Wednesday, Wednesday

<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 <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/four-chesapeake-energy-buildings/">Four Chesapeake Energy Buildings</a> in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by Elliott + Associates Architects:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/four-chesapeake-energy-buildings/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Jul13-17.jpg" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/01/30/3d-athletics-track/">3D Athletics Track</a> in Alicante, Spain by Subarquitectura:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/01/30/3d-athletics-track/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Jan12/30/image04.jpg" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/the-images-of-architects/"><i>The Images of Architects: The Visible Origin of Architecture</i></a> edited by Valerio Olgiati (L):<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/07/16/the-images-of-architects/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/olgiati.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a> <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-architects-sketchbooks.html"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/book-sketchbooks1.jpg" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/10/book-review-architects-sketchbooks.html"><i>Architects' Sketchbooks</i></a> by Will Jones.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">**NOTE: The next doses on my weekly page will be 2013.08.12.**</span><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 /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/41989">Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center</a> in Las Vegas, Nevada, by Line and Space, LLC:<br /><a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/41989"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://www.american-architects.com/files/projects/41989/images/RedRockCanyonVisitorCenter3.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Wednesday, Wednesday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features Four Chesapeake Energy Buildings in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by Ellio...

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Kate Middleton Is Giving Birth and/or Something

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMlXwVrKEtk5TFd-wZkrmcMrfOZ6YgMACFLXuYRHI1KTx7HbQcnqGt-HoWeiPEsbUELiACOtWCVY5sDd-LjMXwK_lUZ-gW3CC-RZXxP8e36ChNkSB95TRdMWVEcd9i4LPMYxGfdXghMY/s1600/Geert+Wilders+Dutch+Guy+Ahnyurdyck.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/AVvXsEgjMlXwVrKEtk5TFd-wZkrmcMrfOZ6YgMACFLXuYRHI1KTx7HbQcnqGt-HoWeiPEsbUELiACOtWCVY5sDd-LjMXwK_lUZ-gW3CC-RZXxP8e36ChNkSB95TRdMWVEcd9i4LPMYxGfdXghMY/s320/Geert+Wilders+Dutch+Guy+Ahnyurdyck.png" width="276" /></a>Jay, Matt-Man, IWS Radio aficionados…<br /><br />Guy Ahnyurdyck here, fresh out of the <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/03/guy-ahnyurdyckamsterdam-prison-blues.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Hell Hole that is a Dutch prison</span></a>, filing this report LIVE from outside of St. Mary’s Hospital in London where within minutes, and/or hours, and/or days…<br /><br />One Kate Middleton, aka the wife of Prince William, aka the Duchess of Cambridge, aka Kate Mountbatten-Windsor, et cetera, et cetera, will pop out a regal looking son and/or daughter fit for a King…and/or Queen…and/or Defender of the Faith…and/or Lord over the Dominion and Commonwealth…et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.<br /><br /><i><b>(Ed. Note:  Could we keep it simple and/or American, Guy?  This isn't the BBC and/or the CBC…Pretend that you are talking to the audience of Sky TV and/or FOX News.)</b></i><br /><br />The lovely and nubile Duchess of Cambridge is past her due date of July 13th, but many in the know, are speculating that Kate’s prince and/or princess will soon be sliding down her tortured, yet regal uterine walls, and drop him and/or precious self  into the open arms of a private Doctor practicing and living well in a country of socialized medicine.<br /><br />Following the royal and cute extraction of said heir, the baby will be slapped upon the bodkins by the very hand of a God’s centuries old divinity in the kingdom business.<br /><br />Secretly…<br /><br />Many are hoping that once the baby opens his and/or her eyes, his/or her initial vision will be that of the angelic faces of Kate and Prince William, and not that of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles…For that might scare said infant into returning to the womb.<br /><br />An incident like that, would not only threaten the life of the child, but forever damage a fine piece of Euro-Trash royalty and her maternal goods.  Europe, and the U.K specifically, have already suffered enough through the recent and unexpected death of Amy Winehouse…<br /><br />Do we really need to re-visit, re-live, and sadly bathe ourselves ‘neath that waterfall of Euro-Tears again?<br /><br />Guy says, No!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziMhlfq_LHlbmbPdPpWXqE2CpksWaeyLZNVI-tMG3hPeNWf-pBvlNGiNnS21AQcL2oqV337f0ylS5oDwjJRAqBN5lldVtAOnAtUuVKfoLg8mLAq-WQucI_pA_A9yGjP3p-9wJbrfYzYk/s1600/kate-middleton-pregnant+sexy+hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziMhlfq_LHlbmbPdPpWXqE2CpksWaeyLZNVI-tMG3hPeNWf-pBvlNGiNnS21AQcL2oqV337f0ylS5oDwjJRAqBN5lldVtAOnAtUuVKfoLg8mLAq-WQucI_pA_A9yGjP3p-9wJbrfYzYk/s400/kate-middleton-pregnant+sexy+hot.jpg" width="278" /></a>Not only has the question of sex been raised about the soon to be child, <strike>and whether the child is really Prince Harry’s</strike> but there are questions as to what his and/or her name may be.<br /><br />Many folks put their money on traditional names such as Anne, Diana, or Mary if the child be a girl.  If it is to be a male, excited Brits and Anglophiles have suggested, Edward, George, and/or Margaret Thatcher.<br /><br />As one whose nose is always in the news always and frequently in the telling and tantalizing parts of a Belgian psychic and/or lady of the night named Stella Artois, I would ask her a couple of questions.<br /><br />If it is foreseen that this child be she a girl, is to be but a Princess, I would name her Buttercup.  If the stars foretold her to one day be a Queen, I would name her Latifah.<br /><br />If the royal heir turns out to be a boy, but only a Prince, I would of course name him, Fielder, but if the stars determined that in the future he would be King, I would name said heir…<br /><br />Sized.<br /><br />Because seriously, who doesn’t like anything that is King Sized?  His favorability ratings would go through the roof!!<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<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><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

Kate Middleton Is Giving Birth and/or Something

Jay, Matt-Man, IWS Radio aficionados… Guy Ahnyurdyck here, fresh out of the Hell Hole that is a Dutch prison , filing this report LIVE from ...

