Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance: 'The Way We Were' At The Academy Awards

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1001138/thumbs/s-BARBRA-STREISAND-OSCARS-PERFORMANCE-large.jpg?6" /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000659/?ref_=sr_5" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_hplink">Barbra Streisand</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> returned to the Oscar stage on Sunday evening for the </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/oscars-2013" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">85th annual Academy Awards.</a><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and actress gave an impressive performance of "The Way We Were," which won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1974. The song was originally written for the movie of the same name in which she starred with Robert Redford.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Streisand won her first Academy Award in 1969 for Best Actress for her performance in "Funny Girl." She was later nominated for Best Actress for 1973's "The Way We Were," won Best Original Song for "Evergreen" from 1976's "A Star Is Born," was nominated for Best Picture for 1991's "The Prince of Tides," and nominated again for Best Original Song for "I Finally Found Someone" from 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Streisand first performed at the Academy Awards in 1977, singing "Evergreen."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The awards show also included performances from Adele and Norah Jones. It was also announced this week that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/kristen-chenoweth-seth-macfarlane-oscars_n_2732443.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" style="border: none; color: #b10000; cursor: pointer; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Kristen Chenoweth and Seth MacFarlance would close the show with a musical performance.</a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">The 85th annual Academy Awards were hosted by Seth MacFarlane at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">More information about winners and performances can be found in the live blog below.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><script src="http://pshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?sid=281&width=560&height=345&playList=517658113" type="text/javascript"></script></div></div>

2013 Oscar Barbra Streisand hot news Barbra Streisand Oscars Performance: 'The Way We Were' At The Academy Awards

Barbra Streisand  returned to the Oscar stage on Sunday evening for the  85th annual Academy Awards. The Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and...

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Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="christoph" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ac423/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-best-supporting-actor-osc-001/600" /><br /><span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">Actor Christoph Waltz, left, and wife Judith Holste arrive at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre. </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;">(<span class="photographer">John Shearer</span> / <span class="dateMonth">February </span><span class="dateDay">24</span><span class="dateYear">, 2013</span>)</span><br /><span class="credit" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><br /><div class="articlerail" style="background-color: white; clear: both; float: left; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 234px; z-index: 4;"><div class="articleRelates module" style="border: 1px solid rgb(231, 231, 231); margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 10px 10px 0px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees,0,661185.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Top nominees and winners" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512aee8d/turbine/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Top nominees and winners" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-top-nominees,0,661185.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: Top nominees and winners</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-red-carpet-arrivals-pictures,0,3777644.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512adc50/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-red-carpet-arrivals-pictures/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-red-carpet-arrivals-pictures,0,3777644.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-the-winners,0,6780280.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: From the winners' room" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512af6a8/turbine/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-the-winners/187/187x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: From the winners' room" width="187" /></a><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-oscars-2013-the-winners,0,6780280.photogallery" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target="">Photos: Oscars 2013: From the winners' room</a></li><li class="newRelatedItem" style="clear: both; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story" style="clear: both; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; text-decoration: none; width: 212px;" target=""><img alt="Oscars 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners" height="105" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ace16/turbine/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list/186/186x105" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-right: 5px; padding-right: 8px;" title="Oscars 2013: Complete list of nominees and winners" width="186" /><span style="color: #292727; font-size: 13px;"><br />By Nicole Sperling</span></a></li></ul></div></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #292727; float: left; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px;"><div class="date" style="color: #930000; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">February 24, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">6:00 p.m.</span></div></div><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"></span><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/robert-de-niro-PECLB001330.topic" id="PECLB001330" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert De Niro">Christoph Waltz</a> won the supporting actor Oscar for <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/django-unchained-%28movie%29-ENMV0002279.topic" id="ENMV0002279" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Django Unchained (movie)">"Django Unchained"</a> in one of the tightest acting races at this year's<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic" id="EVHST000005" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> on Sunday.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The man who already had one <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/academy-awards-EVHST000005.topic" id="EVHST000005" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> on his mantel beat out four other veteran performers: <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/alan-arkin-PECLB000215.topic" id="PECLB000215" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Alan Arkin">Alan Arkin</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/argo-%28movie%29-ENMV0002409.topic" id="ENMV0002409" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Argo (movie)">"Argo"</a>), <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/philip-seymour-hoffman-PECLB0017764399.topic" id="PECLB0017764399" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Philip Seymour Hoffman">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/the-master-%28movie%29-ENMV0002275.topic" id="ENMV0002275" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="The Master (movie)">"The Master"</a>), <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/tommy-lee-jones-PECLB002653.topic" id="PECLB002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Tommy Lee Jones">Tommy Lee Jones</a>(<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/lincoln-%28movie-2012%29-ENMV0002731.topic" id="ENMV0002731" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Lincoln (movie, 2012)">"Lincoln"</a>) and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/robert-de-niro-PECLB001330.topic" id="PECLB001330" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert De Niro">Robert De Niro</a> (<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/silver-linings-playbook-%28movie%29-ENMV0002653.topic" id="ENMV0002653" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Silver Linings Playbook (movie)">"Silver Linings Playbook"</a>) in the first contest of the evening.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Waltz won for playing Dr. King Schultz, a dentist-turned-bounty hunter who frees slave Django, played by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/jamie-foxx-PECLB001774.topic" id="PECLB001774" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a>.</div>He dedicated his win to the film’s writer and director,<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/quentin-tarantino-PECLB003817.topic" id="PECLB003817" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a>. “We participated in a hero’s journey — the hero being Quentin.”<br /><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/oscars/2013/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="blank"><strong>Oscars 2013:</strong></a> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-en-oscars-2013-nomination-list,0,1532667.story" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Nominee list</strong></a> | <a href="http://ballots.latimes.com/oscar-ballot-2013/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Ballot</strong></a><strong> |</strong><strong> </strong><a href="http://timelines.latimes.com/academy-awards/" style="color: #2262cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Timeline</strong></a></div><div class="runtimeTopic" data-topic-id="ENMV0011550" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Waltz's previous win was for his supporting role in<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/inglourious-basterds-%28movie%29-ENMV000004270.topic" id="ENMV000004270" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Inglourious Basterds (movie)">"Inglourious Basterds"</a> (2009).</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The 85th Academy Awards are being held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday night, in a televised ceremony hosted by Seth MacFarlane.</div></div></div>

