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Microsoft Free tools #2– Photosynth

12:18 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>What is Photosynth?</strong></span><br /><br />Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. You can take photos in a 360 degree turn and experience a panoramic view. This is wonderful for school outings or just to capture the fullness of a scene. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>How to get started</strong></span> <br /><br />• Go to <a href="http://photosynth.net/">http://photosynth.net/</a> and join.<br />• It will ask you to download the application on to your computer. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO94m5IM9mCeUlV4MnIDCnslPBcYD5QjMaU_L6pG0bF5gpg93YWx5W5Ozuo88DLbWJctbP_QJZfSkeq5L-ctKTUs0Gp7mH-XdvEWChX4umINxmEV64ojdMmQS198XGfeLlyi0tx9xJm9A/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9n4tM0OBMmLBuqHTfrFQ1DuUY5Ybb8sp8WZzEITHdkR53iUxg_D7soM3WHR_QBvpgyqGrMlGtBz0gnrM03s4g9_TWB9EiiRg2TvLUXvZm7ZfxFW3MO7cLo0zuJxw207fYCzn3M4XssP4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Ideas for the classroom </strong></span><br /><br />Give a tour of your classroom. I tried this. <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26</a> <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500"></iframe><br /><br /><br />You could create a vocabulary game <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e</a> <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500"></iframe><br /><br />This was done by Bart from Belgium (<a href="http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/">http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/</a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)</span><br /><br />You could show an art exhibition at your school <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541">http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-839fbIb2RbnYaV2F269DE4YFZzupIzAJj5qmxi7yhPaM6lgQIGQWKbBiSkyio2xh75VDEDlOJwatIA2HoC6nuB0YkEMrpfNdEr4xMygy2qOi83Zjj2SqHO68sP1xXvob1BGlbB_8po/s1600/1%2529+art+exhibition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-839fbIb2RbnYaV2F269DE4YFZzupIzAJj5qmxi7yhPaM6lgQIGQWKbBiSkyio2xh75VDEDlOJwatIA2HoC6nuB0YkEMrpfNdEr4xMygy2qOi83Zjj2SqHO68sP1xXvob1BGlbB_8po/s320/1%2529+art+exhibition.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Show the vicinity around your school  <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749">http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMte_mR_zeOO0u5-ecGApGpwzRn_5DDIXTqxINpf08M1bmv3phT1wTUO-FP-_b2Oy2BnUN5xbydYz3xOjeS4Ok7C_Ic2jbChzZAqCMbpeqTNgfFuUOL9zV-37I2Jvjki0-7Aka6U9RiY/s1600/1%2529+art+exhinition2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMte_mR_zeOO0u5-ecGApGpwzRn_5DDIXTqxINpf08M1bmv3phT1wTUO-FP-_b2Oy2BnUN5xbydYz3xOjeS4Ok7C_Ic2jbChzZAqCMbpeqTNgfFuUOL9zV-37I2Jvjki0-7Aka6U9RiY/s320/1%2529+art+exhinition2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />You could show a panoramic view of an outing<br /><span style="color: white; font-family: "Gill Sans"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Gill Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-fareast-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4</a></span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 40pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Gill Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-fareast-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Mnu7w4g2KoolnpQf37wDGdRT4ZtHDXZLAtEPKI10XYYxdLwSezXEYZwTUBNghvHBYyfsO-TT8kwg1gIkh8Q6sqa7Ie99nhZS3oKPxYR_x0cUC4WY35BX2rWX45rZZWDs_n2_AJfTTJA/s1600/1%2529+art+exhibition+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Mnu7w4g2KoolnpQf37wDGdRT4ZtHDXZLAtEPKI10XYYxdLwSezXEYZwTUBNghvHBYyfsO-TT8kwg1gIkh8Q6sqa7Ie99nhZS3oKPxYR_x0cUC4WY35BX2rWX45rZZWDs_n2_AJfTTJA/s320/1%2529+art+exhibition+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Ideas worth trying…</strong></span> <br /><br />•Use it to show around your classroom<br />• Use it for an outing<br />• Show something that is happening at your school.<br />• Use it as a vocabulary lesson<br />• Use it to demonstrate everybody’s work. <br />• Submit your photosynths of views to Bing Maps <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Microsoft provides plenty of online help for Photosynth</strong></span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXXj7VLa69QsEle2dWYQwxG5p2DAeMAc6NXn3zrUQy4YxLyhTM04FMz5o1iEmL1TP0C18qZtGYeQB4XJADfUDAml8sALvXz677BeyaHtF5oB_ow57xCNLI27WNc-cZX7TH4LDY0UZfVg/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyJbkqNQYjlAhJemoOjw7N6WJcNDS0fVqAs5GZgD4at-RGUns4T24TaPS81lQHUJSE0xms49olOgHUmY6e8nieBBkZA57UiiRJWQFh0Kkxl6cCgpiOWk09kxGz_5c0dJUJlKaafMZPeI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>A video from UK Partners in Learning </strong><strong>‘How to use Photosynth’</strong>  <br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-cAf6m6YZU4" width="420"></iframe></div>

What is Photosynth? Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. You can take photos in a 360 degree tur...

