Free Class Notes and College Preparation!

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!!!

Chris Keenan from www.course-notes.org prepares class materials and preparation instruction for AP classes and college prep tests, and puts them all on his website...for FREE!!! Subjects range from Science, History, and Math, to Politics, Psychology, and English. Registration is free to everyone who would like to learn more about any school subject.

Chris Keenan also has a tribute fund for those who were affected by the shootings at Virginia Tech.

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From Course-Notes.Org:

In order to raise money for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, I will be donating $1 for every 100 people who join the Official Course-Notes.Org Facebook Group. If this isn't an incentive to invite your friends to the group, I don't know what is.

This fund will provide:

Assistance to victims and their families
Grief counseling
Memorials
Communication expenses
Comfort expenses

I'm prepared to donate over $1000 to the memorial fund, I just need your help inviting more people to the group!
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We will be featuring Chris Keenan and his website on Sunday, May 6th's Episode 15 of The Falcon and the Dove! We strongly encourage all students to check out this very cool website for course notes. It's legal, and free!

TFATD 14: Free Tuition, Summer Flicks, and Women

Episode 14 of The Falcon and the Dove: Free Tuition, Summer Flicks, and Women is NOW LIVE!!! This week, we talk about women's jobs, free tuition for Pennsylvania students, this summer's incredible movies, teenage driving, and more! Enjoy!

- Overview
- MIT's Dean of Admission resigns after misrepresenting her academic credentials. Does everyone really need a college degree?
- FOLLOWUP: More contaminated pet food updates. Yes, more. It gets worse every week. Now, 6,000 hogs are now infected and so could your meat.
- Pennsylvania students could get FREE tuition for going to state universities, starting fall of 2008! Schools included are Edinboro, California, Millersville, Slippery Rock, Clarion, Bloomsburg, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Shippensburg, and York College of PA.
- 6,000 teens die in car crashes every year. What parents should consider before letting their teen behind the wheel.
- Baby Boomers are ageing, but still beautiful.
- We discuss the great films that are coming out this summer, and what to look forward to. Also, the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix trailers were released!! See the Domestic and International trailers here!
- The Quote of the Week. A strong back.
- TFATD EXCLUSIVE!!! Falcon and the Dove listeners can now receive 10% off of books from Mother Earth News, from the Living Wiser Series!

Download Episode 14 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 28 minutes; Size: 80.9 MB)

TFATD 13: Hokies, Tolkien, and a Big Announcement

The Falcon and the Dove 13: Hokies, Tolkien, and a Big Announcement is NOW LIVE!!! This week, we honor and remember those who were lost in the events at Virginia Tech on April 16th, 2007.

Episode 13 of The Falcon and the Dove: Hokies, Tolkien, and a Big Announcement. In this week's episode, we mourn the loss of the Virginia Tech students and professors, discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's posthumous book release, and a very big announcement. Enjoy!

- We begin this episode with the Tech Triumph song and read the names of the victims of the events at Virginia Tech.
- We discuss our feelings and offer ways to heal from the terrible events in Virginia.
- FOLLOWUP: Could the contaminated pet food be intentionally infected to increase sales? We certainly hope this is not the case.
- J.R.R. Tolkien's new posthumous novel, The Children of Hurìn, temporarily topples Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from the top spot on Amazon.Com's bestseller list.
- Don Ho, singer and writer of 'Tiny Bubbles', dies at age 76.
- The Quote of the Week: True wealth.
- We almost forget to make our big announcement! Our first LIVE PODCAST!!!
- This summer will be The Summer to Remember. Read books.

Download Episode 13 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 8 minutes; Size: 62.5 MB)

Enjoy!

LIVE PODCAST at Borders for Harry Potter 7 Book Release

Big news!!! My mother, Stephanie (Falcon from The Falcon and the Dove), and I have a HUGE announcement!!! On the night of July 20th, 2007, The Falcon and the Dove will hold its very first LIVE PODCAST!!! We have teamed up with a Pittsburgh Borders to be a part of the activities and games for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! We shall be recording the entire experience at this once-in-a-lifetime event! Learn more here!

