The Water Cooler

June 4th, 2010

This Week’s Topics…

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    Technology
    An 8 month old has his Cochlear Implant activated, and a proud dad catches it on video.
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    Giving
    With Memorial Day in our rear view mirror, it seems like to good time to applaud John…
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    Happiness
    Everyone remembers how tough it was to be a teenager - so what are we to make of a…
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    Trends
    Are your kids crazy for Silly Bandz?? If you don't know what I'm talking about, beware…
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    Home life
    Leave it to creative genius Christopher Niemann to discover the real culprits behind…
Technology

A Baby Hears for the First Time

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by David French
An 8 month old has his Cochlear Implant activated, and a proud dad catches it on video.

Watch the moment here, and I defy you not to at least mist up a bit.

Giving

Five for Fighting

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by Nathan Whitaker
With Memorial Day in our rear view mirror, it seems like to good time to applaud John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting), who in addition to being a tremendous artist (grammy-nominated "Superman," along with the well-known "100 Years"), is a tremendous supporter of the military.

If you're in the military, check out Five For Fighting's website for tour dates - he gives free tickets to military members wanting to attend. But there's no Conan or Carrey doing "Superman," like there is here:

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Happiness

O (Teenage) Canada

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by Tom Walsh
Everyone remembers how tough it was to be a teenager - so what are we to make of a country whose happiest population subgroup is its teenagers? That country is Canada. Those who are observing teenagers in the US at close quarters, are you also finding that sullen teen angst is a thing of the past, or are our neighbors to the north just weird?

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Trends

Latest craze alert

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by Jean Yih Kingston
Are your kids crazy for Silly Bandz?? If you don't know what I'm talking about, beware because they're coming your way! Some kids are lining their arms from wrist to elbows with these colorful, multi-shaped bands (shaped like animals, princesses, letters, food, etc.), and the distraction (trading them, playing with them) is driving teacher's crazy. I thought it was just the younger set, but when I saw a bear-shaped band on my 17 year-old daughter's arm the other day...

Check it out, before it hits your town...

Home life

Dust bunnies, and household goblins

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by Mark Basnage
Leave it to creative genius Christopher Niemann to discover the real culprits behind household chaos. No end of elbow grease or assigning chores will rid you of these last goblins.

Check it out...

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