Microsoft's free tools #1 - AutoCollage

4:37 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I love all the Microsoft programmes that are free to teachers who join the Partners in Learning website. One of my favourites is AutoCollage. Have you tried it?  This is one really great way of capturing all the students in your class in various activities during the school year. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoa-giOJBAkYmfbF7tPhwC0V7wGtlnZit-utaCAJexIovQgcCq6fqueXbP1EYA_tW-Oo7YLWjQVOmIU7TYlZfnjSH_TE5WbqC6E5GGIJ1kG39QinJ7QVQalDYmuxtGjzsJ5f_3BI8DaY/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlo_oyVX2Y1tqM0kl56xk1WbwtfMgZ8ab1jKfaaxPQIh0JPZxucSzpPJwwH-Sz2jnmHhzxeh-ZC0et5CUy0QKHpKJ89fmprWhIfRd2yG-TRBOO5DOPCvi0X_N-TjG_g_otDGZcZrnAbbo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How does AutoCollage work?</span></strong><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>1. Put the photos that you want to use in a folder in My Pictures</b><br />When you open AutoCollage you’ll see that it picks up all the folders of photos in My Pictures. Choose the folder you want and immediately all the pictures in the folder will appear in the middle.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROrZrPONbqdYrMsNhuP3fQE1HGNjoManSSByka4V6QTPSYxmR-l8vQPFsIpW5gYiqiXQ2Shu2WPHA98k9ZqNZE4e0E-1CQcQ64cZGfumJntzmcbegelza-wGg9l-DR9tInsNdVGyddQs/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka-Bg-_3QDGvyzT0NfuJ1Nks6CubwudcjipTm-SQzRcCLegY0QXPCBZBBCwVmOV0IngvRVkS7rbrTmL5-1kMU5XygYAfy_HwZDrnILgiSsj6ieF4odJFHFIwJrh64Zr6fZ72oOhW7MTI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><b>2. Click on Create</b><br />AutoCollage starts to swirl the pictures around. This is where you make some choices in the settings. Do you want some to be bigger than others, for example?<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-Y3hypCwpzCJhE6jy9NVBx1THJ1yncg7IypYLmdeKhoJt3lTRVhuueH3oybJAh1SFzpBI3tMjYkQxEKuXz6-qP5fTg9L0yTtY39HdcIUVVxz2ErD_UdqZ1bhtyad7LHKHXY9pnCYxJ4/s1600-h/image%25255B29%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBf6iCn1h8MDG_R5PqI1htX5HYjElYsj8AWFlyHU2_A8behoXEhQslPA6oS67oKtP81fobVKZWC7FjEcqKyl5iOYx4O00WKzqt07Qp5GHZgqthOM_mWdztkcqdF1rqzHEkQmDr49h6wco/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="412" /></a></div><b>3. Your picture starts to take shape</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREl4tmp9bAvBu2JvxlCi9xgnN3XN7EqTTSedSRH6luq4gBPTlph_h8ZfsFOU66XIT457wzQGIOIXgwqjHOspSndOwzHz0A62oxkcEfaRtBeTdPhEVm-EWNyxk9_3mHxAefj0XSnbeT-Q/s1600-h/image%25255B32%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv5mpkW0sqfPmuFrPeuyf_ag0jwuyM-svksugb8Gah147hdiysa3IVTFeHWP0TyMXet3_eWUubS0Y6QLv5Tp6kmMiRcCHTKRSnudpiUVS2D-K6b5tsiACK3fibFzKUTFLbqI1enJ8Oyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><div align="left"><b>4. What’s the verdict?</b></div><div align="left">If you don’t like the resulting picture just click on Create a again and a different arrangement appears.</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDc0IdVr8X9Rfoa_0E334tQgUOPigog4tdWcs_0g7wOAOHSB3AaN-OuzI9WaEIPNYIbHsUt3X1XFBXL0qbW32PjqCKBlFXItrwHhL4N6Fvc-IPlanT4wYOWcC9Q4xBXQhWP6-SpBo4L0/s1600-h/image%25255B35%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSRY-6ZqEe8MYWYAPvu39wUQ_EPUw9mkH7s_QHUcz5oMqCiQ1oY6nGBpePmiJ17ENQKyiqOd5krdtlNu8KWKdE_2MqE5zeNrmsurlyBZgTZARGk1QjE_dIM19XEPHzS1fEVAVVG_fygU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Classroom ideas for Autocollage</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br />1.<b> Create a picture to put on a classroom door that incorporates everyone </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXpJJAdKD-Ds2KgyY1l0WUnbvqHBbwY1ph8lO9SrcFEmsHUyHHbXdVPQpIqfUugXNMPPwFJutVgI139wWq9-CRkt8QrX4K98M1Wm26iTznD33MoaTSuKpxBx2TXRz7nZZUf1OuGABda0/s1600-h/image%25255B38%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb4VNwzxVwqBmxluAjwsthEQvGXKIirbuQpEq00T6PJ5JTeC8GYp5PVMwAdDYhKqqVkOaXSIimlIH_326xmTcls7lB7D2OtZKLB8nL0XTDSIPSx27PvFnPXz9Mz90I0HrVdqB_JrXgCA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><b>2. Use it as a way of capturing everyone’s finished work or to remember names!