2013 Oscar Christoph Waltz hot news Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor

Actor Christoph Waltz, left, and wife Judith Holste arrive at the 85th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre.  ( John Shearer  /  February  24...

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Daniel Day-Lewis wins record third Best Actor Oscar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor nominee for his role in ''Lincoln'', arrives at the 85th Academy Awards with his wife Rebecca Miller, in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" src="http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130225&t=2&i=707214890&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE91O0DIV00" /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor nominee for his role in ''Lincoln'', arrives at the 85th Academy Awards with his wife Rebecca Miller, in Hollywood, California February 24, 2013.</div><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;">Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson</div><div class="credit" style="background-color: white; color: #a1a1a1; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; font-size: 11px; padding: 0px;"></div><div id="articleInfo" style="color: black; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 10px;"><div style="color: #666666; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px;"><span class="location" style="font-weight: bold;">LOS ANGELES</span> | <span class="timestamp" style="font-size: 11px; margin: 0px;">Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:21am EST</span></div></div><span class="focusParagraph" style="color: black; font-size: small;"><div style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">(Reuters) - Daniel Day-Lewis won a record third Best Actor Oscar on Sunday for playing U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln."</div></span><span id="midArticle_0" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Day-Lewis, 55, was the outright favorite to win the Academy Award for his quiet, intense performance as one of America's most revered presidents as he battled to end slavery and the U.S. Civil War.</div><span id="midArticle_1" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">The British-born actor with dual Anglo-Irish citizenship won virtually every award in the run-up to Sunday's Oscar ceremony, including a Golden Globe, British BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild statuettes.</div><span id="midArticle_2" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Known for months of meticulous preparation, Day-Lewis is already the holder of Best Actor Oscars for his roles as a paraplegic Irish writer in "My Left Foot" (1989) and a greedy early 20th century oil baron in "There Will Be Blood" (2007).</div><span id="midArticle_3" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">His win for "Lincoln" made him the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars in the 85-year history of the Academy Awards.</div><span id="midArticle_4" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">The tall, intellectual actor also became the first person to win an Oscar for playing a U.S. President.</div><span id="midArticle_5" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Accepting the award, Day-Lewis thanked the film's director, Steven Spielberg, and then paid tribute to the "mysteriously beautiful mind, body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln."</div><span id="midArticle_6" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">It took director Steven Spielberg three attempts to persuade Day-Lewis to take on the role of Lincoln.</div><span id="midArticle_7" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Once he made the commitment, he threw himself into the part with the same devotion that saw him spending weeks living in a wheelchair for "My Left Foot" and sharpening knives between takes to capture the menace of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in "Gangs of New York."</div><span id="midArticle_8" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">This time, Day-Lewis spent months researching Lincoln's political and personal life, and 19th century language and customs. Months before shooting began, he was texting his screen wife, actress Sally Field, in 19th century vernacular.</div><span id="midArticle_9" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Day-Lewis chose to adopt a high-pitched speaking voice for Lincoln, in contrast to the dramatic, booming tones associated with the Civil War president in previous movies and TV portraits.</div><span id="midArticle_10" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">But it was the humanity he brought to Lincoln that earned most critical praise and his success in bringing to life an American icon in a different, subtle way for a new generation.</div><span id="midArticle_11" style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span><div style="color: black; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">(Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)</div><br /></div>

2013 Oscar Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis wins record third Best Actor Oscar

British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, best actor nominee for his role in ''Lincoln'', arrives at the 85th Academy Awards with his ...

