Jayman is Fascinating

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola Y’all! While I’m off enjoying Super Happy Margarita Night here in the Jewel of the Midwest, here’s another fun meme to keep you entertained.<br /><br /><b>1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?</b><br />Not a real cop.<br /><br /><b>2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters?</b><br />I don’t ride roller coasters.<br /><br /><br /><b>3. When's the last time you've been sledding?</b><br />Years and years and years ago.<br /><br /><br /><b>4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?</b><br />Well, you know that I *AM* the world’s greatest cuddler.<br /><br /><br /><b>5. Do you believe in ghosts?</b><br />Definitely.  I’ve seen lots of ‘em.<br /><br /><b>6. Do you consider yourself creative?</b><br />Sometimes, I guess.<br /><br /><b>7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?</b><br />I have no doubt whatsoever.<br /><br /><b>8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie?</b><br />Team Aniston<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mqIEH63Q8qGFm9u-b1WOeGG9z2sUpzVcDOeSZhKzIiVRoPPaJq54GOnzOXf6tbavNXSGoOv64xDutFArwIzzy5ORffr3bzR6rf7Yq7rcXpyNK1JbFWRpHFxBOSYGFpsH1LySZrDx-k8/s1600/Jennifer+Aniston+Nude+Topless+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mqIEH63Q8qGFm9u-b1WOeGG9z2sUpzVcDOeSZhKzIiVRoPPaJq54GOnzOXf6tbavNXSGoOv64xDutFArwIzzy5ORffr3bzR6rf7Yq7rcXpyNK1JbFWRpHFxBOSYGFpsH1LySZrDx-k8/s320/Jennifer+Aniston+Nude+Topless+Hot.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><b>9. Do you stay friends with your exes?</b><br />Kinda<br /><br /><b>10. Do you know how to play poker?</b><br />I know the basic rules and idea behind Texas Hold-Em, but I’m not very good at it.<br /><br /><b>11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?</b><br />Cocaine is a hellova drug.<br /><br /><b>12. What's your favorite commercial?</b><br />It’s an old one but “I LIKE TACOS!”<br /><br /><b>13. What are you allergic to?</b><br />Mangos and success.<br /><br /><b>14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around do you run red lights?</b><br />No, ‘cause you know there is a cop pretty close and he'll nail me.<br /><br /><b>15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you?</b><br />More than one.<br /><br /><b>16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?</b><br />Niether. OH GOD I HATE THEM BOTH AND THEIR FAN BASES SO MUCH!<br /><br /><b>17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?</b><br />Yes, a long, loooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.<br /><br /><b>18. How often do you remember your dreams?</b><br />About half the time.<br /><br /><b>19. When was the last time you laughed so hard you cried?</b><br />During our Lesbian Celebration show.<br /><br /><b>20. Can you name 5 songs by The Beatles?</b><br />Hey Jude<br />Revolution<br />I Wanna Hold Your Hand<br />Dear Prudence<br />Get Back<br /><br /><b>21. What's the one thing on your mind now?</b><br />Holy crap those margaritas are good!<br /><br /><b>22. Do you know who Ghetto-ass barbie is?</b><br />No, but I've known a few Barbies who lived in the Ghetto<br /><br /><b>23. Do you always wear your seat belt?</b><br />Yes, always.<br /><br /><b>24. What cell service do you use?</b><br />Net 10 cause I’m fancy like that.<br /><br /><b>25. Do you like Sushi?</b><br />No, cause my sister tried to use it to kill me once.<br /><br /><b>26. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident?</b><br />Yes<br /><br /><b>27. What do you wear to bed?</b><br />Nothing. Sexy, right?<br /><br /><b>28. Been caught stealing?</b><br />Caught? No.<br /><br /><b>29. What shoe size do you have?</b><br />12.5 or 13.<br /><br /><b>30. Do you truly hate anyone?</b><br />Yes, but I'm trying to get past that. It’s bad to hate.<br /><br /><b>31. Classic Rock or Rap?</b><br />I love and hate both of them.<br /><br /><b>32. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?</b><br />Sofia Vergara<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Af1ThV6AAcfgvDVsP35zfAs_MpF6xYFwGlFeRmnKGpeL0vyayk5QEZNGl3NyfQWQaGSdAbg1ASLmRe3hZ5v3pq2oEj7vb0CSWVCAtr23lvKbQraxYG5lRC8cjmuy9EDacDO-hqFwNZQ/s1600/Sofia+Vergara+Nude+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Af1ThV6AAcfgvDVsP35zfAs_MpF6xYFwGlFeRmnKGpeL0vyayk5QEZNGl3NyfQWQaGSdAbg1ASLmRe3hZ5v3pq2oEj7vb0CSWVCAtr23lvKbQraxYG5lRC8cjmuy9EDacDO-hqFwNZQ/s320/Sofia+Vergara+Nude+Hot.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Or, Zhang Ziyi<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchXshP8-YTpR7ndM9KQc7MHx8ReuqZzboNDbfhgpmLIFffwa8ojKWDDYY2uO_Ronp09E8i9_OPsPZPIcicufHsrvvxvP8Z5dWEAg3B6fBGg3I7lSL2tZHh_Thx42VExulcqDv5_M4pjQ/s1600/zhang+ziyi+nude+hot+legs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchXshP8-YTpR7ndM9KQc7MHx8ReuqZzboNDbfhgpmLIFffwa8ojKWDDYY2uO_Ronp09E8i9_OPsPZPIcicufHsrvvxvP8Z5dWEAg3B6fBGg3I7lSL2tZHh_Thx42VExulcqDv5_M4pjQ/s320/zhang+ziyi+nude+hot+legs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>33. Favorite Song?</b><br />There’s no way to come up with ONE favorite song.<br /><br /><b>34. Have you ever sung in front of the mirror?</b><br />Haven’t we all?<br /><br /><b>35. What food do you find disgusting?</b><br />Mayonnaise<br /><br /><b>36. Do you sing in the shower?</b><br />Not usually.<br /><br /><b>37. Did you ever play, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours"?</b><br />Many times, in fact I’d be willing to play with many of you right now.<br /><br /><b>38. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?</b><br />No more than you have.<br /><br /><b>39. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew?</b><br />Yes.<br /><br /><b>40. Have you ever been punched in the face?</b><br />Yes.<br /><br /><br />Woo-Hoo! Another fascinating trip to Jaymanville!<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS </a><br /><br /></div>

Jayman is Fascinating

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Have you heard of the Nab’Ubomi media project? Read about it here!