</b></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl5VDm_lcbNfKevoRGesiwL0LcFxuxBeiyOfDyutOx_KYEI6nbwrnLpci7afWqy0_PamIuB-I_YntviGdiUUmX-m1jX8szi8Hz642Gz4jcmitBWfJsr_xUP9ccK5LAbKpAsABt8V3N8o/s1600-h/image%25255B41%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXfi2yxm4cMkwz54cMFKr-zcKgZ3AEkeVHlffXJ7xCcwLq3XJ1YbY5uE3_MPMIM7PnIr210fe_U1cN55qWt_1B71xSrG2JdElgtF3LYBmlfVLpHeV8cTlo3tNmfYK7lQZokFzPYa5ywE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><b>3. Use it to collect memories from a project. (This is from Lisa Gair’s Adopt-a-donkey project) </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IIuu1GZYQQjgOdPihS16Vry-w4nHFrWBmkK0RDIXsC1gUoG1R0_SPWrI6z_b-SzPRZ-038KneipdTqel_mF-R-RRTSFo6MowJ6yvj2ISdkkcTrn1VmbSH7yqX9TC8J6Ps-0whLhMJiY/s1600-h/image%25255B44%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOldUlSXcyR_oQR9d3iRwVBuwMS0yo4f6P2v3Fa7mCXsiHfJpSwHPHHOo0KN5GdZVGXZs0h8F15Rvpi0r25bIQAjEaVKYqL1jxIwnVog5fSJFp1MOp7VXYZh7Mg__YbbDBWQ2OfQOU7k/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><b>4. Use it for collecting themes about South Africa and writing poems about the theme as was done by the class of 8 year olds at St John’s College in Johannesburg. </b></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-lxlDdFCnPnrbccTdOOGbOVNEgd8IgdHWncplJJDMDcZWPY7gkqPrkDIZG6Lh5j0UHvV5EhDE0mGcAsv1vJQGZmtO_G8FU-Y7hspHcQzKMzeEmB2z6JgQhZcVTM2ojBO9wxWL6mrib0/s1600-h/image%25255B50%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQpD-Q1z72zFIaJuLT4J6aXTD2Y2OWt1qypCgbH_-a1_H6sASGkY_401I2ZTemRQZ9TTalwoSf9rdok-_B8At4-jn_2Ot7R66zfl7U54HzdyhURv0r9xShWO_RpSNXUlXnes9QjR0xQY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><b>5. Use it in Maths for collecting pictures of Shapes</b></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnguY5MheMZBPFf27rGvNxoRED1j0O3Oez0WDrGfCPNEAydXX1pNlDNXSBHdt8aL9XGbpMiLl0Vn1if0v3SC-xfXnjJtQueg2dFzPmDc2HPJbGoMtbixtxYHaWx-6cVm4ukGVpl3NlAPI/s1600-h/image%25255B55%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuwXSgdIymu8ETi4C1vMDpwr8wfgtepXplTvkUNw9F9Bq27tvxw-Puf_cwWXTW3IKEZ1sQq8Pk3WI9718b7Hdw6IOzmPtVrqXtt9BOUYSaCYMw0txYMAXjjQpvx0nJgqOAC5pP59qdJQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 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 /><b>6. Other ideas that could work</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />• Make a card from the class for some occasion<br />• Creative writing exercises – ‘How does this make you feel?’ ‘Moods and feelings’<br />• Book cover for a planning book<br />• Create a vocabulary exercise using PowerPoint and store it on a blog<br />• Create certificates<br />• A collage of a novel’s characters<br />• Background for a PowerPoint presentation<br />• A record of a lesson with everyone showing their product  <br /><br /><b>7. Microsoft has plenty of step by step instruction available on their website  </b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuh7cM9Myca073uWVMOWdebOtFLp3WtatyqckOiNQfrUSBAedAk362gWn8c2cVgeuIQzii7UuaRB36xawkxcwLowzrKepMYwH4msm8O8Mg8VHJd7JBsA0GkyblEP_l5mdUFjokyF40F4/s1600-h/image%25255B61%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D8ZRYEUoNLZRaNCr2OPNg7HyqKGEXXT_8YXL6Kn02dvBUFqZHje0pcqjacZPipybSxkDUJgcBtXDCrJfFqI0FPpP9_54x-BwBM_nClSj8Pua2fWv8VJLiwOpBGnUNXhv_yQd-izvZyE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="213" /></a>  <br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">A video from UK Partners in Learning </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">‘How to use Autocollage’</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1GAUW0wRd4A" width="420"></iframe>  <br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/1GAUW0wRd4A">http://youtu.be/1GAUW0wRd4A</a></div>