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Non Belviq related struggle today

What happens when you eat realy really fast on a tummy that's used to getting very little at a time?  Let me put it this way without being too graphic.  Remember when I said that I feel like those that had the lap band surgery where I feel full really fast.  They are not really able to eat fast either and they have to avoid certain foods to prevent them from being sick.  One of my co-workers can not eat lettuce who had the band done a year ago.  Too much lettuce makes her ill.<br /><br />I typically don't eat a lot of lettuce either - I like a salad with all of the fresh vegetables minus the lettuce, although I will eat it occassionally.  Today we had a new employee start.  One of the fun things about my job is getting to take new employees to lunch.  Where I work, there's not a lot of choices in restaruants and we had two others join us, so we needed to go somewhere quick.  We chose.....Olive Garden.  Wait, don't start bashing at me yet about eating there.  I chose to eat the salad only.  No bread, no pasta, nothing than the salad.  But we were in a hurry and we had to kind of eat fast.  Needless to say, just like a person with the lap band, it didn't settle - AT ALL.  <br /><br />I'm letting the tummy settle down a bit and then I will try some grapes maybe.  Oy!  I told you guys I feel like I had that surgery without the pain and money involved.<br /><br />On a brighter note, FRIDAY will mark 4 weeks since I started Belviq.  Be on the lookout for my video of my 1 month weigh in!!  Also, tomorrow night I meet up with my friend Pam, who took that picture that helped change my life.  We are doing a re-do in the exact same spot!!!!!!  I can't wait - so look for that one either tomorrow or Thursday.<br /><br />On a side note - I need a personal trainer.  The cost of Belviq is preventing me from obtaining one.  If you are in the Houston area or if you know anyone in the Houston area who would be willing to help a girl out with personal training in exchange with free advertisement on my blog by either posting or letting me post about our journey with pictures and the contact information, please send me an email to <a href="mailto:ellie.wenker@gmail.com">ellie.wenker@gmail.com</a>  I DESPERATELY need help with this new challenge!!<br /><br />xoxoxox<br />Ellie

Non Belviq related struggle today

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Today's archidose #692

Here are two buildings designed by <a href="http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/">Benthem Crouwel Architects</a> and photographed by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/">Ken Lee</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/culture/kulturbau">Kulturbau Forum Confluentes</a> (2013) in Koblenz, Germany:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9298548345/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/9298548345_a7794e0f60_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9301330982/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/9301330982_b4c74fd50a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9301330786/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/9301330786_fe68f9fb70_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9298547085/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="640" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2808/9298547085_61f5d9c2d4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9298547469/" title="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Forum Confluentes Koblenz, Germany" height="640" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/9298547469_2a3df0347f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/public-buildings/fletcher-hotel">Fletcher Hotel</a> (2013) in Amsterdam:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9293680130/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="640" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7404/9293680130_3d84585c2d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9290904047/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="480" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/9290904047_bd35726d4a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9263111710/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="480" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5532/9263111710_cf09cd5097_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9263111480/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/9263111480_997d9fc240_c.jpg" width="600" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlee2010/9260333035/" title="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands by Ken Lee 2010, on Flickr"><img alt="Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands" height="480" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/9260333035_2112d486b3_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 #692

Here are two buildings designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects and photographed by Ken Lee . Kulturbau Forum Confluentes (2013) in Koblenz,...

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Woot! Teamster EMT strike results in victory!

We just got some great news from Buffalo, where 400 of our brothers and sisters from Local 375 went on strike over wages and benefits at 12:01 a.m. today. After 21 hours of negotiating, Teamster EMTs and paramedics at Rural/Metro reached a tentative agreement early this morning. They're back to work and getting ready to vote in the next few days on a contract that includes wage increases and better benefits.<br /><br />Kevin Drysdale, president of Local 375, said the members are proud to serve Buffalo.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Because of the important work they do as first responders, we needed to secure an agreement with good wages and working conditions. </blockquote>Dennis Wellspeak, a 20-year employee, said the citizens of Buffalo are his neighbors and friends.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I am pleased that we won a fair tentative agreement with Rural/Metro. To think that Rural/Metro was at one point offering higher hourly wages to temporary workers was quite a shock, but we fought hard to win a new agreement that respects us.</blockquote><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/AVvXsEjfCPuUZdiQWgm1z48BbcZDDf3x5B-ZpZpYbrv84lAQs-MXjNeWv7DOHhTx90Eh64Y6Uiq6SX31baMaP7jmzXLPeuLxajMm7DkNXPzVapYDag0eJaom8DkCYzwGxsLF58kLlca-jnMKrwew/s1600/rural+metro+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfCPuUZdiQWgm1z48BbcZDDf3x5B-ZpZpYbrv84lAQs-MXjNeWv7DOHhTx90Eh64Y6Uiq6SX31baMaP7jmzXLPeuLxajMm7DkNXPzVapYDag0eJaom8DkCYzwGxsLF58kLlca-jnMKrwew/s400/rural+metro+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early this morning in Buffalo. </td></tr></tbody></table>Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz was worried that Rural/Metro brought in scabs from Kentucky or Ohio.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">How would they know the city streets? This is not in the best interest of this community.</blockquote>State Sen. Tim Kennedy urged the employer to consider a fair offer that reflects the important work "these brave and dedicated first-responders provide our community every day.”<br /><br />Another letter of support for the EMTs and paramedics came from the executive director of the New York State Nurses Association.  “The RNs of the New York State Nurses Association are proud to stand with Local 375 and the communities they serve,” wrote Jill Furillo, RN.<br /><br />Our brothers and sisters also got supportive tweets like this one from Frontier Fire Co. ‏<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">@FrontierVFC 7h<br />We sympathize with EMTs & Paramedics of @Teamsters local 375 striking against @RuralMetroWNY, especially our own</blockquote>

Woot! Teamster EMT strike results in victory!

We just got some great news from Buffalo, where 400 of our brothers and sisters from Local 375 went on strike over wages and benefits at 12:...

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Active Accessories USA Review!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bpRbQ2_GOl8/UeWRN3QaMXI/AAAAAAAAIxY/mzj3G2ozlOI/s1600/active+accessories+usa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bpRbQ2_GOl8/UeWRN3QaMXI/AAAAAAAAIxY/mzj3G2ozlOI/s320/active+accessories+usa.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever have too much to take along with you such as keys, cell phone, money or ipod when your going exercising whether it's to a gym, taking a walk or riding a bike?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well <a href="http://activeaccessoriesusa.com/">Active Accessories USA</a> has you covered!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a must have accessory for workouts!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These cute little pouches are great for anything such as a place to put keys and such when working out and they are stylish as well so it will look great with any outfit!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you know that I have chosen to go the healthy route and started blasting away fat with eating healthier and exercising intensely so I came across their site and thought I would love one of these because I'm either dropping my keys or have way too much to carry while walking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They sent me one for review and I do have to say that I am in love with it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a compartment for my keys so I won't have to keep them in hand, I can put my cellphone in there as well or even my itouch while walking to listen to music!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love how they even sent along a hair band as well to tie my hair back during those intense and sweat inducing workouts!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugh, who wants to have their hair in their face during a workout?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br 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Active Accessories USA Review!

Ever have too much to take along with you such as keys, cell phone, money or ipod when your going exercising whether it's to a gym, taki...

