Little Known Facts About the Late Margaret Thatcher

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pEh3kFzH2nlgIDoClCRfzHrokpmtnJipR-oq1KnB2QwgiHC5I8A14h7GWpxATvLysOudvNoUtc8z4pvReuT_eYBD5gfaBZhq6Kl0bQP89xkHawKuqhreN0M8X8SJsqJD8WyobZb-gD4/s1600/margaret-thatcher+stupid+jerk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pEh3kFzH2nlgIDoClCRfzHrokpmtnJipR-oq1KnB2QwgiHC5I8A14h7GWpxATvLysOudvNoUtc8z4pvReuT_eYBD5gfaBZhq6Kl0bQP89xkHawKuqhreN0M8X8SJsqJD8WyobZb-gD4/s400/margaret-thatcher+stupid+jerk.jpg" width="400" /></a>Cheeeeeers Chuckleheads!!<br /><br />Unless you’ve been living under a henge of stone or haven’t kept current on your Cable TV bill, you know that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died early yesterday at the age of 87 in American years…how old that is in Euros, British Pounds or Celsius, I haven’t a clue, but anyway…<br /><br />She’s dead.<br /><br />Much ballyhoo has been made of her being the standard bearer of late 20th Century Conservatism, an imposing leader, and an opener of the floodgates of lady-like lawmakers, however…<br /><br />The IWS Media News Hounds have unearthed some interesting, if little known facts about the late Prime Minister.<br /><br />What was her favorite color you ask?  A darker, offbeat shade of red, known as, “a darker offbeat red.”<br /><br />Her favorite Beatle?  The chick was dingo for Ringo…She was often overheard singing Yellow Submarine, even in her sleep.<br /><br />A sad and unfortunate event occurred in PM Thatcher’s life on July 28, 1974...Margaret Thatcher had had sex with former Mamas and Papas singer Mama Cass Elliot only hours before Mama Cass died in her London flat at the age of 32.<br /><br />In 1982, The Thatch was hell bent on invading the Caribbean island of Grenada, but Ronald Reagan told her that he had a plan in the works for just that, so instead, she invaded the Falkland Islands.<br /><br />Did you know?  In 1980, 1981, and 1985, Margaret Thatcher was voted the Sexiest Woman Alive by Braille Magazine!!<br /><br />Over the years, many people have referred to Margaret Thatcher as the Iron Lady, but her code name given to her by Britain’s M-5 unit was “Bangers and Mash”, yet most of her closest friends referred to her merely by her lifelong nickname, “Pickles.”<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgqV19_W0BeoMJQplw3bWs4kDHhTe3ozw8dpUZ80o0pPHfF9UD21ZN4zvIBreP_TJKBDxrrZ4fhtCasiGzeFhXoRMAdUUJVF9Lvi5jQj2_jCjuaWkmQnmAxZ37xgfHGOV8Z2LG19jbSM/s1600/Jim+Varney+Ernest.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJgqV19_W0BeoMJQplw3bWs4kDHhTe3ozw8dpUZ80o0pPHfF9UD21ZN4zvIBreP_TJKBDxrrZ4fhtCasiGzeFhXoRMAdUUJVF9Lvi5jQj2_jCjuaWkmQnmAxZ37xgfHGOV8Z2LG19jbSM/s400/Jim+Varney+Ernest.jpg" width="400" /></a>Thatcher’s favorite actress was the lovely and talented British actress Emma Thompson.  Her favorite actor was the no less lovely and talented American actor, Jim Varney who starred in, among other movies, <i>Ernest Saves Christmas.</i><br /><br />She once told Nancy Reagan…<i>“You are such a slight and vapid woman. Instead of being First Lady of the United States of America, you would be much more useful impaled upon a steel rod, and used as a wind vane.”</i><br /><br />She was the recipient of many interesting and unique items from foreign dignitaries, but her favorite keepsake was the autographed piss cup used during Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest of July 28, 2006.  The inscription on the cup reads, <i>“Dearest Maggie…To my favorite non-fucking Jew, Love Mels.”</i><br /><br />She was overheard once at a press conference saying, <i>“The War of 1812?  We beat those Yankee bastards in every aspect of the game other than the final fucking score.”</i><br /><br />Lastly in a circle come…um…full circle…on July 23, 2011...PM Mags once again rendered her kiss of death, as Mags had sex with Amy Winehouse only hours before the beleaguered singer died in her London flat.<br /><br />What can we glean from the life and career of one Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher?<br /><br />She should have never had sex with well-known female singers.  She brought a curse with her when she did that.<br /><br />Cheers!!<br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@MattMan_IWS</span></a></div>

