Baby Talk 7/17/08

Producer/Host: Cathy Jacobs

Topic: Connection Parenting: Discipline

What is connection parenting?  How is discipline different from punishment?  Why do children misbehave?

Guest: Pam Leo, author of “Connection Parenting: Parenting Through Connection Instead of Coercion, Through Love Instead of Fear” (Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2005).

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FMI: www.connectionparenting.com

Notes from the Electronic Cottage 7/17/08

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Here are some “best of” sites on the Internet, as well as a couple that are just very handy to know about.

http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/skip-the-tuition:-100-free-podcasts-from-the-best

-colleges-in-the-world. (It’s URL says it all).

http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/200-free-online-classes-to
-learn-anything. (Same with this one – the address says it all.)

www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/19/100-useful-niche-search-engines-youve-
never-heard-of. (Another one where the name tells the story. Remember –
Google isn’t the only game in town!)

http://whyfiles.org. This site, operated by the University of Wisconsin,
looks at the scientific facts that underlie some of the stories we see in
the daily news, and you don¹t need to have a college degree to be able to
read and understand the science involved.

www.governmentattic.org. This site is dedicated to providing access to
government documents that your tax dollars paid for but which the government
chooses not to publish.

Common Health 7/16/08

Producer/Host: Jim Fisher

Topic: Sun, Sand and Skin Cancer

How much sun is enough and how much is too much?  What are some other causes of skin cancer and how do these interact with exposure to the sun?  What can we do to prevent skin cancer?

Guest:
Norman Sykes, MD, Dermatologist with
Down East Dermatology and MDI Memorial Hospital
Suite 2300 50 Union Street Ellsworth, ME 04605  Tel: 207-664-5660

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Indigenous Voices 7/15/08

Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey

Topic: “In The Shadow of the Eagle- A Tribal Representative in Maine” (2008, Tilbury House)– a discussion with the author, Donna Loring, Penobscot Representative to the Maine State Legislature.

What is the election process of the Penobscot Tribe?  What legislative bills did you work on?  With regard to the “Offensive Names Bill”,  what difficulties did you face in the state, with the media and public?

Donna Loring also has a blog called “Native Voice” which can be found on the Bangor Daily News website, www.bangornews.com