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Weight Loss Secrets - 5 Things That Will Sabotage Your Weight Loss

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Barb Taylor</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>Losing weight is not easy. Sometimes even the things we think we are doing right turn out to be wrong. Problem is, you can be doing things that you are unaware of that can preventing your from losing weight. Some of these things include:<br /> <br /> Giving Yourself To Much Credit For The Number Of Calories Burned<br /> <br /> Calorie expenditure tables are a common method used to calculate the number of calories burned while working out. Problem is that these tables are typically inaccurate.<br /> <br /> The majority of these tables are inaccurate by as much as twenty percent.<br /> <br /> The best way to accurately determine the number of calories you burn is to use a heart rate monitor.<br /> <br /> Leaving Out Exercises That Build & Strengthen Muscles<br /> <br /> When trying to lose weight it is important that you have a weight loss program which includes both weight lifting and cardio exercises. Strength training builds muscle and muscle speeds up your metabolism and burns more fat, thus promoting weight loss.<br /> <br /> So if you find that your weight loss has slowed or stopped completely. Add in strength training, alternating it with your other workouts. This should help to break through the plateau.<br /> <br /> Drinking To Much Alcohol<br /> <br /> Alcohol slows down your body's ability to burn fat. Instead of burning off food your body will first burn off the alcohol that you have consumed.<br /> <br /> Drinking alcohol also increases your likelihood of snacking, thus adding on additional calories.<br /> <br /> A drink a two every now and again is fine but drinking regularly can be detrimental to your waist line.<br /> <br /> Skipping Breakfast<br /> <br /> In theory cutting back on meals seems like a logical way to reduce calories. Unfortunately, dong this may actually cause you to gain weight.<br /> <br /> When you do not provide your body with the food and nutrition it needs, your metabolism will begin to slow down making it harder to burn off calories.<br /> <br /> Also when you skip meals you tend to overeat when you finally do have a meal<br /> <br /> It is much better to eat six small meals daily. Doing this will keep your hunger satisfied and prevent snacking. The key to making this work is not exceeding your total daily calorie count for all meals combined.<br /> <br /> Anticipating Immediate Results<br /> <br /> A lot of people are unsuccessful in their weight loss attempts because they have unrealistic expectations. They turn on the tv and see that there favorite celebrity just lost 30 pounds in a month and that becomes the goal they set for themselves.<br /> <br /> Losing weight and getting healthy doesnt happen overnight. Set your weight loss goal at one to two pounds weekly. This is the range that experts consider healthy.<br /> <br /> Studies have shown that people who lose weight at a slow and steady pace have a higher long term success rate.<br /> <br /> Although these five weight loss secrets may seem simple, they can have a major impact on your weight loss success.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>Have you tried <a href="http://thejavitacoffeecompany.com">javita</a> weight loss coffee infused with <a href="http://www.BuyJavitaCoffee.com/yerbamate">yerba mate</a> to help you lose weight quick and safe?</div><br /> </div><br />

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The Green Coffee Bean Extract Way

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Keith Smith</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>The idea of consuming green coffee bean extract to start losing weight may actually sound very new but it has already helped a lot of people go back to their ideal weight and more. Losing weight is never an easy thing to aim for. Aside from the fact that it will entail a lot of hard work and discipline, one is never really sure if the many supplements being offered in the market will be effective or not. The question now is, will this extract be an effective way to lose weight? Is it safe? How fast can one actually see results? Read on and find out.<br /> <br /> <b>A healthy approach to Shed Extra Pounds</b> The green coffee bean extract approach to shedding weight is just one fantastic solution to eliminate all those extra unwanted bodyweight. It is possible to question these particular beans as to why they happen to be green. 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NC turns against GOP as Moral Monday protests continue

<a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/15/3032153/moral-monday-crowd-rallies-for.html">Police arrested 101 demonstrators</a> last night during the 11th Moral Monday protest in Raleigh, N.C., one of the biggest yet. More than 800 people have been arrested during the rallies at the Statehouse since they began in late April to bring attention to the anti-worker policies of the Republican-led state government.<br /><br />Last night's protest focused on women's issues, and more than two-thirds of those arrested were women. Organizers said the protest drew 5,000 people. They're traveling from all around North Carolina to raise awareness about the Legislature's cut to unemployment and health benefits, its push to disenfranchise women and minorities and its attempt to raise taxes on the working class while lowering them for corporations.<br /><br /><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/AVvXsEjICM1-XiMMXMBOYVYqtrUpRIBHKUsjtBqO2kCBzYOIAygLE3U4oaOoj-t2zjYZV-Fa4j6WKfU9OqPdVlIV9GmyEz0tdYp9cgrD5fgIRvHkgcE9anLmFWmJZWmsvIiP2la21i3DTzGTlxaS/s1600/7-16moralmondayphoto1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICM1-XiMMXMBOYVYqtrUpRIBHKUsjtBqO2kCBzYOIAygLE3U4oaOoj-t2zjYZV-Fa4j6WKfU9OqPdVlIV9GmyEz0tdYp9cgrD5fgIRvHkgcE9anLmFWmJZWmsvIiP2la21i3DTzGTlxaS/s320/7-16moralmondayphoto1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crowd gathers in N.C. Statehouse yesterday.</td></tr></tbody></table>Grace Stitt, 65, traveled more than eight hours on a bus to attend and <a href="http://www.wral.com/-moral-monday-crowd-rallies-for-women-s-rights-/12661852/">said</a> regular people need to be heard:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><p>I felt like I needed to do something more than write an e-mail to a senator or representative because I'm not sure those are ever read. I guess I felt like I haven't spoken up enough and it's time to make my statement.</p></blockquote>Others took to social media to declare the movement's continued success. Twitter user @TheMountain_Goats <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/07/North-carolina-moral-monday-protests/67204/">tweeted</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Moral Monday is powerful. THIS is North Carolina.</blockquote>There are signs that the continued rallies are taking a toll on Gov. Pat McCrory's popularity. The governor has largely dismissed the demonstrators as out-of-state rabble-rousers, even though arrest records show more than 98 percent of those taken into custody are from North Carolina. But a new <a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/07/abortion-bill-hurting-nc-republicans.html"> Public Policy Polling survey</a> shows he is the one with a negative approval rating:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">For the first time since taking office we find that McCrory has a negative approval rating this month. Only 40% of voters are happy with the job he's doing to 49% who disapprove. That's down a net 15 points from June when he was at a 45/39 spread. While McCrory's numbers are pretty steady with Republicans, he continues to lose ground with Democrats (down a net 17 points from -36 at 24/60 last month to now -53 at 17/70) and independents (down a net 20 points from +12 at 46/34 last month to -8 at 41/49 now). Only 68% of people who voted for McCrory last fall continue to approve of his job performance.</blockquote>McCrory is paying the price for following the<a href="http://alecexposed.org/"> ALEC</a>-inspired agenda of his puppetmaster, greedy billionaire and state budget director <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/heres-billionaire-trying-to-destroy.html">Art Pope</a>. Pope, a friend of the <strike style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.89px;"><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombshell-kochs-sold-oil-equipment-to.html" style="color: #336699;">Benedict Arnold</a></strike> Koch brothers, is <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/NODE/12076">directing the government takeover by corporations and billionaires</a>.<br /><br />North Carolinians also have an increasingly negative view of their state Republican lawmakers overall, with only 35 percent approving of the job they are doing. The survey also finds that 55 percent of voters are unhappy with legislation that resulted in <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/nc-moral-monday-protesters-take-on.html">700,000 residents losing their unemployment benefits</a> earlier this month.<br /><br />Voters by a 47 percent to 41 percent margin also state they have a higher opinion of the protesters than the Legislature, and by a 46 percent to 36 percent count believe the Legislature is a "national embarrassment."<br /><br />We agree.<br /><br /><br />

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Tips And Strategies On How To Lose Weight

