The NFL Might Drop Kickoffs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola y’all! The NFL is apparently looking at ways to <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/427107/nfl-floats-idea-of-getting-rid-of-kickoffs-roger-goodell-says/" target="_blank">phase out kickoffs</a>. They want to do this because of all the very serious injuries that keep happening on the special teams units who cover and return kicks. The proposals right now are some combination of having each team start a new possession after the other team scores at their own 25 yard line. Another would give the team that would be the kick return team the ball at their 30 and a fourth-and-fifteen situation. They could either punt or go for it.<br /><br />Well, the sports team here at IWS World Media decided we would come up with a few ideas to replace kickoffs too. Hopefully the NFL will give these very clever and exciting ideas a fair chance to be voted on by the Competition Committee.<br /><br />- Put the ball on 50 yard line. Blindfold the kicker. Spin him around 5 times and then he kicks the ball. Wherever it lands is where the team starts their drive from.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav02tXT2VOSi8nWpDkEUVERGh-eRweVurvmO2aAFGKYO5mxVpi8lh4bv-7DasI19l5U8r77gISsPiPhZ1S1bbpBQX8Lh-M5g1Oae0B5R8tfGmIYOWz_RoEhGrXciOZgkEzbM2IeE6IoY/s1600/Lingerie+Football+Hot+Sexy+Thongs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgav02tXT2VOSi8nWpDkEUVERGh-eRweVurvmO2aAFGKYO5mxVpi8lh4bv-7DasI19l5U8r77gISsPiPhZ1S1bbpBQX8Lh-M5g1Oae0B5R8tfGmIYOWz_RoEhGrXciOZgkEzbM2IeE6IoY/s320/Lingerie+Football+Hot+Sexy+Thongs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>- Have the ladies of the Lingerie Football League do the kicking and returns instead of the big, mean, fragile football players.<br /><br />- Hold a kicking competition at local grade schools during the week and let the winner kickoff from the 50 and wherever he or she kicks it to is where the other team gets it.<br /><br />- Have the punter punt the ball from his team’s own 35, but turn the football into a lawn dart. Wherever the ball sticks is where the other team starts from.<br /><br />- Have the offensive team caption from the “return” team and the defensive team captain from the “kicking” team meat at midfield and draw cards. If the return team wins they get the ball at their own 30, but if they lose they get it at their own 10.<br /><br />- Write the numbers 5 through 50 on small pieces of paper and put them all in a hat with the logo of an official NFL sponsor on it. Then have a “celebrity” like the Octomom draw before the kickoff. Whatever number she draws is where they start from.<br /><br />- Fill special teams rosters filled with midgets for all kickoffs.<br /><br />- Fill special teams rosters with the winners of the local Ultimate Frisbee Team. <br /><br />- After a team scores, just flip a coin. The “kicking” team gets to call it. If they win, other team gets the ball at 5. If they lose, other team gets it at the 30.<br /><br />- Just change the game to the National Flag Football League.<br /><br /><br />As you can see the NFL has lots and lots of options. Another that I didn’t mention would be to shut down the league completely. And honestly, that wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><br /><br /></div>

The NFL Might Drop Kickoffs

Hola y’all! The NFL is apparently looking at ways to phase out kickoffs. They want to do this because of all the very serious injuries that keep happening on the special teams units who cover and return kicks. The proposals right now are some combina…

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Today's archidose #638

Here are some of my photos of the <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/">Poetry Foundation</a> in Chicago, Illinois, by <a href="http://www.jrarch.com/">John Ronan Architects</a> (2011).<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ximo_michavila/"><br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250609075/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="404" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8250609075_8ec656ff30_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678776/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8251678776_73110d0980_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250609701/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8250609701_dd32615041_z.jpg" width="548" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251677764/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8251677764_58e02ef745_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251677914/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8206/8251677914_ebd43a115e_z.jpg" width="578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678048/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8251678048_4c0b522729_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678176/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8251678176_ac6e1ca90b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250610083/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8250610083_59aaae7405_c.jpg" width="606" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678420/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="374" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8251678420_e16392a354_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8250609929/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="368" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8250609929_63286f7599_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/archidose/8251678582/" title="Poetry Foundation by archidose, on Flickr"><img alt="Poetry Foundation" height="406" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8065/8251678582_efbc0df83a_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 #638

Here are some of my photos of the Poetry Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, by John Ronan Architects (2011).To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just::: Join and add photos to the archidose pool, and/or:: Tag your photos archidose…

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A puppy can be just for Christmas!

