Oscars 2013 Preview: Winners, Losers and Upsets

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Transcript for Oscars 2013 Preview: Winners, Losers and Upsets<br /><div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;"><br />Now we turn to george to hollywood stars, the oscars tonight. One of the most interstaining things to do is to guess who will win. Especially if you help from an insider.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">That happens to be abc's chris connelly. Good morning to you, chris. Reporter: Good morning to you guys.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">Behind me, you see the gorgeous red-carpet staircase. How did they vote? There are so many award shows now.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">Sally field referred to it as growing like a fungus. We'll know how oscar will decide. But we don't.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">The oscar votes are all in. But instead of pouring over exit polls and network projections we're still able to imagine an underdog coming out on top. Does "silver lining playbook" have a chance to upset the best picture favorite "argo"?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">You bet. Tonight's big ceremony could feature technical oscars early for "life of pi. " I'm friends with sally field.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">Pretty great life. Reporter: Having fun with her fellow nominees, jennifer lawrence remains the best actress favorite, yet some imagine the hard to wrapped gift for amour's emmanuelle riva? Now, what about naomi?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">A two-time nominee. It feels good. Reporter: Supporting actress lincoln's sally field could derail anne hathaway's dream.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;">And while robert deniro may not seem like an underdog, he can wipe that smile off of tommy lee jones. It would be easier to jackhammer abe lincoln off of mount rushmore than daniel day-lewis for taking home theaward for best actor. Hugh jackman, first-time nominee of "les miserables.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div></div><iframe height="360" id="kaltura_player_1361736719" src="http://cdnapi.kaltura.com/index.php/kwidget/wid/0_wzgojcbf/uiconf_id/3775332/st_cache/35902?referer=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/oscars-2013-preview-winners-losers-upsets-18579691&autoPlay=false&addThis.playerSize=392x221&freeWheel.siteSectionId=nws_offsite&closedCaptionActive=true&addThis.playerSize=640x360&closedCaptionsOverPlayer.fontsize=18" style="border: 0px solid #ffffff;" width="640">Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.</iframe> <div style="font-size: x-small; margin-top: 0; text-align: left;"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/video">Watch More News Videos at ABC</a> | <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/technology">Technology News</a> | <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/entertainment">Celebrity News</a></div></div>

Oscars 2013 Oscars 2013 Preview: Winners, Losers and Upsets

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Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche deliver in main event, scoring one for female athletes everywhere

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="first" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; padding: 0px;">ANAHEIM, Calif. – Nothing was more predictable, nor nearly as significant, as Ronda Rousey's arm bar victory over Liz Carmouche in the first round of their bantamweight title fight on Saturday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The fight marked a monumental moment in sports history, a time when the women stood above the men in every way.<span class="yui-editorial-embed" id="yui_3_0_0-2-13616892738581235"><span class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 6px; width: 310px;"><img alt="" class="editorial " src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3Y0E0IBFkzybDvHlWxb6Mg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/USA_Today/20130223_jel_aj4_541-754a14ab686777760b9a95fd674f43d0" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block;" title="Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche jostle for position Saturday. (USA Today Sports)" width="310" /><span class="legend" style="color: #414141; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche jostle for position Saturday. (USA Today Sports)</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">For one, Rousey and Carmouche saved UFC 157 after a stinker of a co-main event between Lyoto Machida and Dan Henderson. When the Rousey-Carmouche fight was announced as the main event in December, a small but very vocal portion of the UFC fan base howled in protest.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Of course, they simply showed themselves as clueless bigots because there was no doubt who everybody had come to see Saturday.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">All 15,525 fans who jammed the Honda Center and paid a $1.4 million gate were there to see if Rousey could stretch her incredible run of first-round arm bars to 10 in 10 amateur and professional fights.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">When Machida won a sleep-inducing split decision in the co-main event, Rousey and Carmouche went out and put on a dynamic show that brought down the house. Rousey got a hero's welcome from the crowd from the moment she entered the arena. It hit a crescendo as she stepped into the cage, men and women, boys and girls, standing and screaming for her in a full-throated roar.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The reception made those who had angrily said they wouldn't buy a ticket or watch the show because the UFC was somehow disrespecting Machida and Henderson look awfully small.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Imagine how this place would have been had [Machida-Henderson] been the main event," UFC president Dana White said. "Everyone would have left here [angry] and it would have ruined the show."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong>[Also: <a href="http://yhoo.it/13Bt9k9" style="color: #a1abb2; text-decoration: none;">Ronda Rousey survives UFC debut, wins via first-round arm bar</a>]</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Rousey and Carmouche also carried the show on the promotional end. White said early estimates are that the results will be far higher than anticipated, squelching concerns in some corners that it might flop.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">They were witty, colorful and passionate in telling their stories and the public bought in.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">This was a moment comparable to the 1973 Battle of the Sexes tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. That match squashed the outdated notion that women were somehow a weaker sex and couldn't compete with men. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">King-Riggs was an exhibition though; Rousey-Carmouche was very much the real deal.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">They proved that women could compete on a show featuring men and still be the star attractions. Too often, women's sports are given secondary roles.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The majority of television, print and online coverage of sports is about men. This might be the night that nudges the pendulum closer to the center.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Rousey and Carmouche competed on a card filled with men and looked perfectly at home in the main event.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong>[Also: <a href="http://yhoo.it/YoFkBh" style="color: #a1abb2; text-decoration: none;">Lyoto Machida ekes out split decision win over frustrated Dan Henderson</a>]</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The pressure on Rousey was enormous. She carried an unprecedented promotional load, for months filling every waking moment that she wasn't training with interviews.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Not only was there intense pressure on her to win, but it was specifically to win by first-round arm bar. Anything less would have been perceived as a disappointment.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">She's ready to hide now after running on fumes for weeks. <span class="yui-editorial-embed" id="yui_3_0_0-2-13616892738581272"><span class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 6px; width: 310px;"><img alt="" class="editorial " src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/cpGps8BlqY8PDikV6AOP5w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/Sports/USA_Today/20130223_jel_aj4_533-cffbbad3a164cf452ac99d1eb6227802" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block;" title="Ronda Rousey celebrates after defeating Liz Carmouche. (USA Today Sports)" width="310" /><span class="legend" style="color: #414141; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Ronda Rousey celebrates after defeating Liz Carmouche. (USA Today Sports)</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"For the next week, I'm probably going to fall totally off the grid as much as I can," she said, grinning. "If I see anyone, I'm not going to talk about me at all. No more talking about me for a whole week."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Others, though, will be talking about her for a long time after Saturday's win. She survived a near-submission when Carmouche hopped onto her back early and first caught her in a rear naked choke and then a neck crank.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">It looked for a time that Rousey's unbeaten streak would end and that the former Marine, the first openly gay fighter in the UFC, would wrest the title from her.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Carmouche knew that Rousey wouldn't go quietly, and she didn't.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Neck cranks are hard to pull off and if the person has a lot of heart, she can fight through it, which she did," Carmouche said of Rousey.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">Carmouche had Rousey's teeth marks on her arm after, the result of knocking Rousey's mouthpiece out and Rousey's upper teeth coming down on her forearm.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">When the news conference ended, Rousey walked over to Carmouche and said, "Sorry, dude. Definitely not intentional," and the two combatants embraced. Both were beaming, and though Carmouche had come up a loser in her biggest fight, it seemed appropriate.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">They'd accomplished something together that was far bigger than themselves, and Rousey clearly pulled alongside fighters such as Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva as one of the UFC's biggest draws.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"Ronda is a big star, man, and people want to see her," White said afterward.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;"><strong>[Also: <a href="http://yhoo.it/13Bs2AI" style="color: #a1abb2; text-decoration: none;">Josh Koscheck suffers upset loss to resurgent Robbie Lawler</a>]</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The duo did much more, though, for women who have been denied opportunity or not given equal access solely because of their gender. They stood up to the scrutiny and the grind and the pressure and delivered a scintillating performance.<span class="yui-editorial-embed" id="yui_3_0_0-2-13616892738581288"><span class="yom-figure yom-fig-right" style="clear: both; display: block; float: right; margin-bottom: 11px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 6px; width: 310px;"><img alt="" class="editorial " src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kSUZIlUzedD8khOmFP.KVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/sports/2013-02-23/0c7ac7e8-f92d-4a95-87db-c9526a3ceb8b_rousey.jpg" style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; display: block;" title="Ronda Rousey goes for an arm bar against Liz Carmouche. (Getty)" width="310" /><span class="legend" style="color: #414141; display: block; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Ronda Rousey goes for an arm bar against Liz Carmouche. (Getty)</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">"I thought it was a great fight and I thought it lived up to all of the hype around it, the fact the place was going nuts," Rousey said. "I'm glad it was a full house. I'm honored to be part of it. It might take a while to sink in."</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">The ramifications of Saturday's show are potentially significant, not only for MMA but women's sports. A day after Rousey and Carmouche put on a show, Danica Patrick will start on the pole in the Daytona 500.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.450000762939453px; margin-top: 11px; padding: 0px;">It's a new world and Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche played a significant role in shaping it.</div></div>