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Sunday Update

I'm running a bit late this morning, but now that I have my blog back I'm committed to posting on a daily basis again. I also intend to get back to reading my favorite blogs and leaving comments. Just like the old days. <br /><br />Yesterday was a bust as far as exercise and journaling my food. I spent twelve solid hours on the computer trying to finish the annual report for the Alaska court for he guardianship and conservatorship of my sister. I forgot just how much of mess last year's financial piece was for her. Selling the house, selling her apartment complex, the two auctions for her personal belongings and one for the farm equipment, along with numerous other financial dealings I handled for her. I forgot what a hell of a year it was after her stroke. I finally got it all in Quicken after twelve hours but the numbers came up wrong so I still have more work to do on it. <br /><br />I was anxious and upset all day yesterday and couldn't figure out why. About 9 p.m. I burst into tears. It finally occurred to me what was wrong. All the horrible stuff I went through with my sister last year came back to me full force. It was like I was reliving last year as I documented each transaction. Things I totally forgot about hit me full force. As well as how miserable things were at home with my husband as I tried to deal with my sister's post-stroke life. <br /><br />There was dealing with my sister after she had her a severe stroke from which she never recovered. Her depression and wanting to die. The doctors that offered no hope. Her crazy daughter (my niece) and the restraining order against her. All the legal dealings with lawyers in Alaska and lawyers down here, going to court for the guardianship and conservatorship, evicting my other niece and grandniece from the apartment complex. My niece was fifty and my grandniece was in her mid-thirties, neither worked, two apartments and they wouldn't move out after I sold the complex which resulted in another court appearance or the sale wouldn't go through. The two years of back taxes ($10,000) my sister had to pay, and the fear that she would be homeless if I messed up her financial situation. It was miserable reliving all of that but at least the report is almost done. A good helped too.<br /><br />Speaking of my sister, there's been no change in the last six months or so. She still can't speak or use her right side. She actually does speak, but it's gibberish. She can nod yes and no, but sometimes gets those mixed up. She acts like she can read, but I'm not sure. She always has a book with her and I take her National Geographic which she gets excited over, but I have no way of knowing if she can actually read. She's really good at jigsaw puzzles. We go to the movies and dinner on Sundays and she seems to enjoy doing both. Her health is still good and she seems content in her life. Not happy exactly, but content. <br /><br />I've got to get going, get ready for work. I'm going to spin class tonight with some people from work. I'm excited about using my new gel bike seat. A gal at work bought one but never used it so sold it to me for half price. It's suppose to make a world of difference. We'll see. I'm not thrilled with my spin shoes. It seems like it makes it a lot harder. I guess that's the point, but spin cylcing is hard enough without making it harder.<br /><br />I'll be back tomorrow!<br />

Sunday Update

I'm running a bit late this morning, but now that I have my blog back I'm committed to posting on a daily basis again. I also intend...

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Make Health Last. What will your last 10 years look like?

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Make Health Last. What will your last 10 years look like?

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ITALY AND ARGENTINA: A COMPARISON