<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/AVvXsEiCaSPZyMswS8lU-14TDbi8dnoSL0qCWYD6-1LNztk9z-s8UX8vAH8nu0CMkqlDQN5QnABdBFyyBydU4QT-EVU_sMfoAupkeWXprzgmFT-sH7dGakJsrRHdHGtEdQkxUrhfnbeKXeo0YXM/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRC1PZdruVI14eq5prR507_s597GgCIRAfyimqQwTYTtaAedcR5o1TIFiiwMHMMbIoFU5cwbCs6EvaQI1qHsX-UeiYAvx3C2NunHXcxFCDyGJhnnQhL5P-Rkk9osumFRtMJqKikDdamNk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a></div><br /><em>Submitted by Fiona Beal</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few months back I had the privilege of being invited, as a SchoolNet representative, to be one of  the judges for the Nab’Ubomi Interschool 2011 Short Film Competition. What a marvelous evening it turned out to be watching these compelling short movies. These movies were created and carved by Grade 11 students in the Eastern Cape, and filmed using the guidance and resources of the Nab'Ubomi crew, at their respective schools. The Nab’Ubomi Film Development Project & School Filmmaking Competition introduces the South African youth to the world of Film and TV Production and Media Education Literacy.This is a really incredible project, well worth taking note of. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bryony Roughton is the Project Director of Nab’Ubomi Film School.</span></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More about Nab’Ubomi</span></strong><br /><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab'Ubomi, </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">meaning ‘</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Life’ </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in isiXhosa, is an inter-school film competition running in the Eastern Cape since 2007. It is now expanding, in stages, into all provinces of South Africa to become a national competition. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab'Ubomi </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has been built around six essential aspects or pillars: </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Education ‐Youth ‐ Story ‐ Film ‐ Content ‐ Development. </strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can read more on their website (</span><a href="http://www.nabubomi.co.za/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="http://www.nabubomi.co.za/">http://www.nabubomi.co.za/</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) and also on the flier below (which can be read in more detail <a href="https://www.box.com/s/lzqbx7awdcnvw63a8d13" target="_blank">here</a> - or you could press the <i>fullscreen</i> button in the bottom right hand corner of the frame).</span><br /><br /><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="400" src="https://www.box.com/embed/r2y5dcc26bcwkgg.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="466" wmode="opaque"></embed> <br /><br /><br /><strong></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nab’Ubomi’s playlist on YouTube</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab’Ubomi has a playlist of all their films on YouTube – if you can spare the time they will definitely make an interesting evening’s viewing. </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/NabUbomi" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" title="http://www.youtube.com/user/NabUbomi">http://www.youtube.com/user/NabUbomi</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The 'Best of the Festival Award' film 2011</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example here is the 2011 Best of the Festival Award film. It is a student film from the Nab'Ubomi 2011 inter-school short film competition called '<i>Eternal Inspirations'</i> by </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Pumela Sibulele Billie</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Molteno Senior Secondary School in Queenstown Education District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. </span><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Fu6LJgkhjbU?list=PL518CCAC8FC0B0E85&hl=en_GB" width="420"></iframe> <strong></strong><br /><div style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><br /></strong></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Awards Dinner for 2012 winners</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWVYMPkmrhLzfOai8cHgvLPHUQlKEGevfEPVi59t6J9Oe9itmpSp998r9C7F3shWWRtBHcPzoTLcGdvqxH1vo13DaTQOp-jPy2ZYQfvLimTBEGjqeVJ8O1-T0wrrsEWiTSIznaPdNy9Q8/s1600-h/image%25255B9%25255D.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="82" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-0Dh4Br5ne0ca4-yas5LtBFrsRpTISptv6ZCTxwt9NEB1uvyb6wqiphLCtE5pe3erAxEiv9LNg4wLzar0Sm41xYMzG9Q7yosP7NoCHbnTmHGB2xLmknn8B79oQokm7bq9J26QKruvSg/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good news is that on the 30th November 2012 an Award ceremony for all the 2012 winners will take place at a Gala Event in East London hosted by the Eastern Cape Department of Education. This will include the presentation of nominee and award Certificates & winners, trophies and a screening of the top three award winning films</span>. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If you would like to see the learners' comments about the positive effect the Nab'Ubami project has had on their lives read about it </span><a href="https://www.box.com/s/szjinr2qsc8nvo563gnl" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nab’Ubomi is looking to expand to to the Northern Cape and Western Cape working with schools in the same way as outlined above. We, at SchoolNet, wish them well as they inspire the youth of our country with this project. </span></div>

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Webinar recording: Get to know Google+ (20/11/2012)