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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Nothing was more predictable, nor nearly as significant, as Ronda Rousey's arm bar victory over Liz Carmouche in the f...

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Daytona 500 to race despite crash, safety questions

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="NASCAR driver Tony Stewart (bottom R) avoids a crash on the last lap to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 23, 2013. REUTERS-Michael Brown" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130224&t=2&i=706984011&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=390&r=CBRE91M1TUN00" /><br /><img alt="Rescue workers attend to the injured in the stands following a last-lap incident during the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 23, 2013. REUTERS-Michael Brown" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130224&t=2&i=706984010&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=390&r=CBRE91M1TMV00" /><br /><img alt="NASCAR driver Kyle Larson (32) and his Chevrolet end up in the fence during the final lap crash during the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 23, 2013. REUTERS-Brian Blanco" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130224&t=2&i=706984017&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=390&r=CBRE91M1QJ200" /><br /><img alt="NASCAR drivers crash in an eleven car pile-up late in the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 23, 2013. REUTERS-Pierre Ducharme" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130224&t=2&i=706984628&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=390&r=CBRE91M1PAZ00" /><br /><img alt="NASCAR driver Kyle Larson (32) and his Chevrolet end up in the fence during the final lap crash during the NASCAR Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 race at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida February 23, 2013. REUTERS-Brian Blanco" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130224&t=2&i=706984632&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=390&r=CBRE91N0E7S00" /><br /><span class="focusParagraph" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><br /><div style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">(Reuters) - The Daytona 500 NASCAR race will go ahead on Sunday despite a crash on Saturday that injured more than 20 fans, questions over the safety of the famous speedway and the possibility of lawsuits.</div><span id="midArticle_1" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Officials said they had repaired the fencing that was damaged after the pile-up which sent debris flying into the crowd and injuring fans on the final lap of Saturday's second-tier Nationwide race.</div><span id="midArticle_2" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Halifax Health spokesman Byron Cogdell said that seven people were treated for injuries at their facility but two who had initially been listed as critical were now in a stable condition.</div><span id="midArticle_3" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Another injured spectator was being treated at Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach, but their condition was not available.</div><span id="midArticle_4" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Fourteen other fans had been treated on site at the track before being released, said Daytona International Speedway president Joei Chitwood.</div><span id="midArticle_5" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Chitwood said any fans in the affected area who were concerned about the safety of their seat position would be relocated.</div><span id="midArticle_6" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"If fans are unhappy with...their seating location or if they have any incidents, we would relocate them. We will treat that area like we do every other of the grandstand.</div><span id="midArticle_7" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"If a fan is not comfortable where they are sitting, we make every accommodation we can," he said.</div><span id="midArticle_8" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">NASCAR and the speedway could face millions of dollars' worth of claims from the injured, litigation that would likely center on the sturdiness of the safety fence that was supposed to keep fans from danger, according to several plaintiffs' lawyers.</div><span id="midArticle_9" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"Maybe the fence should have been higher; maybe there should have been more spacing between the track and spectators," said Adam Levitt, a lawyer with Grant & Eisenhofer.</div><span id="midArticle_10" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">However, lawyers also said the auto-racing business would likely point to the disclaimers that it typically displays on tickets, which are designed to exempt NASCAR from any potential injury liability. They expected NASCAR would argue that fans knew what they were getting into when signing up for the race.</div><span id="midArticle_11" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">NEW FENCING</div><span id="midArticle_12" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Both the speedway and NASCAR have said they will closely review the incident in search of any ways they could improve safety.</div><span id="midArticle_13" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Chitwood said new, 22-feet-high fencing had been put in place three years ago following a review of a crash involving Colin Edwards at Talladega in 2009.</div><span id="midArticle_14" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"If you look at our 55 years in the business, we have a pretty good safety track record. I think we are prepared today," said Chitwood.</div><span id="midArticle_15" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">However, three-times Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford said a change might be needed.</div><span id="midArticle_0" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"Maybe a double fence, one behind the other with some space in between to stop something like this," he told reporters.</div><span id="midArticle_1" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"But there are a lot of things and NASCAR and Indy Car racing are looking at everything they can to make it safer.</div><span id="midArticle_2" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"What happened yesterday was a terrible thing because we expect (danger) that is part of it, we have to roll the dice and move on but you don't want to involve the fans," he said.</div><span id="midArticle_3" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">NASCAR's senior vice-president of racing operations Steve O'Donnell said he would tell any nervous fans that organisers were confident of their safety.</div><span id="midArticle_4" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"I would tell them that the fans are our first priority. Obviously we want everyone to be safe at an event," he told reporters.</div><span id="midArticle_5" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"We've talked to the speedway. We are confident in what's in place at today's event. Certainly still thinking about those affected but we are confident to move forward for this race," he added.</div><span id="midArticle_6" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Fans streamed into the 167,000-capacity venue on Sunday and there was little indication of concern over safety.</div><span id="midArticle_7" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"I feel safe. I think anywhere you go you run the risk of being injured but NASCAR does everything they can to protect the fans. They treat the fans like royalty here, it is amazing," said Vinny Nigro of New York City.</div><span id="midArticle_8" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Another fan, Brad Stefka from Springfield, Missouri, said that while not particularly worried he would avoid the seating closest to the track.</div><span id="midArticle_9" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">"I just won't get down low. I would imagine that everyone who comes knows there is some element of danger if the cars are going that fast, if there is going to be a serious impact," he said.</div><span id="midArticle_10" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans;"></span><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">(Additional reporting by Casey Sullivan; Editing by Clare Fallon)</div></div>