<div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>By Coach Todd</div><br /><br /> <div class='uawarticle'>There are a myriad of ways to lose the pounds, and plenty of advice telling you exactly how to do it. However, successful weight loss methods vary amongst individuals. There is not one method that works for everyone. Therefore, as early as you decide that you need to shed weight, the first thing that you must do is to decide on a way that you know will work greatly for you.<br /> <br /> Remember that skipping meals does more harm than good. Skippiong meals makes you hungrier and more vulnerable to poor food choices and over-eating. Although it seems that skipping meals would help you lose weight faster, it actually works against you and can sabotage your weight loss plan.<br /> <br /> If you are exercising to lose weight, focus on cardiovascular exercises to get the job done. These types of exercises raise your heart rate and cause your body to burn more fat than resistance exercise. All activities that elevate your heart rate count, so choose something you enjoy doing.<br /> <br /> Everyone loves french fries! Unfortunately, they cause problems for many people who are trying to lose weight. But if you want french fries that will help your scale go down instead of up, try baking them.<br /> <br /> Cut potatoes into 1/2" fries, toss in a large bowl with 1 tbsp. of oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper and a bit of rosemary if you like, and bake in a single layer at 400 degrees for 30 min. Loosen using a spatula and then bake for about 10 minutes longer. These delicious fries are lower in fat and calories and taste as good as deep fried potatoes. This great idea for "French Bakes" came from Laurel's Kitchen cookbook.<br /> <br /> Walking can be a great way to lose a few pounds. Walking benefits you by burning calories and by satiating your appetite since your blood is busy creating energy for your body. You can typically burn 500 calories for each hour of walking, which is a great and easy way to burn off your dinner.<br /> <br /> If you like chips and want to continue eating them throughout your diet, consider the baked chips. The baked versions have a lot less fat with about the same taste.<br /> <br /> As you have seen, the market has many different treatments available for men and women experiencing hair loss. You can rectify your situation if you try. Make sure you make use of the different methods of ceasing your hair loss so that you can avoid having to deal with this embarrassing situation.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawresource'><br /> <div style='font-style:italic;' class='uawabout'><br /> About the Author:<br /> </div><br /> <div class='uawlinks'>This article on <a href="http://rippedclub.net/nutrition/p90x-fat-shredder/ ">fat shredding diet</a> is the answer to a question many have! Be sure you check out more info on <a href="http://rippedclub.net/nutrition/bodyfat-for-abs/">how to trade fat for a six pack</a> as a second bonus!</div><br /> </div><br />

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How sweet it is: "The Honeymooners" on MeTV

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhja_tdmfWRvhY5ZJcwUVMzEyH1I49gC1zfpEGg9P24FAQpXoSujmSu6NkMZioeyKCw2B_oM2i5gIzDb5M6_ihE12IyGHfocZ0xT-K_WRV4BCvAkDxBDRMXbwrDHAf6oVvHR6o6Is-A46M/s1600/the-honeymooners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhja_tdmfWRvhY5ZJcwUVMzEyH1I49gC1zfpEGg9P24FAQpXoSujmSu6NkMZioeyKCw2B_oM2i5gIzDb5M6_ihE12IyGHfocZ0xT-K_WRV4BCvAkDxBDRMXbwrDHAf6oVvHR6o6Is-A46M/s400/the-honeymooners.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the final episode of the first season of AMC’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mad Men</i>, set in 1960, advertising wunderkind Don Draper pitches his creative concept to Kodak for its latest product, a slide projector called the Carousel. He speaks of the power of nostalgia and describes the device as a time machine with the ability to take people to that place everyone most longs to go, “back home again.” As he delivers his presentation in a darkened conference room, images of Draper’s own young wife and children flash onto a screen one by one, and the carousel works its magic on on those who watch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">MeTV is another sort of time machine. Its viewers are regularly transported to an earlier, some say more golden, age of television – the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, those decades when the network’s target audience, baby boomers like me, was very young. Tripping into the past by way of MeTV is a purely cheerful experience, nothing at all like the harrowing journey of Martin Sloan (Gig Young) whose “Walking Distance” detour into his past took him through the looking glass of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Twilight Zone</i>.</span><br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thanks to MeTV I’ve once again been able to travel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Streets of San Francisco</i> and revisit <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Rockford Files</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Dick Van Dyke Show</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mary Tyler Moore </i>and, most recently, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rhoda</i>– all great and legendary series. But the show I can never resist, no matter how many times I’ve seen it, is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners</i>, the classic 39 episodes that aired on CBS from 1955 – 56. Since it airs on MeTV at 1:30 a.m. PDT these days, I’ve got the DVR up and running in the middle of the night just so I can savor the antics of Ralph and Alice Kramden (Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows) and Ed Norton (Art Carney) a time or two more.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><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/AVvXsEiJqW1EATrNbEKJWChADRALFxKXohFpLiHiqNjiwNqP4IIaer1ypJWQ3x3IXH676WuKQZIjBUUWKTadtNYmjWKWER9ZqAHU9m1fP8i5vk7YwFiS5Mgg-ttPYjE4M6k3AKe6qPTenBIRJic/s1600/Alice_Ralph.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqW1EATrNbEKJWChADRALFxKXohFpLiHiqNjiwNqP4IIaer1ypJWQ3x3IXH676WuKQZIjBUUWKTadtNYmjWKWER9ZqAHU9m1fP8i5vk7YwFiS5Mgg-ttPYjE4M6k3AKe6qPTenBIRJic/s400/Alice_Ralph.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Alice and Ralph - a promised trip to the moon will end with "Baby, you're the greatest!"</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Everyone in my family was a big fan of Jackie Gleason and we were crazy about his Ralph Kramden, the supersized New York bus driver, a man with “big ideas” and dreams of becoming a “big shot” one day. We got a kick out of Ed Norton, the quirky sewer worker who was Ralph’s neighbor and best friend, and adored long-suffering Alice Kramden, purveyor of sparingly dispensed but devastating wisecracks, who knew well that beneath Ralph’s bluff and bluster he was a big-hearted softy. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners </i>ran on television in one form or another from the early ‘50s into the late ‘70s, so it’s fair to say that it was always in the background of our lives as my brother and I grew up.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners </i>made its first TV appearance as a comedy sketch on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cavalcade of Stars</i>, a variety show Jackie Gleason hosted on the now-dufunct DuMont Network from 1950 – 1952. When he was hired away by CBS in 1952 and began the enormously successful <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jackie Gleason Show</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners </i>continued as a regular sketch within the show. It was wildly popular and became an increasingly more prominent part of the program, so when Gleason decided to take a break from the hour-long variety show format, it became a stand-alone half-hours series from 1955 – 56. The 39 episodes from that season came to be referred to as “the Classic 39.” When Gleason resumed the variety show format for a final season, 1956 – 57, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners</i> became, once more, a sketch segment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><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/AVvXsEjyVQnUPZgO4LYM53ouAeS_2_LeH5T899XizwPskmxfUOojrkrklQOR94nAY-kaqNcE8CDS-IAdRmKZIVnL5zU5v3dz7ouWa_YTXbtDTHOcu__ZzXN8tjFHmA1eS4ZZz4ats5ZN7ATjIHA/s1600/honeymooners_set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVQnUPZgO4LYM53ouAeS_2_LeH5T899XizwPskmxfUOojrkrklQOR94nAY-kaqNcE8CDS-IAdRmKZIVnL5zU5v3dz7ouWa_YTXbtDTHOcu__ZzXN8tjFHmA1eS4ZZz4ats5ZN7ATjIHA/s400/honeymooners_set.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Art Carney, Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows on the set</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In 1962 Jackie Gleason returned to TV following a hiatus with his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">American Scene Magazine</i> (1962 – 1966). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners</i> was occasionally featured as part of this variety show. Sue Ane Langdon would appear as Alice in two 1962 sketches and Audrey Meadows would return as Alice in an hour-long 1966 musical sketch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Beginning with the 1966 – 67 season and through the remainder of its run until 1970, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Jackie Gleason Show </i>was filmed in color and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners </i>installments<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>of this era are known as “the Color <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Honeymooners</i>.” Sheila MacRae portrayed Alice in these mostly mini-musical episodes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">From 1970 – 1978, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Honeymooners </i>aired as a series of nearly annual specials with Audrey Meadows returning as Alice in 1976. Finally, in 1985, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Honeymooners</i> reunion special was broadcast in May and an anniversary special aired in October.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Of all the show's incarnations, it's the early <i>Honeymooners</i> I'm forever drawn to. Part of this, of course, is about the pure quality of the show during that period when it was at its peak. But another part of the attraction has to do with memories of nights with my family in front of a console TV and the unrestrained laughter that filled our living room.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">~ </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><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/AVvXsEjbEmkWG8x9BCWVb9ue-H6yHdeyhHPNzMjtEgmrgzE3cT4x9FTGUyd266xoPaxHy1124evvqNDkv2UNopeSBLi1azs2KyPOgcqrKket1ZLwMhZkJ8oVqhnZFXsqXS0QB3nWfGIaubXaWEU/s1600/the_hustler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEmkWG8x9BCWVb9ue-H6yHdeyhHPNzMjtEgmrgzE3cT4x9FTGUyd266xoPaxHy1124evvqNDkv2UNopeSBLi1azs2KyPOgcqrKket1ZLwMhZkJ8oVqhnZFXsqXS0QB3nWfGIaubXaWEU/s400/the_hustler.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman, <i>The Hustler </i>(1961)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jackie Gleason (1916 – 1987), dubbed “The Great One” by Orson Welles, was nominated for five Emmys from 1953 – 1956. He was honored with a Peabody Award for excellence in television entertainment in 1956, won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Take Me Along </i>in 1960 and garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination in 1961 for his performance in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hustler</i>. “Away We Go” is etched in the marble of the mausoleum in Miami where he is interred.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Art Carney (1918 – 2003) was nominated for eight Emmys for his portrayal of Ed Norton - he won five. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a play, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lovers </i>(1969), and originated the role of Felix Unger in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Odd Couple</i>on Broadway in 1965. </span>Carney won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Harry and Tonto</i> in 1974. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Audrey Meadows (1922 – 1996) won one of four Emmys she was nominated for for her portrayal of Alice Kramden. She worked steadily in TV and movies from the early 1950s until 1995.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">~ </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This post is part of <b><i>Me-TV's Summer of Classic TV Blogathon</i></b><i> hosted by the Classic TV Blog Association. </i>Go to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://classic-tv-blog-assoc.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank">http://classic-tv-blog-assoc.blogspot.com</a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> to view more posts in this blogathon. You can also go to <a href="http://metvnetwork.com/" style="color: #990000;" target="_blank">http://metvnetwork.com</a> to learn more about Me-TV and view its summer line-up of classic TV shows.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeVbB2O84zFRqpQf-I5FntYr3Q471fLj14SAMJ81asksRNUIXuLbP-X1Y43bbxVvZN_g3VUp6YbSAUparx5sK7tMDZBhgLexnPdlYD4HTU2d_EIR7uup1VWt2Jm5jK1MrDRKbKO8ryuc/s1600/MeTV_blogathon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeVbB2O84zFRqpQf-I5FntYr3Q471fLj14SAMJ81asksRNUIXuLbP-X1Y43bbxVvZN_g3VUp6YbSAUparx5sK7tMDZBhgLexnPdlYD4HTU2d_EIR7uup1VWt2Jm5jK1MrDRKbKO8ryuc/s200/MeTV_blogathon.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div>

