YouTube for Schools is introduced

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First there was YouTube, then came YouTube for Educators, and now we have YouTube for Schools. Things are definitely getting better for education. I think many parents will be happier knowing there is a YouTube that is just for schools. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For one thing YouTube for Schools lets you browse YouTube without any related videos on show, or any comments to wade through.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> This gives an uncluttered feel. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have access to a data projector or an interactive whiteboard in your classroom, an occasional YouTube clip can really bring home a concept to your students. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is some </span>information<span style="font-family: inherit;"> about YouTube for Schools.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NegRGfGYOwQ" width="420"></iframe></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">Classroom application for YouTube for Schools</b></span></span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Introduce your lesson with a video clip related to your lesson that will engage the students' attention. </span></li><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><li>When your students make their own videos as part of a project, these can safely be uploaded to your YouTube for Schools channel.</li><li>Videos will appeal to the learning style of the visual learners.</li><li>Record instructions and directions using a screencasting programme (such as Screencast-o-matic) and upload this to your YouTube for Schools channel so that you don't have to repeat yourself continually. </li><li>The students can continue learning at home by exploring videos that you recommend on your topic. </li><li>You might be able to access videos from other teachers. Equally, you may be able to share your lessons with students around the world.</li></span></ul><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is so much one can do with access to YouTube for Schools in the classroom. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why not read more in this excellent post: </span><a href="http://edudemic.com/2011/12/youtube-for-schools/" style="font-family: inherit;">http://edudemic.com/2011/12/youtube-for-schools/</a></span></div>

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etsy pillows

There is no better pick me up (is that a hyphenated word? I can never remember) on a hectic first day back to work than going out to get the mail at lunch and finding an Etsy package at your feet. I love working from home! Let me stop for a minute so you can ewww and ahhhh.<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/AVvXsEhrWtMqhol_YLOH_0kQoivwQc-bfqhYBOhjkV8KuACclAcLnsUOd9KtP0MTluL5fnRlCIrIrQxm1fDerPgksZK-9ZfE4exLLI05nED6MqJBm6ollBZNTDKIaY0EeQ7fkFCkaav3qXuxVsoJ/s1600/P1032944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWtMqhol_YLOH_0kQoivwQc-bfqhYBOhjkV8KuACclAcLnsUOd9KtP0MTluL5fnRlCIrIrQxm1fDerPgksZK-9ZfE4exLLI05nED6MqJBm6ollBZNTDKIaY0EeQ7fkFCkaav3qXuxVsoJ/s320/P1032944.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy new pillows</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw32ptSyu1poxQ0ZyeOTh8G19JS_c9ie2M2SIbmzSm3wsDuf5kYNxY5s0-dMpPVdXdetQlvnCUaUjlCUh-E1tk0CgCS7ywynBhPdu29ErC5nvsNS2O76tYUYU2Oqs7t2Tzyz0BregKNpQS/s1600/P1032938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw32ptSyu1poxQ0ZyeOTh8G19JS_c9ie2M2SIbmzSm3wsDuf5kYNxY5s0-dMpPVdXdetQlvnCUaUjlCUh-E1tk0CgCS7ywynBhPdu29ErC5nvsNS2O76tYUYU2Oqs7t2Tzyz0BregKNpQS/s320/P1032938.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wonderful pattern front</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqyn7G2FYnmFANo0TAuNWkR3z5yWmFl9Xf3IYzJNElk7C0OtiBgkDbP5I3J_Q0Y3R6oDA9RV4wBSGsIM0Hy4NmmwI1NPoCZ_HG7rc4hjxTj9L_Dd0wwFvhhT4Fto4KAGpfs7FgDd2Y457/s1600/P1032942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqyn7G2FYnmFANo0TAuNWkR3z5yWmFl9Xf3IYzJNElk7C0OtiBgkDbP5I3J_Q0Y3R6oDA9RV4wBSGsIM0Hy4NmmwI1NPoCZ_HG7rc4hjxTj9L_Dd0wwFvhhT4Fto4KAGpfs7FgDd2Y457/s320/P1032942.JPG" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">pretty velvet back</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Aren't they pretty?! Awesome pattern in the front...yummy velvet in the back. Like a really awesome mullet. OK, an oxymoron, but you know what I'm getting at. These suckers are stellar!<br /><br />"Oh yes Elizabeth, they are fab! Where did you get them?"<br /><br />Well I'm so glad you asked. Katie Peters, from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/RadianceFromRuins" target="_blank">Radiance From Ruins</a>, is her name. (I have many of her pillows saved to my favorites) And on top of the wonderful work she does, she is just about the nicest person I've encountered on Etsy so far.<br /><br />Thanks Katie for perking up my day, and my living room.<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/AVvXsEjHqrgildU7Clx4muDMvw8WrVjNAdybEHChQixCuiDhrCSV4kERhqscjR6pPHcrmuzsHShL6PJszcXy8la5ig0kzvj3QaauhArtlIAQZky-Eg4vK8o2CiwSH7YireIZKoGaQuQlDqHHApX3/s1600/P1032939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqrgildU7Clx4muDMvw8WrVjNAdybEHChQixCuiDhrCSV4kERhqscjR6pPHcrmuzsHShL6PJszcXy8la5ig0kzvj3QaauhArtlIAQZky-Eg4vK8o2CiwSH7YireIZKoGaQuQlDqHHApX3/s320/P1032939.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">happy in their new home</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />