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 02/24/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://ict-in-science-education.wikispaces.com/GIS.GPS+Virtual+Field+Trips">ICTs in Science Education - GIS.GPS Virtual Field Trips</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Geocaching and GPS are important parts of today's nature-based field trips. This is a useful website for this. Of course, now many of us are using smart phones for this capability and many of these links need to be updated to reflect this, however, I believe we're going to see some very interesting gps-enabled field trip and documentation tools for this.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/gps">gps</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.ck12.org/concept/Properties-of-Rational-Numbers#all">Properties of Rational Numbers | CK-12 Foundation</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here is an example of resources, writing, and flashcards at ck-12. This is a fascinating resource and has free downloadable resources as well.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebooks">ebooks</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.ck12.org/student/">Welcome to CK-12 Foundation | CK-12 Foundation</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Free textbooks in a variety of topics on CK-12. This is promoted as "learning made simple." Do students know how to find and download alternate sources of information? Can they find and search for the topics they are currently studying? This is a valuable way to compare and research topics.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/english">english</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/language">language</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/science">science</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elementary">elementary</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/middleschool">middleschool</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.aimath.org/textbooks/textbooklist.html">AIM Open Textbook Initiative</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Open sourced textbooks that meet the criteria of the American Institute of Mathematics Editorial board. Students can download these in PDF format.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/mathchat">mathchat</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/math">math</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000718231">Amazon.com: Public Library Books for Kindle</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">HOw to borrow Kindle books from your local library. It often requires setup of overdrive here in the US. This is an important skills for modern students, particularly if they have a tablet device, they should know how to check out books from their local library. Don't show them how to use the card catalog, set them up on overdrive and show them how to use it.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/library">library</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/overdrive">overdrive</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/kindle">kindle</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-audio">135 Places For Free Audio Books Online</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Places to go for free audiobooks.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/audiobook">audiobook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/communication">communication</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/50-places-free-books-online.htm">672 Places for Free eBooks Online</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Wow, this is a very comprehensive blog post of places for free ebooks online.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook">ebook</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/free">free</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/literature">literature</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ebook.">ebook.</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/communication">communication</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://fcp13-1.flatclassroomproject.org/Rubrics">Flat Classroom Project 13-1 - Rubrics</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Collaborative Writing Rubrics - this is the rubric used for the video artifact and wikis on the Flat Classroom project. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/rubric">rubric</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. 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I'm back - I was shut down by Blogger as SPAM

Blogger took down my blog as SPAM. I had too many anonymous comments that were SPAM and their automated system thought this was a SPAM blog. It took a little work to get it back up but I finally figured out how to do it. Once I figure out how, got the required information submitted, the appeal team immediately put it back up. Whew! I missed you guys. I've had to turn on moderated comments because I have to keep those spammer anonymous comments from posting or I could be taken down again.<br /><br />A lot has happened the last few months. Most important is that I re-joined Weight Watchers again in mid-December. I've only lost 12.6 pounds which means I've made my 5%. This isn't setting any records but at least it's a start. Down to 205.<br /><br />I went to my Weight Watcher meeting yesterday and found out my leader is retiring. I actually cried. She's the best Weight Watcher leader in the world. I found out why she's quitting. It's because she makes her meetings unique and they want her to conform to their standard. Her meetings are always packed and she has three of them on Saturdays where it's almost standing room only. I think Weight Watchers should conform to her, but not everyone can be like her. She's vivacious, hysterically funny, and extremely compassionate. She's a jewel. This is her last week and next Saturday my meeting will be her last meeting. It's very sad, but my girlfriend and I agreed we'd keep going to meetings and try to find someone we like. <br /><br />I'm back at the gym and have been for several weeks. I had to take off last week because I came down with a horrible cold that knocked me flat for a solid four days. I went back to the gym yesterday and had a good workout. It felt good to move again after spending almost an entire 48 hours in bed.<br /><br />The criminal trial for my husband's assault against me is tentatively set for March 5, but most likely will be delayed. I won't know for sure until Tuesday when there's a hearing with the prosecutor and my husband's defense attorney. The divorce trial isn't until November 3. Almost a year from when I filed. Long story on that one, but it's a very messy divorce. One thing that is really positvie about all of this is that I love living alone. The late night eating has completely halted as well as my obsessive TV watching. It seems to have somehow been tied to my incredibly bad marriage.<br /><br />That's about it. I guess not that much has happened. It seems like every day when I couldn't blog, I would think, 'oh, I need to blog about that!', but I couldn't. Now that I can, I'm drawing a big, fat blank. I just wanted to let you all know I'm back.<br /><br /><strong>Spam Alert:</strong> I just went back and looked at my old posts. Wow! I got hit hard by spammers. Almost every post had 200 to 500 comments. Spam comments. When I turned on moderation you can't see any of the old comments, not even the few valid ones, but that's better than seeing hundreds of spam comments. I won't go back and clean them up. Too many. I'll just leave them not visible. It's no wonder Blogger shut me down. I don't blame them. I didn't even realize this had happened since the spammer systems were hitting on old posts, never the current day's post, so I didn't even notice it. This is something everyone needs to be aware of. Check your old posts to make sure those spammer creeps aren't hitting you. Turn on comment moderation if you have to. If you get shut down, email me and I'll give you the link to get help. It wasn't easy for me to find it so I suspect others might have a problem with it too. I mistakenly thought I just needed to hit the restore blog button and all would be good. It's not quite that easy, but it is easy once you know where to go for help.

