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A wonderful Adobe Youth Voices media opportunity for South African teachers!

11:09 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTEESemn04G0BjdJiE5BUTsMq6oyi1dQFn_IBiMNEZXbClwM9SshtgiVth1TEDSdp_sbmbqaP5Y5tpjl56AJpv0I5a8GH3V2cSJVVb_YYzCG6hd5k74F-j4ohm3d5qmr6mwzeZPjtfojA/s1600-h/image%25255B6%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxbuy7dViWfHvpDI0XJYeOUvI0aYUAa-1f_gDX4JY25vVFO_IMzs7z0mgZMyecQHRLZRh1v_q4uo2E07QMXycLRl1P5ZTpB9CcDCMQBiPpOXoG-GJ3c261jDu2tqy6XiOy4bdZMDl0l8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />What is the Adobe Youth Voices project?  </span></b><br />Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) engages talented educators of middle- and high-school-age youth in a year-long professional development and support program. Educators enhance their teaching strategies, gain new skills, and collaborate with like-minded educators and youth media experts to enable young people to express themselves using digital tools and to create media with a personally meaningful purpose. Educators from participating sites join a global network and exhibit and share youth-created media projects, including videos, documentaries, photojournalism, animations, websites, and multimedia. iEARN joined the Adobe Youth Voices program as a founding partner in 2006, and now manages and supports the program in over 16 countries around the world. SchoolNet South Africa coordinates this programme and has received sponsorships for twelve teachers to participate in the 2012- 2013 year. SchoolNet has written two posts about Adobe Youth Voices participants visiting different countries in 2011:<br /><br />1) <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-abour-getting-involved-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">What about getting involved in SchoolNet’s Adobe Youth Voices programme </span></a></span><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/AVvXsEh_cV0SjWwrS0prd7M6hti6kcLL4_Nqr6G51sn9jhV8kLByMU2xJNLSWaf-VsgkWCaGJIII35jwDV6aLUzHQGhESU3LaAVsLJkOK00qFgf3vONlC3kyi3U7WB4Niz25RQgn3abXKbNLjEY/s1600/Hlengiwe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_cV0SjWwrS0prd7M6hti6kcLL4_Nqr6G51sn9jhV8kLByMU2xJNLSWaf-VsgkWCaGJIII35jwDV6aLUzHQGhESU3LaAVsLJkOK00qFgf3vONlC3kyi3U7WB4Niz25RQgn3abXKbNLjEY/s320/Hlengiwe.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hlengiwe Mfeka visits California with her movie project on Street Children</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">2) <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/schoolnets-adobe-youth-voices-programme.html" target="_blank">SchoolNet’sAdobe Youth Voices programme sends a team to California</a></span></span><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/AVvXsEiZvxNXijj7S0CltQ892BMYSIkFT2KKXjsSg6qPRyhnHBow_SZHeo6Cw3z0gqWasedpygnPD-LKW08DetcUZ1ajzzv30fwhcCmMN1Aa6sz_bH1qg_O7uvp5Jh-O8GykCL7t2WTzMcxXiLs/s1600/Warren.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvxNXijj7S0CltQ892BMYSIkFT2KKXjsSg6qPRyhnHBow_SZHeo6Cw3z0gqWasedpygnPD-LKW08DetcUZ1ajzzv30fwhcCmMN1Aa6sz_bH1qg_O7uvp5Jh-O8GykCL7t2WTzMcxXiLs/s320/Warren.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SchoolNet team visit Taiwan with Warren Sparrow's 'Super Veggie-Man' movie project</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">View more of these media projects on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolnetsa?feature=results_main" target="_blank">Schoolnet's YouTube Channel</a></span></span></div><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />Eligibility Criteria:</span></b><u><br /></u><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">• Serve low-income, disadvantaged middle and high school youth (ages 13–18)<br />• Access to ICTs or an ability to access media production equipment and resources<br />• Commitment of site administrator and/or information technology department to expedite the installation of donated software on site computers as soon as it is made available </span><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />Benefits:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <br />Up to 30 Adobe software licenses for installation at the site Recognition and opportunities to exhibit the site’s AYV youth projects to regional and global audiences<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Educator Selection Criteria:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Experience in facilitating or an interest in learning new strategies for project-based learning Strong belief in student-centered community and social change projects Passionate about sharing youth perspectives and voices Committed to engaging youth in rigorous investigation of topics of their own choosing that are relevant and meaningful to their lives Motivated and available to participate in AYV,without any insurmountable barriers to success </span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br />Educator Responsibilities: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Participate in an 8-week online course Develop an AYV program plan for the year, which will be drafted collaboratively during the training Launch their program plan and guide at least 25 youth over the course of the year in the creation of youth media using the digital tools provided. The youth media needs to be planned and designed to ensure youth voice is being heard. Youth should be guided to choose issues that could effect positive change in the immediate community and design a project that highlights the social issue and perhaps provide solutions as well.Complete periodic reports describing progress, sharing best practices, and evaluating the benefit of AYV for youth Participate in the AYV online community, sharing stories and program progress Work with Ms Omashani Naidoo (SchoolNet) to launch exhibition events during the program year Contribute youth media work (accompanied by required model releases and licensing agreement paperwork) to the AYV collection by end May, 2013 to be exhibited locally, online, and globally</span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><br />What to do now:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />If you are interested in this programme, please write to </span><a href="mailto:omashani@schoolnet.org.za" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">omashani@schoolnet.org.za</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> or contact our office 011 4035777 for more information or to receive an application form. Please note that teachers’ can participate in either of two sessions.</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Adobe Youth Voices Online Course Session One:September 24 - Nov 19, 2012<br />Adobe Youth Voices Online Course Session Two: February 18 - April 15, 2013</span></b><br /><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br />Please note that all student media work will need to be submitted by end of May 2013 to be considered for the International Youth Festival.</span></i></div>

