good enough to eat

I crafted! And no one cried or threw up (a measuring stick for all disasters in our family).<br /><br />We always get fresh boxwood wreaths to hang on the french doors in our dinning room. But this year, I thought I would try something a bit more fun and something that would last (knock on wood) from year to year. Namely this...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9VWJemuDgU8S22g3Ssl_yNvlUbErZnAb_jXvyoaUQtLCHriyiqKDybVsFeDFt9o2NKPkVMpgHJXOtxj_yZqXuquh6fHOtbgMVmsXz6W_2TMI55vPYSjd3n1Ftdz6TZ89haQLeSSJKd-y/s1600/PeppermintWreath-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ9VWJemuDgU8S22g3Ssl_yNvlUbErZnAb_jXvyoaUQtLCHriyiqKDybVsFeDFt9o2NKPkVMpgHJXOtxj_yZqXuquh6fHOtbgMVmsXz6W_2TMI55vPYSjd3n1Ftdz6TZ89haQLeSSJKd-y/s320/PeppermintWreath-1.jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/115615915403449762/" target="_blank">via Pinterest</a></td></tr></tbody></table>I read a few tutorials and thought it sounded so easy that I could out smart the foam wreath and go with a cheaper wire wreath. I got my supplies, plugged in my glue gun and started wrapping my wreath.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHNxLEL76kCu8Y7Ut1VjPgt_0RYeN2aW2rWYOlHVLnOiGP79gZpgo34wPH-ka8BL5DHL_l8MaKXV3TpfnAS0j1tAcF6vV_TQvxnT9aLdnTCQJBkP5EEi7jhlUdx_TGtz2B5V_FnqpsOBB/s1600/PB291611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHNxLEL76kCu8Y7Ut1VjPgt_0RYeN2aW2rWYOlHVLnOiGP79gZpgo34wPH-ka8BL5DHL_l8MaKXV3TpfnAS0j1tAcF6vV_TQvxnT9aLdnTCQJBkP5EEi7jhlUdx_TGtz2B5V_FnqpsOBB/s320/PB291611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Wrapping the wire form in duck tape, I got about one row of peppermints on before I proved my crafting ignorance. You silly crafting fool. It was ugly, mis-shapen and the wire wasn't holding up as those little candies were getting heavy. Bust.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICGJuncNPnRPVx6yFgRbq7pKrxjqaqebtzm3bhvJGN7PkonKh22gulO3DeLWcRAWEZK4qwv5avloLJLtG4v0GByOxbv3Hnh89Tmct_qFRPGTbeDp87YjDExvoziB4jcd4Zzvbxk0n2mWW/s1600/PB291612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiICGJuncNPnRPVx6yFgRbq7pKrxjqaqebtzm3bhvJGN7PkonKh22gulO3DeLWcRAWEZK4qwv5avloLJLtG4v0GByOxbv3Hnh89Tmct_qFRPGTbeDp87YjDExvoziB4jcd4Zzvbxk0n2mWW/s320/PB291612.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took off my sad first row in disgust before I got a picture taken</td></tr></tbody></table><br />So, I printed off a Michael's coupon, sucked it up and bought foam wreaths (I believe they were 16"). The tape went on a lot better and I had a more stable, flat surface to work on. After that it <i>was</i> easy. As long as you have several episodes of RHOBH or Sarah's House DVR'd and a crafting partner you are in good shape.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin74z3HtfGJjci2JU60b8ZZXEIjXE5Y3hCGoT5KDOHiLcUNfO4-gvXf6vdCI3fMBzR1fGpx5LYMjTyZWL1uzwa3qQnugpD0gV9X6ekHOlzY0a03z_icP3wuiWjZYCbiQwzG6mjjRlBtB7i/s1600/PB301620.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin74z3HtfGJjci2JU60b8ZZXEIjXE5Y3hCGoT5KDOHiLcUNfO4-gvXf6vdCI3fMBzR1fGpx5LYMjTyZWL1uzwa3qQnugpD0gV9X6ekHOlzY0a03z_icP3wuiWjZYCbiQwzG6mjjRlBtB7i/s320/PB301620.