West Side School District

Dr. Steven and Aubrey Oliverson

Father / Daughter Musical Duo

Friday, January 27 at 7:00 PM

Dahle Performing Arts Center

West Side School District

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moon-Light/112841012073192

http://www.moonlightperformers.com/

While the video shows a clear pattern of seasonal temperature changes along with momentary spikes throughout the centuries, you can see that it’s only recently that temperatures in most regions of the world (represented with intensified colors) started to really peak. In fact, since the year 2000, we’ve experienced nine of the 10 warmest years on record.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/nasa-video-shows-global-warming-is-real/10021?tag=nl.e660

MSNBC: This Week in Pictures: Jan 12 - 19

The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook app users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook’s strictest privacy settings. The practice breaks Facebook’s rules, and renews questions about its ability to keep identifiable information about its users’ activities secure.

Meanwhile, one of the creators of Facebook, Mark Zuckerburg, has amassed a personal fortune of $17.5 billion.

http://www.howtogeek.com/90722/facebook-has-yet-another-privacy-breach-nobodys-surprised/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

There’s a new trend in urbanism, making the city fun. Popping up around cities are everything from swings at bus stops to trash bin basketball.

Here’s another addition to the list of fun urbanism: a collaborative urban video game played in a Madrid plaza.

The game, called City Fireflies, looks fairly simple but lots of fun. All that’s needed is the light from a cell phone, open public space, a large screen, and some willing gamers.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/cities/fun-urbanism-group-video-game-in-a-madrid-plaza/1688?tag=nl.e660

Astronomers think millions of years ago something big smashed into Mars and sent rocks hurtling through the solar system. After a long journey through space, one of those rocks plunged through Earth's atmosphere, breaking into smaller pieces.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=18904988&nid=1012&title=scientists-confirm-rocks-fell-from-mars

Young Americans reportedly are quitting Facebook amid concerns over privacy and information overload. Growth in the number of visits was 56% for November 2009 through October 2010; from November 2010 to October 2011, it was 10%, perhaps suggesting the network is struggling to retain its novelty appeal. "That's a continual problem that they're solving, and there are no permanent solutions," said Gartner analyst Ray Valdes. (12/13)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/14/technology/shunning-facebook-and-living-to-tell-about-it.html?_r=1

• 360 application limit
• GPA of 2.5-3.2
• 26 available
• Two-year
• $2,500 per year

https://www.scholarshipamerica.org/statefarmgoodneighborscholarship/.

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is under consideration by the House of Representatives.

This bill threatens the free exchange of creative digital content like music and movies and will allow the federal government to block access to specific websites and filter websites from search engine results.

If you enjoy Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Playlist, DropBox, YouTube, Reddit, Netflix, Google Books, eBay and similar sites then you should read about this bill and consider the effects it might have.

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGw0dFFYd3d5TkRoUml3WEZZQWdUQUE6MQ