<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/AVvXsEiHGTjcHQMDtkRrD_3MyxU0iGDHxmzBK8sCrOc0ZOzmBinL1JkOYE0zxgVCgLQLxat7wfxEpV54S45HVqfnsiLu1anbUqT3B9Cw0hF-rfLFgOFThMm37HQxRTCZOOf9APVBMOmvkENwo_4/s1600/webinar+recording.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGTjcHQMDtkRrD_3MyxU0iGDHxmzBK8sCrOc0ZOzmBinL1JkOYE0zxgVCgLQLxat7wfxEpV54S45HVqfnsiLu1anbUqT3B9Cw0hF-rfLFgOFThMm37HQxRTCZOOf9APVBMOmvkENwo_4/s400/webinar+recording.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google+, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the like are all social networks. They’re designed to let you share up-to-the second updates, ideas, thoughts, links and media with your friends and the public. There are a few features which makes Google different from these other networks.</span><br /><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-indent: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">Google </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">has integrated Google+ </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">with its </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">other services (and continues to do so) e.g.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Search</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">YouTube</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic; text-indent: -0.38in;">Gmail</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">more</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;"> Google</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.38in;">+ is already built into services you use every day.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Google+ uses the concept of<i> circles </i>(groups)<i>, </i>and this<i> </i>differentiates it from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook for example as it allows users </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">precise control over who sees what. </span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Webinar presentation</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a Slideshare of the webinar presentation on Google + from last night.  The webinar covered:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">•</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">What is Google +</span>•Highlights of interesting features<br />•Circles<br />•How to write a post<br />•How to receive a notification<br /><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">•</span><span style="text-indent: -0.38in;">Benefits to education</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/15264977" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px;" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/get-to-know-google-plus" target="_blank" title="Get to know Google plus!">Get to know Google plus!</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></strong> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Webinar recording</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the webinar recording.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/p8k2og7qufw/">Get to know Google+</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Further reading</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) <a href="http://mostateteachers.typepad.com/missouri_state_teachers_a/2011/07/google-plus-what-does-it-mean-for-education.html">Google + - what does it mean for education?</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2)</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mostateteachers.typepad.com/missouri_state_teachers_a/2011/07/google-plus-what-does-it-mean-for-education.html">27 ways to use Google+ to support education</a> (a presentation)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) <a href="http://edreach.us/2011/07/06/circle-me-up-exploring-circles-in-google/">Circle me up - exploring circles in Google+</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) <a href="http://40%20google%20plus%20tips%20for%20newbies/">40+ Google tips for newbies</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) <a href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/googleplus50/">The Google+ 50</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwnJ5Bl4kLI&feature=youtu.be">The Google plus project - a quick look</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=135530">A livebinder of Google+ resources</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) <a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/professorsconsider-%20classroom-uses-for-google-plus/32131">Classroom uses for Google+</a></span></div></div></div>

webinars Webinar recording: Get to know Google+ (20/11/2012)

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My Top 10 at D&B

Designers & Books has posted <a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/booklist/john-hill/notable-books-2012">my list of notable books for 2012</a>. I selected ten titles published this year and wrote about similarities between some of them in my introduction. Below is a teaser, but click the image to see the rest of my list. The entire Notable Books 2012 list, with contributions by me and many others, <a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/books/notable-2012/genre/all/covers/title-asc/all">can be found here</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/booklist/john-hill/notable-books-2012"><img alt="D-B2012.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/D-B2012.jpg" title="Designers and Books 2012 Preview" /></a>

My Top 10 at D&B

Designers & Books has posted my list of notable books for 2012 . I selected ten titles published this year and wrote about similarities ...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/20/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://worldwidethinktank.wikispaces.com">worldwidethinktank - home</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Julie Lindsay and Think Global School and Flat Classroom have partnered to create the World Wide Think Tank and organization for students to brainstorm and take action on common issues. If you want to join - here is their wiki.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/globaled">globaled</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/the-flat-classroom-project-taking-the-long-view">The Flat Classroom Project - Taking the Long View - Flat Classroom Project</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The "Youtube" keynote is a hinge of our projects - we have renegades and innovators from around the world share a challenge and thoughts for students and teachers as part of each project. Chris Betcher does something FASCINATING - he reaches back to his first global collaborative projects 10 years a go and has found the students from that project and shares what they are doing now.  I'm going to do the same in about  4 years with my first Flat Classroom students. It is tremendous how the students had a head start in the world by collaborating globally. These would make great films for preservice teachers and your classroom. I highly recommend viewing this video. Why do we incorporate global collaboration into our classrooms?  "Australia/Sydney-based award winning educator, Chris Betcher, talks about the long-term advantages for students of connecting and collaborating globally. He includes footage from his students today who worked on global projects over 10 years ago and the impact this had on their lives and future careers. This keynote was produced for the Flat Classroom Project 12-2, November 2012. http://fcp12-2.flatclassroomproject.org/Keynote Chris Betcher: http://www.chrisbetcher.com http://twitter.com/betchaboy"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom">flatclassroom</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 11/20/2012

worldwidethinktank - home Julie Lindsay and Think Global School and Flat Classroom have partnered to...

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SchoolNet webinars this week

<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/AVvXsEjEFmg7Ha3Re5J5M9mhiA6ZwxIy0TSmNFhMdRHDykpq04fzhWSTLn8UAtrfTC7NMqkHw9Uy0Ks1oMZDCVMVbwIqvrytzltNKsKx3-LR6PEWry1Z5LszB3T2LqGqqudn4eM0HumGWwjIo_U/s1600/webinars1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFmg7Ha3Re5J5M9mhiA6ZwxIy0TSmNFhMdRHDykpq04fzhWSTLn8UAtrfTC7NMqkHw9Uy0Ks1oMZDCVMVbwIqvrytzltNKsKx3-LR6PEWry1Z5LszB3T2LqGqqudn4eM0HumGWwjIo_U/s320/webinars1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">These are our SchoolNet webinars for this week - both short and sweet! Do join us if you can.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br clear="all" /></span><br /><div style="font-family: arial;"><div style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(1) Please join us in an Adobe Connect Meeting.<br /><u>Meeting Name</u>:  Get to know Google +<br /><u>Summary</u>: This webinar introduces you to Google+ and how to use it.<br /><u>Presenter</u>: Fiona Beal (<a href="mailto:fiona@schoolnet.org.za" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">fiona@schoolnet.org.za</a>)<br /><u>When</u>:  Tuesday 20 November 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM (15 mins)<br /><u>Time Zone</u>:  (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria<br /><u>URL</u>: <u><span style="color: #0070c0;"><a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/googleplus/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://meet78641452.<wbr></wbr>adobeconnect.com/googleplus/</a></span></u></span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><u><span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></u></div><div style="color: #222222;"></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(2) Please join us in an Adobe Connect Meeting.<br /><u>Meeting Name</u>:  Popplet in the classroom<br /><u>Summary</u>: This webinar features the lovely mindmapping/sticky-note/<wbr></wbr>collaboration application<br />Popplet (<a href="http://popplet.com/" target="_blank">http://popplet.com</a>/) with which you can do much.<br /><u>Presenter:</u> Michelle Botha from Somerset House in Somerset West.<br /><u>Invited By</u>: Fiona Beal (<a href="mailto:fiona@schoolnet.org.za" target="_blank">fiona@schoolnet.org.za</a>)<br /><u>When:</u>  Thursday 22 November 6:00 PM - 6:15 PM (15 mins)<br /><span style="line-height: 14px;"><u>Time Zone</u>:</span><span style="line-height: 14px;">  </span><span style="line-height: 14px;">(GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria<br />URL: </span></span><a href="http://meet78641452.adobeconnect.com/popplet/" target="_blank">http://meet78641452.<wbr></wbr>adobeconnect.com/popplet/</a><br /><br />The recordings will be placed on the blog the day after the webinar. </div></div>

