Dallas Mavs On Twitter

Show Our Mavs Some Love On Twitter!

> Dirk Nowitzki = @Swish41

> Jason Kidd = @RealJasonKidd

> JJ Barea = @JJBareaPR

> Jason Terry = @JasonTerry31

> Tyson Chandler = @TysonChandler

> Shawn Marion = @Matrix31

> Caron Butler = @RealTuffJuice

> Corey Brewer = @CoreyBrewer13

> Brian Cardinal = @Cardinal_Brian

> Team Account = @DallasMavs

> Best Owner In The League = @Mcuban

If you have any others to add, let me know.
Go Mavs!

> Link to this page:
http://j.mp/Mavs-On-Twitter

PS: Thanks to @csutherlin for suggesting to add these.

> Mavs Mascot = @MavsChamp

> Mavs Dancers = @MavsDancers

(How could I forget the dancers?  They're my favorite Mav!)

Songs For Japan

I just bought "Songs For Japan" through iTunes on my iPhone.
It's a fund raising album with 38 great songs for only $9.99 on my iPhone. 

Passing this along, I hope other people will do the same.

Here is a list of the songs you get when you purchase it:

1. John Lennon, "Imagine"
2. U2, "Walk On"
3. Bob Dylan, "Shelter From the Storm"
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Around the World"
5. Lady Gaga, "Born This Way"
6. Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable"
7. Bruno Mars, "Talking to the Moon"
8. Katy Perry, "Firework"
9. Rihanna, "Only Girl (In the World)" 
10. Justin Timberlake, "Like I Love You"
11. Madonna, "Miles Away"
12. David Guetta, "When Love Takes Over"
13. Eminem (featuring Rihanna), "Love the Way You Lie"
14. Bruce Springsteen, "Human Touch"
15. Josh Groban, "Awake"
16. Keith Urban, "Better Life"
17. Black Eyed Peas, "One Tribe"
18. Pink, "Sober"
19. Cee Lo Green, "It's OK"
20. Lady Antebellum, "I Run to You"
21. Bon Jovi, "What Do You Got?" 
22. Foo Fighters, "My Hero"
23. R.E.M., "Man on the Moon"
24. Nicki Minaj, "Save Me"
25. Sade, "By Your Side" 
26. Michael Bublé, "Hold On"
27. Justin Bieber, "Pray"
28. Adele, "Make You Feel My Love"
29. Enya, "If I Could Be Where You Are"
30. Elton John, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
31. John Mayer, "Waiting on the World to Change"
32. Queen, "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" 
33. Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody"
34. Sting, "Fragile"
35. Leona Lewis, "Better in Time"
36. Ne-Yo, "One in a Million"
37. Shakira, "Whenever, Wherever"
38. Norah Jones, "Sunrise" 

I know you can get it through iTunes or Amazon.com
(maybe more places too)

Here are a couple links:
http://j.mp/Japan-iTunes
http://j.mp/Japan-Amazon
(It's only $7.99 on Amazon)

> Link to this page:
http://j.mp/Songs_For_Japan

Urgent! - Protect Your Facebook Privacy

ATTENTION:

 

On Friday, 4/29/2011. Facebook will become OWNER

of the publishing rights of ALL your private photos!

 

To prevent this, you need to make a simple change:

 

1. Go to "Account", upper right.

2. In the drop down, click on "Account Settings".

3. Click on "Facebook Ads", along the top, far right.

4. The first section says, "Ads shown by third parties",

     Click on "Edit third party ad settings".

5. Choose "No One" then save.

 

This should take you 1 or 2 minutes to protect your privacy,

and ownership rights of all of your private photos.

 

Please share this so others are aware and can protect their photos too.

 

> Link to this page:
http://j.mp/Facebook_Privacy_

 

Saluting The Teachers Who Give A Damn!


A teacher once told me it wasn't his job to teach, it was my job to learn.

While he was right about the second part, the first part made me shake my
head and wonder why that man was allowed in a classroom. Sadly, not only
was he allowed in a classroom... he'd been a teacher for over 20 years.

He sat quietly each day listening to the radio and reading his newspaper and
he'd have us rotate each day between reading our text books and watching
videos from the AV department.

Then once a week we would take a test. A test he did not write, and he did
not grade. I learned later that because he did not grade the tests, nor did he
even look at them I did not have to read my book or even worry about the tests.

On the tests he had other students grade we agreed to give each other A's and B's
(so as not to draw too much attention). On the tests he pretended to grade I learned
that he simply gave us a grade that was calculated by looking at our previous grades
and using a curve based upon how much he liked us. If you were clean cut, an athlete,
and dressed the right way... that helped your grade a LOT.

He would call us to his desk and grade the "important" tests in front of us. I was never
so proud (for being sneaky) and so disappointed (in our educational system) than the
day I received an A on a test in world geography which included my listing of the following
countries in Europe... Greenland, Redland, Blueland, Orangeland, and Yellowland.

It was my most bold test of his incompetence and complete lack of caring for his
students and his greatest display of both.

I wish the man in this video (Taylor Mali) would have met my teacher... and kicked his ass.

The problem with our education system today is teachers like the one I had.
The solution is teachers like Taylor Mali.

- Thank you to all the teachers who give a damn.

- Thank you to all the teachers who care about their students.

- Thank you to all the teachers who realize the system is broken
  but you have a classroom that isn't.

- Thank you to all the teachers who realize their profession maybe
  the most important profession in the world... and they treat it that way.

I had a handful of those teachers growing up... and I thank God I did.

> Link to this page:
http://tinyurl.com/Thank-Teachers