Adobe Youth voices A wonderful Adobe Youth Voices media opportunity for South African teachers!

What is the Adobe Youth Voices project? Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) engages talented educators of middle- and high-school-age youth in a year-...

ISRAEL AND CHINA,

6:32 AM Tukiyooo 0

<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/AVvXsEhmVTcaKLJq2ZAv9BZM3ueWl_oebZJG5knIg2UKI4pk_wezKMWxQty1IFieRQwGTXFH-9eLkUL1JtLVopNBLQ3fN8aQhctqQqsjnrEGulAwJLX4HPPBvWvv2fZ-E8Q3UizB5VgLhXEgx7UN/s1600/wind_turbines_golan_heights_photo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVTcaKLJq2ZAv9BZM3ueWl_oebZJG5knIg2UKI4pk_wezKMWxQty1IFieRQwGTXFH-9eLkUL1JtLVopNBLQ3fN8aQhctqQqsjnrEGulAwJLX4HPPBvWvv2fZ-E8Q3UizB5VgLhXEgx7UN/s400/wind_turbines_golan_heights_photo1.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windmills on the Golan Hights</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN, EXCEPT FOR ENERGY ISSUES</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By John Daly</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CHINA and ISRAEL are the most pragmatic of partners. For CHINA, ISRAEL’S prime attraction is as a source of cutting-edge high technology, for ISRAEL, its gaining a foothold in the world’s largest market.<br /><br />CHINA’S interest in ISRAEL’S technology combined with CHINA’S go it alone attitudes on energy issues represent a mixed blessing for Tel Aviv.<br /><br />On the plus side for ISRAEL, a CHINESE bank is in talks to <a href="http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000756344&fid=1725">finance the construction</a> of a $25 million, 14-megawatt wind farm for <b>Yarok Energy Ltd</b> on the <b>Golan Heights</b>, where the company has operated a 4.8-megawatt wind turbine farm for the past two decades.<br /><br />CHINA’S determination to invest in contested <b>Golan territories</b> comes despite that fact that the United Nations on 12 January passed a “Resolution adopted by the General Assembly (on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee [Fourth Committee] [A/66/427] ‘66/80. The occupied <b>SYRIAN Golan’</b>” which noted, “Deeply concerned (italics in original) that the <b>SYRIAN Golan</b>, occupied since 1967, has been under continued ISRAELI military occupation,” …” 2. Also calls upon (italics in original) ISRAEL to desist from changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied SYRIAN <b>Golan</b> and in particular to desist from the establishment of settlements…”.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgot37xK64WgTkB4YLtK40-r_ul3uCC7iZdLmHuRQTxXAYwh7UouF8jdmKqeUWEfLhKBEenekbzxuGH0FXfLuzIYN1RvdfrtVlavepkr7QKVKovW_qIOAZNH9cg2pfk2jlvJSX5nKcV0x2I/s1600/tributaries.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgot37xK64WgTkB4YLtK40-r_ul3uCC7iZdLmHuRQTxXAYwh7UouF8jdmKqeUWEfLhKBEenekbzxuGH0FXfLuzIYN1RvdfrtVlavepkr7QKVKovW_qIOAZNH9cg2pfk2jlvJSX5nKcV0x2I/s320/tributaries.png" width="214" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: See: <b style="color: blue;">GOLAN HIGHTS</b><span style="color: blue;"> - </span></span><b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">REGIME CHANGE IN SYRIA, FULL SCORE FOR ISRAEL? </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/01/strait-of-hormuz-and-syria.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Extracts from above article</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: …..”<i>For ISRAEL keeping the GOLAN HIGHTS on the other hand had been always a priority, not so much for strategic advantages or prestige, but for its freshwater supply, a key issue which is hardly addressed in mainstream media</i>”…..</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See also:<b> <span style="color: blue;">DRAGON OF THE NEGEV, Israeli - Chinese railroad project </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/china-and-israel-enter-dragon.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/china-and-israel-enter-dragon.html</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS IS DEEPENING</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2wuxX0fyiQ-htmnMEoTtU0tMT1jpaEWiiBx7eiZU7sAI92IB1vfEsyICx3FjMSMWtYycpmgOL5Bvag0fEhJ8Quuuqqwcrcz2gjr_QkSsSPORBdfhUlEc5C9grzhDxrR062a1CBgu180T/s1600/China-Israel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2wuxX0fyiQ-htmnMEoTtU0tMT1jpaEWiiBx7eiZU7sAI92IB1vfEsyICx3FjMSMWtYycpmgOL5Bvag0fEhJ8Quuuqqwcrcz2gjr_QkSsSPORBdfhUlEc5C9grzhDxrR062a1CBgu180T/s200/China-Israel.