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style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALIANS will have their first general elections in almost five years. </span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The last time they went to the polls to choose politicians for the upper and lower houses of parliament was when Romano Prodi left office as prime minister in 2008.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> Five years on and a financial crisis later, a lot has changed. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALY still has the eighth largest economy in the world and the third largest in the EUROZONE. But volatility on bond markets drove it close to bankruptcy last year, while youth unemployment, according to the EUROPEAN Commission, has hit 37 percent. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IF SILVIO BERLUSCONI WINS, IT COULD TRIGGER A SHOCK ON FINANCIAL MARKETS THAT WOULD FORCE ROME TO SEEK A BAILOUT</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Meanwhile, in the run-up to voting, ITALY'S largest investment bank, Mediobanca, has warned that if Silvio Berlusconi, its populist former leader, wins it could trigger a shock on financial markets that would force Rome to seek a bailout. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Speaking to EUobserver, Prodi highlighted two reasons for ITALY'S economic misery. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I give a lot of responsibility [for the crisis] to criminality, to the mafia," he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: <b><span style="color: red;">ARGENTINES IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND</span></b><span style="color: red;">  &  </span></span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ARGENTINA, BARELY 30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY, A YOUNG NATION TRYING TO FIND ITS BEARING</span></b><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/argentine-evolution.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/11/argentine-evolution.html</a></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wBEWENkRMyJfpURqXXrG0XvNl42AqRB4LU9u8wgnrLG8KtSHGMTDZbNIv9uDIrL0e2SxisooGnI5MaZLsVDP1ik8jfSM-1UEP_mo0jitHfEGtte9QjaNQRDvXsjkK6KuM6qXBDRafbN0/s1600/italia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wBEWENkRMyJfpURqXXrG0XvNl42AqRB4LU9u8wgnrLG8KtSHGMTDZbNIv9uDIrL0e2SxisooGnI5MaZLsVDP1ik8jfSM-1UEP_mo0jitHfEGtte9QjaNQRDvXsjkK6KuM6qXBDRafbN0/s320/italia.jpg" width="265" /></a></div></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"In ITALY you have very efficient companies and you have a lot of acquisitions by foreign countries, but no greenfield investment and no research-based investment. ITALY is not being chosen for such new initiatives. What do I mean? I mean that foreign companies are willing to buy market share in ITALY, but they don't want to take further risks because of this problem [<b>ORGANIZED CRIME</b>] we have in ITALY, even if it is limited to certain regions and even if there is an ongoing fight against it," he added.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">See: </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CRIME AND CORRUPTION ARE TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MULTINATIONAL INDUSTRIES</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/crime-corruption-and-political-system.html</a></span></span><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THE SECOND REASON IS THE SLOW PACE OF ITALIAN BUREAUCRACY.</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The difference between now and 20 years ago is that these days people make decisions so quickly. You see how companies move from one day to the next from the UNITED STATES to ASIA. So if you have a public administration that takes years to give permission to build a new factory, this is not compatible with the modern world. <b><span style="color: red;">These are the two problems: ITALIAN public administration and corruption</span></b>," Prodi noted.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">APATHY AMONG YOUNG ITALIANS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The traditional behaviour, the culture of this country has to change even more than it did after it entered the euro," he added.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The 73-year-old centre-left politician and economist is also worried about apathy among young ITALIANS. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"They don't react. There is no reaction [to the crisis]. It is quite dramatic," he said.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I have been teaching in universities for many years and I still have some seminars, but students never said to me before: 'Look, professor, I am sure I will be unemployed' or 'I am sure I will only find temporary work, if I am lucky'," he noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He said the crisis has created abnormalities in the ITALIAN labour market. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">EU NEEDS MORE STIMULUS AND LESS AUSTERITY</span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"We have a new phenomenon in ITALY - immigration of low-skilled manpower for jobs that ITALIANS don't want to do even if there is unemployment, and increasing emigration of the most talented young people. Italians with PhDs work more and more abroad. My nephews are among them … We cannot go on this way," he noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prodi is less unhappy because young ITALIANS are emigrating to other EUROPEAN countries instead of the US.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But he said the EU needs more stimulus and less austerity in order to save the prospects of the current generation. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"Honestly, I don't understand why EUROPE does not now choose a different economic policy. Look - even GERMANY is not growing. EUROPE is becoming a black spot in the world … GERMANY has a fantastic surplus in its balance of trade. Why don't they put some fuel in the locomotive?" he said. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I hope that in the future, ITALY again becomes a country of innovation, of new initiatives," he noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"If you look at the balance sheets of medium-sized, family-run ITALIAN companies, they are fantastic, and this year we increased exports more than GERMANY in relative terms," he added.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: red;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>Related background Information:</b> </span></span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/european-democracy-at-crossroad.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/european-democracy-at-crossroad.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/regime-change-in-europe-from-democracy.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/regime-change-in-europe-from-democracy.html</span></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BANKS DOMINATE DEBATE</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Turning to the weekend's elections, Prodi said that even as EU politicians and market analysts look to ITALY, ITALIAN voters are showing little interest in EUROPE. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One reason is there is little difference between the candidates in terms of EU policies. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The basic EUROPEAN doctrine is shared by all the people in the coalition. The democratic centre-left group is pro-EUROPEAN. [Caretaker PM and former commissioner Mario] Monti is by definition pro-EUROPEAN. Even Berlusconi is basically pro-EUROPEAN. Out of the new groups, like [that of satirist Beppe] Grillo, they are more anarchic, but [EUROPE] is not really part of the debate. It is strange, but this is life," he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THERE SHOULD BE A "WALL" BETWEEN BANKS AND POLITICIANS IN ALL OF EUROPE</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Instead, political campaigns are devoting attention to banks. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALY was last month shocked by news that Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, the world's oldest still-running bank and ITALY'S third biggest lender, has over €700 million of losses on its books due to dodgy trades. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The ITALIAN city of Siena is the bank’s largest shareholder, linking the scandal to local politicians.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prodi said that in the old days local elites could effectively oversee bank activity. But today, their involvement has no benefit due to the speed and complexity of bank transactions. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He noted there should be a "wall" between banks and politicians in all of Europe.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"This is a problem not only for ITALY. Landesbanken are the main political problem in GERMANY, Civic banks in SPAIN … In all cases, the mixture of local political life and management of the banks is too strong," he said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From next year, the EUROPEAN Central Bank will directly supervise 150 big banks.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But oversight of the rest of EUROPE'S 6,000-or-so smaller lenders will stay in the hands of national supervisors.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I am not happy that EUROPEAN Central Bank control has been limited," Prodi noted. </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"In a world where all the banks, big or small, can go to the international markets and create huge quantities of debt, how can a local-level structure make decisions about that?" he said.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

ITALY AND ARGENTINA: A COMPARISON

PRODI: MAFIA AND BUREAUCRACY ARE ITALY'S WORST PROBLEMS ITALIANS will have their first general elections in almost five years.  The l...

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Get a distance away and start a new habit today.

