Parenting Is The World's Most Important Job – Humor

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No task is as critical to the future as good parenting. Some days being able to keep your sense of humor and perspective really helps. We've collected some humorour thoughts on fatherhood, raising teens, being a working mom and more.

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1. In 1900, fathers and sons would have heart-to-heart conversations while fishing in a stream.Today, fathers pluck the headphones off their sons' ears and shout, “WHEN YOU HAVE A MINUTE..”

 

In 1900, a father came home from work to find his wife and children at the supper table.Today, a father comes home to a note: “Jimmy's at baseball, Cindy's at gymnastics, I'm at adult-Ed, Pizza in fridge.”

  

TEENAGERS

 

Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

 

BEING A MOM

 

You know you’ve turned into a mom when You find yourself humming the Barney song as you do the dishes.

 

Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life.

 

 

Teen Optimistic About Innovation Science & Technology

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A new study done by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, shows that teens are more optimistic than adults on what innovation will bring to our future. By 2015, 33% of teens believe gas powered cars will obsolete, as opposed to 10% of adults.

 

Teens were much more optimistic than the adults polled that innovations will solve a lot of the global issues. Such innovations teens thought would be solved: unclean water, hunger, disease and pollution. This was encouraging to those who conducted the survey considering the fact that the teens believe innovations in the areas of science and technology could solve these important issues.

 

But current trends are not likely to put many of these teens in the field of science and technology. Only 14% of the teens were interested in the field of engineering, and only 9% were interested in a career choice of science.

 

Keywords: innovation, science & technology, education

Reference Books For Doing Business Globally

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Global business is expanding and exploding.  A perfect example is China that has become on of the worlds fastest growing economies.   The need to understand cultures and communication is every bit as important as having the right sources for your product lines.  If you think it’s time to do some reading, Christoper Liechty works all over the world and recently shared his personal reading list.  Each book will add to your knowledge of doing business within different cultures.

 

BUSINESS BOOK: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

 

The books are:

 

Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference by Craig Storti

 

Designing Across Cultures: How to Create Effective Graphics for Diverse Ethnic Groups by Ronnie Lipton

 

Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in Sixty Countries by Terri Morrison, Wayne Conway and George Borden

 

Dun & Bradstreet’s Guide to Doing Business Around the World (ISBN 0735201080, out of print) by Terri Morrison, Wayne Conway and Joseph Douress

 

 

Keywords: Business books, Relationships, Finance  

 

 

 

General Has Tough Mission: Building The Army

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The Army recruitment department is turning to video games, Websites, text messaging to cell phones, and helicopter simulators to draw more teenagers into the recruitment offices to sign up for duty. With goals not being met for recruitment, the Major General in charge of recruitment, turns to these and other innovations in order to attract those who have the aptitude and desire to be apart of the Army. He also has turned to commercials on the Food Network and sending recruitment officers out to NASCAR events to help persuade parents that Army service will be good for their children. There are currently 8,000 military recruiters, an advertising budget of $200 million, and a fleet of tractor-trailers that are outfitted to showcase the Army’s technology.

 

 

Keyords: Sci/Tech, Parenting, Business

Margaret Ross and Success Class TV Program

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A joint production of Kamaron Institute and Comcast Inc. and hosted by Margaret Ross, Success Class is a weekly, news magazine format show of “how to” KC3 case studies, real life application of values and citizenship. New Positive Parenting segment is being added to show line up.

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Each show shines the spotlight on what's right and what works in business, education and community.

 

“We focus on the facts, the how to steps, and the real life stories of Amazing people who are increasing quality teaching time, making businesses, schools and buses safer, happier and more productive places,” says Success Class host, Margaret Ross.

 

“The same skills that help an adult have a successful day at work, help students have a successful day at school,” adds Comcast's Andy Macke. “We focus on those facts and the role models in business and in education,” adds Ross.