AutoCollage Microsoft tools Web tools Microsoft's free tools #1 - AutoCollage

I love all the Microsoft programmes that are free to teachers who join the Partners in Learning website. One of my favourites is AutoCollage...

Interviewing the interviewer

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Interviewing the interviewer

Robert Half International During the job interview, your primary concern is what the hiring manager will think of your qualifications. But...

1st Weigh In with Joel

1:18 PM Tukiyooo 0

Joel and I had our first weigh in on Friday.  Here is how it panned out:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beautyandwell-being.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/weight-scale-400x400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.beautyandwell-being.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/weight-scale-400x400.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Joel (6'): 230.2</b><br /><b> Hilary (5'8"): 252.8</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We both won this week!  I have hit my lowest weight yet since starting this journey.  Joel also did well - dropping<b> </b>around 2 pounds from his starting weight of 232.6.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a relatively large loss in one week - close to 5 pounds.  I think that was mainly due to me being sick.  I had been feeling under the weather on Wednesday-Friday of last week, dealing with flu-like symptoms.  I'm not entirely sure what was wrong in the end.  I had a hard time eating and just felt nauseous all day long for several days straight.   That all seems to be in the clear though, because since Saturday I haven't had too tough of a time eating anything :).  </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Joel and I had a really busy and fun weekend.  We called it our "Groupon" weekend because we had 2 sets of vouchers that we needed to use up before they expired.  So Friday evening we set out on our first adventure - a 3 hour sailing ride down the Potomac river in Washington, DC.  </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><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/AVvXsEiKLahc-DscIvvbeO50tC0SqJ3JK2KThQx96BHvoh23k4-QRnmopTxVZe9YgZ2uVeDYZSD4gIIxXpVTZqfeXsvMo8njemHQR7zKYAqbe8hj_klteKawLrubaBawJamRQHfc2kVJn8Wpkxw/s1600/Groupon+Weekend+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLahc-DscIvvbeO50tC0SqJ3JK2KThQx96BHvoh23k4-QRnmopTxVZe9YgZ2uVeDYZSD4gIIxXpVTZqfeXsvMo8njemHQR7zKYAqbe8hj_klteKawLrubaBawJamRQHfc2kVJn8Wpkxw/s400/Groupon+Weekend+002.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">see the tip of the Washington Monument in the <br />background?</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The captain told us that our trip was only his second one all season where he was actually able to raise the sails.  So what does that tell you?  It was windy!  Not only that, but it was very chilly out on that water, especially after the sun went down.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><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/AVvXsEiLU4qicvGRzu4HqjKHLwJZCLstZuBYrAycJbB2lCupvnoQvsFhQWZCu67BWLUZF3iIpRFaRiHDOBAM68PhMFa1ESspnvmjNY28TKapIu9-5HYBUrwlB5a4Eh2PaOMyvGFC_9ASeYNkyhk/s1600/Groupon+Weekend+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLU4qicvGRzu4HqjKHLwJZCLstZuBYrAycJbB2lCupvnoQvsFhQWZCu67BWLUZF3iIpRFaRiHDOBAM68PhMFa1ESspnvmjNY28TKapIu9-5HYBUrwlB5a4Eh2PaOMyvGFC_9ASeYNkyhk/s400/Groupon+Weekend+003.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">The ride was a neat experience overall.  It's not everyday that you get to see Virginia and DC from the Potomac River's vantage point.  Because it was so windy, we even experienced keeling - when the boat tips from one side to the other.  That was definitely a little scary for me.  I was not trying to include a chilly swim into my evening!    </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkTF_-0lpZFeZFUXfXNBh_bb9x1T2pdsqeXdN47jLAji116cIdhn60GMtGMN8g5vM9vu3vvrCZoOsSXUygJVVGL93vAOO8gMhRYOgGS4HgvmMr-0WisVdv7QPMJFJuNaYbKRWQpZ19fw/s1600/me+sailing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkTF_-0lpZFeZFUXfXNBh_bb9x1T2pdsqeXdN47jLAji116cIdhn60GMtGMN8g5vM9vu3vvrCZoOsSXUygJVVGL93vAOO8gMhRYOgGS4HgvmMr-0WisVdv7QPMJFJuNaYbKRWQpZ19fw/s400/me+sailing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Joel and I were more than ready for the ride to be over by the time we hit the 2 hour mark.  We were both cold and I had a headache.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87CXNeik1LmVHV6UwDGWmu_KFc-lI6Bl-cQwo7IxEcperCutyj9afhwM2zIxcb4SOCXRoBCbt7mZuEyqmjbO6dG44q_9GclYEtgaSDVwscJVG87ltv6DNfp-ftlOgqgGT4wH3lmLTdqU/s1600/sailing+wilson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg87CXNeik1LmVHV6UwDGWmu_KFc-lI6Bl-cQwo7IxEcperCutyj9afhwM2zIxcb4SOCXRoBCbt7mZuEyqmjbO6dG44q_9GclYEtgaSDVwscJVG87ltv6DNfp-ftlOgqgGT4wH3lmLTdqU/s400/sailing+wilson.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">However, one additional cool experience was that the captain took us under the bridge you see off in the distance in the above picture.  For those not familiar with the DC Metro area, that is the Wilson Bridge and it is part of Interstate 495, the highway that forms a circle around DC - also known as the Capital Beltway.  <i>Also </i>known as a driving nightmare.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CRejq4BSaBqKmz9pm9rzibQds-yaFA5NfeJqjrSNSbqkgffAHSNsO4LidRUtwe7HuDNu2rW6uO71wpQ8RB0LNJ-R0p4vQJGIF4NVl-Rrj8hN06pTyC0-Z-u6Y-lulBCj1ceY2_lm6Nk/s1600/us+sailing+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CRejq4BSaBqKmz9pm9rzibQds-yaFA5NfeJqjrSNSbqkgffAHSNsO4LidRUtwe7HuDNu2rW6uO71wpQ8RB0LNJ-R0p4vQJGIF4NVl-Rrj8hN06pTyC0-Z-u6Y-lulBCj1ceY2_lm6Nk/s400/us+sailing+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still, this was a great start to a fun-filled adventurous weekend :).  </div>

HJ Competition Miscellaneous Weight Loss 1st Weigh In with Joel

Joel and I had our first weigh in on Friday. Here is how it panned out: Joel (6'): 230.2 Hilary (5'8"): 252.8 We both won t...

It's Still Better

12:29 PM Tukiyooo 0

It seems like deja vu all over again, doesn't it?<br /><br />It's been happening for the past three years. We start without a loss, we beat Notre Dame and it's considered a "huge" win, Denard Robinson is viewed as the amazing quarterback athlete...and then we lose to Michigan State.<br /><br />We've been on this road before...or have we?<br /><br />There have been major changes to the team since Rich Rodriguez was fired. We have a defense that isn't constructed around a colander. We have an offensive line that has gotten bigger, albeit it's still difficult at times for them to keep the defense back. And we have a quarterback that is learning how to be a complete quarterback - when he's given the right plays.<br /><br />The biggest objection I have to the game against Michigan State was that Denard Robinson was given too many plays where he had to throw balls over 15 yards. He is still unsure about that, and when he's not consistent, he struggles mentally. When I attended the game against Minnesota, it was clear that Al Borges was trying to give Robinson's receivers short routes to run, so that he could gain some confidence in his throwing arm. Unfortunately, there weren't enough short routes open against the MSU defense. They may have picked up on that thought, or the wrong calls were played.<br /><br />I was happy to see that they kept it close at the end. If Robinson had not thrown that pick-six, the game might have ended with State winning by just a touchdown.<br /><br />If anything, this got the national media to stop putting Michigan on a pedestal that they didn't deserve. Did they deserve to be #11 in the nation? Really? Are there only ten teams better than Michigan? I highly doubt that. It puts Michigan back in its place: as a team that's rebuilding and finding its footholds again.<br /><br />But what does that say about the rest of the season? In 2008, they lost three out of four after MSU. In 2009, they lost six out of seven (the win was against Delaware State). In 2010, they lost four out of six. This year, we have Purdue, Iowa (away), Illinois (away), Nebraska, and Ohio State. Two of those games - Purdue and Iowa, are winnable (especially when you see Iowa lost to Penn State and didn't even score a touchdown). Even Nebraska, who has only played one ranked team all season and looked terrible against them (Wisconsin), is a game that can be won in Ann Arbor. Actually, if you look at Illinois and Ohio State's performances this season, there is a chance to win them all! We can't be discounted for any of these games. Even if I don't think we will, we hopefully won't win just one. <br /><br />This coming month is the true test for the Wolverines. September and early October were practice, as they always are. If Michigan wants to be true to the ranking that had been given them earlier in the season, they need to show their mettle against these Big Ten teams that do have weaknesses.<br /><br />I have all the confidence in this team's future games, and I do believe that this team is far better than the teams of the past three seasons.

It's Still Better

It seems like deja vu all over again, doesn't it? It's been happening for the past three years. We start without a loss, we beat Not...