<blockquote><p> "Every now and then, go away, take a little relaxation, because when you come back to your work, your judgement will be surer. To remain constantly at work will cause you to lose power of judgement. Go some distance away, because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance, and a lack of harmony or proportion is more readily seen." Leonardo da Vinci</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" caption="Nobody has to tell my cat to sleep. Animals tend to listen to their own needs and rest when it is needed. Let's learn to do the same."><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6JohTTjZiJd6Orlv58bSqTq8dO2Y5g8WZ656gV7ZdmCGt2ytlErEuwXpKdvLc_lWL35BrCm5uwLSt7_MquBiV2CqBQ3LQAcYMCAv5WfdF5oDkpjcovhawxqOdz7L4xDw9qb4lypu3F1t/s425/Photo%252520Dec%25252020%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525207%25253A30%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="425" id="blogsy-1361792919665.8853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH6JohTTjZiJd6Orlv58bSqTq8dO2Y5g8WZ656gV7ZdmCGt2ytlErEuwXpKdvLc_lWL35BrCm5uwLSt7_MquBiV2CqBQ3LQAcYMCAv5WfdF5oDkpjcovhawxqOdz7L4xDw9qb4lypu3F1t/s425/Photo%252520Dec%25252020%25252C%2525202012%25252C%2525207%25253A30%252520AM.jpg" width="425"></a></div></blockquote> <p>Today, I challenge you to start one habit that you'll be thankful you did one week from now. One habit.</p> <p>The trouble with this time in the school year is that we are largely, too close to our work and I think we tend to lose our power of judgement. Think about the times when tempers flare the most and when petty disagreements happen? There are times I think, "Really, they disagreed about that?" or I back up and look at myself and say "Really, I'm upset about this?"</p> <p>Some people call it Margin, others call it R&R, and others call it "getting away" but I call it my weakness.</p> <p>I admit that right now, I'm not very good at getting some distance away. I read all the time management books... at least 50 to date and learn a lot about being productive but very little about true balance.</p> <p>I think most of the time management "experts" don't have 12 loads of laundry, three kids, and a husband and three cats and a dog to care for. They probably have a secretary or maid or both.</p> <p>I'm happy for those people who can jet set around the world, happily pruned and beaming about how they can help me prioritize and monetize my life, but they haven't lived my life. And I haven't lived yours.</p> <p>You are the greatest motivational speaker ever invented for YOU. What you say to yourself inside your head has more long term impact on your life than any of these voices coming from outside your eardrums. YOU have to determine the next step. <strong>YOU have to determine the next course of action.</strong></p> <h2>Pick One Habit today</h2> <p>Pick ONE habit today that you'll be glad you started in a week and DO IT. You know what it is. It will likely mean shifting something else. I wish I had the answers for you, because if you're like me, you may not feel like you have many choices right now. You're a hamster jumping between 5 or 6 wheels trying to keep them all running. You probably feel alone and perhaps even like a slave to the world. I'm with you.</p> <p>Time is short. It is, quite literally, a dash. You are living the dash between the year you were born and the year you die. This is all there is. If you can manage 30 hormonal preteens in one class period, and take kids on field trips to places that most parents wouldn't take their brood, and get all those grades done and manage all those parent teacher conferences - then <strong>most assuredly, you have the organizational acumen to carve out an hour for yourself today to do something that needs to be done to take care of you.</strong></p> <p><strong>You are a finite resource</strong>. There is only so much of you. Teachers don't just try to burn the candle at both ends, we try to add new wicks and make new ends to burn! We are completely out of control some of the busiest people I know.</p> <h2>Do this NOW</h2> <p>But, let's write a new end to this day. Right now, get out your calendar and schedule the one habit you long to do. Make the time to do it today and I will too. Let's add a new end, one where we have some common sense and actually take care of ourselves for a change.</p> <p>There's more to life than having nightmares about a prom gone terribly wrong and being upset about all of those papers that aren't graded yet and the 6 loads of laundry still left sorted and dirty, ready to be washed. There's more than this and it is time to make time for more of you by doing less running on the endless wheel. Make time for yourself or you break yourself, and you know how tough gets when you're sick.</p> <p>Wake up that tired motivational speaker in your head RIGHT NOW. Put her or him on task right now to pick and figure out a time to help you start your habit today. </p> <p>If Leonardo da Vinci had to take time to get away, don't you think we should too? </p> <p>Last night, my husband and I were looking at all of the films that Anthony Hopkins has made and were pondering his newest film, Hitchcock, and we talked about what it would take to do that amount of work - that is a lot of movies.<br></p> <p><strong>You have more stories than Hopkins</strong>. You have the stories of hundreds and maybe thousands of children passing through your rooms. You're not going to make it without some rest in between. Music is made more beautiful by the pauses and rests and you'll be made more beautiful too.</p> <p>Pick a habit today... one habit... and start it. Make it a habit that you'll be glad that you started one week from now.</p> <p>Remember your noble calling, teacher, but <strong>remember yourself. If</strong> you give out, your career is over and we need you in education right now. You have my heartfelt love, thanks, and appreciation. Let's get to it.</p> <p> </p><div style="text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;" id="blogsy_footer"><a href="http://blogsyapp.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Written by Vicki Davis, author - Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds - Posted with Blogsy from my iPad" height="20" src="http://blogsyapp.com/images/blogsy_footer_icon.png" style="vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;" width="20" />Written by Vicki Davis, author - Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds - Posted with Blogsy from my iPad</a></div>

Inspiration Teaching Get a distance away and start a new habit today.