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My crafting partner</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several hours later...ta-dah! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RfXg_9MwOg5EFdLDqYwim1mysH23lEiBd3vkrSkP97GdsiFIsUt4ZQS9MWnDTnrUPMfgPEFupf9MT9xDJDi8Uz35yF7vpKKkmafNkWyqtokMSG4gI_UmUrUxl5cNt-K2LUFFBfusBDiv/s1600/PC111889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RfXg_9MwOg5EFdLDqYwim1mysH23lEiBd3vkrSkP97GdsiFIsUt4ZQS9MWnDTnrUPMfgPEFupf9MT9xDJDi8Uz35yF7vpKKkmafNkWyqtokMSG4gI_UmUrUxl5cNt-K2LUFFBfusBDiv/s320/PC111889.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm thrilled. It was easy, relatively cheap and looks great. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRwXmFfPkRxeeGsjL8nkAuq6HHqOftq8eMdTWUBvCXNi8c3xqqfm-UdZ0SDGQgM0jppyXMXTECfJsN1Rc57cZOpEpNZOO3Qim9GG7ZNaQQgw2teLQYlXUswG1lRucKl8_WB31mN0sqa4x/s1600/PC051681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRwXmFfPkRxeeGsjL8nkAuq6HHqOftq8eMdTWUBvCXNi8c3xqqfm-UdZ0SDGQgM0jppyXMXTECfJsN1Rc57cZOpEpNZOO3Qim9GG7ZNaQQgw2teLQYlXUswG1lRucKl8_WB31mN0sqa4x/s320/PC051681.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will say I highly recommend covering the wreath with duct tape first. Some tutorials glued the peppermint directly onto the foam. You will have gaps between the candies and the red background looks more finished. And the glue holds onto the tape a lot better as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTNpt00iUdgPQmbcxP3bahQgSUw7cwYRMmwDoF6FDpwCc2PronTFp6rxY5zHz3sjvufnEY6eSG1W2CW0Roht29fpm6TPlkrorXLeKRvW94B0Y0DWk7paAMxj6LJrNjaCi-wA9tJAFDQxU/s1600/PC051679.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTNpt00iUdgPQmbcxP3bahQgSUw7cwYRMmwDoF6FDpwCc2PronTFp6rxY5zHz3sjvufnEY6eSG1W2CW0Roht29fpm6TPlkrorXLeKRvW94B0Y0DWk7paAMxj6LJrNjaCi-wA9tJAFDQxU/s320/PC051679.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Also worth noting, this project uses a LOT of peppermints. Thank god I have a dollar store down the street as I had to use 7 bags for 2 wreaths.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdZe2LXWdK-_QC1BtXudbc4z0FJDJtaWsYY3SWzejfhjnwMQ3XU7S44eBIftfdGQ8nuAch-zxDaCetRVfbhycB9V6bAVv7kf_3IkHUNJgdKAoVDMkx-lmBNyrdCYhMNmS4qNyf7_InRiW/s1600/PC071748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdZe2LXWdK-_QC1BtXudbc4z0FJDJtaWsYY3SWzejfhjnwMQ3XU7S44eBIftfdGQ8nuAch-zxDaCetRVfbhycB9V6bAVv7kf_3IkHUNJgdKAoVDMkx-lmBNyrdCYhMNmS4qNyf7_InRiW/s320/PC071748.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFJLdCrxHMTlDzKOvUM9Pq9nvQQyTlxlcAe2ocwrn3s9oRm8DYWuL6Hj1h8h7JFI73toAVHDRRBpMK9dYbu7NKDVu-zE70SmQkZT_n80mIil37qbXJoONtQXRDW3ZYnTFDRdByJkeyutu/s1600/PC111893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFJLdCrxHMTlDzKOvUM9Pq9nvQQyTlxlcAe2ocwrn3s9oRm8DYWuL6Hj1h8h7JFI73toAVHDRRBpMK9dYbu7NKDVu-zE70SmQkZT_n80mIil37qbXJoONtQXRDW3ZYnTFDRdByJkeyutu/s320/PC111893.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />So for less than $20 bucks I've got two wreaths I can pull out year after year (and they smell minty fresh). Have you tried any new projects lately? Holiday or otherwise? Share!