Inside Job Rating Agencies

5:52 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: blue; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">ONE HAND FEEDS THE OTHER</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is interesting to see how apparently only European countries and corporations are downgraded by US rating agencies. How come so? Is it because these agencies are supposed to be impartial and independent? Is it not the USA which has the highest state dept? If the rating agencies are so independent and impartial as they claim to be, should they not downgrade the USA?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zIGThxn_eGk?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Bumfpo4FW0I?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The more laws and restrictions there are, </i><i><br /><i>the poorer the people become. </i><br /><i>The sharper men’s weapons, </i><br /><i>The more trouble in the land. </i><br /><i>The more ingenious and clever men are, </i><br /><i>The more strange things happen. The more rules and regulations, </i><br /><i>The more thieves and robbers. </i></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><i>Lao Tsu.</i></i> “The Tao Te Ching” (# 57) 6th century BCE </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">After several weeks of peaceful assembly of countless people gathered near Wall Street, mainstream media has been forced to report that this is no small event. <b>Finally!</b> See (<a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html</a>) People are waking from their long geo-engineered, drug-induced apathy. If little of substance was reported by managed-and-controlled news (85 percent of which is now in the hands of five corporations), the alternative press and Internet have spread the word.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Ilya Sandra Perlingieri</span></div>

Inside Job Rating Agencies

ONE HAND FEEDS THE OTHER It is interesting to see how apparently only European countries and corporations are downgraded by US rating agenci...

I'm mis-er-a-ble

5:20 AM Tukiyooo 0

I'm back in Fairbanks at my sister's house. I came back on October 7 to help care for my sister, along with my youngest niece (46) and her husband (a living angel). We're my sister's caregivers, along with CNAs that come a few hours a week, and an R.N. that comes once a week. Now we also have an ANP making a weekly house call (Advanced Nurse Practitioner).<br /><br />Today is day 26 of my sister refusing all food and drinking very little water (less than 8 ounces a day). I honestly don't know how she's staying alive. She was 160 pounds when this started and now she's very thin.<br /><br />There was (and still is) some serious family drama going on involving my oldest niece (she's 49). She has the medical power of attorney for my sister as well as executor of her estate. She has pretty much lost her mind.<br /><br />I wish I was kidding, but I'm not. She hasn't even seen my sister since October 1 (other  than one 40-minute ambulance ride). She lives about ten miles from my sister's house, where my sister has been since October 3.<br /><br />My crazy niece called 911 twice on October 7 claiming her mother was having another stroke. She wasn't even here and it was a lie. My poor sister was taken on a 40-minute ambulance ride to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, where they said there was nothing wrong with her and sent her back home in the ambulance.<br /><br />My crazy niece had followed the ambulance to the house and then rode in it back to the hospital with my sister, ranting about how they'd get her on a morphine drip and she'd die in a few days.<br /><br />My niece was locked up in a padded cell, then shipped to Anchorage Psychiatric Institute for 48 hours, where she then walked out and flew home. They couldn't keep her against her will.<br />After she had many screaming tirades with hospital staff, with me and the rest of the family, she has hired an attorney to deal with the family and the hospital. The hospital has banned my niece from the hospital and they are refusing to speak with my niece or her attorney.<br /><br />None of the family is allowed to speak to my oldest niece. As of last Thursday we have to go through her attorney. We never were allowed to speak during the numerous phone calls she made to us. She would yell, screaming lies about how we were force feeding my sister, forcing her to stay alive, as well as forcing water down her throat. She told all of us she was suing us and how much she hated us. Before any of us could ever respond to her accusations she would slam down the phone. She is crazy.<br /><br />She's been spiraling down into very strange behavior since her father passed away two years ago. We all saw a change in her but we didn't realize the seriousness. It's not depression, but she started talking incessantly after my brother-in-law's death, saying odd and inappropriate things to anyone that would listen. She also became highly defensive and went on attack mode if you said anything she disagreed with. <br /><br />Now she's become extremely mean and hateful. I'm still in a bit of shock over some of the things she said to me, very hurtful words. Even though I know she's mentally ill, it's hard to accept it's the illness talking and not my niece. It's not just me she's attacking, but everyone in the family. Her viciousness and anger strikes anyone in her path.<br /><br />So this is just another layer of hell that's going on in addition to my sister's illness.<br /><br />My sister. What can I say other than what she tells me every day. "I'm mis-er-a-ble". She says it very slowly and angrily, over and over, spoken as someone who has had a severe stroke. Slowly and deliberately. One syllable at a time. She still can nod yes or no, but now she seldom even tries to speak. The smiles and laughter are gone.<br /><br />She absolutely will not eat. She refuses all food. She sips very little water a few times a day. <br />She still has some strength on her left side, but it's becoming weaker. The right-side paralysis is still complete. Today is day 26.<br /><br />We've talked about death. She wants to die. It breaks my heart to watch her kill herself by starving herself to death. This is the hardest thing I've ever done.<br /><br />Thursday she came down with strep throat, at least that was our guess. Since her doctor in town refused to prescribe any pain medicine for her unless he saw her in person (that would have required an ambulance ride), we called 911 to take her to ER. She was in agony and the Tylenol and Advil we had been giving her for back pain wasn't working on the strep.<br /><br />I rode with her in the ambulance for the ride to town, about 40 minutes. They admitted her in the ER for a "sore throat". This actually turned out to be a good thing since we were able to get her primary care provider changed to an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who can prescribe pain medicine and will make house calls to my sister's house (23 miles from town). <br /><br />The ANP, Janice, came to the hospital at 1pm (we'd been there since 9am), and saw my sister. She's an angel and deals with hospice care. She prescribed Oxycodone, a strong pain killer which immediately eased my sister's misery. Miraculously we were able to do this without a medical power of attorney (without the crazy niece's approval). Janice will make a house call on Tuesday to check on my sister. We also got an antibiotic for the strep. Since you can't die from strep, this won't make her live longer but only  make her more comfortable.<br /><br />My sister came back home the same day and has been on the Oxycodone for three days. I'm calling this the most "miserable" phase of my sister's slow dying process.<br /><br />Up until the pain medicine, we had a lot of laughter with her. We talked to her a lot, she interacted with us. One day she kept pointing at the TV, or at least I thought it was the TV (her hospital bed is in the middle of the living room, facing her big picture windows and  glass door - looking out on a river). I asked her if she wanted the TV turned on, she shook her head no, but kept pointing. Finally she grabbed my chin and face and turned it to the glass door. There, standing in the middle of the river was a cow moose and calf. We both had a good laugh over that one.<br /><br />Now my sister sleeps most of the time and when she's awake she's groggy, and very unhappy. Last night she got mad at me. I don't know why. She was trying to talk and I could see the anger in her face. I asked if she was mad at me and she shook her head yes. I kept trying to figure out what was wrong, and when she tried to speak again, her anger was very obvious.<br /><br />My sister has never said a mean word to me in my entire life. She's always been loving and kind. Even during the the past three weeks, her responses were always softly spoken, although we couldn't understand her. Lots of smiles and you could see the appreciation in her eyes. What happened last night was awful. I know it's the drug talking, but I hated it. <br /><br />The honeymoon phase of her dying process is over. I've lost her to the pain and the pain medication. I really hate this more than you can imagine. This is the part I dreaded. I knew it was coming but that doesn't make it any easier. I'm not sure if I'm staying to the end. I'm not sure I can handle it.<br /><br />There's a lot of discussion as to where my sister should spend her final days. She could go on for up to four weeks, or possibly only a week or two. No one knows.<br /><br />We're working with the crazy niece's attorney (who I detest), trying to find a solution that everyone will agree to. The crazy niece wants to hire CNA's to attend to her mother's care 24/7 since in her demented mind we're not qualified to provide comfort care. Never mind we've been doing it for almost two weeks and every R.N. and CNA (there have been several) that has made a home visit says we're doing an excellent job.<br />The problem is that you can't find an available R.N. or CNA willing to come out here to my sister's house, a 40-minute drive from town, for 24/7 care. The alternative is an assisted living home in town, and I could write a book on how I feel about that situation. Remember, we're in Fairbanks, Alaska.<br /><br />I'm not sure what will happen in the next few days. Dealing with the attorney is very unpleasant. She's a condescending bitch believing every word of the crazy niece, who has only spouted lies about this family. Our only concern has been the comfort and care of my sister during her last days. My crazy niece's goal, to put us all through her own special version of hell.<br /><br />As  my sister says, I'm mis-er-a-ble.<br /><br />