webinars SchoolNet webinars this week

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He's Not Even Black, but Dr. Rawalpindi Will Cut a Bitch!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I9zU8zGgCkhaJggw-agIs2UfV-vgve_Ab_h9K8eqD5U_ew12PvUqyxws-UexWdshpCn1IGdbmk_36sLDSkMg00-siSZYePRY1TpE6EBg824dvq0H3a-SUDXvmOlXhLXXq_8JzsoYVXU/s1600/Indian+Doctor+Physician.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7I9zU8zGgCkhaJggw-agIs2UfV-vgve_Ab_h9K8eqD5U_ew12PvUqyxws-UexWdshpCn1IGdbmk_36sLDSkMg00-siSZYePRY1TpE6EBg824dvq0H3a-SUDXvmOlXhLXXq_8JzsoYVXU/s400/Indian+Doctor+Physician.jpg" width="400" /></a>Salutations and a joyous and effervescent day after Monday to all of you most well perusers of the IWS blog web.<br /><br />I am IWS staff medico,<i><span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/10/dr-rawalpindi-speaksyou-listen.html" target="_blank">Dr. Rajiv Rawalpindi</a></span></i>, here with an update on the adorable yet less than affable, personage called Schmoop.<br /><br />I witnessed her in my office yesterday at the fifteen minute interval that follows the ten o’clock hour of AM.<br /><br />On the upside, her neon yellow skin tone has salvaged itself all the way down to what a painter would refer to as, a dull ochre, or in my terms, a Cambodian yellow softened a tich by the subtle maize-like sheen of Guamanian pigment.<br /><br />Medicinally speaking, this is much above average in its goodness.<br /><br />Anyhoodle…<br /><br />The day before the one in which we are currently residing, I explained to Schmoop the vastness and invasiveness of the acts I shall perform upon her with stealth, acumen, and a very pointy scalpel on a day in December numbered the 14th.<br /><br />I put her at ease as I told her that her surgery will transpire at the half past seven hour of AM which means instead of anesthesia she can just be euphoric from the fact that she won’t encounter heavy Columbus traffic on her sojourn over here.<br /><br />Ha Ha…I jested with her.  That is the nugget of my charm that excoriates me to others, but I digress, and need to allow myself to task to you what is at hand.<br /><br />Schmoop’s bile duct is plugged.  Plugged tight.  In fact, it is plugged so tight that I can’t see if the pluggage in question is cancerous or not until I rip her open and take a look see.<br /><br />Man, this entire thing is going to take a goodly amount of time and labor.  Schmoop could be on the bed of operations for three to seven, sixty minute periods.  Do you realize how many Indians are born every three to seven sixty minute periods?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ6RWsk5iuptdUeZ8SbB5oyYtdXXEZKw-5BvHDsUB4kkVLm_359Le1ODwwtmpVmojPcMKeNJLT54b0uXApJXpUrZ-YjeLvddXBx50ck_5b1pQ53MT4wY7QLUoBo8xgbAKgS9gPlGjx4E/s1600/Schmoop+Bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ6RWsk5iuptdUeZ8SbB5oyYtdXXEZKw-5BvHDsUB4kkVLm_359Le1ODwwtmpVmojPcMKeNJLT54b0uXApJXpUrZ-YjeLvddXBx50ck_5b1pQ53MT4wY7QLUoBo8xgbAKgS9gPlGjx4E/s320/Schmoop+Bed.jpg" width="320" /></a>Enough Indians to fill every God Damn call center in the world and still have ranch hands available to wash every God Damn sacred cow in in the Punjab region.  Wait?  Where I was?  Oh…Schmoop…<br /><br />She will remain mostly fine as we seize the maleficent intruder from her sexy, even at the age of two score and six, nubile body.  I shall not let you lovers of Schmoop cascade downward in your mood from up.<br /><br />That is where we stand erect at this point.  Myself and arraignment of medicinal cohorts will do all we can to make Schmoop whole again even though we will be removing vital organs.<br /><br />That’s right IWS fanaticals…Even though she will actually be half the person she was prior to surgery, she will be more complete, or as Matt and Jay say…or something.<br /><br />Annnnnnd….After her post-operative stay of 7-10 days, Matt-Man may very well have her home for your traditional war on holiday known as Christmas.<br /><br />If that doesn’t put a smile on your Christmas tree, my name isn’t…<br /><br /><i>Dr. Rajiv Rawalpindi</i><br /><i><br /></i><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a></i></div>

He's Not Even Black, but Dr. Rawalpindi Will Cut a Bitch!!

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Big What?