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past & present - book joy

Merry Monday to all! I hope your weekend was full of giggles and cocktails. I enjoyed both, as well as a very high pitched game of floor wrestling. Eve likes to scream as she wrestles. It's part of her charm.<br /><br />You will be happy to know that I've picked out my St. Patrick's Day present. Now I know that St. Patrick's Day isn't normally known as a gift giving holiday, but I figure the money I would spend on holiday libations will more than cover the cost of the book.<br /><br />It's called <i>Past & Present: 24 Favorite Moments in Decorative Arts History and 24 Modern DIY Projects Inspired by Them</i> (how's that for a title). <a href="http://www.designsponge.com/author/amya" target="_blank">Amy Azzarito of Design Sponge</a> wrote it and I need it.<br /><br />Basically she picks 24 artists and designers (like <a href="http://www.eddieross.com/" target="_blank">Eddie Ross</a> and <a href="http://www.toddoldham.com/" target="_blank">Todd Oldhman</a>)to create a DIY project inspired by her all time favorite moments in decorative history. Genius. And a DIYer's idea of a good time. <i>Total side note:</i> does anyone else remember watching Todd Oldham and Cindy Crawford on MTV's House of Style way long ago? I just dated myself for sure. And outed myself as someone who watches entirely too much tv. Moving on.<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/AVvXsEi7mYZIPRpWqAeGODM_wnkr81c0OVEqI9mkL2vq1TSIrcN_RFDuCEGYUvK3QK0_ugEgiVSVmN6Q6dlZjFQBzQV4eYGpisPWAcUeLajZ7vnzFXtP-wbCx3505mtK2aexed3M9faoapSo9L_7/s1600/pastandpresentcover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mYZIPRpWqAeGODM_wnkr81c0OVEqI9mkL2vq1TSIrcN_RFDuCEGYUvK3QK0_ugEgiVSVmN6Q6dlZjFQBzQV4eYGpisPWAcUeLajZ7vnzFXtP-wbCx3505mtK2aexed3M9faoapSo9L_7/s640/pastandpresentcover.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Past_and_Present-9781617690204.html" target="_blank">Past & Present</a></td></tr></tbody></table>The book comes out March 5th in stores, or you can <a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Past_and_Present-9781617690204.html" target="_blank">preorder here</a>. I can't wait! Even the cover has me all giddy.<br /><br />Read any good books lately?