 

 Success Class is fast-paced edutainment. The modular, multi-media, news format that builds on the language and story characters of the Casey book series by Margaret Ross and the teacher tested lessons and activities of the Kamaron KC3 Positive Label Programs for school and business.

 

The KC3 TV Good Finder News Team goes behind the scenes of area schools, organizations, and companies who are making a positive impact.

 

 

The programming focuses on bringing good news to the community and features four segments each episode: Learning It; Living It; Community Connections and Every day Heroes.

 

Positive Parents: Practical tips from Margaret Ross for raising happy children.

Learning It: helps to reduce unkind behaviors such as bullying, and as a result, increases teaching time in school

Living It: connects the dots between business and education

Community Connections: a segment profiling a non-profit organization in the community

Every day Heroes: profiles an individual that models positive relationships skills with their family and community everyday

Cyber Bullying Solutions Schools Home

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Daily, half of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America’s school children, approximately 12 million, are impacted by bullying on the bus and in school.  Cyber bullying is in addition to this larger problem that impacts the quality of student education.

 

A partnerships with school, home, transportation, and community is required.

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The number of kids using the Internet makes it the preferred way to communicate. The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that approximately 17 million kids aged 12 to 17 use the Internet.

 

Teens have embraced IM—74 percent of teens IM, compared to only 44 percent of adults. IM  is the preferred cyber bullying medium of teenage girls.

 

Cyber Bullying incidents tracked at 6 percent in 2000 are now estimated in range of 18% to 42% of students in grades 4 through 8, say they have been bullied online.

 

Less than 20 percent tell their parents that they have been cyber bullying victims our of fear of loosing internet access.

 

It’s a cycle. Half of cyber bullying victims also display cyber bullying behaviors. 

 

Cyber bullies sometimes leave their “electronic finger prints” behind. Electronic messages such as IM’s and emails leave “fingerprints”—nine-digit numbers recorded with your ISP (Internet Service Provider).

 

 

Cyber Bullying Preemption and Prevention In Schools

 

Launch a proactive, preemptive program that replaces the natural name-calling, bullying, taunting bullying behaviors with a positive focus.  Re-norm what is considered cool at school

 

Kamaron Institute has successfully done with the KC3 Positive Label Program, which has proven to decrease bullying behaviors by 50 percent.

 

Make sure ethics and character as bullying preemption should be included in any computer instruction given at your school.

 

Partner with your PTA for a parent briefing on all cyber bullying as well as bullying on buses and in school.

 

Encourage your school district to develop a clear, comprehensive bully preemption and cyber bulling prevention policy on acceptable computer use, both on and off school property.

 

The policy should spell out what constitutes cyber bullying, and list consequences.

 

Establish a bullying prevention relationship with your local police department, perhaps inviting “cyber cops” to your school to speak to parents and kids on proper Internet use.

Mature Audience Is Core Viewer Group for Streaming Media

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Mature Audience Are Core Viewers for Streaming Media

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The person watching news, entertainment programming on home computers and cell phones is not a teen or someone starting out in their career.  The steaming video viewer is Generation X and younger Boomers.

 

A study from comScore Networks found that “consumers between the ages of 35 and 54 years old accounted for more than 45 percent of all online video watched in the last few months… and 20% more likely to watch online video than the average Internet user.” This online video streams could be anything from product clips, music videos, movie trailers, to full news broadcasts. These results alter the stereotype that the younger crowd would be more likely to be streaming video and should alter website publishers marketing targets.

 

 

 

 

A technology and life style business resource from Kamaron Institute Resource Center

Kamaron Institute Business Growth Fact: Administering Aspirations

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Your Kamaron Institute news nugget: Today's business facts and stats may assist in accelerating your business thinking. Kamaron chose this business fact to add value to your visit to the Kamaron news site. Remember: Knowledge is not power. Wise application of knowledge by people of character and integrity is power. We attract what we are rather than simply what we want.

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