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Retiring Yankee great pays homage to ordinary workers

<span class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1KBjDsqLIjf4IELRKMqyxwoS7DEH5hRk8SY66IC1P68F9PE1qW_UqHUJu3kDMmqbIeOmEh9X129sgCOtiKzwZLzOZ2K0A8ygWQ7YsFIOh_giJ3F0RKCXNaq0EIKi5z9zCCNTm9jQsvW_/s1600/Mariano_Rivera_allison_7_29_07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1KBjDsqLIjf4IELRKMqyxwoS7DEH5hRk8SY66IC1P68F9PE1qW_UqHUJu3kDMmqbIeOmEh9X129sgCOtiKzwZLzOZ2K0A8ygWQ7YsFIOh_giJ3F0RKCXNaq0EIKi5z9zCCNTm9jQsvW_/s200/Mariano_Rivera_allison_7_29_07.jpg" width="200" /></a></span>Yankee reliever <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a>, one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history, is making a farewell tour of the working-class people who make the game what it is.<br /><br />As much as you love to hate the Yankees, you've got to just love Rivera. And as much as you may love to hate the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/sports/baseball/yankees-rivera-spends-his-goodbye-tour-saying-hello.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Findex.jsonp">New York Times</a>, you've got to love this story about Rivera.<br /><br />David Waldstein describes how he said goodbye at Citi Field in Minneapolis:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...there was no owner in the lavish suite. Across from Rivera, in a semicircle of 15 chairs, sat a group including a security guard, a grounds crew worker, an organist, an usher and a season-ticket holder, all brought in to be in the presence of Rivera, the Yankees’ closer...</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">After <a href="http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/at-43-yankees-rivera-confirms-that-hell-retire-in-fall/">announcing in spring training that he would retire</a> at the end of this season, his 19th with the Yankees, the 43-year-old Rivera has embarked on an unusual tour of American League cities, meeting with ordinary, behind-the-scenes workers and some fans, who drive the machinery of baseball.</blockquote>Here's why he's doing it:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...he wanted to express appreciation for the many people in baseball who were not highly paid players, and to learn more about their lives and work. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“I just want to say thank you,” Rivera said in an interview last week. “I’ve been so blessed to be able to play this game, but we wouldn’t be able to do it without the help and support of all these people behind the scenes. They make baseball work as much as we do.” </blockquote>What a concept.<br /><br />Read the whole thing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/sports/baseball/yankees-rivera-spends-his-goodbye-tour-saying-hello.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fsports%2Fbaseball%2Findex.jsonp">here</a>. <br /><br />

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Intel’s Promotes an Inclusive Society - MC Kharbai School for the Deaf