I'm mis-er-a-ble

I'm back in Fairbanks at my sister's house. I came back on October 7 to help care for my sister, along with my youngest niece (46) a...

Bias Argentine Media

2:06 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO-8_i3yB5Sx3ArrtdIrVv-G8T_EZd8baz_hE1wjbYu1d0nyVvbJX_ypg8xhxwy7fNj9qI8eBl7iWfEjSsg2g9rJH9hYPdA0lv6ps2W2AP6nmZP1G2HGOVFDkjB-1tmGHZOq1jQ7lD21Q/s1600/300px-Argentina_flag_icon.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO-8_i3yB5Sx3ArrtdIrVv-G8T_EZd8baz_hE1wjbYu1d0nyVvbJX_ypg8xhxwy7fNj9qI8eBl7iWfEjSsg2g9rJH9hYPdA0lv6ps2W2AP6nmZP1G2HGOVFDkjB-1tmGHZOq1jQ7lD21Q/s200/300px-Argentina_flag_icon.svg.png" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MAIN STREAM MEDIA INFLUENCE IN ARGENTINA</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is interesting to see how mainstream print media is used to convey political massages in a subtle way, the common reader is most likely unable to detect.  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Take for example MercoPress and the Buenos Aires Herald, allegedly two, totally unconnected and independent media outlets, one being based in Buenos Aires and the other in Uruguay. Nevertheless both use the same topic and methodology to convey their political stance.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the Buenos Aires Herald editorial dated the 12 October 2011, the editor in chief Carolina Barros and her team voice no doubt regarding the re – election of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and thus encourages the opposition to stop wasting energy on gaining opposition votes, but instead challenge her to name the cabinet in order to supply important clues as to the policies the government intends to apply in the wake of the looming global eco – financial storm. Something the voters should have a right to know.    </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Shortly after the Buenos Aires Herald editorial was published, MercoPress poster an article on its web portal which cited that according to an opinion poll taken by Poliarquia Consultancy, one of whose customers is La Nacion newspaper (know to lean towards the opposition), the majority of voters allegedly demand changes in the cabinet, (what a coincident, just as requested in the Buenos Aires Herald editorial!!) and the always media effective fight crime and insecurity issue. (see <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/election-time-equals-crime-time-on.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/election-time-equals-crime-time-on.html</a> ).  An always welcome topic, the opposition tends to jump onto, in order to promise changes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since every one is certain that the current government of Argentina will win the upcoming elections the opposition has nothing to focus on, other than try and point voters towards public security issues and how the voters should question the future cabinet composition. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Buenos Aires Herald editorial then goes on with the usual mainstream media views on Eco – financial aspects which have been indoctrinated upon mainstream media by their corporate financiers who, needless to say, follow their own agenda in order to achieve certain objectives, one of them being to force Argentina to improve its relations with the USA in order to obtain international credits and rejoin the international financial markets. If Argentina would comply with such request it once again would step into the dept trap it has in recent past, when complying with the World and Inter American Development Banks and the IMF. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Economies of developing countries, especially in Africa and Latin America, have endured decades of bitter experiences of falling into debt traps that sap productive resources, benefit speculative financiers and weaken state capacities to govern</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite Argentina’s ban from the international financial markets it sustained its economic growth for was and is not subject to international market fluctuations and professionals with  </span><span style="font-size: large;">knowledge of macroeconomics and world affairs who intend to convince political and financial leaders of Latin American countries to accept massive "development loans" from the World Bank and USAID </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">(</span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development#Controversies_and_criticism">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development#Controversies_and_criticism</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">) </span><span style="font-size: large;">Once ensnared, the supplicants thus are subjected to pressure on different issues from Washington. Needless to say the fact that Argentina is doing rather well economically speaking, despite being not part of the international financial system does not suit the USA and its corporate entities in and outside the US as well as the European policy makers. Thus these entities use mainstream media to portray a bleak economic forecast for LATAM and Argentina in order to create uncertainty among common people as well as financial markets. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">See </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.mercopress.com/2011/10/14/fighting-crime-and-changes-in-the-cabinet-demand-argentine-voters-says-poll?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=argentina&utm_campaign=rss">http://en.mercopress.com/2011/10/14/fighting-crime-and-changes-in-the-cabinet-demand-argentine-voters-says-poll?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=argentina&utm_campaign=rss</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.poliarquia.com/">http://www.poliarquia.com/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.buenosairesherald.com/">http://www.buenosairesherald.com/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div>