Little Known Facts About the Late Margaret Thatcher

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Quick n'tasty

Stopped in to Lidl on the way home from work. As you know most Lidl's are very basic, but the Thomas Street one has a distinctly East Germany in the 1980's feel to it.<br />I bought fresh pasta (cooks in 3 mins), cooked and peeled prawns (shrimp for my American readers!) and a jar of sundried tomato pesto. Top with cheese and you have a tasty dinner in less than 5 minutes! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUxbjfV3ks0ykrNIH-jF-B4wSuGQbTsqbhPCEtiAzl6wIjtQaSI5R9cbzJHbrohORSP23VJryixu6pXCaCvXFDJaEcIgbwRA3oebciR-tBOGS7tEZzI3MEsWUdy4xKgf8EYnIdSYY_vMZ/s640/blogger-image--231178645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUxbjfV3ks0ykrNIH-jF-B4wSuGQbTsqbhPCEtiAzl6wIjtQaSI5R9cbzJHbrohORSP23VJryixu6pXCaCvXFDJaEcIgbwRA3oebciR-tBOGS7tEZzI3MEsWUdy4xKgf8EYnIdSYY_vMZ/s640/blogger-image--231178645.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Le_lIBwED5pk0jAVWXMWoJyfzImNP_6CMu4qroBHN53_e8KVL3q9J-HF3GqWKVUjEwnmQR25BgfOTlxf4CIrLW-Xu8HAGjfKyGcO0DcbQX-YX_jpgB63B0sS6siX_QwqL16kyM2Fu8Q-/s640/blogger-image-2028266281.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Le_lIBwED5pk0jAVWXMWoJyfzImNP_6CMu4qroBHN53_e8KVL3q9J-HF3GqWKVUjEwnmQR25BgfOTlxf4CIrLW-Xu8HAGjfKyGcO0DcbQX-YX_jpgB63B0sS6siX_QwqL16kyM2Fu8Q-/s640/blogger-image-2028266281.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42AYTsm-SnP3IF8a_MBCXZWXd0krDaP8Hz6_xloPISxYwOAul-vVQhOQDa5m0-0JCTU0mafecWCM8ZHU4uGyJCTgaC4GMzkiB4-pHOehTQeG-poM-PZY10NU3ET3Y6XmyibRsP6RbzG4B/s640/blogger-image--1980426372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42AYTsm-SnP3IF8a_MBCXZWXd0krDaP8Hz6_xloPISxYwOAul-vVQhOQDa5m0-0JCTU0mafecWCM8ZHU4uGyJCTgaC4GMzkiB4-pHOehTQeG-poM-PZY10NU3ET3Y6XmyibRsP6RbzG4B/s640/blogger-image--1980426372.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5vtw-AYmqna8YftbFVEMxQynF1WgG4qv42c5rMiDQ66WAmvzdBKbrwQb4ithi_Ttz0A2ZJXQPkt9Bly7pKCb6ANKWXnSyFlEv20oSuK0WBmfcOoMujokvWNu8qb5mjtzWaxEPFX8-y9Q/s640/blogger-image--2080524475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5vtw-AYmqna8YftbFVEMxQynF1WgG4qv42c5rMiDQ66WAmvzdBKbrwQb4ithi_Ttz0A2ZJXQPkt9Bly7pKCb6ANKWXnSyFlEv20oSuK0WBmfcOoMujokvWNu8qb5mjtzWaxEPFX8-y9Q/s640/blogger-image--2080524475.jpg" /></a></div>

Quick n'tasty

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/08/israel-national-library/">Israel National Library</a> in Jerusalem, Isreal, by Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/08/israel-national-library/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Apr13-08.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Oct10/18/dose.html">The Northern Gate</a> in Bat Yam, Israel by Team But, Yam:<br /><a href="http://www.archidose.org/Oct10/18/dose.html"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Oct10/18/image01.jpg" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/08/hidden-cities/"><i>Hidden Cities: Travels to the Secret Corners of the World's Great Metropolises; A Memoir of Urban Exploration</i></a> by Moses Gates (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/04/08/hidden-cities/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hidden-cities.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/infrastructure.html"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/infrastructure.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/infrastructure.html"><i>The Landscape of Contemporary Infrastructure</i></a> by Kelly Shannon and Marcel Smets.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">American-Architects <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/pages/50x50">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br />(Week of April 1): <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/40746_reva_and_david_logan_center_for_the_arts">Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts</a> in Chicago, Illinois, by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/40746_reva_and_david_logan_center_for_the_arts"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/40746/images/900:w/1Exterior_UCHI_TWBTA.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a><br /><br />(Week of April 8): <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/40807_indiana_university_cyberinfrastructure_building">Indiana University Cyberinfrastructure Building</a> in Bloomington, Indiana, by SmithGroupJJR:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/40807_indiana_university_cyberinfrastructure_building"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/40807/images/900:w/IndianaUniversityCyberinfrastructureBuilding1.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