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For ISRAEL, CHINA’S occasionally pusillanimous attitudes towards both the UN and the world community are not an overwhelming source of distress – if CHINESE capital wants to fund a power project on the Golan Heights despite “changing the physical character” of the region  amidst a slowly roiling SYRIAN civil war, who are the UN to criticize such actions?<br /><br />And military cooperation between the two nations is deepening – according to Xinhau, during a 21 May meeting in Beijing CHINA and ISRAEL pledged to boost ties between their armed forces as their chiefs of staff held talks. CHINA'S People's Liberation Army General Staff chief Chen Bingde told ISRAEL Defense Forces chief of staff Benny Gantz after lauding political, economic, cultural and people-to-people ties over the past  two decades since the establishment of diplomatic relations between CHINA and ISRAEL, "Military-to-military ties between the two nations have also grown along with the overall bilateral relationship." Underlining the importance of his visit, Gantz also met with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.<br /><br />The bilateral military discussions build upon when ISRAELI officials hosted PLA Navy commander Wu Shengli, and a month later, when ISRAELI Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited CHINA. Chen reciprocated with a visit to ISRAEL two months later, while ISRAEL'S paramilitary Border Police unit hosted a delegation from the People's Republic of China’s People’s Armed Police (PAP). <br /><br /><b style="color: red;">TOP OF CHINA’S MILITARY WISH FROM ISRAEL’S DEFENCE ESTABLISHMENT?</b><br /><br />Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, along with <a href="http://www.israeltrade.org.cn/">advanced technology</a> from fields ranging from agriculture to automobiles.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEh-Xn1py74_pNTY-WJd1A9O6mJ-TqN5dCY68OYJT1BJv8nNUl9hOPwIWMVpS_D-Ft0Z_1D7yKMhwyKmOWYym-ZUX7g03HK3Y8qLM7LEHIGCXP7I6LghjHX5XndhyrgTs5T77WHsR-bgBSeD/s1600/Israel_Elbit+Systems_+Hermes+450_UAV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Xn1py74_pNTY-WJd1A9O6mJ-TqN5dCY68OYJT1BJv8nNUl9hOPwIWMVpS_D-Ft0Z_1D7yKMhwyKmOWYym-ZUX7g03HK3Y8qLM7LEHIGCXP7I6LghjHX5XndhyrgTs5T77WHsR-bgBSeD/s320/Israel_Elbit+Systems_+Hermes+450_UAV.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="BTX">Israel Aerospace Industries Hermes 450</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But, as far as CHINA’S interest in ISRAELI military high-tech, University of Haifa the Department of Asian Studies Professor Yoram Evron <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/04/c_13812028.htm">noted</a>that ISRAEL is very "strict" in its defence exports to CHINA as so much of it is derived from the U.S.  and consequently ISRAEL "will not dare to jeopardize its relations with the U.S., on which it depends so heavily."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See:  <a href="http://www.asian-defence.net/2011/02/elbit-unveils-new-generational-uav.html">http://www.asian-defence.net/2011/02/elbit-unveils-new-generational-uav.html</a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For ISRAEL?<br /><br />Political support, and access to China’s immense market.<br /><br />CHINA is now ISRAEL'S third-largest trade partner, after the EUROPEAN UNION and UNITED STATES. In 2011 ISRAELI-CHINESE bilateral trade exceeded $8 billion, roughly 20 percent higher than in 2010. <br /><br />What could cloud this otherwise sunny picture?<br /><br />IRAN.<br /><br />CHINA relies on IRAN for roughly 10 percent of its oil supply and has repeatedly rejected intensifying UN sanctions against IRAN for its nuclear activities, an effort led by the U.S. and ISRAEL, which suspect that Iran’s nuclear energy program in facts mask a secret military effort to acquire nuclear weapons.<br /><br />According to IRAN’S Ambassador to Beijing Mehdi Safari, in 2011 CHINESE-IRANIAN<a href="http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010172485"> trade increased</a>55 percent to more than $45 billion a $16 billion increase over 2010 trade. Notably, CHINA boosted its oil imports from IRAN by 30 percent in 2011 despite Western and UN sanctions pressure, importing nearly 557,000 barrels per day (bpd) of IRANIAN oil. Furthermore, Safari late last year <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201218.html">observed</a>, “The real expectation that the volume of trade (between IRAN and CHINA) has the capacity to reach $100 billion is on our agenda.”<br /><br />So, $5 billion versus $8 billion annual trade?<br /><br />Oil now, or drones later?<br /><br />Beijing’s not saying.<br /><br />Neither is Tel Aviv.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Via Oilprice</span></span></div>