I'm back - I was shut down by Blogger as SPAM

Blogger took down my blog as SPAM. I had too many anonymous comments that were SPAM and their automated system thought this was a SPAM blog....

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Green Ireland

<p>Here is Bones  posing besides some <a href="http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/History+and+Heritage/History/The+Postal+Service+in+Ireland/The+post+box/">Irish post boxes</a>.  Note the Royal insignia (GR) on one of the boxes - this post box has been in existence before Ireland was a free state!  It would have been painted red then.</p><p>The "P&T" stands for Posts & Telegraph.</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBF-0hwDjtxqo5uz_YNYG8zoSw0Eu6m2geVtIWa0J5BqLB-acjZ32hB9-k3_Mv9ucJ9LG5QP6KPT4KeynEPTSI6-cFBahaZi3xZQZD_JwOWHYKSiBEBjaLKXHBuDwLhNUKg5KSzR4VlkF/s1600/20130224_114723.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBF-0hwDjtxqo5uz_YNYG8zoSw0Eu6m2geVtIWa0J5BqLB-acjZ32hB9-k3_Mv9ucJ9LG5QP6KPT4KeynEPTSI6-cFBahaZi3xZQZD_JwOWHYKSiBEBjaLKXHBuDwLhNUKg5KSzR4VlkF/s400/20130224_114723.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKJVS4n84_ik0GoD9H84p1FXfRYth9xRNqqdbRwVLspUEZ_V9ZW5lbgeDZdqP3HDFj4roZssYVGoUiy2Flmt4eWibShhGtHVo2sYQ4ziWAzF-JyG-x5e_q6Vluib-88eCbJ6HhEr2Fqlg/s1600/20130224_114235.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKJVS4n84_ik0GoD9H84p1FXfRYth9xRNqqdbRwVLspUEZ_V9ZW5lbgeDZdqP3HDFj4roZssYVGoUiy2Flmt4eWibShhGtHVo2sYQ4ziWAzF-JyG-x5e_q6Vluib-88eCbJ6HhEr2Fqlg/s400/20130224_114235.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Green Ireland

Here is Bones  posing besides some Irish post boxes .  Note the Royal insignia (GR) on one of the boxes - this post box has been in existenc...

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IWS Babe of the Week: Little Debbie Cakes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last night on the IWS Radio Show hung out Blog Talk Radio superstar <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/debidaly1" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Debi Daly</i></span></a> as she talked about her career as a troll magnet.  So, in honor of her and all the other hot Debis, Debbys, and Debbies out there we give you this week's IWS Babe of the Week, and as we all know...<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcYDVJd7xw11RUlBSWipYRtVKpARM0kQg95lOe6yoWCL0RVaJ5z6Tgk8XHB_UqUA7IBlTydLi4K6HMuoImugX-6HGWJW0WVcfykDO8jHlHQU-ovZjGTnAXxcVesnYm0_b7wYzhNjryTs/s1600/Little+Debbie+Cakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcYDVJd7xw11RUlBSWipYRtVKpARM0kQg95lOe6yoWCL0RVaJ5z6Tgk8XHB_UqUA7IBlTydLi4K6HMuoImugX-6HGWJW0WVcfykDO8jHlHQU-ovZjGTnAXxcVesnYm0_b7wYzhNjryTs/s320/Little+Debbie+Cakes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">First out of the box <b>Debbie Gibson</b>, or does she go by Debra now?  Who cares...Shut up and sing you hottie you...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICWWQbwfdlfVlO2ixPeUnD-ydhD1GiJ-b-NzPmu-gD_pCMYr2FYNi6Kc50Kr-3LrRiGyZLqcyPlXBd__MThR7qaWB6iFWM7YKnCXl_IaCgTYRnxF9dFZT57jiMkDRqdjgHxuVSbjTYYw/s1600/Debbie+Gibson+Hot+Sexy+Naked+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICWWQbwfdlfVlO2ixPeUnD-ydhD1GiJ-b-NzPmu-gD_pCMYr2FYNi6Kc50Kr-3LrRiGyZLqcyPlXBd__MThR7qaWB6iFWM7YKnCXl_IaCgTYRnxF9dFZT57jiMkDRqdjgHxuVSbjTYYw/s400/Debbie+Gibson+Hot+Sexy+Naked+2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here we have <b>Debbbie Sath</b>...I'm not sure who she is or what she does, but as long as she keeps on looking like this, who cares..?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviAznNwBZMHwXRAi9dymUqsbSreqRPcAgNRF01hYYdIwnzsRPgI9rL65vVPdiqTZk57CklM3SNTvM4F0DHj_nbNvExzoOKpL0CzWyqorM_Kjnth1LSNvEP8n3Mi4bjpmSri8GWnIylps/s1600/Debbie+Sath+Hot+Sexy+Jeans+Naked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviAznNwBZMHwXRAi9dymUqsbSreqRPcAgNRF01hYYdIwnzsRPgI9rL65vVPdiqTZk57CklM3SNTvM4F0DHj_nbNvExzoOKpL0CzWyqorM_Kjnth1LSNvEP8n3Mi4bjpmSri8GWnIylps/s400/Debbie+Sath+Hot+Sexy+Jeans+Naked.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Could we have a list of hot Debbys without <b>Debbie Harry</b>?  I don't fucking think so, but if you do, you need dirt sleep...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKcKZM4c4yOiGdls5_zxf0rBnG5W316rl5JCOxgfutwPs9mc1f6iVk2ZHtR88dFNvEFxQ4szPkvCPI0L3gypVqStkWBiyS3Yokj0XO3SRBbzmW_NAj8ZPz-nC9eCCKa3t-JysH1BdPrc/s1600/Debbie+Harry+Sexy+Hot+Blondie+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKcKZM4c4yOiGdls5_zxf0rBnG5W316rl5JCOxgfutwPs9mc1f6iVk2ZHtR88dFNvEFxQ4szPkvCPI0L3gypVqStkWBiyS3Yokj0XO3SRBbzmW_NAj8ZPz-nC9eCCKa3t-JysH1BdPrc/s400/Debbie+Harry+Sexy+Hot+Blondie+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An American Icon...<b>Debbie Reynolds</b>.  She can sing, dance, act, be funny and cute as a button!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6KF3_nQBeXiAGfLqGEBLgn4J0NaS2l8XKuFqFYqP_I1qEN84mgLL6eP0sMkdANTFp_357kPOsoDm3-PfK63MXte_DcClTLa9hB22XgdNqGV2lgISq428RWs1Eq37W_bvBQFzwsjSpB4/s1600/Debbie+Reynolds+Sexy+Funny+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6KF3_nQBeXiAGfLqGEBLgn4J0NaS2l8XKuFqFYqP_I1qEN84mgLL6eP0sMkdANTFp_357kPOsoDm3-PfK63MXte_DcClTLa9hB22XgdNqGV2lgISq428RWs1Eq37W_bvBQFzwsjSpB4/s400/Debbie+Reynolds+Sexy+Funny+Hot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And lastly, the muse for last night's IWS Radio Show, <b><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/debidaly1" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>Debi Daly</i></span></a></b>.  Smooooookin' hot and wonderful to hang with on the radio...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi444sr2Sgl_qDtRRvCwUxLgjNhMUcssEbuURELADjbiUEz5KX2Z8LpZb8z8FGaXAV7BKh3Xjep51rhbnmzFoz5ct0fMHyNVyI7HyrSi4A2ijcCbJRt4uR2vBA2YgRjSP1cQfv3WAqojfg/s1600/Debi+Daly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi444sr2Sgl_qDtRRvCwUxLgjNhMUcssEbuURELADjbiUEz5KX2Z8LpZb8z8FGaXAV7BKh3Xjep51rhbnmzFoz5ct0fMHyNVyI7HyrSi4A2ijcCbJRt4uR2vBA2YgRjSP1cQfv3WAqojfg/s320/Debi+Daly.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it, the IWS Debbies of the Week!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you missed the aforementioned IWS show with the lovely Mizz Debi last night, you can catch all the hot mess action and hilarity below.  Debi was an awesome guest and she is welcome back anytime.  So give it a listen as she tell Jay and Matt all about the troll, hater, and stalker problems she has had over the years....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4450227&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4450227&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object></div><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;"><br /></div></div></div>