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Nokia Lumia With Different Color

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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">(2) Nokia Lumia 920 with Yellow Color</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxFL_doNIR_XHGKOqu9P4bUe_CUgRYXr_r9Z3cY1yO3-b7j5SieF9rnRPZas1aEjrWtVvrw4IXzWNfm0GARcJ5DuNDIpSZ-VMB0aKhHPgG5dx_3vM9vx2CN1YVzO8VoRdybLVjHTYbd4/s1600/nokia-lumia-920-yellow-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxFL_doNIR_XHGKOqu9P4bUe_CUgRYXr_r9Z3cY1yO3-b7j5SieF9rnRPZas1aEjrWtVvrw4IXzWNfm0GARcJ5DuNDIpSZ-VMB0aKhHPgG5dx_3vM9vx2CN1YVzO8VoRdybLVjHTYbd4/s1600/nokia-lumia-920-yellow-.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Best Buy from</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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width: 59px;" /></td> <td>About the author : <a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Jacob </a>        <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/search/label/jacob">View All post by Jacob</a> </td> </tr><tr> <td><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He is the co-founder and Chief Editor of pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in. 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(1) Nokia lumia 920 with RED COLOR  Best Buy from  http://nokia.indiatimes.com/nokia/10020/p_B11613 (2) Nokia Lumia 920 with Yellow Color Be...

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Product Engineer (mechanical | wafer handling robots |LabView |interferometer |PRO/E) (# 109320)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Product Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Fulltime<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Results oriented and driven to excel.  Enjoys teaching, troubleshooting, working with groups of people, and explaining complex things as simply as possible.  Strong analytic and data analysis skills. Assess system electronics, software, and mechanics with respect to design for reliability, stability, and serviceability.  Experience with LabView SW, data acquisition systems, precision sensors (accelerometers, displacement, temperature, interferometers), scopes and 3D CAD SW (preferably Pro/Engineer).   Excellent oral and written communication skills.  Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams and to take a leadership role when needed.  Quick grasp of challenging, complex technical information.  Help develop and document maintenance, troubleshooting, and part replacement procedures.  Gather and analyze data from the field to identify sources of systematic issues.  Write technical reports to communicate issues, analysis, technical assessments, system status, and engineering recommendations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Preferred Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">BS required (MS preferred) in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Software or related technical field.  Hands-on experience designing, building, documenting and/or troubleshooting electro/mechanical assemblies.  Through knowledge of atmospheric robots and good understanding of electronics, software, and wafer handling subsystems.  Solid mechanical engineering fundamentals, including design principles, machine elements, materials, fabrication methods.  Availability for travel both domestically and internationally (<25% time).  Ability to work non-standard working hours if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualifications:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Master's Level Degree with at least 2 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 3 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Please send in your resumes to vinod.sanker@kla-tencor.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div></div></div>

Product Engineer (mechanical | wafer handling robots |LabView |interferometer |PRO/E) (# 109320)

Job Title: Product Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Fulltime Responsibilities: Results oriented and driven to excel.  Enjoys tea...

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Three Words

I wasn't going to but found myself answering them in my head anyway, so here it goes...<br />Thank you Hermione! The idea is to use exactly three words to answer each of the questions.<br /><br /><b>1. Where is your cell phone? </b>on my desk<br /><b>2. Boyfriend/girlfriend? </b>wish, but monogamous <br /><b>3. Hair?</b> boring straight brown<br /><b>4a. Your mother? </b>dead, mentally ill<br /><b>4b. Your step-mother? </b>alive, mentally ill<br /><b>5. Your father? </b>dusty old doormat<br /><b>6. Your favorite item(s)?</b> blanket, phone, gravy <br /><b>7. Your dream last night? </b>sex, as usual!<br /><b>8. Your favorite drink? </b> coca cola zero<br /><b>9. Your dream guy/girl?</b> my amazing husband<br /><b>10. The room you are in?</b> office at work<br /><b>11. Your fear?</b> being alone forever<br /><b>12. What do you want to be in 10 years? </b>a better person<br /><b>13. Who did you hang out with last night?</b> my wonderful family<br /><b>14. What are you not?</b> a good driver<br /><b>15. What's outside your window? </b>sunny parking lot<br /><b>16. One of your wish list items?</b> million nook downloads<br /><b>17. What time is it?</b> eleven twenty nine<br /><b>18. The last thing you did?</b> cried in frustration<br /><b>19. What are you wearing?</b> spiderman bra/panties<br /><b>20. Your favorite book?</b> any erotic romance<br /><b>21. The last thing you ate? </b>yesterday, don't remember<br /><b>22. Your life? </b>chaotic, silly, loving <br /><b>23. Your mood? </b>just terribly overwhelmed<br /><b>24. Your car? </b> big filthy SUV<br /><b>25. What are you doing at this moment? </b>really? I'm typing!<br /><b>26. Your summer? </b>beach every weekend<br /><b>27. Travel plans?</b> One can wish<br /><b>28. What is on your TV screen? </b>DVR without commercials<br /><b>29. Last time you cried?</b> unfortunately just now<br /><b>30. School?</b> every. single. day<br /><br /><br />