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5:12 PM Tukiyooo 0

I appreciate all of your advice and encouragement on my <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/2011/10/breakdown.html">breakdown post</a>.   Some of you stated that I am too hard on myself, and on one hand I know that I am my own worst critic.  On the other hand, I know I cannot continue to make excuses for myself for the rest of my life - I have to get my butt in gear if I want to enjoy what is left of my 20s!<br /><br />Onward to more happy things, shall we?<br /><br />On Sunday evening, after Joel and I drove the 7.5 hours back from Charlotte, we decided to take a stroll through a nearby park that we've been meaning to check out.  A walk through a park is much more enjoyable than 45 minutes spent on the elliptical, wouldn't you say?  <br /><br />The park offered nice, leisurely walking paths through the woods, allowing us to forget that we really live in a major metropolitan area (score!). <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrMx9Gu-0rvS47Omg0P9pcwKKvEc5FkI7O26clxrIHWBsFZPvXYjLiCfGzM1ZxEare2V3Qq9eTUmBuQod-k3TEd0FPtYlYEsTp0iUEaTTj9U1OkZQ2abDHgMo2rxI2N0HYRYLR1Hqs5Y/s1600/Walking+Pic+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmrMx9Gu-0rvS47Omg0P9pcwKKvEc5FkI7O26clxrIHWBsFZPvXYjLiCfGzM1ZxEare2V3Qq9eTUmBuQod-k3TEd0FPtYlYEsTp0iUEaTTj9U1OkZQ2abDHgMo2rxI2N0HYRYLR1Hqs5Y/s400/Walking+Pic+1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Though Joel was a little unhappy when we came upon the marshland to find out that they do not allow fishing.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjOBdIaNlDNu1JC9lsx7OKu_mKVrc3ESI3qpXVgQcyrv7yKaq5mU2nKkRqmXOmQvOHto4ycGmrCsx2yyw4tcMXvYmOchflsUR3octFVodZtrZkUqXNtDzmaYyJiuR-Bz66FqMDXprXuA/s1600/Joel+no+fishing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjOBdIaNlDNu1JC9lsx7OKu_mKVrc3ESI3qpXVgQcyrv7yKaq5mU2nKkRqmXOmQvOHto4ycGmrCsx2yyw4tcMXvYmOchflsUR3octFVodZtrZkUqXNtDzmaYyJiuR-Bz66FqMDXprXuA/s400/Joel+no+fishing.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Even so, this deck was so nicely built and well maintained.  It was clean and clear of debris, and while walking through the marsh, it confirmed our suspicions as to where all those mosquitoes are coming from!  We pretty much cannot step out our front door without getting bit (our condo's property lines the perimeter of this park).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOO79NleXWQBebPUOnbWYtYbdZzKeFmNZR7WbU0VDyp7X2K30eLDALxYcb8IKQUAPtNJ12ty_V5oqPKffUk0MqyxlY50D_KqRAbb1RhvyPPhSsdWhThqnJcQ-F0Xe6doNTtiL6iSzDo0/s1600/walking+deck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOO79NleXWQBebPUOnbWYtYbdZzKeFmNZR7WbU0VDyp7X2K30eLDALxYcb8IKQUAPtNJ12ty_V5oqPKffUk0MqyxlY50D_KqRAbb1RhvyPPhSsdWhThqnJcQ-F0Xe6doNTtiL6iSzDo0/s400/walking+deck.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />You can also see that here in the northern part of Virginia, our leaves are just now starting to change colors.  I just love the fall :).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggKPwfBBVwy6nL9KR8aKlJZFB9a2ToVQM4vTRxuTvfvrLw3yP-9ePY4o2910Uj-Ytn3R1WJ5KyEHGcKHeUYY6ZlZ_Po7uUKUJBdQZEDbiBQrG0uLy0fdGsqGWIV3r8AK9G4g-GW0Wweg/s1600/leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggKPwfBBVwy6nL9KR8aKlJZFB9a2ToVQM4vTRxuTvfvrLw3yP-9ePY4o2910Uj-Ytn3R1WJ5KyEHGcKHeUYY6ZlZ_Po7uUKUJBdQZEDbiBQrG0uLy0fdGsqGWIV3r8AK9G4g-GW0Wweg/s400/leaves.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />We really enjoyed ourselves here, and look forward to taking advantage of other area parks before it gets too cold to tolerate the outdoors. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhki3c8Y9cmmJpvkc6ZLlSLjpnTn1FWSsySpZiCVcEbPLyiuF5bLVQnMzlI6-igPRiSF4b9y9_SYttKnT0JhD2scKGTSVWrKeY5s8la9H6aJl3DePn6v0vfS3i3UxIPLl4f1ldyp29gSxg/s1600/fall+woods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhki3c8Y9cmmJpvkc6ZLlSLjpnTn1FWSsySpZiCVcEbPLyiuF5bLVQnMzlI6-igPRiSF4b9y9_SYttKnT0JhD2scKGTSVWrKeY5s8la9H6aJl3DePn6v0vfS3i3UxIPLl4f1ldyp29gSxg/s400/fall+woods.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cat tails are so neat to me, and not just because I <3 Charles so much & they <br />somewhat remind me of him :)</td></tr></tbody></table>On Friday, Joel and I are doing a sailing adventure on the Potomac River.  We purchased the tickets for it through a Groupon-type website.  There will surely be more pictures to follow from that!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0WvWhhYqr3nmUFRFyzNNQOLeDkQOJfcvpcB9nOfFtu6TyST4EOIPZL6aLY_mOeUif-F0kAd8qY_GOMjoOHU18D8PVu3Ly9qEVOTiCa7bhwVFnp9ZsQMewG3WgLd0mwGOUFWc8EhCNTc/s1600/marsh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg0WvWhhYqr3nmUFRFyzNNQOLeDkQOJfcvpcB9nOfFtu6TyST4EOIPZL6aLY_mOeUif-F0kAd8qY_GOMjoOHU18D8PVu3Ly9qEVOTiCa7bhwVFnp9ZsQMewG3WgLd0mwGOUFWc8EhCNTc/s400/marsh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tomorrow (Friday) is also Joel and I's official weigh in for our first week on WW.  We started together officially on Monday, and so our weigh in week this week is short.  However, after tomorrow, we will be weighing in weekly on Friday's. <br /><br />Have a great weekend!