IWS Babe of the Week: Little Debbie Cakes

Last night on the IWS Radio Show hung out Blog Talk Radio superstar Debi Daly as she talked about her career as a troll magnet.  So, in hon...

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18 Ways to Secure Parent Permission to Use Technology

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container zemanta-img" style="float: right; margin-right: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="zemanta-img"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Child_Art_Aged_4.5_Person_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: clear:right;"><img alt="Child Art Aged 4.5 Person 1" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="293" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Child_Art_Aged_4.5_Person_1.png/300px-Child_Art_Aged_4.5_Person_1.png" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption zemanta-img-attribution" style="text-align: center; width: 300px;">Child Art Aged 4.5 Person 1 (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Child_Art_Aged_4.5_Person_1.png" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)<br />Get parent permission for artwork, photographs, and<br />use of technology. Here are some samples to<br />get you started.</td></tr></tbody></table>Many of you have asked for permission form samples, so here is a copy of a list I have compiled a list to reference as part of my upcoming book, <a href="http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">Collaborative Writing in the Cloud</a> from <a href="http://www.eyeoneducation.com/" target="_blank">Eye on Education</a>. As always, ask what will help you, I'm here to serve.<br /><br />Remember, I'm a teacher, not a lawyer, and <b><span style="color: red;">this is not intended to give any legal advice.</span></b><br /><br />As always, check any permission forms you use with your local administrators and local counsel. I do hope this list will help dispel the myth that you can't do that.<br /><br />There are teachers doing creative things all around the world and getting permission. Just search, you can find even more than this.<br /><br />I will update this list in 2 places:<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="https://www.diigo.com/list/coolcatteacher/permission-samples" target="_blank">Permissions and AUP Samples List</a> [Diigo]</li><li><a href="https://www.evernote.com/pub/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom" target="_blank">My Flattening Classrooms Evernote Notebook</a> (has all original pdfs and docs included if any of these links are broken)</li></ul><br /><h2>18 Permission Form Samples</h2><br />1. <a href="http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/oges/artsoniapermission.pdf">Artsonia sample permission form</a><br /><div class="diigo-description">This is an online art museum for student work. This permission form is used by artsonia, a student online art museum. It is a great place to participate and share artwork. Also, I like how artsonia allows parents to moderate the comments left on their child's artwork. This form also asks for parent volunteers. This is a nice way to share your student's best work.</div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/artwork">artwork</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a><br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.state.nj.us/education/techno/idconsent/form.pdf">State of New Jersey Consent form for images</a></div><div class="diigo-description">This is the photo permisison form used by the state of New Jersey schools. I'm not sure if you should be required to specifically notify parents that photo recognition software is available. I do like the different levels of permission but am not sure how they track it in photos, etc. This seems like it would be a bit of a struggle, I guess it would have to be done with the use of colored dots on field trips, etc. </div><div class="diigo-tags">tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/photographs">photographs</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/photography">photography</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />3. <a href="http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/19-673.pdf">Boy Scouts activity consent form</a><br />This is an activity consent form used by the Boy Scouts of America. They take students on physically challenging events for weekends and nights. This is a great organization that has worked with kids in nature environments for many years, so it would be a good sample to review.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/field">field</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/trips">trips</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />4. <a href="http://www.neopets.com/coppa/consentform.phtml">NeoPets Parental Consent form</a><br /><br /><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Children's Online Privacy Protection Act">COPPA</a> is a reason that many schools shy away from having any children under 13 participate in online sites, however, NeoPets is a website that has done this. This is a copy of their COPPA consent form. In here, you can see how they've tracked and worked with this permission. It does require the parents to fill out and fax or mail the form in to NeoPets to allow children to use the communications portion of the website. This would be a website to review if you're looking at creating a portal or service that allows kids under 13 to post and communicate in ways that tracks their data. I am wondering if Facebook would eventually do something like this or if they will continue to create an environment that encourages children to lie to get on their platform. (i.e. under 13 not allowed)<br /><br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/coppa">coppa</a><br /><br />5. <a href="http://www.drummwr.com/CYSS%20Youth%20Network%20Survey/YNS%20Parent%20%20Adult%20Consent%20Form%203-21-12_LA.pdf">Research Consent form for Research</a><br /><br />This is an example of a consent form for research for a research student done at the University of Georgia. If you are a researcher, you'll want to check with your university as to the proper way to format and secure permissions, however, as students become researchers, I have questions about securing permission for research. This is an area we need to discuss and understand because students can now be viable, authentic researchers and perhaps may have links to more accurate data collection techniques than researchers. What happens when researchers partner with students to collect data? A whole new world of research is opening up, so research forms are worth collecting.<br /><br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/researcher_thoughtleader">researcher_thoughtleader</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a><br /><br />6. <a href="http://www.evernote.com/shard/s6/sh/21c5089a-07ec-472c-92fa-c8684b1fe3be/f49d69e0fff73ed961065c34252ecfa2">Parental Permission for Web 2.0 Training, ONline Collaboration and Media Release (BOCES NEW YORK)</a><br /><br />This was a downloadable doc, so I put it into my public Evernote notebook of permission forms and other things about flattening the classroom, this link links to that notecard. This is a permission form for students who are using advanced Web 2 tools, collaborating online, and a media release. If you are in a conservative district, this permission from 2009 may help you.