Nathan Rein

Another to-do and reminder application. Accepts inputs via SMS, Twitter, and email (though you only get fifteen SMSs per month with the free plan). Well reviewed by Lifehacker - Nathan Rein

The program sends “reformed” shooters into the community to defuse violent situations and accustom potential shooters to other ways of resolving conflict, while simultaneously working with trusted, local opnion leaders (e.g., clergy) to spread the message that violent actions are unacceptable — not just wrong, but also foolish (”uncool”). Described as employing an approach drawn [...] - Nathan Rein

The program sends "reformed" shooters into the community to defuse violent situations and accustom potential shooters to other ways of resolving conflict, while simultaneously working with trusted, local opnion leaders (e.g., clergy) to spread the message that violent actions are unacceptable -- not just wrong, but also foolish ("uncool"). Described as employing an approach drawn from epidemiology, but I don't really see the connection. - Nathan Rein

I think this is actually a pretty good summary of some important traits for teachers to cultivate. It’s based on observations of a small group of award-winning primary teachers, but it has broad applicability, I think. Sure, it’s a little vague, and it’s kind of predictable, but sometimes bullet-pointed lists can be handy things anyhow. [...] - Nathan Rein

Clipped from www.webmd.comTeen Fatalism Linked to Risky BehaviorSurvey Shows 15% of Teens Believe They Will Die YoungJune 29, 2009 — New research challenges the widely held belief that teens underestimate the dangers associated with risky behaviors because they think they are invincible.The study found that adolescents who engaged in risky behaviors such as drug [...] - Nathan Rein

I think this is actually a pretty good summary of some important traits for teachers to cultivate. It's based on observations of a small group of award-winning primary teachers, but it has broad applicability, I think. Sure, it's a little vague, and it's kind of predictable, but sometimes bullet-pointed lists can be handy things anyhow. The source has more quotations and more detail. - Nathan Rein

The blogger follows the travels of the former inhabitants of the Carterets Islands, who are being evacuated from their homes as the islands disappear into the ocean. They are described as "the world's first climate change refugees." It's sobering. - Nathan Rein

I suppose this isn't surprising, but it's the first real, large-scale empirical confirmation that pessimism in teenagers is connected with dangerous behaviors (on the one hand) and with disadvantaging circumstances such as poverty or single-parent family situations (on the other hand). In other words, kids in bad situations are more likely both to believe they will die young and to act in ways that make it more likely that they will. - Nathan Rein

Some impressively paranoid quotations can be found in the article, suggesting (it seems to me) that the "parishioners" in this church expect that they will have to use their weapons against the government at some point in the not-too-distant future. - Nathan Rein

Clipped from www.nytimes.com God, Firearms and America Come Together at a Church in Kentucky “But for a deep-seated belief in God and firearms, this country would not be here today,” Mr. Pagano declared from the church’s pulpit. “You have become my parishioners,” he said. “I pray that the Lord will bless you and keep you.”“I am glad [...] - Nathan Rein

Clipped from journeytothesinkinglands.wordpress.comJourney to the Sinking LandsThe people of the Carterets Islands, off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are the first entire people to officially be evacuated because of climate change. The islands themselves are being swallowed by the rising sea level, while the islanders’ crops of banana, taro and breadfruit have been destroyed [...] - Nathan Rein