Fourteen? And we're <i>still</i> going to call the conference the Big Ten?<br /><br />After rumors persisted over the weekend, Maryland has voted - and approved - to leave the ACC and join the Big Ten conference in 2014. Rutgers is also talking to join the Big Ten as well.<br /><br />There was eighteen years between teams joining the Big Ten conference - Penn State in 1993 and Nebraska in 2011. Now there's only three. Is this how it's going to be? Teams jumping into the Big Ten like it's the Big East conference?<br /><br />I remember being pretty excited about the idea of Nebraska joining the Big Ten conference. My mouth was watering at the prospect of Michigan-Nebraska football games. Nebraska fit the mold of a Big Ten team: Midwestern, tough-as-nails, grass-fed beefy guys.<br /><br />When I heard about Maryland and Rutgers, I was a surprised, and not thrilled. Neither team is impressive, and the only championship of late was Maryland's basketball championship back in 2002. Neither is a team you'd think of first when it came to "elite college teams." If anything, both are very regional teams - known to other universities in the <i>East</i>. <br /><br />We'll see how this lineup turns out in the long run. But I return to my original question: after only changing the logo and adding a championship game and divisions, will the Big Ten be forced to scrap all of that because the number of teams keeps going farther and farther away from ten? Will this conference eventually be known as Big Ten-Squared? (That's a lot of schools.)

Big What?

Fourteen? And we're still going to call the conference the Big Ten? After rumors persisted over the weekend, Maryland has voted - and a...

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/11/19/endesa-pavilion/">Endesa Pavilion</a> in Barcelona, Spain, by IaaC:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/11/19/endesa-pavilion/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Nov12-19.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2010/09/half-dose-78-still-action.html">Still Action</a> in Chicago, Illinois, by Brandon Pass Architect:<br /><a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2010/09/half-dose-78-still-action.html"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/still-action5.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review features <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/11/19/three-books-about-architecture-and-its-relationship-to-landscape/"><i>Three Books About Architecture and Its Relationship to Landscape</i></a>:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2012/11/19/three-books-about-architecture-and-its-relationship-to-landscape/"><img alt="this week's book review" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/3books-archland.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" width="640" /></a><br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World-Architects.com U.S. <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/reviews/41">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38869_artsquest_center_at_steelstacks">Artsquest Center at SteelStacks</a> in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by Spillman Farmer Architects:<br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/en/projects/project-review-detail/38869_artsquest_center_at_steelstacks"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/38869/images/900:w/AQC03.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

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Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs | Popular Science

<base href="data:"><div style="font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">A lot of people see videogames as the archetypal time-waster. That's silly, and there have been a lot of studies that show why. The latest? Researchers have found that high school- and college-age gamers are better virtual surgeons than medical residents.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">Scientists from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston had a hunch that students with a regular videogame diet (high school sophomores who played two hours of games a day and college students who played four) would be primed for virtual surgery tools. They were right. When performance with those tools was measured, the game-playing students did better than a group of residents at UTMB. It was only slightly better, but still. Kinda makes you wonder: Who do you really want poking you with needles, a prim Harvard-educated resident or a slovenly high school kid who spends Friday nights playing Call of <i class="">Duty</i>?</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">The study used a machine that replicated surgeries--suture this, pass off that needle, etc. It then measured the users' competency based on how well they did the tasks, including the tension they put on their instruments and their overall hand-eye coordination. The high school students did best, followed by the college group, followed by the UTMB residents.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">For something to compare the results to, researchers also had the groups perform simulations without the gaming-type robotic aid used in the first test--an experiment that tested a different set of cognitive traits. The young gamers got trounced by the residents in that field.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; " class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">This doesn't mean we all need to rush to get our surgeons the latest copy of <i class="">Halo 4</i>. Most physicians working today, researchers note, weren't trained with robotic surgery tools. But having the same gaming background as the students probably wouldn't hurt, and researchers say we should reconsider how to train surgeons from the Xbox Generation.</font></div></div><a href="http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-11/teenage-gamers-are-better-virtual-surgery-medical-professionals" class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue'">http://www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2012-11/teenage-gamers-are-better-virtual-surgery-medical-professionals</font></a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; " class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs | Popular Science

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Photo Shoot No. 2

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today we had another photo shoot.  Freelance photographer <a href="http://www.shrphotography.com/">Sasfi Hope-Ross</a> came with Declan from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ODKMarchitectsanddesigners?fref=ts">ODKM</a> to do another shoot.   </span></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/AVvXsEgkj4gd3b3jhjKIglJu9EH2hkzlZfHwn6cBKpCS_QYeq3gmvNuJ1i9TFab0bROr65mQaw93hZUcuJmrOh-bXfdenOG1v48Ak79YJnGfkbvybdQ1op2V1fG7VBBXz6Ln-q81pYE3inywq889/s1600/IMG_2534%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj4gd3b3jhjKIglJu9EH2hkzlZfHwn6cBKpCS_QYeq3gmvNuJ1i9TFab0bROr65mQaw93hZUcuJmrOh-bXfdenOG1v48Ak79YJnGfkbvybdQ1op2V1fG7VBBXz6Ln-q81pYE3inywq889/s320/IMG_2534%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It will be interesting to see if these photos make any Irish magazines and if they do I will be looking forward to seeing how different or similar the photos look in comparison to the ones taken yesterday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4q0LuGXu_hCoU4CefF5WJu6M0FXPgqOZ9Q3QJxtXmIn-8daHYO-IIAtx2YVOjRhhm8u-r_YgwysJKQC7hSfYzheVjMHgEikAe_23J4ZtMFE9Vsujsx5pTTh89FcOEM0b9xgxnMN1457L/s1600/IMG_2537%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4q0LuGXu_hCoU4CefF5WJu6M0FXPgqOZ9Q3QJxtXmIn-8daHYO-IIAtx2YVOjRhhm8u-r_YgwysJKQC7hSfYzheVjMHgEikAe_23J4ZtMFE9Vsujsx5pTTh89FcOEM0b9xgxnMN1457L/s320/IMG_2537%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Declan changed up the scenes when instructed by the photographer.  The Calligaris chairs were taken out of the shot but the amazing Jan Kath Rug was left in.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUvoLodplzkxjN9TD5XBN1CV2HFtA24ORFxunx8rflZmaWiSCJbVxIx2NWhno1PMOpo9zu-RPADy-SwAnDGK6i7NlGeMCjck1uumMPibaWJs5MSD0fhCO3AuXWDzog4N0hY9CeisMvNIv/s1600/IMG_2546%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUvoLodplzkxjN9TD5XBN1CV2HFtA24ORFxunx8rflZmaWiSCJbVxIx2NWhno1PMOpo9zu-RPADy-SwAnDGK6i7NlGeMCjck1uumMPibaWJs5MSD0fhCO3AuXWDzog4N0hY9CeisMvNIv/s320/IMG_2546%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevmpaD37fkx5NQ-mp9tU_4YRrWxUKmN16lcRbDOI-85BneTt5PbakqXXYic1A7-ox81fZSAf3ZbEuGp4lzxrX2rBpRjnr0ZWo6SiH-nBRHwWPesA3zIUWfcOJpLjyjchNMoKF9YPvnvjL/s1600/IMG_2548%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSG61VTLAi2z8yKhyphenhyphendmCqWEOg0ynytRpmDRJfS8K7WTvr_nZgg6kj8oONaIWxGj-46T_RYwSS7sM5zsdf3-r6rX2o6x4xWGEHULnQePH6C2oLpt1TJVHI-hBJ82GY3ZGaXZk7Znf0DL1A/s1600/IMG_2527%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSG61VTLAi2z8yKhyphenhyphendmCqWEOg0ynytRpmDRJfS8K7WTvr_nZgg6kj8oONaIWxGj-46T_RYwSS7sM5zsdf3-r6rX2o6x4xWGEHULnQePH6C2oLpt1TJVHI-hBJ82GY3ZGaXZk7Znf0DL1A/s320/IMG_2527%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">At this point the photographer moved upstairs but I was unable to stick around to see her work as I had to go to work - which was a real pity as I found it terribly interesting to see how it was all done!  </span>