good enough to eat

I crafted! And no one cried or threw up (a measuring stick for all disasters in our family).We always get fresh boxwood wreaths to hang on the french doors in our dinning room. But this year, I thought I would try something a bit more fun and somethi…

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A lovely South African site with free downloadable worksheets in several subjects

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Isn’t it great when right here, in South Africa, you come across a site with lovely, free, downloadable worksheets in : <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/mathematics/">Mathematics</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/english/">English</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/science/">Science</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/environment/">Environment</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/health-nutrition/">Health</a>, <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/health-nutrition/">Nutrition</a>, <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/health-nutrition/">Hygiene</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/art-crafts/">Arts</a>, <a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/art-crafts/">Crafts</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/resources/art-crafts/">Colouring</a></strong>.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This site is called the e-learning classroom  and it can be located at:<br /><a href="http://e-classroom.co.za/">http://e-classroom.co.za/</a></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4WpBCuAmNUIRNwqR28Hayz_f_0mf_kpy5ofemOyxrQd5opajQJ8ohfEL2goEIRb4Rn0nJYnge2ni8uMq29YDpCqS-_eeKHzlHRSiRc3ZXwavSi0hjT-FBbmus7YK9x-M0JbYThCQMK8/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfJQs-1PswrlvZeJ993qrs5oMbdHLAm5l_pKEJs1lQf0L0x7Q-U1XhiCkKNn1eVtD2kRdLmRmlkF_3w3cWgfLvBtFdLP8I8se0qNSCGpoEtW3lhDO8nhzYMju4XzGA_GKI89cJVvN4cc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When you explore the site you find so many excellent worksheets and other classroom aids.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JLkOfPjoP_8vrqZ87m05cM3eoVGSIwUM5sThExpY87vojMxAZNoVSLbXcO2TXwnSWnbWJ61oz1GTOKAS9DQmHMGHbrOgXSawtoVgpSEYxfZ4REo91O2p0ZAadEEMjMmxt_uQ1jtsX2U/s1600-h/image%25255B8%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmTjktq9j0yikVqY4Jo2vRWAKyt4s37IMxweKVAkrfBdCsRkz7Tb1jwMQ8mQyigvVAtqKyD_vi5pN-CGTjLklAHu7y_9r2Igb1KwfaGvaeNUaH5-3VRrm4rMj64572xtkv4MjeS4c998/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take a look. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed!</span></div>

Lesson plans Website reviews A lovely South African site with free downloadable worksheets in several subjects

Isn’t it great when right here, in South Africa, you come across a site with lovely, free, downloadable worksheets in : Mathematics, English, Science, Environment, Health, Nutrition, Hygiene, Arts, Crafts and Colouring.This site is called the e-lear…

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Adding videos to blog or wiki posts