etsy pillows

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DO FAT CELLS GO AWAY?

You can always tell when someone really understands what they are talking about. The first sign is by how humbled they are by the astronomically large amount of information we don't quite understand yet. The more they know, the more they realize they know very little. These individuals want to know more, want a deeper understanding, and are willing to dig deeper for information to questions unanswered.<br /><br />On the other hand, there are others who think they know everything, have no desire to seek new information and continue to believe there is nothing more to learn. The less they know, the more they think there is nothing else to learn. They only discuss the superficial information, and never go deeper to understand the human body. In this case, because they know very little they are naive to how complex the body really is, so they can't go deeper than memorized statements. The more you know, the more complex the body becomes, and the more information you seek to learn.<br /><br />Here's an example. How many "experts" profess that once you have a fat cell they only shrink, and will never go away? This is one of the most naive, and quite sad, claims about the body. Once a cell loses it's function, it will go through natural cell death, or apoptosis. When fatty acids are depleted from an adipocyte, the cell has lost it's primary function and will go away. This is a "use it or lose it" situation. In the case of hCG, does hCG "unlock the hypothalamus"? Does hCG convert fat into energy? No. Not at all. <br /><br />This was written in Dr. Simeons' "Pounds & Inches" in 1967. Let's get updated into 2012. You'd think that by now, self proclaimed  hCG protocol "experts" would have looked deeper into the human body, but because most people selling hCG products or programs don't really know that much about human physiology, they continue to proclaim Dr. Simeons' theories as fact. Without thought to the idea that we understand the human body more profoundly than we did in 1967.  These protocol experts don't realize that they look naive and superficially motivated to others who study the human body and physiology. <br /><br />The most interesting observation I've made is that I've yet to meet a doctor or physiologist who wasn't interested in a modern hypothesis. These doctors may have written books, workbooks, and created an entire program based around Simeons' theories, and yet they still were thrilled to know the modern science that might relevantly explained why hCG prevents starvation. Where have a met resistance? Self-proclaimed experts who don't understand human physiology. People who don't have the education or understanding of the human body to a level that is necessary in order to comprehend the complexity of the endocrine system, and the hormonal influence on energy homeostasis would rather repeat Simeons' theories. The more the listener knows about the human body the more they appreciate the profound explanation. The less the listener knows, the less valuable a complex explanation is.<br /><br />In writing a hypothesis for why hCG prevents starvation, I did the best I could with what I could understand. My hope is that another person who may have a deeper understanding than myself, will take what I've started and will describe it to an even deeper level. I look naive to a micro-cell biologist, similar to how others seem naive to me. Why am I writing this? Because the standard "expert" in the hCG diet industry doesn't really know much at all. Really? Fat cells don't go away? Now that's naive.<br /><br />It's time we set the bar quite a few levels higher and it's time for many of these "experts" to go back to school. Until then, the hCG diet industry will continue to look naive, stupid, and money hungry, just like the rest of the diet industry.