Three Words

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NOIR NEWS

<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/AVvXsEiuLb8BBmWzxyhuaoP9jx60PUQEiy9BYCU2kU3afNtUDDd4y5cva9haToTndMHjXCDrOv_NBvc8_7qP1-7pz1V4yIseU5cwNdBhekSUF8ZfxdOqklbDGjyjqle8po5SH0s5ApSeW00XAqI/s1600/TheKillers1946Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLb8BBmWzxyhuaoP9jx60PUQEiy9BYCU2kU3afNtUDDd4y5cva9haToTndMHjXCDrOv_NBvc8_7qP1-7pz1V4yIseU5cwNdBhekSUF8ZfxdOqklbDGjyjqle8po5SH0s5ApSeW00XAqI/s400/TheKillers1946Poster.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Robert Siodmak's <i>The Killers</i> (1946) screens April 17th at Noir City: Hollywood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A presentation of the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation, </span><b>Noir City: Hollywood</b>, the 15th annual Los Angeles film noir festival, is in full swing now and runs through April 21. Films screen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. For program and ticket information, <a href="http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/content/noir-city-hollywood-15th-annual-festival-of-film-noir"><span style="color: #cc0000;">click here</span></a>.</span><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOIpuhDudb7VnadgUKggDmP7F0p9WNEN2QiXSiL53WvmL4g5ypy5odbdULeUPw2wRRoPo5kPRm2xmNCHXdGwafdTHQTf0sh-Ja-10zbuOXLkmGSxuRNWdmx6dytIRrg2rE2DA8gJ5Pw4/s1600/ALFilmNoir_2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyOIpuhDudb7VnadgUKggDmP7F0p9WNEN2QiXSiL53WvmL4g5ypy5odbdULeUPw2wRRoPo5kPRm2xmNCHXdGwafdTHQTf0sh-Ja-10zbuOXLkmGSxuRNWdmx6dytIRrg2rE2DA8gJ5Pw4/s400/ALFilmNoir_2013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The 14th <b>Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival</b> is set for May 16 - 19 in Palm Springs, California. This year's program features 12 films and many special guests:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><u><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thurs. May 16</span></u><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7:30 pm <i>Three Strangers</i> (1946), with special guest writer/director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, son of Geraldine Fitzgerald</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>Fri. May 17</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10:00 am <i>Alias Nick Beal</i> (1949)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1:00 pm <i>Mary Ryan Detective </i>(1950), with special guest Marsha Hunt</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4:00 pm <i>Try and Get Me </i>(1950)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7:30 pm <i>Edge of Doom </i>(1950), with special guest Joan Evans</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>Sat. May 18</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10:00 am <i>High Tide </i>(1947)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1:00 pm <i>Strange Illusion </i>(1945), with special guest Jimmy Lydon</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4:00 pm <i>Champion </i>(1949)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">7:30 pm <i>Murder Inc. </i>(1960), with special guest Stuart Whitman</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u>Sun. May 19</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">10:00 am <i>The Suspect </i>(1944)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1:00 pm <i>Christmas Holiday </i>(1944), with special guest Patricia Ward Kelly</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">4:00 pm <i>The Asphalt Jungle </i>(1950)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For more information, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></a><a href="http://arthurlyonsfilmnoir.ning.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">click here</span></a></span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: black;">.</span></span> <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/AVvXsEhcm2YsuJAY8UuJPF0L-iijBLImZBDJywynXZKVdKOFLp-RE6FbHm1fq6jWDkuTW-8aVK-D5CwCYm8vh5O6YN_pEToWaxjuAgJ1om3EMZECM13aqtWo0AwNWhd_Op9TSGElnEO1VbLog6E/s1600/the-asphalt-jungle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcm2YsuJAY8UuJPF0L-iijBLImZBDJywynXZKVdKOFLp-RE6FbHm1fq6jWDkuTW-8aVK-D5CwCYm8vh5O6YN_pEToWaxjuAgJ1om3EMZECM13aqtWo0AwNWhd_Op9TSGElnEO1VbLog6E/s400/the-asphalt-jungle.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">John Huston's <i>The Asphalt Jungle </i>(1950) screens May 19 at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now available from the Film Noir Foundation is the stunning Spring 2013 edition of the organization's e-magazine, <b><i>Noir City</i></b>. The cover story, "Dark Mirrors" by Vince Keenan, takes a look at film noir remakes. Also inside, Imogen Sara Smith's in-depth (19 pages!) profile of France's legendary Jean Gabin, a look at director Richard Fleischer's RKO years and reflections on the careers of Frank Lovejoy and Julie London - </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="http://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/contribute.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">click here</span></a></span></span></span> to find out how to receive an e-copy of the latest <i>Noir City</i>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5niyu4-08Jg04TIiFB_D3mdKuhqfy3j1MNsJXAGvi5LHBFSDbqpFVW8D-Io8f-4epMGOc4KNXkl4z7S8l4I9bBJbD0VOZsFq52E6MyEa1ymDK6A-MrDwnM3yH4qQQswLzN1wlOZD10wc/s1600/NC-Spring2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5niyu4-08Jg04TIiFB_D3mdKuhqfy3j1MNsJXAGvi5LHBFSDbqpFVW8D-Io8f-4epMGOc4KNXkl4z7S8l4I9bBJbD0VOZsFq52E6MyEa1ymDK6A-MrDwnM3yH4qQQswLzN1wlOZD10wc/s400/NC-Spring2013.jpg" width="308" /></a></div>

Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival Film Noir Noir City Noir City: Hollywood NOIR NEWS

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SchoolNet, Intel and the SKA project

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you recall reading this report called ‘SKA to inspire science students’ on 20th March 2013 (</span><a href="http://digitalclassroom.co.za/digitalclassroom/latestnews/303-ska-to-inspire-science-students" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://digitalclassroom.co.za/digitalclassroom/latestnews/303-ska-to-inspire-science-students</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The SKA will be made up of an array of 3 000 satellite dishes built in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape, eight other African countries, and in Australia and New Zealand. The bulk of the project has been awarded to South Africa. SchoolNet is involved in some of the ICT training that will happen in schools around the SKA, with Intel being the funder of the training.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intel Teach Getting Started training was provided to 60 teachers from schools around the SKA this month from 2-5 April 2013. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Intel Teach Getting Started training provides initial confidence in the use of ICTs. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carnarvon High School was the host of this training. Mustek, an Intel partner sponsored laptops for use during the training. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Training was facilitated by SchoolNetSA’s Ms Nomty Gcaba and Senzo Ngcobo.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHH3i__hWhUdzYQleq90gW_SP5dAWTh8tCQNg9YJDGwv-uMOk_cgq2HvMK9nLD9KV7re8Jt0o-1nkQ3FwiCTS9iWYxwlns27B4wQaNmV7DmLGlMHAIckkShB8_gUB3LexlZmNGzF3E6II/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPLtaOLR5PxprDzvIF6EMhibd0ckEqEjB4-rRPTHlHTVEICdcGahYcaW4I_MwVxGoNfdHncF_1k-Pas9EJ2e1Ipil76ySso-3j9WjSt3aSj62d_7U8UTJjV1Mez7X3qR-m2iaX_ydJj4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHiAvL3EbsDzUvXOS7PWIwJ60B229H75nuOAo8_eV5nQegHfIepDzLGBW5bNhFtOCk6YQSYvwZVJMx3tdeai2DYEgWixyeyMj7cYeSwpnP3rl5Abfo3dVxe_9SxrtBTYFSRKZQFokDzCo/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iu6f_ibna3l9_aAq0jFEZ-YxqP_IVC9IU00O4-uR2U_hxSDEXphcPcNOZg1Rc6zsRswwP4CBvr8fJh1cyoR2zdmgRnEhPocMS_Rznz5SgW575lNqrfkEQIXyYtLDfIBpXLQR-W0vN6g/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find out more about Intel Teach Getting Started training and other Intel courses please contact our SchoolNet office at info@schoolnet.org.za</span><br /><br /></div>

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Have you seen what is on offer on the Partners in Learning Network? We invite you to join....