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have recently been exploring several different ways of putting video on to a blog or wiki; and when a friend asked me for some ideas on how to do this I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to summarise what I have tried up to now and what I plan to try in the future and use it as a blog post! So here goes...</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. SHORT VIDEOS</span></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is something I learned through someone else – isn’t it amazing how we learn from one another all the time! In <strong><em>Blogge</em>r</strong> and <strong><em>Edublogs</em></strong> you can easily add video if it is not too big in size. The problem comes in how your video camera saves files. The files (I think) need to be .wmv to be uploaded. This is where <em>YouTube Downloader </em>comes in handy. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Use YouTube Downloader to convert files</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a free downloadable programme that can convert movies to different formats. You need to select the second option 'Convert <em>video (previously downloaded) from file'</em>. It works with any video. However Edublogs and Blogger show these videos differently as I will show you now. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Showing videos in Edublogs and Blogger</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><strong><br /></strong></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">a) <strong><u>Edublogs</u></strong>: Last year the Grade 3s used Photostory 3 (with narration) to make videos about Fish Hoek. This is how Edublogs shows the video: <a href="http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/files/2011/05/Fish-Hoek-25m9qo4.wmv">Fish Hoek</a> (Edublogs says about their video approach, <em>"It doesn’t embed your file in an actual video or audio player in your post; it only inserts a link to the file. When readers click on the link it opens another page where the audio file is played or it downloads the video onto their computer").</em></span> <br /><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></em><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">b) <strong><u>Blogger</u></strong>: This is how Blogger shows the same video. It actually embeds the video. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><a href="http://grade4fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com/2011/05/learning-about-fish-hoek.html">http://grade4fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com/2011/05/learning-about-fish-hoek.html</a> I<br /><a href="http://grade4fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com/2011/05/learning-about-fish-hoek.html"><img alt="image" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcXZnCsCFvOzpndwrrwikeIZk7-_7yCwdQFYKYJBvK3CaJtY0bToiZNFEnkf_hKXdTqu4Dr2exLqOwDuHBxcjVFlvkeYsvoUDWw4VaSJ5D53fCizsNTewG3UJvJpGCdr0JgviiXYeNItY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have to say that I really prefer the Blogger approach with ordinary video clips. Unfortunately Wikispaces only allows embedded video which is what I will discuss next. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Short embedded videos using One True Media</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The video application I have tried to date is <em><em>One True Media</em></em>. A teacher from the USA visited us and the class spontaneously broke into song so I captured it on my camera and put it into <em>OneTrueMedia</em></span> <br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><em><br /></em></span><br /><div><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="310" width="312"><param name="flashvars" value="&p=961b3d088977924c6b479b&skin_id=801&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" /><param name="src" value="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=961b3d088977924c6b479b" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="312" height="310" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=961b3d088977924c6b479b" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="&p=961b3d088977924c6b479b&skin_id=801&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com"></embed></object> <br /><div style="font: 12px/20px verdana,arial,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; text-align: center; width: 312px;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt2" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Photo and video editing at <span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We linked with Miss Ale in Argentina for a collaborative-writing project and she made this video using OneTrueMedia:</span> <br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div></div><div><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="310" width="312"><param name="name" value="FLVPlayer" /><param name="flashvars" value="&p=90bed68a2a9f5080778f09&skin_id=801&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" /><param name="src" value="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=90bed68a2a9f5080778f09" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="312" height="310" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_view_player?p=90bed68a2a9f5080778f09" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="&p=90bed68a2a9f5080778f09&skin_id=801&host=http://www.onetruemedia.com" name="FLVPlayer"></embed></object> <br /><div style="font: 12px/20px verdana,arial,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; text-align: center; width: 312px;"><a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link?p=90bed68a2a9f5080778f09&skin_id=801&source=emplay" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="http://www.onetruemedia.com/share_player_link_image/90bed68a2a9f5080778f09/801.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px;" width="312" /></a> <a href="http://www.onetruemedia.com/landing?&utm_source=emplay&utm_medium=txt1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Make an on-line slide show at <span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.OneTrueMedia.com</span></a></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Another teacher I linked with in Canada, Mr Millward, did his class graduation using <em>OneTrueMedia</em>. As you can see the programme is very creative. </span><br /><a href="http://millwardb.edublogs.org/2010/06/23/graduation/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;">http://millwardb.edublogs.org/2010/06/23/graduation/</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjjGSwwYoR0WuuQd6MpNwO627Ej82PDa_VyPw8uDp7lbDWHzA29TPSvNvGXpSyqzQ7XX69KbxtgTk53ZNt17EjcqvScPwkSiOFZtxpWTGcfxMbROh9YmRaj-WZiHciLY_C4647jix4dc/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotaTCQCY2b53MIDHZKYxcbNxR_pLMfskc9pG-5-utwTRx-HiPAKOBe2bs5CGW1EqZJX3-NH8at1o1pKuiNjB0gAECQr12RgArvrMZQBzro_8h1wvYAFpfwHG8SEaI53VWZOwhWRpGM40/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="387" /></a></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Short videos using Animoto</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With Animoto you are only allowed short videos of 30 seconds free but there is an Animoto Educators account which I have applied for and received. This entitles me to myself and 50 of my students having