DO FAT CELLS GO AWAY?

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Needing Advice

I need some advice today, and it's actually not related to my weight loss journey at all.  Well, it <i>kind of</i> is but... just bare with me if you can.<br /><br />I've lived in the DC area for the past 5 1/2 years.  I hate it here.  I <i>have </i>hated it here for 4 1/2 of those years.  The basic reason why I hate it is that I'm not a city person.  I enjoy smaller towns and smaller cities and the slower way of life.  Of course, it goes much deeper than this but that is the gist. <br /><br />The only thing that has kept me here so long is my relationship with Joel.  We began dating after I had lived here for just a year.  Joel also grew up in a suburb of the city, so he isn't much bothered by this way of life.  However, I've been wanting to leave badly since about the last 3 years.  It never seems to be the right time to make the move though.  There is always some excuse as to why we need to continue living here longer. <br /><br />Today that excuse is the wedding - we have to stay in the area for at least another year and a half in order to pay for it.  While October is less than a year away, our lease is up June 2012, and it's hard to find a place that will allow a 6 month lease (for a reasonable price).  Plus neither one of us want to move AGAIN just for 6 months to then move again (I have a hate HATE relationship with moving - I've moved 12 times in the last 10 years.)<br /><br />So... with every "new year" that rolls around, it's another reminder that I'm still not in the place in my life that I'd like to be.  I cannot bear the thought of having to live here and work in my current job (which is another thing I strongly dislike) for another year and a half.  Believe me, my hatred and sadness go very deep with this place.  I'm actually to the point where I don't even like going on out of town trips because I cannot deal with how sad I am when we return... and the sadness goes on for days afterward. <br /><br />Joel and I have discussed some options:<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>Option 1 - Stay</b><br /> We'll stay the year and a half and then plan to move in June 2013.  That way we will be able to afford the wedding that we both would like to have.  This also means that I will be stuck working at my current job for the next year and a half and living in this area that I hate.  This also means that Joel will put his career plans on hold as well.  He wants to be a police officer and doesn't want to apply to places locally if we're just going to move in a year and a half.  He's not getting any younger.  I'm not getting any younger... and the thought of trying to muddle through another year here makes my heart hurt.<br /><br /><b>Option 2 - Leave</b><br />We would make it our goal to have jobs by June 2012, and move out of the area.  This is where it becomes complicated with the wedding part.  I know that the places we are considering moving to will not provide me with a job where I am making anywhere close to what I make now.  That means we won't be able to pay for the wedding that we are currently planning, which means we'd have to try to plan something else.  Perhaps we would then have to have a very small ceremony within the next 3-4 months and that would be it.  It would be small because we just don't have the money saved right now to afford the same size wedding in 3-4 months that we are planning for October.  This isn't what I really want for our wedding, mainly because I really want to have a considerable amount of weight off before the planned October wedding.  There's no way I can drop 60 lbs in 3-4 months.. at least not in a healthy way.  I don't really want to wait until after we've moved to start wedding planning either.  It's been hard enough to secure a wedding site looking 11 months in advance of a wedding, much less 4-5 months in advance of one.  We want to be married in 2012... preferably on or before October 6.         </blockquote><br />Ugh... it's just not so cut and dry as you can see.  Life never is, this I know.  Joel is leaning strongly toward Option 1, and I am stuck between the 2.  As I said early on, there are always excuses as to why we cannot move.  What will happen in a year and a half?   What will be the excuse then?  I also think of it like this: we only get to do life one time.  Why waste it being miserable?  Weddings are really supposed to be about God and two becoming one, and all the religious aspects (at least this is how I feel)... not about a big lavish affair.<br /><br />So I need your advice.  Have you been in a similar situation?  What would you do?  Please, PLEASE I welcome any advice you have!! 