My twin sister and I went to the opening of the Lost Weekend furniture store's exhibition "A puppy can be just for Christmas" at Darc Space.<br />We got to try out all of the chairs and also scored a nice glass of wine!! Result!<br />Both of us agreed that our favourite chair was the yellow "Chair One" by Konstantin Grcic.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa4Xy6Eh9MQ2eERnEv3leKz6w8zcc_3MZ1J9gMLZzVkNb96VqHI8fVcij_qpMBAE4KGQTLIRObid7MdaoNPvwJw-wg_p8y99EpEmx2s8fj5FnIMMxJnWIMBqqxoFLEyfdzHKdaS6TJFgK/s1600/20121205_182616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa4Xy6Eh9MQ2eERnEv3leKz6w8zcc_3MZ1J9gMLZzVkNb96VqHI8fVcij_qpMBAE4KGQTLIRObid7MdaoNPvwJw-wg_p8y99EpEmx2s8fj5FnIMMxJnWIMBqqxoFLEyfdzHKdaS6TJFgK/s640/20121205_182616.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG_Xqk7Mr6y6i_BDowPTJc5p2_m2nXe_utRwiYoI-8ZFuqdtLTbbg0RMSudCx9yPjsI5aj_UEndoar5_SPewiKjWDA6UlRGdLKhC1_Qnlo389cY8X0zsh9_0cFBcNtiZdSLurDTTOT4MW/s1600/20121205_185042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKG_Xqk7Mr6y6i_BDowPTJc5p2_m2nXe_utRwiYoI-8ZFuqdtLTbbg0RMSudCx9yPjsI5aj_UEndoar5_SPewiKjWDA6UlRGdLKhC1_Qnlo389cY8X0zsh9_0cFBcNtiZdSLurDTTOT4MW/s640/20121205_185042.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb4cxIvyVkjT0VMEDIiV9baa_H8Gw88NG9vFN5YCKOvPG8X1ckbqpAwsY7V5GBx6qFmxvfTHMlgv5Evme6VG2q_NGaMapvKaZaju0xJTygsrLbHozlg6zz8ZhAg9sTusPDBW1l3b8LGR5/s1600/20121205_182942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFb4cxIvyVkjT0VMEDIiV9baa_H8Gw88NG9vFN5YCKOvPG8X1ckbqpAwsY7V5GBx6qFmxvfTHMlgv5Evme6VG2q_NGaMapvKaZaju0xJTygsrLbHozlg6zz8ZhAg9sTusPDBW1l3b8LGR5/s640/20121205_182942.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjI12gQ1nKBkEr8nWn6sA0yJkvF0jSOi1l-PfKe8fF6DiDvPknD17vyvRjhWKJJXMNL-qo8CQqmTCG0oHIiG7On3avEQZVBqQ9hld5KVZGhyludbQBN79HPX3xtASE4-TkzMOqJi5-cBE/s1600/20121205_185048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjI12gQ1nKBkEr8nWn6sA0yJkvF0jSOi1l-PfKe8fF6DiDvPknD17vyvRjhWKJJXMNL-qo8CQqmTCG0oHIiG7On3avEQZVBqQ9hld5KVZGhyludbQBN79HPX3xtASE4-TkzMOqJi5-cBE/s640/20121205_185048.jpg" /> </a> </div>

A puppy can be just for Christmas!

My twin sister and I went to the opening of the Lost Weekend furniture store's exhibition "A puppy can be just for Christmas" at Darc Space.We got to try out all of the chairs and also scored a nice glass of wine!! Result!Both of us agreed that our f…

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Christmas decorations made from paper

Our Christmas tree in work is huge!!!<br /><div><br /></div><div>It was looking very bare so a few colleagues made some paper decorations for it. Have a look on  <a href="http://thelovelyresidence.blogspot.ie/2010/10/youre-star.html">this blog</a> to see how to make them.</div><div><br /></div><div>They look great!!</div><div><br /></div>

Christmas decorations made from paper

Our Christmas tree in work is huge!!!It was looking very bare so a few colleagues made some paper decorations for it. Have a look on  this blog to see how to make them.They look great!!…

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When fear is expected and welcome