the Plus account in which we can upload full length videos (maximum 200MB). Last year one of the Grade 5 classes participated in the ‘Monster project’ and many of the teachers around the world used Animoto to show everyone where they were at. Here is a sample from a Grade 2 class (Miss Hariju) in the USA:</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" height="240" id="vp1Q74VC" width="432"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1306570895&f=Q74VCBGAESE2hM6pQ0rXdg&d=83&m=a&r=240p&volume=&i=m&options=" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed id="vp1Q74VC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="432" height="240" src="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1306570895&f=Q74VCBGAESE2hM6pQ0rXdg&d=83&m=a&r=240p&volume=&i=m&options=" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><strong></strong> <br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. SCHOOL TUBE VIDEOS</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I must say that I love School Tube and it is my first choice since it is all about school! I learned about it from another of my PLN friends from America, Bob Greenwood, with whom I was involved in a project. He teaches Grade 2 and he has his own channel on School Tube. He makes so many amazing videos. Take a look: </span><a href="http://www1.schooltube.com/Organization/OrganizationHome.aspx?oid=129695">http://www1.schooltube.com/Organization/OrganizationHome.aspx?oid=129695</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2XSCamXrk0hHHRVRnePEHkOkMWAvkLyaJCbKzB_ZiQP13CVDD7tqwp26LSZE85MNb-uX8GbYRTty3sLUGcf8WZp1-gNZ8L8q9tPENZw2fSSXczlauk83-gpfXl0Qdw476FO6Kkk2kOwI/s1600-h/image%25255B15%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfUIK_XAjp9UJQs8XXYXYCAGirZtMSZ7fRQdlq0SF8wWvxYecBv3H0RsFzcuWmmjJKxuzbkWOPW-b1i5tFyH0qsDLaJ_rHM1gA1A_b5UA4a6DIxf2_BsApJRi7aT-M6yF7Z8wOdU61u4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="492" /></a><br /><br />So that is what I did. I applied  to become a moderator on School Tube and I was given a school channel. Any movie uploaded there gives me an embedding code and I put the code in my blogs and in my wikis. Our 2011 Adobe Youth Voices project is uploaded there. <br /><br /><a href="http://got.im/0JTE">http://got.im/0JTE</a> <br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="375" src="http://www.schooltube.com/embed/52f79fed0b3ac508cf91" width="500"></iframe><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. YOU TUBE VIDEOS</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I also like using YouTube and I have a channel there as well for all my school videos. Once you have posted a video it gives you a code which you can embed into any blog or wiki. This makes it very easy. Often with school videos I make them private so that they can only be seen by whoever has the YouTube address link. When we were on a video swap project with Denmark (Grade 6) we used YouTube’s private code for this. I sometimes think that parents will be happier with the use of School Tube because it is mainly for teachers. I believe there is now a YouTube ‘Teacher Tube’ channel which is an even better option. </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. FOR THE FUTURE</span></strong> <br /><strong><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I would like to try out video sites recommended in blogposts: <br />a) <em>Vimeo</em> <br /><br />b) Explore more with <em>Animoto</em> <br /><a href="http://edupln.ning.com/profiles/blogs/animoto-in-the-classroom">http://edupln.ning.com/profiles/blogs/animoto-in-the-classroom</a> </span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">c) <em>Other recommended sites <br /></em>(<a href="http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/03/30/not-the-best-but-a-list-of-online-video-editors/">http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/03/30/not-the-best-but-a-list-of-online-video-editors/</a>) <br /><br />My <strong>BIG</strong> question at the moment is - how do you compress large .avi files of say 1.8GB in order to upload them easily? (Later...okay, I have just found the answer to this. You put the whole .avi file into Windows Movie Maker and it reduces it amazingly with little loss of quality. It really works...yay!)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">5. A GREAT PUBLICATION ON MAKING VIDEOS FROM RICHARD BYRNE</span><br /></strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;"></span><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I love Richard Byrne’s site called <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a>. One of the books he so freely shared is about making videos on the web. He allows others to embed his documents so I am going to embed the video book here.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><div><object style="height: 272px; width: 420px;"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=110404114820-0ae8536c667a414bbbc8fa3ea8572a28&docName=making_videos_on_the_web&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Making%20Videos%20on%20the%20Web&et=1323723064420&er=25" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:272px" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=110404114820-0ae8536c667a414bbbc8fa3ea8572a28&docName=making_videos_on_the_web&username=richardbyrne&loadingInfoText=Making%20Videos%20on%20the%20Web&et=1323723064420&er=25" /></object> <br /><div style="text-align: left; width: 420px;"><a href="http://issuu.com/richardbyrne/docs/making_videos_on_the_web?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true" target="_blank">Open publication</a> - Free <a href="http://issuu.com/" target="_blank">publishing</a> - <a href="http://issuu.com/search?q=education" target="_blank">More education</a></div></div></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-qOgAh7hhS_mkXDIpXuKKcSKKLomPVCXZMc6_ZPWJ3jQ62EGLaKAcLuNOmASlRcGXnfhIfGHcaeCskNwt2B_gK9df5ntKz95AXbTJjFQIcEnQ1znPKg0HMk4aurCGLVI5j5zum59bRAN/s1600/scottie+and+madeleine+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-qOgAh7hhS_mkXDIpXuKKcSKKLomPVCXZMc6_ZPWJ3jQ62EGLaKAcLuNOmASlRcGXnfhIfGHcaeCskNwt2B_gK9df5ntKz95AXbTJjFQIcEnQ1znPKg0HMk4aurCGLVI5j5zum59bRAN/s1600/scottie+and+madeleine+3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Not long ago I sat down with the 1956 British translation of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's <u>D'Entre Les Morts </u>(1954). The book is now published under the title <u>Vertigo</u> (it was originally called 'The Living and the Dead') owing to the legend that is the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film based on Boileau/Narcejac's novel. When I finished reading, I wanted to blog about <i>Vertigo</i> and decided to try to do it "with a little help from my friends." One of these friends (Brandon Goco) even created a 'teaser' for what turned into the project we're calling <i>A Month of VERTIGO</i>:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KyZfpNb1ilc" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>A Month of VERTIGO </i>will begin January 1 and run through the month (and into early February) - with ten bloggers (including me) and one 'vlogger' (video blogger) contemplating <i>Vertigo </i>from a variety of perspectives. More details will appear soon about <i>Reel Life</i>'s first major blog event.<br /><br /></div>