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><em></em><em>Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">MC Kharbai (MCK) is a special public school situated in Lenasia, Johannesburg-South. The school caters for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing as well as mild-moderately mentally challenged learners. MC Kharbai offers the full GDE curriculum to Deaf learners and a skills curriculum for learners who experience moderate to severe learning barriers. Learners hail from the following areas in the South: Vlakfontein, Orange Farm, Lenasia, Kliptown, Eldorado Park, Ennerdale, Lawley and Soweto.</span> </span><br /><img align="left" alt="MC Kharbai School" border="0" height="153" hspace="15" src="https://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs134/1104470199137/img/177.jpg" vspace="15" width="205" /> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Intel® SA worked with the principal, Ms Michelle Batchelor to decide on the most appropriate ICT training course for her teachers and decided on the Intel Teach Getting Started programme.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Intel® Teach Getting started course is an entry level ICT skills course that includes activities focused on computer skills and 21st Century teaching which deals with learner-centred approaches to teaching and learning.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The MC Kharbai School for the Deaf has an excellent staff that is eager to grow professionally and to teach in more engaging ways. The school has recognized that using ICTs can help learners with special needs and are taking the right steps to encourage 21st century learning.</span></div>

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SchoolNet continues the Journey with tablets at Lakeview Full Comprehensive Primary

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhsx9FhYZnWICGH4xpFTyF6KJFfa3rP8qfvROp0uK_bpXMCU11jrrsuGJUs1x9op9ZzF3vu1C27hs8cbOeKKCL3pgQ077Uls96bwY0OYUgbqbGtn8b4uhu9BzFrn5dzLa_qSCQHYtOEQ/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B3%25255D.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="clip_image002" border="0" height="240" hspace="12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKR_4MNsmnyXOO7nKYxDEaFvHogEkOIhE0Fufyr2a5XLWTYf06IXPoIOlvKdp-LMx6_hFlRkZiT729aD3dVsZWovXM0Ar-9a8807Fm95zoV-9nXcUsBzfzlbgkHX55oEZNeLPs0zlVsxU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="clip_image002" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Submitted by Omashani Naidoo from SchoolNet</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The aftermath of Tudor Clee’s visit produced much excitement around the Google Nexus tablets.  If you remember Tudor Clee secured  the sponsorship of 10 Google Nexus tablets to thank our two South African schools, Isibongo Primary and Lakeview Primary, for participating in the creation of his Touchable Earth World Atlas. SchoolNet SA agreed to continue working with the sponsored schools to ensure that the tablets were used for their intended purpose. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ms Omashani Naidoo, facilitated training with Foundation Phase teachers at LakeView Full Service School. Ten teachers spent the afternoon learning how much fun playing with tablets could be. They started with finding their way around the tablet and finding useful tips and tricks for working with the tablets and then discovering that there are apps that could be used to teach concepts to their Foundation Phase learners. Their homework was to play and find more apps that could be directly linked to their teaching schedule. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can view a video abut Touchable earth called ‘Jona in Soweto learns about the Internet with Touchable Earth below:</span></span></span><br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/NAr2vBEOPis" width="420"></iframe></div>

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U.S. House schedule for Tuesday, July 16, 2013

<a href="http://majorityleader.gov/"><i>From Majority Leader Eric Cantor....</i></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>TUESDAY, JULY 16TH</b></u><br />On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>One Minute Speeches</b><br /><br /><b>Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:</b><br /><blockquote><b>1) <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=347828-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 2576</a></b> - To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes <i>(Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Denham / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)</i><br /><b>2) <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=347829-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 1848</a></b> - Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013, as amended <i>(Sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)</i><br /><b>3) <a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=347830-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 2611</a></b> - To designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as the “Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building”, and for other purposes <i>(Sponsored by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)</i></blockquote><b>Special Order Speeches</b><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>COMMITTEE ACTIVITY OF THE DAY</b></u><br />Rules Committee meeting on “<a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=347831-6846703" target="_blank">H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay and H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act”</a> (Tuesday, July 16th, at 5:00 p.m.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://republicanleaderforms.house.gov/Components/Redirect/r.aspx?ID=347832-6846703" target="_blank">Printable PDF</a>

Congress Eric Cantor U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House schedule for Tuesday, July 16, 2013

From Majority Leader Eric Cantor.... TUESDAY, JULY 16TH On Tuesday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for le...

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Inside doctors' prescribing habits - latimes.com

<div id="story-body" class="articlebody largeImage" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; 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; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="story-body-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.43; position: relative;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Your doctor hands you a prescription for a blood pressure drug. But is it the right one for you?</p><div class="p402_premium" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">You're searching for a new primary-care physician or a specialist. Is there a way you can know whether the doctor is more partial to expensive, brand-name drugs than his peers?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Or say you've got to find a nursing home for a loved one. Wouldn't you want to know whether the staff doctor regularly prescribes drugs known to be risky for seniors or overuses psychiatric drugs to sedate residents?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">For most of us, evaluating a doctor's prescribing habits is just about impossible. Even doctors themselves have little way of knowing whether their drug choices fall in line with those of their peers.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Once they graduate from medical school, physicians often have a tough time keeping up with the latest clinical trials and sorting through the hype on new drugs. Seldom are they monitored to see whether they are prescribing appropriately, and there isn't even universal agreement on what good prescribing is.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">This dearth of knowledge and insight matters for both patients and doctors. Drugs are complicated. Most come with side effects and risk-benefit calculations. What may work for one person may be absolutely inappropriate, or even harmful, for someone else.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Antipsychotics, for example, are invaluable for treating severe psychiatric conditions. But they are too often used to sedate older patients suffering from dementia, despite a "black box" warning accompanying the drugs that they increase the risk of death in such patients.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">The American Geriatrics Society has also labeled dozens of other drugs risky for elderly patients because they increase the risk of dizziness, fainting and falling, among other things. In most cases, safer alternatives exist. Yet the more dangerous drugs continue to be prescribed for millions of older patients.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">And, as has been well documented by the Los Angeles Times and others, powerful painkillers are often misused and overprescribed, with sometimes deadly consequences.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">As reporters who have long investigated healthcare and exposed frightening variations in quality, we wondered why so much secrecy shrouds the prescribing habits of doctors.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">The information certainly isn't secret to drug companies. They spend millions of dollars buying prescription records from companies that purchase them from pharmacies. The drug makers then use the data to target their pitches and measure success. But when we tried to purchase the records from the companies that supply them to drug manufacturers, we were told we couldn't have them — at any price.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">We next turned to Medicare, a public program that provides drug coverage to 32 million seniors and the disabled and accounts for 1 of 4 prescriptions written annually. We filed a Freedom of Information Act request for prescribing data. After months of negotiation with officials, we were given a list of the drugs prescribed by every health professional to enrollees in Medicare's prescription drug program, known as Part D.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">What we found was disturbing. Although we didn't have access to patient names or medical records, it was clear that hundreds of physicians across the country were prescribing large numbers of dangerous, inappropriate or unnecessary drugs. And Medicare had done little, if anything, about it.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">One Miami psychiatrist, for example, wrote 8,900 prescriptions in 2010 for powerful antipsychotics for patients older than 65, including many with dementia. The doctor said in an interview that he'd never been contacted by Medicare.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">A rural Oklahoma doctor regularly prescribed the Alzheimer's drug Namenda for patients younger than 65 who did not have the disease. He told us it was because the drug helped calm the symptoms of autism and other developmental disabilities. But there is scant scientific support for this practice.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Among the top prescribers of the most-abused painkillers, we found many who had been charged with crimes, convicted, disciplined by their state medical boards or terminated from state Medicaid programs for the poor. But nearly all remained eligible to prescribe for Medicare patients.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">If you or a loved one were a patient of one of these doctors, wouldn't you want to know this?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">We have now taken the data and put it into an online database that allows anyone to look up a doctor's prescribing patterns and see how they compare with those of other doctors.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">This information is just a start. It can't tell you whether your doctor is doing something wrong, but it can give information that allows you to ask important questions. For instance, why is your doctor choosing a drug that his peers seldom do? Does your doctor favor expensive brand-name drugs when cheaper generics are available? Has your doctor been paid to give promotional talks for drug makers?</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">And we'd like to see the day when all prescribing by all health professionals, not just in Medicare, is a matter of public record.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">It's not only patients who benefit when medicine is more transparent. Doctors too can gain by comparing themselves to their peers and to those they admire. Clinics can see how their staffs stack up. And researchers can track patterns and examine why doctors prescribe the way they do.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">One doctor told us that after studying our online database, he cornered his colleagues and peppered them with questions about their prescribing. Most, he said, were surprised when he told them their drug tallies.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Many aspects of doctors' practices remain private: The number of tests they order and procedures they perform. The number of times they make mistakes. These data could help inform the public too.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">In the meantime, arming yourself with prescribing information allows you to be more active in your healthcare, or that of an aging or disabled loved one.</p><p style="margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Former Times reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein are senior reporters at ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative journalism newsroom in New York. Their latest project, including a tool for looking up the prescribing habits of individual doctors, is at <a href="http://propublica.org/checkup" target="_blank" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(34, 98, 204); text-decoration: none;">propublica.org/checkup</a>.</em></p></div></div></div><div id="subFooter" class="clearfix" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; width: 625px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; 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; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-weber-ornstein-prescription-drugs-and-doctors-20130716,0,1914596.story">http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-weber-ornstein-prescription-drugs-and-doctors-20130716,0,1914596.story</a>