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mee238j8tX1riuuh0o1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mee238j8tX1riuuh0o1_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">"I don't know how else to make a movie except to find some aspect of the experience that I haven't done before," he says. "Because if I've done it before, </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/becoming-fearless/" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #ba72ba; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;" target="_hplink">I'm fearless</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">, and I don't work well when I'm fearless."</span></blockquote><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Steven Spielberg, when interviewed about making the movie Lincoln. <a data-mce-href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/oprah-spielberg-daniel-day-lewis-lincoln_n_2207277.html" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/oprah-spielberg-daniel-day-lewis-lincoln_n_2207277.html" style="color: #007bff;">Oprah, Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis Talk About 'Lincoln' (VIDEO)</a></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I think it is hard for many people to realize that fear is a natural part of being innovative. If you do ANYTHING at all, fear is often part of that. </div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Every time we start a <a href="http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/">Flat Classroom project</a>, every time I get ready to get in front of an audience, really, even, every time I get up to meet my day and kiss my husband and kids goodbye, there is an element of fear in my life. </div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">But fear can't and shouldn't paralyze us. The existence of fear isn't what cripples us, it is the preeminence of fear and the resulting paralysis that can cause us to be unable to function.</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Many don't collaborate globally because they are afraid. Others are too afraid of losing their job to do anything risky and innovative. </div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Most of what you fear never happens:</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><em style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.”</em><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></strong></blockquote><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Try to think back - what were you worried about last year... last week... ten years a go. Can you? Do you remember?</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It is not that you fear, it is WHAT you do with that fear that is the issue. </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It is not that our school board is AFRAID, it is if they allow that fear to cause them to make bad decisions in the hopes that anything is better than what is happening today.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">People are afraid of the bogey man on the Internet when, in reality, kids are more at risk from the person that picks them up from school each day than from some random stranger they encounter on the net. Kids who engage in at risk behavior offline, engage in at risk behavior online.</span></span></span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fear is real. We all experience it. It can guide and help us, but we not let its presence take over, overwhelm us and choke out our ability to function and make it in the world. </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I find great comfort in the fact that a great filmmaker like Steven Spielberg experiences fear just like the rest of us. But look at WHY he fears.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">He fears because he is innovative and in uncomfortable territory.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">May I never be a filing cabinet teacher. Some teachers teach the same year 30 times in their career - never leaving the plans and never changing course. Others teach 30 different years -- always innovating and trying new things.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fear is part of innovating - it is also part of playing on the interstate. One is a healthy fear that comes with trying something new, another is a fear that comes with trying something stupid. Wise people learn to discern the difference.</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></strong></div><br /> <div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/?px" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_c.png?x-id=89cead74-a473-403f-8a98-18ccbabf7f3f" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div>

fear innovation Teaching When fear is expected and welcome

"I don't know how else to make a movie except to find some aspect of the experience that I haven't done before," he says. "Because if I've done it before, I'm fearless, and I don't work well when I'm fearless."Steven Spielberg, when interviewed about…