ISRAEL AND CHINA,

Windmills on the Golan Hights A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN, EXCEPT FOR ENERGY ISSUES By John Daly CHINA and ISRAEL are the most pragmatic of p...

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/26/2012

2:31 AM Tukiyooo 0

<ul class="diigo-linkroll">      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=2535034">Teacher Drew O'Conner wins an iPad for sharing and aligning 30 lessons</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This set of lessons includes some very popular lessons using fairy tales. All of them are aligned with the Common Core and you can download and share them. The Share My lesson site is giving away a free ipad to the "best sharer" each week. This is a great thing to do as we share with others and help with common core alignment, so join in.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/commoncore">commoncore</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ccchat">ccchat</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.netmagazine.com/opinions/education-vs-experience">Education vs experience | Opinion | .net magazine</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This type of article is continuing to proliferate as people question a textbook non-reality based degree happening in many universities. One of the things that made Georgia Tech unique when I was there was how many real-world experiences and projects students were required to do - often for real companies. With the skyrocketing cost of higher education, and the proliferation of "degrees" the brand of a university needs to be tied not to just head knowledge but knowledge of the "hands" (how to). Read this article about hiring web designers, while this is a unique field, it speaks to what is being said in industry about the college education and why college education is destined to change in a fundamental way in the near future.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/pbl">pbl</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edreform">edreform</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/highered">highered</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443713704577603782317318996.html">When Freemium Fails - WSJ.com</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This news shows why freemium may be going away for some businesses. Unless a service can reach millions of users, freemium may not be the best way to go - this article recommends. I think that we will continue to see smaller services consider charging for things. Remember that just because it is free today doesn't mean it will be free tomorrow, i.e. Ning. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/marketing">marketing</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://agourahills.patch.com/articles/superintendent-tweets-photo-of-new-teachers#photo-11063661">Superintendent Tweets Photo of New Teachers - Agoura Hills, CA Patch</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This superintendent is using Twitter as his PR tool as he tweets out a photo of new teachers at his school. You might want to look at how this is structured if you want to use this valuable, quick tool for sharing the news from your district.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/media">media</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/leadership">leadership</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/administration">administration</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://ictevangelist.com/?p=1044&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1044">Mark Anderson's Blog » Displaying online work – some ideas & methods</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Here are some ideas of what Mark is doing for sharing work, I have my students create the blog that suits their personal interest project. While Tumblr is nice for blogging, I have older students and monitor it closely - most schools would not find a good fit in tumblr, I think. Good ideas here, though.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edapp">edapp</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edtech">edtech</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://marylandreporter.com/2012/08/23/md-teachers-finding-hungry-kids-in-their-classes/">Md. teachers finding hungry kids in their classes</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">This breaks my heart, "A new report finds that 63% of Maryland teachers surveyed say children are not getting enough to eat at home and this is having a negative effect on students’ academic performance. " If we are paying people money so they can feed their family and AREN'T then we should pay again to feed them at school? How can you hold parents accountable for feeding their children? This speaks to the very core of many of our problems in the US  - misplaced priorities. Homes have xboxes but no food? Nice shoes and empty tummies? This is upsetting on so many levels. Of course, these statements don't fit all people as they are generalities, however, making sure children are fed is an imperative. It makes me nervous, however, that the government is having to step in and feed children who aren't being fed at home because if they aren't being fed, there are much bigger problems than just a lack of food. As a person who had a time when we were completely broken by a farm gone underwater - I know what it is like to find quarters to buy milk - so this is heartbreaking. People need jobs and kids need food. It is also unfair to penalize teachers whose kids aren't learning if the kids are hungry.  