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have you taken a look around the Partners in Learning Network lately? It's FULL of the most incredible resources - free tools, learning activities for the classroom, tutorials, discussions,  resources,  professional development opportunities galore, opportunities to gain badges, networking</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> opportunities, etc. No wonder Microsoft is wanting all teachers everywhere to see what is there and to join the network - all free. They have a great prize on offer if you join before June 3. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #565656;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The teacher or ICT coordinator who refers the most people to the Partners in Learning Network before 3 June 2013 will win a trip to the SchoolNet SA ICT in the Classroom conference happening in Bloemfontein in July 2013. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We would really encourage you to join this network and to take advantage of developing yourself professionally. You'll really enjoy using its resources. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Let's start with the Microsoft Free Tools...</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are more than 30 free technology tools available on the network, all free to download. If you would like to access the free Microsoft Learning Suite tools – including Songsmith, AutoCollage, Mouse Mischief, StickSorter, Kodu, Worldwide Telescope and many more - join the Microsoft Partners in Learning Network on this link (<a href="http://www.pil-network.com/">http://www.pil-network.com/</a>)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Not only does this portal provide access to tools that teachers can use to enhance their lessons, it also gives tutorials on how to use the tools and examples of Learning Activities where teachers have shared their lesson plans using the tools and integrating them into the lesson.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTLuG3RwiJUpn8zRsnxSHBLgr0yVIon5Zz5ydBgM-goAXTG0QIQxPaSAUMdSw2Ci2A9yCJ-WP1xXMu8HlsPkZ_KqW5mZwwVzzO_l2nv8LQSOdixsgKFkSXPkuqydVIqR40vVxGXlbYEo/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi6rT0HyzldJKYQlc8lHo3QSkFTqAyYgHO8YGu3zNCLevsMvPVrEUBfDxoVooXZ-NOxcyvaBUYwlz4Jz4oD16DUbmTccPGaw6SDsr7d078qJnvKVdAZVrR02aUBQ5IW6ILtyiAGz4cG4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Enter Microsoft's Partner's in Learning Forum via the Partners in Learning Network</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Partners in Learning Forum is a competition open to all teachers. (It used to be called the Microsoft Innovtive Teacher competition). If you have used technology in a creative way in your classroom, upload your Learning Activity to the Partners in Learning Network by Monday 3 June 2013 and you may be selected and sponsored to attend the <a href="http://www.schoolnet.org.za/teacher-developement/microsoft-partners-in-learning/2013-south-africa-and-lesotho-partners-in-learning-forum/" target="_blank">2013 South Africa and Lesotho Partners in Learning Forum</a> which will be held in Bloemfontein on 1 July 2013 as well as  the <a href="http://schoolnet.org.za/conference_2013/" target="_blank">SchoolNetSA ICT in the Classroom Conference</a> which follows the event. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Free 'Navigating the Partners in Learning Network' webinar on 24 April</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For an overview on what the Partners in Learning Network has on offer please join the “Navigating the Partners in Learning Network” webinar on Wednesday 24 April 2013 from 3:30 to 4:00pm. For login details, tips for joining a webinar, and the recording of the webinar after it has taken place, please see SchoolNetSA's webinar blog:</span><br /><a href="http://schoolnetsa-webinars.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://schoolnetsa-webinars.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><br /></div>

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SchoolNet offering training and support to Vodacom ICT Resource Centres

