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Day: March 14, 2020

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Parents, Its Your #1 Job to Get in Your Kids Way at All Times. Kids Do Not Deserve Privacy.

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ShareTweetPin Parents. I am an assistant principal in a middle school (grades 6-8). My number one job is to create and sustain a school environment where both students and teachers feel safe (physically, emotionally, and mentally) to teach, learn, innovate, and socialize. I take my job very seriously, as do my colleagues, and we work very hard to grow in our capacity to do our job on a daily basis. I can’t begin to describe how much time I spend every day dealing with issues that stem from unsupervised cell…

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‘Metal-morphosis – how rock became my rock’

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Along with everything that goes along with puberty, I found myself pulling away from an interest in science – something which seemed to come as a birthright for everyone in my family. On top of that, making friends didn’t get any easier. ‘Rock was my rock’ Then I found rock music. From then on, rock was my rock. It was a safety blanket – a soundtrack to a time when I felt alone and isolated. My first contact came from films, and what I could make out coming through my…

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Doctor & Infectious Disease Specialist Says “Im Not Scared of Covid-19,” Advises Patience Over Panic

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ShareTweetPin As people don face masks, deplete the toilet paper supply at Costco, and tiptoe around strangers in a wave of fear, it’s no secret that the Covid-19 scare has rattled the globe. Since the virus touched American soil, the reverberation of panic can practically be felt on every street corner. But as many recoil in terror, doctor and Infectious Diseases Specialist Abdu Sharkawy is spreading a message contrary to the one infecting the masses—one of reason, patience, and compassion. In a viral Facebook post that has since been shared…

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NI energy scheme failure ‘not due to corruption’

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Set up to encourage the use of renewable energy sources, the RHI closed to new entrants in 2016 amid concerns about the potential cost. Those boilers used wood pellets, but the subsidy payment was higher than the cost of the fuel, creating an incentive to use the boilers to generate income. It became known as “cash for ash”. Arlene Foster ‘sorry for failings’ The scheme was introduced by then Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster. Following the report’s publication, Mrs Foster, now the first minister, repeated an apology for her “failings in…

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This Contact Sword Routine is Absolutely Mesmerizing

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View this post on Instagram 表演者是很單純的，表演ã€è¡¨æ¼”ã€è¡¨æ¼”ã€é‚„是表演。 如果你有舞å°é©åˆæˆ‘請邀請我，我想在ä¸åŒçš„國家翱翔，與我的åŠã€‚ The performers is very simple. Flow, flow, flow, and flow. If you have stage,please invite me. I hope I can fly in the others country. With my sword. Shot: @bboylilwei #å°ç£ç‡ˆæœƒ #åŽé‡Œé¦¬å ´ #åŽé‡Œç‡ˆæœƒ2020 #è¡—é ­è—人 #contactstaff #sword #circus #flowarts #yoga #konfu #spin #trance #titostsai #firetitos A post shared by Titos Tsai 笑炎舞者蔡å®æ¯… (@titos_firedancer) on Feb 13, 2020 at 2:30am PST Apparently ‘contact swords’ is like a more dangerous version of contact juggling, not too dissimilar from baton twirling. It looks beautiful and pretty badass…

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Man Tries Killing Stray Kittens By Releasing His Pitbull On Them, Luckily This Blep Survives And Finds A Loving Home

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But Zimes wasn’t always a happy-go-lucky meowmer. When the kitty was just 4 weeks old, he became the victim of a guy who released his pitbull dogs to kill stray cats. As a result, Zimes was left permanently disfigured. Fortunately, he found a new loving mom, Margot Tamar Riemer from Israel, who has cystic fibrosis herself and understands what it’s like to be different. Now, they’re real soul companions sharing this wonderful journey called life! Bored Panda contacted Zimes’s mom Margot and asked her to share their unique story! Scroll…

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This 10 Y.O. Is Planning To Become A Tattoo And SFX Makeup Artist And Hes Surprisingly Good Already

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When we were kids, most of us wanted to be actors, teachers, firefighters, and astronauts. However, times are changing and some unique aspirations crop up with new generations. This 10-year-old dreams of becoming a tattoo artist (and a special effects makeup artist as well as an actor) when he grows up. And Thomas is definitely working towards achieving his dream. Thomas’ mother Katie Eklund shared some of the boy’s works on Facebook where they gained traction. Bored Panda reached out to the mother for additional details and she kindly provided…

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Taylor Swift’s Dad Fought Off Home Intruder At Florida Penthouse Apartment – DETAILS! – Perez Hilton

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Thank goodness Taylor Swift‘s dad is safe and sound after a truly horrifying ordeal. Scott Swift reportedly had a very scary encounter last month when he happened upon an intruder in his penthouse in St. Petersburg, Florida. According to Pinellas County court documents recently unearthed by the Tampa Bay Times, the incident actually occurred on January 17, even though it’s only being reported publicly now. Per the court docs, a man named Terrence Hoover snuck past the “fully gated and guarded entrance” to the property and made a mad dash towards the building’s…

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At Tock, this restaurant group owner and former trader is building a Spotify for reservations

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Tock, a six-year-old, Chicago-based culinary reservation service, has never had the kind of brand-recognition that other companies in the space have enjoyed, from publicly traded OpenTable to Resy, the New York-based company that was founded in 2014 and acquired last year for undisclosed terms by American Express. That’s because Tock has relatively quietly been supporting customers, many of them high-end restaurants like French Laundry that, with Tock’s encouragement, began selling prepaid “tickets” for meals years ago. These aren’t unlike buying tickets to a concert or NBA game, sometimes weeks or…

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