What do we do? </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/24/evernote/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDigitalReader+%28The+Digital+Reader%29&utm_content=Google+Reader#.UDkawmt5mK0">Evernote Launches New Partnership with Moleskine - The Digital Reader</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Evernote and Moleskin announce the new smartnotebook which is very cool. While you can already snap pictures of notes to Evernote - this notebook has small dots that adjust the page to make it square and remove distortion. It includes stickers that will tag the pages for you and add emphasis and included in the price of the notebook ($30) is a free subscription to Evernote premium for 3 months. I love evernote and while their tech support leaves a lot to be desired (it took me 6 months to figure out how to fix an installation glitch which was answered by another user on their forum after Evernote kept telling me just to use Revo uninstaller) -- it can't be beat for usefulness - that is why it is one of the few apps I am willing to pay for. I'll definitely be asking for this notebook for Christmas to try it out. Hope the price comes down a tad, though.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/productivity">productivity</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/08/23/amazon-to-hold-a-press-conference-on-6-september/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitter-publisher-main&utm_campaign=twitter#.UDkaJlx5mK1">Amazon to Hold a Press Conference on 6 September - The Digital Reader</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Amazon will announce its new lineup of ereaders on Sept 6 and Apple will announce them one week later according to "The Digital Reader" a blog about eReaders and Tablets. The "textbook wars" have only just begun.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ipad">ipad</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alfredth/archive/2012/08/23/quantity-is-not-enough.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ComputerScienceTeacher+%28Computer+Science+Teacher+-+Thoughts+and+Information+from+Alfred+Thompson%29">Quantity Is Not Enough - Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information from Alfred Thompson - Site Home - MSDN Blogs</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">An excellent article by Alfred Thompson on the white male skew of the AP exams and the issues for Computer Science education. Alfred Thompson, a blogger employed by Microsoft, is my go-to person for Computer Science education topics. This is another example of how he questions the status quo and offers solutions. I highly recommend subscribing to his blog. Meanwhile, my school is moving away from AP altogether into the ACCELL program where our juniors and seniors are able to earn college credit for college-quality courses offered in our high school and paid for, in part, by the HOPE Program in Georgia. </p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ap">ap</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/computer">computer</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/08/23/wonderful-rare-steve-jobs-speech-1983-begs-designers-build-better-looking-computers/">Steve Jobs Begs Designers in 1983 to Build Better Looking Computers</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Fascinating speech from visionary Steve Jobs.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/computers">computers</a></p>                                        </li>      <li>      <p class="diigo-link">                <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/08/the-us-election-on-youtube.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freetech4teachers%2FcGEY+%28Free+Technology+for+Teachers%29#.UDkUq1x5mK0">Free Technology for Teachers: The US Election on YouTube</a>      </p>      <p class="diigo-description">Another reason to make YouTube available. Richard Bryne from Free Tech for Teachers shares about the new YouTube channel that will cover the US presidential election. Bookmark and share, especially if you have a current events class.</p>              <p class="diigo-tags">          <span>tags:</span>                      <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/politics">politics</a>            <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p>                                        </li>  </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href="http://www.diigo.com">Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher">here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/26/2012

Teacher Drew O'Conner wins an iPad for sharing and aligning 30 lessons This set of lessons inclu...

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Here are a bunch of photos of the <a href="http://www.phz.ch/">PHZ Luzern</a> (Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland) in Lucerne, Switzerland, by <a href="http://www.enzmannfischer.ch/">Enzmann + Fishcer</a> (2011), photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/">John Hill</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862424474/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7862424474_94c031dae4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862425100/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7862425100_a032d9d165_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862417480/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7862417480_32defe06f2_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862423110/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7862423110_f2ce52c270_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862418454/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8297/7862418454_026b30e7d6_z.jpg" width="610" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862419094/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="526" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7273/7862419094_53d560cb6c_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862422192/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7862422192_404738fcbd_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/7862420606/" title="PHZ Luzern by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="PHZ Luzern" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7862420606_e2b888fce5_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #613

Here are a bunch of photos of the PHZ Luzern (Teacher Training University of Central Switzerland) in Lucerne, Switzerland, by Enzmann + Fis...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 08/26/2012

Today's archidose #613

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