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since 2010, SchoolNet SA has been offering master training and support to centre management teams at the nine provincial Vodacom ICT Resource Centres. SchoolNet has now been commissioned to continue to support the centre staff and the teachers at schools served by the centres. Staff at the centres have been trained to offer the Microsoft Partners in Learning ICT Skills for Teachers and HelpDesk courses. The Training of Trainers courses for the Intel Getting Started course are underway. </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/AVvXsEjSa4XMXr0WU10G9YLxaFI4mkvPKQhSkdD8mci3E3Xx8zOAXn2sw4B2sl_tQ74mNPszbU_JZINR33XFI_hLGgdPxZoaoWLJRm9FPB_zb26CrqDCv7R6MGVjOwGLQZ5ihUJMti_uc44zRE0/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXalh4a-IacrfYvljvUSy4jgvuECA-3FkRJfOrX9-a9RJIUPckP0NaqfWf0HdfhnDf-pB5nHIEW4E5N0aZ6Ayj2-uJB6fCyltUBujcPED8u4atvn2ChlZZi02yuHx0f2TDO_fQWYPNjAs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mpumalanga Vodacom</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By building capacity at the centres, more professional development opportunities can be offered to local teachers which will ensure that the equipment being donated by Vodacom to schools at schools in the districts around the schools will be used for sound educational purposes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><table 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/AVvXsEge-biFY2_9zlZ2Zdx1Fw3fWXNov6kD1jWjHL1qKLkeSY-xmQt-VFbTiypwndOd_9wNYzT5ErT3_spocO5B90ct1qBEwJVrr85zb9RUjuLbbjM2PSH4MPoDBu3Q3_79kiBqJmiy2N-NCL0/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WkSq8XVXTChbeQw08aQlJcpHaPOyJBi9Du12Q2LIb1XIZiX96AClsplJ7Lm0TRAplp1AZrkUIszzzJ1puZjMzxeglAAcAAR6zb1lnuTS9U8UoWy6_443whXGre6IeV9JdP-wvp65MHM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eastern Cape Vodacom</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers in the schools served by the centres are being encouraged to sign up as SchoolNet SA members so that they can participate in free webinars to learn more strategies for integrating technology into their teaching.  Membership is free and open to any teacher who has an interest in ICT in education. To join please follow the following link: </span><a href="http://edn.schoolnet.org.za/user/register/teacher"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://edn.schoolnet.org.za/user/register/teacher</span></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vodacom has also set up the Digital Classroom portal as a central place for teachers to access teaching resources and education news. This portal is used by teachers who visit the Vodacom ICT Resource Centres, but any teacher is welcome to sign up (insert link:  </span><a href="http://digitalclassroom.co.za/digitalclassroom/index.php" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://digitalclassroom.co.za/digitalclassroom/index.php</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><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/AVvXsEjgUsV4G0CR-RB38X0FHmLGDiGsnhzte7bNrCdWl0Ag2o-KRu5GF2bUb7nmx8HCx9-InEjQsqx2dx6UcFXgnRgK0pyRSSRdPtFAM-k2TQ7-H_2bnSErsezdjsKx1qCpKXtSvAY7Esu8qQw/s1600/vodacom.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUsV4G0CR-RB38X0FHmLGDiGsnhzte7bNrCdWl0Ag2o-KRu5GF2bUb7nmx8HCx9-InEjQsqx2dx6UcFXgnRgK0pyRSSRdPtFAM-k2TQ7-H_2bnSErsezdjsKx1qCpKXtSvAY7Esu8qQw/s320/vodacom.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vodacom's Digital Classroom portal</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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SchoolNet at the ‘Sunward Park High School goes digital’ launch

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet</span></i><br />Sunward Park High School in Boksburg, Gauteng recently launched their digital learning innovation. This event was reported on the DBE website at this URL: </span><a href="http://www.education.gov.za/Home/eLearning/tabid/855/Default.aspx" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.education.gov.za/Home/eLearning/tabid/855/Default.aspx</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivehZSe1eKkQ3UW9p_Yi-5k4e1So2oCx2Aibtd61bzxpmJfbKemcZ839qZrTXjWfPbOcklnGWRMtSzqvl22AnVGqTr0JH4zQcCASLythuCo5aFZmVd3yfj5VkvTW3gsc1vvE9ZP9I5fNw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of textbooks, each learner accesses all of his or her textbooks as well as other teaching and learning resources on a tablet with access to the Train Your Brain e-portal. Through this portal and the school’s wifi-network learners have access to a range of content including Wikipedia, Learning Channel videos and workbooks, Khan Academy resources and Learnthings materials. Whilst other schools have embarked on pilot projects to test a tablet solution, at the launch event held on 19 March 2012, Sunward Park claimed to be the first government school in South Africa that has gone “100% e-books”.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTeb43G-j8SwcKxj_w0ZeaDsNKXzFO3K5jVo8Q2k-EnFwBY5FLqGjbKTw6q9Qq6IICnXGSo7s-0mMAK2Ry24Mg4KsvJXTZ0X5Yuloi6v33LXKNojy7QwvWf6NVsuWBqFExYuxPbA8vt8Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The learners at Sunward Park High have completely embraced the tablet project and some learners confidently showed principals from other schools how they access content and interact with it as part of the launch event. Whilst the school is convinced that the savings on photocopying and textbooks have made the tablets an affordable alternative to books at Sunward Park High.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBdm2LuiEYbBTQgV_n06AsWFjfSlrTTrj6bJydrXQCjuRBpXkqM1dg_dhcZIJ0_PecWgSd-ZsCO5xpWCh-_n_FMAEVDYU4YlwkuhldUnMhXYXoH4Dt5Zq65T8ML9rZ1l6qHZCVotPH8A/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="183" /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Megan Rademeyer from SchoolNet’s presentation at the launch event explained how the tablet solution offers teachers and learners far more than paper-based textbooks can. SchoolNet SA looks forward to running our ‘Journey with Tablets’ course with teachers from Sunward to show how as well as being used as e-readers, the tablets can also be used as a creation tool, a platform for sharing, a collaboration tool, a source of content and to access professional development.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbAFfecydQ8YTQH2pQm_Hd_bbwv8wKrmxQxAeozS2VjjOz4mA6Iw4AZkE-o3wg5HQUtBJTIEda9KlRZMKNHjRol20qaaXEeIMuD9AWS_JnAxlYpIGrF1cMFf0puIoxRLd3EcDPbtuzMs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></span></div></div>

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Submitted by Megan Rademeyer of SchoolNet Sunward Park High School in Boksburg, Gauteng recently launched their digital learning innovation....