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 11/19/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://flatclassroomproject.ning.com/video/the-flat-classroom-project-taking-the-long-view">The Flat Classroom Project - Taking the Long View - Flat Classroom Project</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The "Youtube" keynote is a hinge of our projects - we have renegades and innovators from around the world share a challenge and thoughts for students and teachers as part of each project. Chris Betcher does something FASCINATING - he reaches back to his first global collaborative projects 10 years a go and has found the students from that project and shares what they are doing now.  I'm going to do the same in about  4 years with my first Flat Classroom students. It is tremendous how the students had a head start in the world by collaborating globally. These would make great films for preservice teachers and your classroom. I highly recommend viewing this video. Why do we incorporate global collaboration into our classrooms?  "Australia/Sydney-based award winning educator, Chris Betcher, talks about the long-term advantages for students of connecting and collaborating globally. He includes footage from his students today who worked on global projects over 10 years ago and the impact this had on their lives and future careers. This keynote was produced for the Flat Classroom Project 12-2, November 2012. http://fcp12-2.flatclassroomproject.org/Keynote Chris Betcher: http://www.chrisbetcher.com http://twitter.com/betchaboy"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom">flatclassroom</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 11/19/2012

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<strong>Library Director - </strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Deep River Public Library</strong></span>. The Town of Deep River is seeking a caring, vibrant and community oriented Library Director who can build on the library’s many strengths while continuing to enhance its broad range of services to the community. In addition to the Director, there are six part-time staff. The library is open 45 hours a week and offers 40,000 titles in various formats to the community, with circulation in excess of 69,000 annually. Minimum Qualifications: MLS or MLIS preferred with three years of progressively responsible public library experience. Salary and Benefits: depending on experience and education with an excellent benefits package. If interested please contact AC Proctor, 79 Kirtland St, Deep River CT 06417 or email at <a href="mailto:proctor.ac@gmail.com">proctor.ac@gmail.com</a>. Completed applications should include your resume and cover letter and be postmarked by <span style="color: red;">December 21, 2012</span>.

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make new friends but keep the old

