reported missing each day. That'smore than 797,500 children per year. Of those, almost  204,000 about 25 percent, were family abductions. An estimated 58,200 were abducted by someone other than a family member. Of those, 115 were taken by strangers and kept for a period or killed. At least 322 children had been recovered safely through the AMBER Alert program. 

School House Rocks vs Public School?

     I wonder how many of us have truly forgotten the very principles America is based on. I woke up this morning and began to find all these school house rocks videos with intention of introducing my 11 year old son to the political side of his education. I choose the School House Rocks videos simply because I personally remember how the videos helped me through many tasks I needed to perform at school. One particular instance was when we were instructed to memorize and quote the Preamble of the Constitution I already knew it due to the repeated viewings of this, School House Rock -The Preamble a Saturday morning short between our normal cartoon features. I must say as a stude3nt of Georgia Public School Systems had it not been for the Schoolhouse Rocks videos I in all likelihood would still be struggling with some of these principles.

     I began to ask others around me what their opinion they had if any about the School House Rocks videos. Most all of the people in my own age group had indeed heard of and profited in their studies with memories built from these short lessons. One of the people in my general age group I asked about this is a Special Needs teacher in a close by local county. I only know this particular school system only vaguely, but it is to my understanding these videos are not really part of any educational curriculum. Yet she uses them with great success as have many others I am sure. I do think a lot of us have forgoton the very basic principles that make us the proud nation that we once were and could still be. I am not saying that America isn't a great and strong nation but you must admit we have lost a lot in just my lifetime alone. I do believe that introducing children to these principles as early as possible is a good thing, but we would have to keep the principles the same for all. It seems to me a lot of these long standing guidelines get side tracked a lot of times, for money or some other un fair practice to satisfy a small wealthy group or even a small loud group.

What your opinion of these videos and their effects on our children in today's world?.

Facebook Identifies Porn Spammers

From - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2396492,00.asp

Facebook said Wednesday that it has tracked down the scammers responsible for a spam attack that flooded the social network with pornographic and violent imagery this week.

"In addition to the engineering teams that build tools to block spam we also have a dedicated enforcement team that has already identified those responsible and is working with our legal team to ensure appropriate consequences follow," a Facebook spokesman said today.

Yesterday, security firm Sophos said in a blog post that Facebook had been awash in objectionable material over the previous 24 hours. "The content, which includes explicit hardcore porn images, photoshopped photos of celebrities such as Justin Bieber in sexual situations, pictures of extreme violence and even a photograph of an abused dog, have been distributed via the site—seemingly without the knowledge of users," said security consultant Graham Cluley.

Facebook later confirmed that it had been hit with "a coordinated spam attack that exploited a browser vulnerability." The company said its efforts "drastically limited the damage caused by this attack."

According to Facebook, users were "tricked into pasting and executing malicious javascript in their browser URL bar causing them to unknowingly share this offensive content." Engineers have since built "enforcement mechanisms" to shut down the offending Pages, as well as accounts that exploit the vulnerability, Facebook said.

"We have also been putting those affected through educational checkpoints so they know how to protect themselves," the company continued. "We've put in place backend measures to reduce the rate of these attacks and will continue to iterate on our defenses to find new ways to protect people."

Facebook has had some success in going after spammers. In August, Facebook "spam king" Sanford Wallace turned himself in to the FBI after being indicted on charges of spamming Facebook users with millions of bogus messages.

That case dated back to 2009, when Facebook sued Wallace and two other spammers for phishing and spamming schemes that compromised many accounts. The social-networking site obtained a restraining order in February 2009 and a $711 million judgment in October, the second-largest in history for an action brought under the federal CAN-SPAM Act. The case was then referred to the U.S. Attorney's office for possible criminal charges, which resulted in Wallace's indictment.



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Offensive and highly disturbing photos on Face Book.

In regards to the recent posting of offensive and highly disturbing photos appearing on many of our walls. I see many of us are disturbed by these photos if you wish them to go away we need to stop commenting on them, each comment placed on one of these pieces of garbage raises it higher in your feed and gives it more importance in the feed. Try your best to ignore these posts if possible. If you must vent and leave a comment go back to where the photo originates, make your comment and report it from there. These spammers are using our own dislike for these photos to spread them around, please let's not help them anymore