past & present - book joy

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<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.achievethecore.org/steal-these-tools">achievethecore.org / Steal These Tools</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Free tools for implementing common core standards in the US.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/free">free</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/common">common</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/core">core</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogs.ncs-nj.org/k4stemlab/">K4STEMLAB | Fueling students' love of learning through Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (S.T.E.M.) at Northfield Elementary School</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I love how STEMlab teacher Kevin Jarrett shares what students are learning in his STEMlab. The lab focuses on engineering, science, technology, and math and is such a powerful learning experience. I like this format better than just "technology" lab because it integrates what you're trying to be not just a checklist of point and clicks that will be outdated. "This post is part of my continuing series of weekly lesson summaries. My goal is to give parents & caregivers in our school community the resources needed to extend student learning at home, and to share my professional practice with teacher colleagues around the world in the hopes of improving my craft."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/stem">stem</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/all_teachers">all_teachers</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://hackpad.com/Access-your-pads-offline-with-Dropbox-idz7GOaiks2">Access your pads offline with Dropbox - hackpad.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">You can access your hackpads offline by syncing with dropbox. Very interesting concept.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaboration">collaboration</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flatclass">flatclass</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://hackpad.com/Welcome-to-hackpad-smart-collaborative-documents-REeiTgQKman">Welcome to hackpad - smart collaborative documents - hackpad.com</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Hackpad is an interesting tool. It claims to be a wiki but is more google doc-ish. They call them "smart" collaborative documents. You'll still need emails to invite people. It would be interesting to try out because you can link to other pads using the @ sign and it is also suited to iPHone and Android tools.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/collaborative">collaborative</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/writing">writing</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/communication">communication</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.twylah.com/coolcatteacher">Vicki Davis Twitter | Vicki Davis Trending</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">See your tweets dissected by topic. Here's my twylah page for my Twitter account. You can see common topics and it is organized nicely. I set this up sometime back.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/twitter">twitter</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/socialmedia">socialmedia</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tools">tools</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines">List of academic databases and search engines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a very comprehensive list. One area where Wikipedia excels (if academics will continue to contribute) is in comprehensive lists of open education resources. This list includes whether it is subscription or free and what type of database it is.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/search">search</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/information_literacy">information_literacy</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/edu-tools3?searched=true">EDU Tools - Symbaloo</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A symbaloo gallery of some of the best web tools.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tools">tools</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://support.google.com/fusiontables/answer/2571232?hl=en">About Fusion Tables - Fusion Tables Help</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">If you want to play with data and analyze current information, you might wan to play with Google Fusion tables, a visualization tool for Google Drive.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://bigml.com/features">Features | BigML</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">FAscinating tool that lets you upload data and make predictions. This would have been a lifesaver in 1990 when I took "Artificial Intellegence Applications in Market Research" at Georgia Tech. IF you are working with predictive modeling at the college level, you should look at the powerful feature set available here.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_newapp">edu_newapp</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.statwing.com">Statwing | Intuitive Data Analysis</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This useful tool analyzes data without the statistical jargon but will make it simple as you analyze it. This is something you may want to use with students as they analyze data from Google forms or other original research.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/statistics">statistics</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/data">data</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.nebhe.org/thejournal/good-geofencing-makes-good-neighbors-the-age-of-mobile-alerts/">Good “Geofences” Make Good Neighbors in Age of Mobile Alerts : New England Board of Higher Education</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Geofencing is a new concept in safety notifications. Schools can literally notify anyone entering an area (i.e. notify vendors and parents they must check in with the office when entering a certain area), leaving an area, or within an area of issues. This could be used to notify and protect students, teachers, and anyone on campus in the case of an emergency of any kind.  This article is one of the best I've seen about geofencing and how it works, although it is promoting an app (Ping4alerts) it is very useful for safety leaders and it directors to read and understand the potential of this very useful technology. "Hyperlocal alerts are a new capability made possible by the rise of smart devices and “geofencing” technology. A geofence is a virtually “fenced-off” area or geographic location. When this concept is applied to mobile devices, it refers to the ability of users to receive automatic alerts or notifications when entering, leaving or moving within a geographic area specifically defined by a virtual geofence. That area could be as small as a single building or as large as a state or region of the country. System administrators draw a square on a map through their portal interface to designate the location and size of the geofenced in area."</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/safety">safety</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/evernote">evernote</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/geofencing">geofencing</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edu_trends">edu_trends</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/greece/history-timeline">Greece Timeline | TIME For Kids</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Time magazine has some fascinating timelines like this one for Greece.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://timelineindex.com/content/home.php">Timeline Index - People, Periods, Places, Events...</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">When researching a period of time, students should know how to "chronofence" or find information along a timeline. While Google nixed this type of search some time a go, there are many timeline makers that let you search for things in the context of timelines. This can be use for science, history, literature, and more.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/timeline">timeline</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/history">history</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/8-excellent-free-timeline-creation.html">8 Excellent Free Timeline Creation Tools for Teachers ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The use of timelines is an excellent organizers for prewriting and creating group timelines can help students relate topics and happenings to one another.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/timeline">timeline</a></p> <ul class="diigo-comments"> </ul> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.evernote.com/pub/coolcatteacher/flatclassroom#b=c7c80db9-9ca1-4cf5-8ae2-4c66ef617958&st=p&n=3189a9dd-4738-45fd-b825-e6155399fc45">Evernote shared notebook: Flattening Classrooms @coolcatteacher Global Notebook (Public)</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This notebook holds many forms, ideas, projects, for flattening your classroom. I like to save original documents here just in case links are broken on web sites at a later date. You can join this notebook or bookmark it to have access to the files contained here (in particular, the permissions forms.)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/flattening">flattening</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/classrooms">classrooms</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/communication">communication</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/upper_school">upper_school</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lower_school">lower_school</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/list/coolcatteacher/permission-samples">My List: A Collection on "Permissions and AUP samples" (permission,forms,aups,aup,education) | Diigo</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">I've made a Diigo list of permission forms and AUP's that I'll continue to update. This is for my upcoming book Collaborative Writing in the Cloud from Eye on Education. See http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com for more information on this.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.evernote.com/shard/s6/sh/3189a9dd-4738-45fd-b825-e6155399fc45/6b4a2c8f1cf88a43385a65209b26f6a9">Evernote, Dropbox, Edublog Consent form from Canada</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here's a sample form allowing students to use Dropbox and Evernote and Edublog services from a teacher in Canada. NOte that this includes disclosure that the site is hosted outside the country, something important for international relationships as typically websites are governed by their host country.