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a><br /><br />7. <a href="http://www.pjphs.org/uploaded//Permission_Form.pdf">Technology Permission form for Catholic School system</a><br /><br />This permission form is comprehensive and includes permission for online presentations in Blackboard Collaborate, blogging, wikis, google apps, podcasts, videos, social bookmarking and RSS as well as images. It is very comprehensive and useful. Again, I'm not a lawyer, but of the forms I've seen, I think this one is comprehensive.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />8. <a href="http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/Permission+Slips">Edu Blogging 101 - Permission Slips</a><br />A collection of blogging permission forms, while these are a bit older, they do give you a start.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />9. <a href="http://mshallteachesenglish.edublogs.org/files/2009/07/Parent-Permission-Form.pdf">English Class Permission form</a><br />This is a fascinating permission form hybrid because it incorporates blogs, wikis, permission to read certain novels and watch certain videos ALL in one permission form. It would be one that high school literature teachers would want to look at using. I like how it discloses how students are identified. I may adapt something like this.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />10. <a href="http://www.evernote.com/shard/s6/sh/4d04f45c-eea3-4872-b20e-910f993b014a/e3c1ec316c02ce3b853342a9b46574ea">Social Networking Parent Permission Form</a><br />While not having a lot of legalese, this form does disclose what students will be doing and gets permission from parents.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/networking">networking</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a><br /><br />11. <a href="http://www.cohs.com/?pid=206">Cardinal O'Hara High School - Parental Permission Form</a><br />This website discloses the apps that this school will be using and links to the permission form. It is on the Academic Affairs page. I like the face this presents to the public. Here is what we WILL do and how we WILL do it -- with your permission, of course. Parents have a choice but schools do not - we must offer 21st century tools as part of a 21st century school. There are ways to do this.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />12. <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/beaverton.k12.or.us/bsd_google_apps/home/permission-forms">Permission Forms - Google Apps Support</a><br />These are the permission forms for the Beaverton School District and Google Apps with specific disclosures about how usernames and passwords will be set up and downloadable permission forms.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/forms">forms</a><br /><br />13. <a href="http://rrms.pasco.k12.fl.us/wp-content/uploads/rrms/2012/07/Google-Apps-Consent-Form-Secondary.pdf">Google Apps Consent Form - PASCO</a><br />Here's a google apps consent form for another district. It also references the Network Access Agreement (We call ours an AUP - or acceptable use form) which is an important practice that ensures students know they must use the network in accordance with guidelines already given.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />14. <a href="http://www.ttsdschools.org/pages/ttsd/Parents/Google_Apps_for_Students">Google Apps for Students</a><br />Another website example of disclosures about the use of Google apps from a district in Oregon. This also references their Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and frequently asked questions about Google Apps, another good thing to include.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/aup">aup</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/forms">forms</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />15. <a href="http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Page/10904">Gorman, Susan - US History/Coach / Technology User Agreement Forms</a><br />This teacher has permission forms for use of Toondoo, Edmodo, and Glogster, three excellent sites that I also use in my classroom. While I like to combine mine all into one, this is an option for those very conservative districts.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edmodo">edmodo</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/toondoo">toondoo</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/glogster">glogster</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />16. <a href="http://smorton31.edublogs.org/2012/08/13/final-project-political-cartoon-analysis/">Final Project: Political Cartoon Analysis | Web 2.0 Morton</a><br />This teacher's lesson plan fully discloses the tools that are being used, the standards, and required permissions. This is a very detailed example, but one that you may have to use for large projects to get approval in your district.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lesson">lesson</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/plans">plans</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />17. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T0RhASp_WZASBae4nYzpUmLmbSTklTwmAqVMyXRfdBM/edit?pli=1">Digital Permission Form (1).doc - Google Drive</a><br />This permission form has many different tools including weebly, Google dlocs, voicethread, YouTube, Glogster, Xtranormal, Toondoo, and others. I'm not sure that Audacity has to be included as it is a program on the local machine, however. I do like how the teacher asks for permission "I agree to allow my student's work to be used as  a positive example of published work for demonstration or promotional purposes." Some parents are afraid their child will be made to look bad in online examples, this covers that concern although it puts the onus on the teacher to make sure he/she vets examples that are published.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a><br /><br />18. <a href="http://www.evernote.com/shard/s6/sh/3189a9dd-4738-45fd-b825-e6155399fc45/6b4a2c8f1cf88a43385a65209b26f6a9">Evernote, Dropbox, Edublog Consent form from Canada</a><br />Here's a sample form allowing students to use Dropbox and Evernote and Edublog services from a teacher in Canada. NOte that this includes disclosure that the site is hosted outside the country, something important for international relationships as typically websites are governed by their host country.<br />tags: <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/aup">aup</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a><br /><br /></div><div class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href="https://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a>. 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Teaching 18 Ways to Secure Parent Permission to Use Technology