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I like to eat All Bran for breakfast however I find that it can hard to chew. It is a very dry twig like cereal. I think the best way to eat it is to pour boiling water on to the All Bran. It then reduces down to a sweet mash that is easily digested. I think it is also beneficial to drink a few glasses of water when eating the All Bran mash. It's a fibre full breakfast! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4VJk_AkZ15n2m_ym9YE4JUzzuRmUAmlhcMNiN14FtRJQSMgcBaQrOpfv2aTURNZrlU71FqrphJ0MLub7R_4teGor_h9rGBxh8zHyVqwmKMScb3h3x46i2LWXEKq2frhBO6H2iopIsVBm/s640/blogger-image-429280584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR4VJk_AkZ15n2m_ym9YE4JUzzuRmUAmlhcMNiN14FtRJQSMgcBaQrOpfv2aTURNZrlU71FqrphJ0MLub7R_4teGor_h9rGBxh8zHyVqwmKMScb3h3x46i2LWXEKq2frhBO6H2iopIsVBm/s640/blogger-image-429280584.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLrqTJVg8r8c_LGOXan9QXOlmjeHs90ivOL58E4p8hoxSyqEiKYCw4OtLR3JaMmg4zKmuaFPT-AWp2iwdcHTHE5BVaV_xK6sZWba_NmNndMHD_YoyjSY_pFEqdZ8e4bMXrBGfk06OpbL9/s640/blogger-image-86033428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLrqTJVg8r8c_LGOXan9QXOlmjeHs90ivOL58E4p8hoxSyqEiKYCw4OtLR3JaMmg4zKmuaFPT-AWp2iwdcHTHE5BVaV_xK6sZWba_NmNndMHD_YoyjSY_pFEqdZ8e4bMXrBGfk06OpbL9/s640/blogger-image-86033428.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DQAMwgRJdDc-Rn73HlxyAf3X0p6VaNDtcBJO6arn2I8O5xGtoebW6_XqKome_GyNUYLhwxrMdvSMA6Sbs_ergZULUbRfD0F6WOtKu8g4Q3Xo2pWZZI5FoxnGR7bvUDtL2K4ZhCXpyryM/s640/blogger-image--297518830.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DQAMwgRJdDc-Rn73HlxyAf3X0p6VaNDtcBJO6arn2I8O5xGtoebW6_XqKome_GyNUYLhwxrMdvSMA6Sbs_ergZULUbRfD0F6WOtKu8g4Q3Xo2pWZZI5FoxnGR7bvUDtL2K4ZhCXpyryM/s640/blogger-image--297518830.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4vys4vhC_LG8k9vCwNAIcuX3wfFf1s8qbvNGNuZHvJPjVYyRI_Q7sNRYpkdMh44Kufcbaaw-XrszvEfoBrDl0ZYmuGWIpv6BefdbmI-pB5G1yhDrQxWnWOAo78Pdpt1lx0SssngMPkRP/s640/blogger-image-1612095441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM4vys4vhC_LG8k9vCwNAIcuX3wfFf1s8qbvNGNuZHvJPjVYyRI_Q7sNRYpkdMh44Kufcbaaw-XrszvEfoBrDl0ZYmuGWIpv6BefdbmI-pB5G1yhDrQxWnWOAo78Pdpt1lx0SssngMPkRP/s640/blogger-image-1612095441.jpg" /></a></div>

All Bran

I like to eat All Bran for breakfast however I find that it can hard to chew. It is a very dry twig like cereal. I think the best way to ea...

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US Embassy

We had to visit the US Embassy to get a document notarized this morning.  We needed to bring two witnesses along with us - thanks Amy and Barry.  We thought we would be in and out in 5 minutes but it actually took about 45 mins in total.  Amy had gone to work about 7.30am and then left to meet us at the embassy at 8.30am.  She then returned to work afterwards - she works a short cycle away.<br />The US Embassy building is quite unique.  <a href="http://dublincitypubliclibraries.com/dublin-buildings/american-embassy">Click here</a> for a short YouTube video and some info.<br />Once you walk through the security gates you are on American soil.  The other place this happens in Ireland is in Dublin Airport when  you go through American Immigration.

US Embassy

We had to visit the US Embassy to get a document notarized this morning.  We needed to bring two witnesses along with us - thanks Amy and Ba...

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