http://www.sarahdolby.co.nz/Paintings_Eleven.html

Sarah Dolby – ‘Eleven’
Oil on Linen

http://www.cultcase.com/2008/10/contemplating-kate-moss-rolls-in-as.html

Contemplating Kate: Moss Rolls in as a 21st Century Muse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/education/7649308.stm

A Times Educational Supplement poll of 6,162 UK teachers found that 22% of secondary school teachers would support the right to use corporal punishment in extreme cases.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/education/7650466.stm

I’ve always felt that learning music in any manner; whether an actual instrument, musical appreciation or dabbling with “beats”, has a positive influence on many other aspects of learning and increases “brain power”.

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

I’d love to try Vietnamese iced coffee – coffee drip filtered in to sweet condensed milk and then poured over ice.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3131228/John-Fancy.html

John “The Mole” Fancy

John Fancy, who has died aged 95, was shot down early in the war and became one of the RAF’s most determined and persistent escapers, earning the nickname “the mole” for his many tunnelling escapades.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/7652091.stm

WWII tunnel digger ‘Mole’ dies – The World War Two tunnel digger John Fancy, whose actions inspired the film the Great Escape, has died aged 95.

Warrant officer Fancy helped dozens of his fellow inmates escape from prisoner-of-war camps in Poland, Lithuania and Germany.

http://www.breastawarenessguy.org/film.htm

“Let Tommy show you how to be breast aware”

Brilliant viral video promoting breast cancer awareness.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8090

“You can capture your screen and record your sound to make videos (tutorials, e-lessons, etc.). ”

Screen casts from within Firefox.

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/john-cochrane-on-why-the-bailout-plan-would-be-a-disaster/

From the page: “Like a monster from an old horror movie, the Treasury plan keeps coming back from the dead. Yes, we are in a financial crisis that needs urgent, determined, and clear-eyed help from the government. But this plan is fundamentally flawed. It wont even work if we leave aside its horrendous cost and long-lasting damage to the financial system. The additions and sweeteners in the Senate version, and those on the table in the house, make it even less likely to work.”