Inside doctors' prescribing habits - latimes.com

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SchoolNet Conference 2013: Resources from the Virtual School

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Vsyd8NYCRQAwPVeN0cYS1fz-nxhZdxdytW22G9nhBsPYfjCY559bDyCet3rXyLIJjKJp8I68GvPkKyGA3cVymMegRDIFG4ZmgGOkOLF7XYTBDvW_Cmi4YpdKU1lyLRc8J-ToWG1Z1Dg/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYGM9Ze2wLC2sjEylHjD1Cap3ikszMZbsOln7WHpVhoADlxk05EcwD6L5eBN51KbvYnhfvHBU8UKyDfx30LLoDTifgco23sPMFRqhU3PK6uIHV7mzaya6pn6ag4DjhwpDiYgr7eL_tz1c/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the recent SchoolNet Conference our two UK International presenters, Frédéric Kastner from The Virtual School in the UK and Malik Wilson, a media professional, gave a couple of presentations on OER (Open Education Resources) that were very popular, and not everyone could get into their sessions. They have kindly created resources for all the teachers who could not attend their session and have sent us the links to pass on. They have created the video tutorial on how to create your own resources. They have also captured the speech in video form and have created an update video on their time in South Africa. They hope that we find these videos useful in creating our own resources for our learners all over South Africa.</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Create your own educational videos workshop tutorial:</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87SZjsHvqSo&feature=youtu.be"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87SZjsHvqSo&feature=youtu.be</span></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Look at the description for a step-by-step process with links to where you can download the software.)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Virtual School South Africa Update:</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgEcJvPWuU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgEcJvPWuU</a></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the full 25-minute speech:</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKr8DJ0FxE8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKr8DJ0FxE8</a></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please follow their blog for more information on OER that we'll be updating all of the time.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thevirtualschool.wordpress.com/">http://thevirtualschool.wordpress.com/</a></span></span> <br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for forwarding these links to us </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frédéric and Malik!</span></div>

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Cofimvaba ICT4RD Project graduation ceremony

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><em>Submitted by Omashani Naidoo of SchoolNet</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet SA has been appointed as the training service provider for the ICT4RD Cofimvaba Initiative. The ICT4RD training in the capable hands of the lovely Maggie Verster and Adele Botha has been very successful at the Arthur Mfebe Secondary School. This training programme culminated in a gorgeous graduation ceremony for the 16 staff members of Arthur Mfebe at St. Marks hall on Friday 14 June 2013. Amongst the shining stars were the following who needed special mention: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Lwando Rwayi</b> is a supportive and motivating principal who also teaches Maths and Life Sciences. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Gara Obert</b> is a keen and avid Tweeter and eager teacher using 21st century skills (creativity, collaboration, communication,  critical thinking ). Look out for Obert at our Bloemfontein conference - he will be Maggie's sidekick :) </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nobubele Matamo</b> is the Head of Maths and Science and teaches Agricultural Science and Maths using tablets. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Monosh Vasudevadunni</b> teaches Life and Agricultural sciences and uses games based learning and video and other media for teaching and learning. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nomhlubhi Moni </b>teaches physical science and life orientation and uses tablets to get learners to do research and send her voice notes of answers to phrased questions which she then grades. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sakayi Nobantu is a</b> product of Arthur Mfebe and  is now proudly teaching hospitality and IsiXhosa. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hillary Pachena</b>  is a young teachers who has learnt how to use the Jigsaw method as a teaching strategy with tablets. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4iC7auD7nxXEgUUZA4hoah8SRpAsmoCZWGWq-9kkdFchq4jQlyyBGRYfjqkLGGMvIvKWdffpbRw-rrBoRsyOFj1UKzrpchjj7THUasdn7fBRcYOxHlNUbJhsMiqZg0LBI-LgE_8zdUI/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6rp9b1FnbCA5XgHCiPrJrgcRkiegPNNhUPNIvEOWZ33R7zOIaOJ8D8jeRwTOOVhgnM2FRBCLYndtTgu4T2CL5Z8dW3VwpH5ZYRGy_JoL9TOXQi517EfpkSLxqep3bnGeTRmzhR6MYeE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next phase in the project is to scale this project to include 11 additional schools: </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Bangilizwe Junior Secondary<br /> Gudwana Junior Secondary<br /> Khwaza Senior Secondary<br /> Mgcawezulu Junior Secondary<br /> Mtimbini Senior Primary<br /> Mvuzo Junior Secondary<br /> Ntshingeni Junior Secondary<br /> Siyabalala Senior Secondary<br /> St Marks Junior Secondary<br /> Zamuxolo Junior Secondary<br /> Gando Junior Secondary</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We at SchoolNet say 'Well done' to these teachers at Arthur Mfebe. We are looking forward to working with the next eleven schools. </span></div>

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Today's Teamster News 07.16.13