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1:15 PM Tukiyooo 0

As you may have guessed from my absence of blog entries, I was rather busy last week.  I spent Sunday - Wednesday in Philadelphia.  On Friday, Joel and I made our way to Charlotte, NC for the wedding.  We returned on Sunday and I was off on Monday for Columbus Day.<br /><br />Well friends, you didn't miss much in my world I can assure you.  It was a week filled with very poor eating choices and weight gain.  <br /><br />However, it was a week where I still managed to get in 4 very good days of activity - 2 in Philly, 1 in North Carolina and 1 yesterday.  I'm proud of those days of exercise - it was the one thing I felt I had the most control over throughout my travels.<br /><br />On the NC trip, I had a bit of a breakdown.  I was feeling extremely uncomfortable in my dress, along with the control top tights. I should not have bought control top... it almost defeats the purpose if you think about it.  The fitted top sucks you in so much that it creates even more rolls above the ones it's trying to eliminate, and those rolls made me feel ugly and fat and sad.  (I even had a moment where I was contemplating ending this blog all together.  I'm supposed to be blogging about weight that I'm losing, but if you look at the numbers on the left, you'll see why I feel like such an weight-loss-blogging imposter.)<br /><br />There were plenty of coworkers at this wedding.  These people have never seen me in a dress before, and I also had insecurities of exposing my legs to them.  Of course, "these people" are all skinny girls who live on a different planet that I do.  They dress to impress.  I dress to blend in.  Let's just say the wedding weekend was not one of the highlights of my life. <br /><br />One good thing that did come out of that weekend was Joel agreed to do Weight Watchers with me.  <a href="http://the-big-weight.blogspot.com/search/label/HJ%20Competition">We tried to institute a weight loss competition many months ago</a>, but he and I loosely followed it, chalking up our living situation to the reason why we couldn't seriously follow along.  However, in due part to my breakdown and also due to his recent diagnosis of high blood pressure, he knows he needs to get in shape and lose some weight as well.  So we will be Points+ counting fools, and I'm so excited that he has agreed to participate.  It's so tough trying to eat "right" when you have a partner who has a completely different food agenda.  <br /><br />I have high hopes for myself: <br /><br /><blockquote>1. Of one day being a dashing bride - a thinner version of myself, walking down the aisle to ooohhh's and ahhhh's from friends and family who cannot believe I finally lost The Big Weight.  <br /><br />2. Of being a confident individual in all that I do, especially at work.  <br /><br />3. Of loving myself first, so that I can more effectively love those closest to me.</blockquote><br />I need to keep reminding myself: <b>Every time the food wins, <i>it steals away my joy in life</i></b>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: #351c75; text-align: center;"><b><i>There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.  ~Author Unknown</i></b></div>

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margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The following 14 companies have a combined total of nearly 10,000 job openings -- and they need employees as badly as you need a job.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>1. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/PNC/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">PNC</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available: </strong>1,000+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Mortgage loan officer, bank branch manager, software engineer, part-time teller, relationship manager and financial advisor</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>2. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/AON/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">AON</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available: </strong>1,390+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Risk management, insurance brokerage services, benefits outsourcing, human capital consulting and actuarial</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>3. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/u-haul/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">U-Haul</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 1,575+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: General manager and trainees, shop manager, customer care representative, programmer, web designer, traffic control manager, storage team manager, structural engineer, production manager and transfer driver</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>4. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/yellowbook/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Yellowbook</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 1,000+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: New media specialist, client service representative, entry-level customer service, finance, it- engineering, developer, programmer, entry-level production and entry-level field distribution management</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>5. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/comfort+keepers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">Comfort Keepers</a></strong><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/comfort+keepers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 900+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Caregiver, home health aide, LPN, personal care aide, registered nurse, community relations and marketing director</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>6. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/motorola+solutions/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Motorola Solutions</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 600+ globally</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Various IT and engineering roles: product manager, systems engineer, information security specialist and software engineer</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>7. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/red+ventures/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Red Ventures</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 500+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Inside sales, web developer, online marketing, sales trainer, corporate recruiter, php developer, sales recruiter, human resources and copywriter</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>8. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/bridgestone/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bridgestone Retail Operations</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Retail management trainee, retail sales (full-time and part-time), automotive technician (full-time and part-time) and automotive maintenance technician (full-time and part-time)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>9. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/earthlink/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Earthlink</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 300+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Account executive, major account executive, national account executive, system sales, channel sales, sales engineer, field technician, NOC technician and branch manager</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>10. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/unitek/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">UniTek Global Services</a></strong><strong></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>umber of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Cable installer, satellite installer and wireless installation project manager and foreman</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>11. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/certified+payment+processing/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Certified Payment Processing</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Outside sales</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>12. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/pilot+flying+j/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Pilot Flying J</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 500+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs</strong>: Retail and restaurant managers</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>13. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/senior+helpers/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Senior Helpers</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 400+</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Certified nursing assistant, caregiver, scheduling coordinator, marketing manager, client services manager, community relations coordinator</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>14. <a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/jobs/company/harbor+freight+tools/" style="color: #3300cc; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Harbor Freight Tools</a></strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Number of jobs available:</strong> 500</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong>Types of jobs: </strong>Field positions at all level within our stores, nationwide. 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