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At the groomers

<p>As you know Bones entered the<a href="http://renovatinglpa.blogspot.ie/2013/02/vote-for-my-doggie-please.html"> My Furry Valentine competition</a> that was held by Mutt Ugly.  Well he got a runner up prize and won  a free groom! </p><p>He went for his groom yesterday and here is a photo of the result.  A green sweatshirt also caught his eye as he was leaving so he bought that. Perfect for cheering on the Irish team against Scotland in the 6 Nations today!</p><p>We went for a really short trim and even clipped his ears so that he would stop getting them wet when he drinks his water.</p><p><a href="http://muttugly.myshopify.com/collections/jackets">Mutt Ugly</a> is a great shop with loads of accessories for your dog - definitely worth a visit!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDgRX8BJelbo3aSlNDgaVi5EwiU2wLqk9ppYhssW8A1hLtaNjU4fbyp4-Kn-dtcWOeZ7eUdf5LNty-FboaH34u1NrMquleAdaZwNejjV5BYWGB-Xcu2NR8YxsPa5mqz35HBZj3KSUZfVr/s1600/20130223_100304.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDgRX8BJelbo3aSlNDgaVi5EwiU2wLqk9ppYhssW8A1hLtaNjU4fbyp4-Kn-dtcWOeZ7eUdf5LNty-FboaH34u1NrMquleAdaZwNejjV5BYWGB-Xcu2NR8YxsPa5mqz35HBZj3KSUZfVr/s400/20130223_100304.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHNpKykY8bbMFKNwr9PbKvPUWJJ1VY5pTk5KoYPWNA20OBZET8wEypogG9PA3OrzKF748HSnz6ScKAl4Hmz152qn7Zy_sCGVvIW1u1-vzui0q-t-SddffR6fvKcLKtlLDmUVH7igJm5mG/s1600/20130223_151732.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHNpKykY8bbMFKNwr9PbKvPUWJJ1VY5pTk5KoYPWNA20OBZET8wEypogG9PA3OrzKF748HSnz6ScKAl4Hmz152qn7Zy_sCGVvIW1u1-vzui0q-t-SddffR6fvKcLKtlLDmUVH7igJm5mG/s400/20130223_151732.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIB9lUkFpMEIWW-F6OewXbrRkQ2AJ8MMa0OxAT5hIkm-FsJpu5EZ84RnTUzkrxrhSFXue7JhK6ofy8VKIDBvTU28FAJnwBiu8PQuqW3d0yr-c4hzGYH4D42PfQeOanPw5-N0MsACVHsucs/s1600/20130223_153700.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIB9lUkFpMEIWW-F6OewXbrRkQ2AJ8MMa0OxAT5hIkm-FsJpu5EZ84RnTUzkrxrhSFXue7JhK6ofy8VKIDBvTU28FAJnwBiu8PQuqW3d0yr-c4hzGYH4D42PfQeOanPw5-N0MsACVHsucs/s400/20130223_153700.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99bMDdQiImaz2NLyq_uQtnlrJvosGmpje6opFHmLIxzAbG1pH9KykKEjAGP4RO3ubIruavBMTaiqvKq1n7Tufy6WYMGbdyoFJch_t6RlyGz3zRtoGrHAHd_hGMS6nQvknqSsor4qLfTrD/s1600/20130223_100219.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99bMDdQiImaz2NLyq_uQtnlrJvosGmpje6opFHmLIxzAbG1pH9KykKEjAGP4RO3ubIruavBMTaiqvKq1n7Tufy6WYMGbdyoFJch_t6RlyGz3zRtoGrHAHd_hGMS6nQvknqSsor4qLfTrD/s400/20130223_100219.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpxwL_jfovbtWWeUIUPXXW1SUpH5ok_avnxm3_XUW4W8PxYwDNnH1idWKjkKvui5u-9X9mn3WDXHVdxESQAwma1Mk8fnu7oh9tRKnHIAFuIsIIRoOcAXtozw6Bdbg1XHgtBHapMKHiSeU/s1600/20130223_224642.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpxwL_jfovbtWWeUIUPXXW1SUpH5ok_avnxm3_XUW4W8PxYwDNnH1idWKjkKvui5u-9X9mn3WDXHVdxESQAwma1Mk8fnu7oh9tRKnHIAFuIsIIRoOcAXtozw6Bdbg1XHgtBHapMKHiSeU/s400/20130223_224642.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAekr3FtRTuwjD5DVphpry4GzWAN47Mek25Oe949sRf34Wa6muDNTPOmNRJ5_Q3DeCGhnHDZaqm5QA-6qR9oGSKSZMjUKzZK0WbKADVlP0kZiI_PXPlmKs-EZqolV0xAaP8R2-Vv42lJE2/s1600/20130223_152140.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAekr3FtRTuwjD5DVphpry4GzWAN47Mek25Oe949sRf34Wa6muDNTPOmNRJ5_Q3DeCGhnHDZaqm5QA-6qR9oGSKSZMjUKzZK0WbKADVlP0kZiI_PXPlmKs-EZqolV0xAaP8R2-Vv42lJE2/s400/20130223_152140.jpg" /> </a> </div>

At the groomers

As you know Bones entered the My Furry Valentine competition that was held by Mutt Ugly.  Well he got a runner up prize and won  a free gr...

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More or Less Medicine? - The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video) - TVO, Canada - CastRoller

The Agenda asks: are patients over treated and overprescribed in modern health care? The second of two programs looking at the modern realities of medicine.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheAgendaVideo/3366230">http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheAgendaVideo/3366230</a>

More or Less Medicine? - The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Video) - TVO, Canada - CastRoller

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28 in 28 #23+24: Two NYC Books