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Not long ago I sat down with the 1956 British translation of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's D'Entre Les Morts (1954). The book is now published under the title Vertigo (it was originally called 'The Living and the Dead') owing to the legend tha…

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HCG PROTOCOL MEDICAL EXPERT REVIEWS WEIGHT-LOSS APOCALYPSE

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’d like to start by letting you know I did not write the book I am about to suggest, I have no financial investment in this book, and if you choose to use this book in your clinic, I do not profit from its sales. However, because I own an hCG protocol clinic, I believe the more people who read this book, the more credible the hCG protocol will be, which would benefit all medical hCG clinics. With that said, I would strongly encourage every medical professional and hCG protocol patient to read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weight-Loss Apocalypse</i>. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was first introduced to the hCG protocol at a medical symposium 5 years ago. After listening to a short seminar about the protocol (which didn’t provide any information that I couldn’t find myself in Dr. Simeons’ manuscript), I decided to do the hCG protocol myself. After having an incredible experience, I’ve been prescribing for others, ever since.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve read just about every hCG protocol book available. All of them explain the hCG protocol in the same manner: repeating Dr. Simeons’ theories of three types of fat, “unlocking” the hypothalamus, etc. As a doctor, I’ve always known this explanation was insufficient, but no other explanation exists. Because of my own success and the success of my patients, I continued to prescribe− convinced Dr. Simeons’ theories must be correct. Until now.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When Robin Woodall asked me to read and review her manuscript of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weight-Loss Apocalypse</i>, I really didn’t want to be bothered to read another hCG protocol book. I figured there couldn’t be anything in the book that I didn’t already know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>But because of the sub-title<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> (Emotional Eating Rehab Through the HCG Protocol</i>) I was intrigued to read what Robin was presenting. The biggest difficulty with patients is emotional eating, and even though the protocol gives an undeniable weight loss opportunity, people cheat all the time. If this manuscript was giving suggestions for how to deal with this, it would be worth my time to read and review. I accepted the manuscript and committed to reading it and giving Robin my honest review.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not prepared for and could not have imagined, what I was about to read. As Robin explained the science of hunger, starvation, energy homeostasis, and the relationship between low dose hCG and leptin, my excitement grew. The manuscript not only gave a credible scientific hypothesis that explained why hCG prevents starvation, but it also provided great insight that would hold accountable the conflict patients have with emotional eating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I was floored by the intelligence, integrity, and passion Robin put into her book. I’ve read the medical references used to create the hypothesis and I’ve also read her manuscript another 5 times. My conclusion: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weight-Loss Apocalypse</i> will revolutionize the entire weight loss industry as a whole, it legitimizes the hCG protocol as a hormonal therapy that reduces diseases associated to obesity, and presents a meaningful approach that holds accountable the cause of the problem: eating without hunger. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now that the book is published, each patient that goes through our program gets a copy of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Weight-Loss Apocalypse</i> and we’ve added the Mind:Body Method to our program. Cheating occurs less often, patients don’t complain about weight anymore, and the new approach has been described as a “life-altering” experience. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continue to receive emails and messages from patients, thanking us for giving them Robin’s book, expressing how much it has helped them and has permanently changed the way they eat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, reading Robin’s manuscript was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Here is my review:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span></i><span class="messagebody"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I've been prescribing hCG for weight loss for over four years, and nothing I've read comes close to having this level of expertise. Without questions, this is the most informative and enlightening book about Dr. Simeons' hCG protocol available." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span></div><span class="messagebody"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">−Dr. Ed Hagen, OBGyn and HCG Protocol Medical Expert</span></span></span>

HCG PROTOCOL MEDICAL EXPERT REVIEWS WEIGHT-LOSS APOCALYPSE

I’d like to start by letting you know I did not write the book I am about to suggest, I have no financial investment in this book, and if you choose to use this book in your clinic, I do not profit from its sales. However, because I own an hCG protoc…

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