...one is silver and the other gold. If I knew why that song was in my head, I'd tell you. But I have no explanation  I've also got Flock Of Seagulls in my head so go figure.<br /><br />I've been in a mixing mood lately. Maybe it's the crispy gold of fall, turning into the icy silver of winter (woah, can i get a holla for that line of poetry?) but I'm way into silver and gold. Living in harmony, just like ebony and ivory. The odd songs flow, what can I say.<br /><br />I'm especially loving it in the kitchen. Which really is stainless and brass, but you get where I'm going with this.<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/AVvXsEh0rb9oGLof9X8eTDtr5tmhQ3Y6dZHYtKNSbqCtub-M39ywMYu5mzgTgUBaOiAWipCqVhK5WwLNaCPTUlwMMdsO7U4kDHiYu4bjW3CA7gEf_hNPnWDzrVc9BnEQHONlnGiJiH8OqMQylyaA/s1600/altadore-i-kitchen.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rb9oGLof9X8eTDtr5tmhQ3Y6dZHYtKNSbqCtub-M39ywMYu5mzgTgUBaOiAWipCqVhK5WwLNaCPTUlwMMdsO7U4kDHiYu4bjW3CA7gEf_hNPnWDzrVc9BnEQHONlnGiJiH8OqMQylyaA/s640/altadore-i-kitchen.jpeg" width="422" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.veranda-interiors.com/2012/08/altadore-i-kitchen.html" target="_blank">Veranda Interiors</a></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEiXFHYL62SUbYmEqVX7Y1C8gtpGLnuv4PuGfZm_AKTJ93jKRGIAYzWk43qPu-CsSVhQArcRAwaQt_hl2Pbno5bCnbYFqY9I0GObxSdYmqT5PXqoYeacdoWS0H0wXo9TsbPH-Yp_lu8mVFie/s1600/kitchen2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXFHYL62SUbYmEqVX7Y1C8gtpGLnuv4PuGfZm_AKTJ93jKRGIAYzWk43qPu-CsSVhQArcRAwaQt_hl2Pbno5bCnbYFqY9I0GObxSdYmqT5PXqoYeacdoWS0H0wXo9TsbPH-Yp_lu8mVFie/s640/kitchen2.jpeg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://horchata-jessieleigh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Long and Short of it</a> via <a href="http://theeverygirl.com/feature/jessie-epley-shorts-raleigh-home-tour/" target="_blank">the Everygirl</a></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEj__w3CXyGPkXUDCti3hJ5iNBtxEMfsE0sNivPJ_6xXxlYX32ge0CCBzDEehEy3HTjgjasMdDI_tra2H2wpXESU0uNajW2o_wDc4JOdJwk6iPWFHp7ncBYXuULLHaJk_opqlhV1aqXnugSp/s1600/1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__w3CXyGPkXUDCti3hJ5iNBtxEMfsE0sNivPJ_6xXxlYX32ge0CCBzDEehEy3HTjgjasMdDI_tra2H2wpXESU0uNajW2o_wDc4JOdJwk6iPWFHp7ncBYXuULLHaJk_opqlhV1aqXnugSp/s640/1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amymeierdesign.com/decorator-portfolio.html" target="_blank">Amy Meier Design</a></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEh34gnxS0UN8TP7KfZYAZ7JbRZzxZpqHziJloNjGZztcxanZrETo0kLxS-3bYVuMARCbCBGO70cTLreKdVY4kzDT85OnAgSx2jCGIKjwRgpnrQYPQC1Ey1nLxbEZT_iBvlxRrgz4Spr4Yiz/s1600/kitchen2-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34gnxS0UN8TP7KfZYAZ7JbRZzxZpqHziJloNjGZztcxanZrETo0kLxS-3bYVuMARCbCBGO70cTLreKdVY4kzDT85OnAgSx2jCGIKjwRgpnrQYPQC1Ey1nLxbEZT_iBvlxRrgz4Spr4Yiz/s640/kitchen2-1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://whiteandgolddesign.blogspot.com/p/portfolio.html" target="_blank">White + Gold Design</a></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEjP-PKk0fHuiSIBa3JYJEgd9dUNIG94niW765k_GFtUQD0-HrI0MX0dpm5cvv1MLsAABO84FSNEOvV4JdKLinQgJke_uQwK77YbGCXWzhWRpCbFaD_g9LG4jJ4aKtH4riK7-QhzVYgiRYpe/s1600/p_101946172.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-PKk0fHuiSIBa3JYJEgd9dUNIG94niW765k_GFtUQD0-HrI0MX0dpm5cvv1MLsAABO84FSNEOvV4JdKLinQgJke_uQwK77YbGCXWzhWRpCbFaD_g9LG4jJ4aKtH4riK7-QhzVYgiRYpe/s640/p_101946172.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/showhouses/santa-barbara-design-house_ss11.html" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Makes for a very glam kitchen. It works best, I think, when it's tempered and subtle but when it works right, it is oh so good.<br /><br />So what do you think? Do you mix you metals? Do you mix your cocktails? Thank goodness for a short week ahead!

make new friends but keep the old

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How to escape an awkward networking conversation