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/aup">aup</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T0RhASp_WZASBae4nYzpUmLmbSTklTwmAqVMyXRfdBM/edit?pli=1">Digital Permission Form (1).doc - Google Drive</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This permission form has many different tools including weebly, Google dlocs, voicethread, YouTube, Glogster, Xtranormal, Toondoo, and others. I'm not sure that Audacity has to be included as it is a program on the local machine, however. I do like how the teacher asks for permission "I agree to allow my student's work to be used as  a positive example of published work for demonstration or promotional purposes." Some parents are afraid their child will be made to look bad in online examples, this covers that concern although it puts the onus on the teacher to make sure he/she vets examples that are published.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://smorton31.edublogs.org/2012/08/13/final-project-political-cartoon-analysis/">Final Project: Political Cartoon Analysis | Web 2.0 Morton</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This teacher's lesson plan fully discloses the tools that are being used, the standards, and required permissions. This is a very detailed example, but one that you may have to use for large projects to get approval in your district.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/lesson">lesson</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/plans">plans</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Page/10904">Gorman, Susan - US History/Coach / Technology User Agreement Forms</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This teacher has permission forms for use of Toondoo, Edmodo, and Glogster, three excellent sites that I also use in my classroom. While I like to combine mine all into one, this is an option for those very conservative districts.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edmodo">edmodo</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/toondoo">toondoo</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/glogster">glogster</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.ttsdschools.org/pages/ttsd/Parents/Google_Apps_for_Students">Google Apps for Students</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Another website example of disclosures about the use of Google apps from a district in Oregon. This also references their Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and frequently asked questions about Google Apps, another good thing to include.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/aup">aup</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/forms">forms</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://rrms.pasco.k12.fl.us/wp-content/uploads/rrms/2012/07/Google-Apps-Consent-Form-Secondary.pdf">Google Apps Consent Form - PASCO</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Here's a google apps consent form for another district. It also references the Network Access Agreement (We call ours an AUP - or acceptable use form) which is an important practice that ensures students know they must use the network in accordance with guidelines already given.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/google">google</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/apps">apps</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/beaverton.k12.or.us/bsd_google_apps/home/permission-forms">Permission Forms - Google Apps Support</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">These are the permission forms for the Beaverton School District and Google Apps with specific disclosures about how usernames and passwords will be set up and downloadable permission forms. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/forms">forms</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.cohs.com/?pid=206">Cardinal O'Hara High School - Parental Permission Form</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This website discloses the apps that this school will be using and links to the permission form. It is on the Academic Affairs page. I like the face this presents to the public. Here is what we WILL do and how we WILL do it -- with your permission, of course. Parents have a choice but schools do not - we must offer 21st century tools as part of a 21st century school. There are ways to do this. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.evernote.com/shard/s6/sh/4d04f45c-eea3-4872-b20e-910f993b014a/e3c1ec316c02ce3b853342a9b46574ea">Social Networking Parent Permission Form</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">While not having a lot of legalese, this form does disclose what students will be doing and gets permission from parents.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/social">social</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/networking">networking</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://mshallteachesenglish.edublogs.org/files/2009/07/Parent-Permission-Form.pdf">English Class Permission form</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is a fascinating permission form hybrid because it incorporates blogs, wikis, permission to read certain novels and watch certain videos ALL in one permission form. It would be one that high school literature teachers would want to look at using. I like how it discloses how students are identified. I may adapt something like this.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/sample">sample</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki">wiki</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/wiki_book">wiki_book</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://blogging101.wikispaces.com/Permission+Slips">Edu Blogging 101 - Permission Slips</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">A collection of blogging permission forms, while these are a bit older, they do give you a start.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/blogging">blogging</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.pjphs.org/uploaded//Permission_Form.pdf">Technology Permission form for Catholic School system</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This permission form is comprehensive and includes permission for online presentations in Blackboard Collaborate, blogging, wikis, google apps, podcasts, videos, social bookmarking and RSS as well as images. It is very comprehensive and useful. Again, I'm not a lawyer, but of the forms I've seen, I think this one is comprehensive.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/technology">technology</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.evernote.com/shard/s6/sh/21c5089a-07ec-472c-92fa-c8684b1fe3be/f49d69e0fff73ed961065c34252ecfa2">Parental Permission for Web 2.0 Training, ONline Collaboration and Media Release (BOCES NEW YORK)</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This was a downloadable doc, so I put it into my public Evernote notebook of permission forms and other things about flattening the classroom, this link links to that notecard. This is a permission form for students who are using advanced Web 2 tools, collaborating online, and a media release. If you are in a conservative district, this permission from 2009 may help you.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.drummwr.com/CYSS%20Youth%20Network%20Survey/YNS%20Parent%20%20Adult%20Consent%20Form%203-21-12_LA.pdf">Research Consent form for Research</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is an example of a consent form for research for a research student done at the University of Georgia. If you are a researcher, you'll want to check with your university as to the proper way to format and secure permissions, however, as students become researchers, I have questions about securing permission for research. This is an area we need to discuss and understand because students can now be viable, authentic researchers and perhaps may have links to more accurate data collection techniques than researchers. What happens when researchers partner with students to collect data? A whole new world of research is opening up, so research forms are worth collecting.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/research">research</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/researcher_thoughtleader">researcher_thoughtleader</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.neopets.com/coppa/consentform.phtml">NeoPets Parental Consent form</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">COPPA is a reason that many schools shy away from having any children under 13 participate in online sites, however, NeoPets is a website that has done this. This is a copy of their COPPA consent form. In here, you can see how they've tracked and worked with this permission. It does require the parents to fill out and fax or mail the form in to NeoPets to allow children to use the communications portion of the website. This would be a website to review if you're looking at creating a portal or service that allows kids under 13 to post and communicate in ways that tracks their data. I am wondering if Facebook would eventually do something like this or if they will continue to create an environment that encourages children to lie to get on their platform. (i.e. under 13 not allowed)</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/coppa">coppa</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/19-673.pdf">Boy Scouts activity consent form</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is an activity consent form used by the Boy Scouts of America. They take students on physically challenging events for weekends and nights. This is a great organization that has worked with kids in nature environments for many years, so it would be a good sample to review.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/field">field</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/trips">trips</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permissions">permissions</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.state.nj.us/education/techno/idconsent/form.pdf">State of New Jersey Consent form for images</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is the photo permisison form used by the state of New Jersey schools. I'm not sure if you should be required to specifically notify parents that photo recognition software is available. I do like the different levels of permission but am not sure how they track it in photos, etc. This seems like it would be a bit of a struggle, I guess it would have to be done with the use of colored dots on field trips, etc. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/photographs">photographs</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/photography">photography</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/bestpractices">bestpractices</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/oges/artsoniapermission.pdf">Artsonia sample permission form</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">This is an online art museum for student work. This permission form is used by artsonia, a student online art museum. It is a great place to participate and share artwork. Also, I like how artsonia allows parents to moderate the comments left on their child's artwork. This form also asks for parent volunteers. This is a nice way to share your student's best work.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/permission">permission</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/artwork">artwork</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elemchat">elemchat</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

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