This party is just one feature of this jam-packed Summer to Remember. Keep checking back! There is MUCH more to come!

Tragedy at Virginia Tech

We at The Falcon and the Dove want to express our deep shock and sorrow at the events that unfolded in Blacksburg, Virginia at Virginia Tech. After fatally shooting 32 people, including students and professors, the lone gunman took his own life.

We wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, as well as with the students who are recovering from their injuries. We wish you all the very best, and give all our love.

TFATD 12: Invisibility, Memories, and the Summer of Sevens

The Falcon and the Dove 12: Invisibility, Memories, and the Summer of Sevens is NOW LIVE!!! This week was a huge week for news, and we think we got to most of it! As you have probably noticed, two news articles were posted before this episode. This is a new thing that we will do with news articles that we may not get to cover in the show. That way, you will be able to learn about the news that we feature, even if it isn't on the show. Enjoy!

Episode 12 of The Falcon and the Dove: Invisibility, Memories, and the Summer of Sevens. This week, we tackle the Don Imus controversy, summer events, cloaking devices, memory-modification pills, and much more! Enjoy!

- Overview.
- FOLLOWUP: 650,000 pets may have been infected by contaminated pet food.
- Radio show host Don Imus gets 2-week suspension for racial and sexual comments against the Rutgers Women's Basketball Team, and is later fired.
- FOLLOWUP: Live Earth (massive global warming rally) concert venues announced! Tickets go on sale April 16th, 2007! The event is on 7/7/07!
- Scholastic launches their publicity campaign for the seventh Harry Potter book, ‘There Will Soon Be 7’, which includes the Knight Bus Tour to 37 lucky libraries!
- Google joins with The National Holocaust Museum to create a site using Google Earth that shows the destroyed villages and personal stories in Darfur, Sudan (a country the size of Texas).
- Author Kurt Vonnegut dies at age 84.
- Water has been detected on a planet outside of our solar system for the first time. It's official: there is life on other planets.
- Scientists get £1 million grant to invent an 'invisibility cloak'.
- A study has been conducted about a pill which could alter or erase traumatic memories. Is it safe and is it wise?
- The Quote of the Week: Endurance.

Download Episode 12 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 7 minutes; Size: 62 MB)

Enjoy!

'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' breaks all-time pre-sales record

Pre-orders of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows broke all-time Barnes and Noble Records at 500,000 copies with 100 days to go before it's released! They think that it will break a million before it comes out! 'Deathly Hallows' comes out July 21, 2007.



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“Do you think this is the first 6-year-old we've arrested?”

A 6-year old girl, arrested and handcuffed for disrupting her kindergarten class. A 13-year old arrested and handcuffed for writing on her desk. A 7-year old choked and arrested for riding a dirt bike on the sidewalk. The police state is out of control. Read more here.



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TFATD 11: Fears, Flares, and Birthdays

The Falcon and the Dove 11: Fears, Flares, and Birthdays is NOW LIVE!!! We made up for our short episode last week with a particularly long one this week (but not necessarily intentionally)! You're going to love it!

Episode 11 of The Falcon and the Dove: Fears, Flares, and Birthdays. In this much longer episode, we discuss dog food, birthdays, climate change, brain parasites, solar flares, and much more!

- Overview.
- April 5th was Areya Simmons' (Dove's) birthday!!!! We also made some new friends during the party!
- FOLLOWUP: The pet food recall widens to include dog biscuits. Is it just much wiser to make your own food for your pet?
- MOVIES: Our personal review of 'The Last Mimzy'! Two thumbs up!!
- HEALTH: If your baby does not respond to his/her name, could it be an early sign of autism?
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Experts issue a new global climate change warning, not to be ignored!
- A brain parasite precisely alters certain fears. Could this explain the 'unreasonable phobias' that reside in some people?
- MONEY: Federal SEOG guidelines. Make sure your student gets his/her money.
- Solar flare superstorms in 2011 could greatly disturb GPS, power grids, and more.
- The Quote of the Week: Governments and environments.
Download Episode 11 Here! (Length: 1 hour, 26 minutes; Size: 79.3 MB)

Enjoy!