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How to calm job interview jitters

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/fc/ar5l4176zxvzrpybs7fc.gif?time=6/7/2011%2011:49:48%20am" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/fc/ar5l4176zxvzrpybs7fc.gif?time=6/7/2011%2011:49:48%20am" /></a></div><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -30px;"><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #ff7700; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></h1></div><b><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">Larry Buhl, Special to CareerBuilder</span></b><br /><br /><div class="cbmsnArticleImage">Interviews can strike fear in the hearts of the most seasoned job seekers. If you don't have a lot of experience interviewing, it's not unusual to feel mild jitters or even outright terror at the thought of sitting down with a potential employer. But you don't have to let emotions turn that important hiring hurdle into a horror show. Experts offer several tips for preventing anxiety from torpedoing your chances of landing the job.</div></div><div class="ArticleContent" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Put yourself in the interviewer's shoes.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Interviewers are not trying to make your life miserable. Really. In fact, they are hoping you are "the one." They need to fill the job with the best person, and if they don't succeed their jobs could be on the line. Just keeping that in perspective can help calm your jitters.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Prepare, prepare, prepare.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">"Preparation is 90 percent of success in job interviews," says Dr. Linda Smith-Gaston, career advisor at <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/california/los+angeles/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Los Angeles</a> Trade Technical College. Smith-Gaston encourages role-playing with a friend before the interview and anticipating the questions you'll likely hear. Typical interview questions include:</div><ul><br /><li>Why are you the best person for the job?</li><br /><li>Tell me about yourself.</li><br /><li>What are your best/worst traits?</li><br /><li>Why do you want to work here?</li><br /><li>What did you learn in school (or at an internship) that prepares you for this job?</li></ul><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">"You should always know what the company actually does before the interview," Smith-Gaston adds. Finding out could be as simple as a two-minute Internet search.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Plan your day around the interview.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Running late will stress you out. Avoid rushing by mapping out the directions to the interview site and allowing more time than you think you'll need. Budget for traffic jams, parking snafus, bad weather, road closures and just getting lost. Make sure you budget enough time off from your current job or school, so you don't feel like you have to run out of the interview if it runs longer than you anticipated. Hiring managers, like doctors, can sometimes keep you waiting.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>De-stress before the interview.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">After you check in with the <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/receptionist/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">receptionist </a>-- being pleasant and professional when you do this -- try some relaxation techniques, recommends Smith-Gaston. This could be as simple as closing your eyes or doing a few deep breathing exercises. But beware: If your idea of relaxation is kick-boxing or a yoga routine, do those at home. "You want to be memorable to the employer, but not for making a scene in the waiting room," Smith-Gaston says. And don't even think about taking a drink or using substances to calm down; that should be obvious, but for some it isn't.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Listen, think, speak</b>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Whether your interview is in person or over the phone, it is important to listen to what the interviewer has to say, and then think before responding, according to Paul Bailo, author of "The Official Phone Interview Handbook." "Take a few seconds to understand the question, and then prepare a quality answer before simply blurting out something less intelligent," he says. "Focusing on the interviewer will take your mind off your own jitters and actually help calm you down."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Prepare your own questions.</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">You'll know the interview is almost over when the interviewer asks whether you have any questions about the job or the company. When you hear this, don't say "no," and bolt for the door. Use this opportunity to solidify the good impression you've made. "Well-thought-out questions show you're really interested in the company and the job," Bailo says. Also, if you have sent in your résumé, have a copy in front of you (and make sure it's the same version). Always wait until the interviewer has finished asking about you and your background before launching into your own questions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The day after the interview, send a thank you note to the interviewer. "Use the thank-you note to add something new, like an award or a small honor you received," Smith-Gaston says.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>Larry Buhl researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues for CareerBuilder.com. Follow @CareerBuilder on Twitter.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div>

How to calm job interview jitters

Larry Buhl, Special to CareerBuilder Interviews can strike fear in the hearts of the most seasoned job seekers. If you don't have a lot ...

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