<a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/senate-democrats-have-the-votes-for-nuclear-option.php?ref=fpb">Democrats Confident They Have 51 Votes For Nuclear Option</a>  Talking Points Memo   ...Senate Democrats are confident that they’ve rounded up the 51 votes needed to nuke the filibuster for executive branch nominations, should they follow through with their threat to change the rules if Republicans block seven pending nominees...<br /><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/15/2300321/mcdonalds-buget-low-wage/">McDonalds Tells Workers To Budget By Getting A Second Job And Turning Off Their Heat</a>  ThinkProgress   ...McDonalds has partnered with Visa to launch a website to help its low-wage workers making an average $8.25 an hour to budget...it actually underscores exactly how hard it is for a low-paid fast food worker to get by.<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/14/us-tax-avoidance-google-amazon">US blocks crackdown on tax avoidance by net firms like Google and Amazon</a>  The Guardian   ...France has failed to secure backing for tough new international tax rules specifically targeting digital companies, such as Google and Amazon, after opposition from the US forced the watering down of proposals that will be presented at this week's G20 summit...<br /><a href="http://www.tennessean.com/viewart/20130714/NEWS08/307140114/Judge-mull-whether-airlines-owe-WTC-owners">Judge to mull whether airlines owe WTC owners</a>  Associated Press   ...A judge will decide whether the owners of the World Trade Center can try to make aviation companies pay billions of dollars in damages stemming from the Sept 11 attacks. Lawsuit says defendants were negligent in allowing hijackers to board...<br /><a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2013/07/14/2677580/prison-food-vendor-charged-for.html">Audits: Prison vendor charged for unserved meals</a>  Associated Press   ...A private vendor in line to begin feeding roughly 100,000 prison inmates in Ohio and Michigan has a track record of billing for food it doesn't serve, using substandard ingredients and riling prisoners with its meal offerings, past audits in several states show...<br /><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/business/realestate/articles/20130713arizona-homeowners-federal-funds-denied.html?nclick_check=1">Arizona failed to distribute federal aid to struggling homeowners</a>  The Republic   ...Arizona has failed to pass along tens of millions of dollars in federal aid to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, despite being one of the states hit hardest by the housing bust...<br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-ups-fedex-20130714,0,281516.story">New e-commerce strategies threaten UPS, FedEx</a>  Reuters   ...UPS and FedEx might be worried about international shipments to slowing economies like China, but perhaps they should be more concerned about what's going on in their own back yards...<br /><a href="http://www.wral.com/-moral-monday-crowd-rallies-for-women-s-rights-/12661852/">'Moral Monday' crowd rallies for women's rights; 101 arrested</a>  WRAL.com   ...About 100 people were arrested Monday after their singing and clapping protest outside the state Senate chamber was declared an unlawful assembly, in what has become a weekly demonstration against Republican initiatives...<br /><a href="http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/article_ddf3cf2e-ed4f-11e2-ba9a-001a4bcf6878.html">North Carolina Lawmakers to tweak law cutting jobless benefits</a>  Winston-Salem Journal   ...North Carolina lawmakers plan to make some changes in a new law that cuts unemployment benefits after the U.S. Labor Department pointed out some parts of the law that do not comply with federal regulations...<br /><a href="http://www.prnewschannel.com/2013/07/15/concern-mounts-as-ohio-labor-groups-watch-michigan-supreme-court-refuse-to-intervene-in-right-to-work-controversy/">Concern mounts as Ohio labor groups watch Michigan Supreme Court refuse to intervene in RTW controversy</a>  PR NewsChannel   ...With Ohio’s Right to Work battle at a political standstill for the summer, labor advocates have had a moment to take stock of the nationwide battle for worker rights. And the labor group advocates don’t have to look far to find one of the best examples of why failure is not an option...<br /><a href="http://www.joc.com/port-news/us-ports/port-oakland/super-sized-terminal-horizon-port-oakland_20130712.html">Super-Sized Terminal on the Horizon at Port of Oakland</a>  Journal of Commerce   ...The Port of Oakland’s board of commissioners has unanimously approved a lawsuit settlement that could produce the port’s first super-sized terminal...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/buffalo-area-emergency-medical-crisis-looming-teamsters-strike">Buffalo-Area Emergency Medical Crisis Looming With Teamsters Strike</a>  IBT   ...At the annual “Taste of Buffalo” this weekend, local paramedics and EMTs protested their employer, Rural/Metro Corporation. The 400 first responders, members of Teamsters Local 375, have voted to strike on July 15 at midnight, due to Rural/Metro’s substandard wage offer...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/first-student-mechanics-join-teamsters-0">First Student Mechanics Join Teamsters</a>   IBT   ...School bus mechanics with First Student in Pine Bush, N.Y., have voted unanimously to join Local 445 in Rock Tavern, N.Y. The seven mechanics joined the Teamsters seeking the guarantees and protections of a contract, including better wages, benefits and working conditions...<br /><a href="http://www.progressiverailroading.com/labor/news/Pacific-Harbor-Line-BLET-ink-fiveyear-labor-agreement--36819">Pacific Harbor Line, BLET ink five-year labor agreement</a>  Progressive Railroading   ...Pacific Harbor Line Inc. (PHL) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen <a href="http://www.ble-t.org/">(BLET)</a> recently signed a new five-year agreement covering the short line's operating and maintenance-of-way employees...

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Democrats Confident They Have 51 Votes For Nuclear Option  Talking Points Memo   ...Senate Democrats are confident that they’ve rounded up ...

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An Exciting Pedagogical Opportunity for 11 schools in Cofimvaba

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><em>Submitted by Hlengiwe Mfeka from SchoolNet</em><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ICT4RED has partnered with SchoolNet SA to further improve the Professional Educator Development from eleven schools in Cofimvaba who will be receiving tablets next month when the school re-opens. Each teacher will receive a 10” Android device, a 3G option, HDMI and additional preloaded educational content. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqL6mKWOZM6g89YxpO_g3EbbJFB0HIuZxLX9meWd1KA0hWiYVr9dtWyJmZRRBf28-kkZG6WDHshGPCSJpmv-3Yt8jOpts3Ie61qAmrN_CX2dIQMrktXiPe2-XXwxnRlG1_7m-Xhm3SX3g/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZsYNNAyZjW9YSpydNlKy5gh8QSIweZZ1hPW9mryg3UjA9TkR7EACBeXsG0cfAzgK4UiSEkh8fjPRVWATpc3JLuhck6ZBmsXIBClUE5wvI83RK2JTdR2xUeG-uoW98QqSLvoRF1Qdgzk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet SA will provide onsite training and support interventions to teachers and principals in all target schools starting in July 2013 for the next twelve months. Teachers will be thoroughly prepared and confident to implement learning experiences in class. The mentoring and support that is planned as follow-up activities will ensure that this happens effectively. Training and support delivered to teachers is aimed to empower teachers realise their teaching innovative potential and stimulate them to develop and share own content. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arthur Mfebe Senior Secondary School was the first to participate in the project, teachers and learners from the school have witnessed an understanding of digital citizenship and digital footprints. </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/AVvXsEgyIz1_ayCR_gzNW8JR0UXAo5B4FfF7SNM1mDjFSBlVbekK0E7VfKM1_XUtlgAlFBCuSa-isSQWL42If5ank5Mfh1QCFxcTq2-mYD5aZ3fXWxSjvqrMP-r-BFE2frTquLGyP7k7LhMSDH0/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5C1eXXgxULiO7laWQa3ITNjTJme5AwOxd6l6hjopAdX1hJGi7OC_2FPvprwomJbt_1xdX5MaqUiWHIYtHdgox_fZA-eEy_Mu3VNthFLvxcsE5r1fgmCj9YW2KbuiOrS3o6wnADhZp-ZE/?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 /><br /></div>

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