<i>February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "<a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/search/label/28%20in%2028">28 in 28</a>" series features a different book every day of the month.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-73341-9/"><b><i>New York Neon</i></b></a> by Thomas E. Rinaldi<br />W. W. Norton, 2012<br />Paperback, 192 pages<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gingkopress.com/08-pho/new-york-nights.html"><b><i>New York Nights</i></b></a> by James T. and Karla L. Murray<br />Gingko Press, 2012<br />Hardcover, 276 pages<br /><br /><img alt="28-28_NYC.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/28-28_NYC.jpg" title="Book cover" /><br /><br />November saw the release of two books documenting New York City in the hours between sunset and sunrise, when the glow of artificial lighting adds color to the city's sidewalks. While each book sets its sight on old establishments (you won't find Times Square in these titles), and the names <i>New York Neon</i> and <i>New York Nights</i> even confuse matters, the differences between the two are nevertheless great, as will be seen. Nevertheless, beyond the obvious overlap in subject matter and format (photography books), the books share an appreciation of New York City's ever-changing streetscapes as evidenced in early attempts at getting attention in the 24-hour metropolis. In this sense the books are as much history as photography.<br /><br />There is actually a smidgen of truth to the old statement about judging a book by its cover. That's not wise if faced with an either/or decision of which one of these books to buy, but an important difference can be gleaned from a quick glance at these covers: With its black background and floating words, <i>New York Neon</i> is about the signs, while the frontal shot on <i>New York Nights</i> signals it's about the shops and restaurants. Rinaldi describes how he initially photographed the signs a couple f-stops lower than what his light meter told him, but over time he varied the technique to show more urban and architectural context; still, detailed shots of signs on dark backgrounds are the majority. On the other hand, the photos in <i>New York Nights</i> are mainly straightforward views of a storefronts, like a nighttime version of the Murray's widely celebrated <a href="http://www.jamesandkarlamurray.com/JamesandKarlaMurraySTOREFRONT.html"><i>Store Front</i></a>. Their book is about the sensations and experience of the establishments on the sidewalk, as they invite us inside through their lighting and interior glow.<br /><br />Another major difference between the two is size. <i>New York Neon</i> is a fairly compact book that is easy to hold, all the better to hone in on the details of the signage. Photos are one or two to a page, with the occasional two-page, full-bleed spread. Captions sit in the white space on the page but the overall effect is of dark pages with splashes of color. Each sign is distinct but repetition can be found in orientation (vertical and horizontal signs predominate), color (lots of red and orange), and type of establishment (one page even features six liquor stores with very similar signs). On the other end of the spectrum is <i>New York Nights</i>, which spans over two feet when opened on a table. Most of the photographs are one to a page, documentary-like, with text on the opposite page. Each photo is therefore a decent size, enough to grasp the details captured in the duo's long-exposures.<br /><br />One more difference is how the books tell their stories beyond the photographs. With his sights squarely on neon, Rinaldi delves into a lengthy history of illumination in the city, spending a good chunk on the fascinating "anatomy of the industry." Many of the photos even credit the sign makers, a testament to the skill required to produce neon signs. The Murrays focus on the establishments through interviews with proprietors. They are not as interested in the details of lighting that give each storefront its presence at night, outside of what comes across in the photographs.<br /><br />Even with the above differences, each book is accurate in its depiction of the city at night. <i>Neon</i> is a collection of quick glances where the glow of the neon is burned into our memory. <i>Nights</i> feels like sideways glances as one walks home from a bar. Neither book has many people, so the reader can be alone with the images and make them as much a part of his or her memory as they are for the photographers who snapped them.<br /><br /><i>New York Neon</i>:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393733416/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393733416&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0393733416/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393733416&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0393733416/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393733416&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b><br /><br /><i>New York Nights</i>:<br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1584235039/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1584235039&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1584235039/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1584235039&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1584235039/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1584235039&linkCode=as2&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

28 in 28 #23+24: Two NYC Books

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Jerusalem, My Happy Home: Prelude

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style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">But the 16^th Century Hymn, Jerusalem, My Happy Home,  imagines the New Jerusalem, the Heavenly Jerusalem of the Book of Revelation. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">“There David stands with harp in hand<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">as master of the choir;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">ten thousand times would one be blest<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">who did that music hear.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our Lady sings Magnificat <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">With tune surpassing sweet,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">And blessed martyrs harmony doth ring<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">On every street.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The supra-rational hope of Christians for centuries has been that the Heavenly Jerusalem is linked by some mysterious spiritual cord (chord?) to the Earthly Jerusalem to which I go tomorrow. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">As I shift my attention from church governance and our local struggles for a more just and free Nevada, I wonder what it is I hope to find, what I am looking for in the Earthly Jerusalem.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">It is the pilgrim season but I think I do not go as a pilgrim. What is a pilgrim? What is a pilgrimage for? I no longer look for subjective spiritual experiences. What is my grail on this quest?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">We made our travel plans without a clear sense of purpose. Linda and I will take a course on Jesus at St. George’s College. That is the first thing I am looking for. I want to know more about Jesus of Nazareth. Late in my clergy life, it has become important to me to know who he was.  When I first became a priest, Jesus was not so important to me as a vague notion of the Cosmic Christ. Then I met the Risen Lord through Ignatian prayer and he became the heart of my faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">But what had the Risen Lord who dwelt in an invisible place accessible only to the religious imagination have to do with the historical Jesus. I thought the answer unknowable. I was a Jesus agnostic, and not without good cause.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Biblical scholars who struck me as most honest said we could not know much about the historical Jesus – only the 4 literary Jesus characters of the Gospels. We could not get behind the books to find the man. The writers who painted pictures of Jesus took flimsy shards of evidence to build edifices. Conveniently the evidence always fit the picture of Jesus they wanted to paint. Luke Timothy Johnson chided them for writing books about “Jesus as I particularly like to think of him” – but it seemed to me that Johnson did the same thing. Vermes’ Jesus is a good rabbi. The Jesus Seminar gave us Jesus the cynic philosopher. Schweitzer, Jesus the apocalyptic prophet who turned out to be wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">As I have done my reading to prepare for this Jesus course, I have to my surprise encountered persuasive evidence based arguments for a Jesus who is pretty much the guy we find in the Bible – only we have to read the Bible in the context in which it was written. I believe now it is possible to know a great deal about Jesus of Nazareth and I hope to come back from Jerusalem knowing considerably more than I do today.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Now that I believe that such knowledge is possible, I can admit it is important. It is important because the Risen Lord I know must be one with Jesus of Nazareth if he is to be real, if he is to have flesh, if he is to connect with history where I live. Jesus matters.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">One other part of my reading has captured my imagination. It is James Carroll’s Jerusalem, Jerusalem – the title, an allusion to Jesus’s lament over the city. The title evokes how the Earthly Jerusalem is the polar opposite of the Heavenly One, a place of strife and turmoil. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Carroll says to understand Jerusalem, you have to understand religion, war, and the connection between the two. Relying on Rene Gerard’s theory of sacrifice, he asks how prehistoric bloodshed on this site, how the slaughter of children on this site, how this Mt. Moriah where Abraham almost slew Isaac serves as the meeting place between our violence and our redemption – somehow playing out in the field of religion. What might the endless battles over Jerusalem tell us about strife in a local congregation or the challenges of forming relationships that would constitute a diocese? Is there a connection between the bloody power struggle that ensued after the death of David and the power struggles in churches today? What does it all say about the divisions in the wider church?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">I don’t know. As I go to Jerusalem, these are thing I wonder about, things I hope to understand or perceive in a new way. But are they what God intends to show me in the City where David ruled and Jesus died? I don’t know. Perhaps we shall see.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment-->

Jerusalem, My Happy Home: Prelude

“Jerusalem, my happy home, when shall I come to thee?” Literally tomorrow. But the 16 th Century Hymn, Jerusalem, My Happy Hom...

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