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they are kind of a big deal

There is nothing I hate worse than bragging on myself. Beyond ironic statement as there is this whole blog thing going on, I know. But that is a post for another time.<br /><br />I however, have no problem bragging on those that I know.<br /><br />So as I get ready to do some heavy duty Christmas wrapping this weekend, I thought I would share two wonderful and very different gift wrapping options by people I just happen to know.<br /><br />First up we have my college friend Keely. Girlfriend is a mega talented graphic designer and her house is always amazing (which you know I love). She gives Martha Stewart a run for her money and the cherry on top - she's funny. Really funny. Enter her <a href="http://www.snarkygifttags.com/" target="_blank">Snarky Gift Tags</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mpQGRdyYeqnbQ-t285J73kVhSI5gEwImHkyNcvVV5LHNCO1RvfWWGEPz9n4ZeRA2ph72YNLeCLnMlV8n5TfW4PwxpQ6rZ7YkrOMnBGk_nosZd4IUCF5XEJEFO4HKAgf4Cp-RLQBngyMm/s1600/snarky_gift_tag_keelydesign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mpQGRdyYeqnbQ-t285J73kVhSI5gEwImHkyNcvVV5LHNCO1RvfWWGEPz9n4ZeRA2ph72YNLeCLnMlV8n5TfW4PwxpQ6rZ7YkrOMnBGk_nosZd4IUCF5XEJEFO4HKAgf4Cp-RLQBngyMm/s400/snarky_gift_tag_keelydesign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>These are right up my alley as there is nothing I love more than a smart ass comment to go with my holiday cheer. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/KeelyDesign?ref=offsite_badges&utm_source=sellers&utm_medium=badges&utm_campaign=en_isell_1" target="_blank">Check out her Etsy store</a> and buy these suckers up before they are all gone.<br /><br />Secondly, I'm lucky enough to know Carrie Kiefer. She is my cousin's wife (so my cousin-in-law?) and half of the <a href="http://ampersanddesignstudio.com/" target="_blank">Ampersand Design Studio</a>. Carrie's talent is just beyond - you should have seen her wedding. And to top it off, she's just about the sweetest girl around. She and her partner are making major waves with their <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shopampersand" target="_blank">prints</a>, their <a href="http://www.windhamfabrics.net/cgi-bin/fabricshop/gallery.cgi?Category=619&View=All&v=1" target="_blank">fabric</a> and their all around killer talent.<br /><br />Their <a href="http://ampersanddesignstudio.com/free-printable-holiday-gift-tags-for-to-from-magazine/" target="_blank">printable gift tags</a> were featured in the best gift guide ever, <a href="http://toandfrommagazine.com/" target="_blank">To & From</a>, that I mentioned <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/santas-work-is-done.html" target="_blank">last week</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0YrWNui18bU4AQM60AvgrD2_cZyY8GBZf2XgYLy7zaXmR4vdJxNDd8QFa33I0sg4RtvFvvoX09_G9O0e-_pMOVYGFUkpMq-ZBW1kYtCC6QN2XezDhoTNlWRKg_525wsZdnKaL5QZJ5Hb/s1600/AmperandGiftTags_ToFrom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0YrWNui18bU4AQM60AvgrD2_cZyY8GBZf2XgYLy7zaXmR4vdJxNDd8QFa33I0sg4RtvFvvoX09_G9O0e-_pMOVYGFUkpMq-ZBW1kYtCC6QN2XezDhoTNlWRKg_525wsZdnKaL5QZJ5Hb/s640/AmperandGiftTags_ToFrom.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Two great ways to add some major style to your packages this year.<br /><br />So was I right or what? I know some pretty talented people! Have you wrapped anything yet? Have you bought anything yet?<br /><br />And btw, thanks for all of the great advent advice, you all are the best!!

they are kind of a big deal

There is nothing I hate worse than bragging on myself. Beyond ironic statement as there is this whole blog thing going on, I know. But that is a post for another time.I however, have no problem bragging on those that I know.So as I get ready to do so…

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/06/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/amazon-launches-kindle-content-kids-051142272--finance.html">Amazon launches Kindle content service for kids - Yahoo! News</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Amazon is adding more benefits to the Kindle app and Kindle fire -- the cost of content. "Amazon.com Inc. plans to announce Wednesday that the Kindle FreeTime Unlimited service will be available in the next few weeks as part of an automatic software update. Amazon said subscribers will have access to "thousands" of pieces of content, though the company did not give a specific number. Kids will be able to watch, play and read any of the content available to them as many times as they want. Parents can set time limits, however. The service, aimed at kids aged 3 to 8, will cost $4.99 per month for one child. It'll cost $2.99 per child for members of Amazon Prime, the company's premium shipping service. Amazon Prime costs $79 per year for free shipping of merchandise purchased in the company's online store."</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/Amazon">Amazon</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2012/12/11-the-student-perspective-on-chromebooks-at-leyden-high-schools.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dangerouslyirrelevant+%28Dangerously+Irrelevant%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">1:1 - The Student Perspective at Leyden High Schools | Dangerously Irrelevant</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">It is tough to get to attached to a particular platform, however, this write up gives you specifics about Chrombooks. What kids are most excited about is the integration with Google apps and that type of collaborative opportunity should be part of what we set up for our students. "Now that we all have chromebooks, I think I have seen more responsibility among the students. Rarely, does someone forget to bring their chromebook to class. It has taught me how to become more responsible and take care of something that is worth more than your pen and pencil. To me, the major and most helpful difference in having a chromebook is Google Docs. The ability to be able to write, save, and share a document all online is remarkable. You can’t lose what you have written because your document is automatically saved. It is easier for teachers to help you with your writing because now they can directly comment on your paper. You can collaborate more with your peers when you share a document with them and can work on it at the same time. It can also benefit teachers because there isn’t the excuse anymore of that “I didn’t print it”, or “my computer wasn’t working”. Teachers can now see exactly what the student did to the document and at what time they made any changes. "</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/chromebook">chromebook</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 12/06/2012

Amazon launches Kindle content service for kids - Yahoo! News Amazon is adding more benefits to the Kindle app and Kindle fire -- the cost of content. "Amazon.com Inc. plans to announce Wednesday that the Kindl…

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