<br /><div class="RXart" style="background-color: white; padding-right: 20px; text-align: left;"><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -30px;"><div class="cbmsnArticleImage" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" src="http://emj.cbdr.com/artieimages/sk/arhv64v602rrlhmzxfsk.gif?time=10/26/2012%202:00:58%20pm" /></div><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #000066; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="cbArticle_lblHeadline">How to escape an awkward networking rsation</span></h1></div><b><span id="cbArticle_lblByLine">By Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder Writer</span></b><br /><br /><div class="group_share_top clearfix" style="height: 25px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div class="share_icons"><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto;"><li class="cb_share_button share_top" style="background-color: #e3eff7; border-bottom-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 13px; height: 18px; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; width: 110px;"><br /></li></ul></div></div><div class="cb_share_more_wrapper"></div></div><div class="ArticleContent"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There's nothing worse than being stuck in an awkward conversation at a party with no escape. After several painful minutes of talking about the weather and the latest football game, you finally blurt out, "I have to go to the bathroom!" and quickly run away.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You can find yourself in the same situation at a networking event. Except at these, you have no choice but to act polite and professional, because important career relationships may be at stake. Conversations can hit just as much of a dead end, and without having a clear exit strategy, you may waste </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">valuable</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> networking time.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span></span><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"The secret to exiting an awkward networking conversation is the same as the secret to getting out of anything you don't want to do: preparation," says Robby Slaughter, author of "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unbeatable-Networking-Efficient-Professional-ebook/dp/B008Y60AGQ/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">The Unbeatable Recipe for Networking Events</a>." Following this sage advice, here are some tactics for escaping those uncomfortable exchanges and coming out with your career connections intact.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The bait and switch</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Want to get out of a conversation while still appearing helpful? Try handing the person off to someone else who is better suited to chat. "Use the downtime in the conversation to ask the person what they are hoping to get from the networking event, and facilitate an introduction to someone else who can help them," says Kristi Hedges, executive coach, leadership development consultant and author of "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Presence-Potential-Influence/dp/0814417736" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">The Power of Presence."</a> "For example, if they're looking for a job, introduce them to a recruiting friend or someone who has just found a job. When they are situated, you can warmly excuse yourself in order to catch up with some other folks there."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The concerned conversationalist</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When you've reached the point of no return in a networking conversation, make ending the conversation about the other person -- how you must be keeping him from other important people, places or events. But be sure to close with a clear parting statement so there's less of a chance for lingering.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sheila C. Sheley, president of <a href="http://sheleymarketing.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Sheley Marketing</a>, suggests using one of these lines:</div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /><li style="margin-left: 0.25in;">"You probably want to find a seat before they start the presentation. I hope you enjoy it."</li><br /><li style="margin-left: 0.25in;">"You should get in that line for the bar before it gets too long, and I should go return a call from my office. Nice chatting with you."</li><br /><li style="margin-left: 0.25in;">"I'm sure there are other people here that you want to meet, so I'll let you continue your networking. Have a nice evening."</li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The open-ended closer</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Another conundrum that comes along with networking is the inevitable exchange of business cards and the promise to keep in touch. But what if you don't really want to reconnect?  "If the other person wants to continue talking later, but you aren't interested, sometimes you can respond as if you assume it is a general expression of interest and not a specific request," Sheley says. "You could respond with something like, 'Yes, it was nice talking to you, too. I'm sure we'll run into each other at another one of these events,' or 'Perhaps our paths will cross again soon and we can talk more about that.'"</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The "It's not you, it's me" approach</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The risk you run with "the open-ended closer" is that you're still leaving the door slightly open for another conversation. If you want to slam it shut, try placing the blame on your schedule or current career situation.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Slaughter gives these two examples of how to be direct with your rejection:</div><ul style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /><li style="margin-left: 0.25in;">"I appreciate your offer to meet up for coffee. But I respect you and want to be honest: I already have a trusted partner who works in real estate to whom I send all of my referrals. I'm sure there's someone in your network who has total confidence in your professionalism and does the same for you."</li><br /><li style="margin-left: 0.25in;">"I'd love to expand my network, but I am completely booked up right now with current projects and am not taking any new meetings for the next six months. If you'd like to reach out to me in six months, perhaps we can get a cup of coffee then."</li></ul><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The written rejection</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Meghan Ely, networking event regular and owner of <a href="http://www.ofdconsulting.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">OFD Consulting</a>, a niche marketing firm for the wedding industry, has had success with this trick: "If the person wants to continue the conversation at another time but I have no interest, I will still exchange cards if they insist but will ask them to contact me directly. If they do reach out, this gives me the opportunity to be a bit more eloquent when it comes to my approach. With these scenarios, I would simply be polite but firm and say something along the lines of how I appreciate them reaching out, but I don't think my skill set/area of expertise, etc. would be of benefit to them."</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><strong>The phone call fake out</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This is likely a last-resort tactic, but if you've tried everything else and you still can't escape, you can always pull the fake phone call from a friend. "You can always recruit a confederate who knows that you are trying to escape a situation," Slaughter says. "They can call you on the phone and pull you into an 'important conversation.' Your ally can also rescue you directly: 'Mind if I borrow Fred for a minute? He's needed on the other side of the room.'"</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><em>Debra Auerbach is a writer and blogger for </em><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><em>CareerBuilder.com</em></a><em> and its job blog, </em><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>The Work Buzz</em></a><em>. 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operations.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The foreign and defence ministers of FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, POLAND and SPAIN issued the call <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6896989063397229776" name="rdb-footnote-link-1"></a>in a joint communique after a meeting in Paris on Thursday (15 November).</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The paper says: “We are convinced that the EU must set up, within a framework yet to-be-defined, true civilian-military structures to plan and conduct missions and operations.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It adds: “We should show preparedness to hold available, train, deploy and sustain in theatre the necessary civilian and military means.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It lists a number of EU military priorities for the coming years: helping SOMALIA to fight Islamists and pirates; “a possible training mission to support the Malian armed forces” in reconquering north MALI; “assistance to support the new LIBYAN authorities” against Islamist militias; “normalisation” of the Western Balkans; “conflict resolution” in GEORGIA; and police training in AFGHANISTAN.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0HTCMW31Qym7uMGcytzIXh128n1sNIrNzjOYjvLXW1G_y8WUglfYM0CmmcISBodMPZ375CwLHY77sjM7aazX0usafWGY-RJKqzwQlDlRG8vlI9wsIJfmho3gdBOJi339J8Kad_zXZRDU/s1600/callmember.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0HTCMW31Qym7uMGcytzIXh128n1sNIrNzjOYjvLXW1G_y8WUglfYM0CmmcISBodMPZ375CwLHY77sjM7aazX0usafWGY-RJKqzwQlDlRG8vlI9wsIJfmho3gdBOJi339J8Kad_zXZRDU/s320/callmember.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The communique also calls for more “pooling and sharing” of EU defence hardware in the context of crisis-related budget cuts.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It identifies “space, ballistic-missile defence, drones, air-to-air refuelling, airlift capacities, medical support to operations [and] software defined radio” as pooling areas.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The reference to new “civilian-military structures” comes after the UK last year blocked the creation of a new operational headquarters (OHQ) in Brussels for EU military missions.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BRITISH “NOSTALGIA” FOR PAST GREATNESS AS A REASON WHY IT IS PULLING BACK FROM EU INTEGRATION</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BRITAIN’S Telegraph newspaper earlier this week cited a “senior FRENCH source” as saying that EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton supports the idea of an OHQ, which will become a “ripe fruit” in the “long-term” as EU military operations multiply.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ashton officials denied the report.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Meanwhile, the UK’s role in future EU defence co-operation was a big topic at the Paris meeting.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said the UK can join the group-of-five at any time: “The text which we have developed is open to all of our colleagues, especially GREAT BRITAIN.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">FRENCH defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the communique is designed to “create a movement” ahead of an EU summit on defence in 2013.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For his part, POLISH foreign minister Radek Sikorski said: “If the EU wants to become a superpower, and POLAND supports this, then we must have the capability to exert influence in our neighbourhood … Sometimes we must use force to back our diplomacy.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He called for an “ambitious” EU budget for 2014 to 2020 to help with defence co-ordination.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Speaking in a separate interview in UK newspaper The Times also on Thursday, Sikorski blamed BRITISH “nostalgia” for past greatness as a reason why it is pulling back from EU integration and why it wants to cut the EU budget.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He touched on historic sensitivities by describing EU spending as a kind of “Marshall plan.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He said POLAND and other former-SOVIET-controlled EU countries missed out on the plan – a massive injection of US money to rebuild EUROPE after World War II – because UK and US leaders at a summit in Yalta in 1945 gave the SOVIET UNION control of eastern EUROPE.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“We fought Hitler alone, giving you [the UK] valuable time to prepare for fighting. But we did not enjoy freedom after World War II … Because of Yalta, we could not benefit [from the Marshall plan]. EUROPEAN cohesion funds are our Marshall plan for catching up with EUROPE,” he noted.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

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